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An old Horse-drawn grader, one of the antique farm implements on display at the Richfield Historical Park, Richfield WI.
Trees on a windy day.
Well this was a fun playtime for Sliders Sunday.
The idea and the implementation were relatively simple, but by the time I explain it, you won't be convinced. That will be my fault though in trying to document what I ended up doing :(
And the whole reason for explaining things is to try and encourage other folk to have fun too. Kind of shooting myself with my own rifle...
The idea: trees in woods move a surprising amount on windy days. It's scary looking up and seeing a big beech swaying by ten or twenty feet above your head. Take a series of shots looking up and stack them as a kind of multiple-exposure just to show what goes on.
The implementation: point camera up and hold the shutter in continuous burst mode. This is nine images stacked thuswise.
First mistake: the burst just took over a second according to the camera metadata so not much movement (a tree swaying takes several seconds) - but enough! You can see that the higher thinner branches move more so their patterns are more spread out giving a brushlike effect.
Stacked in Affinity Photo which is really easy. You could also do it in Photoshop.
I actually stacked it five different ways using different mathematical operators (I was just thinking: try them all and pick the ones with pretty colours - AP gives you a preview just mousing over the operator list).
Second mistake: to be honest, that’s overkill. Most of the individual stacking operators produced intriguing results by themselves. I was just trying to make the fun last longer :)
Blended the layers together using different blend modes. Again just keep adding the different stack versions and go for a blend mode that looks pretty or interesting. The Minimum version of the stack gave you nine images of each branch like a rake brush effect which I liked so I emphasised that.
So that got us the basic result. The rest was just finishing.
There seemed to be a problem with the end product - there was a quite a lot of grainy pixelation (inherent in some of the blend modes). So I used a Maximum Blur filter at a low resolution to clump up the pixels a bit. More painterly that way, or so the thinking went...
Then a Curves adjustment in LAB mode to brighten the image and increase the contrast, enhance the colours (the basic strange colours came out of some of the stacking variants, but stacking tends to reduce contrast and saturation too so I tried to counter that).
Then two tweaks I feel naked without: sharpening (with Unsharp Mask) and a vignette (slight dark one here).
And we are done. And I have had fun. And you are exhausted :(
As usual for this group I shall post a link to one of the in-camera originals that were stacked, in the first comment.
Thank you for taking time to look. Especially at one of these Sliders Sundays strange manifestations of captured imagery…
I hope you enjoy it! Happy Sliders Sunday :)
[For what it's worth here are the details of the blended layers, all at 100% opacity.
Base layer: Range operator (Normal);
Next layer: Median operator, Difference blend;
Next: Outlier operator, Negation blend;
Next: Maximum operator, Negation blend;
Top: Minimum operator, Luminosity blend. This was the one with that most emphasised all the stripey branches :)
]
In 1944 Aalto was commissioned to design and implement a town plan for Säynätsalo, a small factory town founded around Johan Parviaisen Tehtaat wood-processing mills, from 1946 operated by Enso-Gutzeit (now part of Stora Enso), whose headquarters in Helsinki he also designed. The town hall would be built at a later date after Aalto won a government-mandated competition for its design. Aalto constructed the building into the wooded hillside of Säynätsalo creating a three-story multi-purpose building surrounding an elevated courtyard.
The design of the Town Hall was influenced by both Finnish vernacular architecture and the humanist Italian renaissance. It was the Italian Renaissance from which Aalto drew inspiration for the courtyard arrangement which informed the name of his original competition entry entitled "Curia." While the main program of the building is housed within a heavy brick envelope, the courtyard is bordered by a glass-enclosed circulation space which can be linked to the model of an arcade-bordered Piazza.
It was important to Aalto that the design represent democracy and the people's relationship with the government which is why he included a large public space, along with sections dedicated to the public.
The town hall is crowned by the council chamber, a double-height space which is capped by the Aalto-designed "Butterfly" trusses. The trusses support both the roof and the ceiling, creating airflow to manage condensation in the winter and heat in the summer. The butterfly truss eliminates the need for multiple intermediate trusses. It also gives call to medieval and traditional styles. The council Chamber is approached from the main entrance hall a floor below via a ramp which wraps around the main tower structure under a row of clerestory ribbon windows.
Aalto constrained his material palate to one dominated by brick and accented by timber and copper. Though Aalto practiced at the same time as Modernist Architects Le Corbusier and others, he rejected the Machine Aesthetic for the majority of his architecture. Instead, he saw his buildings as organisms made of up of individual cells. This principle informed Aalto's use of traditional building materials such as brick which is, by nature, cellular. The bricks were even laid slightly off-line to create a dynamic and enlivened surface condition due to the shadows.
The massive brick envelope is punctuated by periods of vertical striation in the form of timber columns which evoke Säynätsalo's setting in a heavily forested area.
Another distinctive feature at Säynätsalo are the grass stairs which complement a conventional set of stairs adjacent to the tower council chambers. The grass stairs also evoke notions of ancient Greek and Italian architecture through the establishment of a form resembling a simple amphitheater condition.
Pink farm implement in Montgomery City, Missouri by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 1/125-second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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January2025. Farming implement used to block access to a field along US-70 around Galloway, Arkansas.Delta400.NikonFA.60Mac.YellowFilter.Caffenol-CH@20minutes.Scan:FujifilmXH1
A farm implement from the farm that is accross the road from me.
This is a test of developing Kodak Vision color projection film as black and white negative. There's a lot of potential here, but it's acting weird. I think this film might want a more active developer.
About 10km west of Monterrey, La Huasteca is studded dramatically with 300m-tall rock formations and gorgeous desert landscapes. Despite being designated as a park, La Huasteca in Mexico does not receive the protection it needs. The landscape is often marred by trash and graffiti. By raising awareness about this issue, I hope to encourage local officials to implement stronger environmental protections before it's too late. Thanks @marcadamus for showing us these amazing locations! Can you find the bird in this image?
...in a garden in Balestrand, Norway :) This photo was two fold...I like taking photos of garden things that I like and may want to implement in my own garden and I knew I needed a shell photo for 116 pictures in 2016: no. 13 Shells.
An implement used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed.
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Ukraine’s priorities include joining NATO, implementing the decisions of the Alliance's Washington Summit, and jointly intercepting Russian missiles and drones. This was the focus of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s discussion with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during their meeting in Kyiv.
This is Mark Rutte’s first foreign visit as the leader of the North Atlantic Alliance. President Zelenskyy noted that this visit immediately clearly outlines the current priorities, indicating where the defense of shared Euro-Atlantic values is taking place right now.
“Our key goal is Ukraine’s full NATO membership. Ukraine can become the thirty-third member of NATO. Ukrainians deserve this,” said the President.
During the meeting, the parties thoroughly discussed the prospects for cooperation, the Victory Plan and the feasibility of Ukraine's approach to a just end to the war, the situation on the battlefield, and the needs of our units, including weapons and brigade staffing.
“Ukraine needs to strengthen its positions on the frontline so that we can increase pressure on Russia for the sake of fair, real diplomacy. That is why we need a sufficient quantity and quality of weapons, including long-range weapons, the provision of which, in my opinion, is being delayed by our partners,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized.
A separate focus of the discussion was Ukraine’s air defense needs. It is crucial for Ukraine that all air defense agreements, including those reached at the NATO Summit in Washington this July, are implemented before winter begins. Additionally, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mark Rutte discussed additional cooperation with neighboring countries, drawing on examples from the Middle East.
“Jointly intercepting Iranian missiles is no different from jointly intercepting Russian missiles, and especially "Shaheds," which link the Russian and Iranian regimes. What we need in our region is more determination from our partners to put an end to Russian terror,” the President emphasized.
Mark Rutte noted that, as NATO Secretary General, he will do everything possible to increase support for Ukraine.
“Your security matters for ours. Your fight for freedom reflects our core principles and values,” he said.
According to the NATO Secretary General, member states of the Alliance plan to boost their own defense capabilities and strengthen Ukraine’s defense industry.
“Ukraine is closer to NATO than ever before. And we will continue on this path until you become a member of our Alliance. I very much look forward to that day,” said Mark Rutte.
Farm implement in infrared in New Franklin Missouri by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a LifePixel infrared converted (720nm) Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera with a Canon EF17-40mm f/4L USM lens at ƒ8.0 with a 1/250 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Canon Digital Photo Professional and Adobe Lightroom CC.
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At the Peace of Versailles, one of the resolutions is that Helgoland as a military base must be completely dismantled. The military story begins again in the 1930s. The Nazis transform the island into a sea fortress. There will be heavy cannons, which can shoot 45 kilometers, and a covered harbor for submarines. Hitler approves the Hummerschere project, an ambitious plan to build the largest ice-free naval port in Germany. Four hundred Dutch people worked in this isolated prison camp. Barbed wire was not necessary. Only a single, living Helgolander can say anything about Devil's Island, as prisoners called it. Very heavy was the carving of bunkers in the rocks and the building of sea mines. Stop working thoughts went regularly through the minds of the prisoners. But the German guns were always nearby. When U-boats had suffered damage, divers under water would put things together again. Nasty work, there was no escape. On April 18, 1945, the end of the war came in sight, the English carried out an enormous heavy bombing on Helgoland. They turned Helgoland into a moon landscape. The Dutch, Belgian, Russian and Italian prisoners were already gone. The islanders took refuge in the underground passages and survived the more than a thousand bombs deposited by the Royal Air Force within an hour and a half. In 1947 the British blew up the bunkers and military facilities with no less than 6,700 tons of explosives. The largest non-nuclear bombing of all time is being released on Helgoland. When the smoke has risen, the red rock island is still there but heavily damaged. The smoke column was observed in the Netherlands. In 1952 the population was allowed to return after long insistence. Since then, the island mainly lives off tourism. The bunkers can still be visited.
Few today suspect that Helgoland has a huge bunker system running through it. It was built by the Nazis during World War II, who converted Helgoland into a sea base and fortress. The civilian protection bunker, the only one that has survived, can be visited nowadays. All other military installations were destroyed by the British Air Force in 1947. The approximately 1-hour bunker tours take place under expert guidance and are intended to give you an insight into the history of the island's fortress. Inside the bunker are Propaganda posters of the sisterhood of the Hitler youth.
Blitzmädchen were young women who were deployed to perform support tasks at the Luftwaffe. This includes the implementation of aircraft reports, operating radio equipment etc. Most of the time they came from the Bund Deutchen Mädel. abbreviated as BDM was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. Our bunker guide will give us a lasting impression many meters underground using the tunnel systems. The old telephone in the bunker is still working for 112 emergency calls.
Bij de Vrede van Versailles is één van de resoluties dat Helgoland als militaire basis geheel moet worden ontmanteld. In de jaren dertig begint het militaire verhaal opnieuw. De Nazi's bouwen het eiland om tot een zeevesting. Er komen zware kanonnen, die 45 kilometer ver kunnen schieten, en een overdekte haven voor onderzeeboten. Hitler hecht zijn goedkeuring aan het project Hummerschere, een ambitieus plan om er de grootste ijsvrije marinehaven van Duitsland te bouwen. Vierhonderd Nederlanders werkten in dit geïsoleerde strafkamp. Prikkeldraad was niet nodig. Slechts een enkele, levende Helgolanders kan nog iets zeggen over Duivelseiland, zoals gevangenen het eiland noemden. Lees het verhaal van Dick Jans.... Zeer zwaar was het uithakken van bunkers in de rotsen en evenals het bouwen van zeemijnen. Stoppen met draaien, speelde regelmatig door de gedachten van de gevangenen. Maar de Duitse geweren waren altijd dichtbij. Wanneer U-boten averij hadden opgelopen, lasten duikers onder water de boel weer aan elkaar. Gemeen werk, ontsnappen was niet bij. Op 18 april 1945, kwam het einde van de oorlog in zicht, voeren de Engelsen een enorm zwaar bombardement uit op Helgoland. Ze veranderden Helgoland in een maanlandschap. De Nederlandse, Belgische, Russische en Italiaanse gevangenen waren toen al weg. De eilandbewoners schuilden in de onderaardse gangen en overleefde hier de meer dan duizend bommen gedeponeerd door de Royal Air Force binnen anderhalf uur tijd. In 1947 bliezen de Britten de bunkers en militaire voorzieningen met liefst 6.700 ton explosieven op. Het grootste niet-nucleaire bombardement aller tijden wordt op Helgoland losgelaten. Als de rook is opgetrokken, ligt daar nog steeds het rode rotseiland, zij het zwaar gehavend. De rookkolom werd in Nederland waargenomen. In 1952 mocht de bevolking na lang aandringen terugkeren. Sindsdien leeft het eiland hoofdzakelijk van het toerisme. De bunkers zijn nog steeds te bezichtigen. Binnen in de bunkers hangen Propaganda-posters van het zusterschap van de Hitler-jeugd. Blitzmädchen waren jonge vrouwen die werden ingezet om ondersteunende taken uit te voeren bij de Luftwaffe. Dit omvat vliegtuigrapporten maken, het bedienen van radioapparatuur enz. Meestal kwamen ze van de BDM, de Bund Deutchen Mädel. De meisjestak van de jeugdbeweging van de Nazi-partij. Onze bunkergids geeft ons een blijvende indruk vele meters onder de grond met behulp van de tunnelsystemen. De oude telefoon in de bunker werkt nog steeds voor 112 noodoproepen.
Farm implement near McBaine in rural Boone County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 129 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 6.4.
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Empty grain cars, emblazoned with the colorful paint schemes of the Saskatchewan government, return West to their new owner MobilGrain. The vegetation around this abandoned homestead does its best to reclaim the outbuildings, farmhouse, and old farm implement. Few scenes better illustrate the vast Saskatchewan prairie.
I've also implemented strings and a winge to move the trolley back and forth. Not perfect but it works and fits inside the cabin
Lighted Farm Implement Parade, Sunnyside, Washington. I am pleasantly surprised how sharp these night photos are considering these shots are hand held and mostly shot at 1/30 and slower shutter speed. IMG_1060
In 2013, one hundred years of this building was celebrated. In 1913, the building, which in the 2000s has become the music house "Daile", fell into the hands of Wilhelm Posselt, the owner of the spinning and weaving company. Then the idea of creating a cinema was born, Posselt, wanted to try his hand at the film industry. The cinema project was designed by architect Paul Mandelstam. The implementation of the project was disrupted by the First World War, and construction work was postponed for almost two decades. In 1936, construction was resumed by the then landowner Fricis Nāruns and civil engineer Teodors Hermanovskis. It was opened on December 19, 1936. The cinema was the first in Latvia to be built especially for sound films, the premises were designed to accommodate about 660 spectators.
A Springfield Model 1903 and it’s replacement, the M1 Garand rifle. The receiver of this Springfield rifle was forged in 1933 and that of the Garand in 1940. The M1911A1 pistol is a modern production.
Farm implement near Glasgow in rural Saline County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 150 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Farm implement near McBaine in rural Boone County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV camera with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 161 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom 6.4.
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Dice are implements used for generating random numbers in a variety of social and gambling games. Known since antiquity, dice have been called the oldest gaming instruments. They are typically cube-shaped and marked with one to six dots on each face. The most common method of dice manufacture involves injection molding of plastic followed by painting.
Dice have been used for gaming and divination purposes for thousands of years. Evidence found in Egyptian tombs has suggested that this civilization used them as early as 2000 b.c. Other data shows that primitive civilizations throughout the Americas also used dice. These dice were composed of ankle bones from various animals. Marked on four faces, they were likely used as magical devices that could predict the future. The ancient Greeks and Romans used dice made of bone and ivory. The dice of most of these early cultures were made in numerous shapes and sizes.
The modern day cubical dice originated in China and have been dated back as early as 600 b.c. They were most likely introduced to Europe by Marco Polo during the fourteenth century.
Phoenix's poor attempt to implement public rail transport. Slow service, high cost, poor access, equals low ridership. A compromised concept that was outdated and inadequate before it went online. a 19th century idea for the 21st century. Now just a spiraling tax drain.
I rolled the clock back to an earlier portrait shot taken when we arrived before I tracked up the snow. We returned for eDDie's "better light;" I don't have a problem with this light. I used three layers to pull it out and include those great reflections on the ditch and pond. Nice pool... no fish. It even shows the sculpting on the snow. No one could believe the number of gravel pits that ripped up farm land beyond view. I have recently been tied up in several other projects. I pounded a lot of effort into them. That might be easing up.
If I see other things of interest, I'll go shoot them as long as eDDie doesn't light out after me with a switch. He's gonna throttle me! I bet eDDie got some good shots before I tracked it all up; check his site. I buzzed all around Four Mile Farm and Valmont to shoot the remaining rail yard and the old stage stop in the snow.
I energized for the snow day and am still into my snow series, reveling in some actual area snow and recent snow day with eDDie. Since then we had yet another snow panic; over a foot was promised but was pinched that down 4 inches of wet snow that shrunk to 2 by morning. I personally sent the storm to Texas to quench their drought and now Houston is trying to sue me; I'm pointing the finger at the Kochs. Why can't Texas get on with their seceding from the union; I'd sign the petition! Snow in Colorado; who'da thunk it. What's going to happen to the ecosystem and environment next? Even the Ring of Fire is being resized!
Originally, this site must have been a ranch along the stage route and the Boulder Valley branch of the Union Pacific. Old farm implements are in the distance. There was haying here to support the stage station at Valmont. Was the Four Mile Farm rake originally horse drawn? Perhaps not. This does support the image of the area's transportation history though. I bet the old tractor is not that old.
The now disappearing agricultural town and travel stop of Valmont was just south of here; agriculture around Longmont also continued thrived. I suppose that the coal field connection just to the east had a role in early travel. Also the old stage route into Valmont and Boulder coursed through here. Ranches had to supply feed for the stage stop. See some of my other Valmont images. This must have been a busy route when the stage had to start competing with the new rail route. The Valmont stage station is nearby Four Mile Farm.
I really like my implementation of hydraulic adjustable suspension, I can't stop making renders with it in its lowest position.
Photo captured via Minolta MD Tele Rokkor-X 200mm F/4 Lens. Okanogan Highlands Region. Inland Northwest. Okanogan County, Washington. Early February 2018.
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-200 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 5500 K * Film Plug-In: Kodak Portra 160 NC
This is what a modern kitchen had in the 1860's. King's Landing recreates rural life in New Brunswick at about that time.
The Setep implement was used during the ceremony of the Opening of the Mouth, giving back to the deceased energy and vitality, before placing the mummy in the tomb.
Wood, Deir el Bahari.