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I've been properly bitten by this repaint bug now. Here's Flynn/Eugene. I resisted buying him at first because I really hated his smooth, shiny helmet hair, so after stripping the factory paint, I went at his head with some linocutting blades. I think he looks much more like himself now.
The seaside promenade in Lyme Regis is more properly known as Marine Parade. According to the blue plaque on the right it was created by the philanthropist Roger Hollis in 1771. The lower part next to the beach is known as the cart road. There is a number of beautiful old houses along here, mainly dating from the Regency period. The one nearest the camera is Grade II-listed and dates from the early 1800s.
The lamp standards along the side of the road have been designed to reflect the area's fame as a rich source of fossils, including ammonites. Mary Anning, who lived in the town when this house was being built, become renowned as a fossil hunter and discovered the first fossilised remains of a plesiosaur as well as numerous other creatures.
False Death Cap, not open properly but the slugs have still been for a bite; I went back the next day only to find, again, this was flattened into the floor like someone had deliberately stepped on it and spread it into the ground.
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, it is dedicated to the Apostles Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the West Front. Founded in the Anglo-Saxon period as a minster it became one of England's most important Benedictine abbeys, becoming a cathedral only in 1542. Its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. Alongside the cathedrals of Durham and Ely, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration, and is one the nations best preserved pre-Reformation abbeys.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.
Throughout the winter, I photograph hundreds of snowflakes, but many of them never get properly edited, as 4-6 hours of work typically goes into each one. This one didn’t make my Snowflake-a-Day project, but it did catch my attention a few days ago when I noticed snow in the forecast again. View large and zoom in! (Press the "L" key to view in Lightbox mode)
Late April might occasionally see a snowfall, and we’re in the middle of some nasty weather at the moment. The temperatures are too warm to take any useful photographs, and I know most people are cursing the white stuff when the flowers have already begun to bloom, so I present this snowflake to make up for the dismal state of the weather. It’s not all bad.
Snowflakes like this only fall a few times a year, when the conditions allow for stable and slow growth. Calm weather, cold temperatures (around -10 to -16C or so in the sky) and relatively high humidity can create beautiful crystals like this. The growth conditions were not completely stable however, resulting in a broader design at the beginning and faster growth as the snowflake grew bigger.
You can make an interesting observation from snowflakes like this. Notice how all of the outer branches have rounded and pointed tips, but the inner branches toward the center have rigid edges that contain roughly 60-degree angles? Faster-growing branches result in rounded tips, and slower-growing branches result in rigid tips. The inner areas of a snowflake will continue to grow even after the crystal has expanded outward, but with less water vapour reaching the inner branches, their growth slows and transforms the style of their growth in the process.
This image is created from 54 separate frames, each containing a tiny slice of focus. The snowflakes are photographed on an angle to reveal the fascinating surface detail and reflective properties of ice, but these features come at the cost of depth of field. Using focus stacking techniques and exhaustive editing to make sure the combination of frames is perfect, the entire snowflakes comes into focus after many hours of editing. This crystal took 6 hours to complete.
If you want to learn more about the exact photographic techniques in a step-by-step tutorial, or you find the science behind these winter wonders fascinating, check out Sky Crystals: www.skycrystals.ca/ - you won’t find a better book on the subject that caters to both photographers and science-minded people alike. :)
In a GoogleMaps search for Top London Bagel- a place showed up, that piqued my interest called "BEIGEL" Open 24 Hours.
On a street called Brick Lane, en route to our ( small Group) tour of Londons amazingly restored Battersea Power Station we took a chance on this place Londoners,
will wait in a line, to be abused by rude and not-nice staff,
that could clearly benefit from a Seminar Session(s) or 3
on building Customer Relations Skills and
The Art of The Schmooze, to increase Ca$H Register Rings.
If I wanted abuse- I'd a gotten married long ago (with Kids too!)
Anyway- the bagel didn't have the proper firm outer shell with a supple soft interior.
Nor, were there different flavor offerings like -
Pumpernickel, Sesame Seed, Garlic, Onion, or
the infamous
"everything-Bagel" and- BTW it's spelled B A G E L my brother, not Beigel.
(The Yiddish word for Bagel is actually Beigel)
Frill-necked lizards are almost a metre (3.3 feet) long with colours ranging from green to dark orange. They are all the same species though; the colour varies to match the local vegetation. Frill-necked lizards have a fan of cartilage spines around their head, supporting a wide flap of skin. The spines are connected to the base of the tongue so, when the lizard gapes its mouth, the frill spreads wide. This is used to scare away predators and also for courtship signalling.
They are also the only lizards that can balance properly on two legs; other lizards can run on their hind legs but they fall forward as soon as they slow down
(or rather: Evening light calsight)
I'm already very happy with the new place for the minerals in our house. They look so much nicer when properly lit.
Back to My Favourite Nunnery … they serve the best selection of Chinese teas, in the most relaxing location ever.
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I'll have to look it up properly for the history of these fine gates, but I believe that these were installed by the Capel-Hanburys who created the park. The gates were restored recently.
HFF.
From Wikipedia: The Pontymoile entrance to Pontypool Park was the original entrance leading to the house owned by the Hanbury Family. Pontymoile Gates (Welsh: Giatiau Pont-y-moel) are Grade II, Cadw-listed fine metal gates that are known locally as the Sally gates. Sally was the nickname for the Duchess of Marlborough who presented them to the Hanbury family in thanks for their assistance in the execution of her late husband's will.
Research has determined that the columns and gates date from around the mid 19th century, but were later added to (the addition of dog bars) to allow larger carriages and motorized traffic to enter the park.
A report taken from the Pontypool Free Press in 1933 states that the gate's specifications were designed by T. E. Deakin in July 1835. Of particular interest are the vines on the pillars and bunches of grapes that were originally have been gilded as were some acanthus leaves and finials on the gates. It is thought the original colour of the gates may have been green, maroon or a blue colour popular at the time.
Before spring arrives properly, here's a picture of a cold winter night in the Bavarian Alps.
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Standing on the shore of Loch Ness, in the Scottish Highlands, Fort Augustus Abbey is seen from across the water and the nearby B862.
Fort Augustus Abbey, properly St. Benedict's Abbey, at Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Scotland, was a Benedictine monastery, from late in the nineteenth century to 1998.
In 2023 I'm using as many of my half-frame cameras as I can. This was taken with an Agfa Parat I, it soon became clear that the film wasn't winding on properly, so I moved the film to another camera. This one is an unplanned multiple exposure.
The film is Orwo N74 developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 13mins at 20 degrees.
Bike theft is a real issue in the Netherlands. Even if you've locked you bike properly, you might find it missing on your return. Especially if you have an expensive bike, or depend on it for your holiday, it's advisable to use one of the guarded bike parking facilities. It is not possible to book a place in advance.
Most municipalities provide guarded bike parking which is free of charge for the first 24 hours. After that you pay a small fee. There are also commercial guarded bike park facilities which always charge a small fee. Most residents who don't have a safe place to leave their bike at home, often get a year ticket for a guarded bicycle park near their home. It works out cheaper than constantly replacing stolen bikes!
You can leave your bicycle in the supervised bicycle parking facility on the Vesteplein for a small fee. This bicycle parking facility has room for 250 bicycles. Furthermore, the Central Station in Delft has (free) parking for 5,000 bicycles in the underground bicycle parking facility and for 3,700 bicycles in the overground bicycle parking facility. In addition, you can of course leave your bicycle (at your own risk) in the designated bicycle racks and bicycle parking areas around the city centre.
Stagecoach 18405 (KX06 JYG) a Dennis Trident, seen along Nectar Way, Swan Valley, with one of the 5 vehicles used for this peak time afternoon 55 service, mainly taking EE scum to work. Of note, is that faces of 9 passengers can be clearly seen in my original photograph. Of those 9, only 1 person is wearing a face mask properly. 6 only covering their mouth, not their filthy noses, and 2 bastards are not even bothering at all.
7th October 2020
Foundation repair is a traumatic experience. Homes in the Houston (Texas) suburbs are built on concrete slabs over a clay-rich soil that expands and contracts with the seasons. Given enough years, foundation cracks are common. Using the weight of the house, cylindrical concrete piers are driven into the soil until refusal, about 16 feet (5 meters) down in 14 locations around the affected sides of the house in our case. Then the home is jacked back into level. Doors are closing properly again. Not sure our ornamental shrubbery will survive the required transplantation, but if not we'll be planting Texas natives that attract butterflies. Angel, shown here, was an industrious and pleasant worker. Thanks Angel.
"Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England." - from Wikipedia.
This summer I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos. I recently got through my initial sifting through my photos and I'm now ready to share some of my favourites.
Watching over Wan Chai … actually, more like Mid-Levels, Admiralty and Wan Chai. The distant hills are in the New Territories.
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After nine days at home, making sure my stitches from minor surgery healed properly, an invitation by friends Cathy and Terry to go birding the day before yesterday (7 March 2014) was welcomed with open arms - as it always is! What a great day we had, searching SE of the city, and finding some really neat birds. Most were impossible to photograph because of distance, but also because we had "heat wave" distortion all day long, making it difficult to get photos that were sharp. It was one of THOSE amazing days, out of the house from 7:15 a.m. till about 8:15 in the evening. By the end of the day, we had seen a total owl count of 19, from three species - 8 Short-eared Owls, 8 Snowy Owls, 2 Great Horned Owls and one mystery owl. We couldn't decide if the latter was a Snowy Owl or a Short-eared Owl, as it was perched on top of a metal silo, way off in the distance. In fact, this silo can be seen in my next image - the coloured spots from the sunburst leading ones eye to it. We missed a good photo opp with one of the Short-eared Owls, when we were pulled over, further down the road than several other photographers. We did see one down on the ground near the edge of the road in a different place, hiding in the dried grasses, but, again, my photo is blurry.
The Snowy Owl in the photo above was the closest Snowy we saw. We were driving past a small backroad that had been cleared and, like all the roads, had snowbanks along both sides. These are very uneven, with all sorts of weird and wonderful shapes on the top. Just past the entrance to this road, I looked back slightly and wondered if one of the shapes was in fact an owl. We decided to turn back and check it out, just in case. Sure enough, there was this beautiful, pure white male! Funny, I had even jokingly said that we should find a couple of black pebbles or bits of wood and add it to the snow shape - and then we realized that this "snowman" shape had eyes of its very own, ha!
Also saw a Prairie Falcon perched on top of a metal silo and lots of Horned Larks - the latter constantly in flight or down on the road ahead of us. The "heat wave" distortion made it impossible to get anything but rather blurry shots of these, but I might be able to slightly improve one of them enough to post later.
As you will no doubt agree, it was an amazing day! Thanks so much, Cathy and Terry, for another rewarding day (which had started off rather slowly down in that area). Lots of fun!
Wow, it's supposed to get up to 14C this afternoon! Meanwhile, it is 10C. Temperatures for this coming week are expected to be between +4C and +10C. The following week, the forecast so far is for temperatures just above 0C - with snow.
For Toy Sunday: Meet The Toy
I'd like you to meet this shy little guy. He used to live in the Steiff forest but was captured by the raiders of ebay. He wasn't properly cared for and lost some of his fur. My mom rescued him and brought him home. Having too many monkeys already, she gave him to me so that I could give him lots of love and care.
Robbe's latest gun reminded me how much fun me n' him used to have with curvy guns.
And I thought to myself "Challenge Accepted"
And thus this monstrosity was born.
(And yes... it is extremely awkward to hold. Don't even try to think of how to comfortably hold it :P unless you retract the stock all the way)
not feelin' self portraits recently. i think i need to properly plan a few concepts :) hope y'all are well xx
Properly known as The Burnley Embankment, the 'Straight Mile' section of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal is built around 10 metres above the town centre. This was seen as a less-expensive alternative to constructing a series of locks to navigate the changes in height across the town. The normal method would have been for the canal to follow the contours of the land, but in this instance, there were significant objections from local landowners to having the canal traverse their land.
Burnley, Lancashire, UK
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"Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England." - from Wikipedia.
This summer I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos. I recently got through my initial sifting through my photos and I'm now ready to share some of my favourites.
I believe that we were all having the same issues with the dastardly panda and hope that it’s going to play by the rules now. A strange title for a photo, but this is taken with the Sony and when used properly, it produces some nice results. This is an adult Tri-colored Heron perched on a branch overhanging Horsepen Bayou.
Also want to add that Delta will be a non-event in our area and will slide off into Louisiana just to the east of us flowing a similar track to that of Laura. Delta doesn’t seem to be as intense and doesn’t seem to be carrying as much rain and so am hoping that the residents of Louisiana will be spared the flooding and extreme winds and damage caused by Laura. No time to let our guard down and we’ll hope for the best for all of those concerned.
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Prague is a fantastic city with lots of photogenic places, if you have prepared properly. I didn't, so I ended up with 30 degrees Centigrade and thousands of tourists on the streets. At least I know where to go next time I visit, and how to get some nice views. For this time I will have to rely on some overviews showing the grandness of the city. Here's an overview from the east side of Vltava with the Old city to the left and Malá Strana to the right and Charles' bridge in the middle. If you zoom in you will find that the bridge is pretty crowded already at 11am.
Variations of a photograph. I sometimes do more than one version of an image when trying to figure out what works. With this particular one I think it ended up a tie.
This, of course, is the Cylon Raider from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica tv-series. It's an old model, an original Monogram issue, I built it quite young and it's probably best photographed from a distance to keep the illusion intact. It has been in a cardboard box for decades, never really photographed it properly.
I tried to capture the filght dynamics of that thing, they had a very distinct character in flight. Also the engine glow was really bright, but since this is an old model and no electronics built in, I had to Photoshop the glow in. I never do that but for this I thought an exception was justified.
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral[1] – the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, England, and is dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, the architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely Cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.
I'd had a few beers when I took this and had forgotten to take the lens off manual focus from the previous night's fireworks so it didn't come out as sharp as I would've liked. HDR
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, it is dedicated to the Apostles Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the West Front. Founded in the Anglo-Saxon period as a minster it became one of England's most important Benedictine abbeys, becoming a cathedral only in 1542. Its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. Alongside the cathedrals of Durham and Ely, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration, and is one the nations best preserved pre-Reformation abbeys.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.
by LEMBO
Wrangelstraße 39-41
Berlin
If you`re going to
play it out of tune,
then play it out of
tune properly.
-Mark E. Smith-
1957 - 2018
The sun properly came out for this walk showing off the autumn colours perfectly. The Druance is a tributary of the River Orne, one of the main rivers of Normandy and finally enters the English Channel near to Caen. I couldn't decide between this panorama of the valley and the next. Which do you think is better?