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Cool tradition. All single guys get this little flower on the left side, while married on the right side. Problem solved!
Zagreb-based Croatian digital artist Paolo Ceric (aka Patakk) creates incredibly realistic images with a single spiraling line. The long, winding mark manages to simulate the appearance of lifelike figures through the expertly administered boldness and thickness of the line in any given spot. By diluting and condensing the saturation of the sole circling contour, the artist is able to mimic light and shadow, allowing it to reflect a sense of depth and realism. <3 *´¨)
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My attempts at getting a reverse crowd shot went a little wrong, and I ended up with a perfectly good shot of this chap instead!
I noticed this man with his paper cup and bible on Stephen's Green. I walked past him then stopped. After considering, I decided to take a few shots. I don't usually photograph people in the act of begging (or panhandling, as the Americans call it), not wanting to peck, in any way, at someone's dignity. But there was something about this man: compact, self-contained, almost statuesque, as if he had made himself, along with his carefully displayed bible, part of a little tableau, an exhibit. I had already decided to pay him something. When he turned to me, I asked his permission (though I had already taken a couple of shots by then). He gave his assent, seemingly without rancor. He told me he's from Pakistan, which is fairly unusual. His English was rudimentary, if that, but I think we understood each other. I gave his something, more than I normally would, though of course barely a drop in that private ocean. Alms. Hope it helped. We are all closer to the street than it might appear. In a blink your life can tilt and set you there, gently or roughly, as if this was always home.
Single frame astro shot of Balanced rock at Arches National Park- shot at ISO 12800 on an f/4 lens. It was a moonless night so the foreground was pushed two stops past that to yield at least a little foreground detail. Santa really needs to bring me the 16mm 1.8 that is on my wish list.
Textures from City of Blackbirds and Skeletonmess.
This took a bit of time to PP, anything that takes me a while to do I always think is not quite right and perhaps should be left, so not sure but this may start to annoy me!
The rose bushes in our yard at Moss Lake are not particularlly productive. However, there are often single roses with some measure of character. I used HDR and some small amount of Lightroom editing to add some texture to the rose peddles.
Wahoo Docks Single Slip Aluminum Docks. Single slip boat docks are designed for waterfront property owners who have one watercraft that will be docked in a "slip" for protection of the craft.
Single-sided napkin with zigzag stitch. Block printed design. YAY! The napkins turned out pretty straight and squared..
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Genus/species: Centropyge argi
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Like their close relatives the butterflyfishes, they have a deep, laterally compressed body, a single, unnotched dorsal fin, and a small mouth with brushlike teeth. The most observable difference between the two families is the long spine at the corner of the preopercle common to angelfishes.
C. argi is a small, oval angelfish. The body is dark blue with a yellow-orange face and blue ring around the eye. Pectoral fins are pale yellowish; other fins deep blue with pale blue margins.
Length up to 8 cm (3.1 in)
DISTRIBUTION/ HABITAT: Bermuda, Florida, Bahamas, Yucatan and Central American coast to Guianas. Nocturnally active in pairs or small groups in rubble areas near rocky or coral reefs, occasionally walls.
Depth 9–105 m (30-345 ft), commonly deeper than 30 m (100 ft)
DIET IN THE WILD: Omnivorous, feeds on algae, benthic inverts and detritus.
REPRODUCTION/DEVELOPMENT: Broadcast spawners. All Centropyge are born female. As they grow, the larger and more dominant fish will become male and the others will remain female. If the male dies, the next in command in the hierarchy will turn to male.
PREDATORS: Preyed on by other fish such as yellow-finned tunafish. This small angelfsh darts into crevices when frightened or pursued by predators. Lifespan: Have been reported to live up to 5 years in captivity.
CONSERVATION: IUCN Least concern
References
California Academy of Sciences, Steinhart Aquarium, Caribbean reef fishes 2015
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/sets/72157606840726733/
Ron's W0rdpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-uJ
fishbase www.fishbase.org/summary/3607
Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
ADW animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Centropyge_argi/
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