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During our visit to Lincoln Castle, Livingstone insisted on seeing the Victorian Goal there
Opened in 1848 the goal was initially operated under the ‘Pentonville’ system where inmates where kept in isolation. The scheme was dropped after just 18 months when prisoners showed signs of madness from the solitude. We didn't want Livingstone to go mad so we enticed him out with promises of tuna.
A big thank you to Carmen for wishing Kaiser a happy birthday. He is four on Monday. Co-incidentally it is Phill's birthday on Monday as well, though he won't let me say how old he is.
Happy Furry Friday everyone!
Wishing everyone a sunny and happy weekend.
Scenes from the 2010 San Antonio Rodeo.
Read the whole story here - then go see the slide show!
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sanctioned event was first class all the way -- they have won the top indoor rodeo prize for six years running. The cowboys and everyone competing was just fantastic.
I can't say the same for the ATT Center staff -- they really were not very nice about my son and I taking pictures in their arena, and ultimately first gave me the option of either leaving my camera in their office, or leaving the event in the middle, and then asking us both to erase our cards.
When first accosted, I protested that I did not want to cause any trouble and would put the camera away (a truthful statement -- this was the first I heard of this policy), but they would have none of that. Police were just a radio call away, they noted. Off we went to the office. Along the way, I got them to agree that the 50mm was OK, so after giving them the 70-200 mm to hold till after the show, I went back to my seat to watch the show and shoot the occasional shot with that.
They must have huddled and changed their minds though, as they came back a few minutes later with the police, and pulled me out of my seat again. Since the Nikon has detachable lenses, they said, they would need to confiscate the photos themselves. They also hauled my son along this time.
Things were not too pretty after that -- more police were called, not only on me, but my son who was shooting with my other camera.
Despite the ugliness and grief, you can see who prevailed ultimately, as these are some of the pics I took. Enjoy!
I finally said they'd have to take me in and get a court order to make that happen, as things seemed so very far over the line by then. It is hard to see why pictures taken with one camera are worth losing a fan for life and calling police on someone harming no one, when pics taken with other cameras were fine. After all -- the place was filled with thousands taking pics with other cameras! What makes those of us shooting Nikons criminals?
Clearly it is time for ATT to review their policies. In this case, their Gestapo actions were completely out of line. We were harming no one, and were in every way just like any other fan taking pics with their point and shoots -- and not one of them got any hassle at all. My family, on the other hand, had our own personal police force stand right behind us all evening until we finally left.
Since we got out with the pics in any case, it really seems like they shot themselves in the customer service foot in retrospect for no reason.
Once home, it seemed the only right thing to do now was to put the precious images out on the net for all.
So in the spirit of how things OUGHT to be, these pics are all Creative Commons (as is my entire photostream) -- please use them anywhere and often!
I really did enjoy the rodeo parts of the night...
3 rappresentanti della società d'atletica "Let's Run for Solidarity", Danilo Tomei, Michael Barger e Francesco Palombaro, partendo dal Blockhaus, hanno percorso ben 30 km in totale correndo fino a raggiungere il rifugio posto sul Monte Amaro (2793 m) nel quale hanno lasciato la bandiera del IV Centenario della morte di San Camillo de Lellis.
ABSOLUT VODKA, IT ONLY TAKES ONE BAD APPLE
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Well, as you probably noticed I became one of those 365 failures.. which I really didn't want to do, but such is life. However, I think that the last 7 or 8 months, and especially this year, have set me on a richer creative path than I have ever been on before. I am a Graphic Design major, and this semester has taught me a lot about what it means to be creative. In many ways creativity is a way of thinking more than a God-given talent, and I am learning to dive into that thought process more and more. One of my current design classes is teaching me a lot about being creative, and letting yourself be free to be creative. I have learned about the concept of "play" as my professor called it. In play, there are no mistakes. You just let ideas come, and follow them where they will take you. You have to let yourself be free to be expressive and have fun with it. This picture kind of represents that to me. It is not in focus by any means, nor is it probably very technically sound. But, I love it because of its imperfections, and the fact that it reveals a kind of quirkiness of my personality that I am connecting to more as I push the bounds of my creative state.
Leica M2
Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 II
Rollei Retro 80S
Rollei Supergrain (1+12)
8 min 20°C
Scan from negative film
Front and back cover of small 28-pg booklet
Yours to enjoy - the year's best ideas in outdoor eating by nine famous names. Back yard barbecue or picnic in the country, the American Dairy Association suggests dairy foods to make it a better meal outdoors.
Let go of all the things that pull you down.. even if its your self...
its a new year live in the moment and dont hold anything back. When you laugh really laugh! when you cry, cry hard. This is what im doing. YOU do it too
Now for something totally unrelated; I saw this Ford light dump truck in a Home Depot parking lot. Apparently ya can rent it. I'd love to grab one and just go cruising around the city! I'm kinda weird that way.
This guy crashed while riding at a Sportbike Track Time "track day". You'll be happy to know that he was able to walk away from this one with only some bumps and bruises.
The final shot in this sequence www.flickr.com/photos/bigben1861/1348235431/ was posted in the Flickr Blog, and I realized that I had never posted the rest of the sequence...so her it is. I was using a Canon 1D MkII with 400mm f/2.8 + 1.4 TC (560mm equiv), which is why the crop keeps changing.