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Lancer: "ShadowKnight Actual, this is codename Lancer. The mission has met complications, I was unable to take the primary extraction with the rest of the team and need immediate pickup, over."
ShadowKnight Actual: "Acknowledged, Lancer. I'll get back to you on the extraction method. What was the hold-up?"
Lancer: "Uhh... I was holding back hostiles while the team was breaking for the helipad. Nearly made it."
ShadowKnight Actual: "Ah, here we go. We cannot send any more aircraft for your extraction, because the US has finished stalling. Darkwater cannot take the risk of Pan-Asia discovering our cooperation with the United States. The USS Honey Badger has agreed to send a small transport boat to the coordinates 7-5... Here... I marked the extraction point on your NAV system. Copy, over?"
Lancer: "Affirmative ShadowKnight Actual. I have the coordinates."
ShadowKnight Actual: "Lancer, you have a window of 75 minutes to make to the harbor before the boat returns to the carrier. Keep a low profile. I suggest taking a route through alleys or through the sewage system. I must warn you that Tokyo is still on lockdown, which means there is a chance that either civilians or personnel may be lurking within the sewers. Just don't get caught, over."
Lancer: "Copied. In the event that I do not make it to the pickup zone on time, what will happen?"
ShadowKnight Actual: "... Don't let that happen. Over and out."
Reminds me of the old Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog cartoons where the factory whistle blows and they stop chasing each other until the lunch hour is over.
I've seen Robber Flies during their amorous activities many times...but never in this position before! It appears they've learned a new trick from the Kama Sutra!
This is my last click of a shutter for year 2010. Ironically this is also the first upload for 2011. :-) May this brand new year brings more positives to all of us.
Flash fired at 1/16 from the above. Diffused through a light box.
Rest day for me on Monday. Forecast was wall to wall sun down the coast and also throughout the wider Cumbria so I devised a plan.
I was going to shoot the 05.46 BIF - CAR at St. Bees but the lazyarse in me decided to have a couple of snoozes so that decision was revoked in favour of Flimby.
Then a Kingmoor - Sellafield working was activated in the path of the 6C22 flasks so there was another re-jig as the workings would pass at Flimby. There would be better lighting for trains in opposite directions at Workington docks and I would have time to re-frame for a southbound shot following the northbound.
Anyway, here's 37409 at Derwent Junction. Sun's not quite on the nose but you can't have it all.
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Taken during my evening walk today.
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Lego Sopwith Camel F.1 - 1/9.2 scale (uncovered airframe)
I have been contemplating building an uncovered Sopwith Camel for a few years now after I acquired a 1/16 Hasegawa model kit of the same style. I built it alongside my Lego English Electric Lightning F.6, the two models together taking 1.5 years to complete. The scale was defined by the Lego 8x8 dish and 81.6 x 14.2 tyre and results in a model with a wingspan of 93cm. I have owned the two official Lego Sopwith Camel releases to date but the shape and proportions of those kits are very compromised so I liked the idea of producing a “UCS Camel”. The model has functioning control surfaces attached to the control column and rudder, a detailed cockpit and Clerget 9B rotary engine.
In order to make the wings strong enough with very little room for hidden structure I used aftermarket aluminium Lego style liftarms for the wing spars. The main wing, tailplane and undercarriage rigging is made from grey Lego string but the internal rigging and control wires are made from fine gauge steel wire as Lego string was too thick for a scale look. The internal rigging is not structural but the main wing rigging of the model serves a critical purpose as, much like real biplanes, it provides a lot of the strength to support the lower wing dihedral angle that in turn provides support to the upper wing via the cabane struts. Without the tensioned strings the model’s wings would sag considerably.
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An abandoned Castle in Italy in the process of being rescued Non Plus Ultra.
We had been told this beautiful castle in Italy would be a hard one to crack, we made it there early in the morning, only to be surprised by a crowd waiting outside to go in. This castle has been derelict for many years, but once a year its gates are opened so the public can look inside and we had chosen that day to try and get inside. It made our life easier as we joined the tour group and then subsequently got lost inside while they followed the room by room tour.
I have wanted to see this building from the 1600's for years, since I first gazed on its magnificent abandoned beauty in some friends photos. It did not disappoint, room upon room of detail, elegance and decoration like in this one.
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The middle ground is easy to find when the view looks the same in both directions. These symmetrical reflections on Blair Lake gave me pause to engage in some more of my ridiculously fluffy thoughts. I ought to be in Congress--naw, those guys couldn't couldn't agree on the contents of an unopened bag of Doritos.
Blair Lake, North Bloomfield CA
Scaleber Force, near Settle.
Compromise? I always like to give the main falls an exposure around one second, (or much longer) to give a smooth "veil" appearance, however the small lower falls here, with this much water, really looks best IMO with an exposure around 1/4 sec, so this is a compromise, with around 0.5 sec, with neither looking quite as good as I'd like. (I really should try to "blend" the two best exposures in Photoshop, but I've never found my way around with it.)
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A bit of a compromise this one. I desperately want to get back to some traditional landscapes but I also want to publish something different. I need a lot more practice and no small amount of good luck before that happens.
I don't have many unpublished photos in my back catalogue, but this is another one that keeps grabbing my attention, which I quite like. I thinks it;s the palette that appeals to me.
I find the weight in the right of the frame to be a little too unbalanced which is why I haven't published it before.
I was trying to get some more bird shots by the fountain but the bees kept driving them off (kinda odd) So I had to settle for a water shot instead.
This is a shot I captured at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 rally course during the morning rally. I really liked the colour and contrast of this car especially as it was caught in the sun amongst a dark woodland scene.
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I have been led to believe that consumption is good for the economy, that a shortage of supply causes inflation, that inflation is bad, that a chap in NZ had a thought bubble that if more people were unemployed they wouldn't buy stuff, thereby reducing consumption, thus increasing supply and lowering inflation. This curious bowl of spaghetti logic could be all that I know or care of economics. All the same, like other superstitions, what if they are right? I should do my bit…
To my left is one half of Watson's Bay Beach, a strip of golden sand inside Sydney Harbour; and the Vaucluse Yacht Club. In a few weeks time the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race will make a run down the harbour, out through the Heads, hang a tight right, and bolt southward. Today, my little ferry had to give way to one of the aspirants tacking back and forth as it practiced for the big day.
On the right of Watson's Bay is the other half of that unbearably pretty sand and sparkling clear water. Backing it is arguably one of the best known fish restaurants; at least one from long ago. I'm not going in there. Instead I focus on an excellent little fish café on this very jetty. I say excellent, but there is a stupid "NO DOGS" placard on the wall. The other well known fish restaurant is further south from here, and owned by a chap from Cornwall whose Newquay establishment certainly allows dogs; to the extent that when I stepped in without one, I felt underdressed.
Here, on the jetty I consumed excellent fish and chips, and a glacially cold Mexican beer. I say excellent chips, and I mean chips, not "fries", all crispy outside and floury inside; a satisfying mouthful. I didn't eat so much as to compromise supply, and if the boffins are correct, I didn't induce inflation. Alright, maybe my waistline inflated! They really were brilliant fish and chips. I may have eaten too many. I've also heard that food waste is a problem too, so dutifully, I didn't contribute to that either!!
Duty done, another little ferry on this route, maybe a bit lower in the water with fish and chips, "chugs it's way to Circular Quay"…
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The We're Here! gang was visiting the space helmet group yesterday...somehow I thought it was today. LOL
"Will Tahu find the humility and patience to earn deeper knowledge of fire and learn that not everything can be taken by force?"
Fourth creature of the series to make the G2 creatures into large and powerful elemental masters. Ikir came to completion in one day after I began tinkering with his head design. It's a good feeling when a moc comes together straightforwardly.
As usual, I recycled the head, but gave the creature different eyes from the rest. Boat studs made for great bird eyes in this case.
With Ikir, I thought that Tahu's challenge is basically the fact that he can't reach the flying bird. Assuming Tahu is fairly hot tempered, his trial is to learn that he can't simply force and take everything he wants. Instead, with Ikir, he must learn to earn, wait, give and compromise until he finds the connection he needs with Ikir.
This is my current extreme macro setup, which provides just over 10X magnification. "Enhancements" since my previous gear post include improvements to the home-made flash bracket, upgrade from the 90ex to the 270EX II Speedlight and, of course, replacing the EOS M camera body with the EOS M3. Here you can see the "tilty" screen in action (very useful indeed for macro work) and I've also gained an increase in resolution from 18 to 24MP. It's not much for everyday use, but when you are trying to tease out as much detail as possible, every little helps. Unfortunately the exposure compensation dial doesn't automatically swap to flash exposure compensation when you connect an external flash (missed a trick there Canon!) and you can't use the EVF with external flash as the hot shoe is occupied. It's still a great improvement over the original M. I suspect I should start saving for the M4 however, ready for when it is revealed..
It's not too difficult to use, but I need to be careful with my cheap extension tubes. Sometimes the connection fails with all the weight of the lenses attached (which is why I haven't added more here), so I'll probably invest in the more expensive offerings at some point which should provide more reliable connections.
The 270ex II flash is very new to me (I just got it a couple of days ago) so here it is mounted on the bracket designed for the smaller 90ex. Already I can feel an improvement with the recycle times, and it's much less frustrating to use as a result. I would like something with even quicker recycle times, but then you are looking at the much larger, heavier units that will likely need a side arm bracket or similar to support the weight. This one seems a good compromise. I'll need to construct a new bracket that allows the flash to sit a bit further back to get a better angle for the diffuser. It works quite well as it is though.
See below for the type of subject this setup can be used for; the marvelously named Megalothorax minimus:
EDIT: Thinking about it, I might be able to get more magnification simply by moving the 1.4X extender behind the extension tube. The extender should increase the magnification of whatever is in front of it (by 1.4 times) so I think I may be able to gain a bit more magnification just by shuffling things round a bit. Something to experiment with...
Caught your doll in a compromising situation!
What do your dolls secretly do when they believe that no one is watching?
My George - as you know - have a thing about redheads. It wouldn't be a problem, but he cannot stay loyal.... It was just a few weeks ago on Dia's birthday party, when he began to go out with Carla, but for a week he is going out with Julia. And now I just caught him to take an eye on Judy.... Ah, George, George....
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As a compromise, for being totally obsessed for the whole holiday with the sky anything up to 2 hours before sunset, I reluctantly went to the pub with a north-facing beach.
So I sat on the beach after our food watching a sunset over a hill, twitching at the possible mist opportunities. I had to let go, I had to, I had to! As we sat there talking, Cathy must have seen my baby puppy eyes looking helplessly over at the suns golden rays casting into my eyes and she recognised that I was no use to her in this state and suggested I take the tripod (that Id already brought with me) and go.
Well as it turns out, my initial reluctance was rewarded by some rather saturated minimalist shots. The different angle of light worked very well with the polarizer and it picked out the few elements well in this shot. So what I’ve learned from this? Welcome things outside your comfort zone and come back with either flowers or chocolate.
Look at the Full Res. I spent hours slaving over it!
Photography seems to be a game of compromise. You can't shoot wide open and sharp, nor capture everything you want to in focus. You can't shoot fast without using high ISO. You can't shoot high megapixel shots and stitching near objects without having some DOF issues. You can't shoot to small of an aperture or you hit diffraction.
Balancing all of these is ridiculous but I'm finally getting pretty close to technical perfection.
I shot this at ISO 1250 on a tripod at 1/50th of a second with a 50mm lens at f/11.
No lower of an ISO because it was windy and I didn't want to risk motion blur. No wider of an aperture because then I wouldn't get the foreground in focus. No smaller of an aperture because I'd get diffraction and have to deal with motion.
The final photograph was 300mp, and the one here on Flickr is 17mp. At this size I'm super close to perfection. Every pixel is seemingly a detail. I've finally gotten to a level of detail that even Zeiss cannot match, and that's my goal.
The one issue that you can see in the full sized image is the slight blur on the nearby cacti. I can't really do better without hitting diffraction or using a tilt lens. Oh well.
Anyways, sunset was absolutely beautiful and the walk back treacherous. I always seem to forget that the night comes after sunset, and that every walk will be done in the dark while hearing the cawing of birds and vividly imagining coyotes following me from all directions.
Have a great week everyone!
Saint Maria Goretti (1890 to 1902)
"For the love of Jesus I forgive him, and I want him to be with me in heaven" Feast Day: 6 July
Maria Goretti was the Italian teenager who refused to compromise her sexual purity to a lustful acquaintance of her family, a man who eventually brutally murdered her. He eventually converted to Christianity by her witness, and amazingly stood by Maria's mother at the canonisation. As a martyr or "witness" to chastity in the 20th century she provides a wonderful example of the simple and powerful victory of Christ in a world that is so much in need of such testimony.
A patroness of youth, Maria Teresa Goretti was born in Corinaldo, Italy, in 1890. She was the second child of Luigi Goretti and Assunta Carlini; simple country folk struggling in financial poverty. In 1899, Luigi Goretti moved his family to le Ferriere di Conca, near modern Latina, where they lived in a building they shared with another family ' Signor Giovanni Serenelli and his teenage son, Alessandro.
After losing her father to malaria when she was just nine, Maria quickly developed great strength and maturity. She looked after the household and cared for her five younger siblings whilst her mother worked in the fields. Her iron-will became a key aspect contributing to her saintly martyrdom, as was the advice from her mother which she treasured in her soul, 'never commit sin at any cost'.
On 5 July, 1902, 19-year-old Alessandro Serenelli found 11 year-old Maria sewing alone watching over her sleeping baby sister, Teresa. After numerous failed attempts, Serenelli tried again to subdue Maria into a sexual relationship, threatening to kill her if she did not submit. Maria pleaded with Alessandro that he was risking eternal damnation.
Alessandro began choking Maria, who refused to surrender to him, insisting that she would rather die. Enraged, Alessandro stabbed little Maria 11 times. Barely alive, Maria crawled to the door as the assailant launched one more attack, stabbing her three more times.
Maria underwent surgery, but her injuries proved fatal. The following day, the parish priest of Nettuno brought her Viaticum (Holy Communion at the hour of death) and asked whether she forgave Alessandro. "Yes! Yes!" she replied, "For the love of Jesus I forgive him, and I want him to be with me in heaven!"
On 6 July, after 20 hours of painful suffering, Maria died.
Alessandro Serenelli received 30 years in jail, living the first eight showing no signs of remorse for his crime. On 10 October, 1910 Alessandro revealed that, as he lay on his prison bunk, Maria Goretti appeared to him in a dream and handed him white lilies which turned into flames in his arms. Soon after, he admitted his guilt and his victim's innocence and virtue.
Declared a saint on 24 June, 1950 by Pope Pius XII, both Maria's mother and murderer were present at her canonisation.
Though only young, St Maria Goretti exhibited the gifts of right judgement and fear of the Lord. WYD08 pilgrims can pray to this young girl for the grace to live modestly, with pure affection and love in your relationships.
Saint Maria Goretti, witness to chastity and forgiveness - pray for us
Source: WYD Official Website
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She will not compromise, she will persist, she will not give up until you've done what she wants.
But she's worth it.......
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Another one which is meaningless on a screen - as a compromise, head over straight away to the large version. Better yet, and I am serious about it, go for the original size to realize what you are missing out on. And a good part of that is Flickr's fault… Guess somebody was afraid of moiré…
Barentsburg, Svalbard - another shot in the swimming pool. This place has something very magical, timeless, about it…
Charten 5x7, Goerz Dagor 1:6.8 6½ inch, Fomapan 100. R09 1:40, 8 min @ 20°C.
A heron makes the leap from on top of the stump to the water - not the greatest light in the world, unfortunately, but I really liked the wing spread here.
Monks Hall, Wellington Road, Eccles. Empty burned out and derelict, a victim of bad planning and a refusal to compromise. Many uses have been proposed for this former museum and banqueting hall but someone has objected to every one of them, so this is the result. We are almost certain to lose this historic building completely now so everyone loses.