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Yes, I realise this topic has already been talked over many times on our humble photo gallery. This time however, we have another big developement in front of us.
The famous Polish ban on photography had not really been in power, no matter what any person said. You were fully permitted to photograph anything you want, as long as you were on public grounds, which is a reasonable idea. All is to change now though.
My first post in this "no photo" topic has been published on 6.02.2024, when the Polish Ministry of National Defence published a draft of the ordinance containing the description of a "Photography forbidden" sign, along with many other things. This ordinance is what is required for the photo ban to be implemented in practice, as per a law published all the way back in 2022. The draft remained all that, just a draft, up until... this very day, 3.04.2025. It is now a full-blown ordinance of the allmighty Minister himself.
The published version can be seen on the official government service Dziennik Ustaw - dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU
The ordinance itself, numbered 432 can be seen here - dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/2025/432 - contains a PDF file with the ordinance and a graphical display of the sign.
From now on, any person responsible for the security of an object of critical infrastructure (whatever that means...) will be able to hang out these legal signs and there is nothing the poor citizen can do about this, even when standing on public grounds.
*The ordinance comes into effect 14 days after its publishing, you have time until the 17th of April. For real now.*
Previous post: flic.kr/p/2pwGNoS
Photo was taken in Knurów (Krywałd), the old sign is on a wall of a tiny explosives production facility.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
CP's solid orange "Every Child Matters" unit is leading CSX I166-13 across Ohio on this late Spring morning as they cross the ND&W main in Defiance, OH. 5/13/2022
I love them!
They were laughing so hard...all because I was laying on the ground to get this shot... apparently...in doggy poo! (all of which they knew, but didn't tell me until much later!) Glad I could make their day a little happier!
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I thought the title rather clever, however, I would be interested if anyone out there found it disrespectful toward the Black Lives Matter Movement.
"Moving Matter" by Joseph Hillier Moving Matter, a 2007 sculpture by Joseph Hillier outside the Esk Building (Logistics Institute) at the University of Hull.
Shot with a Nikon D50 and Hoya R72 filter for near infra red. Two street lights removed in Photoshop.
114/365 pictures in 2018
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Hooman?
Flynn?
This... stuff... what is it again?
Tinsel!
Tinsel. Hmm... an' can I play with it?
No... please don't, it'll break!
Well, can I eat it?
NO! Flynn do NOT eat that tinsel!
Yeah yeah. I was just checking. It smells all... crinkly... I don't actually wanna eat it!
It smells 'crinkly'? What? How can something smell crinkly?
Sorry Hooman, I forget you're hooman sometimes, you couldn't really understand 'bout crinkly smells. But tinsel has crinkly-smell an' that's not an eat-y smell.
Riiight. OK. Well, glad we're agreed you won't be eating it anyway.
If I can't play with tinsel an' it's no good for eatin' an' frankly, it's not a very comfy scarf either... what is it FOR?
Erm, tinsel's just meant to look pretty? People wrap it around trees at Christmas time, for decoration.
Hooman. You do remember I'm not a tree, right? I'm a collie!
You'll be a collie who gets a nice treat to eat, if you just stay still and ignore the tinsel for a minute longer!
I'll get a treat for just... lying in bed, with the crinkly-smelling tinsel?
Yep!
You know... maybe tinsel IS quite pretty after all!
That's the spirit, Flynnie!
It's a simple pic but one I'm glad to get - for most of his life, I knew Flynn wouldn't have wanted to "pose" for a Christmas-y pic like this, so we didn't even try. He wouldn't have cared much about the tinsel touching him but icky hooman hands were icky & he definitely wouldn't have wanted me faffing about, reaching over to drape it on, or near him - no matter how tasty the treat on offer was! Last year, I managed to quickly toss a loop of tinsel over his head while we were outside. This year, Flynn was perfectly content to lie on the bed & have me place the tinsel on/around him... In return for snacks, of course!
Earlier this week, Flynn went to the vet, for a check-up. Vet did a thorough physical exam & everything (including the troublesome ear) looked fine! We discussed doing bloods, to check on Flynn's chronic kidney disease but sticking him with a needle seemed a bit mean, given he currently seems reasonably alright & to be honest, there isn't much more we can really do (he's on meds, supplements & diet). Anyway, the vet's comment on Flynn's recovery after being so very sick earlier this year, his general condition & continued OK-ish-ness as of now in December was: "miraculous"!
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[Rezz Room] German Shepherd Adult Animesh (Companion)
The difference even a few minutes can make.
This was shot on the same evening as the other one I posted yesterday. This one was shot with a different, faster lens that was a different brand.
This was shot at f.2.8 at 24mm and a shutter speed of 10 seconds from a sturdy tripod.
There are a number of factors to keep in mind when shooting the Milky Way. One is that shutter speed really matters. It is dark, so the photographer needs to keep the shutter open longer to let in more light. But if it is open too long then you get star streaks because the earth is constantly moving.
Tripod sturdiness is also a factor. With a long exposure like this, any vibration at all can mess up the image. It was slightly windy and I had to block the wind with my body. It was more successful at some times than others.
The wider aperture let in more light and I found that it also has more of the fainter stars. There was also some not really fog but a bit of a haze that seemed to come and go.
Finally, the camera's dynamic range - -the range from pure white to pure black -- isn't as wide as the human eye. How much so varies between cameras, and newer ones tend to have more range. This means the initial image taken will not look like what the eye saw. The photographer can choose to use JPG settings in which the camera tries to adjust the image. Or, the photographer can shoot in RAW and make the adjustments manually.
It is interesting to me how difficult times help us to evaluate priorities, bringing into focus things that matter most.
"In today’s world, justice is not blind. What truly matters is not the crime itself, but who commits it: your wealth, your status, your skin color, your connections. Power decides the verdict long before the law is applied. This work denounces a system where justice is never equal."
Licht, Raum und Klang – zu sehen, zu erleben und zu hören bei Dark Matter Berlin.
Light, space and sound - to see, experience and hear at Dark Matter Berlin.
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Image taken @ Ukivok
I keep going to Ukivok for inspiration!
The silence, the music, the waves, the animals, everything there reminds me constantly why I love silence and specific sounds so much. And also the importance of certain sounds in our lives (sound pollution).
I keep loving silence and some human voices... and some sounds... and some tunes... and some human voices ... and some human voices and...
It is often a matter of minutes whether you get the picture or not. After all, it has proven many times that the moment is not waiting for you. This morning the weather had been a bit gloomy so I did not expect anything, I was just going to be calm and do less than nothing if that was possible.
Suddenly I saw where the morning sun crept from under the thick cloud and gave off a beautiful red-yellow light. I looked out the window towards Krikjubæjarklaustur and saw that there was a sun stripe over the town.
The drone was quickly assembled, put in the air and boom. After a few shots, the sun disappeared again and was not seen again that day.
Kirkjubæjarklaustur or Klaustur is a rural village in . . . all info at: www.patreon.com/RafnSig
I think you should look at this photo in Full resolution – It's totally different:
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he he heee -- Made it to Explore: Highest position: 441 on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Thanks all of you!! :-))
No matter how many times I see them, the stars will never cease to amaze me. The universe is pretty awesome.
(On a side note, this photo made it to the Explore page and I absolutely freaked out. The amount of views on this picture alone is truly unbelievable. Great thanks to everybody who views, favorites, and comments on my photos, you guys rock.)
aka A questionable cup of coffee
It was really only a matter of time that the coffee beans would appear...expect a lot of coffee based photography in the next few days ;-)
It's pretty cool to hit number 10 in this series of images that started from nothing really. here's to the next 10! You can check them all out here - markseton.co.uk/category/black-and-white-unite-series/