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A fancy apartment building on Worthing seafront.
The white railings against a dark background reminded me of industrial machine belts.
Struttura con pannello di controllo. Sala Borsa Interno. Structure with control panel. Sala Borsa. Interior. Bologna 2021
Kinda creepy, but also kinda cool at the same time. They move, make noise and light up. Bits and pieces of this and that.
subZERO Festival in downtown San José, California.
It's a hard job but someone has got to do it ofcorse with the latest state of the art space age automation hover tractor technology from Khandobotics PVT.
Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using its "Artistic" Ai model.
Filters: PS Beta 2023, Topaz Sharpen Ai, Topaz Studio.
A bit of hand painting.
This began as all hot pink. I used the "Adjustments" tab set of filters in PS to bring in green/lilac tones, then added several layers of "difference" or "exclusion" on top. The final saturation and texture modifications are multiple Topaz Studio looks. I'm guessing that this is about 20 layers in total.
Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.
Even though steel production has been relatively stable for last 30 years in U.S., labor has decreased by 42% due to automation, leaving towns like Gary, Indiana with neighborhoods like this.
Kinda creepy, but also kinda cool at the same time. Bits and pieces of things, put together so they move, make noises and flash lights. But probably not for the kids.
subZERO Festival in downtown San José, California.
This image was created as a “hero” image for a section of my upcoming book, Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet - skycrystals.ca/product/pre-order-macro-photography-the-un... . A colourful portion of the wing of a Madagascan Sunset butterfly (Chrysiridia rhipheus), shot with a 20x microscope objective.
These kinds of images are difficult to accomplish simply because the subject is so small and it was intentionally photographed on an angle. The butterfly wing was not parallel to the focal plane of the camera, which would have made this slightly easier to shoot but would also lack depth. How much is actually in focus in a single image? Well, take a look at one of the frames that went into making this: donkom.ca/bts/PDKP5901.jpg
Photographed with a Mitutoyo Plan APO 20x microscope objective mounted on an old Canon FD 200mm F/4 telephoto lens to function as a “tube lens” for the infinity-corrected objective, the only think needed to make this work is to use a 52mm – M26 step-down filter thread and to set the tube lens focus to infinity. Here’s a shot of the behind-the-scenes setup which shows you all of the ingredients: donkom.ca/bts/_1090434.jpg
Those ingredients are:
Bulb blower to clean dust off the specimen!
Automated focusing rail. In this case I’m using the StackShot from Cognisys but I also have a Novoflex Castel Micro on the way to compare. Automation is extremely helpful when shooting at magnifications such as this.
Lumix S1R. I was pleasantly surprised at the resolving power of this microscope objective, showing incredible detail on this 47MP camera body!
Canon FD 200mm F/4 + 20x objective, as discussed above.
Yongnuo YN-14EX II ring flash – my new favourite ring flash!
Platypod Max + Gooseneck arms and crab clamps to hold the ring flash. The angle of shooting required that the ring be positioned off camera, and with this setup I could easily manipulate the position with slight adjustments and get it very close to the subject. I believe they still have a bundle on sale: platypod.com/tripods/max-macro-bundle
Bolt P12 battery pack, allowing the flash to fire with an additional 12 AA batteries… helpful when you know a lot of images are going to be shot!
How many images for this sequence? It’s my biggest stack ever at 991 frames. I could have probably gotten away with around 700 images or so, but a greater degree of overlap was helpful to remove some flare effects off of the wing by certain stacking algorithms. Zerene Stacker and two of the Helicon Focus modes failed, one of them worked (Mode B) to create decent results with just some clean-up work in Photoshop.
The headquarters of Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee, WI features two large industrial buildings, connected by a six-story skywalk and crowned with what was for 50 years the world's largest four-sided clock.
Reprocessing in HOO
Optic: Astrograph 130/520
Mount: AP GTO1200
Camera: QSI 583wsg
Filters: 31mm unmounted Astrodon gen. 2
Frames: Ha 3nm: 21X600sec - OIII 3nm: 23X600sec - RGB 5X600sec each Bin1 -20°
Autoguider: ZWO ASI290MM mini on ZWO 30 F/4, Phd guiding
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop
NINA automation
March Point. Padilla Bay/Fidalgo Bay.
"The Washington population of the Black Oystercatcher is estimated to be roughly 400 birds. This number is probably not significantly different from the historical population, as these birds require fairly specialized habitat, which is not evenly distributed. Oystercatchers are highly vulnerable to human disturbance, oil spills, and pollution of the intertidal zone. Numbers of Black Oystercatchers on the outer coast may be higher than in the past, in part due to decreased human disturbance resulting from lighthouse automation. Numbers in inland areas, however, have declined in response to increased human activity. The Northern Pacific Coast Regional Shorebird Management Plan has identified the Black Oystercatcher as a regional species of high concern."
"The Black Oystercatcher is restricted in its range, never straying far from shores, in particular favoring rocky shorelines. It has been suggested that this bird is seen mostly on coastal stretches which have some quieter embayments, such as jetty protected areas. It forages in the intertidal zone, feeding on marine invertebrates, particularly molluscs such as mussels, limpets and chitons. It will also take crabs, isopods and barnacles. It hunts through the intertidal area, searching for food visually, often so close to the water's edge it has to fly up to avoid crashing surf. It uses its strong bill to dislodge food and pry shells open.".
Automate the observatory with two telescopes is much more difficult than with one.
Here I'm imaging NGC 891 with both telescopes and then the humidity reaches the maximum threshold, so both mounts get parked and the roof is closed.
Simi Valley, CA
Not sure how old this truck is. I don't think GI was too big on MSLs, since all they really had was FELs until automation came in.
Sample shot for the Exposure.Detroit Woodward: Mile By Mile Project
The Albert Kahn designed Ford Model T Plant. Starting place of the mass production assembly line one turning out over nine thousand vehicles at its peak and raising standards of living for those fortunate enough to find work there.
First successful fully automated run. Other than hitting the power buttons the scope ran itself- from unparking to parking at the end. A bright moon, so I stuck with a trusty favorite the Perseus double cluster through the more forgiving 320mm fl apo.
I will also be able to "delay start" when darkness comes late (like in June) or when a target doesn't rise until after bedtime. I haven't tried yet, but the goal is to also be able to run multiple targets as darkness allows. A rare clear winter night around here is about 18 hours long, enough for 3 full imaging runs.
My point, certainly, is not to let the thing run while I sit inside and eat potato chips, more to give the flexibilty to do other things without having to babysit the imaging. Other things could be visual telescoping, going to the park for the view to the south, or I guess sitting on the sofa and eating potato chips.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Astro-Tech AT66ED
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY163C
Mounts
Celestron Omni CG-4
Accessories
Astro-Tech .8x Reducer/Field Flattener · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Sept. 5, 2022
Frames:
161×120″(5h 22′)
Integration:
5h 22′
Avg. Moon age:
9.28 days
Avg. Moon phase:
69.64%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 6272151
RA center: 02h19m07s.2
DEC center: +57°06′36″
Pixel scale: 2.423 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 113.026 degrees
Field radius: 1.918 degrees
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Resolution: 4528x3462
File size: 22.9 MB
Data source: Backyard
The second prototype for my latest Mindstorms project, which will hopefully become an automatic LEGO mosaic printer.
Info, commentary and video of it in action can be found in the video: youtu.be/r8OQDy29yJU
A pair of R188 trains approach 111th St station on the Flushing Line. The (7) train at left is operating under automatic train control on the CBTC-equipped main track, and the out-of-service one at right is (to my knowledge) being operated manually by the yard operator into the pocket track. This also explains the difference in speed between the two trains, as the one at right was creeping along very slowly and the one at left was easily going three times as fast! It was quite lucky that they met in the clear space where they did!
R188 (7) (Kawasaki, 2011-2016)
111th St station
Flushing Line - IRT
The latest update to my LEGO Mindstorms printer project, with the scanning functionality all working.
I'm not sure I can really call this a prototype anymore, since it is pretty much fully functional, but there is still work to do.
Info, commentary and footage of it in action can be found in the video: youtu.be/iyQCMP2kqs0
Home interior with fireplace and sofas 3D rendering. See more at www.firstpriorityaudio.com
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