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Bain News Service,, publisher.
Waldman's Shop Window
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.32418
Call Number: LC-B2- 5469-12
In 2014, I resolved to finally finish a 365, and I'm thrilled to say that I did it!! Not only did I take a photo every day, but I managed to take one that represented the ODC challenge every day. This one is my last one of the year, but I enjoyed it so much that I think I'll keep going. A huge "Thank You" to everyone in ODC, and especially those that put out a new and challenging topic every single day. I couldn't have done it without you!
This year, I resolve to make more meals at home, starting with tonight's green chile stew.
Happy New Year, All!
Car Wallpapers 4K Resolution
Car Wallpapers 4K Resolution, 2560 x 1600, 586 KB, www.clickhdwallpapers.com/cool-car-wallpaper.html
The Resolution Wall, at Black Market Goods Gallery
Lloyd-Thrap-Creative-Photography
Black Market Goods is an artist coop gallery and studio in Upper Nob Hill just off Old Highway 66. Black Market Goods is a contemporary gallery geared towards supporting up-and-coming artists.
The goal of Black Market Goods is as an artist coop gallery and to be an outlet for all forms of art and expression through gallery shows, live art and music.
"Your passion for what you shoot-and who you shoot for-will place you head and shoulders above the mediocrity...in our industry" ~David Martinez
Gemini Goddesses! Blond & Pretty, Hot & Sexy Twin Sister Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddesses with Long Blonde Hair!
One of these may be in my LA gallery show!
While shooting stills with a Nikon D800 & video with a Sony NEX 6 with my 45surfer rig, I set another D800 up on the rocks for video! Enjoy some of the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIwKVQ0JOA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpIJ6c7u0g
In a Malibu sea cave!
They were tall, thin, pretty, hot, beautiful and hard to tell apart! :)
Twin sister goddesses!
Shot with my rather expensive B&W CP (circular polarizer)--the B W XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating ! I love the finish it gives! Nothing in post compares! :)
Finished in Lightroom 5!
Nikon D800 Photographs of two beautiful blonde swimsuit bikini model twin sisters shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
Classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long straw-blonde hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Enjoy!
May the goddesses inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
The tall, golden-haired, blue-eyed twin goddesses were modeling the black & gold Braveheat Sword (Cross) simsuit and "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! Love, love, love the 70-200mm F/2.8 Lens! Holding it up all day, alongside the Sony NEX 6 with the 50mm F/1.8 lens for cool video bokeh which I have mounted under the Nikon D800E camera, is quite the workout! My shoulders have gotten bigger after so many days with six hour shoots in the AM and 3 hour shoots in the PM holding that rig up :). Plus I have to carry all the gear, books, and clothes a few hundred yards up and down the steep cliffs. I count my photography days as two workout days. :) But I love it! Every day presents a puzzle--how to figure out the light, and every model presents a mystery to be unlocked--what are her best angles/poses/actions? Nothing beats the challenge of capturing the natural beauty of a day out there, when the light's dynamic range can change by a factor of ten in a few minutes as the mist burns away to reveal the sun, and then the wind whips up and a fog rolls on in, making it seem like a windy December dusk in July. One must always be mindful of tide, times, and temperatures and work quickly before the cameras get too hot in the sun, or the model gets too cold in the wind, as the tide and rogue waves reach out to grab your equipment/props/clothes and claim them for Poseidon, the god of the sea . Beach photography/video is just like surfing, with the conditions always changing and every wave a bit different. Studio photography is like riding an exercise bike set at level 1 in a gym in front of a TV. And shooting stills and video @ the same time is like Jimmy Page or Slash improvising on his double-necked guitar.
I'm working on a book called "Lone Cowboy Photography: A Humble Hero's Journey into the Art of Photography" about how to shoot it all on your own--stills and video for sports, portraits, and landscapes--with no assistants nor teams. Just you and the goddesses, the heroic athletes, the majestic, epic landscapes, and a copy of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to teach you of the poetry of epic, heroic beauty. You gotta be ready, son--you gotta be ready for quick-draw showdowns at sunrise and sunset, during the magic hours and in the harsh light at high noon. Every shoot is over the second you finish packing your bags for the day with all your batteries, backup cameras, freshly-cleaned lenses, washed and folded clothes and hoodies, and props and polarizer filters. Every shoot ends the second the prep is over, and the fun, and art, and life of the live performance begins. :) "Every fighter has a plan," said boxing great Mike Tyson, "Until they get hit."
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
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Alexandre Lunois (1863–1916) was a French painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and considered a re–inventor of the lithotint process. His artworks depict life in Paris, crowds, dancers, and women. He mainly illustrated books and made litographs for fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen among others. We have digitally enhanced some of his prints, they are free to download and use under the CC0 license.
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Acrylics and color pencils for Illustration Friday.
Blogged here:
douxamer-illustrations.blogspot.com/2011/01/lets-have-mor...
Resolution increased (X8) of an image processed by Gerald Eichstädt
Reduction of light, accentuation of contours to better see the relief of storms - enhancement of image
Image taken by Juno spacecraft
Using this software to increase the resolution : EDSR PyTorch software developed by Sanghyun Son - "EDSR PyTorch is licensed under MIT. Copyright (c) 2018 Sanghyun Son."
Credit : NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Thomas Thomopoulos
Product : JNCE_2023097_50C00011_V01
Space Engine 9.7.2
SRWE 6920x6920p (1:1 portrait)
Andromeda, with the Virgo Supercluster in the background (that shiny galaxy on the top-right-ish is the Milky Way!)
The issue when rendering these galaxies at high resolutions is some banding. However, it can be solved with a slight denoiser in post: puu.sh/f1qFr/8ce99cd124.jpg
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Flower ukiyo–e woodblock prints from Megata Morikaga, a Japanese artist from the Edo period. Morikaga was famous for creating beautiful illustrations of flowers and plants. We have digitally enhanced these Japanese public domain prints into high-resolution printable quality. Downloand and use for free under the CC0 license.
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Hopefully 2015 will bring a lot of good photograpy on Flickr. And remember: “The best camera is the one that's with you”.
I don't normally make new year's resolutions but last year I did make one and I have to say I felt quite a sense of accomplishment when I achieved it (for those who really must know it was to get through the year without a speeding ticket...) so I have decided to make another.
The resolution for 2009 is to put at least one film per month through my beautiful little TLR camera - which I absolutely love, but don't use enough. Hopefully having it written here for people to see will encourage me to do it.
Fantasy Castle Wallpapers 4K Resolution
Fantasy Castle Wallpapers 4K Resolution, 1920 x 1080, 278 KB, wall.alphacoders.com/by_sub_category.php?id=167136&pa...
No further description required, methinks......
Although I'll let Kevin the Teenager talk for me :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI5BXf-uPoQ
and if you want to see more .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsj98uNsIBQ&feature=related
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High resolution original paintings from one of the most highly regarded French Impressionist painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919). The young Renoir struggled with his family’s financial circumstances so he left music school and started out as an apprentice at a porcelain factory. While he studied art in Paris, he befriended the young impressionist painters: Frédéric Bazille, Claude Monet, and Alfred Sisley. In the 1870s, Renoir became one of the leading painters in the Impressionism movement. His lively paintings mostly celebrated the beauty of feminine sensuality. We have gathered over 200 of his paintings from the public domain. Enjoy these high resolution public domain paintings. Download for free under the creative commons 0 license.
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Hiroaki Takahashi (1871-1945), also known as Shotei or Komei, was an illustrator, painter and woodblock printer from Tokyo. He learned the art of Nihonga, Japanese style painting, from his uncle Fuko Matsumoto during the early Taisho period. His works cover scenes from villages, shrines, and nature, most of them signed with a variety of his artist names. Shotei worked for the Shin Hanga publisher Shozaburo Watanabe. They created hundreds of woodblock prints together. Unfortunately they were destroyed in a fire during the Great Kanto earthquake. Despite the loss, Shotei continued to make woodblock prints until the end of his life. We have digitally enhanced his beautiful remaining public domain art into high resolution images. Prints of the majestic Mount Fuji, the Asakusa shrine, and Nikko nature, are free to download and use under the CC0 license.
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My resolution this year is to drink more water this year. Actually I want to be healthier in general, but drinking more water is a good way to start. Happy New Year everyone!
A classic goddess! I alway keep the B&W circular polarizer (CP) filter on no matter what--I love the finish it gives--how it cuts down the glare of the rocks & skin!
Nikon D800 Photographs of a Beautiful Sandy-Blonde Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long sandy-blonde hair, blowing on the spring sea breeze.
Modeling the brand new, black Gold 45 Revolver Hero's Journey Mythology Gold'N'Virtue bikini!
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Modeling the new Hero's Journey Mythology Swimsuits on a sunny spring day in Malibu!
Enjoy!
With her wavy, curly sandy blonde hair blowing on the sea breeze!
May the goddess inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
At the scenic El Matador Beach in Malibu!
'08 Resolution Pool: First week of school and I've already gone through the rest of my post-it tabs. Enough of this Flickr stuff... I gotta get back to studying :)
To determine Image Sharpness you need to download the image and zoom to 1:1 (100%).These images are copyrighted to Mark Galer and Sony Australia. You must not share or republish these images without permission.
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George Barbier (1882–1932) became one of the most renowned French Art Deco illustrators after his exhibition of ninety costume drawings at the Galerie Boutet de Monval in Paris. Being a distinguished artist of the Art Deco movement, he created fashion designs for several leading couturiers and fashion houses during the time. Barbier was widely acclaimed for the design of costumes, jewelry, wallpaper, and glasswork. His creations were published in famous magazines including Gazette du Bon Ton, La Vie Parisienne, and Vogue. We have digitally enhanced his magnificent fashion plates from the gilded jazz age of 1920s for you to download for free and use under the CC0 license.
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George Barbier (1882–1932) became one of the most renowned French Art Deco illustrators after his exhibition of ninety costume drawings at the Galerie Boutet de Monval in Paris. Being a distinguished artist of the Art Deco movement, he created fashion designs for several leading couturiers and fashion houses during the time. Barbier was widely acclaimed for the design of costumes, jewelry, wallpaper, and glasswork. His creations were published in famous magazines including Gazette du Bon Ton, La Vie Parisienne, and Vogue. We have digitally enhanced his magnificent fashion plates from the gilded jazz age of 1920s for you to download for free and use under the CC0 license.
Higher resolutions with no attribution required can be downloaded: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1314286/george-barbier-1920s-fashion-costume-designs-public-domain-illustrations?sort=curated&mode=shop&page=1
week 1
As a mom of four little ones a lot of my day is consumed with being the referee, the counselor, the one making sure everyone is in line; sometimes I forget to laugh. I want to remember throughout my day in 2012 to laugh with my kids more often!
As a photographer I want to step out of my comfort zone, I want to master shooting wide open and I want to take pictures that make me happy even though they might not be technically correct or perfect!
My little Ella's laugh is one that you can't listen to and not laugh yourself. This was a gorgeous day at the park where everyone was getting along and laughter was running wild!
Nikon 24-70/2.8E VR shot with D810. Developed in Lightroom 5.7.1 to Camera Standard with sharpening at 35/0.5/36/10, no NR.
See my review at Camera Labs.
RESOLUTION is the topic for Monday 9th January 2012 for ODC group.
I'm trying to get my sexy back....LOL...ok, maybe just get in better shape! :)
Portrait of the admiral Andrea Doria as Neptune
Ritratto dell'ammiraglio Andrea Doria come Nettuno
Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572)
Milano Pinacoteca di Brera
high resolution image
I am withholding any promise to myself to any of the following :
Get more exersize, Eat healthier & Lose Weight!
The only promises I will make this year are :
Take more pictures, Push my creativity & Get a bigger hard drive!
This is the sum of motion from my timelapse of the conjunction of the Moon and Venus last week. As usual I took a timelapse with the intent of making a video and startrails!
See it on Youtube.
I'm convinced that resolution, both spatial and temporal, is the key to sanity. Resolution guards us from the unimaginable complexity of the collective human experience by abstracting the details that are not pertinent to our personal lives.
From a spectator's perspective, a cheer leading event consists of thousands of athletes dressing up in freakishly glittery costumes to perform crazy flips, tosses, and lifts. The details rooted in each athlete's personal journey, and the journeys of all who guided them to success, are hidden in the minds of those directly involved. They are simply not a part of a spectator's experience.
Sometimes, though, revealing the details -- increasing our conscious resolution -- can yield incredibly rewarding experiences. I spent several hours smack dab in the middle of these incredibly talented and dedicated athletes, and as a result I witnessed some truly inspirational moments from up-close.
To you, this photo likely doesn't strike any particular chords. It's not technically outstanding, there's no "amazing" visual content, and aside from the uniforms, it's not even clear that this took place at a cheer leading event. To me, however, this photo represents the entire life's worth of dedication, support, and passion invested by this girl and her family to get her to where she is today.
Resolution is yet another one of life's seemingly infinite aspects which demands intricate balance.
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This girl was reassuring her concerned mother that she was ready to get out there and perform. Her foot would be okay -- she would push through it -- and her butterflies were carrying her onto the stage, not away from it :)
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Ethereal collection of illustrated artworks by the Dutch artist Theodorus “Theo” van Hoytema (1863-1917). He was employed as a draughtsman in the Zoological Museum in Leiden where he was able to draw much inspiration from the natural form of animals. Theo was known as a book illustrator, painter, aquarellist, and etcher and is renowned for his incredibly detailed lithographic work. He was inspired by French Art Nouveau movement and Japanese graphic art which influenced him to create innovative floral and animal motives. De Hoytema published several picture books for children, including the well-known The Ugly Duckling. In later years, he also published calendars, some of which can be found in this collection. We have digitally enhanced these beautiful litographs of animals, birds, and plants for you to enjoy and download to use under the CC0 license.
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Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof (1866-1924) was a Dutch painter and decorative artist from the Arts and Crafts Movement, which held great importance in the area of Dutch Art Nouveau. Dijsselhof was an all-round artist who created furniture, bookbindings, textiles, embroidery patterns and more.
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TPE Nova 3 Class 68 - 68022 "Resolution" at Dewsbury with the 1E29 Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough service.
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Vintage Map Illustrations.
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Well........ In a very difficult situation this year as far as New Year's resolutions.....
Usually I've had a surgery.... So it's to get back in shape.
And although I am to have a surgery shortly. It shouldn't be very bad compared to the others. So I've kind off taken care of that problem prior.....
So what's a poor fat girl like me to do??????
Well...... I could pledge not to loose hair..... But somehow I don't have any chemo ahead. Knock on wood, or a certain head....
I can promise to be good. But I always am... I can promise not yo tease people. But they live for that.
Or I can promise to continue giving all health and weather alerts.
So...... Here goes......
Nipple alert in affect for the Midwest portion of the United States.. Be careful to dress warm and have a good warm breakfast before heading out.
Perhaps some hot sizzling glazed to perfection cinnamon Sticky buns. Yummy yummy. Couldn't you sink you mouth around those morsels of nutrition. Maybe licking away a little of the glaze... rubbing your nose into the soft contour.
Feeling the heat warm you from head to toe......
Yes....... I could do that occasionally...... I wonder if anyone would like though. I mean...... I've seen the stuff on this site.... It's usually men in dresses playing with tootsie rolls or tiny pork breakfast sausage dressed in lingerie with big chubby fingers.... So... Too each their own.
Happy breakfast
Pretty, Hot, and Sexy Twin Sister Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddesses with Long Blonde Hair!
While shooting stills with a Nikon D800, I set another D800 up on the rocks for video! Enjoy some of the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIwKVQ0JOA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpIJ6c7u0g
In a Malibu sea cave!
They were tall, thin, pretty, hot, beautiful and hard to tell apart! :)
Twin sister goddesses!
Shot with my rather expensive B&W CP (circular polarizer)--the B W XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating ! I love the finish it gives! Nothing in post compares! :)
Finished in Lightroom 4!
Nikon D800 Photographs of two beautiful blonde swimsuit bikini model twin sisters shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
Classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long straw-blonde hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Enjoy!
May the goddesses inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
Meiji Shrine (明治神宮 Meiji Jingū?), located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken.[1] When Emperor Meiji died in 1912 and Empress Shōken in 1914, the Japanese people wished to pay their respects to the two influential Japanese figures. It was for this reason that Meiji Shrine was constructed and their souls enshrined on November 1, 1920.[2]
After the emperor's death in 1912, the Japanese Diet passed a resolution to commemorate his role in the Meiji Restoration. An iris garden in an area of Tokyo where Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken had been known to visit was chosen as the building's location. Construction began in 1915, and the shrine was built in the traditional Nagarezukuri style and is made up primarily of Japanese cypress and copper. It was formally dedicated in 1920, completed in 1921, and its grounds officially finished by 1926.[3]
The original building was destroyed during the Tokyo air raids of World War II. The present iteration of the shrine was funded through a public fund raising effort and completed in October, 1958.[4]
Meiji Shrine was brought into the flow of current events with the 2009 visit of United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. After arriving in Tokyo on her first foreign trip representing the newly elected President Barack Obama, she made her way to this shrine in advance of meetings with Japan's leaders to show her "respect toward history and the culture of Japan." [5]
Meiji Shrine is located in a forest that covers an area of 700,000 square-meters (about 175 acres). This area is covered by an evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees of 365 different species, which were donated by people from all parts of Japan when the shrine was established. The forest is visited by many people both as a spiritual home of the people and as a recreation and relaxation area in the center of Tokyo.[2] The shrine itself is comprised of two major areas:
[edit]Naien
The Naien is the inner precinct, which is centered on the shrine buildings and includes a treasure museum that houses articles of the Emperor and Empress. The treasure museum is built in the Azekurazukuri style.
[edit]Gaien
The Gaien is the outer precinct, which includes the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery that houses a collection of 80 large murals illustrative of the events in the lives of the Emperor and his consort. It also includes a variety of sports facilities, including the National Stadium, and is seen as the center of Japanese sports. It also includes the Meiji Memorial Hall, which was originally used for governmental meetings, including discussions surrounding the drafting of the Meiji Constitution in the late 19th century. Today it is used for Shinto weddings.