Uploads from Neil. Moralee, tagged black, with geodata

One too many !

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:15 -0700

Down and out Toronto Canada.

The Glass Floor

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:54 -0700

The CN Tower (French: Tour CN) is a 553.33 m-high (1,815.4 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of Burj Khalifa and Canton Tower in 2010. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, a signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada, attracting more than two million international visitors annually.

Its name "CN" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. Since the name CN Tower became common in daily usage, the abbreviation was eventually expanded to Canadian National Tower or Canada's National Tower. However, neither of these names is commonly used.

In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers, where it holds second-place ranking.

There are three visitor areas: the Glass Floor and Outdoor Observation Terrace which are both located at an elevation of 342 metres (1,122 ft), the Indoor Lookout Level (formerly known as "Indoor Observation Level") located at 346 metres (1,135 ft), and the higher SkyPod (formerly known as "Space Deck") at 446.5 metres (1,465 ft), just below the metal antenna. The hexagonal shape can be seen between the two areas; however, below the main deck, three large supporting legs give the tower the appearance of a large tripod.

Blessed are the cheese makers

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:34:02 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

It made me think of the scene from Monty Pythons "The Life of Brian".

[The audience members at the back of the crowd are having trouble hearing the Sermon on the Mount.]

Man: I think it was, "Blessed are the cheese makers"!
Gregory's wife: What's so special about the cheese makers?

Gregory: Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturer of dairy products.

Stranger in the park.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:23:58 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Candid street shot Barcelona, Spain.

Just time for a cup of tea before we go.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:05:54 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Back in 1940 there wasn't time for tea.

The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. From July 1940, coastal shipping convoys and shipping centres, such as Portsmouth, were the main targets; one month later the Luftwaffe shifted its attacks to RAF airfields and infrastructure. As the battle progressed the Luftwaffe also targeted aircraft factories and ground infrastructure. Eventually the Luftwaffe resorted to attacking areas of political significance and using terror bombing strategy.

Just one sock.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:27:58 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Vietnamese boat kids.

Bric-a-brac.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:14:15 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

I remember when this was brand new!

Bric-à-brac or Bric-a-brac (origin French), first used in the Victorian era, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curiosity, such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, compositions of feathers or wax flowers under glass domes, decorated eggshells, porcelain figurines, painted miniatures or photographs in stand-up frames, and so on.

In middle-class homes bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, cluttered tables, and shelves, or was displayed in curio cabinets: sometimes these cabinets have glass doors to display the items within while protecting them from dust. "Bric-à-brac" nowadays refers to a selection of items of modest value, often sold in street markets.

Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr., in The Decoration of Houses (1897), distinguished three gradations of quality in such "household ornaments": bric-à-brac, bibelots (trinkets) and objets d'art.

Don't give up the day job !

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:35:52 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Street musician "busking" outside Exeter Cathedral.

These guys get around, I photographed this guy in Taunton about 2 years ago,

"Don't give up the day job!" (humorous)
something that you say to someone who is performing in order to tell them that you do not think they are very good at it.

'What did you think of my singing, then?' 'Er, don't give up the day job!'

[Explored on 2nd May 2013]

Cinderella.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:07:27 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Great beard. Candid street shot of a "Big Issue" seller in Exeter.

The Collier.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:57:52 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Long shifts in near darkness make you appreciate the sunlight.

"Collier, a person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce".

Ann Summers, Black Flag and the Ratt

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:24:23 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Candid street shot. Exeter Devon UK.

Black Flag is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band.

Ratt is an American rock band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," and "Lay It Down". Ratt has been recognised as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock and glam metal scene.

Ann Summers is a British multinational retailer company specialising in sex toys and lingerie, with over 140 high street stores in the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Spain. In 2000, Ann Summers acquired the Knickerbox brand, a label with an emphasis on more comfortable and feminine underwear, while the Ann Summers-labeled products tend to be more sexual in style. The chain had an annual turnover of £117.3 million in 2007-2008. (Wow that a lot of toys!!).

Work Flow

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:02:10 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Tools of the trade:

27" Samsung Monitor, Adobe lightroom and 8 Tera-Bytes of storage. Time, patience and an understanding wife.

Don't step on my shadow

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:26:35 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Street scene taken in Exeter, Devon UK.

In Jungian psychology, the shadow or "shadow aspect" may refer to the entirety of the unconscious, i.e., everything of which a person is not fully conscious, or an unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not recognize in itself. Because one tends to reject or remain ignorant of the least desirable aspects of one's personality, the shadow is largely negative. There are, however, positive aspects which may also remain hidden in one's shadow (especially in people with low self-esteem). Contrary to a Freudian conceptualization of shadow, therefore, the Jungian shadow often refers to all that lies outside the light of consciousness, and may be positive or negative. "Everyone carries a shadow," Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is." It may be (in part) one's link to more primitive animal instincts, which are superseded during early childhood by the conscious mind.

Dreamy Saturday Morning.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:33:41 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Coffee, Poetry, Politics. It all "go" down here in the "west country".

Coffee shop, Wellington Somerset UK.

Watching life pass on by.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:02:06 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

A story for every face in the crowd.

Street cafe, Exeter Devon. still a little cold to sit outside, but we are British.

Gargoyle.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:37:42 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Candid street shot in Exeter Devon UK.

In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite, with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between. Architects often used multiple gargoyles on buildings to divide the flow of rainwater off the roof to minimize the potential damage from a rainstorm. A trough is cut in the back of the gargoyle and rainwater typically exits through the open mouth. Gargoyles are usually an elongated fantastic animal because the length of the gargoyle determines how far water is thrown from the wall. When Gothic flying buttresses were used, aqueducts were sometimes cut into the buttress to divert water over the aisle walls.

Stains on your soul.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:45:05 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Deep introspective thoughts of a misspent life ?

or a vague out of focus stare as you sit in the opticians waiting room while they fix your spectacles ?

Candid shot Exeter Devon UK.

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Manchas en tu alma.
Pensamientos introspectivos profundos de una vida desperdiciada? o un vago fuera de foco mirar como usted se sienta en los ópticos sala de espera mientras se fijan las gafas? Candid tiro Exeter Devo

Tired Feet 2

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:19:35 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

and boy were they big!

Candid street shot, Ho Chi Min City Vietnam.

Tired Feet 1

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:19:35 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Candid street shot, Ho Chi Min City Vietnam.

Okoko, Cut-outs of a real life.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:59:05 -0700

Neil. Moralee posted a photo:

Best viewed on black, just press "L" on your keyboard.

Candid street shot, Taunton Somerset.

(blues converted to black in the B&W conversion)..