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Excerpt from the plaque:
Sanctuary of Salt by Homan Ho Man-chung
“Sanctuary of Salt” is a laboratory that studies salt as a creative medium. It exhibits the forms and records of salt crystals, along with a series of works on the relationship between human and salt as well as nature at large. This year’s work presents three people who are indissoluble with Yim Tin Tsai, from salt workers to scientists, collaborating to explore the possibilities of salt, recording the process and the story, and documenting their common endeavour in search of tales of salt in future.
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The Oostvaardersplassen is a nature reserve in the Netherlands. Despite its young age, it is in a polder which was only created in 1968, it already has international importance as a European wetland. The Oostvaardersplassen can be divided into two areas: wet and dry. Before the establishment of the reserve, the dry area was a nursery for willow trees, and in the first year hundreds of seedlings could be found on each square metre. This led to concern that a dense woodland would develop, significantly reducing the value of the habitat for water birds. To avoid this, the park's managers brought in a number of large herbivores to keep the area more open, including Konik horses, Red deer and Heck cattle. These large grazing animals are kept out in the open all year round without supplemental feeding, and are allowed to behave as wild animals without, for example, castrating males. The ecosystem developing under their influence is thought to resemble those that would have existed on European river banks and deltas before human disturbance. Twelve hundred of the estimated thirty-six hundred cattle, horses, and deer have perished from today's winter starvation. Scientists and managers have deemed the deaths normal. People are not very happy that the government is letting the animals die. They see the Oostvaardersplassen as more of a zoo than a wild space. Well, I think the managers are doing the right thing to maintain a healthy population within the park’s carrying capacity.
A photo of Red Deer late in the afternoon, it was the whole day foggy. Food is very hard to find in the harsh winter taken at the Dutch nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen. He was very busy and didn't notice me at first sneaking towards him. A handheld shot at 1/15s. F3.7, ISO400 and 310mm Zoom. After my photo shot he noticed me. You can see the tree in front where he eat the fibres of tree trunks. He must have been very hungry. The national park is located between Almere and Lelystad. I did enter at the Kottertocht entrance. It is hard to survive the winter. All animals are kept without supplemental winter feeding. Many Red deer and Konik horses already crossed the frozen water in search for food. Some horses were stucked due to their weight did crush the too thin ice. These Red Deer where consuming the fibres of tree trunks, because food is very hard to find, although it is not there daily nutrition. Especially when there is deep snow, lack of food causes starvation among the weak and the strongest will survive . So the survival of the fittest keeps the herds strong and healthy. Also Foxes, which are quite common in this reserve, profit from carcasses of deer, cows and birds in winter. Maybe in future a pack of Wolves could do a great job as natural predators in this part of Holland.
Een bezoek aan de Oostvaardersplassen is een kennismaking met het Nederland van duizenden jaren geleden. Een ongerept moerasgebied, met uitgestrekte plassen en woeste graslanden. De natuur mag er onbelemmerd haar gang gaan. Uniek in Nederland én in Europa. Natuurliefhebbers komen hier helemaal aan hun trekken. Vogels kijken op de plassen, een excursie naar de edelherten, een fotosafari naar de grote grazers. Of maak een rustige wandeling naar een van de vogelobservatiehutten. De Oostvaardersplassen zijn het grootste moerasgebied van Nederland. De weidsheid is ongekend en de natuur heeft er vrij spel. Ontelbare vogels hebben bezit genomen van het gebied. Vooral in de winter is dat een spectaculair gezicht. Het witte besneeuwde winterlandschap is indrukwekkend kaal en stil. De natuur is er nog jong. Toch is het nu al een natuurgebied van internationale allure. De bomen, struiken en bossen zitten vol vogels, zoogdieren en insecten. Grauwe ganzen grazen in het moeras. En de honderden Heckrunderen, konikpaarden en edelherten geven het gebied een haast on-Nederlandse aanblik. Staatsbosbeheer verwacht dat door de strenge winter dit jaar 30 procent van de edelherten, heckrunderen en konikpaarden in het natuurgebied de Oostvaardersplassen dood gaan. Het gaat om ongeveer 1200 dieren. Op zich is 30 procent niet meer dan in voorgaande jaren", aldus Staatsbosbeheer. ,,Maar de kuddes zijn door de zachte omstandigheden van de afgelopen jaren flink gegroeid. In absolute cijfers is het aantal dieren dat dood gaat daarom wel hoger dan normaal." Voor de winter liepen er in het natuurgebied ongeveer 570 heckrunderen, 1140 konikpaarden en 2320 edelherten. In de winter is de sterfte, vooral onder jonge dieren, groot. In de Oostvaardersplassen worden ernstig verzwakte dieren die toch zouden sterven afgeschoten. Zo wordt hen nodeloos lijden bespaard.
Picture a bleak, remote copse. A young girl lowered into a shallow, informal grave to rest in perpetuity. In future times poets would solemnise this ritual burial.
New Orleans, Louisiana is a very unique town. Lot of character, vibe and fun things to do there. And while I will post more details about the city and its history in future uploads, I wanted to start my photographic journey by something related to New Orlean's nickname: The Big Easy. Many theories behind how people came up with this nickname. Some say it was due to the rich musical history of the city and how easy it was for musicians to land gigs in New Orleans. According to another theory a local newspaper writer, Betty Guillaud, came up with this name when she compared the laid back and relaxed way of life of New Orleans compared to tha fast paced and hurried life of "Big Apple" (New York City). One thing is for sure though, New Orleans residents had a very relaxed, perhaps "Big Easy", attitude towards aclohol consumption during Prohibition and that's another theory about how people came up with this name. Whatever the case may be, New Orleans definitely justifies it's nickname.
Music thanks to my friend Sotiria..
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Η Νεα Ορλεανη της πολιτειας της Λουιζιανα ειναι μια πολυ ιδιαιτερη πολη. Εχει παλμο, χαρακτηρα και πολλα ενδιαφεροντα πραγματα να δει και να κανει καποιος. Στο μελλον θα αναρτησω περισσοτερες φωτογραφιες της πολης συμπεριλαμβανοντας πληροφοριες για την ιστορια της. Θα ξεκινησω ομως αναλυοντας το πως απεκτησε το προσωνυμιο της: The Big Easy. Πολλες θεωριες υπαρχουν σχετικα με αυτο. Καποιοι λενε οτι οφειλεται στην πλουσια μουσικη ιστορια της πολης και το ποσο ευκολο ηταν σε νεους μουσικους να καθιερωθουν στο μουσικο στερεωμα της τζαζ (κατα βαση) σκηνης. Συμφωνα με μια αλλη θεωρια, μια δημοσιογραφος τοπικης εφημεριδας, η Betty Guillaud, σκεφτηκε το συγκεκριμενο ονομα οταν συνεκρινε το χαλαρο και ηρεμο τροπο ζωης της πολης σε σχεση με αυτον της Νεας Υορκης (The big apple) που χαρακτηριζεται απο ταχεις ρυθμους. Αυτο που ειναι σιγουρο ειναι πως οι κατοικοι της Νεας Ορλεανης ηταν πολυ χαλαροι, ισως "big easy", στο θεμα της καταναλωσης αλκοολ κατα τη διαρκεια της ποταπαγορευσης και αυτο ειναι μια αλλη θεωρια σχετικα με το πως προεκυψε το προσωνυμιο. Οποια και αν ειναι η πραγματικοτητα, η Νεα Ορλεανη σαφεστατα δικαιολογει το "nickname" της.
A herd of moo-cows mooching about on the South Downs in the evening sunshine. Rumour is the local dairy herd is about to be disbanded due to falling milk prices so might not see cattle like this on the Downs in future.
This is my first time travel to Uji city and this is a such nice place to visit and I love a lot this place.
No tourism so crowded and have a nice river view and sunset directions.
In future I could like to come again this place.
The chalk cliffs of the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight reach their highest point on what is now known as Tennyson Down, but was previously known as High Down - 147 metres above the waters of the English Channel.
After Tennyson's death in 1892 a local committee was formed to decide on an appropriate memorial to the poet who had made the island his home for 40 years.
The memorial - an Iona cross of Cornish granite - was almost certainly designed by Frank Loughborough Pearson, R.A., son of the well-known architect John Loughborough Pearson.
The site already had a beacon, a tarred wooden structure erected by Trinity House in 1893 and known as Nodes Beacon. Trinity House had to be approached for agreement to build a more permanent structure, and change the name to Tennyson Beacon.
As Douglas Freshfield, a Freshwater member of the committee, wrote to The Times:
The beacon cross should form a conspicuous and fitting memorial to one of England's greatest poets.
The beacon is 32 feet high and the cross itself is 24 feet high.
In 1895 the Board of Trade and Trinity House agreed to accept the memorial, that it should be known as 'The Tennyson Beacon' and that they would maintain it in future.
The cost of the memorial was estimated at £1,000 raised through subscription. The American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes formed a committee and raised £200 towards the cost.
By 1897 it had been completed and at 3pm on Friday 6th August the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the dedication ceremony. It was - intentionally - the 88th anniversary of the poet's birth.
The weather, as in this photograph - was glorious with sun and a cooling breeze.
The inscription reads:
In memory of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, this cross is raised as a beacon to sailors, by the people of Freshwater, and other friends in Europe and America.
I feel quite sure, said the second Lord Tennyson, after the dedication, that it is the memorial my father would have liked the best.
That is the positive side of the event. There was another, however, recorded in the pages of The Times a few days later:
that ill-organised, flat affair the other day, the unveiling of the Tennyson Beacon.
Whatever happened on that day, the cross stands almost unaffected by over one hundred years exposure to wind and weather.
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I thought an area of urban parkland called The Level would be a good place to photograph the snow, avoiding all the usual familiar Brighton landmarks. The wet snow caused my camera to cease functioning, but after 48 hours of drying out, it now works. I will use special camera rain sleeves in future.
This was from an older MOC that was just made as an experiment with landscape and a few other things, but I really liked this crab Droid, so here's a picture focusing on him :)
Might post some more photos of him, and some instructions in future if there is interest :)
No he wasn't a rare Gacha price but I can't help it to see this guy come home proudly to announce loud and proud at his lover that he just won the rare gacha price and no..no it's not going to fit the house!
In fact the dragon was a Manticore pet..I'm a dragon lover and hope to work more with dragon looks in future..So here comes my first try!
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The cliff on the right is the "Painted Wall", a 2,000+ ft vertical drop, named for the streaks of Pegmatite (no, I don't know what that is either) that run across it. This is a lesser known park in western Colorado, seemingly overshadowed by its neighbors like Canyonlands nearby in Arizona. Of the many great locations visit on recent trip with Kevin Benedict, this park really affected me. I love the different textures in the canyon, and I especially loved the quality of light streaking down the canyon in late afternoon.
Photographically I found this to be a very challenging location for many reasons. It's hard to get a photo that truly communicates the scope along with the magnificent coloring and some of the nuanced details. Shooting in to the setting sun created a lot of unpleasant sun spots on many of my shots. Also, the Painted Wall has a very large deep crevasse in it which tends to detract from the composition. Here I used a nearly square crop to largely eliminate the crevasse. I also tried some panorama shots which give a different kind of feel, and I may post one of those in future as well (I had a hard time choosing!). There is a vast range in tone between the bright sun and the dark regions at the bottom of the canyon. I found that a multiple exposure fusion was the only way I could adequately deal with the dynamic range. I tried to process it in such a way as to not make it scream 'HDR' (thought its still pretty obvious it is a multiple exposure).
I also took this opportunity to use the 'pixel shift' feature of the new Pentax K-3 ii, which uses the in-body image stabilization to take 4 pictures for each image, each shifted by 1 pixel in order to fully expose each pixel for true RGB (much like a foveon sensor). It then combines them in camera. So in fact, this photo is a fusion of 12 different images, 3 different exposures with 4 shots each. Theoretically this makes for lower noise, better dynamic range and greater clarity. While I have no objective proof that this works, I am quite impressed with the level of detail my relatively inexpensive APS-C Pentax was able to extract from this scene. While this feature is only useful in limited circumstances, it seems to be very effective in those cases where it can be used.. The Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 Art lens also contributes, as this lens is very very sharp when properly focused and exposed.
The universe of Warhammer Fantasy not so popular among the LEGO comunity, like, for example, Middle-Earth, but it gives a lot of inspiration for me. Everyone knows Erebor, and I want to show you my vision of equally famous Dwarf fortress.
Karak Kadrin, known also as Slayers Keep is a Dwarf stronghold which guards Peak Pass, an important trading route which runs through the Worlds Edge Mountains from the distant east to the Old World. A mighty and well-known kingdom, Karak Kadrin benefits from its position, having become both a wealthy trading center and the largest, most populous and most powerful Dwarf kingdom in the Pass. Despite being besieged countless times, Karak Kadrin has never fallen. Its impregnability is probably due to the fact it has become the home of the feared Dwarven Slayers, who are naturally attracted to such a contested place. On account of this, Karak Kadrin is commonly known as "Slayer Keep", and is an important centre for the worship of Grimnir, the Dwarf Ancestor God epitomizing fearlessness and fighting spirit.
You may think that this MOC is formulaic, and may be you will be right, but I think such type of fortress fits the best for the Dwarves.
Once I've built Dwarvish Gates ( www.flickr.com/photos/dwalinforkbeard/26148441875/in/date... ), and since that times I got a little more parts but still not enough. When I was on the half of the way, I realized that I have no parts at all to finish it. So I borrowed parts all over the country. Anyway, the result is not the same, I've had in my mind. I know about weaknesses of this MOC and maybe in future I can show better version. May be it will be Karaz-a-Karak, who knows?
Hope you like it.
April 9th_2019
Forgive me when I post too many photos of the grouse!
On April 9th 3 friends and I drove south of the city to a Sharp-tailed Grouse lek. I hadn't thought about the degree of difficulty that might challenge me in climbing over the stile with a knee replacement. I really struggled so I do not think I will be returning to see the grouse in future years.
Thanks for your visits, comments and faves! They are all appreciated!
Observing birds and wildlife provides information that can help us in future shoots. I have noticed that when swans climb up on a bog or area where they can stand and preen themselves, the often finish by flapping their wings. Knowing this helped me prepare to capture this image. What I didn't see until I processed this image was the bird that was close by in the foreground.
Sandwich, Kent, England.
The wood sandpiper is a medium-sized wading bird, with a fine straight bill, yellowish legs and a conspicuous long white stripe from the bill over the eye to the back of the neck. In flight, it shows no wing-stripes and a square white rump.
Is is a passage migrant in spring and autumn, breeding in Northern Europe and wintering in Africa. A few pairs breed in the Scottish Highlands. The flooding of some previously drained traditional marshes in Scotland may help this species in future. Wood sandpipers are listed as a Schedule 1 species.
What they eat:
Insects, worms, spiders, shellfish, small fish and small aquatic invertebrates.
Measurements:
Length:19-21cm
Wingspan:36-40cm
Weight:50-90g
Population:
UK breeding:28 pairs
Keep smiling!! No matter whatever is going to happen for us in future...We are destined to be happy till our breath stops..
Ukrainians!
Our defenders!
I am sure that you periodically see in the media - Ukrainian and Western - reports on how long this war can last. Some say a few weeks. Others - several years. Some say the war will last until the end of this year. And someone advises to prepare for a permanent confrontation with Russia as long as it exists.
Of course, I also hear different predictions. I have much more information than some media outlets about the intentions and capabilities of the Russian army. About the potential of the Russian economy. About the emotional state of society in Russia. All this must be taken into account before saying how long the war will last. Therefore, we must take into account the effectiveness of instruments of influence on Russia used by Ukraine and our entire anti-war coalition against Russia's aggression.
The success of our military on the battlefield is really significant. Historically significant. But not enough to clean our land from the occupiers yet. We’ll beat them more.
Sanctions against Russia are very significant. Economically painful. But still not enough for the Russian military machine to be left without means of subsistence. We promote stronger, more destructive ones.
So, in fact, it is these two areas that determine how long this war will last.
I always tell all our partners with whom I discuss this issue that the amount of support for Ukraine directly affects the restoration of peace. It literally defines how many more Ukrainians the occupiers will manage to kill.
If someone says: year or years, I answer: you can make the war much shorter. The more and the sooner we get all the weapons we have requested, the stronger our position will be and the sooner peace will come. The more and the sooner we get the financial support we have requested, the sooner there will be peace. The sooner the democratic world recognizes that the oil embargo against Russia and the complete blockade of its banking sector are necessary steps towards peace, the sooner the war will end.
So the number one task is to speed up the restoration of peace.
Our Armed Forces are doing it brilliantly. They are repelling the occupiers' attacks. They are carrying out counterattacks. They have already tormented - in the true sense of the word - Russian conventional aviation so much that they are forced to use strategic long-range aircraft.
I am grateful to each of our defenders for this great work.
Our diplomats must continue their activity in all possible directions, at all possible levels. Both official and unofficial.
The next package of sanctions against Russia must include an abandonment of Russian oil. In general, the democratic world must admit that money for Russian energy resources is in fact money for the destruction of democracy. When these decisions are made, we will all be able to see that peace is approaching.
I held a meeting with government officials today. The key topic is the solution of urgent economic issues that arose during martial law.
It was noted that four-fifths of all Ukrainian enterprises have already returned to work in a safe area. In particular, this applies to heavy industry enterprises. Transport networks are being rebuilt. Good performance is shown in trade and services. And all this is also the fulfillment of the national task of accelerating the restoration of peace.
That is why I am grateful to everyone who keeps jobs, who employs our people, who helps businesses adapt to these difficult conditions and gives Ukraine the necessary economic strength to live.
No matter what, in all cities and communities where there are no occupiers and hostilities, it is necessary to restore the economy to the maximum.
Energy issues and the end of this heating season were discussed. The season was successful in spite of everything. Despite all the predictions, tariffs have not increased. There were no rolling blackouts. Supplies were not disrupted even in wartime. Preparations have also begun for the next heating season. We discussed the purchase of gas, the purchase of coal.
We offer at least for the next 6 months the electricity tariff in the amount of 1 hryvnia 44 kopecks per kilowatt for those who use less than 250 kilowatts. This is 80% of our people.
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food reported that the sowing campaign has begun and continues in all regions of our country, including Luhansk and Donetsk.
We also talked to government officials today about filling in the questionnaire that Ukraine received from President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. This is a necessary stage in the preparation of our country to become a candidate for EU membership. The work is almost complete, and we will soon provide the answers to the representatives of the European Union.
I held an important meeting today with all the leaders of the state power bloc. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Chief of the General Staff, Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Commander of the National Guard, Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the President's Office, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and the head of our delegation at the negotiations. The main topic is Mariupol. Details cannot be made public at the moment. But we are doing everything to save our people.
The restoration of normal life in those areas and districts where the occupiers were expelled continues. The amount of work is really huge. 918 settlements of different scales, but equally important for us, for Ukraine, have already been de-occupied.
We carry out demining. We restore the supply of electricity, water and gas. We restore the work of the police, post office, state and local authorities.
Humanitarian headquarters have started working on the territory of 338 liberated settlements. We are resuming the provision of regular and emergency medical care, the work of educational institutions - where it is really possible. In total, on this day, Russian troops have destroyed or damaged 1,018 educational institutions across our country.
Restoration of roads and railways has begun. In particular, from tomorrow the railway connection with Chernihiv and Nizhyn will be restored. Trains are already running between the cities of the Sumy region.
The teams of Ukravtodor and Ukrzaliznytsia work quite efficiently, and I am grateful to them for this speed. For giving people back a sense of normal life, which the occupiers tried to destroy forever.
In the south and east of our country, the situation is still very difficult, far from talking about recovery.
In the occupied districts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, the Russian military continue to terrorize civilian residents of our country. They are looking for anyone who has ever been associated with the Ukrainian army or government agencies.
The occupiers think that this will somehow make it easier for them to control the territory. But they are wrong. They deceive themselves. The problem of the occupiers is not that they are not accepted by some activists, veterans or journalists. Russia's problem is that the entire Ukrainian people does not accept it and will never accept it again. Russia lost Ukraine forever. Actually, it lost the whole world. It will not be accepted anywhere anymore.
And the cruelty with which Russian troops are trying to conquer the Azov, Donbas, Kharkiv regions, only takes away even the slightest chance of these territories and these people to have any ties with this state at least sometime in the future.
Maybe somewhere in Russia cruelty is respected. But in Ukraine cruelty is despised. And punished. And it is obligatory.
Today I signed decrees on awarding our military. 237 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were awarded state awards, 34 of them posthumously.
The title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to Colonel Kashchenko Dmytro Valeriyovych, commander of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Operational Command "North" of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For the personal example of heroism that inspires comrades in service, for extremely effective combat operations and concrete and very important results for maintaining the positions of our army and expelling the occupiers.
And finally. The important words that hope always wins even under seemingly insurmountable circumstances.
This Saturday, the Jewish community celebrates Passover. Holiday of liberation. Holiday of life. I sincerely wish all those who celebrate in Ukraine and in the world peace, good and the inevitable defeat of any evil that threatens freedom and life on earth.
Chag Pesach Sameach!
I am grateful to all our male defenders! I am grateful to all our female defenders!
Glory to Ukraine!
Sandhill Cranes used to be in the same genus (Grus) as European Cranes, but genetic studies in 2010 resulted in Sandhills and four other crane species being placed in a separate genus Antigone. Antigone by the way, was the daughter of King Laomedon of Troy who was metamorphosed into a Stork for presuming to compare herself to the goddess Hera. Now more recent genetic studies have shown that the population of Pacific coastal Sandhill Cranes are very different genetically and ecologically from those inland birds breeding east of the Rockies, and may even be a separate species, though more work would be needed to establish that: www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Dividing_Lines_in_the_...
They are called Sandhill Cranes after one of their most important migration stopover sites at the Platte River in Nebraska, which is a habitat of inland sand hills. Being migratory they are prone to occasional vagrancy and a handful of birds have reached Britain. I was fortunate enough to see one of these vagrants while visiting Shetland in September 1991. So if the species is split in future, my Scottish sighting might be my only bird of the interior (eastern) population.
These were a coastal breeding pair at the George C Reifel reserve near the mouth of the Fraser River in British Columbia. There is a difference in size of the red head patch but this is just natural variation among adults (young birds lack the red head patch) as the sexes are similar, though males are a bit larger. So the left bird here looks like the male.
Messier 51 is the famous "Whirlpool" galaxy in Canes Venatici. It is one of the most conspicuous and best-known spiral galaxies in the sky. M 51 is interacting with its much smaller neighbour, NGC 5195
A lot of frames were tossed out over the two nights this target was acquired. I have had trouble getting proper guiding on my CGX using a MacBook for image acquisition. I have recently adjusted my RA and DEC axis on the mount and will try to refine PHD2 settings so I can hopefully calm down my auto-guiding. A new mount might have to be considered in future if I plan to do more work on my EdgeHD 11.
I have upgraded my mono camera to the new ASI294MM for narrowband work on my RASA 8 but plan on using it on the C11 for broadband targets. This will be my final image captured using the famous ASI1600mm.
Data
Camera: ASI1600mm-Pro
Telescope: Celestron C11 EdgeHD
Aperture: f7
Mount: Celestron CGX
Filters: Luminance 39 x 120sec
Red 63 x 120sec
Green 51 x 120sec
Blue 51 x 120sec
Total exposure: 6.8 hours
Gain: 21 Offset: 139
OAT: 15°C
Camera Temp: -15°C
Guiding: ASI174-mini
Bias: 50 frames
Darks: 50 frames
Flats: 50 frames
Flat Darks: 50 frames
Post Processing: Pixinsight, PS, LR
Pose: Jess Poses - Couple Bento #30 (Coming April 15 to the Virtual Design Event)
Model: My dearest Cykes Silver. He's one of those people I can just instantly connect with and I was so thrilled he was available to shoot with me. Cuddle Piles with Cykes are the best, even when he falls asleep on me.
Pants: These are a group gift by Blueberry and available at the Main Store.
A word about the pose ... when my model and I sat on our pose balls, we assumed the pose and it alligned well and we both felt it was adorable. However, the balls themselves did not disappear. I was able to right click > Edit, then increase the transparency to 100% to make them go away. Just a note to the creator that she will want to fix that in future efforts.
Minolta Maxxum 4, test
Minolta AF Zoom 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6
Fujicolor C200
Unicolor
Pakon F135
My dad sent me a couple of cameras, a Pentax Super Program and a Minolta Maxxum 4; both tested and working, but this Minolta appears to be overexposing, which was easy to correct in post, although I may just rate the film a stop faster in future rolls.
Vicino a Melbourne abbiamo percorso la Great Ocean Road per ben 2 volte nel nostro viaggio in Australia… luoghi magnifici (anche se, per noi amanti della tranquillità, un pò troppo affollati) si susseguono lungo questa strada costiera di 200km circa… Questa immagine è dei famosissimi 12 Apostoli, sulla costa del Port Campbell National Park..in realtà grazie all’erosione marina ne sono rimasti solo 8 ma,probabilmente, col tempo altri se ne genereranno altri…
Panorama creato dall’unione di 3 scatti
Close to Melbourne we drove the Great Ocean Road 2 times in our australian trip… amazing places (even if, for us who love quiet, a bit too crowded) are all near each-other on this 200 kilometers coastal road… This image shows the famous 12 apostles , on the Port Campbell National park shores… in reality there are just 8 stacks thanks to the erosion of the ocean but, probably, in future more stacks will be created from the waves…
3 shots stitched in a panorama
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The East Terran Trading Company is finally ready to begin large scale exportation of vanilla from Jameston. The first stage of processing the 'Queen of Spices' is to sort the beans. A very manual process, workers sort the beans as they arrive from the plantations in the shade of a large warehouse painted in the typical citrus hues of Jameston. They are looking for beans between 10-25cm and discard any that are woody or brown. After sorting, further processing can begin (to be shown in future MOCs).
A free build for Brethren of the Brick Seas on Eurobricks.
Couple of Lego Mandalorian-related figs and builds. Also, yellow background because the white background was too small to fit everything :/ From left to right:
Mini Razorcrest: Pretty happy with how this turned out. I didn't want to make a huge Razorcrest because I knew I wouldn't have all the pieces, so I decided to scale it down a lot. The scale's kinda inspired by the mini Slave 1 from the Cloud City set, and the ship can seat the Mandalorian at the cockpit and Cara Dune and Baby Yoda at the back. Hoping to show more angles of this in future Mandalorian-related posts.
The figures are pretty straight forward, Mando has Firestartoys arms and a Brickarms pistol, and rubber glovetops cut from a hose piece. Cara Dune's the official Lego figure with no changes at all.
I did the best I could with Baby Yoda lol, I thought the head from Lego's OG yoda would fit him best because the color's decently accurate, and the head doesn't have that gray hair print on the back.
Blurrg: My absolute favorite "thing" to come out of the Mandalorian. Yeah, I know the Blurrgs were featured in TCW and Rebels, but seeing them in live-action was something else. Really love their design, and I thought I'd make it in Lego form. Getting it to scale was the primary goal, and I think it fits in pretty well with minifigs. Only thing I would change are the eyes if I had more Lego printed eye parts, but these were the best thing I could find.
What do you guys think? Comments are, as always, very much appreciated!
Sorry my dear friends, I haven't been on Flickr for a while as I have been a bit busy and si I needed to take a rest. Hope to find more time for Flickr in future again.
Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,115-foot (4,302.31 m) fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12.0 miles (19.3 km) west by south (bearing 263°) of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain is named in honor of American explorer Zebulon Pike, who was unable to reach the summit. The summit is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.
Yes I drove up to it. I been to the Cedars of Lebanon and the Pyrenees in France and Spain, but by far at this peak, I was at the highest elevation I have been ever. The Air was thin an I was breathing short rapid breath. I felt light headed and stayed atop for 10 minutes and then knew I had to go to a lower elevation. The views from the top are breath taking and some of these will be posted in future posts.
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Expédition Antarctique 1966 are a collection of snowmobiles that were used in 3rd Belgo-Dutch scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1966. It was hoped that these vehicles would be used in future expeditions, but have instead been left to gather dust in a cramped barn in Belgium.
This is one of my favorite spots for shoting sunsets .. my best and most favorable shots.
Sunset shots hunting season starting soon :)
once the sun gets back to its usual spot !
Lighting up the 1927 Dodge Graham and the Standard Mill during a night photography workshop in the historic mining town of Bodie, California. My intention was to light up this old Dodge flatbed truck, but someone was capturing a photo of the Standard Mill in the background, so we had the bonus of a background subject about 1/3 mile away.
If you'd like to join us this year, very few nights in our 2016 schedule have remaining space!
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In future years I may switch to embedding Bodie access in our longer workshops, instead of conducting single nights. I've tried to keep Bodie access as reasonable as possible, but that's just not sustainable given the very high, and increasing, access fees.
Max Lindquist Presents – The Church Show
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Deicide — Walk With the Devil in the Dreams
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Welcome to the Church Show Season 2026
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Episode 7 ————————––––– Chapter 24
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Deicide ——————————————– Deicide
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i love christiAnity also contrAsts & Freedom
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here i Am here we go the stArt of a new erA
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Lund Cathedral in Scania Province, Sweden
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Six Feet Under ————––––– Human Target
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Humanity = 100% Future Involvement in Art
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AI = 0% Involvement in Future Human Arts !
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Humanity = 100% Future Involvement in Art
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Deicide – Not as Long as We Both Shall Live
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Deicide — Walk With the Devil in the Dreams
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Deicide —— Between the Flesh and the Void
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Deicide ———–– Horror in the Halls of Stone
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Deicide ——–––– The Stench of Redemption
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Deicide ———––– Even the Gods Can Bleed
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Deicide —————– Standing in the Flames 3
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Deicide —————– Standing in the Flames 2
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Deicide ——–––––– From Unknown Heights
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Deicide ——————– Standing in the Flames
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Deicide ––––––––––– In the Minds of Evil 2
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Deicide ——————––– Scars of the Crucifix
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Deicide ————————– Refusal of Penance
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Deicide —––––––––––– In the Minds of Evil
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Deicide ————————— Creatures of Habit
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Deicide ———————––– Slave to the Cross
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Deicide ———————––– Homage for Satan
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Deicide ————————–– Full Documentary
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Deicide —————————– Worthless Misery
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Deicide —————————– Forever Hate You
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Deicide —————————– Beyond Salvation
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Deicide ————————––– Halls of Worship
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Deicide —————————— Bastard of Christ
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Deicide ————————––– To Hell with God
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Deicide ————————–––– I Am No One 2
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Deicide ——————————– One with Satan
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Deicide ————————–––– Death to Jesus
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Deicide —–––––––––––––– Olivious to Evil
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Deicide —–––––––––––––– Dead by Dawn
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Deicide –––––––––––––––– Misery of One
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Deicide —————————–––– I Am No One
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Deicide —————————–––– Severed Ties
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Deicide ———————————– Thou Begone
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Deicide ——————————––– Suffer Again
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Deicide ———————————–– Desecration
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Deicide ——————————————– Deicide
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Deicide —————————————––– Godkill
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Philip Glass –––––––––––– Dreaming of Fiji
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Roads criss-crossing the world's highest plateau, the cold desert of Ladakh, an extension to the Tibetian plateau. Its a part of bikers circuit, and have seen them in droves. More on this in future posts.
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Small Arms Limited, Long Branch Arsenal
Adjacent to the west side of Marie Curtis Park (now Marie Curtis Park West) in Toronto Township is the former site of the Small Arms Limited Long Branch Arsenal. The Federal Government had owned the lands south of Lake Shore Road, between the Etobicoke River to just west of Cawthra Road, from the late 1800s into the early 20th-Century.
The Ordnance Branch of the Department of National Defence authorized the construction of the factory in 1940. After transfer to the Department of Munitions and Supply, a Crown Corporation, Small Arms Ltd. was formed to operate the facility. By June 1941, the first five rifles had been produced. Huge quantities of British-pattern military small arms were manufactured there during the Second World War, including the No.4 MkI* Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifle, and the Sten submachine-gun (or machine-carbine). Small Arms Ltd. ceased operations at the end of December 1945. Beginning January 1, 1946, operations continued as the Small Arms Division, Canadian Arsenals Limited. The factory was closed June 30, 1976. The property was later used by Canada Post as a distribution centre.
The factory complex was demolished and the "Arsenal Lands" are now being used for the stockpiling of landfill for use in future aquatic park development. The lands are slated to be eventually become part of Marie Curtis Park West. The buildings of the office complex at the foot of Dixie Road were saved for public use, while only the water tower remains from the factory complex.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeview,_Mississauga
“It isn’t easy being a super star, you know Bertie?” Said Sky.
“I didn’t know you were a super star Sky, anyway, what is a super star?”
“Well, it is a star that is super, I suppose. Plus, as not many bears are super stars, it isn’t a familiar identity problem.”
“Who else do I know who is a super star, Sky?”
“Well, there is… I don’t think there is anyone else Bertie.”
“What about Posh Bear or Wellington? They must be super stars too.”
“I don’t think so Bertie, they are clever and very old, but I don’t think they have super star material about them. It is something that one either has or hasn’t got, and I’ve got it.”
“Hello chaps, what are you chatting about?” Asked Posh Bear as he sat down beside his two friends.
“We were talking about super stars Posh, I didn’t realise that little Sky here is a super star.” Said Bertie.
“No, I am not surprised Bertie, for I didn’t know that either. When did you find out about this status, Sky?”
“It was you Posh, you told me that I was a super star. I’m surprised you don’t remember, but then you are getting quite old I suppose.” Said Sky smiling. “Us, super stars must make allowances.”
“Refresh my old memory for me Sky, I can’t recall the occasion.”
Sky gave a long, drawn-out sigh before he spoke.
“Well, if you remember, when I told you that I had managed to find more jars of that very nice local honey on the man’s picture thingy yesterday, I seem to remember you saying, super, what a star. I assumed that you had got the words in the wrong order and what you meant to say was, what a super star. That seems pretty clear to me.” Explained Sky.
“That makes sense to me too Sky, and if Posh says that you are a super star then you must be for, he is ever so old and very knowledgeable.” Agreed Bertie.
“Yes, and very forgetful too. I doubt he recalls saying that I could have two jars of his honey for ordering this special honey for him too.” Said Sky looking at Posh.
“I didn’t say that, Sky?”
“There, I told you Bertie. It’s old age you know. Posh, I think you need to begin writing things down in future. Take the word of a super star, old chap.” Sky said, while patting his friend on the arm with his paw.
“Why don’t we go and find that honey Posh, after all, it is only fair if you offered it to Sky, and while you are finding it for him, any chance you have a jar or two for me?” Asked Bertie smiling nicely.
“I just don’t understand why you two never have any honey of your own?” Asked Posh.
“That’s simple Posh, it is because we eat it. Now about that honey you owe us…” Sky said smiling.
The Hawker-Siddeley 4,000hp prototype had a very chequered history largely thanks to exceeding the 20 ton axleload limit for nose suspended traction motor fitted locomotives decreed by BR. Despite a reduction of the axeload from 23 to 21 tonnes by dint of fitting a pair of modified class 47 bogies at Brush Works in early 1969 its use as a high speed passenger loco only lasted for two months on ECML services before being banished back to freight duties. A complete lack of interest by BR who had decided they no longer wanted a mixed traffic loco as they foresaw the future as lightweight high speed passenger trains and dedicated low geared freight locos saw the unwanted loco sold to the Russians initially for show at the Moscow Rolling Stock Exhibition in July 1971. The early use of a 3 phase AC alternator instead of a DC main generator was of particular interest to the Russians when they came to reverse engineer parts of it to incorporate in future designs.
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I absolutely adore churches and chapels. I find them immensely elegant and peaceful. Often set in a green area with trees, they are a little pocket of wild in an increasingly urbanised world.
I have scouted many churches and chapels recently, and attempted to take photos on many occasions, but I'm never happy with the composition...
I wasn't going to post this photo to Flickr just because I think it's very mediocre, but having it up here will pave the way to me posting more photos of churches in future. In fact, I have a roll of HP5 in my Hasselblad at the moment which *should* have a photo of my favourite chapel that I saw during my trip to wales. Let's wait and see how it turns out!
Hasselblad 500C/M 80mm 2.8, taken on Portra 160.
Lettermacaward, County Donegal, Ireland
The river Gweebarra is a 20 mile stretch of river which starts flowing from Lough Barra deep in the Derryveagh mountains. From around halfway this mountainous river water gradually becomes estuarine water. This is where freshwater meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean, which is pushed up the river estuary inland for miles during each high tide.
This estuarine river creates brackish water around the mouth of the bay. What I love about the area around the Gweebarra Bridge is that you can clearly see where both water types collide and mix into one. The fresh brownish tainted bogland river water suddenly meets the clear blue salt waters of the Atlantic Sea, creating a river of two different colours which I find fascinating to whiteness
This really shows and proves how connected our waterways and our oceans truly are. Anything deposited into these lakes, streams and rivers even 20 miles inland from the shore will gradually flow and find its way out to sea. I hope it's only peat and natural minerals that make their way along our rivers in future and nothing man-made 💚
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Veluwezoom National Park is a part of the forest and heaths between Arnhem and Dieren (Gelderland, Netherlands). It is one of the oldest national parks of The Netherlands. Many animals feel at home here due to the large area (5000 hectares) and the varied landscape. In this area the herbivorous animals are common: Scottish Highlanders, Icelandic horses, deers. The largest mammal of the Netherlands is elk. But smaller animals also find home here such as boars, hares, foxes and squirrels. In future Veluwezoom will be connected to the Oostvaardersplassen area in Flevoland, Netherlands and wild nature areas in Germany.
Source: www.parksandlandscapes.org/blog/veluwezoom-national-park-...
I am posting this for my friend Emily in Indiana, PA who is the Project Manager & Conservation Planner for Working Lands for Wildlife. Her specific tasks are to work with the landowners in PA to create wildlife habitat conducive for the breeding of Golden-winged Warblers.
These birds are very close to Endangered status and need all of our help...same goes for the Cerulean Warbler as well.
Both birds are species of special concern to the American Bird Conservancy who has been supporting Emily's work and the work of Dr. Jeffrey Larkin of the University of Indiana Pennsylvania for the past 4 or 5 years .
Dr. Larkin and his students and graduate students have been woking in the field for years studying the GWWA regarding habit preferences for nesting, nesting materials, preferred altitude above sea level, types of trees and shrubs in areas they prefer, what they like to eat, etc.
Their research and findings have been most valuable to the scientific community.
I encourage everyone to join and support the American Bird Conservancy----
This photo may also appear in future ABC publications.
Four times a year, at the end of each quarter, the notebooks are collected and graded. Of course I want to see everthing --- class notes, vocabulary sheets, cultural info, verb info, tape recorded practice sheets --- everthing completed and in the specified order. Now is that asking too much?
It takes a while to grade the notebooks, but it is worth the time and effort, and I feel good knowing that, when the students leave me, they have a great "resource of information" to use in future Spanish classes.
I have recently feature posts from the Vettones hill fort of Yaca de Yeltes. A fascinating site, but difficult to find a view that shows the scale of the walls and the link with its geography. Less than 15km to the north west is a second Castro (Iron age hill fort) and this is easier to grasp. I spent some time getting this panoramic and the lower left is rebuilt scrub but the rest quite accurate.
The Yaca de Yeltes site is now often referred to as "Camp fortifié de Yecla la Vieja" and the above site: Camp fortifié de Las Merchanas. "Camp fortifié" runs to "hill fort" and both terms emphasise a military attack/defence implied explanation. In France the term Oppidum is often used - the name offered by the invading Romans, and late bronze age 'oppidum' are ideas that require a little Pataphysics within French chronology. Another term on the centre to north west of the Iberian peninsula is 'Castro'. No backdating of dates and no inherent military - just an idea of an early town/city - often walled and from the bridge between prehistory and protohistory.
The Vettone people made many sculptures of almost life sized domestic animals (cows, pigs...). These animals were carved in granite and many exist today in varying states of finesse. These 'living orthostates' are known as Verracos and come after the age of megaliths. A Verraco can be seen on the above image aside a Flickr text box. As far as I understand, no Verraco has been found on a plinth by the entrance to a Castro. Yes, the Romans added dynamic sculptures by gates to cities (domestic dogs contrasting against wild wolves being one example), but that was later and from afar. Verracos were calm and 'permanent' works from after the great ages of megalitism and not degenerate (would like to be) 'Roman' sculptures. Putting a Verraco on a plinth by the main gate seems to be a misleading flight of fancy and I will look into this very specific Iron age art form in future posts; likewise I will develop alternative ways to result in walled settlements where division and warfare are aides rather than 'architects'.
AJM 08.07.21
A second night of trying to shoot star trails for the first time in several years. A few critical points to look into overcoming in future: though I cannot improve the interval period between each picture (minimum 1s on my X-E3), I hope to find some way to avoid the stipling evident in these trails; once I have a telephoto lens, I hope to avoid the distracting leaves which contain artefacts of the stacking process; I shot the scene a little too early, so there is some variation of light between the first stacked image and the last - in future I must wait until the afterglow of the sun is totally gone; I need to purchase a decent lens hood, as a lamp adjacent to the antenna causes the lens glare in both the upper right and lower left of the image; and finally I will need to finalise my work-flow - for example do I colour edit the RAW files, or the JPG/TIFF output file from the stacking software (as I did here, though it seems to reduce the integrity of the image)?
So, some more to learn, but I place it here as an imperfect example of what I hope to achieve in future.
X-E3 with XF 35 1.4
30s f2.8 ISO 800 x 171 (stacked using StarStaX)
So many layers of history and legend piled on top of each other it will be hard to know where to begin when I start to explain White Horse Hill in future postings. Luckily the weather and cloud cover played ball and gave me some wonderful, if hazy low level light.
A view over the Vale of the White Horse, a shallow wide valley drained by the gentle River Ock that enters the Thames at Abingdon hidden by the rising land on the right.
In the centre of the image, somewhere in the distance, hidden by a roll in the landscape must be Oxford.
The flat topped hill in the distance is Dragon Hill, a rare free-standing chalk knoll, its flat top created in the Iron Age and the site of where St George slayed the dragon. There's still a patch on the summit where grass will never grow, poisoned by the dragon's blood.
Just leaving the NT car park here, and my other half and driver paying and finding a bench to enjoy the view whilst I belt around.