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After the recent Blacktron attacks on Deep Space Outpost Arcturus earlier this year, the Federation decided it would be prudent to increase the security forces on the station. Here we have General Petra Pantheon during an inspection tour of her Marine Corp. Pantheon, a decorated officer with tactical experiences spanning the last 3 decades, fought in the original war with Blacktron, affording her firsthand knowledge of the enemy. She is a formidable warrior and the perfect person to lead the security forces out here in the frontiers of space.
To learn more about Nova Team's other adventures visit their album: flic.kr/s/aHskpavQh5
For those who are interested, unfortunately I am unable to sell the Nova Team minifigures or designs due to the use of the "Classic Space" logo which is owned and trademarked by The LEGO Group. My custom designed figures and use of the official "Classic Space" logo is for personal use only in my MOCs and photography. By the same token, I will not give away the design files and source material either. Thank you for understanding! Trust me, if I could legally sell these, I would.
Féria de Nîmes. Matador: El Juli
A much-disputed "art," bullfighting has been outlawed in many places but still takes place in Nîmes where some 20k spectators gather twice a year.
My intention here is to record what I saw, leaving it up to you to decide what seems admissible. I saw this but once, seven years ago...and I only looked at these photos in recent months, photos which were probably taken to avoid watching the fight itself.
The bull, if he wins (sometimes the judges spare his life), retires to pasture and sires new calves. If he doesn't, the meat is immediately transferred to butchers' vans, waiting at the exit to the arena. In some cases, the meat is given to the poor.
This photo struck me for the almost symmetrical body language in the matador which mirrored that of the bull.
Recent escapees from WA ACB4405 and ACB4406 lead 4857 empty grain through Belford bound for Nevertire.
2022-03-20 Aurizon ACB4405-ACB4406 Belford 4857
Taken from where we live. One thing I really like on this photo is how the shadow on the beach of one of the pilings appears misplaced. It's something I noticed after I shot it.
In recent times the incidents reported on ivory poaching in various games parks through out Africa have increased alot and this has put the gentle giants,the Elephants,coming very close to be classified as an endangered species.Although poaching of elephants is a very serious menace to the survival of the species, lets hope that the new Wildlife Act which has just been enacted by the Kenyan Parliament acts as a deterrent to the poachers. .
Lets pray and hope that our future generations get to see and enjoy the lovely sights we get to see in our National Parks.
This head shot was captured during my recent visit to Masai Mara,Sept 2018, driving away from Keekorok Lodge saw this young elephant peacefully grazing.....what a pleasing sight to see the beautiful tusks on the animal instead of some shops in the Far East......
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Recent WIP section of a larger build I decided to, guess what, abandon in favor of another project. Will most likely come back so something along the lines of this after the summer, but there are some things I'd like to focus on first.
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The recent lovely long hot sunny days have given us some beautiful skies across our region - this shot taken from the top of Langholm Moor , Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Some of the minifigures bought/ assembled recently... Tried to reconfigure the Atari boy to another minifig but it didn't turn out nice so I revert to his original self... Haha, I love Kelly Kapoor there with the Friends hat! She matches so well... :D
1. Peep!, 2. A Splash Of Citrus 03/13/2008, 3. Day 75: 365 Paw Power, 4. Silent Night, 5. Untitled, 6. I had an idea...
7. Man of Concious, 8. 73*366/*, 9. day 109 : 365 march 11 • moody, 10. Buddhadharma Magazine, 11. can birds have a dog fight?, 12. sigh
13. peep tight, 14. Untitled, 15. Camera camera case "Degi-came" spring green, 16. day 103 : 365 march 5 • peeps, love and yellow, 17. just another peep in the wall, 18. HBW 3-5
19. The Legend Prevails, 20. Hangin' With My Peeps, 21. Oh, but what is this?, 22. Wall-field, 23. ems working woman after car crash, 24. kiss me with your mouth
25. 50*366/Glass Bokeh, 26. Quince Flowers, 27. day 98 : 365 feb 29 • leap day, 28. There's no place like home, 29. #34: BOC*, 30. Ghost trees. (360/365)
31. Park Chairs, 32. hi there, 33. red berries, 34. PMS : the holy trinity, 35. I Love These - Day287/365, 36. and two red chairs
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It is so hard to believe that it's been over 5 months since this particular visit to Elk Island... A lovely evening, that ended with a storm hitting the park. As always, before the rain, there was about a million of bugs flying all over and you can definitely see them on most of the pictures I have taken that day... All in all, I wouldn't mind the bugs, if it was still green and warm around ;D
Been a minute since I’ve shared on here. I’ve been busy workin on the railroad and don’t have a big slot to photograph anymore.
A recent trip to the thrift store to check for film cameras yielded a really cool vintage Western shirt (this doesn't happen as often as you might think in my part of Texas). It might be a new favorite of mine! For bonus points--in case anyone is awarding those--I photographed this with my new Lensbaby Sweet 80 lens and macro extenders for a double-dose of newness. :)
Austin, Texas, ATX, TX. Tree. Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint, black and white, bnw, b/w, bw, monochrome, grayscale.
My recent 50mm mood actually started along the coast, where I shot this pretty cluster of Sundrops growing along a lichen laden fence. For kicks, try saying "lichen laden fence" five times in a row without getting your tongue in a knot.
Happy Fence Friday everyone.
Pigeon Point CA
Been a minute since I’ve shared on here. I’ve been busy workin on the railroad and don’t have a big slot to photograph anymore.
A recent discovery - a field of sunflowers a few minutes walk from my front door. Switzerland is a land of constant surprise and constant beauty.
Looks best on black.
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Hi everyone. I've been isolating with covid and doing little projects (of course they're little, lol). These are some recent pre-covid ones. Furniture for my 1/48th shabby chic cottage and a 1/12th desk from Bentley House Miniatures.
Hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for the holidays.
The WCRC fireman is hard at work as Gresley 'K4' No.61994 'The Great Marquess' heads the Lancaster to Carlisle 'Fellsman' charter towards Blea Moor Tunnel on the 1 in 100 climb away from Batty Moss viaduct on 8th August 2012. History in the making, with the 'K4' no longer a runner and the nearest semaphore signal already replaced, with others to follow in due course. 61994 was stored at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway after the expiry of its boiler certificate, but departed for Bo'ness in September 2017, where it has been on display in the Museum of Scottish Railways, pending a proposed new home for it in Fife, along with 60009, on static display only.
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A couple of weeks ago a slide came down about MP 70 crossed the tracks and nearly reached the highway. I have tried to get a shot of train traversing the slide area but was unsuccessful until now. My first attempt wasn’t quite a success. I am much happier with this shot. A trio of Geeps lead a barge train north a few miles south of Girdwood, AK
Recently rebuilt SD70ACU, a former SD90, leads Canadian Pacific train 281 departing Franklin Park IL.
One of the most minifigures which I bought/ assembled recently that I had to split them up in batches for the photo session... :D
January 2023 - North Antrim. Back to grey, damp weather and another bird from the garden. It is amazing that the first record of these birds breeding in the British Isles was the in the mid 1950s. They are now one of our most common birds and it's not just here, flocks of up to 10,000 have been recorded in Hungary (having first bred there in 1932) and they are now colonising North America and northern Africa. Originally from the warm temperate and subtropical Asia from Turkey east to southern China and south through India to Sri Lanka it has been one of the greatest colonising species of recent times.
a recent series of photographs taken in the street, here in Sicily ....
una serie recente di scatti fotografici realizzati in strada, qui in Sicilia ....
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Qi Bo's photos on Flickr Hive Mind
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15th October sanguine drawing
www.ardingtonschool.com/store/p977/lord-leighton-08-sep-2...
Sanguine drawing
THE LIGHT OF THINGS Video clip
photos.app.goo.gl/ZBuwM3gjFaT1SV4q8
THE PACE OF NATURE
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4613946-pace-of-nature-hardback
LOOKING OUT
www.blurb.co.uk/b/7144518-looking-out
IPSDEN IN WINTER
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4693698-ipsden-in-winter-rev-ed
LANDSCAPES OF IPSDEN
www.blurb.co.uk/b/4693349-landscapes-of-ipsden-rev-ed
RECENT PORTRAITS
www.blurb.co.uk/b/2931284-recent-portraits
DRAWING AND PAINTING by Kate Wilson
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PORTRAIT REVOLUTION
www.amazon.co.uk/Portrait-Revolution-Julia-Kays-Party/dp/... Sketchbook drawings 1st October 2021
Some of the minifigures which I bought recently... Changed the black hair of the A-frame minifig to bright yellow... make them look like siblings... :D
A little different than my more recent posts, isn't it? After some discussion with a Facebook friend who posted images of a Eurofighter Typhoon from an airshow in Northern Ireland yesterday, it occurred to me that I hadn't posted this image from earlier this year at the airshow from Langley AFB in Virginia... there was a reason why. This Hornet was flying by so fast and so close that I clipped its nose in the original image... "Rats!" No such luck for a retake, so I combined two images in Photoshop. Sounds easy, right? The angles and lighting were different throughout the series of images, however, so it took a bit of work... of which I will not bore you with the details.
I grew up in a military environment, closely connected to aviation, particularly fast movers like this one. Back in that day, it wasn't unusual to hear the occasional explosive sonic boom... we called it the "Sound of Freedom". Times are different now, though there are some places where it still occurs... for a reason. There's a corridor where my parents once lived (and where my oldest brother now lives) where F-15 Eagles that have undergone repairs and upgrades at Robins AFB in Georgia transition to supersonic speeds and high Gs to make sure parts don't fall off. You can see a tiny arrowhead shape in the upper atmosphere, likely around 8 miles up, moving much faster than commercial aircraft... then you'll notice a puff of vapor around it. As it is with thunder and lightning, depending on how far away it actually is, you'll feel the shock wave as it moved into supersonic speeds seconds later, which is impressive on its own... but the sonic boom afterwards sounds like 10 sticks of dynamite going off, even from so far away. I brought a girlfriend on a visit to my parents many years ago. The whole family was there and we had all just sat down to breakfast when a shock wave occurred that rattled everything in the house... we knew the boom was coming, but acted like nothing had happened. My friend was already wide-eyed with concern to the shock wave, but when we didn't react to the sonic boom, she said, "Am I the only one who heard that?" Our response: "Heard what?" Wish I could have filmed that!
This aircraft is real close to punching through the speed of sound here, in a condition known as transonic... two specific shock waves are made evident in the vapor. Here's the text I used on a previous image of this same aircraft: This is a U.S. Navy F/A-18C Hornet, flown by Lt Scott Lindahl, callsign "MacGruber", with Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106) out of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. A Hornet looks fast even when it's parked on the ramp... here, MacGruber is pushing it at just under the speed of sound, Mach .96 at sea level, or 730 mph. The jet is condensing the vapor in the air around it by decreasing the air pressure and density along some of its structure at this high speed.
That Mach number isn't consistent along the Hornet's curves... some of the curved parts force the air moving over them to supersonic speed, while linear parts are still subsonic, creating a condition known as transonic... transonic speeds form troughs of lower pressure than the ambient air along the airframe. The rapid pressure change also lowers the temperature around the aircraft enough to reach the dew point... instant clouds on a humid morning such as this. That's the scientific explanation, but here, I'm just as happy that it's making it appear to be doing what it actually is in a still shot... moving fast! Try tracking that in any viewfinder... blink and you've missed it.
I'm former Air Force, and had spent some quality time right here at Langley AFB, in Hampton, Virginia... it was a great show here highlighting airpower at its best, but it was also nice to show my wife some good stompin' grounds from the past. I can't close this without a big thank you to Lt Lindahl for his service in troubled times.