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Same setup as previous macro of the same theme. Nikon D800 on a monopod set on manual mode and manual focus , camera popup flash set on commander mode, lens Tamron 90mmF:2.8 Di , Nikon SB910 left-camera , Nissin Di 622 mk2 right-camera , both set on remote , greenish paper for background.
Capture NX2 color and levels , No photoshop processing except cropping and sharpening.
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Bellevue, Saturday night.
i have always been fascinated by Blade Runner, the movie. Now i can admit being obsessed by it. It's been going on for years and years. analyzing the multiple layers of understanding of this movie, not only visually but philosophically of course, is like a habit of mine. It's a work of genius. a conjunction of multiple artistic choices that end up doing a masterpiece.
When i was working on Prince of Persia - Warrior within, back in 2004, i remember having listened to the Vangelis soundtrack non stop for about two months. probably 6 to 8 hours a day. and with years i ended up gathering ALL the different official as well as bootleg soundtracks that existed for the movies. i still listen to it a lot right now. it's in my car, on my ipad, on my imacs. it's everywhere!
Visual perfection to the point i would like to live in it, breathe in it. kind of awkward when you look at how creepy some of it is. but at the same time it's such a visual poetry based on crumbling cities, and human despair, that it has become a world of its own, the epitome of a futuristic "noir" genre.
The house proud 1950’s trophy wife and the high price escort. Literally 20 minutes apart; dressing up is so much fun….
Just three photos from my archives this evening. I am adding the description that I wrote under a different image taken on the same outing.
After endless emails and phone calls, the work on my car is finally about to start, four and a half weeks after I dropped it off at the dealership. It has now been decided that both the slight hail damage and the peeling paint repair will be done at one location, not two different ones. The hail damage repair should be starting straight away. It could still be maybe two or two and a half weeks (or more) before all the work is completed. Will it be done before Christmas?
"Yesterday, 1 January 2017, I took part in the annual Fish Creek Provincial Park New Year's Day Bird Count. Unlike all the other recent Counts, this one was just half a day. To quote our leader's report, it was "overcast, with light snow falling at start, with 20 cm of new snow on ground overnight, which made for heavy slogging." The low light was really bad for photos and I only came home with several shots through the trees and a couple of extremely blurry photos of a male Pileated Woodpecker that we saw. Birding was very slow, with only 12 species seen, compared to last years's Count, when we found 22 species.
Walking through the freshly fallen snow was difficult and I ended up returning to the parking lot before the destination was reached - I got to bridge 5 and most of the others made it to bridge 7. We divided up into three groups to cover this area. I think it was one of those days where you ask yourself why you are doing this, lol, especially when so few birds were being seen. The view through the trees was beautiful, though. On the last stretch back to the parking lot, two of us returning early saw a group of deer lying in the deep snow on the distant hillside. I know they are warm enough, but they just looked so cold.
Each year, taking part in a number of Christmas Bird Counts totally wears me out, partly because I end up getting barely any sleep. Being a terrible "night owl", I get to bed maybe around 2:00 am, and then have to set my alarm for around 4:15 am. It's rare that I don't edit photos ready for posting on Flickr the next day, but that is what happened today, and I ended up posting early afternoon. There is just one more Count coming up that I signed up for, but I'm not sure if I'll go or not.
After this Count, participants from the various areas in the park gathered at a Tim Horton's for coffee and lunch and to hand in their species lists.
24th New Year's Day Bird Count, Bebo Grove to Bridge #7, FCPP, 0900-1200, 01Jan2016. Overcast, with light snow falling at start, with 20 cm of new snow on ground overnight, which made for heavy slogging, NE Wind 15kph, -10°C. Fish Creek 99% frozen. 8 party hours on foot, 8 party kms on foot."
Car(s) & Driver: A Legends/ary Connection – Same Porsche Models 31 Years Apart – IMRAN®
These aren’t my cars, but I share an unexpectedly legendary connection to them. Read on, my friends…
I’ve always loved German cars, with Mercedes-Benz being my lifetime choice, followed closely by BMW and others. Porsche cars have long been admired worldwide, but they never quite made it onto my personal wish list. Maybe it was the cramped interior, or perhaps the bug-eyed look of earlier models.
Ferrari, followed by Lamborghini, would be my ultimate objects of desire. Yet in recent years, Porsche’s design language has evolved dramatically, and the newer shapes are undeniably beautiful.
My wonderful neighbor Steve is a true car aficionado, with a collection so extensive I haven’t even seen it all. Yesterday, he had two of his Porsches out. I snapped some photos as he drove one of them. To avoid casting my shadow on the car, I crouched low on the road—but I couldn’t escape the tall palm tree’s shadow stretching across the paint under the setting sun.
These two cars are the same Porsche model, but separated by 31 years of design evolution. Which one would you choose to drive?
The Porsche 911 debuted in 1963, just as I was turning one year old—meaning the car was being created and launched right when I was being born. Two legends, in their own ways, were being shaped at the same time (one only in his own mind, I hear you say!). Over six decades, the 911 has become one of the most iconic sports cars in history, blending timeless design with relentless innovation.
Its fame isn’t limited to the road. The 911 has starred in films like Against All Odds (with its unforgettable street race), Bad Boys (where a black 964 Turbo became a symbol of cool), Atomic Blonde (featuring a 964 Carrera 4), and even a Guards Red cameo in The Martian.
And as a personal homage, I can’t help but think of Robert Redford, an actor I deeply respect. In Spy Game—one of my favorite films—he drove a Porsche 912 that looked nearly identical to the 911. The movie even had scenes set in Pakistan, adding an ironic connection to my own roots. Redford’s understated elegance behind the wheel mirrored the Porsche’s timeless appeal, reinforcing why both man and machine became legends in their own right.
So, what brand, model, or design speaks to you most?
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Biggin Dale full of mist. The same tree in both shots from different sides. This version is looking south.
Same spot different image. I'd naturally gone with the colour options first with the shots from this location. After a few bites at the mono conversions I gave up. A re-visit to the set has now given me one that I'm reasonably happy with.
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Sony ILCE-7RM5
Same routine. This was the last time we saw the Kingfishers for 5 days due to a hot spell. There were two days around 40C and we were rather concerned whether the young Kingfishers would survive. Their log nest was in direct sunlight, pretty much from sunrise to sunset.
(Peter)
On a sunny and warm August Saturday afternoon, Illinois Central SD70s 1007 and 1001 lead train A407 past the University of Illinois Abbott power plant on the way into Champaign, Illinois. A407 is a short-haul manifest that connects Centralia, Illinois with the former EJ&E Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana. A407's crew is less than three miles from its final terminal, and the crew has already received its yarding instructions from the Champaign yardmaster.
CN consummated the Illinois Central into its operations on July 1, 1999. It's amazing that, some 21 years later, one can still see pure black engine consists wearing IC's final "death star" paint scheme.
It's hard to believe that the IC's SD70s are already 25 years old. The 1007 and 1001 were part of Illinois Central's final order of new diesels, and entered the roster around 1995. These engines' paint scheme has aged much better than most of Illinois Central Gulf's many paint schemes.
dark dropwing/trithemis furva
Coming back all the time to the same spot in the same position it was not to difficult to take a shot of this one.
Tropidolaemus subannulatus
EXPLORED
Elle est restée au même endroit pendant plus d'une semaine - sympa pour les photographes!
Sepilok, Sabah, Bornéo, Malaisie
It stayed in the same spot for more than a week - nice for the photographers!
Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Same idea with the utility and pickup from different countries.
(1 of 2) 1954 Chevrolet pickup, from East Coast Race Cars.
(2 of 2) 1959 FC Holden Ute.
Hall, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Same kind of process as last nights shot but using a 24mm Sunagor lens with a mask for the first part which was lit with the DLW with a bitmap of fire playing out. Mid-Exposure lens swap to 14mm Samyang and a 7 way rotation of the camera looking at a circular plexi shape lit with Ryu's V2 on slow strobe all mounted on a wheel on a tripod. I then changed the rotation axis and did 2x 3way rotations on each side. Grand!
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Same place, different time (a little earlier), different camera (iPhone), different aspect ratio (panorama), ...
At sunset of the day...
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
Moscow, Russia.
(The plots and location may be the same..., but cameras and lenses are different...)
After the Storm
From the living room window 24 mm just wasn't wide enough to go corner to corner, so I went with multiple captures and PhotoMerge for a 12,000x8,000 pixel result.
Check it out by double clicking with the magnifying tool where you can see individual snowflakes reflecting light back at the lens.
Same park, different plant
This thistle-like plant (growing alongside some ‘proper thistles) is knapweed. We grow some domesticated varieties in our garden. But this one has a spikier head. So, it caught my eye.
P104-1638 Taken at: Viewlands Park, Perth, Scotland
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On a scale from 1 to 10 (10 meaning so bored that even a strong coffee won't help),.. how bored are you with this spot in my living room? 😛
(asking for a friend 😉)