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Mezi Oldřichovem v Hájích a Mníškem u Liberce byl 1. října 2011 zachycen vyrovnávkový vlak Pn 47213 z Polského Turoszówa do Berouna. Soupravu vlaku tvořily prázdné vozy Falls v který se do Polska převáží vápenec, který slouží k odsíření elektrárny v Turowě (Turoszów). V čele vlaku byla dvojice lokomotiv 753.759 a 753.758.
Happy birthday to the one and only Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno, better known as Brian Eno.
In Mexico, on May 15 we celebrate too teachers and professors, so, it fits perfectly, because he has been like a mentor to several generations of great musicians.
"Most of the day
We were at the machinery
In the dark sheds
That the seasons ignored
I held the levelers
That guided the signals to the radio
But the words I received
Random code, broken fragments from before.
Out in the trees
My reason deserted me
Oh the dark stars
Cluster over the bay
Then in a certain moment
I lose control
And at last I am part of the machinery
(where are you [The Bulldog] where are you?)
And the light disappear
As the world
Makes its circle through the sky"
Eno Moebius Roedelius: youtu.be/uwGrO70Gy38
Fate, Character And Life - Fate Is Leveler
Fate like Tsunami, like Egyptian drought of seven years
like the nuclear explosion in hiroshima-nagasaki
also similar to the darkness of the world economy today
Turns everything upside down
And proves to be cruelest ever leveler;
Sparing almost none.
But if unswerving-character, grit and foreseeing-wisdom (as of Prophet Joseph) join hands
They can build securest-ever embankments and dams
Not only to avert imminent fate-ravages
But to turn potential energy (of drought and Tsunami)
Into more gold (accessible water) , diamonds (aquatic life) , rubies (agriculture) and all that
And turn home on globe into
A lovelier place for life to exist.
by Shahid Saleem Butt
Sunday, May 8, 2016
There are some things that just kill me. I don't understand how this can keep happening. Every time, as soon as the vegetation in the city squares rises, “men on motokarts” appear and mow everything to smithereens. And they do it without fail before the dry period of summer. After their “work”, everything that has not yet been destroyed burns out in the sun, turning the square into a steppe. 😡
Є якісь речі, які мене просто вбивають. Я не розумію, як таке може постійно коїтися. Щоразу, як тільки підніметься рослинність у міських скверах, з'являються «мужики на мотокартах» і викошують усе дощенту. І роблять вони це обов'язково перед посушливим періодом літа. Після їхньої «роботи» все що залишилося ще не знищеним вигоряє на сонці, перетворюючи сквер на степ. 😡
Чим насправді шкодять покоси:
- створюють шумове забруднення;
- забруднюють повітря вихлопними газами;
- створюють важкі умови праці самим комунальникам: вібрації, шум, зневоднення, перегрів під час роботи;
- створюють велику кількість сухої трави, яка може легко спалахнути у спеку;
- призводять до підвищення загальної температури в місті, отже підвищують ризики для людей з хворобами серцево-судинної системи.
Окремо треба говорити про те, як покоси шкодять комахам і птахам.
Everything is equal in the snow: all trees, all lawns, all streets, all rooftops, all cars. Everything is white, white, white, as far as you can see. Covered by snow, the well-kept and neglected lawns look the same.
The snow hides the shiny newness of a just-bought car as effectively as it does the rust and dents of a ten-year-old one. Everything looks clean and fresh and unmarred by time or use. Snow, like the silent death it counterfeits, is a great leveler.
Adrienne Ivey
In a world that’s increasingly dependent on and impacted by computer technology and Artificial Intelligence, we’re easily tempted to take advantage of those innovations. And I do too. Also, and perhaps especially in the world of photography. We swap skies, clone in desirable and clone out less desirable elements, and we use software ‘filters’ for quicker results without any effort. And we’re led to believe that it is all an improvement and permitted for the sake of art. And maybe it is - I just can’t judge as that implies a higher insight. I doubt I have.
What I know is that I like to use AI too. AI as in Artistic Intelligence. The beauty and power of art is that it is a human experience and an expression of the human spirit. It can move, excite, sadden or lift up, exactly because it is coming directly from the human experience, not from an algorithm. I can be moved by an expression of a human experience. I can’t be moved by a machine, no matter how smart it is. At best, it makes life easier and software can give you faster results.
But I don’t desire quick results in creative expressions. I prefer the challenge and the longer road because time, effort, dedication and perspiration are at the same time opportunities for contemplation and consideration - exercises for the human mind. Furthermore, time has always been a great leveler of emotions and expressions. It adds subtlety and nuance to what you express. Nuance is what I seek, it’s a sign of empathy, but perhaps that’s not always the wise thing to do. Being nuanced, I mean.
This is a photo I took in 2013 in Chicago, representing the Aqua building and neighbouring buildings. I finished processing the photo 2 days ago, exactly 8 years and 8 days after I took it on September 8, 2013. The creative process from the physical and mental inception to final execution started on that day in 2013 and ended 8 years and 8 days later. Not that it is a guarantee for exceptional results - it just took me that long. I’m not referring to the actual steps of processing it on the computer, that perhaps only took a couple of weeks. I’m referring to the inception and formation of the image in my head. I’ve always been carrying this image in my head, together with many other images. Sometimes it just takes that long to make up one’s mind on subtleties that only the artist sees and to make the right decisions. And no matter how long it takes, once it's conceived in my head, I will carry it out. That artistic process is a metaphor of my own life.
This artistic process is exactly what I describe in the video I released earlier in July, a 9-hr video on the Artistic Thought and Decision Process
and an honest reflection of how I decide artistically, where to find and how to translate inspiration to my own images. And it’s processed with my Artisan Pro X panel. And no, it’s not software built around Artificial Intelligence, but around Artistic Intelligence, and I believe that becomes clear when you use it.
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Everything is equal in the snow: all trees, all lawns, all streets, all rooftops, all cars. Everything is white, white, white, as far as you can see. Covered by snow, the well-kept and neglected lawns look the same. The snow hides the shiny newness of a just-bought car as effectively as it does the rust and dents of a ten-year-old one. Everything looks clean and fresh and unmarred by time or use. Snow, like the silent death it counterfeits, is a great leveler.
Adrienne Ivey
For the Tree-Mendous Tuesday Group. Portage County, Ohio
My first attempt at star trails at a construction site near Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. This is 50 shots stacked together. They were about 45 second exposures with about a 35 second pause between shots. Next time Ill do it for longer with shorter pauses to avoid the dotted lines. Also I will bring a coat since it was COLD. I napped in my car while this was shooting.
"Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet.” ~Patrick Rothfuss
On our most epic road trip yet. East Iceland
Off we go again tomorrow, on another road trip! This time across about half the USA. I probably won't be around for about a week. Take care and have fun!
Capacité de la décapeuse : 28,28 m³
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234 915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
A dock leveler is the bridge between the warehouse and the trailers that back up into them.
A Blue Giant dock leveler is the best choice to ensure a safe and efficent loading bay.
The James Geddes Engine Company No. 6, built in 1884–85, is the only fire hall which remains of the several built in Nashville during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the last built to house horse-drawn fire equipment. Its exuberant Victorian facade is one of the few remaining examples of the architecturally distinctive Rutledge Hill neighborhood of the late 1800s. The Rutledge Hill area of South Nashville was once an area of elaborate residences and was the home of several significant educational institutions, including the forerunners of Vanderbilt University and George Peabody College.
James Geddes, for whom the fire hall was named, came to the United States from Scotland in 1851 after receiving a degree in civil engineering. He was hired by the infant Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1851 as a leveler. He rose through the ranks, holding a number of increasingly important positions as the railroad grew. In 1901 he was honored as the first L&N employee to serve for fifty years and was promoted to the position of assistant to the general manager which he held until his death in 1914.
The fire hall's significance lies in its association with James Geddes a railroad pioneer and prominent Nashvillian, in its architectural merit, and in its being one of a few survivors of Victorian Rutledge Hill and Nashville's sole surviving Victorian fire hall. These historical merits resulted in this building being officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 9, 1978. All the information above was taken from the original documents submitted to the NRHP for submission consideration (see the following link: npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/c64d07da-4233-48f5-b513-03936b... )
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Today's theme might be said to be the relationship between death and beauty. In my previous two uploads today I've described why I am lingering for a while in the Melbourne General Cemetery. It is because, essentially, I believe like the early Greek philosophers, that death is our greatest teacher.
This ragged and worn little statue of the Virgin Mary sits beside fading artificial flowers in the Roman Catholic section of the cemetery. Where some see kitsch (see my previous photo for discussion), I see an image that tells me something of the subtleties of human faith and meaning.
This is the sort of vision that almost obsessed the great poet, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Not that she was afraid of death for a moment. In fact she saw death as a kind of suitor, and in some extreme instances in life, death is indeed a friend.
"Death is Emily Dickinson‘s main theme which left its impact on all her thinking and gave its tint to the majority of her poems. For Dickinson, death is the supreme touchstone for life. She lived incessantly in his presence. She was always conscious of its nearness and inevitability...Investigation of the theme of death gave her a panoramic view of vital issues such as religion, God, nature, love and immortality. In the poems discussed in this study, death presumes different personalities taken from life surrounding Dickinson. The main features of death which are implied in her death poems reveal the very contradictions, absurdities and complexities of our life. Death may be a refined and respected coachman, a cruel victimizer and a personal enemy, a leveler, an elusive lover, a suitor, an assassin, and a democrat. The poet uses these concrete images to portray death, which is an abstract force, in an attempt to come to terms with it as well as to fathom it. She gave death human and nonhuman characteristics as part of her inexorable quest to comprehend it. In her death poems, she did not offer a final view of death because death for her remains the great unknown mystery."
-Dr. Rashed Ahmad Daghamin.
"Reflection on Death in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson"
www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_7_No_4_April_2017/15.pdf
I strongly suspect Emily Dickinson would have looked at this Ragged Beauty with deep understanding and sympathy. It may even have inspired a poem.
Capacité de la décapeuse : 28,28 m³
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234 915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
SK: Dňa 10. septembra som sa vybral na poobedné fotenie vlakov neďaleko Parndorfu smerom na Hegyeshalom. Na veľké potešenie sa mi dostal pred objektív najnovší prírastok dopravcu RTB Cargo v podobe Vectrona 193.092 od spoločnosti RailPool. Jednalo sa o úplne prvý výkon od výroby. Rušeň dopravil do Gyoru vyrovnávku Gefco autovozňov z prístavu belgického Zeebrugge.
EN: On September 10th, I went for an afternoon photo shoot of trains near Parndorf in the direction of Hegyeshalom. To my great pleasure, the newest addition to the RTB Cargo carrier in the form of Vectron 193.092 from RailPool came in front of the lens. It was the very first performance since production. The locomotive delivered to Gyor a Gefco leveler of railcars from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge.
No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.
- Patrick Rothfuss
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Shot on location as part of the photowalk series near river Argen, Germany.
Camera: Hasselblad FlexBody CP
Perspective Correction: 6mm Rear Fall
Filter: LEE Wide-Angle Hood, LEE No.11
Head: Arca-Swiss Core Leveler 75
Tripod: Gitzo GT3532LS
Meter: Sekonic L-508
Retouch: Capture One 20
Bag: Wotancraft Shadow Warrior
Capacité de la décapeuse : 28,28 m³
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234 915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
Sony 24mm 1.4 GM
It was a great pleasure to visit this happy merchant in his grocery store.
Not much light light inside this store, so I used the largest aperture 1.4 and speeded up the ISO to 1250, I used the build-in leveler, because of the 24mm wide angle Lens, which can fool you , so using the leveler are a very good.
I like to take portraits fast, because you can catch the person unguarded in the best natural way possible, so I measured the light by pointing the camera down at the table and then did a very fast composition and took the photo, often you only get one chance to catch a short moment of a casual relaxed person. Either the person are positive or negative about you take photos, most often the persons relaxing attitude vanish fast. So most often I take a photo and ask afterwards if it is ok ! In this photo I do not even think that he is aware I took a photo of him in the photo, because he do not know which focal length I use, I mimicked as if I took a photo of the lamp/shelf.
August Burns Red performing on the Teggart Main Stage at the 2011 Vans Warped Tour in Orlando, Florida on July 29th, 2011.
Shot on location as part of the photowalk series at Maurach, Lake Constance, Germany.
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M
Lens: Hasselblad Planar 2/110
Film: Ilford Ortho+ @ ISO80
Filter: Hasselblad ProShade 6093 + ProShade Adapter B70 + LEE Little Stopper
Tripod: Gitzo GT3532LS + Arca-Swiss Core Leveler 75
Developer: Ilford DD-X 9m40s inversion @ 21ºC
Stop: Ilford Ilfostop
Fixer: Ilford Rapid Fixer 1+9
Tank: JOBO 1510
Scanner: EPSON Perfection V700 Photo
Retouch: Apple Aperture 3.6
Capacité de la décapeuse : 28,28 m³
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234 915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
Humility, simplicity, compassion, impermanence...
Do not ignore the compassion for all beings and do not ignore the impermanence. Whatever seems to be a priority in your life is actually quite temporary. It comes and goes.
We are born alone and naked. As our life unfolds, we go through every possible situation: need, have, lost, suffer, cry, try ... but then we die, and we die alone. It will not make any difference if we were rich or poor, known or unknown. Death is the great leveler.
Being awaked can be leveler in many senses.
We can't always be at the right place and time, sometimes the light is really not in our favor, this is where post-processing comes in. This scene was quite heavily backlit as you can tell from the large swathe of shadow on the ground.
Hōzōmon (宝蔵門, "Treasure-House Gate") of Sensō-ji (浅草寺) in Tokyo.
I prefer the ultra-wide angle for this scene as the perspective distortion accentuates the ornate beauty of the details under the long eaves which serves both aesthetic and structural purposes.
Shot with the old FE 16-35mm f4.0 ZA OSS.
With newer, more effective and efficient post-processing software, there is less and less need to constantly upgrade to the newest camera or even lens.
Gear chasers on camera forums can spend hours arguing about lens corner sharpness, color, contrast etc. If they had spent more time on their photography instead, they would realize that all these can be fixed in post-processing.
If we already own a decent zoom lens for instance, there’s no need to add a Prime lens within the same zoom range unless you need the faster aperture, post-processing if done competently is a great leveler.
With the pace of advancement in AI, the day will come when our smartphones or even 1” sensor compact zoom will perhaps have details and color depth filled out digitally based on high resolution photos already on the web.
This classic Yashica camera and tripod leveler are not mine. With permission from the owner to take this photo. Thank you!
Dante's View provides a panoramic view of the southern Death Valley basin. To the south, the Owlshead Mountains, 30 km (19 mi) away can be seen, and to the north, the Funeral Mountains 50 km (31 mi) distant, are visible beyond Furnace Creek. To the West, across Badwater Basin, the Panamint Range rises dramatically to Telescope Peak. To the east is found the Greenwater Range. On very clear days, the highest and lowest points in the contiguous 48 states of the United States: Mount Whitney 4,421 m (14,505 ft) high and Badwater â86 m (â282 ft) can be seen. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%27s_View
Nope, I'm not in Zion anymore. Things are a little busier here. I've actually never been to Las Vegas in my life. Last night was my first time visiting the famous 'strip'. I'm sure I will get some photos a lot better than this. I was just so overwhelmed by the place, I was just kind of walking around in circles, wide eyed, mesmorized by the place. I was thinking, 'how can I possibly convey this insanity in a photo?' I failed. This doesn't begin to do it justice, but I wanted to post something. So, anyway, I'll be stuck here for a few days. I know you're thinking, 'poor Mike, stuck in Vegas' Honestly, I've never had any desire to be here. I hate cities, crowds, traffic, gambling... That's why I couldn't stand living in Jersey anymore. I've been on the road for a few weeks now, in the middle of nowhere, and I'm having some issues with the motorhome. Upkeep on these things is a bitch! If things go as planned, this should be the last real civilization I see for quite a while, so I've got to get things working right before I leave here. My levelers are broken, which is driving me insane being out here in the mountains. (It's got 4 hydraulic jacks built in, that push down, and level it if you're on uneven ground) The emergency brake is barely holding, so it keeps rolling until I can jump out and throw a block in front of a wheel. Other miscellaneous things... Problem with my rear alignment, gas tank, brake lights, and the battery in my truck.......
Essex and Rivington Streets on a winter night.
Camera: Sony a99
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We wander through streets
dusted with
the scattered remnants
of the sky's memories:
cloud debris
that cushions
the weight of hope
as we walk
with our faces turned
towards the city night's stars
that lead our way
into the melted light
of dreams.
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I have been going through my large collection of city snow photographs both for a current client and for the book that I am writing and putting together. What I love the most about snow at night is the timeless quality it imparts to the city. It's the leveler of time in some respects.
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finally a sunset (once every week cause of monsoon rains and typhoon) worth taking a shot of. this was taken sometime in august. just didn't have the time to post process it until today. another vertorama... this ones for mr. grantthai ... he loves the tilt... besides, i can't go too long without it. no clouds were harmed in the post processing of this image =)
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
USA
I call this machine a road leveler even though that is not it's actual name. It is used in the park to even out the snow on the top of the road not to shovel it off the road. Notice all of the snow on the road (which is totally invisible).
Two more images are seen in the first comment section.
Just to let you know these classic Yashica and Hasselblad cameras are not mine. Photographed with owner's permission.
Dante's View is named from Dante Alighieri, who wrote the Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), in which there are described the nine circles of Hell, the seven terrace of Purgatory and the nine spheres of Paradise.
In April 1926, some businessmen of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, informed of the touristic attractiveness of Death Valley, were trying to pick the best view of Death Valley. They had nearly chosen Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains when the Deputy Sheriff of Greenwater, Charlie Brown, carried them from this peak a little distance to the Black Mountains. The group was immediately persuaded and promptly called this point Dante's View.
Dante's View is named from Dante Alighieri, who wrote the Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), in which there are described the nine circles of Hell, the seven terrace of Purgatory and the nine spheres of Paradise. Source:
See the spherical panorama at www.360cities.net/image/walk-into-fantasyland
(And be sure to right-click for the Little Planet view)
This image was captured using the following equipment: Nikon D700, Sigma 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye, Benro C-258EX Carbon Fiber Tripod, Nodal Ninja 5 w/ RD8 Rotator & EZ Leveler II. Images were taken level at 60 Degrees apart for 6 total around, plus one up and two down. The two down shots included the tripod from each side which were merged and then I cloned out the tripod manually. With my tripod setup it is possible to get a long exposure shot of the nadir, but with limited shooting time this evening I skipped it. That was a big mistake with the fancy star on the ground here and took me a lot of time to process this- in fact I gave up and quit the first time I worked on it a month or so ago- patterns on the ground remain one of the trickiest 360 subjects for me. I took a 7 shot bracket of each image due to the wide lighting variations in the area and had to repeat several brackets due to people walking in the scene, particularly kids with light-up toys making light trails through the frames. Eight jpg images were created with Photomatix with consistent setting throughout the process. After that the final image was merged in PTGui and finished in CS5, Topaz Denoise, and selective Topaz Adjust. With the possible exception of the treehouse shot this is my favorite 360 yet. Thanks for looking.
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Sequoia National Park, Ca.
With a foot of fresh snow overnight I ventured up the Kaweah River the next morning for sunrise. Being the first on the trail, I was not disappointed with a ton of unmolested snow. And I threw in a sunburst for good measure.
By the way, if you happen to be up there when the snow melts could you return my bubble leveler that I lost in the snow? Can't miss it - it's neon green. Thanks!
Press L to view large on black.
It doesn't matter if you're a millionaire or if you have nothing. When you drink Coca Cola, you've got the same experience. Coca Cola. The people leveler. I don't remember who said that.
Of course we do not want sin to exist! It is the great leveler. There is much comfort in the ability to say, “at least we are not as bad as them”. Comfort, in the ability to weigh another’s mistakes against our own. Most of all, comfort in the denial that we are all the same monsters. We just feed on different things.