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I have to say that changing to the Irix 150mm f2.8 lens for macro has been a very good upgrade.
Previously, I was using the Sigma 105mm f2.8.
I always use manual focus for macro, so the auto focus function of the Sigma wasn’t used.
However, the Sigma was very good value for money, and a little more versatile.
But, as a pure tool for macro, the Irix is excellent.
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You're life has value. Don't let anyone ever tell you differently. Don't ever let anyone take your dreams away from you. Chase them because if you want something bad enough, you will get it. Don't let something like money decide what you're going to do for the rest of your life. That's just an ideology of what our society thinks creates happiness today. Do what you want to do because in the end your happiness will measure how successful your life has been.
"Reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world."
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Mirit Ben-Nun uses lines and points as an expressive resource and does so by exploiting its nuances and associations to the fullest. Some forms follow the same direction and others change it constantly, even urgently. Its language is visual and independent of its expressiveness, lies in the value and organization of its elements. The things of the visible world are unimportant, the achievement is the achievement of reproduction of the world and human nature. Constantly encourages creativity. In this case pointillism conveys emotions by the effect it achieves using color, points, lines and thus captures the attention of the observer.
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As we go through the pages of history, what we see is that we are fighting each other the most. While talking of peace, we have created the weapons of mass destruction for our fellows. The Value of human life is now almost equal to the value of a bullet or the plastic explosive device. So it is like we all have a price tag for what is priceless.
Our country is becoming a lawless territory. Police has very little to say and so does the politicians. unemployment rate is very high, I see some fellows use magnets to collect scrap metal, they hardly have any cloths, hands pitch black, eyes empty, and blown up hairs, we have thousand and thousand of people living off waste. If that is not enough to put a tear in ones eye, just switch on the TV, any news channel, the people of Swat valley, who use to be in a wonderful breeze of the snow capped mountains and wonderful lakes and rivers are now all shattered, struggling to be just alive in the hot plans of Mardan.
Who is responsible, who is not. In my opinion we are the one, we have been fooled so many times and keep living that way. We sold our own life and now struggling to get the price tag off our body. We need to change, and I am amazed what our founder told us 60 years ago when we got this wonderful piece of land, three simple words that has it all...
Unity, Faith, Discipline.
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A person, who values the beauty of nature and ambient in the world, for richer and happier than those, who did not notices this.
Clay, NY. March 2016.
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The and Value of Trees
Tree Shadows on Lawn
Since the beginning, trees have furnished us with two of life’s essentials, food and oxygen. As we evolved, they provided additional necessities such as shelter, medicine, and tools. Today, their value continues to increase and more benefits of trees are being discovered as their role expands to satisfy the needs created by our modern lifestyles.
Community & Social Value
Trees are an important part of every community. Our streets, parks, playgrounds and backyards are lined with trees that create a peaceful, aesthetically pleasing environment. Trees increase our quality of life by bringing natural elements and wildlife habitats into urban settings. We gather under the cool shade they provide during outdoor activities with family and friends. Many neighborhoods are also the home of very old trees that serve as historic landmarks and a great source of town pride.
Using trees in cities to deflect the sunlight reduces the heat island effect caused by pavement and commercial buildings.
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Ecological & Environmental Value
Trees contribute to their environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil, and supporting wildlife. During the process of photosynthesis, trees take in carbon dioxide and produce the oxygen we breathe. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “One acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen. This is enough to meet the annual needs of 18 people.” Trees, shrubs and turf also filter air by removing dust and absorbing other pollutants like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. After trees intercept unhealthy particles, rain washes them to the ground.
Trees control climate by moderating the effects of the sun, rain and wind. Leaves absorb and filter the sun’s radiant energy, keeping things cool in summer. Trees also preserve warmth by providing a screen from harsh wind. In addition to influencing wind speed and direction, they shield us from the downfall of rain, sleet and hail. Trees also lower the air temperature and reduce the heat intensity of the greenhouse effect by maintaining low levels of carbon dioxide.
Autumn Tree
Both above and below ground, trees are essential to the eco-systems in which they reside. Far reaching roots hold soil in place and fight erosion. Trees absorb and store rainwater which reduce runoff and sediment deposit after storms. This helps the ground water supply recharge, prevents the transport of chemicals into streams and prevents flooding. Fallen leaves make excellent compost that enriches soil.
Many animals, including elephants, koalas and giraffes eat leaves for nourishment. Flowers are eaten by monkeys, and nectar is a favorite of birds, bats and many insects. Animals also eat much of the same fruit that we enjoy This process helps disperse seeds over great distances. Of course, hundreds of living creatures call trees their home. Leaf-covered branches keep many animals, such as birds and squirrels, out of the reach of predators.
Personal & Spiritual Value
The main reason we like trees is because they are both beautiful and majestic. No two are alike. Different species display a seemingly endless variety of shapes, forms, textures and vibrant colors. Even individual trees vary their appearance throughout the course of the year as the seasons change. The strength, long lifespan and regal stature of trees give them a monument-like quality. Most of us react to the presence of trees with a pleasant, relaxed, comfortable feeling. In fact, many people plant trees as living memorials of life-changing events.
Trees help record the history of your family as they grow and develop alongside you and your kids. We often make an emotional connection with trees we plant or become personally attached to the ones that we see every day. These strong bonds are evidenced by the hundreds of groups and organizations across the country that go to great lengths to protect and save particularly large or historic trees from the dangers of modern development. How many of your childhood memories include the trees in your backyard or old neighborhood? The sentimental value of a special tree is simply immeasurable.
The 7 elements of design: form, shape, line, space, value, color and texture.
Line: Graphic Unifier, Curved, Straight. Directional Thrust: Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal
Shape: Naturalistic, Geometric
Space /Size: Large, Medium, Small, Proportion or Scale
Value: Light, Dark
Color: Hue, Chroma, and Value
Texture: Rough, Smooth, Soft, Hard
Form:
Oh, value quilt, I love you so.
hmm, 3 pictures of the same thing.
Ever so slightly annoyed with myself that I didn't make it much bigger. It's about 50 x 60 inches. I'd like a much bigger one next time, there will be a next time.
Sony A7RII & Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Lens SEL24240! California Spring Wildflowers Superbloom Carrizo Plains National Monument! God Spilled the Paint Desert Wildflowers Super Bloom! Temblor Range! Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography! Wildflower Superbloom!
Wikipedia reports on the Carrizo Plain National Monument: "Carrizo Plain National Monument
Aerial-SanAndreas-CarrizoPlain.jpg
Aerial view of the Carrizo Plain.
The San Andreas Fault is on the right.
Map showing the location of Carrizo Plain National Monument Map showing the location of Carrizo Plain National Monument
LocationSan Luis Obispo & Kern counties, California
Nearest cityCalifornia Valley, California
Coordinates35.1913582°N 119.7929080°W[1]Coordinates: 35.1913582°N 119.7929080°W[1]
Area246,812 acres (998.81 km2)[2]
EstablishedJanuary 17, 2001
Governing bodyBureau of Land Management
WebsiteCarrizo Plain National Monument
Carrizo Plain Rock Art Discontiguous District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Area1215
NRHP reference #01000509[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 23, 2001
Designated NHLDMarch 2, 2012
"Superbloom" in the Temblor Range, April 2017
The Carrizo Plain is a large enclosed grassland plain, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long and up to 15 miles (24 km) across, in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles.[4] It contains the 246,812-acre (99,881 ha)[2] Carrizo Plain National Monument, and it is the largest single native grassland remaining in California. It includes Painted Rock in the Carrizo Plain Rock Art Discontiguous District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2012 it was further designated a National Historic Landmark due to its archeological value. The San Andreas Fault cuts across the plain."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca: On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!
John Muir: All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or land or down among the crystals of waves or high in a balloon in the sky; through all the climates, hot or cold, storms and calms, everywhere and always we are in God's eternal beauty and love. So universally true is this, the spot where we chance to be always seems the best.
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom;
and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it
will lose that, too.
(W. Somerset Maugham)
Difficult to get across to many here. The food value- negative number. But people are distracted by other issues.
101 Oil Studies, No. 47
Objective: Focus on values.
Painted in 6 sessions: 25 Nov to 14 Dec 2024
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless noted otherwise): yellow ochre, terra rosa, permalba white (Weber), ivory black, indigo. Mediums: Gamsol.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)
The major work here was getting consistency in the lights and darks of the water.
After Action Evaluation: I began with a yellow ochre wash, which I don't think makes sense with this palette. Gray or light indigo wash?
...except for the free food the queen provided the poorest quarters in the city, she would also once a year gifts of gold and food to the one that was singled out as the poorest citizen within the town and its outskirts...
This recipient would be new every year since they got so much gold that they could support themselves for years...
For singling out of this person the queen had assembled a small board consisting of Her, Prince Albert, the town mage and also every city guilds chairman as well as some official minority groups leaders such as from the middle-esterling refugee population living in the capital...
Every year would start the same, the Wizard would say that he was the poorest citizen, anyhow as he argued, compared to the cost of running experiments that his budget would go on a big negative value every year, after this queen would grant him some gold to keep quiet for the rest of the meeting...
...then Prince Albert would complain about that his consumption of alcohol made him have large tabs on every pub and then stated that if he would pay every tavern what he owed them he would be on a minus so huge that even the states entire annual budget couldn´t stuff his holes in the budget, then the queen would given him a gold coin and he would excuse himself and vanish with the speed of drunk-light!!!
Then the meeting could start for real... this year an old miner living in an abandoned mine close to town was the one the board agreed on was the poorest person and should be granted the award, but the members of the board warned the queen, that he was a nutter, so she would better bring a whole army to keep safe...
The queen settled for three soldiers and Puffy iff her favorite dog...
...later that day a horse-drawn chart loaded with food and gold arrived to the abandoned mine...
the queen jumped off her horse, there was no one to be seen, when she peeked inside the main building, there was just a big abyss of a hole, she called down the hole:
- Is there anyone home, it is you majesty Queen Esmeralda, with a surprise...
then it just echoed for ever and ever, then she heard a faint voice:
- I will just be a jiffy, I am here digging, will be up quite soon...
...after a while a dirty old bearded man climbed the walls of the abyss like a mountain goat... very agile despite his ancient age...
- Hello Madam, I am...
oh what is my name now again?
yes nap, nappy, Napoleon, yes that is my name, Napoleon and some number I can´t remember!
Who are you my fair lady?
- Hi, Napoleon I am Esmeralda also with a number, Actually Esmeralda the first...
- Yes, first, one, one that is my number and one more number that is higher than the first, yes one plus three, I am four, no wait I am 1 and three that is 13, oh wait I am, oh I forgot what my first name was...
- Napoleon, the queen replied!
- Yes that is the guy, Napoleon number 13, who are you?
- I am ruling queen of t his queendom, eh I mean kingdom!
Step outside I have a small surprise for you!
- No you can´t be ruling this kingdom, because I am King, from here to the land of the forestmen, the barbarian, the middle-asterling emirates, I own it all...
- Oh (*giggle*)! You Majesty would you please step outside and look at the surprise I have brought you...
- ok, ok, ah it is daylight my poor eyes... oh I see now, your brought your King and Emperor three men and two horse to help me dig, I am very pleased my loyal subject... You will be rewarded later, or now, I will award the title: Earl of the eastern wall of my hole between 30 feet and 45 feet...
- Eh Well, your Majesty actually my gift isn´t my henchmen or beast of burden but what we have brought you on the chart over there, one chest of gold, a box of food, a chicken and a sack of cereal seeds...
- My subject, are you trying to make mockery out of me? I have gold, I am the richest man in the world, down my hole I have lumps of gold so huge that a dragon couldn´t lift a grain of them... you really disappoint me citizen, I hope the crate with food is fresh earthworms? since that is the only thing I eat, all other food just gives me constipation or was it the other way around, anyhow I eat only fresh squiggly earthworms...
- Eh, Well you majesty, no I have failed you, I have brought you nothing of value and as a self-punishment for the shame I have brought up on my self, will leave you to your work and retreat to my "prison-like" palace and no longer bother you your majesty...
I am so sorry!
- Well Subject citizen, I Napoleon the 14th forgive you, no need for you to punish your self, but, now leave me alone and get your stuff out of my property... Now I have more important things to do than to squabble and gossip with puny subject...
- Yes your majesty...!
the queen slowly backed away while bowing and kneeling respectfully, she picked up Spotty iff and she and her men mounted a rode away to the farm next door and gave the random family the gifts perhaps they were not the poorest but they surely needed the gifts more than Napoleon!