I reckon this is the "Dad, come on and take the picture, Hurray Up!" look! Juniper at Seal Rocks, Phillip Island.
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First flower of spring
Spring is in full bloom around my place!
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On the weekend I had the pleasure of taking some promo shots of the Bunjil Aboriginal Dance Group. Grandad, the patriarch of the group mentioned to me in passing several months ago that he had very few good photos of the dancers even though the group is over 17 years old. I volunteered to attend the next function and take some photos.
Bunjil opened the Doveton Show on Sunday with a Welcome to Country ceremony consisting of several traditional and a contemporary dance. The dance troupe are composed of children as young as 2 through young adults and features several women. Most of the time Aboriginal dance troupes are all male affairs so it is enlightening to see the female dances in traditional costumes.
I took 335 photos that I need to have developed for Grandad and the gang. Have a look at my flickr set to see a few choice ones I have picked out.
We had a beautiful spring weekend. The girls spent a lot of time outside playing in the warm sunshine. Teddy went outside with them and took a tumble on the trampoline!
“That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” Edgar Allen Poe
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| Aperture: | f/5 |
| Focal Length: | 39 mm |
| ISO Speed: | 400 |
| Exposure Bias: | 0/3 EV |
| Flash: | Flash did not fire |
| Orientation: | Horizontal (normal) |
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| Y-Resolution: | 72 dpi |
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| Date and Time: | 2008:09:07 08:52:35 |
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| White Balance: | Manual |
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| Lens Type: | Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 |
Today I read an article about a Wordle comparision of the US Presidential candidates speeches. Wordle creates a visiual depiction of a series of text by increasing the word size based upon number of times the word is used and relative to other words. I found this type of visual depiction of narrative fascinating. It gives an image of the points or messages most emphasized.
I got out various documents from work and toyed.It was interesting to see the emergence of rhetoric in some of my work stuff. I then opened my burgeoning Spam older and dumped the 437 spam emails into Wordle. The top image was my SPAM Wordle.
Next, I threw my resume into Wordle. I wonder if I could use Wordle to tweak my resume so that my key points or capabilities are emphasized relative to other info?….worth a go anyway. So, if you havn’t already tried, give Wordle a whirl. I’d be interested to see what you come up with and I’d also like to see if anyone has other creative uses for it.
This is our new pup Indy. Indy is half Golden Retriever and half Poodle, otherwise known as a Groodle or a Golden Doodle. Whatever the name, he’s an adorable pup. I’ve taken many photos of him already but I wanted to show something of his nature. I like this shot cause it captures his playfulness and his oodles of shaggy hair.
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Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 130 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Lens Type: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6
Lens: 75 - 300mm
Max Aperture: 128
Min Aperture: 320
Flash Activity: Flash did not fire
Focus Continuous: Continuous
Photo Effect: Off
Color Tone: 0
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