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Once a very important contributor to the farm, this old machinery sets alone noticed only by the odd photographer passing by its lonely backroad.
For Smile on Saturday theme 'Lit by Candlelight'. Three candles were placed on the right of an old leaf that I had kept, thinking it might come in useful at some point.
The title for the image is misquoted from A Midsummer Night's Dream by WIlliam Shakespeare.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
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This cheap pack of recycled pencils, still my favourites to write with... was brought into the studio, props for 'GOING BACK TO SCHOOL' advert, ahem...
I also saw the possibilities of some 'creative' imagery, so I asked to keep them, more (useful) props.
I love the way this came together as a 'flower', a wave.
Have a fun day, I did, and thank you, M, (*_*)
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Useful, no doubt, when lobster boats are tied up here, but nothing was on this rope today. There's no lobstering now, to protect endangered right whales in local waters.
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I just love sunflowers. They are so bright and happy. Whether in a field in in the home, they are a pleasure to view.
Sunflowers symbolize adoration, loyalty and longevity. Much of the meaning of sunflowers stems from its namesake, the sun itself. ... Sunflowers are known for being “happy” flowers, making them the perfect gift to bring joy to someone's (or your) day.
Sunflowers make up the genus Helianthus which contains almost 70 different species. The meaning of sunflower is rooted in it's genus Helianthus- helios meaning sun and anthos meaning flower. Grown year-round, sunflowers have large flower faces and bright petals.
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Hemingway’s Remington: The Typewriter That Traveled the World
In the early 1920s, Ernest Hemingway carried his Remington Portable Typewriter across Europe as a young reporter for the Toronto Star. From the bustling streets of Paris to war-torn Turkey, he pounded out vivid stories on politics, war, and daily life.
In one account, he described watching refugees flee across the Balkans. His typewriter perched on an old hotel desk, the fire flickering nearby, a glass of scotch within reach, he pounded out to their stories of desperation in crisp, unflinching prose.
Light and rugged, the Remington suited his restless nature—just as useful in a Parisian café as in a conflict zone. Long before he became a literary icon, Hemingway honed his craft with each keystroke.
In the photo is a 1926 No1 Pocket Kodak and 1922 Remington Portable Typewriter
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Ruined portal are not that useful in the game but adds a lot of life and it's cool when one is found because of the chest. In addition to adding a nice touch in the landscape, when you put your hands on a Notch Apple, it's Always fantastic !
A microscale diorama of a Minecraft Ruined Portal nearby a cliff.
A few indications on what represent what:
- The blocks in Bright Light Orange represent the Magma Blocks
- The grill/tile stacked on top represent Coal Blocks
- The block in yellow represent a gold block that fell on the ground
- The block in orange represent the lava
If I'm correct, it's all block accurate, almost every block is a cube. It's not the case for the slabs that should be 1/4 of plate higher and the walls arround the portal.
Here's my second entry for Marchitecture 2025 Contest for the Standalone category in physical.
Hope you like it :)
Macro Mondays ~ EDC (Every Day Carry)
At this time of year when the weather is so cold I don't leave the house without a pair of gloves. The little flower on the finger allows me to use my phone without removing the glove. So useful on bitterly cold days!
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Stella got Pirate tagged...
Let me just say, Ciel's stock has never been this useful XD
Does Your Doll Like Dressing Like A Pirate?- No T___T
Does Your Doll Want To Be A Pirate?- No T_____T
Does Your Doll LIKE Pirates?- Eh... Ninjas are better XP
Does Your Doll LOVE Pirates?- No, they smell like turds T___T;
Eh, too lazy to tag anyone XD
NGC 6334, the usefully named Cat's Paw Nebula! Shot over 3 nights at Hawker, South Australia, this is the first serious target with the new Askar 130PHQ telescope with shots over 3 nights (rather than a couple hours!), shot with R, G and B Astronomik filters and an Optolong L-Para dual narrowband for luminance and finer stars. Warp Astron WD-20 EQ mount doing a good job when the wind wasn't catching the big scope, PHD2 guiding, NINA camera control, QHY268M camera, APP and PS processing.
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(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.
Having just consumed a light lunch, (s)he settled into the branches and surveyed the area. This is a fairly severe crop of a shot from across the marsh; not the best of opportunities or results, but useful for the record....
“At this rate we’ll probably all get washed away before summer.” Neil’s gloomy assessment as we drove home from Wednesday evening’s five a side session through the rainy streets didn’t seem such a wild exaggeration. By now I’d been back from Fuerteventura for three weeks, and as far as I could recall, only one day had passed when the heavens hadn’t opened for business. Even though we play indoors, my football boots were feeling distinctly damp, just from navigating the puddles along the path from the leisure centre entrance to the car park. At home, the garden looks like a marshland, and the front of the house is surrounded by a moat. Useful if we get besieged by politicians once the election is called I suppose, but other than that it’s really getting a bit much now. More rain forecast for tomorrow, and another named storm as well - even though we're on the other side of Easter now. I keep expecting to find ducks living on the side of what used to be the lawn. Will it ever be dry again, I wonder? Just let South West Water try and bring in another hosepipe ban this summer and see the natives revolting. Or the revolting natives.
At least I made something of that one dry afternoon - heading for the usual spot for the first time in over a month. The van was in need of an outing, and I fancied brewing a cup of tea and sitting down to watch the sea through the opened side door. Sometimes I just like to watch and listen, with a book close at hand, and hopefully some chocolate biscuits hidden in a drawer that haven’t gone over their sell by date. I had a stack of images from my holiday to keep me occupied, and I wasn’t particularly bothered about adding to the archive today. It was only as I made ready with the tea bags, milk and water that I remembered what happens when I don’t take the camera - I’ve still not forgotten the blood red sunset at Porthtowan the previous winter when the bag had been deliberately left at home. Into the overhead cab it went, although I had no real intention of using it. I hadn’t even looked at the tide times, nor had I consulted the weather forecast other than to confirm that it looked as if I’d be staying dry for a change. I’d also failed to check on the battery in the camera - hopefully the spare in the bag was fully charged.
It was high tide in the middle of the afternoon when I flipped over the switch to the reassuring hiss of butane filling the copper pipe that feeds the hob. As the kettle steamed its way to a whistling crescendo, I looked out at a grey sky, thought to myself “black and white,” and promptly settled down with my book. It was only three o’ clock, and there was plenty of time to take a stroll over the dunes and perhaps take some photographs. And then it struck me that I’d taken a couple of sighters on my phone towards the end of last summer before dumping them into a folder called “compositions” for another time. Both of them were taken on a nearly full tide from the rocks below where I was now parked. Perhaps this was the time to give them a try. After my tea, I sauntered down to the beach.
Half an hour later I was back at the van, boiling the kettle again. I’d taken a few shots to keep myself amused, but the spot I needed to get to was out of reach for the time being - at least it was if I didn’t want to wade through two feet of water sloshing through the gulley that separates this group of rocks from the beach when the tide is full. No matter though - I’d go back, have another cuppa, read another chapter and head back down a bit later. Not having to rush anymore is such a simple joy these days. Sometimes you have to stop and remind yourself of these easy wins in life.
And so here I was - looking along a crack in the rocks that I must have passed hundreds of times before and never noticed until last September. The cloud had lifted to reveal a pastel blue sky to offset the orange in the rocks, while the sea rushed in and out of the space below. Little did I know that we’d have two weeks and counting of pouring rain to follow, so it was probably a good job I did grab the camera before setting off towards the ocean that day.
Useful gorse (Ulex europaeus) pollen loads on this honey bee.
Loads of bees on willow catkins today but there were also some like this one working the gorse. I watched some on coltsfoot flowers too but i couldnt get a picture - they were too fast ...or maybe I was too slow.
Good to see lots of pollen coming into the hives.
The Selecter - Carry Go Bring Home
The most photographically useful mile on the Missabe strikes again with this consolation prize U717 yesterday. I had been out specifically to catch the squeaky clean veterans unit leading A439 but it outran the setting sun to Birch. After failing I started southward for home and caught up with this guy at Culver and beat him here to the south crossing at Burnett with about 6 minutes of sun left.
Ya don't get this opportunity often. Also as you'll see in the companion photo this is a set of shiny new 8000 series ore cars that have displaced the old order astonishingly quickly. The Missabe is down to one or two trainsets of old cars in pellet service.
Walking in the woods is always great! Unload the silence, especially from industrial cities. I am always calmed by the sounds of nature, the smell of trees, much cleaner air...
It's always nice to see a summer honey agaric. Since childhood, thanks to my father, mushrooms have been valued by me for their good taste and useful properties. For me personally, wild mushrooms are much tastier than store-bought ones. It is valued for its good taste and useful properties.
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Прогулки по лесах, всегда здорово! Разгружают тишину, особенно, от промышленных городов. Меня всегда успокаивает звуки природы, запах деревьев, гораздо чистый воздух...
Всегда радует увидеть летний опёнок. С самого детства, благодаря моему отцу, опята ценится мной за хороший вкус и полезные свойства. Для меня лично, дикие грибы гораздо вкуснее, чем магазинные. Ценится, за хорошие вкусовые качества и полезные свойства.
This is my spotty cotton shawl which light and soft. I often carry it with me. I have used it as a scarf, a wrap, a blanket, a table cloth and a curtain. Further uses are still to be discovered.
"I choose:
To live by choice, not by chance.
To be motivated, not manipulated.
To be useful, not used.
To make changes, not excuses.
To excel, not compete.
I choose self-esteem, not self-pity.
I choose to listen to my inner voice, not to the random opinion of others.
I choose to do the things that you won´t, so I can continue to do the things you can´t." Samurai Philosophy.
There are photos that we plan, photos that we find, photos that we improvise, and then there are a few photos that we dream of. Perhaps for some reason or other, the latter are the most difficult to achieve, but at the same time, they are the most special and those that justify totally dedicate to travel and landscape photography. When I get them and see the final result of the post-processing on the computer screen, the satisfaction and pride that I feel are enormous.
This time, it was the third attempt, after failing the previous days. Two days earlier, because the rain was so intense that it was impossible to focus the farthest buildings, and the night before because of the large number of people and cars passing through this famous street in Kyoto. I had no choice but to wake up at 4 in the morning and walk very fast for 40 minutes from my hostel up here. I had to get there first to prevent other photographers from being placed in front of or in the same place where I wanted to place my tripod. For a couple of hours I photographed this wonderful place in almost total solitude, I will never forget so much harmony and beauty. Another goal achieved! I thought. Fortunately, there are so many dream photos that await me, and I will not stop until I get them.
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"Yo elijo:
Vivir por elección, no por casualidad.
Estar motivado, no manipulado.
Ser útil, no utilizado.
Hacer cambios, no excusas.
Sobresalir, no competir.
Elijo la autoestima, no la autocompasión.
Elijo escuchar mi voz interior, no la opinión aleatoria de los demás.
Elijo hacer las cosas que no harás, así puedo seguir haciendo las cosas que tú no puedes." Filosofía Samurai.
Hay fotos que uno planea, fotos que uno se encuentra, fotos que uno improvisa, y luego hay unas pocas fotos que uno sueña. Quizás por unas u otras razones, son estas últimas las más difíciles de conseguir, pero al mismo tiempo, son las más especiales y las que justifican totalmente dedicarse a esto de la fotografía de viaje y paisaje. Cuando se consiguen y se ve el resultado final del procesado en la pantalla del ordenador, la satisfacción y el orgullo que se sienten son enormes.
En esta ocasión, se trataba del tercer intento, después de fracasar los días anteriores. Dos días antes por la lluvia tan intensa que hacía imposible enfocar los edificios más alejados, y la noche anterior por la gran cantidad de gente y coches que pasaban por esta calle tan famosa de Kyoto. No me quedaba más remedio que despertarme a las 4 de la mañana y caminar muy rápido durante 40 minutos desde mi albergue hasta aquí. Tenía que llegar el primero para evitar que otros fotógrafos se situaran delante o en el mismo lugar donde yo quería colocar mi trípode. Durante un par de horas fotografié este lugar maravilloso en casi total soledad, nunca olvidaré tanta armonía y belleza. ¡Otro objetivo conseguido! pensé. Por suerte quedan tantas fotos soñadas que me esperan aún, y no voy a parar hasta conseguirlas.
Today I decided to head down to Victoria Beach. When I jumped in the car and headed down the 57 freeway I was shocked how fast the traffic was going, I think at about 3:45 today everybody was headed out to watch the Super Bowl and must have been in a hurry. Cruised down to the beach at 85 miles a hour and had cars passing, It was smooth sailing all the way there and made it record time.
I wasn't exactly sure where the sun was going to be and what kind of cloud cover was forecast, But I decided to take a chance. I knew one thing for sure, the tide would be down at sunset. After finding this web site about tidal patterns and forecasts I figured even if the sky wasn’t great I would at least have the rocks showing, the last 3 times I was there it was high tide which doesn’t leave me many options for new compositions. When I arrived I couldn't believe my eyes, the place was entirely different than the last time I was there, there were these wonderful rock formations which were covered in green moss and there was about 25-30 foot of space that wasn't there 2 months ago.
How cool it is that nature is so ever changing that you can shoot the same place many times and come out with entirely different photos. :-)
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Silvertip badger hair after 15 years of use. No question about it, it's not over yet!
Asahi Super-Multi-Coated Macro Takumar 100mm/f4 @f16
@daylight
Soft focus
Scene from trip to a favorite haunt, Olde Good Things in Scranton, PA
Postprocessed with Snapseed using portrait preset, contrast, local adjustments, and Lightroom to desaturate. .
I can't tell you how useful it is keeping one, two or a dozen sporks at work for those days you forget to bring cutlery to eat lunch with.
This butterfly has catholic tastes in food sources and if you look closely at the top of the bell you can see the proboscis of the Hairstreak slipping behind a petal to reach the stamen.Interestingly, having worked out the bell was too difficult to access from the open end it has found entry near the top of the flower.It's also useful to scale this spectacularly coloured butterfly against the flower.
Sometimes, it's good to stand back and get a little bit of perspective on things. It's especially useful when showing your photo audience the size and scale of a scene, such as this one I captured of a couple taking in the immensity of the red-rock formations seen along the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Most photographers balk at including people - either because they don't want anything human in their landscapes or because they can't get model releases from them if they decide they want to try and sell the image.
For my editorial purposes, I like including people and man-made objects in my images (sometimes) for the purpose of scale as well as to give my viewers a perspective of the scene and some kind of reference for their mind to recognize.
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Time spent in the backyard on an "Adventure" - SPOTTED this little fellow hiding in the ferns.
Ladybug (Coccinellidae) - A common name widely prefered is the name "Ladybird Beetle" or "Lady Beetles" as these insects are not true bugs.
North America had has over 450 native species of ladybug.
The Coccinellidae are generally considered useful insects