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Boredom Competitions on the 24/7

Welcome bored RedBubblers to the group where you get to compete with your fellow artists to possibly win minor fame and local notoriety and hopefully have fun while doing it.

Featured Work

on the 66 by Luca Renoldi

Near Supai [AZ] , the capital of the Havasupai Indian Reservation. Featured in Boredom Competitions on October, 2009 Featured in Route 66 – The Mother Road on April, 2009 Featured in Wild West on February, 2009
Lock And Chain by rasnidreamer

This is just something that caught my eye while in the mountains yesterday. It’s a simple shot, but I really like it. Hope you do too! Canon Rebel XSi FEATURED IN “OLD AND RUSTY” 9-28-09
Train Rust by Kaitlyn McLaughlin

My digital photography class got the opportunity to walk around our town and take pictures. When we stopped by the old train station, I got this macro of the paint chipping off of the train, revealing the rust underneath. 3rd place in Boredom Competitions on the 24/7’s Rusted Challenge
The Jetty Chains by Patricia Knowles

The poles from the local jetty which are showing their age. I find the colours particularly interesting as they depict paint, rust, timber and metal. Bundeena Jetty, NSW Canon 1000D
Marked down by Evelina Kremsdorf

FEATURED in Odd One Out group on July 29, 2009 / FEATURED in Shopfronts group on August 8, 2009 / / TOP TEN winner in a challenge “Sad, Sad World” in All Street Portraiture and Photography group on August 12, 2009 / / FEATURED in All Street Portraiture and Photography group on July 29, 2009 / WINNER of “Metallic Signage” challenge in Metallic Junktion group on August 31, 2009 / TOP TEN winner of “Sale Rail” challenge in Shopfronts group on September 7, 2009 / TOP TEN winner of “Rusted” in Boredom Competitions on the 24/7 group on October 16, 2009 / FEATURED in Boredom Competitions 24/7 group on October 16, 2009 / / / =============================================== / / / An antique shoppe along Rte 133 in Northern Massachusetts / / /
Gayundah Shipwreck by Helen Martikainen

The Gayundah Shipwreck at Woody Point. / I have added the clouds from another image and then photoshopped the final image. 120 Views – November 14 2009 22 September 2009 September 2009 TOP TEN entry of Rusted challenge and FEATURED in Boredom Competitions 24/7 group on 17 October 2009 / November 15 2009 HMQS Gayundah was launched at Newcastle upon Tyne on 13 May 1884 and commissioned in the United Kingdom during October. Gayundah sailed for Australia in the November of that year under the command of Captain Henry Townley-Wright arriving in Brisbane on the 28 March 1885. Upon arrival in Brisbane, Townley-Wright refused to relinquish his command and was eventually removed by a boarding party of Queensland Police. Over the next few years she served as a training ship, conducting the first ship to shore radio transmissions in Australia. However, with the depression of the 1890s Gayundah was assigned to reserve duties in 1892, being reactivated for annual training at Easter. / Following the Federation of Australia, the gunboats joined the Commonwealth Naval Forces, and in 1911 both were integrated into the newly formed Royal Australian Navy. / From 22 April – 25 August 1911, at the instigation of the Departments of External Affairs and Trade & Customs, Gayundah sailed under the command of Commander G.A.H. Curtis from Brisbane to Broome, Western Australia to enforce Australia’s territorial boundary and fishing zone along the north-west coast of the continent. At Scott Reef, on 25 May, Gayundah boarded and detained two Dutchschooners with illegal catches of trepan (sea cucumber) and trochus shell (Trochus niloticus), escorted them into Broome on 29 May, then remained at Broome until mid-July so the officers could appear as witnesses in the resulting court case against the masters of the schooners. For this cruise, the 6” bow gun was removed to provide greater bunkering for coal to increase the ship’s range. / Gayundah was extensively refitted in early 1914. With the outbreak of World War I, Gayundah was assigned to coastal patrols of Moreton Bay and the east coast of Australia. / In 1921 she was sold to Brisbane Gravel Pty Ltd, who employed her as a sand and gravel barge on the Brisbane River. / Gayundah was eventually scrapped sometime in the 1950s, before being run aground in 1958 at Woody Point at Redcliffe, to serve as a breakwater. Much of her rusting hull can still be seen today. / Text Courtesy of Wikipedia Wikipedia HMQS Gayundah
Barbed by CynLynn

Barbed wire around the soy bean fiels in Ohio. Something we do not look closely at, I see beautiful textures here.

Recent Work

Galah at Plant Nursery. by hopelilly

Found this cheeky fellow when I was shopping for plants. He wanted to play, so next time I might give him more attention,Love the colours on these birds.
My first pastel painting by Felicity-Faith

This is my first ever use of pastels.
Rough sea by annalisa56

Rough sea in Monterosso (Italy) Camera used: / CANON EOS 450D
Sea by annalisa56

Sea in Liguria (Italy) Camera used: / CANON EOS 450D
Monterosso Bay by annalisa56

Monterosso-Cinque Terre-La Spezia (Italy) Monterosso, the first of Cinque Terre! Monterosso characteristic is the fact that it s a “double” town, formed by two different parts: Monterosso, with the typical aspect of a sea-town, and Fegina, the seaside resort. Rough Monterosso, settled in a bay surrounded by vineyards and olive trees, birthplace of the famous poet Eugenio Montale, who often described the town in his poems. It is difficult to avoid an excessive enthusiasm when you see parts of Liguria still reachable only by train or walking! The historical origin of Monterosso dates back to 643, when the people living on the hills settled near the sea in order to escape from the barbarian invasion. Monterosso – CinqueterreOld Monterosso is practically intact with its house-towers, crossed by narrow streets (here called “caruggi”). In order to avoid invasions from the sea, several defensive works were built. Part of this system are the castle overlooking the sea with its three round towers, some parts of the town walls, the medieval tower, now the bell-tower of the Church of San Giovanni and the Aurora tower, one of the thirteen towers that in the 16th Century surrounded the town. The modern residential neighbourhood is developed along the seafront in the bay of Fegina. The vegetation surrounds the town of Monterosso like an embrace and its beach, the largest in the Coast of Cinque Terre, its crags and the crystal water of its sea make this little town one of the cosiest in the Eastern Liguria Riviera. In the past, Monterosso had an important fishing fleet, that made the town famous for its fish, overall the salted anchovies and the fried fish preserved with vinegar in wooden kegs (“scabeccio”). Santuario della Madonna di SovioreAt the shoulders of Monterosso (466 metres above sea level) there is the sanctuary of Madonna di Soviore, considered the oldest sanctuary consecrated to the Virgin in Liguria. The history of this church is rather unusual: during 7th Century the barbarian invasions forced the inhabitants to escape. During the flight some of them buried a wooden statue of the Virgin, where the Sanctuary still stands nowadays. The statue was found again by a priest of Monterosso about one century later: in fact the former construction of the Sanctuary dates back to 8th Century a. C., exactly where the present one (dating back to 19th Century) was built. Nowadays the Sanctuary, with its large tree-lined square, is the destination of several pilgrims and also tourists fascinated by the beauty of the place, reachable by a steep footpath. Camera used: / CANON EOS 450D
Light in the night by annalisa56

Light in the night Camera used: / CANON EOS 450D
Writing

Calender ~ A Year In The Boat…Just wanted to share the new calender I have for sale with all of you. 12 captures from Steamboat Springs, CO / !http://images-0.redbubbl…

Just wanted to share the new calender I have for sale with all of you. 12 captures from Steamboat Springs, CO /
Green Tag by Karen Checca

Found this graffito on what appeared to be a newly built wall. Long Island, NY Pentax K200D, 1/20 sec, f/4.50, 400 ISO, 35 mm
Fallen And Brown by D.M. Mucha

Brown leaves gather at the ground as the trees shed them to get ready for winter. These leaves gather on the ground the Brown County State Park in Nashville, Indiana. Canon XTi / Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500) / Aperture: f/10.0 / Focal Length: 100 mm / ISO Speed: 1600 / Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV / 70-300mm f/5.6 Sigma Lens
White grape by annalisa56

White grape Camera used: / CANON EOS 450D
Mandarins by annalisa56

Mandarins Camera used : / CANON EOS 450D
Inside the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. by Finobub

Taken june 09 while visiting Edinburgh. / NIKON D90 / Lens / AF-S DX / Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR f/3.5 / 1/4000 sec. / ISO-1400 / +1 step / 18 mm / 3.6 / 27 / Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle here since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. As one of the most important fortresses in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle has been involved in many historical conflicts, from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century, up to the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and has been besieged, both successfully and unsuccessfully, on several occasions. From the later 17th century, the castle became a military base, with a large garrison. Its importance as a historic monument was recognised from the 19th century, and various restoration programmes have been carried out since. Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval fortifications were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The notable exception is St Margaret’s Chapel, the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, which dates from the early 12th century.[1] Among other significant buildings of the castle are the Royal Palace, and the early-16th-century Great Hall. The castle also houses the Scottish National War Memorial, and National War Museum of Scotland. The castle is now in the care of Historic Scotland, and is Scotland’s second-most-visited tourist attraction.[2] Although the garrison left in the 1920s, there is still a military presence at the castle, largely ceremonial and administrative, and including a number of regimental museums. It is also the backdrop to the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and has become a recognisable symbol of Edinburgh and of Scotland.

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Currently we are running competitions- whenever and on whatever… check out the “challenge” tab for info on the latest competitions. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask, send Me, Michelle a BMail :) I have finally decided to open this group to any and all work with no moderation… One because I don’t have time to moderate everything and two because this group really is just for fun!

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