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Holgas have had a bit of a topsy-turvy existence these past two years. First they were discontinued. Then they were resurrected. The new ones fell victim to what seemed to be massive light leaks but suspect is actually internal flaring. Then most recently they started arriving with shutters that would stick open. These little plastic cameras cannot quite catch a break of late. Thankfully I have something like three or four Holgas (and most still work) so I have been relatively well set and haven't had to throw my fortunes on the whims of the newer Holgas.
Personally, I wouldn't let any of this dissuade you. I love these cameras and when you use them right, they are more capable than many give them credit for being. But these recent two issues could give new Holga photographers the wrong first impression. The sticky shutters seems to have just popped up in the past 3-4 months. It also seems to be caused by whatever Chinese factory that is producing these cameras applying some type of thick oil to the shutter mechanism. I don't remember seeing this on Holgas before but now if you open them up you can see a shiny patch of oil on the shutter mechanism. I have experimented with oiling the mechanism of my Holga shutter before and discovered it is usually more trouble than it is worth. Sure, it often frees up the shutter disc for a little bit, but that mechanism is so exposed it quickly attracts dust and debris and gums up again. Furthermore, if you use the wrong oil, as seems to be the case with current new Holgas, it makes the whole mechanism sluggish. We got a batch of 12 new Holgas in not long ago and about 9 of them all had such shutters. The good news is that we were able to flush the shutters out. You can take the film mask out, unscrew two screws inside the camera and the whole lens/shutter assembly comes right off the front of the camera. Apply some lighter fluid or denatured alcohol (not WD-40) and the shutter will be better-than-new.
Anyway, I meant for this post to be a bit of a PSA. I love these cameras and if the ones coming out of Freestyle to us at Blue Moon are sticky, then that likely means all the ones coming out of Freestyle are sticky. So if you picked up a Holga for Christmas, check that shutter. Get it cleaned out if necessary. They are finicky little cameras in the best of circumstances, no need to stack that deck even higher.
Holga 120FN
Kodak Portra 400
temporary existence ... ice in a hostile environment ... Diamond Beach at sunrise
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"nature is man's teacher. she unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence."
~alfred billings street
Near Jižna, Czechia 4.4
The existence of an original fortress on the site of today's château is assumed from sometime around the middle of the 14th century. It was built on a rocky granite outcrop, which, after the damming of a stream and the filling up of a fishpond, became an island. The first written source is an entry into the land records from 1465, mentioning the division of the property of the deceased Ctibor of Zásmuk between his two sons, Petr and Václav. The fortress might then have been sold into the ownership of Diviš Boubínský of Újezd, who in turn sold it to the knightly family of Káb of Rybňan sometime around 1530. The family had the original Gothic castle rebuilt and the basic Renaissance remodelling carried out between 1542 and 1555,[2] and the château acquired the name Nová Lhota. In 1597, it was sold to Vilém Růt of Dírná, who had the building rendered with red plaster, from which it got its name Červená Lhota. The last of the Ruts, Bohuslav, had to leave the Bohemian lands as an Utraquist after the 1620 Battle of White Mountain.
In 1621, Červená Lhota was inhabited by Antonio Bruccio, who died in 1639 without an heir. With his death, Lhota lost its function as a residence, and it was used by his successors as occasional cottage. In 1641, it was acquired by the aristocrat Vilém Slavat of Chlum and Košumberk, and later it passed into the hands of the Windisch-Graetz family. Bedřich Arnošt Windisch-Graetz and his son Leopold dragged the dominion into great debts due to their outdated style of economics, so the custodian of his under-aged successor Joseph Nicholas recommended the sale of the dominion. In 1755 the château then was obtained by the Barons of Gudenus. Franz de Paul, Baron of Gudenus, shortly afterwards initiated several constructions, which were brought to an abrupt halt in 1774 by a great fire, which destroyed most of the agricultural buildings.
In 1776, Červená Lhota welcomed a new owner, Baron Ignác Stillfried, a progressive aristocrat of Prussian Silesia, who from 1796 accommodated the composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf at the castle. His son sold the dominion to Jakub Veith in 1820. His daughter Terezie sold the château again in 1835, this time into the princely hands of Heinrich Eduard von Schönburg-Hartenstein, who gave the castle to his son Josef Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein. He died in 1937 and was buried in the newly built tomb, and thus spared the destructive events of the new war, which ended the château's aristocratic history.
After the Czechoslovak state confiscated the building in 1946, a children's clinic was established there. A year later, the château was granted to a National Culture Commission, and in 1949 it was opened to the public.
Packed her bags and said bye bye to the circus.
This is an art installation highlighting human impact on animal migration. Co Existence.
The Chemin du Roy is a historic road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The road begins in Repentigny and extends almost 280 kilometres (170 mi) eastward towards Quebec City. In 1706, the Conseil supérieur of New France decreed that a road be built to connect the settlements along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Work began in 1731 and was completed in 1737. Upon completion, the Chemin du Roy was 7.4 metres (24 ft) wide, over 280 kilometres (170 mi) long, and crossed 37 seignories. The Chemin du Roy was the longest road in existence at the time north of Mexico.
Blue's family had a history of being loners. The trait seemed to be passed from generation to generation. Turns out, Blue's family was just Dicks!
Rancheria Road, Kern County, California 2008
“I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Our everyday lives obscure a truth about existence - that at the heart of everything there lies a stillness and a light.”
― Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats: A Memoir
My pre-Flickr photo.
Shot I took in 2008 with my very first DSLR, Canon Xti (also known as EOS 400D).
Moments ago, this particular shot almost made it to my trash bin.
I dont know much about post processing, anyhow Im grateful there's Picnik.com.
Dedicated to a person who recently inspires me , Kuya Jobarracuda.
Before I became part of Flickr world, and know nothing about photography then, Ive heard of him a few months ago, when I saw a portraiture shot of his in one of my Facebook contact's wall. The shot was a simple black and white, but Kuya Jobbar's shot has something in it ... a "drama", which I cant find the right word to describe.
He shoots with his heart is all I can say...
Kuya Jobbar, your invitation to photoshoot with you someday left a smile on my face.
Thank you very much!
Povero Sonny ...
Povero giovane orsetto dal grande testone...era poco più di un cucciolo, si affacciava alla vita solitaria, nei suoi primi tempi da individuo indipendente, senza la mamma .
Inesperto e fiducioso, muoveva i suoi passi nel bosco e nelle valli.
Lui non dormiva al sicuro in qualche tana, ma girovagava in cerca di cibo.
Il bel sonno del letargo non ha protetto Sonny.
Peccato si sarebbe salvato.
Le invernate miti, infatti, hanno ormai confuso e influenzato il ciclo naturale degli orsi.
Il loro ritmo sonno/veglia, legato alle stagioni, si è alterato.
L'incontro da lontano con due persone gli è costato la vita... per aver solo incrociato lo sguardo del bipede tiranno .
Non ha mai fatto male a nessuno Sonny. Condannato, braccato e freddato a fucilate per non aver fatto niente.
Tutto in modalità rapida come conviene ai vili che agiscono a tradimento.
Un esecuzione contestuale all'emissione del decreto di uccisione, senza lasciare spazio alla società civile di impostare un' azione volta a salvarlo, ricorrendo al Tar.
Ucciso perché confidente, perché si serviva dei cassonetti sempre disponibili e mai modificati, ucciso perché anche i sentieri in Trentino non sono mai stati ben disciplinati e tutti possono spingersi ovunque, per poi creare allarmismi collettivi.
Mentre gli orsi non hanno più una zona sicura e devono solo scomparire.
Presi i denari del progetto di reintroduzione Life Ursus, ora i plantigradi sono di troppo in quelle valli e forse di intralcio per qualche altro disegno che porta soldi .
Il suo giudice e carnefice è il Presidente della tristissima Provincia autonoma di Trento, Fugatti, determinato a farli fuori tutti.
Questo soggetto ostile e sprezzante della vita dei selvatici, ricorderà bene questi giorni. Segneranno la sua esistenza perché tutto il Paese ha conosciuto bene il suo cinismo, la sua ossessione fuori controllo per queste creature e verrà ricordato come l'odiatore degli orsi, aguzzino dalle doppiette e dagli ergastoli facili ...
Re indiscusso del Casteller.
Ruth Lemma
Poor Sonny...
Poor young bear with the big head... he was little more than a puppy, he was facing a solitary life, in his early days as an independent individual, without his mother.
Inexperienced and confident, he took his steps in the woods and valleys.
He did not sleep safely in some den, but wandered around looking for food.
The beautiful sleep of hibernation did not protect Sonny.
Too bad he would have been saved.
The mild winters, in fact, have now confused and influenced the natural cycle of bears.
Their sleep/wake rhythm, linked to the seasons, has altered.
The encounter with two people from afar cost him his life... for just having met the gaze of the bipedal tyrant.
He never hurt anyone Sonny. Condemned, hunted down and shot dead for doing nothing.
All in rapid mode as befits cowards who act treacherously.
An execution at the same time as the issuing of the killing decree, leaving no room for civil society to take action aimed at saving him, resorting to the TAR.
Killed because he was confident, because he used the bins that were always available and never modified, killed because even the paths in Trentino have never been well regulated and anyone can go anywhere, and then create collective alarmism.
While bears no longer have a safe area and just have to disappear.
Having taken the money from the Life Ursus reintroduction project, now the plantigrades are too many in those valleys and perhaps an obstacle to some other project that brings money.
His judge and executioner is the President of the very sad autonomous province of Trento, Fugatti, determined to kill them all.
This hostile and contemptuous subject of the life of wild animals will remember these days well. They will mark his existence because the whole country knew well his cynicism, his out of control obsession with these creatures and he will be remembered as the hater of bears, a tormentor with doubles and easy life sentences...
Undisputed king of Casteller.
Ruth Lemma
St. Joseph's Church is a Franciscan Roman Catholic church in the Old City of Nazareth, modern-day Northern Israel. It was built in 1914 over the remains of much older churches. It is located close to the Church of the Annunciation. It was built in the Romanesque Revival style.[1]
The church is built on the site of the Church of Nutrition quoted by the pilgrim Arculfe about 670 in "De locis sanctis" (II, 26), then a church of the crusaders of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose vestiges are under the crypt, and a Franciscan church built in the 17th century. This history is described by the Franciscan Quaresmius in his "Historica, theologica et moralis terrae sanctae elucidatio", written between 1616 and 1626, but merely affirms the existence ab antiquo of the tradition of a cult in this place, without giving evidence.
Ilfracombe is the largest harbour on the North Devon coast and has been in existence as a port for several centuries.
It does not take much to realize how small we really are...a speck in the universe. A grain of sand in the desert of existence.
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About 500 herons and egrets gathered and hunted fishes at the narrow river.
Located : Minamihama-cho, Nagahama-shi, Shiga pref.
だいたい500羽程いるでしょうか。この川の魚は根こそぎ食べられてしまうかも。
ダイサギの群れ / 姉川河口
滋賀県長浜市南浜町
The photo is about a worker who earns his livelihood by cutting hills and collecting mud from there. He works the whole day and gets money from his leader.
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Aber was heißt das? Nichts. Sehen und nicht verstehen ist dasselbe, wie sich etwas ausdenken. Ich lebe, sehe und verstehe nichts. Ich lebe in einer Welt, die sich jemand ausgedacht hat, ohne sich die Mühe zu machen, sie mir zu erklären – oder sie sich selbst zu erklären…
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Aus: "Die Schnecke am Hang" von Arkadi und Boris Strugatzki
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But what does that mean? Nothing. Seeing and not understanding is the same thing as thinking. I live, see and understand nothing. I live in a world that someone has thought up without bothering to explain it to me – or explaining it to oneself.
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From: "The Snail on the Slope" by Arkadi and Boris Strugatzki
Plage de la Possession - Ile de la Réunion
Thanks everyone for your visits, comments and favs
Merci à tous pour vos vistes, commentaires et favs
Humans have five senses, senses of vision (eyes), sense of touch (skin), sense of smell (nose), sense of taste (tongue), and hearing (ears). Fifth is often referred to as the five senses. In everyday life, the five senses play a role in getting information about the world around.
Many people believe in the existence of the sixth sense. People will be considered to have a sixth sense if they can see things that cannot be seen, heard or felt by others. For example, can see ghosts or converse with ghosts. Likewise, people can predict future events.
Here are some of the "images" of sensing results because of the sixth sense (the result of some people's experiences).
One can see the bioelectromagnetic emission from one's body (this is called "aura") in certain colors and color combinations.
Someone who can treat psi can see someone in an image such as a black and white x-ray. Normal ones are white and the sick are dark (black).
A person can feel the presence of metal or non-metallic objects by feeling a vibration or feeling like being punctured by a needle in the palm of his hand.
One can hear someone speaking clearly even though the person is far away.
One can see the shadows or the image of "spirits".
Someone is blindfolded but he can get to know the road and does not hit the things in front of him (as if he were blindfolded).
from : dosenpendidikan.com
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5 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
Your subconscious is a great storehouse of strength and energy that truly manages your life. You will be surprised at the amazing facts about how awesome your subconscious mind is. You may never realize how strongly your subconscious mind controls your life, how you feel, what you do, what experiences you have and so on. Here are some amazing facts about the power of the subconscious mind.
Basically humans have two thoughts, namely: the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Almost all of our lives are influenced by the subconscious mind. There are even expert opinions that explain the consensus between the conscious and subconscious mind in life, which is 12% for the conscious mind, and 88% for the subconscious mind. Seeing this, we can see how the subconscious mind has an important role in human life. So, what does the subconscious mind affect us like? Here are the facts.
1. Why do you sometimes do certain things without thinking first? That is the spontaneous response of your subconscious mind. Do you often say to yourself: "I'm hungry, I want to buy a sandwich filling my stomach.", Or then you feel a push, "When you just buy a sandwich? After eating is thirsty? Buy a drink too ... ". Well, there are some things you do every day, every time, even without considering it first, because the subconscious mind tells you to act.
2. Why does sometimes thinking positively not always work for many people? No matter how hard they try or only work temporarily, it's also because of the subconscious mind. Your subconscious does not like being forced, what is and is honest. So, your subconscious mind can affect your conscious mind, otherwise it is impossible. Your subconscious does not rationalize like your conscious mind. Therefore, if there are negative thoughts, emotions, and bad experiences that are embedded in your subconscious, you need to control them (reconstruct) first. After everything is gone, you can put positive things into your subconscious mind.
3. Your subconscious stores all the detailed information about everything you see, read, hear or experience. He keeps all memories such as - emotions, feelings, attitudes and beliefs that you have. On the basis of this large database, how you feel and react in certain situations is crucial. When you feel happy or sad about something, you just feel it, you really don't think about it. Other examples such as experience, beliefs, and attitudes of everyone are certainly different. Everyone reacts differently to the same situation. This is why what we like is not necessarily other people also like, there are people who are angry when insulted there are also people who can take positive lessons. It all comes from our subconscious mind.
4. The Law of Attraction, basically based on communication between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. When your subconscious mind can focus on goodness and positive beliefs (grateful, happy, etc.), so that you can control your conscious mind, good things always happen to you and vice versa. This is not a mere theory, but a proven scientific fact. Quantum physicists have found that it is a natural source of power that makes certain people psychic. This is the main key to getting rich people getting richer, and the poor getting poorer.
5. You can access your subconscious mind by using affirmations (words of suggestion / prayer). This is a very important lesson that you need to learn because you already know how powerful the subconscious mind is in your life. This will act as the first step towards changing your life for the better. When you constantly say and remind yourself of the positive or the goal you want to achieve, your subconscious mind responds positively. So then you won't waste time. As a result, you are more excited and motivated to work to change your destiny.
So, how to recognize the subconscious mind?
The condition when you are in the subconscious mind is, when your conscious state of influence is weakened, there is a sense of calm and peace (relax / not thinking about anything), focus. Many people are constrained by the difficulty of getting into the subconscious mind because they are still skeptical or logical.
How to enter the subconscious mind?
1. Calm your body first, and close your eyes. Take a deep breath and remove it slowly. Continue, this will automatically guide you into a deeper state of relaxation.
2. Don't try to silence the jumping mind when you first relax the mind, leave it alone. It makes your conscious mind more active.
3. Lock your hearing from outside influences (you can listen to audio binaural beats, the sound of gurgling water, raindrops, and other sounds that make your mind calm).
Now, you have realized, how strong your subconscious mind is. If you can take over, reconstruct, and control your subconscious mind with positive things, it is not impossible that you can make miracles happen in your life.
from : bramardianto.com
Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence. ~Alfred Billings Street
About this image: This is a single image that has been tone mapped with no other editing performed. Look in the clouds and see if you see the spirits as I do?