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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 ever 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.
Taken with a William Optics 70m refractor fitted with Thousand Oaks solar filter, 2x Barlow & Canon 1100D on an EQ5 Pro mount
Images shot in RAW, then cropped and tweaked in Lightroom then exported at TIFF files.
Best 50% of 230 images stacked in Autostakkert! 2, then tweaked again in Lightroom and Focus Magic
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.
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 ever 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.
Hello! We know it as the result of a military experiment by Turians and people. We know it as one of the fastest ships from the Mass Effect universe. We know her as a punching bag for the Collectors ship, which they mistook for the Geth ship. We also know her as the ship from which mako jumped gaily, especially on Ilos. And so, let me introduce you: Normandy SR-1!
That's right, this is the ship on which we traveled along the Milky Way in the first part, on the elevator of which we constantly went down to the cargo compartment to listen to Rex's stories, talk with Ashley about God, chat with Garrus and be interested in Tali's stories. I don’t know why, there was absolutely no interest in communicating with Adams. Again, the opinion is subjective.
As you clearly know, I adore the Mass Effect universe, and try to recreate it from Lego. Let's see what the features of Lego Normandy are:
1) The upper hull is held on removable pins and is removed, opening us the side of the ship.
2) On board the ship in the bow you can see the joker, the main crew, the map of the galaxy, and the meeting room, where Ashley loved to dig into Liara
3) I don’t quite know what this part is called for; on the extreme part of the wings it took shape in the original game upon landing. My Normandy owns the same function.
4) The cargo compartment opens and hides there ... Mako M-35! The smaller version, of course:) Further in the plans to do some model from Halo Wars 2, then further try to make the Mass Effect model. Most likely, it will be a storm from Andromeda. Whoever says anything, but I liked this game. With a bunch of stocks, but still liked it:) That's all, thanks for your attention, I'm glad if you liked this model. Write what you think about it, what you can do. Good for you and have a good mood!
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1. Bracelet in Progress 01, 2. Bracelet in progress02, 3. Bracelet in Progress 03, 4. Bracelet in Progress 04
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
1. First i have To cut large acrylic sheet in to smaller piece so i can saw.
And i mark the cover plastico with permanent ink.
2.Then, I use a multifunction toll to dut the stripe on the dimensions i need.
3. This is the form already scketch on the acrylic stripe.
4. Then i saw the bracelet, by hand, and also by hand, it´s alredy filed,sanded an polish.
S129-E-008010 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Randy Bresnik, STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
I looked up the sky, I thought it was an MD90 flying overhead. After taking the picture I zoomed in closer to the aircraft and saw 4 engines rather than 2. Then i received an email stating that this was Ukrainian Government Ilyushin IL-62 flying over Chingford,North East London @ 32,000 ft.
Column N, row 5 tells us only 8 boxes were marked off. You can count the ones we have already placed from the list in Column B, row 4--2, 41, 37, 63, 67, and Free--or you can note that the the little icons for the marked-off squares are Xed out boxes, and just count those! Either way, that tells us that the two remaining marks must be in the Bingo, or Chris wouldn't have won. But we also know that the number 17 has to appear on the card, because all the numbers whose ones digit is 7 appear (column B, row 1). So 17 must be in column I, row 2. Then column B, row 2 tells us that the Bingo has two even numbers. The only possible Bingo numbers for column G, row 2 are 55 and 56, so column G, row 2 must be 56.
S129-E-008248 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronauts Randy Bresnik (right) and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (top left), both STS-129 mission specialists, participate in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and Satcher removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
Posted for Flickr member ghostom in response to this story he posted in a comment on another photo of mine:
"I suspect the Randsburg mine pictured is the Yellow Aster. After exploring underground, being pumped up and looking for more mines to get into, an old timer there told us a grisly story. He took us to a vertical shaft and said that a couple guys went down: Only one managed to claw his way back up and out. Eventually search and rescue sent a man down and he didn't come up. Same happened with rescurer #2. Then they got smart and masked up. Three body bags were hauled up. Turned out the Randsburg geoology was replete with arsenic, which forms gas pockets. Nuff said: We never went into another Ransburg-Johannesburg mine, and in general were considerably more circumspect in out exploring!"
This photo was taken in 1967 and shows my buddy Gordon as he began his descent into the very mine described above! Fortunately he didn't go much beyond what you see here due to my utter refusal to go with him! How little we knew at the time what would have happpened to us if we had gone ahead with the adventure!!
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I should be calling this/him the "dough boy" . After this picture was taken, I cut him as evenly as possible, in 1/2. Then I flatten those two bits of dough to about 1" thick rectangle (fun to do as yeast still wants to rise). You then roll up the rectangle of dough, gently pulling at same time to get the shape you want for your batard (if you're doing a different recipe - these instructions all apply to your little "bun in the oven").
S129-E-008115 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
"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.
Rue des Tables Claudiennes, March 13, 2023
69001 Lyon
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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.
"How to make your own picture of a horse."
1. First you get a toliet paper roll. (I helped her with the spelling of "toliet paper roll." No, I'm not known for my spelling.)
2. Then you draw on the toilet paper roll.
See the end result here.
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.
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.
This wasn't, by any stretch of the imagination, supposed to be my photo of the day. But, it is pretty descriptive of my day, because I've pissed it all away sitting on my arse, laptop on knee, practising portrait retouching, as you can see here. (Sorry for minging me on the left).
The reasons I haven't taken any other shots are:
1. I lay awake all night, planning and perfecting (in my head) a fairly ambitious shot I was going to set up, take, and process today. Of course, after spending all that time awake planning it, I'm too tired to actually do it. Now that's ironic.
2. Then, I decided that I'd try and take shots of the blackbirds who live in our garden, and who fly past my kitchen window all day with food for their young. Simple, I thought, stand at the window, and voila, give it a minute, and I'll have my shot. However, thanks to point 1, I'm too slow-witted to catch then in frame. Muppet.
So, all I could do productively today was sit on the sofa. Until tomorrow :)
From Wikipedia:
Halebidu was the 12th century capital of the Hoysalas. The Hoysaleswara temple was built during this time by Ketamala and attributed to Vishnuvardhana,[1] the Hoysala ruler. It enshrines Hoysaleswara and Shantaleswara, named after the temple builder Vishnuvardhana Hoysala and his wife, Queen Shantala.[2]
Then it was sacked by the armies of Malik Kafur in the early 14th century, after which it fell into a state of disrepair and neglect.[2]
ISS021-E-032066 (23 Nov. 2009) --- Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr., STS-129 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk, Satcher and astronaut Randy Bresnik (out of frame), mission specialist, removed a pair of micrometeoroid and orbital debris shields from the Quest airlock and strapped them to the External Stowage Platform #2, then moved an articulating foot restraint to the airlock, and released a bolt on a starboard truss ammonia tank assembly (ATA) in preparation for an STS-131 spacewalk that will replace the ATA.
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Taken with Canon 5D + 28-80mm. Single exposure split into 3 separate exposures: -2, 0, +2 then processed using Photomatix 4.02. HDR then processed further using Lightroom 3.4 and exported @ 4mp.
My first attempt at an HDR image with the 5D. I'm pretty impressed with how the files hold up, considering they were processed using just one shot. The 5D produces amazingly clean files at 50 iso, which produces a much nicer HDR image than my Epson R-D1s ever could, seeing as its base iso is only 200.
It would be interesting to see how much better 3 separate exposures using a tripod would turn out. I'm a fan of single exposure HDR's as they can be captured quickly and only hand held. I'm not keen on lugging a tripod about unless its getting dark.
I think HDR can be really nice when used subtly to enhance the details and not overdo it like some.
I drew my brother if you play mario maker 2 then please play his course it is called boom boom battle thank you make sure you like
Polarizer Filter and bracketed -2, 0, +2 then HDR generated in Photomatix Pro. Minor post in PS Elements 6.0. The front of the home was actually pretty dark due to the sun being hard CR. I'm surprised PP handled it as well as it did. This is my first attempt using PP; I think it turned it well all things considered... What do you think?
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.
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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".
Social distancing at Birmingham Moor Street Station.
It's been more than 3 to 4 months since I last went on a train.
A one way system is in force. You have to go via platform 3 into the waiting room then to platform 2. Then around and up the steps to platform 1.
You also have to wear a mask or face covering, which was a bit difficult. Then it steamed up my glasses on the train.
Please keep left
AEB +/-2 then blended in Enfuse.
No strobes.
Looking forward to shooting a home in which I have time to play with lights again.
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Beatitudes
5 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4
Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5
Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7
Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8
Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
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Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Romans 8:28
New King James Version (NKJV)
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
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.
SORRY .... PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON AGAIN!!!!!
Took ages to think of an angle on this one, so all a bit hurried in the end. Processed in Silver Efex Pro 2 then with a duplicate layer blurred with 25x Gaussian Blur and blending mode set to Overlay with 50% opacity.
Captured during the World Wide Photo Walk in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Initial edits in Lightroom 2 then 4 images stitched together using Photoshop CS4.
Construction manager and set builder for Sasta galic kids art program for the designer Jamie McWilliams and STV. The set was constructed at STV's prop store over a period of two weeks the majority by a team of 2, then transported and assembled at F and G studios over the course of one day in Glasgow for the shoot. 2008.
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
Misty was born at Hamleys (London). First we had to choose his body (1) and pick a heart for him (2). Then we have to stuffed him until it was soft enough (3, 4) and finally we got his birth certificate (5). We promised to love him and give him a home. It was a very happy day! (Polito)
From Wikipedia:
Halebidu was the 12th century capital of the Hoysalas. The Hoysaleswara temple was built during this time by Ketamala and attributed to Vishnuvardhana,[1] the Hoysala ruler. It enshrines Hoysaleswara and Shantaleswara, named after the temple builder Vishnuvardhana Hoysala and his wife, Queen Shantala.[2]
Then it was sacked by the armies of Malik Kafur in the early 14th century, after which it fell into a state of disrepair and neglect.[2]
Well, with the Hull bus scene rather settling down at the moment, as well as a double-header of trips to Manchester and London due to come, I suppose now is a better time than ever to getting clearing out the photo backlog, no? Now, where were we...
...Bloody hell, full-diesel Wrights this close to central London! And I thought the early Enviro400 diesels were a surprise enough! This truly solidified the rather out-of-turn trip to White City and the old Broadcasting House as, therefore, well worth the trip. Now, though, to finding something interesting here before taking the Tube back to central London...
While we're on the topic of Metroline, here's a firm that has unexpectedly grown in magnitudes since I was last uploading London photos. Tranche 3 of Greater Manchester's 'Bee Network' bus franchising system, slightly delayed due to, I suspect, Stagecoach chucking all the toys out the pram, was announced unexpectedly to have secured major South Manchester bus franchises in March last year, and from the 5th of January 2025, operations commenced in ComfortDelGro's first bus operation north of the Watford Gap. Priority number one for this upcoming trip on Wednesday, therefore, be to capture some of those new vehicles there!
Kicking off things again with a relative bang, Metroline's VW1057, a 2010 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 then based at Brentford garage (AH), is seen heading out to likely reposition at the White City Bus Station at the end of a 227 to... well, White City.
The lesson begins at the top right
1. First you must bark at the treat and dance around it
2. Then you must scratch the treat
3. Last you must have a stare down competition with the treat!!
Once all those things are done in that order then you can ENJOY the treat!! :D
Global Mercy Missions, IRIS Affiliate situated in a garbage dump in East London. Rachael Minter, founder missionary (with husband Josh).
We left the guest house at 9 so that we could reach Global Mercy Missions in East London before Josh and Rachel would be leaving in the afternoon. We were low on petrol when we left, so not knowng where the next petrol was we stopped after 10 minutes drive and checked Garmin for petrol stations. The nearest was back in Grahamstown, so we went back. Garmin took us the shortest route through a narrow road of residences. We were going about 30 KPH when a small grey spaniel (?) ran out right in front of the car. I saw him the moment he came into view but there wasn't even time to brake, and he went under our wheels. His body shook for a few seconds, but by the time I got back to him he was clearly dead. Some neighbours were around but he didn't belong to any of them. I put him on the grass at the side of the road. He had a collar and he probably was a pet, not a stray. This hasn't happened to me before. We continued on our drive. The road was excellent for about 25 minutes, and then we were driving on a small original road alongside an unfinished new highway for the next half hour. The small road took us to about an hour out of East London, when we were back on a modern highway. We aimed for the address of Global Mercy Missions from their web site but saw no sign of a ministry. So I called Josh, and he told us their base really was in a garbage dump off Garth Street. We found Garth on the GPS, and we got there after about 15 minutes. And guess what, it had been a garbage dump, where over the last 5 years about 250 people had come and built shacks to live in. The municipal government had closed it down as a place to leave garbage, but people didn't know this, so garbage was still arriving. Josh and Rachel welcomed us warmly. While Josh supervised the soup kitchen for about half of the 250 residents (today being a public holiday when some were away), Rachel took me on a tour and I took a bunch of photos of some of the poorest living conditions I have seen. Rachel introduced me to Dylan, a South African who had come to Christ a few years before and joined them to help. He showed me the vegetable garden that Josh had established. Meantime Josh had co-opted Laurie-Ann to the food line and she gave out the bread. This was the only meal the people would get today. What struck me most was the peaceful and relaxed atmosphere. These two Holy Spirit-led missionaries had turned a potential social disaster into a place of love. After everyone was fed, we drove to Josh and Rachael's home about 25 minutes away. We chatted over coffee with Josh while Rachael attended to their children (4 and 2). Then we set up the Marantz on their dining room table and interviewed them for CWCP. I hadn't brought the SM58 mic but it was better anyway to use the Marantz' internal stereo mics. This will be our fist stereo interview. Both of them gave their testimonies and told the extraordinary story of how they came to be working in a garbage dump with the poorest of the poor. We left around 4 and made for King William's Town where we had chicken strips on yellow rice at Nandos (the South African chain that is also in Canada). By the time we left it was dark so we drove with care along the windy narrow road back towards Grahamstown.
Nikon D7000. 18-105mm
Levels in Light room 4.2 then stitched all 6 photos in Photoshop.
Vanguard Tripod.
Now all I need is somewhere more interesting :P
This is a picture I took back in 1984 while I was living in Cusco, Peru, for one year as an exchange student. I chose not to dust the slides (oops, mistake!) so, well, they're kind of dusty!
This is a friend and neighbor, Gaby O.. Her school uniform is just like everybody else's school uniform. On her left hand chest is her school insignia (She was a La Salle girl, I think... she got to go to a co-ed school unlike me).
Three Cunard Queens at Southampton, 11th August 2019. Queen Victoria leads with the departure salutes. Queen Elizabeth's reply can just be heard in the background, but the wind carries the sound away. No mistaking the response from Queen Mary 2, then Queen Victoria signs off and bids farewell until the next meeting.
HDR images of Getty Villa in (close to) Malibu-CA. My feeling was that the architecture has been heavily influenced by Greeko-Roman style. This shot is looking at the western garden (hence the sunset at a distance).
HDR is done using 3 shots at EV -2,0,+2, then tones in photomatix and adjusted a little in Lightroom.
This is the fifth picture I have uploaded of my travel to Rome. I took this photo inside the St. Peter basilica, this is (or at least I think so...) the baptistry, I have been searching for some info about it, but finally I couldn't find anything so you have to believe me or either tell me, What the hell is that thing....
In this picture I did the same as in the others, I put the camera over a piece of wood and I took 3 shots (-2, 0, +2) then I merged them Dynamic-Photo HDR.
Regards!
Nikon D7000, 3 sec @ f/6.3, ISO 200, 17-70mm @ 17mm
Processed with Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 for Session 1.
The Klotz silk mill (abandoned) in Lonaconing, MD is the last remaining silk mill in the US.
The only light was provided by windows so I needed a 3 second exposure at ISO 200. The original was processed in LR before I used the Low Key preset in Silver Efex Pro 2, then I tweaked the image and added some grain in LR.
I created this back in Nov. during Stamp Camp Week at 2peas... Not sure if it is eligible, since never submitted here.. so just sharing!
I used the versamark & clear embossing powder technique on the big and small tags! 1. First, I used Versamark with the big ornament stamps (Hero Arts CL236 Joys of the Season) then Clear Embossing Powder and the heat tool on a tag.. 2. Then applied several Ranger Distress Inks (Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Fired Brick), and also distressed the tag edges. 3. Then over stamped on the tag with the little ornament (Hero Arts CL244 Holiday Messages) in Broken China and the little snowflake (also from the Holiday Messages set) in SU Craft White... 4. I also made a little tag with a resist of the little ornament (lifted from Stamping Matilda!).
Other supplies: Ribbons and Hemp; Tim Holtz Plain Grungeboard 'JOY' letters; Distress Stickles (Broken China) and Black Soot Distress Ink on the Grungeboard edges... Cardstock SU... Thanks!