Welcome to the rt tulley photography blogIt features photos, text, and poetry.September 1Versatility
I am thankful for versatility. Versatility is defined as the ability to do multiple things. Experts in a single field are to be admired. But to have knowledge and skills in several different things is a rare but valuable attribute and can contribute to success.
This is a photo of a vehicle I noticed in Gulfport on our recent trip there. It was obviously an amphibious vehicle, in other words, one that could float on water like a boat and then drive on land like an automobile. With some research I found that this is a Navy LARC-V, or Logicstical Amphibious Recovery Vehicle. I am not sure what its particular mission was in this case but I found out that this vehicle was very important in gulf/beach and New Orleans cleanup after Hurricane Katrina. Perhaps the vehicle is not as good as a boat and not as good as a truck, but it is a little of both and goes beyond what either can do separately.
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jack of all trades master of none but he was the versatile master of fun dancing or partying sports or games to enjoy himself was his aim. © rt tulley
August 31Popcorn
I am thankful for popcorn. It is probably the snack food which I indulge in more than any other. I love popcorn. I sometimes go to movies just so I can have popcorn. I remember as a child when my family visited my grandparents in Franklin, Indiana, my grandmother would pop us up a batch of Indiana popcorn, spread out newspapers, throw the popcorn on it, salt it, and we would chow down. Indiana knows how to grow corn, so that native Indiana popcorn was wonderful.
I know it's mostly air and carbohydrate, it's got fat from the cooking oil, and then there's the salt. But there must be some nutrient value to it. I know it has good fiber content. One recent report found that popcorn contains high amounts of polyphenol antioxidants. So there is some good nutrition in that little kernal. One day I think I'll develop a popcorn slimming diet regiment!
According to Wikipedia, the corn contains some water and oil inside the kernal. When heated, it causes steam to build up inside, gelatinizing the carbohydrate. The kernal eventually explodes through the kernal and the carbohydrate and protein form a puff as it cools. Voila-popcorn! I like some microwave popcorn (Pop Secret Home Style is my favorite) but I especially love Orville Reddenbacker's Gourmet Popping Corn cooked in a stirred popcorn maker.
I took the photo above last night just before I devoured it (well, I had a little help from Bebe). The photo of the cornfield below was taken in Illinois, I believe, several years ago.
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pop pop i love to watch it pop i love the rhythm from beginning to stop pop pop popop, popop popcorn sounds just right but even better than that is the tasty delight. © rt tulley
August 30Photographing Animals
I am thankful for being able to photograph animals. I really enjoy the challenge. They generally do not pose, so you must catch them candidly in their habitat. That is what makes it so challenging and rewarding when you get a good shot.
I was playing golf with my friend Frank Martini and his son Paul at Santa Maria Golf Course in Baton Rouge. We were on the third hole when Frank told me about this racoon which he saw in the right side rough. I went over and got several shots of this raccoon, who appeared young to me. He looked at me rather warily and I got this photo using my telephoto lens, just before he scampered away. He was the best memory I have from my first nine golf game, which was rather dismal, except for the scenery and that raccoon. But the company was good and, fortunately, the golf was better on the second nine.
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i enjoy shooting animals but not with a gun my weapon of choice is much much more fun my canon with a long barrel telephoto lens that is to zoom in close to the action get an expression of his and best of everything when i finish with the session he gets to run home safely i have a photo impression. © rt tulley August 29Interfaces
I am thankful for interfaces. An interface is a surface which forms a common boundary between two bodies. It is where two independent and unrelated systems meet and act or communicate. Of course, the most common use of the word interface has to do with computers. A computer interface allows communication between the computer and a person, a printer, or other device. An example would be a keyboard which allows entry of text, numbers, or commands, or a mouse, which allows multiple functions in commands, selections, or drawing functions.
I think the word interface applies to people. We are all unrelated in many ways and the way we interact or communicate with one another is enhanced by an effective interface. What can this interface be? I think it can be common interests, sympathy, empathy, concern, etc. So if we have a quality interface with others, we can communicate much more effectively.
This is a photo of the marina at Pass Chriastian, Mississippi. I used this photo because docks, piers, or wharfs, which all have very similar meanings, are much akin to an interface between land and sea. A dock is a place where people can load or board boats or the reverse of that. Although it would be possible, can you imagine how much more difficult it would be to load and unload boats without an interface as good as a dock? So therefore, I use the dock photo to represent interfaces.
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God looked at the earth and saw the sea and the sky similar colors and look but without connection He could not deny what was needed He said to himself was an interface between the two a way for them to become connected so that they would be equal and new so He invented water vapor to interface sky and sea an interface tying the two together in their own ecology so the water evaporates and forms clouds in the sky the clouds accumulate water and spill rain back to unify so the perfect connection was made in that space two entities are now tied together by an interface. © rt tulley
August 28Tune-Ups
I am thankful for tune-ups. Tune-ups are required to keep things, and yourself, in working order. Without tune-ups, we would quickly begin to run poorly, go off key. Name your metaphor. In any event, after a while of running, tune-ups are required for automobile engines to run smoothly. In string music, a tune-up, actually tuning, is required to keep the strings at the correct pitch after they have drifted. We people often require tune-ups in the form of rest and relaxation, vacation, worship, trips to the dentist, doctor, friend, or counselor. Just a little tweak is all that is sometimes needed to get back in smooth working order.
This is my mandolin showing the head with the tuning mechanisms and knobs.
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you can play soulful or you can play perfectly nice you can finger the notes accurately and the rhythm be very precise but if the your instrument fails to be in tune the notes you strike perfectly will sound as lampoon so tune-ups are required for every musician to succeed securing the correct notes perfectly timed and perfectly keyed. © rt tulley
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