About this Photo:

Partially frozen lake seen from bridge. Taken on a New Year's Day nature hike around Lower Shaker Lake (Shaker Heights, Ohio). Photo stylized a bit in Photoshop to give it a bit of a painting look and feel.

Some History:

The Shaker Lakes/Doan Brook watershed is a 11.7 mi2 (30.3 km2) system that begins in the "heights" east of Cleveland (the Cities of Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights and University Heights) atop the Portage Escarpment and drops nearly 550 feet (168 m) as it flows West and North through University Circle (the cultural and educational center of Cleveland), Wade Park, Rockefeller Park and Gordon Park on its way to Lake Erie. The system contains four impounded lakes constructed by the Shakers in the early 19th century, and 8.1 miles (13.0 km) of stream channel that varies from "urban wilderness" (approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) sheltered by deep gorges in the Bedford and Cleveland shale) to sections channelized with elegant stone revetments. There is also a 1.3 mile (2.1 km) reach culverted under University Circle. Lower Shaker Lake was constructed in 1826 to power a saw mill and is believed to be the oldest impoundment in the state of Ohio. However, by the turn of the century, the "heights" were urbanizing and by 1940 had become some of the most glorious urban residential real estate in the country. Land use in the watershed is predominantly residential (85%) and is nearly saturated. Only 12 % of the area is undeveloped, and much of this is park land adjacent to the stream.

This damn lens is so sharp it made a cut on one of my finger :)

This window drew just as much attention (and photographers) as some of the exhibits on Nuit Blanche.

Sorry about the title; I really couldn't help myself :)

this is how a grown an cries

This is Ariel. She is a mom-to-be and didn't have any nice pictures of herself during this unique period of her life. She got in contact with me through a mutual friend and we met up in Bannerman Park on Monday after work. Thankfully we had a reasonably nice day (it was cool, but sunny). April in Newfoundland is not 'Spring' like it is most places. Anyways, we spent about an hour shooting in the park using just the natural light. I'd love to try strobes outdoors sometime, but I just find it tough to pull off on my own - I already have 2 cameras around my neck, I don't want camera stands and modifiers on my back too! Because we had such nice sunlight I tried to do some backlighting techniques to show off her shape and give a kind of soft/magical mood to the images. Ariel is looking great too which helps a lot! I took a bunch of shots and these are some of my favorites.

These were all shot with my D90 and the 85mm f/1.8D - all natural light.

This is NOT a Hearse, this is a Station Wagon based on a Rolls Royce but with Bentley badges.This unique Bentley Station wagon does have rear seats for passengers so a coffin will not fit inside. Needless to say this has been built specially as Rolls Royce never made any official Station wagon. This one has been parked up, covered in dust but otherwise nothing wrong with it. The rear of this Bentley is right up against the wall so it was difficult to get clear pictures of the "Unique Rear" unlike the front which was accessible with plenty of space. Very Rare and special Roller/Bentley

The vehicle details for MDF 101V are:

Date of Liability01 06 2014

Date of First Registration01 08 1979

Year of Manufacture1979

Cylinder Capacity (cc)6750cc

CO2 EmissionsNot Available

Fuel TypePETROL

Export MarkerN

Vehicle StatusSORN Not Due

Vehicle ColourGREEN

This outfit best be revealed at home...maybe take it out one day? :-)

This is about to be parted out so I thought I'd throw up some snaps.

This birthday cake was for my friend's daughter, celebrated at Frank's in Austin. This shot was taken by Number 9 Photography (Austin). It's a 3-tier cake with a half-height middle tier and handmade sugar anemone.

This is my entry to the March challenge over at BRC and to the excellent TIB Manna Energy Dress Drive.

The challenge was to customize a simple white dress and to add a few items.

I decided to keep most of the original fabric and shape of the dress.

I shortened the skirt a bit, did some minor adjustment to the collar and sleeves, added some lace trim and replaced the velcro with snap fasteners.

The set also incluses a corset, apron and headband in traditional edelweiss-and-heart print cotton I got during a trip to the Alps, 2 pairs of lace-trimmed stockings and a little feltie friend: a white doeling by the name of Snowflake.

Of course I had to call the set "Alps no Shoujo".

How could I not?

This photo was taken over break on April 14th at my aunts house in Southern Pines. This birds nest was right behind the shutters of the house. Birds provide a number of resources to the environment. One of which is them being pollinators. This particular species I believe is a Chickadee because of the sounds its mother made. It is important that birds survive and reproduce because they pollinate plants, disperse seeds, scavenge carcasses, and recycle nutrients back into the earth. This particular species plays a role in recycling nutrients back into the earth and controlling insect populations including spiders. Without these roles fulfilled by the birds there would be less plants therefore less to eat for animals and us. Also, birds are a major food source for many animals such as snakes, spiders, wild cats, etc.. Without this food source there would be a decline in these animals which fulfill their own roles in the environment.

I accidentally left my ISO at 2000 hence the crazy grainyness..

but i really like this photo anyway!

This is actually an ongoing photo challenge on Facebook that Cholo decided to bring here on flickr... the game, for every day for the next 5 days post one black and white photo of your dollies and for each day you nominate 1 or more flickr friends to do the same. GAME!

If you want to join but no one nominated you, you can always join the game!

Journey to Atlantis, SeaWorld Orlando

**update on camera**

My hubby bought me a new one as an early anniversary present! Apparently he had been planning to anyway, and the old one biting it just made it happen a bit sooner! So some time next week I should be back to spamming...err...sharing pics of my sewing :)

This costume has me... intrigued. Confused because of the mustache but intrigued by the rest of the package.

this was done in a white tent on a 3hr macro workshop day, great frog

This massive cybernetic dragon is kind of an overwhelming opponent, if just because of all of those templates.

This is the Chichen Itza airport

This is the last WIP picture, also the last shot without a proper name for this vessel. Four more support craft have yet to be built- two heavy fighters and two forklifts.

this is an oldie, maybe one of the first things i did with processing in 3d. i was reminded of this form when reused here, realized i never posted it anywhere, and thought i'd dig up the originals. an homage to m. c. escher's sphere spirals of course, though much simpler mathematically (no riemann spheres here! :D)

this shot reminds me of how amazing my eyes can be... (and how someone used to refer to them)

oh, and the sepia... is just for you, Andy!

[could've been Day 333]

This girl is something else <33333

Thank you thank you thank you Amanda for the Awesome dress <3

I keep meaning to take pix of Jalapeño in it and well Today its rainy and gross and I decided I needed a bright picture of a bright Baby So yay!

GoPro Hero 4 Black.

This Scania 113m and tri-axle boxvan combination operated by Polkacrest is seen exiting the M6 for a break at the Sandbach service area.

This store opened in October 2005 and closed January 28, 2016

This what happens when I'm bored on a saturday morning.

This was the main motor that drove the Big Dipper. It is house in a small shack next to the main drive at the bottom of the first hill.

1878-1978

The sliver of light between the two buildings as the Sun broke the horizon is just fabulous.

made this yesterday...

Now I have to sand sand sand

and then I'll glue the legs (I'm using putty in this pic) and colour them brightly for Jayou's room! I have 3 more stools.

In these days I like thinking of making my own furniture for puki because matching the size is really difficult.

I wanted a lot of megahouse items but some are very little. I also received a 1:18 Vespa model today and even if it fits well it's a bit to little.

So for simple furniture I'll do it myself.

Next project: Gugu's room! Since he's "so cool" he'll have an all white and black room, with minimalistic things and a big wardrobe.

I'd also like to do other mammut things, but they may be too complicated... maybe the bed? Or the library?

This Ski-doo appeared in the movie "Die Another Day'. This is one of the vehicles in the James Bond building at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.

This is a quick (few seconds with GIMP) modification of "Free crumpled paper texture for layers" by Pink Sherbet Photography"; original:

flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/2978651767/

This is the classroom this year. I've tried to do a better job of making it visually appealing to my students, but also useful. I'm really rocking the blue tape this time around.

This Deco Spanish/Moorish building by Weidmaier and Gay is newly renovated.

This was taken at my first visit to Anfield. Steven Gerrard is watched by Daniel Pacheco as he warms up.

This one did not make the grade and got cut.

Pattern can by found at content.janome.com/index.cfm/ProjectCenter/Project_Detail...

This is a collection of images taken at the Northampton Township Senior Center’s Holiday Party. To hear audio talking about the photo shoot and the settings I used please check out my blog at www.jaredpolin.com

This is a project that I am currently working on.

I feel that today's society is becoming increasingly obsessed with privacy laws, freedom from media and surveillance - a notion explored in the exhibition "Exposed" at the Tate - with reality T.V shows such as Louis Theroux's documentaries giving the viewer a more intimate experience to the subjects by using unscripted social interaction. With this project I aimed to confront these issues and implications through the theme of 'voyeurism'.

The title for this project is appropriated from the poem 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning; a dramatic monologue in which the speaker describes a scene where he is waiting for his lover to return. When she enters, she explains how she has momentarily overcome societal strictures to be with him. However, realising that she will eventually give in to societies pressures, and wanting to preserve this moment of her worshiping him, he slowly wraps her hair around her neck and strangles her.

This timeless quality is also evident in Craig Horsfield's 'Hernando Gomez', where the sitter's gaze extend's beyond the the picture frame into the unknown, which "disrupts the sense of time and pulls the viewer beneath the ephemeral moment into 'slow time' ". Here the past and present coexist. Similarly, I aim to create the appearance of voyeurism through the subject's despondent facial expression, allowing the viewer to observe from the voyeur's perspective. Along the bottom of this image, I have experimented with the notion that the digital world has become increasingly intrusive, referring the surveillance cameras, and that there's always someone watching you. Here I have used multiple flash photography self-portraits to produce a second faint image of the subject. I created this by using my phone light as opposed to the bright light of the first flash. The result is somewhat ominous and gives the appearance of someone looking over their shoulder. Along the top row I have explored the theme by photographing my friend in various intimate scenarios from secret vantage points.

Mechanical and industrial imagery is also featured in Justin Mortimer's work, and I am intrigued by his bright and acidic colour palette. I aimed to use a similar coloration in my above preparatory drawing, and feel it pierces through the foreground in an intrusive manner, reflecting the voyeuristic theme. In addition, I was influenced by the abstraction in his work. With this collage, I built up layers of coloured paper, and ripped through the layers to create a rough indication of the subject in their surroundings. As I corrected the drawing over this, it became disjointed against the the initial abstract shapes in the background, creating confusion and ambiguity.

For the final outcome to this project, I intend to create a series of multiple images in a variety of media, including painting, photography and prints to adhere to the obsessive nature of voyeurism.

This house is located on South Grand Street in Monroe Louisiana. I believe it is now an orphanage. If anyone knows it's history, please let me know.

Shot at Camelot Theme Park, Charnock Richard

This is Ginger's nose. I shot it with my macro tube. I also tried to get her eyes, but they were pretty goopy. How ironic that her nose was pretty clear and her eyes were goopy! Ha. Well. This is different.

This was the location where high ranking Nazi officials met to confirm plans to destroy every one of the 11 million Jews in Europe. Photos by Auschwitz Study Group contributer Hannah Wilson

This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 4th of May 1915.

During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.

The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images or have any stories or information to add please comment below.

Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.

This is Catch Photo #10 for a game of Photo Catch I'm playing with my Partner Darek (aka blankspace321) . We each take turns adding something to the photo. We limit this to 20 additions each. This is my 5th.

This is a ticket for the MORNING MATINEE on March 1, 1948. It also starred FRAZIER THOMAS and the JOE LUGAR Orchestra.

This female zombie was committed to her character and one of the scariest zombies at the walk this year.

This lava wasn't here four years ago when we were here. This is a fresh flow from June, 2003.

This image shows a few changes in these buildings when compared with the photo below taken in 2008, the most noticeable change being the tattoo parlor that now occupies the nearest building.