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Okay, let's do it, let's do the drugs, let's do the chemical lobotomy, let's shut down the higher functions of my brain and perhaps I'll be a bit more fucking capable of living.
[Sarah Kane - 4.48 psychosis]
frame # 4 - Blueberry Beauty Queens at the Plant City Blueberry Festival.
CAMERA: Diana Mini Premier Cru (24x24)
FILM: Labeauratoire's [kromiəm] 500 (available now at Labeauratoire)
DATE: 4/25/15
DEVELOPMENT: E-6 process at Zebra Color Lab in St. Petersburg, FL
SCANNER: Epson V700 w/ VueScan
This 0-4-2 is a concept developed by Nacho Enterprises Railway System (NERS) and has not seen actual production. The driving wheels are powered by a PF Train Motor. The tender (dubbed a Slug Tender) has a floating axle.
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go for to you I entrust my life.
Psalm 143:8
ЗОРКИЙ = Zorkiy, means Sharp Sight
Manufactured by Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ) , (Красногорский механический завод = Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk), Moscow, CCCP
Model 1968, Type 11a (produced between 1968-72)
Special feature of this type: no strap lugs
All Zorki-4 produced between 1956-73, quantity 1715677
as to Alexandr Komarov
35 mm film Rangefinder camera
Lens: Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/3.5, interchangeable, M39 screw mount
Filter thread: 40.5mm, slip-on 42mm , serial no.6888896
Aperture: f/3.5 - f/16, no click stops, setting: scale and ring on front of the lens
Focus range: 1.2-20m +infinity
Lens release: simply screw the lens counter clockwise
Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the finder, ring and scale on the lens, w/DOF scale
Shutter: horizontal traveling focal plane, rubberized silk double cloth curtain,
speeds: 1-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the top plate, lift and turn
Shutter release: beside the speeds dial, w/ cable release socket
Cocking knob: also winds the film, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: on the winding knob, manual setting, advance type
Viewfinder: coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, large and bright
Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
Re-wind knob: on the left of the top plate,
Re-wind release: pull up the knob and turn
Self-timer: activates by a small silver button above the lever
Flash PC socket: on the front of the top plate, sync 1/30, separate red number on the shutter speed dial; X and M select dial: beneath the speed dial
Cold-shoe
Back cover: removable with the bottom plate, opens by two pop-up levers on the bottom plate,
Take-up spool: special, not captive, there is a small pin for attaching the film perforates on it
Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo and the serial number
Body: metal cast aluminum; Weight: 687g
serial no. 68 913965 (first two digits correspond to the production year)
+leather ever ready case, + Lzos Yellow filter 33 JS-18 (ЖC)
On Zorki, as with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter.
Zorki-4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras. The Zorki 4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west.
Zorki-4 is basically a Zorki-3S with a self-timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S.
There are at least 14 types and 18 sub-types of the Zorki-4.
The very early models of Zorkis are Russian Leica II inspired cameras, but later models like Zorki-4 are quite different from the Leicas. Zorkis are very nicely made and finished. The results are as good as any Leica. There are many variants of Zorki models.
KMZ founded in 1942, in order to produce optical equipment for the war needs.
KMZ factory began making cameras, starting with the Moskva folding camera in 1946.
They began producing FED cameras to cover the low production of FED factory in 1948.
The factory made some design and technical changes on FED, so the production of the Zorki began in 1949. KMZ factory is the manufacturer of the Zenit and Moskva cameras also.
In 1952, KMZ created an SLR based on some modifications of the Zorki, and thus the Zenit was born.
more info: Sovietcams, in Tigers Lair by Tom A H Piel, in Alfred's Camera Page, in Camerapedia
Week 4 - The cock up...
So another week, same old room. I'd planned on getting out this week had a whole separate shoot in mind. Then life interrupts and dinner needs cooking and blah blah blah... So this was taken in between all the prep and cooking of a Sunday roast.
Strobist info:
Canon 430 EXII - 1/16th - Softbox - Camera Left and high
Nikon SB-900 - 64th - Umbrella - Camera left and low.
I'll post the setup shot later.
Shamelessly copying Fruit Gum's idea and posting before i get 2nd thoughts. I did intend to try a shot like this earlier in pregnancy but perhaps it's as well to wait until i had a proper bump.
Texture came from Brenda Starr's photostream though for obvious reasons, i won't be posting this publicly!
And 100% thanks to HPAD for giving me the courage to experiment with shots like this.
Panorama from 4 pictures.
This morning the Triumph arrived in the port of Rotterdam with the oil rig Maesrk Resolve on deck. The Triumph is a heavy transport ship from the dutch company Dockwise.
The semi-submersible heavy lift vessel Triumph now joins the fleet of Dockwise. The Triumph is one of six single-hull tankers converted into heavy lift vessels at the Cosco Guangdong Shipyard. The vessel was delivered on December 16, 2008 and left for Singapore to load its first cargo on December 17, 2008.
The heavy transport vessel is designed to transport complex, high-value cargo and has a carrying capacity in excess of 35,000 tons. With an unobstructed deck area measuring 44.5 m x 130 m, the vessel is well suited for carrying semi-submersible and jack-up drilling units, as well as offshore structures. During the conversion, the entire midsection was newly constructed and fitted to the bow and aft part of the single-hull tanker. As a result, the classification authorities consider the vessel to have an economic life of around ten years, resulting in a remaining economic life of 20 years.
To ensure the most effective way of operating the vessel, Dockwise has appointed Anglo-Eastern Ship Management to provide technical and crew management. As such, the new vessels will operate under the same management systems as the existing Dockwise vessels. Crews, superintendents and other personnel will therefore be completely familiar with all operating procedures, ensuring safe operations.
Width overall 45.00 m
Length overall 217.00 m
Deck space overall 5,785 sqm
DAY 4: Slinky
Watching a slinky walk down some stairs is a familiar childhood experience. But where did the slinky, a firm favourite of both children and physics teachers for many decades, originate?
Apparently the slinky was invented by accident! During 1943 naval engineer, Richard James was working on an anti-vibration device for shipping when an accident saw some torsion springs fall over and apparently walk down some shelving. Richard James was very excited about his discovery and when he arrived home he demonstrated it to his wife, Betty, who helped him name his new invention the slinky. In fact so involved was Betty to become with the slinky’s development that eventually she ran the company that produced them.
Richard and Betty took the first four hundred slinkys to a department store called Gimbels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Christmas shopping period of 1945. After accepting their new invention the department store sold out of these four hundred slinkys in ninety minutes. The slinky toy was subsequently a huge hit at the 1946 American Toy Fair following which Richard and Betty James took out a bank loan to mass produce slinkys to meet the huge demand.
Despite their enduring success slinkys are still produced in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on the same eight machines that James began with over fifty years ago. Each slinky is made from 80 feet of wire and over a quarter billion slinkys have been sold worldwide. In fact if all the slinky toys sold since 1945 were stretched end to end they would wrap around the world 126 times. In 2001 the slinky was named the Official State Toy of Pennsylvania and in 2005 slinky’s passed another milestone when their makers celebrated the 60th anniversary.
Note: this image of a coloured plastic slinky was taken with a 15mm fisheye lens. The slinky was attached to the front of the lens and then the slinky was lowered into a light tent. Two Canon 580EX flashes provided the light on either side of the light tent to ensure that the lighting was balanced.
This image is part of the The Things Children Play With 30 day challenge gallery.
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Quante donne hanno pianto i propri uomini... la prima guerra mondiale costo' all'Italia 650 mila morti e un milione di mutilati e feriti, molti di piu' di quanti erano gli abitanti di Trento e Trieste.
La Prima Guerra Mondiale fu una enorme tragedia: una lunga guerra di logoramento dove centinaia di migliaia di uomini, di entrambi gli schieramenti, vennero spesso sacrificati a causa della incapacità e insensibilità dei Comandi militari.
La salma del Milite Ignoto venne caricata su di un vagone ferroviario che dal Friuli raggiunse Roma.
Al triste convoglio, nel suo lungo percorso, una immensa folla di italiani resero omaggio alla bara inginocchiandosi e lanciando fiori: fu un viaggio tristissimo che raccolse però attorno alle spoglie di quel povero soldato il rinato spirito degli italiani frustrato da quattro anni di durissima guerra.
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Lettere dal fronte:
... lettera scritta da una vittima, semianalfabeta, ma con le idee molto più sincere e molto più chiare di tanti intellettuali ed editorialisti di oggi:
"Maesta' inviamo a V.M. questa lettera per dirvi che finite questo macello inutile. Avete ben da dire voi, che e' glorioso il morire per la Patria. E a noi sembra invece che siccome voi e i vostri porchi ministri che avete voluto la guerra che in prima linea potevate andarci voi e loro. Ma invece voi e i vostri mascalzoni ministri, restate indietro e ci mandate avanti noi poveri diavoli, con moglie e figli a casa, che ormai causa questa orribile guerra da voi voluta soffrono i poverini la fame! Viliacchi, spudorati Ubriaconi, Impestati, carnefici di carne umana, finitela che e' tempo li volete uccidere tutti? Al fronte sono stanchi nell'interno soffrono la fame, dunque cosa volete? Vergognatevi, ma non vedete che non vincete, ma volete che vadino avanti lo stesso per ucciderli. Non vedete quanta strage di giovani e di padri di famiglia avete fatto, e non siete ancora contenti? Andateci voi o viliacchi col vostro corpo a difendere la vostra patria, e poi quando la vostra vitala vedete in pericolo, allora o porchi che siete tutti concluderete certamente la pace ad ogni costo. Noi per la patria abbiamo sofferto abbastanza, e infine la nostra patria e' la nostra casa, e' la nostra famiglia, le nostre mogli, i nostri bambini. Quando ci avete uccisi tutti siete contento di vedere centinaia di migliaia di bambini privo di padre? E perche'?per un vostro ambizioso spudorato capriccio."
Lettera dal fronte del tenente Angelo Campodonico, 1915.
"Durante le oscurissime notti, quando scoppiano sulle trincee terribili granate, i soldati cercano uno scampo nel ritirarsi indietro, e allora io e gli altri ufficiali li ricacciamo, puntando il nostro moschetto carico, pronto ad agire ad ogni tentativo di fuga. Forse questi sono i momenti peggiori della guerra, quando noi, sotto il grave peso dell'enorme responsabilità, siamo costretti a ricorrere a qualunque mezzo, pur di obbedire anche noi agli ordini che ci vengono da fonte superiore."
Lettera di protesta di un italiano, Padova, 28 maggio 1916.
"Signor re,basta tanto macello di carne umana. Loro signori tutti birboni sono in salvo, i nostri poveri tutti al macello. Volete conquistare la terra e ammazzare i cittadini? Dite voi signori di amare la Patria e intanto distruggete chi la rende grande e gloriosa. Uccisa la gioventù e molti padri di famiglia chi lavorerà le terre italiane? Invece della guerra se aveste avuto buon senso avreste fatto lavorare tante terre incolte, e così far sfamare i popoli, ma no, li volete ammazzare. Un padre che ama i suoi figli non cerca di ucciderli per acquistare terra, lei invece si proclama padre della Nazione... che padre è? E la faccia finita che è ora, basta la guerra così infame e ingiusta. Siamo tutti stanchi: donne, bambini, uomini, anziani. La nostra bella Italia prima si diceva fiore d'Europa, ora invece lutto e pianto."
Lettera spedita a Viterbo il 14 agosto 1917 da un soldato di 21 anni.
Questa lettera e' costata una condanna a 1 anno e 10 mesi di reclusione militare per "insubordinazione" e "lettera denigratoria".
"La guerra e' ingiusta, perchè è voluta da una minoranza di uomini i quali, profittando della ignoranza della grande massa del popolo, si sono impadroniti di tutte le forze per poter soggiogare, comandare e massacrare; che chi fa la guerra e' il popolo, i lavoratori, loro che hanno le mani callose e che sono questi che muoiono, sono essi i sacrificati, mentre gli altri, i ricchi, riescono a mettersi al sicuro."
www.vignaclarablog.it/2011110416721/4-novembre-il-viaggio...
Super Servant 4 ready to leave Rotterdam with 2 river cruise ships as cargo. The assisting tug is the FairPlay 21.
Details about Dockwise: www.dockwise.com/
Details Super Servant 4:
IMO: 8025343
MMSI: 306157000
Call Sign: PJPO
Flag: Curacao (CW)
AIS Type: Cargo
Gross Tonnage: 12642
Deadweight: 14112 t
Length × Breadth: 169.49m × 32m
Year Built: 1982
Status: Active
Details FairPlay 21:
IMO: 9148752
MMSI: 244619000
Call Sign: PEA
Flag: Netherlands (NL)
AIS Type: Tug
Gross Tonnage: 496
Deadweight: 260 t
Length × Breadth: 35.55m × 10.8m
Year Built: 1997
Status: Active
For 52 Weeks Facebook Challenge
Week 4 'Red'
Love this time of the year in the garden when the poppies all burst into flower. We have various colours and shades, but the red ones are special.
As ever, I strive to produce the infamous 'true' red colour which I always find difficult to capture.
I found this case on ebay; it was £6 including postage. Works pretty damn well, and looks decent too.
Seems there are still some available at time of writing, such as this one.
The Pagodas at the "Atomic Weapons Research Establishment" were built in 1960 to carry out vibration tests to the WE177 bombs, and possibly the Polaris warheads.In the event of a mishap or explosion the struts holding the roof were designed to collapse and the roof would then fall and seal the test chamber keeping flying debris contained.To the left of the Pagoda in the distance the control room and fire station can be seen