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I know what you're thinking.
"Boss, Doomfist isn't even in the game!"
I know.
A lot of speculation has been circulating the interwebs, and it had me hyped when Orisa wasn't revealed. I'm hoping for an in game Doomfist, like a lot.
Anywho, this figure is my own take on the character.
It's inspired by some concept art, the Numbani map, a little bit of Horizon: Zero Dawn flair, and my own ideas.
I'll just explain the figure.
Doomfist:
The hair is inspired by a lot of Concept Art. It started out as a wolverine hairpiece. The head is fully painted by me, with a little blue body paint added (which is where the Horizon influence came from).
The armor was what I had started for Saw Gerrera, but I painted it all black.
The actual "Doomfist" is made from a four lego hands, a flickfire gun, and other various bits. The other arm is wrapped in etape, with a silver wash, and a few blue additions. I gave him a Rex pauldron, as it fits with the color scheme, along with a custom waist cape.
His legs were extended.
I don't really think the photo does him justice, because he looks so much better in person.
Anywho, thanks for reading!
Boss
#overwatch #doomfist
Not so subtle colour, with the last of the evening light hitting the tree.
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G R E A T VIDEO:
Animation by www.JensIsensee.de
Music by www.OlafurArnalds.com
This Video is an atmospherical speculation about what unexpected things might be happening in the unattended flow of light and time. It's a short version of the composition with the same name from the Album "For now I am Winter" by Ólafur Arnalds.
Maybe you know these birds or rather their shadows from an older tour visual i once created for him. So he kindly allowed me to put this piece of animationon on Youtube as I developed the visuals into a miscvideo. I hope you enjoy it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX2NYgZUUoY
Musica
"Only The Winds" di Ólafur Arnalds
Artista
>Ólafur Arnalds
G R E A T >Ólafur Arnalds
Best vision ............
ON FLUIDR:
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It's time to dream away...
Festa paesana , nella campagna toscana, la più bella campagna del mondo, dove puoi vivere senza fretta, e dove c'è veramente "amicizia" tra le persone adulte ......e anche tra i bimbi che ti accolgono sempre con sorrisi sinceri.
E non occorre modificarli...., sono sempre così.
Forse una scelta di vita...., e un modo di vivere diverso che ti ripaga sempre.
N. 5 my fav A great smile on Flickr.
Carpe diem,"cogli il giorno", i migliori contatti sono questi,
e lo stare insieme ai bambini , fa crescere sempre...
Non me ne faccio niente dei falsi sorrisi della gente, delle frasi fatte, delle parole di circostanza; preferisco un vaffanculo sincero ad una sorta di falsa apparenza.
Gracias por pasar aquí.
Thanks for visit in Tuscany ...........I'm Dan!
Well after much anticipation and speculation it would appear we do have little ones this year, which is a relief after the disappointment of last years failure :-)
Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456. After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, it was largely abandoned but, following a visit by Queen Victoria, it was rededicated in 1862. It was the target of a bombing in 1914 during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. The interior contains some fine carvings which many historians have sought to interpret.
The original plans for Rosslyn have never been found or recorded, so it is open to speculation whether or not the chapel was intended to be built in its current layout. Its architecture is considered to be among the finest in Scotland.
Construction of the chapel began on 20 September 1456, although it has often been recorded as 1446. The confusion over the building date comes from the chapel's receiving its founding charter to build a collegiate chapel in 1446 from Rome.
Although the original building was to be cruciform, it was never completed. Only the choir was constructed, with the retro-chapel, otherwise called the Lady chapel, built on the much earlier crypt (Lower Chapel) believed to form part of an earlier castle. The foundations of the unbuilt nave and transepts stretching to a distance of 90 feet were recorded in the 19th century. Construction of the planned nave and transepts was abandoned.
The Lower Chapel (also known as the crypt or sacristy) should not be confused with the burial vaults that lie underneath Rosslyn Chapel.
The chapel stands on fourteen pillars, which form an arcade of twelve pointed arches on three sides of the nave. At the east end, a fourteenth pillar between the penultimate pair form a three-pillared division between the nave and the Lady chapel. The three pillars at the east end of the chapel are named, from north to south: the Master Pillar, the Journeyman Pillar and, most famously, the Apprentice Pillar.
Carvings
Among Rosslyn's many intricate carvings are a sequence of 213 cubes or "boxes" protruding from pillars and arches with a selection of patterns on them. It is unknown if these patterns have any particular meaning attached to them. Many people have attempted to find information coded into them, but no interpretation has yet proven conclusive. Unfortunately, many of these 'boxes' are not original, having been replaced in the 19th century after erosion damage.
One recent attempt to make sense of the boxes has been to interpret them as a musical score. The motifs on the boxes somewhat resemble geometric patterns seen in the study of cymatics. The patterns are formed by placing powder upon a flat surface and vibrating the surface at different frequencies. By matching these Chladni patterns with musical notes corresponding to the same frequencies, the father-and-son team of Thomas and Stuart Mitchell produced a tune which Stuart calls the Rosslyn Motet.
There are more than 110 carvings of "Green Men" in and around the chapel. Green Men are carvings of human faces with greenery all around them, often growing out of their mouths. They are found in all areas of the chapel, with one example in the Lady chapel, between the two middle altars.
Other carvings represent plants, including depictions of wheat, strawberries or lilies. The authors Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight have hypothesised that some carvings in the chapel represent ears of new world corn or maize, a plant which was unknown in Europe at the time of the chapel's construction.[35] In their book they discuss meeting with the wife of botanist Adrian Dyer, and that Dyer's wife told him that Dyer agreed that the image thought to be maize was accurate. In fact, Dyer found only one identifiable plant among the botanical carvings and suggested that the "maize" and "aloe" were stylised wooden patterns, only coincidentally looking like real plants.
This series is the first published part from the set "Landscapes from a farm park south Milan" and they are enclosed in my first personal expo i had in 9th of september to 19 with my friend Mirko Bozzato , graphic designer and photographer. The farm park of south Milan is a reality which Mirko and I appreciate it's the greenest area of Milan: a beautiful reality that needs to be protected by building speculation. The expo is about a collaboration between us ...we were really good friends since we were kids and he started to take pictures about the awesome landscapes there during the last two years: i proposed to him to re-work with my style on his photos. Im very glad that I finally made a work on landscape images, trying to give them a sense of dramatic force to represent all the pressure by building interesting buildings around the park area: the idea is to use my textures to show a hidden dark side that could ruin the peace and beauty of the place
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Down from my ceiling
Drips great noise
It drips on my head through a hole in the roof
Behind these two hills here
There's a pool
And when I'm swimming in
Through a tunnel
I shut my eyes
Inside the cabin I make sounds
In through the tubes I send this noise
Behind these two hills here
Fall asleep
And when I float in green grass of tunnel
It flows back
Down from my ceiling
Drips great noise
It drips on my head through a hole in the roof
Behind these two hills here
There's a pool
And when I'm swimming in
Through a tunnel....
I shut my eyes.
I shut my eyes
All the textures used for this work are from: JoesSistah... , Lenabem , pareeerica , skeletalmess , les brumes , Sooper Tramp , Eddy 07 , una cierta mirada , Boccacino , Keyimagen-Javi , Sick Little Monkey , xd360 , S3PTIC-STOCK , adamned art, rubyblossom, Visualogist , Brenda Starr , Ava Verino , encounter - Laura , cleanzor's photostream , Dirk Wustenhagen's photostream .Thanks very much for their awesome creations.
Thanks you all for your kind visits, comments, favorites and invitations, much appreciated !
[Landscapes from farm park south Milan Series] 01/05
Green Day Know Your Enemy con subtítulos en español
CUARTA Y ULTIMA ENTREGA DE ESTA SERIE
IMPRESCINDIBLE SOBRE FONDO NEGRO!!!!!!!!!!
BETTER ON BLACK BACKGROUND!!
Perteneciente a la serie " La otra Barcelona"... (4) de (4)
Con esta serie intento retener graficamente esos lugares que todavia no han sido devorados por la especulacion y la "voracidad" de los tiempos modernos
It belongs to "The Other Barcelona" series. (4) (4)
This is my attempt to record photographically those places that have not yet been destroyed by speculation and fierceness of modern times.
The curious case of the red-tail hawk carrying a pine cone. Open to speculation if you have any ideas.
In 1975, the NASA Summer Study was conducted at Stanford University. The purpose of this event was the speculation about designs for future space colonies.
Several designs arose from this summit, and one of them took the name of the place it was being held: Stanford torus.
Although, the concept of a rotating wheel space station has previously been proposed by Wernher von Braun and Herman Potočnik, and even used in movies (remember 2001: A Space Odyssey), Stanford torus achieved to be a design on its own, and one of my favorites along O'Neill cylinder, whose design was used for the Babylon 5 space station of the homonymous series, which you can see in LEGO form in here, or for the Cooper Station in Interstellar.
Coming back to the Stanford torus, its shape is, as its name suggests, a torus (you know, a doughnut, but with its mathematical name), plus a central part (or hub) with mirrors to reflect light to the inside of the torus, which is attached to the torus itself via a number of "spokes".
You can get more information of the Stanford torus on its Wikipedia page.
For this LEGO version I have allowed myself a certain degree of license, to achieve a better looking model:
- Removing the central hub and the spokes which somehow distracted attention from the torus.
- Not closing the torus, via transparent panels, to allow a better view of the interior design.
The final model is rather small (not more than 32 studs in diameter), because of the parts I had available, but it proved to be quite a challenge in terms of design.
I hope you enjoy it!
NGC 4565 is a giant spiral galaxy more luminous than the Andromeda Galaxy and it has been proposed that if it were viewed face-on, it would be the most spectacular of the galaxies of its type in the nearby Universe.
Much speculation exists in the literature as to the nature of the central bulge. In the absence of clear-cut dynamical data on the motions of stars in the bulge, the photometric data alone cannot adjudge among various options put forth. However, its exponential shape suggested that it is a barred spiral galaxy. Subsequent studies with the help of the Spitzer Space Telescope not only confirmed the presence of a central bar but also showed a pseudobulge within it as well as an inner ring. NGC 4565 has at least two companion galaxies, one of which is interacting with it. It has a population of roughly 240 globular clusters, more than the Milky Way. (Wikipedia).
First complete image taken from London.
LRGB image: 28-29/4/16
Chiswick, London, UK
Over 4 Hours Total Combined Exposure
Bin1x1 16x600s L, 3x600s R, 3x600s G, 3x600s B
Equipment:
T: Takahashi FSQ106ED @ f/5, extender-q 1.6x (f/5->f/8)
C: QSI683ws Mono CCD, Astronomik Filters
M: Celestron Advanced Vx
G: QHY5-II
Acquisition and Processing:
PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, CCDStack, Photoshop CS6
The opening lines of this song, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said, but I helped him drink his wine," are part of some wonderful song meaning speculation. A common interpretation is that the bullfrog is the prophet Jeremiah from the Bible, that the bullfrog, with his distinctive call that stands out in nature, is God's voice.
www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2233
Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Thanks for looking!
View of the Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About this photo: My friend and I enjoyed a quick visit to beautiful Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC, Canada. We stopped at Prospect Point and walked to the view of the Lions Gate Bridge which is always so beautiful. I took this photo from the Stanley Park overpass with a view of the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
And here is a little history on the Lions Gate Bridge:
Here is a little history:
1937: Construction began on March 31, after years of speculation and planning. The bridge was an impetus to real estate development on the North Shore, uniting both sides of the inlet. The First Narrows Bridge Company employed numerous workers in an otherwise bleak depression period. It was funded by private foreign investment through the efforts of A.J.T. Taylor.
1938: The bridge opened to pedestrian traffic on November 12, 1938, and to cars two days later, on November 14.
1939: On May 29 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth crossed the bridge during the first Royal Visit to Canada.
1952: A third lane was added to allow for passing.
1955: The British Columbia Toll Highways and Bridges Authority acquired the bridge for $5,595,060.
1963: Tolls were removed on April 1.
1965: Lane controls were installed.
1970’s: Several renovations were completed to significantly improve bridge safety and upgrade the structure.
1986: On February 19, a string of white lights was added to the bridge which was a gift of the Guinness family to Vancouver.
2002: The bridge underwent a major upgrade that included roadway expansion, deck replacement, and the construction of more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly sidewalks. This type of replacement was the first in the world.
2004: The bridge was declared a national Historic Site of Canada.
Info found on westvancouver.ca/
~Camera Settings:
*Camera Model: Sony RX10 IV
*Focal Length: 30mm
*F-Number: F/8
*Exposure Time: 1/250
*ISO Speed: ISO-100
*Exposure Program: Manual Mode (M)
Thank you for dropping by and I hope you like this photo!
Ann :-)
Some information about Vancouver: Vancouver is known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Vancouver is Canada's third largest city and is located by the Pacific Ocean on a peninsula surrounded by water and in the distance there are the mountains. Vancouver is considered a pretty clean and safe city with a great variety of shops, museums, theatre, outdoor activities (hiking, walking, kayaking, sailing, skiing on the local mountains in the winter) and more. Walking around Stanley Park is a favourite thing to do for tourist and locals alike. This beautiful park extends from the city centre of Vancouver almost to the North Shore. With wonderful views of the mountains and the ocean around every corner, downtown Vancouver is one of the most picturesque cities in the world. Walk along Robson Street, the most popular shopping street. Experience Chinatown with the different kinds of building and stores, walk on the beaches of English Bay and the seawall of Stanley Park, enjoy a walk in Gastown with the old steam clock and the many gift shops.
Look out for some Hollywood film sets as Vancouver is used for many big Hollywood movies and shows. That's why you might hear that Vancouver is called "Hollywood North". Here are some examples of shows and movies that were/are filmed here: "Deadpool 1 & 2", "The X-Files", "The Good Doctor", "Colony", "Arrow", "The Flash", "Supernatural", "Stargate-SG1", "The 6th Day", "Kiss of the Dragon", "Small Ville" and many many more. Then there is also the Canada Place, the stadiums, the Harbour Lookout, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Science World, the Vancouver Art Gallery and much more! All of these attractions are located within minutes from the city centre.
Vancouver is also popular in the winter for winter activities. There are 3 local mountains where you can do any type of winter sport. There is Grouse Mountain, most famous for it's stunning views over the city and fresh powder snow. Grouse Mountain is accessible by skyride...this is a big gondola that will take you up to the top of the mountain. Mount Seymour and Cypress Mountain are famous too and you also get wonderful views from the top of these mountains. As you can see...Vancouver has lots to offer. The Winter Olympics were held here in 2010 as well.
It snowed in early season and speculation in autumn by information, and I went right away.
Because if mountains were still colored leaves, snow was intense to say, and it was snowswept.
I spend Ichiya and wait for a morning.
When I wake up, the environment is a silvery snowscape in the deep blue sky!
Snow who freezes gathers round the trees just as it is, and it's glued together.
I'm intoxicated with this photogenic world, and a result sticks all day.
I'm going to do.
Thence gathering plumes of perfect speculation,
To imp the wings of thy high-flying mind,
Mount up aloft through heavenly contemplation,
From this dark world, whose damps the soul so blind,
And, like the native brood of eagles' kind,
On that bright Sun of Glory fix thine eyes,
Clear'd from gross mists of frail infirmities.
From An Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
Best Viewed Large On Black - Sky Speculation, Kapiti Island, NZ [?]
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There has been a lot of rumour and speculation as to what was to become of the CN Hagersville Subdivision when the lease ran out this year and now we know.
A public CN letter was sent out to customers on the line last week stating the following:
"CN is pleased to announce that we will be assuming control of operations for the following rail lines:
Southern Ontario Railway's Hagersville subdivision effective September 18 2018. This rail line includes the following stations: Caledonia, Hagersville and Nanticoke.
SOR's Hamilton subdivision effective December 13 2018. this rail line includes the Hamilton rail station"
For the time being things should stay the same, but we will begin to see changes occurring moving forward. As railfans we must remember that these changes effect peoples livelihoods and we need to be respectful of that.
If you haven't got your shots, now is the time.
Narrabeen & Queenscliff.
Both these iconic Sydney ferries are now at Cockatoo Island where they have been moored for approximately 2 years.
Sadly Narrabeen’s future seems uncertain as she is now simply rusting in peace and awaiting her final fate.
As for Queenscliff there is speculation that she will undergo a refit and is expected to return to service.
Here the latest crane technology is being engaged to facilitate to refit on Queenscliff.
Cockatoo Island.
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
It's just another day on the BNSF, and not adding to the speculation or forecasting the future, with CSX 3424 leading 98 loads of ethanol within 2 miles of the summit of the Arizona Divide on a snowless February day. Assisting was CSX 249 and KCS 4515, with BNSF 7813 and 8203 as midtrain DPU's on this 13,500 ton black snake. This was a good chase with ample opportunities to get this one in various spots from Cosnino to Williams.
Often the subject of intense speculation and heady anticipation in railfan circles, business trains are among the rarest sights on the rails. Despite this, I've still somehow managed to snag pictures of two over the years, both by complete accident.
Driving to Whistler for an unrelated trip in August 2019, my radio picked up CN 3224 south announcing its approach to Mile 25. Never one to pass up a train, I set up at Brunswick Beach (~Mile 20). Imagine my surprise to see the classy dark green and yellow of the CN business train! Hell yea.
Eastern Sierra, CA.
Forecasted by: Escaype
Peace cannot be attained by false judgement and speculations. Promote LOVE instead of promoting your destructive opinion.
The flower offered of itself
And eloquently spoke
Of Gods
In languages of rainbows
Perfumes
And secret silence...
~Phillip Pulfrey, from "Love, Abstraction and other Speculations"
Kryssia (Kryssia_28) I hope you have a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY, dear friend!
Kryssia, espero que tenga un muy feliz cumpleaños hoy!
Thank you friends for all your visits, comments and faves. Each one of you is appreciated so much! You're the BEST!
FP & Explore #11
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According to his stone, Conrad Keihn died on January 3, 1912 at the age of 15. However, there is nothing to be found in the local papers of it around that time.
Instead, two years later, we find a burial notice in the Spokesman-Review. On January 6, 1914, the paper states that Conrad "died at his home yesterday."
The "yesterday" is likely the 3rd as the notice would have been written a couple of days before it went to print.
Sometimes years pass before stones are placed at the burial site. Over those years, details and dates can be mislaid and forgotten. Finding one that is two years inaccurate likely points to an engraver's misreading of the instructions.
According to the paper, Conrad was 18 when he died. He was born in Russia and the family moved to Washington in 1899, when he was probably two years old.
Also in the cemetery is is mother, Anna Marie. She died in 1930. Before her death, she seems to have had at least six children. When she died, her youngest was 20. I assume she wanted to be buried next to her son.
The family moved to America with Conrad's grandparents (his grandfather and father were both named Conrad, which makes research a bit tough). His grandfather died in 1919. His father died in 1944, but is not buried in this cemetery, though it's not totally clear if it's even known where he rests.
All of this is speculation as there was another Conrad Keihn family living in the area. They too had a child named Conrad. And a grandfather with that name as well. It's possible they're the same family with two people doing shoddy research, however. At any rate, this is the stone of someone named Conrad Keihn who died far too young.
I shot this photo on a sheet of 4x5 film and used a darkslide cut in half lengthwise to achieve a "panoramic" effect. I don't do this often, and should definitely have done things differently with this (too much bokeh on the right, okay?), but there was always something about this photo that stood out to me.
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'Empty Stage'
Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Steinheil Rapid Antiplanet 6,5; 27cm
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: f/16; 2 sec
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min
Washington
April 2023
A seductive young white-throated sparrow flashes a little bare leg, getting the attention of the paparazzi and creating wide spread speculation as to if she is wearing anything at all under those feathers.
I'm Shiga-plateau in Nagano-prefecture by long photography travel in autumn.
A picture is taken and it's beyond Shibu-pass in a border between prefectures (for an altitude, 2172m).
Just before Kusatsu Shirane-mountain from which even beauty of the colored leaves is learned about
yoshigaflat who feels NI is wide big was visited.
But, unfortunately, colored leaves, already, already, the end, wow.
please, I shifted to the winter scenery which waits for snow.
But the red sunset will be dusk, and strikes in the surface of a mountain.
When they began, entourage changed completely and defoliated completely.
The trees of a delicate birch are applied the center at all,
It's transformed into the view of the late fall when it's full of emotion like the picture I got.
It was done.
After many months of rumors, speculation and high level decision making, P&W sent SD70M-2 4302 north to NECR's portable paint shop in St. Albans for its new G&W colors. Wearing its second paint scheme in less than a year, 4302 leads NECR train 611 arriving at Barretts siding, just north of Palmer, MA on Wednesday afternoon June 14, 2017.
Shriveled Hands.
Flammes mystérieuses visions sombres magnifique méditation significations amères spéculations pensées couvrant des circonstances confuses souvenirs,
أفواه مهجورة أقدام مظلمة قنوات الظلام تنجرف ليال قاتمة المياه سباح السامي الماس فضول العقول متفاوتة,
rührkammern zerschmetterten pläne trommeln sorgen aufrechte richtungen beschleunigen schrecken gelöste teile eifrige herzen unvorstellbare aufregungen,
nepažįstamų žmonių juokas suvokiant mirtį išniekinimas manieros neaiškūs šešėliai pavojingos aistros fantastiški sprogimai prieštaringi tarifai,
efectos acusadores bailando confianza gusanos poderosos porciones importantes narración mordida absurda escuela tonos metafísicos,
絶え間ない目極端なマーク自然な興味深い説明過度の疑い補償の挿入挿入安心繊細さ繊細さは確かに控えめな賛辞を位置づけます確かに.
Steve.D.Hammond.
Located between N. Conti St. and N. Miro St. in New Orleans, La. 70119.
"The unique New Orleans hotel that is La Belle Esplanade was built in the 1883 as a Creole answer to the mansions on Saint Charles Avenue. The three houses at 2212, 2216, and 2222 Esplanade Avenue were all built by the successful cotton broker Julius Weiss. A native of Germany, Weiss arrived in New Orleans after spending a few years as an itinerant peddler in Mississippi and northern Louisiana. Weiss never lived in any of these houses, instead he built them on speculation as the area was undergoing an extensive redevelopment to satisfy the tastes of wealthy Creole merchants relocating from the French Quarter, and a growing wealthy Greek immigrant community.
The property lines of these three lots do not match the street grid, but instead follow the original plantation lines that were laid out perpendicular to the high point of Esplanade Ridge, which is Bayou Road. For this reason the rear of the properties are narrow pie slices wedged into the middle of the block, creating a unique configuration for the back gardens.
Unlike most homes built for speculation, Julian Weiss did not construct these inexpensively or exactly alike. Though they share architectural elements, each was designed to be a stand-alone, unique masterpiece. You have to look closely to see the similarities. 2212 is built along Swiss cottage lines. 2216 is a traditional Queen Anne two-family manor. 2222 is Italianate. The interiors of all three feature 14 foot ceilings, classic New Orleans porches to served as outdoor hallways, and transoms to allow for the free flow of air during humid New Orleans summers.
Esplanade Avenue was one of the city’s main thoroughfares, and a streetcar line ran down the middle of the neutral ground from 1861 to 1934. It was the first streetcar line to run through the “back of town,” testimony to the importance of commerce and the vitality in the surrounding neighborhoods.
During the 1960s this fashionable neighborhood began to experience hard times. The three homes in the middle of Esplanade Avenue’s 2200 block were divided into apartments and they fell victim to neglect, much like the other stately manors that line the avenue. In the 1970s, a preservationist spirit took hold in New Orleans, and the legacy of Esplanade Avenue’s architectural legacy was documented by the Historic New Orleans Commission.
In 1986, a local attorney and preservationist, James Derbes, purchased 2216 Esplanade Avenue, the location of La Belle Esplanade, with the intent of turning it into a bed and breakfast. Through an investment of sweat equity, Mr. Derbes restored this building to its original glory with an eye toward preserving all of its period details and charms. While working on 2216 Esplanade Ave., Mr. Derbes was presented with the opportunity of purchasing its neighbor at 2222, which had also experienced a period of neglect. Due to his foresight and efforts, both properties were restored and their rear gardens joined into a charming setting with the fountain that stands to this day.
Under Mr. Derbes’ direction, 2216 became the Esplanade Villa a popular and successful bed and breakfast that operated in conjunction with the Benachi House, which he also restored, across the street. During Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, when the failed federal levees flooded New Orleans, the house did not sustain water damage. Though New Orleans’ landscape appears to be flat, Esplanade Avenue runs atop Esplanade Ridge, one of the higher points in the city. For this very reason, Bayou Road, New Orleans’ oldest street, crosses Esplanade Avenue at the 2200 block.
Soon after Katrina, Esplanade Villa stopped functioning as a New Orleans bed and breakfast, and reverted to apartments. In 2012, Mr. Derbes was gracious enough to part with the building which he worked so hard to restore. La Belle Esplanade bed and breakfast is operated by La Belle Esplanade, LLC with the mission to make the real New Orleans, the way New Orleanians experience their city, available to visitors." -labelleesplanade.com
(Highest Explore #6, thanks!)
PCA 149 - 6-word Story
Mar 20-Apr 3, 2011 (2 weeks)
Image Tag: pca149
Assignment: It is said that Ernest Hemingway was once asked to write a complete story in six words. There is speculation that maybe this was to settle a bar bet or perhaps as a challenge to other writers. In either case, this challenge is the basis for the assignment.
Many critics state that a good photograph has to tell a story in order to connect to the viewer. For this assignment I’d like you to compose a visual interpretation of a six-word story. Although I encourage you to write your own story, feel free to use the many six word stories available that could be the basis for your image.
There is definitely a chicken/egg aspect to this assignment depending on how you approach your creativity. Which comes first, the image or the story? A compelling photo composed through your creative eye may have enough depth to provide the seed for several six-word stories. On the other hand, a clever six-word story could be creatively interpreted by several different photographic concepts. There is no right or wrong way to approach the assignment.
By the way, Hemingway’s story is: "For sale: baby shoes, never used."
WIT: I love this train graveyard. I've been here before. I could spend all day here, but I only stopped for a few minutes this time. This little trolly is my favorite, so broken and battered, but still worth photographing. I think this was part of a private collection that was originially going to be a museum, then the owner died and now these trains and trollys have been left to rust on the roadside. Quite a sad end to its life. I'm sure many people road on this trolly, had conversations, ate their meals and maybe even made business deals.
Excerpt from luminatofestival.com:
For the second time Luminato Festival will install Canadian artist Michel de Broin’s One Thousand Speculations, a 7.9 metre in diameter ball made up of 1,000 mirrors — the world’s largest mirror ball. Originally commissioned by Luminato for the 2013 Festival, this time it will not be suspended from a crane over David Pecaut Square but will hang inside the Hearn Generating Station. It is a meeting of superlatives. Turned on, it will transform the space into a futuristic spectacle, letting us dream about what could be. For Michel, the piece renders and recreates the starry sky. We will bring the starry sky inside the Hearn, reminding us that our sense of wonder is endless through inspiration. It will make us see the space of the Hearn in an ever-changing way and highlight detail after detail as the 1,000 rays slowly scan the space in circular motion.
I had headed to the Glenmore Reservoir today on speculation, hoping to see interesting waterfowl. I wasn't disappointed.
There`s a lot of speculation that first group will lose the TPE contract so is this a sign of the future, Drs`s Chiltern liveried 68010 "Oxford Flyer" approaches Gascoigne wood sidings on a light engine move from Crewe Gresty bridge (0Z13) 08/02/2023.
The same Kite as the previous one I posted, taken about a minute apart. In that time it must've dived down and picked up what looks like half a baguette. It's difficult to be sure from this shot, but others in the sequence would seem to suggest it has a liking for a cheese and pickle sandwich, although that is wild speculation on my part. It was a stroke of luck that the sun caught the baguette and lit it up like a block of gold.
With speculation that Amtrak 606 will soon lose its fizz I took another crack at it today at Baltimore County Fire Department Station 54 in Chase, MD.
I would have preferred this weather: www.flickr.com/photos/jimkleeman/16769120776/in/photolist...
A night out and about with Moore Camera Club trying new things and learning new skills and causing speculation in the Mulberry Tree pub as to why all those people with cameras are outside!!
There has been much speculation surrounding the mysterious objects discovered in the skies above Alaska, Northwestern Canada, and Lake Huron in recent days following an earlier downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina.
A number of theories have circulated regarding the origins of these UFOs, from more spy balloons to the release of an oversized helium balloon that had escaped from the film set of the sequel to the film UP.
However, what is not yet widely known is the fact that one of the objects was carrying this alien life form!
It has been christened ‘Orchis’, from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις, meaning "testicle", by General Francis Drebbin commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command as he referred to the press leak as a ‘complete balls up!’
A photo of one of several portraits that are currently displayed at the visiter center, Bandolier National Monument. The National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of ruggedly beautiful canyon and mesa country. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.
My guess is that these photographs would be approximately 100+ years old. This is just speculation as my internet searches all came up empty.
US National Park Service
Los Alamos, New Mexico