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I am pretty excited with my first narrowband image. Narrowbanding allows me to do DSO imaging from my light polluted suburban Bortle 6 backyard and even if the moon is in the sky.
Filters with a tiny bandpass of only 4,5 nm around the wavelengths of singly ionized sulfur (Sll), ionized hydrogen (H-alpha) and doubly ionized oxigen (Olll) are used with a monochrome astro camera to capture 3 different images that can be combined into a color image.
There is a catch though: SII and H-alpha are in the red spectrum, while Olll is teal. This makes it hard to produce an image with colors like the human eye would see.
The most common solution is to not even try to. That's what NASA did with the famous "Pillars of Creation" image from the Hubble Space Telescope. They assigned Sll to the red, H-alpha to the green and Olll to the blue channel. This is called the Hubble palette, a false color image that shows the distribution of the different gases.
My image shows the normally red Rosette nebula in the Hubble palette.
Here some additional facts from Wikipedia: The Rosette Nebula is a large spherical HII region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter. The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,000 light-years and measure roughly 130 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses.
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William Optics Megrez 88 f/5.5, piggy backed on a wedge mounted Celestron NexStar 8GPS
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
20 x 180s with Baader 4,5 nm Sll, Ha, Olll filters
After hearing that 4145 would be leading this afternoons 852, I got ready to leave to shoot it, however it seemed the weather decided to have a massive thunderstorm and some tornado like weather, causing severe alerts and backing interstate traffic up bad. I thought my chances of catching 4145 were as good as none.
However, 4145 was also not having a great time. Due to either the massive storms ahead, or a signaling issue (or both) the train was stopped outside of Riverdale for 20-30 minutes, allowing the storm to pass and giving me time to get trackside.
The product is a not half bad shot of P852 on the Thomas Viaduct.
Lever lived in this house at one time, it is all open plan so the grass can be cut and no bins allowed at the front of the houses. There is a church, school, pub, theatre, art gallery, great place to look round.
Info Wikipedia !!
Port Sunlight is a model village and suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside. It is located between Lower Bebington and New Ferry, on the Wirral Peninsula. Port Sunlight was built by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever); work commenced in 1888. The name is derived from Lever Brothers' most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight.
Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II listed buildings, and was declared a conservation area in 1978.[3] Port Sunlight has been informally suggested for World Heritage Site (WHS) status[4] to protect it from development and to preserve the unique character for future generations; however, it is not yet on the current UK "tentative list" for future consideration as a WHS.[5] In the 2001 Census, its population was 1,450.[1]
I took this portrait of the Little Female a few days ago.
Then, Little Red a Male I haven't seen for several months showed up.
I was able to capture him in a similar pose and thought it would be good to post them next to each other.
As a comparison.
Male and female.
Note the slight differences in head shape and his darker red color. Hence the name Little Red. He is a smaller male.
He has been hanging around her den for the last few days.
When they are focused on her, they completely ignore me. Which is cool, as it allows me to work in close.
Also, an older male that is really starting to show his age, is showing up. He is pretty banged up.
Camera Settings: f/7.1 - 1/160 - 472mm - ISO 320
We are only allowed to submit two images per week to the Macro Monday's group. This weeks theme is "Reflections" This is another shot of the dead leaf shot from a slightly different angle.
Not submitted for the challenge.
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I set out on the morning of October 18th to catch a CN passenger extra with the idea of only one shot in mind. With the RTC moving opposing traffic into sidings and an authorized speed of 60 per, keeping ahead of the extra looked impossible. After shooting the train at Wabamun I got a break when the RTC mentioned the extra would be stopping at the hamlet of Gainford to allow two people to board.
A quick rip down the highway found me at Entwistle, where a large bridge spans the Pembina River. You can shoot this from the side of the highway overpass, but its a pretty skinny shoulder on a busy highway, so I elected to launch the Cheater Chicken for the shot.
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I don't like surprises and wildlife typically doesn't either. Consequently, if we know there are animals in the vicinity, we usually make some noise to alert them and keep our distance. This big fella definitely knew we were there but seemed pretty relaxed - allowing us to take a number of pictures before getting bored with the whole affair and disappearing into the brush - never mind that we were trembling with excitement.
The image itself is from my archives and a trip to Newfoundland in 2012. About now we would be making a couple of trips through central Ontario with an eye (and camera) out for Moose. They come to drink from puddles still laden with last winter's salt next to the road. We couldn't do it last year or this time due to Covid restrictions.
1/365ish - I'm going to do my own take on the 365 self-portrait group. Instead of photos of myself, I'll just post my mood as doing the photo for that day. For example...
Today: Overwhelmed
This tiny alley, without parking or even stopping allowed, was renamed in Bierce's honor in 1988 at the behest of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and concurrence of the SF Board of Supervisors. Ferlinghetti, noted poet, painter, publisher, and proprietor of City Lights Books in SF, also proposed the renaming of other alleys and cul-de-sacs to honor writers and artists (including Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Mark Twain, Dashiell Hammett, et al) who had lived and worked in San Francisco.
Bierce's most famous short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was first published by William Randolph Hearst's SF Examiner newspaper in 1891. I don't think I own a copy of Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary," but I have an upstairs copy and downstairs copy of "Write It Right," an annotated version of his "Write It Right: A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults" - annotation by Jan Freeman.
[ Personal aside, relative to City Lights Books, mentioned above: Fresh from almost graduating college, I arrived at City Lights in 1967 with an armload of mounted b&w photographs and was granted my first SF photo exhibit there by store manager Shig Murao, who 10 years earlier had been arrested for selling a copy of Allen Ginsberg's controversial "Howl" to an undercover SF police officer. History! ]
San Francisco, California
We see where our situation allows us, reality is not unique. Sometimes you have to rise to gain perspective and other times you have to immerse yourself to appreciate the details, reality has many layers.
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Vemos hasta donde nuestra situación nos permite, la realidad no es única. A veces hay que elevarse para ganar perspectiva y otras veces hay que sumergirse para apreciar los detalles, la realidad tiene muchas capas.
If you want to visit this charming 40-soul village in the Lueneburg Heath in northern Germany, it's got to be your feet, or a bicycle or horse carriage to take you there.
Car-free Wilsede, first mentioned in 1287. Today, home to a heath museum, a couple thatched houses, sheep pens and a few places to refuel after all that hiking...
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Grand dog, Izzy with a ball on the beach
Ely Cathedral Octagon, Cambridgeshire.
In the early 14th century, the original Norman tower at the crossing of the cathedral collapsed due to structural problems, and it was decided to replace it with a new tower that would not only support the weight of the central spire but also serve as a decorative feature. The tower was designed to be both impressive and functional, providing additional structural support for the cathedral while also allowing more natural light to enter the building through its lantern structure.
The Borobudur Temple, Indonesia’s spectacular site, allows you to travel back in time to enjoy an unrivaled combination of history, culture, spiritually and natural beauty.
Visitors will enjoy the astonishing experience afforded by the world’s biggest Buddhist monument which survived 1,200 years of natural and man-made disasters.
Set in an unspoil green valley surrounded by majestic mountains, a visit to Borobudur is an unforgettable experience.
But visitors who base themselves in one of the great selection of hotels in Jogjakarta, Solo or Magelang can easily also enjoy the delights of these historical cities, including Sultan’s palaces, handicraft industries and the other great temples.
Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument consists of nine stacked platforms, six square and three circular, topped by a central dome. The temple is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. The central dome is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues, each seated inside a perforated stupa. It is the world’s largest Buddhist temple, as well as one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world.
My husband just learned that his father is building a new home further inland and will sell the property he grew up on after construction is completed. This is the "backyard" where he played throughout his childhood and actually, much of his adulthood.
This site took on the highest waters (over 30 feet) in Hurricane Katrina. For coastal residents, the months of June - November hold a tiny dose of nervousness behind any other emotions we may feel. I'm glad to know he will be further out of harm's way in the future, but we certainly will miss this river view.
Hold on to the thread
The currents will shift
Glide me towards
You know something's left
And we're all allowed
To dream of the next
Oh, oh the next, time we touch
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More Grumpy Kitten Swimsuit Edition today with my best girls Ai & CC. We have all recently switched to eBody Reborn, and I have to say I'm impressed by the versatility it gives in allowing us to really customize our shapes!
Featuring:
Stoic Squish Bikini (on Ai)
Bombshell Aja Bikini (on CC)
Rouly Hottie Bikini (on Wellsy)
Foxcity Splash Bento Group Pose
Pitaya Pool in Marrakech Set backdrop
Full details on Ai's look at Detached Enigma.
Full details on Wellsy's look at Grumpy Kitten.
At the southern end of the Earth, a NASA plane carrying a team of scientists and a sophisticated instrument suite to study ice is returning to surveying Antarctica. For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge has been on a mission to build a record of how polar ice is evolving in a changing environment.
The information IceBridge has gathered in the Antarctic, which includes data on the thickness and shape of snow and ice, as well as the topography of the land and ocean floor beneath the ocean and the ice, has allowed scientists to determine that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be in irreversible decline. Researchers have also used IceBridge data to evaluate climate models of Antarctica and map the bedrock underneath Antarctic ice.
Read more:http://go.nasa.gov/2dxczkd
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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Very calm pony allowed me to get close enough to take an image from interesting perspective. Really wanted to include the dark foreboding skies to add to the drama. This image was always going to be black and white, though the pony had amazing blue eyes.
A progression of the sunset over St Kilda Pier and Pavilion.
A cold and windy afternoon, with just enough break in the cloud to allow some colour to come through. The fast moving cloud is reflected in these 14 images stacked.
Mountains are benovelent by nature. They allow us to mine precious minerals, let us take wood, store water in glaciers that supply us with water and more. The snow cover reflects heat and maintains a climate that sustains life. Stop.
They have served a notice. No more of the above ifwe, the Homosapiens don't respect them. Respect in every sense. By being aware and doing every bit for the cause of Climate Change. Even more when we are travelling through them.
We all know what is right for the mountain and the earth; now we just need to implement them.
Happy World Mountain Day, all ye mountain lovers!
With little else locally and a craving for some shoebox action, I made my way to Tonbridge and South London for some stuff out of the ordinary crap we get up here. Unfortunately I didn't manage any of the RHTT circuits in sun, however I did see 10 class 73's in total and some other interesting bits here at Tonbridge which allowed for some impressive shots when the sun poked through. Here is a sparkling 73961 having been recently released from the paint shop. Behind it is a poorly 73119 and even further is 73107, evidently fresh off the RHTT.
Bon comme je vous l'ai dit pas trop le temps de traiter, donc un eptit passage en B&W d'une précédente compo.... au fianl je trouve l'ambiance bien différente :-)
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Bella, cautiously testing the chair only days after I adopted her. The chair had been empty for a few months, Bella needed a new home & I needed a cat. Now, she “knows” the chair belongs to her, though I’m usually allowed to share it!
Happy Caturday
Gloucester beaches allow dogs on the beach from October 1 through March 31. On this beach, Good Harbor, they may be off leash only on even-numbered days, but only on odd-numbered days on the other major beach in town. I'm sure there's a good reason. Or a least a reason.
I went to the beach the other day. I looked up, and I looked down. There were good things to see. Intentional failure to see the big picture.
August 15, 1989 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Kodak Tri-X negative copied with a Nikon D810 using the Nikon ES-1 slide copier. I expanded the opening in an old plastic slide mount to allow room for the borders around the image. Mild tweaking in Photoshop.
That right there is some of the best skies I've ever shot, those bright colors streaking across the sky, something only a sunrise could give (a sundown gives more pink and red).
For those who do not remember my story from the other Iverson post, allow me to reiterate. Earlier in my photo career, before DirtyGlassEye, I was given a task to get 5 separate photos, all at a different time of day, and in a different location. I tried hard not to rely on Hood as my subject cause 1. It wasn't out a whole lot this season, 2. Everyone else does that here.
I arrived at the tulip fields when it was still dark and set up shop at the edge of the blooming fields (they change the pad locations every year to keep the soil pure, or at least that's what I've heard). It was around 40-50 degrees, a little chilly, but just the way I like it. If you're in the Pacific Northwest and don't like the cold then what ya doin here at all?
Anyways, I combed the rows for a bit before I found this pink John Deer which would be a great subject. So I setup and waited. Now that I think about it, I should've brought a foldable chair, fortunately the ground was dry and not muddy, it's been a little while since it last rained.
After about an hour the sky started to light up, with the sun still out of the frame and clouds reaching across my backdrop I stood there and shot. It could not have been more perfect. Because the light on the flowers wasn't that great I just made it lighter in editing, but that sky is still in it's original state. For how much I chastised the sky in my other shots, calling it the most uncooperative element of all my photos (and I stand by that), for this particular shot, it could not have been better.
Mayo - 2017
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SUNSET - Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2020 - Florida Everglades
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Early afternoon upon entering Glacier National Park. We came in from this end coming from Yellowstone. Only ended up here for this one time ... next time I go to Glacier will make sure I spend a night to two at this end of the large park ... sunrise and sunset from this spot would be so cool to capture.
Layering the ND filters here allows for a nice midday painting I think. The clouds streaming against the blue Montana sky was perfect.
Well having a short day of class allowed me to take a drive, going on a hunch I headed to the Maryland & Delaware's Centerville line. I got into Massey, MD just in time to get the crew rolling two cars past Alco RS3M #1202. The Alco tacked onto the 2 cars and proceeded to take them to Wegner Feed before being done for the day. Photo taken in Massey, MD Sept 7, 2017
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Hair Stealthic Ardesia
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Shoes [Enchante] Hattie Heels
Dawn is also wearing the Sassy Dress Maio can be purchased in single colors and or fatpack
Back Drop
FOXCITY Photo Booth Cozy Balcony
FOXCITY Chilling Bento Pose set
Zaria pose 5
Dawn pose 3
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The Collingwood Centre, Nelson
Conceived as two wings linked by a full height glass atrium, the Collingwood Centre is situated on the inner city fringe, straddling 105-111 Collingwood Street. This commercial development took five years in its planning, design, documentation and construction.
The brief from the clients was simple, “we don’t want a box”. What they did want was a modern, sustainable, commercial shell to allow medical and professional tenants to co-locate.
The building is orientated on the site to address the Collingwood and St Johns Street corner, to provide a visual link across the road to Buxton car park and provide an active frontage along Collingwood Street. The vehicle access is via an entry off Collingwood Street to discreet parking along the side of the site and at the rear, exiting onto St Johns Lane.
Timber battens adorn the exterior and wrap into the full height entry void serving as a wayfinding mechanism. They also act as sun and privacy screens and provide a softer skin over the precast concrete panels. Low maintenance materials have been selectively wrapped around main structural elements, some of which have been expressed on the interior and exterior of the building.
A DNA styled façade above a trickling water feature draws users to the main entry atrium where they can orientate themselves within the building. The full height structural concrete wall creates a central spine to the building and acts to passively regulate the atrium temperature in conjunction with auto opening skylights above.
From: www.resene.co.nz/total-colour-awards/14c-The-Collingwood-...
Build during the 16th Century the house is built on a platform with a small arched opening which allows the river to flow underneath the floor. There is a trapdoor in the floor which allows the Monk's to drop a net to catch fish. Local stories tell of a line connected to the kitchen in the monastery to alert the Monk's of a fresh catch of fish.
The Steamtown train has arrived at Moscow, Pennsylvania. In a series of moves similar to those done in Elmhurst the previous season, the first locomotive of the double-headed train has cut off and has pulled into a facing point siding. The second locomotive, in this case an SW7, is seen here pulling the train under the former DL&W/EL signal bridge in Moscow so the lead loco can couple onto the other end of the train and pull it back to Scranton. Before much longer, the passing siding in the foreground will be rehabilitated, allowing a single-locomotive train to accomplish the run.
this ruby-throated hummingbird appears to have no wings, since the shutter could not catch up with the 80 beats per second! Fun fact: hummingbirds don't flap their wings but rotate in a figure 8 to allow backward and hovering ability.
happy to find this little guy in my yard. don't know how he allowed a macro but he did. couldn't quite get all of him in focus due to the aperture and poor light...
peace to flow
into you as
sunshine flows
into trees.
~ John Muir 🍂💛💚🍂
Tanawha Trail Bridge of Blue Ridge Parkway.