Topic: Without Prejudice (Read 478203 times)

Rob C · « **Reply #840 on:** April 02, 2012, 02:56:41 pm »

Cellpix. Here's one such shot used by CSI ~~Miami~~ Puerto Pollensa for ongoing scene-of-crime investigations into local supermarket trolley theft. Under suspicion is a gang of semi-illegals from Eastern Europe who nick these things, put them into transcontinental transit vans, and smuggle them into the wealthy West where they are then rented to the disenfranchised at convenient extortion rates.

No end to the covert use of mobile technology in the brave new world. Aren't you glad this is your era?

Rob C

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #841 on:** April 02, 2012, 03:03:16 pm »

Wasn't me, Rob, I swear!

Rob C · « **Reply #842 on:** April 02, 2012, 03:46:27 pm »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 02, 2012, 03:03:16 pm

Wasn't me, Rob, I swear!

Hang on there until I remove my sunglasses, stand sideways, and consider those fantastic ladies working in my lab. I particularly like to consider the dusky one called Buonanova, Buonanotte (sounds more hopefully appropriate, the latter) or something similar. Then, and only then, shall I think about whether or not I accept your plea.

;-)

Rob C

Rob C · « **Reply #843 on:** April 04, 2012, 09:20:07 am »

Another one from today's (shortened) walk through the marina: pulled the 'phone out of my pocket and, thanks to the lightish drizzle, I could actually see some sort of image on the screen! Perhaps that's what cells are all about: stormy weather snapping. Anyway, it always rains during Easter, which might be a Divine way of saying that such times are not really about having holidays, filling the air with aircraft, and having a high old time making merry...

Sermon on the Hard over, here's the snap.

;-)

Rob C

P.S. Loved this one since whenever!

http://youtu.be/LqX-fj9jETs

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #844 on:** April 04, 2012, 10:31:48 am »

That's definitely a keeper, Rob. You and the cell seem to be hitting it off just fine.

Eric

WalterEG · « **Reply #845 on:** April 04, 2012, 04:09:21 pm »

Rob,

I can't help but feel that your infatuation with the supplied YouTube link is the Ford Edsel depicted in it.

Cheers,

W

Rob C · « **Reply #846 on:** April 04, 2012, 06:02:43 pm »

Quote from: WalterEG on April 04, 2012, 04:09:21 pm

Rob,

I can't help but feel that your infatuation with the supplied YouTube link is the Ford Edsel depicted in it.

Cheers,

W

Ummm... well, the Edsel Ford bombed, but I suppose I'd rather have it than the other son of a Ford, Harrison (1'10").

Nope, it's just the voices, the emotion and the innocence of youth. I almost remember Ann's 16th birthday, but not quite. However, we certainly must have spent it together - that's beyond doubt!

;-) and ;-(

(i.e. bittersweet.)

Rob C

Rob C · « **Reply #847 on:** April 04, 2012, 06:11:45 pm »

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 04, 2012, 10:31:48 am

That's definitely a keeper, Rob. You and the cell seem to be hitting it off just fine.

Eric

It's odd, but I seem to use nothing else these days; I find that not really knowing what I've framed is a sort of added surprise. In fact, had I not the history I have, I'd be very tempted to have no other camera, but then you can't really unlearn what you know and there is always the chance that some day (turn away now, Keith) I may find cause to shoot in earnest again, so just in case... Who knows? Glad you liked it, by the way.

Rob C

Rob C · « **Reply #848 on:** April 06, 2012, 12:21:57 pm »

Easter on Mallorca, so naturally, with the fresh influx of tourists and dreams, it rains.

This is one spotted by my daughter as she accompanied me on my marina walk.

Rob C

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #849 on:** April 06, 2012, 01:15:51 pm »

It's the wrong color for a Great White Shark and the fin isn't the right shape, but those eyes sure look threatening.

Rob C · « **Reply #850 on:** April 06, 2012, 03:32:13 pm »

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 06, 2012, 01:15:51 pm

It's the wrong color for a Great White Shark and the fin isn't the right shape, but those eyes sure look threatening.

How strange! I never saw it from that perspecti¡ve at all! What I see is a guy in a cloak with his arms spread inside it...

Rob C

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #851 on:** April 06, 2012, 05:12:30 pm »

Now that you mention it, I can see it that way too. Maybe I've just watched too many scary movies.

But I like any image that invites different, preferably contradictory, interpretations.

Eric

armand · « **Reply #852 on:** April 08, 2012, 01:14:43 pm »

in Arizona

kencameron · « **Reply #853 on:** April 11, 2012, 03:47:58 am »

Here.

They live in a hollow log, just off a path the dog and I take on our daily walk. They are becoming less active and fewer in number as winter approaches. I plan to go out after dark with the macro lens and a ring flash to try to get really close.

Rob C · « **Reply #854 on:** April 11, 2012, 03:55:06 am »

Quote from: kencameron on April 11, 2012, 03:47:58 am

Here.

They live in a hollow log, just off a path the dog and I take on our daily walk. They are becoming less active and fewer in number as winter approaches. I plan to go out after dark with the macro lens and a ring flash to try to get really close.

It's not true that they can't fly in the dark. They are closely related to the Bat family. The Bats are well-known for flitting at night when they think no-one can see them; I believe they are wanted across several states.

Rob C

kencameron · « **Reply #855 on:** April 11, 2012, 09:02:52 pm »

Quote from: Rob C on April 11, 2012, 03:55:06 am

It's not true that they can't fly in the dark. They are closely related to the Bat family. The Bats are well-known for flitting at night when they think no-one can see them; I believe they are wanted across several states.

Rob C

I had been hoping for sleep, or at least a state of rest, rather than actual flightlessness. I used to keep a couple of hives myself before deciding I wasn't that keen on honey. I believe they are threatened by disease in some countries, with potential damage to food production.

wolfnowl · « **Reply #856 on:** April 13, 2012, 02:08:04 am »

As long as you don't disturb the nest, you can stand beside them and they'll fly in and out past you. Coating yourself with sugar water or having a can of pop nearby probably wouldn't be a good thing unless you want attention. They've got better things to do with their time than chase you off for no reason. I took Marcia to watch a white-faced wasp nest being built once; we stood about four feet from the nest and had the wasps zooming in and out past us, with some working on the nest and others fetching 'supplies'.

Mike.

Rob C · « **Reply #857 on:** April 13, 2012, 02:17:43 pm »

Yes, maybe, but you didn't mention that you two were sheltering beneath Perseus' cloak all the time!

Rob C

Rob C · « **Reply #858 on:** April 13, 2012, 02:49:37 pm »

No Country for Old '59 Cadillacs

;-)

Rob C

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #859 on:** April 15, 2012, 02:21:44 pm »

Inspired by the Russ' post on McDonald's (and the role of chairs), I remembered I had a similar fascination with the design of those places, colors and shapes, and the role chairs play in it. It was an early morning and rather empty. No humans in the picture is what attracted me to the scene in the first place, as nothing portrays better human loneliness, isolation and solitude than empty, deserted spaces.

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