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Green T-shirt - American Apparel
Black cardigan - Gap
Black pants - thrifted
Blue belt - AA
Blue Dr. Martens
Blue satchel - Zatchels
Blue/black beanie - Starr Crunch
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polaroid / alaska.
unending sunlight through the summer months in alaska made me feel like i was on another planet. i couldn't get over it.
Spring Form of Al-Azhar (EVO)
27th March 2012
International Park
Cairo, Egypt
BFE
Yashica -A
Yashikor 80mm f/3.5
120mm Kodak Portra 160VC
DO & Scan : Kamal Mitri Studio
K e m b a r a s u f i© 2012
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View On Black the way it should be seen!
-- Let the sound of the shutter always guide you to new ventures.
© 2013 Winkler
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I decided to go for a walk... on the Blue Ridge Parkway in a snowstorm with 55 mph wind gusts and a high of 14 °F (-10 °C).
I took this image (from the tripod) after a hike of about 2 miles from where I parked at Beacon Heights (the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed on either side of Beacon Heights). The wind, at times, was exhilarating... it sounded like a train was bearing down on me and I'd turn to see a wall of white overtaking me. It would hit with enough force to hurt exposed areas of skin and push me along in total white-out. In a few seconds, it would be over and things would settle down. You may notice tire tracks in the snow in this shot. While I was quite alone in my own reverie and the wind here, I noticed a sound that wasn't the wind... it was tire chains. A park ranger drove up with his emergency blue lights on. My first thought was that they take the "Pedestrians Not Permitted On Viaduct" issue much too seriously... I had to walk the Linn Cove Viaduct to get to this place. He asked if I was having fun, explained he was just doing what park rangers do, checking the park for problems, and then took off for where I had started out.
It didn't occur to me until I heard him returning that there was a shot in keeping with the theme of my last post to be made... him driving by with the blue lights running and me standing by this sign. I had to run back to position myself, but he drove by before the timer went off. As Maxwell Smart used to say, "Missed it by that much." I would have titled that shot "They're Coming To Take Me Away (Ha ha, hee hee, ho ho)!" That's because the only people you see doing this kind of thing are skiers and photographers... which means those people must be intrinsically a bit looney. And here's proof I am "those people".
A couple of things occurred to me in this shot... one, I need a longer jacket for this kind of condition. This is my warmest insulated jacket and I have layers on underneath... it rarely gets cold enough at home for anything more than a sweatshirt and fleece, so I almost never wear this jacket. Also, my face is red and frozen enough where it's difficult to smile. I left home this morning at 6:30, and saw no indication of snow until I reached North Wilkesboro about 2 hours later. By the time I reached Boone, it was a different world than what I'm used to. My answer to the park ranger was that I was having a great time, cold as it was. Ansel Adams axiom "f8 and being there" means exactly that, and I'm glad I was there. I'll post one of the shots from the Viaduct soon.
Navy/white striped sweater (new) - thrifted
Orange pencil skirt - ModCloth
Navy tights - Hue
Black flats - H&M
Pearl earrings - Horae
Navy merino sweater (new) - gift
Black bandage skirt - Suzy Shier
Black flats - H&M
Striped tote - Indigo
“Wretch! If I am a wretch, who made me one? If I hate you and myself and the world, who made me hate it? I was born free - as free as you are. Why should I be sent to herd with beasts, and condemned to this slavery, worse than death? Tell me that, Maurice Frere - tell me that!”
― Rufus Dawes from the book "For the Term of His Natural Life" by Marcus Clarke
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The theme for the 'Me Again Monday' group ( www.flickr.com/groups/1688111@N24/ ) this week is "Between the lines".