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Canon AF35m II 35mm film camera , 38 mm f/2.8 lens on it, this produced sharp pictures with excellent color & contrast in its heyday
Seems like ive always been attracted to the red ringed 2.8's ;)
Dieses EKII wurde von Seiner Majestät dem deutschen Kaiser und König von Preußen am 8. August 1914 gestiftet.
Das Eiserne Kreuz wurde zum ersten mal von König Friedrich Wilhelm III. am 10 März 1813 gestiftet. Die Stiftung wurde von König (später Kaiser) Wilhelm I am 19. Juli 1870 erneuert, danach von Kaiser Wilhelm II. am 8. August 1914.
Dieses Exemplar ist vom Hersteller G und ist ein Verleihungsstück aus dem Krieg 1914/1918
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We went to the design museum in Munich and changed upon this OLED display where walking in front of it would cause it to light up. This is the front of the circuit board, and the security guard was really nervous when I got really close to the display to take this photograph.
toomanytribbles, she of the bokehlicious shots and one of my favourite flickrites, took a similar shot here. I had that in back of my mind when I spotted this.
This is part II of this
Daily #Art - Day 07-06-19
(2018 - 2019) Vesper Lynd II
This is a colored tribute to actress Eva Green (Jul 6, 1980 - ) for her birthday, with a portrait of her character Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale (2006) I did last year.
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Catalog #: 01_00080306
Title: Fokker, F.II
Corporation Name: Fokker
Additional Information: Germany
Designation: F.II
Tags: Fokker, F.II
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Re-enactors portraying the German army in World War II drive through their simulated checkpoint at the American Heroes Celebration.
100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Photo by Cpl. Maxiliano Garza
Date: 04.17.2010
Location: Austin, US
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Shot with my new Samyang 12mm @ F 4.0 with a additional ND-Filter to get all the people out of the picture.
20180504_9475_7D2-200 Virgin's VH-VOR with a grey sky behind
This is one aircraft I have been trying to get for a while now, although I have photographed it when it was ZK-PBF (Pacific Blue) and flew on it when painted for Virgin Samoa.
Doing the school pickup and arrived behind the airport about 2:30pm and after two Air New Zealand A320s (one from Sydney and one from Melbourne), came the "all white" Virgin operating VA124 from Brisbane. I will most likely see it again tomorrow as I see on Flightradar24 that it is on the same route/service tomorrow and my eldest son will be on it. He is coming home for a ten day holiday.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Mayor Vincent Denby-Wilkes, and World War II photographer Tony Vaccaro cut a ribbon during a ceremony to rename the town square of Saint Briac, France, in honor of Vaccaro on June 7, 2014. The ceremony also commemorated the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the endurance of the U.S.-French alliance. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Title: Atlas II
Catalog #: 08_01684
Additional Information: General Dynamics
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
1926, 50-feet, built by J.M. Martinac in Tacoma. Corsair II is powered by a Ford-Lehman 135. Cruises at 10K burning about 4 gal/hr. Carries 325 gals. diesel, 125 gals water with propane stove/oven and propane/shore power refrigeration.
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar
Chantilly, Virginia
Launched on November 11, 1935, from Rapid City, South Dakota, Explorer II carried Captain Albert Stevens, Captain Orvil Anderson, and an assortment of instruments to a world record altitude of 22,066 meters (72,395 feet).
Linsha II, made with Swarovski crystals, pearls and miyuki seed beads. The tutorial is available at my shop.
During WWI these huge steam powered tanks finally broke through the war of attrition.
Not a real tank by the way. It does walk too.
© Jeanne Madic
Model: Diane SCHUH of PAGAN POETRY.
Shot in the entrance of Mathyld ( of Under The Pyramids) 's Parisian Art Nouveau building.
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one photo from my test roll of mju:II the renowned compact rangefinder. The viewfinder was so tiny that neither of my eyes can work properly with it.
However, it is stunning to find this photo with unexpected sharpness which was taken without my eye looking into the viewfinder@@
National Museum of the US Air Force
BOEING AGM-131A SRAM II
This missile is a short-range, self-guided nuclear weapon designed during the Cold War but canceled before production. The air-launched AGM-131 SRAM II (Short Range Attack Missile) had a range of 250 miles and carried a single warhead yield- ing 200 kilotons. Full-scale development began in 1987, and the SRAM Il was to be operational in 1993.
A main SRAM II feature was its warhead. Designed to be safer to store than earlier models, it used "insensitive high explosives" to trigger its nuclear reaction. These and other improvements reduced the danger of accidental plutonium dispersal in case the missile was involved in an aircraft fire or the SRAM II's rocket motor overheated. The SRAM II program, however, was ended in 1991 as part of a U.S. arms control initiative, and because of production problems with the missile's motor.
Luxury Motor yacht SILENT WORLD II was built in 1991 by Christensen Yachts and has gone through a major refit in 2007. She can accommodate 8 guests in 3-4 cabins, has 6 permanent crew and cruises throughout the Caribbean, the Bahamas and New England.
SILENT WORLD II is a classic yacht that has been updated with unrivaled comfort and style. There are 3 decks to enjoy. The lower aft is perfect for enjoying cocktails or a meal in the shade, the sun deck above is also a great spot for alternative al fresco dining on the large free standing teak dining table, new teak decking and removable South Beach top for shade Just aft of this is the perfect sunning area in the teak lounge chairs.
Title: Atlas II
Catalog #: 08_01682
Additional Information: General Dynamics
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Alex Verduijn den Boer, Caravan II, linosnede, te zien bij de expositie Locatie Amsterdam (12 september-24 oktober 2015), Galerie Petit, N.Z. Voorburgwal 270, Amsterdam
Dunk Island, known as Coonanglebah in the Warrgamay and Dyirbal languages, is an island within the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the Australian east coast, opposite the town of Mission Beach. The island forms part of the Family Islands National Park and is in the larger Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
The island is surrounded by reefs and has a diverse population of birds. The Bandjin and Djiru peoples once used the island as a source for food. Europeans first settled on the island in 1897. Dunk Island was used by the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. In recent years the island and its resort facilities have been adversely affected by both Cyclone Larry and Cyclone Yasi.
The traditional Aboriginal owners of Dunk Island are the Bandjin and Djiru people, who have lived in this area for tens of thousands of years. After the sea level rise, they paddled to the islands in bark canoes to gather food and materials. The Warrgamay and Dyirbal name for Dunk Island is Coonanglebah, meaning "The Island of Peace and Plenty". It received its European name from Captain Cook, who sailed past it on 8 June 1770, remarked that it was a "tolerable high island" and named it after George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (a former First Lord of the Admiralty).
Europeans settled the nearby mainland during the 1800s, seeking gold, timber and grazing land. In 1848, John MacGillivray studied the fauna and flora of the island while HMS Rattlesnake was anchored off the island for ten days. He subsequently wrote of its natural features in the Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake, published in England in 1852.
Dunk Island, eight or nine miles in circumference, is well wooded—it has two conspicuous peaks, one of which (the North-West one) is 857 feet in height. Our excursions were confined to the vicinity of the watering place and the bay in which it is situated. The shores are rocky on one side and sandy on the other, where a low point runs out to the westward. At their junction, and under a sloping hill with large patches of brush, a small stream of fresh water, running out over the beach, furnished a supply for the ship, although the boats could approach the place closely only at high-water. — John MacGillivray, Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake
Edmund Banfield
In 1897, suffering from work anxiety and exhaustion, and advised by doctors that he had just six months to live, writer Edmund James Banfield moved to Dunk Island with his wife Bertha – so becoming the island's first white settlers. Previously a journalist and senior editor with the Townsville Daily Bulletin for fifteen years, Banfield let the tranquillity of this unspoilt tropical paradise weave its magic and he lived on Dunk Island for the remaining 26 years of his life until his death in 1923.
A small hut built with the assistance of an Aborigine called Tom was the Banfields' first home. Over a period of time they cleared four acres of land for a plantation of fruit and vegetables. Combined with their chickens, cows and goats as well as the abundance of seafood and mangrove vegetation, they lived very self-sufficiently. Fascinated by Dunk Island's flora and fauna Banfield meticulously recorded his observations and went on to write a series of articles about island life under the pseudonym Rob Krusoe. He was further inspired to write a full-length book entitled Confessions of a Beachcomber (1908). The book became a celebrated text for romantics and escapists and established Dunk Island's reputation as an exotic island paradise.
In the ensuing years, Banfield wrote several other books about Dunk including My Tropical Isle (1911) and Tropic Days (1918). In these he shared the secrets of nature that he had uncovered and described the customs and legends of the Aboriginal people on the island. E. J. Banfield died on 2 June 1923 and his final book Last Leaves from Dunk Island was published posthumously in 1925. His widow remained on the island for another year before moving to Brisbane where she died, ten years after her husband. Today both are buried on the trail to Mt Kootaloo.
Commencement of the resort and World War II
The island was bought in 1934 by Captain Brassey and Banfield's bungalow provided the basis for the beginnings of a resort. The resort was commenced in 1936. The Royal Australian Air Force occupied Dunk Island during World War II, building its airstrip in 1941. They installed a radar station on the island's highest point a year later, which was then dismantled when the war ended in 1945.
Post-war development of the resort
The Brassey family returned to run the resort for a period at the end of the war. The island then went through a succession of owners. In 1956, Gordon & Kathleen Stynes purchased it and relocated their family there from Victoria. They then redeveloped and upgraded the resort's facilities to establish the island as a tourist destination. As a result, Dunk Island became a popular destination for celebrities[11] including Sean Connery, Henry Ford II, and Australian Prime Ministers Harold Holt and Gough Whitlam. The Stynes Family owned and operated the island and resort until 1964, when it was sold to Eric McIlree, founder of Avis Rent-A-Car.
In 1976, Trans Australia Airlines purchased Dunk Island. Ownership passed to Qantas in 1992, following its merger with Australian Airlines. On 24 December 1997, the island was purchased by P&O Australian Resorts, which was acquired by Voyages in July 2004. In September 2009, both Dunk and Bedarra island resorts were purchased by Hideaway Resorts, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pamoja Capital.
Artists' colony
Dunk Island was also home to a small community of artists who lived, worked and showcased their work to many international and local visitors on a property on the southern side of the island. The Colony was established in 1974 by former Olympic wrestler Bruce Arthur, who died at his home on Island in March 1998 and continued to operate under resident metalsmith Susi Kirk until Cyclone Larry damaged much of the colony. Kirk continued to live at the colony until Cyclone Yasi destroyed her home in 2011, and has subsequently continued to live and work on Dunk Island as the last member of the artist colony.
After Cyclone Yasi, 2011–2020
After Cyclone Yasi, Dunk Island was bought by Australian entrepreneur Peter Bond and redevelopment of the resort commenced in 2014. This redevelopment never took place.
In September 2019 Mayfair 101, an Australian family-owned investment conglomerate led by James Mawhinney, purchased Dunk Island. Mayfair 101 also secured over 250 properties on mainland Mission Beach as part of its estimated AUD1.6 billion 10-15-year plan to restore the region. Mayfair 101 was awarded the Dunk Island Spit tender on 14 November 2019 by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council, providing the opportunity for Mayfair 101 to negotiate a 30-year lease over the iconic Dunk Island Spit. The island's redevelopment is being undertaken by Mayfair 101's property division, Mayfair Iconic Properties, which has established a team based at Mission Beach to undertake the significant rejuvenation of the region.
In August 2020, the previous owners of the island, Family Islands Operations, owned by the family of Australian businessman Peter Bond repossessed the island after the owners Mayfair 101 failed to meet their payment obligations.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunk_Island
Image source: Queensland State Archives Item ID ITM435811 Islands - Barrier Reef