Magpie Tendencies

I used an 80 dollar manual flash with a 20 dollar diffuser from Amazon.

I didn't even have a macro lens. I just stuck a plastic spacer behind my normal lens to increase its magnification.

And I also cannot stand upright for more than 10 minutes at a time.

That is basically the "in a cave with a box of scraps" version of photography.

I say this not to brag, but to let people understand how much you can do with modest tools under challenging circumstances when you prioritize knowledge and experience.

Education is the superpower that transcends fancy gear.

This I say to brag...

This is only a fraction of my photographic power.

please do yourself a favor & watch this rock climbing–themed drag king/burlesque performance set to “roxanne” by the police with all the lyrics but “rox” edited out

Hiroshi Nagai's paintings need sunglasses to look at.

They look like how it feels to walk across a parking lot on a 98° summer day without a speck of shade in sight.

They look like heaven but also like you'd burn your bare feet on the ground.

Even when you can see shade you know it's not enough and the minute you step out you'll be burnt to a crisp like a vampire.

This feels like I could trip on that radio and fall right into that water, feeling the crystal waves as I drop in.

And this, a nice stroll down a resort strip, where my sunscreened skin could literally feel cooked if I leaned too close to the tiling.

And then a nice stretch of summer street, wherein you could see your face in the flushed red of that car provided it didn't blind you from its sunny reflections.

So stoked to share the official trailer for the Avatar Aang movie, now releasing JULY 25th on Paramount+!!

@janetm74 sent me a lovely ask about whump and made me think of a wonderful Military!bros fic that I have neither bookmarked nor can remember the name of.

I can't remember the start and how the pair of them end up in Bereznik, but Scott and Gordon are there trying to get out. Gordon's taking the lead from what I recall as Scott's pretty out of it with injuries and PTSD.

I distinctly remember one chapter taking place at a checkpoint along a river and Gordon having to take out some guards?

I'm also fairly sure Thunderbird 4 is hovering somewhere off the coast waiting to get them, but who's piloting I can't remember.