[Rondec]

Jellyfish on the Beach (DFA 15-30/pixel shift)



Deer on a Golf Course (DFA *70-200)

[Racer X 69]

Jellyfish on the Beach (DFA 15-30/pixel shift)

I see a lot of clam vent holes there. Do you ever dig them?

Deer on a Golf Course (DFA *70-200)

Trophy buck!

Venison on the hoof.

[saladin]

Here goes. Saw this scene on way to work. Jumped out with the Sigma 50mm. Worked out how to wifi it to phone (Crikey! It's a bit slow!) , crop and watermark applied in Snapseed, uploaded to here. About the 20th pic taken with my 'new' K1. First one shared.

[WPRESTO]

Though I admire the technique (both photographic and caloric), I have to observe that the United States was invented thirteen years after Virginia and Massachusetts seceded from Great Britain. The Fourth of July holiday does not celebrate the founding of the United States. Offensive cultural appropriation?

V-A-V the question: What is the correct date of the founding or "start" of the USA? Here's a list of potentials I came up with:

June 9, 1772. Americans burn the British customs ship HMS Gaspee after she runs aground near Providence, R.I.

Dec. 16, 1773, Boston Tea Party

Sept. 5, 1774, 1st Continental Congress convenes

April 19, 1775, gunfire exchanged between British troops and American "minutemen" at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress convenes. This body acted as the de facto government of the colonies/states for as long as the congress was in session.

June 19, 1775, George Washington appointed commander of the Continental Army. This amounted to a de facto declaration of war on Britain.

May 15, 1776, 5th Virginia Convention declares independence from Britain

June 29, 1776, 5th Virginia Convention ratifies a constitution and elects Patrick Henry as the first governor of the independent Commonwealth of Virginia.

July 2, 1776 Virginia proposes secession from Britain at the 2nd Continental Congress, It is approved by the participants. The Virginia delegate who put forward this proposal was Richard Henry Lee, ancestor of Robert E. Lee.

July 4, 1776, the formal Declaration of Independence is signed by the attending state representatives in Philadelphia

November 16, 1776, the brig Andrew Doria, the American colony's first warship, is given an official salute (=firing of canon in response to canons firing from the brig) at the island of Sint Eustatius in the Dutch West Indies. This is the first acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the United States by a foreign country (the brig was, importantly and symbolically, flying under an American Flag)

November 15, 1777, the Articles of Confederation are adopted by Congress

March 1, 1781, the Articles of Confederation are Ratified by all 13 states

May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention is convened

Sept 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States is presented to George Washington

December 7, 1787, Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the constitution

June 21, 1788, New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, making it officially adopted.

March 4, 1789, The Constitution of the United States officially becomes the Law of the Land.

April 30, 1789, George Washington officially inaugurated as the first president of the United States of America.

May 29, 1790, Rhode becomes the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the Constitution. The mystic number 13 is now indelibly linked to the USA (sometime read about how many sets 13 things are in the Great Seal of the USA*). Rhode Island had held out because of a variety of objections and ratified only after being promised that immediately after they did, the Constitution would be amended in response to those objections. That became the Bill of Rights.

*Among numerous other sets of 13, there are 13 letters in "e pluribus unum."

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[saladin]

K1 with 50/1.4 Sigma.

[saladin]

K1 / 50mm Sigma.

[Racer X 69]

*Among numerous other sets of 13, there are 13 letters in "e pluribus unum."

Lucky 13!

[Rondec]

Homes on the Kiawah River (FA 77 limited)



Dune at Sunrise (DFA *70-200)

And George Washington wasn't the first president.

But he could not tell a lie.

Or so they say.

I rather doubt the second proposition, but as to the first, that's a bit of a linguistic trick: George Washington was the first president under the Constitution, but John Hanson was the first president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. That's more like being Speaker of the House, though, not equivalent to being President of the United States.

[Racer X 69]

I rather doubt the second proposition, but as to the first, that's a bit of a linguistic trick: George Washington was the first president under the Constitution, but John Hanson was the first president of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. That's more like being Speaker of the House, though, not equivalent to being President of the United States.

Well we are straying way off topic here, on something that could be debated ad infinitum.

And we are also straying dangerously close to a taboo subject.

So we should move back to pictures taken with a K-1, eh?

A brand new Qantas Boeing 787, preparing to perform takeoff abortion braking testing at Paine Field in Everett, Washington.

[BruceBanner]

[mattb123]

K-1ii & D FA 24-70

[biz-engineer]

Malt showel brewers

Whisky, beer sequence. Is that how Australians prepare for hibernation during the winter season?

[fs999]

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax DA* 200mm F2.8 ED SDM


FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax F 50mm F1.7
Lobster and Veal Ris fricassee, Spring vegetables and morels with Noilly Prat sauce and bisque espuma


FF Mode • 400 ISO • Irix Blackstone 15mm F2.4 • Rollei Astroklar clear-night filter

[Racer X 69]

FF Mode • 100 ISO • Pentax F 50mm F1.7
Lobster and Veal Ris fricassee, Spring vegetables and morels with Noilly Prat sauce and bisque espuma

The food you post here always looks so delicious. The images you make are so good I can almost taste and smell the culinary delights.