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Shot on location as part of the photowalk series in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Post-processing done in Capture One 20.
Camera: Contax 645
Back: Phase One P45+
Head: Arca-Swiss Core Leveler 75
Tripod: Gitzo GT3532LS
Custom 2" Thick Character Walnut Butcher Block Table. Size is 24 x 72 with slight round corners. Legs are 4" x 4" Squares that taper down to 3" x 3" at the bottom with levelers. Catalyzed Varnish Finish applied to protect against spillages.
44 x 66 Shaker Leg Table. 2 Self Storing Leaves, Waterfall Edge- Brookfield Sides # 1860, Wood Seats, in Brown Maple- # 103 stain, MX, Solid Maple Wood. Custom Sizes Available-
Contractors prepare the floor of the Wright Brothers Gallery 107 for the pouring of floor leveler, July 15, 2021. (Smithsonian photo by Jim Preston) [NASM2021-03080]
This photo is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use: si.edu/termsofuse.
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Outdoor pool tables are amazing, we do not always have the necessary place inside to be able to place a billiards, or simply enjoy ours outside in the beautiful days. They have materials to withstand water and weather: water flow, anti-rust, waterproof carpet ...
Outdoor Pool Tables Around $1000
EastPoint Sports 84" Outdoor Pool Table with Table Tennis Top
The EastPoint Sports Outdoor 84-inch Billiard Table is the ultimate addition to any backyard. It's sure to keep your family or guests entertained for hours on end.
Featuring beautiful hand-woven resin wicker accents and a traditional Parlor Style Drop Pocket Design, the all-weather aluminum frame construction and engineered Sunbrella billiard cloth is durable enough to withstand all the elements of nature.
The outdoor pool tables come complete with all accessories and a heavy-duty all-weather cover. There is nothing better than some fresh air and family fun around the game table!
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EastPoint Sports 87-Inch Outdoor Billiard Table - Aluminum
Take the fun of the game room outside with the EastPoint Sports 87 inch Outdoor pool Table. This table has been engineered to endure the elements while maintaining a great look with a sleek Aluminum Frame.
Weather Resistant Playfield covered with Sunbrella Fabric stands up to any moisture that falls on it. Play like the pros with K66 Rubber Bumpers that yield a consistent bounce throughout the table.
It’s sure to keep your family or guests entertained for hours on end. The outdoor pool tables come complete with all accessories and ready to play out of the box.
When you’re finished with the fun place the Heavy Duty All-Weather Cover over the table for superior protection.
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Outdoor Pool Tables Around $2000
Imperial 7 Foot Outdoor Pool Table with Accessories
Bring your billiard game to the backyard, porch, or patio with the rugged Outdoor Pool Table from Imperial!
This outdoor pool table boasts anodized aluminum construction, including aluminum rails, corners, and legs for weather-resistance and durability. Leg levelers ensure stability on a variety of surfaces and K66 rubber cushions offer excellent rebound.
These all-metal 7-foot outdoor pool tables come assembled and clothed out of the box! And, the Outdoor Pool Table comes with everything you need to get started.
Add a game of pool to your next barbecue, party, or outdoor event with the Imperial 7 Foot Outdoor Pool Table. Get it today!
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Imperial Outdoor Pool Table 8ft
Need a centerpiece for your game room? Presenting Imperial Outdoor Pool Tables 8ft with its modern look plus capability for out-of-doors! It features all-aluminum parts along with tan coating which is perfect for outside elements.
Moreover, it comes in mostly assembled already. All you need to do is simply bolt on legs and level them to the ground. Large leg levelers provide stability and measure 5 inches. In addition, this gaming table boasts anodized aluminum rails, corners and legs, and K66 cushion rubber for true rebound.
The bed board, on the other hand, is made from 140 layers of Formica sheets and polyester resin. In effect, this makes it waterproof, fire-retardant and durable! Additionally, it measures 18-mm thick with a Camel color Taclon cloth.
What's more, these outdoor pool tables are inclusive of accessories:
2 pool cues
1 set of polyester balls (withstands cracking and chipping)
2 pieces of chalk
triangle
and a playfield cover.
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Other Pool Tables ideas
Fusion Pool Table And Dining Table
You have heard about the fusion of generations, the fusion of cultures, fusion cuisine, fusion music. Today, there is Fusion furniture. Functional, with a timeless and elegant design, the Fusion outdoor pool tables create a relaxed atmosphere for dinner with family or friends.
Able to seat 10 people comfortably, the Fusion table is perfect for family or professional meetings. After the meal, it takes less than a minute to turn the Fusion table into a top-of-the-range billiard table. Just slip the benches under the table and remove the three table tops. You are ready to start a game.
With a simple click, the patented "easy-lift" system allows you to optimize the table's height for the game.
Features:
Sleek European Design
The Fusion table’s sleek design uses a rigid aluminum powder coated steel Space
Frame to accommodate the strength and stability required to hold the single piece slate playing surface in place.
All of the pool accessories will fit on the table without anyone ever knowing what lies under the table leaves. Patent Pending Pocket Design - In order to fit everything in the Fusion table’s 4 ½” / 115 mm narrow top, a unique solution was created for the pockets. Using hi-tech nylon stretch cloth with memory, the patent pending pockets stretch out when they collect balls, and revert to their 1/8” / 3 mm thickness after the game. Ready To Play Anytime!
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ibigbean Foot pool Table Set - Soccer and Pool
Snookball is a combination of pool and football.
It's crazy fun because you actually get to kick the balls into pockets instead of using a cue stick. The sport is played on a giant pool table that multiple players can walk on. All the rules are the same as pool, except that you use your feet instead of a cue and the balls are replaced by soccer balls.
Accessories:
1x Plywood + Stainless steel table
16x Soccer balls ( #4 default)
1x Carpet
1x Triangle
1x Installation Instructions
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Came out beautiful, reclaimed wood top (built by us) and reused cast iron legs, from the sinks, from a 19-teens former unwed mothers and children's home in Buffalo NY. (a side note: Why was there no home for unwed fathers?...where were they in this situation?...perhaps the Erie County Jail? Maybe a laundry where they could work off their immorality like the ladies might have been apporpriate?)
In our shop at ReUse Action (Reuseaction.com) we fabricate slabs out of the barn beams and building materials we collect from salvage, deconstruction and demolition jobs.
In this project we re-sawed old growth, 3x8 barn joists from Bath NY. They are beautiful old growth southern yellow pine that was cut down in the 1870s-1880s and was hundreds of years old at that time. These trees probably predated the American Revolution. I count about 120 rings per 8 inches!
The slab was built and finished with satin, water-based polyurethane. Nail holes, checks and divots were filled to a high level of finish with West System, clear epoxy.One can see to the bottom of the holes.
The cast iron base was reclaimed from a bathroom of the former unwed mothers and children's house on Harvard Place in Buffalo. It was built in the 19-teens and these legs were ganged together and held up back to back cast iron sinks. We stripped them and repainted them with satin enamel and dry brushed them with pewter paint to highlight the graininess and the embossed letters and other interesting details from the casting.
The distance between the legs was shortened and the threaded rods were shortened and re-threaded to match the length of the table. Matching feet were made and added to the bottom of the legs and levelers were added. The old square head nuts and bolts were saved, cleaned and re-used to preserve the original look.
It is on display in our store and available for $950 in the store. We bases to make 2 more of these, to any length and custom widths and other wood tops. See reuseaction.com
What to do when beavers threaten your conservation efforts?
Western North Carolina’s Kanuga Conference Center is home to a Southern Appalachian Mountain bog - one of North America’s rarest habitats. Bogs often home to rare plants and animals, provide important habitat for migratory birds and game species, improve water quality by filtering sediment and contaminants, and store floodwaters which helps decrease downstream flooding. They’re places we very much want to conserve.
Kanuga’s bog has seen the recent arrival of beavers. On one hand, they’re cutting down shrubs, which is a positive step as it allows more sunlight to fall on the plants managers want to thrive. On the other hand, their dams are making water levels so high they’re turning the bogs into ponds – eliminating habitat for the plants and animals that need the bog to live.
A solution? Install pond levelers –pipes through the beaver dams that help drain the pooled water down to a desired level and minimize the ability of beavers to detect stream flow – tricking them into thinking their dams are intact.
Recently staff from Kanuga Conferences, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service joined a team of Haywood Community College students to install two pond levelers at the Kanuga Bog.
Made of 2 old doors from the storage rooms of an old apartment complex that is being renovated. The wood is knotty grade white pine.... wood used for purely utilitarian uses...like basement locker doors. They date to about 1890-1900. and have lots of character including pencil marks from the builders, probably old German immigrants. The glass is a desk top from a desk that no longer exists but somehow we acquired it. The bracing pieces are from a 2x6 hemlock joist from a carriage house that was demolished a few months back. Its wood is a little newer, probably 19-teens.
For this piece I wanted to clearly demonstrate the material's provenance from old buildings, and incorporate some of the architectural elements such as the tongue and groove panels, the bent-over nails and the simple "Z" shaped bracing.
The "front" side of the door can make a nice table top but I wanted to show off the "Z" side. In the store we had a piece of desktop glass. I trimmed the door to slightly less than the glass dimensions, and finished the top with water-based, satin polyurethane.
A second door was used to make the legs. That door was cut in half and the first and last boards removed. The edges of the removed boards were ripped flat (no tongue or groove) and butted at 90 degrees to the edge of the remaining door panel and glued and screwed together with trim screws. The whole thing was braced internally with some scraps of poplar I had in the shop. The ends (top and bottom) were cut at 10 degrees with a circular saw and leveler feet were added to the bottom brace.
The legs were attached to a block that was through the top with trim screws. The legs were attached to the block with heavy, 2.5 inch Spax screws underneath.
The braces were made from resawn hemlock and attached through the top with trim screws and to the legs and center structure with longer SPax.
Everything was lightly sanded and varnished and small silicone bumpers were attached to the top to prevent the glass from sliding.
Eventually here I will get some nice picture in a better setting than the shop.
I found one of these router/planers in a small newspaper shop in southern Illinois. It was used for leveling stereo block to type high. It is nice and compact, and built for hours of hard work. It works as a block leveler, and a router, and has an adjustable spindle with a locking nut to set depth. Stepping on the foot level raises the router-head in and out of the work, making it possible to make clean cuts inside the block.
Help support Breast Cancer research and own a piece of racing history with a workbench from Gladiator GarageWorks.
Signed by all 33 drivers from the 2009 Indianapolis 500, the 6-foot wide workbench features a solid maple top and room below to dock up to two Gladiator cabinets underneath. Race fans and car collectors alike will appreciate the heavy-duty steel frame that supports the 1 3/4" thick top and features leveler legs to accommodate uneven floors.
The signatures, placed in order of their qualifying positions, have been protected with a layer of polyurethane so you can enjoy the workbench as a keepsake or put it to work in the garage as a real workbench. Proceeds benefit CureBreastCancer.org.
The auction will take place on Bidaroo.com from August 21 – September 20, 2009.
The unit has a nice clean look to it, and simply replaces the plastic foot at the bottom of the lower leg. "Even a cave man could do it"...:)
Overall 40"W x 66"L plus 4 leaves (114" totally extended)
Smooth top - Under bevel edge
Custom tapered legs - 3" at top down to 1 1/8" on inside of leg (outside is straight)
Premium Walnut/S14 #20 sheen
What to do when beavers threaten your conservation efforts?
Western North Carolina’s Kanuga Conference Center is home to a Southern Appalachian Mountain bog - one of North America’s rarest habitats. Bogs often home to rare plants and animals, provide important habitat for migratory birds and game species, improve water quality by filtering sediment and contaminants, and store floodwaters which helps decrease downstream flooding. They’re places we very much want to conserve.
Kanuga’s bog has seen the recent arrival of beavers. On one hand, they’re cutting down shrubs, which is a positive step as it allows more sunlight to fall on the plants managers want to thrive. On the other hand, their dams are making water levels so high they’re turning the bogs into ponds – eliminating habitat for the plants and animals that need the bog to live.
A solution? Install pond levelers –pipes through the beaver dams that help drain the pooled water down to a desired level and minimize the ability of beavers to detect stream flow – tricking them into thinking their dams are intact.
Recently staff from Kanuga Conferences, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service joined a team of Haywood Community College students to install two pond levelers at the Kanuga Bog.
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In Legends of old Expanded Universe
Gilad Pellaeon, nicknamed Gil, was a dedicated Human male naval officer, serving for seven decades in the fleets of the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, Imperial Remnant, and Galactic Alliance, and rose to the position of Supreme Commander for the latter two governments.
He began his career in the Republic's Judicial Forces, where he ascended the ranks and captained the assault ship, Leveler, during the Clone Wars.
Pellaeon developed a strong attachment to the navy as an institution, and when the Republic became the Empire, he continued serving aboard the Star Destroyer Chimaera.
At the Battle of Endor, the Chimaera fell under Pellaeon's command, issuing the retreat order.
Captain Pellaeon remained one of the fleet's more prominent officers until the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who selected the Chimaera as his flagship and made Pellaeon his right-hand man.
Pellaeon grew to respect and admire Thrawn throughout the Grand Admiral's campaign against the New Republic. Still, when Thrawn was assassinated at the Battle of Bilbringi, Pellaeon again was forced to call a retreat. After Thrawn's death and the failed return of Palpatine, the Empire crumbled around Pellaeon.
He found himself serving as the second-in-command of the warlord Treutlen Teradoc. Still, when Admiral Natasi Daala shared with him her vision of rebuilding the Empire and ending warlordism, he defected to her. He played a key role in forming the Imperial Remnant.
Upon Daala's defeat at Yavin 4, she turned command of the Remnant over to Admiral Pellaeon, making him Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet.
He rebuilt the fleet and fought a series of campaigns against the New Republic but was frequently driven back as the Remnant's resources shriveled.
In 19 ABY, He finally accepted that the only way for the Empire to survive was through a peace treaty and forced the Council of Moffs to accept a truce with the New Republic. When the Imperial capital fell to the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong invaders years later, Pellaeon played on the Imperial fleet's absolute loyalty to him to overcome the old-line Moffs' resistance and join the newly formed Galactic Alliance, leading a series of victories over the Yuuzhan Vong.
At the war's close, Pellaeon retired but returned to serve as the supreme commander of the Galactic Alliance Defense Force when his predecessor Sien Sovv was killed.
In that capacity, Pellaeon led the Galactic Alliance through the Swarm War and the early stages of the Second Galactic Civil War before once more retiring.
He returned to service as the head of state of the Imperial Remnant. Still, He died in 41 ABY at Fondor, assassinated by Tahiri Veila when he refused to support Darth Caedus's faction of the Galactic Alliance.
In new Canon or Disney star wars
Gilad Pellaeon was a male individual who served as a captain in the naval forces of the Galactic Empire, commanding the Imperial Star Destroyer Harbinger as part of Grand Admiral Balanhai Savit's Third Fleet. When Savit was exposed as a traitor stealing components from Project Stardust, Pellaeon sided with Grand Admiral Thrawn and Commodore Karyn Faro and helped them arrest his superior.
After Savit was relieved of his duty, Pellaeon and the Harbinger were reassigned to assist Thrawn's Seventh Fleet.
With Thrawn, Pellaeon participated in the Imperial blockade of the planet Lothal until the rebel Spectres and their allies liberated it shortly before the Battle of Yavin.
During the liberation, all Imperial starships present were destroyed by flocks of the space-faring purrgil, and Pellaeon's communication with the Grand Admiral was quickly cut off.
What to do when beavers threaten your conservation efforts?
Western North Carolina’s Kanuga Conference Center is home to a Southern Appalachian Mountain bog - one of North America’s rarest habitats. Bogs often home to rare plants and animals, provide important habitat for migratory birds and game species, improve water quality by filtering sediment and contaminants, and store floodwaters which helps decrease downstream flooding. They’re places we very much want to conserve.
Kanuga’s bog has seen the recent arrival of beavers. On one hand, they’re cutting down shrubs, which is a positive step as it allows more sunlight to fall on the plants managers want to thrive. On the other hand, their dams are making water levels so high they’re turning the bogs into ponds – eliminating habitat for the plants and animals that need the bog to live.
A solution? Install pond levelers –pipes through the beaver dams that help drain the pooled water down to a desired level and minimize the ability of beavers to detect stream flow – tricking them into thinking their dams are intact.
Recently staff from Kanuga Conferences, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service joined a team of Haywood Community College students to install two pond levelers at the Kanuga Bog.
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More to Mauritius: adventure activities await
Stunning beaches, diverse culture and rich cuisine – much is made of this nation’s sedate attractions. And for good reason – they are worth a trip in their own right. But this mountainous island, which bursts dramatically from the Indian Ocean, is also fecund with some exciting activities. Here are some to enjoy.
Climbing Le Morne Brabant: the ultimate high
Standing on the sublime beaches of Le Morne Peninsula in Mauritius’ far southwest, looking out over the peaceful azure waters to waves crashing on the reef beyond, you’ll be hard pressed to imagine anything more beautiful. Yet, after a couple of hours’ of hiking up the hulking mass of Le Morne Brabant mountain, which towers dramatically over the peninsula, you won’t have to imagine any longer – the views from its slopes are truly astounding.
The trail, which snakes up the back side of the massive monolith, starts with gentle paths through grasslands and indigenous forest before getting into some steep sections on rocky slopes – occasional ropes and advice from the guides help ease your progression up and down the latter. If you have limited mobility you can still take in some incredible views from the halfway point.
The first vistas available while climbing are actually behind you – turn around and you’ll get some amazing views north up the island’s west coast. Further on you start to catch glimpses of the gorgeous lagoon on the south side of the peninsula.
The high point of the hike is at 500m elevation, where you’ll look down over vast stretches of coastline, and see the kaleidoscopic collision of blue hues between the encircling reef and beaches.
Here, you’ll also find a large cross, which is dedicated to a group of escaped slaves who – according to legend – threw themselves to their death from the mountain in the early 19th century when fearing recapture. According to the story, the troop of soldiers coming up the mountain to reach them were simply there to tell them that slavery had been abolished and that freedom was theirs. The mountain thus got its name, which means Mournful One. Le Morne Brabant is deeply significant to island culture, and the history of it was the reason for it becoming a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2008.
Make it happen: Yanature is the only operator who has permission to bring visitors up the mountain. The three- to four-hour trips operate Monday to Saturday mornings on demand, departing at 6am between 1 November and 31 March and at 7am between 1 April and 31 October. Afternoon trips are possible year round on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Electric cycles: mountain biking with a boost
The hushed, hilly hamlet of Chamarel in southwest Mauritius has long been known on the island for its chilled vibe, superlative rum and exceptional food scene, but it’s now also becoming known for a novel new adventure: electric mountain biking.
A local company has imported a couple of dozen of the battery boosted bikes, and offer a rewarding tour in and around the area.
Far from giving you a free ride, however, the power system is designed to just give you a little help when you need it – some pedaling is still required! The idea is that the electric mountain bikes are a great leveler, allowing people of all fitness levels to cycle together. The fit can try to tackle the steep hills without calling on the battery, though be warned – thanks to the battery pack and motor, the bicycles weigh in at 23kg.
After some Mauritian coffee, the tour first takes the Chamarel Estate where you may spot Java deer – you will also visit the rum distillery. From there it's to one of the island's most beautiful sights, the Chamarel Waterfall, an incredible single-drop waterfall that plunges almost 100m into a beautiful ravine. Next is the Terres de Sept Couleurs (the Seven Coloured Earths), a unique rusting landscape of heaving hills surrounded by lush forests and a group of Aldabra tortoises. For lunch you'll cycle down to the coast to enjoy a meal in the fishing village of Baie du Cap. From there the route follows some sandy tracks through historical sites and past some of the stunning plantation houses from years gone by. Before finishing at Bel Ombre Sugar Estate, the tour takes in the 19th-century colonial mansion of Château Bel Ombre.
Make it happen: Electro-bike Discovery (electrobikemauritius.com) run the full day (approximately six hours) Chamarel tour most days, starting at 8.30am. Half-day tours are also available.
Seakarting: effortless aquatic adrenaline
In Grand Rivière Noire it’s now possible to rent a seakart to tour Mauritius’ mesmerising west coast from atop the Indian Ocean. What exactly is a seakart? Part jet-ski, part RIB (rigid-inflatable boat), it is a pint-sized two-person 100hp jet boat that quickly induces grins, giggles and bursts of laughter with each successive pull of the flappy paddle throttle on the steering wheel. When not blasting across the waves, look east to the staggering summit of Le Rampart, one of the island’s most dramatic peaks.
Make it happen: Fun Adventure (fun-adventure.mu) offer seakart tours ranging from one hour to a full day.
Helicopter tour: the big picture
If you’d like to reach the heights of Mauritius without strapping on your hiking boots, take to the skies on a short helicopter tour. Pilots cruise low over the fringes of the island’s reef, allowing you to look straight down through the clear waters to coral formations, before gaining altitude and soaring into the mountains. One of the most inspiring sights is coming face to face with the summit of Pieter Both Mountain – it’s topped by a massive balanced rock that resembles a human head.
Make it happen: Air Mauritius (airmauritius.com) operate reasonably priced scenic flights on demand. Depending on your budget you have a range of itineraries to choose from, which vary in length from 15 minutes to an hour.
Kite surfing: the perfect playground
Expert kite surfers the world over are well aware that the big surf and steady winds off the reef at Le Morne Peninsula make it one of the best spots on the planet to enjoy their sport. However, the sheltered shallow lagoon south of the peninsula is also arguably the best place for beginners to learn. And as experts abound, there is no shortage of top-notch instructors.
Make it happen: Yoaneye Kite Centre, Son of Kite and ION Club all offer lessons to kitesurfers of every level. The latter also rents equipment to those who already know the tricks of the trade.
Matt Phillips travelled to Mauritius with Tourism Mauritius (tourism-mauritius.mu). With thanks to Lux* Le Morne (luxresorts.com) and Angsana Balaclava (angsana.com). Lonely Planet contributors do not accept freebies in exchange for positive coverage.
Mauritius is a beautiful place for awesome holidays!
What to do when beavers threaten your conservation efforts?
Western North Carolina’s Kanuga Conference Center is home to a Southern Appalachian Mountain bog - one of North America’s rarest habitats. Bogs often home to rare plants and animals, provide important habitat for migratory birds and game species, improve water quality by filtering sediment and contaminants, and store floodwaters which helps decrease downstream flooding. They’re places we very much want to conserve.
Kanuga’s bog has seen the recent arrival of beavers. On one hand, they’re cutting down shrubs, which is a positive step as it allows more sunlight to fall on the plants managers want to thrive. On the other hand, their dams are making water levels so high they’re turning the bogs into ponds – eliminating habitat for the plants and animals that need the bog to live.
A solution? Install pond levelers –pipes through the beaver dams that help drain the pooled water down to a desired level and minimize the ability of beavers to detect stream flow – tricking them into thinking their dams are intact.
Recently staff from Kanuga Conferences, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service joined a team of Haywood Community College students to install two pond levelers at the Kanuga Bog.
Nashville, TN
My first successful foray into night photography. Driving home from a meeting, I missed the on-ramp for I-40 West and continued down Ed Temple. When I realized I was headed straight for Charlotte Pike, I knew this was my opportunity to get a night shot of downtown from a vantage point I'd scoped out earlier. After passing under 440, I hooked a right and drove up a condo-infested hill. The best place to secure a shot was by a condo up for sale. I used their concrete retaining wall as my tripod and a padded insert from my camera bag as a leveler. Yes, I know, time to buy a real tripod!
What to do when beavers threaten your conservation efforts?
Western North Carolina’s Kanuga Conference Center is home to a Southern Appalachian Mountain bog - one of North America’s rarest habitats. Bogs often home to rare plants and animals, provide important habitat for migratory birds and game species, improve water quality by filtering sediment and contaminants, and store floodwaters which helps decrease downstream flooding. They’re places we very much want to conserve.
Kanuga’s bog has seen the recent arrival of beavers. On one hand, they’re cutting down shrubs, which is a positive step as it allows more sunlight to fall on the plants managers want to thrive. On the other hand, their dams are making water levels so high they’re turning the bogs into ponds – eliminating habitat for the plants and animals that need the bog to live.
A solution? Install pond levelers –pipes through the beaver dams that help drain the pooled water down to a desired level and minimize the ability of beavers to detect stream flow – tricking them into thinking their dams are intact.
Recently staff from Kanuga Conferences, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service joined a team of Haywood Community College students to install two pond levelers at the Kanuga Bog.
The Mid Autumn Lanterns were still up and decorating the path through Hong Kong Park. I take this walk to get lunch from Pacific Place sometime from the office, and it's a totally different mood at night.
I found the electronic leveler in the 7D very helpful for taking HDR shots! So is the 3 EV exposure AEB range! Still experimenting if I should use -2,0,+2 or -3,0,+3. Any thoughts?
Help support Breast Cancer research and own a piece of racing history with a workbench from Gladiator GarageWorks.
Signed by all 33 drivers from the 2009 Indianapolis 500, the 6-foot wide workbench features a solid maple top and room below to dock up to two Gladiator cabinets underneath. Race fans and car collectors alike will appreciate the heavy-duty steel frame that supports the 1 3/4" thick top and features leveler legs to accommodate uneven floors.
The signatures, placed in order of their qualifying positions, have been protected with a layer of polyurethane so you can enjoy the workbench as a keepsake or put it to work in the garage as a real workbench. Proceeds benefit CureBreastCancer.org.
The auction will take place on Bidaroo.com from August 21 – September 20, 2009.
Adjustable, padded leveler for the iEQ45. My first knurling job, and I'm pleased with the result on the 1/8" thick alloy disc. Tooling it up is a beyatch, but as I gear up to produce more, it will get easier.
Date and Time of capture: 4/8/2024 from about 2 to about 5 pm EDT.
Location: Washington D.C.
Gear: Seestar S50 "smart telescope" equipped with a Seestar-supplied solar filter. Cavix LP-64 camera leveler interposed between the Seestar and a tripod.
This single panel view shows a chronological sequence of some of the eclipsed images from my still shots of the partial solar eclipse of 8 April 2024 from Washington DC.
The original still images were edited in Adobe Lightroom Classic (LR) as follows:
Applied the same 1:1 aspect ratio crop to the selected images.
After masking the background, I pushed the Blacks slider in LR's Basic Panel all the way to the left (i.e. -100) to get the same black background for each image.
Finally, using LR's Print module I created a chronological arrangement of the above edited images.
What to do when beavers threaten your conservation efforts?
Western North Carolina’s Kanuga Conference Center is home to a Southern Appalachian Mountain bog - one of North America’s rarest habitats. Bogs often home to rare plants and animals, provide important habitat for migratory birds and game species, improve water quality by filtering sediment and contaminants, and store floodwaters which helps decrease downstream flooding. They’re places we very much want to conserve.
Kanuga’s bog has seen the recent arrival of beavers. On one hand, they’re cutting down shrubs, which is a positive step as it allows more sunlight to fall on the plants managers want to thrive. On the other hand, their dams are making water levels so high they’re turning the bogs into ponds – eliminating habitat for the plants and animals that need the bog to live.
A solution? Install pond levelers –pipes through the beaver dams that help drain the pooled water down to a desired level and minimize the ability of beavers to detect stream flow – tricking them into thinking their dams are intact.
Recently staff from Kanuga Conferences, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy the N.C. Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service joined a team of Haywood Community College students to install two pond levelers at the Kanuga Bog.