The Russian Compound

The Russian Compound
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Instead of being a the caulfield races ... i find myself looking for a guy who is following migrating birds across central asia ... such is life

Be Right Back

Be Right Back
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

post might be less regular... and by cameraphone

Are you game... ?

those that know me... and especially the flickr side... will know I am easily distracted and love to play with new stuff... especially the toys & games over in flickr... well here is a really reall great one...






nude sudoku... all you need to do is click on the image above it will take uou to a new game...


if you are not a sudoku addict already maybe try out on the normal numeric puzzles that seem to be everywhere these days... its a fraction harder with images... but so much fun



Flickr sudoku was created by becky

waiting at the pass

waiting at the pass
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Rescuing the rescuers...today we are up really high up on the slopes of the western side of the himalayas, waiting for a lorry to arrive to with an earthquake relief team... we will then ferry them with some fresh avgas to their grounded chopper... it is cold and the air is so rarified you can not walk and talk at the same time... and one who tries gets giddy... I think I'll just sketch as i wait... out of the wind

bloody hell a signal on my mobile (wonder what this will cost)

There is massive earthquake damage around here, but people are turning up to help (so in some ways they are luckier here than in new orleans)


I've re-scanned this

escape to the movies

back down in udaipur... thankfully the supplies are moving up nicely and the damage we saw was not so great... time for a break... well a night in a proper bed... there is even a cyber cafe...



one thing that struck me dumbfold was the big posters for bollywood blockbusters... they were everywhere, even the most run down village...





I was really taken aback by how much my sketches of aarthyr could have easily been on any one of those posters... so i just had to make a couple with fd's Flickr Toys.



BTW: with appologise to Norman lindsay and his novel the age of consent, which is the source of my ficticious plot well more the inspiration (well I think it is at least similar)...

that was the shortest every break

I'm back over the equator again... this time getting fuel for chopper up into rajasthan & kashmir... although the earthquake damage may be light here... at present no one knows so... and getting up high into the mountains is going to be a logistics challenge.

Next lesson

Next lesson, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

After the comments on the difficulty of photographing the sunrise from africa ... i though i should continue the geography lesson ... this is late in the afternoon (approaching sunset ) looking out over bass strait on the southern australian coast ...how is this possible ?

my (virtual) publishing empire

Issue 2, originally uploaded by sigh clone.

reflecting on my journey into blogging over the past year or so... i started thinking of the places I have been (both on the net and in the real world) and just how many remote places I have sent posts from... then i realised how much I had learnt and just what a powerful tool... well tools kit, since their are several individual tools... i had manage to build up for myself... i don't pretend to know much about computers... but I certailny now have a very real and power private publishing empire at my command. some parts are still not quite contributing and a few self opioinated little hypocrites in flickr I could do without... yet i can see real progress

Am I using it wisely?

well i think I am... art and beauty, specifically of real sized & big beautiful women... needs to be viewed, that is the easy bit... I trust I am doing that honestly and tastefully

now I guess the next challenge will be to earn some money with this publishing empire.

a good idea at the time

a good idea at the time
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

the last post got a lot of interest that I was able to take it with my cameraphone... so I had the idea to take a picture of me taking a picture of myself with the camera phone... well it did seemed like a good idea at the time

a new day

a new day
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Africa is teasing me ... my last dawn is unforgetable ... even seems i am getting a lot better with my camera phone ... i have even worked out how to store this as my phone's wallpaper... next stop singapore then hopefully australia!

good outcome (at last )

good outcome (at last )
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

The bali bombings and the continuing need to evacuate the seriously injured have dominate things for of over the part 18 hours ... so the positive outcome here came as a surprise ...while others are partying and enjoying the sun ... i do want to get out of this place ... well maybe after a beer or two...

more bombs

whilst i an no where near bali or singapore... the simultatneous bombs at jimbaran and kuta on bali have kill and maimed many innocent people... well I hope the medical evac can lives and help those injured recover...

If only the courtyard doors could speak?

If only the courtyard doors could speak?
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

the doors of old zanzibar are really amazing... obviously they were

design to keep out marauding pirates, slave traders and assorted

mercenaries... every courtyard has two thick heavily studded doors to

the outside world ... most villas have no lower storey windows... they

present the street, and outside world with a high wall... a domestic

fortress

zero degrees south

zero degrees south
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

I am still trying to get out on break ... but there are definately worse places to be ... the really amazing thing is that i can email & blog from a place like this using only a mobile phone ...what is more important is the camera built into the phone , so i can also photograph & send in my sketches :)

another early morning

another early morning
Originally uploaded by sigh clone.

Another morning another airport ... and its too early for the club lounges ... all the net terminals in use ... or out of order ... such ordinary coffee ... where is the adventure in this ? guess i am back to blngging from my mobile phone again ! c'est la vie

time to rethink

i've been travelling and so busy I haven't really had much time to sketching... worst the few sketches I've done are mounting up not scanned yet... thats beacuse the scanner here is my old clunker... it doesn't register delicate tone ay all well... I was hoping to use ths sketch as a new icon for the funbag fascination group... but i hit scanning difficulties (so whats new!)... and anyway it was time to watch the grand final (a real thriller won by the swans, sydney)... a match that will be remmeber for a long time i suspect



not forgetting, special thanks you to appaloosa, kelly & click girl for help and encouragement...over the past few day

re-tooling the template... (Again)

i have to admit that i'm starting to get overwhelmed by whom ever is posting spam to my blog... i just deleted them by the way... the secure template was also stopping legitamate commenst.... sorry to those affected


Anyway its back to the basics again.... sorry to any regular readers of this blog... about of the formating problems and changes... any if any of you know about these things i'd love some advice

Don't get too excited...

If Beale Street Could Talk...
Originally uploaded by ChicagoEye.

Don't get excited... look closely they are not real... but this photo is very good all the same... great composition & tonal range

i must admit i have been neglecting my moderation tasks at flickr.... its just that there are so many boring "look at me" types... trolls... and opinionated wanna bees, I was simply getting tired of it.... glad to see a new group pop up... who could ignore an invite like this

Think your wonderful nudes can pass muster under the critical eye of your fellow flickrees and flickrettes?

Then come join us over at the DeleteMe-the NUDE ART group pool:

www.flickr.com/groups/deleteme-tnap/

my escape

my escape is definitely sketching... submission for illustration friday: Escape

a slideshow... my most popular flickr'ings

Flickr Slideshow

i'm still on the road but its getting more civilized... i noticed this little snipet of code on blogger templates... thought I'd try it out... its a standard flicker applet so just move you mouse over the images to see the slidwhow controls

i'm looking for a robust template that can handle comments nicely.. unfortunately my 2 euro is about to run out... such is life