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60092 DB Cargo passing Scunthorpe Signal Box on 0T00 local shunt to aid driver learning around Scunthorpe sidings. During this move it weaved from Scunthorpe Anchor, through Trent Yard to Scunthorpe station, then onto good yard road 2, then onto the head shunt before running back via the goods to Trent Yard.
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is a subsonic American jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the U.S. Navy initially as TO-2, then TV-2, and after 1962, T-33B. The last operator of the T-33, the Bolivian Air Force, retired the type in July 2017, after 44 years of service.
Apparently many bee's this year are nesting in bird boxes, if the bird box is close to your home it can be quite alarming. If this has happened in your garden the Bumblebee Conservation suggest that you:
1) wait until dusk or early evening when the bee's return to the bird box, then either block the hole on the bird box with maybe a sponge or tape, then carefully take down the box and relocate the bird box in a different location in your garden, 2) Then in the morning remove the sponge or tape from the hole, so that the bees leaving the nest become used to their new location.
We can do small things to encourage bees to our garden with what we plant in our flower beds.
This year we had the return in our garden of the cutter bees, as they cut small circles in leaves from one of our trees in the garden. We also put a triangle bee- house up to encourage the bees to use it.
These guys are hilarious and i swear they saw me coming!! 1 or 2, then more and more until they were actually trotting over and lining up again....
Posted for a friend who served w/ them
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I was greatly honoured to take a tour of NAS Whidbey Island's survival training, officer's club and Electronic Warfare Attack School on 26 Feb. 2013. Below are all the publishable (according to this civilian's standards) photos from the tour.
This time I've decided to give them away at full resolution. To download, please read before doing anything:
#1. Just right-click and then select "Original". That'll take you to the full-size pic,
#2. Then right-click and hit "Save Image As".
This previously belonged to Laumosooi Breeze and was MO123-2 then MO049-2. It went to Lady Lasi around 2016 then passed to Laei O Fuatino c2019. The MO069 plates originated on a Ai Ai Ava Savaii Toyota Coaster then in 2017 on a refurbished Toyota DA116 which was sold to Laei O Fuatino and then to Lady Lasi. MO049 Lady Lasi and MO069 ex Savaii swapped plates with the Lady Lasi plated as MO069 passing to Laei o Fuatino.
Day 4/365 [5/17/09]
I'm uploading this today because yesterday as I was about to upload it my computer froze. :\ I just got mad and shut it off and went to bed. But basically I had to get up at 5 am to be at work for 7 am for a meeting that was completely pointless. Then I had to work after the meeting until 2. Then went to the gym until 5 so ALL I wanted was to hear from my boyfriend and have a hot shower. Neither of which happened. Unfortunately I live in a house where warm water is very rare. And on this one day when I was totally stressed out it wouldn't let me have it. Thank you lifeee. :\
I'll upload today's later. I have to do homework, then go to work. So might be MUCH later... :\
By the way, I don't like this photo.
Zuiko Digital 35mm Macro
Worked 7-2 then went home and slept all afternoon. Was basically only awake long enough to eat dinner which Chris made. Watched Braveheart and ate ice cream with boyfriend before bed. I began to severely regret the ice cream though...
Grandpa's been gone for exactly 3 months now and it still hasn't gotten any easier. I feel like there's a giant hole in my heart that can never be filled.
I'm back in that phase of being obessed with the Chicago soundtrack....
Start the car
I know a whoopee spot
Where the gin is cold
But the piano's hot
It's just a noisy hall
Where there's a nightly brawl
And all that jazz
No, I'm no one's wife
But, Oh, I love my life
And all
that
Jazz
February 20, 2010
She -- a little girl -- was the third and last character I created that day, and her solitude strikes me to the core...
As I mentioned in Stage 2, I felt calm and peaceful during the creation and when I took the shots; the unpleasant feelings arose not before contemplating the images on the screen.
At first I felt the same profund aversion to this stony girl as to the "Pflock" in stage 2. Then I worked on the images and was surprised at how different she looks in #15 and #16, and when I realized the heart-shaped form of her head in the last image, I felt deeply touched, and a tender affection emerged from the depth of understanding... I know this little girl, and I am familiar with her profund solitude.
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When you come to me, unbidden,
Beckoning me
To long-ago rooms,
Where memories lie.
Offering me, as to a child, an attic,
Gatherings of days too few.
Baubles of stolen kisses.
Trinkets of borrowed loves.
Trunks of secret words,
I CRY.
~ Maya Angelou ~
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To be continued...
had a cold and these tasty morcles really seem to help
i know i am only meant to have 2 but i am 3 times the size a 12year girl and if they can have 2 then i can have 3!
‘2325′ - Michael Ferner oldracingcars.info -the 1923 Cooper/Wilcox white & red #25 car Actually the seventh car built, originally a Miller works entry but sold to HCS car company for Earl Cooper a fortnight before Indianapolis race; fitted with truss rods left and right; new for Howdy Wilcox at Indy (May 30), then Cooper for rest of season (#2 with HCS-style radiator, 2nd KCMO Independence Day); for Cooper in 1924 (white & blue #2, then pale green following Studebaker sponsorship deal, but retaining radiator shell of rival car company!, 2nd Indianapolis, 1st Fresno Fair, 2nd Charlotte Columbus Day); renamed “Weaver Special†(new owner? sponsor?) during winter of 1924/5 (green & jade #2), 1924 bodywork, rear wheel brakes, V-type radiator and supercharger added for Ralph Hepburn (#17) rest of the year (3rd NY State Fair, 2nd Salem) and early 1926 (#9); sold to Cliff Woodbury/Mike Boyle (orange #9), rebuilt to 1.5 litres (red & silver #36, 3rd Indianapolis, 2nd Detroit June); for Hepburn (white & blue #19) and Jack Petticord (#22) in 1927, presumably retained by Woodbury/Boyle and campaigned on dirt tracks in 2-litre form (2nd Detroit June, 1st Detroit July, 1st Detroit October); subsequent history unclear, but possibly to Louis Schneider for 1929 (red & white #31, but possibly ‘2306′!), and also driven by Herman Schurch, Jack Buxton and Bert Karnatz; likely broken up and frame widened to be used in the building of 1930 two-man Indy Car “Bowes Seal Fast Special†#23 for Schneider.
Isn't she Beautiful? :) No, I'm not partial (smile). This is my beloved new edition to our family- Trinity, daughter of my beloved nephew- Tadd & Tara, born 21 April 2007, Saturday at 12:34 P.M. weighing 6 Lb. 11 Oz. and Height- 21 inches, Naturally-36 hours of Labor, at St. Luke's.
I finally got to meet her at Gabriel's First Birthday Party/FundRaising Event for Cherubs on Gabe's birthday 18 November 2007 last Sunday. I would have met her sooner but I was still mourning the loss of our Gabriel in April & it lowered my immune system so bad that I had suffered a severe case of Pneumonia for 8 months- not being able to shake it, and I didn't want to risk Trinity catching it. I didn't get a chance to hold her as I am not strong enough yet, but can't wait til I do!!! She is so beautiful and such a happy baby! She's right now on a contest for cutest baby for fun 107 if you would like to vote for her at: (http://www.fun107.com/)
1) scan to middle of page & on left side-click Baby Idol contest
2) then, search for "page numbers" & click page 8
3) Trinity is # 260 click on her photo only
4) at the top of the page shall be a form with her picture once u clicked on her photo & all you have to do is fill out the very short form to vote for her.
enter only once per household
Contests ends 28 Nov
Trinity is baby #260
Goan English dailies..
Navhind Times started 1963
Herald English daily , started 1983
Gomantak Times started 1988 (stopped 2.6.2020)
Times of India, Goa edition started May 2008
The Goan - started 18.6.2015
Newspapers
The Navhind Times (NT) Rs.5, eff May 1, 2018, Rs 6, eff Nov 1 2018 Rs.7, Rs.9 as frm Sept. 1, 2022, Rs.10 eff 1 July 2023
Herald (H) Rs.5, eff May 1, 2018 , Rs6, eff Nov 1 2018 Rs.7, Rs.9 eff 18/7/22, Rs.10 from 13.2.2023
The Times of India (TOI) Rs.3 & 4, Rs. 4 all days eff 17.11.22
The Goan (TG) Rs.2, then 3, (Rs.4 eff. 8.2.18), Rs.5 eff 1.10.18, Rs.6 from April 2019, Rs.8 eff 2.8.22
Gomantak Times (GT) Rs.2
GT 3 eff. 15.5.2020 weekender 4
End of GT. Gomantak Times GT stopped abruptly from 2.6.2020 with no prior intimation
Raddi raddiwala price Rs.5 per kg, now 6 or 7, 2017, 2018, Rs.8 April 2019, Rs.10 2022, Rs.12 2023
During the 2008-09 pre-season I uploaded a "rescue" job of a photo which was seriously underexposed.
Andy Jones is on the ball during Enfield Town's 0-0 draw at Bedfont.
Here is a new version from the same original cleaned up and noise-filtered using Neat Image. I used the Windows version run under WINE as I am a Linux user.
It isn't FOSS, but I can live with that. Also, it strips the EXIF data out of the photo but I can live with that as well seeing as I am not a professional photographer.
Once I had run the photo through Neat Image I then cropped and resized it, brightened it a bit and gave it a bit of sharpening in GIMP. I didn't have to use the "Eg Recover Shadows" plugin in GIMP, though.
Techie update: I figured out how to save the EXIF data.
1. Use Neat Image to remove the noise and save the image.
2. Then open it and the original in your photo processing software.
3. Copy the filtered version to the clipboard and paste it in to the original one as a new layer.
The background layer retains the EXIF data and the filtered layer, being 100% opaque, hides the noisy photo.
NB: I haven't done that with this photo though because I had already uploaded it before I figured that out.
My Monday's are crazier now.
I clean the whole morning which inlcudes me walking to the laundromat and dragging the wet laundry back to dry in our dryer.
(1 &2) Then I cook for the week - I made two vats since William wasn't interested in a repeat of Lentil and Sauguage Soup (he had most of it last week) so a vat of Chicken stew was made. During this time I sew - I have Yo patterns I'm trying to get through for Saturday's Doll CLub.
A brief moment for dinner when the mail comes with my FakeBlonie stuff (Yeah! Stuffed into my purse since I didn't have time to play) then off for babysitting.
Poor Lilly came home late and fully wound up so was pretty frightful when I put her to bed when I noticed it was after 9PM and she wasn't winding down - she normally passes out at 9PM when we come over since we kinda wind her up when we get there at 6PM and tire her out to sleep later the next day. We were kinda tired to begin with and calming activities didn't work. She's still very good though.
Apparently many bee's this year are nesting in bird boxes, if the bird box is close to your home it can be quite alarming. If this has happened in your garden the Bumblebee Conservation suggest that you:
1) wait until dusk or early evening when the bee's return to the bird box, then either block the hole on the bird box with maybe a sponge or tape, then carefully take down the box and relocate the bird box in a different location in your garden, 2) Then in the morning remove the sponge or tape from the hole, so that the bees leaving the nest become used to their new location.
We can do small things to encourage bees to our garden with what we plant in our flower beds.
This year we had the return in our garden of the cutter bees, as they cut small circles in leaves from one of our trees in the garden. We also put a triangle bee- house up to encourage the bees to use it.
Everyone is referred to the sunny, autumn-y photo of these same subjects from DC-10 #2. Then, it was all about California gold and the prettiest fall in years.
Now, it is about keeping dry and avoiding wood rot.
2010 December Countdown #21.
i didn't take enough pics because the game was super exciting!
crystal palace usa had to play the new york red bulls in the third round of the 2008 lamar hunt us open cup, the equivalent of the FA cup. we drew the new york red bulls. if you don't know they are two levels up on us. we are usl-2 they are mls. it goes mls then usl-1 then usl-2 then pdl and a couple other pro leagues. everyone was sort of writing off palace. we ended up wining 2-0. it actually should have been like 4-0. the two big stars on the red bulls, jaun pablo angel, and cladio reyna were both injured and couldn't play.
Recommended for hot days only. It also helps to have a helper who's willing to get wet. Thanks Georgia :)
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I was greatly honoured to take a tour of NAS Whidbey Island's survival training, officer's club and Electronic Warfare Attack School on 26 Feb. 2013. Below are all the publishable (according to this civilian's standards) photos from the tour.
This time I've decided to give them away at full resolution. To download, please read before doing anything:
#1. Just right-click and then select "Original". That'll take you to the full-size pic,
#2. Then right-click and hit "Save Image As".
One last shot of a statue (Saddie McBuckets? Buckets O'Houlihan?) and we headed back to Icelandic Fish & Chips for chocolate spelt cake (my favorite) and cappuccini. It was a great end to a great day!
A few final thoughts about this wonderful day, and the end of our experience with tours in Iceland:
1. We marveled at how we had not been babied on these tours. On the glacier boat tour the day before, they said we could go on the glacier and just handed each of us an ice axe. It was precarious, slippery, and we never signed a waiver.
2. Then, it was jumping off a cliff this day: another "extra" that isn't written about in the itinerary, and we did sign a waiver at the very start of that tour, but it never mentioned any cliff-jumping, just caving and snorkeling.
3. It's surprising and refreshing to be treated like adults who can make their own decisions. I wonder when they will have to dial it back a bit when they get sued for negligence - I hope NEVER. (The tourist industry is only booming for about 4 years now, as evidenced by the lack of ATMs.)
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Shot of the Lock at Glasson Marina looking in to the Marina Basin.
Single raw image converted to 5 images in photoshop (-2,-1,0,1,2) then processed in Photomatix.
Nikon D5000 & Nikkor 18mm-55mm lens.
I get enormous spiders in my house this time of year. This horrible thing was on my bedroom wall last night. It measures about four inches from front toe to back toe - that's if spiders were to have toes :o)
I think I have found a way of stopping the spiders coming into my house. I think that the spiders live in the walls, not in your house, so 1. First step is to fill in all holes around windows, doors and skirting boards, to reduce access. 2. Then sprinkle Shake & Vac on your carpets lightly, but don't hoover it up. Your house will smell lovely. Since doing this I haven't had one spider in my house :o)
The Organ, built by Henry Willis & Sons, is the largest pipe organ in the UK with two five-manual consoles, 10,268 pipes and a trompette militaire. Its "tuba magna" is the loudest organ stop in the world. There is an annual Anniversary Recital on the Saturday nearest to 18th October - the date of the organ's consecration.
This is a HDR photograph I have taken 3 Exposers 1- -2 1-0 1+2 then merged the shot in Photoshop and these are the results....
I clothespinned up the negatives I shot today after processing them. ILFORD SFX 200!!! Pushed to 800, processed in Aperture 2, then thrown to Photoshop to invert colors and further sharpen, thrown back in Aperture 2 for final contrast editing and exporting to fine old Flickr! It was a VERY GOOD SUNDAY!
I can't wait to see what the scans look like when Joe Talman lends me his film scanner tomorrow, but this is super fun to look at for now!
– LOCKHEED T-33A 51-6718 –
This aircraft is painted to represent RAF Sculthorpe base flight, were the aircraft was saved from scrapping in 1986. 16718 spent it's operational career with the French Air Force and not the U.S.A.A.F were it was returned. It is an advanced trainer built in the 1950's.
Information from the City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American Subsonic Jet Trainer, it was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the U.S Navy initially as TO-2, then TV-2, and after 1962, T-33B. The last operator of the T-33, the Bolivian Air Force, retired the type in July 2017, after 44 years of service.
The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly more than 3ft and adding a second seat, instrumentation, and flight controls, it was initially designated as a variant of the P-80/F-80, the TP-80C/TF-80C. Design work on the Lockheed P-80 began in 1943, with the first flight on 8th January 1944. Following on the Bell P-59, the P-80 became the first jet fighter to enter full squadron service in the United States Army Air Forces. As more advanced jets entered service, the F-80 took on another role, training jet pilots. The two-seater T-33 Jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven aircraft.
Originally designated the TF-80C, the T-33 made its first flight on 22nd March 1948 with Lockheed Test Pilot Tony LeVier at the controls. Production at Lockheed ran from 1948 to 1959. The U.S Navy used the T-33 as a land-based trainer starting in 1949. It was designated the TV-2, but was redesignated the T-33B in 1962. The Navy operated some ex-USAF P-80C's as the TO-1, changed to the TV-1 about a year later. A carrier-capable version of the P-80/T-33 family was subsequently developed by Lockheed, eventually leading to the late 1950's to 1970's T2V-1/T-1A SeaStar. The two TF-80C prototypes were modified as prototypes for an all-weather two-seater fighter variant, which became the F-94 Starfire. A total of 6,557 T-33's were produced:
▪︎5,691 of them by Lockheed
▪︎210 by Kawasaki
▪︎656 by Canadair.
Lockheed T-33 characteristics –
▪︎Role: Subsonic Jet Trainer
▪︎Manufacturer: Lockheed
▪︎Designer: Clarence ''Kelly'' Johnson
▪︎First Flight: 22nd March 1948
▪︎Retired: 31st July 2017 (Bolivian Air Force)
▪︎Primary Users: United States Air Force / United States Navy / Japan Air Self Defence Force / ▪︎German Air Force
▪︎Produced: 1948 to 1959
▪︎Number Built: 6,557
▪︎Developed From: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
▪︎Variants: Lockheed T2V SeaStar / Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
▪︎Developed Into: Lockheed F-94 Starfire / Boeing Skyfox.
Information sourced from – en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_T-33
The triptych is part of my IB visual arts exhibition, in which I explore gender roles in Chinese culture. In ancient China, women had to follow the Three Obediences, which included her father, husband, and son. This central topic not only addresses the power that men held within a patriarchal society (masculinity), but also the lack of influence that women held (considering this rule from a female perspective). To make this project more personal, I have included my experiences with the men around me, drawing references to my father, a boy that I once became infatuated with, and my favorite cousin. I decided to depict the characters using the roles within Beijing Opera, which is an inherently masculine form of art, so deprived of women that men had to uphold the roles of female characters. For this project, I first studied the structure and style of Beijing Opera headdresses, (brainstorm pages 1-2), then conducting an artist study to learn of different styles and applications of ink.
I clothespinned up the negatives I shot today after processing them. ILFORD SFX 200!!! Pushed to 800, processed in Aperture 2, then thrown to Photoshop to invert colors and further sharpen, thrown back in Aperture 2 for final contrast editing and exporting to fine old Flickr! It was a VERY GOOD SUNDAY!
I can't wait to see what the scans look like when Joe Talman lends me his film scanner tomorrow, but this is super fun to look at for now!
Twenty two of the required twenty-five blocks are finished.
Just three more blocks remain: Grandmother's Fan 2, 54-40 or Fight 2, and Eight-Pointed Star 2.
Then sashing, borders, and all of the other fun stuff.
This photo i was capture with my Canon SX130is in ev -2,+1,0,-1,+2
then i proceed it into HDR.. advice is very welcome for me^^
thnak you
I clothespinned up the negatives I shot today after processing them. ILFORD SFX 200!!! Pushed to 800, processed in Aperture 2, then thrown to Photoshop to invert colors and further sharpen, thrown back in Aperture 2 for final contrast editing and exporting to fine old Flickr! It was a VERY GOOD SUNDAY!
I can't wait to see what the scans look like when Joe Talman lends me his film scanner tomorrow, but this is super fun to look at for now!
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The queue at Hyper Japan for people who HAD TICKETS snaked all the way around Earls Court 2 then back again..
Best 4000 of 6000 frames captured with a ZWO ASI120MC camera in a 200P Scope on an NEQ6 Pro. Captured in Sharpcap 2, stacked in AS!2 then wavelets in Registax 5.1 and further processing in Photoshop CS2
After prom, we went to Cha for Tea and stayed out til around 2. Then we came back to my house, sang karaoke and watched The Ugly Truth and The Devil Wears Prada. Then we woke up around 10 and went to eat breakfast at Denny's. Yay for a fun post-prom.
May 16, 2010
@Denny's
This slide show of 112 images comes from a our first full day Culinary PLC for 2011-12. It was held at Cypress College. The day was filled with rich presentations and discussions. These included:
1. Erin Mascho of the California Restaurant Assoc. Education Foundation opened the morning with a in depth look at the ProStart program.
2. Then introduced a panel of industry representatives who spoke on the 'sustainability' movement in the food industry.
3. Next on the agenda was a look at the Food Handler Codes provided to Orange County culinary teachers last June. A sustainable lunch menu was lead by Chef Debbi Dubbs. All teachers worked in 5 teams to cook and eat the great meal.
4. Jeremy Peters and Sarah Wall shared about our next event, the Knife Skills Competition to be held Nov. 17 (3:30-5:30) at Cypress College. Jeremy then provided PD on knife skills.
5. And we finally ended the day with a discussion of articulation agreement led by Bar Pinkowitz and Jeremy Peters.
All in all, a great day for our Orange County Culinary Arts teachers.
Steven Glyer
My first attempt at 3D. Maybe best viewed "original" (it works for me).
Cross view this photo to see the 3D.
Step 1 - Cross your eyes until you see 4 images instead of 2.
Step 2 - Then relax your view so the images move together and you see only 3 images.
Step 3 - When you see 3 images stop changing your focus and you will see the center image is 3D.
Optional - 4th step - You can also raise your hands to the sides of your eyes to block out the 2 outer images so you only see the center one in 3D!
Oh yeah, one more thing... you should be about 2 or 3 feet from the screen and if you are having trouble move closer or farther from the screen, sometimes that helps.
Enjoy
instructions on how to make the door
1. go by a long wall stud piece of wood that is 3 inches wide and really long and very straight not warped.
2. Then buy some green paint, wood glue, matte spray, gold spray paint, primer spray paint, one nail, door hinges anyones you like. I bought mine at home depot they were barn hinges. I added the little pieces on the edge of the hinge later. At home depot they'll just be the big triangle hinge. And borrow or rent or buy a nad drill and a drill bit that is a little bit smaller then your hinge screws. this will really help later.
3. cut the stud into four equally long pieces then use the wood glue. put the glue on the inside edges of each piece. glue on a flat surface. then get some clamps and clamp all four pieces together to glue. and wipe all excess glue on edges.
4. While glueing primer you hinges and hinge screws and then spray paint gold, then let sit and then matte spray them. After door has set for awhile sand or pull of excess glue off then cut the top to at a triangle angle like mine yours should be a square so you cut the top and at the top you have a triangle.
5. after door is cut, paint the door green probably need to do a few coats of paint. then let sit and matte spray it so as to help the paint stay on better and not nick or scrape off easily.
6. Now you are ready to assmeble the doors hinges. so line up the hinges where you want then on the edge. then get a pencil and mark a dot in the center of the hinge hole where the scre will go. do thid on the top and the sides if you got a fold around hinge. then use the drill if you have it and the drillbit and drill where you marked as to make it easier to put the screws into the wood.
7. place hinges on door and then screw the screws into place slowly using a hand screwdriver and when doing this tape of the tip of the screw driver or put a small cloth over the tip so when screwing if you slip the gold won't scracth off.
8. after screws are in place then center the doorknob on door and mark a dot where the doorknobs hook is on the back. then hammer the nail in place far enough so that the doorknob sits flush.
Now you are done and ready to display.
Der Metallstreif mit Kleber schmieren, trocknen lassen und mit Scrapclay (Pasta Maschine #2) ummanteln.
Um ein Glas oder Ähnliches fest machen, damit der Streif den runden Form behält. Backen 30 Min.
I applied glue on the metal, let it dry and envolved it with scrap clay (Pasta machine #2. Then I wrapped it in a cup to mantain the form and backed it.
i only saw and photographed 2-then when i started editing my horribly poor shots of these birds that were really too far and too fast for my camera, I found this frame with three.
"Film d'essai" (test film) of my French range-finder 35 mm camera Foca PF2B (year 1956) after the shutter new adjustments.
Compared setting : 1/1000s f/3.5 (same processing set as the view made with 1/200s f/6.3)
I used here a 36 exposure Ilford Pan100 film exposed for 100 ISO using a Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas. The Foca Oplar lens1:2.8 f=5cm was fitted with a FOCA "AUV"(Anti-UV) filter and a Genaco metal shade hood, both push-on 42mm.
Rue Bodin, March 13, 2023
69001 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was processed using Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer at dilution 1+25, 20°C for 9 min.
The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body adapted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III and a Minolta Slide Duplicator using a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5 at a reproduction ratio of 1:1. The reproduced RAW files obtained were processed in LR prior the the final JPEG editions.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg.
About the camera and the lens:
The Foca type PF2B (PF for "Petit Format") was constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) starting from 1947. It was manufactured in the Chateaudun OPL factory, route de Jallans, France, in 1956 among a late series of the PF2B. The factory, constructed in 1938, is still at the same place under the name of SAFRAN now producing precision devices for aerospace appliances.
The camera is equipped with the collapsible OPLAR lens (a Tessar formula) 1:2.8 f=5cm. The focal shutter of the PF2B has timing of 1/1000, 1/500, 1/200, 1/100, 1/50 and 1/25s plus the B pose. A slow exposure device below 1/25s could be installed by the aftermarket service and was installed in series for the FOCA PF3 type.
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Object of the adjustments :
Due to the presence the original factory seals on the shutter adjustments, I knew that the camera has never been adjusted of serviced since 1956!
Until now the 1/25s, 1/50s and 1/100s suffered from inconsistent curtains travel speeds causing band inhomogeneities in the exposure. The 1/1000, 1/500 and 1/200s were however coherent. I proceeded here as follows :
1- The shutter being on B setting, proceeding by half turns only on the adjustment screw, I increased the spring tension of the first curtain by 2 half anti-clockwise turns causing more regular and fast opening of the first curtain.
2- Then I did the same on the second curtains to get a similar speed of closure.
3- I checked visually that all speed gives homogenous opening scans from 1/25s to 1/1000 (proceed without the lens mounted).
Likely the 1/25s is still slow but I decided to see the results obtained on a test film. The exposures ae now all homogenous. Following the densities given by the Sony A7 during the digitalization, one could deduce that 1/50s gives +0,3 EV more than expected (ie 1/30s instead of 1/50s) and 1/25s gives +1.3 EV (ie 1/10s instead of 1/25s). After the test film I added 1/2 turn to the first curtains to increase the travel speed.
Took this on the way home from Wolverhampton today. Came off the M5 at Junction 2, then via Sedgley and Halesowen.
Not so long ago this landscape would have been filled with the smoke from a thousand stacks as heavy industry churned out metal widgets, and important pieces of iron and steel that built empires. Now it is a trading estate, and clean. Our manufacturing replaced by service industries.
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