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There's a new (Super) Hero around...!

Nic kindly agreed to stand on our garage roof ( in a near naked state)...to ensure i could fulfill yet another desire...creating a modern Hero to fit our modern world. Why not an older, wiser Hero minus those silly pants that Superman wore? Why not the guy that's a paradox, that mocks life's absurdity and superficial ways? Why not a cynical bastard who's wry amusement of all human stupidity makes him want to weep...why not?

I was fortunate in that the corrugated iron roof reflected some awesome light over his back and other areas (that hence have been cropped).
The lightning was added later (although we did have some shortly after this image was taken).
NIc kindly created the logo for Mr. Ironic's super floaty Cape. Thanks to Marco for giving the Cape it's super floaty lift.. :)

Almost weekend !!!

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This image took quite a bit of nerve and heart stopping moments. I had the idea to create a tribute to the book Atlas Shrugged and since we have the Atlas Building here in Windhoek with this Giant teetering six stories high on the roof, my mind naturally began to work overtime. I convinced my then unsuspecting husband to escort me as it would require some climbing from the 6th floor to the roof along a metal ladder (which does have protective rings in my defense).
Since i had only seen the Atlas from the ground it was hard to ascertain what it looked like up there, but not one to giving up on what seemed like a marvelous idea i set forth with my husband in tow.
I think our Adrenalin must have kicked in full throttle when we reached the top just behind Atlas' famous buttocks. I won't go into too much detail about everything, but it involved trying to change clothing up there, getting the giant into the image at close range...there simply was no space to go but down.. for some strange reason my ISO was on 800...why? i still don't know... the first images were thus blown out completely.. aside from the fear of dying we wanted to avoid being arrested.
It is incredible how poorly one thinks when one is fearful or just out of the normal environment.

The moral of the story: Double check all camera equipment and settings before heading out. Try and establish what your surroundings REALLY are like (if possible). Try to take someone who does not fear heights as much as you do...:), LIVE FOR THE MOMENT!

wow! what a rush!!!!

Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes elements of mystery and science fiction,and it contains Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism in any of her works of fiction.

The novel's title is a reference to Atlas, a Titan of Greek mythology, who in the novel is described as "the giant who holds the world on his shoulders".
The significance of this reference is seen in a conversation between the characters Francisco d'Anconia and Hank Rearden, in which d'Anconia asks Rearden what sort of advice he would give to Atlas upon seeing that "the greater the titan's effort, the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders". With Rearden unable to answer, Francisco gives his own response: "To shrug".

Rand set out to create a work of fiction that explored the role of the mind in human life and the morality of rational self-interest, by exploring the consequences when the people "of the mind" go on strike, refusing to allow their inventions, art, business leadership, scientific research, or new ideas to be taken from them by the government or by the rest of the world.

Atlas Shrugged received largely negative reviews after its 1957 publication, but achieved enduring popularity and consistent sales in the following decades.
In 1991, a survey conducted for the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the-Month Club asked club members what the most influential book in the respondent's life was. Rand's Atlas Shrugged was the second most popular choice, after the Bible.

Information on Atlas the Titan: see Nic's stream here: www.flickr.com/photos/namwizard/6897711115/in/photostream

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