Random Photos

[gmax137]

A shot taken from the road leading up to the tower:

I like this one!

 

[berkeman]

So I've seen this advertisement at the CNN news website a few times now. It just seems really bizzare to me, since it is advertising a practice exam for entering the US military...

Spoiler

Unless her right arm is disabled, she is supposed to be saluting with her right arm.

 

[fresh_42]

So I've seen this advertisement at the CNN news website a few times now. It just seems really bizzare to me, since it is advertising a practice exam for entering the US military...

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Spoiler

Unless her right arm is disabled, she is supposed to be saluting with her right arm.

Isn't the flag in the background mirrored, too? You cannot rotate it so that the stars are in the upper left corner.

 

[BillTre]

Isn't the flag in the background mirrored, too? You cannot rotate it so that the stars are in the upper left corner.

Flip it over (topologically speaking).
That would be like mirroring it.

 

[berkeman]

Isn't the flag in the background mirrored, too? You cannot rotate it so that the stars are in the upper left corner.

Good question about the mirroring, but the flag can't help. As Bill says, you just look at it from the other side.

Unless there is a preferred orientation for displaying US flags. I'm off to Google...

 

[berkeman]

Hmm, nope, that looks like the preferred orientation:

https://www.defense.gov/News/Featur...92936/dos-and-donts-for-displaying-old-glory/

 

[Ibix]

advertising a practice exam for entering the US military...

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Spoiler

Unless her right arm is disabled, she is supposed to be saluting with her right arm.

Congratulations, you've got 1 mark so far...

 

[berkeman]

Congratulations, you've got 1 mark so far...

LOL. Of course I took the practice test for fun the first time I saw the ad, and aced the test. Guess what I saw in my FaceBook feed for the next month...

 

[fresh_42]

LOL. Of course I took the practice test for fun the first time I saw the ad, and aced the test. Guess what I saw in my FaceBook feed for the next month...

 

[Swamp Thing]

A couple of rather halloweeny but oddly adorable thunder eggs...

https://www.geologypage.com/2016/10/thunderegg.html

 

[phinds]

That second one is obviously Casper the Friendly Ghost's retarded uncle

 

[collinsmark]

she is supposed to be saluting with her right arm.

It's a mirror image.

WHY IS THE FLAG BACKWARDS ON MILITARY UNIFORMS?

https://mybaseguide.com/backwards-flag

Back in the days of the Civil War, flag bearers were common military positions within the greater infantry and cavalry units. As the flag bearers stormed into battle, the American flag would sway behind them with the momentum, making it look like the flag was backwards as it flew.Okay, so what? Why is the flag backwards on a military uniform?When the star field is first and foremost, it looks like the flag itself is storming into battle, much like our brave service men and women. If the flag were not mirrored on the Y axis, the star field would be on the left, making it look like the flag was retreating from battle instead of facing it head-on. This backwards American flag is called the Assaulting Forward.

 

[Point Conception]

Sea bass and vegetables at the seafood market

 

[DennisN]

Here's a lovely clownfish resting in a sea anemone (I think, @BillTre would probably know if it's correct ),
shot today at the local aquarium:

(shot with Sony A7R + Commlite EF-NEX adapter + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II in a very, very dark
environment, so I pumped up the ISO to 2000. Other settings: f/3.5, 1/100 s exposure.)

 

[nsaspook]

When Samantha smiles.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[DennisN]

I was editing old photos and found this one of a dragonfly, which I think is a "lesser emperor" (Anax parthenope). Not a particularly good photo (and heavily cropped), but it was the only one I got .
They are very uncommon here.

 

[DennisN]

A cool toy on a Swedish auction site:

KO YOSHIYA. "Nasa UFO", spaceship, tin toy, battery operated.

 

[BillTre]

A cool toy on a Swedish auction site:

KO YOSHIYA. "Nasa UFO", spaceship, tin toy, battery operated.
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To Infinity and Beyond!

 

[Point Conception]

These months the visitors 40%/60% Scandinavian/Russian stay in Jomtien. Nice warm dry Northerly. Air/Water , 32C/30C

 

[Point Conception]

 

[nsaspook]

 

[berkeman]

Ribs on the left? How is it seasoned/marinated?

EDIT -- Nevermind, I see now that it's the shadow that makes it look like 2 different seasonings...

 

[Arjan82]

Brilliant :)

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards​

Some examples:

 

[DennisN]

A couple of plants from earlier this year and last year...

Yellow rose(s) (shot on a cemetery*)

Yellow lilies reaching for sunlight (also shot on a cemetery*)

Papaver (a big pink poppy, also shot on a cemetery*)

Japanese cherry tree (Prunus serrulata):

Japanese cherry tree, detail:

* I've probably said before that cemeteries can be excellent places to shoot a variety of flowers .

 

[DennisN]

Brilliant :)

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards​

Some examples:

Very funny!

 

[nsaspook]

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all.

 

[Point Conception]

Nice to get in the water but not cooling off @30C. I know it's cold where ya all are: No Schadenfreude intended.

 

[Point Conception]

Macy's 5th Ave Thanksgiving Parade

 

[Point Conception]

The Puerto Rican families had Sunday afternoon picnics on the hood & trunk of my car. 8av. & 20th