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Waves of Hawaii

Waimea Bay shore-break surfing pioneer, husband, and father of two, Clark Little has gained nationwide recognition for his photography with appearances on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, and many local news stations across the U.S.

Clark Little on Good Morning America (2009):

It all started in 2007 when Clark 's wife wanted a nice piece of art to decorate a wall. Voluntarily, Clark grabbed a camera, jumped in the water, and starting snapping away capturing the beauty and power of monstrous Hawaiian waves from the inside out.

"Clark's view" is a unique view of the ocean that most will only be able to experience safely on land while studying one of Clark's photos.

Now with a camera upgrade and an itch to get that better shot, Clark has taken this on full time and has moved his office from land, to the inside of a barrel.

Since the recent stir of Clark 's work, his images have been run on the Today Show, ABC World News Now, Nature's Best Photography, Paris Match (France), La Vie (France), Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) magazine, Surfer magazine, Surfer's Journal as well as multiple publishers and newspapers in the U.S. and overseas.

These incredible images of waves in the Hawaiian Islands were taken by Clark Little, the number one photographer of surf. He is dedicated to photographing the waves and has published a selection of his best images.

He captures magical moments inside the tube as surfers say.

Sun Glints Off Wave

Sand in Surf

This shot captures sand from the ocean's floor being swept up by a monstrous wave and resembles a sandstorm. Little calls it the 'Sand Monster'. "There were clouds of sand ten feet high and I'm standing there. I'm holding on to my camera and my trigger as long as I can. Then I have to jump into the cloud of sand to try to get out of danger's way."

His fans pay as much as $4,000 for his gorgeous photos.

Tubular Shining

Beach - Surf Crashes Down

Molten Liquid Gold

 

White Tumultuous Water

Splash - Stunning Shot

Red Mysterious Shot

Break - Wave Crashes Down

Beauty - Water Drops

This shot is his favorite. With a high shutter speed he caught the brilliant fanned effect of two waves  intersecting each other and throwing out this beautiful fan of water.

Stellar Photos

Stellar work: Our dazzling galaxy at night captured by photographer during 16-year mission around the world:

The twinkling stars that shine above our planet will cause most of us to gaze up in amazement every so often.

But for Iranian photographer and journalist Babak Tafreshi they are a daily obsession. Spending the last 16 years travelling the world, he has spent every day for his entire adult life capturing the sky at night.

From his native country to as far afield as Norway and Nepal, the 34-year-old has set up his camera to reveal our galaxy in all its splendour while also showing some of the most awesome sights of this world.

Mr Tafreshi, who won last year's Lennart Nilsson Award for best scientific photography, has visited all the continents including Antarctica in his quest.

Oh my Dog!

Meet 'Giant George' the 7ft-long Blue Great Dane Who Could be the World's Tallest Dog

Standing at nearly 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder and weighing a staggering 245lbs could this be the world's new tallest dog?

Pictured here in the parks of Tuscon, Arizona, George, a four-year-old blue great dane, looks more like a miniature horse than a dog.  Read More

The '35 Chevy

GM takes you around the country in a 1935 Chevy! Learn about the "new" road to Key West, the amazing truck/bus/train of the future, and how many "bathing beauties" you can fit on a '35 Chevy. This is classic Americana!

Know It All Quiz

A quiz for people who think they know it all:

This  is a  quiz for people who know everything!  I  found  out in a hurry that I didn't. These are not trick questions.  They are straight questions with straight  answers.

1.  Name the one sport in which neither the spectators  nor the participants know  the score  or  the  leader until the contest ends.

2.  What famous North American landmark is constantly moving  backward?

3.  Of  all vegetables, only two can live to produce on  their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only  two perennial vegetables?

4.  What fruit has its seeds on the  outside?

5.  In  many liquor stores, you can buy 20 pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is  whole and ripe, and the bottle is  genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the  pear get inside the bottle?

6.  Only three words in standard English begin with the  letters " dw" and they are all common  words. Name two of them.

7.  There are 14 punctuation marks in English  grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

8.  Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold  frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9.  Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet  beginning with the letter "S."

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Answers  To  Quiz:

1.  The  one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the  contest ends: Boxing

2.  North American landmark constantly moving backward: Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half  feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water  that rush over it every minute.)

3.  Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons: Asparagus and  rhubarb.

4.  The  fruit with its seeds on the outside:  Strawberry.

5.  How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle?  It grew  inside the bottle... The bottles are placed over pear buds  when they are small, and are wired in place on the  tree. The bottle is left  in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are  snipped off at the stems.

6.  Three English words beginning with dw:  Dwarf, dwell  and dwindle.

7.  Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar:  Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation mark, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8.  The  only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned,  processed, cooked, or in any other form but  fresh:  Lettuce

9.  Six  or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with  "S": Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.

Hot Chocolate Wisdom

Latte Art

"Latte Art is a style of pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso that creates a pattern or design on the surface of the resulting latte. It can also be created or embellished by simply “drawing” in the top layer of foam. Latte art is particularly difficult to create consistently, due to the demanding conditions required of both the espresso shot and milk. This, in turn, is limited by the experience of the barista and quality of the espresso machine. The pour itself, then, becomes the last challenge for the latte artist.

Creating steamed milk requires the introduction of steam to the milk until a certain amount of froth is created. As the milk is poured, the froth phase separates from the liquid phase and rises to the top. If the milk and espresso shot are “just right,” and the pitcher is moved during the pour, the foam will rise to create a pattern on the surface.

The foam content is controlled by the barista during the steaming process. Too much foam creates a totally white surface (see cappuccino), while not enough creates a homogeneous, light-brown coffee drink, with no foam or patterning. To pour latte art, the milk should be shiny, slightly thick, and should have very small, uniform bubbles. It is not particularly "foamy"- it is better described a “gooey,” and closely resembles melted marshmallows. There have been a variety of names used for this ideal standard, such as “microfoam,” “velvet milk,” “microbubbles,” and so forth.

The quality of the espresso shot is also important, the Espresso should have an extraction time of 20-30 seconds. Before the milk is added, the shot must have a creamy brown surface of foam, known as crema. As the white foam from the milk rises to meet the red/brown surface of the shot, a contrast is created and the design emerges.

Video: Latte Art: Making Art with Latte Coffee

Some controversy exists within the coffee community as to whether or not there is excessive focus on latte art amongst baristas. The argument is that too much focus on the appearance of a drink leads some to ignore more important issues, such as taste. This is especially relevant with new baristas.

The most common form of poured latte art is known as the "rosetta,” and resembles a type of flower. This design is usually poured while keeping the cup tilted in one direction. As the milk is poured straight into the cup, the foam begins to surface on one side (due to the tilt). The barista then moves the pitcher from side to side as he or she levels the cup, and finishes by making a quick strike through the previously poured pattern. This "strike" creates the stem portion of the flower design, and bends the poured zig-zag into a flower shape. Although the rosetta design is common, many others are possible. These can range from simple geometric shapes to complicated drawings, such as crosshatched patterns, apples, hearts, animals, and flowers. Some can be done with a single pour, others require multiple pours, and still others call for etches in the design after pouring, usually with a coffee stirrer of some sort." - Wikipedia "Latte Art"

Video: Sammy Lin's Latte Art - Part One
Video: Sammy Lin's Latte Art - Part Two

Google search the Latte Printer

Painted Hands

"Guido Daniele is an artist who lives and works in Milan, Italy. He was born in Soverato. In 1972, he graduated from Brera School of Arts, majoring in sculpture and then attended the Tankas school in Dharamsalawent, India until 1974. He has worked as a hyper-realistic illustrator, co-operating with editing and advertising companies, innovating with airbrush and testing out various painting techniques. He has painted backcloths up to 400 square meters in size. He has also painted trompe l'oeil images for private houses and public buildings. In 1990, he developed a body painting technique, and his work has been used in advertising images and commercials, as well as fashion events and exhibitions.

Guido was the 2007 Hero of the Year. An award given to him by the Animal Planet television network." - Wikipedia "Guido Daniele"

A montage of some of Guido's hand paintings:


To see more of Guido's work visit: www.guidodaniele.com

Hendrix Speed Painting

Performance painter, David Garibaldi, paints Jimi Hendrix for an audience in under six minutes:




Denny Dent doing it: