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Imperial Beach is a beach town just south of San Diego and so easy to get to. Every summer they have the annual dog surfing competition, but there were no dogs on the beach this day. : )
Eastern Osprey
The eastern osprey (Pandion cristatus) is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. They live in Oceania at coastal regions of the Australian continent, the Indonesian islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines. It is usually sedentary and pairs breed at the same nest site, building up a substantial structure on dead trees or limbs. The species resides in habitat close to coasts and estuaries that provide opportunities for fishing.
The eastern osprey's diet consists mostly of vertebrate fish species. It possesses specialised physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey.
Östlicher Fischadler
Der östliche Fischadler (Pandion cristatus) ist ein tagaktiver, fischfressender Greifvogel. Sie leben in Ozeanien an den Küstenregionen des australischen Kontinents, auf den indonesischen Inseln, in Neuguinea und auf den Philippinen. Es ist normalerweise sesshaft und Paare brüten am selben Nistplatz und bilden auf toten Bäumen oder Ästen eine erhebliche Struktur. Die Art lebt in einem Lebensraum in der Nähe von Küsten und Flussmündungen, die Möglichkeiten zum Angeln bieten.
Die Nahrung des Fischadlers besteht hauptsächlich aus Wirbeltierfischarten. Es besitzt spezielle physikalische Eigenschaften und zeigt ein einzigartiges Verhalten, um beim Jagen und Fangen von Beute zu helfen.
The Leopard I is the Voightländische designation for the Sho’t, the battle-proven MBT that served the Samarians well during the Osirian attempt to invade their homeland.
The design was first modernised to improve combat performance and crew comfort, and designated Leopard Ia.
A batch was later modernised to Leopard Ib status, with even more improved electronics and optics, such as a new turret rotating mechanism, a new gun stabiliser and a new fire-control system. Unfortunately for the crews, this resulted in less room for them. A thermal sleeve was also fitted around the barrel. Additionally, the “Pullover” package, developed together with the Samarians, was installed. ERA blocks were added to the front of the turret, the upper glacis, and the front turret roof. Additional protection for the turret ring was also added, together with a turret stowage rack, that also serves as extra protection. The side skirts were lined with rubber layers to improve their effectiveness against enemy rounds.
The Leopard Ib is affectionately known to its crews as the “Pulli”.
Saturn IB
Alabama Welcome Center
I-65 Southbound
One of the last Saturn IB rockets from NASA's Apollo Program
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La Kodak Retina Ib és un dels submodels més bonics de aquesta famosa i diversa familia de càmeres telemetriques (o no) de 35mm. Potser les millors càmeres que feu Kodak (però a Alemania, això sí).
La Retina Ib fou fabricada a Stuttgart entre 1954 i 1957, com a versió més barata (sense telemetre) de la Retina IIb. És una càmera de 35mm, plegable, amb objectiu fixe i sense telemetre ni fotometre. Per tant en certa mesura és com una versió més moderna del mateix concepte que la Leica I (A).
Però aquesta "manca" de capacitats és la seva virtud, juntament amb la facilitat amb que es pot portar a la butxaca, gracies a les formes arrodonides i a que es pot plegar. Menys parts vol dir menys coses que poden fallar i menys preocupacions. La llum i la distancia es poden estimar a ull, i així et pons concentrar en enquadrar i buscar el millor moment per fer la foto.
Aquesta en concret és un dels models inicials de producció (1954?), i compta amb un objectiu Schenider Kreutznach Retina-Xenar f2.8 / 50mm. Curiosament té el "recordador" de pel·licula en anglès però la roda d'enfoc en metres, no en peus com li tocaria. Per desgracia l'obturador no funciona, però potser es pot arreglar.
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The Kodak Retina Ib is one of the most beautiful submodels in this famous and diverse family of 35mm (or not) rangefinder cameras. Perhaps the best cameras Kodak made (but in Germany, of course).
The Retina Ib was manufactured in Stuttgart between 1954 and 1957, as a cheaper version (without rangefinder) of the Retina IIb. It is a 35mm camera, foldable, with a fixed lens and without rangefinder nor light meter. So to some extent it is like a more modern version of the same concept as the Leica I (A).
But this “lack” of capabilities is its virtue, along with the ease with which it can be carried in your pocket, thanks to the rounded shapes and the fact that it can be folded. Fewer parts means fewer things that can fail and fewer worries. Light and distance can be guessed, so you can focus on framing and finding the best time to take the photo.
This in particular is one of the initial production models (1954?), and has a Schenider Kreutznach Retina-Xenar f2.8 / 50mm lens. Interestingly it has the film "reminder" in English but the focus wheel in meters, not feet as it would be usual in this case. Unfortunately the shutter doesn’t work, but maybe it can be fixed.
Autumn is near, I can feel it in the air...time to prepare for it
Made me a fuller shape, how do you like it?
The Red Dress is the WoW Skins Christmas GG...
Postprocessing in GIMP: color and contrast adjustments by layer in Screen mode, edge detecting in Divide mode
Shot at La Isla Bonita - Autumn Skybox
After the early success of the Hawker Hurricane in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, the Royal Navy decided to introduce it as protection for the Atlantic convoys. These were being monitored by FW-200 Condor aircraft, which operated far outside the range of British land-based aircraft, and co-ordinated the attacks of the U-boats on the convoys.
An interim measure gave birth to the 'Hurricat', a modified Hurricane mounted on a catapult located on the bows of some modified merchant ships. The only modifications to the Hurricane for this role were the addition of catapult spools and as such were designated Sea Hurricane Ia. These aircraft were not ideal, as once they were launched they either had to make it back to a land base or ditch in the sea near to the convoy. An improvement was the Ib, which had the catapult spools and an arrester hook to enable them to land back on merchant ships modified to have a small flight deck.
Hurricane Z7015 (above) was built by Canadian Car & Foundry at its Fort William, Ontario, plant during 1940 as a Mk I. After flight testing it was shipped to the UK where it was converted to Sea Hurricane Ib standard. Z7015 had a patchy wartime flying career, which ended in 1943, when it was delivered to Loughborough College as an instructional airframe. It remained there until it was transferred to the Shuttleworth Collection in 1961.
Z7015 was used statically in the 'Battle of Britain' film, before restoration to flying condition began. Several attempts to restore the aircraft were made, until in 1981, Z7015 was transferred to Duxford and another restoration was started, this time by the Duxford Aviation Society. This was progressing slowly until a formal agreement was reached between the Imperial War Museum and the Shuttleworth Collection, which meant that the same team that had restored the Collection's Spitfire would restore Z7015. The renewed restoration started in earnest in February 1986, and led to the first flight of the world's only Sea Hurricane Ib, in the hands of pilot Andy Sephton, on 16 September 1995.
Height: 12ft 0.5in Length: 31ft 9in Wingspan: 40ft 0in Engine: one 1030hp Rolls Royce Merlin V12 Max. Speed: 254mph Armament: eight 0.303in Browning machine guns. - Details from the Shuttleworth Collection website.