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Beer With A View : The Watering Hole at Perranporth June 2015. In my opinion one of the best located pubs in Britain. Actually on the beach. St Austell Brewery's top beer. Much better than Tribute.
17.02.2010
Finally some proper portraits :) I've been trying to get some done and I think its about time.
This is Sarah my older sister, she's already appeared previously on here and was also the severed body on the dressing table of last year's exam final peice.
The performance of my studio setup is just not funny any more, Im getting 4 out of five shots as misfires most of the time and then sometimes it will give me only 1 out of 5 when it feels like it. However Im not sure if it's the cactus trigger's fault anymore, as the shutter is pressed, the transmission is sent, strobes fire but the shutter curtain seems out of sync which rises a much much more expensive fix :( I simply cant trust whatever it is causing the problem during shoots and is very restrictive as I missed some really nice shots because of a bad sync :-/
On the bright side I can almost always nail the exposure every time now in my room when I set up the strobes, practise makes perfect :)
I've also ordered some new pens, prob means nothing to you all but Ive had my eye on these for a while. Pentel pocket brush pen,Faber Castell PITT brush pen, Copic Multiliner SP 0.3 (to accompany my 0.7) and a little Sharpie twin tip because I've always wanted a sharpie :)
All black and all waterproof so I can use them for my watercolour work! :)
Today was the last day of the half-term break, photographically it was immense! Two major whole days of shooting and this relatively productive shoot too gave me a load of shots which Im really happy with. As far as coursework goes though Art is doing good, still on track. ICT is an ever-growing hole of paperwork which Im really trying to do but just get frustrated with. I think from now until May everyone in my year show signs of moving towards the carreer/education area they will be pursuing. For me that means saying goodbye to ICT which I will be glad of tbh. Suprisingly I will sort of miss Biology even though it was my 'throw in' subject. It gave me an art project and a practical understanding of stuff that break or come in contact with me on a daily basis which I think is great :) I have to start taking pictures of some of the people at school more, these last few months will be the last I will see of most of them.
Strobist:
1 vivitar 285HV fired through a westcott 43" satin white shoot -thru umbrella @ 1/4 power @ near 90 degrees camera right, triggered by the Cactus V2 FAIL triggers.
BIG Sarah
Victoria Peak (太平山 or 扯旗山) is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as "The Peak." The mountain is located in the western half of Hong Kong Island. With an altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft), it is the highest mountain on the island proper, but not in the entirety of Hong Kong, an honour which belongs to Tai Mo Shan.
The actual summit of Victoria Peak is occupied by a radio telecommunications facility and is closed to the public. However, the surrounding area of public parks and high-value residential land is the area that is normally meant by the name The Peak. It is a major tourist attraction which offers spectacular views over central Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour, and the surrounding islands.
With some seven million visitors every year, the Peak is a major tourist attraction of Hong Kong. It offers spectacular views of the city and its harbours. The number of visitors led to the construction of two major leisure and shopping centres, the Peak Tower and the Peak Galleria, situated adjacent to each other.
The Peak Tower incorporates the upper station of the Peak Tram, the funicular railway that brings passengers up from Hong Kong's Central district, whilst the Peak Galleria incorporates the bus station used by the Hong Kong public buses and green minibuses on the Peak. The Peak is also accessible by taxi and private car via the circuitous Peak Road, or by walking up the steep Old Peak Road from near the Zoological Botanical Gardens.
Victoria Peak Garden is located on the site of Mountain Lodge, the Governor's old summer residence, and is the closest publicly accessible point to the summit. It can be reached from Victoria Gap by walking up Mount Austin Road, a climb of about 150 metres (490 ft). Another popular walk is the level loop along Lugard Road, giving good views of Hong Kong's Central district and Kowloon, and then returning via Harlech Road, encircling the summit at the level of the Peak Tower.[3] There are several restaurants on Victoria Peak, most of which are located in the two shopping centres. However, the Peak Lookout Restaurant, is housed in an older and more traditional building which was originally a spacious house for engineers working on the Peak Tramway. It was rebuilt in 1901 as a stop area for sedan chairs, but was re-opened as a restaurant in 1947.
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So, you see; Gormley Trousers has been intercepted by Entities from Sector Z Victor Narner, they seek enlightenment. They say to Gormley, through their protective headgear (lest his uncleanliness gives of noxious gas) "Give us some, then !" in their wheedling voices.
"Well, I am of dust, how about that ?" says Gormley. "As was my old man, gawd rest his soul."
"That's not enough...we need to know the fundaments of life !"
Hurt, Gormley reconsiders. But he can think of nothing better. What is there before dust, hmmm, or after, he thinks, to himself. Boldly, he states his case.
"Yes ! We are all dust, each and every one of us ! Of course, I use 'dust' as a metaphor, to represent the Life-Force, which..."
"Stop ! Stop !" cries Gerald "My visor is glowing ! You have spoken a universal verity !"
"Oh...er..."
But before they can offer him the position of Gawd, in Sector Z Victor Narner. Gormley realises he hasn't had his elevenses and, well, that's about it, really.
Walk Tall !
This is a hand drawn tattoo of the letter C – depicting a crescent moon among the clouds and with some violet flower blossoming in the arena. There are bi-colored tattoos – one in proper colors, showing the true vibrance and the other in black and white.
Because Hermione doesn't wear glasses, but I do, and so yeah.
I am rad. People cannot use my camera.
Also, so much hair. :|
Cosplay from the fanfiction "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality"
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He listened to dressing tips well and layered his clothing to keep in that body heat - and when you are that thin you got to maintain any heat you can. He also really lifts those knees.
• NO "trickery," "tomfoolery," or manipulation of any kind whatsoever - either in, or out of the camera - was used to make this image .
• This, and the two images below are neither unmanipulated, nor unretouched in any way.
• There were NO attempts at "special effects," whatsoever.
We see the so-called "blue moon." As you can plainly see, the blue image appearing below the moon proper is another image of the moon, and it is very evidently and plainly blue.
The last "blue moon" was three years ago, on New Year's Eve 2009. The next "blue moon" will be July 31, 2015. In Alabama, the full moon began to rise at 7:04 p.m.
But how did this phrase "blue moon" - referring to the occurrence of two full moons in a month - come to be?
A LA Times news blog article by Rong-Gong Lin II, may help provide some answers.
According to the article, "a blue moon doesn't mean the moon will actually change color--it's the rare occurrence of two full moons occurring in the same calendar month.
"The last time a blue moon happened was on New Year's Eve 2009. The next blue moon will occur on July 31, 2015, according to MoongGiant.com.
"The phrase "blue moon" has been around for more than 400 years, wrote Philip Hiscock, a folklore expert at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, in an exhaustive piece on the origin of the phrase "blue moon" over the years.
"But the current meaning was popularized only in the 1980s, he wrote in his piece for Sky & Telescope. Centuries ago, "blue moon" had more of a literary meaning of the absurd, "like saying the Moon is made of green cheese," he wrote.
"Hiscock wrote that it was in 1988 when he first heard the term "blue moon" identified as the second full moon in a month, and was asked about it after "radio stations and newspapers everywhere carried an item on this bit of 'old folklore,' as they called it, drawing on an international wire story."
"As it turns out, Hiscock concluded, the term was popularized by the radio program "Star Date," broadcast in January 1980. By 1985, the definition was enshrined in "The Kids' World Almanac of Records and Facts," and shortly after that was a question in Trivial Pursuit in 1986.
"A NASA article says the original source of the "blue moon" definition came after an amateur astronomer, James Hugh Pruett, was attempting to explain to Sky & Telescope readers in 1946 what blue moons were, trying to interpret a complicated definition in the Maine's Farmer Almanac that was "so convoluted even professional astronomers struggled to understand it."
"Next month's full moon will occur on Sept. 30, which is known as the harvest moon, and coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, known for the prolific baking of mooncakes in Asian and Asian American communities.
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Ah yes. The Rise & Toys RT-01 Robot Rose, the figure that begs to answer the question "How much better would my life be if MP Arcee had a proper chest?".
Well, turns out there's some ups and downs, and no, I'm not talking about the jiggling.
Because sadly these are not silicone boobs.
So to start off, if you're not sure, YES, this is a knock off of the MP Arcee release from a few years back. To save myself a bunch of writing, it's suffice to say it's not as good as the official release, but it can do probably 80 - 90% of what it is supposed to do.
Highlights of the stuff that is a total miss is paint, the inability to hold weapons, and my favourite, an instruction manual that literally leaves you half way there.
But the parts are all there, including the die cast content, and the plastic quality doesn't seem to be off by much, if any. It's more the colour amongst the pinks can be inconsistent. Articulation is exactly the same until you decide to get crazy. Visor gimmick still works.
Before the main event, I just want to quickly point out the other major difference between this and the official MP - the face plates. I can't remember who made these, but they're closer to the animation model. There's another extra face that comes with their Nightbird release that is even more accurate.
The main event - the chest plates, which is probably the reason you bought this release. The original toy suffered from what would best be described as a sagging bust line, with Nightbird faring slightly better due to the long chin piece.
Well, this figure gives you the option of swapping out the original piece for one of two plates - one that gives the figure that classic look, but is definitely more flattering, and another that gives her the look of a pin up model.
Might as well go big, right?
The issue is that by attaching these chest plates, you lose use of her shoulder hinges, and basically won't be able to bring the arms across the chest... which if you think about it, makes sense given the size of the things.
I've been walking past Rocket Bishopsgate and its…conspicuous Space Invaders mural for many a year now - and have wanted to drop in for drinks and a proper meal. Having recently had the chance to, I am glad that I did! Rocket is a very slick, very 'city' feeling lounge bar and pizza restaurant which likes to describe itself as 'casual city dining'. I sense I am going to be using this word, 'city', quite a few times in this description - please forgive my transgressions.
So yeah, Rocket is full of suited 'city types' (we presume finance and/or law from neighbouring Bishopsgate?) and looks like what I'd imagine people in the early 80s thought bars in 2015 would look like. Wine bottles built into the wall, mmmhmmm. Situated on Bishopsgate adjacent to The Broadgate Tower, it's within easy walking distance of Shoreditch High Street or Liverpool Street. What about food? They're maybe best known for their stone fired pizza. On this subject, Rocket have taught me the that pulled pork topped pizzas should be a thing more often. See also their 'famous Rare Beef & Chip Salad’ - which isn’t really famous (sorry) or a salad (BEEF) but tastes great all the same.
A little more about the Rocket chain then (oh, did I forget to mention that it's a chain? Soz). There are 5 venues in total, others to be found in Canary Wharf, Bank, Holborn and one outside of London in Nottingham (at The Cornerhouse on Folman Street). Anyway, check out those (officially licensed legit) Space Invaders decals. I am not entirely sure what the tie in is, maybe ‘rocket’ and ‘space’? Despite the 'city' vibe - Rocket's prices are quite reasonable. Most especially when it comes to their daily cocktail happy hour (between 5-7pm). They also have a smaller, occasionally private bar on the first floor (that's the empty room with the sunglasses wearing dog FYI). It's a very friendly place and I shall probably drop in again.
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If only they could still be like this now! This is of course the Bee Line Buzz Company's interior which doesn't half bring back memories for me growing up in Wythenshawe in the late 80s!
Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of 728.26 square kilometers (281.18 square miles) – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the third largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay.
The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 16th century and due to its strategic location it served as a springboard for the Spanish conquest of the continent becoming a stopping point for the treasure-laden Spanish galleons on the crossing between the New World and the Old World. King Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City in 1592. Walls as well as forts were built to protect the old city. The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana's harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish–American War.
Contemporary Havana can essentially be described as three cities in one: Old Havana, Vedado and the newer suburban districts. The city is the center of the Cuban government, and home to various ministries, headquarters of businesses and over 90 diplomatic offices.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana
It's now become part of our travelling calendar - we go on a city break for Jayne’s birthday in January - no presents for birthday's and Christmas, we travel instead. This year it was Seville. We had to drive 180 miles south to Stansted to fly there though, Friday afternoon on the A1, such fun... It was a really good drive down in actual fact, the best day for months, glorious blue sky and a fantastic sunset- and I was in a car. We got stung for tea and drinks in the Radison Blu but we were overnighting and leaving the car so we didn't have much choice. Ryanair aagh! Again no choice. To be fair to the abrasive Irish man O Leary things are better than they used to be and it was an acceptable flight.
We were hoping for better weather than we got- don't you always? It was. cold, windy and after some initial beautiful sun on our first afternoon, it was mostly grey. The wind died but so did the sun. The other little problem was that it was my turn for the awful cold that Jayne had been trying to get over. I was under the weather in more ways than one all week, it was only a cold but it was the worst I've had for ages and it didn't help my mood, particularly when the sun was absent. We had a few hours of really nice light here and there and I made the most of it - I think!
Seville has miles and miles of narrow cobbled streets, they seem to go on for ever. They are almost random in layout and it is extremely difficult to find your way around, it's easier to just keep walking and see what you find. So we did! The architecture is stunning and the history is fascinating. Aside from the ancient history the two events that seem to have had a massive recent influence are the Expo's of 1929 and 1992. The incredible buildings or 'Pavilions' that were built for a one off event are now part of the reason that people visit the city. The 1929 pavilions are fantastic, each one is a story in itself and a destination in its own right but there are a lot of them in Parque Maria Luisa. Plaza Espana, built by the hosts of course, is the biggest and I would imagine that you could make a project out of photographing the individual ceramic tile displays around it on their own. These incredible buildings really need the light to be right to get images that people want to see, flat bright light from bright grey skies is good for certain things but dramatic architecture deserves better - or maybe I'm looking for the easy way option. The other discovery that we made, we found just down the road from the hotel, about an hour into the trip – The Metropol Parasol. A giant lattice work parasol, apparently called ‘The Mushrooms’ locally and apparently the world’s largest wooden structure. You have to look twice, having discovered that it is wood. Only later did we discover that we could get to the top and there is an extensive walkway around the top of it. It is built on top of ancient ruins, ( still intact and viewable) a food market and bars etc. and has a plaza around it and on it, that is buzzing on weekend evenings. Walking around the top, the first people up it one day and being back to watch the sunset later was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
The 1992 Expo also covered a massive area but left behind lots of modern - and some very strange - buildings and arenas. Some are of a temporary nature and get dismantled others find a new use. The land used was on an island between two branches of the River Guadalquivir – Isla de la Cartuja. The branch that goes through the city is now a canal, blocked at its northern end by a barrier with a motorway on it, and is used extensively for water sports, mainly rowing. Many of the buildings are now used by private companies as headquarters , others have a very derelict look. The whole area- even though it is home to the theme park- which was shut for the winter, has a neglected air about it. There are weeds growing everywhere but fountains are switched on, which seemed odd. Unlike the city a short distance away, there are no cafes or bars or other people around for that matter, just us meandering through. The car park that was created for the event is massive, it stretches for miles, and I really mean miles. Totally derelict, just the odd person or dog walker around. There is even a railway line terminating here, in the middle of nowhere a modern and apparently unmanned station, like a ghost station. At this point, across the river proper is open countryside, much flatter than I expected and very easy for local walkers and cyclists to get to - also very calm and quiet, a place to linger and enjoy the peace.
As usual I researched and discovered as we walked, we averaged around 13 miles a day and tried to get off the beaten track. We were out around 8.15, before sunrise, and had orange juice, coffee and Tostada with the locals for breakfast. The trouble is that there are many miles of walking in a relatively small area, some streets are only a few feet wide so there are a lot of them to explore. Incredible ancient churches and squares are around every corner- it's a very religious place - Catholicism rules in Spain. Unfortunately many are only a few feet away from the building next to it and it is difficult to get a decent shot of them. Seville is also famous, historically, as a producer of ceramic tiles. A building isn’t complete without a tile display of some sort and it would be very easy to make a project out of tiles alone. It may be a little boring for any companions though!
We walked the length of the embankment a couple of times, it has graffiti from end to end, several miles of massive concrete walls covered in everything imaginable, from marker pen scribbling to works of art. It was suggested to me that allowing people to paint here might prevent them from daubing property and monuments in the city- it hasn't! Most alleyways and shutters have been attacked to a greater or lesser degree. Spain has very high youth unemployment and maybe this plays a role. To be truthful though we haven't seen a city that's free of graffiti. The other problem is dogs- or what they produce, it's everywhere, absolutely everywhere, in a week we saw only one person remove his dogs mess. Fortunately the city streets are cleaned exceptionally well, some of the cleanest we have come across, men (and a lot of women) and machines are washing and sweeping endlessly.
Having had the wettest winter on record at home - almost three months of rain - we didn't want more rain but we got it. The upside was the water and the reflections that it created made photography on the cobbled streets more interesting, particularly at night. I usually find that it takes me a while to get into the groove on a trip and this one was no different, I didn't start shooting with total disregard - street shots- for a couple of days. Whilst the locals wore quilted jackets and scarves we got down to tee shirts at times, the warmer afternoons would be welcome in summer, never mind January, in Huddersfield. I envied the cyclists, being able to train in temperatures like this in winter - I wish! You need a lot less willpower to get out there and train hard in pleasant weather.
From a photography point of view I had a frustrating time, I never felt to get to grips with the place- other than on the streets at night. Writing this on my phone on the flight home, I haven't a clue what I've got to work with when I get back. I usually edit first and write later. Generally I have a first look, I'm disillusioned, I then revisit and see things differently- thankfully! Architectural shots with a grey sky could be destined for the monochrome treatment, we'll soon see. I'm still editing stuff from our London trip before Christmas, it's getting decent views in black and white and I quite enjoy looking at them myself.
We visited most of the notable tourist destinations, and went up anything that we could. Seville doesn't have a high point-it's flat! Nothing really stands head and shoulders above the city. The Cathedral tower is over 300 feet but the Cathedral itself fills a lot of the view on some aspects. Being square and having to look through bars in recesses you don't really get a completely open aspect. A new 600 foot tower is close to being finished, it's an office block and I couldn't find any mention of it being a viewing point in the future.
Oranges were the last thing on my mind when I suggested going to Seville. There are 25000 orange trees in Seville and now is the time that they are laden with big-and sour- Seville oranges, they are everywhere, apparently they are the property of the city authorities and will be harvested and sent to the UK to be made in to marmalade at some point in the near future. These trees will soon be covered in fragrant blossom, the city will smell beautiful for a couple of months. Studying the surrounding area it would be good to tour in March or April I would think, the scents, longer days and better weather would make for a fantastic trip. One for the future. The sunrise on our final morning was the best of the week, this was what we had looked forward to, we had to leave for the airport at 9.00...... Needless to say it was raining hard as we drove the last twenty miles home. Nothing new there then.
As usual I have aimed to present a pretty extensive collection of photographs of our chosen destination, some, at first glance will be pretty mundane shots of everyday life on the streets, often though, close inspection will reveal something humorous, something that needs a bit of thought. Others are definitely just people going about their holiday or work. Travelling with someone else it wouldn’t be fair to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to nail the perfect long exposure or HDR image of a cathedral or similar in perfect light – the one stunning shot to add to the portfolio- it’s not really my thing, I go for an overview of the place in the time available. Looking at the postcards locally it becomes obvious that stunning shots of some of these buildings are hard to come by. Heavily corrected converging verticals were quite obvious – and most likely will be in my own shots. As the owner of tilt and shift lenses I never travel with one – ever! My knees are already creaking from the weight of the bag.
The operator of Brampton Transit Orion I 8894 flips through the exposures on the old-school rollsign, looking for the proper 17 Howden display. Formerly sitting on standby, 8894 was pressed into service to fill in for another ailing unit during an evening rush-hour snowstorm at the Bramalea City Centre mall.