View allAll Photos Tagged BuiltToLast
This trestle needs a train! This classic train bridge was built in 1931 to replace an earlier one from the late 1800s. Still used by Canadian Pacific Rail trains to cross the Grand River in Paris, Ontario.
I am doing the unheard of flickr thing and posting 3 photos at once. A little hike/photo adventure to Chute Lake yielded more exciting photos than I have ever taken in one sitting.
My 'sherpa' for this walk was Mandy. Her landscape shots are exceptional and will have you yearning for a hike in BC. We are living proof that SOOC people and NOT-SO-SOOC people are fundamentally the same. We need and love the light. And the light on this morning was extraordinary.
This photo is part of the Halton Hills Camera Club's exhibition "12X12" currently on display at the Helson Gallery in Georgetown. Twelve local creatives set a monthly challenge over the past year and then chose the images that best met their challenge to be a part of the exhibition. The theme that inspired "LENNOX-10952 is BUILT TO LAST, set by Marko Barak, designer at Circus.
Here Comes The Sun !.
The only bit of sun for days here in the world's capital, Leyton, East London.
Removed and replaced by those with a lack of taste, June 2023.
LR3139
January 27, 2012.
I am in love with this. (I'll be shooting her prewedding photos/videos and this is an outtake of today's)
I have a fascination with wedding dresses. tulle. fluffy skirts. collarbones. delicate fingers. lace. white. vignettes. fragility. eyelashes. soft things.
new video on youtube ll facebook ll if you want to ask anything
i'm getting bored with the 365 Days
not a good sign. most days i'd rather just read a book. or go out and take pictures of other people. (hello?!?!? photographer here, right?) still, i'm committed to completion. even if it means crappy photos with the camera tossed on the floor somewhere snapping me as i do more of my reading for second sunday.
__________
Highest position in Explore: 130 on Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wave action on the Nahoon coastline in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The lighting was as a result of a storm in the background and the rising sun to the left.
John & Tina Reid | Commercial Portfolio | Photography Blog | Travel Flickr Group
Craig 'The Postman' Houston crushing the classic Froggatt Edge testpiece with his unconventional beta.
(30 / 8a+ / 5.13c)
Stability over chaos. Rare stays rare for a reason. When it's solid, it's not replaceable. #BuiltToLast
You only live once, so live on your terms.
Built to last
The steps leading to the Chapter House and beyond that the Vicars' Hall, Wells Cathedral
It's been a while since I did any HDR stuff - and the Natural History Museum in London really is an excellent subject!
Hello to all my flickr friends - will be catching up with you next week.
I know because it says so on it...
This is actually a image of black wire wheel in colour, with chrome spinner hub lock.
“At its founding, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) inherited the Army's Jupiter and Redstone test stands, but much larger facilities were needed for the giant stages of the Saturn V. From 1960 to 1964, the existing stands were remodeled and a sizable new test area was developed. The new comprehensive test complex for propulsion and structural dynamics was unique.
Construction of the S-IC Static test stand complex began in 1961 in the west test area of MSFC, and was completed in 1964. The S-IC static test stand was designed to develop and test the 138-ft long and 33-ft diameter Saturn V S-IC first stage, weighing in at 280,000 pounds. Required to hold down the brute force of a 7,500,000-pound thrust produced by 5 F-1 engines, the S-IC static test stand was designed and constructed with the strength of hundreds of tons of steel and 12,000,000 pounds of cement, planted down to bedrock 40 feet below ground level. The foundation walls, constructed with concrete and steel, are 4 feet thick. The base structure consists of four towers with 40-foot-thick walls extending upward 144 feet above ground level. The structure was topped by a crane with a 135-foot boom. With the boom in the upright position, the stand was given an overall height of 405 feet, placing it among the highest structures in Alabama at the time. In addition to the stand itself, related facilities were constructed during this time. Built northeast of the stand was a newly constructed Pump House. Its function was to provide water to the stand to prevent melting damage during testing. The water was sprayed through small holes in the stand's 1900-ton flame deflector at the rate of 320,000 gallons per minute. In this photo, possibly taken late-1963 - early/mid-1964, the flame deflector is being installed in the S-IC test stand.”
The above is taken from the caption to one of the “NASA on The Commons”-posted photographs linked below, with minor paraphrasing of the portion specifically pertaining to the image.
So, this is the camera that has been my trusty, field-tested workhorse for the last 6 months!
Purchased it in mid May of this year, started using it heavily mid June, and it is now almost the new year and I remain very satisfied with it!
This little powerhouse has been responsible for 19 Explored photos between mid August and now, many more truly beautiful but sadly un-Explored photos, and got me my first three photos on Getty Images! I have really learned its capabilities and some tricks to squeeze some extra performance out of it, and I am sure I will still discover some new, cool stuff about it as I continue to use it.
It will always have a special place in my heart no matter what other cameras I use in the future as it was this little camera that really helped bring my photography up to the next level, and made me realize what amazing photographic possibilities lay beyond the realm of the cheap point and shoot!
Paid just over 300 dollars for it, and have gotten MUCH more than my moneys worth out of it; for what it is, a humble little bridge camera, this thing has some pretty serious capabilities if you know how to use it; great zoom, versatile flash, very decent photo quality at high zoom levels and ISO's, great dynamic range, really amazing macro function, etc.
I AM starting to get frustrated with being unable to control aperture or F-stop settings, and the fact that you cannot attach any lenses to it, but hey, I always knew I was going to buy a DSLR sometime in the (hopefully near!) future anyway, and until then, I will continue having a blast with this little guy!
Thank you, all my flickr friends, for your continuing support, encouragement, and feedback on my work with this camera, I am so glad you all like it!
Oh, and it is in top of Christmas presents because I needed something to prop it up on for its self-timer'd photo in the mirror, and because, hey, it's the Holiday Season!
I also flipped the canvas horizontally in The Shop so the text on the camera could be more easily read.
Brooklyn Bridge, September 2015.
Although the Brooklyn Bridge is technically a suspension bridge, it uses a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge design. The towers are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The granite blocks were quarried and shaped on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, under a contract with the Bodwell Granite Company, and delivered from Maine to New York by schooner.
The bridge was built with numerous passageways and compartments in its anchorages. New York City rented out the large vaults under the bridge's Manhattan anchorage in order to fund the bridge. Opened in 1876, the vaults were used to store wine, as they were always at 60 °F (16 °C). This was called the "Blue Grotto" because of a shrine to the Virgin Mary next to an opening at the entrance. When New York visited one of the cellars about 102 years later, in 1978, it discovered, on the wall, a "fading inscription" reading: "Who loveth not wine, women and song, he remaineth a fool his whole life long."
Source: Wikipedia
12-10-2014
My converse Chuck taylors
All stars
5 country's over 28 states soaked in multiple bodies of water, weird fluids, paint, ink, blood... and LOVE
Nikon d700
nikon 70-200mm
1/80 f2.8
Another legend of obsolete technology. Arguably an even better tape than the Sony Metal Master, the TDK MA-XG had a metal frame which was visible through the clear shell. They weigh more than the average cell phone, but were about the best option for recording live music back when I was carrying around a Sony D-5 and a pair of Naks.
My mother bought this for me in 1971 when it came out. I still have it, it's still working, and I still use it. I've never had another one. I'm posting this for a couple of reasons - first, it just goes to show that companies can make things that last decades if they feel like it. And second, design since the 60 and 70s has not superseded that era either in style or longevity.
Looks like the Braun HLD 6/61 but actually says it's a P-1000C. (?) I'm wondering if it's an early prototype.
The dryer is put together with screws not glue, so you can take it apart and repair and clean it. Every time I look at it, it makes me lament the ugliness and waste of most design since. Apparently this hair dryer is in the MOMA Permanent Collection and you can see why.
This HLD 6/61 is slightly different than the examples you usually see online, which have a bevel at the gun end and buttons where a trigger would be, at the front of the handle. The buttons here are on the side instead - I think it's probably the very first model before later modifications. (Maybe it even has a different model number?)
Anyway, it just goes to show that you can build tools and appliances to last, if you feel like it. This can't have been that expensive in 1971 because my parents were living on a shoestring. Though my science-y father knew tools and would have felt it was cheaper in the long run to buy things that were well made. We could do this again. If our species survives.
A former hotel sign, just catching the morning sunlight. This sign now adorns a bar, it presumably remains there, due to listed status of the building frontage.
twitter.com/KeltruckLtd/status/1024301319484579840
A timeless classic #Scania R143 Streamline restored by #Keltruck for #BallTruckin & displayed at the #LordMayorsShow in the #CityOfLondon keltruckscania.com/about-keltruck/news-centre/press-relea... #ClassicScania #ScaniaClassics #ScaniaHeritage #BuiltToLast #MadeToLast #RestoredByKeltruck
#BallTrucking #Atherstone #Warks balltruckin.co.uk
twitter.com/KeltruckLtd/status/1024301319484579840
A timeless classic #Scania R143 Streamline restored by #Keltruck for #BallTruckin & displayed at the #LordMayorsShow in the #CityOfLondon keltruckscania.com/about-keltruck/news-centre/press-relea... #ClassicScania #ScaniaClassics #ScaniaHeritage #BuiltToLast #MadeToLast #RestoredByKeltruck
#BallTrucking #Atherstone #Warks balltruckin.co.uk
my foundation and source of strength. My parents or the PUs as we call them when referring to them together. Always showing in their words and actions what unconditional love really looks like, sounds like and feels like. they have been married 62 years.
twitter.com/KeltruckLtd/status/1024301319484579840
A timeless classic #Scania R143 Streamline restored by #Keltruck for #BallTruckin & displayed at the #LordMayorsShow in the #CityOfLondon keltruckscania.com/about-keltruck/news-centre/press-relea... #ClassicScania #ScaniaClassics #ScaniaHeritage #BuiltToLast #MadeToLast #RestoredByKeltruck
#BallTrucking #Atherstone #Warks balltruckin.co.uk
twitter.com/KeltruckLtd/status/1022147452399480835
A timeless classic #Scania R143 Streamline restored by #Keltruck for #BallTruckin & displayed at the #LordMayorsShow in the #CityOfLondon keltruckscania.com/about-keltruck/news-centre/press-relea... #ClassicScania #ScaniaClassics #ScaniaHeritage #BuiltToLast #MadeToLast #RestoredByKeltruck
#BallTrucking #Atherstone #Warks balltruckin.co.uk
One of the traditional events during Het Rondje Vierhouten, is a show with antique tractors. This is a McCormick Farmall Super FC-D.
One of the traditional events during Het Rondje Vierhouten, is a show with antique tractors. This is a Lanz Bulldog, with its distinctive hot bulb engine.