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Détail du plafond mobile de la grande salle
Le plafond est réalisé en cèdre sculpté et décoré par des motifs traditionnels peints à la main. Une belle démonstration du savoir faire des artisans marocains.
Detailed view of the mobile ceiling of the main galery.
The ceiling is made up of carved cedar wood decorated by hand with painted traditional paterns, a great demonstration of the Moroccan craftmen know how.
A new series of shots with Hasselblad XPAN-II(Panoramic Camera), borrowed from my flicky/fotologue matenino77!
Thank you nino san!:)
@Shinjuku
*Hasselblad XPAN-II+45mm f4+Kodak E100VS
*Best viewed in Large Size
Bangour Village Hospital. 5th in the series.
Rear view of the main Psychiatric Block used in the filming of the movie "The Jacket" (see below for info.)
Stitched this from 3 shots in landscape format and it has taken a few hours to get it right.
As usual it is best viewed at the Original size.
Nikonos II (1968 - 1975)
Cámara anfibia de 35mm.
Sumergible hasta 50 mtrs.
Cuerpo de aluminio muy resistente.
Velocidades B, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250 y 1/500.
Objetivo estándar W-Nikkor 35 mm 2.5.
Enfoque por estimación directa.
Funcionamiento:
Es la evolución de la Nikonos I/Calypso.
Comparte la forma y el cuerpo con ligeras modificaciones como la palanca de rebobinado.
La cámara es totalmente mecánica, necesitando de un fotómetro externo para calcular la exposición.
El enfoque es por estimación directa mediante una escala en el objetivo y dos marcas de profundidad de campo.
El visor esta calculado para usarse con el objetivo W-Nikkor de 35 mm con marcas de pararelage.
Tiene toda una gama de accesorios, objetivos de 28 mm, 80mm, flash, lentes de aproximación, etc.
En uso:
Es una cámara curiosa y divertida.
Lo mas llamativo al principio es el calculo de la distancia de enfoque, pero al final te acostumbras a una estimación directa utilizando la escala de profundidad de campo y la distancia hiperfocal.
Aun así me han salido algunas fotos desenfocadas.
Una buena opción es montar el objetivo al revés con la escala de distancias abajo, es más fácil de leer al mover la cámara.
Al ser un gran angular de 35mm sale casi todo.
Manual de instrucciones:
www.butkus.org/chinon/nikon/nikonos/nikonos.htm
Mas información:
www.imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/archives/2004/09/nikonos_...
Kodak Tourist II 620 Film Camera with Kodak Anaston f/6.3 105mm lens.
This link will take you to a set of photos taken with my Kodak Tourist II camera:
Photo ID: 77430 Sea Cloud II
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tried out a new light setup and took a few selfies :)
gridded striplight on camera axis above und below subject. hairlight with standard reflector high behind subject.
The inspired hill of Vézelay
The Burgundy hill of Vézelay, which French writer Paul Claudel named “eternal”, has been drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims (nowadays more likely tourists) since time immemorial. It has also drawn strife, battles and pillage: the big monastery was no less than six times destroyed by fire, and always rebuilt. Here, the Second Crusade was preached on Easter Day of 1146 by Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, whom King Louis VII of France had summoned to be lectured on the sort of penance his royal person should submit to to atone for his many sins: Bernard chose the Crusade. Crusaders congregated here as well for the Third one, in 1190.
The history of Vézelay began around 850, when Count Girard de Roussillon founded a nunnery at the foot of the hill, in the locale now occupied by the village of Saint-Père-sous-Vézelay. Fifteen years later, the nuns had been replaced by monks for reasons that never reached us. What we know is that further to a Viking raid on Burgundy in 887, the monks took refuge at the top of the hill, in the remnants of a Roman oppidum, and never went down again.
Originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the monastery they built on the hilltop was placed in 1050 under the patronage of Mary Magdalene, further to the claimed transport of her bones from the Holy Land by a monk named Badillon. This so-called “transposition” was validated by the Pope, but the people of Provence rebelled fiercely against that ruling: it had indeed always been well known that the saint, who had been the very first, even before the apostles, to see Christ resuscitated, had left the Holy Land and come to France where she finished her life in the mountains of the Sainte- Baume, which were named after her. Her bones had been kept in the basilica of Saint-Maximin, the largest church in the whole of Provence.
Thus sanctioned by the Pope, and confirmed yet again by Pascal II in 1103, the claim of the Vézelay monks drew immense crowds (and brought enormous riches). The fact that they also claimed to have the bones of Martha and Lazarus were not for nothing in the considerable attraction the abbey had on a pilgrimage-hungry Christendom. However, the Provençal people were victorious in the end, when they revealed that the bones of the Magdalene, which had been hidden during the 900s as the Saracens drew nearer, were opportunely re-discovered in 1279. This time, Pope Boniface VIII found in their favor and that ruling was never overturned: the pilgrimage to Vézelay was dead, even though the big church kept its dedication.
The rest of the history of Vézelay is a long downhill walk. In 1537, the Benedictine monks are replaced by canons. In 1568, the Protestants seize the church and burn it again. Finally, in 1819, lightning strikes and sets the church aflame for the last time. When architect Viollet-le-Duc, mandated by Minister Prosper Mérimée, arrives on-site in 1840, the abbey church of Vézelay is but a gutted carcass, ready to collapse. That same year, the church was put on the first list of French Historic Landmarks (“Monuments historiques”) and restoration works were undertaken urgently; they were to last until 1861, and many other such works have been undertaken since.
The church was granted basilica status in 1920, and in 1979 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, as it is the starting point of one of the major Paths to Compostela, the Via Lemovicensis, so-named because it runs through the large city of Limoges.
On that day of June 2024 I went to Vézelay as a side trip during a photographic expedition for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, one of the non-profit heritage organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer, it was raining. Therefore, I took no photo of the outside, but instead concentrated on the inside. Furthermore, a lot of what can be seen on the outside, including the façade and the tympanum, are re-creations of the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, and thus much less interesting for our purpose.
One of the capitals in the narthex, showing Eve being born from Adam’s side.
Looking straight up at the dome of the lobby rotunda.
King Hassan II had promised Casablanca the mausoleum for his father, Mohammed V, who died in 1961. However, he was forced to walk back that promise and keep the mausoleum with the rest of the family’s in Rabat. Instead, he gave Casablanca this magnificent mosque to attract pilgrimage and tourism (it is the only mosque in Morocco open to non-Muslims). The building holds 25,000 worshippers; the open-air plaza can accommodate another 80,000. It was begun in 1986 and completed in 1993, employing 10,000 construction and craft workers. Much of the cost (estimated at up to $700 million) was raised from 12 million donors by public subscription. Major structural remediation of the foundation, which had suffered from exposure to salt water on this wave-washed promontory, was undertaken beginning in 2005. The design is by the French architect Michel Pinseau, with almost all of the materials sourced from within Morocco.
World War II nurses holding hands, from a mostly uncaptioned photo album. Possibly Africa, c. 1943. Photo on Flickr by gbaku/John Atherton (CC BY SA) www.flickr.com/photos/gbaku/4019920791/
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SJ Spring Fling 2016: Friday, March 11, 2016 at Tashua Knolls Golf Course in Trumbull, Connecticut.
Photo taken by Owen Bonaventura on a Canon EOS 60D with an EF35mm f/1.4L II USM lens at 35mm, f/1.8, 1/100 sec, ISO 640.
Credit image: Owen Bonaventura/Owen B. Photography
The following text is from the display sign at Aberdeen Proving Ground:
"British tank, Mk II, Matilda
The Matilda formed a major part of the British armored forces during the desert battles against the German Afrika Corps. Later in WWII, it was modified for clearing mines, bridge laying, bulldozing and a number of other supporting roles. The Mk II Matilda was the only British tank to serve throughout WWII. This tank was last in action at Sidi Rezig-Halfava Pass, Libya in November 1941.
Taken at the former United States Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen MD, before the Museums break up and move to Ft Lee Virginia, 2008
Kodak Duaflex II 620 Film Camera with Kodet lens. This link will take you to a collection of photos I took with this camera:
Surf Action Photography workshop with Art Brewer. He is the living icon of surf photography.
Full gallery to view on my website www.michellehaymoz.com/galleries/surfing-lifestyle/
Birkenau was the largest of the more than 40 camps and sub-camps that made up the Auschwitz complex. During its three years of operation, it had a range of functions. When construction began in October 1941, it was supposed to be a camp for 125 thousand prisoners of war. It opened as a branch of Auschwitz in March 1942, and served at the same time as a center for the extermination of the Jews. In its final phase, from 1944, it also became a place where prisoners were concentrated before being transferred to labor in German industry in the depths of the Third Reich.
The majority—probably about 90%—of the victims of Auschwitz Concentration Camp died in Birkenau. This means approximately a million people. The majority, more than nine out of every ten, were Jews. A large proportion of the more than 70 thousand Poles who died or were killed in the Auschwitz complex perished in Birkenau. So did approximately 20 thousand Roma and Sinti, in addition to Soviet POWs and prisoners of other nationalities. (auschwitz.org/)
There's been plenty of discussion on how to mount this combination. This is how I'm doing it and it works perfectly and easily. Parts used:
- Manfrotto 026 swivel umbrella adaptor
- Stroboframe universal shoe mount:
- Giottos mini ball head MH1004:
The trick is to setup the mini ballhead at a 90 degree angle and the flash head on the 580EX II to 180 degrees. This way, the flash head points directly into the back of the Softlighter II. This picture shows the setup before the umbrella shaft is pulled all the way down (the sock encloses the setup up to the base of the Stroboframe cold shoe). Once done, the umbrella shaft can be removed.
A German Tiger II tank, also known as the King Tiger or Royal Tiger tank, of World War 2. This massive tank was first encountered by the allies in Normandy in 1944, this example was discovered in Germany at the end of the war and was shipped to England for evaluation.
Pictured at Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset.
A solid rocket motor for a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is moved into the hazardous processing facility at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft in 2017. The JPSS launch will use nine solid rocket motors as part of the Delta II rocket. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
Light Painting at Texas Stonehenge II in Ingram, Texas with a great bunch of Light Painters from across Texas! Those in attendance were myself, Greg (Spectral Convergence), Jake (Digicord), Andy (Pixelated~Light), Andrew (StandUPP), Eric (Ecirc Dufeau), Eric's wife, and Ryan (a coworker of Andy's).
A special thanks to the Hill Country Arts Foundation for their help and hospitality during our visit! These super nice folks have been working to save a great south Texas roadside icon and have moved the site from its original location near Hunt, Texas just down the road to Ingram.
You can help their efforts in preserving this great work of art by donating to the cause online via PayPal! Anything that you can offer will go a long way! Click here for the donation form
Light Painting - Single Exposure
Like the Lada XRay of a couple of days ago, the Dacia Duster is a modern Crossover vehicle (CUV) from the ever-expanding Renault-Nissan group.
Whereas Lada (via parent AutoVAZ) has only recently come into the Renault-Nissan fold, after being associated with GM-Daewoo, Dacia has a much more extensive history tied to Renault going back nearly 50 years to an agreement to licence-build the Renault R12 in Romania from 1969.
The Duster II, shown here is a 2018 update to the original Duster CUV model launched in 2009. The Duster II uses the same Dacia B0 platform, shared with some other Dacia models, and which is a modified, long wheelbase version of the Renault-Nissan B-Platform, doing service under many B/C-segment vehicles including the Nissan Juke and Versa, Renault Clio and Captur, as well as the Lada XRay, The platform is saleable in both length and width, allowing it cover a significant cross section of the small-car market. The platform (along with the Duster) is built in many regions including Romania, Russia, India, Columbia, Brazil and Indonesia.
Calakmul, Structure II
Calakmul is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. Calakmul was one of the largest and most powerful ancient cities ever uncovered in the Maya lowlands.
Calakmul was a major Maya power within the northern Petén region of the Yucatán of southern Mexico. Calakmul administered a large domain marked by the extensive distribution of their emblem glyph of the snake head sign, to be read "Kaan". Calakmul was the seat of what has been dubbed the Kingdom of the Snake or Snake Kingdom. This Snake Kingdom reigned during most of the Classic period. Calakmul itself is estimated to have had a population of 50,000 people and had governance, at times, over places as far away as 150 kilometers.
There are 6,750 ancient structures identified at Calakmul; the largest of which is the great pyramid at the site, Structure 2, which is over 45 metres high. The size of the central monumental architecture is approximately 2 square kilometres and the whole of the site, mostly covered with dense residential structures, is about 20 square kilometres.
Throughout the Classic Period, Calakmul maintained an intense rivalry with the major city of Tikal to the south, and the political manoeuvrings of these two cities have been likened to a struggle between two Maya superpowers.
Structure 2 (or Structure II) is a massive north-facing pyramid temple, one of the largest in the Maya world. Its base measures 120 metres square and it stands over 45 metres high. In common with many temple pyramids in the Mesoamerican cultural region, the pyramid at Calakmul increased in size by building upon the pre-existing temple in order to increase its bulk. The core of the building (Structure 2A) is a triadic pyramid dating to the Late Preclassic period, with this ancient building still forming the highest point of the structure. In the Early Classic a massive extension was added to the front of the pyramid, covering an earlier stucco-covered building on the north side. Three new shrines were built upon this extension (Structures 2B, 2C and 2D), each of these shrines had its own access stairway. Structure 2B was the central shrine, 2C was to the east and 2D to the west. The facade possessed six large masks set between these stairways, three arranged vertically on each side of the central stairway. Structure 2 is similar in date, size and design to the El Tigre pyramid at El Mirador, and associated ceramics are also similar. At a later time buildings were erected along the base of the façade, each of these contained stelae. In the 8th century AD, Structure 2B was entombed under a large pyramid and a stepped façade covered the giant masks. Later another façade was built over this 8th century stepped frontage but it may never have been finished. In the Late Classic a nine-room palace was built on top of the pyramid, supporting a roof comb that had painted stucco bas-relief decoration. The rooms were arranged in three groups of three, each room positioned behind the next. The entire Late Classic palace measured 19.4 by 12 metres. The front two rows of rooms (Rooms 1 through to 6) were used for food preparation, metates and hearths were found in each of them. Room 7, the southwest room, was a sweatbath.
(source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calakmul)