This one is through the window! He/she kept going to the door and is now looking at me "Why won't you let me in?"

This simple ad for Crown Beer exhorts readers to "Drink Refreshing Crown Beer" Simple and to the point. ;-)

This is in the city Berne. A water tank.

This setting was done with metal pulvers brushed onto the setting.

This is my local moon in Vancouver. At night, the light shines from the side and it looks like a moon through the blinds on my window. This is tonemapped and dynamic range enhanced using Topaz Adjust. not for everyone, I know, but I like the lines, textures and range of elements.

This Responder Pumper was delivered on June 28, 2010.

This sailboat washed ashore when it rained just about a month ago. Its still there. I saw a bunch of trucks out there trying to move it or pull it out or something the day it happened. Guess they just said "fuck it"

This brand new MMC on the route 199 kicks off my epic voyage back to Fareham.

Leg 1/12 Manchester to Buxton

This a real photo postcard that I found in Taos, New Mexico one day and snapped up. It is of what I believe to be a Texas motorcycle patrolman from the 1930's. He wears a large cap badge with the outline of the state of Texas within a circle which is surmounted by an eagle with its wings outstretched. He wears a badge with the Lone Star of Texas in the center, but I cannot read the lettering surrounding it. I doubt that he would put up with some of the things that go on today.

This is the tunnel under the main prison cell on Alcatraz. Its dark, its rustic and its decayed. Now the rooms adjacent to the tunnel are converted into small museums.

This image is protected by copyright, no use of this image shall be granted without the written permission from Csaba Desvari.

A locomotive.

Sorry for the horrible pic, I tried to take attention away from the fact that the 1x1 round plates I used for lights turned out horribly wrong in the pic by putting some lights on them. =P Unfortunatly I don't have photoshop so it's just Lens Flare in GIMP. It's not my fault tho, I can't find another light so most of it was from one light source (the other is pretty weak). WIll try to make it better next time!

Anyway, it's motorised with a RC motor and can be remote controlled. The raised 2x2 tile on the back turns it on and off.

This is the w/b AEPML-10, which was due to arrive at Mira Loma, CA much sooner, and with four Ferromex units, but I guess one of the three GE techo-toasters had a traction motor fire and it was set-out in AZ. Good for me, as I wouldn't have got this shot if it had been on time, and "three amigos" is fine with me.

This picture meant a lot to me because it embodies how I've been feeling today.

It's as though I'm lifting my cup to God saying, "Okay... You can fill it now!" And waiting for fulfillment.

And just as he has my entire life, this familiar God I know and love comes rushing down in blessing over me with a poetically rainy night and reminders that there are people who love me here... and close.

Yes he did.

This little red stool sat in the bathroom with the scale atop it throughout my childhood. My grandmother bought it for me. I don't remember using it, but must have to reach my toothbrush.

I was delighted to see this in my sister's house.

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This line has been rebuilt to 161kV specs.

This was a Panorama using other lens. It is less detailed but it is complete and show a lot of Stockholm. Only 4 pictures merged, taken from the Radio tower (Käknastornet) in Stockholm .

This is from Great Falls Tavern

from My Summer Vacation in August

This female mountain bluebird and her mate were sticking around their chosen nest box, and he periodically peeped inside it, but neither one was bringing nesting material or fully entering the box yet.

These beautiful little birds are among the first passerines to return to Gallatin County, Montana. Our local Sacajawea Audubon Society maintains many nest boxes along several roads running through rural ranch land and sage brush, providing perfect habitat for them. They are in the process of selecting a box and will lay eggs towards the end of May. By Memorial Day the male and female bluebirds will be shuttling insects to feed the chicks non-stop.

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This is a taller and less wide crop of this panorama.

This is a shot of Eagle Cap and Mirror Lake during the sunset. This panorama is made up of 6 images horizontally stitched together. Mirror Lake is a wonderful setting. I wish you all could experience the indescribable calm of this place. Nothing but the distant roar of the meltwater and a crystal clear lake on a warm evening made for a wonderful, peaceful moment.

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The Plan:

Ever since my 2009 trip to Eagle Cap and the Lakes Basin, I have wanted to go back. Finally my dad and I got a trip planned for the end of August 2011. It was going to be my dad, his friend Wade, and me. The plan was to drive up to the trailhead on August 25th, then camp there. On the morning of the 26th, we were to begin the hike to Mirror Lake, set up camp and relax. We would spend the night at the lake on the 26th. My dad and I were going to get up on the 27th to climb Eagle Cap while Wade relaxed and did some fishing. We would again camp at the lake on the night of the 27th. We would begin our journey out and home early on the morning of the 28th.

The Story:

Day One: It was about mid-afternoon on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 when my mom came and got me from the fairgrounds so that dad, Wade and I could begin our trip to Eagle Cap. I got home and dad and I packed up the Durango and went off to Wade’s house so he could pack his stuff in. From there, we headed off into the afternoon just like last time. This time was a little different though, because I was driving. :) I don’t know what it is, but I just love to drive everywhere. My parents hardly ever drive anymore because of me. :) We made good time and arrived in Lostine, Oregon late in the afternoon. We ate a big and delicious dinner at the Lostine Tavern and started up the road toward the trailhead. Let me tell you, that 11 miles of dirt road was just as rough as I remembered it. We arrived at the parking lot awhile after sunset, so it was getting dark fast. I scouted out a nice spot down on the East fork of the Lostine River…. Funny thing is, it was the same spot that we had intended to camp on last time… But don’t worry! This time we had the tent poles! :) We set up camp and I got a fire going… everything was a bit damp, so I had help from some lighter fluid. :) Before long, we were all tired and the fire was going out, so we hit the sack for the night.

Day Two: We were up bright and early on the 26th. It was time to begin the 7 and a half mile hike up the East fork of the Lostine River to the Lakes Basin. The hike started off pretty well. I’d say we were probably the first ones on the trail and were making good time. It seemed like no time and we were up into the meadow with Eagle Cap in our sights. We started to pass people who were on their way out. One lady we talked to had been up there for five days and she said she had had an interesting trip. She said that Wednesday night (the 24th) some massive thunderstorms had rolled in with tons of rain, lightning, thunder and howling winds. I remember that night I was at the fairgrounds and could see all the lightning to the south. It must have been quite a storm! We continued on and decided to take a lunch break at the little bridge that crosses the Lostine River, which at this point is little more than a creek. It is also at the fork of the trail. The old trail (which has big rocks and logs hastily thrown into it in attempt to keep hikers away) is to the right and the new one to the left. While eating our lunch, a group of friends from the Tri-Cities as well came up. It was a pretty cool surprise. After lunch, it was time for the final push. We decided that since we took the new trail last time, we would take the old one this time. Dad and Wade were slowing down, and I was given permission to go my own pace. So I started on up the trail and soon lost everyone behind me. It is quite something to be hiking alone down an old trail, eventually over a bunch a granite rocks, guessing where the trail goes over those rocks. I found it quite serene and enjoyable at that. It really puts life into perspective. I loved it and arrived at the lake about a half hour or so ahead of the others. I went and scouted out the camp we stayed at back in ’09 then went backwards on the trail until I met up with dad and Wade. We all went and set up camp, got the stove going and relaxed a bit. I was soon running to the outlet stream to go get water to clean. It was so clear. Not a single floater in sight. We used a UV filter and never got sick. While hanging out at camp, a forest ranger wandered into camp. He was a really nice guy. He was just making sure we were keeping our garbage and gear where it should be and making sure we had a stove and didn’t plan on have a fire close to the lake. We talked for about an hour just exchanging hiking stories and making fun of freeze dried meals. :) He soon had to move on and complete his rounds though. I then went down to the lake and broke out the camera. I love taking pictures. There are so many angles to take one from and each is so different. It is quite relaxing to me. It was soon sunset and Mirror Lake really took to its name and went glassy smooth. After the last glow faded, I went up to camp and make myself some hot chocolate and watched as the stars came out. The stars out there at 7200 feet, crystal clear night air, and no light pollution are indescribable. You really just have to see it to comprehend it. The pictures I have don’t do it justice. As night fell, I started clicking away. I did continuous shots for about 2 hours before calling it a night.

Day Three: The next morning (the 27th) was D-day. I got all set to head up the mountain early in the morning. My dad and I set off with light packs while Wade went down to the lake to try some fishing. I was feeling good with such a light load, which was still a lot more than anybody else we saw because I had four bottles of water, too many snacks and 8 or so pounds of camera gear, but it was still good for me. :) The climb up isn’t too bad. You start off with a lot of switchbacks up to the Horton Pass area where is flattens out a bit. Then you quickly start on up the back of Eagle Cap. By this point, I was ready to go for it, but dad wasn’t quite as ready. I was again given permission to go on up the mountain. I met up with a group of guys from Spokane and some of their friends from Georgia. They were a great group of guys and were moving at my pace so I climbed with them. The guy from Georgia was amazed at us crazy westerners climbing our crazy mountains. Apparently The Great Smoky Mountains aren’t very steep…. Haha I’m not a fan of much on the east coast. The Smokies failed to impress me on my visit entirely. Before long… okay, who am I kidding? It was a long haul… we summited. Let me tell you, the view from up there is incredible. You have a wonderful 360 degree view for miles and miles around. I started clicking off panoramas and everything else I felt necessary while munching on a Nature Valley bar. When my dad summited, he checked his phone to find that he had some service. So we both made calls and talked to my mom a bit. Then I decided to make a call to my girlfriend who was back in the Tri-Cities at the fair riding horses. Also, there are a ton of ground squirrels up at the summit….. They are cheap entertainment if you have a few almonds to spare. :) The hike back to camp actually wasn’t bad at all. And let me tell you, it was nice to go dip my feet in the freezing cold lake, seeing as it was in the mid 80’s or so the days we were there. It was good to be back at camp to relax again. After eating some dinner, I once again broke out the camera and spent the remaining daylight down by the lake. I was glad to have shot so many photos of the lake the previous night because the water was less smooth this time around. While I was shooting, Wade, who was about 70 feet down the shoreline from me, caught a fish. It was only about 6 or 7 inches long, but a cool catch nonetheless. When night fell, I was a little less enthusiastic about taking more night shots considering I had more than 250 of them from the previous night. But I still spent about an hour or so trying some light painting on the trees and stuff like that. After that, it was time to hit the sack.

Day Four: The next morning, the 28th, everybody was a bit slow to get up and pack up. I didn’t really want to leave such a wonderful place, but it was time to reunite with civilization. The hike out went pretty smoothly and we were back to the Durango by midday. In the daylight, the dirt road was a little more fun too. The drive home was nice and it was also great to be home. I feel that we had a very successful trip.

Taken on August 26, 2011

Nikon D90

Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 lens

Tiffen UV filter

Exposure Bias: 0EV

Exposure: 1/80sec.

Aperture: f/8

ISO: 200

11mm

This is a rare Kaiser-Willys factory photo that was shot in color. Many of the photos were taken in Michigan even though the factory was in Toledo, Ohio. The model in the picture was quite fashionably dressed for 1954. Note the lack of the "Kaiser Manhattan" fender script on this probably pre-production car..

I color corrected this image to compensate for the dye fade in this nearly 70 year old picture.

I found this beautiful Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) butterfly perched in a shrub of native Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum, Rosaceae) - a perch in the sun on a chilly day. The butterfly looks black and white when it flies, but it is really rich chocolate brown with creamy yellow wing margins. The blue spots are wonderful. I don't see them very often, sometimes in midsummer (like this), but usually in midwinter. This completes a trio of the butterflies that I usually find in midwinter, including the Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and the California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica). A couple of days ago, I spotted a little Blue (Polyommatinae, Lycaenidae) butterfly flying by. The years also fly by! (San Marcos Pass, 16 January 2017)

I had an appointment in town his morning, so I got a late start for new photos today. I took my usual walk in the canyon, and had some luck finding critters! I also found some mushrooms, and I'm falling behind with posting photos. We do have more rain expected on Wednesday night and Friday and again on Sunday, which might give me a chance to catch up. It's a good problem to have.

This is one of the rehabilitated orang-utans that has been released to the wild.

Sepilok, Sabah, Borneo.

To, Too, Two...

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This image is a grid of various blends of the numeral 2 that I created on my way to the final, Too Many Twos, which you can see here:

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Each is a processed blend of some of the most "interesting" numerals 2 on flickr, composed with some of the best images of the number 2 in modern art, composed with images from the Visual Mashups pool that, while entirely abstract, had the same basic form as the number 2.

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Congratulations to the Visual Mashups group!

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It is the source image for the Two of Arts mosaic, which you can see here:

www.flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/3563420741/

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Congratulations to the Visual Mashups group.

This was done in class with Harley Refsal. The pattern was his and was cut on a band saw.

This girl is very precious .

About a year after we moved into this house, we completely remodeled the Master Bath. It was original to the house (about 20 years old) and really cruddy.

Best decision we ever made. I'm so happy to have been able to enjoy the work (and money) put into it for the past 2 years. Now that the house is on the market - it should help it sell.

Nothing worse that having to do updates to your home, and not be able to enjoy them yourself.

Gee - I wonder if the new owners will mind that I'm standing on the bathroom counter?

Happy Bench Monday All!

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Too many exams, too many assignments. No time at all for creative photo-taking.

That all changes tomorrow after writing the final exam for the semester. Yay! Time to dust off the X100, format an SD card, and charge some batteries :)

This way my mother forced me to dress up to 16 years old. My mother loved that I dressed very childish and effeminate, I remember that it was from 6 years old up to 16 years old this was one of the clothes that I used often, always with school socks or ruffled anklets, I could not miss the mary jane shoes, t-bar or orthopedic shoes girl, I looked like a child very sissy. I await your comments.

De esta forma me obligo mi madre a vestir hasta los 16 años. A mi madre le encantaba que vistiera muy infantil y afeminado, recuerdo que fue desde los 6 años y hasta los 16 años de edad esta era una de las vestimentas que utilice a menudo, siempre con calcetas escolares o tobilleras con volantes, no podían faltar los zapatos mary jane, t -Bar o zapatos ortopédicos de niña, me veía como un niño muy mariquita. Espero sus comentarios.

This is cushion buckwheat. For more information: plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=erov

innocent love.

i did this shot as Itunes artwork for the song "This Gravity" by Disco Curtis

December 2013 - This shop is just off Carnaby Street in the great metropolis aka London - It has an interesting 200 year history www.peckhamrye.com/heritage/journey

This is a repost of a photo to fit this series.

This huge car came out just before WW2 started and consumer auto manufacturing came to a halt for several years.

This gull has just landed on a port-hand channel marker in the estuary at Rye Harbour

This looks like a very newly hatched lapwing chick. Or one of those wind-up toys that you sometimes get in a cracker.

Flickr Group Roulette landed on Album Cover Art today. Lucky for me, I just happen to have a new disc dropping this Tuesday. Check it out!

This Cooper's Hawk on church grounds was praying

that the rain would stop ~ St. Augustine, Florida

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hawk

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id/ac

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nombre_de_Dios_%28mission%29

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._augustine_florida

This view of iconic Sugarloaf was sketched from the plaza of the famous Christo Redemptor statue that overlooks the city. Our time here was short, resulting in this simplified line sketch of coastline, landforms and architecture. I will add watercolor in the studio.

This exercise provides training across the spectrum of OCS readiness from requirements and development of warfighter staff integration and synchronization through contract execution supporting the joint force commander. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm/Released)

This is my daily work in "Engel & Volkers".

Aquí os enseño algunas de las fotos que saco a diario en "Engel & Volkers".

For more info: www.engelvoelkers.com/es/vigo

This last weekend the University of Oxford Botanic Garden opened late for its Winter Botanical Wonderland.

This is the original building at Knox Presbyterian Church, built in 1909.

From Wikipedia:

In 1820 the first Presbyterian congregation in Toronto (then the Town of York) was formed, and after the donation of land from Jessie Ketchum, built a church on Richmond Street. This church was known as First Presbyterian Congregation of York, Upper Canada, and James Harris (later to be Ketchum’s son in law) became minister.

There is also a great support and tradition for missionaries, both on the home and International scenes. There is a current roster of 46 (19 couples), as well as 17 “Phase 2” Missionaries (4 couples) who are supported in their retirement years; along with others who have been linked through liaisons with other recognized organizations including the Presbyterian Church.

This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 100 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, processed with Color Efex, and finally touched up in Aperture.

Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 1006.56 MB).

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This beauty is from a plant I got at my local Home Depot, photo'd here under my usual RGB lighting scheme while also illuminated from behind.

[C3 0520] Alt Tags: Canon Rebel T3i EOS 600D

Originally known as the Buckboard Drive In, this is located at 1222 S Riverfront Blvd, Dallas Texas. Riverfront was originally named Industrial Blvd. Why the name change?, good question!

No longer the Buckboard Drive In, this is known today as La Movida. Open.

Google shows this place to be open from 10am to 2am!

The Buckboard was active until sometime in the 1990s.

The structure was built Circa: 1961.

Photo Taken: October 5 2014.

Photo Taken By: Randy A. Carlisle

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This is probably the best still life that I've painted yet. It's about 40" wide, and depicts a goat-skin drum with a stringless violin, an alto recorder, and four books.

I painted it without cameras, or any other mechanical aid, strictly from life in about 8 hours.

This fellow demonstrated splitting staves from the tree trunk.

This small pin dish is by Marshall Studios of Veedersburg, Indiana. There are faint hand-incised numbers reading P227. It was found in Madison, Wisconsin.