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Wouldn't we all like to find a magic bridge?
Created for the Artistic Manipulation Group's Mixmaster Challenge #58.
CHEF xandram wants to see where a bridge will lead us!
➤ Your image must feature a bridge.
➤ Include one or two people.
➤ Also something pointed or with points (not including the bridge).
➤ Feature dark red somewhere in the composition.
➤ NO BIRDS.
Two Staedtler coloured pencils.
HMM!
Macro Mondays: Mediums
Also #76/122 Pens or Pencils: 122 Pictures in 2022
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !
Today is a blue day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Looking Close on Friday is : pencil points ! Yes, there is an exclamation point since this theme deserve it ! I love pencils and I love pencils points !
While searching for the perfect pencil points, I stumbled upon this red flying pencil, trying to kiss his old grey lover… So I grabbed my camera and took a picture just before the whole scene disappeared and the red pencil flied away in a blink of an eye…The moral of this story is dont blink or you might miss something! And other moral; dont drink alcohol while taking pictures or you might see some stuff that doesn’t make sense…
I wish you all a beautiful day !! See you later my friends !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !!
The so called simple subjects seem to be the hardest ones for me. These pencils behaved like divas. I'm learning a lot, I hope.
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Amazing light and clouds for this morning shot taken from a BC Ferry on route from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen.
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Notre-Dame de Paris is a masterpiece of Gothic art.
The building of Notre-Dame extended over 150 years, during which all the various phases of Gothic architecture were reflected in its structure (from the great cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens).
The interior exemplifies the grandeur of Gothic architecture with its space. It is 420 foot long, 157 foot wide and 226
foot high.
The ceiling is supported by ridged vaults, with multiple arches that come together at various points across the length of the building, covering more than 130 metres altogether.
For a change of style, but to stay on the theme of Paris, I propose you some views of the city taken with long focal lenses, which can give a tight frame and sometimes original points of view
An older image from the harbour in Flensburg! I found it to be a wonderful place. Since they keep "the points" there (traffic violations and such) I was pleased that there was so much more to this city. I would love to return there one day.
Der neu gestaltete U-Bahnhof Jungfernstieg in Hamburg: Der neue schwarz-weiß-Kontrast lässt den Haltestellenraum größer und weiter wirken. Die mattschwarzen Flächen im Gleisbereich nehmen dem Auge mögliche Bezugspunkte, sodass die Raumkanten, die den Raum sonst eingrenzen würden, nicht mehr sofort sichtbar sind. In ihrer sich spiegelnden Form vermittelt die Decke den Eindruck einer Wasseroberfläche. Damit wird die Lage der Haltestelle unter der Alster symbolisiert. Architekt: WRS Architekten & Stadtplaner
The redesigned Jungfernstieg underground station in Hamburg: The new black and white contrast makes the station space appear larger and wider. The matt black surfaces in the track area deprive the eye of possible reference points, so that the spatial edges that would otherwise delimit the space are no longer immediately visible. In its reflecting form, the ceiling gives the impression of a water surface. This symbolizes the location of the stop under the Alster. Architect: WRS Architekten & Stadtplaner
Website: www.heiko-roebke-photography.de
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, occasionally corrupted as bobbed wire or bob wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).
Michael Kelly Invented the First Barbed Wire Fencing
The first wire fences (before the invention of the barb) consisted of only one strand of wire, which was constantly broken by the weight of cattle pressing against it.
Michael Kelly made a significant improvement to wire fencing, he twisted two wires together to form a cable for barbs - the first of its kind. Known as the "thorny fence," Michael Kelly's double-strand design made fences stronger, and the painful barbs made cattle keep their distance.
Joseph Glidden Was Considered the King of the Barb.
Joseph Glidden's design made barbed wire more effective, he invented a method for locking the barbs in place, and invented the machinery to mass-produce the wire.
Living patterns of the nomadic Native Americans were radically altered. Further squeezed from lands they had always used, they began calling barbed wire "the Devil's rope."
After its invention, barbed wire was widely used during wars, to protect people and property from unwanted intrusion. Military usage of barbed wire formally dates to 1888, when British military manuals first encouraged its use.
During the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders chose to defend their camps with the help of barbed fencing. In turn-of-the-century South Africa, five-strand fences were linked to blockhouses sheltering British troops from the encroachment of Boer commandos. During World War I, barbed wire was used as a military weapon.
Even now, barbed wire is widely used to protect and safeguard military installation, to establish territorial boundaries, and for prisoner confinement.
I found this barbed wire along with the male Blue Dasher Dragonfly perched on it, at a Polk County park along Lake Kissimmee. Polk County, Florida.
Otra de las alegrías de la temporada pasada fue visitar, por indicación de Mª José Tarruella, dos puntos en Biar donde encontramos a Lestes barbarus, Lestes virens y Sympecma fusca que no solemos ver en nuestros puntos de seguimiento.
Fotográficamente fue un buen año.
Fotograma recortado un 4% adaptado a formato 4x3
Cerca de Biar (Alicante) España
Another of the joys of last season was visiting, at the suggestion of Mª José Tarruella, two points in Biar where we found Lestes barbarus, Lestes virens and Sympecma fusca that we do not usually see in our monitoring points.
Photographically it was a good year.
4% cropped frame adapted to 4x3 format
Near Biar (Alicante) Spain
At 10,700 feet elevation the early morning temperature was 41 degrees (f). There were 15 bull elk grazing in a nice open setting.
This group lined up nicely as they went about the business of bulking up for the coming rut and following winter. A pretty good way to spend a July morning for this photographer.
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado!
You may remember my submission for theme # 37; Flame, where I used a reflection of some painting with light to produce an image of owls sitting in a tree.
Well those same owl have now taken up syncronised fledging at angles of 45 degrees to each other.
123 Pictures in 2023, theme # 5 Angles
“L’enfance est un point de repère à partir duquel chacun va se déterminer.”
Manuel Poirier
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"When a finger points to the moon,
the imbecile looks at the finger"
(ANON)
Handheld moonshot of the Waxing Gibbous with the Golden Handle* visible - Taken over the deep Countryside in West Wales, Ceredigion
*The Golden Handle (pl. see notebox) is clearly to be seen but only for a few hours - about 10-11 days after New Moon or two days after the first quarter - when the sun rises on top of the Jura Mountains, the ridge is illuminated while the Sinus Iridium is in shadow
Date & Time: 27 September 2020 - 21:44 (GMT)
Distance to Earth: 392.104 km
Illumination: 85%
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
ƒ/3.5
108.0 mm
1/125 Sec
ISO 100
I think this was a young princeling of a stag. He needs 12 points to be a Royal and 14 to be a Monarch. I'm told it was rather harsh judging him for just being a six pointer: after all it's not his fault. But when I had spotted a deerling (2 points) on a hillock close to the road I grabbed my long (crappy) lens and fired some shots at him, only to notice after a while that there were bigger antlers poking over the ridge and this chap emerged to stand on the skyline against black and white snowy mountains in the background. I thought I had hit the jackpot until I realised this was nothing like a Monarch of the Glen, that I wanted to bag.
A setting looking to the southwest while taking in views across Convict Lake to nearby mountains of the Mammoth Area ranges. This is on the Lakeshore Trail in Inyo National Forest. while there was definitely quite a bit of wildfire haze and smoke present that afternoon, I attempted to best compose what was visible for an image captured with some nearby trees, the reflections off the lake waters, and then the mountains. I later worked with ClearView Plus tool before using control points in DxO PhotoLab 5 to make some adjustments and bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
Someone is now getting snuggles in front of the computer. Points to iPhone in low light levels. Added to Happy Caturday 17 July 2021 “Upside Down.”