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I found another shot from Trona Pinnacles in my ready to post folder, that I have forgotten to post. This is one of the taller single pinnacles shot in the first exposure and the moon is a second much faster exposure to kill down the glow. I processed this one a long time ago, but decided to add some sparkles to the stars and upload.
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A very useful groundcover perennial, often grown in dry, sunny areas with poor soil. Plants form a low, fast-spreading mat of silvery-grey leaves, studded with tiny white star flowers in late spring and early summer. An indestructible choice for difficult sites, but be sure to plant this where its spreading habit will not become a problem. Beautiful spilling over rock walls or on steep sunny slopes, used as a lawn substitute. Also grows well in tubs or mixed containers. Easily divided in spring or fall. Plants should be clipped hard or mowed (to 2 inches) after blooming to maintain a tidy habit.
A shot taken this evening at Newport Pier.
I was very undecided this weekend about where I wanted to shoot. After seeing all the fantastic fall photos on Flickr I have been wanting to shoot some fall colors myself, but fall colors are not easily found in Southern California. After some research last year I found an aspen grove in my local mountains. I went there in September to view this set of two groves. Well, there was not any color to be seen and I ended up shooting over at Coon's Creek. On my way out I was told by the Host at the Heart Bar campground that the best time to shoot the grove was the middle of October and that a 2 week window shows the best reds oranges and golds.
There was still stormy weather around the southland so I decided to wait until next weekend to give it a go. Instead I made the trek out to Newport Beach to see if I could get a colorful sunset reflecting in the wet sand which didn't work out very well the last time I was there, but I did manage to walk away with a good shot anyway.
Here it is>>
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I have been doing a whole lot of "landscaping" lately. But I do photograph other things and have a whole folder full of files that need to be posted. So here's a shot from Newport Beach taken while waiting for the sun to set.
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The [useful] friend that i can remove or rezz everywhere, to change skin...or mood . To scream at or delete , to tell my fake story before i logoff...
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All I have or should
want to be but never could
It's coming at, it's coming at, it's coming at my heart
To spoil my soul with fire
All my eyes can see is
born out of your imagery
It's coming at, it's coming at, it's coming at my heart
To scorch the earth with fire
Tell me who you really love
Tell me who you really love
An artists interpretation of an evening in White Pocket.
While editing this image I was suddenly taken over by the right side of my brain similar to the brain rock seen here and went all Bob Ross/Ryan Dyar on this one. Notice how the right side is larger than the left, Hehe. Hope you like it, even though it looks nothing the original scene. ;-)
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Une auxiliaire bien utile au jardin pour éliminer pas mal de chenilles.
A very useful aid in the garden to eliminate a lot of caterpillars.
Una ayuda muy útil en el jardín para eliminar muchas orugas.
This is the canal which links the Cagliari salt evaporation ponds (now dismissed) with the harbour. The salt collected in the ponds was loaded into barges and then a tug carried the train of barges to the harbour where the salt was unloaded to be shipped.
In ancient times the barges were pulled by horses.
15-february-2022: I can't get never enough of the SNOW, and even after a day entirely dedicated to photographing the phenomenon in progress, I still have the energy to take some shots on the tripod at nightfall near a tourist area where there are always artificial lights.
I don't like to take the lights directly intended as spotlights beams/light sources, as I avoid inserting the sun into a daytime or sunset shot, I prefer the play of lights in the atmosphere and in the glare of the snow on the ground, on the trees and on the reliefs in the vicinity.
After the precipitating core (in the afternoon, previous shots) I spent a good half hour photographing with the tripod under a constant wet sleet, annoying, but useful for creating a certain atmosphere.
A photo for today's Macro Mondays' theme "Single use", an Old Mout cider bottle top (highly recommend the kiwi & lime and pineapple & raspberry flavours; yum!).
When I decided to photograph this cap, I imagined a high-key, minimalist feel, but it seemed to fit a more grungy low-key-white feel.
I wonder if anyone photographs this type of shot in the same disorganized manner as I tend to do, with the set-up evolving in the most disorganized and amusing manner, and a huge mess of random 'props' to put away at the end of the shoot! This shot ended up involving a small piece of kitchen roll rolled up behind the bottle cap to balance it inside the white plastic toothbrush holder, which was precariously balanced on top of a random jar, lit by a head torch fastened to a tall bottle of olive oil, and I 'stabilized' my camera on a tin of biscuits!
The tortoises are herbivores that consume a diet of cacti, grasses, leaves, lichens, berries, melons, oranges, and milkweed. They have been documented feeding on Hippomane mancinella ('poison apple'), the endemic guava Psidium galapageium, the water fern Azolla microphylla, and the bromeliad Tillandsia insularis. Juvenile tortoises eat an average of 16.7% of their own body weight in dry matter per day, with a digestive efficiency roughly equal to that of hindgut-fermenting herbivorous mammals such as horses and rhinos.
Tortoises acquire most of their moisture from the dew and sap in vegetation (particularly the Opuntia cactus); therefore, they can survive longer than 6 months without water. They can endure up to a year when deprived of all food and water, surviving by breaking down their body fat to produce water as a byproduct. Tortoises also have very slow metabolisms. When thirsty, they may drink large quantities of water very quickly, storing it in their bladders and the "root of the neck" (the pericardium), both of which served to make them useful water sources on ships. On arid islands, tortoises lick morning dew from boulders, and the repeated action over many generations has formed half-sphere depressions in the rock.
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The theme for MM is hand tool. My tiny scissors are just right for daisy cutting!
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Nemophila, a popular flower that blooms in spring.
Every spring, I go to take photos in a large national park, famous for this flower, but it has been closed this year.
That's why this year I shot a Nemophila on a small flowerbed in a nearby park.
Zicrona caerulea can reach an adult size of about 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in). The body is uniformly metallic blue-green (hence the Latin name caerulea, meaning blue). In the immatures the abdomen is red with black markings.
These bugs are useful predators of leaf beetles in the genus Altica, of larvae of various beetles and caterpillars of moths, but it also feeds on plants. Eggs are laid in the spring. New adults of this univoltine species can be found from July onwards. This bug overwinters as an adult.
New 100-400 lens proving very useful.
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Macro Mondays theme 'spiral'.
There always seems to be a small spring lurking in a drawer or toolbox, saved for that time when you may need it.
You never remember where it came from, but sometimes it will be useful. .
Taken at the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, found this old, though still useful shed - I liked the way the light fell on the doors.
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.
— T. S. Eliot
Lately I found my mind wandering as we wind ourselves into the new year of 2023. I decided to do a more thoughtful pose to work with some PS tools I've neglected for far too long to get the hang of them. Maybe, hah. Working in extreme closeup made me appreciate the work put into the eyebrows and eyes by Landgraff (his Unholy eyes are really cool), the brows alone are nicely detailed down to the tiniest hair and added scar. I'm wearing Cubic Cherry's spectacles to add to the haughty look.
⦿[CX] - Diablos Aries Horns (with colour hud, unrigged to allow for personal fitting)
At the Midnight Order Event Jan 2023
Creator's Flickr
⦿[Cubic Cherry] - {Philo} glasses base metal pack (different metal styles included)
At the Warehouse Sale Event Jan 2023
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⦿[Cubic Cherry] - {Alaris} tattoo (Fade add on included; dye to any colour you like)
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⦿RAKE - Ralph- Black EvoX (all hair colours included)
At the Men Only Event Jan 2023
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⦿Landgraff - Darius Eyebrows TINTABLE (several styles included)
At the Men Only Event Jan 2023
Creator's Flickr
⦿Landgraff - Unholy Eyes (many colours included in hud)
At the Men Only Event Jan 2023
Creator's Flickr
⦿Badwolf - Ram Septum
⦿toksik - Loner Shirt (Legacy M) (Snake)
⦿DURA - NA22 hair
Head: Lelutka Skyler
Face & lip tattoos: My own
This Redshank has caught a harbour Ragworm in a shallow pool
The long beak and the bright legs are distinctive Redshank
features. The long legs are very useful for wading soft mud and the beak is used to dig out insects, worms, mussels and small crustaceans .
Sticky and useful, inkcaps were used as a source of ink for important documents to guard against forgeries.
They cause serious problems when consumed with alcohol hence the common name Tipplers Bane.
Some bubbles are pretty, but others are created to be useful!
Close-up of a spirit level.
Looking close... on Friday! ~ Bubbles (2022/01/21)
35/366: 2016
I bought these macaroons for a photo in October 2014. I took my photo and we ate some of them, they were quite disappointing so I thought I'd save the rest for more photos. They are quite hard but haven't gone mouldy, probably due to the high sugar content. I really should throw them away now but they could be useful for another photo sometime when I'm feeling desperate again! ;)
During my morning shooting with David Frey at LaJolla Tidepools, I scrambled from one location to the next gathering up every composition I could see. It was nice to watch the colors in the sky slowly morph from deep blues to purples and then to yellows and oranges. A miracle that most take for granite. :)
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You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Marie Curie
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I'm revisiting images of the many faces of Keefer Lake, my home. This is a 'redo' of a photo taken in April, 2009. The thickest and strangest fog/mist formed over the ice on the lake in a pastel 'winter blue' I had not seen before. It was like being inside a Salvador Dali painting! Although we often have ice fog we have not had anything quite like this one ever since.
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What follows is a (very) short story of mine written in the same year the photo was made ... the story and the photo seemed related somehow - at least to me?
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'Finding it, solving it, living it.'
Cool blue seemed to describe what he was seeing. It was soon dark and with it he feared he would be left to himself and he knew from experience that was not safe. How to feel it seemed always to be the fundamental problem but there were countless other difficulties that he constantly confronted and tonight seemed no different. Why is it that the ordinary takes priority over the real issue? Laziness, he supposes … do what is in front of you and brighter in your eyes rather than deal with the shadows in your mind, the things that are off to the side.
With the passing of those thoughts the blue was already gone and only patches of grey lined the horizon and shaped the trees and lake in front of him. Black and white would be easier he mused, grey was the problem of course. Joseph had always known that the lake would be the place where he found it and solved it. However, there was little warmth yet and more to be done. It wasn’t a case of deciding where to start because he knew already there was no beginning. He wasn’t even sure if there would be an ending? What to do at any given time about it he had concluded is about energy and attitude and distractions. The right proportions are essential and even distraction is needed in a measured and timely way. He had not seen in any sustained way that magical place … only glimpsing it from time-to-time although that was enough and it kept him coming back. Joseph often claimed that his only enduring trait was curiosity although he was credited by others as having more. He didn’t seem to care or need their praise and usually shrunk from it when it was offered … shyness perhaps, perhaps not? He reasoned that it wasn’t relevant anyway and wouldn’t help with finding it.
Idleness is, a friend of, maybe a prerequisite to the pursuit of it and Joseph had time on his hands now. You had to be sure though that the distractions of idleness didn’t overwhelm the quest. It was too easy to see them as reprieves when really they were quest busters. Peace of mind was not the same as the lack of stress that sometimes accompanies idleness and Joseph believed it was all about finding peace of mind. The glimpses of it had shown him that idleness only provided a useful means for having time to chase after the peace. “Maybe it wasn’t so much as chase, as follow” Joseph concluded. Curious people are often alone with their thoughts and comfortable in them. Thinking is not being idle although it might appear to be that to those observing.
MJH (2009)
Tikki with Tops (my Darling with Dreidels)
Tikki doesn't usually have these tops as allocated cat toys, but struck me as possibly useful for an early holiday photo. Happy Caturday theme 17 October 2020 is 'Catphabet."
Note: photo was renamed above thanks to Karl Lembke. Happy Hanukkah / Chanukah!
Isolated against a setting sun, two wooden structures stand alone in a field that once included a farm house, a noisy family and livestock; its useful days are now done. In the twilight of life, our thoughts often turn backward surveying with silence and sometimes regret, the days that took wing and were gone before we realized.
Rainha, Apoch and Jinx tear up another top secret facility, disrupting government plans and gathering useful tech and information.
Taken in Insilico
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Bella thinks that a cardboard scratching pad is a useful pillow on a sunny day. I'm glad it has a use - she's careful to scratch on the carpet so the cardboard doesn't get damaged!
Happy Caturday!
Howdy friends, Here's yet another capture from the epic sunset on the reef. It may seem like I went way "overboard" on this and it is on the dark side, but as I started processing this image it seemed like any change I made, seemed to make it more colorful. When I opened the shadows... More color! Cut the exposure... More color..... Then when I pulled down the saturation... it broke the shapes in the clouds, and I liked all the detail in the clouds right at the sun so, I just decided to go with the flow...... Get it!!!!..... crickets...crickets....crickets :)
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Spider was not big at all, but think it looks it in this photo.
Purple card was placed behind it to create a back drop.
Here is a similar one using Black card.
www.flickr.com/photos/tracyhughes/2891273504
I think coloured cards are really useful for photographing insects, spiders, flowers and such.
perf, gold, macro award.
Helenium is a genus of annuals and deciduous herbaceous perennials in the sunflower family native to the Americas.
They bear yellow or orange daisy-like composite flowers. A number of these species (particularly Helenium autumnale) have the common name sneezeweed, based on the former use of their dried leaves in making snuff. It was inhaled to cause sneezing that would supposedly rid the body of evil spirits. Larger species may grow up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall.
The genus is named for Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus and Leda. Helenium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus behrensii.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use - mainly from H. autumnale and H. bigelovii. They are useful for late summer and fall bloom, usually in less formal compositions. They are appropriate for native gardens in areas where they are indigenous, and they look wonderfully in bouquets. Annual species are easily grown from seed, and perennials should be divided every year in order to retain their vigor. The soil should be fertile with a generous amount of organic manner in the form of compost, manure or other decayed organic matter in addition to, perhaps, an application of a complete fertilizer in spring. Heleniums should be grown in full sun average to moist soil with good drainage. They are drought tolerant, but should be watered on planting and regularly until established. The following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
'Baudirektor Linne'[10]
'Blütentisch'[11]
'Butterpat'[12]
'Feuersiegel'[13]
'Gartensonne'[14]
'Karneol'[15]
'Moerheim Beauty'[16]
'Ring of Fire'[17]
'Rubinzwerg'[18]
'Sahin's Early Flowerer'[19]
'Waltraut'[20]
'Wesergold'[21]
Helenium Hybrid has brilliant yellow petals surrounding spherical brown cones covered with golden pollen. It grows to 0.9 metres (3 ft) tall and takes up about 0.6 metres (2 ft) of space, the hardiness zone rating is 4-9. Its Flowers appear for six weeks from mid to late summer and attract butterflies in droves. It provides a splash of colour when many other perennials are starting to fade, it may accompany ornamental grasses, Phlox and Liatris.
The UK National Collection of Heleniums is located at Yew Tree House, Hall Lane, Hankelow near Audlem in Cheshire.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenium and www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/gardening/plants/pere...
These heleniums were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
Double Arch is a natural sandstone formation in one of the best (in my opinion) parks in all of America, Arches National Park. This particular set of arches were formed differently from most of the arches in the park. It is what is known as a pothole arch, formed by water erosion from above rather the standard erosion for arches, which is normally from the side. The larger opening has a span of 148 feet (45 m) and a height of 104 feet (32 m). These dimensions give the arch the tallest opening and second-longest span in the park. For scale, the lower right of this shot contains a group of people sitting in shadow.
The arches are open for exploration, but you have to be pretty nimble to get up to the top of the “window”. This open permission to climb can make photographers have to wait quite a while to get a clear shot like this one as the area can be crawling with tourists. Normally I avoid crowds by going very early for sunrise or late for sunset, but this tactic doesn’t work with Double Arch as it lies in shadow and mostly along an East-West axis, so the light for sunrise and sunset is not optimum to catch that natural amphitheater effect you see here.
Arches National Park contains the highest density of arches in the world, more than 2000 natural sandstone arches. It also features a variety of unique geological formations such as Balanced Rock, The Three Gossips and The Tower of Babel. It borders the Colorado River on the Colorado Plateau and is 4 miles north of Moab, Utah. It’s truly high desert, receiving an average of less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain annually. In spite of it’s relatively remote location the park received more than 1.6 million visitors in 2018 and the lines to get in can be long…so get there early!
The shot: Admittedly I have glaring vertical polarization here from the CPL. At the time there was a lot of stray light flooding into my viewfinder and I didn't catch the mistake. A 90 degree turn of the filter could have fixed it. I have since started using a large oval eyecup to prevent light pollution into the viewfinder, and I highly recommend this useful addition to your camera.
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Victoria and Albert Museum: Exhibitions
It is very useful being a member of the Museum. I get to see most of the exhibitions and talks free. Of course, I have to pay a membership fee but when I think of the positives, it is worthwhile. Monday 12th August I took my daughter to two exhibitions on fashion. The first being Mary Quant and the second, Christian Dior. Wasn’t quite sure if I would like them but I did and we had a great day out. They were both brilliant exhibitions. Fortunately we saw other exhibits too, all good.
I took this shot at the end of my afternoon on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal it show Blossoms Tea Rooms and the 1st lock that take boats down into the marina & basin.I took the shot and never checked it just walked on back to the car and home .when i saw it on the computer i was very disappointed with my effort ,the exposure was rubbish ,the sky showed a little detail and the foreground was almost blacked out but i liked the composition so played around with it in PS Elements 14 but could not get it as i wanted it .A few months back i had down loaded The Nic Collection ,Googles free editing software add on's so i gave them a try not having used them before and i must say they are very good ,it let me just give the last little tweak that the shot needed ......you could say "well get it right 1st time and you don't need to use these tools " but we don't do we ....not all the time anyway.......Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal,Stourport-On-Severn To Kidderminster leg,North Worcestershire ,England
I have started a blog on my site discussing my switch from DSLR (Canon 90D) to mirrorless (Canon R7) for bird and wildlife photography. It might be useful if you are considering the change to mirrorless, and want to know how the technologies compare.
120 in 2020
113. Useful
An useful way of up cycling an old tyre!
Spotted in the woods on my walk last week, this home made swing was designed and made by two 11 year old girls. And no, I didn't take up their offer of trying it out!
At first glance maybe an unusual spider? lol! This is a "bear claw," one of two that I use to retrieve a large, stuffed turkey from the oven twice a year. Yes, Thanksgiving and Christmas. ( I think it would make a great weapon, too if I encountered a burglar in my home)! Super sharp! Happy Crazy Tuesday everyone!
🎧 celtic ladies → greensleeves ❥
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special thanks to: lelutka, friday, simple bloom, and tuus sl (maybe soon)
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* lelutka twelve days of christmas gift 🎅
* get your free kaya and logan bento heads!
* ↪ teleport
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* ↪ teleport
* for more details, please get the scoop
* available for l$0 w/group tag unti → dec.24th, 2021!
* ↓details↓ after other featured items
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. featured items .
♥ friday » blakely sweatshirt [maitreya] @c88 //new//
package includes:
≕ rigs for maitreya, legacy w/boot-cut option
≕ texture hud w/6 ribbon, 6 color options
≕ see the product and details
♥ friday » blakely leggings [maitreya] @c88 //new//
package includes:
≕ rigs for maitreya, legacy w/boot-cut option
≕ texture hud w/6 ribbon, 6 color options
≕ see the product and details
♥ friday » sio flats [fog]
package includes: 9 color options, ankle socks [white]
≕ see the product and details
♥ [sb] » *evox avalon* juliaearth softarch.l diamond [brows]
package includes:
≕ 60 hd appliers [plain,4 different cuts w/12 tones]
≕ 05 hd materials (for each brows type)
≕ 60 pieces of bom wearables [plain,4 different cuts w/12 tones]
≕ plus 4 add-ons scars and sratches
≕ see the product and details
≕ also available on marketplace.
♥ tuus » kaya 3.1 lizy v1.0 [shape] //new// maybe soon
♥ lelutka » evo-x head-kaya 3.1 //new// 🎅
≕ 3.1 evo-x release and hud updates include:
≕ evo and evo x toggle buttons available across
all heads.
≕ options to blend or mask lashes have been updated.
≕ save slots have been removed for eye socket, lashes,
hd brows, hd eyelids, and hd lips and replaced with
a new, standalone style hud.
≕ 6 new eyes have been added for a total of 18 eyes.
≕ 2 new eye brows have been added for a total of 6 eye brows.
≕ 2 new eye shadows have been added for a total of 8
eye shadows.
≕ alpha mode has been added to the lip area. now when you
use the mask option, you will be able to manipulate
how much of your lipstick will show.
≕ layer materials (none) and hd complex toggle buttons
have been added under settings:
≏ clicking hd complex removes materials from
hd brows, both hd eye shadow layers, lashes, eye sockets
≏ clicking hd lips removes materials from the hd lips
≏ note: when materials are removed, the glossiness (if any)
on these layers will be removed.
≏ note: use the repair materials button (if necessary) to fix any
unresolved materials issues
tip: removing materials is useful to eliminate hair/head alpha
interaction (if hair has materials enabled), leaving
your head layers, alpha clipping free.
scripts updates:
≕ scripts have been polished to reduce lag, and make
the hud and heads operate smoother and respond faster.
≕ for indepth technical details see the faq for evo and evo-x
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. anatomy, hair, and makeup .
ag. » luminous eyes - aqua
tram » k1208 hair(b) @c88 [¹] //new//
[glam affair] » lizy layer c [lelutka evox,fair]
≕ available for l$0 w/group tag until → dec.24th, 2021! 🎅
maitreya » mesh body lara 5.3
glam affair » body skin [maitreya, fit, fair]
omega system » installer - lelutka
. scene .
dats » white wood panel texture set 1466 gen 2 [p8]
hive » fluffy spring rug [fatpack,white]
[rezz room] » german shepherd puppy (companion)
diversion » ladder [rez version]
+half-deer+ » christmas set - princess - full tree
shown with:
≕ princess tree skirt, wreath, presents [big & small]
+half-deer+ » christmas stocking [fatpack]
+half-deer+ » fairytale fireplace [fatpack, pink flame]
+half-deer+ » fireplace tools [fatpack, silver]
+half-deer+ » peacock fireplace screen [fatpack, silver]
. setup .
le poppycock » makes your head spin
lelutka » axis hud face
anypose » bvh hud v1.81
lumipro » lumipro 18 [le poppycock f]
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Plastic is so useful, functional - an everyday substance that we are urged not to use!
I've always thought of it as "use once and throw away" not something to be treasured and kept.
But these are my favourite Christmas baubles - I love them and use them in my photography whenever I can. And they are made of plastic!
Here nestling on a net curtain
For the Crazy Tuesday challenge: “made of plastic”
Crazy Tuesday: Here
My Festive images set: Here