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The Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel is a "stunning example of Romanesque architecture, the Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel is Oakwood Cemetery’s most significant structure. Its opulence fosters a great understanding of Troy’s prominence during the Industrial Revolution and Gilded Age. Opened in 1890, this gorgeous edifice celebrates the Victorian notion of grandeur in death—and offers a window onto the extraordinary affluence of a select few." "Organized in 1848 at the height of the rural cemetery movement and now a National Historic Landmark, Oakwood Cemetery is both graveyard and garden and spreads over 280 acres of wooded parkland north and east of the City of Troy and the Village of Lansingburgh. As one of the most exceptional rural cemeteries in the United States, the grounds of Oakwood feature beautiful trails, several ponds, sculptures, and stonework. Oakwood commands views of the Hudson River Valley which serve as a spectacular backdrop to the history of its 'residents'." Oakwood website 2022-05-31
Mt Momizawa, center right, and Mt Sugoroku dead-center, look inviting. Btw, there are 4 major ridgelines merging altogether at Mt Yari, one running straight: Mt Kitaho-Daikiretto-Mt Minamidake-Mt Nakadake-Mt Ohbami-Mt Yar; the others curving like blades of sickles: 1) Higashi Kama (East Sickle, literally) for Mt Tsubakuro-Mt Otensho-Mt NIshidake-Mt Yari; 2) NIshi Kama (West Sickle) for Mt Sugoroku-Mt Momizawa-Mt Yari; 3) Kita Kama (North Sickle) for Yumata Onsen (or alternatively Kitakamazawa) to Mt Yari. #3 (Kita Kama) has taken not a few human lives so far (no traces of footprints or not a single even-scarcely-beaten trek path either, and overhanging rocks along the way), so even experts demonize it. Maybe that's why only a select few give it a try here with a huge risk.
Sage Drive - Bear Creek CC
I chuckle at the same type trees having their very own time frame to begin the fall colors. Apparently this one was going to get a head start.
It's really just beginning in north central Iowa. Not too many turning color yet, well except for a select few showing off . . .
Copyright 2024
I decided to actually take some photos instead of uploading loads of old ones so here is a select few of the photos I took today.
I was taking a lot of photos around this certain area, but this was my favourite, the look on her face is just wonderful.
When I climbed Whitetailed Peak back in 2011 it was probably one of my better hiking achievements to date. Six and a half thousand feet of ascent were required to reach the 12,500 plus summit and the return hike was around 24 miles. This image was take with a zoom when we gained our first views of the peak. It was still at least four and a half thousand foot above us and many miles away.
I have played around in photoshop in an attempt to enhance the dramatic view and also to make the "White Tail" stand out. Of course that is how the peak gained its name. I am even told that there are a select few who occasionally ski that gully which descends a full four thousand feet from near enough the summit.
Before our group of four climbed this peak we had searched around for news from anyone who had made an ascent that year. We drew a blank so in an attempt to understand what the high altitude snow pack was like a good friend took a flight in his light aircraft to check out the conditions. It was deemed suitable for a long ascent and we duly had an exceptional and remarkably long day out in the hills. We were probably the first to climb the hill that year as well.
Whitetailed Peak at 12,551 feet is the fifth highest peak in Montana and stands just under 250 feet lower than the highest, Granite Peak at 12,807 feet tall.
The Narita Taiko matsuri is one of the three biggest Japanese drumming festivals (the others being the Matsumoto Taiko matsuri and Earth Celebration held on the island of Sado).
Held every April, it brings together some of Japan's best amateur taiko groups, many of which are school teams.
Being chosen to play at the festival brings huge prestige to the school and the competition to be one of the select few to participate is fierce in the extreme...
Just to make ye all green with envy.. here is me and my hero way back in December 2008!! Long story but he was getting a honorary degree from Trinity and that coincided with the first graduation of the M.Sc of Biodiversity and Conservation (which had just churned out its first students), I was in the midst of that same M.Sc that particular year, ANYWAY moving on, he agreed to give a select few (the previous year's class and that year's class - that included me, some staff members and PhD's that were selected lucky dip style) a Q&A session. I even got to ask a question (they were picked in advance), "what was his scariest moment" turns out he never feared for his life with animals but with certain people! It was amazing, we were all so emotional I'd say everyone was on the brink of happy tears at the end, what a man!!!
He's a legend and happy to sign books and give us photo's even though we were given strict instructions not to ask!!! Oh and a girl called Eileen from the years previous M.Sc got the highest grade so got a kiss!!! Here it is on youtube
Also I found out after that he's a great man for signing stuff you post to him as well and signed this photo for me, just pop them in a SAE and he's very prompt to reply (and it really is his signature, I checked!!!)
David Attenborough
c/o David Attenborough Productions Ltd
5 Park Road, Richmond
Surrey, TW10 6NS
UK
LNAX 5206, rolls past the old SOU-era whistle post as it leads Rockwood turn job out of Crab Orchard, TN.
The GP38-2 is but the newest addition to Lhoist North America’s eclectic roster of locomotives. As sad as it is to see the GE’s degrade over time… give it 5-10 years… and this will likely be one of the select few remaining high hoods in active revenue service.
WRRX GP7 8281 is at Oak Ridge, Tennessee on April 2, 2020. As a Southern GP7, 8281 was one of a select few to receive LocoTrol gear.
A select few balloons start off the festival by rising into the pre-sunrise air.
Shot at 3200 ISO for 1 second using one leg of my tripod as a monopod. The best part was when I stopped shooting and just gazed in awe at the sight of them ascending.
One of the love-hate things about holiday photography is sorting out all the images on the SD card. While I enjoy remembering the moments, I have to ask myself “did I really have to press the shutter button so many times?”
I’ve finally got around to filing the zillion of snaps (my hard drive is also complaining over the additional Giga-thingy demands I’m making), so now I can get to the more enjoyable task of editing the select few.
I don’t think I every really got these rocks at their best: partly because around the golden hours they were in deep shadow; but mainly due to the fact I was enjoying myself too much on the rest of the holiday to keep coming back in the hope of the perfect clouds
Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm @24mm, ISO 100, F4.5 260sec. Hitech 16-stop firecrest ND filter. Manfrotto Befree tripod
Post-production: lens/filter dust/water marks cloned out, stacked and masked curve layers to control local contrast and exposure. Finally a reduction in colour saturation as the curves had boosted the colours way too much
Technician Thomas Hardy had been ankles deep in his third tube of the day, his jump suit completely soaked through from being baked in this metal hell hole when the inevitable happened. A bead of sweat stung his eye and he dropped the cover plate that he had been trying to attach. He heard it fall, and fall, and fall, bouncing off the sides of the tube, through the many fans that hadn't been turned on yet and finally coming to rest some four stories below. Tech Tom pondered the piece of plastic for a moment, it was just decorative, something to cover up a minor relay and it's tiny wires. No one could see it, and the wires couldn't get wet in here...
The Bunker had been built 27 years ago to protect government officials, surgeons, people who had the means to line the right pockets, etc. from a nuclear attack. It was hoped that it would never be used of course, but it had been empty and maintained ever since. As a maintenance employee, Tech Tom had a golden ticket, he and his family were inside within minutes of the detection of warheads being launched. There were no sirens, nothing on television or radio, just a message on the selected fews' phones. No need to tell the general populace, they'd just clog the roads and then no one would live.
The long dining hall sat 1,000, or one third of the people inside so they were divided into groups of three and ate in shifts and it was time for group three.
It was surreal to hear laughter at a grim time like this, but laugh they did, Tech Tom figured they laughed for the same reason people have sex after a funeral, a reaffirmation of life, thankful to still be here instead of being among the millions dead and dying on the outside. Then Tom coughed, a little cough really, but then he noticed many quiet stifled coughs around him almost drowned out by the sounds of laughter and forks on plates. Tech Tom looked up at the shiny ventilation system...
Years ago a spider had made her home inside of Intake 22E7b, more specifically the open relay box, a nice quiet place to lay her eggs in their cocoon. This eventually caused a break in the two dollar circuit that was responsible for closing the vents on Intake 22E7b....
“There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few... Who possess, the predisposition... I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death." Professor Severus Snape
Harry Potter Theme Song
Credits:
Head: LeL EvoX
Body: Maitreya Lara
Hairs: Doux
Ears: L'Etre - Ringed mesh ears
School Uniform:
Shirt/Jumper: Hotdog - Disheveled sweatervest . Snake
Skirt: ISON - fernanda pleated midi skirt (neutral)
Gloves: [ContraptioN] Alchemist's Old Gloves *???*
Cauldron: [Contraption] Decor: Potion Crafter's Cauldron
At FaMeshed!
Here's an AUTOCARRIAGE for when the event opens:
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Made at Mischief Managed www.mischiefmanagedsl.net Sim:
BG: The 3rd Floor
I have been “confined to barracks” since last Tuesday due to testing positive for Co-vid 19 and with a lot more free time and now feeling a lot better it is another scan/editing challenge from the reject box. Whilst the vast majority of my failures forty odd years ago ended up in the waste paper bin at the time a select few, usually due to an interesting subject managed to survive. This one is bit of a mystery as I usually marked the slide mount with the basic “what, where, when” details, but not this one so whilst I can recognise the “what and where” the when is unknown.
An early stalwart of the Great Central Railway was Norwegian 2-6-0 377 King Haakon VII and it is seen here outside the shed at Loughborough. Regarding the date I think it is towards the end of its association with the Great Central Railway circa 1979/80.
Locomotive History
377 was built by Nydqvist and Holm AB, Trollhattan, Sweden in 1919 and arrived in the UK at Quainton in May 1971 This was followed by a spell at the Ashford Steam Centre from January 1972 before moving to the Great Central Railway, Loughborough, in March 1973, where it operated for a number of years before being withdrawn from traffic for boiler repairs. It was purchased by the Bressingham Steam Museum, Norfolk leaving the Great Central Railway on the 21st April 1981 and had an extensive overhaul prior to returning to operation in 2006.
Leica R3 with crhrome top. 71,350 R3's were made between 1976 and 1979. Most were black, around 4750 had a crome top, some were olive green and a select few were golden.
Shot with:
Canon EOS600D
Leica Bellows R (16860)
Leica 100mm f/4 Macro Elmar-R, bellows version (11230)
When I was a kid I would lay on this meadow in this exact spot enjoying the dappled light under the trees without a care in the world, and with the exception of the picnic benches this view is pretty much the same as the one I remember more than 40 years ago.
But little did I realise as I captured this moment that the beautiful old tree just in front of me would disappear forever the very next day. I'm not exactly sure how old the tree was but I'm quite sure that during it's time it outlived many folk in the town. One only hopes that the wood has at least been put to good use and a select few from the town folk may continue to enjoy it's shade.
Thank you for passing on through :)
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A beautiful twilight in the enchanting mountain village of Hallstatt, the pearl of Austria...
Out of the many cities and towns we visited last year, there were a select few that Naomi and I really connected with and Hallstatt was definitely one of them. In fact, just the act of processing this photo flooded me with a series of memories from our time in Austria last fall. I figured that's because I either have a strong emotional connection to Hallstatt or I managed to take way too much NyQuil. Either way, this entire area is just spectacular and the whole time we were there, we couldn’t help but feel totally relaxed and content to just slow things down and enjoy the incredible scenery. I can definitely se myself returning for a second visit in the future.
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A view for a select few and I was privileged enough to be counted among them. My latest adventure. Now where could I be?
Such an irrisistable country scene!
Note: I am slowly replacing all my photos with ones containing copyright signatures, starting with my most popular shots. I don't like to detract from the photo but I've had too many flicker friends have photos stolen. I know I am only talking to a select few here, but if you want to use my photo elsewhere, pleeeease contact me first!
Angel has become surprisingly close to a lot of people during the break but has really felt safe with a selected few and the most memorable are Kimmy and Cara and other!
Four 645's motor West on the old CNW with the most appropriate of leaders.
As many know, the KRR 3201 graduated from the La Grange erecting floor some 59 years ago. It seems like yesterday when the straight 40 models were nearing 50 years of age, and in the case of many CSX versions still leading mainline trains. Time is flying and although the CGW flavor was erased via the SP's MK rebuild program, the serial number tells the story.
CGW 403 passes another family heirloom as the lone telegraph pole stands for yet another trip around the sun. A nice send off to the SD40-2 era for this guy.
A special thank you to a select few for the help, I admit I've been out of practice on this stretch.
where we respect each other's lives and do our best to live in harmony together. Sharing and caring or all other beings. Not just a selected few. No more speciesism (see below).
Real peace and love for everyone.
Thanks for your visit. Hope you're having a great day. ❤
Speciesism definition from Wikipedia
Speciesism (/ˈspiːʃiːˌzɪzəm, -siːˌzɪz-/) is a term used in philosophy regarding the treatment of individuals of different species. The term has several different definitions within the relevant literature.[1] A common element of most definitions is that speciesism involves treating members of one species as morally more important than members of other species in the context of their similar interests.[2] Some sources specifically define speciesism as discrimination or unjustified treatment based on an individual's species membership,[3][4][5] while other sources define it as differential treatment without regard to whether the treatment is justified or not.[6][7] Richard Ryder, who coined the term, defined it as "a prejudice or attitude of bias in favour of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species."[8] Speciesism results in the belief that humans have the right to use non-human animals, which scholars say is so pervasive in the modern society.[9][10][11] Studies increasingly suggest that people who support animal exploitation also tend to endorse racist, sexist, and other prejudicial views, which furthers the beliefs in human supremacy and group dominance to justify systems of inequality and oppression
A pair of GP40s navigate the switches on the west end of East Deerfield Yard as they depart for Plainville, CT. The 352 is one of a select few locomotives on PanAm's roster that is equipped with Cab Signals.
PAS EDPL @ East Deerfield Yard, East Deerfield, MA
MEC GP40 352
MEC GP40-2WL 505
Meet the F.O.G. (While many superheroes don't give away their alter-egos, just this once will I make an exception.)
As one who is completely cuckoo for the t.v. show Heroes, I thought, in an act of solidarity, I'd don my superheroine garb for the long-awaited 2 hour season premiere (3 hours if you count the 1hr recap they will show beforehand) .
Teeheehee/ OMG/ LOL/ WTF, I can't believe how excited I am to veg out and watch some big-timey network television tonight....all the while eating some spaghetti and garlic bread. My night rules. Join me, won't you?
I visited Hopetoun House during the warm spell at Easter 2019. Just got round to processing the photos! Here are a select few.
Copyright Susan Ogden
on the year gone by...
So much to be thankful for...Blessings that I am astounded to have gotten, as I do my best to stay humble and kind. It is not always easy to be your best human! I am far from perfect but I know that no one IS perfect, and trying your best is the best you can do.
I have learned so much this year, about me and what I am capable of...of those around me and what they are capable of...both good and bad, Important lessons include but are not limited to:
Not my circus, Not my Monkeys.
You can only count on God and yourself...and MAYBE a select few of very special, sweet friends. Treasure them...I do.
Sometimes getting what you want is not the best thing you can get, so be careful what you wish for.
People can hurt you, and will...discarding them from your life brings peace when they do not learn from their mistakes of how they treat others.
Be content with who you are and what you have and work at what you want to change in yourself.
Your business is ONLY your business and no one else’s. Stop apologizing for being you!
Live life...do not watch it pass you by!
Choose to be Happy!
Happy New Year to all and the best of life in the year to come!
A re-post of a selected few details from The Chennai Museum bronzes and stone carvings - simply wonderful works of art that still speak directly to us after hundreds of years.
Explore Sept 11 2008
. . . with a hammer.
(Sorry, ML, couldn't resist ). : D
I've been tagged! LIKES and DISLIKES
Okay, I was tagged by the wonderful MajorLight --- the "Tag Stalker : D --- to list 4 things I like and dislike.
And in keeping with the rules of the game, I will talk 4 people to do the same:
1. Principessa Michelangelo (Shel)
4. Richartpix's photostream (Richard)
You 4 better play along, or I'm adding a special MALE MYSTIQUE
I Like . . .
1. To write . . . and write . . . and write . . . and write. It is the single one thing that can not only totally relax me and take away from all the crap we all have to put up with at times, but it is something that truly makes me high. I can start writing at any given moment, and when I "wake up" and come down, I find that hours have gone by totally unnoticed and I always feel a sense of elation. At times it becomes obsessive, clinically speaking, almost to the point where I sometimes consider seeking professional help. But that's okay, I could write about that, too.
Amazing, with all the stuff I've written --- and I have tons of stuff archived away --- I don't have a damn thing published, except for a short piece in some off-the-wall literary magazine, which was the one and only time I've ever tried to have anything published. So, I'm one-for-one. Some day I'll attempt to publish something. But, to be honest, I really don't care. It's the writing itself and the sharing of it with a select few that gets me off. (Jan is my favorite fan. She loves my stuff. But then, she has to).
2. To make people smile and laugh, and to even drive them a bit crazy. The way I got it figured, if you ain't smiling or laughing, you ain't living. And if you ain't a little bit crazy then you ain't having any fun.
3. To make people feel good about themselves. People need that, always. People used to come to me for advice, especially when they were bummed about something, even when I was a teenager, and after spending some time with them and having them walk away feeling good, I realized how good it made me feel as well. Since having kids, however, I don't really give out advice anymore. Rather, I just hand out money and food. That seems to work much better than anything I could possible say. Just ask any of our kids.
4. To sit out in the backyard on a sunny, warm day and dream about the time (soon), gazing away at the blue sky and thinking about everything and nothing, when all I will ever have to do for the rest of my life is read, write, sit around gazing at the blue sky and thinking about everything and nothing, and hanging out up and down the coast with Jan doing nothing more than taking it all in, and of course taking photos to show all my friends, and most certainly my Flickr Family, just how good I am at . . . gazing away at the blue sky and thinking abut everything and nothing . . .
I Dislike . . .
1. People who blame others for whatever ails them as well as for all the problems in the world. Quit whining, look in the mirror and take control over your own life and do what's necessary, and what's right. You will become happier and a much better person, and the rest of the world will become better as a result.
2. Television sports announcers, a group of people who are, in my opinion, a total waste of skin. I mean, what's the freaking point? I'm watching the freaking game, too, you idiots, I don't need you to tell me what I can see for myself followed by your re-hashing it all over and over and over again, and telling me "If he had done this, or if he had done that, then this might have happened, or that might not have happened." No shit! And if a pink elephant flew over the stadium and dumped on the television announcers in the freaking announcer's booth, none of us would have to freaking hear it anymore! BLAH-BLAH-BLAH! God almighty --- shut the hell up!
(I REALLY don't like television sports announcers. Really).
3. A person who has absolutely no concept of the fact that he or she is NOT the only person on the planet. Save some for somebody else, &$%hole!
4. All CEOs (which is actually an extension of #3).
Okay, that's about it, for now anyway. : D
PEACE AND LAUGHTER!
Seeley's Furniture
1800 South Brand Blvd.
Glendale, CA 91204
From the Glendale News Press:
Seeley’s Building is labeled a historic resource
Move ensures the structure will retain its architectural significance despite upcoming additions.
By Jason Wells
Published: Last Updated Monday, April 7, 2008 10:20 PM PDT
SOUTHWEST GLENDALE — The Seeley’s Furniture building has for the past 62 years dominated the southernmost entryway in the city, a track record that will continue for decades more after the City Council last week put it on the registry of historic resources.
Placement on the registry comes as Los Angeles-based Creative Environments of Hollywood prepares to rework the site for tenancy after sitting vacant for more than 10 years at the corner of San Fernando Road and Brand Boulevard.
As a designated city historic resource, the building will retain its architectural significance even with the planned site additions and exterior alterations — physical changes that have found a welcome audience in local preservationists who say prolonged vacancy can make historic sites exponentially harder to refurbish.
“You can’t have it be frozen in time,” said Arlene Vidor, president of the Glendale Historical Society, which is supporting the modified use of the former furniture warehouse.
“It has to be usable.”
One of the most iconic sights on this gateway to Glendale from Atwater Village, the old building was the former home of the George Seeley Furniture Co., which took over the site in 1931.
It was built in 1925 in the Spanish Baroque style by prolific architect Alfred Priest, who according to city reports oversaw the construction of Security Trust and Savings Bank, which is also on the city’s Register of Historic Resources.
It then underwent several phases of construction that, in the 1940s, bore the Art Deco/Moderne style of the current building.
Its prominent location at a busy intersection, combined with its rooftop neon-red “Seeley’s” sign and stoic look, has put the building among a select few properties — especially along the San Fernando Road corridor — that are instantly recognizable among Glendale residents, historic preservation advocates said.
The City Council on April 1 approved a recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission to add the building to the historic resource registry — a move that planners say will require property owners and future tenants to preserve existing facades and architecture in their new plans. The Seeley Family Trust applied for the historic designation.
The site is already being marketed as “1800 Brand” on a Creative Environments of Hollywood website for its “extensive restoration” of its “much loved exterior facade.”
The development firm will construct a new two-story building on the south parking lot that, in addition to a remodel of the existing building’s interior, will be capable of housing 40 commercial units, according to a report to the Historic Preservation Commission in January.
Among the proposed exterior changes to the Seeley’s Building are seven new windows to be cut into the San Fernando Road facade at the second-story level and a rooftop penthouse structure that would be set back far enough from existing walls to not affect the overall historic significance of the structure, city planners said.
Representatives for Creative Environments of Hollywood could not be reached for comment, and they have not submitted a complete development application to the city, Development Services Director Philip Lanzafame said.
Even when the project is officially proposed, it must still undergo design review during a public hearing before the Redevelopment Agency.
Vrej Mardian, chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission, said when the project as proposed is fully realized, it should help a prominent corner that is “kind of run down right now.”
“I think it’s a great thing to keep the building and bring it to life,” he said.
I think about love all the time. What makes us fall in love with something or someone. So many choices, places & people and yet there are only select few that move us. Why is that ? Always tell my family if it wasn’t for my love for you guess where I would be living ? And then I think sometimes maybe this life here was never my life maybe my life was Italy. So many ppl move to Italy from Ukraine.
Go-Ahead London BYD/ADL Enviro400EV City Ee31 (LF20 XMJ) at Chingford, operating a 212 service to Chingford Station. In May 2022, this bus was one of a select few in London to receive the Queen's Platinum Jubilee wrap, commemorating the Platinum Jubilee celebrated in June 2022.
There's probably a select few of you on my contact list that might be able to name this location. It was near my previous photo, and if you're ever here in the fall or spring, you'll think you're about as close to paradise as you've ever been.
This was at 5:30am, just before shooting the previous shot.
The Super Bowl is in a few hours and I don't even know which teams are playing. But that didn't stop me from going to the store and buying a bunch of burgers, brats, chips/dip, salsa, buns, drinks and other health-challenged items which help in watching a bunch of commercials interrupted by a football game. (I even have my 3-D glasses)
I used to be a HUGE sports fan, but now since players move from team to team every couple of years, it's really hard to get behind a single team. What happened to the old days when you got drafted to play for a team, you stuck it out with that team until you retire? Besides Kobe and a select few others, who else has done that? It's all a business and there is no more team spirit. With all the football pools and the other games which hinge upon a players individual statistics, I just have a hard time watching team sports.
Bring on the tennis and golf!
GO STEELERS!
ONR 211 rounds one of the many curves in the Northern Ontario landscape after departing the small town of Englehart. A four pack of six-axle locomotives guides the train between the trees and past the Pacaud Road 2 grade crossing. This has to've been one of the longest and most fretful drives I've done to get to a spot. And, no bridge either! (only a select few will understand that part, lol)
I’ve looked at this little creation the boy child had brought home from school for weeks now, trying to figure out just what it was I was going to do with it. He was so proud of it when he brought it home and showed it to me. And to be perfectly honest I was pretty damn proud of it too. Proud, no. I was beaming. A good ole fashion “That’s ma’ boy” moment. That’s some darn good work. I didn’t just take a look at it…I got lost in it. What a fabulous creation. Sort of like “here is where imagination comes alive”. He explained to me as I looked at it, how each color, fish and texture represented something.
I’m not going to tell you what it all meant. It was his little world. His imagination is vast, limitless, thirsty and much like his daddy’s. The rest in between…That’s between me and the boy. After a few moments of soaking all of it in, and glowing like I’ve never glowed before I’d finally asked,
“Bubba. This is off the hook. Would you mind if I used this for one of my pictures?”
He answered with a grin and a jiggle of his head that would have sent my brain spilling out through my tear ducts….I kind of took that as a yes.
The end result that night has ever since eluded me. And up until this evening I really wasn’t sure what I could do with it, without destroying it. Then an idea came to me. And I consulted the master. He, the mighty god of war. He looked over my work, and gave his approval with a grin and a hug. He liked the idea and I ran with it….The end result…
…Not my creation. Our creation. Something we’ve spent a lot of time working on. When I decided what I was going to do with it, he had a part in it all the way to the end. He even over saw the selfies, and the layering. I didn’t save anything without his approval…Or at least until he zonked out on the couch listening to the Wallflowers.
The title on his birth certificate garnered him as Marcus. To many of his peers and most of his elders, he is simply Marc. To a select few he is addressed to as “Bubba guy”. And to a very, very select few. We get to refer to him as son…And I am so proud that I can call him that.
Saturday, June 5th. 2010
Meet “ea”, an employee, entrepreneur and was featured in Ganda Mo Teh! ( a Pinay Makeover Project ) and one of the three models in my Day 181
You can check their project here Pinay Makeover
After my guiltiness, the catching up starts at this moment!
I selected few pictures from my previous shots to compensate my shortcomings.
SB900 1/16@ 105mm Triggered by Pocket Wizard II with 28" Wescott Apollo softbox and Manfrotto Boomstand camera left
SB900 M 1/32@105mm Triggered by Pocket Wizard II with 28" Wescott Apollo softbox and Manfrotto 50001B stand camera right
580EX II @ 24mm Triggered by Phoetix Atlas Backside
Whoever said “jealousy will get you nowhere” didn’t know these two ladies. What appears to have been a spat over a prospective mate got them to cover about one quarter of a mile just a few seconds. A full-grown ostrich can run over 40 miles an hour and a single stride can cover over 16 feet. At an average of about 7 to 9 feet tall and 200 to 300 pounds that’s significant momentum. Jealousy may not serve to solve a problem but it might motivate a select few to get somewhere fast. #Ostrich
I was honoured to speak about the impacts Boreal Birds are facing right now at The Manning Park bird blitz. It is always so much fun to bird beautiful E.C. Manning Provincial Park. It is one of the few places in BC where Nutcrackers will come sit on your hand.
The Clark's Nutcracker is one of a select few of corvids that incubate the eggs. In corvids, taking care of the eggs is for the female only. Male Clark's Nutcrackers actually develop a brood patch as the female, and helps to keep the eggs warm while the female goes off for food.
CP G-3-g class steam locomotive 2398 was built in 1942 by the Canadian locomotive company. These locomotives were dual service engines which were very capable in both passenger and freight service. They were considered by many crews to be the best engines on the CPR. 2398 specifically, was one of a select few engines that CP upgraded with ATC to run on NYC territory. Because of this, this engine was often assigned to the Toronto-Buffalo-New York trains, jointly run by the CP, TH&B, and NYC.
My Lego model is built to a 1:48 scale. It is powered by two power functions L motors geared directly to the drivers. I tried to jam in as much detail as possible including the ATC equipment. The connecting rods and driving wheels are all 3D printed and are recreated from original CP diagrams and are very accurate to this class.
It’s “regulars only” at this Tateishi izakaya; and even then: just a select few. Not because of any kind of discrimination, but because it’s too easy to just walk past it. Its nondescript store front, displaying a generic 居酒屋 noren looks like it could have been shut down years ago and there’s no other signs outside, not even a name displayed. Add to that no web presence and even if you walk right up to it on Google street view, there’s no information. Anyway, now I know about it, and I’ll be visiting again soon.
Quickly glossing over the dear old Snowdrop..."Artistically" compromised by Peter Blake, the designer of the Sergeant Pepper album sleeve...( Glossing over it is literally what I would like to do, but some people actually like this....hey-ho )... Traditionalist and reactionary are some of the kinder words from them to me.
Ok...getting to the enormous Stanley Dock Warehouses...although recently most famous for being the backdrop location in many episodes of T.V. tour-de-force "Peaky Blinders", the buildings, especially the enormous tobacco warehouse, have a long and impressive history. Some of this is best shown in a video embedded in the website I am linking to this photo.
Gentrification has many benefits, and also some detriments to old industrial sites like this...I am sitting on the fence, and am only adding the website link, not as advertising for the fine apartments which will soon be available ( to a select few ), but because it best shows the possibilities of what preserving such heritage, albeit transforming it to residential use, can achieve.
You will see a link to a video showing an amazing story of Eleanor Roosevelt visiting American troops in the part of the warehouse which was used as a wartime hospital...truly fascinating.
First comment in the comment box, is where you will find the link...look for the video "Echoes of the past"
Also known as "Your Tax Dollars at Work," this competition is open to a select few...namely the county snow plow drivers...and has some very stringent qualifying criteria for participation. I'm not sure what they are, but, trust me, they are stringent. I believe the driver responsible for this image was awarded the gold medal for simultaneously taking out an entire bank of mailboxes (5 -- also known as a "Pentathalon") in one pass, leaving them completely akimbo and supported by about 4 feet of plowed snow. Unfortunately, the homeowners were unable to truly appreciate such an accomplishment, as all are summer residents. With the thaw and their imminent return, and upon finding the spoils of this victory laying unceremoniously on the road, I am certain they will express themselves in appropriate fashion.
For those early birds in Canada, tune in to Canada AM tomorrow morning on CTV (Thursday the 17th) at 7:40AM – I’ve got an interview spot to chat about my work with snowflakes! How much visual awesomeness and photographic science can we cram into five minutes? Tune in to see. :)
This is by far the largest snowflake so far this year, and in my opinion one of the most beautiful. I could have edited out some of the broken branches from other snowflakes, but I thought it made it feel more realistic. Often times I brush away any debris from the area surrounding a snowflake with a fine artist’s paintbrush, but I’m always hesitant to take that approach to the “giant” crystals. The bigger they are, the more fragile they become, and any manipulation is likely to break them into pieces. Many fall from the sky already broken apart!
You really need to View this one large. There is magic in the details, and while the initial symmetry quickly gives way to chaos, the details are worth diving into. There a few fun features here to see up close:
First, you can see direct evidence of certain side-branches stunting the growth of other rival branches. If one side-branch grows long to overlap the access to water vapour from competing branches, the other branches have nowhere to grow. This can be seen in many places near the interior of this crystal, and only rarely does the battle win in a tie (as can be seen between the right-most branches). The snowflake still has overall balance due to the nature of the access to water vapour on the outside edges, but battles for those building blocks are happening between every branch.
You might also notice on very close inspection some colourful spots along a select few branches. These colours are not created by a prism effect, but rather by the principles of Thin Film Interference. This usually happens in snowflakes where bubbles / cavities form in the ice, but this is far to explain here. Indeed there are many bubbles present (the brighter areas are indications of this), but how exactly these cavities form running along the branches is a bit of a mystery to me. Having branches split on the sides and not the end would require very thick internal “ridges” running down the length of each branch.
This thickness can be seen in specific places. See the downward-pointing side-branch just south-west of center? It’s incredibly thick, as photographed on an angle you can see the thickness and compare it to other parts of the snowflake. This thickening on the interior branches might be the cause for the odd bubbles and unexpected colours. I like to try and understand snowflakes like this, but at the end of the day?
They’re beautiful. It doesn’t matter how they form, only that we are able to appreciate them.
Over 50 images were combined in a focus-stacking effort to bring this entire snowflake into sharp focus from tip to tip. Getting this kind of “sparkle” is impossible with the snowflake flat to the camera, so I need to photograph these crystals on an angle, resulting in only the tiniest slices in focus. I’ve been working on this image for about 7 hours by the time I share it with you.
If you want to know exactly how to make images like this yourself, if you’re curious about the science? Grab a copy of Sky Crystals: skycrystals.ca/book/ - it’s a great read for the curious and the technical. :)
If you want more of the beauty, and the beauty alone? Check out what 2500 hours of work can produce in the print I call “The Snowflake”. They have started to arrive for those that ordered early, and I’ve heard nothing but overwhelmingly positive comments. See for yourself! skycrystals.ca/poster/
So I'm really pumped for SHIPtember this year! :D
I'll be building this spaceship, probably in microscale, but I'll give minifig scale a try.
(Its from a computer game called Astro Empires I think, probably a rip off of Homeworld haha :P)
I don't think I'll have enough pieces though... :P
My second SHIPtember project is a secret which has been shared with a select few. Once project 1 is done, I'll begin work on number 2.
GET HYPED!
Ah, Otis Hill. THE place to watch locomotives of all makes scream their guts out breaking out of the basin of Lake Michigan. The hill is also spectacular for its fall colors, and all of the scenery around it, regardless of when you venture out. Life is easy, especially here in Durham, IN. Just point the camera and shoot, let your surroundings do the rest.
In one such moment in Durham, we find NS 20K - midday stacks from 63rd Street bound for Croxton, NJ. Fall colors are now in full swing (the whole reason hours upon hours are spent around Otis by a select few folks every year) but still won't peak for another week from now, though. Two GE's are powering the train, but it's VERY hard to care in a location like this.
45699 Glatea, masquerading as 45562 Alberta pauses at Preston with 1z11 Blackburn-Lancaster returning Cotton Mill Express.
Some extensive editing was required to remove people, rain drops, flare and other miscellaneous things.
The assembled photters with tripods were repeatedly told to back off and give others space to move by a select few special people. I personally got told to f*** off and watch myself because if I had to move any further left I'd be pushing someone off the platform edge apparently. The disregard and ignorance of some enthusiasts baffles me. We're all entitled to get our shots, tripod or not but excuse me for wanting a half decent image.