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This is the old ranch road that goes down to the beach & laguna at Arroyo de la Cruz. This view across the soft chaparral to the ridge across the highway (on the Hearst Ranch, private property) caught my eye on a visit on a cold, foggy morning. Boy, was I glad to get away from the freezing blasts at the blufftop trail into a bit of shelter from these scrubby Monterey pines! This is a reliably interesting walk -- but more pleasant on calm days. Non-existent in spring or early summer, in my experience,
This is the oldest British flyable aircraft.
Built in 1912 by Robert Blackburn, it is the only one of this model constructed.
If you look very carefully, you can just see the engine cylinders, below the propeller shaft, which rotate around the crankshaft in the opposite direction to the propeller, as this is a rotary engine (not to be confused with a radial engine.)
Turns are aided by warping or twisting the wings via cables. Wing warping was invented and patented by the Wright Brothers, who vigorously defended their patents - it is likely that Wilbur, in particular, spent more time in court than he ever spent in the air.
Despite its fragile appearance, the Blackburn type D was capable of 60mph and a flight duration of more than 2 hours.
The aircraft was damaged in a landing accident in 1914 and later purchased by Richard Shuttleworth. It was restored to flight in 1947 and can be seen on calm days flying at The Shuttleworth Collection's base of Old Warden.
This flower is also known as Nigella. It was growing in my garden for the first time ever so of course I had to photograph it.
This image is available on getty images www.gettyimages.be/search/2/image?family=creative,editori...
This stylized build of the Grand Canyon is part of a RebelLUG collab to showcase different national parks. I chose the Grand Canyon because of its iconic status and distinct appearance. I tried to use as many earth-toned wedge plates as I can to create the patterns of the sedimentary layers.
Spring is around the corner, and the birds were enjoying the beautiful sunrise on the rooftops in Aberdeen this morning.
This is what happens when I try to take a shortcut home to make it in time for dinner and end up choosing the least safe route. Sammy and I almost became dinner ourselves!
I'm wearing:
MadPea Shark Bite Hat
MONTANA Tee by Cold-Ash
CHINO Shorts by Cold-Ash
[P.0.E] - Messenger Bag (Demo) Crate
REBELLION = "ELLISON" SANDALS
Props:
Synnergy Flooded Room Backdrop (dismantled and altered for my scene)
Dock piling (2 Prim) by Kagehi Kohn
My lovely pet ♥
JIAN Pets Splashy Spaniels / Brit. Gold
The bitey sharks:
JIAN Sharks
Background was taken at Fruit Islands Surf beach (Frozen Banana)
Beautiful staircase at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt am Main.
Chasing after staircases with Karsten Gieselmann in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
For those of you who enjoy black and white photography, please visit and feel free to join my group www.flickr.com/groups/fabworldinbw/ where a lot of very talented photographers and artists have kindly allowed me to showcase their extraordinary work.
Doja Cat - Been Like This
Picture taken at Sanctuary....go check out this beautiful remodel of my friends sim. Great for pictures. Here is your TP
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☣ Outfit: Bipolar - Oli Set @ Mainstore
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☣ Pose: Indigo - Fiera #2 @ Anthology
This ornament goes back to my childhood years.
Taken for Crazy Tuesday - topic - December Decorations/Ornaments
This cucumber tendril taken in my greenhouse, is my Macro Monday contribution for this weeks theme of Spirals. HMM
Another from the archives, this is the ceiling of The Clifton Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul here in Bristol.
Below in comments is a shot of the outside I took on the same day.
This captivating shot perfectly captures an Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in a delightful moment, as it seemingly stretches its wings on a grassy cliffside. The vibrant orange and yellow hues of its distinctive beak truly stand out against its crisp black and white plumage. The puffin's widespread wings reveal the contrasting white underwing feathers.
This gander wanted to see if I had any kind of treat... other than a quick camera shot or sassy word.. lol
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. In usually make these baubles for others as gifts, but on occasion I make one or two baubles for myself. This is one such bauble.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 20th of December is "sequins", so I thought I would show you this special bauble I chose to make for myself. If you would like to see the other baubles I have made as gifts for friends over the years, you can find them in this album: www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/albums/72157649901152375/. I hope you like my choice of subject for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
As this is the last "Looking Close on Friday" before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
Each bauble I make is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large star sequins which are 10mm, the sunburst sequins which are 12 mm and the small gold border sequins which are 2mm and very, very fiddly. The sunburst sequins are French and are known as "éclate de soleil" - "sunbursts". Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
or in German - "Das ist das Haus von Nikolaus".
With this saying, we teach children to draw a classic gabled house by drawing a line or stroke for each of the six syllables.
Well ... Herzog & de Meuron have chosen a composition that elongates these classic gabled houses and stacks them offset on top of each other, leaving the floor open inwardly where the intersecting surfaces meet in order to lead the stairwells to the various floors. From the inside, the stacked construction is actually not noticeable at all, except perhaps within the open gable window areas.
Well, good architects, even those of the Renaissance, Baroque, or Classicism periods, have always broken the rule of symmetry, either obviously or subtly, because otherwise a building loses its “human” touch and becomes too boring or predictable.
Here I'll show you the place where the simple gable pattern was interrupted and a gabled house "fitted at the waist" was inserted.
(original photo, nothing is faked)
Deutsch
Nun, Herzog und de Meuron haben hier eine Komposition gewählt, diese klassischen Giebelhäuser in die Länge zu ziehen und sie versetzt aufeinander zu stapeln und dort, wo sich die Schnittflächen bilden, den Boden nach innen hin offen zu lassen, um dort die Treppenhäuser in die verschiedenen Etagen zu führen.
Und von Innen ist die Stapelkonstruktion eigentlich gar nicht wahrnehmbar, wird höchsten innerhalb der offenen Giebelfensterflächen etwas deutlich.
Nun, gute Architekten, selbst die der Renaissance oder des Barocks oder des Klassizismus, haben die Regel der Symmetrie immer offensichtlich oder irgendwo subtil unterbrochen, weil ein Gebäude sonst das "Menschliche" verliert und zudem zu langweilig oder Voraussehbar wird.
Hier zeig ich euch die Stelle, wo das einfache Giebelschema unterbrochen wurde und ein "tailliertes" Giebelhaus eingeschoben wurde.
;-) ...
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An unladen Bright Venture makes her way into Newcastle Harbour. This 229 metre long bulk carrier has arrived from Japan to grab a load of coal.
Takumar 20mm f3.5 wide open
on Ainsworth St., Portland Oregon.
15October2020
Kodak Portra 400, Minolta SRT101. Epson Scan. Developed and printed with sloppy border by Blue Moon Camera.
This was the most difficult of days to photograph in. Trying to focus on this family with winds blowing and heavy snow falling was a challenge. At times they were rolling in the snow and sliding down a hill in white out conditions. I did come away with some interesting pictures :-)!
This was meant to be just a recce as I favour a good sunset (ok we don't seem to get those atm) but the walk from where you park the car is longer then I expected especially when I've been suffering from a bit of a Lyme flare up this week. However for me poppies are enough of a motivation to shake off any aches and pains!!
The light and shadows I think were enough for me to come away with a couple of shots that weren't completely flat but I do favour that golden light
I hope to return before they go over! And summer where are you?
This is a detail shot of one of the engines at the engine hall at the colliery Zollern II/IV at Dortmund. This is one of the first shots with my new Samyang 20/1.8 ultra wide angle lens.
This HDR shot was processed from 5 different exposures.