sailing clowns

I stumbled on these unique paintings a couple days ago.  the artist Sean Landers has created a collection called “Around the World Alone”, where he depicts a solo clown, sailing on the ocean.

Around the World Alone (Lord of the Seas), 2011
Oil on linen, 78 x 126 inches

Around the World Alone (Waxing Moon Torpor), 2011
Oil on linen, 32 x 28 inches

for more details and additional paintings – see the full collection at Petzel Gallery.

rule of thirds

from our front yard maple tree a few years ago, a favorite resting spot for squirrels in the spring.

Nikon D70, 300mm f/5.6 1/400

my contribution for this week’s photo challenge: rule of thirds

Laser foiling! [video]

everybody’s foiling these days.  will the Sunfish be next?

h/t: YBW

WISSA 2015 [video]

this is a sweet drone video highlighting the WISSA 2015, the World Ice and Snow Sailing Championship, that was last week in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin.

h/t: @sailingmagazine

symmetry

a few samples of symmetry in some pictures from our trip to Germany and the surrounding areas (2006).

St. Stephan’s Church (Stephanskirche), Mainz, Germany

Nikon D70, 70mm f/7.1 1/60 ISO 400

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Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche), Munich, Germany

Nikon D70, 18mm f/11 1/500 ISO 400

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Ruins of Schloss Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Nikon D70, 40mm f/10 1/200 ISO 250

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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

Nikon D70, 18mm f/9 1/60 ISO 250

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my contribution to the daily post: symmetry

JFK & Jackie on a Sailfish

a cool photo of JFK and Jackie with a Sailfish sailboat.

the Sailfish was the predecessor to the Sunfish. it was the first boat created by Alex Bryan and Cortlandt Heyniger – the founders of Alcort. the Sailfish is a board boat with a lateen rig, very similar to a Sunfish – but it was made out of wood and had a flat hull that you had to sit on top of while sailing.