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A fancy apartment building on Worthing seafront.
The white railings against a dark background reminded me of industrial machine belts.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Industrial automation is always interesting, because nothing ever stays the same. On the right is an Opto 22 R1 Programmable Automation Controller, (PAC); the original version was released over 20 years ago, but due to an increasing shortage of its aging processor, a complete redesign using a modern processor was required. The important thing for us is to try to make the new version a drop-in replacement for the original so the customers can continue to use all of their existing programming without any modifications. I've been privileged to work with a talented team of co-workers who have worked for at least a year to make this happen. We're finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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.
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
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S.S. LaBeouf in W.O. Stone 2010: WS: Money never sleeps.
Cfr. notes (1-18) over the above image.
NOTES
1. Windscreen-integrated MR-HUD + 3D holographic dashboard. 2. C-ABS, AWTVS, s-ϑ-v sensors on front & rear wheels. 3. Öhlins FGR300 Carbon ⌀60×S130 mm AS front fork. 4. 355mm T5 CCTi front brake vented discs. 5. Brembo GP5 front brake 4-piston fixed calipers. 6. 220mm T5 CCTi rear brake vented disc @ dx side. 7. Brembo GP5 rear brake 2-piston fixed caliper @ dx side. 8. BST GP Tek front + rear wheels (1.7+2.4 Kg). 9. 120/60ZR17 front tire. 10. 200/55ZR17 rear tire. 11. 525 17/46 drive chain. 12. 66.4° steering head angle. 13. 200° front/rear cameras. 14. Öhlins Carbon BDB50 S117mm AS rear shock absorber. 15. AWARHD. 16. M winglets provide 160N @300kph. 17. ϑ°ₘₐₓ 70°. 18. Lateral battery packs with the additional function of gyroscopic stabilizers.
Pₘₐₓ = Fₓ v = 2⁻¹ Cₓ A ρ vₘₐₓ³ → vₘₐₓ = ∛(2Pₘₐₓ Cₓ⁻¹ A⁻¹ ρ⁻¹) ≅ 678.6 km/h (A, frontal area ≅ 0.5 m²). Actual performance would depend on various factors, including aerodynamics, traction, and mechanical limitations. In this simplified model, v primarily depends on P and Cₓ rather than on M, and vₘₐₓ remains the same even with a slightly higher OAM.
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D. Byrne & al. 1983: This must be the place.
K. Gamble & al. 1973: For the love of money.
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