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Though Blondin's claim that he was a direct descendent of Charles Blondin was a little dubious. That they had grown up in the same Pas-de-Calais region of France did give some credence to the claim, that absorption of the same air, earth and water, fed by the bodies of their collected common ancestors, that mountain of DNA, of mulch.
Memo to Marcel: Nose hair alert!
I hadn't intended to produce a second example of Sunderland District's HUP-C Leyland Leopards, but a simple swap of front panels enabled Northern's CCD 714D to be presented as HUP 947C. This is how it appears (without the lower grille originaly fitted) on page 45 of 'Northern General and its Subsidiaries - From No Place to Success' (Autobus Review Publications). To quote from the caption to that image:
"New to Sunderland District in 1965 and fitted with BET-style dual-purpose bodywork, Leyland Leopard 347 (347 HUPC) is seen here wearing its original light blue and cream, livery. Transferred to Northern upon its absorption of Sunderland District on 1 January 1975, it was repainted into NBC poppy red and renumbered 4304. It was withdrawn in 1978." (08-Feb-10)
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This 360° panorama was captured from the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of the most suitable places on Earth for astronomical observation, and more precisely from the European Observatory of "La Silla". Note that the dome in the foreground is the home of the TRAPPIST Telescope, which discovered the famous system of 7-earth-size exoplanets around a red-dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1!)
Anyway, this image not only shows the Milky Way spanning over the entire field of view but also an impressive amount of strange colorful wave-like structures in the whole sky!
This orange/red light emitted at 85 km altitude (and higher) does not originate from artificial light pollution or high altitude clouds.
This rare phenomenon called Airglow is entirely natural and originates from an interaction between the Ultra-violet light of our Sun and the particles of the upper layers of the atmosphere.
During the day, the highly energetic UV light of the sun hits the atoms of oxygen, sodium, nitrogen...etc of the Earth's atmosphere. This absorption of energy puts them in an excited state that only waits for an external process to be able to release this excess of energy.
Using Chemiluminescence, the atoms of the atmosphere are slowly releasing this absorbed UV-llight into visible light, before going back to their stable energy state.
The emission of light, whose color depends on the chemical element involved in the reaction (oxygen for red airglow, sodium for green airglow), continues even during night-time when the sun has set for few hours.
As a fluid, Airglow follows the air flow of the atmosphere and the variation of gravity field caused by the topography of the ground, which produces the so-called "gravity waves" (not gravitational waves!).
These gravity waves are what make the main spatial feature of airglow in the sky: wave-like and ripple-like structures, with strong inhomogeneities.
Red and orange airglow (even a little bit of green) were very strong during that night in Chile! Even though this natural phenomenon is very common in this region of the world, it is usually not as intense as it was during that night!
You can also spot the zodiacal light, a tilted cone of blue light starting from the lower horizon and extending to the galactic center.
This leads to a new definition of what a high-quality sky for stargazing really is: not a dark-sky but a sky under which the rarest and the dimmest natural phenomena can be seen, revealing the true colors of the sky!
The two photographers next to the TRAPPIST observatory are Norédine and Olivia, two astronomy social enthusiasts of our group of 8 which was chosen by ESO to participate to its #MeeESO event.
The other observatories visible in this image are (from right to left) : the Danish 0.5-meter telescope, the ESO-0.5-meter telescope, the ESO-1.52-meter telescope and finally the tiny illuminated dome in the top horizon is the huge ESO-3.6-meter telescope.
17 images were captured and stitched together to form this 360° panoramic view. Neither photo blending/digital art nor over-exaggerated colors/contrasts. The success of this panorama holds in the fact that I used an ultra wide angle lens : a Sigma 14 mm F/1.8 which enabled me to capture far less images and to spend far less time than if I had used a standard lens (35 mm focal length).
TECHNICAL DETAILS
📷 Canon 6D + Sigma Art 14 mm + Standard Tripod
→ Single 20 seconds exposure
→ ISO 6400
→ 14 mm
→ f/1.8
→ 17-image stitching to make this 360 panorama
→ No photo blending, each image of this panoram is a "one-shot".
Softwares: Dxo Optics pro 9 for noise reduction / Microsoft ICE for panorama / Photoshop/Lightroom for all the edits.
Bridge #150 (Hatter's Bridge) on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal near Salterforth, Lancashire, UK, during the weekend's fog and frost
Hatter's Bridge is so named because Foulridge had a flourishing cottage industry of felt hat making from the 17th century.
(The term "mad as a hatter" comes from the use of mercury in the production of felt hats in the 18th and 19th centuries, where absorption of mercury through the skin can cause neurological disorders.)
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Absorption nebulae or dark nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that don’t emit or reflect light, but block light coming from behind them. These nebulae tend to contain large amounts of dust, which allows them to absorb visible light from stars or nebulae beyond them. Astronomer William Herschel, discussing these seemingly empty spots in the late 1700s, called them “a hole in the sky.”
These opaque, dark knots of gas and dust called "Bok globules" are absorbing light in the center of the nearby emission nebula and star-forming region, NGC 281. Bok globules may form stars, or may eventually dissipate.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: P. McCullough (STScI)
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South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Thank you very much for your views, faves and comments!
The blue hour occurs when the Sun is far enough below the horizon so that the sunlight's blue wavelengths dominate due to the Chappuis absorption caused by ozone. (Wikipedia)
Bonsai Tree On The Edge Of A Cliff.
深綠色的黃色懸崖寂靜的野生陰影芬芳的空氣蟬朋友糾結的雜草燦爛飄飄的蝴蝶,
secrets ombragés arbre béni vaste amour membres joyeux brise délicate reflets dorés étoiles intemporelles rêves lumineux,
distante rios chuvas flores nuvens fresco anthems primavera chuvas sentado vinho crisântemos oeste montanhas esbanjando flautas templos salgueiros,
Muscosi confisus ligno absorptions replet gloria mentis rhoncus haicus memori koan transformationibus vespertinis,
косание ассоциации природа королевство чудесные видимые лепестки крошечные цветы цветущие хеджирования небрежный туман улыбающиеся исполнения,
貴重な意識明確な楽しさを解釈する独特の夢独りで球体すばやい別個の性質紹介調和の取れた精神注ぐ茶を始める.
Steve.D.Hammond.
E for experimental@Chicago, IL
Look at all that inorganic and mathematical grain!
So I was bored at work. And as you do, I looked up the science behind film grains. The noise in the dark part of the image are in fact statistical quantum fluctuations which arise due to the absorption of photons by the silver halide crystals in the film. It follows a random Poisson distribution. Similarly, noise in the light areas follows a random binomial distribution.
Interestingly, both the Poisson and the binomial distribution can be approximated by a normal distribution (or a Gaussian) under different conditions. The Gaussian is an isotropic (i.e. uniform on all sides, so it spreads out like a chocolate orange) distribution and the Lightroom/Photoshop-generated grains certainly look like it - or in quasi-witchdoctor photo-speak, lacking in soul.. (presumably)
I think this is the reason some photographer think the film grain is "organic". This is because the distribution of silver halide grains in the film exists in a phase-separation field* (i.e. it isn't uniform) and so the grain patterns are not in fact uniform Gaussians nor isotropic, which Lightroom tries to mimic.
Now that we can sort of quantify this intangible film organicity thing, it's kind of interesting to see(lol) that our eyes can spot the subtle differences between the computer generated grain and a quantum-fluidic instability.
Anyway, take-home msg is probably that “biology is somewhat physics” - so you can imagine I was like an overexcited silver halide crystal in a bath of Portra 400 emulsions when they said the same thing on Star Trek discoveries. Now if only Netflix made a Star Wars one.. :)
*I work with phase-separation fields.
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Anyway, this pic is awesome :-)
Tyranny of the Innocent, 2015
Louviere + Vanessa
inkjet on German etching paper from distressed negative
What is it? a traditional photographic image on film. The film has then been "distressed" and printed or scanned. The resulting scan was printed using a inkjet on to German Etching paper which is acid- and lignin-free, coated on one side to recieve inkjet ink without undue absorption.
Jeff Louviere is from New Orleans, Vanessa is from New York and they met each other half-way, in Savannah. Jeff graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design during which he and 3 other artists created the world’s largest painting, a 76,000 square foot image of Elvis which was included in the Guinness Book of World Records. Vanessa began photographing at age 12 and won a Kodak International Award of Excellence in Photography when she was 17. She photographed through Italy and Greece before graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Photography.
The night sky is full of strange things:
This is the Bubble Nebula.
The bubble is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot young central star. Energetic radiation from the star ionizes the shell, causing it to glow in the wavelength of H ll.
About six light-years in diameter, the nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in 1787 by William and is located at a distance of 7100 light years in the the constellation Cassiopeia.
Also visible in the same field of view is the open cluster M52. Due to interstellar absorption of light, the distance to M52 is uncertain, with estimates ranging between 3,000 and 7,000 light years.
On the right edge of the image is NGC7538, another H ll nebula, which is home to the biggest yet discovered protostar (a collapsing ball of rotating gas that’s on the way to becoming a star) which is about 300 times the size of the Solar System. The distance to NGC7538 is estimated at around 9100 light years.
Astro modified Canon EOS 6D
William Optics Megrez 88 - 500mm f/5.6 piggybacked on a Celestron NexStar 8 GPS
66 x 90s @ ISO1600 stacked with fitswork
Thanks for all your comments and faves. They are highly appreciated!
A slow and gentle walk after having needles and cameras shoved into my spine, so took a look at the Great Stour at Godmersham near Chilham a few miles down the road. The rain has totally water-logged the flood plane around the Stour, lets face it, a few months ago when Phoebe and I walked the Stour Valley Way things were bad, now there is no more absorption capacity! The fields all along the River have become lakes, but this is what they are for, water-meadows.....
The rising Full "Wolf" Moon of January 6, 2023 over the Badlands of Horseshoe Canyon, near Drumheller, Alberta. The sequence demonstrates the changes in colour of the rising Moon from atmospheric absorption, and changes in its shape from atmospheric refraction.
This night the Moon was full almost at the same time as it rose from my location. However, the Moon's high northerly declination — it was about 4° north of the ecliptic — meant that it rose far to the northeast and some 30 minutes before the Sun set, despite the Moon being opposite the Sun. As such, even for the last shot, with the Moon several Moon diameters in altitude, the Sun was still up and lighting the landscape. In fact, at that time the Sun broke through clouds in the southwest to light the foreground with warm light.
In this blend, the ground and majority of the sky comes from the final image with the highest Moon and warmest landscape lighting. For the earlier shots the Moon came up in a very bright sky. And so, to better represent the scene, some of the sky coloration — the magentas and cyans — comes from earlier exposures blended in with broad-brush masks. Dark anti-crepuscular rays also added subtle sky colouration and bands of darker blue.
This is a sequence of 9 images at an interval of 2.5 minutes, extracted from a set of 80 frames taken every 15 seconds with the camera on automatic exposure, as the sky and ground remained bright enough for an accurate meter reading. The first 8 Moons are masked and layered in with a Lighten blend mode.
All images were the Canon R5 at ISO 125 and Canon RF100-400mm lens at 281mm and f/8. Most processing in Adobe Camera Raw with ground and sky masks. Glow and dynamic contrast filters added with ON1 Effects plug-in.
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Ok, so I realised that the fish tank in my living room now has an amazing light in it because we had to put the lid back on it! I got this totally wacky idea on saturday after an amazing day at Imogens photoshoot. I became a little less scared to do something different. Im actually really happy with this! aaand i barely even edited it which is always a bonus! :D haha!
Ohhh i was tagged...ill do that next photo!
Explored! Highest position: 336 on Thursday, April 8, 2010! Thank Youuu!
Poem.
The mercury greys, the tree-lined ebony silhouettes, deep indigo and silver-coated marbling, gleaming, beaming off the cloud-reflected bay-
Dazzles and spell-binds.
That precious God-given ambience of early dawn blinds us but etches blurred images of heavenly proportions to our senses.
The mesmerising light, the near-silent water’s edge only broken by the lilting call of the oyster-catcher or the muffled comments of stirring sailors aboard their dreamy yachts.
These familiar sounds, the salt-laden odours of a near-calm bay and the silent, gentle absorption of the sun’s rays rouses and energises a myriad of life-forms to a glorious new day.
To witness this scene is pure bliss.
To hear, feel and sense it, is almost indescribable.
The rising of the Full "Hunter's Moon" of October 9, 2022, with the Moon reflected in the calm waters this night at Crawling Lake Reservoir in southern Alberta. The Moon appeared very pink as it rose into the clear sky near the horizo, then turned more yellow as it rose into scattered bands of cloud.
This is a blend of 10 images taken 3 minutes apart with the RF70-200mm lens at 200mm and Canon R5, each frame exposed for the Moon. The frames were blended onto the first image (which contributes the lowest Moon and all the sky and foreground) in Photoshop using a Normal blend mode but with Blend If sliders and masks to isolate the later moons and reflected moons. A "Soft Pop" action for contrast enhancement added with TK 8 Actions panel, plus a mild Orton glow added with Luminar AI.
There is also a single-image version of this scene.
The thing I love most about being out shooting in places like this is the overwhelming feeling of being so small and insignificant. Self absorption is one of the most dangerous feelings one can have and anything that combats those feelings is healthy in my opinion. I'm not talking about confidence. That is a very valuable trait that we are should strive for. I'm talking about thinking you are the best thing going and that the world revolves around you. You see these people everywhere you go. They cut you off in traffic, hurt the people around them with their "it's all about me" attitude and are just not generally enjoyable people to be around. The lies that these people tell themselves turn to painful truth when they look in the mirror. The problem is that for some people, selfishness comes naturally and can be a difficult battle to fight. The feelings I get when I am out in nature really help, every time I'm out there, to realize that when compared to world around me, I am like a blade of grass in the wind. Sorry for the philosophic rant today. It's just the mood I'm in. :)
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Casa Cavassa, a refined Renaissance residence in the historic heart of Saluzzo, was transformed in the late 15th century by Marquis Michele Antonio di Saluzzo into an elegant urban palace blending medieval structure with Renaissance elegance. Today home to the Civic Museum Casa Cavassa, it preserves original frescoes, stuccoes, and period furnishings, offering a rare glimpse into the domestic life and artistic tastes of the noble elite in the Marquisate of Saluzzo. Its harmonious courtyard and richly decorated interiors reflect the cultural flourishing of this independent Piedmontese state before its absorption into the Duchy of Savoy.
Excerpt from www.destinationontario.com/en-ca/attractions/algonquin-th...:
The first performance at the Algonquin Theatre took place on May 14, 2005 and was very warmly received by the community.
The Algonquin Theatre is located at 37 Main Street East in Huntsville.
Housed in Huntsville’s Civic Centre, it’s easy to spot the Algonquin Theatre. At the front of the theatre is a bronze statue of Tom Thomson, the wonderful Canadian painter. This statue was created by renowned and beloved Huntsville artist Brenda Wainman Goulet. The Little Free Library — an adorable collection of books available to the public — is a noticeable landmark beside the entrance of the theatre.
Besides theatrical productions, the Algonquin Theatre also hosts rock concerts, movie nights, tribute bands, comedy shows, live performances and even local elementary school productions.
Theatregoers love the wide, comfortable chairs and the eco-friendly lighting and state-of-the-art technology. Patrons and performers both appreciate the exceptional sound absorption, which improves the overall acoustic experience.
In 2018, Gord Downie used Algonquin Theatre’s space to secretly rehearse for his Secret Path tour. Other past performers at Algonquin Theatre include Ron Sexsmith, Jill Barber and Natalie MacMaster. Younger Canadian audiences will be delighted to know that Sharon and Bram (famous Canadian children’s musicians) have also graced the stage of the Algonquin Theatre.
NGC 474 in the constellation of Pisces is a beautiful elliptical galaxy, well know for its tidal shells and stellar streams. Those tidal features have been well studied, but to date, it remains unclear what caused them. The stellar streams relate clearly to the absorption of smaller galaxies in the past.
NGC 474 spans about 250 000 light years and lies at a distance of 100 million light years.
Color image taken at the remote observatory from the E-Eye site in Spain. The image is composed of exactly 24 hours of exposure time with the ZWO ASI-2600MC color camera using a Takahashi CCA250 f3.6 astrograph, riding a unguided 10Micron GM2000.
The Milky Way shines brighter, when seen from higher altitudes. A miniature chapel (a roadside memorial) was built as a guardian for safe passage at the Baros Pass, the highest in Greece at 6,237 ft (1901 m). The chapel’s Cross is soaring in the skyline as a pictorial reminder of The Almighty; the Cross stands higher than the signposts telling the passers-by which earthly direction to go in…
The Milky Way lies diagnonally above the The Cross. Four hundred billion stars appear like the jewels of its heavenly crown. Yes, there are approximately 4×10¹¹ stars in our galaxy. It was captured with its galactic core visible (20.6° above horizon) during a chilly night (on July 12, 2021 at 23:10’ hrs, 14℃︎). At high altitudes there is less atmospheric absorption of the stars’ light prior to reaching the eye or the camera.
The first verse οf David’s Psalm 19 (Old Testament) was chosen to serve as the shot’s title:
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
📷 Settings:
Canon EOS RP
Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 015
f/1.8 - ISO 2500 - 10 sec × 36 shots stacked
A display of aurora borealis in a curving arc of parallel curtains and swirls in the northeastern sky on a Kp5 night, February 22, 2023. The curtains display a yellowing tint toward the horizon. This was from the snowmobile trail down to the frozen ponds on the north side of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill, Manitoba.
This is a single 8-second exposure with the Venus Optics 15mm lens at f/2 on the Canon R6 at ISO 800.
i hate the way they flock to her even though she has nothing to offer but her own damned self-absorption.
i hate the way they are so cruel to him behind his back, as if they think he doesn't know.
i hate the way she has no magic at all.
i hate the way he stares at me.
i hate the way i miss you.
Equipement :
Canon 450D
Canon 10-22 usm
Trépied Vanguard
Filtre Hitech nd1.2 full
Exif:450D / 10 mm / 2s / f11 / iso100 / -0.3 ev / Priorité ouverture (Av)
Tout mes paysages hiver 2011 en vidéo/ all my winterseascape 2011 on video :
A simple little composition at Chapel St Leonards on the Lincolnshire coast UK. 0.4 sec exposure to capture that slight movement in the water as the waves fall back.
This sparkling starfield, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, contains the globular cluster ESO 520-21 (also known as Palomar 6). A densely packed, roughly spherical collection of stars, it lies close to the centre of the Milky Way, where interstellar gas and dust absorb starlight and make observations more challenging.
This absorption by interstellar material affects some wavelengths of light more than others, changing the colours of astronomical objects and causing them to appear redder than they actually are. Astronomers call this process “reddening”, and it makes determining the properties of globular clusters close to the galactic centre — such as ESO 520-21 — particularly difficult.
ESO 520-21 lies in the constellation Ophiuchus, near the celestial equator. Ophiuchus was one of the 48 constellations which appeared in the writings of the second-century Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy, all of which are among the 88 constellations officially recognised by the International Astronomical Union today. Not all the constellations proposed by astronomers throughout history have survived, however — forgotten or obsolete constellations include Felis (the Cat), Rangifer (the Reindeer), and even Officina Typographica (the Printer’s Workshop).
Credits: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen; CC BY 4.0
Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast of Africa
Berenty Reserve
Snake found by our guide the morning we were leaving the reserve to board our bus for a three hour trip to the next location. Not the best image, but this one is the only youngster we saw of the boa.
An adult boa can be seen in the first comment section.
Wikipedia -
Sanzinia madagascariensis (also known as the Malagasy tree boa, or Madagascar tree boa is a non-venomous boa species endemic to the island of Madagascar. Two subspecies are currently recognized: S. m. madagascariensis and S. m. volontany.
Adults average 4–5 feet (122–152 cm) in length, although 6–7 foot (183–213 cm) specimens are not uncommon. Thermoreceptive pits are located between the labial scales. Females are larger than males. Endemic to Madagascar. Favors trees and shrubs near streams, rivers, ponds and swamps.
This species was classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2006.
Arboreal and generally nocturnal, S. madagascariensis feeds on mammals and birds. Its thermoreceptive pits help it to locate its prey. It will also leave the trees to actively hunt for small mammals on the ground.
When females become gravid, their skin color darkens. This adaptation provides increased heat absorption for the developing young. After giving birth, the color returns to normal as soon as it next sheds its skin. Neonates are a bright red that may warn predators to "stay away", while simultaneously providing camouflage among brightly colored treetop flowers.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Corallimorphidae
Genus/species: Corynactis californica
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Typically red or orange-pink, occasionally purple, yellow, buff, brown or nearly white.
Corallimorphs are not true anemones. Tentacles end in knobs (club-tipped tentacles) and are not fully retractile, usually being white. Corallimorphs are also very similar to corals in some other characters, but lack the hard coral skeleton. Found in groups, with individuals up to 2 cm (0.8 inches) long (average height and diameter is 1 cm (0.4 inches).
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico. Habitat: Colonies abundant from the low rocky intertidal to 30 m (98 feet).
DIET IN THE WILD: C. californica captures prey by extruding mesenterial filaments onto its prey which are used for digestion and absorption of food in the coelenteron. If the prey is too large to take into the coelenteron, the mesenterial filaments are used to digest it externally. They are carnivores consuming copepods, crustacean larvae and other zooplankton.
REPRODUCTION: Asexual by fission and budding resulting in a dense cluster of clones.
REMARKS: The presence of aggregations of C. californica increase the density of rock oysters and mussels by protecting them from predatory sea stars.
California Coastal Marine Reef Exhibit
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium 2016
Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/2996776409/in/set-72157...
Ron's Wordpress wp.me/p1DZ4b-1l0
eol eol.org/pages/1006944/details
U. of Michigan ADW animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Corynactis_califo...
Walla Walla University www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/...
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A telescopic close-up of the full Harvest Moon rising over the Badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park on September 20, 2021.
This is a single 0.8-second exposure taken as part of a time-lapse sequence, shot through a 76mm f/4.4 refractor telescope for an effective focal length of 335mm using the Canon R6 at ISO 100. Luminosity masks created with TKActions v8 applied to enhance the contrast of the foreground. A mild Orton glow added with Luminar AI.
A 180° panorama of the classic arc of the auroral oval across the northern sky, shot at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba, March 1, 2022. From this longitude the auroral oval is usually centred due north, as it is here.
Guests from the Learning Vacations aurora group are outside taking in the display, which was fairly weak this night, with this arc being almost the best it appeared. It shows the classic colours, with the main oxygen green topped by weaker oxygen reds. The arc turns more yellow toward the horizon due to atmospheric absorption.
Polaris is just left of centre at top, and marks due north. Capella is at top left; Vega is a right of centre above the trees; Arcturus is at far right. The Milky Way runs across the sky at left in the west. Wind chills were about -40° this night.
This is a 3-section panorama with the TTArtisan 11mm fish-eye lens at f/2.8 for 30 seconds each with the Canon R6 at ISO 1600. Stitched with PTGui.
Casa Cavassa, a refined Renaissance residence in the historic heart of Saluzzo, was transformed in the late 15th century by Marquis Michele Antonio di Saluzzo into an elegant urban palace blending medieval structure with Renaissance elegance. Today home to the Civic Museum Casa Cavassa, it preserves original frescoes, stuccoes, and period furnishings, offering a rare glimpse into the domestic life and artistic tastes of the noble elite in the Marquisate of Saluzzo. Its harmonious courtyard and richly decorated interiors reflect the cultural flourishing of this independent Piedmontese state before its absorption into the Duchy of Savoy.
晨露Early morning Dew
The absorption picture book is the joyful question must define
other people to like not having to invite
Six years after absorption into the Union Pacific system, nothing but MoPac blue and screamin' eagles can be seen in this view of a transfer run arriving in downtown St. Louis.
The rising of the nearly Full Moon, the Harvest Moon of 2020, on September 30, from a site near home in Alberta, looking just south of due east this night. Refraction distorts the disk and atmospheric absorption reddens the disk toward the horizon.
This is a multiple exposure composite of 6 images with the Canon 6D MkII through the 80mm A&M apo refractor at f/6 without field flattener. Taken as part of a time-lapse sequence with images every 2 seconds. The frames for this blend were taken 2 minutes apart, so selected from every 60 frames out of the sequence. All were at 1/8 second at ISO 100. Images stacked in Photoshop and blended with Lighten mode. The ground comes from the first image.
Manufacturer: Società Anonima Fratelli Innocenti, Lambretta / Milan - Italy
Type: Mini Cooper 1300 MK 4 Minimatic
Production time: mid-year 1971 - mid-year 1975
Production outlet: unknown
Engine: 1275cc straight-4 BMC Austin A-series 1275
Power: 76 bhp / 5.800 rpm
Torque: 108 Nm / 3.200 rpm
Drivetrain: front wheels
Speed: 157 km/h
Curb weight: 649 kg
Wheelbase: 80 inch
Chassis: front and rear subframes with all-steel unibody
Steering: rack & pinion
Gearbox: semi-automatic (clutchless) manual four-speed transmission / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shifter
Clutch: not relevant / single dry plate spring spacer on manual gearbox
Carburettor: twin SU HS2
Fuel tank: 36 liter
Electric system: 12 Volts
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: powered Lockheed hydraulic discs
Brakes rear: Lockheed hydraulic drums
Suspension front: independent double wishbones with composite suspension (hydrolastic) with rubber spring cushion, damping valve controlled by connecting liquid, torsion bars for the longitudinal and transverse stabilization + telescopic shock absorbers
Suspension rear: trailing arms with composite suspension (hydrolastic) with rubber spring cushion, damping valve controlled by connecting liquid, torsion bars for the longitudinal and transverse stabilization + telescopic shock absorbers
Rear axle: live
Differential: spiral bevel
Wheels: 3J-10 inch
Tires: 145 SR 10
Options: four-speed manual gearbox
Special:
- The Mini (ADO15) was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis (who also designed the Morris Minor over 10 years earlier) and is generally considered one of the most important milestones in automotive history.
- Based on the 2-door Mini John Cooper (racecar constructor of Formula 500, Formula 3 and Formula 1 cars and a friend of Sir Alec Issigonis) developed a sporty model: the Mini Cooper.
- In Italy in the years 60-70 it often was too expensive, due to high import duties, to purchase an imported car, so that most Italians opted for an Italian car. BMC England signed an agreement with Innocenti Milan (famous for the production of Lambretta) and from 1965 Innocenti was allowed to built the Mini 850 for the Italian market. Since 1971, the Mini Cooper was also built under license.
- It is equipped with a unique "Hydrolastic" shock absorption system, invented by famous British rubber engineer Alex Moulton, in which the various fluid-filled shock absorbers, by means of conduits, are in communication with each other.
- The Innocenti was faster and more luxurious (interior with more accessories and better finished) than the British Mini and nowadays very popular in the USA, Canada and Europe.
- Many details of internal and external were produced by Italian brands (IPRA for the radiators, Carello and Altissimo for the headlights), so especially for the Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 spare parts are hard to find.
I was trying to compose some "copper screw"-like picture of the setting Moon by capturing it 105 times in every ten seconds. I slightly underestimated the atmospheric absorption so that the final lunar crescents are barely visible here. During the 20 minutes I had to reallign my camera four times.
2019.02.06. Mogyoród, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Tamron EF 150-600 @600 mm
105 x 1 sec, F6.3, ISO 250
Total lunar eclipse in infrared, 720nm. In visible light, this moon was barely visible as it was setting, but the absorption of IR by the clear sky, kept the contrast high!
The sun was close to rising, therefore there was ample residual light on the surroundings.
Westborough, MA, a little after 6 a.m., 08 November 2022.
I have a relative, in Canada, who's always recommending these, so decided to experiment. The recipe calls for Graham Crackers and the closest UK equivalent is digestive biscuits. I think the difference has thrown off the butter absorption, in the base. Recipe definitely needs tweaking!
7431 . more and less . 20241005
“the moment with its absorption being the thing”
ex George Madden Martin, her Made in America (1935) : 22
Once again, I was the one idiot on the beach tonight. Let's talk about about the weather. LA is a weird place when it comes to inclement weather both in terms of how it's viewed by people and how weather services describe it. It's hard to avoid hearing about the drought in one way or another on a daily basis, and I found even I would do an old man snicker when I'd see an apartment building with sprinklers working at 2am on a wednesday, almost like they were trying to be sneaky in an attempt to have slightly less dead greenery than neighboring buildings. Don't they know California has negative water? It's always about the drought...until it begins to rain.Then it's panic. Granted, rain here is slightly more dramatic than other places i've lived in the sense that it's usually pretty heavy, accompanied by higher winds and it doesn't take long for the dry land to reject absorption and flood streets and storm drains. I for one, am all for some rain to rinse off some of the filth. Scotch has had 4 different bacterial infections in LA (which is 4 more than he had in the first 11+ years of his life on the East Coast) and I can't help but think it's from all the dirt, waste and trash that cover the grass and pavement in and around Hollywood. Without rain, it just accumulates. That's my working theory on how he's getting those infections. He doesn't eat at Chipotle so what else can it be?
This past week was mostly cloudy with some rain mixed in and it's been a 50/50 chance it seems on whether I will see a nice sunset or not. It could be great or it could stay gray and never get any other color until dark falls. I missed a few really amazing cloudy crimson sunsets--twice returning from the vet--and wished I knew of some places around Hollywood with interesting views facing West. I generally give myself a minumum of 1 hour before sunset to be in the car with a destination set or I skip it since that's about how long it would take during normal traffic to get to Venice or Malibu. I'd rather not drive an hour to see a sunset out of car window with no where to stop. Anyway, even with rain in Hollywood, it cleared a bit in the early afternoon and when I checked the weather channel app on my phone, saw that rain was expected here at 3pm with a 60-90% chance of rain through the evening. When I checked Venice however, it showed some rain at 3 but also only a 5-10% chance of rain between 4-6pm. I figured I'd take the chance and got in the car in the drizzle a little after 3 and began the drive to Venice. Venice Pier sits at the end of Washington Blvd and once I turn onto that road, I'm about 15 minutes away with the destination in sight. It heads straight towards the ocean and this is generally about when I know for sure what I can expect for the evening. Sure enough, I veer onto this 4 mile stretch and see gray with a bit of blue and yellow light above and immediately know I will not be getting the big, colorful sunset I was cautiously optimistic about.
Still, I was counting on that 5-10% the "up to the minute" weather report had offered earlier and since it was dry when I arrived, off I went in the wind for the beach. It's about a 4 minute walk from where I park to where I shoot and I only saw a handful of people wandering around, wearing raincoats and furry Ugg boots on the damp sand and wet boardwalk pavement. Clearly only the survivalists brave enough to tackle this weather were out. I got to the shore, lowered the tripod a few inches off the ground and stepped back in case some audacious water tried to get me when I wasn't looking. It was windy, the surf mostly choppy and it was difficult to focus. With the tripod as low to the ground as it can go, I was hoping to at least get some interesting streaks of water in the foreground as close to the camera as possible. The color wasn't really there but it wasn't all that bad and the clouds in front of me got more and more dramatic as sundown approached. I hadn't been there all that long before the wind picked up more and a few raindrops fell and it wasn't long after that when it began to pour. In the span of about 3 minutes, I went from dry to trying to keep my windproof umbrella from going inside out while I covered my camera and ran to the car. I'm no meteorologist--and no offense to any weather people here on Flickr--but I do have functioning eyeballs and despite what I saw before leaving, during the drive and once I arrived, I still trusted that weather report. This storm (which is literally still happening outside) doesn't just sneak up on you. If I hadn't seen that 5-10% chance for rain, I would've guessed more like 99-100%. At least I got into my car before it started to absolutely pour.
**An experpt from when I picked up dinner for me and my brother on the way home from Venice tonight:
1st person: "I was going to get christmas gifts today but then it rained and it's supposed to rain tomorrow. I may have to write family letters explaining the gifts will be late.
me: ummm, I'm sure they'll understand. Afterall, it's raining here, so...Why not just go on Amazon? People still shop in stores? Why?"
1st person: "I guess I like to have the gift first and wrap it."
me: what's the point of gift wrap? I don't get it. People spend time creasing all the corners and getting all the sides smooth and for what? the recipient doesn't care. They don't even notice it as it's ripped off with reckless abandon and discarded piece by piece right there on the floor. If it's in a box, that's good enough. If it's not and you gift wrap it...the surprise is gone. I can see the blender you got me without taking off the wrapping. it's a blender. you know what I mean? Plus Amazon will gift wrap for like a dollar. I like the box idea. Put all the gifts in a giant unmarked box and draw a question mark on it. That'll be way more suspenseful than wrapping paper.
[enters 2nd person]
other person: "people suck at gift wrapping anyway.
me: I should be an LA weatherman, it's the easiest job I can think of and you never have to take responsibility for any mistakes. Basically all summer, they cut to you and you say "hot and sunny" and then in the winter, you can just mix in a few cloudy, rainy days and if you're wrong, blame it on some freak unpredictable weather occurrence. 'A ground pepper spill at a very crowded resort restaurant in Papua New Guinea caused a massive sneezing attack that changed the course of a cold front and subsequently, the domino effect brought 40mph winds, heavy rainfall and flooding to LA. It wasn't something our radar picked up...until it was too late. Also, Hawaii is no more. Was right in the path and never had a chance."
1st person: I don't know how I'm going to get home tonight...I rode my bike to work."
[awkward silence]
me: [with a look of shock]: didn't you check the weather report before you left?
[awkward silence]
THE END
WHEN & WHERE
Venice Beach
Venice, California
December 23rd, 2016
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
18mm
ISO 100
f/14
1 second
CPL
I could enjoy processing of old data taken just before COVID-19 era.
Hydrogen-alpha 656.3nm red and Oxygen-III 500.7nm greenish blue were dominant here. Bluish reflection of gas was faint but wide, which is usually invisible in imaging with narrow-bad pass filters.
Those colors were not homogeneous due to overlapping dust and gas. Strong hydrogen-alpha red area tends to change into striking color near genuine Red, when it is overlapped by relatively dense brownish dust and gas due to stronger absorption of shorter wavelength light by the dust and gas. I love all of those colors.
Here is a frame taken at the same site in Hawaii January 2012:
www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/7648303232
equipment: Takahashi FSQ-130ED, F3 Reducer 0.6x, and Canon EOS R-sp4II, modified by Seo-san on Takahashi EM-200 Temma 2 Jr, autoguided at a star nearby with Fujinon 1:2.8/75mm C-Mount Lens, Pentax x2 Extender, Starlight Xpress Superstar Autoguider, GPUSB, and PHD2 Guiding
exposure: 3 times x 30 minutes, 4 x 15 min, 4 x 4 min, and 4 x 1 minute at ISO 1,600 and f/3.0
site: 11,000 feet or 3,280m above sea level at lat. 19 32 31 North and long. 155 34 00 West near Mauna Loa Observatory in The Big Island Hawaii
This shot, and its post processing are an ode to Kibayashi, a fellow flickerite who i allways find tremendously inspiring when it comes to post and composition. He is a true wizzard when it comes to post processing and finding strong, uncompromising and graphically compelling compositions by making use of the interplay between human subjects and urban geometry.
Check out his stream and see for yourself: www.flickr.com/photos/60870509@N08/
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