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Used for a Facebook challenge with the theme "THE Place".
Seen on an evening walk to and from the area around the Black Bascule Light and the White Lighthouse.
From a week-long family summer vacation in a rented house in Skagen, Denmark - July 04, 2020.
Thought of using tomato but ended up with these red grapes. .. getting over ripe but very sweet. Still have a bunch. Maybe it's time to freeze them.
Background is a plastic cutting board mat which is also translucent. Used two flashlights. One was cellphone.
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I used to go to some clubs, and some would ask why I dress like this, a couple friends even, if you don't like it, don't look. This is what I like, its MY second life.
There were several super aggressive immature male rufous hummingbird at the Ramsey Canyon Cabins and Bird Sancuary. I watched this guy chase all kinds of other species from "HIS" feeder. He even went after a Rivoli's Hummingbird which looked to be about twice his size (but the Rivoli's held his ground) He seemed to really use that fanned tail to his maneuvering advantage.
Rambler is an automobile brand name that was first used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914.
Charles W. Nash bought Jeffery in 1916, and Nash Motors reintroduced the name to the automobile marketplace from 1950 through 1954. The "Rambler" trademark registration for use on automobiles and parts was issued on 9 March 1954 for Nash-Kelvinator.
Nash merged with the Hudson Motor Car Company to form American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1954. The Rambler line of cars continued through the 1969 model year in the United States and 1983 in international markets.
Rambler cars were often nicknamed the "Kenosha Cadillac" after the original location and their most significant place of manufacture in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The first use of the name Rambler for an American-made automobile dates to 1897 when Thomas B. Jeffery of Chicago, Illinois, builder of the Rambler bicycle, constructed his prototype automobile.
After receiving positive reviews at the 1899 Chicago International Exhibition & Tournament and the first National Automobile Show in New York City, Jeffery entered the automobile business. Following the sudden death of his Rambler partner, R. Philip Gormully, Jeffery sold their bicycle business to the American Bicycle Company, but retained rights to the Rambler name. In 1900, he bought the old Sterling Bicycle Co. factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and set up shop.
Thomas Jeffery and his son Charles experimented with such early technical innovations as a steering wheel (as opposed to a tiller), left-hand driving and the engine placement under a hood instead of under the seat, but they was decided that such features were too advanced for the motoring public of the day. The first Ramblers were tiller-steered, had right-hand drive, and the single-cylinder engine was positioned under the seat. Rambler innovated various design features and was the first to equip cars with a spare wheel-and-tire assembly. This allowed the driver, when experiencing a flat tire, to exchange the spare wheel and tire for the flat one, rather than patching.
Jeffery started commercially mass-producing automobiles in 1902. By the end of the year the company had produced 1,500 motor cars, priced at US$750 (equivalent to $27,257 in 2024), one-sixth of all cars that were manufactured in the U.S. during that year. The Thomas B. Jeffery Company was the second largest auto manufacturer at that time, behind Oldsmobile.
In 1904, Jeffery built 2,342 Ramblers. Higher-powered two-cylinder versions with front-mounted engines and steering wheels were now available. In 1905, the single-cylinder was discontinued, and three larger two-cylinder models priced from $1,200 to $3,000 were offered (equivalent to between US$42,000 and $105,000 in 2024). A Rambler four-cylinder was introduced in 1906.
New employee Edward S, Jordan, who would later become Jeffery's secretary and general manager, provided advertising copy such as "The Right Car at the Right Price", “June Time Is Rambler Time”, and other similarly evocative phrases. By 1906, Rambler was considered an industry leader, with one of the best-equipped automobile factories. Thomas Jeffery was not interested in increasing mass production, however, and settled into a pattern of producing 2,500 Ramblers a year.
In 1910, all Ramblers were now four-cylinder medium-priced cars. While on vacation in 1910, Thomas B. Jeffery died of a heart attack and his son Charles took over the newly incorporated Thomas B. Jeffery Company. Charles increased annual production by about 500 cars and, in 1912, introduced new Ned Jordan model names such as Cross Country, Country Club, Knickerbocker, and Valkyrie. For 1913 the last Rambler branded models were the Cross Country roadster and touring car, an Inside Drive coupe and the Gotham Limousine, priced from US$1,650 to $2,750 (equivalent to between US$52,000 and $87,000 in 2024).
In 1914, Charles T. Jeffery, Thomas B. Jeffery's son, replaced the Rambler brand name with Jeffery in honor of his now-deceased father.
In 1916, the Thomas B. Jeffery Company was purchased by Charles W. Nash and became Nash Motors Company in 1917. The Jeffery brand name was dropped at the time of the sale. The manufacture of Nash-branded automobiles commenced. In 1937, the concern became the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation through a merger with the major appliance maker.
Camera used: Pinhole homemade camera 6X6
Camara Estenopeica, hecha en casa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100
Exposure: 10sec.
Pinhole-8 (6X6)
Pinhole .25mm
F.L. 33mm
F:132
Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
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well there's been a few shots of the sunrise in Auckland already on Flickr today, here's my contribution - was a beaut morning, the ship was a very slow beast so managed to take out the tiny bit of blur from the exposure.
There was even a seal bobbing around, never seen one in the gulf before and bit to far out for my 10-22mm but so good to watch this seen unfold in total peace with this chap.
(not HDR), colours were quite strong this morning
FG @ 1.6sces f8, sky 1/10 @ f8, DRI,-currently replacing my crap filters even though I did use my 3stop GND on this (not quite enough though)!
If you use the zoom tool. the yellow lore patch is visible. This feature distinguishes this swan species from my previously posted Trumpeter Swans. Trumpeter Swans never have the yellow lore patch (Sibley)
Lois Hole centennial Provincial Park. St. Albert, Alberta.
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Hi everyone... I want to give your wonderful guys and gals an update... although I still struggle with chronic pain on a daily basis, some days are better than others. I still cannot shoot like I was used to... stooping, bending over, sitting on the ground, etc as is necessary to shoot macro, still isn't possible for me. For now, I must be content to (re)edit and (re)publish shots in my archives.
If you are in a position to help, I have setup an account to accept donations, even as little as the price of a coffee. Anything would be greatly appreciated. See my "About" page on Flickr for the link. Thank you. www.flickr.com/people/jax_chile/
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Raindrops on a Red Rose - Dec 2019 - Coming Night Van Gogh BC - TS2 LR
I have used my vacation as a birding SPREE!!! And I'm particularly happy about this one, these plovers are occasionally seen in my part of California, but never when I look for them. But they're moderately common in Hawaii, I saw several on the Big Island, enough that I was able to get a couple of passable pictures.
Puako, Kona Coast, Hawaii. October, 2022.
I use to pass every day in front of it but at the end of afternoon, there was a special light just on the top of the little windows.
I regret sometimes do not have lens for it because I noticed that there was a black bird on top.
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.
After visiting Kirkjufell, we stayed at the Grundarfjörður campsite and continued further east the next day, where we hiked up Saxhóll crater, visited Svöðufoss and went on a whale watching tour in Ólafsvík. We then decided to stay that night at the campsite in Ólafsvík as there were showers available there (unlike in Grundarfjörður, where you had to use the showers of the swimming pool right next to the campsite, which was of course closed at later hours), but before settling down for the night we seriously considered visiting Kirkjufell again, especially since it was very close by. I still had the beautiful sunset from the day before in my mind (which you can see in my last upload), but half an hour before sunset it was very overcast with no sign of sunlight and hence we decided to stay in our campervan.
Half an hour later, however, I couldn’t resist looking out of the window checking the sunset and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I know that the weather in Iceland can change very quickly, but I didn’t think that a heavily clouded sky can break up and give rise to such an explosion of colors. Well, there was I standing in awe, regretting that I didn’t drive to Kirkjufell again, but then I tried to make the best of it. Since the campsite was in the foreground, I decided to go for some intimate compositions and this single cloud immediately caught my eye. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such insane colors and I really would have loved to photograph Kirkjufell, but then I never would have taken this image which I really like. I hope you like it too! :)
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🌳Aeternus Paradisus has transformed! This time I wanted to recreate a small oceanside town in New England, America. I have so many wonderful memories from the woodlands of the Northeast US. I hope you will visit and enjoy this new paradise! ♥🌳
Jumping spiders use their legs to pounce on their prey, which is typically other insects. Amazingly, jumping spiders don't have special leg muscles, like grasshoppers, to help them leap. They propel themselves by suddenly changing the blood flow in their body. Terminix
Jumping spiders or the Salticidae are a family of spiders. As of 2019, it contained over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Wikipedia
Using ultraviolet light to gentle agitate the Helium3 ions from the lunar regolith, dumping the waste dust out of the boom arm. I thought this harvester-style rover might look at home in a Robert McCall painting or something.
Watch out for that large hu-mon figure lurking in the reflection there tho.
When I used to do concert photography more regularly, it seemed so easy for me to bike way across the city, shoot shows without payment and do this multiple times per week sacrificing sleep just to get the photos in earlier and then going to a very demanding day job. This was one such night...I believe it was a Tues. I biked in pouring rain 8 miles each way to photograph The Yeah Yeah Yeahs at The Aragon Ballroom and then biked all the way to The Empty Bottle to photograph the Norwegian band I Was a King and then came home and edited photos all night and went to work the next day. I should also mention that, on this particularly night, I vividly recall how I got THREE flat bike tires throughout the bicycling which made this almost beautiful tragic quality to the evening.
Anyway, I digress...this is some more rambling because I often get younger hipper people asking me "Oh my God! How did you get that photopass!" And then I tell them that I've invested $25,000+ of my own money which I will never recoup, sacrifice all my own sleep, time, and energy, and half the time have publicists either blank out or make me sign a photo contract and I slowly see all the envy fade from their eyes. The highs are high but the lows are way too low.
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something to make me concentrate. I can't focus right now. I'm so distracted. I start something, then do something else. I just can't focus! Arghh.
Anyways, I love the face she made when the sun was in her face..lol.
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Saint Louis des Invalides– Eglise du dôme - Paris 7°
Mille mercis à mon adorable ami Guyscoop qui a gentiment et magnifiquement post-traité ma petite photo. On forme une association fructueuse, Guy, tu ne trouves pas ? ;-))
J’essaie de répondre à tous les commentaires que j’ai reçus depuis deux mois et de visiter les streams de mes amis. Ca va prendre « un peu » (lol) de temps et j’espère que vous comprendrez :-)
Thousands of thanks to my sweet friend Guyscoop who kindly and greatly processed my little shot. We have a very fruitful partnership Guy, don’t you think so ;-))
I’m now trying to answer all the comments I received since two months, and to visit my friends streams. It will take a “little” (lol) time and I hope you’ll understand :-)
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.
Camera used: Pinhole homemade camera (6X9)
Estenopeica, hecha en casa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100
Exposure: 30sec.
Pinhole-24 (6X9)
Pinhole .3mm
F.L. 50mm
F:166
Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
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Story illustration of my childhood...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=j64H2aWWU0E
Green Green Grass of Home
Song by Tom Jones
The old hometown looks the same
As I step down from the train
And there to meet me is my mama and papa
Dow the road I look and there runs Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Yes, they'll all come to meet me
Arms reaching, smiling sweetly
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
Listen
... The old house is still standing
Though the paint is cracked and dry
And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on
Down the lane, I walk with my sweet Mary
Hair of gold and lips like cherries
It's good to touch the green, green grass of home
... Yes, they'll all come to see me
In the shade of that old oak tree
Then I awake and look around me
At four grey walls that surround me
And I realize, yes, I was only dreaming
For there's a guard and there's a sad, old padre
On and on, we'll walk at daybreak
Again, I'll touch the green, green grass of home
As they lay me
'Neath the green, green grass of home...
...
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Using a very shallow DOF (f2.0) and placing focus on the petal tip gives this image a somewhat painterly look.
Camera used: Pinhole homemade camera 6X6
Camara Estenopeica, hecha en casa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100
Exposure: 10sec.
Pinhole-8 (6X6)
Pinhole .25mm
F.L. 33mm
F:132
Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
Using my car as a blind, I got some decent close up shots in the even shade of this nice male Hermit Warbler. I struggled with this one on the prior visit.
Asparagus has been used as a vegetable owing to its distinct flavor, and in medicine due to its diuretic properties and its purported function as an aphrodisiac. It is pictured as an offering on an Egyptian frieze dating to 3000 BC. In ancient times, it was also known in Syria and in Spain. Greeks and Romans ate it fresh when in season, and dried the vegetable for use in winter. Roman Epicureans froze its sprouts high in the Alps for the Feast of Epicurus. Emperor Augustus created the "Asparagus Fleet" for hauling the vegetable, and coined the expression "faster than cooking asparagus" for quick action.
A breed of "early-season asparagus" that can be harvested two months earlier than usual was announced by a UK grower in early 2011.
In Explore (27/04/2021)
In Germany, asparagus is grown in "tents" as you can see here near Geiselhöring.
Camera used: Pinhole homemade camera 6X6
Estenopeica, hecha en casa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mi galeria en Color www.flickr.com/photos/samycolor
Mi Galeria en B&N www.flickr.com/photos/samycollazo
Arista Edu 100
Exposure: 12 sec.
Pinhole-21
Pinhole .3mm
Nik Silver Efex Pro 2