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We have had a couple of gorgeous spring days. The snow is almost completely gone out of my yard (a sure sign of more snow) and I did my first garden inspection. It was thrilling to find tulips, peony, and daylilies just poking through the ground,and my roses have tiny new leaves sprouting. Spring...bring it on!!
It’s like going back in time seeing two large logo BR blue liveried class 37 locos with BR Mk2 coaches. 37418 heads the train with 37025 at the rear, seen passing through Pontlottyn heading south along the Rhymney Line. This is the "Transport for Wales" 3Z36 Crew Trainer from Rhymney to Cardiff Canton Sidings. Two diagrams will commence shortly to carry passengers to and from Cardiff Central to Rhymney whilst a number of Class 150 Sprinters undergo refits.
It's five o' clock at the newly opened Halfweg-Zwanenburg railway station in Halfweg, The Netherlands.
Lens: Panasonic H-HS12035 12-35mm F2.8.
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Munja, the sleepy lab puppy.
Love him so so much . ♥
...this year we are keeping it simple around here for Christmas....
On Monday I brought the box (with boxes) of Christmas decorations up from the cellar and I have slowly begun to decorate...I only put 5 pieces so far:
~ the 3 dimensional plywood tree/ candle holder (from Habitat)
~ the handmade reindeer from salted dough (decorated with little details made with golden ink) I made last year during one of my Art&Crafts in English sessions with mighty, little students
~ two ...gigantic woolen socks, tied to the stairs up (not seen here - picture to come)
~ the pair of wooden ice skates which is hanging on one of the window handles seen here
~ and the two handmade angels from Munieca, purchased last year via Etsy (seen in comments)
This year I've decided to be decorating little by little, adding something every now and then until I feel that the outcome is ready. And while last year I created a winter Wonderland as among a few lovely others, wonderful Kirsten from Simply Grove had blogged about it , this year I have a need ofr basics, keeping it simple and an attitude for less is more.
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It had been some time since I’d last visited Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, and Avis Spiralis was still under construction. At the time, I wasn’t sure what it was meant to be, though I assumed it was a bird blind since it overlooks Heron Pond. On Christmas Day, surrounded by fog with prairie grasses rising behind it, I thought it looked especially beautiful. Afterward, I searched for more information and found an article in St. Louis Magazine, which made the structure even more interesting to me.
Taken in Ochanomizu, Tokyo.
Japanese temple footpaths are often lined with moss covered rocks, which thrive in shaded areas adding extra twists of colour.
This pic only went through a very minor levels adjustment. Thanks for looking.
Canon EOS 60D | RAW | f2.8 | 1/50s | ISO 100 | Lens at 100mm | Custom WB |
- Here’s one more to change up the tones. A bit more violent but it depicts a much better way to show off how scary multiple hands can be. This photo was taken in 2016 but I literally just finished photoshopping this edition a few minutes ago 😅
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Model: Aroyia Jones
Photographer: @jem_salazar
On 17 December 2013, it was a long day of Christmas Bird Count south of the city. A group of nine of us, travelling in two vehicles, covered part of the huge circle around High River. A few others from Calgary, plus quite a few people from the town, covered the rest. We were so lucky with the weather - the temperature actually got up to 9C! (Ha, as I'm typing today, 5 January 2014, it's -25C with a windchill of -31C). We left Calgary at 7:15 a.m., but by the time we arrived at Frank Lake, our first destination, the sunrise was just beginning. On this count last year, every plant and blade of dry grass was covered in wonderful hoar frost - not so lucky this time. Snow depth was from bare ground to 15 cm, with drifts to 100cm, and there was no open water at the lake. From the report: 6 kms on foot; 75kms by car; 3 hrs on foot, 5 hours by car.
The day was spent driving the backroads, and calling in at various homesteads and farms. We had three species of owl, which, as you can imagine, delighted everyone in my group. We had hoped to see a Snowy Owl, but no luck this year. My group had 19 species of bird by the end of the day - we finished driving around 3:00 p.m..Noticeably lacking were small birds, such as Snow Buntings - so I had to make do with owls, lol!
The final list for our group, covering two areas, was:
Mallard-12/ 0= 12
Northern Pintail-1 f./ 0= 1
Common Goldeneye-4/0= 4
Gray Partridge-17/30= 47
Ring-necked Pheasant-3/0= 3
Bald Eagle-1ad/1ad= 2
Northern Harrier-1/ 0= 1
Great Horned Owl-4/1= 5
Long-eared Owl-2/0= 2
Short-eared Owl-2/0= 2
Rock Pigeon-47/7= 54
Downy Woodpecker-1/ 0= 1
Northern Flicker-1/0= 1
Black-billed Magpie-7/24= 31
Common Raven-2/1= 3
Horned Lark-2/0= 2
Black-capped Chickadee-0/1= 1
American Tree Sparrow-6/0= 6
House Sparrow-35/140= 175
The absolutely gorgeous, Crow-sized Long-eared Owl, seen in the photo above, was on someone's private land. We were given permission to wander around, searching the trees and open area. A few people had gone ahead of me just a matter of steps, when suddenly, to my amazement and total delight, I noticed this little owl hiding deep within a Spruce tree : ))) Couldn't believe my eyes! I've seen three of these Crow-sized owls before, but each time is as exciting as if it were the very first time. Actually, we had already seen another Long-eared Owl earlier in the day! You won't believe this, but two trees away from this Spruce tree - the trees were all squashed together and looked more like one huge tree - there was a beautiful Great Horned Owl! Of course, we were all hoping that the GHO wouldn't take the smaller owl for its supper! Oh, did I mention that two Short-eared Owls were spotted by someone in the first car, hidden amongst the dead grasses? They were sitting there, facing each other, and I managed to just get a couple of rather poor photos. Another thrill of the day : )
At the end of the day, some of the people involved in this count stayed for a pot-luck supper. Thanks so much to everyone who organized this annual Count and worked so hard with preparing for the meal. We always enjoy this time at the end of a long day, chatting about what we'd all been seeing in the various segments of the huge circle. Special thanks to Greg Wagner, who organized the whole event - well done, as usual, Greg : ) Thanks so much, Lorrie and John, for driving some of us the whole day and for picking me up and bringing me home - really appreciate your coming well out of your way to do this!
Today, it's going to be a long, brutally cold day of birding on the Nanton Christmas Bird Count, roughly an hour's drive S of Calgary. Had to set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. (after getting to sleep around 2:15 a.m.). Be back later.
A SECOND PHOTO IN COMMENT BOX.
It's in the peninsula of Wisconsin, consisting of 8 miles of shoreline and almost 3800 acres. It's in a very popular area (Door County), especially this time of year, because of all the wineries, orchards, and cherries.
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So most of the snow has melted away, and I started jogging again today. I believe the last big snowdrop we got the other day may have been the last one of the season (fingers crossed).
This day I went out with the intention of shooting a roll with the 45/4 for my 67II. I'm trying to see if there is a superwide for a format larger than 6x6 that I should really invest in, time-wise. For 6x6, I have the SWC/M and there's no way I'd want anything else. But what about larger?
The 45/4 is a fine lens, that's for sure, and 67II is a damn fine camera. But so far, I'm not seeing a "magic" to this combo. I'm wondering if that's because it's a retrofocus lens. After becoming so used to the beauty of non-retrofocus wideangle lenses like the Biogon, perhaps I just won't be satisfied with a retrofocus lens.
So. Here's the question. What else?
I have the Mamiya so the 50mm f6.3 in 6x9 format sounds really quite intriguing, and pretty affordable in light of, say, an SWC. Of course, there are other larger MF rangefinders like the Mamiya 7, Fuji 6x7/8/9 cameras. Then there are the 6x9 and 6x12, 6x17 wideangle cameras, like the Linhof Technoramas and their chinese knockoffs.
Holy crap! There's so much out there!
It kind of makes sense. With the exception of some very expensive gems (e.g Leica Noctilux), I've covered pretty much of the super shallow DoF options. Now I want the other extreme.. the super deep dof undistorted ultra-wideangles :-)
Oh yeah, so I am going to acquire the TS-E 17/4 as some point this year.
It is a shame that a young boy, maybe 10 years old, is already this fat. If he, or his family, does not get this under control he is looking at a bleak future.
So after my mini rant. I forgot to talk more about this lighting set up.
mainly that this one was shot with a background light.
My technical side urged me to flag the background light to avoid the bits of flare in the photo. But it was kind of a cool effect so I kept it.
Oh and I did a bunch of moves like a rockstar model while testing my new modifiers. The remote has a mind of it's own and this shot was a fluke lol It snapped as I was trying to take the sweater off.
Strobist Info:
Westcott apollo softbox camera left at 1/8 AB800, AB800 @1/8 pointed at the wall behind me. Sony HVLf56AM on camera 1/32 stofen diffused @ 85mm. — at Fortress of Zee.
This is me in Finland!! :)
Nice weaaaaaaaather hahahahaha
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In every one of our Cutting Edge Die Sets, each die comes with its matching cut-out. The die is the framed 'negative space' shape, and the cut-out is the actual shape that used to be part of the die before it was cut out.
The dies were designed for silhouette dieforming – pushing flat sheets of polymer clay through an opening to make 3D forms with a specific silhouette – as explained in our book, Relief Beyond Belief. Since we released that book almost two years ago, the dies have become the more famous half of these two-part tools. But cut-outs on their own were in my studio long before I made dies or developed dieforming for polymer clay. They've always been an indispensable tool when cutting shapes out of flat veneers, blends, textures, mokume, whatever...
It's possible to cut out shapes using the opening within a single template or in a template sheet (like those green plastic geometric templates sold in art supply stores that many of us own). The opening is like a window and you can easily and exactly frame the area you want. But when you cut within a window, you're cutting on the inside edge of the template, which is awkward, and you have to be careful not to slip. If you do, the only way for your blade to go is in, and then you mar the good clay you've carefully prepared and chosen to feature within your shape. That's why I use cut-outs, to cut outside the edge of a shape instead of within it: the cut-out protects the swatch as I cut; I can see the cut line easier; I don't have to get into small spaces and tight corners; and if I do slip, I'm only cutting the part of the veneer that I wasn't going to use anyway. It's a trick I picked up in art school years ago (back when cutting and pasting actually involved X-ACTO knives and glue). It's carried over into my work in polymer clay and fits so perfectly for this application.
For well-placed patterns and perfect shapes every time, I use both the die and its matching cut-out. First, I use the die window to find and define the area of pattern I want to use. Once it's in place on my veneer, I drop in the cut-out and swap out the die, masking the area I know I want, and revealing the rest to be trimmed away with my X-ACTO knife and #11 blade. Once trimmed, I remove the cut-out, and reveal my cut-out shape, exactly as I expected.
When we designed our Die Sets, we did so with dieforming in mind. But we also knew the matching cut-outs were an important 'other half' to these tools. For dieforming, I use dies. But if I want to cut out a shape, I use a cut-out.
Borrowing step-outs from our book, and following the numbered sequence in the diptic here, here are the basic steps for cutting shapes with cut-outs...
1. frame your veneer within the window of your die and set it in place
2. grab the matching cut-out
3. place the cut-out into the die window
4. gently hold the cut-out in place and lift the die off the veneer
5. your cut-out is now in postion and your veneer is ready to trim into a shape
BTW, the only time you wouldn't want to use a cut-out is if you wanted to create a 'negative space' shape within a larger veneer. In other words, if you want to cut out a window, you use the window to cut it out (after you've used the cut-out to place your window where you want it..). But hey, that's a lesson for another day.
If you're interested, you can see the complete collection of Geometric, Organic, Polygon, and Long Trio Die Sets (each with dies and their matching cut-outs) in The Cutting Edge Store.
A lovely walk around Woody Point, Redcliffe and the wreck of the Gayundah below on Saturday afternoon. It was rather hot, but the sea was calm with very little wind. Within five minutes, my wife was laying flat on her face in a garden by the footpath, narrowly missing stakes through her chest and sporting nasty contusions on various parts of her body, including some fast developing lumps and bruises on her left arm. A father and two lads had come riding down the footpath and one of the boys hit her, I was walking in front because of the narrow path and all I heard was a terrible scream.
Needless to say, I was unimpressed by the lack of supervision and speed of the cyclists on the footpath, and after picking my shaken and battered wife up, calming her, checking her over, it was obvious we had to find some sort of medical facility late on a Saturday afternoon. We ended up going to the Emergency Department at Redcliffe Hospital, of course full with most of the waiting room occupied and more unfortunates lining up for help. Luckily, she was processed and triaged very quickly, with staff rightly being concerned about fractures and the effects of her age. She was quickly given pain killers and an express ticket, X-Rayed and bandaged. No breakages thank goodness, plenty of contusions and pain all over her body. Worst part was getting her wedding ring off as her arm was swelling and it took some nifty magical work by a clinician with soap and an elastic band trick to get it off. More pain.
I cannot speak more highly of our free hospitals and the staff at Redcliffe Hospital for their outstanding care, empathy and help yesterday. The system often gets brickbats thrown at it, but it was right there when we needed it. Thank you.
And it made me think, not for the first time about my love for my wife, how precious life can be, and how everything can change in the blink of an eye.
i did it, yay! I got a series of portraits published on a website called africanews.com. The portraits were taken in and around Cape Town during my stay in South Africa last year and this year.
You can view the photos here and yes, you will have seen some before and a couple of you might recognize someone they know or even themselves.
There is a dutch version of the website available as well right here and i made it to the front page there, which is even better of course.
Now all of this has got nothing to with this photo i know;-) but wanted to let you all know anyways. And while i am at it i'd like to say a big thank you to Joy, Anthony, Chris & Bonnie, Brent, Marlene, Kerry and Dale for tips, trips, contacts, models and various types of alcohol while i was in CT either in '07 or '08 or both, the people at Shiloah and in Capricorn, Kevin for the advice from a far and most of all Esther & Mariska for all the fun and support.
Thanks all and I can't wait to go on another trip!
In a few months time it will be two years since I last put on make-up, a wig, a dress and stepped into high heels. The transvestite desire within me is dreaming of once more being set free but I do not foresee any opportunity in the coming year to indulge it. Circumstances currently prevent any cross-dressing opportunities and this will affect the future as well. I recognise I need to be patient as my focus has to be rightly on real life and not my fantasies being lived out in the occasional periods of dressing up as a woman.
The truth is I adore being a woman, despite being a man, I feel so comfortable emotionally appearing as a woman and I enjoy the trappings of femininity women can choose to indulge in should they wish. I love to wear make-up, it boosts my confidence, plucking my eyebrows genuinely gives my inner self a real boost as I feel more female. Shaving my legs, chest and arms, tuning away my male genitals and wearing knickers and a bra and having (false) breasts just feels so incredible I feel such inner joy and the sheer delight of slipping into a dress and stepping into high heels and donning a wig and dabbing on perfume….
Even writing about it sends me light head with pure joy. I do love being a woman when I can be. Of course being male certainly imposes limitations on my ability to look and act female so I have to accept I can never truly carry off what I dream of being when I free my transvestite self.
This picture forms part of my lifelong quest and dream of wishing I had a female face, an ambition I will never succeed with but as I say, one ca dream. I was age 55 when this picture was taken on 3 June 2014. I was imagining being female, and even wondered how it would be to go out and be appear alongside a man as the woman in my make-up, hair, dress and heels, scented and feeling girlie…
I conclude all my transvestite activities are untimely fantasy indulgences as I cross-dress in private and have rarely met another transvestite to socialise and chat with. I do like the notion of two women being out an about chatting and no-one realises they are men. All I know is my male gender does have powerful desires to send time appearing as a female and when I do it I feel so alive.
markers on post-it
for jkpp group
photo ref www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762638041...
might do an other set, Clyde has lots of good photos!
The trademark plume of smoke is shot skywards as the driver of 55004 QUEEN'S OWN HIGHLANDER opens the throttle slightly whilst backing on to the stock of 1A28 16:30 Hull - King's Cross on 8th May 1981.
Zenit EM f/8 250th/sec Ektachrome 400
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