Your Today in Pictures...

[Paul Barker]

hi Dominique. what a find. i simply love it.

[Dominique De Bast]

Still in Egypt. I biught that cameraman this morning, in Cairo.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Melvin,

I think you've got the makings of a great coffee table book there. Cinema Transformations - what former theatres have become.

[Melvin England]

I have been on my travels again this week.

A few days ago I was in Snodland (yes.... that is really what it is called), a village/small town about 30 miles south east of London, when I came across this old cinema which is still standing and now serving as an excellent antique shop....



The auditorium..... with no sign of a screen....




But I DID track down the original projector!!!





......... or maybe not.....


( Bell & Howell before you ask....)


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[Steve Klare]

Baden Württemberg, June 2012

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My cousin and his wife had moved into their brand-new house and we landed there just in time to go to their first barbecue. This awesome sight flew not very high over the neighborhood and my son and I ran up the street to see it land in a field.
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("Balloon growing out of the kid's head" shot is intentional! -at least THIS time!)

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[Douglas Meltzer]

Graham,

Very nice! Hot air ballooning is something I haven't done...yet.

[Graham Ritchie]

This reminded me of a few phots Yvonne took on a balloon ride a few years ago one calm Sunday morning, she really enjoyed it.

[Steve Klare]

"IT IS BALLOON!!!!" ("F" Troop...)
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It's natural to ask what this astounding assembly is (...other than a Chevy Pickup, of course!).

-but that large object in the truck bed is a hot-air balloon. (This is what they look like on their days off!)

The envelope itself is very carefully stuffed into a large zipper-bag which is stowed between the basket and the truck's tailgate. (To think I gripe having to fold down a tent!)

(The location was Lake George, New York last weekend.)

I like that Drive-In, Doug: it's the first anywhere on Long Island since the 1980s!

[Douglas Meltzer]

The Skyline Drive-In, located riverside in Brooklyn, NY. Two screens are for new releases, one is for older films. I went for a screening of The Mummy (1999), a fun film to see here, even if I do have a Super 8mm print of the feature.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Dominique,

I'm glad we're back to normal. I'll check to see what happened.

Note: A software update had changed the uploading preferences, which were later restored.

[Dominique De Bast]

Thanks, Janice!

[Janice Glesser]

Despite your uploading issues, your photos are stellar! Loved seeing your my handsome face in one of them. Looks like you're having a wonderful time. Enjoy!

[Dominique De Bast]

With the new uploading system, I see my pictures twice, could only pu three of them and could not choose the size. Sorry for that mess.
Complete mystery : the "Upload Attachments" button came back, together with the sizes option and the possibility to upload 5 pictures. So I don't know if there is a new system or if there was a bug or if I start to be cursed by an Egyptian god...

[Dominique De Bast]

Far away from the mussels, in the Siwa Oasis (where I was also last year), the salt lake.


I actually selected 5 pictures but only 3 are displayed.

Looks like the third picture was taken with a drone and shows something big, but it's actually a small quantity of water (it is a "maquette" effect).

[Cliff Perriam]

Burroughs in Coldharbour Lane Brixton. All Eel and Pie shops used to display live eels; not any more. The closest E&P to this shop now is Manze's in Peckham or maybe Arment's in Walworth. Still the same food as ever.