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Adjusted exposure to see the stars as well as maintaining the orange glow. Shot at equivalent to 600mm. The auto exif data is incorrect. F was likely between f8 and f11.
Telescopio: Tecnosky 110 mm f 7
Equivalent Focal lenght: 3.850 mm
Barlow: Televue Powermate 5X
Filter: LUNT Calcium-K module B 600
Mount: iOptron CEM60
Data: 25 Aprile 2022 Ore: 11:13 Local Time
Pose: 160 sommate su 2.000 riprese a 105 fotogrammi al secondo
Seeing 3 Antoniadi, transparency of the sky 9
Program:Manual
Lens:12-28mm f/4 G
Focal Length:12.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 18.0 mm)
Focus Mode:Manual
Shooting Mode:IR Control
VR:Off
WB:Auto1
Focus Distance:3.98 m
Dof:inf (0.73 m - inf)
HyperFocal:0.90 m
Sony 14mm 1.8 GM in APSC mode, so equivalent to 21mm.
The Aurora borealis was very strong and overshined the early Dawn.
This night you could see the Aurora strait up in the sky and from North to East to South to West and back to North, it was all around, very amazing.
You need to be proper prepared for photographing the Aurora, I was not prepared, a friend of mine called me on the phone and told there was Aurora. So I quickly packed my gear, but I forgot the fast memory card which is very useful for long exposures, I forgot an extra tripod, I forgot a L-bracket and I forgot to check if the cameras was set at full frame setting, so this photo is only in APSC mode equivalent to a 21mm Lens, I forgot at the start not to focus to infinity, you have to focus manual and magnify to check the focus, but I got some good photo images at the end after all. Use aperture as large as possible, I used apertures 1.8 to 3.5, shutter time from 5 to 30 second and ISO from 100 to 320. Wide angle Lenses from about 14mm to 35mm. For this shoot I brought two Cameras and 3 Lenses, 14mm, 21mm and 35mm in a small camera bag.
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The moment I saw the clouds moving directly overhead and parallel to the bridge, I knew a very long exposure would create very nice symmetric trails.
15x13sec shots with a Hoya 9-stop ND stacked to an equivalent of a 3min exposure.
"There’s a public equivalent to private depression, a sense that the nation or the society rather than the individual is stuck. Things don’t always change for the better, but they change, and we can play a role in that change if we act. This is where hope comes in, and memory, the collective memory we call history... You row forward looking back, and telling this history is part of helping people navigate toward the future. We need a litany, a rosary, a sutra, a mantra, a war chant for our victories. The past is set in daylight, and it can become a torch we can carry into the night that is the future."
DISCLAIMER: This Snowy Owl was photographed from a safe distance, using a 600mm prime lens, on a cropped sensor, which is a 900mm focal length equivalent. The image was also cropped in post editing. No Dunes were harmed during the making of this picture.
Snowy Owl
The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large, white owl of the typical owl family. Snowy Owls are native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia. Younger Snowy Owls start with darker plumage, which turns lighter as they get older. Males are almost all white, while females have more flecks of gray plumage.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl
It was so serene that misty morning. Barely a breath of wind to ripple the water. Almost warm enough to shed the coat and not freeze. The view may look arctic, but the conditions weren't.
The next morning, the sun came out. But so did the wind, as in, knock-you-over, better-have-a-pretty-fast-shutter-speed-or-really-sturdy-tripod Icelandic wind. Choose your poison!
On the processing side of things, this shot has been brought to you by Auto-Levels. I don't know about you but the further I've gotten into photography, the more I eschew anything with "auto" in the description because it rarely automatically reads my mind, but in the case of this technique, I'm impressed! Upon creating a Levels adjustment level, hold down the Alt key (or whatever the Mac equivalent is - I haven't used a Mac in too long to remember) and select Auto. I have the Shadows/Highlights saved as 4.00 and 0.5 respectively, adjusting as necessary, and leave the other settings untouched unless I need some color-correcting. Instant punch, especially to fairly flat SOOC shots! 10/10 would recommend.
Lake Norman, North Carolina
128 individual frames stacked and blended into one photo using Sony's smooth reflection app on my A7R!!. Equivalent to a 70 sec exposure.
An idiom which states - The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.
- Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA -
(Chautauqua No. 11)
That is, of course, a rock that used to be a tree. I'm not sure what the clouds used to be ... probably raindrops in the Amazon jungle?
En la cordillera de los Andes de la Norpatagonia Chilena, a 70 kms al sur del Lago Ranco en la llamada Región de Los Ríos se encuentra el "Cordón del Caulle", un macizo montañoso que delimita por el norte el Parque Nacional Puyehue. Esta cordillera corresponde a un sistema volcánico activo conocido como "Complejo Volcánico Puyehue-Cordón Caulle" conformado por tres volcanes Cordillera Nevada, Caulle y Puyehue. En el 2011 el Volcán Caulle hizo una violenta erupción equivalente a 70 bombas atómicas cuyas cenizas afectaron a diversas ciudades de la Norpatagonia Argentina llegando incluso a Australia.
En medio de estas montañas se ubica Rupumeica Alto, una localidad habitada principalmente por comunidades Mapuches. La zona de gran belleza escénica se caracteriza por su abundante vegetación del tipo Selva Valdiviana (Bosque Andino Patagónico de los Andes Australes o Bosque Templado Lluvioso Siempreverde). En diversos tramos del sector se aprecia mucho bosque renoval creciendo sobre la ceniza volcánica. Destaca la gran cantidad de cursos de agua como lagos, lagunas, rios y magníficas cáscadas, un deleite para fotográfos. Esto ha estimulado en toda el área sur del Lago Ranco el desarrollo de diversos proyectos privados de conservación de la naturaleza como el Parque Futangue y el Parque Huishue que ha permitido dar protección a grandes áreas boscosas el norte del limite del Parque Nacional Puyehue.
Una de las maravillas de esta zona son los Ojos de Huishue. Un impresionante conjunto de cascadas originadas por el desague subterráneo del Lago Huishue. Esta maravilla de la naturaleza esta formado por una decenas de saltos de agua que brotan entre la vegetación y la roca, algunos a mas de 20 mts de alto. En el lugar hay dos senderos, uno para ver el origen del salto principal y otro con un mirador para ver todo el conjunto. Desde aquí también se puede subir hasta un mirador para tener magnificas vistas del Valle de Rupumeica Bajo, Cordillera Nevada, Lago Maihue y de todo el entorno cordillerano. En este lugar miembros de la comunidad Mapuche de Rupumeica Alto están comenzando un emprendimiento turístico que ofrecerá camping, cabalgatas, cabañas y guías para diversas excursiones. Los interesados pueden contactar a Herman Jaramillo: +56 9 56064410
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In the Cordillera de los Andes of the Chilean Norpatagonia, 70 km south of the Ranco Lake in the so-called Los Ríos Region is the "Cordón del Caulle", a mountain massif that delimits the Puyehue National Park from the north. This mountain range corresponds to an active volcanic system known as "Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex" formed by three volcanoes Cordillera Nevada, Caulle and Puyehue. In 2011 the Caulle Volcano made a violent eruption equivalent to 70 atomic bombs whose ashes affected several cities of the Argentine Norpatagonia reaching even Australia.
In the middle of these mountains is Rupumeica Alto, a town inhabited mainly by Mapuche communities. The zone of great scenic beauty is characterized by its abundant vegetation of the Valdivian Selva type (Patagonian Andean Forest of the Southern Andes or Evergreen Temperate Rainforest). In several sections of the sector there is a lot of renewal forest growing on the volcanic ash. It highlights the large number of water courses such as lakes, lagoons, rivers and magnificent waterfalls, a delight for photographers. This has stimulated the development of several private nature conservation projects such as the Futangue Park and the Huishue Park throughout the southern area of Lake Ranco, which has allowed protection of large wooded areas north of the Puyehue National Park boundary.
One of the wonders of this area are the Eyes of Huishue. An impressive set of waterfalls originated by the underground drain of Lake Huishue. This wonder of nature is formed by dozens of waterfalls sprouting between vegetation and rock, some more than 20 meters high. In the place there are two trails, one to see the origin of the main waterfall and another with a viewpoint to see the whole cascades. From here you can also go up to a viewpoint to have magnificent views of the Valley of Rupumeica Bajo, Cordillera Nevada, Lake Maihue and the entire mountain range. In this place, members of the Mapuche community of Rupumeica Alto are starting a tourism endeavour that will offer camping, horseback riding, cabins and guides for various excursions. Those interested can contact Herman Jaramillo: +56 9 56064410
Program:Manual
Lens:70-300mm f/4-5.6 G VR
F:6.3
Speed:1/640
ISO:100
Focal Length:300.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 450.0 mm)
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Dynamic Area (3D-tracking)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO
VR:On
EV:-1/3
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
Focus Distance:28.18 m
Dof:2.21 m (27.12 - 29.33)
HyperFocal:713.19 m
9.6 MP equivalent from 13 movies of 1300 images each.
Kept best 10% of frames from each movie
---Hardware---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
Camera : PointGrey Grasshopper GS3-U3-23S6M
Tube : Celestron 11 EDGE HD /w 0.7 reductor
Effective focal length : 2000 mm
Effective aperture : ~ F/7
---Software---
Acquired with FireCapture
Stacked with AutoStakkert
Mosaic done with Microsoft ICE
Processed with Lightroom & Topaz SharpenAI
Mike and I are starting a new tradition this year: Christmas without the tree.
I'm so relieved. Because every year, the tree has been the source of this huge internal struggle for me.
On one hand... in what I like to think is a nod to my long-ago Druid ancestors... I pretty much worship trees. (You may have noticed this elsewhere in my stream. Ahem. It's a powerful force.) So... to bring one in, and adorn it with lights and ornamentation, and spend many hours admiring it... living with it as a member of the family... well, it feels kind of right.
On the other hand... there is no escaping the fact that the trees we bring inside each year are dead. And worse - we killed them ourselves, with our own hands, and have the sap-stained clothes and gloves to attest to our act of, let's face it, murder.
It's always bugged me, but the final straw was Mike's comment on our watering system. We have this great set-up where... every time the tree takes a drink... we hear this musical glug-glug-gurgle. Our tradition has always been to raise our glasses in response, and drink (or eat, or make the motions thereof) in the tree's direction, and say something like, "Here's to you, tree!"
So... yeah. We've lived with this charade for years. And it was only in the past few weeks that we agreed the glug-glugging was, in fact, sinister. Equivalent, we decided, to the flopping and gasping a fish does out of water.
We have agreed (thank goodness) not to inflict that slow-death suffering on another good, honest tree this year. And I am so relieved.
Yes, I know there's the option of the "living tree," but that has its own problems. Kind of like bringing home a big Tyee salmon and watching it swim in a bowl for a few weeks. Conifers just weren't made to live indoors. Or die indoors. So I'll do my seasonal worshipping outdoors this year - in the trees' own living room, which is as it should be.
I am not an expert or even amateur when it comes to spiders, Orb Weavers, Huntsman and Daddy Long Legs being pretty much the usual limits of my knowledge around home. This little one has been in our garden for the last week or so and has been a bit tough to identify. Seems it comes with several names, including something so basic as "yellow garden spider". The distinctive markings on its body makes it not only beautiful but stand out.
It's just using some Glad Wrap to store a future meal.
Here is my guess. I am happy for any experts out there to correct me.
The spider species Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. Its scientific Latin name translates to "gilded silver-face" (the genus name Argiope meaning "silver-face", while the specific epithet aurantia means "gilded"). Males range from 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in); females range from 19–28 mm (0.75–1.10 in). These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is harmless to non-allergic humans, roughly equivalent to a bumblebee sting in intensity.
This note comes from Wikipedia and is focussed on North America but I feel it is the same.
Brisbane.
Program:Aperture-priority AE
Lens:AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED
F:11.0
Speed:1/250
ISO:200
Focal Length:24.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 36.0 mm)
Focus Mode:Manual
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, [3]
VR:On
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Sunny
Picture Control:Standard
Focus Distance:5.62 m
Dof:inf (1.79 m - inf)
HyperFocal:2.61 m
Program:Aperture-priority AE
Lens:70-300mm f/4-5.6 G VR
F:5.6
Speed:1/1600
ISO:400
Focal Length:300.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 450.0 mm)
Focus Mode:AF-A
AF Area:Dynamic Area (21 points)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO
VR:Off
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Auto1
Focus Distance:1.50 m
Dof:0.004 m (1.494 - 1.498)
HyperFocal:802.33 m
The COSCO Pride is a container ship that is 366 meters long and 48.32 meters wide. It was built in 2011 and sails under the flag of Hong Kong. Her gross tonnage is 141,823.
The COSCO Pride is a cellular containership with a maximum theoretical capacity of 13,114 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) with a capacity of 14 tons each.
L3A4160
The Victorian equivalent had rather more style and design than today's palisade fencing.
37403 departs from Harrington with the 2C46 09.03 Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness service on the 8th June 2018.
© Stephen Veitch - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without permission.
Program:Manual
Lens:70-300mm f/4-5.6 G VR
F:5.3
Speed:1/320
ISO:360
Focal Length:230.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 345.0 mm)
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Dynamic Area (21 points)
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO
VR:Off
Metering Mode:Spot
WB:Auto1
Picture Control:Standard
Focus Distance:2.24 m
Dof:0.018 m (2.230 - 2.248)
HyperFocal:498.29 m
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My name is Phoebie, but everybody calls me "Pépite".
The equivalent of albinism in animals, erythrism results from the inheritance of two recessive genes for the absence of pigmentation. Normally the katydid colour palette runs the gamut of greens, browns and yellows, colours which keep them camouflaged and aid in their survival. Although it has been hypothesized that pink coloration may increase survival rates amongst red vegetation it is much more likely that the genetic anomaly decreases fitness by increasing the insect's visibility to predators. Therefore it is likely that most individuals with this condition don't survive long and rarely make it to adulthood. Photo from the Santa Marta region, Colombian Caribbean.
This is my Micro Four Third lens collections. Focal length from 7mm to 200mm equivalent to 14mm to 400mm in 35mm terms. I believe the Lumix lenses is made of Leica glass
Still I am missing a telephoto macro lens and there is none available in this format. The only option is go to other brand such as Canon or Nikon or even legacy lens. Or I can opted for Sigma 105mm f2.8 from Four Third format which will give me a slow SAF capability
Setup:
3 white framed canvas - bought it very cheap from art shop
Slick Mini II tripod
Olympus E-P2
OM to Micro 4/3 adapter
Zuiko OM 50/1.4
Setup the 3 canvases one for the base, one for the background and one on the left as a reflector as the natural light is on the right.
Set the camera to Aperture Priority, ISO 400 mounted on a tripod.
Using the magnifying setting I magnify the focus area 10x and turn the focus ring manually until the image look sharp on the LCD and press the shutter button
Cámara en modo manual, montada en tripié. NO SE USÓ TELESCOPIO, NO SE INTERPUSIERON FILTROS, NO SE MODIFICARON LOS COLORES. Zoom digital 125X (3000 mm equivalente, 535 mm focal length) EXIF solamente lee hasta el máximo de zoom óptico, no lee zoom digital.
(α Leonis )
Regulus es un sistema estelar cuádruple que dista 77 años luz del Sistema Solar. El sistema está compuesto por la estrella principal, Regulus A, una estrella blanco-azulada de tipo espectral B7V, y una compañera tenue de magnitud +8,13, localizada visualmente a 175 segundos de arco. Esta última, separada al menos 4.200 UA de Regulus A, es a su vez una estrella binaria compuesta por dos estrellas menos luminosas que el Sol: Regulus B, una enana naranja de tipo K1-2V, y Regulus C, una enana roja de tipo M5V. Regulus B y Regulus C están separadas entre sí 100 UA y completan una órbita cada 2.000 años.
Por su parte, Regulus A es una binaria espectroscópica, cuya estrella acompañante tiene un período orbital de 40,11 días. Los análisis sugieren que es una enana blanca con una masa excepcionalmente baja de 0,3 masas solares, muy por debajo del límite inferior de 0,55 masas solares que la teoría de la evolución estelar establece para este tipo de estrellas. Distante 0,35 UA de Regulus A, se puede especular que en el pasado la enana blanca fue una gigante luminosa —mucho más brillante que Regulus hoy— que transfirió gran parte de su masa a la actual Regulus.
Una quinta estrella a 151 segundos de arco (GJ 9316 D), parece simplemente estar en la misma línea de visión de Regulus y no forma parte de su sistema estelar.
Compárese con otra imagen capturada con una cámara Canon PowerShot SX20 IS, en modo autofocus y diferentes distancias focales; en abril de 2013
www.flickr.com/photos/jesusduarte/8633084773/in/photolist...
Tambien la puedes encontrar en mi captura de toda la Constelación de Leo
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La cathédrale de Bourges ne possède pas un ensemble de vitraux du XIIe et XIIIe siècles équivalent à celui de la cathédrale de Chartres, mais elle possède des vitraux du XIIIe jusqu'au XVIIe siècle permettant de voir l'évolution de cet art. Les vitraux de la cathédrale de Bourges sont en partie faits au XIIIe siècle. Au XVIe siècle, furent ajoutés de nouveaux vitraux, réalisés par l'artiste berruyer Jean Lecuyer.
Bourges Cathedral does not have a set of 12th and 13th century stained glass windows equivalent to that of Chartres Cathedral, but it does have stained glass windows from the 13th to the 17th century allowing to see the evolution of this art. The stained glass windows in Bourges Cathedral are partly made in the 13th century. In the 16th century, new stained-glass windows were added, produced by the Berruyer artist Jean Lecuyer.
Parque del Este (oficialmente Parque Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda en honor al prócer venezolano) es un parque de esparcimiento público. Ubicado en el Municipio Sucre del Área Metropolitana de Caracas en Venezuela, es uno de los más importantes de la ciudad con un total de 82 hectáreas (equivalentes a 0,82 km²) de superficie.
Actualmente el parque se ubica en parte de los terrenos de antigua hacienda San José, hacienda que hoy día existe y se localiza entre los actuales linderos del parque y el distribuidor Santa Cecilia frente al Museo del Transporte de Caracas.
Su inauguración se produjo bajo el gobierno del Presidente Rómulo Betancourt el 19 de enero de 1961 y fue diseñado por el paisajista y arquitecto brasileño Roberto Burle Marx y asociados Farnando Tábora y John Stoddart.
Dentro del parque se encuentra el Planetario Humboldt (Creado bajo la dirección de su diseñador el arquitecto venezolano Carlos Guinand Sandoz).
Durante muchos años una de las principales atracciones del Parque del Este fue la carabela de Cristóbal Colón, réplica de la embarcación conocida como la Nao Santa María, la cual operó hasta el año 2008, luego fue sustituida por una réplica de la corbeta Leander.
Este parque además cuenta con hermosos jardines, gran variedad de flora y fauna, una Biblioteca, un InfoCentro (Sala de Internet público gratuito), una concha acústica, pista de trote, canchas deportivas de voleibol, baloncesto, futbolito, varios cafetines, gran lago para remar y dos estacionamientos.
Marsaxlokk is a traditional fishing village in the South Eastern Region of Malta, with a population of 3,534 as of March 2014.The village’s name comes from marsa, which means "port" and xlokk, which is the local name for south east. The word is related to the name for the dry sirocco wind that blows from the Sahara, comparable to the equivalent Catalan word, "xaloc". The village is known for the Marsaxlokk Market, a large market which takes place around the whole village on Sundays and tourist market all days during the week. The inhabitants of the village are called the Xlukkajri and are historically fishermen.
nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftse_Poort_(gebouw)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftse_Poort
De twee mannen in het bakje dat aan de gevel hangt zijn bezig met het plakken van de tekst die bij de reclame hoort, de tekst luidt: 25 Years and counting! Thank you!
The two men in the tray that hangs on the facade are busy pasting the text that belongs to the advertisement, the text reads: 25 Years and counting! Thank you!
Photo taken from Museumpark with Olympus M Zuiko 12-200mm MFT (fullframe-equivalent: 24-400mm)
Program:Manual
Lens:0mm f/0 MF
F:2.0
Speed:1/640
ISO:125
Focal Length:85.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 127.0 mm)
AF Fine Tune Adj:0
Focus Mode:Manual
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, [3], Auto ISO
VR:Off
EV:+2/3
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
WB:Auto1
Picture Control:Standard
Focus Distance:0.01 m
Dof:-0.00 m (0.01 - 0.01)
HyperFocal:179.64 m
Program:Aperture-priority AE
Lens:AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED
F:5.6
Speed:1/250
ISO:100
Focal Length:105.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 157.0 mm)
Focus Mode:AF-C
AF Area:Single Area
Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, [9]
VR:On
Metering Mode:Center-weighted average
WB:Auto
Focus Distance:5.62 m
Dof:0.64 m (5.32 - 5.96)
HyperFocal:97.97 m
I took this image of the old Hornibrook Bridge remains at Brighton portal during low tide. All composition rules have been broken in this image, my idea was to capture as many elements as possible and their equivalent reflections.
EQUIVALENTS II
and "How to use imagination in fine art photography"
(EXPLORED - May 27th 2015)
A new photo in my series Equivalents and a new blog post about how to go beyond what you see and use your imagination to create art. You can see both the photo and the article on my website blog.juliaannagospodarou.com/how-to-use-imagination-in-fi...
More to come soon! Wishing everyone a wonderful week!
Shot with 16 stops ND Formatt Hitech Filters. Processed with Topaz Labs and DxO Labs +PS & LR
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Marte, il Pianeta Rosso, immortalato attraverso il mio telescopio da 127 mm di diametro e 3000 mm di focale equivalente. Le calotte polari brillano bianche contro il caratteristico colore rossastro, mentre qualche dettaglio della superficie emerge timidamente. Fotografare un pianeta così lontano con un'attrezzatura amatoriale richiede pazienza, condizioni atmosferiche perfette e una buona dose di fortuna. Ogni immagine è il risultato di un lungo tempo di osservazione e tenacia.
Per gli antichi, Marte era il dio della guerra, probabilmente a causa del suo colore rossastro che evoca il sangue
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Reflex Olympus / télézoom Zuiko 40-150 mm (équivalent 80-300 mm full frame)
La photo est postée plein pixels, il n'y a aucun recadrage.
Déclenchement à 150 mm de focale pour terminer à 40 mm, j'ai cadré serré le mur tagué au moment du déclenchement, je ne voyais que ce mur dans mon viseur.
1/5e - f/22 -iso 100 - trépied
J'ai fait de nombreuses photos cet après midi et en début de soirée avec différents sujets, le rendu est aussi intéressant avec les traînées des feux de voiture...bon, il faut aimer ce genre de thème bien sûr...
The equivalent of a jeep with armor and legs. It is equipped with a pair of laser designators for marking targets, and a laser rangefinder mounted behind the pilot for calling in artillery targets. The jumpjets on the lower legs allow it to reposition when caught in tight spots, and reinforced armor allows it to take a hit or two from frame-grade small arms.
SSR armed version coming soon.
Panasonic DMC-TZ31
f/6.4
1/400 sec.
ISO-160
(@ 460mm equivalenti)
Mano libera.
Zona del ghiacciaio del Bresciana, massiccio dell'Adula, Ticino, Svizzera.
HST set No. 253038 passes non-stop through Totnes station with the 13:25 Paddington - Penzance service on Thursday 9th April 1981. Looking at the nearest equivalent services from today's timetable, the 12:05 departure from Paddington also does not stop at Totnes, but the 14:05 departure does.
Pretty much the toad-equivalents of the Dendrobatid poison frogs, harlequin toads (Atelopus spp.) are similarly brightly colored, day-active, and highly toxic. They also comprise one of the most endangered groups of amphibians in the neotropics, with many species listed as Critically Endangered and others presumed extinct in the wild. Aside from habitat loss and threats from introduced species, they appear particularly susceptible to the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus, which has completely wiped out many wild populations. This Atelopus spurrelli is endemic to the Chocóan rainforest of coastal Colombia.
De laatste foto van deze 600E, de Spaanse equivalent van de Fiat 600. Een werkelijk schitterend exemplaar!
Sóller (Mallorca), Spanje
The last picture of this 600E, the Spanish equivalent of the Fiat 600. A truly beautiful copy!
Sóller (Mallorca), Spain
The Lake Placid Tower in Lake Placid, Florida, formerly named Placid Tower, Tower of Peace or Happiness Tower, is a closed observation tower 240 feet (73.2 m) tall according to early sources (before 1982) or 270 feet (82.3 m) tall according to late sources (after 1986). However, no physical modification of the tower occurred in the interim that would explain a 30-foot increase in height. It rests on ground 142 feet (43 m) above sea level (NAVD 88). As a warning to aircraft, the top of the tower, including antennae, is stated to be 392 feet (119.5 m) above sea level by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Thus, the height of the tower above ground, including antennae, is 250 feet (76.2 m) (392–142=250), which excludes a 270-foot architectural height, allowing only a 240-foot architectural height. Counting the tower's 8-inch (20.3 cm) courses yields a height above ground of 235–236 feet (71.6–71.9 m), so the lowest few feet of the 240-foot height, those resting on the foundation, are underground, providing space for an elevator pit.
According to early sources the tower has three observation levels, at 192 feet (58.5 m) behind windows, at 200 feet (61.0 m) on an open air balcony, and at 225 feet (68.6 m) in the open air crow's nest, Eagle's Nest, or Birds eye vantage point on top of the elevator shaft but below roof tracery. The apex of the tower is a flashing red aircraft warning light. The tower is 360 feet (110 m) above sea level according to two late sources, the latter stating that that elevation applies to the eagle's nest, which is consistent with the crow's nest elevation of early sources (142+225=367≈360). The tower offered a 40-mile (65 km) panoramic view.
Earnest Oakley Hunt dreamed of building an observation tower when he moved to Orlando in 1938, then moved to Sebring in 1947 and found the perfect location in nearby Lake Placid. He and Robert Gray formed Air View Corporation to build the tower. The tower was designed by architect A. Wynn Howell of Lakeland, built by Ridge Builders of Sebring in 1960 for $350,000 (equivalent to $2,300,000 in 2018), and opened January 1, 1961. Most sources state that it was the tallest concrete block structure in the world when it opened, with 90,000 concrete blocks, but the magazine Florida Architect states that it was built of reinforced concrete. One source states that the tower included 100,000 limestone blocks from Ocala while another states that it was faced with ceramic tile, implying that the tower has a facade of limestone tile.
The tower below the balcony is 25 feet 4 inches (7.72 m) square, with its four vertical corners replaced by grooves (each 8 inches (20 cm) per side). The section above the balcony is 21 feet (6.40 m) square, also with corner grooves. Each wall is divided into vertical thirds. The outer thirds are composed of reinforced concrete blocks with a facade of limestone tile.
The middle thirds are composed of decorative breeze or fence concrete blocks. The tower has a foundation made from 520 cubic yards (400 m3) of concrete reinforced with 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) of steel. The tracery atop the tower is made of gold anodized aluminum.
Because of low ticket sales, the tower closed in 1982 when the owner would not pay their Internal Revenue Service taxes, but it was re-opened in 1986. The small group of owners still faced sluggish sales, and the tower and its restaurant continued to struggle, despite features such as a petting zoo in its plaza, and a pay phone at the top billed as the "highest pay phone in Florida."The last owner who operated the tower as a tourist attraction was Lake Placid Tower Group owned by Mark Cambell since 1992. He sold it to CHL Tower Group on November 6, 2003 which has operated it as a cell phone tower ever since. Even though the tower closed about 2003, it still has two red "OPEN" signs at its top, facing north and south
Originally, the tower above the balcony had the same basic design scheme as that below it. But after the tower closed, the portion of the tower from the balcony up was redesigned with a white and cyan (blue-green) color scheme. The limestone tile of the outer thirds of the walls was covered with white stucco, and the middle thirds were covered with thin cyan-colored panels which blocked the bird's eye view. These panels covered the two opposing triangular openings in the middle third of each wall and the breeze or fence blocks between them. The roof tracery above and the balcony below them were also painted cyan.
The Tower View restaurant at the base of the tower closed in 2015. The tower is among 35 designated Lake Placid historic structures. It is one of three towers in Central Florida, including the Citrus Tower, built in 1956, 100 miles (160 km) to the north in Clermont, and Bok Tower, built in 1929, 50 miles (80 km) to the north in Lake Wales.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Placid_Tower
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With what seems to be the ivy equivalent of a Great Redwood climbing up the side of the box, 70007 passes the 1881 built Northenden Junction on 24th August 2021 with 6J34 1112 Folly Lane to Pendleton waste train.
The box has been constructed at such a height so the signalman could see over the road bridge in which I am stood. This was designed in the 1880s so there were no track circuits and a clear view was needed to physically see trains stood at any signals waiting a road.
It's surprising the climber has been left to envelop the box so much - perhaps the S&T know it's holding it all together and it can't be removed!
EDIT - This has now ceased (Jan 2023) after the beanstalk was removed and an extremely ugly external staircase was fitted!
Another reason evident in this shot why I like clouds in my photos. A lot of photographers seem to crave blue sky and sun - not me, give me clouds for added depth any day of the week.