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Two of my favorite 35mm film cameras: Canon EF (1976) and Asahi Pentax ES II (1973)
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Canon_EF
camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pentax_ES_II
The Pentax i purchased on the dutch ebay "Marktplaats" for only € 22,- incl. sunshade, nice cute Gossen sixtino exposure meter and macro tubes. I have put in a film for some test shots. Sounds, looks and feels like in full working order!
photograph made with a Minolta 50mm f 1.7 af lens on my digital alpha 850
A female Orchard Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio aegeus) rests on a Pittosporum seedling, having been chased and shadowed by the male (bottom right) for about three minutes. He left her alone though, flying off solo without any further interaction. Wingspan about 10cm.
Blond & Pretty, Hot & Sexy Twin Sister Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddesses with Long Blonde Hair!
One of these may be in my LA gallery show!
While shooting stills with a Nikon D800 & video with a Sony NEX 6 with my 45surfer rig, I set another D800 up on the rocks for video! Enjoy some of the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIwKVQ0JOA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpIJ6c7u0g
In a Malibu sea cave!
They were tall, thin, pretty, hot, beautiful and hard to tell apart! :)
Twin sister goddesses!
Shot with my rather expensive B&W CP (circular polarizer)--the B W XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating ! I love the finish it gives! Nothing in post compares! :)
Finished in Lightroom 5!
Nikon D800 Photographs of two beautiful blonde swimsuit bikini model twin sisters shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
Classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long straw-blonde hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Enjoy!
May the goddesses inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
The tall, golden-haired, blue-eyed twin goddesses were modeling the black & gold Braveheat Sword (Cross) simsuit and "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! Love, love, love the 70-200mm F/2.8 Lens! Holding it up all day, alongside the Sony NEX 6 with the 50mm F/1.8 lens for cool video bokeh which I have mounted under the Nikon D800E camera, is quite the workout! My shoulders have gotten bigger after so many days with six hour shoots in the AM and 3 hour shoots in the PM holding that rig up :). Plus I have to carry all the gear, books, and clothes a few hundred yards up and down the steep cliffs. I count my photography days as two workout days. :) But I love it! Every day presents a puzzle--how to figure out the light, and every model presents a mystery to be unlocked--what are her best angles/poses/actions? Nothing beats the challenge of capturing the natural beauty of a day out there, when the light's dynamic range can change by a factor of ten in a few minutes as the mist burns away to reveal the sun, and then the wind whips up and a fog rolls on in, making it seem like a windy December dusk in July. One must always be mindful of tide, times, and temperatures and work quickly before the cameras get too hot in the sun, or the model gets too cold in the wind, as the tide and rogue waves reach out to grab your equipment/props/clothes and claim them for Poseidon, the god of the sea . Beach photography/video is just like surfing, with the conditions always changing and every wave a bit different. Studio photography is like riding an exercise bike set at level 1 in a gym in front of a TV. And shooting stills and video @ the same time is like Jimmy Page or Slash improvising on his double-necked guitar.
I'm working on a book called "Lone Cowboy Photography: A Humble Hero's Journey into the Art of Photography" about how to shoot it all on your own--stills and video for sports, portraits, and landscapes--with no assistants nor teams. Just you and the goddesses, the heroic athletes, the majestic, epic landscapes, and a copy of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to teach you of the poetry of epic, heroic beauty. You gotta be ready, son--you gotta be ready for quick-draw showdowns at sunrise and sunset, during the magic hours and in the harsh light at high noon. Every shoot is over the second you finish packing your bags for the day with all your batteries, backup cameras, freshly-cleaned lenses, washed and folded clothes and hoodies, and props and polarizer filters. Every shoot ends the second the prep is over, and the fun, and art, and life of the live performance begins. :) "Every fighter has a plan," said boxing great Mike Tyson, "Until they get hit."
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
My two little dogs... Comet and Daisy
I hadn't realised that the markings on their heads are so similar, just different colours and a mirror-image
Mt. Diablo way in the background. At just under 4,000 feet, it dominates the topography of the East Bay. On a very clear day you can see Mt. Shasta from its peak. Maybe with eyes younger than mine.
Straight from the camera.
Checking out the abandoned house next to my new house with pparviainen and hhuhtamo. What more could I ask, my very own abandoned house 100 meters from my home, haha! :D
Order my art prints here!
These two grave stones in the cemetery of St. Botolph's Church in Apsley Guise are of a husband and wife. Sadly I'm unable to find out any more about them. Their stones are quite decorative and simple in design, which made them stand out in the cemetery.
The inscription on the left reads:
Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Cole relict of Fenn Cole who departed this life (1834? unreadable)
The inscription on the right reads:
Sacred to the memory of Fenn Cole who departed this life October 6th 1821
December 2, 2012 on a vist to Sumner a seaside place near city. A hot summers day!
Sumner is nestled in a coastal valley separated from the adjacent city suburbs by rugged volcanic hill ridges that end in cliffs that descend to the sea shore in places. Sumner Bay is the first bay on the northern side of Banks Peninsula and faces Pegasus Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Because of its ocean exposure, a high surf can form in some swell conditions. The beach is gently sloping, with fine grey sand. It is a popular surf beach for these reasons.
Sand dunes have filled the river valley behind the beach. This has made housing construction relatively easy, although flooding at the head of the valley has been a problem in the past due to the reverse slope caused by the sand dunes filling the front of the valley. This has been addressed by a flood drain.
The rocky volcanic outcrop of Cave Rock dominates the beach. There are other rocky outcrops in the area and the volcanic nature of the geology is readily apparent from several of the exposed cliffs around the valley.
A sea wall and wide esplanade have been built along the length of the beach to prevent coastal erosion.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner,_New_Zealand
Two Dennis Trident / Plaxton Presidents are seen at King's Road. Newly repainted in Weinrot und Weiss number 684 (SN04 ADV) is here being removed from service and passengers were asked to transfer to number 700 (SN04 AEU) which will continue the journey to Levenhall.
This is one of several places where a 'run-round' is made using the roundabout a little further on and up to the right to return the vehicle in the opposite direction. This can be to fill in a gap where a bus is missing or very late, or where two or even three bunch together and so removing the need for all these buses by turning one around. In this case number 684 was turned round and taken back into Marine depot.
Now this practice can be infuriating for enthusiasts! I may have chosen to go to the terminus at Levenhall to have time to take my photographs, only to discover in this case that it wouldn't have turned up at all!
This kind of thing has happened many times to me at other 'run-round' places : Service 26 Clerwood (when they can be taken down the back road), Service 26 at Drumbrae roundabout, 11 at Newhaven / Craighall roundabout, 27 at Crewe Toll roundabout and there are numerous others - so if you are waiting for your bus to photograph at the terminus and it doesn't turn up that's often the reason!
100 Block of S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Ill
Walking south on Michigan Ave. I heard a woman say, "Oh, my. I think I'm going to get sick." Then another woman say, "Disgusting." People in front of me were gawking to my left. Turning, I see two young ladies, dressed in bride dresses being photographed on the median in the center of Michigan Ave. If it was a show it was an impressive one as they kissed, they dipped and they held each other close. Passersby stopped and stared, cars stopped as drivers and passengers alike stared or got out their picture phones and the onlookers on the sidewalks pulled out their cameras. It was one of the most interesting random events I've ever seen, not because of the photo shoot, but how everyone reacted to it, only in Chicago.
Today the forecast was for rain so I took Amber off to the nearby fields and woods. It did rain a bit but not too bad. So just a couple of images for today the only bit of sunshine and a couple of my favourite tree.
Illustrator Charles Copeland.
From "The Little Kingdom First Reader" by Nettie Alice Sawyer, 1912, illustrated with line drawings by Charles Copeland and silhouettes by Clara P. Reynolds. Copyrighted by Nettie Alice Sawyer. Published by by Rand McNally & Co.
Models: Teresa /Modelpoint & Belinda / Model Network
Style: Niina Erkkilä
MUAH: Susu Holm
Assist: Arto Rusanen
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ok this is it for a while, folks. we're leaving for vacation very early tomorrow morning, but i'm saying farewell to flickr tonight so i can pack and get ready for two weeks in maine -- wooot! we'll be in portland for a week with old friends, then a pitstop at llbean, then a week just with the hubs in a cottage on the coast, with some books, some wine and the ocean.
so i'll leave you with some lines on the asphalt and some lines from the boss:
hey what else can we do now
except roll down the window
and let the wind blow back your hair
well the night's busting open
these two lanes will take us anywhere
we got one last chance to make it real
to trade in these wings on some wheels
climb in back
heaven's waiting on down the tracks
oh oh come take my hand
riding out tonight to case the promised land
oh oh thunder road, oh thunder road
oh thunder road
lying out there like a killer in the sun
hey i know it's late we can make it if we run
oh thunder road, sit tight take hold
thunder road
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Two Butterfly species I captured this summer. The top shots are are of a Bronzed Copper. The bottom is a Western White.
Alternate species identification might be Purplish Copper and Checkered White. I am new at Butterfly identification.
London United TA209 (SN51 SYH) loads for Surbiton on a 281 journey, with another bus running full route to Tolworth behind.
Bringing up the rear of all four buses is an Abellio Surrey 514 - I'd seen enough of the Christmas chaos in Kingston and escaped on said 514, heading to Surbiton to find the new Enviro200 I'd seen (and missed) on the other 514 working earlier in the day at West Molesey.
Eden Street, Kingston, Greater London.