Scale (WP Developing Your Eye II) Two

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye II
Photography /Poetry /Humour

Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size

* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.

Scale

“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin

Bonded

Together we may be bound
But a more stronger
A bond cannot be found

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Scale (WP Developing Your Eye II) One

Posted in WordPress Course: Developing Your Eye II
Photography /Poetry /Humour

Day Three: “Scale” — Experiment with Size

* A bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, serves its famous king cake with a little plastic baby hidden inside. Here is one such figurine, posing on an iron fence in the Garden District during Mardi Gra
* Today’s Tip: Don’t just point and shoot. Observe your scene before pressing the shutter and consider how all the elements in the frame interact with one another. Make an object appear larger through a ground-level POV. Place two things side by side in an unexpected way.

Scale

“I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, ‘Actual’. I’m not to scale” Demetri Martin

Left Standing

I am still standing
After all these years
The times have been demanding
Shed my share of tears
But growing stronger
The much longer
I here keep on standing

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The Gun Rap (TBT)

Posted in the Throwback Thursday weekly series
Poetry, photography, humour, travel, tales and things that nature!

When in Rhyme do as the Rhymers do” Gun Roswell

The Gun Rap

My name is Gun
I am a lot of fun
Some call me ‘Nilla
I am here to chilla

Here are some facts
Seven to be exact
Guess that is the most
You’ll find about this host

I am a wannabe writer
And maybe a little brighter
Than you might think
While you let that sink

I will continue my rant
In the form of this chant
Even though I really can’t
Sing, dance or ant?

“What? Ant? That is not a verb!”
“I was trying to rhyme -erb”
“If you can’t rhyme, stay out of the kitchen”
“Why are you so bitchen?”
“Enough with the rhyme!”
“Fine! Now gimme a dime and lets get back to the rap!”

The three letters
Best defining my efforts
Photography, Poetry
And P…

“Oops, can’t say that out loud on television <smirks>!”
“We’re not on television! This is a written blog you dumbass!”
“Hey, you said ass! That is mighty sass of you!”
“Argh! I give up!”
“Great, now back to the rap!”

Well, the last of the three
Is for me to know and for thee
To find out
Oh, do not pout!

I am a non-smoker
And I like to play poker
No just kidding
Seemed more fitting

Now to end this rap
I had to fill the gap
And already told you more
Than I intended for

Word!

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Throwback Thursday 2016-07-07

Posted in the Throwback Thursday weekly series
Poetry, photography, humour, travel, tales and things that nature!

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“Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it” Sai Baba

Songs and All Types of Tunes for Throwback Thursday 

On Thursdays we walk down memory lane and dig deeply into the archives of Rantings Of A Third Kind. For these posts, I have chosen some of my personal favourites. Some of them may tickle the funny bone, some even provoke thoughts and some of them will give you a view of the world in photographs taken by yours truly.

This week’s digging into the archives, has produced a set of posts related to songs. Well, at least rhyming tales and poetry, but they do carry a tune:P Enjoy!

Uphill Battle (TBT)

Umbrella (TBT)

Mini Cooper (TBT)

The Gun Rap (TBT)

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty-Two

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel

Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

The beast of burden
Is quite determined
To haul its cargo
From here to Fargo

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty-One

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel

Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Little convertible
You are so flexible
And very transportable
But even still
The genuine article

A bike is a bike
Of course, of course!

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Thirty

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel

Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

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Bikes of colour
Bikes of plain
Bikes quite modern
Bikes, all the same

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Queen – Bicycle Race 

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Nine

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel

Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

When crossing the street
Better be quick on your feet
The bikerettes are on the move
In their vehicles of blue
With wheels of two

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Eight

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel

Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

You just drive
And I will follow
Ok, fine
It’ll be, a while

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World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki Twenty-Seven

Posted in the World Wide Wednesday: Around the world in photographs
Photography /Poetry /Humour /Travel

Bikes of Helsinki

“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag

World Wide Wednesday in Helsinki

Baskets filled with goodies
Hats, trousers and hoodies
Maybe even a few cookies
Because it’s time to play hookie

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