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Portraiture is a window to the soul. - Anonymous
For my this challenge, Ari, who goes by the name of Lord Nikon 12, His challenge was,
"I am having a great time going through your stream. You take so many beautiful photos, but I don't see any people :(
My challenge to you is to take some portraits and maybe start a 100-strangers project. After that, go wild!".
I had so many ideas for this challenge, but for some reason or another, none of them came thru due to my timing or the people I wanted to take portraits of.. Anyhow, I always wanted to learn the in-camera multiple exposure setting. This was the perfect opportunity for me to do that. This is the portrait of my mum who has come to stay with us.
The tree in this picture is a very old, tall tree right across my house.. I see it change every season..but it still weathers all the changes and still stands tall and majestic.. This gave me an idea to portray my mum and the tree together.. Mum has been a steady rock in my life. She has weathered many many changes in her life lately, but she still stands tall and weathers anything that comes her way with a smile on her face..
Ari, I hope you like this portrait of my mum.. and I am hoping that I find courage to start the 100 strangers project like you suggested sooner than later.. :)
Thanks again for the challenge. It was fun learning a new technique. I have to add that this is not an in-camera shot. Somehow when I downloaded them, they all had a very strong pink tint to them. I have no idea why. Will need to figure that out. However, it is a fun technique and Ari, I hope to see you soon again!
This photo was taken last week also in the abandoned airplane hanger. Not as satisfied with this one but the upside newspaper that ironically says "get smart" tells a story. Canon 430EXII shot through 22in. Beauty dish with grid at full power. Canon 430EXII shot through home made snoot pointed at the newspaper at 1/64th power. Tamron 18-200mm
I haven't been out on a night shoot since Sept 2007... geez - I need to get my head in the cold evening sky. Here's an oldie from the end of 2006. January 08's moon is nearly full.... let's get out there!
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Pattern on left by me (Anika Starmer / a is for anika)
Paws to be added on right by Jessica Gowling
After seeing a mention by Stephen Downes of a presentation he did for the 2023 Open Education Conference called Open Learning in the Fediverse which is now, thanks to Dr Tesla, the hot topic.
For some reason I felt an urge to remix the opening credits to a favorite show when I was a kid, Get Smart.
Okay, there is a low resolution image in Wikimedia Commons declared as fair use, for which my use here is likely not a qualifier. Hmmm, How about a case of parody? To the copyright holders, if anything, my use might offer more people to look up this classic show, watch, and appreciate what a treasure it was. My use is not o steal or take away from Get Smart but to honor it.
Who owns popular culture? The rules are not written into law, so my remix is likely the most legal. But I will roll the dice.
My source was a screen grab from the YouTube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6gdRfBW6c where I used Photoshop to copy brush out the SMART letters, and replicate with a font guess (Georgia) for the words "Federated".
Is this changed enough from the original? Leave it to the lawyers.
I always try to track the birds with my lens and save a few images for the buffer even after they make their catch. They typically do something really cool, like look at their fish, eat it mid-air, or even drop it. It is very entertaining. www.troymarcyphotography.com
Sept. 25, 2015 This little guy is evidently getting ready for fall.
The squirrels are on the rampage these days and driving my 2 little
dogs crazy!
Heather Jean absolutely hates cold weather - like anything less than 70 degrees. I was very surprised when she decided to shoot outdoors in 20 degree weather - but she rocked it. She initially started with a gorgeous outfit, froze, left for home then showed back up in a very fashionable winter outfit - and with her dog. Fun shoot and it was great to actually thaw out. We did this shoot the day after Christmas 2021 in the Star River Walk Park.
This is the "Get Pushed" challenge issued by syahrel azha hashim with the theme of "Lightbulb". I was given the freedom to shoot anything, but it had to include a lightbulb. Here's my take...
With the fresnel lens, this 1 kilowatt bulb produces a beam visible under favorable conditions up to 15 miles away. I really liked the glow from this angle. The shot in the comments, you can see that it has a completely different glow.
This lightbulb resides at the Point Piños Lighthouse located on the northern most tip of the Monterey Peninsula. This marks the entrance to Monterey Bay and a definite hazard to the Mariner. The stone lighthouse was put into service in February 1, 1855. Everything from the building, lenses and prisms are original. It is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast and is listed on the national register of historic places.
He had a wander around in the garden for a while and then decided to take a closer look at me. He jumped up onto this little pine border edging and gazed at me fluttering his little wings expectantly, but to no avail as I had nothing on me to give him. He was about 4ft away from me at this point :)
Printed on vintage maps from the United Kingdom in an edition of 220. Each print is different and unique.
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The Barb City Stompers played at Cornfest this year. While I'm all for trains, this was not the ideal location to put the band as they played at CornFest this year. Despite the engineer laying on the horn loud and proud, without missing a beat...the band played on.
Blythe Physical Challenge #36--Blythe and Books
Audrey is rising up--straight to the top: and it took her a while to get to the top of all those 12-inch stairs! Scrawny to Brawny all the way.
Real serious.
My first white lens. My first Minolta G lens. My first seriously $*@(*'ing awesome lens. Ever.
:D
Ladies and gentlemen, say hi to my Minolta 80-200 f.28 HS APO! Woohoo!
Strobist info: Quantaray PZ1 at 1/4 shot through umbrella high above camera left; triggered through Cactus V4
...and this also brings f2.8 across my entire range from 17mm to 200mm. :D
Getting into it: time for the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Three packs of stinky, gooey concoctions of herbs and whatnot are applied to different areas of my two legs. They are left on for four hours. After they have been taken off, the pain in each area has increased dramatically. Understandably, I asked them not to do that again.
Paper Smooches Stamp Sets: Healthy Vibes, Debonair and Dude Block. Colored with Copic Markers. Made by Lori Barnett.
Dress : WERTINA - Cynthia Lace Dress - Mesh (Color Me Project Group Gift, Free)
Pose & Prop : andika poses - [getting into you] (Group Gift, Free)
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Today I meet up with a person from Flickr who lives in New Zealand and we just happened to be at Surfers that same time. We have just had some lunch and now we are wanting to watch the feeding of the Pelicans here at back doors of the Charis Seafood shop. this all happen around 1.30pm except for Mondays.
The Pelicans start arriving hour or so before and wait around for their fed of fish. The fish carcass are tossed into the air, most get one fish and move off but some wait around for some more!.