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NGA CAMPUS EAST - NGA CHANGE OF DIRECTOR CEREMONY
FORT BELVOIR NORTH AREA, Va. -- U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett congratulates Letitia A. Long on her appointment as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) director here Aug. 9, 2010. Murrett is the outgoing director of NGA. Long comes to NGA from the Defense Intelligence Agency, where she served as the deputy director from May 2006 until July 2010. The ceremony was held on the site of NGA Campus East (NCE), a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure project which will consolidate various offices of NGA into a single campus here. Along with NGA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District is managing design and construction of the $1.7 billion project. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Marc Barnes)
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Central Valley Variety, 20 July 2007
Daughter Caroline was at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California and on Friday afternoon, 20 July 2007, I drove to the area to be ready to pick her up in the morning. IIRC, I car camped in the mountains that night on a side road near her camp.
But there were trains to see en route from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
I knew that I'd left a bit ahead of the San Joaquin 704, and was thinking of one particular place to shoot it. In the event, I would up getting it at Twin Cities Road between Galt and Lodi, in push mode with F59 2015 propelling it at or near 79 MPH past some sunflowers.
Continuing south into Woodbridge,California (north Lodi), a mural caught my eye. It was all nice and western, including a Great Western Castle class 4-6-0 pulling a train through cowboy country. If Robin Coombes over comes to town, he will want to see that!
In Lodi, I found GP18 CCT 1790 switching and then followed the Central California Traction Company's Lodi train back to Stockton, shooting it between Lodi and Stockton and then in Stockton as it ran on and near streets en route to the BNSF interchange at Mormon Yard.
Then it was over to the Alatamont Commuter Express (ACE, SP) station for the arrival of what was probably Train 6, but first a UP northbound came by with patched Geeps, a DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP38-2.
Then the ACE train arrived and discharged its passengers before MPI F40PH-3C #3104 took the train to the old maintenance facility south of the Stockton diamonds.
I resumed my trip toward Altamont Pass and Santa Cruz, but stopped off at Lathrop where I caught what was probably the Tracy Turn, first next to some code lines and then against the sunset across the fields.
Not bad at all for maybe 2 hours of rail photography.
A friend here on Flickr asked me how to make a watermark, well being I've never used or made one, here's what I came up with in a jiffy.
Watermark Tutorial Made With Photoshop
1. Go to file and click on new,then select the size of watermark you want, " here I chose 400px X 100px."
2. Then type in your text you want as a watermark,here I chose " © Jerry Jones 2009."
3. Then go to your style pallett and select a drop shadow style to use, if you still have your text icon clicked it will show imediately on screen.
4. Adjust opacity level to your liking.
5. When satisfied, do not flatten layer, click on file and save as a PSD file so you can use it when needed.
Here's 2 Sites To Download Free Layer Styles " there's plenty on the web just do a search."
Free photoshop layer styles downloads
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. 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. Despite its vintage, the venerable T-33 still remains in service worldwide.
The T-33 (aka "T-Bird") was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly over three feet 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.
Performance
Maximum speed: 600 mph (970 km/h)
Range: 1,275 mi ferry (2,050 km)
Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,600 m)
Armament
Guns: 2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M3 machine guns with 350 rpg (for AT-33)
Hardpoints: 2 with a capacity of 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs or rocket pods,
John Chapter 6
Feeding the Five Thousand
1 After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
4 Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5 Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” 6 But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
7 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”
8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, 9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”
10 Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples[a] to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. 12 So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” 13 Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. 14 Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. 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. Despite its vintage, the venerable T-33 still remains in service worldwide.
The T-33 (aka "T-Bird") was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly over three feet 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.
Performance
Maximum speed: 600 mph (970 km/h)
Range: 1,275 mi ferry (2,050 km)
Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,600 m)
Armament
Guns: 2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M3 machine guns with 350 rpg (for AT-33)
Hardpoints: 2 with a capacity of 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs or rocket pods,
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
I gave HDR a little go today. This would be 3 raw images captured at +-2, then I took each +- into Photoshop and also created a +-1. That in turn essentially makes this a 5 exposure HDR. No hockey games of interest this evening so I put a little time into trying to tweak this one. I also took it into photoshop and "dulled' it down a bit from the hdr process. Couple of things I really like about it, couple of things I don't.
This was a bridge over a stream leaving Sprague Lake. In areas like this I try and come up with some angle that may be different than everyone else who has shot this. It is a very popular stop in the Park.
This is my favorite nut tart, period. Sprüngli used to make them but they have discontinued it lately. So I had to take matters into my own hands and make it myself! You have to try it, serve it with some nice vanilla tea and it's the perfect way to spend a cold winter's afternoon. Here's how I make it:
Ingredients:
For the shortcrust pastry:
275 g plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
75 g caster sugar
175 g softened butter
2 egg
Caramel Nut Filling:
150 g caster sugar
80mL water
150 g chopped walnuts
200mL cream
1 tbsp honey
Method:
For the sweet shortcrust pastry:
1. to make the shortcrust pastry, mix the salt, sugar and softened butter and 1 egg until well mixed
2. then add the flour to the mixture (do not over knead, working quickly will keep the shortcrust very "short") until the pastry is formed
3. split the pastry into 1/3 and 2/3, flatten into discs and then wrap them with cling film and rest the pastry in the fridge for 30 minutes
4. rollout the larger disc of pastry until about 5mm thick, then line a tart/pie tin and put it back into the fridge
5. make a caramel by heating the sugar and water in pot
6. remove from the heat after it starts to turn light brown and add coarsely chopped walnuts and cream, stir to combine (careful, caramel is very very hot)
7. return the filling mixture and cook until the liquid turns brown, add the honey and allow to cool
8. put the filling onto the pastry base
9. roll out the remaining pastry disc until 5 mm thickness, put this onto the pie to form the pastry cover
6. poke holes on the pastry to with a fork and give the cover a light egg wash
7. bake the tart at 180C for 45 minutes
8. let the tart cool, then serve!
My other recipes:
I attempted to have a mini-film festival on my own today. I watched Pulp Fiction and then kept the Tarantino going with Kill Bill Vol. 1, followed by about 20 mins of Vol. 2. Then I got sleepy and distracted, so I'll have to finish another day.
Heres a recipe that im going to make for Saturday morning. This sounds pretty good! Just throw all the ingredients( except the pepto, thats for afterwards) into a blender and blend for a minute or 2. Then simmer in a saucepan for about 5 minutes.
I would like to try to incorperate this into a burger or mix into a cream cheese for either a dip or sandwich spread
Central Valley Variety, 20 July 2007
Daughter Caroline was at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California and on Friday afternoon, 20 July 2007, I drove to the area to be ready to pick her up in the morning. IIRC, I car camped in the mountains that night on a side road near her camp.
But there were trains to see en route from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
I knew that I'd left a bit ahead of the San Joaquin 704, and was thinking of one particular place to shoot it. In the event, I would up getting it at Twin Cities Road between Galt and Lodi, in push mode with F59 2015 propelling it at or near 79 MPH past some sunflowers.
Continuing south into Woodbridge,California (north Lodi), a mural caught my eye. It was all nice and western, including a Great Western Castle class 4-6-0 pulling a train through cowboy country. If Robin Coombes over comes to town, he will want to see that!
In Lodi, I found GP18 CCT 1790 switching and then followed the Central California Traction Company's Lodi train back to Stockton, shooting it between Lodi and Stockton and then in Stockton as it ran on and near streets en route to the BNSF interchange at Mormon Yard.
Then it was over to the Alatamont Commuter Express (ACE, SP) station for the arrival of what was probably Train 6, but first a UP northbound came by with patched Geeps, a DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP38-2.
Then the ACE train arrived and discharged its passengers before MPI F40PH-3C #3104 took the train to the old maintenance facility south of the Stockton diamonds.
I resumed my trip toward Altamont Pass and Santa Cruz, but stopped off at Lathrop where I caught what was probably the Tracy Turn, first next to some code lines and then against the sunset across the fields.
Not bad at all for maybe 2 hours of rail photography.
NGA CAMPUS EAST - NGA CHANGE OF DIRECTOR CEREMONY
FORT BELVOIR NORTH AREA, Va. -- Defense Secretary Robert. M. Gates congratulates Letitia A. Long on her appointment as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) director here Aug. 9, 2010. Long comes to NGA from the Defense Intelligence Agency, where she served as the deputy director from May 2006 until July 2010. The ceremony was held on the site of NGA Campus East (NCE), a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure project which will consolidate various offices of NGA into a single campus here. Along with NGA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District is managing design and construction of the $1.7 billion project. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Marc Barnes)
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Piper J-3 Cub
First built in 1938, the Piper J-3 earned fame as a trainer and sport plane. Its success made the name “Cub” a generic term for light airplanes. The little yellow tail dragger remains one of the most recognized designs in aviation. J-# Cubs and subsequent models are still found at fields around the world. Thousands of pilots, including three-fourths of those in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, trained in Cubs.
William T. Piper Aircraft are one of general aviation’s greatest success stories. Piper took Gilbert Taylor’s Tiger Kitten and E-2 designs and, with Walter Jamoneua, built the Taylor and Piper J-2, then the legendary Piper J-3. When production ended in 1947, 19,888 Piper Cubs had been built. This Cub was built in 1941 and accumulated more than 6,000 hours of flying time before being restored in 1975.
Wingspan:
10.7 m (35 ft 3 in)
Length:
6.8 m (22 ft 5 in)
Height:
2 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight, empty:
309 kg (680 lb)
Weight, gross:
554 kg (1,220 lb)
Top speed:
129 km/h (80 mph)
Engine:
Continental A-65, 65 hp
Manufacturer:
Piper Aircraft Corp., Lock Haven, Pa., 1941
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Cub
The portal was probably the easiest part out of everything to stain. But due to the way our 20-minute cycles worked (four 5-minute sub-cycles: Step 1=Stain Area 1, Step 2=Stain Area 2, Step 3=Wipe Area 1, Step 4=Wipe Area 2), steps 2 and 4 didn't exist while doing this. You just had to hang around and do nothing, because there wasn't time to run upstairs and maintain an "Area 2" while keeping strict time with the clock. So even though this area was physically easy ... All you needed was a foot-stool for leaning ... It was still a pain in that it took twice as long as it needed to.
BACKSTORY: Anyone who reads our contract (link below) can see that it specified to move the closet and built-in shelves. But Virginia Design Builders's workers -- the workers hired by Daniel M. Lopez -- were unable to properly move the closet without destroying it. And they "accidentally" threw away our shelves. They also broke the trim at the edge of the closet.
Andthen guess what? The asshole refused to stain ANY of it, despite the fact that the only reason the color now didn't match was due to their inability to properly execute a contract. (It was a 3 month contract and was not finished for over 3 years.) This left us having to stain WAY more wood than we otherwise would have. It was quite literally a difference of several months' work, as we both had jobs (at the time), and spare time at home has been in deficit for awhile.
STAINING IS A PAIN: Just for reference, proper wood staining is a MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR pain in the ass. The wood filling, the sanding, the pre-conditioning, staining, the wiping, the dropcloths, the multiple coats of everything, the (4) polyurethane coats [which often required holding a lamp in one hand, to reflect light on it to ensure evenness], and the final sanding. And don't get me started on the timing: Stain 20 minutes after pre-conditioning, but only for 2 hours; stain in 20 minute cycles consisting of 4 sub-cycles: stain area #1, stain area #2, wipe area #1, wipe area #2. Then break, get new gloves, and start over. A 20 minute cycle might equal 2 shelves, or 2 boards from ceiling to floor. Our spreadsheet had over 200 cells. At the end of the day, the only way to get stain off your skin was to apply paint thinner directly to your skin in violation of the instructions, common sense, and one's best interests...
wood staining.
painter's tape, portal.
downstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
July 26, 2007.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com
LEGAL: To see an official VA DPOR sanction of $500 (+$150) against Dan Lopez and Virginia Design Builders: clint.sheer.us/download/filedump/2008/daniel-m-lop... ... These people were suing him for $400K last time I checked.
To see OUR contract with Dan Lopez / Virginia Design Builders: clint.sheer.us/download/filedump/2008/daniel-m-lop... ... Just in case anybody doesn't believe me./B>
No edited... ok ok i joke :D
I took 3 shot with different exposures, -2 / 0 / +2, then i used Photomatix to make the HDR.
In Photoshop i used curve to boost contrast and hue/saturation to boost the colors.
Tehachapi, 23 March 1982
My Air National Guard unit's "summer camp" for 1982 was support for Gallant Eagle 82 at George AFB in Victorville, California.
I was allowed to drive my own car, and en route, I spent a few hours watching trains on Tehachapi Pass, between Bakersfield and Tehachapi, California.
From the photos, it appears I chased 2 eastbound (southbound SP trains from Sand Cut to Walong (the Loop), catching them at different locations. SP 8340 was leading a pig train that was ahead of a manifest led by 8554. 8304 met a westbound Santa Fe train at Bena.
SP 8554 was seen looped around the Caliente horseshoe curve and at Bealville, both at Bealville and coming out of Tunnel 4 and then climbing at Cliff before the Loop at Walong.l
SP 8340's lead power and helpers are seen broadside on a fill between Tunnel 1 and Tunnel 2, then approaching Walong.
After following the SP trains to the Loop, I stopped there for a bit and saw westbound and eastbound Santa Fe trains. I followed the eastbound, getting ahead of SP 8554 as well as ATSF 5701 before ending the day of train watching and heading to Victorville.
I shot this against an 11' x 15' green-screen using two photo floods with remote flashes to backflood the screen, then keyed it over a commercial backdrop from Owen's Originals using WinImages.
The green-screen had some folds and other brightness variations, so I used medium-resolution color space keying, which is an amazingly powerful keying mechanism. Three simple polygonal area selections later — about ten seconds work — and I had a perfect key.
These techniques work exactly the same for a blue-screen, I just prefer a green-screen because I can see it better.
The backdrop was white stone, so I sampled the skin tone and tinted the backdrop so it would carry the same warm tones her skin does. Lastly, I wrote a quick green de-fringe script and ran it against the edges of the keyed subject where the skin tones showed some green due to insufficient back-lighting. The mechanism I chose for pixel(R,G,B) was...
if G > (R+B)/2 then G = (R+B)/2
...which lets the red and blue channels set additional tonality, if any, while locking input from the green channel out, but only where the green channel was providing the majority of the color in the first place. Technically speaking, this will work perfectly for greyscale subject matter, reds, blues and purples. Other colors will fare less well.
Been thinking about a sample-based de-fringe; this would let you take a sample (eg of skin tone) and this would get you relative G for a particular value of (R and B), and then when you found G > (that relative value) you could insert that relative value. This would track the luma of the tone to some degree, where the current method does not.
This is a bit complex for a script because scripts are slow when processing large masked regions; so I'd probably write it as a plug-in. If anyone has any interest in this, drop a comment here and I'll see what I can do.
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Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom @ 55m, f/5.6, 1/13th sec exposure, ISO 3200, 2s delayed shutter to stabilize, tripod.
Way back when it was cool and "in", my friend Jess (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifehaschanged/3197297521/) tagged me with a 16 things meme. I may be slow as hell, but I did promise her I'd do it..... so here it is.
1. I got my first gray hair at the age of 13. Now? Im almost totally gray. It's a little depressing, but I'd rather be gray than bald! lol
2. Then again, I'd rather be bald and alive, then the alternatives.
3. I've recently learned that it's not how much time we have, but how we use it and who we share it with that really matters.
4. I'm going to be sad when ER finally ends. I think I've watched it from the very beginning.
5. Autumn is my favorite season. And yet, Spring is just SO inspiring to me. All that new life and the happy perky colors.
6. Cooking is my creative outlet these days. Mike reaps the benefits. lol
7. I wish I could own a dog.
8. If I lived on the west coast, I think I would pursue a career in film restoration. It intrigues me and I serioiusly care for the historical aspect of the art.
9. I want to visit all of our lovely states. So far? I think I've been to about 26 of them. I still have some travelling to do.
10. I don't believe in myself as much as I should.
11. I'm a terrible procrastinator. I think it may be my worst fault.
12. Though Mike might say that my worst fault is my tardiness.
13. If I love you? I'd give you the world. Or as much of it as I could gather up.
14. I could watch old movies all the time. There is something so glamorous about the old Hollywood.
15. I can't decide whether Hugh Jackman or Harry Connick, Jr. should be at the top of my Pass List.
16. I am so glad I found Flickr, because I have met some of the best friends ever! :)
There ya go Jess, better late than never, huh? lol
I'm not tagging anyone. I'm late, and a rebel.
When Johnny Five finds out he is in the city (not named in the film but Toronto is pretending to be New York) he heads out to explore.
Seppeltsfield, one of Australia's oldest winerieswas founded in 1851 by Joseph Ernst Seppelt. The Seppeltsfield winery is well known for its signature wine, the 100-year-old Para Tawny.
Joseph Ernest Seppelt, a merchant who sold such commodities as tobacco, snuff and liqueurs, emigrated with his family from Prussia (now Poland) to Australia in 1849 to break free from political and economic unrest.[1][6] He was intent on growing and selling tobacco. In 1850, he and his family settled in Klemzig. After discovering that the land was not suited for such purpose, he and his family decided to settle in the Barossa Valley in 1851.[7]
In 1851, Seppelt purchased 158 acres (64 ha) of land for about £1 an acre which he called Seppeltsfield. He soon discovered that, as was the case in Klemzig, the land in the Barossa Valley was not suited for growing economically useful tobacco.[8][9] However, the Seppelts did have success growing wheat on their land and, due to the gold rushes of the 1850s, were able to sell it for high prices due to high demand at the time. With his knowledge of liqueurs gained from his days as a merchant, Seppelt saw there was potential for wine production on his land. Soon thereafter, the Seppelts planted vines that flourished leading to a contribution to the Wines and Spirits category at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition in 1866. [10] By 1867, Joseph had begun construction of a full-scale winery, and by 1878, the port store cellar was completed.[6] In 2006, the cellar held about 9 million litres of fortified wine.[11]
Joseph Seppelt did not live to see the completion of his winery, as he died in early 1868. His eldest son, Oscar Benno Pedro,[2] then 21, inherited a 55% majority of the winery. Benno’s younger siblings, Victor and Ottilie, inherited 30% and 15% of the winery respectively. Benno later bought out his younger siblings and gained complete control of the winery.
Benno's oversight helped earn the winery a reputation for quality wines. At the turn of the century, the Seppelt Winery was Australia's largest winery, producing 2 million litres annually.[6] The winery's reputation lead to statements like: "Seppeltsfield is undoubtedly the iconic winery of the Barossa.
Benno and his wife had a total of 16 children. In 1902, Benno set up "B Seppelt & Sons Ltd", and on his retirement in 1916, their eldest surviving son, Oscar (Oscar Benno Seppelt,[3]) became Managing Director. After Benno's death in 1931, many of their children took interests in the company.[16]
The company (and winery) remained in the Seppelt family until 1984. (excerpt from Wikepedia)
Ok, answer to Sandra (inky2008) and "beautiful sunshine"'s question:
1. I cut a layer from the rose bud only and paste it in the same place
2. Then take the curves for the background from the adjustments menu and reduce the red and green to keep the blue only, but that will make the photo so dark, so then I take the bud layer and change its hue to be blue and bright in the same time
3. Then some little additional effects here and there
:)
Enjoy the blues !!
:)
My original description was misleading, and dj's comment motivated me to explain it better. It's complicated, so be patient.
The pictured drive, a Seagate 2-terabyte external drive, is my main data drive in Arizona. It's powered through the USB cord. It and a similar drive (Arizona back-up) are connected to the laptop I use in Arizona. The laptop has very little data on its hard drive. Even with my 120,000+ photos and huge Lightroom file, the external drive is only one-third used up.
The data on this drive came from the hard drives of my two desktop computers at home in Renton. They are an XP machine (documents only, not hooked up to the Internet) and a Win 7 machine connected to the net (photos, Lightroom catalog, and very limited Web use). The hard drive for each has that machine's data. Each has its own external backup drive (drives 1 and 2). Simple enough.
Going to Arizona makes it complicated. I copy the data from the two back-up drives (1 and 2) to the drive pictured here (drive 3) and store the back-up drives in Renton. Drive 3 becomes the main data drive for Arizona. Another external drive (drive 4) becomes the back-up drive for Arizona.
Upon return to Renton I copy the data from this drive to the PC hard drives. Then I back up the PCs to drives 1 and 2. Then I erase everything on drives 3 and 4 so I can start over when we go to Arizona again.
Central Valley Variety, 20 July 2007
Daughter Caroline was at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California and on Friday afternoon, 20 July 2007, I drove to the area to be ready to pick her up in the morning. IIRC, I car camped in the mountains that night on a side road near her camp.
But there were trains to see en route from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
I knew that I'd left a bit ahead of the San Joaquin 704, and was thinking of one particular place to shoot it. In the event, I would up getting it at Twin Cities Road between Galt and Lodi, in push mode with F59 2015 propelling it at or near 79 MPH past some sunflowers.
Continuing south into Woodbridge,California (north Lodi), a mural caught my eye. It was all nice and western, including a Great Western Castle class 4-6-0 pulling a train through cowboy country. If Robin Coombes over comes to town, he will want to see that!
In Lodi, I found GP18 CCT 1790 switching and then followed the Central California Traction Company's Lodi train back to Stockton, shooting it between Lodi and Stockton and then in Stockton as it ran on and near streets en route to the BNSF interchange at Mormon Yard.
Then it was over to the Alatamont Commuter Express (ACE, SP) station for the arrival of what was probably Train 6, but first a UP northbound came by with patched Geeps, a DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP38-2.
Then the ACE train arrived and discharged its passengers before MPI F40PH-3C #3104 took the train to the old maintenance facility south of the Stockton diamonds.
I resumed my trip toward Altamont Pass and Santa Cruz, but stopped off at Lathrop where I caught what was probably the Tracy Turn, first next to some code lines and then against the sunset across the fields.
Not bad at all for maybe 2 hours of rail photography.
At first I made a shot with my medium format camera Lubitel-2. Then I printed a negative image with an optical photo-enlarger on a sheet of x-ray film. Finally I made a contact print on thick watercolour paper. The gummiarabic dichromate process. Black gouache. 18 x 18 cm. The absolutely analogue work.
Central Valley Variety, 20 July 2007
Daughter Caroline was at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California and on Friday afternoon, 20 July 2007, I drove to the area to be ready to pick her up in the morning. IIRC, I car camped in the mountains that night on a side road near her camp.
But there were trains to see en route from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
I knew that I'd left a bit ahead of the San Joaquin 704, and was thinking of one particular place to shoot it. In the event, I would up getting it at Twin Cities Road between Galt and Lodi, in push mode with F59 2015 propelling it at or near 79 MPH past some sunflowers.
Continuing south into Woodbridge,California (north Lodi), a mural caught my eye. It was all nice and western, including a Great Western Castle class 4-6-0 pulling a train through cowboy country. If Robin Coombes over comes to town, he will want to see that!
In Lodi, I found GP18 CCT 1790 switching and then followed the Central California Traction Company's Lodi train back to Stockton, shooting it between Lodi and Stockton and then in Stockton as it ran on and near streets en route to the BNSF interchange at Mormon Yard.
Then it was over to the Alatamont Commuter Express (ACE, SP) station for the arrival of what was probably Train 6, but first a UP northbound came by with patched Geeps, a DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP38-2.
Then the ACE train arrived and discharged its passengers before MPI F40PH-3C #3104 took the train to the old maintenance facility south of the Stockton diamonds.
I resumed my trip toward Altamont Pass and Santa Cruz, but stopped off at Lathrop where I caught what was probably the Tracy Turn, first next to some code lines and then against the sunset across the fields.
Not bad at all for maybe 2 hours of rail photography.
2 K6 telephone boxes outside Dorking post office, Surrey. There used to be 4 boxes here. They started off as 2 groups of 2, then it became 2 boxes in the middle with a single box at each end and then there were 2 left. I have pictures of all 3 different positions.
This 3D Photographic image was taken at Liberty Science Center (LSC) in Liberty State Park, Jersey City NJ. www.lsc.org LSC is a great day trip for young kids, and old kids alike. By old kids I mean me. I am 47. Start at the begining of the set to see the whole trip.
If you are a 3D fan - note they have a 3D theatre at LSC. I saw the "3D Sun" movie about the NASA project STEREO to shoot photos and video of the sun in 3D stereo using 2 special satellites - Very Cool. The movie was shown in the RealD 3D format (Polarized Glasses) so it looked great.
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
Taken with a 70mm refractor + Thousand Oaks solar filter, 2 x Barlow and Canon 1100D
ISO-800 1/1000 sec exp
Best 57% of 100 frames stacked using Autostakkert!2 then processed in Lightroom
The full run of the train consists of three parts:
1) Train arrives at the loading station. The train is powered by two Lego PF motors and controlled by an Mindstorms EV3. It runs at speed three until the color sensor reads the white tile between the rails (= goto speed 1) resp. reads the red tile (= goto speed 0, stop). In previous video, you can see more details of the train and how the EV3 controls the motors.
2) Then the train wagons are loaded with 4 containers by the Delta Robot. The colored bricks in the containers represent the candy in the final setup. In this video, you see already the conveyor belt. The containers are manually fed in this test (outside the range of the camera), this will be also fully automated in the final setup.
3) Train drives away at speed 3 once the loading is finished.
Watch the movie on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsXVT973cLE.
You may recall that the pattern of Composite and Prime numbers appear to follow a repeat cycle based around the multiple of Primes starting with 2, then 2x3=6, then 6x5=30, then 30x7=210 and so on. By colour coding each Prime multiple it is possible to see this pattern much more clearly and establish that at each stage the pattern of Composite numbers is symmetrical. However the pattern only repeats itself for the multiples of Primes which make up cycle. We can also see that the pattern of Prime numbers is asymmetrical and does not repeat itself within the cycle. However, if we combined Primes (shown as black) and possible Primes (shown as dark grey) at each stage, these would also be symmetrical and repeat themselves within the cycle. Possible Primes are numbers which have so far not been ruled out from being Primes at each stage, but further analyst will show they are either Primes or non-Primes. As the repeat cycle gets larger, more possible Primes are rules out but the symmetry of combined Primes and possible Primes is maintained. This poses a slight dilemma, because if we accept that Composite numbers lay down a symmetrical pattern and that Primes and possible Primes when combined are also symmetrical, then logically once all the possible Primes have been shown to be either Composite numbers or Primes, then Primes would also be symmetrical. Clearly this is not the case, so the assumption must be that we will never come to the end of the Prime number sequence, so never get to the point where all possible Primes are ruled out. Understanding this symmetry is helpful in building more complex patterns in Composite and Prime numbers.
as trigger #1 spins it allows electricity to pass to trigger two in segments. Trigger #2 then has pick this electricity up at the opportune time to allow the electricity to move on to the mechanisms on the cloud. If the electricity can make its way through to the mechanism's the fingers will tap the cloud (creating a spontaneous thought)
Each segment on the triggers controls one mechanism.
Wonderful DIY Yummy Bread Cones
How cute are these yummy bread cones ! They are awesome. Stuffed them with a quick salad made of leftover chicken tikka and stuffed into the cones. You can fill them with anything you want.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup milk (slightly warm)
1 tbsp. milk powder
Some water, warmed slightly (if needed)
2 tbsp. slightly beaten egg (you can reserve the rest for applying on the cornets before baking as an egg wash)
1 1/2 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. instant yeast
1/2 tsp. salt
—Making cone molds:
1. All you need is some manila paper or any semi-hard paper. Cut into rectangles and roll them up into cones, you can then staple them to maintain the conical shape.
2. Then cut up a piece of foil and wrap it around the cone to prevent the paper from burning in the oven.
3. Tuck the foil from the top opening of the cone to hold it in place, but you don’t have to line the inside of the paper cones, just the outsides.
4.You can then re-use these cone-molds a couple of times, you will just need to change out the foils and use new ones for the next batch.
5. Before baking using them, you will need to grease the molds preferably with butter to make sure your bread does not stick to the molds.
6.To shape the bread, roll pieces of dough into long ropes. Starting from the bottom tip of the cone mold, start rolling the ‘rope’ round and round keeping the spirals close to each other. Then bake as per the recipe.
— Instructions:
1. Sieve the flour, and then add milk powder, sugar, yeast and salt. Then add the oil and butter and the egg, and mix together. Now add all the warm milk. Start kneading together and gradually add the warm water a little at a time. You might not need it all, so add it sparingly until your dough is nice and soft. Knead for a good 8-10 minutes. The more you knead it the softer the buns will be.
2. Touch a bit of oil with your fingertips and apply all over the ball of dough. Cover and let it rest for an hour until it doubles in size. Cut the dough into 5 or 7 pieces depending on the size you want your cones. Make sure they are all about the same size. Shape them into balls, then cover and set them aside to rest for 15 minutes.
3. Roll each piece of dough into a rope. Roll the dough ropes around the greased cone mold tubes, then cover and let the cones double in size. Brush with the egg glaze and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degree C for 18 minutes or till golden brown.
4. Place onto a wire rack and allow to cool for a couple minutes before removing the cones. Stuff the cones with whichever filling you like and enjoy !
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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".
I updated the composition after initially posting it and deleted my well-thought out comments, bummer!
This is a composition that is inspired by Fibonacci's sequence. It is an example of the facinating relationship between mathematics and art. Fibonacci's sequence is a mathematical formula that adds the sum of the previous 2 numbers to get the next. For example, starting with 1+1=2, then 2 (which is the sum) and the previous 1. So then the next in the sequence is 1 + 2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, and so on. As the results are graphed, an ever widening spiral is created, like the seahorse's tail. This relationship can be seen in nature very often. It is portrayed in the seeds of a pinecone, sunflower, a conch shell etc. so fascinating!!!
Gimp, on the other hand, was a real challenge for me. I'm a little familiar with Photoshop, but had a difficult time maneuvering around in Gimp. I guess it will become easier with use. (Finger's crossed)
The composition is an attempt to combine text and image while utilizing Edward Tufte's design elements: comparison, causality, multivariate analysis, integration of evidence, documentation and most of all content. I believe I could argue for each of those elements.
The photo is one I took, of a seahorse tail actually laid on top of a giant starfish. I added stylized and somewhat abstract looking fibonacci formulas in math terms. Additionally I added linear elements to suggest a graphical look and also bars of a musical staff.
I look forward to working more with Gimp and getting better at it!
Once again we are reminded of the interconnected history of the Mediterranean, you can find multiple variations of this eggplant and minced meat dish throughout; same ingredients, different presentation, and varying spices. Food is an expression of the people, people make and maintain culture and are influenced greatly by what they live; food is a capsule that moves through generations and speaks indirectly of times gone by.
Ingredients:
12 small, thin eggplants, each about 4 inches long with stalks on (about 1-1/2 lb), or 3 large ones (about 1/2 lb each)
1 lb minced meat
2 handfuls pine nuts
1-3/4 lb ripe tomatoes or same amount of peeled whole canned Italian tomatoes
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/8 tsp finely ground black pepper
vegetable oil for frying stuffing
salt to taste
Procedure:
Peel and coarsely chop the tomatoes whether fresh or canned
Cut the stalks of the eggplants to an approximate length of 1/2 inch and trim away the husks that cap the skin. Peel off a strip of skin, 1/2 inch wide, the full length of the eggplant, leave 1/2 inch of skin unpeeled, and peel another as above; continue until you end up with a striped eggplant. Repeat the process with the rest of the eggplants.
1. Fill a large frying pan with enough oil to shallow fry the eggplants and place over a medium heat. When the oil is hot (test with the tip of one eggplant; if the oil bubbles around it, it is ready), fry the eggplants until golden all over.
2. Remove with a slotted spoon (do not lift by the stalk as it might come off) and put to drain on several sheets of paper towels. You can also steam, bake or microwave the eggplants, but their taste and color will be quite different.
3. While the eggplants are left to cool, prepare the meat and pine nut stuffing.
4. Heat a thin layer of oil in a pan, once hot enough add the meat, saute until the moisture evaporates, and the meat beign to brown. Add the pine nuts. Take out when the pine ntus have acquired a golden colour.
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
5. Take the eggplant and, with a small knife, slit it down the middle (the peeled section will cut more easily), lengthways, and no more than half way into the flesh. Prise the eggplant open and press the flesh inside to form pocket in which you will put a tablespoon of meat stuffing. Place in a deep bake-and-serve dish and repeat the process until you have filled all the eggplants.
Place any leftover filling on the bottom of the dish between the eggplants.
6. Season the chopped tomatoes with cinnamon, allspice, pepper and salt to taste and spread evenly over the eggplants.
7. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes or until the tomatoes have cooked and most of their juice evaporated.
8. Serve hot with plain rice.
*If you have not baked the eggplants in a bake-and-serve dish, be careful when you transfer them onto a serving dish, as their lovely presentation will easily spoil with casual handling.
*You can also cook this dish in a covered braising pan over a medium heat for 30 minutes or until the tomato sauce has reduced.
*If you are using large eggplants:
Do not worry so much about the presentation of the eggplants as they are not used whole.
1. Peel the eggplants and slice them lengthways or across to a thickness of about 1/2 inch. Arrange the slices in salted layers in a colander and leave to sweat for about 30 minutes.
2. Then use the same procedure as with the small ones.
PRITCHARD John Alfred. Corporal, 1111, 4th Australian Infantry. Died 13th August 1915, of wounds he received at Gallipoli, aged 31 years. The son of the late Archibald Pritchard and Jane Pritchard (nee Connell) He served with the Royal Marines Light Infantry for 12 years as Marine 12319 Born 18th July 1883, enlisted 27th April 1901 at Chatham. At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.
ROSS Frederick James. Able Seaman, J/339, Royal Navy, HMS Europa. Died of disease 16th August 1915 at Malta. Son of Alexander Ross of 31 Otter Street, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, Yorkshire. In 1901 he was living with his parents, Alexander and Jane and his siblings at 1, Hirst Square, Leeds. Born on the 30th January 1892 at Sunderland, occupation hawker. He joined as a Boy sailor at H.M.S. Ganges 16th January 1908 Boy Class 2. Then a Boy Class 1 still at HMS Ganges from 1st October 1908 to 15th October 1908 He served on may ships at Boy Class 1. On the 30th January 1910 he became Ordinary Seaman on HMS Cochran. Able Seaman on HMS Essex from the 22nd October 1912 to his death. Last ship being HMS Europa. His died at Military Hospital in Malta from enteric fever (typhoid). At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.
GIBBS William. Private, 12862, 6th South Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds on the18th August 1915 at Malta from injuries received at Gallipoli. At rest in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.
Some notes from what remains of his army records.
He joined up at Swansea on the 29th August 1914 aged 24 years and 7 months. His father was called Thomas J Gibbs and he lived at Llandibie Road, Girdail, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. His next of kin was his sister, Mrs Jane Howells of 4 Derwent Road, Alltwen, Pontardawe, Glamorganshire. He was wounded by a gunshot to his skull, date hot recorded. He was invalided to Malta on Hospital Ship, Ausonia on the 13th June 1915 and died oh his wound in a hospital in Malta. Death location not recorded.
I wanted to test how easy it is to make multi-exposure photos with the Canon 6D and also if it is possible to publish it to Flickr with out using a computer. Here is how it went:
1. I took a portrait photo where the sky was as bright as possible while silhouette as dark as possible.
2. Then I enabled multi-exposure in the camera with additive mode with two shots.
3. Next I selected already taken portrait photo to be the 1. shot of double-exposure.
4. Then I activated live-view mode, because it was very easy to evaluate the positioning of the second shot against the first shot which was shown as transparent layer in live-view.
5. As a result I now had double-exposure shot taken.
This double-exposure is quite nicely explained here: www.sarakbyrne.com/canon-5d-mark-iii-double-exposure-tuto...
Normally after this I would have transferred the photo to Lightroom in computer and continued from that. But this time is wanted to test an other way.
6. I wanted to have b&w photo so I developed the raw into jpg in camera with b&w preset.
7. Then I continued by enabling WiFi on the camera and started Canon EOS app on phone. After those were connected to each other I downloaded the photo to the smartphone.
8. And used the Flickr app to publish it here.
So yes it's possible to publish photos to internet without a computer, but of course development possibilities in camera are still quite limited when comparing to Lightroom which I normally use. Of course I would have had possibility to do development in the phone with some other app.
Few notes from along the way:
- at some point jpg size was reduced to 1920*1080
- exif data was lost
- I wrote this description on computer
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948, piloted by Tony LeVier. 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. Despite its vintage, the venerable T-33 still remains in service worldwide.
The T-33 (aka "T-Bird") was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly over three feet 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.
Performance
Maximum speed: 600 mph (970 km/h)
Range: 1,275 mi ferry (2,050 km)
Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,600 m)
Armament
Guns: 2 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M3 machine guns with 350 rpg (for AT-33)
Hardpoints: 2 with a capacity of 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs or rocket pods,
So I don't even know if I can do this (again!) but, I am making my bench Monday shot my 365 shot. I just have so so so much to do before I go to class again at 2 then work!
Packing needs to be done, and I haven't even started laundry. blah.
Happy Bench Monday! :)
My original plan for this photo was to create an anaglyph 3D image, but I have issues with those: a: you need 3D glasses to view them properly, b: I find the 3D is very iffy on them and c: it ruins the image as you can't ever see it properly (lots of ghosting)
That's when I stumbled across the cross-view approach. I think it's great becuase it gives you a great 3D effect wihout any loss of image clarity.
This was my second attempt, and although I would have preffered to do an outdoors scene, this image gave the best 3D effect - so I stuck with it.
How to do it:
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.
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
This is our means of drying clothes - haven't tried the outside methods yet.
This is my side of the room (we rearranged so more floor space - great idea, working out much better!) In this picture you see the TV (never on - all in Chinese). With my 1st plant on top, an azalea, bought in the market for about $2. Then my desk with my laptop, my books, etc and my 2nd plant (a spider mum bought in market for another $2 - I love the plants here, I will have a garden soon!). Then my bed with my bedding from IKEA (I got a level 4 in warmth feathery comforter as they say it will get cold her and buildings have poor insulation - but good thing about where my bed is, I am near heating vent, not window!). Clothes line runs over my bed to closet area (most of our attempts at clothesline building shortly fell down (things don't stick to walls well). To the far right is our closet are (my bed's in front of mine and my roommate's is on left). Bamboo carpet bought in market for $2 covers 2 big holes left in floor by my bed. So now you know my room.
"Film d'essai" (test film) of my French range-finder 35 mm camera Foca PF2B (year 1956) after the shutter new adjustments.
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.
Compared setting -1 EV: 1/1000s f/4.5 (same processing set as the view made with 1/200s f/6.3)
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.
During my summer holidays in Denmark I went to a forest near Kærgård, looking for collembola. Under some wood I found a black one that I thought to be Dicyrtoma fusca var.2. Then I noticed this one. After comparing to pictures at collembola.org the best match for this one is Ptenothrix leucostrigata. They seem to be pretty rare, there are no photos of this species on Flickr I think. The black specimen turned out to be Ptenothrix atra.