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I'm channeling David Letterman - "my next guest needs no introduction."
Behind the impressive output and staggering range, there's someone humble and understated. Funny. Candid and unaffected. That great reminder of the humanity behind everything, at its most tangible. Someone who brought ease and humor to a moment that might have otherwise been overwhelming. Someone who left a lasting impression and an fond memory.
Your Pandaness - thank you for indulging me and accommodating me. Thank you for your time and your patience. Of the many iterations I know you could be, it was a true pleasure capturing you - simply you.
To the pulling apart and the tearing asunder.
To the breaths that sustain and the will that endures.
To the inexplicable, the taxing, and the excruciating.
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Ist doch so gut gewürzt
und so schön flambiert
und so liebevoll auf Porzellan serviert
Dazu ein guter Wein
und zarter Kerzenschein
Ja da lass ich mir Zeit
Etwas Kultur muss sein
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“What sticks to memory, often, are those odd little fragments that have no beginning and no end...”
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Apophysis7X created: If you steal the graphics, please make a donation to the programmers of Apophysis! ;-) They deserve it!
Welcome to Skrunda-3. the latest iteration of the abandoned Latvian town. Decaying docks, old apartments, trams and trains, a dusty gallery and much more, come and see for yourself
A must for Second Life photographers.
📣The Writing on the Wall World
Across a painted desert lies a train of vagabonds
All that's left of what we were, it's what we have become
Once our empires glorious but now the empire's gone
The dead gave us the time to live and now our time is done
Now we are victorious, we've become our slaves
A land of hope and glory, building graveyards for the brave
Und so laufe ich weiter
Weiter ohne Unterlass
Ich suche etwas
Doch ich weiss nicht was
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Salmon River, Adirondacks, NY
There are several rivers in the Adirondacks named Salmon. This iteration comes out of Salmon Pond, quietly wandering its way through the lowlands of the Blue Mountain Wild Forest, where it intersected my wanderings in the greater Adirondack Park. Daylight was on the downward swing across the sky, the shadows already turning chilly. The river is reflective, spilling the warmer colors in the open meadow upstream, and the colder blues where the sun can’t penetrate the crowded forest, pressing ever in for water. For 30 years, my obsession in life was music. Music, in its patterns and structures, is redundancy, with nuance. So it is I can see my existence as compartments of repetition. Work, food, sleep, play, all in continuous performances…. some good, some bad, with nuances. Even photography doesn’t totally break that mold. I have seen this type of scene repeat in other locations, north of here in the Paul Smith’s area, south near Raquette Lake, in the lowlands of Pharoah and Lake George...each is similar: dark, smooth waters, essing through the forest of a glaciated plain. The differences are nuance, subtleties of geography, illusions of seasons. Today’s is in the warm light of a late winter afternoon. I often return. We are creatures of habit after all, and if I go back to the same places I’ve been before...forgive me for repeating myself.
The final iteration of the Bixby Bridge pano, and my personal favorite. 3-image stitch, taken from atop a concrete barrier adjacent to the bridge.
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Upon revisiting my photo archive of my day in Big Sur, I was surprised to find that I didn't edit many RAW files from this location! So, after the views of the ride south towards Big Sur and its big ascents...I present the iconic CA Highway-1 location, Bixby Bridge. After much climbing, one is awarded this view right around the bend as seen from a distance. I've edited all the RAW files and managed to create combinations of panoramas that I didn't have.
The SH7221 is the final iteration of the SH760 series. Being basically an SH760B, the model designation was changed in 1989 and the SH7221 emerged.
Difference to the SH760A are the plastic bumpers and big rectangular rear lights, "borrowed" from the VW Santana parts catalogue.
Seen in the Shanghai Auto Museum.
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I'm always excited when a new iteration of Drune opens both because they're always SO fun to explore and also for the photographic opportunities (and unique challenges) present within.
I've had this shot in my hip pocket for a few days trying to decide if I'd enter it in the photo contest (still going on! See the marvelous Sparklebottom Lasertits' post HERE ). While I'm not happy enough with it to do so, I'll still share with all you lovelies.
This is the second time I've done something on the theme of falling to my death in Drune. I'm not sure what it is about the place that draws me in that direction. I'm sure part of it is the incredible verticality present that I always want to show off in some way, but there's something more primal going on--Something in the wind of this big, rough, exotic and dangerous future that whispers in the ear of an insignificant little girl "Join me."
Apologies to those who faved the previous iteration of this image, but my friend and photography/art mentor (Howard Brodsky) was kind enough to point out that the previous version was over-saturated, hence I deleted that version and followed his suggestion to dial back the colour sauration a bit.
My laptop screen is a bit cold and lacks vibrant colour, despite having carefully calibrated it, so sometimes my images might appear a little too colourful and saturated on other screens.
Let me know if you spot one of my images suffering from over-saturation or other colour issues
Also, feel to re-fave and I will gladly comment and/or fave your image(s) in kind.
Thanks to everyone on flickr for your suggestions, help and encouragement! It means a lot and it helps me to improve.
The current iteration of this Castle is Baroque and the transformation occurred in 1663 by Dietrich Hermann von Merveldt and is probably one of the last surviving examples of early Baroque architecture in Westphalia, pictured here the gatehouse was the first building to be constructed during this period.
From this period onward the castle sat unchanged and the grounds surrounding the castle were used mainly for agricultural purposes, until the 19th century when decorative flower beds and a glass orangery with adjoining orangery as well as a pheasant house in the east were added the castle at this time was mainly used as a summer residence or for hunting.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 31mm 1/50s, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, Topaz Denoise, PS (Lumenzia and DXO Nik Color Efex)
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
The 2022 iteration of the Canadian Pacific US Holiday Train returned to Ottumwa late Saturday night ahead of another 10AM performance. The unfortunate situation of the community not seeing it after dark at home was a benefit of seeing it in prime midday sun at the Middle Foster Bridge.
The latest iteration of Adobe lightroom includes an unbelievable 'denoise' feature. I have successfully deployed it on a number of pictures recently taken, particularly with my drone, but wondered about some of my older photos. Before I had my big D810 full frame, I started off on a d3400. While I knew what I wanted the camera to do, it sometimes was not capable of the task, as the technology just couldn't meet those demands. Such was the case on a wet July morning in 2015, when I chased 611 east out of Roanoke on the blue ridge. I shot them here at the old N&W CPL's at Villamont, and could never quite get the image where I wanted it, much to my dismay. My 3400 just wasn't up to the demand of the higher ISO needed with a high shutter speed in order to capture this photo without grain. But on saturday evening, much to my excitement, I clicked the button in lightroom and behold: out came a much cleaner image with very little grain and noise. It makes me so happy to see this image redeemed, and portrayed as I envisioned 8 years ago. The growth I have experienced as a photographer makes this 2023 version possible, and is really a testament to the amazing progress we can make with technology. That younger guy might not have had the right tools, but I certainly think he certainly had the right vision and perspective.
My last contribution for this iteration of 52 weeks for dogs is a picture of two of the most important beings in my life, idling away on new year's morning :)
One of the very few positive side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is that we had a "Böllerverbot" again in Germany this new year's eve – which means, a ban on private fireworks. It was forbidden to buy fireworks and/or launch them from public places, in order to free hospitals from the additional stress of having to care for people who've blown off their limbs.
So, for the second year in a row, new year's eve was not the traumatic experience it usually is for our dogs.
I wish you all a Happy New Year 2022, and I'll see you again with Buba next week :)
Twelve years ago, I decided to see how many ways I could change a photo from its original into a variety of mutations, abstractions, patterns, and designs. In trying to develop a unique photographic style that has yet to be fulfilled, but adheres to my goal in my About Page: "the persistent attempt to bring images of life from which there was no life, to view these maddening images with joy and exploration, and to know that the process is never-ending and self-fulfilling."
I posted this video on youtube and then selected some of the images to make this Collage for Smile on Saturday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=krI1R_gUs_w
Alternate Collage on similar theme: www.flickr.com/photos/dionepsoc/51690005368/in/album-7215...
For Smile on Saturday
Theme: Photo Collage
The 2022 iteration of the Canadian Pacific US Holiday Train returned to Ottumwa late Saturday night ahead of another 10AM performance. It arrived at approximately 2315 without much fanfare. There were about 10 of us down at West 2nd Street to welcome it to town. I really wasn’t planning on taking a shot but it briefly stopped coming down the hill and I saw something I hadn’t seen before so got out the super zoom and gave it a shot…
The latest iteration of the Mönchjoch Morning photo. I'm slowly fine-tuning the postprocessing. Each iteration the amount of processing decreases. I'm fairly happy with this version. Criticism welcome!
Credits: bluemoodstyle.blogspot.com/2023/10/toxic-bruji.html
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⁀➷ SENSE EVENT
⁀➷ VESTA
⁀➷ INTERATIONS
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✿ DOUX - Dua Hair
✿ LELUTKA HEAD
✿ EBODY REBORN
✿ *>Kiu<* - Spooky Juice (GIFT)
✿ Dots - Monster Donut - Purple
✿ OMY Trick or Treat Candy Bowl and Candy
Piatra Neamț is a mid-sized city (80k pop.) în central-north-eastern România, where we spent the first week of our România-trip. The history of the railway here is quite interesting, because across the first half century years of existance of the trains here, it got many different iterations.
The first line reached the city in 1885 and was a meter-gauge line from Bacău. It was reconstructed to standard gauge a mere 8 years later, which seems to be the case with a lot of Romanian railway lines.
This line originally terminated at the station Veche in the eastern part of the city (roughly around the current street Gara Veche - meaning 'Old Station'). Nothing remains of the old station because already in 1913 the one currently in use was opened, closer to the city center. From there, the line towards Bicaz was constructed further with the works being finished by 1951.
And so, with the morning train 5472 from Bicaz to Piatra Neamț, with the coaches later being connected to a direct interregio service to Bacău, 60-1335 is seen arriving at the terminus, passing the beautiful semaphore signal.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Another iteration using the Creator 31124 frame. More limited range of movement in it's arms but enough to look pretty.
Latest iteration. Managed to get rid of all those nasty studs on the front. Also used better slopes for the sides and improved the jet intake.
Really happy now with how this has turned out.
Niagara Yard's afternoon industry road runner L035 spots one loaded TBOX at 84 Lumber's Tonawanda, NY location at last light following heavy rainfalls which left behind a small gift in the gauge.
Prior to 2022, daylight shots here were hard to come by, with steel coil customer DKP almost always being the first stop for this job on the southbound journey. DKP was located about a mile south of 84 Lumber, however on track two rather than off of track one like all the other customers L035 caters to. With the closure of Kenmore Yard's office in late 2020, this job's former iteration Y234 was moved to Niagara Falls as its base, merging with a job already based out of Niagara at the time Y203. DKP was one of the most consistently worked customers on the Branch, almost always on the three days a week it was allotted. With 84 Lumber more of as-needed stop, DKP took precedence since the remainder of the evening's work is otherwise off of track one. On days when the crew had both to work, they would do DKP first thing, spin the train at Blackrock and head back north on track one (barring a necessary shove move into the Kam Siding at CP 8), complete their northbound track one work, lock in on the Lockport Industrial Runner north of 84, run around at the end of the industrial, open back up onto track one at QDN 14.1, then work 84 Lumber as their last customer stop on the second trip south to spin again, before returning north to Niagara. In this order of operations, 84 was virtually always left in the dark. In March of 2022 CSX made sweeping symbol changes across its system, converting Y203 to L035. In summer of that year, DKP succumbed to supply chain shortages and took a pause on rail service for a brief time, returning for a few months before finally giving it up for good. Ever since, 84 Lumber is now always the first customer L035 can work going south, with no work off of track two required any longer. The only things left to work on track two are the myriad of customers jutting off of Kenmore Yard (or what's left of it), covered by first shift Niagara job Y136 these days. Both that job and L035 share the same PTC power five days a week, unless Y136 is late to return after L035 goes on duty. But that condition is only fulfilled if there are two PTC units at Niagara, which up until this year has not been a regular thing since the symbol changes in 2022. A brief history of operations for ya.
Only once in April 2021 did I ever hear of DKP skipping a day of rail service, which allowed for my first opportunity to shoot 84 Lumber, and ultimately failed as I didn't find the right path back to the tracks in time. The closest access points to the spur are either walking south straight down the right of way from the nearest road crossing, or my preferred and much more discreet method, climbing down a small embankment behind the storage unit lot directly next to 84, emerging right onto the switchback siding into the customer. On that particular occasion I instead elected to drive right into 84's lot and walk the tracks next to the building, which was met with a disgruntled employee informing me they were locking up at that moment. I was not afforded another chance for over a year till May 9th, 2022 as part of a full sunrise to sunset unforgettable day of railfanning. This was a special circumstance which saw both 84 and DKP worked back to back. Due to repaving projects for the major road crossings on the Lockport Industrial in North Tonawanda, the customers on the industrial would not be getting served that day, leaving L035 with only three customer stops all within three miles. Being up at Niagara at the time of departure, I spotted the loaded centerbeam they had with them from afar and my face lit right up when they told dispatch their first stop would be 84. Following their stop there, they would go down to CP 9 and use the handthrow crossover switches to switch to track two, then shove back north a mile to DKP. Their last stop that day was Aurubis on the Kam Siding at CP 8 after turning the train. With all three customers switched well before sunset, it was an early trip back to Niagara for the quit. That was 2022 though. The shot above is 2025. The only other thing to note is that box cars have separate designated placement spots than centerbeams for unloading. The engine doesn't normally get this deep into the spur, as half the time they work here with other cars on the head end, sticking out a bit on the curve. It certainly made for a unique angle, and one I haven't seen again this year, nor ever before that evening. The puddle reflection perfectly still between the rails was just a little bonus. I swear I never start off these posts thinking I have that much to say, but the details naturally flow forth.
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The 74 foot 2024 iteration of the Rockefeller Center’s Christmas Tree hails from West Stockbridge Massachusetts where it was planted by the Albert family back in 1967. Another image of my wonderful experience with NYC Photographers Meetup group for their annual New York Holiday Photowalk accompanied by my damsel. OM Systems Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark III Olympus OM Systems Olympus M.Zuiko PRO 40-150 f2.8 #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @nycurbanism @nycprimeshot #nycprimeshot @nybucketlist @iloveny #omd #olympusphotography #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43photography #micro43 #nycphotographers @rockefellercenter
iterate:
> make mistake
> learn lesson
> move on
while (alive)
There is no place for going backward in this algorithm. It only works when you move forward. Then all the variables of your life will iterate with you. There will be a new element of your life's dataset ready for you and this element can contain absolutely anything. New or old. People, places, things, experiences,... Count on it. You just have to proceed step by step, no cheating, because only this matters and whether you get another iteration or not will be set explicitly. But being stuck in the iteration is denying the iteration itself. It denies the whole purpose of progression and if not for progression, then what we are here for?
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Norway / Solo Expedition
- nord for polarsirkelen -
Another iteration using the Creator 31124 frame. More limited range of movement in it's arms but enough to look pretty.
In the newest iteration of one of my favorite tanks a couple different modifications have been made. I worked on the lower plate making it better aligned with the upper but the most important mod is what I did in the back. Previously it had an awkward angle that didn’t match well with the tank, it took some time but I finally ironed it out, giving it the proper detailing. Also just for fun I added more studs to the appearance. Hope y’all enjoy!
-Van
"You're going to put things into the world that aren't perfect. That's when you iterate." ~Miki Agrawal
A few iterations later, I am quite content with this small thingy on a 2441 chassis. I found a way to tilt the bonnet, and add the spare tyre in a better place.
Update to Toy Project Day 2441
Another iteration on yesterday effort but this one has had significantly more work put into it. I loved this as a photo and it has inspired many forms in my head as I have worked on it, changing colours building ideas and using several new brushes to boot. This final greenish blue gave me the impression of seeing seaweed anchored to the seabed in its environment with the currents flexing and twisting it as it floats and hovers in the turbulence of the waves.
The 2022 iteration of the Canadian Pacific US Holiday Train returned to Ottumwa late Saturday night ahead of another 10AM performance. With a short and light train, I knew that I wouldn't be able to do much shooting between Ottumwa and Foster. It wasn't much of a loss as morning light isn't really good for southbounds anyway. I figured I might as well get a smash coming around the curve at 305 before heading straight to Foster. It was a smart move just trying here, as I only beat the train to the next spot by a couple of miles and I needed to navigate some fences and brush to get into the shot. Keith had the hammer down, that's for sure.