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Got out for a sunrise or two over the past week as winter finally decided it wasn't done yet...thankfully. I was getting tired of blue skies and 70 degree weather. This is prime landscape photography season!
Well, today marks the two year anniversary of one of my most popular shots, both on flickr and in terms of print sales. Since it is the 2nd month and the day is 22, I figured why not post an image made near the same time frame but two years later. Originally I was going to post a black and white conversion from that special morning back in '09, but I really like this recent image for its distinct character compared to the one from two years ago.
I really struggled on this morning to find compositions to include the storm front and the cracked cloud line where light was breaking through. Eventually I wound up on this side of the wharf and walked along the beach to position the line of the cloud to end where it does. The waves weren't all that cooperative and the storm front was moving fast, so I only got a couple shots where I had decent water motion at the same time as reflections in the sand. I used ISO 200 and f8 in order to keep the shutter speed shorter to catch some streaks in the water as well as freeze the moving clouds.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 12-24mm @ 12mm
1.3 sec, f8, ISO 200
Lee .9 and .75 GND filters
This is the top section of the 2nd order Fresnel lens in the lantern room of the approximately 1/2 scale replica Seal Island Lighthouse. The lantern room, removed from the original Seal Island Lighthouse in 1978, was installed on the replica tower in Barrington, with the museum opening to the public on Canada Day, 1985.
The Fresnel lens was invented in 1822 by Augustin-Jean Fresnel, and by its design, was able to "supercharge" the light output of lighthouses. These intricately constructed optics are marvels of engineering and really should be seen up close. In the 19th century the light source was often a multi-burner lamp fueled by a variety of oils. Later, acetylene gas was used, and eventually electric illumination became available, with the light being provided by a 1000 watt lamp.
This photo is a copy of an original image taken in 1999 using Kodak Tmax 100 roll film (120) in a Mamiya C33 TLR camera, using a 55mm f4.5 lens. The copy was made using a Nikon D3500 camera with a 55mm Micro-Nikkor lens, with a Nikon 4T close-up lens, and a Sigma 1.6x close-up lens mounted on the 4T.
DSC-0439
Strathmore paper 22.9 x 30.5 cm (80 lb.)
HB graphite pencil
Paper stump, eraser pencil, and i use small piece of sponge (i don't know what they are called) for smudging.
8 hours
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Order of the Falcon: Monastery by the Eastern Sea
🔳 50" x 30" x 46" (4' x 2.5' x 4')
🔳 50,000 - 100,000 pieces
🔳 120+ Hours
🔳 7 Weeks - Late April to Mid-June
🔳 First and last show at Brickworld Chicago 2022
🔳 Inspiration: The build is inspired in three large ways:
- Art I found online – check out my Instagram post to see it.
- Beautiful Christian buildings I've visited: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C., Church of the Intercession in NYC, St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, & Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in NYC
- My Love of the Lego Castle Theme: Always been present, especially in my childhood, but I've never really built in heavily. My favorite sets include: 7019 Viking Fortress, 10193 Medieval Market Village, and 7036 Dwaves' Mine. Most recently, I loved 21325 Medieval Blacksmith which is what set me on the Black Falcon kick.
🔳 Help & Support:
Truly could not have done it in the small window of time without some great people:
Simon Liu - did the beautiful and oft mentioned waterfall, the waves/shoreline, & other small details. Came out to Illinois early in advance of Brickworld to help get me across the finish line! Always cheering me on! Everyone needs an accountabuildibuddy!
Nick Jensen - graciously allowed me to come and borrow both the photo studio and a good deal of his time in generating these AMAZING photos. Also came over early pre-Brickworld and helped with any weird, small details I threw at him! An OG!
My friend Noah - did some great bush & plant repetition a week before the show. King!
Steve K. - came by during the wee hours of Thurs night / Friday morning of Brickworld and did something that I cannot remember now 😅 - I know it was important!
Dan L. - a CRUCIAL final Bricklink order!
Friends and Family - so grateful for all your support!
🔳 Credit Where Credit Is Due:
- The rounded bush in bright green used 4 times on the terrace and 3 times by the "river" was by fullplatebuilds in the Micro Trees post.
- The smaller trees on the front left and right of the terrace (best seen in image #1 in the carousel on the left hand side) was a modified version of cheeseystudios' in his great Hogwarts Courtyard build.
- Deer technique is an ever so slightly modified version of littlejohn_brickbuilt's in the fantastic Sabishi Monastery.
- I found the 5-flex-tube tree technique somewhere online but I cannot find it now! Fits in the base of 1 stud surrounded by stacked 1x2 rounded plates.
- Once again, 8th image in the carousel is the waterfall done by Simon Liu.
🔳 Some other random notes on the build:
- The MOC has a footprint of 96x192 in studs
- It weights approx. 50-60 lbs. Hard to tell!
- I was supposed to start in early March...started in late April 😬
- Lighting the stained glass was almost an afterthought. Unfortunately, the walls of the monastery are only 1 brick thick and has a lot of holes for light to peek through. I taped paper along the inside in order to plug these up.
- The story highlight on my profile walks through the entire build from start to finish!
Thanks for viewing!
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan who is on a visit to Ukraine.
The Head of State thanked the Advisor to the U.S. President Joseph Biden for the support to our country at a difficult time, when Russia carried out a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The parties discussed the issues of further support for Ukraine from the U.S. for the defense and liberation of its territory from the occupiers, increasing the capabilities of our state to protect critical infrastructure, financial and humanitarian support, strengthening sanctions against the aggressor state of the Russian Federation, and consolidating international support for Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also presented Jake Sullivan with the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the II degree, which he was awarded for significant personal merits in strengthening interstate cooperation, and support for the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The President noted that he was very pleased to present this order to Jake Sullivan.
The Advisor to the U.S. President thanked for the high award and said that it was an honor for him to receive it.
The Head of State also awarded Senior Director for Europe at the U.S. National Security Council Amanda Sloat with the Order of Merit of the III degree.
A short IANR switch job pulled 3 cars out of the CFU storage yard in downtown Cedar Falls. Here she is going by the McDonalds on 1st street. This used to be the Rock Island mainline from Burlington to Manley, Iowa and saw many famous "Rocket" Passenger trains haul thru here. Now, due to road construction in the 90's it is just a spur line down to the Cedar Falls Utilities. Originally kept to enable coal deliveries to the CFU power station, that traffic does not exist anymore due to the conversion to Natural Gas. Now, the IANR uses the CFU yard for car storage, until the Cedar River rises, which they then promptly pull the cars out of.
order from chaos
#plainwhitepaper #paper #macromondays #mm #hmm #orderfromchaos #withmytamron
Funny, I shot a white paper shot a few weeks back for the CORNER challenge...
Still, time for something new. "order from chaos" was not originally intended, yet it was a byproduct of trying different comps.
After shooting various rips and tears of white paper, I decided to "ball-up" some of the smaller discards and took a series of 18 shots. When culling my challenge work, "order from chaos" stood out immensely for me, and it was the first of those 18 shots---the other 17 shots seemed forced while "ofc" felt pure, natural. You know that feeling...
Another reason I am really fond of "ofc" is that the composition itself has minor flaws, namely a bit of camera shake from a hand-held photograph and a lower shutter speed. Why not use the expensive tripod and head I own, two reasons; I'm lazy but more importantly being mobile with my rig gives me freedom and flexibility to explore more artistic compositions. Lazy or artistic, it's your call...i do what I need to do. ;-)
Anyway, "order from chaos" was shot at MFD for a lifesize reproduction of 1:1, so this frame is 22mm on the longside by 15mm on the short side--the size of the EOS-M2 sensor.
Thanks for stopping by!
Jason
EOS M2
Tamron 60mm f/2 1:1 Macro
Fotodiox Pro adapter
A TransPennine Express Nova 3 set pushed by Class 68 No. 68030 Black Douglas approaches Manchester Victoria with 1E37, the 12:56 Liverpool Lime Street – Scarborough service on 5th October 2019.
Eupoecila australasiae
Family: Scarabaeidae
Order: Coleoptera
The Fiddler Beetle is so named because of the violin (fiddle) shape in the markings on its back. They are fairly common in heathland and bush in the south eastern areas of Australia. They can often be seen on flowers looking for nectar.
It lays its eggs in rotten wood or in dead vegetation. The larvae eat rotten wood until they pupate by making a cocoon chamber within the wood.
Adults emerge in early summer and feed on nectar from flowers such as this silkpod vine (Parsonsia straminea).
PC050581-2. Olympus EM1 M5 2
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order • Camera tools by Frans Bouma and SkallEdit • Universal UE4 Console Unlocker
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order • Camera tools by Frans Bouma and SkallEdit • Universal UE4 Console Unlocker
I'm honestly not sure why I built this, seeing as spaceships aren't something I usually do, but I enjoyed playing Jedi Fallen Order a few months ago and on a whim started working on this thing. The end result was better than I could have hoped!
Features rotating wings, opening hatches, and a full interior. I originally wanted to have working landing gear as well but that core drum section that the wings are attached to is a nightmare of engineering in-game and I don't think I can pull it off at this scale without seriously compromising its structural integrity.
Got another build coming up for you guys shortly, and I'll probably be more active for a bit thanks to quarantine. Hope everyone is doing well out there!