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General freight box car built in 2008. It was rebuilt in 7-studs-wide convention and exists together with brown and sand-green variations of this one :)
The old phone box in Crudwell lights up at dusk. As does the Best Western Mayfield Hotel across The Street.
The Story
In the summer I was lucky enough to spend 3 weeks on a Route 69 Road Trip in the USA. Part of the trip took us to The Joshua Tree National Park on the edge of which this shot was taken. In the UK we dont hve mail boxes so this was a real novelty to me and my kiddies
The Shot
3 exposure shot (-1,0,+1) from using my D200 and a Nikon 12-24mm lens handheld
Opened in Photomatix with detail enhancer set to default.
Then modified using Topaz Adjust , to increase colour and sharpness.
Saturation then boosted and areas of noise reduced.
The noise reduced with Noiseware .
Sensor dust spots and blemishes removed and frame added.
Music
Return to Sender- Elvis Presley
The Book
Animals in My Mailbox by Joseph Golden
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This is not my photo
This photo is used for editing with kind permission for Craig from "Portraits from Craig"
Original can be found here:
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This old box was sitting in front of an old, abandoned house over in the edge of Tennessee.
Texture by JoesSistah
There are only 161 boxes in the country with the Edward VIII cypher, this one in Winchester could do with a bit of tender care.
This is my take on a 3 string cigar box slide guitar.
This was my first build of a cigar box guitar, and as you can probably guess i didn't use a cigar box and instead i used an old wooden chess board i had in the house, which i think gave the guitar a fantastic look right from the start.
I pieced together ideas from various sources but mainly a great book i got online which was very helpful.
As i was finding it quite difficult to get my hands on hardwood i had to use what i could and due to that i decided to make this one fretless as i couldn't a suitable piece.
The overall cost of this guitar was around £30 and sounds really cool.
Materials -
wooden chess board
Red Meranti for the neck
Oak for the headstock add on and bridges.
Now just to learn how to play it before i build my next!
Boxes stamped with Yellow Owl Workshop's Cityscape set. Very happy-making.
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I only need five more blocks, but I think I may start to arrange these a bit so I can see how much white I want in those last five blocks. I got a kick out of the blocks on the top right...just a half inch square surrounded by white :)
Montmeló, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The pits usually comprise of a pit lane which runs parallel to the start/finish straight and is connected at each end to the main track, and a row of garages (usually one per team) outside which the work is done. Pit stop work is carried out by anywhere from five to twenty mechanics (also called a pit crew), depending on the series, while the driver waits in the vehicle (except where a driver change is involved).
In Formula One, cars make pit stops with the primary purpose of refueling and changing tyres, although during the 2005 season tyre changing during the race was prohibited. Teams sometimes also make adjustments to the front and rear wings and perform minor repairs, most commonly replacing the nose and front wing assembly. Pit strategies generally call for between one and three scheduled stops, depending on the course.
When the car is approximately one lap away from making its stop, the team's pit crew will set up fresh tyres and all needed pit equipment. Because of the overhead fuel and pneumatic rig, the team may have all pit mechanics in position prior to the car's arrival, with the exception of the rear jack man.
A pit stop involves about twenty mechanics, with the aim of completing the stop as quickly as possible. It lasts for six to twelve seconds depending on how much fuel is put into the car. However, if there is a problem, such as a fuel pump failing or the engine stalling, or repairs having to be made, it can take much longer. Cars are fuelled at a rate of more than 12 litres per second. This is accomplished by a fairly complex closed system that pumps air out of the car's fuel tank as the fuel is being pumped in.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_stop
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CASTELLANO
Los boxes comprenden el "pit lane", o carril de boxes, que corre paralelo a la recta de salida/meta y conectado a ella por los extremos, y una hilera de garajes (normalmente uno por equipo). El trabajo de la parada en boxes, que se lleva a cabo fuera de los garages, lo realiza un equipo de entre 5 y 20 mecánicos dependiendo del tipo de deporte, mientras el piloto espera en el vehÃculo (excepto cuando hay cambio de piloto).
En Fórmula 1, los coches hacen una parada en boxes con el prpósito principal de recargar combustible y cambiar ruedas, aunque en la temporada 2005 estuvo prohibido el cambio de ruedas. Los equipos a veces hacen ajustes en los alerones delanteros y traseros, asà como reparaciones menores, como cambiar el morro. Las estrategias de boxes suelen comprender entre una y tres paradas, dependiendo de la carrera.
Cuando el coche está a una vuelta de la parada, el equipo de boxes prepara ruedas nuevas y todo el equipamiento necesario. Todos los mecánicos están en sus posiciones cuando llega el coche, excepto el encargado del elevador trasero.
Una parada en boxes implica veinte mecánicos, con el objetivo de completar la parada en el mÃnimo tiempo posible, que son entre seis y doce segundos dependiendo de la cantidad de combustible repostada. Sin embargo, su ocurre un problema como un fallo en la bomba de combustible o una parada de motor, o hay reparaciones adicionales, el tiempo se puede prolongar. Los coches repostan a razón de 12 litros por segundo. Este rápido repostaje se lleva a cabo por un complejo sistema cerrado que bombea aire fuera del depósito a medida que se llena de combustible.
Welton Gate Box is situated between Melton Lane and Brough on the Gilberdyke to Hull line.
The gates are normally closed to road users and the signals in the off position. Because of the close proximity of the boxes to one another we see Melton Lane's distant signal sharing the same posts as Welton's home signal. in the opposite direction Brough Easts distant signal is similarly mounted beneath Welton's home peg.
Here the driver gives a wave as 185126 glides by the crossing at 15.19 hrs with 1K16 the 13.41 Manchester Piccadily - Hull Paragon service, seen on Friday 31st July 2015.
Another rest day !!! That's two in two weeks.
I'm very conscious that whilst I have these signalling riches on my doorstep I need to get them visited as soon enough I'll be moving on and they'll be a whole lot trickier to find time to visit. Rest days are few and far between but a concerted effort needs to be made to get out more with the camera.
This one saw a very leisurely start visiting in this order
Hull Paragon
Hessle Road
Welton Gate Box
Melton Lane
Crabley Creek
Five very different boxes
I took a myriad of shots , if and when time allows I'll return with more signalling type shots but for now I have just posted one for each location and all featuring a train.
All visited on Friday 31st July 2015
Manufactured by Agfa Kamerawerk AG, Munich, West Germany
Model: c.1956, (produced between 1949-58)
also known Agfa Box 600, a version of Box 50
Box film camera, film 120 roll, format 6x9cm
Lens: 105mm f/11 single-element meniscus
Aperture: f/11 and f/16,
setting: a pull-out tab above the shutter release, without pulling out the tab setting on the large aperture, when pulling out, the first stop (a dot) is for small aperture and the second (filter) stop is for larger aperture w/ yellow filter,
Focusing: fixed focus
Focus range: 3m - inf
Shutter: Instant-return self-cocking shutter, simple spring, w/sliding aperture disc
Speeds: 1/50 +B
Setting: by a small sliding lever above the shutter release:
the dot is for speed and the long line is for B setting
Cocking and Shutter release lever: same, on the lower left side of the camera,
pressing once to downwards the lever cock and release the shutter
Cable release socket: same with flash PC socket, at the corner below the shutter release
Viewfinder: two Bright magnifying viewfinders on top and right sides of the camera,
w/ polished steel reflectors
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Flash PC socket: special for dedicated Agfa Clibo-Blitz flash, same with cable release socket, at the corner below the shutter release
Synchro term in the name is for flash sync shutter
Cold-shoe: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Hinged, w/ red window, opens by pressing the carrying strap knob on top of the camera
Film loading: via a removable cone magazine ( the lens on it !..), open the back cover, then pull out the winding handle when rotating, and then pull out the inner part of the camera, then insert the film roll to the lower plate, and place it to the upper take up spool, then insert the film magazine into the camera and pull in the winding lever, then close the back cover, wind the film until the number 1 visible in the red window
Sticker on the magazine: Agfa Isopan Film
Tripod sockets: 1/4'', two, left and bottom sides of the camera
Buttons for hand grip on top of the camera
Body: metal, Weight: 412g
serial no. none
The optics are rather simple, so image quality is a bit better than a toy camera, but not significantly so. Photographs can have the dreamy soft focus like Holga pictures, but unlike toy cameras, image quality is fairly sharp throughout the photograph with little or no vignetting around the edges. Also, the large negative size is a definite plus, just print contact sheets from Synchro-Box negatives.
The Milwaukee Railroad E57B Box Cab Locomotive in Harlowton,Montana.
This electric locomotive saw many,many years of service on the line between Harlo and Avery,Idaho.
My recently acquired Japanese Sankyo music box 72N 3Airs (72 notes 3 songs)
This glass model is made by the Japanese Music Box Company, NIDEC
It plays 72notes 3 songs by FF Chopin :
polonaise
tristesse
fantasie impromptu op.66
Japan is the only Asian country which manufacture high end mechanical winding music box.
These damn things have always fascinate me. It's interesting to see how the pins on the cylinder pluck the tuned comb as it rotates sounding out the beautifully resonant notes.
By arranging the pins and fashioning the comb teeth to reproduce specific notations in the musical scale it could made to produce an endless array of tunes very much like a mechanical piano. Brilliant idea. These are the great grand father of the record player and CD player.
Another design is by using a rotating disc with specifically cut hooks which strike a star wheel to produce the required musical tones. Both design are mechanical marvels.
I love them all
My latest work: 3 box shelves turned into shadow box assemglages. I collaged the back and attached it to box shelves, then added shells. A nice way to welcome the warm days ahead.
The bottom box is the last one I have left, available in my etsy shop.
A view of the signals and signal boxes looking north from Leicester station. It doesn't look like this any more!
Alston signal box is a North Eastern Railway (NER) type S5 structure that originally stood at Ainderby rebuilt on a new brick base here at Alston in 1991 the box contains a 21-lever McKenzie & Holland frame.
Here 4 wheel battery electric locomotive No 21 'Carlisle' built by Clayton for Metronet Rail/Transport for London, is captured bringing in the ecs for the 10.30 Alston-Slaggyford (11.05) service on the South Tynedale Railway.
The South Tynedale Railway is a preserved 2ft narrow gauge railway and at 875ft is 2nd second highest after the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.
The line currently runs from Alston (Cumbria) to Slaggyford (Northumberland) which is 5 miles long and runs along the southern section of the trackbed, of the former 13 mile Haltwhistle to Alston Branch Line which was closed by British Rail on the 3rd May 1976.
5th September 2023
We have some Irish friends, who think Cape Cod is just about all right, particularly Provincetown. We are much of their opinion. But they never go there without being entirely grossed out by all the salt water taffy. Taffy, pronounced with an aggressively flat æ digraph, is a soft, sticky candy that is always sold wrapped up in a twist of wax paper, to protect it, presumably, from the moist sea air. I haven't been anywhere, on either coast, where it isn't made and sold as a necessary part of the shore experience. I don't think the tourists would ever go home, if it wasn't for this stuff, ripping out their fillings.
I sometimes think that our Irish friends take exception to the pronunciation of the word, perhaps thinking it's a Yankee mangling of the insular English word, toffee. Indeed, we have toffee, too, but it's a different animal, entirely. Maybe they resent the use of a word that is a tribal slur in England for the Welsh. Hard to say. They might not have a taste for it. I mean, they actually eat and enjoy Turkish delight, which is just nasty.
Oh, yes, this box suggests a piece of salt water taffy to me. I'm highly impressionable and maybe a little impressionistic.
And in more than one box too! Packing up the house this week in advance of a house move.
Today I packed away all of Joannas stuff - clothes, wigs etc etc. De-princessing on a major scale.
They say there's money to be made from photography - maybe not by the photographer through!
And this is only one box!
The portfolio box I made myself for a job interview with a portrait studio. I got a second interview!
A lovely Topper Made by persons unknown decorated the post-box outside the Post Office in Swanage, Dorset.
Paper: 10 cm, DC for the lid
Modules: 4 + 4
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Beautiful Origami Boxes 1 p. 37-40, p. 46
Arrived at Penmaenmawr just as the 1I16, Holyhead - Birmingham International arrived in the station. With passengers waiting there was just enough time to get onto the footbridge for the departure.Two 2-car units,the second one, 150-259 still in Arriva trains livery !
Design: Clemente Giusto
One Sheet Origami Box
Measurement of paper: 15 cm x 12 cm / 5.9 in x 4.7 in
Article to this design: origamitutorials.com/one-sheet-rectangular-origami-box/
The majestic Victorian signal box at Shrewsbury Shropshire (UK)
Lovely shot of a fantastic structure from David's archives and posted here with kind permission.
1. Memory Box for Spring Baby Isabella, 2. collagette "Housewife" April 2008, 3. ATC rose dream, 4. set of rose hangers, 5. Sweet Vintage Rose- teabox, 6. felted May cone, 7. noteboard, 8. A rose is a rose ATC's, 9. rosecup, 10. rose plaque, 11. round robin journal international, 12. collagette "Housewife" March 2008, 13. set of rose coasters, 14. message board with pink rose, 15. flowered trinket box, 16. tissue box holder with vintage roses