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I made the 5 shots separatly. Each model took the frame and I shot at the same distance.
Strobist info : 2 bare speedlights in TTL mode at 14mm on the right and left side of the camera. I tried to avoid bad shadows and to make a soft light. It was difficult since I don't have any softbox or octobox with me (holidays).
Post-processing : I merged the 5 shots in Photoshop (fun to learn special functions). I made a box to have a guideline and to align the 5 shots. Then I did frequency separation to sften the shadows and the skins of the models.
PM2.5 concentration in Edmonton is currently 6.9 times the WHO annual air quality guideline value As of Sunday at 7:37 AM (MST)
ADJ River Queen in Sunrise Below Low Level Bridge
Canon - Large IMG_0362
DSC_9031 - FA64 ENG - Scania K360EB6/Irizar i6 - Guideline Coaches (England Football Team Coach) - Monkwearmouth, Stadium of Light 27/05/16
"Stay afloat" The pedestrian walkway and the large branch in the right edge of the picture serve as a guideline for this picture.
Using AI to create this image was unbelievable until I checked out this link to this album of AI Created Portrait Photos.
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www.flickr.com/photos/ai_art_legends/albums/7217772030759...
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Several Haiku Notes:
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AI created
A Meditating Buddha
just by my asking
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Midjourney Beta
it's finished with it's testing
it's no longer free
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Is this a message
sent to me using AI
maybe there is more
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V= 1,000 ::: F=16 ::: C=85 ::: 07/16/2023
V= 2,000 ::: F=26 ::: C=96 ::: 08/15/2023
V= 3,000 ::: F=29 ::: C=111 ::: 10/14/2023
V= 4,000 ::: F=31 ::: C=117 ::: 01/12/2024
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A Buddhist Haiku
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What is Buddhism?
For me: A Philosophy,
not a religion.
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“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
~ The Buddha ~
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The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth about all things. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism. Great emphasis is put on the practical aspect, because it is only through practice that one can attain a higher level of existence and finally reach Nirvana. The eight aspects of the path are not to be understood as a sequence of single steps, instead they are highly interdependent principles that have to be seen in relationship with each other.
1. Right View
Right view is the beginning and the end of the path, it simply means to see and to understand things as they really are and to realise the Four Noble Truths. As such, right view is the cognitive aspect of wisdom. It means to see things through, to grasp the impermanent and imperfect nature of worldly objects and ideas, and to understand the law of karma and karmic conditioning. Right view is not necessarily an intellectual capacity, just as wisdom is not just a matter of intelligence. Instead, right view is attained, sustained, and enhanced through all capacities of mind. It begins with the intuitive insight that all beings are subject to suffering and it ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things. Since our view of the world forms our thoughts and our actions, right view yields right thoughts and right actions.
2. Right Intention
While right view refers to the cognitive aspect of wisdom, right intention refers to the volitional aspect, i.e. the kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Right intention can be described best as commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. the intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. the intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. the intention of harmlessness, meaning not to think or act cruelly, violently, or aggressively, and to develop compassion.
3. Right Speech
Right speech is the first principle of ethical conduct in the eightfold path. Ethical conduct is viewed as a guideline to moral discipline, which supports the other principles of the path. This aspect is not self-sufficient, however, essential, because mental purification can only be achieved through the cultivation of ethical conduct. The importance of speech in the context of Buddhist ethics is obvious: words can break or save lives, make enemies or friends, start war or create peace. Buddha explained right speech as follows: 1. to abstain from false speech, especially not to tell deliberate lies and not to speak deceitfully, 2. to abstain from slanderous speech and not to use words maliciously against others, 3. to abstain from harsh words that offend or hurt others, and 4. to abstain from idle chatter that lacks purpose or depth. Positively phrased, this means to tell the truth, to speak friendly, warm, and gently and to talk only when necessary.
4. Right Action
The second ethical principle, right action, involves the body as natural means of expression, as it refers to deeds that involve bodily actions. Unwholesome actions lead to unsound states of mind, while wholesome actions lead to sound states of mind. Again, the principle is explained in terms of abstinence: right action means 1. to abstain from harming sentient beings, especially to abstain from taking life (including suicide) and doing harm intentionally or delinquently, 2. to abstain from taking what is not given, which includes stealing, robbery, fraud, deceitfulness, and dishonesty, and 3. to abstain from sexual misconduct. Positively formulated, right action means to act kindly and compassionately, to be honest, to respect the belongings of others, and to keep sexual relationships harmless to others. Further details regarding the concrete meaning of right action can be found in the Precepts.
5. Right Livelihood
Right livelihood means that one should earn one's living in a righteous way and that wealth should be gained legally and peacefully. The Buddha mentions four specific activities that harm other beings and that one should avoid for this reason: 1. dealing in weapons, 2. dealing in living beings (including raising animals for slaughter as well as slave trade and prostitution), 3. working in meat production and butchery, and 4. selling intoxicants and poisons, such as alcohol and drugs. Furthermore any other occupation that would violate the principles of right speech and right action should be avoided.
6. Right Effort
Right effort can be seen as a prerequisite for the other principles of the path. Without effort, which is in itself an act of will, nothing can be achieved, whereas misguided effort distracts the mind from its task, and confusion will be the consequence. Mental energy is the force behind right effort; it can occur in either wholesome or unwholesome states. The same type of energy that fuels desire, envy, aggression, and violence can on the other side fuel self-discipline, honesty, benevolence, and kindness. Right effort is detailed in four types of endeavours that rank in ascending order of perfection: 1. to prevent the arising of unarisen unwholesome states, 2. to abandon unwholesome states that have already arisen, 3. to arouse wholesome states that have not yet arisen, and 4. to maintain and perfect wholesome states already arisen.
7. Right Mindfulness
Right mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception, or by a thought, but then it does not stay with the mere impression. Instead, we almost always conceptualise sense impressions and thoughts immediately. We interpret them and set them in relation to other thoughts and experiences, which naturally go beyond the facticity of the original impression. The mind then posits concepts, joins concepts into constructs, and weaves those constructs into complex interpretative schemes. All this happens only half consciously, and as a result we often see things obscured. Right mindfulness is anchored in clear perception and it penetrates impressions without getting carried away. Right mindfulness enables us to be aware of the process of conceptualisation in a way that we actively observe and control the way our thoughts go. Buddha accounted for this as the four foundations of mindfulness: 1. contemplation of the body, 2. contemplation of feeling (repulsive, attractive, or neutral), 3. contemplation of the state of mind, and 4. contemplation of the phenomena.
8. Right Concentration
The eighth principle of the path, right concentration, refers to the development of a mental force that occurs in natural consciousness, although at a relatively low level of intensity, namely concentration. Concentration in this context is described as one-pointedness of mind, meaning a state where all mental faculties are unified and directed onto one particular object. Right concentration for the purpose of the eightfold path means wholesome concentration, i.e. concentration on wholesome thoughts and actions. The Buddhist method of choice to develop right concentration is through the practice of meditation. The meditating mind focuses on a selected object. It first directs itself onto it, then sustains concentration, and finally intensifies concentration step by step. Through this practice it becomes natural to apply elevated levels of concentration also in everyday situations.
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for Macro Mondays theme: Member's choice - Into the woods
Took this yesterday, it's a mega crop to fit into their no larger than 3" guideline for the whole subject, think I prefer my larger version, but I wanted to play!
HMM :)
Canon EOS 550D EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
ƒ/5.6 250.0 mm 1/500 ISO 100
A quick up-to-date photo of the mystery engine with the glowing fire.
This is my first model of a British locomotive that isn't modeled off of a preserved example, which I don't see done very often.
The decision to make this particular model was rather spontaneous...I hadn't made a proper locomotive model in some time, and I got tired of choosing and taking too long, and I just decided to try this one out. The goal was a regular suburban NE tank engine that made it into BR days. A pretty simple guideline. This does mean that when the model is complete, it will be decked out in a handsome BR-lined black livery.
Seeing as I'm so close to finishing the model, I thought I might as well finish it and share it. Need to work on cab detailing then the rear bunker.
More to come soon.
We're here visiting Sunny 16
Basically, the Sunny 16 Rule is on a bright sunny day, set your aperture at f /16 and convert the ISO rating to the closest shutter speed. If your ISO is 100, then set the aperture to f/16 and shutter speed to 100th a second. The exposure will then be correct.
I hadn't heard of the Sunny 16 Rule but I remember the analoge years. On the boxes of film were little drawings picturing exposure guidelines in different circumstances / different weather conditions.
No sun today. All the photos shot with the sunny 16 rule came out heavily underexposed. I could change the aperture or the shutter speed. Instead I cheated in Photoshop honoring the exposure guidelines on the boxes of film.
The internal car ramp n the Lingotto factory, as shot with my 8mm Samyang fisheye lens.
On our last day in Turin we managed a quick visit to the famous Fiat Lingotto Factory. It's probably most famous for the rooftop racetrack which briefly starred in The Italian Job'.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see that properly as although it's included with entry to the Modern Art Museum on the roof we didn't have enough time available to justify the cost. Anyway, it's always good to leave a couple of things for a return visit........
Click here to see more of my photos from various trips to Italy : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157603213111374
From Wikipedia : "Lingotto is a district of Turin, Italy, and the location of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. This building once housed an automobile factory built by Fiat.
Construction started in 1916 and the building opened in 1923. The design (by young architect Matté Trucco) was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936.
The factory became outmoded in the 1970s and the decision was made to finally close it in 1982. The closure of the plant led to much public debate about its future, and how to recover from industrial decline in general. An architectural competition was held, which was eventually awarded to Renzo Piano, who envisioned an exciting public space for the city. The old factory was rebuilt into a modern complex, with concert halls, theatre, a convention centre, shopping arcades and a hotel. The eastern portion of the building is the headquarters of the Automotive Engineering faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. The work was completed in 1989. The track was retained, and can still be visited today on the top floor of the shopping mall and hotel."
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It’s been a while Secondlife! I’ve missed you guys… I’ve missed the creativity and all the wonderful souls in this virtual world. I took a peek in SL today just to wish some friends Happy New Year and catch up with those I’ve missed dearly. Couldn’t help but toss some clothes on, put out some fruits & life onto my land and just… soak in nostalgia.
A very happy beginning 2015 to all you wonderful people!
New Years are always a good time to make some resolutions, doesn’t matter if you keep em – just have some goals laid out as a directional guideline for yourself.
RL NY Resolutions:
1. Use less chemicals on myself, more organic products
2. Move into my new apartment & decorate the heck out of it!
3. Drink more water
4. Organize my environment, time and life
5. Meditate more
SL NY Resolutions:
1. Make more time to create
2. Learn Zbrush 4r7
3. Reorganize my inventory
4. Rebuilt a site
5. Finish Zbrush tutorials
So those are some of my RL & SL short-term/long-term new year resolutions.
What are some of yours?
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CREDITS:
Dress - Zenith
Hair - Magika
Makeup - Glam Affair
Canvas - Picnic
Coffee - Atmosphere Works & Lark
Fruits - Shai
Plants - Apple Fall & Living World
Shoes - Reek
Backdrop: Scarlet Creative
It's so easy to pass up an Old Coot, and I forgot that I got this one yesterday, but this one had "breeding dot and beak," and I haven't gotten that in quite a while. It's the one bird I can count on 365 days a year, eating some green stuff, and when they get out of the water, their feet are like five-toed green ballooned surgical fingers. Basically, the lower guideline on the ugly-beautiful continuum, but viewed large, not bad. The Moorhen Common Uncommon Gallinule was accompanied by at least 15 of these yesterday. If it swims, I shoot.
First trial of a brilliant idea I saw on Flickr. I bought a single white frame and made the 3 shoots separetly. Each adult model took the frame and I shot at the same distance. For the one month baby, we did it safely of course and I succeed to delete the fingers which held the head.
Strobist info : 2 bare speedlights in TTL mode at 14mm on the right and left side of the camera. I tried to avoid bad shadows and to make a soft light. It was difficult since I don't have any softbox or octobox with me (holidays).
Post-processing : I merged the 3 shots in Photoshop (fun to learn special functions). I made a box to have a guideline and to align the 3 shoots. Then I did frequency separation to sften the shadows and the skins of the models.
Several Thoughts as Haiku Notes :
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The Yin and the Yang
the forces of creation
beginning the end
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The way of the Tao
as above also below
everything is one
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The Yin and the Yang
they're not really opposites
complementary
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When you have questions
look and listen for the signs
synchronicity
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A Yin/Yang Perception of Opposites
Tao Te Ching -:- Verse 2
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When people see things as beautiful,
ugliness is created.
When people see things as good,
evil is created.
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low oppose each other.
Fore and aft follow each other.
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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By measuring starlight - specifically, the color and brightness - astronomers have determined that our Milky Way has about 100 billion stars in its system. Using the Milky Way as a model, astronomers have multiplied the number of stars in a typical galaxy (100 billion) by the number of galaxies in the known universe (2 trillion). The result is an absolutely astounding number of approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our known universe. Given that the earth’s star (the sun) has eight planets revolving around it, one of which has humans on it. Is it reasonable to believe that human beings here on the planet earth are the only beings in existence?
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Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
- ... +
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
circle --- square
circular --- straight
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
dark --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
fat --- muscle
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
girl --- boy
heart --- mind
heaven --- earth
ice --- fire
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inward --- outward
left --- right
light --- shadow
low --- high
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum ---position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
pink --- blue
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiescence --- activity
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- creative
relaxed --- tense
right brain --- left brain
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
sister --- brother
six --- seven
slow --- fast
small --- large
softness --- hardness
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
vagina --- penis
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- fire
wave --- particle
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
zero --- one
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A Cybernetic Thought
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The creation of negative entropy through
complimentary forces of energy.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/we-are-dead-stars-the-a...
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Artist: Hale Woodruff (1900-1980)
Title: Landscape, 1936
Medium: oil on canvas
Venue: National Gallery of Art
This is a new discovery for me. I did not know about African American artist Hale Woodruff. I love this painting and now I would like to see his paintings of historical events –e.g. Mutiny on the Amistad, Crispus Attucks, etc.– in real life as I did with this painting at the National Gallery of Art.
There is a lot going on here.
I'm a photographer. I see paintings through the eyes of a photographer. The lines in this painting are striking. They at first look random but what I see is that they point from the middle and stretch to the corners.
In doing that I see French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson's 1.5 Rectangle Basic Armature guideline at work here to give a perception of depth to an image and guidance to the viewer's eyes. I don't know if it was intentional but I see it. Imagine two triangular Star Trek Federation pendants. One pendant points from the bottom to the top, its two legs touch the bottom corners while its pointed head crosses the top, and the other Star Trek triangular pendant has its two legs touch the two corners at the top while its head crosses the bottom. Their inside angles meet in the middle of the painting. See how the painting organizes itself now? These organizing lines come in demonstrably handy when photographing landscapes and subjects.
WINTER HAZE BY DAVID GUINN & PHILLIP ADAMS
This second mural of the serie "Les saisons montréalaises" (The Montreal Seasons) depicts a contemporary landscape highlighting a dramatic winter scene. Horizontal lines cut across thie 1400 square feet mural, giving the illusion of velocity, a nod to the speeding car and bicycle traffic on De Maisonneuve Boulevard. A few of the residents of the Habitations Jeanne-Mance are depicted at the heart of the mural.
The given theme for all the artistic projects at the Habitations Jeanne-Mance was “nature and vegetation”. This artistic guideline was developed with the collaboration of the Corporation d’habitation Jeanne-Mance as part of a global improvement plan that aims to position the complex as the green heart of the downtown area.
Location: Habitations Jeanne-Mance 235-255, boulevard de Maisonneuve Est, Montréal. Québec, Canada
Taken for Macro Mondays theme of Line Symmetry.
This new little leaf is the size of my little fingernail. The whole thing definitely measures less than the 3" guideline.
Thanks for your views, favs and comments, much appreciated 😊
1969 Plymouth Roadrunner 440
So what exactly would be the definition of a muscle car? Well let me first say that there may not be an exact definition. There are simply too many variables, personal opinions and just plain subjective love for one’s own “performance car” to define such. Consider the following narrative as a guideline as to what would constitute being designated a muscle car.
* Following is an excerpt from a Thesis presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University by William Blythe McKinney, December 2009 which I copied and pasted into this narrative.
www.tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1"
First, the car must carry a V8 engine. After all, there must be “muscle” behind a muscle car. And while performance can be garnered from turbocharged or supercharged V-6 engines, they do not have the loud, car-shaking visceral appeal of the V8. In the 1960s, the more cubic inches you had under the hood,
the cooler you were.
Next, the car must have only two doors, making it look sleek and sporty. But despite the two doors, the American muscle car has always carried a backseat, therefore separating it from the smaller, more European style “sports car.” This means that while smooth and fast and very desirable, a Corvette [4] would not be considered a muscle car.
Muscle cars had to have some semblance of practicality, and that came with the lower sticker price and inclusion of a rear seat. While there is some debate over what makes the cut as far as modern muscle (for example, should powerful trucks be considered?) the classic definition of the muscle era was 1964 (the first year of the GTO) through 1974 (the last year for the Super Duty Trans Am – although Trans Ams would continue to be popular in a less potent version throughout the 70s and 80s.) The zenith of the movement is generally considered to be 1970, when 100 octane fuel was still available
4. - It should be noted that some people will consider a Corvette a muscle car, while others will not. The Corvette is an American icon all on its own. Its run is much longer than the muscle cars; it has been built since the early Fifties and every year since up to the present-day (2009). Also, it is a two-seater, and expensive. Still, some will argue that it was right there in the performance battles of the late Sixties, racing against Hemi MOPARS and others, and so they include it in the discussion.
and there seemed to be no end of it, and horsepower wars had vaulted factory stock engines into the 400hp-plus range. In the years following 1970, power began to subside as emission concerns took hold, and the auto market moved in a new direction.
Finally, to be a muscle car, a car must have rear wheel drive; important to performance enthusiasts because power is not lost in turns, and there is not the feeling of being pulled to one side under heavy acceleration as in front-wheel drive vehicles (something called “wheel drift”). Also, it was cool to show off a car’s muscle by performing big smoky burnouts. This was best done by the rear wheels instead of the front, which just make it look like your engine was on fire.
People can and will argue about when the muscle car revolution really started, but for the purpose of this article, we’re placing the start in the early to mid-sixties, specifically 1964, but with credit to the earlier cars. 1964 was chosen because that was the year of the first Pontiac GTO, the car that’s most often cited for starting the whole muscle car pheno-menon. It was the first factory intermediate model with an engine from a full-size car... There were performance models long before 1964 , but the basic muscle car premise is a big engine in a smaller car. That’s the basic definition of a hot rod, only now you could buy a brand new hot rod at your local GM, Ford, or Chrysler dealership and finance it. Somehow, it’s not the same.
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By yours truly:
Burn ‘um up………heat ‘um up. Burn out. Smoke billows and swirls around a throbbing, growling, thump’a de thump four wheel beast. A couple of quick stabs on the throttle – an ear splitting vawomp, vawoomp blasts from open headers………. The car shutters and shakes as it inches forward toward the staging line, tripping the red light on the “christmas tee”. The ground shakes as both cars begin their “run-up”, r.p.m.s climb - 5000, 5500, 6000 igniting 500, 600 or more of raw brute horsepower under the hood. The count down, a yellow, another yellow. Engines screaming – the car hunches like a growling, angry Tiger ready to pounce. Green light! Foot slams the throttle, clutch peddle flies up, line lock released, the tach needle spins, higher, higher. An earth shaking roar, smoke and fire - the car bolts forward, whirling slicks dig into hot asphalt, as the front end bolts up. The car enters a different world – images melt into a blur, gears slam; second, third, fourth – a growling scream from Hell fills the air. A quarter of a mile is eaten up in a matter of seconds. The traps appear from the darkness. Time to back down – back down but no. The age is ending. Like our time on earth, the muscle car is dying……… stay in it, stay in it. The traps blur by. It pierces the darkness in an instant. It enters an ethereal world – a world devoid of time and space. It passes the bounds of our world. A raging thing – a screaming machine no longer tied to the bounds of earth. There is no return. A final scream – a final breathe and then, then silence. A blazing light pierces the darkness and it knows there is no return. Its era is passed. It is but a memory now. There is no sorrow, no regrets, no fear. It had its day and like all things, it’s time passes into memories.
This, my friends, is the muscle car ………………
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The way to which mankind may hold
Is not the eternal way.
Eternal truths cannot be told
In what men write or say.
The name that may be named by man
Is not the eternal name
That was before the world began
Or human language came.
In that the namable took root,
The tree of fire and force,
Which, having blossomed and borne fruit,
Returns then to its source.
Who warms his body at that fire,
Sees nothing but its smoke;
But he who puts aside desire,
The flame’s self will invoke.
These two things are the same in source
But different in name;
Who solves this mystery has recourse
To that from whence he came.
................................. Charles H. Mackintosh (1926)
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God (the great everlasting infinite First Cause from whom all things in heaven and earth proceed) can neither be defined nor named.
For the God which can be defined or named is but the Creator, the Great Mother of all those things of which our senses have cognisance.
Now he who would gain a knowledge of the nature and attributes of the nameless and undefinable God, must first set himself free from all earthly desires, for unless he can do this, he will be unable to penetrate the material veil which interposes between him and those spiritual conditions into which he would obtain an insight.
Yet the spiritual and the material, though known to us under different names, are similar in origin, and issue from the same source, and the same obscurity belongs to both, for deep indeed is the darkness which enshrouds the portals through which we have to pass, in order to gain a knowledge of these mysteries.
................................. G.G. Alexander (1895)
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Existence is beyond the power of words
To define:
Terms may be used
But are none of them absolute.
In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,
Words came out of the womb of matter;
And whether a man dispassionately
Sees to the core of life
Or passionately
Sees the surface,
The core and the surface
Are essentially the same,
Words making them seem different
Only to express appearance.
If name be needed, wonder names them both:
From wonder into wonder
Existence opens.
................................. Witter Bynner (1944)
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That Which Is Called The Tao Is Not The Tao
The flow of energy . . . . .
Here . . . . .
It . . . . .
Is . . . . .
Nameless . . . . .
Timeless . . . . .
Speed of Light . . . . .
Float . . . . . beyond fear . . . . .
Float . . . . . beyond desire . . . . .
Into . . . . . this Mystery of Mysteries
through this Gate . . . . . of All Wonder
................................. Timothy Leary (Psychedelic Prayers, 1966)
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Personal Thoughts from August 07, 1976
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Energy is one.
Individuals are parts of that one.
Individuals through a source such as Love
(or other emotion or virtue) are one.
Thoughts are a source of energy.
Energy is neither created or destroyed.
Thoughts are neither created or destroyed.
Individuals are tuned-in to thoughts.
We do not think; we experience thought.
Our level of development is how we use
these thoughts to experience other
thoughts.
We are actually experiencing energies.
Our level of development is how we can
tune-in to these energies.
Our true purpose is to think and develop;
think and develop; become the source of energy.
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A Personal Haiku (05/05/2021)
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The Dao to humans
as lakes and oceans to fish
existence unknown
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A Couple of Haiku Notes:
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Tao gives birth to One
One gives birth to yin and yang
then birth to all things
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The Yin and the Yang
they're not really opposites
complementary
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A Yin/Yang Perception of Opposites
Tao Te Ching -:- Verse 2
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When people see things as beautiful,
ugliness is created.
When people see things as good,
evil is created.
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low oppose each other.
Fore and aft follow each other.
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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A Cybernetic Thought
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The creation of negative entropy through
complimentary forces of energy.
Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
darkness --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
expands --- contracts
fat --- muscle
feeling --- knowledge
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
heart --- brain
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inner --- outer
inward --- outward
left --- right
liquid --- solid
low --- high
magnetic --- electrical
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum --- position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
negative --- positive
new testament --- old testament
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
passivity --- aggressiveness
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- projecting
relaxed --- tense
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
six --- seven
slow --- fast
small --- large
soft --- hard
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- ice
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
zero --- one
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A haiku question
Is it wise to seek wisdom?
Ask someone who knows
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Seek and you shall find
ask and it will be given
those who are wise know
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真理应该是唯一的宗教
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Zhēnlǐ yīnggāi shì wéiyī de zōngjiào
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Apparently it is the Maori word for sweet potato. Sweet potato bread... yum... I definitely wanted to make it.
I'm watching a series from New Zealand and in it they made reference to a bread ... which I thought they called Kuma.... but maybe it was their accent that threw me off or I just didn't hear it correctly... so I was busy looking it up to see if I could find it.
This is the closest thing I could find that sounded anything similar and was still a yeasted bread.
It also has a lot of Rosemary in it... better still..
However the recipe gave me grief as the amount of liquid plus the potato puree made it far too wet and I had to add a lot more flour to get it right.
By then I thought it wouldn't work at all, or it would be quite bland tasting if it ever did make a loaf of edible bread.
Not so on either count.... it finally became two cute little loaves and tastes very nice.
A firm crust and a nice tight crumb... quite nice actually.
It doesn't toast up very dark before the crust gets too toasty though... so is a bit pale. However it is still nice toast. And, I do love my toast.
It had quite a lot of sweet potato in it at 300 g, but the bread is not sweet .. mostly the taste of the Rosemary comes though as prominent...
Next time...I may add some honey to give it a bit of sweetness... and, I'll begin with a lot less water too.... live and learn with recipes... but at least it has redeeming features this time.
here is the link if anybody wants to give it a go or use the recipe as a guideline.. remember that when it says 'add a bit more flour" ... it means plenty. So perhaps go with less water and then.. add more if it is too dry with your flour...it is cups and not weights so it messes with things anyway....
Expectations and norms shape everyday life. They determine how we behave, what we do, and perceive to be appropriate. While this is a necessary guideline for coexistence, seldomly can all needs gain satisfaction from it.
#Norms usually offer a limited leeway. For some, they constrict, take their air to breathe, and constantly make them feel misplaced. Thus, it can be challenging to discover yourself within limits that feel too tight.
But the beauty of being lies in its #diversity. For the misplaced, testing the limits of norms by setting contrasts is the only option to find their place. While fighting for individual freedom to operate, you sometimes realize that it's the norms that have to change and not you.
Monks play with a kitten at Punakha Dzong. One of the most important ethical guideline for Buddhists is the principle of non-violence. Practitioners are to refrain from taking a life, or even witness the taking of a life. Many Buddhists interpret this as a basis for treating animals well, and the reason behind their practice of vegetarianism or veganism. Another core tenet of Buddhism is the concept of rebirth, and the belief in the possibility of reincarnation as an animal. These beliefs naturally lead Buddhists to be concerned about the welfare of animals.
NOTE - AUGUST 2010: Here's a great update of this collage from Billy Wilson, with a helpful grid, new Micro Four Thirds cameras, and medium-format SLRs too. It's far more up-to-date than this one.
See my blog post for further discussion of this image.
My June 2008 DSLR camera collage is by far my most popular image on Flickr. This is an updated version of that composite of publicity photos from various DSLR camera manufacturers, current as of the beginning of January 2009. Images are © 2006-2009 Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica, Pentax, Samsung, Fuji, and Sigma. Thanks also to DP Review and DC Resource for making the images easy to find.
Prices here range from around $450 (with lens) to $20,000+ (no lens). The smallest cameras in this bunch are the Leica M8.2, Panasonic G1, and Olympus E-420. The heaviest are the pro monsters, the Nikon D3/D3x, Canon 1D/1Ds Mark III, Sony A900 (with grip), and the upcoming Leica S2 medium format DSLR.
What's new since the last collage are DSLRs that take movies (Nikon D90, Canon 5D Mark II), new form factors at the low end (Panasonic G1 with interchangeable lenses but no mirror box) and high end (huge sensor and lenses on the Leica S2), and renewed emphasis on low-light performance. Sony's and Nikon's entry into the mega-megapixel race with the A900 and D3x are also interesting.
Relative camera sizes are not exact. The positions of the various models vaguely reflect my impressions of a combination of price, features, and market segment. That's quite subjective, so you could easily argue with my placement of some of them -- and sometimes I just had to bump things around to make them fit. Take the image as a general guideline. Look down the columns to see how different cameras from a single manufacturer compare from low-end to high-end; look across the rows to see roughly comparable cameras (in features, price, or both) from different makers that compete with one another.
Have fun in the comments. I'll probably update this again in another six months.
Important information regarding the Corona Virus. Please read as a guideline.
Sent to me by a Nurse at our local Hospital.
Nearly two weeks ago, when I was starting this photo blog, I had premeditated only the first picture beforehand (day 1). It didn't come quite as I imagined, but I figured it was good enough. After that I was on my own and my quest for 'the 365' had started. I didn't know what to expect or wish for. I only knew I had carefully build myself a photo blog for my 365-project and searched for couple of forums where I could share my coming adventure. I had already invested a fair amount of work into it, so I couldn't turn away from it now (plus there was couple of good friends pushing me into it). In a sense, I had my concept and bones ready, but I knew nothing about how the 365 would change my photography. One picture per day might sound hard to achieve, but there is one very important aspect in it, which will refine your photography. It will give you a context for your photography. And having a predetermined context will quickly change the way how you approach photography.
First of all, the context will give you a guideline which to follow. Persistently diversified paths of endless possibilities and testing of different ideas you randomly found from the web will narrow down to something actually meaningful you can hope to realize some day. Once you throw out irrelevant substance, your goals become more clear. No more wandering around with camera hanging from your neck and just hoping to come across something to photograph. Having a context makes it possible for you to plan your photography and planning means that photographs are something you make, not just take from your surroundings. Once you have a context, your perception of environment will align to it.
Secondly, the context will determine if you are succeeding or not. It's soothing to have at least to some extent a clear indicator for succeeding. Of course you can make great pictures without a context too, but it's easy to shoot diverse stuff and not having a clear understanding of what makes them great in their entirety. Besides that, the context will open up different and perhaps new definitions for succeeding, which will transform the way you photograph.
Lastly, the context will make your work ready. It will define the borders when it's enough and when you've done your job. Without the context defining the limits, one will easily splash across different objectives and nothing gets done to an end. It can be frustrating experience to shoot great pictures but having no home for them. It's the predetermined context and the limits it carries that will eventually build a home for your pictures.
Ps. About the photograph, it's candies what Finnish call 'salmiakki' and others supposedly say 'salty liquorice'. My Japanese friends say they taste like medicine and I think that's actually a pretty good description. Without a context I would not have shot this shot either.
Year of the Alpha – 365 Days of Sony Alpha Photography: www.yearofthealpha.com
French Quarter.
When it comes to Chartres Street, a good rule of thumb is to keep it simple. That guideline pertains to both the street’s name (no need to pull out your French pronunciation guide—it’s simply pronounced CHART-ers) and your approach to exploration. Chartres Street is lined with historic sites, restaurants, bars and boutiques. Here are just a few top spots to check out.
Rock Outcropping at Blue Ridge Pinnacle
McDowell County, Western North Carolina
Accessed via the Blue Ridge Parkway (mp 355)
Date taken: June 06, 2012
Flickr Explore #91 on Friday, November 9th! Thanks guys!
UPDATE: This image was chosen for the cover of the August / September issue of Smoky Mountain Living Magazine! Thanks so much to Sarah and all of the folks over at the Mag for the tremendous opportunity!
ORIGINAL POST: In the past couple of years I've hung around a lot of photographers, chief among them, Dave Allen of Dave Allen Photography. One of the foundational conversation pieces is always the talk of "elements" in a photograph or potential photograph; how to find them, place them, accumulate multiples and so on. And so, it came to my dense mind one afternoon while sitting on this rock outcropping and shooting the valley and sunrays that the strongest element in the Southern Appalachian mountains was the rock itself that I was sitting on and ignoring! I backed off the shot I was shooting and began composing around this massive rock outcropping and my photographs instantly became more powerful in my personal opinion.
The rocks at the core of the Southern Appalachian mountains are over one billion years old, traced all the way back to when all of the continents were joined together in one supercontinent according to the United States Geological Survey. In many locations along the Blue Ridge Parkway and surrounding high peak areas, one can see and photograph these ancient rock outcroppings. I thought the contrasts between the "oldness" of the rock and the "newness" of the green grasses and foliage played well against a dynamic sky. The punch of blue (which I really wanted to include for the color combination's ability to portray freshness and vibrance) required me to pull off of the classic 2/3 foreground, 1/3 sky equation just slightly, but I liked the overall take regardless of the slight manipulation of the classic thirds guideline.
I have a new mbp laptop that is not calibrated; when I look between my new and old laptops the color quality / white balance seems significantly different. My "toy" budget is pretty dry right now, so, I'm processing not by look but strictly by the histogram--i.e. which adjustment maximizes my histo. Hopefully this will translate widely!
The internal car ramp n the Lingotto factory, as shot with my 11mm wideangle lens.
On our last day in Turin we managed a quick visit to the famous Fiat Lingotto Factory. It's probably most famous for the rooftop racetrack which briefly starred in The Italian Job'.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see that properly as although it's included with entry to the Modern Art Museum on the roof we didn't have enough time available to justify the cost. Anyway, it's always good to leave a couple of things for a return visit........
Click here to see more of my photos from various trips to Italy : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157603213111374
From Wikipedia : "Lingotto is a district of Turin, Italy, and the location of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. This building once housed an automobile factory built by Fiat.
Construction started in 1916 and the building opened in 1923. The design (by young architect Matté Trucco) was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936.
The factory became outmoded in the 1970s and the decision was made to finally close it in 1982. The closure of the plant led to much public debate about its future, and how to recover from industrial decline in general. An architectural competition was held, which was eventually awarded to Renzo Piano, who envisioned an exciting public space for the city. The old factory was rebuilt into a modern complex, with concert halls, theatre, a convention centre, shopping arcades and a hotel. The eastern portion of the building is the headquarters of the Automotive Engineering faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. The work was completed in 1989. The track was retained, and can still be visited today on the top floor of the shopping mall and hotel."
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Guideline Coaches, Chelsfield
Scania K360IB4/Irizar i6
GL64 LON
Newton Abbot, Sherborne Road
Tuesday 25th April 2017
This article was going to be a lot longer using some photos and tips I learned from @tsubasa_oroza.rm but I ended up not including them to keep it simple. What's important is to establish a guideline, not a rule since the same principle can be used if you happen to want to use a different kind of string fiber to reroot with.
Anyhoo, read it all at the blog! www.nonaptime.com/2015/02/calculating-the-amount-of-hair-...
DSC_9023 - FA64 ENG - Scania K360EB6/Irizar i6 - Guideline Coaches (England Football Team Coach) - Monkwearmouth, Stadium of Light 27/05/16
Macro Mondays got me to cut this out! I'm cheered to say the cut was a crop to fit within the 3" guideline. As for the source, a section of a sign in a public park in Wales, warning:
"LLE CYHOEDDUS O DAN REOLAETH YW HWN
Os byddwch yn dal i yfed alcohol yma ar ôl i'r heddlu eich rhybuddio ac y cewch eich dyfarnu'n euog o hynny mewn llys barn, bydd yn rhaid I chi dalu dirwy o hyd at £500.
Os byddwch yn gwrthod ildio'ch diod feddwol i'r heddlu bydd pergyl i chi gael eich arestio."
Or, for English speaking anti-social drinkers:
"YOU ARE IN A DESIGNATED PUBLIC PLACE
If you continue to drink alcohol in this area when asked not to do so by a police officer, you are liable on conviction to a £500 maximum fine.
You may be arrested if you fail to surrender any intoxicating liquor to a police officer in this area."
On Thursday 13 August, the 15:10 service from Llangollen to Carrog approaches Glyndyfrdwy. Following the resumption of train services the Llangollen Railway is running a mixture of steam- and diesel-hauled trains, plus heritage railcars ( see railway website for further details), running without station stops at Berwyn and Glyndyfrdwy. Trains may only be boarded at Llangollen (booking advisable) and passengers are unable to leave Carrog station, where the trains stops for 20 minutes giving passengers a chance to take refreshments. This service has been designed to conform with Welsh government guideline relating to Covid-19.
A quick up-to-date photo of the mystery engine with the glowing fire.
This is my first model of a British locomotive that isn't modeled off of a preserved example, which I don't see done very often.
The decision to make this particular model was rather spontaneous...I hadn't made a proper locomotive model in some time, and I got tired of choosing and taking too long, and I just decided to try this one out. The goal was a regular suburban NE tank engine that made it into BR days. A pretty simple guideline. This does mean that when the model is complete, it will be decked out in a handsome BR-lined black livery.
Seeing as I'm so close to finishing the model, I thought I might as well finish it and share it. Need to work on cab detailing then the rear bunker.
More to come soon.
A square crop of yesterday's Lingotto facade.
On our last day in Turin we managed a quick visit to the famous Fiat Lingotto Factory. It's probably most famous for the rooftop racetrack which briefly starred in The Italian Job'.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see that properly as although it's included with entry to the Modern Art Museum on the roof we didn't have enough time available to justify the cost. Anyway, it's always good to leave a couple of things for a return visit........
Click here to see more of my photos from various trips to Italy : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157603213111374
From Wikipedia : "Lingotto is a district of Turin, Italy, and the location of the Lingotto building in Via Nizza. This building once housed an automobile factory built by Fiat.
Construction started in 1916 and the building opened in 1923. The design (by young architect Matté Trucco) was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level to go onto the test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avant-garde, influential and impressive—Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning". 80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the Fiat Topolino of 1936.
The factory became outmoded in the 1970s and the decision was made to finally close it in 1982. The closure of the plant led to much public debate about its future, and how to recover from industrial decline in general. An architectural competition was held, which was eventually awarded to Renzo Piano, who envisioned an exciting public space for the city. The old factory was rebuilt into a modern complex, with concert halls, theatre, a convention centre, shopping arcades and a hotel. The eastern portion of the building is the headquarters of the Automotive Engineering faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. The work was completed in 1989. The track was retained, and can still be visited today on the top floor of the shopping mall and hotel."
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Fruit d’un partenariat public-privé, la Design Station Wallonie est un bâtiment innovant et emblématique du design du 21me siècle ; il est érigé dans le nouveau quartier liégeois de la gare Calatrava et de la tour des finances.
Dressé tel un écrin dans ce quartier, ce bâtiment à forte visibilité, donne l’occasion au public de venir admirer des œuvres de designers mais permet également l’organisation d’évènements. Le socle sur deux niveaux est largement vitré ; il est surplombé d’un volume redressé et recouvert d’une toile microperforée. Sur ce socle de verre se dépose sur trois niveaux le volume parallélépipédique relié au sol par trois colonnes métalliques qui permettent une déambulation piétonne. Dans la toile, les fenêtres sont de véritables boites d’exposition.
Mais plus encore … Aux étages, une pépinière de jeunes talents s’essaie, échange, mutualise et concrétise autour du design en devenir. Les espaces dont la polyvalence a été une ligne directrice permettent tantôt la convivialité, tantôt l’isolement toujours dans le but de stimuler la créativité participative.
Le bâtiment est complété en intérieur d’ilot par un ensemble de 13 logements, réalisé en promotion immobilière par l’entreprise Moury Immo sa.
The result of a public-private partnership, the Design Station Wallonie is an innovative and emblematic building of 21st century design; it is built in the new Liège district of the Calatrava station and the finance tower.
Standing like a jewel in this district, this highly visible building gives the public the opportunity to come and admire the works of designers but also allows the organization of events. The two-level base is largely glazed; it is overlooked by a straightened volume and covered with a micro-perforated canvas. On this glass base is placed on three levels the parallelepiped volume connected to the ground by three metal columns that allow a pedestrian stroll. In the canvas, the windows are real exhibition boxes.
But even more ... On the floors, a nursery of young talents tries, exchanges, pools and concretizes around the design in the making. The spaces whose versatility has been a guideline allow sometimes conviviality, sometimes isolation always with the aim of stimulating participatory creativity.
The building is completed inside the block by a set of 13 housing units, carried out in real estate development by the company Moury Immo sa.
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Honorable Mention, Pictorial, Masters Division, Berkeley Camera Club, 9/2/14 [BCC_CMP:PICT 9/2/14]
Macro Mondays theme : "April Fools"
Waiter: Here is your soft boiled egg Miss. Exactly as you asked,
with a perfectly running chick!
Me: A perfectly running what? I asked for a runny yolk! What is this?! Is it a little chick?
Waiter: My apologies Miss… I’ll get you another one.
Me: Sir, please take it back! But wait! It’s a little rubber chick! You got me there!
Waiter: April fools!
Me: You are terrible! No tip for you!
Waiter: I am quite sorry Miss!
Me: I was just kidding! This was really funny! Can’t wait to tell my friends! But please go and get my egg now!
As usual, the whole frame is within the 3” guideline.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments