Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SKYLINE
THIS IS THE TEMPORARY ICON OR LOGO FOR A NEW FLICKR GROUP CALLED...WORLDZBESTFOTOZ...THINK ABOUT JOINING AND EXHIBITING YOUR BEST WORK IN THE GROUP, AND POSSIBLY IN THIS ONLINE JOURNAL...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
This one took my breath away. It was perfect.
THANKS TO HOWARD for a refreshing memory of wheels long gone.
THIS ONE, however, looks mighty cool with matching upholstery and the wide white-side wall tire.
This one took my breath away. It was perfect.
THANKS TO HOWARD for a refreshing memory of wheels long gone.
THIS ONE, however, looks mighty cool with matching upholstery and the wide white-side wall tire.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
"You'll be in my heart"
ANOTHER TRULY AMAZING IMAGE BY AILEENIE. THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO COLORS THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFINE IN TERMS OF VISUAL JOY. ONE CAN ONLY VIEW THIS IMAGE AND FEEL THE EXCITEMENT OF WHAT SPRINGTIME IS ALL ABOUT...THIS IS A PICTURE THAT WILL REMAIN IN ONE'S HEART.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
RIVER TOOLS AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS: workers are off on Sundays
RIVER TOOLS AND MAINTENANCE ITEMS: workers are off on Sundays
Originally uploaded by roberthuffstutter
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Hokkaido (the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu)
IF YOU LIKE SNOW AND SKIING, I BELIEVE HOKKAIDO WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST AREAS FOR A WONDERFUL SKIING VACATION. THE WARM REDS OF THIS RESTAURANT BALANCE THE WHITE OF THE WINTER SNOWS. ANOTHER GREAT SHOT BY TRAVELHAHA
IF YOU LIKE SNOW AND SKIING, I BELIEVE HOKKAIDO WOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST AREAS FOR A WONDERFUL SKIING VACATION. THE WARM REDS OF THIS RESTAURANT BALANCE THE WHITE OF THE WINTER SNOWS. ANOTHER GREAT SHOT BY TRAVELHAHA
Happy New Year
FROM HOKKAIDO, GREETING FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THIS PHOTO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOS IN THE HOKKAIDO SET BY travelhaha. Although there are thousands of photos of Japan featured on Flickr, Travelhaha's photos of Japan's second largest island, Hokkaido, are among the most fascinating of all the photos. Like many people who have been to Japan, myself included, I never took the time to travel to Hokkaido. If I am able to return to Japan for another visit, I will make certain I see Hokkaido.
me first
BON VOYAGE AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? ANOTHER MASTERPIECE BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER Lo Li...To view the photographer's collection, click on the highlighted link. Thanks to Lo Li for permission to exhibit a few of her photographs.
Tsing Ma Bridge sunset
ONE OF THE BEST BRIDGE SHOTS I HAVE SEEN. IT IS TRULY AN ART PHOTO IN THAT IT IS OBVIOUS THE PHOTOGRAPHER USED SOME CALCULATIONS IN MAKING THIS PHOTO AS PERFECT AS IT APPEARS. ONE CLASSIC PHOTOGRAPH. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER . USE THE LINK PROVIDED TO CHECK OUT HER FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM...
Monday, March 23, 2009
Train tracks B&W
Train tracks B&W
Train tracks on the north end of Wenatchee near the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee Rivers.
Taken with the Petri FT500 film SLR
Thanks to jgodfrey13 for permission to exhibit this photograph
Train tracks on the north end of Wenatchee near the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee Rivers.
Taken with the Petri FT500 film SLR
Thanks to jgodfrey13 for permission to exhibit this photograph
Sunday, March 22, 2009
MILWAUKEE RR TRAIN NO. 25 APR 19, 1958
THIS DEEP ORANGE TRAIN TRIMMED WITH A DEEPER RED WAS THE SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED, NUMBER 25 /26. IT DEPARTED KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI'S UNION STATION AROUND 7:30 PM EACH EVENING BOUND FOR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. MY UNCLE JIM WAS THE CONDUCTOR ON THIS MILWAUKEE RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN FOR MANY YEARS. HE RETIRED WITH 45 YEARS OF RAILROAD SERVICE. HE PASSED AWAY IN THE SUMMER OF 1984.
AS TIME PASSES, I THINK MORE AND MORE OF THE MANY MILES HE SPENT ON THIS TRAIN, THE MANY TALES HE TOLD ME OF HIS TRAVELS, ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE MET. I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED HIS TALES ABOUT THE TROOPS WHO RODE HIS TRAIN DURING WORLD WAR TWO. HE COULD HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK, BUT HE WAS NOT A WRITER, HE WAS A GENTLEMAN TOTALLY DEDICATED TO HIS PROFESSION. HE WAS MY UNCLE. HE DIDN'T HAVE A SON, SO ONE OF THE JOYS OF BEING HIS NEPHEW, A KIND OF ONLY SON, WAS THE MILES HE LET ME TRAVEL WITH HIM ON HIS TRAIN WHEN TIME AND SCHEDULE WOULD PERMIT.
MY MEMORIES OF RIDING THIS TRAIN ARE VERY SPECIAL. WHENEVER I FEEL A BIT LONELY OR DESPONDENT, I CAN TRANSFER THESE EMOTIONS INTO A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY BACK IN TIME. I THINK ABOUT THOSE TRIPS WITH MY UNCLE JIM. THEY ARE GREAT MEMORIES AND PROVIDE A LOT OF UPBEAT VISUALS LIKE TRAIN CROSSINGS WITH SIGNAL LIGHTS BLINKING IN THE HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BELLS RINGING. I HAVE A FAVORITE VIDEO ABOUT LIFE AND THE LOVED ONES WE MISS; IT IS CALLED "LIFE ON THE TRAIN." HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO VIEW IT SOMETIME. http://www.inspiringthots.net/index.htm
Look deep into my eyes
THE KINDNESS IN THE EYES OF THIS PRECIOUS PET TOUCH MY HEART AND MIND AND MAKE ME THINK OF ALL THE JOY OUR PETS PROVIDE US WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED. A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO BY PERENNIAL GIRL.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
sheep
IF THERE IS PEACE AND SERENITY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IT MUST BE HERE, BETWEEN THOSE MOMENTS BETWEEN SLEEPING AND WAKING, WITH NO REFERENCE TO COUNTING SHEEP. THE SCENE ALONE IS SOOTHING ENOUGH TO CREATE PLEASANT DREAMS. CONGRATULATION TO walk magazine
Thursday, March 19, 2009
hug buffy
WILD-EYED AND WIDE-EYES...from an album saved from the 70s...Photo by Missiz Beasley's Dad. Thanks for sharing this with the online readers.
Tokyo View - Ueno
THIS PHOTO SPEAKS VOLUMES IN ALL ASPECTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND GEOGRAPHY. A MASTERPIECE...BY COCOIP
A r l e s `[y]´ V A N · G O G H ÷ [FRANCE]
ONE FANTASTIC WORK OF ART. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S PHOTOSTREAM FOR OTHER ART PHOTOS AND WORKS OF ART. ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHTED BY PHOTOGRAPHER.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tokyo TAXI - Asakusa
ONE UNINTERRUPTED DAZZLE AND GLEAM; SHINING RELECTIONS OF A MOBILE KIND. CONGRATULATIONS TO COCOIP OF TOKYO
Monday, March 16, 2009
Allay 小路
ONE OF THE BEST SHOTS OF LIGHTS AT NIGHT IN TOKYO...THANKS TO KAGURA-SAKA, TOKYO. COPYRIGHTED BY PHOTOGRAPHER
Sunday, March 15, 2009
subway ad with monocle
THIS IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH THAT REMINDS ONE OF ALABAMA, NIGERIA, HIKING IN THE SAHARA OR LIVING IN NEW YORK. BUT THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP HERE. IF THIS SOUNDS ODD OR STRANGE OR FUNNY, LET ME AD ANOTHER ELEMENT: A HUMAN DRUMMER WHO IS THE CREATOR OF SOME FABULOUS MUSIC. HERE'S HOW IT ALL GOT STARTED. I WAS BROWSING FLICKR SETS AND CAME UPON THIS SET BY A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CALLS HIMSELF flapjax at midnite.
I asked him if it was okay to blog his photo for a new blog I began a few weeks ago, a short story blog. "Sure," he responded.
Before the day ended, I received a package of music via E mail, some of the best music I have heard in my almost seven decades here on earth.
I am not a music reviewer by any sense of the word, I just know the kind of music I enjoy. His music was like no music I had heard. I have listened to a few hours of it now and love the sounds. His music is full of the beat and sounds that will renew your mind and body. I cannot describe it, it is TOO GOOD for me to spoil with a bunch of fancy adjectives. Just take a few minutes and listen.
http://roomfulofghosts.blogspot.com/
I must say something: It is a down home, blues and soul with a rock beat and a voice that is so cool the smoke freezes in your nostrils. What in the hell am I rambling on about anyway. Let me turn you on to his good sounds....
Friday, March 13, 2009
Industrial Ice & Magic
PHOTOGRAPHER DESCRIBES THE SHOT AND SITUATION
This picture really made itself. I only used available light. What you see here in B&W is exactly what I saw in my mind's eye as I walked down this street. The extreme sub-freezing temperature was actually causing this steam to generate ice crystals that were falling like very fine snow all around this facility.
I'm not one for extensive technical preparation, though I do put considerable thought into composition. This was done handheld with high ISO and slow shutter. It was shot in RAW format with an image stabilizer lens for the initial capture.
In Canon Digital Photo Professional software, I desaturated to B&W, then added contrast before converting from RAW to JPEG
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
PHOTO BY DIXON MARSHALL
PHOTO BY DIXON MARSHALL
This picture really made itself. I only used available light. What you see here in B&W is exactly what I saw in my mind's eye as I walked down this street. The extreme sub-freezing temperature was actually causing this steam to generate ice crystals that were falling like very fine snow all around this facility.
I'm not one for extensive technical preparation, though I do put considerable thought into composition. This was done handheld with high ISO and slow shutter. It was shot in RAW format with an image stabilizer lens for the initial capture.
In Canon Digital Photo Professional software, I desaturated to B&W, then added contrast before converting from RAW to JPEG
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
PHOTO BY DIXON MARSHALL
PHOTO BY DIXON MARSHALL
expo with Anne
CHIC FASHIONS OF THE 60S...TWO GOOD LOOKING YOUNG LADIES AT EXPO...THANKS TO Missiz Beasley for permitting the editors to feature this shot from her Flickr Photostream...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Ptown arthouse
FOR FLOWER LOVERS, THIS IS NIRVANA. THE HOME, OFF THE MAIN IN PROVINCETOWN, WOULD BE ONE GREAT PLACE TO SPEND A SUMMER....
Ironwood State Prison, Blythe
A beautiful photograph minus the prison. The mountains and sky are so pristine, so smog-free. For those inmates inside this facility, the primary regrets are, i feel, the inmates sorrow about the decisions made to cost them their freedom. Looking at the beauty outside the walls, the beauty through the fence, is a form of mental torture i fear would drive most inmates insane. What can i say? Stiffer laws? Better parenting? Less laws? How does one compromise the sorrow one feels for these offenders when one recalls the violence committed. Would anger control classes beginning early in life be the answer? Or is this a matter of good vs evil?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Bliss 03 10 09
CAN YOU TELL, BY A QUICK GLANCE, IF THIS IS A PHOTO OR A PAINTING. THERE ARE A FEW CLUES. CAN YOU FIND THE CLUES THAT WILL DISCLOSE THE TRUTH?
THIS IS A MACHINE SHOP MASTERPIECE
Shoes
IMAGINE BEING A RUNWAY MODEL AND WEARING THESE DOWN TO GET YOUR ROSES . THANKS TO bibbi.nlson for adding these to our links to femalefashions.
BOARD WALK
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER ALFRED HITCHCOCK's THRILLER, THE BIRDS? BELIEVE ME, THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE OR TWO OF THESE DARLING BIRDS IN THE MOVIE...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
wet henry j
WHEN I SAW THIS FANTASTIC B/W PHOTO OF A HENRY J, I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF. THERE IS, I PRESUME, AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE AUTOS LEFT SOMEWHERE. THESE AUTOS, LIKE THE KAISER AND FRAZIER, WERE BUILT BY HENRY J. KAISER, A METALS MAGNATE WHO, DURING WORLD WAR TWO, BUILT MANY OF THE LIBERTY SHIPS USED AS TROOP CARRIERS, TO AND FROM THE EUROPEAN THEATER. SOME WERE USED AS HOSPITAL SHOPS OFFSHORE.
THANKS TO jwcooperphotography for permission to include this photo in WORLDZBESTFOTOZ.
THANKS TO jwcooperphotography for permission to include this photo in WORLDZBESTFOTOZ.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
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THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY JOEY FAILING. According to Joey, only a limited amount of editing was done. "This is one of the best farm scenes I have ever seen in in America," stated the editor of Worldzbestfotoz. "This is 'picture perfect' in every aspect of photography."
A PERFECT PHOTO OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PICTURE PERFECT FARM. ONE VERY POSITIVE VISUAL. THIS IS ONE PHOTOGRAPH THAT REALLY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD BY A SIMPLE GLANCE. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A PHOTO ONE CAN VIEW ONCE AND FORGET; IT WILL GET A SECOND GLANCE WITH MUCH ADMIRATION.
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOEY FAILING for one great photograph. The Staff of Worldzbestfotoz
Blommor
A PERFECT PHOTO THAT IS BALANCED PERFECTLY, FRAMED WITH COMPOSITION IN MIND AND PRESENTED WITH A HOPE FOR YET ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LEAF TO UNROLL INTO THE LIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO bibbi.nelson FOR A GREAT PHOTOGRAPH.
Friday, March 6, 2009
A TEMPORARY TRIBUTE TO VINCENT
WHAT MORE CAN I SAY BUT THIS IS ONE POWER PHOTO DEDICATED TO THE HERO OF 99 OUT OF 100 ARTIST. CONGRATULATIONS, ROB, YOU DID A HELL OF A FINE JOB SETTING THIS ONE UP. IT IS FINALLY TIME YOU GOT SOMETHING RIGHT...
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"THERE IS BEAUTY ALL AROUND US. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT TAKING A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK WOULD PRODUCE AN IMAGE OF ONE OF THE NICEST PAIR OF LEGS I HAVE SEEN ALL WEEK. ONE VERY NEAT AND APPEALING PHOTO. PLEASE ACCEPT MY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EYE FOR POSITIVE SUBJECT MATTER." EARL R. STONEBRIDGE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF WORLDZBESTPHOTOZ
Sunday, March 1, 2009
HMS Centurion as target ship
IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE ALLIED SHIPS USED AS TARGET PRACTICE; IT IS LIKE SHOOTING THE ELDERLY WHO CAN NO LONGER GET AROUND WELL. ONE OF THE WORST TRAGEDIES OF THIS NATURE WAS THE U.S. ATOMIC EXPLOSION IN THE BIKINI ISLANDS AND ATOLL. IT WAS NOT JUST ONE, IT WAS SEVERAL BOMBS (H-TYPE, I BELIEVE). I DO NOT KNOW WHOSE BRILLIANT IDEA IT WAS TO PULL OF A FETE OF THAT NATURE, BUT IF ONE COULD COURTS-MARTIAL RETROACTIVELY, THERE WOULD BE SOME ADMIRALS MINUS SCRAMBLED EGGS AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DUE FOR RELEASE FROM LEAVENWORTH NEXT YEAR. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT SUCH AN EVENT WAS EVER CONSIDERED. THE MORE I THINK ABOUT THIS, THE MORE PI---ED OFF I BECOME,SO IT IS BEST TO DISMISS IT----BUT I BELIEVE I WILL WRITE A PIECE ON THE STUPIDITY OF SUCH AN ACT AND RESEARCH NAMES AND DATES. THANKS FOR THE PHOTO THAT HAS RAISED MY BLOOD PRESSURE THIS SUNDAY MORNING. ROB
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