LR-12500 - Here it is the last shot before cleaning the lens. Get close and dirty, yep done that got to close and also got dirty as mud flew of this guy's ears whilst shaking his head.
Went to lunch with Mrs R and thought I would get a few shots of the pigs wallowing in the mud, probably 80 percent water in places. Much to her amusement I arrived back at the car, with me mubbling that the camera and lens had got mud on it that's not all she said whilst laughing her face off yep, on my face, down the coat, jumper and trousers :)
Tags
Great Broadband
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Weeeeeeeeeeeee! Splat
The Scream, by Mother Nature After Edvard Munch
The Scream, by Mother Nature After Edvard Munch, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-12470 - Whilst wandering around the common and walking back up, before the eco card I saw this which reminded me of the Scream, she does a good job our MN :)
Tags
Edvard Munch scream branch bark trunk bole ivy green
You can either bury your head in it or just keep pushing it around
You can either bury your head in it or just keep pushing it around, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-12501 - Went to lunch with Mrs R and thought I would get a few shots of the pigs wallowing in the mud, probably 80 percent water in places. Much to her amusement I arrived back at the car, with me mubbling that the camera and lens had got mud on it that's not all she said whilst laughing her face off yep, on my face, down the coat, jumper and trousers :)
Apart form the crop SOOC, must be improving
Tags
pig mud hair water bury head snot quarr abbey isle wight
Pay As You Go, really eco!
LR-12435 - On the eve of the biggest Solar farm being announced on the Isle of Wight, some 10 mega watt output, I just had to post this from my walk today.
Here we are with the PV panels coming out our ears, coal mines reopening and the PM trying to under mine us financially with the EU announcement and the gas coming from Russia.
Perhaps some one really hoping that nature would speed up the process of trees to coal, coal to coke and then to gas, perhaps even hoping to recharge the card from the tree (next we'll have a floating pontoon across the Solent).
As a foot note it was found in Play Lane on the way to the common.
Tags
"pay as you go" "smart card" "key card" tree PAYG micro bark eco green white bllue "play lane" ryde isle wight
Where will you go when the party is over !
Where will you go when the party is over !, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-12395 - Yep, it was a great night, first time we have been out for the New Year in a while, just recovered now. Have to say the four/five piece soul band was excellent (why 4/5 couple of guys on the bar one in the balcony area, there was certainly a drum kit some where and then a vocalist.
Not your normal tickets but arm bands allowing you to go in and out when every you wanted.
Oh yeah it was a Masquerade event to, so the white bands where the tickets, plus additional tickets for a free drink at the bar. The tickets also came as a formal invitation printed on 250 gm paper enclosed in an envelope of the same quality, with a gold label. We keep stuff as momentos of events when the camera is left at home.
However it does also give the ability to include a bit of Archie Bell and the Drells Where will you go when the parties over a non Philly version, this on the portrait label (unknown to me), I do have a 2012 remix which has a slightly faster tempo, but unable to find a version to share, bit of a MacFadene mix (very talented)
Tags
new years party masquerade gold mask ticket tickets white
Optics or for real!
LR-11528 - Took this at the start of the month with the assignment in mind, but kept looking at it thinking there was some camera twist. Had a look around for other images and can confirm its not.
A shop front High Street in Rochester or is that Chatham, never worked out the difference, but suspect it nearer Rochester castle :)
Tags
quaint lean rochester bow front "high street" pavement architecture wood cladding
Elizabeth Gate and Fortress
LR-12328 - Had to go retailing here's a few more attempts at some snow scenes
Carisbrooke Castle
There has been a fortress at Carisbrooke since at least Saxon times, but the present castle was begun in about 1100, when the Isle of Wight was granted to the de Redvers family. They raised the great stone shell-keep on its towering mound, and after 1262 the formidable Countess Isabella de Redvers extensively rebuilt the whole stronghold. Following the addition of its double-towered 14th-century gatehouse, Carisbrooke experienced its only serious siege in 1377, beating off a French raiding force. After the Spanish Armada passed alarmingly close in 1588, threatening seizure of the Isle of Wight, Carisbrooke was updated as an artillery fortification by surrounding it with 'bastioned' outer earthworks, still impressively visible.
Most famous among Carisbrooke's extensive cast of past residents was King Charles I, imprisoned here in 1647-48 after his defeat in the English Civil War. At first comfortably accommodated in the Constable's Lodging, his plots to renew the war later made him a closely guarded captive: an attempt to escape was foiled only when he became wedged in the window bars.
Later History...
Much later, Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter and Governor of the Isle of Wight between 1896-1944, made Carisbrooke Castle her summer home after 1914. The Edwardian-style Princess Beatrice garden, designed by TV and radio gardening presenter Chris Beardshaw, was inspired by the princess, and includes a fountain and plantings in the rich colours of the royal arms. Citation
slide show of the set
Tags
carisbrooke castle fortress sky snow
On the lean with hues
LR-12322 - Had to go retailing here's a few more attempts at some snow scenes
Carisbrooke Castle
There has been a fortress at Carisbrooke since at least Saxon times, but the present castle was begun in about 1100, when the Isle of Wight was granted to the de Redvers family. They raised the great stone shell-keep on its towering mound, and after 1262 the formidable Countess Isabella de Redvers extensively rebuilt the whole stronghold. Following the addition of its double-towered 14th-century gatehouse, Carisbrooke experienced its only serious siege in 1377, beating off a French raiding force. After the Spanish Armada passed alarmingly close in 1588, threatening seizure of the Isle of Wight, Carisbrooke was updated as an artillery fortification by surrounding it with 'bastioned' outer earthworks, still impressively visible.
Most famous among Carisbrooke's extensive cast of past residents was King Charles I, imprisoned here in 1647-48 after his defeat in the English Civil War. At first comfortably accommodated in the Constable's Lodging, his plots to renew the war later made him a closely guarded captive: an attempt to escape was foiled only when he became wedged in the window bars.
Later History...
Much later, Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter and Governor of the Isle of Wight between 1896-1944, made Carisbrooke Castle her summer home after 1914. The Edwardian-style Princess Beatrice garden, designed by TV and radio gardening presenter Chris Beardshaw, was inspired by the princess, and includes a fountain and plantings in the rich colours of the royal arms. Citation
slide show of the set
Tags
carisbrooke castle fortress sky snow
Sunday, 20 January 2013
Here's Mr Orange breast!
LR-12275 - Robin UK, number two of the list today, bird in the wild :)
Little chap waited until we had fed the ducks to look for bread crumb morsels, managed to click while he was in one place in quite low light
Feather colours: brown, white, red, orange, grey, cream/buff, yellow
Beak colours: black/dark grey
Beak length: short
Beak thickness: short
Leg colour: brown, pink/flesh
Behaviour: on feeder, on ground, wagging or flicking tail, bird hops on the ground, catches insects in flight, eats fruit
Latin name
Erithacus rubecula
Family
Chats and thrushes (Turdidae)
Tags
branch bark twig brown white red orange grey cream/buff yellow black/dark robin Erithacus rubecula thrush turdidae
Solitude
LR-12211 - Here it is then, the snow landscape looking across from Apse Heath towards Shanklin/Ventnor. Liked the lad sat on his sledge who sort of looked like he was all snowed out
wight snow "apse heath" ploughed landscape hill hills poles
........and then they said!
unable to find a translation for it so I'll leave that up to you!
I can make RA the sun god and see some bird logogram or logograph after that I'm at a loss
Tags
tree trunk hieroglyphics hieroglyphic worm bug bore snow Esotericism logogram" " logograph RA bird helmet
That's snow ARt
LR-12185 - Another failed snow landscape then, went out with every intention of getting the perfect (oh yeah) snow vista.
Looking towards the downs and spotted this folded snow peeling away from a tree where the snow had been hard blown against the trunk on Friday, Turned it into a monochrome in an attempt to show you the fold, that didn't seem to work either, but liked the result.
Tags
snow b&w folded ARt
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Tibetan Terrier home run
LR-12058 - Well had to, slight complaint that the presence was not balanced, Yep it snowed and Rusty had been moaning most of morning that no one had played with him in the garden. One HaPpY dog indeed, he loves the white stuff and just wants to be in it, must be the Tibetan bit, not bad for a 70 year old :)
Tags
Tibetan terrier dog snow running jumping covered kicking rusty
Compare thee to the winter's sun
LR-12015 - Same dead flower form the ARt of Being Elegant (with snow)
Tags
dead flower head flowerhead snow brown jewels
Curves !
LR-12011 - Here's some curves with added snow, down a couple of landscapes which are basically white with a hint of something. Still trying to get to grips with the landscape things regardless of snow, liked the way a wander around the garden turned out a couple of shots and this caught my eye
Tags
curve snow leaf crystal crystals flakes white blue brown
Plain Old Vanilla Soft Scoop
LR-11981 - The weatherman said and he got it right this time !
Tags
soft scoop snow white wight walls vanilla
A Sprinkle of Winter sun
LR-11866 - Well pleased that we managed to have some sun out today, minus one out there for most of the day, but having been cooped up in doors with a fever since Friday, alongside Zeke who managed to pull a muscle when getting up to inform me the postman was at the door on Saturday we were ready for some freedom.
A pleasant wander in our fav woods without a sole insight meant we had a great couple of hours.
Tags
winter wight wild flowers flower heads bokeh stems sun
The Weather timeline
LR-11808 - Everybody keeps putting up snow scenes in the UK. Here's my contribution to the UK snowy weather reports, directly from the Isle of Wight.
Mind you if this was cover in snow the place would be shut down!
Tags
tree snow ice tree rings wood cut sawn bark
Experiment - Visual Vertical?
LR-11768 - Another visual experiment this time in vertical lines, trying to get you to see the verticals through the shadows without looking at the trees. But had to leave the tree's in with that sun as the moss really does add something with the light coming through
Tags
shadow shadows tree trees sun moss leaves green winter
Experiment - Visual - Focus point landscape
Experiment - Visual - Focus point landscape, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-11761 - Just playing around with light and focus or focus and light. I have not done a lot of landscapes and sometimes wonder if I could or if they would work for others as I saw them. A bit of fun in the sun here. The intention was to leave enough of the background in focus for you to visualise or render the the mill pond, reflection and sky. Does the focus on the leaf lead you into the image or distract you to on it?
Technically the leaf hits the rule of thirds / golden spiral so some appliance of science as well!
Scavenger Challenge
#25 - Rule of Thirds
Today's posting
Make us feel that we are outdoors with you today., post it then Tag it with #TP432
Sorry been knocked out with some virus since Friday evening
Tags
leaf thirds golden water mill pond landscape blue white cloud buds #TP432
Friday, 11 January 2013
A Winters day, looks like snow!
LR-Firestone_Auto_Panorama_11667_68_69 - Yes it was taken today Jan 11th, the forecast in the UK is snow, snow and some more snow, so after the Cowes in greenish gray this was certainly a pleasant vista, long slow stroll around Firestone with the boys and the camera.
I have been promising myself to do a panorama for a few months now so here it is, three images, well you have to start somewhere and auto stitched in CS6 just to get a feel for the whole thing, quite pleased, but you may feel different!
Tags
firestone pano panoramic vista blue sky water reeds flooded cloud
Reflecting on Zeke ....Just Add Water
Reflecting on Zeke ....Just Add Water, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-11752 - I have loads of Zeke as you can imagine, but here one to celebrate the fact that he was passed as a very healthy dog by the vets :)
He had a kidney infection, which had also caused some murmurs on his heart, so there was some expectation of on going cardiac treatment, well he is twelve. So having limited his walks for the last couple of weeks for him to recuperate, I thought it was only fair to have a long slow walk and allow him to have a couple of swims as a bonus.
Monday, 7 January 2013
The ARt of Being Elegant .... suggest the light box
The ARt of Being Elegant .... suggest the light box, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-11325 - Well it turned out better than expected, not a huge fan of post processing, but wanted to give it a Victorian sepia type of feel, but maintain the detail.
Scavenger Challenge
10. Elegance can be a matter of taste. Photograph something which meets your standard.
Today's Posting
Shrived, dead or dying flowers can be beautiful, use Light or Black and White, Colour if you prefer. #TP422
Tags
flower victorian #TP422 web droplet droplets water sepia
Sometimes I just like shinny stuff!
LR-11352 - Wandering around the garden looking at what the recent down pours have done for us, I came across the bagged trash, looking at the smooth surface and vertical side and just had to share the wonders of rain droplets and how they just sit there!
So slippery and shinny I can't even open the bag, yet enough of a tactile surface for droplets to be held there for hours and even days.
Tags
black refuse trash bag droplet droplets rain water rainwater crease smooth fold small large gravity
Killer smaller than a Honey Bee's knee
Killer smaller than a Honey Bee's knee, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-11340 - Like the next man or woman I snigger and even laugh out loud and some of the Health & Safety publications or requests. Yet this one is something you should not, just one spore can cause Asbestosis. Not that I have seen or met anyone with the disease, my uncle died of Black lung form the coal mines, which apparently is very similar and I would not wish that on anyone.
To show how small the spore/fibre is the shot includes a web with droplets, Asbestos fibers are invisible to the unaided human eye because their size is about 3–20 µm wide and can be as slim as 0.01 µm. Human hair ranges in size from 17 to 181 µm in breadth. That's roughly the thickness of a Blood Cell to the thickness of paper or the diameter of a Honey Bee's knee.
UK asbestos or
Chrysotile has been used more than any other type and accounts for about 95% of the asbestos found in buildings in AmericaWiki
Today's Posting
Sometimes, the best advice is to get closer. Today, get really close to your subject. Use a macro lens if you have one., post it then Tag it with #TP425
Tags
web drop droplet Asbestos Asbestosis Chrysotile board white #TP425
Silent Killers
LR-11344 - Like the next man or woman I snigger and even laugh out loud and some of the Health & Safety publications or requests. Yet this one is something you should not, just one spore can cause Asbestosis. Not that I have seen or met anyone with the disease, my uncle died of Black lung form the coal mines, which apparently is very similar and I would not wish that on anyone.
UK asbestos or
Chrysotile has been used more than any other type and accounts for about 95% of the asbestos found in buildings in AmericaWiki
Today's Posting
Insects are everywhere. Photograph a bug in your environment (no spiders - they're arachnids). #TP424
Tags
#TP424 silent killer ant ants insects Asbestos Asbestosis Chrysotile
Winter Warmers - With bread ....
LR-11294 - As much as I hate the whole wheat thing, you can't beat a stew or soup with some crusty bread, must admit perfer the stew with dumplings
Scavenger Challenge
12. Let us share one of your favorite foods!
Playing with food and the niffy fifty
Tags
bread crusty soup bowl spon 50mm EOS
That's a Wrap, let's go we're packed!
That's a Wrap, let's go we're packed!, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
LR-11283 - The Snowman departs at the end of Victorian twelve day
Just a bit of niffy fifty
Tags
snowman red moon sun scarf white christmas finish aeroplane
Straining for beauty
LR-11273 - Well someone wanted cut flowers to give the place some colour (thought we had just been through a red and white sort of period) oh well, so here's some chaos in the kitchen sink, all the trimmings from presenting the stems and one poor broken flower head, how it got in the strainer I don't know, perhaps it jumped!
Today's Posting
Communicate chaos, disorganization or messiness in a photograph. Find some beauty in it. #TP423
Tags
#TP423 green coronation red droplet droplets strainer tea handle stems
Another one bites the dust
LR-10787 - That's the end of that then, have you taken down, packed away your Victorian Christmas? Twelve night approaching
Tags
victorian christmas hat close twelve night 12th last say good bye red dots white
Hard to be Floppy !
LR-11221 - Having lived with the 5 1/4 inch floppy disk when these 3 1/2 inch arrived on the scene and still called floppy with very little floppyness apart from the disk inside you have to wonder why they where still called floppy.
Obsolete
This is an interesting word for me as I have been involved in technology for a number of years (e.g. more than two). So modern technology in my world what is released into the public domain is probably obsolete and the creators are cashing in on the mass market.
Definition
Adjective
No longer produced or used; out of date.
Verb
Cause (a product or idea) to be or become obsolete by replacing it with something new: "we're obsoleting last year's designs".
Synonyms
antiquated - out-of-date - outdated - old-fashioned
tags
floppy disk disc stack twisted black shinny metal plastic
Stuck Between Death and Taxes
LR-11217 - Sorry to those in the UK to remind you about this topic, don't forget the cut off date is the 31st Jan.
HMRC business card stuck between to wooden filing boxes
Tags
death taxes deadline HMRC HM revenue customs stuck between filing
Page Turning another day over a new one begins
Page Turning another day over a new one begins, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (with Janus & the wolfs).
Concept shot created in PhotoShop
Calendars no matter who they are made by, inspired by etc, the sun and the earths axis dominates our days, whilst the moon pulls the tides. Mayan, Georgian, Julian still we have to adjust our nuclear clocks to sync with them.
Another day ends, we recorded what happened so we may learn for tomorrows blank canvas.
Happy New Year
Sheet on a Rope!
LR-11157-PS - Well the Winter break in the UK is almost over, the younger ones came to visit and reenacted there childhood and to make it authenticate all those little touches that made you curse, when they were teenagers.
Originally this was going to be on a white tile, but having attempted it so many times and failing a black tile was introduced! I will admit I am coming to the conclusion that either I am mad or slightly insane when setting these up, thinking about it I should have just laid this out flat rather than making the whole rig and hanging it up to give it an authentic look :)
Two strobist units, no other lighting
tags
last single sheet roll toilet rope paper puppy frayed black white
Banque de FRANCE, say it loud
LR-11182 - Just a bit of strobist fun really, not worth a cent or Franc but wanted to try something with the niffy fifty and use it's DoF on a short subject!
Today's Posting
Make a photograph of a Bank note, either from the country you are in or one you visited , post it then Tag it with #TP417
tags
#TP417 "banque de france" french franc 20 face
Raspberry PI
LR-11190 - Another toy arrived, wanted one of these for a while. Yes it's a computer dual USB 2 and a USB 3, HDMI and sound, SD drive. The plastic enclosure is extra as is the Operating system
Today's Posting
Plastic is everywhere. Make a photograph that illustrates a use of plastic in your life today. #TP415
tags
#TP415 plastic "Raspberry PI" computer USB 2 HDMI SD sound drive enclosure
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)