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4/5/2014 Mike Orazzi | Staff
A man open carries a 1911 handgun while listening to Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Scott Wilson during a CCDL gun rights rally at the Connecticut state capitol in Hartford, Saturday April 5, 2014, speaks out against the state's gun control law passed one year ago on April 4, 2013 restricting magazines to 10 rounds and prohibiting the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms, including the AR-15.
Video & Slideshow here: youtu.be/XbILfKZkMbs
Photograph published in BuzzFlash on February 1st, 2021 ( link below)
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Photograph published on November 5, 2020 in The National Memo
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4/30/2014 Mike Orazzi | Staff
This guy is making a statement, solar yellow isn't that bad of a color. I bumped into this Jeep at CCSU in New Britain on Wednesday.
My first thought, when I saw this sign nailed to a fence adjacent to a well traveled walking path, was how foolish it is to advertise you have guns in your home; it potentially makes this home a target for anyone of a larcenous nature who may feel in need of a gun. Most break-ins occur when no one is home, and the advertised gun then provides no security at all; just temptation.
Anyway, happy Fenced Friday.
Nikon D600 on Bogen/Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod.
Rokinon/Samyang 8mm f/3.5mm fisheye lens, "shaved" for maximum field on the D600's full-frame sensor.
Built-in interval timer (I messed up the difficult time settings, thus the gaps in the trails, which I've now convinced myself are nice ;-) )
Exposures:
259 exposures of 30 seconds each
Unintentional time gaps between each set of 9 exposures
f/3.5
ISO1600
The exposures were all "stitched" with StarStaX by Marcus Enzweiler, a wonderful free program (give him a little money if you can):
www.markus-enzweiler.de/software/software.html
I then post-processed in Nikon ViewNX 2, a free and decent program for basic image enhancement.
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
The rocket hood ornament is a rare factory option.
You better get 'em while you still can. Pretty soon you won't be able to buy them anymore. My 2 favorite things in life (besides my wife and son) are guns and cameras. This photo represents that and my right to bear arms.
This is my rifle.
There are many like it, but this one is MINE.
My rifle without me is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless.
Strobist info:
2x 580ex ii @ 1/8
430ex @ 1/8
Fired into a homemade strip light box.
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
The rocket hood ornament is a rare factory option.
The photos in this album are of the property, possessions and projects of a fine older gentleman named Willie Shepherd.
He owns a LARGE property in Lookout, California. It is full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA
Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/
Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. For years Willie has been showing and demonstrating his equipment for anyone interested.
Many of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D600.
The pro-NRA group at the March for Our Lives in LA was tiny but vocal. Here's one of their proud representatives.
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This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley. This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Muller Lathe
Built by
The Bradford Mill Co.
Cincinatti, Ohio
USA
The size is as follows, roughly measured:
Swing over bed: 20"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Four-jaw chuck diameter: 18"
Bed length: 12 feet
Bed width, center to center across the outer two ways: 16”
Maximum workpiece length, center to center: 8 feet
It may have been built in the 1886-1901 era, from what I've learned so far.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA
Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/
Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. His tools are basic and in, umm, often less than pretty condition.
I believe he told me that despite its condition, having been outside for many years, this lathe was still in occasional use, wonder of wonders. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to list it for sale soon, online. If nothing else, it makes a magnificent lawn ornament.
Almost all of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D50.
More info on Bradford lathes:
Right now, in this country, the gun debate seems to be only on one side. If the other side WAS listening, they would hear that very, very, very few people are coming after All the guns. And they will never get them all. So, maybe listen... just a little. It won't hurt. I promise.
Taken at the October 24th, 2012 campaign event of Governor Mitt Romney at Reno, Nevada.
It was very challenging to get decent shots of the event. A dark arena, long distance to subject requiring a long (shaky) slow lens and then a heavy crop, plus crazy mixed white balance lighting conspired to keep me on my toes.
It was amusing to watch the iPhone/Android crowd attempt to grab pics and video of their guy. Most of their shots were VERY blurry and had disturbing colors, like an impressionist painting of a bad LSD trip (oh, wait, I just remembered where we were...)
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
The rocket hood ornament is a rare factory option.
"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. It's pretty simple to understand. Project 365, day 2.
This nest was built in the rafters of our steel carport. Mama was quite wary of me, but a very cheap infrared remote for the tripod-mounted camera, and a less obtrusive place for me to sit helped greatly.
Nikon D600
Sigma 70-300mm macro lens with internal focus motor
Nikon SB-600 flash (on camera)
Bogen/Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod with pistol-grip ballhead
of abject terror, when you realize, after it is too late, that you have lost your identity. you are nobody, you are a cog in the wheel of a transformed national consciousness. your society has not betrayed you, you have betrayed yourself. when courage meant something, now only a bread line has meaning to you. Reference: commieblaster.com/obama/index.html
Available as a large 35" x 23" fine-art poster print.