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"See, this is the way."
"That road's not even there any more!"
"Huh? Since when?"
"Since about 20 years after your 1980s road map."
"Aw, I trust this road map. It's always helped me."
"So... shall I get directions on my phone?"
"Aw, come on. Can't we just do this the old way?"
"If you want to drive us off a nonexistent bridge, sure."
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
GI Joe
Classic Collection
US Army Infantry
1996, Hasbro
CY Girls
Ebony
2000, BBI
GI Joe
Hall of Fame
Rhino GPV
1993, Hasbro
Western Grebe, with its low-lying, almost nonexistent nest. San Luis Obispo County, California. I didn't see a mate the entire time this grebe was repairing its nest.
After two straight days of non-stop rain the skies finally began clearing up and the sunshine breaking through. We were all super excited to finally see blue in the sky, and mountains for that matter. Those two rainy days felt interminable. Hiking was difficult with waterlogged trails, sightseeing was dismal with all the mountains shrouded by clouds, and photography was almost nonexistent with no light and constant rain. On a bright note, the rainstorm helped feed the waterfalls and cascades from trickling flows the raging forces. Although the storm broke in the afternoon and completely cleared out by sunset, there the late afternoon dappled light was perfect in completing that pristine mountain feel of these cascades.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken at Isafjordur, Iceland
As you enter the Garden from April to September in most years, you'll be greeted by the sight of two most unusual vine like plants climbing up two posts. Cropped to the base in winter, these vines produce two different color flowers on each plant. (See closeup below) This year, the flowers didn't show until July, but everything has been late, early, or nonexistent in 2022.
Thunbergia alata, commonly called black-eyed Susan vine, is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Eastern Africa, and has been naturalized in other parts of the world. As I said last year, the name 'Black-eyed Susan' is thought to have come from a character that figures in many traditional ballads and songs. In the Ballad of Black-eyed Susan by John Gay, Susan goes aboard a ship in-dock to ask the sailors where her lover Sweet William has gone. Don't ask. I didn't know the answer last year, either. Black-eyed Susan is also a name given to other species of flowers in the genus Rudbeckia.
Where the land meets the sky is almost nonexistent here. I love the look of the lone tree against a field of white.
FEC GP38-2 507 lifts a single empty 50' standard height plug-door boxcar with dreadnaught ends from Omni Warehouse at the Iris Interlocking near downtown Miami. Standard height boxcars in general are becoming more and more scarce, with most of them reaching their federal 50-year service limit in the next few years and TTX, Union Pacific, and many others actively phasing them out of their fleets and replacing them with 60' high cubes. While they can still be regularly found in the mix, especially in large cuts from paper mills for instance, standard height 50' cars are increasingly rarely seen at small carload customers, which mostly get 60' high cubes these days if they've survived the PSR (precision scheduled railroading) purge in the last few years in the first place. Almost nonexistent nowadays, however, are 50' standard height cars still sporting the classic dreadnaught ends, as non-terminating ends seen in all contemporary boxcars became the standard build from the mid-1970s onward.
Omni gets mostly just T-boxes at this location (this is the smallest of now three locations in Miami), but since the last year or so a standard height 50’ BNSF plug-door will occasionally show up. When my friend gave me word that, remarkably, a 50’ car with dreadnaught ends was spotted there, I made an unreasonable effort to try and see it get pulled, knowing it probably won’t survive beyond the next two years. So…, an almost six-hour overnight drive later I was onsite, and within 30 minutes the downtown job showed up to pull the classic car. Not expecting them an hour before sunrise already, I almost missed the shot! Thankfully I had just pulled up to the crossing and got the tripod ready just in time for a long exposure. Also thankfully, they didn’t have a TBOX to spot to ruin the shot and the lighting from the warehouse across actually worked nicely, so it was mission accomplished and a six-hour return trip later that day... After some research, it appears the boxcar was likely built in 1974, which means it probably won’t survive into the next year. Unless BNSF gets an extension with the government, it looks like the car is currently in its last handful of hauls.
Miami, FL
10 stops ND, 8s exposure in the late afternoon to smoothen out the waves.
Shot taken when the sun was low and the tones warm.
Weaker rocks get worn away leaving the more resistant rocks as protrusions along the cliff face. Evidence of the hydraulic action can also be seen on the shore platform here during low tide.
Taken with AF-S 18-35mm f3.5-4.5 G.
Nikon’s DSLR pro specced lenses were made to withstand the wear and tear that pros subject their gear to and these obviously were more expensive.
Nikon during the DSLR era did have a nice and affordable range of very capable prosumer lenses but this is practically nonexistent in their Z mirrorless range. Not everyone needs pro spec lenses and the extra costs and weight that came with it.
For hobbyists; AF-S 18-35mm f3.5-4.5 G, AF-S 24-85mm f3.5-4.5 G VR and AF-P 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 E VR makes for a very capable and relatively light-weight travel kit.
There is no need to splurge on pro specced lenses hence my regret for buying the 24-70mm f2.8 when the cheaper and lighter 24-85mm VR would have sufficed and probably even better since VR would have worked better with D8XX high resolution cameras which required higher handheld shutter speeds to ensure pixel level crispness.
I bought my Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 way back when I mistakenly thought that the more expensive lens will make my photos better. It didn’t, all it added was more weight and expense!
Fact is, we actually need to be confident enough of our own abilities to know that we can actually rely on inexpensive, basic gear. Be a photographer instead of a mere gear chaser, a self reminder whenever I get GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome)!
When I 1st start with photography, most of my shots were not up to scratch. Not knowing any better, I looked towards upgrading my gear as a means to improve my photography when what I truly lacked back then was post processing skills.
Patches of yellow hillside daisies accent the topography of hills in this view of the super bloom earlier this year. I’ve become increasingly fascinated with the distribution of flowers during such events, noting how they relate to the landscape. In one superbloom the southern facing slopes were incredible. In another, the the flowers seemed to swap over to the north facing slopes. Some flowers seem to concentrate in washes while others prefer wide slopes. Not here for instance that on the right side of the frame in the distant valley the yellow daisies completely dominate on one side of the wash but are almost nonexistent on the other side, which instead has a distribution of little shrubs. The slight differences in light and moisture throughout the year are enough to completely tip the balance from one plant species to the other. I liked the way the early afternoon high light helped accentuate the daisies on the ridges here. I wonder if in a future visit the daisies will be erupting from different slopes instead.
Death Valley legends claim this truck was once owned by the Manson Family. The stars on the roof of the cab are offered as evidence. Maybe so, but it is odd they would rip off the upholstery all those many years ago in order to paint stars on the metal.
Someone along the way added a rock in the drivers seat. The better to see through the nonexistent windshield I guess.
Happy Truck Thursday!
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.[15][19]
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Juneau, Alaska
I used the "Pretty Preset" called Gingersnap to enrich this, and add some texture. And, of course, there's my pseudo cottage, and my fake window on the nonexistent lake.
I guess the term is Keep It Simple Stupid and that's exactly what you do when you have absolutely NO choice! The clouds in the sky were almost nonexistent as I waited for the sun to peek through the trees that border Armand Bayou! The bit of a chop on the water sort of disturbed the reflection as well and so I kept it simple!
I might add that the large amounts of rain have done their job and cleared a majority of the water hyacinth away but there are still places where it clings to the banks of the bayou and can be 10 to 20 feet across! At least Armand Bayou is open once again above the bridge and navigable! Hope everyone has a marvelous week!
running away from the castle, the only place she's ever known, to start anew with the love of her life.
yeah idk i was trying to take a different picture but it wasn't working so i took this. it just looks like she's in some big fancy building. doesn't really look like she's trying to escape but pullips only have one facial expression.
also my photoshop skills are nonexistent so i'm sorry
Eastbound CPKC 254-22 comes off the "dump" to the UP Milwaukee Subdivision near Northbrook, IL. Like a place out of a John Hughes Brat Pack movie, this Union Pacific control point is aptly named "Shermer" though a township or town of any sort in the area is totally nonexistent. The sturdy brown bridge overpass over Shermer Road, seen just beyond the signals, was rebuilt after a Union Pacific coal load derailed in July of 2012, burying an elderly couple that were out for a drive and happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when the coal train hit a sun kink, derailed, destroyed the bridge, and fell to Shermer Road down below.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Reykjavik, Iceland
Don't think I've been so absent from here in a long time, but it's been a hot, busy, uninspiring summer...and I couldn't be more ready for fall. The family decided we should take one more vacation before the kid's summer vacation was over...so we picked New York City to visit. Since photography has been nonexistent for me this summer I figured I should try to get a shot or two at some spots on the trip. My plans were bigger than what I could accomplish with the family but going to the Top of the Rock did work out. I have to give a shout out to Bryan Carnathan at The-Digital-Picture.com for his "Ultimate Guide to Photographing at the Top of the Rock". Knowing what to expect and find the the right spot was pretty key and well worth the read if you're going. We arrived probably an hour and a half before sunset and it took a few minutes for someone to exist a nice spot (a concrete, flat, chest-level pillar) on the 3rd level that I could grab. I had bought the tiny tripod Bryan recommended and it worked perfectly, since traditional tripods are banned and would NEVER work there in the crowds. As the night went on the crowds got worse and it was shoulder to shoulder and 2-3 people deep along the edge. I probably stood my ground on my little spot for a good hour and a half. I'm sure I got the stink eye from folks...but oh well, sorry. This shot ended up being a blend of a shot a bit before sunset...and one later as some lights began to shine. I hope everyone's had a better summer than I for photography...bring on Fall :)
RENFE: fotografía imposible de repetir, de un tren desaparecido en un lugar inexistente.
Pasa por la estación de Salou el tren internacional Talgo 72 «Mediterráneo», de València Terminal a Barcelona y Montpellier. Remolcado por la locomotora eléctrica 252 034, está formado por una composición Talgo III RD de 14 remolques.
El trazado ferroviario a su paso por Salou fue cerrado el 12 de enero de 2020, los trenes Talgo III RD se retiraron del servicio en los años 2000 y la locomotora 252 034 probablemente ya esté retirada del servicio, como casi todas las de su serie.
(Escaneo mejorado de una foto mía de papel).
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RENFE: an impossible-to-replicate photograph of a train that disappeared in a nonexistent place.
The international Talgo 72 "Mediterráneo" train, from Valencia Terminal to Barcelona and Montpellier, passes through Salou station. Hauled by electric locomotive 252 034, it has a consist of a Talgo III RD set with 14 trailers.
The railway line through Salou was closed on January 12, 2020. Talgo III RD trains were retired from service in the 2000s, and locomotive 252 034 is likely already retired, like almost all of its series.
(Improved scan of a paper photo taken by me).
as you can see, i managed to get a picture of the flowers in the jar, but it didn't turn out as expected! i had wanted to get a picture of it in soft light with a white background, but that's pretty much impossible where i live (the middle of the forest, where daylight is either super harsh or nonexistent). i had almost given up hope on getting a cool picture of it, until i saw it on the windowsill as the sun was setting and thought it would look cool if i inverted it. this proved to be very true. all in all, this probably looks just as cool as the image i originally imagined would have.
An older version of the previous shot posted was this Ashland inbound with CSX interchange at Willard, OH in January 2005. Not much has changed except the paint scheme, and the traffic make-up. Garbage was big business back then, now its steel coils. Sunday runs were frequent, now they're nonexistent.
I spent the last few days in the Yuma, Arizona area doing some geocaching and exploring. Wildflowers were pretty much nonexistent, but the Palo Verde trees were blooming nicely and so were the Desert Ironwoods.
Desert Ironwood grows only in extreme southeast California, southwest Arizona, along the eastern coast of Baja, and in Sonora, Mexico.
Desert Ironwood is very hard and heavy. Its density is greater than water, so it will not float.
This specimen is about 20 feet tall.
Desert Irowood
Olneya tesota
This was built for the Iron Forgery contest that Simon started, hence the nonexistent part in the middle. Scaling and angling that thing to correspond with the mecabricks model was a pain.
Unwinding and finding peace in the calm of dusk... ♥
Take a moment to unwind and let her thoughts wander. Sometimes the best company is herself... ♥
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. . . Pursuit of 'Us' . . .
She was aware that she needed a hero to strengthen her weaknesses, and that hero turned out to be none other than herself..
She chose to surround herself with men who have big hearts and unshakable confidence, and who are dedicated to her happiness without hesitation. She left behind those whose hearts were too small and only fought for themselves and the collective 'us', never considering her needs as an individual..
If they keep searching for a collective 'us' to fight for and settle with, they will never find true purpose and fulfillment with her. The sense of belonging to an 'us' only comes after they have fought for and settled with 'her' already..
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Us is ... You + 'ME'
Us is not ... You + Beautiful Planssss 'WITH' Me
Some relations never been relationship and was nonexistent, as there was no "you AND me" or "Us."
Between you and me
... never have us
... never about us
... nothing is us
And also there was never 'our' story because there was never 'us'
Between you and me
... it's just you and your plans to have them 'with' me. it never 'for' me and it never had us. There was never a single minute of 'our' story.
There cannot be a shared story between us since you are solely focused on making plans without considering who I am.
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☑ mutual Agreement 'is not' mutual Commitment
☑ mutual Agreement 'is not' Us
It is quite evident that ambiguity can be a straightforward explanation for some types of relations. If an individual has not assigned any status or label to another person or taken steps to advance to the relationship, it is apparent that there has never been a mutual commitment between them.
That is why she forbids certain individuals from using the words 'us,' 'our,' or 'ours' when addressing her or others. It is not within their authority to use such words and terms.
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Well, KS 265 came out, so I've been indulging myself in making over a couple of old characters, instead of, you know, doing homework. My self-control is nonexistent.
And I swear, one day I'll stop posting portraits and actually play the game.
But character creation is just too damn fun.
The cinder path behind [!] the depot: Quschoqy, a place of destiny. A gulag once stood here, bringing with it all the hardships life could throw at it. Today, mining is no longer active there; the coal deposits are exhausted. The surrounding spoil heaps are a testament to the work of human hands. Tools were scarce, mechanization was almost nonexistent, replaced by cold, hunger, and the relentless toil of muscle power. A central heating system (ТЭЦ) provides heat for the current settlement. On the bitterly cold evening of October 14, 2025, another shovelful of coal was added.
Казахстан
Карагандинская область
Регион Қушоқы
(Quschoqy)
What would I do without friends? One morning a phone call came from Pat: "We have Blue Jays beside the house!" I dropped what I was doing and drove out. It isn't far; Pat and Maurice live only about a kilometre from town.
And they had blue jays! We don't see them often here; this is a bird of the woodlands, habitat that is almost nonexistent in southwestern Saskatchewan (it should be noted that they adapt well to suburbs, too). I look at their range map: there is a conspicuous gap exactly where I live. But every few years they do show up in fall or early winter. Maurice and Pat have trees. And well-stocked feeders.
The jays all flew away, of course, when I ventured outside, but it is a matter of giving them time. I set up my tripod without a blind and lay flat on the grass and fallen leaves. Sure enough, within 15 minutes they began returning to the feeder, landing with their raucous calls and foraging on the ground beneath for sunflower seeds. First blue jays I've seen here in five years. A glorious fall day, warm sun dancing on the land. Who could ask for more?
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
"Do you see that Red Star off in the distance, Turaga?"
"Yes.. I see it, I've told you, Kaluk, it's nothing to worry about"
"I- I don't know.. my satellite picks up all sorts of frequencies from that star.. almost like it's trying to..
communicate.."
Kaluk, the Astronomer is a very paranoid Matoran, rarely leaving his hut or the observatory in fear of the various (and nonexistent) threats that are lurking in the outside world, but no matter what, he does his best to help his fellow Sah-toran.
Yeah I wasn't very happy with the first version of him, so I've gone back and changed him up a bit, I'm much happier with Kaluk now.
This one was taken with my pre-war Voigtlander Bessa RF back in the spring.
It is going to be a while before I post another photo from my medium format or large format negatives. My Microtek Artixscan M1 has failed after only two years of use. Unfortunately, support is nonexistent.
I'm exploring alternatives. I'd love a Hassy Flextight X1 but I can't afford it. I'm considering an Epson 700-series scanner or using a dSLR on a copy-stand. Luckily, I have no problems with my Nikon Coolscan V scanner that I use for my 35mm negatives (knock on wood).
It was a breezy and very cold evening. The thermometer said 37, but the wind made it feel much colder, so I couldn't hang around for multiple shots...my hands were frozen. Wish there would have been clouds to help the nonexistent sunset colors.
Maiko Fukutama (Shigemori Okiya) of Miyagawacho, Yasaka Jinja Setsubun.
Maiko at public event looked so much more relaxed.
Shot with Nikon D800E in Live-view with AF-S 70-200mm f4.0 G. Handheld the camera sucked (very slow in Live-view and almost nonexistent buffer) but the lens exceeded my expectations.
While Nikon struggles to implement human Eye-AF on their Z mirrorless bodies, Sony in a surprising move is implementing animal Eye-AF via firmware update into their A9, A7Riii and A7iii bodies. Competition ultimately benefits the users, regardless of brand.
Between weather and drastic changes in my life, time for astrophotography has been nonexistent lately. This weekend I decided to change that with a drive to a dark and cloud free location in Northern New Mexico. In a race against clouds and the rising moon, I quickly set up my star tracker and DSLR with a new 28mm f/2.8 lens I found at a thrift store. The resulting image is this 2 panel mosiac of two 3-minute exposures of the coreward region of the Milky Way setting towards the Southeast and a photographer that is very happy to be out under the stars again.
After my first trip to San Francisco 20 years ago in turbulence & thunder I really didn’t think that one day will be able to travel again. It was bad. But eventually I did. And glad I did. After things don’t go smoothly it’s hard to start again whatever it is. But the more we say “yes” the more chances we take the more destinations & roads will open up to us.
Just as the trees began leafing-out - a couple weeks late this spring - flocks of American Goldfinches arrived in town. This is not a coincidence; small birds need concealment. I shot this in the fading light of mid-evening, with a shutter just fast enough and an ISO just low enough to avoid compromising technical quality.
Photography is an interesting mix of right and left brain activity, isn't it? Technical considerations are left hemisphere functions (I'm so old school that I almost never shoot on auto-exposure in any mode; I trust my own judgement better than that of any machine). But you have to shift over to the right side of the brain to make those intuitive leaps that result in truly great images (dumb luck aside). I had a sculptor friend years ago who didn't grasp the complexity involved in mastering the art of photography... until I put my camera in his hands, gave him a few pointers, and let him shoot a few frames. They were awful. He knew it. His left hemisphere - practically nonexistent at the best of times - would have had a lot of catching up to do. He didn't need it for sculpting, carving, pottery; he was a touch artist and his work was superb. What we do involves different brain functions.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2019 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
I've posted this location before but a good friend of mine taught me a new technique in Photoshop editing. This is 4 images blended together with other various techniques of editing. Jeff Mitton guided us to this location on a new moon (total darkness) using hand held gps in a little more then a mile on a nonexistent trail of slick rock with drop offs of 500 feet or more. It's a natural formation of arches and alcoves as you can see part of. I still want to return again one day and do another shooting of this location with new techniques I've learned to improve image quality.
I did shoot this in 2018 and my image did achieve a life long goal of being in a National Geographic publication.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Reykjavik, Iceland
Ever since I had my thyroid gland removed in 2016, my eyebrows are virtually nonexistent. My brows are sparse and light, so I have to use an eyebrow pencil to draw them in. I have tried powders, pastes, and a variety of pencils. Thankfully, this L'Oreal pencil seems to do a pretty good job as long as the tip is sharpened. This is the last thing I do with my makeup routine to be ready for the day.
Some photos of the desert around Kanab, Utah. I really enjoy exploring around Kanab with all of the sandstone outcrops and canyons everywhere. However, it can be a bit treacherous because almost all of the roads are on loose sand so traction is almost nonexistent. I’ve had to pull folks out and have come close to needing that service as well. So, if you go out here, come prepared. . I shot this with an Olympus 35 LC rangefinder which has a fixed 42mm f1.7 Zuiko lens. The film I developed in Rodinal @ 1:50
At the moment, I'm not sure exactly where this was other than it's somewhere east of Great Falls. For the first time ever, my camera misfiled this shot. Of course, normally they are saved to the memory card in the order taken, but this one was among shots taken weeks earlier. Buried elsewhere is an identifying shot of the location which for reasons too complicated to go into, I can't access right now.
In any case, it caught my eye as I began the long trek from Great Falls to Washington, DC. The town it sits in is almost nonexistent--a near ghost town (a boring one, alas).
This was my first time in western or central Montana having only briefly explored the far eastern section years ago.
Some photos of the desert around Kanab, Utah. I really enjoy exploring around Kanab with all of the sandstone outcrops and canyons everywhere. However, it can be a bit treacherous because almost all of the roads are on loose sand so traction is almost nonexistent. I’ve had to pull folks out and have come close to needing that service as well. So, if you go out here, come prepared. I shot this with an Olympus 35 LC rangefinder which has a fixed 42mm f1.7 Zuiko lens. The film I developed in Rodinal @ 1:50
The New Flickr Photo Page: Welcome to the Twilight Zone
Flickr’s new photo page has become a dark and dreary world: It has no light or life; It’s completely black. White space is nonexistent. We have gone from bad to worse, from light to darkness, from bright to dark, from cheerful to dreary. Flickr keeps insisting on eliminating white spaces from the website. Light, so essential to photography, is almost totally absent on the new photo page. It seems that the designers of these pages, ignoring the importance of white space and good design, have turned the photo page into nightmarish black hole that one even hesitates to enter. There is enough darkness in life and in the world to have Flickr turned the photo page into a twilight zone. All text is reverse now and difficult to read. Comments seem like an insignificant appendix on a side bar. There’s nothing under the photo. No up and down movement, only on the sidebar.
My biggest complaint is about the black with reverse text. This is not reader friendly at all. It may be great for designing websites with little text, but on Flickr there is a lot of commenting and reading going on all the time. This page design is probably the aborted child of a nonreader (the legions today allergic to books), because a reader would never design a page so anti reading and unpleasant to the eye as this one. Who wants to read and write on a black page with text in reverse? Now if you want to write more than one or two lines, who is going to stay on your page long enough to read it on a black sidebar on the right side of the photo page that minimizes the importance of comments? With the new page design we have one more reason not to comment and to spend even less time on Flickr.
Flickr seems to be autodestructing because they don’t listen to reason. Wisdom is in the counsel of many. They would not listen, even though a Flickr team member, Satish Mummareddy, said that they “have incorporated a lot of the feedback you have been sharing with us and we believe that Flickr’s experience is ready to be the default experience for everyone” . Well, I’m not sure that they really pay that much attention to what we have to say.
The buddy icon now is a port hole. We are all in the same dark and dreary ship, looking out, not through a large panoramic window, but through a tiny port hole. That port hole represents the whole experience on the new Flickr photo page. This new design is so claustrophobic and prison like that it serves to make us feel more isolated and distant from our contacts and the rest of Flickr, not closer and more in touch. Where is the improvement here? I want to know. Speed? Fine, we needed that, but not at the expense of functionality, user friendliness and a really appealing to the eye photo page.
Marissa Mayer said: “We want to make Flickr awesome again”. Well, the new photo page is certainly not the way to accomplish that goal.
The adult humpback whale is generally 14–15 m (46–49 ft) long, though individuals up to 16–17 m (52–56 ft) long have been recorded. Females are usually 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) longer than males.
The species can reach body masses of 40 metric tons (44 short tons). Calves are born at around 4.3 m (14 ft) long with a mass of 680 kg (1,500 lb)] The species has a bulky body with a thin rostrum and proportionally long flippers, each around one-third of its body length.[14][15] It has a short dorsal fin that varies from nearly nonexistent to somewhat long and curved.
Like other rorquals, the humpback has grooves between the tip of the lower jaw and the navel. The grooves are relatively few in number in this species, ranging from 14 to 35. The upper jaw is lined with baleen plates, which number 540–800 in total and are black in color.
The dorsal or upper side of the animal is generally black; the ventral or underside has various levels of black and white coloration. Whales in the southern hemisphere tend to have more white pigmentation. The flippers can vary from all-white to white only on the undersurface. Some individuals may be all white, notably Migaloo who is a true albino. The varying color patterns and scars on the tail flukes distinguish individual animals.[
The end of the genital slit of the female is marked by a round feature, known as the hemispherical lobe, which visually distinguishes males and females.
Unique among large whales, humpbacks have bumps or tubercles on the head and front edge of the flippers; the tail fluke has a jagged trailing edge. The tubercles on the head are 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) thick at the base and protrude up to 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
They are mostly hollow in the center, often containing at least one fragile hair that erupts 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) from the skin and is 0.1 mm (0.0039 in) thick. The tubercles develop early in gestation and may have a sensory function, as they are rich in nerves. Sensory nerve cells in the skin are adapted to withstand the high water pressure of diving.
In one study, a humpback whale brain measured 22.4 cm (8.8 in) long and 18 cm (7.1 in) wide at the tips of the temporal lobes, and weighed around 4.6 kg (10 lb). The humpback's brain has a complexity similar to that of the brains of smaller whales and dolphins.
The structure of the eye indicates that eyesight is relatively poor, being only able to see silhouettes over long distances and finer details relatively close. Computer models of the middle ear suggest that the humpback can hear at frequencies between 15 Hz and 3 kHz "when stimulated at the tympanic membrane", and between 200 Hz and 9 kHz "if stimulated at the thinner region of the tympanic bone adjacent to the tympanic membrane". These ranges are consistent with their vocalization ranges.
As in all cetaceans, the respiratory tract of the humpback whale is connected to the blowholes and not to the mouth, although the species appears to be able to unlock the epiglottis and larynx and move them towards the oral cavity, allowing humpbacks to blow bubbles from their mouths. The vocal folds of the humpback are more horizontally positioned than those of land mammals which allows them to produce underwater calls. These calls are amplified by a laryngeal sac.
This image was taken in Juneau, Alaska