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I'm on the Simon Says Stamp blog today with a video creating this quirky robin from leaf dies 😀
More photos and details on my blog:
limedoodledesign.com/2016/11/quirky-christmas-robin/
Thanks for looking!
Debby
After a scary drive where we stopped just short of the summit of Mont Ventoux, and an even scarier descent, accompanied by the smell of burning rubber from our brakes, I got out of the car on wobbly legs to photgraph this quirky house and garden in a small hamlet at the base of the mountain - I was in no condition to take note of the name of the place!
~"11/25/24 DAY 103- 365 ~ YEAR 9 ~ DAY 3393 PHOTO A DAY ~ 365 A DAY CHALLENGE ~ Day 25 NOVEMBER 2024 CHALLENGE ~ 'QUIRKY" ~ "My little guy is "QUIRKY" then I put him upside down, I thought he looked funnier.".... ~
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2x Quirky Smile (Misa)
1x TC Ideal
Bleh. No vidro ele é levemente duo (verde predominante e azul/roxo dependendo do ângulo), e nas unhas esse efeito fica beeeeem fraquinho. Desapontei e, para ajudar, não gostei das fotos que fiz dele.
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All my X100 shots here.
Update: X100 love! The difference a day makes. I got used to the OVF and the interface, and could compromise on the MF until its improved -- hopefully with a FW update. The camera is just such a blast to use. What follows is my past subjective nitpicking. Reader beware.
I bought an X100, took it for a test drive, and am now debating on returning it. The camera is beautiful physically, but the interface gets in the way more than anything else. A camera should never get in the way. This camera already has a huge cult following as it's really the first digital rangefinder experience offered at a great price, so I'll probably get some flack for highlighting the negative points, but...I bought it, spent time to love it, and thought I should share the negative points considering all the good stuff has already been said by others.
1. It freezes, requiring a battery pull (specifically, after previewing images taken through the EVF with the main display turned off and trying to get back via a half-shutter press). A problem when a case is attached, covering the battery compartment. This is a minor point though... I mean, the X100 isn't meant to replace a pro cam in terms of continuous shooting for photo journalists on a battefield, but still...for $1199 and in 2011?
2. Oh, speaking of the battery, it can be inserted backward by mistake.
3. Manual focus is useless. Three full rotations from min to infinity. Even though it's electronic, it works and is smooth. But I was really hoping this would be implemented with a shorter throw, like on a Canonet.
4. ISO can only be set in small increments (200, 250, 320, etc., instead of 200, 400, 800)...sorry, I'm used to the full-stops I get from other cameras. Believe it or not, this actually slows things down a tad.
5. TIP: A $50 adapter is needed to screw on a UV filter. BUT, a 49mm filter can be screwed on backward to bypass this. Yay! I quickly discovered that shooting macro extends the lens from the body though, hitting the UV filter. Aha! That's why the adapter is needed. Anyway, a 49mm can be stacked atop another with glass removed to fix this.
All of these are minor points, and the camera has more pros than cons. Honestly. For one, the image and lens quality is superb, which is why it's so hard to return the camera. Those complaining about quality spend too much time pixel-peeping. Everything just feels right and it's responsive. It's also dead-quiet, and most importantly extremely light (the reason I bought it in the first place!). However, I find it easy to pick on the X100 when I'm used to the slick, perfect interface offered by Nikon on everything including their cheapest dSLRs. Sooo...
Here's the showstopper:
6. While bright, the optical viewfinder doesn't jive with me. I find it a tad small and 'blurred' around the edges depending on viewing angle, regardless of diopter setting. It gives me a headache when not viewed directly in the center. Maybe it's a dud, and your mileage may vary.
Bottom-line: I'm honestly bewildered by almost every review having nothing but positive things to say, so I thought I'd highlight what I found to be distracting... Marketing hype also drove the expectations of this camera out of proportion. As a tool for taking photos and providing a rangefinder-esque experience, it totally delivers on handling and image quality, and is there when you need it. But it compromises on interface and manual focusing. And at least for me, the OVF isn't the same experience as on older rangefinders I've used. Considering the price, I was honestly at least hoping for an interface on par with my Nikon D40 and an optical viewfinder at least as good as my Canonet QL19. Perhaps the OVF on my X100 is a dud, as the Canonet's isn't the best in the world for comparison! ^^
Someone, please, just 'digify' an old Canonet or Hexar, and forget all the fluff. This type of camera is being sold to the same niche that uses the old rangefinders, so we don't care for any extras. Get rid of autofocus, even the LCD screen for that matter (I exaggerate)! Just don't take shortcuts on interface, manual focusing and the OVF. In the meantime, this was a hellafun experience, and will only mean a better camera the next go around. Thanks, Fuji. Though this 'review' sounds mostly negative, I'm still on the fence and not entirely disappointed. More than likely though I'll be waiting for the X200 while I shoot with my $5 Goodwill Canonet.
All of the local people feel warmly toward Radium Photography. The quirky name delights them every time they see it, which is often.
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In downtown Muskegon, Michigan, on April 13th, 2019, at the southeast corner of Terrace Street and West Clay Avenue. The building is from 1975.
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Could not spot any explanation - will try Google.
No success so options are:
a) it is not a trabi
b) it is new
c) I am naff at searching.
I did find a picture of a trabi on legs rather than wheels, which was interesting but not what I was searching for.
My house gets a little tacky but fun. I use my yard to try out new ideas. Some good and a ton of "too weird"
Taken in Berry Street, Conwy, this slightly disturbing collection of gnomes on what is normally a narrow, busy street. Imagine getting up those steps late at night. Beware.
imagine, too, being in bed at night and you hear the tap, tap, tap of half a dozen little hammers.
Peculiar and unexpected
“Quirky” might be just the word to sum up my entire style (and my personality, too).
By adding the bowtie at the last minute, this became one of my quirkier outfits. I like how all the shapes are conservative, but the patterns are unexpected.
Blazer, Diane von Furstenberg (consignment). Blouse, Lauren Ralph Lauren (thrifted). Skirt, Outlander (thrifted and gifted). Boots, Lauren Ralph Lauren. Bowtie, Flairs New York. Belt, Express.
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Purple February.
Pink Pizza ‘n’ Pancake Parlour,
Hamilton Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Pink Panther T shirt from a restaurant which used to operate on Hamilton Island. The Manta Ray Café is now in that location, overlooking the Marina, serving Gourmet pizzas and Mediterranean cuisine.
25/28 February, 365 Colours.
silver pigmobile, MAXImus miniMUS maximus-minimus.com/ twitter.com/somepigseattle www.facebook.com/pages/Seattle-WA/Maximus-Minimus/7466444...
These are photos taken on my trip to Europe and the UK with a girl friend in October to November 2012. My camera I had then wasn't good with low light so some of these shots are not great but I have put them as my memories of the trip.
On a walk around Meidoornweg on a cold November day.
Amsterdam is the Netherlands’ capital, known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled facades, legacies of the city’s 17th-century Golden Age. Its Museum District houses the Van Gogh Museum, works by Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum, and modern art at the Stedelijk. Cycling is key to the city’s character, and there are numerous bike paths.
The canals came to life during the beginning of the 17th-century, after the population in Amsterdam grew beyond its medieval walls and city planners put together an ambitious idea for expansion. Far from being picturesque or decorative, the canals in Amsterdam were necessary to drain & reclaim the wet land.
"Boathouses are houses for boats, houseboats are boats for living in. It is unusual but not eccentric to live in a boat, unless the boat is made of plaster and plywood and built solidly on dry land. S.S. Encinitas and S.S Moon Light are neither boathouses, or houseboats; they are houses built in the shape of boats, moored on Third St. between F and G in Encinitas, CA, with the blue Pacific beating on the beach behind the hill like a bad child, heard but not seen. The closest they come to water is when it rains.
Miles Minor Kellogg was undoubtedly one of Encinitas' most noted recyclers, certainly within that period when he lived here in the 1920's and 1930's. He was a versatile builder with a talent for taking scrap material and incorporating it into new structures. When the third story of Mr. Hammond's 1883 hotel became infested with bats in the late 1910's, Mr. Kellogg, who owned the building at the time, removed the top floor and used the wood to build a small silent movie theater next door at the northeast corner of 101 and E Street. Mr. Kellogg was a builder, inventor and businessman who picked up additional materials at a bargain in this case, wood from the bathhouse at Moonlight beach in 1925. Since the building had a low ceiling, the wood wasn't long enough to use in an ordinary house. Mr. Kellogg had a lingering interest in the sea, so the idea came to him to use the material for boat houses.
His ultimate recycling triumph was the boathouses on the west side of Third Street between F and G. What a stir they created back in the late twenties."
Colored in Angie Grace’s “Quirky” Volume #14 Coloring Book. Colored with fine line Stabilo pens and Sudee Stile Coloring Pencils. Thanks for your fav’s and comments.
Weird and wonderful too. Also, Marvelous musicians and excellent entertainers.
Seen here wowing their watchers are some of Mr Wilson's Second Liners performing on Lord Street's outdoor stage @ Southport's 2014 Christmas Lights Switch On Show.
Phew, talk about feet tapping! I doubt there were a pair in town that weren't.