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Point Conception · Sep 27, 2023

My dynamic girlfriend this Wednesday night: ** And this should conclude the girlfriend party photo series after a few glasses of wine.

Woman with long blonde hair and bangs, wearing a light tank top and a dark wristwatch, holding her hand to her face in a dimly lit room with green striped wall and hanging plant.

Blonde woman in a light pink top and pale skirt, standing indoors at night beside a green table with candles, a small framed picture and scattered petals.

Woman with red hair and bangs sitting on a balcony at night, reclining with her bare feet up on a ledge, holding a glass of white wine, with a bowl of snacks on a table beside her.

DennisN · Sep 30, 2023

Some shots of a skateboarder in action...

This skateboarder was performing tricks in a square and I asked him if I could take some photos, and he said yes. It seemed to me he was pretty good at skateboarding. And it was fun because I had never tried shooting skateboarding. I set the camera to extremely short exposure (1/4000 s) to "freeze" the action and also used fast burst mode (I call it "machine gun mode"

) and took some shots.

A skateboarder in black clothing and a black cap mid-air above a concrete bench in a park, arms outstretched, with a young man in a white shirt and dark pants watching nearby among green trees.

A skateboarder in a black t-shirt and dark pants jumps in the air on a grey concrete bench beside a leafy tree, his board tilted beneath his feet.

A skateboarder in dark clothes and a cap jumps over a concrete ledge in a park, with his skateboard spinning in midair beneath him; a person in a white shirt stands in the background among trees.

jack action · Sep 30, 2023

The following is a montage for a joke, but you have to admire the work:

Four puppies running side by side across grass, each with a different coat pattern, some wearing blue collars; the image is a photo of puppies with a hidden face effect.

And for those who find it too difficult to squint, I scaled it down to obtain the same effect:

Small image of a grid of dog faces arranged to form a larger picture, with a block of text above reading 'I have no idea how they did this but it's hilarious.'

jtbell · Sep 30, 2023

Sculptures of folk musicians at the Swannanoa Valley Museum in Black Mountain NC, led by a local legend, fiddler Marcus Martin.

Four carved wooden figurines of musicians on a display stand, one seated playing a dulcimer, others holding a fiddle, banjo and guitar, with an exhibit panel behind them.

berkeman · Oct 2, 2023

Wow, incredible airshow picture of an F-22 Raptor showing off...

Jet fighter viewed from below flying through a cloud of condensation with glowing orange exhaust from its engines, against a blue-grey sky.

jtbell · Oct 2, 2023

Kudzu conquers all...

Paved trail curving uphill between dense kudzu-covered slopes and trees, with a cyclist riding in the distance.

This is a former section of highway US-70 between Black Mountain and Old Fort NC. After it was superseded by the nearby I-40 expressway, it was converted to a bike/hike trail.

I hiked part of it on Saturday, about a mile out and then back. On the outward trip, I thought, "gee, what an easy walk." After I turned around, I realized I had been going downhill... and now I was going uphill!

A sign at Point Lookout, where I turned around, notes that the trail is 3.6 miles long, with a total climb of about 900 feet going west, up the edge of the Blue Ridge. That's an average grade of about 4.7%.

Group of cyclists gathered at a mountain overlook beside a paved trail, with an American flag on a pole and a wooden information kiosk, with forested ridges and hazy hills behind them.

jack action · Oct 3, 2023

Tom.G · Oct 3, 2023

A perfect example of being "wall-eyed.'

Point Conception · Oct 4, 2023

The infamous Soi 6 in Pattaya

Street scene in Pattaya at Soi 6 with neon signs for Good Fellas and Angel's Bar, with women seated at street-level bars and pedestrians passing by.

Busy street scene in Pattaya with neon signs for Good Fellas, Hollywood and 3 Angels, a one-way sign, and pedestrians and motorbikes below.

jtbell · Oct 4, 2023

Halloween is approaching... this is about a block down the street from our house.

Halloween yard display with plastic tombstones on a lawn, including one reading "Dear Departed Brother Dave" and one reading "Here Lies Good Old Fred", plus a skull, a white hanging ghost and black hooded figures.

"Dear departed Brother Dave / He chased a bear into a cave"
"Here lies Good Old Fred / A great big rock fell on his head"

DennisN · Oct 7, 2023

Close-up shots of the eyes of my two cats:

Close-up of a cat's yellow-green eye with a narrow vertical pupil, surrounded by grey fur, with a pale bluish area at the left edge of the iris.

Close-up of a cat's amber-gold eye with a narrow vertical pupil, surrounded by light fur.

Not easy to do for a number of reasons

, but fun. They were resting, which made it easier.

(shot with Canon nFD 50mm Macro + 2x teleconverter = 100mm macro lens)

jtbell · Oct 8, 2023

On Main Street in Greenville SC, man's best friend with two of his friends.

Outdoor sculpture of a rust-coloured steel dog cut out as a silhouette, with a cat standing on its back and a small red bird perched on the cat's head, set on a green lawn in front of a glass and wood building.

phinds · Oct 8, 2023

Love it.

Point Conception · Oct 9, 2023

The Thai Ministry of Health legalized cannabis in the country June of last year. Now everywhere you look there is a new place. From little kiosks to large establishments. The colors on this place made it worth photos.

Storefront with bright pink walls and frame, large glass window, two metal-frame chairs with brown leather cushions and a small round bistro table on artificial grass outside.

Storefront window with several cannabis plants growing in pots inside, a pink and orange striped pillar at the right edge, and a small round table and chairs in front.

Point Conception · Oct 10, 2023

Taken from bus along Jomtien beach

Palm trees silhouetted against a glowing orange and pink sunset over calm water, with a floating lane line and a blue structure at the lower left.

berkeman · Oct 10, 2023

phinds said:

Love it.

Of course you do!

phinds · Oct 10, 2023

berkeman said:

Of course you do!

ARF ARF

berkeman · Oct 10, 2023

phinds said:

ARF ARF

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that acronym...

ARF ARC (Australian Research Council) Research Fellow
ARF Advertising Research Foundation
ARF ASEAN Regional Forum
ARF Acute Renal Failure
ARF Animal Rescue Foundation
ARF Almost Ready to Fly
ARF ADP Ribosylation Factor
ARF Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Armenian political party)
ARF Acute Respiratory Failure
ARF Approved Retirement Fund (UK)
ARF Area Resource File
ARF Additional Registration Fee
ARF Absolute Return Fund (investing)
<snip>

phinds · Oct 10, 2023

berkeman said:

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that acronym...

Oh, dammit, I'll translate for you.

BOW WOW !!!

Swamp Thing · Oct 10, 2023

Acoustic Radiation Force
Argon Fluoride (ArF)
Angular Response Functions
Arf invariants

pinball1970 · Oct 11, 2023

Stockport market center

Long row of arched, glazed market hall roofs with black-and-white timber-framed walls, lined by black iron bollards on a paved street, with a red brick building and a street lamp at right.

jtbell · Oct 11, 2023

phinds said:

ARF ARF

How do senior dogs get their discounts?
By belonging to AARF - American Association of Retired Fidos.

Borg · Oct 11, 2023

jtbell said:

How do senior dogs get their discounts?
By belonging to AARF - American Association of Retired Fidos.

I guess that the acronym for American Association of Retired Pooches was already taken.

jtbell · Oct 13, 2023

"Now accepting applications"? I don't think so... Movie Gallery went bankrupt in 2010.

Point Conception · Oct 14, 2023

Along South/Na Jomtien today

Tall tiered bamboo structure with stacked wooden trays decorated with orange marigold flowers, standing in shallow sea water on a beach with waves and distant hills.

Tiered offering made of pale green banana stem sections decorated with orange marigold flowers, paper streamers and white paper, set on a sandy beach with the sea behind.

berkeman · Oct 14, 2023

morrobay said:

Along South/Na Jomtien today

What is that?

Point Conception · Oct 14, 2023

Yesterday the 13th was a royal holiday in the kingdom. So I assume this was made to honor one of the past kings. There are many many holidays in Thailand: royal family, government, religious ...

phinds · Oct 14, 2023

Ran across a long set of photos on "architectural wonders of the past" from around the world. Really has some amazing stuff that people / civilizations have done. This was not the most impressive, but jumped out at me for sheer weirdness. The dot circled in blue is a person. I can only think that the tower was populated by Sir Thigh the Strong

Access to the top is only through a circular internal staircase.

The whole thread is here

Aerial photo of a tall, narrow red-brick tower with a crenellated top and a spire, set in woodland and fields, with a small figure circled in blue at its base; label reads Somerset, England 1769.

Point Conception · Oct 15, 2023

Indeed. This is a temple entrance, Thailand , Wat Chai Mongkhron , 1851

Ornate gilded temple gateway with red and gold roof trim, a painted panel above showing figures in a green landscape, and a green sign with Thai script; a golden bell hangs beneath the arch.

Rive · Oct 15, 2023

Workshop

Forest floor covered with many scattered spruce cones and twigs among tree trunks, with a dark stone or stump in the center of the pile of cones.

I suspect a woodpecker.
They don't have the right anatomy to hold anything with their legs, so some external tools are required.
And, of course, only a fool would abandon a proven tool o0)

Waiting for season

Photo of a single small red mushroom with white spots on its cap, growing on the forest floor among pine needles, twigs, moss and fallen cones.

Usually this time that patch of forest is full with these classics... This year, so far only some babies - and this lone 'young adult' looking for prospect

Ps.: the meaning of 'full' above (older photo):

Forest floor with green moss and scattered pine needles and twigs, with many red mushrooms with white spots, likely fly agaric, growing among spruce trunks.

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