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Camelot Theme Park was a resort and theme park located in the English county of Lancashire (the last operating season was in 2012, the park did not open for 2013). The park´s theme was based on the famous legend of Camelot. It was located on a 140-acre (0.57 km2; 0.22 sq mi) site[2] near the village of Charnock Richard, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Chorley.
I've heard the expression, "That's like comparing apples to oranges". They must be opposites.
Strobe info: Two Vivitar 285 set at 1/16 power. One above and slightly left. The other is at camera right. There's also a small slave flash shooting up from bottom right and bounced off a large white reflector.
The challenge was trying not to get any bright reflections off of the apple. The orange was easy to light with the textured skin.
52 Weeks of 2018
Week No: 39
Theme: Fun With Photo Props
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The science objectives of the BepiColombo mission cover all aspects of the planet and its environment. Broadly speaking, this will be achieved by studying the following themes:
The origin and evolution of a planet close to its parent star
The planet’s interior structure and composition
Characteristics and origin of its internal magnetic field
Surface processes, such as cratering, tectonics, polar deposits and volcanism
The structure, composition, origin and dynamics of Mercury's exosphere
The structure and dynamics of Mercury's magnetosphere
Einstein's Theory of General Relativity (by making precise measurements of the spacecraft’s orbit and position)
Credits: ESA
My theme was abstract, and in an attempt to make the images similar, I went for a grunge abstract subcategory. I wanted to photograph things with intense emotion and photograph things that are typically associated with danger and/or risky behavior which is grunge in this case. I photographed a neon sign outside a bar, a picture of a girl lighting a cigarette, and a grainy picture of the city. All of these photos have colors in it intended to provoke intense emotion and discomfort. I was going for a feeling of uncertainty in each of my photos. My five images relate together because I believe although they are all different they all fit together well. They all connect together and fit with the “grunge” subcategory that I was going for. I used a lot of different techniques to capture these specific photos. In the photo of the city with the buildings, I used a high ISO to intentionally make it grainy and a bit lower quality. Next for the neon sign, I used a slower shutter speed to capture more of the neon light reflecting off the sides of the building and the window. For the photo of the rain in the car, I had to wait for the perfect moment for no cars to be driving by. I also had to manually focus the lense on the raindrops on the window. I also added some green highlights to the background to create an even more unsettling photo. For the photos of the girl lighting a cigarette and of my face with purple lighting, I set up a studio in my room. I bought a black sheet to create a solid backdrop and I purchased gels from a photography store. I used my desk lap to create the purple lighting on my face and I used an external flash wrapped in another purple/blue gel to give the skin a flushed look. Lastly for the photo of the girl lighting a cigarette, we waited for dark and turned off all the lights. The only light source was the lighter, and all I did for editing was turn down the saturation a bit so it didn’t have an orange tint. All of my images were intended to capture intense emotion but also I wanted them to be abstract enough that each person who looks at each image can tell their own story about what it means to them.
Briefly the Camelot Theme Park opened some 30 years ago in 1983 and continued to operate seasonally until 2012 which was to be the Theme parks last year before finally closing its doors. The park has since lay abandoned while the majority of the ride are sold off to other amusement parks. Two of the remaining highlights are the Knightmare and Dragon Flyer roller-coasters.
magic wands, swords and golden crowns with roses and tracys miniature butterflies. Sprinkled with holographic glitter. Cupcakes to go with my daughters disney princess sleeping beauty 6th birthday party
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This Week has had it's Ups & Downs!
Project 52
Week 39/52
Week 39's theme is "Ups & Downs" - Pick ONE
From: Catcher In My Eye :)
I'm not sure if I have had more Ups or down's this week...feeling a little like 'pins & needles"...with lots of photos to process for brides, working with hubby on our home remodel, yard work and family obligations are always on the horizon...
Life could be worse and could be a little less hectic.
Hanging in there like most of you :)
A TOY STORY
Project 52
Week 37/52
Week 38 - Theme: A Movie
From: Catcher In My Eye :)
(Revised 11/4/13)
This has been the summer of cleaning out the attic of our home of 20 years.
For weeks this Summer and Fall, I have trashed much, given to "Good Will" lots, and stuck back the stuff I still can't part with.
We built and moved into our house in 1993.
On that moving day, years ago, when our children were still elementary school aged, we stacked new plastic tubs of holiday decorations and boxes of recent family keepsakes, in our newly built attic.
Now, that our three kids are adults and married with children, there have been times that they have come home and asked, "Do I still have my______? "
The answer has always been, "Yes."
I did save all the GOOD STUFF. It was all good to me.
And if you, like my husband, thinks, "She is one of THOSE hoarders!"
I am not a hoarder.
Not really...
I saw LIFE -left in the stuff I chose to stick-back for safe keeping.
In reflecting, that 'stuff' held future family times.
I didn't collect magazines, margarine dishes or plastic fast-food drink cups.
In fact, a few years ago, I did give away my old rock collection, my Madame Alexander doll and my ballerina jewelry box full of tiny bracelets & necklaces. My childhood trinkets were long lost. My rings and ribbons had been played with by my own two daughters.
In fact, my own childhood memories had begun to be interfused with those of my own children. I increasingly found myself trying to remember if I had worn a saved and cherished little dress or if it was my daughters.
The stuff that I had kept, had had our family's hands all over it, many times over. There were boxes of Matchbox cars and Micro-machine planes and trains. One box was heavy with canisters of Lincoln Logs & Tinker Toys, as well as a tin- cased Erector set and a taped together Milton-Bradley game box that held my old Twister game. (I half expected to find the kids old socks in that box.)
I had saved all the jig-saw puzzles that our family had worked together.
The back corner of the attic floor was stacked high with various building sets.
One dusty shelf still held a weaving loom, a flower press and a doll house full of tiny furniture.
Our kids loved building stuff with their Dad.
I still envisioned the kids and their Dad with bits & parts of building sets spread out all over the dining room table.
The kids remembered building the Radio Shack Learning Lab sets and the Hobby Lobby project kits, but it was the relationship with their Dad that was soldered and patience that was learned, that I recalled.
The boxed games, kits and puzzles represented our family time, kinda like the Jim Croce song, "Time in a Bottle" but instead it was like times remembered and sealed in game boxes.
The saved boxes held more than just cherished toys to me. Memories of raising my family were kept in each of those boxes. I could close my eyes and remember each of my children at play. I didn't want to lose those memories. Maybe that was why I was obsessive in keeping up with all the game parts and puzzle pieces. I was afraid of losing even one piece of a remembered moment.
Our attic was full of stacked boxes.
Those boxes held 35 years of memories to me.
Clearing out the kept boxes meant grasping hold tight to my memories of being a mother.
A year ago, we celebrated the birth and church dedication of a new grand daughter.
We had been blessed with three grandsons and three grand daughters, at that time.
As I prepared the house for a Sunday, Dedication brunch, and decorated the fireplace mantle with our kids old picture Bibles and story books, I remembered and searched for my son's old Jesus doll.
Jesus, was not to be found in my son's plastic lidded box of keepsakes on the top shelf of his closet. I checked the back of his old dresser drawer, where I still kept his cute, first pair of size 3, "Snoopy" boxer briefs.
Had I lost Jesus doll in all of my collected clutter?
I remember thinking, that I would have never gotten rid of the action figure, Jesus. I was sure that I had tucked toy Jesus, away for safe keeping, but where?
I smiled, as I remembered a conversation I had had with our oldest daughter about, "Not hiding Jesus, our Savior, in the closet and only bringing Jesus out when it was convenient."
WHERE was that Jesus doll now, when I needed Him?
And You ask, "Why did our SON own a Jesus DOLL?"
When our son was a little boy, he wanted his "He-Man, Masters of the Universe" action-figure to have a friend.
What he really wanted was a "Skeletor," the evil action-toy, to play with for his 5th birthday.
As a parent, I had a problem with my little boy wanting to play pretend, good guy- bad guy. No evil "bad guys" were allowed to enter into our home!
That's a Mother for you! So instead of an evil dude, I had bought our son a Jesus doll action figure.
I remembered worrying that our son would be disappointed on his birthday.
But he wasn't.
Jesus doll turned out to be a pretty good action hero, as I recall. I could close my eyes and see Jesus standing next to the red bunk bed as my son slept at night and I could still picture Jesus doll sitting next to our son in the family mini-van when we traveled.
I'm pretty sure that our daughters enjoyed the Jesus doll, too. Jesus looked pretty cool, hanging out with Barbie, and her friends; Skipper & Scooter dolls, when our daughters played. Jesus' smile never faded while riding "My Pretty Ponies" or sliding down rainbow slides with the toy, "Care Bears."
This past summer, we took every single item from our 3rd floor attic. It was tough work, both physically and mentally for me.
All of the memorabilia packed away in cardboard boxes, bags of out- of- date clothes saved for costumes and much loved stuffed animals and dolls packed in plastic lidded boxes had to be gone thru before sorting.
I was in sensory overload! I'm not sure which made my eyes water more...the sadness of giving stuff away or the smell of years of dust!
Our family was flooded with memories and "remember when" stories from the past 35 years.
The grandkids loved all the old toys!
I told Hubby, our attic was not full of junk as he had thought, but instead it was heavy with treasures waiting to be re-discovered by a new generation of family!
Our attic was one, full of memories, FAMILY MEMORY BOX!
So, as we were blessed this month with another Grand boy, I went looking for some of our son's keepsakes ... I found his first cowboy boots, his first doggy stuffed animal and I still had his favorite baby blanket.
On this trip to the toy room closet, I spied a little, green canvas backpack.
I unbuckled the bag to find our son's first flannel shirt and tiny, brown corduroy pants, a wooden toy raft, an old mess kit, and my son's 'Possible Bag', a gift from my dad.
I remembered my father showing our son a small, leather pouch that looked Indian made, filled with small stones and arrowheads. The bag was forecast to hold "endless possibilities".
As I was about to put the backpack away, again, for safekeeping, I felt something in the front pocket...
I had found Jesus!
I found my son's Jesus doll!
Miraculously, Jesus still had the tiny brown sandals on his moveable bare feet and a plastic staff in his hinged hand!
In another pocket of the backpack was, "Put on the Armor of God " action figure and a story cassette.
The case-cover of the cassette was titled," Helmet of Salvation, Breast plate of Righteousness, Sword of the Spirit, Belt of Truth, Shield of Faith and Gospel of Peace."
I smiled. I remembered why I bought our son his own wooden toy sword and shield.
We had equipped our little boy with the armor of God.
At 32 years old now, that "shield of faith " had served him and our family well.
It was kinda funny to me, as I thought, I didn't find the old action toy, "He-man Master of the Universe" in our attic toys, but... I had finally found the toy, JESUS! The much loved Jesus doll had out-lived all our loved and cherished toys. Our Jesus action figure had out lived the Spiderman and Superman action figures and even the vintage Barbie dolls.
I'm happy that I kept the Son of Man action figure.
The next family get-together, our grandkids will find Jesus back on the toyroom shelf..
I'm betting that He will live on as the most cherished toy with our Grandchildren.
The doll still made me smile just as it did when I was a young Mom of three.
As I walk thru my quiet home and spot the smiling Jesus doll, I smile back and thank God, for our healthy & growing eight Grandchildren.
(And we do still enjoy some of those saved toys & games :)
I have good memories and more memories to make in my future.
I'm really happy, that I found Jesus.
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My 6th theme, tribute to the arguably most beautiful game on console by far.