Photos From June 2011

[Trilo]

While ago I had a chat with my older brother about cigar humidors and he said that he might wanna buy one from shop, well I decided to make him one . It ended up with few flaws from which I'm still bit upset, but I guess those can be forgiven since it was my first humdior which I have ever built. At least I know how to avoid my mistakes when doing my next one.

Box is glued laminated Oak and inside it's coated with spanish cedar (damn it smelled good), dimensions are Width 40cm x Height 29cm x Depth 29cm.

It needs bit finishing especially outisde and some sand paper wouldn't be bad inside either, I left that job for my brother so he can outfit like he wants and decide what kind of closing mechanism to add there. Gonna post some updated pics as soon as it's finished completely.

Anyways, took some pics and decided to share with you all.









P.S Some odd smudging on some pics, maybe something on the camera lens.

[C57]

Very neat job! That looks really good

[Moggy]

had a go at an HDR shot today, turned out ok but i need a nicer setting.

[Trilo]

Very neat job! That looks really good

Cheers

[Moggy]

practicing with car shots some more yesterday.




and some big cranes at teesside docks used for unloading iron ore, coal and other raw materials for the steel works..

[120mm]

Oh, believe me, Bud has bigger and hairier body guards, but you don't want to see pictures of me.

Bud and I are surprisingly awash in beautiful women out here.





The only thing missing, is whisky.

[Moggy]

want....

[Mr Tattie Heid]

want....

Not if you want a defrosted windscreen in the winter. Or to go uphill.

[Moggy]

i'd carry de-icer and upgrade to a porsche engine... the owner of that one did say it was awfully slow. 1.8 tons with a 1.8 engine.

[Bud Light]

[Mr Tattie Heid]

It's been ages since I had a chance to visit the Toronto harbour islands, a longtime favorite place. Most of the islands are taken up with parkland, but there are neighborhoods on Ward's Island and Algonquin Island. There was a longstanding legal dispute between the tenants (the land is leased) and the city, with the city wanting to clear the cottages for more parkland. Fortunately, the tenants have won the right to stay. Many of the cottages have been greatly improved, and I tried to photograph them without violating anyone's privacy. Private cars are not allowed on the islands, and the streets are no more than walkways, albeit wide enough for service vehicles.

Most visitors take the ferry to Centre Island, but I like to take the ferry to Ward's Island and walk around to Centre Island for the return trip. Along the way, I saw the cottages on Ward's and Algonquin Islands, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, a disc golf course, the Centreville amusement park, beaches on the outer side of the islands, and a couple of restaurants. It was an overcast day, which is photographically regrettable, but on the other hand that kept the crowds down. The last time I thought to make the trip, the ferry terminal in the city was so crowded that I turned away. This time I went, and it was a wonderful day.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

[Mr Tattie Heid]

[Mr Tattie Heid]

[Mr Tattie Heid]

[Moggy]

nice pics, looks like a stunning place.

[Jolly Toper]

The one of the island and moored boats is competition winning stuff Tattiedude, wonderful.

[C57]

As usual,excellent pics from Mr TH. And I agree it really does look stunning.

Nice onesTH!

[Pete Smoke]

The famous coloured cliffs of Hunstanton.



The Burnham beach.



Holkham beach.

[Bud Light]

All of them are great, but this one is my favorite. One of the most important aspects of photography is to recreate the third dimension. Good job here.

[Bud Light]

Lovely shots, Pete. When I come to visit we may have to go have a picnic or something there.

[Malt-Teaser]

This grey thing is a nasty evil monster in the making, just look at its evil cuteness
Mr & Mrs Malty are agreed that it should be re-homed somewhere totally un-evil, perhaps like Bayern ....

As an aside, is it / are they a pure breed, if so, which breed?
Malty

[Bud Light]

That one is a girl, I think. The other four are boys (another orange one is not on this photo). Their mom hangs out near our housing and we basically adopted the entire bunch. It's a form of therapy for many of us here to play with them.

They are about six weeks old. Country cats, but cuter than any pure breed.

[Malt-Teaser]

Yes, very cute indeed. Mrs Malty just wondered if they were pure breed, something to do with the shape of her face, the cat's, not Mrs. M's.

Our two are also run of the mill moggies and extremely cute too. One is 10y this July, the second 3y but just recently Mrs. Malty has been trying to convince herself she doesn't want a third. I offered to take her to our local cat rescue home (where we got No.2 from), but she won't let me as she knows she can't walk away without another.

As an aside our two hate male cats, all of them, so it looks like I'm consigned to remaining the only male in a house of females.

[Bud Light]