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No.. This is not Photoshopped Fire!
Glass with water and some petrol, set alight and a stone dropped in it.
I Only had one chance of a shot with this as the Garden and nearly the camera were set on fire.... and id also run out of glasses from previous photos.
Ive slightly blurred the edge of the background to remove some water stains from a previous attempt.
Ive never seen this tried before...... and i kind of know why, now!
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Explosions in the sky expose
layers of dark all around us...
28th July 2010
Shot from train on my way to home from Delhi.
© Vikram Parmar Photography
Images from the 2014 edition of Defqon.1 "Survival of the Fittest"
June 28&29
Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands
Client: Q-dance
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Three meter plus swell and a 20knot offshore wind at Ocean Reach beach break.
Single image, no manipulation.
The Titchwell RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) site is dotted with left-overs from its time as a WW2 anti-tank gun training site and its post-WW2 use as an RAF bombing and strafing range. There are various concrete bunkers where range crews could hide safely while armour-piercing solid shots (rather than exploding shells) were fired at range targets. AP solid shot was the primary anti-tank ammunition in those days and it still is.
Full album of two visits here: www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/albums/7215765007278...
On the sandy beach are the notable wrecks of two WW2 Covenanter cruiser tanks. The Covenanter was one of several designs based on the chassis and running gear of J. Walter Christie, a maverick U.S. inventor who managed to alienate almost the entire U.S. military to the extent that they would not buy his invention. But the Soviet Union DID buy it, sparking the succesfull BT and T-34 series of tanks. When British observers saw the BTs charging around in 1930s Soviet manouevres, the War Department was also impressed enough to buy the Christie suspension system and spark off the A13 Cruiser, Covenanter, Crusader, Cavalier, Centaur, Cromwell and Comet series of WW2 tanks.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Walter_Christie
The secret of Christie's suspension was large springs hidden in the side armour, attached to the axles of large road wheels. It allowed a considerable amount of 'float' at high speeds. Some Soviet BT light tanks could achieve speeds well over 50mph and - while credited with 27mph as a gun tank - my late father, a REME vehicle fitter, told me that the turret-less and gutted Crusader gun tractors in his unit had their 'governors' removed and were capable of 55mph on roads. This speed boost allowed them to out-run the 50mph Military Police motorcycles which only had low grade war-time petrol.
I had previously seen the Titchwell tanks when almost covered with sand and it was interesting to note late last year that the sand had now washed away, exposing details of the tanks’ Christie suspension and parts of the hull armour, wheels, track and final drive assemblies. The engines are missing. When I had first seen them I doubted the local story that they were old range targets - it appeared that one had just bogged down and the second tank had bogged down as well while trying to tow out the first one. I now believe this was a mistake on my part. They ARE range targets.
Close examination of both exposed hulls show several shot holes right through the armour (about 30 to 40mm thick in some places) with spalling on the exit side of several. Also there is a major deformation in the glacis - front plate - of one vehicle which may have been caused by the impact of a 4.5 or 5.5-inch medium gun's shot. These mediums were given emergency anti-tank training at Titchwell just prior to D-Day, in case they ever needed to function as anti-tank guns. That sort of close range work is not their normal role. The drill was to fire these medium guns at enemy tanks loaded with an H.E. (high explosive) shell from which the explosive fuse has been removed. The effective of this was that there was no explosion but massive disruption of the tank due to pure kinetic energy - in extreme cases the turret would be torn off by the impact.
The tank wrecks are very rusty and colourful on a sunny day. But enough of the armour remains together to see clear entry and exit holes on both vehicles.
The Covenanter was never used in action but solely relegated to training, partly due to its creative (and rather vulnerable) front radiator. For many years these Titchwell Covenanters were the only ones on show in the UK, until a complete one was dug up in a Dorking field, restored and is now on display at the Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset. Interestingly, further digging in the same Dorking field has now unearthed two more Covenanters and they have also been recovered.
This sunrise is in about the same area with the power lines eliminated and photographed to pick up the large beautiful widespread tree. I took a series of probably 25 pictures about 20 seconds apart and this one nearly looked like the sun was exploding and burning the tree. I loved it, but didn't know how to present it when part of the sun seemed to be missing.
I got a box of amazing treasures in the mail, including:
1. "Exploding Kittens", a card game that we invited people over to play. Tiffany was the only one who was available and willing, but Tiffany's awesome and came in her jammies, so it worked out okay. First game night in the new house! Yay!
2. A teeny tiny computer
3. A Google Cardboard-based 3D headset, which actually works pretty well, although it's kind of uncomfortable as shit. I need some nose pads or something for it.
4. Another board game that I don't want to mention because it is a surprise.
5. Another electrical widget that I don't want to mention because it is a surprise
6. Fresh Baritone ukulele strings.
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"abstract geography close up focus"
A 3-frame pano shot from my office window with the 85 f/2 Nikkor on my 5D.
ISO200, f/8, 1/2000s.
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Just in time for the 50th anniversary of this blubbery event, Tina and I visited the park. Florence Oregon.
Good info: www.beachconnection.net/news/exploding_whale_oregon.php
Exploding cauliflower. Cauliflower pharted using inversion. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene
Any one who had a look at "the exploding snow dog" I posted earlier in the week will get the title. Nightmare shot of bright sunrise, snow and a black dog!
Ventured out nice and early for this one.
Any feedback greatly appreciated!