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Taken in the centre of the Capitol building in Austin, TX. I would love to have had a wide angle lens with me to fit it all in as this was the best I could do.
This dress was one of my late wife's favourites. So pleased that is still fits and is great for a summer day.
2Le 22 Octobre 2016, sept villes de la Méditerranée ont participé simultanément à un marathon photo organisé par le collectif Libanais Frame.
Le but : prendre la rue pour documenter simultanément 12 thèmes révélés le jour même, en 12 heures, qui auront permis de récolter une collection de photos retraçant une journée dans la vie de sept villes mettant à nu les nombreuses similitudes et les différences qui entourent notre mer.
Thèmes dans l’ordre d’affichage : Matin / Langage / Travail / Intersection / Diaspora / Saudade / Saveurs étrangères / Héros / Le rêve de quelqu’un / Nationalisme / Attendre / Modèle, Motif
Marseille (FR) - Octobre 2016
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Woo, down to the wire this week.
I'm not usually so last minute but it's been hard to sit at the computer with all the nothingness I've had to do the last few days.
I knew early on that I'd be dog-sitting all weekend, so I figured I'd take my picture at Zoey's house.
I also knew what theme I wanted to go for...
Something I feel very strongly about:
Yard dogs.
Now, plenty of people have a house, and a yard, and a dog (or two or three.) And that's fine and dandy, don't get me wrong. But there are people who specifically have yard dogs, and that's where I have an issue.
Most of you know what I'm talking about. The scruffy, matted, muddy something-doodle obsessively running up and down the chain-link fence at the dead end street. The over-sized husky howling his sorrowful song atop his dog house during the middle of the night. The old, wobbly beagle wagging his tail as he slowly follows pedestrians along the perimeter of his yard - obviously starved for attention.
These are just some of the examples I've come across while exploring various neighborhoods here and there. I've been planning on starting a little project and photographing some of these dogs, but for now I just walk and observe. And what I see makes me sad.
I'm not someone who could ever have an "outside only dog" - it just doesn't feel right. I can understand the necessity sometimes, like with working breeds. A livestock guardian, for instance, needs to live among whatever it's protecting. I get that. But too often, I wonder why some of these everyday folks even bothered getting a dog, when they go through such great lengths to isolate it from their lives.
Most "animal people" will agree that a dog is part of the family. Zoey and Bailey, while having a fully functional, fenced yard, are family dogs. They sleep inside (on one of 6 pet beds), they eat good food, they have regular vet checkups. They make a show of barking at people coming onto their property but they were raised to love everyone (especially the neighborhood kids who hop the fence to say hello.) While they aren't taken out for walks (which is something that bugs me, but with 4 kids to look after it's understandable that the dogs will have to sacrifice something), they almost always get to go up to the lake house with their humans for a change of scenery. (They had to stay behind this time because it was a wedding occasion and 50 guests to deal with meant no dogs allowed.)
As someone who's almost always lived in an apartment, I must say most house-dwellers have got it easy when it comes to pet ownership. I have more free time here, with three dogs, than I do at home, with one dog. I get up, let the pups out, they do their business, they play, they come in, they sleep... A few hours later, we rinse and repeat. At night I go to bed with all three of them dead to the world from a full day of frolicking.
It's almost too easy. Herein lies the problem sometimes.
With the economy issues the last few years, I've seen a lot of people lose their homes. Along with that, one of the first things to go is the dog. "I'm moving into an apartment and I have to rehome my teacup chihuahua because there's no room" is often code for "I'm too lazy to walk my dog" or "there's no way my dog can adjust to apartment life because he has never lived inside before." Drives me crazy. I'd argue that ANY breed (or mix) can live comfortably indoors. A yard does nothing but give you an out from ... well, getting out.
I could go on but I'll stop the rant there. Long story short, I believe owning a pet should be harder work than many people let it be. There's tons of responsible pet owners out there who get it right, but they're equally matched by the irresponsible... and they get it so, so wrong. And, sadly, it's the pets who suffer for their luxury.
Climb out of your holes, people! And please take your dogs with you.
A moment to talk about the photo, now... It's my first upload with my new lens! Nothing fancy 'cause all the ones I really want are upwards of $600 and this is just a higher end kit lens, but it's fun having a bit of a wider angle to mess with. Zoom's gonna take some getting used to but we'll see what comes out of it.
I shot it a few different ways - higher up to see Haiku's face fully, and with his head placed at the gate opening for a clearer view. But when I went through the results, this one stuck out. The bar covering his eyes gave it the melancholy feel I was going for. Don't be fooled, though. Hike's anything but a neglected yard dog :)
His challenge for the week was being away from Zozo for the duration of the shoot (all of 5 minutes!) It'll be hard for him to go back home tomorrow. No yard, no full-time dog company... But we'll manage. Because as his owner, *I'll* sacrifice what I have to to keep him happy.
I'm also feeling a lot better about Flickr so I will definitely be back in the mix this week. Thanks to everyone who continues to read my essays :) I always enjoy hearing your thoughts!
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RC mini rock crawler
This is my 6th build. I learned most of the tips and tricks on Youtube. Shout out to 24Yep for all of his great content. The super wide axles are from 24Yep.com.
For reference, the skull is about 4 inches tall. This International wagon can climb 60 degrees inclines. It is heavy at 800 grams.
It is of utmost importance to decide on a theme prior to choosing your colors and even your wedding invitation cards. This makes it easier for you since you will then have a range of colors to work with. The rustic theme is catching up of late with Forever Fiancés recording a new high in orders for this theme.
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Wisconsin is gray and windy today, so I'm virtually heading back to SW Florida. I think of the region as a place with the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Gulf side of Florida is filled with natural beauty. It also has more than its share of tourist kitsch. In the right mood, I can appreciate all of its faces...
OK, Wisconsin rural mailboxes may have cows or Green Bay Packers logos on them and coastal Florida mailboxes have sea themes. That rule applies unless you have a transplanted Wisconsinite and then there may be some very interesting blends of the two themes.
Model: Stefany
No specific editing to the eyes, just the set of colour curves, which I think is pretty cool.
Get ready for this weekend's themed event, sexy Rabbits!~
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Get on a Lego Roller coaster with the front cart view :-)
This is a pure Lego fully functional Wooden Roller Coaster inspired by El Toro at Six Flags. Model is made out of little under 90 000 pieces, it is 6,5 meters long 1,2 meters wide and 1,4 meters tall. It has a 26 meters of track which in reality is about 1200 meters long and 60 meters high Roller Coaster.
This came 1st out of 69 entries.
This shot is to credit Daniel Cheong Thru his pages I saw places in Singapore I had'nt been to before. Thank You
Text entered for the challenge : This one is in memory of, and to pay homage & respect to those who passed away in the collapse of the Minneapolis I-35W Bridge, across the Mississippi. This is a modern bridge finished in 1997. You see into a length of 260m, cast over 7 spans.
Some web snippets on Bridges and Technology; words that go together...
Bridge construction technology - In the 1950s Ulrich Finsterwalder introduced cast-in-place segmental balanced canti-lever prestressed concrete construction , and the structures built with the introduction of this technology : - ) have been labeled as the first generation of modern bridge development; e-BRIDGE Technology ; Bridge Technology; 'Smart-bridge' technology ; Construction Design Technology
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Just a very quick digital sketch. I tried to summarize everything,
showing 2 persons kissing and being part of the heart itself.
I might be working on this later on.
Thanks for your visit. Love is a big source of inspiration for me.
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The Love Heart
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
The love heart is we
Both of us true
As feelings need to be
So life can renew
Easy comes from a stream
Flowing to the head
One in two it seem
Turning love to red
This is you and I
Giving of our touch
To the night dream sky
With its love so much
Nothing can be said
That isn't already here
Heart of one - two head!
So we both can share
Opposite two in one
Coming with love thru
Till our time's gone
In a rising dawn dew
Easy comes from a dream
That we together had
When love’s its true theme
Nothing needs to add
This is one of the analog 35mm shots from a 12 hour photomarathon I did a month back. There was a showing last week where all the participants came together along with almost 300 other peaople to look at the shots.
Good fun... I'm looking forward to next years marathon.
52 Weeks 2011 - Week 7 - Theme: Love
I really like being part of the 52 weeks of pix Flickr group and figured I would do something with shapes and colors for this week. I think it took me longer to glue those hearts together, than set it up and shoot. I don't think I'm being very original here, I think I've seen similar type of images before. But, in my opinion, having fun and experimenting is what it is all about.
Strobist Info: bare SB-800 @ 1/16th power shot through glass with colored gels on under heart shaped paper. Triggered by Cactus V4
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