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On Saturday, I discovered that someone had... modified one of the concrete sewer grates near my house.
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A Visual Pun here. The chest of this art piece looks like the frontal head of a bull (Nandi)....LOL! Just focus on the chest & you can see it clearly.
For my British friends, here in America we call potato crisps "potato chips" and what you call chips we call "fries."
The World Famous Frazier Studio
Batavia, Illinois
December 23, 2009
This is still my favorite "Peas Project" picture. For this redux, I recropped, mitigated a hotspot south of Australia, and tried to brighten the stars a bit.
Original is here
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Part of the Peas Project
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Lighting: SB600 in umbrella camera left at 1/4 power, sb600 camera right and above zoomed to 85mm at 1/64 power, both triggered by CLS. Flashes were kept as close as possible to the subject to take advantage of the inverse square law so that they didn't meaningfully illuminate the Christmas tree in the background.
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This series of photos was taken for the group "Macro Mondays." This week's theme is "Stephen King" and we were encouraged to photograph something based on King's extensive body of work. I am not a fan of the horror genre in books or movies, but Stephen King is such a creative man, i thought I could pull this theme off with a little humor. So I really got into the "corniness" of it all.
I took a little over 200 photos using various tiny (children) figures with corn on the cob, candy corn, Indian corn, and pop corn. This one in color is my favorite photo and I think it captures something a little terrifying. I have included 5 others in my photostream for you to see as well. This was a wonderful theme--and I had a blast with it. BTW, I have never seen the movie "Children of the Corn" or read the story--and I don't think I ever will. However, it is a very rich title that lends itself to interpretive metaphorical/magical imagery--thank you, Stephen King, for your words and creativity. =)
Highest position on Explore: #7
One hundred ninety days have gone by like a—a—like a
clock with wings! And what a blast it's been!
Assignment 2. Visual Joke or Pun. So many of us play with
this each week. Make us laugh with your image.
For Take a Class with Dave & Dave.
(Also for 365 Days. This is Day 190 and Day 2 of my official
get-strong plan.)
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"Call Me Up," by Gang of Four
Call me up, If I'm home
Don't say too much, I might be upset
Let us agree to differ
We're consumed by competition
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Call me up, if I'm alone
I don't like to spend too much time on my own
I need to have diversion
Consume me with a new passion
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
We are all in competition
Better move fast gobble up your dinner
Take a tip - get hip!
It's not so bad in the promised land
It's not so bad in the promised land
It's not so bad in the promised land
How do I fill my days?
A force called "Hard Cash" moves my feet
We are all in competition
It's the one thing that is simple
We are all in competition
It's not so bad in the promised land
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Children of the pleasure culture
Who must be grateful for what we've got
Happy smiles in sunny climes
So don't upset the ice-cream cart
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
Having fun is my reason for living
(Give me a break)
We're Here: Picture Puns
88/365
Strobist: Speedlights: SB700 standing on table to left; SB24 held at arms length to right; Yongnuo 560II standing on biscuit tin behind and slightly above subject; triggered by partially obscured on camera flash; It was probably the red wire.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is worth visiting if you are in Tucson, it's as much a zoo as anything else.
This is my first Peas Project shot that was inspired by a meme.
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World Famous Frazier Studio
Elgin, Illinois
November 21, 2020
Technical: AB400 in socked beauty dish, camera right, triggered by pocketwizard
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World Famous Frazier Studio
Elgin, Illinois
September 30, 2020
Another experimental work.
Part of the Peas Project
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Technical: I have set a personal best record for Photoshopping on this one. Almost all elements (peas, "torches", signs) were made with an AB400 in socked beauty dish at camera right triggered with pocketwizard. I shot everything from the exact same camera position and lighting so that they would all "seamlessly" mesh in the picture. Unfortunately, peas were destroyed in the making of this image.
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clippings and photos from my collection
It's hard to put this book down!
(this pic was taken for the Rochesterians challenge of "visual pun")
Two weeks ago I asked my contacts to give me some suggestions as I would have a few weeks off from work and extra time to devote to my SPs. Overwhelmingly, the most popular choice was cross dressing. Who am I to resist their request?
I have to say that this is the strangest thing that I have ever done for Flickr.
Enhancement of my painting originally rendered in acrylics on stretched canvas.
This is one of a series of art works I created between 1988 and 1992 in various media. I call them "visual puns." (For those who don't speak English, the titles are puns, plays on words, or idioms.)
I created them for a solo exhibit entitled "The Bovine Comedy."
Some of the things you will see on this cow's side are:
"COW, Cattle of the World." (mimics the NOW logo.)
"Get your mind out of the butter."
"I'm just wild about dairy."
"This cud's for moo."
"Udderly cool cows make ice cream."
"Equal hay for equal work."
"I only have eyes for MOO."
"Thou shalt not veal."
"M.A.D.D., Moos Against Drunk Dairymen."
"Sweet creams are made of this."
"The revenge of the herds."
"Cow do I love thee? Let me cownt the wheys."
"Legalize grass."
"Black (and white) is beautiful."
and my own personal favorite (on the cow's milk sack):
"Calves suck!"
If you can't read them, try hitting the Z for zoom and/or hit control and the plus sign 1 to 3 times (or option and the plus sign on a Mac.) Hit control or option and the minus sign to get it back to the original size.
Note that the date on the image reflects the date that I slightly enhanced the image in Photoshop. The original image was painted c.1990.
One that's been in my head for a few days...took a little noodling to figure out how to do it. :-)
Strobist: ISO 200, f7.1, 1/200, SB-80DX at 1/16 into reflector brolly, snooted and gelled SB-80DX at 1/32 for background.
Take a Class with Dave and Dave:
***Assignment 2. Visual Joke or Pun. So many of us play with
this each week. Make us laugh with your image.***
Funnily enough, I thought of this idea staring down at my keyboard today at work, something I stare at almost 8 hours a day, 5 days a week (not counting Flickr time, which I count as fun time!)
The Arboretum has an interactive map on their web site. This map is found at the Arborway Gate.
Pasting from Wikipedia: Arnold Arboretum:
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The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is an arboretum located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale sections of Boston, Massachusetts. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and is the second largest "link" in the Emerald Necklace.
History
The Arboretum was founded in 1872 when the President and Fellows of Harvard College became trustees of a portion of the estate of James Arnold (1781–1868).
In 1842, Benjamin Bussey (1757–1842), a prosperous Boston merchant and scientific farmer, donated his country estate Woodland Hill and a part of his fortune to Harvard University "for instruction in agriculture, horticulture, and related subjects". Bussey had inherited land from fellow patriot Eleazer Weld in 1800 and further enlarged his large estate between 1806 and 1837 by acquiring and consolidating various farms that had been established as early as the seventeenth century. Harvard used this land for the creation of the Bussey Institute, which was dedicated to agricultural experimentation. The first Bussey Institute building was completed in 1871 and served as headquarters for an undergraduate school of agriculture.
Sixteen years after Bussey's death, James Arnold, a New Bedford, Massachusetts whaling merchant, specified that a portion of his estate was to be used for "...the promotion of Agricultural, or Horticultural improvements". In 1872, when the trustees of the will of James Arnold transferred his estate to Harvard University, Arnold’s gift was combined with 120 acres (0.49 km2) of the former Bussey estate to create the Arnold Arboretum. In the deed of trust between the Arnold trustees and the College, income from Arnold’s legacy was to be used for establishing, developing and maintaining an arboretum to be known as the Arnold Arboretum which "shall contain, as far as practicable, all the trees [and] shrubs ... either indigenous or exotic, which can be raised in the open air of West Roxbury". The historical mission of the Arnold Arboretum is to increase knowledge of woody plants through research and to disseminate this knowledge through education.
Charles Sprague Sargent was appointed director and Arnold Professor of Botany shortly after the establishment of the institution in 1872.[2] Together with landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted he developed the road and pathway system and delineated the collection areas by family and genus, following the then current and widely accepted classification system of Bentham and Hooker. The Hunnewell building was designed by architect Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. in 1892 and constructed with funds donated by H. H. Hunnewell in 1903. From 1946 to 1950 the landscape architect Beatrix Farrand was the landscape design consultant for the Arboretum. Her early training in the 1890s included time with Charles Sprague Sargent and chief propagator and superintendent Jackson Thornton Johnson.[3] Today the Arboretum occupies 265 acres (107 hectares) of land divided between four parcels, viz. the main Arboretum and the Peters Hill, Weld-Walter and South Street tracts. The collections, however, are located primarily in the main Arboretum and on the Peters Hill tract. The Arboretum remains one of the finest examples of a landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and it is a Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site) and a National Historic Landmark.
Robert E. Cook is the seventh and current Director of the Arnold Arboretum. He is also the Director of the Harvard University Herbaria located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Status
The Arboretum is privately endowed as a department of Harvard University. The land, however, was deeded to the City of Boston in 1882 and incorporated into the so-called "Emerald Necklace". Under the agreement with the City, Harvard University was given a thousand-year lease on the property, and the University, as trustee, is directly responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of the Arboretum; the City retains responsibility for water fountains, benches, roads, boundaries, and policing. The annual operating budget of $7,350,644 (fiscal year 2003) is largely derived from endowment, which is also managed by the University, and all Arboretum staff are University employees. Other income is obtained through granting agencies and contributors.
Location
The main Arborway gate is located on Route 203 a few hundred yards south of its junction with the Jamaicaway. Public transportation to the Arboretum is available on the MBTA Orange Line to its terminus at Forest Hills Station and by bus (#39) to the Monument in Jamaica Plain. The Arboretum is within easy walking distance from either of these points.
Hours
The grounds are open free of charge to the public from sunrise to sunset 365 days of the year. The Visitor's Center in the Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sundays 12 p.m.–4 PM. The Visitor’s Center is closed on holidays. The Library, located in the Hunnewell Building, is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.. The Library is closed on Sundays and holidays. Stacks are closed and the collection does not circulate.
Area
Two hundred and sixty-five acres (107 hectares) in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale sections of Boston, Massachusetts, located at 42°19′N 71°5′W / 42.317°N 71.083°W / 42.317; -71.083, with altitudes ranging from 46 feet (15 m) in the meadow across the drive from the Hunnewell Building to 240 feet (79 m) at the top of Peters Hill.
Climate
Average yearly rainfall is 43.63 inches (1,102 mm); average snowfall, 40.2 inches (102 centimeters). Monthly mean temperature is 51.5 °F (10.8 °C); July's mean temperature is 73.5 °F (23 °C); January's is 29.6 °F (-1.3 °C). The Arboretum is located in USDA hardiness zone 6 (0 to −10 °F, −18 to −23 °C).
Collections (as of September 14, 2007)
At present, the living collections include 15,441 individual plants (including nursery holdings) belonging to 10,216 accessions representing 4,099 taxa; with particular emphasis on the ligneous species of North America and eastern Asia. Historic collections include the plant introductions from eastern Asia made by Charles Sprague Sargent, Ernest Henry Wilson, William Purdom, Joseph Hers, and Joseph Rock. Recent introductions from Asia have resulted from the 1977 Arnold Arboretum Expedition to Japan and Korea, the 1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition to western Hubei Province, and more recent expeditions to China and Taiwan.
Comprehensive collections are maintained and augmented for most genera, and genera that have received particular emphasis include: Acer, Fagus, Carya, Forsythia, Taxodium, Pinus, Metasequoia, Lonicera, Magnolia, Malus, Quercus, Rhododendron, Syringa, Paulownia, Albizia, Ilex, Gleditsia and Tsuga. Other comprehensive collections include the Bradley Collection of Rosaceous Plants, the collection of conifers and dwarf conifers, and the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection. Approximately 500 accessions are processed annually.
Collections policy
The mission of the Arnold Arboretum is to increase our knowledge of the evolution and biology of woody plants. Historically, this research has investigated the global distribution and evolutionary history of trees, shrubs and vines, with particular emphasis on the disjunct species of East Asia and North America. Today this work continues through molecular studies of the evolution and biogeography of the floras of temperate Asia, North America and Europe.
Research activities include molecular studies of gene evolution, investigations of plant-water relations, and the monitoring of plant phenology, vegetation succession, nutrient cycling and other factors that inform studies of environmental change. Applied work in horticulture uses the collections for studies in plant propagation, plant introduction, and environmental management. This diversity of scientific investigation is founded in a continuing commitment to acquire, grow, and document the recognized species and infraspecific taxa of ligneous plants of the Northern Hemisphere that are able to withstand the climate of the Arboretum’s 265-acre (1.07 km2) Jamaica Plain/Roslindale site.
As a primary resource for research in plant biology, the Arboretum’s living collections are actively developed, curated, and managed to support scientific investigation and study. To this end, acquisition policies place priority on obtaining plants that are genetically representative of documented wild populations. For each taxon, the Arnold Arboretum aspires to grow multiple accessions of known wild provenance in order to represent significant variation that may occur across the geographic range of the species. Accessions of garden or cultivated provenance are also acquired as governed by the collections policies herein.
For all specimens, full documentation of both provenance and history within the collection is a critical priority. Curatorial procedures provide for complete and accurate records for each accession, and document original provenance, locations in the collections, and changes in botanical identity. Herbarium specimens, DNA materials, and digital images are gathered for the collection and maintained in Arboretum data systems and the herbarium at the Roslindale site.
Research
Research on plant pathology and integrated pest management for maintenance of the living collections is constantly ongoing. Herbarium-based research focuses on the systematics and biodiversity of both temperate and tropical Asian forests, as well as the ecology and potential for sustainable use of their resources. The Arboretum's education programs offer school groups and the general public a wide range of lectures, courses, and walks focusing on the ecology and cultivation of plants. Its quarterly magazine, Arnoldia, provides in-depth information on horticulture, botany, and garden history. Current Research Initiatives
Plant Records
Plant records are maintained on a computerized database, BG-BASE 6.8 (BG-Base Inc.), which was initiated in 1985 at the request of the Arnold Arboretum and the Threatened Plants Unit (TPU) of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC). A computerized mapping program (based on AutoCAD (Autodesk)) is linked to BG-BASE, and each accession is recorded on a series of maps at a scale of 1-inch (25 mm) to 20 feet (1:240) or 1-inch (25 mm) to 10 feet (1:120). A computer-driven embosser generates records labels. All accessioned plants in the collections are labeled with accession number, botanical name, and cultivar name (when appropriate), source information, common name, and map location. Trunk and/or display labels are also hung on many accessions and include botanical and common names and nativity. Stake labels are used to identify plants located in the Leventritt Garden and Chinese Path.
Grounds Maintenance
The grounds staff consists of the superintendent and assistant superintendent, three arborists, and ten horticultural technologists. A service garage is adjacent to the Hunnewell Building, where offices and locker rooms are located. During the summer months ten horticultural interns supplement the grounds staff. A wide array of vehicles and modern equipment, including an aerial lift truck and a John Deere backhoe and front loader, are used in grounds maintenance. Permanent grounds staff, excluding the superintendents, are members of AFL/CIO Local 615, Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Nursery and Greenhouse Facilities
The Dana Greenhouses, located at 1050 Centre Street (with a mailing address of 125 Arborway), were completed in 1962. They comprise four service greenhouses totaling 3,744 square feet (348 m²), the headhouse with offices, cold rooms, storage areas, and a classroom. Staffing at the greenhouse includes the manager of greenhouses and nurseries, the plant propagator, two assistants, and, during the summer months, two horticultural interns. Adjacent to the greenhouse is a shade house of 3,150 square feet (293 m²), a 12,600 cubic foot (357 m³) cold storage facility, and three irrigated, inground nurseries totaling approximately one and one-half acres (6,000 m²). Also located in the greenhouse complex is the bonsai pavilion, where the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection is displayed from the middle of April to the end of October. During the winter months the bonsai are held in the cold storage unit at temperatures slightly above freezing.
Isabella Welles Hunnewell Internship Program
The living collections department of the Arnold Arboretum offers a paid summer internship program [2] that combines hands-on training in horticulture with educational courses. Intern trainees will be accepted for 12- to 24-week appointments. Ten interns will work with the grounds maintenance department and two in the Dana Greenhouses.
As part of the training program, interns participate in mandatory instructional sessions and field trips in order to develop a broader sense of the Arboretum’s horticultural practices as well as those of other institutions. Sessions and field trips are led by Arnold staff members and embrace an open question and answer format encouraging all to participate. Interns often bring experience and knowledge that everyone, including staff, benefits from. It is a competitive-free learning environment.
Horticultural Apprenticeship
The Arboretum created the horticultural apprenticeship program in 1997 to provide hands-on experience in all aspects of the development, curation, and maintenance of the Arboretum's living collections to individuals interested in pursuing a career in an arboretum or botanical garden.
The Living Collections department of the Arnold Arboretum offers a summer internship program[4] that combines practical hands-on training in horticulture with educational courses. Fourteen Interns/Horticultural Trainees are accepted for twelve to twenty-four week appointments. Interns receive the majority of their training in one of three departments: Grounds Maintenance, Nursery and Greenhouse, or Plant Records.
Lilac Sunday
The second Sunday in May every year is "Lilac Sunday". This is the only day of the year that picnicing is allowed. In 2008, on the 100th anniversary of Lilac Sunday, the Arboretum website touted:
Of the thousands of flowering plants in the Arboretum, only one, the lilac, is singled out each year for a daylong celebration. On Lilac Sunday, garden enthusiasts from all over New England gather at the Arboretum to picnic, watch Morris dancing, and tour the lilac collection. On the day of the event, which takes place rain or shine, the Arboretum is open as usual from dawn to dusk.[5]
Associated Collections
The Arboretum's herbarium in Jamaica Plain holds specimens of cultivated plants that relate to the living collections (ca. 160,000). The Jamaica Plain herbarium, horticultural library, archives, and photographs are maintained in the Hunnewell building at 125 Arborway; however, the main portions of the herbarium and library collections are housed in Cambridge on the campus of Harvard University, at 22 Divinity Avenue.
Publications
The inventory of living collections is updated periodically and made available to sister botanical gardens and arboreta on request; it is also available on the Arboretum’s website (searchable inventory). Arnoldia, the quarterly magazine of the Arnold Arboretum, frequently publishes articles relating to the living collections. A Reunion of Trees[6] by Stephen A. Spongberg (curator emeritus) recounts the history of the introduction of many of the exotic species included in the Arobretum’s collections. New England Natives[7] written by horticultural research archivist Sheila Connor describes many of the trees and shrubs of the New England flora and the ways New Englanders have used them since prehistoric times. Science in the Pleasure Ground[8] by Ida Hay (former curatorial associate) constitutes an institutional biography of the Arboretum.
Institutional Collaborations
The Arboretum maintains an institutional membership in the American Public Garden Association (APGA) and the International Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. Additionally, members of the staff are associated with many national and international botanical and horticultural organizations. The Arboretum is also a cooperating institution with the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), and as an active member of the North American Plant Collections Consortium (NAPCC), it is committed to broadening and maintaining its holdings of: Acer, Carya, Fagus, Stewartia, Syringa, and Tsuga for the purposes of plant conservation, evaluation, and research. The Arboretum is also a member of the North American China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC).
See also
Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection, donated by businessman and ambassador Larz Anderson
The Case Estates of the Arnold Arboretum
List of botanical gardens in the United States
North American Plant Collections Consortium
External links
Arnold Arboretum Official Website
Arnold Arboretum Visitor Information
American Public Gardens Association (APGA)
Virtual Information Access (VIA) Catalog of visual resources at Harvard University.
Garden and Forest A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry (1888–1897)
downtown Barry's Bay. Fish and Game store. Opeongo Rd. Fish Art on Main Street. Renfrew Valley, Ottawa Valley, Summer in Ontario,
Part of the Peas Project
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Frazier Studio
Batavia, Illinois
April 12, 2011
Lighting: Two SB600's at full power in a reflecting umbrella camera right with a reflector camera left. Triggered by CLS.
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Part of the Peas Project
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Frazier Studio
Batavia, Illinois
February 2010
Unlike other Lego stuff I've photographed, I actually built this one!
Many peas were harmed in the making of this photograph.
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We're Here - Pun with pictures
Fred's tie was the perfect colour to complement my butter chicken and pretend it was Tie (Thai) Curry. And in case you're interested, the other dishes on the table are Gobi Aloo, Saag, Pilaf Palau, Naan, and a nice Raita. I decorated the table with black onion seeds and orange-coloured blossoms on a pale yellow piece of sari cloth. All recipes from the wonderul Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Cooking, except for the Naan, which we get from a local restaurant.
Most unfortunate that the tie is in focus but the butter chicken is not. Haw! Attention to detail...not so much! :D
Put some zing into your 365! Join We're Here!
Part of the Peas Project
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Frazier Studio
Batavia, Illinois
January 2010
Lighting: 1 SB600 Ezybox directly above subject, triggered by CLS.
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Typo Gravy... typography...
....sorry.
Problem: if you have a white plate on a white background it's hard to blow out the background to pure white without doing the same to the plate.
Solution: use a different coloured plate. And/or separate it from the background so you can control the lighting on the two planes independently.
Lit with one bare SB600 directed at the ceiling and one gridded SB800, bith fired by Nikon CLS. Messed about with somewhat in Photoshop too.
This is just a mockup. If I make a real version I would fix the text alignment and probably change fonts because I am not overly fond of that “R”.