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Former Chevron Gas Station located at 3004 Andrade Rd. in Sunol,CA. In 2003 the place was closed and would sit vacant until 2006 when a new owner acquired the gas station. The new owner renamed the gas station Sunol Super Stop and has set the gas prices far below the average for the area. Im really curious as the why the prices are so low here as the closest gas station is more than 3 miles away creating the perfect oppurtunity to price gouge. But that is not the case as this gas station is well kept, stocked (in the food mart), and has 100 and 110 grade racing fuels available.

A nice autumn day with no wind, overcast sky, and occasional light rain and 41 degrees. I spent a couple hours in Spokane's Manito Park looking for photo oppurtunities. I liked these chestnut leaves backlit with the soft light from the overcast sky.

I hold my hands up to the fact this is the worst car I have ever bought for many reasons but the oppurtunity to own my first ever fast Ford and probably the only oppurtunity I will get to own an XR2i.

I left my number with the owner of this around a year ago, she text me to thank me for my note and say the car will be for sale come its next MOT due to it requiring some welding in order to pass. Inevitably it went in for its MOT on Wednesday and failed badly. The owner was up front and told me everything, we agreed a price and I drove it away that night.

Its done a whopping 173K and body wise and interior it really shows but the engine is as strong as an ox and its an absolute hoot to drive so a real shame its been majorly let down by rust.

Unsure on a long term plan for it but I would love to get it through an MOT, make it more presentable and daily it but financially that probably wont be possible with other projects on the go.

I knew that i would have to shoot some flower shots in order to write more romantic stories, for all of you romantics....I would have to say I struck out this time...lol

i think i passed to many good oppurtunities...

sometimes on the straight a ways you have many hours to think and reflect...several times i thought about all the gorgeous photos of flowers everyone takes and i kept looking for the one, that special one...well i am still searching... lol...but this for all my special sweet friends...i thank you!

Taken with B+W ND110 and pretty much need help on the title...

Oppurtunity to grab my camera to work on LE in China over the long weekend.

My CS4 corrupted once again and I cant seems to re-install it on Win7, anybody have this problem?

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While exploring in the woods with some fellow flickr folk, I had the oppurtunity to shoot the enchanting Lissy Laricchia. It was an experience getting to know her and the rest of the characters we had at the DC Gathering and I miss all of them.

you know, where the sun comes out lol

I actually really like this, for whatever reason..

Yay! This got to Explore as #60 on Friday, August 1, 2008!

A little self-portrait I took, back in May, as the sun rose. I took the oppurtunity to play around with a prism I got recently and this was the result :) it's not that impressive, but I had so much fun casting rainbows onto my skin as the sun came up, so I thought I'd share it neverthheless... and, you know what they say, 'practice makes perfect', so maybe I'll shoot something better with it another day!

(I've also got a bunch of new polaroids and some film photos from the day I met lovely Paulina, that I recently got developed, to share with you, so fingers crossed I'll find some time to scan them all and post them, as soon as possible.)

I hope you've been having a wonderful June and that you're all happy and well :) lots of love, Mari-ann ♥ xxx

Hayakawa River, Kanagawa Perfecture and View It Large

Took the early morning oppurtunity to do serious photographing around Hakone area as my wife, daughter and friends went for a dip at nearby hot spring. Does not fancy the dip and out I go searching for something to work on.

Started with a work at nearby river. A famous one as its near the Yumoto, Hakone Tozan Railway Station.

The alternative flickr link on the work for scapes: ^soulfly - scapes

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Lens: EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM

Exposure: 18 seconds

Aperture: f/14.0

Focal Length: 17 mm

ISO Speed: 200

Filter: B+W ND110

Processing Tool: CS4 + SEP

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Remember the tunnel in Chicago O'hare airport? I got an oppurtunity to capture more pictures of this tunnel and this time I took my time in composing these shots.

The neon lights that go down the centre, over the moving walkways, are laid out in a rainbow pattern and sequence on and off in a ripple pattern.

Have a Great Start to the Week

Finally made it to this place. One of the holy grail places of exploring in Austalia, a few years ago I thought I had lost the oppurtunity. Try and try again and you may succeed.

Today is Mother´s Day in Sweden. I would like to take the oppurtunity to celebrate my lovely mother Isolde who is still a very important person in my life.

Aged 77 she is not in the best shape.

This photo was taken when I was 2 years old. Yeah, that´s me in the middle, and my dad Peter.

Thank you Mother for creating me and bringing me into this Universe and Life!

had the oppurtunity to visit malvern hills had never been before had a fantastic afternoon walking in the sunshine was truly spectacular with absolutley stunning views

i walked to the top of that hill highest point in worcestershire

Such a perfect spur of the moment photo oppurtunity this was as I was waiting for traffic to move along in a parking lot. I've seen this car before, but not out of it's driveway. I wouldn't say these are rare by any means, but they aren't abundant either. I see them occasionally. The number plate on this was once on a Fiat X1/9. Same owner, just different car. I have an album made just for the cars that the owner has/had over the years.

I LIKE Neil Etasse's Model A coupe, and those arches finally became available in brown, so it seemed like the perfect oppurtunity to build a bitchin car.

Andolys? YES, we said we would keep adding to the spires of andolys collection and here is one that we wanted to do during fantasy faire but our time ran out :D ,

Enchantment's mermaid theme veent was th eperfect oppurtunity to do our lil mermaid version of her cove, the little cove is perfect for unerwater, it has mermaid couples and singles poses! the little bed is a single mermaid bed :)

gyazo.com/277448786eb3985eb7934ee38afcc886 find us at enchanment on august 15!

I actually took this shot a couple of weeks back but used a different one for the week, I just didn;t get the oppurtunity to get out today as I had hoped, This shot isn;t to far off of what I would have found today after another good dump of spring snow. We had at least 6-7" of that nice wet white stuff, with supposedly more coming on Sunday.

Should add that the sun was just finishing up burning off the fog when I took this shot,

HFF everyone

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I always imagine when I begin my annual two week holiday at the end of October that I will kiss the cats, tickle the missus’ ears, hoist the camera bag over one shoulder and disappear into the woods, to emerge a fortnight later, loaded with images, ticks and bits of broken twigs in my not considerable hair. Sadly this is never how it works out and various factors including weather, jobs around the home, weather and more seriuously a very personal family matter put paid to those ambitions. I am not complaining by any means, this is the whole reason why I book this time off as I know very well that life gets in the way.

Last week I headed to Wales to meet up with family and had a lovely time, tinged with sadness. I managed to get a short trip over to Porthcawl in but the waves there were not a patch on previous visits and I left feeling quite down. By the start of the second week I had barely stepped into a wood and the frustration was building. The weather reports for the coming week were not looking good either with high winds being the biggest problem. It looked like this autumn was going to be a bust photographically speaking. But fear not dear reader as things are about to pick up!

On Sunday I decided to head to Savernake. Clear blue skies and bright sunny conditions were forecast so I decdied to treat the trip as a scout only, wandering around a section of the forest I had previously not visited. Upon arrival I was greeted by an over excuberant golden retriever called Billy who had the biggest smile on his face as he erupted from his owners car and nearly bowled me over in his excitement to see a person. A brief chat with his owner and a ruffling of ears later I was headed inot the forest armed with my camera and a large amount of long golden hair over my legs! I hoped my missus’ wouldnt get the wrong idea!

My trusty tripod had also decided at this point to lose a screw and had gained a very wobbly leg so I left that in the car, relying on high ISO to get me mny shots this morning. The walk was pleasant enough and I found some lovely scenes to revist but the colours were not quite there yet in the forest and the light very quickly became harsh and too contrasty to do anything with. Still, it had whetted my appetite for further wanders into the autumn woodlands.

When I returned home, checking for any lingering golden hairs before going inside I took a look at the weather reports for the rest of the week. I noticed on Wednesday there was a small chance for mist at a woodland I frequent on Dartmoor and decided to try it. My body on the other hand was conspiring against me and the night before I had a rough night with a badly swollen left knee. I got up early but fell asleep again on the sofa and awoke too late to head down to Dartmoor. Drat! Instead I swallowed down a couple of Ibuprofen, pulled up my big boy pants and limped over to Fonthill lake in Wiltshire, a regular haunt for me. Upon arrival I was pleasantly surprised to see autumn was in full flow here with stunning colours in the woods surrounding the lake. I hastily worked my way along one side of the lake that has public access, shooting across to the other side and capturing some qwuite glorious autumnal colours.

I also managed to capture my favourite image of the year when I stumbled upon this tree that had fallen into the lake. The lake levels had dropped revealing the bones of the tree poking from the black waters. I managed somehow to get down to a low level with the composition that allowed me to include the colours from the opposite bank reflecting on the waters. My knee was screaming blue murder at me but the pain was worth it for this image!

I spent a very happy couple of hours hobbling round the lake and returned home a happy bunny. But things were going to get even better the next day!

Dave had been over to a wood we had visited back in January and had excitedley rung me to tell me how insane the colours were looking there right now. It looked from the weather reports that I only had the next day as a window of oppurtunity to head there myself so packed the gear and recharded the batteries ready for another early rise the next day.

After filling the car up with fuel the following morning for the near two hour drive to the wood I noticed their was some lovely colour in the sky and after a brief and very vocal argument with myself that was surely being observed on the cameras by the staff member at the station I decided to divert over to Lonely Joe and see If I could capture a shot in the short space of time I had negotiated with myself!

I eventually arrived just after 8am at the wood and knew my time here wouldnt be long as high winds were moving in at 9……it took me ten minutes just to leave the car park as I found at least three compositions within 20 yards of the car! My gast was well and truly flabbered by the extraordinary colours I was witnessing around me. Golden yellow birch leaves intermingled with the dark green needles of the Scots pines. Beech leaves that varied from a pale green to a vibrant orange and bracken that varied from a dark rust to a pale yellow. It was simply breathtaking!

I spent a good two hours in these incredible woods and if the wind hadnt arrived to spoil the fun I expect I would have spent the entire day in there. Compositions were tricky to come by as the woods are quite tightly packed and messy with lots of gaps revealing the sky, but thats the kind of challenge I enjoy! It amazes me why these woods dont appear online more as I rarely if ever see anything from here on the IG. It feels completely different to all the other woodlands in my area with a unique vibe.

I left feeling very happy but wondering how I was going to get the hair off my legs from the red retriever I had met!

Thanks for reading.

Toodles!

A rare viewing oppurtunity and a "year" bird in Bucks County, today.

On average, 16-28 year old Japanese person spends 7 hours a day staring at his/her phone or tablet. It's so intense that they rarely see the outside world from the gaming and texting. This has proved to be a good oppurtunity for the perverts who take photographs under teenagers skirts. Actually, the fine for this act was just raised from 500 000 yen to one million, or a year in jail. Yes it a problem. Only in Japan.

I have been wanting to play around with combined different different nature concepts together for awhile. It's something I definitely want to explore more and more with in my post processing and something I have some ideas around.

I shot this image on a sort of whim. Another thing I want to work on developing. Previously, I found myself being lost when I was traveling and would explore different locations to shoot new concepts at and it was always frustrating not being able to come up with a concept on the spot to shoot. I want to be able to create and create as much as I can especially when I find a surprise oppurtunity too.

It's always a growing and learning expierience being an artist which an amazing thing. You can always keep exceling and exploring.

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on black.

i apologize for the terrible grain in this photo and that it has nothing to do with thanksgiving,

but it was the only shot i took today and i wanted to wish you guys a HAPPY THANKSGIVING:D

i hope you guys have a safe holiday:)

since i am behind like 30 tags, i will do one right now! except i will do a "what i am thankful for" tag:)

cheesy, right? but i think its necessary:)

1 my flickr friends. where in the world would i be without photography? but most importantly, where in the world what i be without the support of my kind and amazing flickr friends?? you guys have supported me so much and motivated me and made me want to do photography, and i cannot thank you guys enough. i see all kinds of wonderful photography all around the world and i think that is the coolest thing ever. ive met so many INCREDIBLE people here, and it would be a dream come true if i had the chance to meet each and every one of you. so thank you, so very much! <33 i love you guys soo much.

2 my friends. my friends are the greatest. they support me in everything i choose to do and they help me when im lost, and i could not live without them. they encourage me and support me, and i love them with all my heart.

3 my family. even though they irritate me sometimes in every possible way, i couldnt live without them and i love them. <3

4 PHOTOGRAPHY/my camera.<3 photographyfotographie. what can i say? i love it. and im very thankful ive been given the oppurtunity to show the world what i can do with a camera. its given me a way to see things in a whole different perspective.

5 my school(s) i know this may sound really stupid, but im really thankful for all my education. i know many people dont have the oppurtunity i have, so i am very, very thankful.

6 music. it helps me when im down and i have no one else to turn to.

7 all the extra things i have. i am very lucky to be able to have all the extra little things that i dont need. and im very happy and thankful to have those.

8 health. i am extremely lucky and blessed to be perfectly fine and healthy, and to have my family and friends very healthy.

9 my itouch. its like all the entertainment you could ever want in a little rectangle.

10 my life. i have a very blessed and happy life and i am extremely thankful for that.

youre pretty darn awesome if you read all that:)

thank you so much MARIEEE for your amazing testimonial!!<3 :D

EXPLORED?:O i love you guys so much. <3

Oppurtunity

Is on the first day of Spring.

Yay! It's finally Spring. My favorite time of year.

Cheero recently came out with the Revoltech Cheero Danboard and I had the great oppurtunity to photograph it. I love the details they put on the Revoltech Danbo to match their Cheero Danboard battery.

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okay so this is from yesterday but DONT KILL ME because the sun was out for the first time i forever and it was so lovely :D :D :D :D perfect oppurtunity for moooore splashes!

and i can't help but love the shape of that splash - i mean, come on. it's a llama with a heart as its eye. yer yer yer. and if you can't see the llama (or a bunny) in the splash, then you're just not cool. ok? go home. :P

i'm not sure on these colours but i'll live with it! oh and its done no justice here, so here :) :) :) :) :)

YES TODAY WAS LIKE GHERKNHKERNMH. no exams though which is like wheee! but I have to stay behind for 2 hours tomorrow in Drama so dont blame me if tomorrow is ANOTHER old photo :D cos i saw one of the most beautiful sunsets ever and i might post that because...sunsets get me 95% of the time :P i find myself pausing the game i'm playing, grabbing my shoes and running outside with my camera every 5 minutes to capture it. I LOVE YOU, SUN.

what else is there to say now o.O

i took so many photos yesterday that photoshops getting really angry because the scratch disks are full. WELL FUCK YOU. edit: photoshop just crashed, goddamnit.

last night i had quiche AND cake. it made my life worthwhile. edit: i just had pizza. my life's complete. and i'm having cake now.

the end.

I kind of found this theme hard since there was not much oppurtunity for modeling. I also wanted Mariposa to stand out and not blend in with the rest. I hope this works! I also gave her naturalish make-up to make it feel more like a slumber party :)

"There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all."

Went for a drive to beachy Head so got out my camera for a photo oppurtunity.

The clouds looked fantastic and were moving slowly so got out my B+W ND110 filter for a lengthy exposure to blur them.

This is an exposure of 80 seconds which gave the clouds a nice effect.

i decided to leave this one in colour and boost the saturation as the blues and greens looked really good.

Nikon D300s

Sigma 10-20 @10mm

ISO 100

f/22

80 seconds

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Well hello Flikr, its been a while!

I am really not sure why I have stopped posting here. Maybe there is a limit to the amount of social media one can curate!

Well I have some time so thought lets post one of my weekend images on here and see if you all still remember me!

A double visit over the last twelve hours to this hill in Wiltshire which involved two steep climbs in less than twelve hours with four hours of sleep in between! The weather had forecast light winds, no rain and a decent chance for a sunset. What we got though was strong winds, horizontal rain and no sunset! Good ole British weather! As predicatable as Donald Trumps brain!

But with bad weather comes good photographic oppurtunities and this spectacular rainbow combined with some late evening light made for one of my favourite images of the year.

well worth a soggy bag and no sleep!

I shot this out on a whim yesterday. My intention was to just go out and get shots of the clouds that were forming for stock and because of how awesome they looked. I ended up creating this concept after seeing awesome the light was out on location after arriving there.

I have been trying to practice coming up with a new concept on the spot so when situations like this arrive I can sucessfully create a new image. It's been difficult in the past to do this when you have a sprung up oppurtunity to shoot but I think being able to create this image and do it sucessfully was a good start to be able to start putting that into motion.

Don't forget about the print giveaways I have going on this month! Links are below. (-:

flickr print giveaway contest

facebook print giveaway contest

Good luck to everyone that enters!!

Erin Graboski ©

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A quiet evening at the island Hisingen with beautiful light oppurtunities.

Have been away working a lot recently and my mother has been really poorly

not had much time for flickr

I would like to take the oppurtunity to wish all my friends and contacts a very merry and happy Christmas and a peaceful healthy prosperous new year

take care of you and yours everyone

catch up with you all in the next few days

Okay, I will admit my get up and go in regards to photography appears to have gone on hiatus recently. Apart from a couple of local misty woodland visits I have not had the urge to get out with the cameras at all. I guess as part of the creative process this is something everyone goes through from time to time, peaks and troughs of enthusiasm. As a landscape photographer that focusses mainly on woodlands its a bit of a funny time of year while the anticipation for the autumn (that’s Fall for you Americans) and the spectacular colours it brings is tempered by the still mostly summer greens that are currently about in my local patches. Also the weather here has been pretty trash-although thats just a poor excuse really as weather is a key ingredient in landscape photography-and my depression hasn’t been helping either. But, BUT, I had an oppurtunity on the weekend to maybe reignite the excitement thats been lacking recently. During my customary “drive home from work on a Saturday chat” to Dave he mentioned that his sunset/sunrise predicter app was saying there was a 78% chance of a rocking sunrise on Sunday morning. My weather apps were also hinting strongly that this was the case with little low cloud and lots of medium ond high cloud forecast. Now, being a woodland photographer sunrises are not really in my boathouse but as I also love coastal photography I decided to pick a spot on the south coast to photograph and I settled on the Cobb harbour wall at Lyme Regis ,ahem, just under an hours drive from my home.

I crawled out of bed just after 4am on Sunday, plenty of time to get the life juice that is coffee down my neck and engage my brain, which nowadays seems to take forever to catch up with the body! I made sure all batteries were charged, SD cards were in camera and shoes were on the correct feet. I left the house with the plan to get to the cobb about 30 minurtes before sunrise (6.40am). I loaded up the car, checked the sat nav and it said it would take an hour and sixteen minutes to get to my destination and I had factored for just under an hour! DOH! Now, what i’m about to tell you I do NOT condone you do ok? I was ready to give it up and find somewhere more local but the stubborn side of my brain tapped me on the shoulder and quietly whispered in my ear “You can make that time up” followed by a conspiratorial wink and a little tap on the nose with a forefinger. So, harnessing my inner Colin Mcrae and praying to whatever deities were up at this time of the morning that I didn’t hit a deer, I sped off, pulling a rather cool drift out of the car park (in my head) and set the engine to warp factor 1.5.

Well, I made it in just under an hour and Mcrae would have been proud of my car control skills. I have to say the I don’t drive my cars hard but the Puma handled the country roads admirably and with full confidence. With a bit of a jog from the car I was on the cobb for 6.40am just as the light show of the morning sunrise started to kick off.

I had the gap on the horizon and some lovely clouds scudding by at pace!

As you can see from the image above there was a bit of a chop on the sea and a pretty hefty breeze too. I was constantly having to wipe my lens clean as spray kept…spraying over the camera and the odd gust was rocking me on my feet so kept one foot firmly pressed up against one of my tripod feet to prevent it disappearing over the edge. Its a shame I didnt apply the same care to my Nisi ten stop filter! I decided to try a long exposure image and as I attempted to put the filter on the end of my lens I dropped it! As this was me it didnt just drop onto the floor at my feet but landed edge on, proceeded to roll UP the sloping top of the cobb and threw itself over the edge to land on the stone flagons of the lower part of the Cobb 15 ft below. I was convinced it was smashed to bits or at the very least badly scratched. I headed for the “steps” (a set of stones that stick out about a foot from the wall), gingerly made my way down them, looking for all the world like some kind of giant baby making its first attempt to tackle stairs! To my surprise and Nisi’s credit though the filter was completely undamaged! They certainly build them tough! I then renegotiated the steps back to my camera and tripod which I had laid flat in case a gust of wind took it the same route as the filter and hastily recomposed to continue shooting. And boy it all worked out fantastic in the end.

It was without doubt one of the best sunrises I have seen. Well, technically it wasn’t actually a sunrise but the predawn glow. About thrity seconds after I got this image the colour was gone and it turned into a flat grey sky. It just goes to show how fleeting these scenes can be sometimes.

I hung around on the Cobb for another ten minutes to see if any colour would return but that was it sadly. Still, I was happy and had a wander up and down the beach for an hour before heading home, slowly, a happy bunny and with a large chunk of my mojo restored!

The Eurasian Jay is a very beautiful but also very shy bird.

And it's a very clever bird. I was hiding some nuts for the Squirrels in the tree trunk.

They soon discovered this and came in to grab their share.

That gave oppurtunities for some flight shots.

From a hide, on base tripod with gimbal head.

Week 28/52

7/10/21

Autumn is looking like its going to peak a wekk or so earlier for me this year typically. The last two years I booked a week off at the beginning of November and was too early. This year i booked the last week of November off and its going to be too late lol. You cant make it up...

Still, if the storms ease off I have a chance of getting some good colours still andphotography would be boring if it was easy, right?

In other news, I am off to London this weekend for the British Photography Awards ceremony as I was shortlisted in the landscape category this year. I really do not think I am winning it as some of the other images in my shortlist are pretty wild, but it will still be a great experience and a good oppurtunity to network with others passionate about this hobby of ours.

I did manage to get out this morning and headed over to Stourhead, where the colours are just stunning at the moment. The lakes was still and the reflections were looking stunning when i arrived but.........somehow i managed to leave all three of my camera batteries at home! DOH!! Still,I had my drone so sent that up instead and got some lovely images from above including one that I am quite excited to share.

Anyways, enough of my ramblings for another week or so. Adios!

My favourite dee foto. Always nice to watch them. Here i was in spring on some way next to field, watching the field and where suprised when a deer came out of the bushes to the road not far away. It seemed quite curious and didnt run away for a while, so i had oppurtunity take make few shots with my camera. Great memory on this picture on a nice day in the nature.

Explored December 3, 2008 #125

HBW everyone! I'm not gonna lie..i'm pooped. This is just a little diddy i put together while taking a break from editing client photos...Hope everyone is well. I'll write more of a description when my eyes aren't burning due to lack of sleep!! Night everyone!

Edit: So..i just got this hella rad news! I'm going to be shooting this awesome band Sally Jayne on the 20th! I've been in talks with Marc the lead guy and we are both very pumped about this oppurtunity! These photos are going to be used for their promtional stuff and for their tour next spring! To say the least, I am excited! YAY! WOOT!

So..i have some ideas for shoots and such..anyone wanna throw some more my way????

The Outrider, Inspired by the Shadows of the Empire comics.

This vehicle was in my head for a very long time, and it was time for a MOC of this model.

In the end it took me more than a year on and off building before completing it.

Actual building time around 20 hours or so. The variety on source material made it a bit difficult to grasp the "real" version. The good part of this is that this gave me the oppurtunity to freestyle a bit here and there. Hope you like it!

To be honest, the photo's don't really do the model justice, need to work on my photography skills :/

They had a feature on the news yesterday in which they showed us how to freeze a soap bubble. I thought it would be fun to try and get a picture of one. Yesterday was prohibitively cold, but this afternoon it got up to a balmy 10 F with minimal wind chill, so I decided to give it a try. It took several attempts, but I finally caught a bubble and kept it on the ring long enough for it to freeze before it could break. There was a little bit of a wind so that made it

challenging. It froze in only about a minute. I was hoping for a spectacular macro of the ice crystals, but it was hard to focus. I didn’t have a lot of oppurtunities for repeated shots as the wind picked up and blew it apart, and this is the result. It was very fragile. It was fascinating to watch it freeze. It would have been nice to have an assistant so that I could take pictures of it while it was freezing. A picture of the unbroken soap bubble is in the comments.

119 Pictures in 2019 - Theme No. 47 - Fragile

ODC Frozen

As the sun sets over the San Gabriel Valley, the Rail Giants photoshoot, hosted by photographer Steve Crise, begins. UP 9000 stands tall and proud over the fairgrounds as photographers get the oppurtunity to see what railroading really used to look like.

August 13th, 2016

Overcast evening at Painted Hills, OR. This group of hills doesn't get much attention from most visitors since this is a couple of miles drive further than the main and more attractive painted hills. But this gives me oppurtunity to present painted hills in a different angle.

I put a note on this last September with my details on I was would really like to buy it if the oppurtunity arose. 2 hours after the owner called me to thank me for the note and that when the time comes to sell the car I would have first refusal.

I have been checking the MOT status of this because I knew it was due in March and I kept wondering would that be the time when the owner would contact me? I checked the MOT site today and noticed that it failed on corrosion to the rear suspension mounts today, 20 minutes after me finding that out the owner called me! He said sadly it has failed its MOT and he has another car now so he thinks its time to sell so if I was still interested to come and view so I went this evening, it really is a cracking little car and it has been in the owners family from new, over the past few years he has aquired a few spares for it as he knew in time they would become hard to get ahold of! It does need some money spending on it and a lot of hours put in polishing that paintwork and tidying the car but I can see the potential so we agreed on a price and a deal was made.

As soon as that red Fiesta has sold I can go and collect it and let the work commence, I cannot wait.

We hiked up a mountain, just behind me, because we thought to get a great view of the castle from above. Unfortunately we took a wrong turn and the hiking path ended after about 2 hours without even one oppurtunity to photograph the castle - the trees were blocking the view...

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Hochosterwitz Castle (German: Burg Hochosterwitz, Slovene: Grad Ostrovica) is considered to be one of Austria's most impressive medieval castles. It is situated on a 160 metres (520 ft) Dolomite rock near Sankt Georgen am Längsee, east of the town of Sankt Veit an der Glan in the state of Carinthia. The castle is one of the state's landmarks and can be seen from about 30 km (19 mi) away on a clear day.

The site was first mentioned in in a 860 deed issued by King Louis the German of East Francia, donating several of his properties in the former Principality of Carantania to the Archdiocese of Salzburg. It was then named as ‘Astarwiza’, its name being of Slavic origin. In the 11th century Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg ceded the castle to the Dukes of Carinthia from the noble House of Sponheim in return for their support during the Investiture Controversy. The Sponheim dukes bestowed the fiefdom upon the family of Osterwitz, who held the hereditary office of the cup-bearer in 1209.

In his book Change the Austro-American psychologist Paul Watzlawick renders a popular tale of the siege of the castle by the troops of Margarete Maultasch ("Mouth Bag"), Countess of Tyrol from 1335 to 1363. According to legend first noted by the medieval chronicler Jakob Unrest and later by Jacob Grimm, Margarete, cheated by the House of Habsburg of her inheritance claims to Carinthia, invaded the duchy; her forces were however deceived and withdrew when the garrison of Hochosterwitz slaughtered its very last ox, filled it with corn and threw it over the wall, pretending it still had so many provisions in stock that they could be used as projectiles.

In the 15th century, the last Carinthian cup-bearer, Georg of Osterwitz was captured in a Turkish invasion and died in 1476 in prison without leaving descendants. Hans, cup-bearer of Osterwitz was the last remaining survivor of the family. He had a substantial debt owing to the Emperor and was forced to give up the deeds of the castle to pay his debt.[3] So after four centuries, on 30 May 1478, the possession of the castle reverted to Emperor Frederick III of Habsburg.

Over the next thirty years the castle was badly damaged by numerous Turkish campaigns. On 5 October 1509, Emperor Maximilian I handed the castle as a pledge to Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, then Bishop of Gurk. Bishop Lang undertook a substantial renovation project for the damaged castle.

About 1541 German king Ferdinand I of Habsburg bestowed Hochosterwitz upon the Carinthian governor Christof Khevenhüller. In 1571, Baron George Khevenhüller acquired the citadel by purchase. He fortified to deal with the threat of Turkish invasions of the region, building an armoury and 14 gates from 1570-1586. Such massive fortification is considered unique in citadel construction. Because of the 14 gates, each equipped with different treacherous methods of guarding the path, local legend maintains that the castle has never been conquered and that any of the attacks managed to get beyond the fourth (Engelstor) gate.

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i was taking pictures of the sunset when a family coming nearby ...and the father was playing with his son ...and i know i just cannot lose this oppurtunity away ..the moment was perfect ..the silhouette , the sunset , the colours ...for me the love of the father to his son strengthen this moment ....

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Das historische Rathaus in Wernigerode mit seinem unvergleichlichen Baustil.

Ich hatte leider nur diesen eine Abend und ein paar Zelte und ein Auto standen im Weg, dennoch auf jeden Fall ein Bild wert.

The historical town hall of Wernigerode, a absolute unique building. Unfortunately there were some tents and a car infront of the building and this evening was the only oppurtunity, but still worth it to take a picture.