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Log: “You want me to mount that- on the tank sir?” “The commander said ‘Go Crazy’- and I intend too...” And that’s all that needed to be explained.
South East Continent, 2000 miles East, from nuclear explosion that took place in 2183, destroying a cloning and breeding lab. Current year: 2551
At the Plaça de Toros Monumental de Barcelona, the now disused historic downtown bullfighting ring, lies a very modest museum whose objective is to keep the spirit of this now banned (in Catalonia, at least) sport alive.
We were the first customers to show up this morning, and the custodian opened the exhibits for us and even gave us a private tour, explaining us everything in Catalan. Let's say we got the jist of his message - he's a 3rd (or so) generation torreador who knows nothing but bullfighting and the business around it. He was intensely prooud of his heritage and that came through loud & clear despite our linguistic differences.
Objective Memory
Three-part outdoor sculpture in rear courtyard of the former Ottawa City Hall (John G. Diefenbaker Building).
“Catherine Widgery's three-part outdoor sculpture offers a whimsical look at the relationship between nature and the human order of things. A polar bear atop a pyramid of star constellations, a man inside a rocket ship-like cone and a tree enclosed in a metal cylinder — all complement the building's design while playfully inviting observers to reflect on the timeless balance between nature and people.
This piece is best viewed from the rear courtyard of former City Hall, located at 111 Sussex Drive.”
Title: Objective Memory
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Year: 1993
Materials: cast bronze and aluminium
Location: John G. Diefenbaker Building
Address: 111 Sussex Drive (courtyard)
City of Ottawa Art Collection: 1994-0005
Source: ottawa.ca/en/residents/arts-heritage-and-culture/public-a...
Once upon a time, the job of a reporter was to objectively report the events of the day. Reporters took pride in remaining neutral and presenting an unbiased perspective. Armed with a camera and notebook, they meticulously recorded details in the field. Back in the bustling newsroom, they would hammer out their stories on typewriters, the clatter of keys echoing through the hazy, smoke-filled room. These stories then passed through a chain of editors at the newspaper before the latest issue rolled off the presses.
Contrast this with today's landscape of citizen journalism, where information is often gathered from the social media posts of biased and untrained bystanders. With an abundance of online news services vying for clicks, sensationalized headlines have become the norm. The era of objective news seems to be behind us, leaving us with the challenge of discerning the truth amidst a flood of information.
Website: www.sollows.ca
The base, or mining facility was chaos. My company rushed forwards eager to fight, motivated by our progress, quickly it felt as if I was losing control. One of my clones tried to wrestle a trandoshan when he ran out of shots, forgetting in the process he’d never left the cruiser or received any sort of combative training after Kamino. If it weren’t for our LT being nearby he’d be dead. They seemed to be getting more desperate, mining devices were used as weapons and more and more droids continued to flood the area. I’d seen a lot of B1s in my time but most of my troopers had never seen more than a handful before today. I think I heard reports of commando droids, god willing we won’t meet any of them. Either way we approached one of many doors in the facility, intel states it leads to the main control center. Suddenly I heard a crash, followed by the screams of one of my men. I looked to see a hulking piece of machinery, with steam and smoke screaming out of it as it lumbered on. It raised its other army and began firing a heavy blaster at my men cutting down a whole squad within seconds and decimating my company. Behind the monster stood a wave of b2s and b1s ready to push us back. I pulled out my sidearm and took cover with my PSG blasting what I could when I spotted a bag of charges from my fallen demo specialist, I had one option it seems. My leadership had been outfitted with jetbacks so we grabbed the charges and launched up pelting the monster with bolts before laying heat with the charges. It seemed to do the trick, and its charred corpse got spread out all over the area. Now it’s time to take this place, room by room, hall by hall.
Big fan of this one hope yall like it
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(from left to right) Chief Scientist Biological Warfare Dr. Phikru Nornu, Mechanic Nicon Rash, Trandoshan Warrior Ghurreshk, Prototype B3 Ultra Battle Droid, and Chief Engineer Robotics Dr. Vernrol Belchar before mission 20.
in the courtyard ...
Objective Memory by Artist/Sculptor :
Catherine Widgery
(1993) : cast bronze and aluminium
John G. Diefenbaker Building ...
Ottawa Canada ...
in my Art series ...
Taken May 6, 2021 ...
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The Gryphon Objective is a covert, privately funded group of rogue researchers that have made it their mission to investigate and document the infinite mysteries of the universe at all costs. This team of hybrid mercenary-explorers are responsible for many of the greatest discoveries in the galaxy (and some of the greatest controversies). Seen here is the long-range deployment vessel of "Dynamite Squadron" which is crewed by 6 of the most elite soldier-scientists in the group...
This beautiful Mosche is the main photographic objective in Malacca but most interesting than the building itself was this sunset. We were seating in front of the Mosche, with no real hopes of some nice sunset light because the sky was completely overcast. For a moment I wanted to leave because it seemed useless to stay.
But, as usual, nature is full of surprises. The sky behind me started to get really yellow, and after a few moments everything around the Mosche turned purple.
It was a really fulfilling experience, that reminded me how important is to have patience and wait for the right moment.
Hope you like it, enjoy!
Photo: Masjid Selat, Malacca
101 Oil Studies, No. 33
Objective: Naples yellow wash; refine water reflection and Patagonia Lake scene.
Painted in 10 sessions: 30 July to 20 August 2024
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless otherwise noted): Naples yellow, cadmium yellow, French ultramarine, cerulean blue, permalba white (Weber), and warm gray (Rembrandt), Indian red, Vandyke brown, permanent green, sap green, ivory black, lamp black. Mediums: Gamsol, linseed oil.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)
Process: I worked to create a composition in which point of view is much closer to the water's surface than in any of my reference photos (my own January 2022 photographs taken at Patagonia Lake in southeastern Arizona). Naples yellow is becoming one of my preferred pigments.
After Action Evaluation: (1) I'm more satisfied with the birds than with the water relections, where the values are decent but the overall perspective and strokes need work. (2) Cerulean blue added to the sky made for a hue mismatch with the water, where the only blue was French ultramarine. (3) A vertical compositions might add more reflection of the proximate shoveler and allow both birds to be closer to the shoreline grasses. (4) Permanent green, which I rarely use, worked perfectly for the iridescent green of the male.
You believe that reality is something objective, external, existing in its own right. You also believe that the nature of reality is self-evident. When you delude yourself into thinking that you see something, you assume that everyone else sees the same thing as you. But I tell you, Winston, that reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
george orwell 1984
Tu pensi che la realtà sia qualcosa di oggettivo, di esterno, qualcosa che abbia un'esistenza autonoma. Credi anche che la natura della realtà sia di per se stessa evidente. Quando inganni te stesso e pensi di vedere qualcosa, tu presumi che tutti gli altri vedano quello che vedi tu. Ma io ti dico, Winston, la realtà non è qualcosa di esterno, la realtà esiste solo nella mente, in nessun altro luogo.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Sigma 50/1.4 DG HSM(A), monochrome processing in Lightroom.
The artificial summit of Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains. You get to see the view this way, if the weather is ok, but apart from the altitude and exposure to the elements it certainly doesn't have much of that mountain feel to it . . . On the positive side, there are plenty of mountain objectives nearby for the fit to explore. This is a summit for (nearly) everybody.
Here's a small mite clinging to an Orchard Orb Weaver taking down its web, The spider cuts the web, balls it up, then eats it, recycling the protein.
This image (single exposure), was taken with a Nikon D40, Nikon 105mm f/2.5 AI-S lens focused at infinity, with two objectives from a pair of junk Soligor 90-230mm lenses reverse mounted on the 105. Exposure was at f/16, ISO 400, 1/2000 second, with lighting provided by a Nikon SB23 speedlight flashed through a home-made diffuser. The D40 provides flash sync up to 1/4000 second when using an external flash. Using an old mop handle for support provided enough stability for reasonably accurate “push-pull” focusing in the limited space between a propane gas cylinder (the out of focus background), and the back wall of my garage.
DSC-3476
My appilcation for Dark times.
Floating free form style is inspired by people here on flickr that will be tagged.
Objectively, a beautiful sunset panorama. Subjectively, the blink of a glammed mother-nature eyelid.
As I stop to catch my breath, the summit seems impossibly far away.
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a KOWA LENS-S 1:3.5/150mm lens and Kowa L-1A ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
It was a two hour hike up, counting stops to rest, take in the views and of course make use of the camera.
This was the ultimate goal, the scene from the lookout, back south to The Old Man and points beyond. It was clear, sunny, very very windy ... and a thrill I'll never forget.
*This is not a part of the 253rd legion, it is my own story line and creation* We have a new objective: Objective Shield, to find and defeat the separatists on Jabiim, and secure the planet for the Republic.
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We were left on the muddy and dirty surface of Jabiim, our next objective is to defeat the separatists forces and secure the planet for the Republic. The four of us, Me (Sgt. Saxon) Pitch, Caster and Trap. We set up camp in a small ditch covered by a large concrete structure. With the thick brown mud slathered up against our armour, we set off to scout the surroundings. The primary terrain consisted of: concrete structures with large antennas, and signs of droids, muddied paths with red trees and roots were scattered across the ground. Trap climbed up on one of the concrete boxes and looked out over the trees. Trap sighted a droid outpost 20 clicks north, over the rocky hills. This is our next destination if we are to secure this planet.