Day Tripping with a side of Cheese (with Matt)

Anything from baseball, pop culture references, photography, art, poetry, motorcycles, day trips. and all around tomfoolery can be found here!

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Memento (USA, 2000)

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Don't #Rock the #Jukebox just play me a #country #song #detail #photooftheday #vintage #vynilrecords #jukeboxhero #old#time #25cents #dime #playmeasong #antique #iphone thank you @melissarenee026 #coinoperated

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Mixing antifreeze earlier and spotted this #sunset. I really like the #silhouette of the #leaves and #trees against the colors. #photooftheday #iphone

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#roundmeadowoverlook playing with lines over the weekend. #blueridgeparkway #lines

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#buckfence Playing with lines over the weekend. #blueridgeparkway #lines

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To early to wake To early to start the day The morning slumbers My mind sprints away Racing ghosts Not keeping pace Anxiety shuffles Back to the same old place Where Memories don't fade Even with pieces gone And new ones are overlaid There voices try to overtake Flooding with loneliness And past mistakes To early to wake To early to start the day The morning slumbers My mind sprints away With thoughts of you Questions in my head Are you here? Are you there? Is there a map Will it lead my heart to yours And yours to mine Do I follow the butterflies if all else fails? If I reach out will you hold my hand Can we help put our hearts back together again?

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Spread your wings and take flight Soar higher and higher towards the moonlight Fight there gravity with all your might Let them scream in fright As you climb the cloud stair case to new heights Watch the small people get smaller, shrinking out of sight Keep going, don't stop until you've broken the atmosphere into the vast starry night I see you in the distance, my rockets, I ignite Your wings, so beautiful so bright I wish I may, I wish I might I'll make a wish under my breath tonight I wish I had better words, better rhymes, maybe a hook to write My attention is on the girl in the limelight

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Could it be?

Could it be? Could something have broken through the bleak Through the window pains that I covered in cardboard and painted black That kept my heart caged away from the next attack That hid me from the seasons that kept coming back Could it be? Could my spirit Flicker with each word Leading me closer to place I've never gone but somehow have always known Could it be? Could the sky be falling A million little drops Each one whispering "Your alive! Don't give up! Don't Stop!" Could it be? Could we both have forgotten our umbrellas and gotten caught In this Showering symphony of notes and waterspouts Could it be? Could I have the chance To ask you May I have this dance?

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#HowIShoot: Framing Figures Through Light and Shadow with Rui Veiga

To see more of Rui’s graphical black-and-white photos, follow @__darkwhite__ on Instagram.

Just over a year ago Rui Veiga (@__darkwhite__) picked up photography as a hobby and has since developed his own visual voice, focusing on silhouettes, contrasts and graphic shapes. “I like taking pictures in black-and-white because it travels through time and adds a touch of supernatural,” says Rui, who lives in Lausanne, Switzerland. “It is a style that allows me to go straight to what inspires me.” Most of his images are precisely planned and he often uses friends as his subjects, although sometimes he waits for pedestrians to naturally appear in the right spot.

Here are some of Rui’s tips for shooting high contrast photos:

Camera: Canon 7D, iPhone 6

Vantage Point: “To start with, look for lines, shadows, perspectives or light sources in geometrical forms and place your subject on it.”

Shooting: “Think of your composition and use the rule of thirds, so that your photos have more impact.”

Post-Production: “In post-production I use Lightroom to create the black and the white, correct the perspectives, refocus and reframe.” In Photoshop, Rui retouches more precisely – strengthening shadows and deleting or modifying elements, if desired. “I use Snapseed on my smartphone to finalize my photos before posting them on Instagram.”

[twloha]

“The Land of Giants” [Iceland - Competition] by Choi + Shine Architects

“Like the statues of Easter Island, it is envisioned that these one hundred and fifty foot tall, modern caryatids will take on a quiet authority, belonging to their landscape yet serving the people, silently transporting electricity across all terrain, day and night, sunshine or snow.”

[gameraboy]

Bat Cruising

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#waterfall #doorway #unknown #water #Randleman #NC #nikon #D7100 #35mm #photostudent #photosafari #motion #old #dam

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Lovely #fountain #Asheboro #northcarolina #water #motion #nikon #D7100 #photostudent #streetart #streetphotography #MJ #spring #pointofview

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#Old #Carousel I rode as a kid, I wonder if they still play under the sea and a whole new world when you ride. #white #horse #jamestown #aroundwego #northcarolina #photosafari #D7100 #nikon #35mm #photostudent #merrygoround #spring #character

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#old #doorhandle in #jamestown #northcarolina #Door #doorway #distressed #crackedpaint #photosafari #D7100 #nikon #MJ #35mm #rust

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According to Colossal, one day Matt Molloy ”began experimenting with time-lapse sequences by taking hundreds of images as the sun set and the clouds moved through the sky. Molloy then digitally stacked the numerous photos to reveal shifts in color and shape reminiscent of painterly brush strokes that smeared the sky.”

[sixpenceee]

144-Year-Old Japanese Pink Wisteria Tree

Covering an area of over 2,000 square meters, this tree has been part of the Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan since 1870. Because of the nature of Wisteria trees spreading, it’s heavy branches are now supported by metal structures allowing tourists to get amazing photo opportunity below its canopy. (Source)

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