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As with a lot of long exposures, this looks better on black!
I spent ages researching a 10-stop ND filter for my Nikon 14-24mm lens and discovered that they're hard to come by, with decent ones being even more rare.
Thankfully I found one I thought I would be happy with and took it out for a test drive.
This was a week or two before my trip to Iceland, so I wanted to take my new gear out for a bit of a test run around London. I wasn't going to post this shot, but it's grown on me, so here you go.
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Nikon D800 / ISO 100 / f/8.0 / 14-24mm @ 22mm / 10-stop ND filter
London's financial district around Canary Wharf as we look across St Pauls Cathedral from the top of Monument.
Hard to believe (for some) but there was a day when cash was used more than credit cards. The first credit card was the 1950 cardboard Diners Club card in New York City - 2 years later it was being used in several countries around the world, and by 1958 banks were getting in on the "charge-it" game. In Canada, the evolution of "plastic banking" led to the demise of the penny in 2013. Another example of financial evolution is the Future Shop electronics store charge card ... they ceased business in Canada in 2015, becoming part of the Best Buy electronics emporium.
for the MacroMondays challege EVOLUTION
Basically Nazis, but modern, plus ACUs, and based in New York. Highered by Wallstreet companies to protect valuable papers during the outbreak they are led by one Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bliss. Abandoned when the crisis worsened the LMB is fuled by a vengence and goal of retaking New York and establishing a new world order. When compaired to the other factions the LMB is technologically far superior, with many different specialists, Shade Tech, rouge agents, fortifed positions, etc. they certainly know how to fuck your day up.
Probably my favorite faction, but the flip to that is they are the most difficult and annoying, these specialists sure say why, featured we got; Scout, aka another rushing shot-gun asshole who looks like he belongs in the HECU from Half-Life, Rifleman aka M4 homies, and Grenadier, another asshole who loves to disrupt cover and just fuck up your day.
Do this by the numbers! - Last Man Battalion
The sun sets on the financial district in Toronto in what was a record breaking temperature of 12.5 C on February 20th.
Belton House, located in a few miles north of Grantham in Lincolnshire, is a quintessential example of a late 17th-century country estate, built in the Carolean (Restoration) style. It was home to the Brownlow and Cust families for nearly 300 years.
The house was primarily built between 1685 and 1688 for "Young" Sir John Brownlow and his wife Alice, who inherited a vast fortune from a great-uncle. They chose a fashionable yet comparatively modest design, drawing inspiration from Roger Pratt's demolished Clarendon House in London, rather than a grand Baroque palace. The design is generally attributed to architect William Winde, with construction overseen by master mason William Stanton.
The Brownlow family were a dynasty of wealthy lawyers who began acquiring land in the area in the late 16th century. Successive generations, including the Cust family who later inherited the estate and were created Baron and then Earl Brownlow, made alterations to the interiors and gardens to reflect changing tastes and social status, though the external appearance remained largely unchanged.
Following the wars, the family faced mounting financial difficulties and death duties, common challenges for wealthy English families at the time. After attempts to keep the estate viable, including opening it to the public, the 7th Baron Brownlow donated the house and most of its contents to the National Trust in 1984.
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"If you could save up all you can and then spend it all here, it will be worth it" - me. Fancy pubs and restaurants, exorbitant hotels, chill breeze, calm ambience.
Finally, credit to Mr. Zheng, finally found this spot for a nice view of Shanghai's Pudong Financial District with it's iconic buildings. On the left, that strange building is the Pearl Tower. The tallest building is Shanghai Center, the tallest building in China and right next to it is what we called the bottle opener.
Today, 16 January 2022, our temperature is 0°C (windchill -4°C) just after noon. Sunrise is at 8:32 am and sunset is at 5:00 pm. A sunny day. A few days ago, our deepfreeze finally come to an end - at least until the next one - and we have been enjoying much milder weather. We do have a Special Weather Statement for tomorrow night (Monday), though - "Strong winds, snow, blowing snow and a rapid drop in temperature expected for southern Alberta. Be prepared for poor travel conditions." Hopefully, it will miss my city!
Yesterday, 15 January 2022, I was finally able to get out for a drive out of the city. The last time I had been for a drive was on 24 October 2021! I had been wanting to get out for the last few days, but each day involved having to do something in connection with the car accident on 20 December 2021, when a young driver T-boned the loaner vehicle I was driving just a couple of roads away from home. Apparently, the Police Accident Report that was made at the time of the accident had been sitting on someone's desk, waiting to be authorized. This resulted in my having to make and answer endless phone calls and emails to various people, plus having to go to the nearest Police Station to pick up a driver's copy of the now-authorized report. I was told that an accident benefit adjuster is now supposed to phone me. I have never put in an accident benefit claim for anything before. I read that ones payments will go up if a claim is put in, so I don't think it's worth doing. My only financial expenses during the week after the accident, were several taxi rides. The rest of the 'damages' were pretty much stress, including being without a vehicle for the Christmas week. Oh, and whiplash and other muscle injury, for which I won't be getting physio. So, I don't think it's worth going through all the hassle of putting in a claim and then having my payments increase..
Anyway, yesterday, I decided to go for a drive SE of the city, really just to get out and see something other than my four walls. Not a lot to see, but it was good to drive a few quiet, peaceful back roads, and on a lovely sunny day. I was surprised to see a lot less snow on the ground than I was expecting. It also surprised me, though, that I found it so very tiring to do a shortish drive like this, along familiar roads.
Buddhi Lal, 30 works before dawn collecting refuse to recycle and resell. Known as 'rag-picking' he can make perhaps Rs150-200 a day. New Delhi, India.
Until a few years ago, urban poverty, whilst being starkly visible to the policy makers in India, received far less attention from the Indian government than rural poverty, both in terms of range of intervention and the scale of financial outlay. Despite evidence of burgeoning urban population, fuelled by distress migration that followed the new economic policies during early Nineties, it remained an area of significant and persistent neglect from public policy.
In March of the year 2000, a group of young people and committed social workers, with support from ActionAid India, came together under the banner of ‘Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (AAA)’ . The initiative is set to stop exploitation and marginalization of the homeless people in Delhi, with the aim to empower, mobilise and strengthen the capacity of the homeless so that they can assert their rights and live with honour and dignity.
Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan runs 12 regular shelters in buildings provided by the Delhi government. 7 of these shelters are run on ‘pay to use’ basis while 5 are being run without any user fee.
Other work done by AAA during 2010:
A free legal aid mechanism at Delhi Beggars Court was set up to provide legal aid to the inmates arrested under Bombay Prevention of Begging Act.
Education for homeless children:
Twelve homeless children completed their 6 years of formal education from MCD Schools (state supported school). This group of children is based at Fatehpuri shelter where they are supported with 24 hour shelter, food, tuition, counselling and recreation etc. The direct cost of education (e.g text books etc.) was covered by the State but the other expenses of education like school uniforms, clothing, food, and, healthcare etc. are being covered by donors recruited by AAA.
The Health Intervention Group for Homeless (HIGH)
This clinic has been providing health care to the homeless on every Monday and Thursday evening in Jama Masjid area. Through this clinic, more than 3000 homeless patients got free treatment, and 12 severely mentally ill homeless patients were referred to the exclusive Jama Masjijd clinic. Homeless people are also trained as health support workers to provide their services as care workers to patients at various hospitals.
The Chemical Dependents meeting.
This drug users meeting is organised at Urdu Park and Jama Masjid on every Wednesday evening, and at Fountain Chowk shelter on every Friday evening. From these sessions the patients get referred to the Health Intervention Group for Homeless clinic (HIGH). Continued attendance to these meetings is mandatory for those patients referred and treated at the HIGH clinic.
Photo: Stuart Freedman/ActionAid
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Bank of America Financial Center, Portland, OR Best when viewed on Black. From the July 15th PDXNightowls PhotoWalk, next PhotoWalk Friday July 29th. NB48594
The financial district of Canary Wharf - investments all wrapped up in hiring property. Once upon a time this was a heart of the East End of London - not always the happiest place in the country but this level of excess seems to have taken it to the other end of the spectrum.Pity
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