Monday, October 3, 2016

Shoot Thirteen - "Portraiture with Meghan"



Venezuela aka "Joe for Oil Country!" 
Well done, Elaine, Milt, Mike, Peyton, Joani, Michelle, and Jim.

"Meghan Backlit"



A most unique opportunity arose when a member of my camera club mentioned a model shoot on an island!

It was an adventure as the member with the boat had to row the crew and equipment out to his motorboat and then row us onto the island. He made three trips each times - a total of twelve short but exhausting transports!

Back to the shoot - Meghan was the perfect subject. She was enjoying the opportunity to pose around the small island. This one in the tall dune grass was my favorite.

Where in the World?



Here are some interesting facts about various countries of the world. Just where would I be? 

This week’s country is an island country and the fourth largest island in the world!

The capital city is Antananarivo, home to over 2 million people.

The official languages here are Malagasy and French.

It is classified as one of the world’s 17 megadiverse countries that are considered to be home to the majority of the world's biodiversity. Over 70% of the 250,000 wildlife species found here are found nowhere else in the world. While 90% of the estimated 14,000 plants native here are also found nowhere else.

The lemur is only found in the wild in country As of 2012, there were 103 living species of lemur i

The unique ecology of this island nation has led some scientists to refer to the country as the "eighth continent" of the world.

It boasts of the 3rd largest coral reef system in the world, the Toliara coral reef, off the south-western coast.

It is one of the world’s main suppliers of vanilla and cloves, while coffee, lychees and shrimp are also important agriculturally. The country currently provides half of the world's supply of sapphires and produces a number of other precious and semi-precious stones.


Native residents have a number of traditional pastimes. Moraingy is a type of hand-to-hand combat, tolon-omby the wrestling of zebu cattle, is also popular in regional areas. While fanorona, is a famous a board game invented there.

Interesting Thought. . .


If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, 
if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed! 
                   ~ Mark Twain.


Coffee Break Time!


Leaving on a humorous note, I hope!


'Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. 
We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. 
A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. 
She goes Tuesdays. . .

I go Fridays.'

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