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Persistence paid off when I got this photograph of the full Moon on the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. There was a very cold breeze and just the odd break in the cloud cover when I headed outside at 04:00. Wandering around for the next hour and a half, I finally got a view of the Moon. A minute or two later the clouds closed up and the opportunity was over. I can't say whether there were other breaks between 05:30 and sunrise at around 07:00 - I was back inside our apartment trying to warm up and not much interested in the sky.
I very much wanted to capture a shot of the full Moon with the 250mm/f5.6 lens that I had obtained recently for my Hasselblad 500C/M camera. It so happened that this was not your average full Moon.
I discovered that the June full Moon is known as the "Strawberry Moon". It bears this title because it is the time of the strawberry harvest (in the Northern Hemisphere). However, there is nothing particularly rare about this - there is at least one such full Moon every year!
What was unusual on this occasion was that the full Moon coincided with the Solstice, the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, which is the shortest day of the year. The last time that this combination of a full Moon and the Solstice occurred was in June 1967. And the next time will be June 2062. If I get to see the next one, I will have celebrated my 100th birthday just one month previously! Something to look forward to - I'll have to put it in my calendar as a reminder!!
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The lens that I used for this photograph is the longest focal length lens that I own. And it is a very special lens. This Hasselblad Carl Zeiss - Sonnar CF 250mm f/5.6 Superachromat lens is considered one of the best and rarest produced for the Hasselblad V-series cameras. Quoting from the Zeiss data sheet for the near-identical CFE version of the lens, a source that must be considered a little biased in this matter - "Optics conoisseurs around the world in search of the perfect lens therefore consider the Sonnar® Superachromat 5.6/250 CFE lens the finest photo lens ever conceived and brought to reality. It is an extremely valuable lens."
The lens that I have was manufactured in 1987, but is in immaculate "mint" condition. One of the features of the lens that stands out immediately is that the focus extends beyond infinite. This was a design feature to allow perfect focus to be obtained despite the inevitable small changes in geometry that accompany changes in the ambient temperature. I not only took great care to focus the shot, but also made every effort reduce camera shake (i.e., by using a tripod, using the mirror pre-release feature of the camera, and triggering the exposure using a shutter release cable). I was very pleased with the result - I shall go forward knowing that I can take a decent photograph of the Moon when I want toa record any future lunar events.
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Some useful resources for the Moon ...
"Moon" iOS app by CDV Concepts - v2.1.1. - Last updated on 22 April 2014 but working fine on my iPad Mini With Retina (a.k.a. iPad Mini 2).
"Moon Phase + Professional" iOS app by Peter Smith - v3.06 - Last updated 18 March 2016.
"Moon Globe" iOS app by Midnight Martian - v2.3 - Last updated 9 October 2014 but working fine on my iPad Mini With Retina (a.k.a. iPad Mini 2).
"Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy" iOS app by John Kennedy - v5.9.3 - Last updated 20 February 2016.
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Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Photography notes ...
The photograph was taken using the following hardware configuration ...
(Year of manufacture indicated in braces where known.)
- Hasselblad 500C/M body (1994).
- Hasselblad CFV-50c Digital Back for Hasselblad V mount camera
- Hasselblad Focusing Screen for the CFV-50c digital back, with focussing prism and crop markings.
- Hasselblad 45 Degree Viewfinder PME-45 42297 (2001).
- Hasselblad Carl Zeiss lens - Sonnar CF 250mm f/5.6 Superachromat lens (1987).
- FotodioX B60 Lens Hood for Select Hasselblad Telephoto CF Lenses
I acquired the photograph (8272 x 6200 pixels) with an ISO of 100, exposure time of 1/500th second, and aperture of f/11.
Post-processing ...
Finder - Removed the CF card from the camera digital back and placed it in a Lexar 25-in-1 USB card reader. Then used Finder on my MacBook Air to download the raw image file (3FR extension) from the card.
Lightroom - Imported the 3FR image. Used the Map module to add the location details to the EXIF header. Then applied various lighting and color adjustments in the Develop module. Cropped the image and exported it as a JPG file with 1786 x 1786 pixels from the Library module. Saved the Develop Module settings as Preset 20160622-001.
PhotoSync - Copied the JPEG file to my iPad Mini for the final processing steps and posting to social media.
BigPhoto - Resized the image by a factor of 4 and output an image with 7144 x 7144 pixels. Cropped this image and output as an image with 4000 x 4000 pixels.
Photoshop Fix - Used the spot Healing tool to retouch a number of sensor noise spots in the background regions.
Photoshop Express - Applied various lighting, color, and sharpening adjustments. Converted the image to Black and White (B&W).
BigPhoto - Cropped the image a bit tighter and output an image with 3200 x 3200 pixels.
Exif Editor - Copied the EXIF data from the Lightroom output image to the final image.
I have published a few shots of this tree already. It has been flowering since late may and it hasn´t stopped, so I couldn´t resist to taking a few new shots (...)
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Annotation: I´m developing a 365 project which includes not only a daily photo, but also a daily post in my blog. This is the number 352. If you want to see all the photos: www.flickr.com/photos/healingmoments/sets/72157627759889118/
One very lonely rose on the bush NeRdEtTe gave us. So pale and delicate. And perfect. All the other roses in the backyard look ready for their prune. This weekend.
The weather here is ah-mazing... kinda' scary.
There is a wonderful book by photographer David Lubbers that I highly recommend entitled “Persistence of Vision” in which the artist pairs photographs that he made years apart that show that he is seeing in the same way over time. I find this is true of my photographs as well ... on review ... images that are taken years apart appear to have a strong relationship in composition, light, texture, perspective, etc. even though it is not a conscious effort. I suppose this should not be surprising but it always makes me a little more thoughtful about my photography when I make the observation. The photos below were taken earlier, each about a year apart, and in different parts of the world. Although, in this case, they are all fundamentally abstracts, I can find these same photographic qualities, shapes, tones, and textures framed in some of my landscapes as well.
Not even a chain-link fence can hinder their growth! Here's to a wonderful and 'fence-filled' Friday, friends!
Photex 80mm f/2.8 S&T Lens on a 1Ds
[ 0.001 sec (1/800) | f/2.8 | FLength 80 mm | ISO 200 | Manual exposure ]
When the conditions are favorable and allow for a pretty solid chance of capturing a great image you’ll find me out shooting the night sky. I always head out with high hopes knowing that I ......
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The King of Fruit
The lifestyle of dealers during the fruiting season.
Pasar Besar Kedai Payang, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins. Not through strength, but through persistence.”
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A melting arrow, as homage to "the persistence of memory" (famous melting clocks) by Salvador Dali. ;-) Taken at Kenko-No-Mori Park, Kagoshima.
健康の森公園でジョギングコースの走行方向を示す剥がれかけた矢印を見て，ダリの「記憶の固執」という作品の有名な溶ける時計を思い出して，「方向の固執」というタイトルをでっちあげました．;-)
I'm glad to be back! I had to take a few weeks off for a bad bought with sciatica. This means no getting out there with my new photography friends and taking pictures or even checking in with you all on Flickr. I've missed you and your gorgeous art but for today, I'm back!
This is a flower in my gazebo garden. Took everything in me to get out there before I missed it all but I did it. Therefore, this one is called Persistence. I hope you like.
A juniper thrives amid the spatter from one of Capulin's vents. The Boca Trail highlights the geology of Capulin Volcano.
Lichen love the volcanic rocks here. The "bushes" in the foreground are mostly Gambel oak.
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
"Si une chose veut être photographiée, c'est qu'elle ne veut pas livrer son sens, qu'elle ne veut pas se réfléchir. Elle veut être captée directement, violée sur place, illuminée dans son détail. Si quelque chose veut devenir image, ce n'est pas pour durer, c'est pour mieux disparaître."
If something wants to be photographed, it's because it does not want to deliver its meaning, it does not want to have a reflection about it. It wants to be directly captured, raped on the spot, illuminated in its details. If something wants to become an image, it is not to last, it is to better disappear. "
( Jean Baudrillard - 1998 - Photographies )
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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt
"The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory". 1952-54. Oil on canvas. Salvador Dalí Museum. (11/16/2018)
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
"La synthèse en général, ..., est le simple effet de l'imagination, c'est-à-dire d'une fonction de l'âme, aveugle mais indispensable, sans laquelle nous n'aurions aucune espèce de connaissance, mais dont nous n'avons que très rarement conscience. Mais l'acte qui consiste à ramener cette synthèse à des concepts est une fonction qui appartient à l'entendement, et par laquelle il nous procure la connaissance dans le sens propre de ce mot."
"The synthesis in general, ..., is the simple effect of the imagination, that is to say, a function of the soul, blind but necessary, without which we would have no kind of knowledge, but that we have only very rarely conscious. But the act that consists in bringing this synthesis to concepts is a function that belongs to the understanding, and which gives us knowledge in the proper sense of this word."
( Emmanuel Kant - Critique de la raison pure )
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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt
One of the photo I have taken of Mahmoud while he was working, those three photos I have submitted into a photo competition, on of them was selected as a winning photo.
persistence.... the name of the game today. i remind myself to be grateful and to persist, where i might give up.
Sand Tufa, Mono Lake, California
These remarkable formations of calcified sand persist in spite of their very delicate makeup. Tufa all formed underwater and were exposed when the water level was dropped to satisfy the thirsty Los Angeles basin. They are a favorite of photographers -- but these particular examples are often overlooked. It's not easy to tell from this image, but this cluster of tufa are less than 2 feet tall. I'm astonished they persist because they're crumble between your fingers if you touch them. Monochrome reveals the grain of the sand and hilight the clouds above.
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