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Branching out by Ralph Olsson

Canon 50D / Canon 24-105 L IS USM@ 32 mm / f8 / 1/125 sec / ISO 100 / WB- Cloudy / Cokins: Emerald top…Blue bottom / Straight from the camera Thanks to the Hosts of Silhouette for Featuring this work /
Murray River Collection - Colour - (9) by Ralph Olsson

Canon 50D / Canon 24-105@40mm / f5.6 / 1/350 sec / ISO 100 / WB – shade / Cokins: Emerald; Blue (top); Blue (Bottom). / Straight from the camera / Featured in AS IS / Featured in Light and Reflection / / /
In the Storm eye by Veikko Suikkanen

Yesterday was the tapering of the autumn storm. Storm tears roofs and knock down trees. Today was then really magnificent sunny autumn day, the colours of the autumn are magnificent, I love autumn, the ripples, the storms. / Experiment series with texture continues. Post processing in Photoshop CS4. Canon EOS 40D / Canon EF-S 17-85MM 1:4-5.6 IS USM / 1.4s / f/16 / ISO100 / 22mm This image are © Veikko Suikkanen. You may not use any images (in whole or in part) without written consent from artist. All rights reserved. Views 590 5.11.09
Our Friend, The Atom - The Atomic Age In Pop Culture by Vanessa Barklay

FEATURED in Art By Bubble Hosts I was watching The Simpsons for the 435,786th time and noticed the Atomic Nuclear Reactor from Mr Burns power plant, thinking about how the Atomic theme was very 1950’s when the logo of the atom was everywhere, the Space Age was new, it was post-War and the world was enjoying prosperity, even Walt Disney advertised it’s wonders in a short movie called Our Friend, The Atom as part of a new Tomorrowland theme at Disneyland, such was the power of the atom it was going to ‘power the future’.... The atom and nuclear reactors and nuclear accidents featured heavily throughout what is known as the Atomic Age which starts at the end of World War 2 but was beginning at the turn of the 20th century and continues until the final nail in the atomic reactor coffin, Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in 1986. Sci-fi and bad B grade movies all loved the atomic reaction, from Godzilla to the Bikini, we find reference to it everywhere. So I thought I’d investigate the world of Atomic Pop Culture and found some fantastic, futuristic, fusion blowing stuff starting with the sci-fi writer who was ahead of his time… / 1914 — H. G. Wells publishes science fiction novel The World Set Free, describing how scientists discover potentially limitless energy locked inside of atoms, and describes the deployment of atomic bombs. / October 1939 — Amazing Stories published a painting of an atomic power plant by science fiction artist Howard M. Duffin on its back cover. / 1940 — Robert A. Heinlein published the science fiction short story “Blowups Happen” about an accident at an atomic power plant. / 1940 — Robert A. Heinlein published the short story “Solution Unsatisfactory” which posits radioactive dust as a weapon that the US develops in a crash program to end World War II. / 5 July 1946 — The bikini swimsuit, named after Bikini Atoll, where an atomic bomb test called Operation Crossroads had taken place a few days earlier on 1 July 1946, was introduced at a fashion show in Paris. / 1951 — Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel Foundation (consisting mostly of stories originally published between 1942 and 1944) is published. In this novel, the first novel of the Foundation series, the Foundation on Terminus, guided by Psychohistory, invents a religion called Scientism which has an atomic priesthood based on the scientific use of atomic energy to pacify, impress, and control the masses of the barbarian inhabitants of the stellar kingdoms surrounding Terminus as the Galactic Empire breaks up. / 1954 — Them!, a science fiction film about humanity’s battle with a nest of giant mutant ants, was one of the first of the “nuclear monster” movies. / 1954 — The science fiction film Godzilla was released, about an iconic fictional monster that is gigantic irradiated dinosaur, transformed from the fallout of an H-Bomb test. / 23 January 1957 — Walt Disney Productions released the film Our Friend the Atom describing the marvelous benefits of atomic power. As well as being presented on the TV Show Disneyland, this film was also shown to almost all baby boomers in their public school auditoriums or their science classes and was instrumental in creating within that generation a mostly favorable attitude toward nuclear power.[16] / 1958 — The Atomium was constructed for the Brussels World’s Fair. / 1959 — The popular film On the Beach shows the last remnants of humanity in Australia awaiting the end of the human race after a nuclear war. / 23 September 1962 — The Jetsons animated TV series began on ABC, attempting to humorously depict life in the fully developed Atomic Age of 2062. / 1964 — The film Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (aka Dr. Strangelove), a black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick about an accidentally triggered nuclear war, was released. / 1982 — The documentary film The Atomic Cafe, detailing society’s attitudes toward the atomic bomb in the early Atomic Age, debuted to widespread acclaim. / 1982 – Jonathan Schell’s book Fate of the Earth, about the consequences of nuclear war, is published. The book “forces even the most reluctant person to confront the unthinkable: the destruction of humanity and possibly most life on Earth”. The best-selling book instigated the nuclear freeze movement. / 1983 – The cartoon book The End by cartoonist Skip Morrow, about the lighter side of nuclear apocalypse, is published. [17] / 20 November 1983 — The Day After, an American television movie was aired on the ABC Television Network, and also in the Soviet Union. The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between the United States/NATO and the Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact. This film was seen by over 100,000,000 people and was instrumental in greatly increasing public support for the nuclear freeze movement. / 17 December 1989 — The animated cartoon series The Simpsons debuted on television on the Fox Network, providing a humorous look at the Atomic Age, since the main protagonist, Homer Simpson, is employed as an operator at a nuclear power plant. / Trust The Simpsons to have got in on it… All references from Wiki article – The Atomic Age / Created in Incendia
Comparing Apples and Oranges by BigD

It was so fun creating this. Featured in Dimensions group. / Featured in All In, “Editing” group. / Featured in Art By Bubble Hosts group. / Featured in PixElations – The Art of Photoshop group. Canon 50D / shutter speed 1/60sec / F-4.5 / ISO 100 / CS4 /
Long Forgotten by Virginia N. Fred

Captured at Ft Desoto Park in Pinellas County, Florida Fort De Soto Park is at the far southern tip of the city of St. Petersburg, Florida. This park, operated by Pinellas County, is made up from five offshore keys, or islands: Madelaine Key, St. Jean Key, St. Christopher Key, Bonne Fortune Key and the main island, Mullet Key. Today all are connected by land to each other. The island group is accessible by toll road from the mainland. The park is a ‘gateway site’ for the Great Florida Birding Trail.
A Touch of Purple-The Painters Palette by SharonD

Brought some black metalic paper from the Newsagent,a rose from the florist and some paint from the discount store and here’s the result. Cost = around $ 8.00,lol. All profits from the sale of this work go to the Philadelphia Mission found here
Froggy by Kazzoom IPA

Green White Lipped Tree Frog, in a tree out in the backyard. Far North Queensland, Cairns Yorkeys Knob, I thought he was going to jump on the camera…. Canon 400D / Canon 100mm Lens BEST VIEWED LAREGER
On Top Of The World by Mindy McGregor

Stock Credits Giraffes here
Electric Blue by LeighN

Como Marina and Bridge just after sunset – Como, Sydney, Australia. The interesting thing about this photo is that I was experimenting with delaying the time between each of the bracketed shots to capture the a train going each way on the bridge and I think this may have added to the vivid electric blue colour. The first shot was taken about 15 mins after sunset and the other two bracketed shots were taken 5 and 10 mins later respectively. You can see this a little in the fact that the boat on the right is a bit fuzzy. Very little post processing was done on this shot other than the obvious HDR process in Photomatix. Other that that it was just a minor crop to get rid of something I couldn’t see in the low light in the forground in iphoto and thats it. Nikon D90, Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm, f10, HDR’ed in Photomatix with 3 exposures, mtr, -2 & +2, at 20, 6 & 30 seconds, iphoto, Slik 614CF tripod, Nikon ML-L3 remote.
The Campfire by Tainia Finlay

Featured in ‘THIS IS AUSTRALIA’ Group on the 27th of January. / Featured in That On Great Shot Group 31st January 2009 / Featured in Australian Portraits 3rd February 2009 / Featured on RedBubble Homepage 1st February 2009 / Featured in New South Wales Photography 3rd February 2009 / Featured in the Strictly Faces group 6th of February 2009 / Featured in Art by Bubble Hosts October 2009 Over 1500 views, thank you to each & everyone. This is a trial & error test for me so I would welcome any critique. Thank you to my dear friend Peter for helping me during the white knuckle ride in Photoshop :D Model Mal / Canon 50D / Canon 28-135mm / Central West Slopes & Plains Waltzing Matilda – The unofficial Australian Anthem sung around many a campfire Oh there was once a swagman camped in the billabongs, / Under the shade of a Coolibah tree; / And he sang as he looked at the old billy boiling, / ‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.’ CHORUS: / Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling, / Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. / Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag, / Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me. Up came the jumbuck to drink at the waterhole, / Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him in glee; / And he sang as he put him away in his tucker-bag, / ‘You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.’ CHORUS Up came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred; / Up came policemen – one, two and three. / ‘Whose is the jumbuck you’ve got in the tucker bag? / You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with we.’ CHORUS Up sprang the swagman and jumped in the waterhole, / Drowning himself by the Coolibah tree; / And his voice can be heard as it sings in the billabongs, / ‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’ CHORUS A.B Paterson 1895 Thank you for looking.
Light and Colours by Clive

Sunset taken over the northern plains of north central Victoria Australia using an Olympus E-520 DSLR camera with a 155mm lens /

Recent Work

Rolling Hills.. by Kristina K

This is from a lookout on the outskirts of Hamilton Victoria Australia.. / There is a 360degree view of the whole region from here, you can even see the Grampians very clearly from here. / taken on Sony A200 / 55-200 lens / F/stop F/5.6 / Max Ap..F/4.0 / ISO 100 / best viewed larger. / / Focal Length 55mm / Best viewed larger..
Yellow Tulips by barnsis

Yellow Tulips and Yellow Petunias together make a beautiful combination of shapes and colors. Nikon D40X
Open Country.. by Kristina K

This is from a lookout on the outskirts of Hamilton Victoria Australia.. / There is a 360degree view of the whole region from here, you can even see the Grampians very clearly from here. / taken on Sony A200 / 55-200 lens / F/stop F/5.6 / Max Ap..F/4.0 / ISO 100 / Focal Length 55mm / Best viewed larger.. / /
Kiama Blow Hole by ~ Selle

Orton Effect applied. F/stop: f/8 / Exposure: 1/250 / ISO: 200 Taken at the RedBubble Illawarra Group meet-up on Sunday 8 November 2009. Under the right conditions, large waves enter the mouth of the Blowhole & compress the air within the inner cavity. As the retreating water leaves, it is forced upward by the compressed air, as the mouth is still blocked by the receding wave. The escaping air causes the loud “oomph”, which accompanies the water spout. The main Kiama Blowhole was discovered by George Bass on his voyage of coastal exploration on December 6, 1797, after anchoring his whaleboat in the sheltered bay which became Kiama Harbour. Bass was not, in fact, the first to discover the Kiama Blowhole, as local Aboriginals had for generations referred to it as Khanterintee.
And An Angel Watched Over... by raindancerwoman

Taken at Fox Cemetery in the English Mountain area of Sevier County, Tennessee on a foggy October morning..
Outside the Country Gate... by Kristina K

An Emu stands on the other side of the gate…*The word emu comes from the Portuguese word ‘ema’, which means ‘large bird’. Standing up to 2 m tall, adult male emus are Australia’s largest birds. In size, they are second only to ostriches in the world. Their powerful legs give them great speed, some running up to 50 km per hour. At full pace, an emu’s stride can measure up to 3 m. The emu belongs to a group of flightless running birds with flat breastbones known as ratites. Ratites are the oldest of modern bird families. They include kiwis, ostriches and cassowaries. The emu’s feathers are very primitive and look like a form of coarse hair. The special nature of these feathers enables emus to cope with extreme changes in weather. The emu’s tracheal pouch, which is part of its windpipe, is used for communication. It is over 30 cm long and very thin-walled, and it allows the bird to produce deep guttural grunts. This pouch develops fully during the breeding season and is most frequently used during courtship. / Where do they live? The emu is a hardy bird and will survive in most parts of Australia’s rugged environment, but it avoids thickly forested regions. It thrives in remote places like the dry plains at Australia’s centre, the tropical woodlands to the north, and the cold snowfields of the high country. / What do they eat? Emus eat a wide variety of leaves, grasses, fruits, native plants, and insects. In spring and summer, their diet consists mainly of flowers and seeds. In autumn, as those foods become scarce, they graze on young grass which sprouts after summer rains. In winter, herbs form the emu’s main food. They eat insects when these are available – such as during grasshopper plagues. / Keeping out of danger Emus do not have the option of flying away if under attack from predators. If attacked from above by other birds such as the wedge-tailed eagle, emus will run in a zigzag pattern. However, at close quarters their main defence is a swift kick or two with their powerful legs. * / Link / Photo taken by me Werribee Zoo, Melbourne Victoria.. / on Olympus sp550 UZ /
All Fluffed Up by Tainia Finlay

I have no idea which type of bird this is, for a small thing it has BIG attitude! Look at the eyes on it LOL .. must be a shy bather as it was enjoying the sprinkler! Central West Slopes & Plains, NSW. / Canon EOS 50D / Sigma 500mm lens hand held / f/8, Ex. 1/400 sec, ISO 200, F/L 500mm, Thank you for looking.
Gold Macro by Tiffany Chronister

Just something I saw around the house and decided to take a photo of. :)
Delicate Beauty by tigerwings

A Small Flower hidden in the petals of a Beautiful Purple Flower. Lamberton Conservatory Nov 09’ Olympus E-520 – 50mm Zuiko f2.0 Macro
Boeger Winery Picnic by Nancy Chambers

Taken today during a drive through Apple Hill, located off hwy 50 in Northern California. Fuji finepix S700 / SPsunset / as is straight from the camerarotate only
Christmas Cheer by Enivea

The first flower for the season on my Christmas cactus.
Bee-U-tiful Living by tigerwings

A Bee works merrily from flower to flower inside Lamberton Consevatory-Rochester, NY. Nov 09’ Olympus E-520 50mm Zuiko f2.0 Macro

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