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Nico's ballet
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My favorite frame from today's shoot. This is Nico. Nico saw me photographing my kids at the skatepark back in August or September and approached me asking if I'd like to do some photos together. We shot a few frames in that park and I took his portrait. Really warm, kind human.
A couple of months later I reached out and asked if he'd be interested in doing some portraiture for one of my classes. He immediately agreed. We did some wild light painting and acrobatic stuff (he used to do Capoeira). It was a really fun shoot and we agreed to do more in the future.
Jump to about a week ago. I was talking to my team about maybe getting in touch with him for a shoot on the coast for our project. The very next day he reaches out to let me know he's back from Argentina. It's either a universe thing or he's the life force behind targeted ads.
Today's shoot was so much fun. We emulated some iconic shots from J. Grant Brittain and played around on these breakwater blocks. He's not fearless but close to it. Very balletic, yoga-etic, punketic, etc etc.
Among many talents, he's a tattoo artist as well. I plan to work with him on a piece soon.
A couple of months later I reached out and asked if he'd be interested in doing some portraiture for one of my classes. He immediately agreed. We did some wild light painting and acrobatic stuff (he used to do Capoeira). It was a really fun shoot and we agreed to do more in the future.
Jump to about a week ago. I was talking to my team about maybe getting in touch with him for a shoot on the coast for our project. The very next day he reaches out to let me know he's back from Argentina. It's either a universe thing or he's the life force behind targeted ads.
Today's shoot was so much fun. We emulated some iconic shots from J. Grant Brittain and played around on these breakwater blocks. He's not fearless but close to it. Very balletic, yoga-etic, punketic, etc etc.
Among many talents, he's a tattoo artist as well. I plan to work with him on a piece soon.
adding to the love: the angles you chose to include in frame with the concrete barriers are just fascinating. contrasting him against this sea of angry triangles that the concrete barricades make up is such a cool concept
@nikkuneko thank you so much! I agree about the shadows. I’m going to tweak that a bit.
She's so pretty <3
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We're gonna get married in a botanical center and this reaffirms that idea.
<3
<3
Congrats!
Would You Ride Taiwan's RUSTY 50-Year-Old Express Train?
It was time: landscaping timbers edition
Seems legit.
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I can never remember terms for these (and most of the descriptions either) so I love things like this that help nudge my brain to a better understanding.
@bubbalumpkis I'm positive I've seen a list of logical fallacies here on MLTSHP before, maybe someone will kindly repost.
@WikiAdam Not really designed for meme-ability or mnemonics, but this is a good reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
I had that dream again
OMW
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Ostrich escape artist out on a highway. They are not even touching the ground.
Runnin" down the road tryna loosen my load...
Such a fine sight to see
It’s a bird, my word,
With its feathers stirred
Speeding off to get away from me
It’s a bird, my word,
With its feathers stirred
Speeding off to get away from me
#ffu
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Panel from a Donald Duck or Uncle Scrooge comic. A dejected-looking duck, Donald's cousin Gladstone Gander, with a fancy... haircut?... and wearing a suit and bow tie, sits among the ruins of a smashed chair or throne on a dais. There is a battered hat next to him. In the background, Donald and his nephews are standing in front of a crowd, howling with laughter. Gladstone is thinking, "How awful to be a deposed monarch! How terrible to sit in sackcloth and ashes while ragpickers cheer at my downfall!"
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Gladstone *always* finds a way. Always
Oh my!
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A photograph taken in space that shows Artemis II's Orion capsule on the other side of the moon and Earth is peeking out from the other side of the moon. Orion, The Moon and Earth, all in the same picture.
Somehow I missed this shot, incredible capture
Embiggen at leisure
Embiggen at leisure
Amaze-dogs!
nice, i hadn't seen this one either!
NASA made a nice gallery of other flyby shots:
https://www.nasa.gov/gallery...
NASA made a nice gallery of other flyby shots:
https://www.nasa.gov/gallery...
@nikkuneko ooh thanks, much better versions too, like this version of what ive posted https://www.nasa.gov/image-de...
I'll be grabbing a few desktops from all of that
I'll be grabbing a few desktops from all of that
i choo-choo-choose the simple life
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a fake toy in a plastic blister-pack on a custom-made cardback by artist ObviousPlant. the bright, colorful illustrated cardback has the feature title "GET IN LOSERS" and the subtitle below it "WE'RE GOING TO...". in the center is the toy itself, a red molded plastic steam engine with a simply drawn cartoon man with a hat. below that is more text, reading "GO LIVE A SMALL AND QUIET LIFE THAT IS unremarkable yet meaningful to ourselves and the chosen few who shared it with us." in the background of the cardback is an idyllic countryside with a number of characters, saing "toot toot!" "tickets please", "all aboard" and "do not lick the train!"
via obviousplant on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p...
main insta page:
https://www.instagram.com/obviousp...
website/shop:
https://obviousplant.com/
https://www.instagram.com/p...
main insta page:
https://www.instagram.com/obviousp...
website/shop:
https://obviousplant.com/
I can't figure out why Obvious Plant's stuff sets my teeth on edge, but I dearly love stuff like nanoraptor. Brains are weird. (This is a _me_ issue, not any fault of yours, nikkuneko.)
I love Obvious Plant!
logging in like
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I don't know what this plant was but the angle of the shot is cool.
@soemthing - it’s an ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)
sovcits keepin' it weird
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Photo of the bumper of a bright red truck. Where the legal state license plate should be is a black tag which reads "No driver license or insurance required / not for commerce use / private mode of travel" In the center where the vehicle ID should be is "Private" in all caps, along with a globe ringed with the text "Peace on earth / good will towards men".
I wish I was capable of this depth of delusion, hopefully with enough of my mind intact to fix the grammar.
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
source: https://www.reddit.com/r...
I mean, sure - if you build your own private roads everywhere and no other people are allowed on those roads...
I guess if they hit me, I'm covered by uninsured motorist insurance... But what happens to them?
Burned at the stake if there's any justice.
Gambling and Fraud
Who're you calling a fairy?
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A stern looking blue bird
Fairy Wren
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From my experience, they are nearly impossible to photograph this clearly..
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From my experience, they are nearly impossible to photograph this clearly..
Specifically a Splendid Fairywren. I’m a little suspicious that I can’t find any attribution for this particular photo.
…
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took me waaay too long ha!
Hehehehehe
My brain does not make this work, but mostly because it keeps trying to make the bug into a mosquito.
hol' up
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I can only fulfill one of those requirements.
Alas, i am no longer young.
This makes sense though - if it's warm enough for a young man to be running around nekkid before sunrise, then it's warm enough to plant cucumbers.
Hard same
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Text: “Turns out I wasn't sick of hearing about space, was just sick of hearing about Elon and Bezos’ above two pictures: one an artist's conception of the Orion capsule deploying solar panels, the other of the Artemis 2 astronauts standing in front of their launch vehicle.
Hells Yeah
Oh yes
for the road
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"If some nitric acid is poured on iron nails, a stream of red nitrous vapour is let loose."
source: https://www.tumblr.com/nemfrog...
source: https://www.tumblr.com/nemfrog...
This looks like it could be Loius Poyet who I'm mildly obsessed with
https://slackwise.org.uk/blog-arc...
https://slackwise.org.uk/blog-arc...
We call this the ol' chipotle maneuver
Isadora Duncan at the Parthenon
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1921
Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen
Shaka, as the walls fell.
foreign policy
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MAd Max scene of person shooting out a truck's tires
Here I thought current US foreign policy was that meme with the person riding a bike and jamming a stick into their own front spokes.
@Xedrik That comes next. Shoot first, then be brought down by reality.
Sunset Over Lake Creek
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Bare tree branches frame a photo of distant storm clouds. They glow pink and orange in the setting sun, a stark contrast to the blue sky closer to the point of view of the photographer.
The clouds and the sun came together to put on a show yesterday evening. This is taken from my parents' back yard in northwest Iowa.
We got walloped by those (or similar) thunderstorms last night in northwest Illinois. Tornado warnings all night with occasional periods under tornado watches.
@rogrtheshrubber Yeah that very cloud started dropping funnels about 15 minutes after I took that picture.
Self-Portrait with a Woman and Cat
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1988
Ryan Weideman
Ryan Weideman
How in the world did they achieve the lighting in this shot? The whole thing is magnificent.
@BennyTheIcepick I think I see a bunch of dodging and burning - I bet there was a good bit of darkroom editing.
Eye cushions
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A pair of knitted eye cushions perched on a sofa.
[banana for scale]
I like everything about this.
I hope the opposite side of the cushions has closed eyes, so you can mix and match, a winking couch, or one that's snoozing (getting some shut-eye)
omw
The Onion wins again
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A screenshot of an Onion article with title, "Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto."
The Onion remains undefeated. https://theonion.com/man-who-...
Ded.
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The "Calvin's dad talks about rotational velocity to Calvin, leading to a freaked out sleepless night" comic, but it's been 'shopped.
PANEL 1: Calvin's dad, alone. "Playing a record? I'll show you something interesting."
PANEL 2: Calvin's dad, sitting with Calvin. "The two types of meme are this one and Loss. American Chopper? This one. guy pointing to butterfly? Loss. Expanding brain? This one." Calvin: "Yeah...?"
PANEL 3: Closeup on Calvin and his dad. "Rick roll? Loss. 'Change my mind?' This one. Zendaya is Meechee? Loss. Grant Gustin at the grave? This one. 6 7? Loss. Despite me being your dad and this being this one, this is Loss."
PANEL 4: Calvin horizontal in bed at night, eyes open, looking distraught. Behind him and at the left, making a visual "L", is Hobbes, holding his chin and looking thoughtful/concerned.
PANEL 1: Calvin's dad, alone. "Playing a record? I'll show you something interesting."
PANEL 2: Calvin's dad, sitting with Calvin. "The two types of meme are this one and Loss. American Chopper? This one. guy pointing to butterfly? Loss. Expanding brain? This one." Calvin: "Yeah...?"
PANEL 3: Closeup on Calvin and his dad. "Rick roll? Loss. 'Change my mind?' This one. Zendaya is Meechee? Loss. Grant Gustin at the grave? This one. 6 7? Loss. Despite me being your dad and this being this one, this is Loss."
PANEL 4: Calvin horizontal in bed at night, eyes open, looking distraught. Behind him and at the left, making a visual "L", is Hobbes, holding his chin and looking thoughtful/concerned.
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damn it.
I only understand this enough to know that it's making me feel bad.
Spiffposting is one of the few things keeping me on facebook, and that is one of the most brilliant posts I’ve seen from that group.
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this is a really lovely pic; the composition is exquisite, and i especially love that you resisted the urge to directly center him. really beautiful color palette too. that gentle gradient from the sky down to the sea is *chef's kiss*
unsolicited advice from someone who is obviously not as good a photographer as you, but part of me would want to either push the shadows deeper so he's a bit more of a silhouette, or blow out the shadows a bit so we can see the detail of his tats and musculature.