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August 13, 1994. Alexandra Paul, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, and Yasmine Bleeth of the syndicated "Baywatch."
A day of few settlements, lots of mountains, vast skies.
Another long day's drive, and the start of the final stage of our expedition, covering more miles on the G219 from Ali / Shiquanhe to our final destination at a remote riverside camp 50 km on from Dormar / Domar.
The Lonely Planet guide to Tibet has one page of info for the entire route from Ali / Shiquanhe to Kashgar - which was to take us the next four full days - and it's written in the opposite direction from the one we were travelling. This part of the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway is little travelled, and passes through the Aksai Chin region which is claimed by both China and India. The only people/traffic we encountered were either Chinese truckers or Chinese military, and the only villages we passed through had Chinese check points and a handful of facilities to service the long distance truckers.
En route we detoured to Rutok, a lovely Tibetan village (not to be confused with the new Chinese town of Rutok Xian a few km further up the road), complete with chorten, dzong and monastery, set amongst green pasturelands, red mountains and the blue of Pangong tso lake, which made up for the petroglyphs we'd missed earlier in the day. Before returning to the main road, we picnicked in view of a flock of fat bottomed sheep and some goats, and new concrete posts, presumably to carry electricity cables.
We had another leg stretch at a monument on the shores of Pangong tso lake, looking across the blue waters to Ladakh before continuing on, hugging the shoreline and clinging to the blasted-into-the-cliff-face road.
A while further on we had an impromptu roadside stop when Minga spotted some black necked cranes in the dried out marshland we were driving through.
After the police checkpoint at Domar, we continued on until we spied our blue and yellow tents set up on a stony plain by the side of a river. Windy and overcast when we arrived, the skies cleared at the end of the day bringing the most amazing light and calm to the stunning scenery.
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Remnants from when I tried selling cars in the dreadful 1982 marketplace. It was interesting, but really not for me.
Note that a Celebrity cost more than a Caprice. No surprise that Caprice was such a popular car.
Steam under the wires on Platform 2 at Guide Bridge station Manchester. This shot of Stanier 8F 2-8-0 45356 was taken from the platform while en route from Heaton Mersey shed in Stockport to Newton Heath shed in Manchester. Another underexposed shot but a good record of our footplate journey. 48356 is pulling another 8F 48319 & British Railways Standard 9F 2-10-0 92118. Myself and my mate Barry travelled in the cab of the 9F.
Amazingly on one of the commercial videos of the end of steam the cavalcade was filmed entering Guide Bridge station a few minutes earlier. We were out of sight as the driver told us to keep our heads down passing the signal box.
48356 has caught the 2 schoolboys' attention. I wonder how many more times a steam engine passed through Guide Bridge?
Today like many former railway centres Guide Bridge is a shadow of its former self with just two platforms, devoid of distinctive buildings and awnings, swamped by weeds and only served by electric multiple units on the branch line to Hadfield since the GCR Woodhead through route was closed.
Nikon D750 and 24-120mm f/4G lens. Making use of the articulating screen to take a low-angle shot of the mini Mini Cooper.
Example image from Nikon D750 Experience
Setup your Menus and Custom Settings, for various shooting situations, with help from my Nikon D750 Setup Guide Spreadsheet:
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1. Thierry Mugler: Couturissime
A world premiere in Montreal, Thierry Mugler: Couturissime showcases 150 outfits - almost all of which has never been exhibited before - in addition to accessories, stage costumes, videos and other types of footage, archival mterial, rarely seen sketches, as well as some 100 invaluable prints by some of fashion's leading photographers. This project is the result of skilful restorations and original research.
Mugler is the embodiment of a key moment in French fashion history, when the Jeunes Créateurs put Paris back in competition with New York's cool and Milan's expertise. The Chambre syndicale de la haute couture opened its doors wide and let in designers, including Mugler. President François Mitterrand recognized fashion as a "major art." Paris reclaimed its position as the world capital of couture.
"I like to say that Thierry Mugler designs are for a better, a happier future," declared the couturier with a postmodern aesthetic. Often described as having a futuristic bent, he experimented with avant-garde techniques and materials - including glass, Plexiglas, PVC, faux fur, vinyl, latex and chrome - inside his high-tech, "industrial couture" laboratoryateliers. His fantasy-tinged architectural style and bold silhouettes have made their mark on the history of fashion.
To this day, Mugler continues to influence an entirely new generation of couturiers. His austere, superheroinesshouldered garments and corseted waistlines give the exquisite, powerful, sensual woman her look. His imagination alternately conjures up Hollywood glamour, dreams, the animal kingdom, eroticism and science fiction.
Mugler engaged in multiple collaborations and worked with interior designer Andrée Putman for his boutiques. His creations were photographed by the biggest names in the field, including Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Ellen von Unwerth, Lillian Bassman, Herb Ritts, David LaChapelle, Pierre et Gilles and Sarah Moon. Mugler directed the iconic music video for George Michael's song "Too Funky," as well as short films with actors Isabelle Huppert and Juliette Binoche. He was the first to stage fashion shows - the most spectacular of the day - with famous supermodels. He created the costumes of the Comédie Française's production of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity. He also produced variety shows. And he has dressed a myriad of celebrities, including Diana Ross, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Liza Minnelli, Diane Dufresne, Céline Dion, Beyoncé and Cardi B.
This exhibition was conceived, produced and put on tour by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Maison Mugler and Groupe Clarins, which restored the designer's heritage couture. In operatic fashion, these galleries showcase the multiple worlds of a visionary couturier, director, photographer, perfumer and dancer. Let the curtain rise!
2- Macbeth and the Scottish Lady
On the July 6, 1985 opening night of the Festival d'Avignon, the troup of the Comédie-Française took to the open-air stage of the Palais des Papes' Cour d'honneur, where the audience was about to see a new production of William Shakespeare's famous play Macbeth. First performed in , the dark tragedy recounts the story of Macbeth, a victorious military commancer in the Scotland of medieval times. Three witches who cross his path predict that he will become king. Consumed by the prophecy, along with his wife, Lady Macbeth, he instigates a series of crimes in order to usurp, along with his wife, Lady Macbeth, he instigates a series of crimes in order to usurp the throne; in the end, he will lose both his sanity and his life.
Given the biggest budget in the history of the Comédie-Française since it was founded in 1680, Mugler designed over seventy costumes, as well as accessories for the play. As the designer has said, "The actors were all in magnificent armour and breastplates, doublets that were a musculature, leather and metal, while underneath they were vulnerable." Made in the Paris institution's workshops, this exhibition offers a very special opportunity to see them. Directed by Jean-Pierre Vincentg, Macbeth had a seven-night run outdoors, and was a later presented in Paris.
Truly a golden cage, with its impressive self-supporting metal skeleton, the gown of the formidable Lady Macbeth opened to vividly reveal the deposed queen clothed in a simple chiffon one, bereft of her high platform shoes. Encased in huge pleated satin ruffs reminiscent of the blocks of guillotines, the three witches had shaved heads - traditionally, the ultimate punishement and humiliation for a woman. Their sublime, Renaissannce-style gowns were torn and charred, latex appliqués creating the burnt effect of the blazing bundles of sticks in their trail.
The Incandescence of Lady Macbeth was created by the multidisciplinary artist Michel Lemieux for 4D Art, Montreal. In this performance of Macbeth, the sleepwalking queen, increasingly atricken with feelings of remorse, is haunted by the blood she imagines on her hands; she ultimately descends slowly into madness.
Guide Friday, former West Riding Bristol VR/ECW converted to open top, in use on "The Stratford Tour" In Stratford upon Avon in summer 2000
Shots during a shore excursion on Dominica. If you republish one of these photos, feel free and please post the url in the comments below.
The guided bus approaching Fen Drayton Lakes on its first day of running - two years late and at least £70 million over budget. Every bus was packed and the timetable went out of the window but everybody seemed to have a great time.
These guides, published by the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, are an airplane nerd's delight. Think of it as an airliner striptease. You will find all kinds of detailed information on what is under that smooth, glossy aluminum skin.
The airplane on the cover is a Boeing 707-120B.
This was our tour guide up to White Pass Mountain. Her name is Sunday. Yes, her name really is "Sunday". Interesting bit of history on her: born in California; grew up in Texas; and now works in Alaska. She knew a lot about the surrounding areas and history of Skagway.
Horseshoe, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Guiding light... yeah, I need one.
PENTAX *istDs, 60mm, f4.5, 1/250s, ISO400.
2005-current
Guides on The Go: The Guide Program
Illustrator: Sharon Washington, Linda Hendry and Tammy Langton
200321-N-AZ907-0025 ROTA, Spain (March 21, 2020) -- U.S. and Spanish military and civilian personnel transport a missile to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), as the ship readies for an underway period, March 21, 2020. Porter, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, patrols the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Lewis/RELEASED)
Canon 5D Mark II Photos of Beautiful Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Pretty Green Eyes! Canon 5D Mark II Photos of Beautiful Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Pretty Green Eyes! The Wind was running her fingers through her long, wavy hair! She's a fitness model and professional dancer! Shot with the 24-105mm IS USM L lens! Remastered RAWs in Lightroom 5 !
I was shooting video of the pretty goddess at the exact same time with my 45surfer/9shooter bracket setup--you can enjoy the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wb9hO6tG9g
Be sure to watch the goddess in full 1080p HD! She was tall, thin, tan, and fit!
Video is fun & it rocks to capture the goddess's beauty and poetry in motion!
Shooting simultaneous stills & video rocks! I do it on every shoot now, while also mounting several stationary DSLRs/camcorders for video in addition to the Panasonic or Sony Camcoder bracketed to my Canon 5D or Nikon D800E.
The sea goddess was tall, thin, fit, with long, gorgerous brown hair and pretty green eyes!
Sporting a 45SURF denim bikini. :)
And may the red-headed sea goddess inspire you along a photographic/artistic journey of your own making!
The Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens is an amazing lens for practically every situation!
Long, pretty legs!
All the best on your Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
The 45surf Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour. And like Helen of Troy, a Gold 45 Goddess is worth fighting a ten year war for.
Images of sewing, embroidery and quilting projects made with BERNINA accessories. For more information please visit www.bernina.com
Our guide - view from the Juche Tower in Pyongyang
Wide view over Pyongyang from the viewing platform just below the torch.
The Juche Tower (officially the Tower of the Juche Idea) is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea.
A full card, full bleed variant of the Naith Guide by Magali Villeneuve.
*** Flavor Text
Many may not know what "Naith" means. Is it a descriptive adjective of personality? A race or tribe of elves? A place?
I substituted the original flavor text of this card with a quote a few paragraphs later in Fellowship of the Ring that explains "Naith" as a geographic location between two rivers bordering Lorien.
*** Art and placement compared to official cards
As for the art itself, there have been two versions officially released by FFG. The first version introduced the world to some more excellent Magali art - with none of the under exposure/darkness of earlier FFG cards. I was so impressed with the art that I desired a Natih Guide card using more space to show off the fantastic illustration.
The Limited/Second edition did show a larger, full bleed version of the art. However, while I appreciated the full bleed, I felt the new 2nd edition Ally template was too different than the originals and didn't aesthetically fit in well with all the other previously released Ally cards - the big example being the stats moved to the lower left to allow for more uninterrupted art space.
And from an artistic standpoint, I always felt the outstretched palm/hand of Magali's card was very important in showing the "Guide" aspect of "Naith Guide", and the second edition version cut half this hand off!
My version here is something of a compromise between the two - and itself has its compromises - using some minimal 3-D overlay of the fingers over the lower stat scroll, instead of cutting the hand off again.
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Anyways, these are the challenges in getting great artwork (thank you Magali!) to fit in a frame that also has to be used for game play!
23 Jan 1986, Thu (Los Angeles, CA)
Low 40 High 61
Well our last full day. I cannot believe that it is nearly over. Detroit seems like months ago but then so does Disneyland. Our days have just been so full. Heading out under grey skies, we drove down (on the freeway, where else) to Long Beach. Paid $3 to park to see the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose. After waking into the huge dome and a short slide/sound show (which by the way they are big on over here, they are usually very well produced, I wonder why they don’t make films, probably the expense) the curtains rose and we gazed our eyes upon the largest plane evert built. It was quite a sight, quite a mammoth piece of construction. Walked around it and had a ‘ride’ in the “Time Voyager” an amusing attraction where we sit in an environment similar to that of a picture theatre but supposedly a space ship and go on a test flight into space. It was mainly a light show, oh and our seats moved but ours particularly, only sideways because we were in the back. Also, a little space creature thought he’d be funny, but he wasn’t. We were basically unimpressed. Ventured next door to the Queen Mary, the largest passenger liner in the world and did a basic self-guided tour although we missed a fair bit., Saw the engine room and propeller section, The Bridge (Captain’s position) and display examples of areas as they were, e.g. maid quarters, First Class, the sleeping areas for the troops when it was used as a carrier during WW2. The ship has quite a history. Part of it now operates as a hotel but we did not get to see that part. It poured with rain while we were on the ship and was quite grey and foggy, but it cleared by the time we left around 2.00. It is a nuisance and shame that we cannot give as much time as we would like to certain things. Got back on the freeway and made our way to Beverley Hills. Main drag of Santa Monica Boulevard pretty busy, then to Sunset Boulevard. Got ripped off totally by paying $6.30 for a map of the stars’ homes so drove up and around the hills of those on the map we saw Dean Martins and Walter Pidgeon (I wonder why?). I felt like we were trespassing. All beautiful homes. I felt almost uncomfortable, they must hate tourists. The roads are narrow and windy, and they are is quite maze like. A campus of UCLA sits in the middle (almost) of it all. Got a little lost at times. Peter really has been great. I could never drive in this city, but he handles it really well. Actually, you have to drive like them to get anywhere but at least we use our indicator. I get quite tired and headachy being a passenger all the time especially in the midst of traffic, stopping and starting. I feel almost guilty about it because it’s Peter who has what I think is the pressure of driving, but he prefers it that way and thinks being a passenger is worse! He has really been so great. We drove over to Hollywood Boulevard after deciding to come back tomorrow possibly and film. Soon found Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and checked out all the cement stars foot/handprints and signatures and took a walk along the stars on the footpath. There are heaps, a lot surprisingly I have never heard of. There are little emblems which shows what category of the entertainment industry they are from, Music, Film, TV, Radio. The area becomes a little sleazy after a while which is unfortunate so while heading back to the car we jaywalked and at once got called over by a motorcycle cop but were let off on a warning (how generous). Went back to Sizzlin’ Steaks for tea, got a little wayward on the way but made it back. Place was packed but enjoyed a nice meal. The people have really got me over here, there are so many, and they only seem to care about themselves and of course the money they can make. We saw star maps later for $2.,50. Talk about getting taken for a ride for a song. I suppose it is the service industry which with whom we are constantly dealing. Bought an apple pastry at lunch for $1.25 and got zip apple. Promptly returned it and got our $1.25 back. Spent the evening packing (what a mess) and watching TV “Miami” Nice “Vice” Mice.
AMFAC Hotel, 8601 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA