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Dennis Dart Plaxton Pointer on service U18 to the University of Bath. Picture from the Paul Nicholas collection.
A look back at the Showbus Rally held at Duxford in September 1994. Entries included Hedingham Omnibuses Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer L210 M210VEV.
Pointers were bred to work with hunters. In the past they were sometimes used in combination with a retriever, to point out the game for the hunter. Pointers were also used as falconer's dogs. As early as the 17th century, sportsmen used Pointers to locate hares and then Greyhounds to chase them.
The history of the Pointer, like many breeds, is a reasonably debatable topic. There are records of Pointers in England as far back as 1650. According to one source, the pointer came to be in the sixteenth and seventeenth century when pointing breeds including the Spanish pointer were brought from the European mainland to England.
First Somerset & Avon Dennis Dart/Plaxton Pointer in Taunton bus station on 54 in 2001. New to Badgerline in 1993. Numerically she was the first of the Badgerline batch and moved to Southern National in 2000.
When stitching panoramas, large, blank walls are problematical - the software can't generate control points. In the past I've used post-it notes (stick 'em on the wall) - but some walls are too big, out of reach, or I can't put a post-it note there. So I decided to make this. I looked online first, and they sell for $70 on up!
This costs under $15. I made it from stuff I had on-hand, so out of pocket was $0.
Parts:
Clamp from hardware store - $1.00.
Plastic clip - $1.50 for six (used to affix cables to flat surface - should be 3/4" or so - they are adjustable)
Mini rotating head - $8.00 (It's off a mini-tripod - any will work)
Epoxy glue $2.00
Take the head of the tripod - make sure it attaches with a screw – it can’t be a cheap clip on.
Drill a hole in one side of the clamp to fit the screw - I needed a couple of washers to snug it.
Where the camera mounts to the tripod head, remove any padding (rubber or cork) and cut off the exposed camera-mounting threads (I used a Dremil). This gives you a shallow cup. Next take the plastic clip and trim the base to fit in the cup. Remove any glue or adhesive tape from the clip first.
Attach the head to the clamp. Clamp it to something so the cup is up. That, or grow a third hand.
Dry fit the clip into the cup. The clip base is square - the place you have to stick it is round. Side cutters work since it’s plastic. Once it's snug, remove.
Mix some Epoxy and fill the cup about 1/2 fill. Press the clip into the Epoxy – smash it in there - and fill in any gaps (I used a small popsicle / mixing stick), and form a lip of Epoxy on the clip. You can’t use too much. Just don’t get sloppy or it looks bad.
Takes about 15 minutes to make. OK, so how do you turn on the laser? Slide the pointer until the push-button is under the clip - that presses it down and on.
This photo shows it on. You can see the push-button is just under the clip. OK, so why red and not green or blue, etc.? You can't see the light trail - only the dot. I tried a green. The photograph looked like I had a green glowing string tacked to the wall, leading back to the camera.
A few days ago, I talked the family into a small detour while we were out sightseeing. We went into a campground to look around and found the vultures that I posted before this pair of pics. On the way out, MK noticed a small harem of does guarded by this buck wandering around in the open muching on the fresh grass that's popped up as a result of the recent torrential rains. Just as I got out of the van to take his picture he looked right at me with only a small amount of interest before going back to chowing down.
While it was not hard to get these images, I definitely paid for them. As I stood there looking at him I noticed that my right foot started to feel like I was standing on a cactus. When I looked down, I noticed that my entire foot was covered in fire ants. Being a northerner, I didn't even think about the possibility that I might end up standing on an anthill and that they wouldn't react in the most friendly manner. As a result, I now have one foot that is covered in little blisters that still have not healed after six days and they itch like hell. Oh well, at least I got the pictures and was able to find some calamine lotion to sooth my aching foot. I'd say it was worth it overall.
Update: I just noticed that this made it to 341 on Explore 10/14/09. Thanks for the comments, views, and faves!
The William and Mary men’s basketball team led from start to finish and pushed its home-court winning streak to 14 games with a 77-58 victory over Elon on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. W&M shot 49 percent from the floor, knocked down ten 3-pointers and connected on 17-of-20 from the free throw line in outdistancing Elon. W&M remained in first place in the CAA at 10-3 in league and 16-8 overall, while Elon dropped to 11-15 on the year and 3-10 in CAA play.
Omar Prewitt led the Tribe, scoring 18 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to go with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. Sean Sheldon picked up his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Thornton finished with 17 points and three assists.
The Tribe jumped out to an early advantage thanks in large part to the play of Prewitt and Sheldon. They combined for 24 of the Tribe’s opening 28 points as the Green and Gold opened up a double-digit advantage. W&M scored 11 of game’s first 13 points as four straight from Sheldon, including a pair of free throws, gave W&M the nine-point cushion.
Five straight from Elon closed the gap to 11-7 at the 13:51 mark, but W&M responded with and 8-2 run, including six from Prewitt. His 3-pointer from the left side extended the Tribe lead to 19-9. The Tribe lead remained in double digits, jumping to 30-15 on a Thornton setback jumper with four and a half minutes left in the half. The margin was 11 points following an Elijah Bryant jumper at the 3:20 mark, before the home team ripped off a 12-2 run to push its advantage over 20.
Connor Burchfield provided W&M with a huge lift off the bench, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. A steal and fast break bucket from Thornton gave W&M a 17-point advantage and forced an Elon timeout. The Green and Gold run continued on a tough finish inside from Sheldon and a pair of Prewitt free throws, extending the lead to 42-21 with a minute left in the first half. W&M led by 19 at the intermission after shooting 51.7 percent (15-of-29), while limiting Elon to 36 percent (9-of-25) in the opening 20 minutes.
The visiting Phoenix scored eight of first 11 in the second half to draw within 14 points. Hamilton scored six straight points for Elon, including a steal and fast break lay-up to close the visitors to within 45-31 with 16:45 left.
After failing to hit a 3-pointer in the opening 20 minutes, Thornton knocked down back-to-back triples, including one of the step-back variety, to push the lead back to 18, 51-33, and the Phoenix never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. His fast break lay-up off a Sheldon defensive rebound and look-ahead pass gave W&M a 60-40 lead with just under eight minutes remaining.
The cushion reached as many as 23 on a pair of occasions, including on Thornton’s third 3-pointer of the second half with 2:50 to play. From there, both teams emptied the bench and W&M picked up a 77-58 win, its 16th of the season. The 16 wins rank 10th in program history.
In a stark contrast from the earlier meeting this season, W&M limited Elon to just 3-of-22 (13.6 percent) from 3-point range, including only 1-of-14 from its top two scorers in Bryant and Tanner Samson. The Phoenix duo was 12-of-22 from long range and combined for 45 points in their home win over the Tribe in January. Elon finished the game shooting 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the floor. Bryant led Elon with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but was just 5-of-15 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3-point range. Samson, who had 20 in the first meeting, finished with just two points and was 0-of-10 from 3-point range. Hamilton added 13 points, while Christian Hairston tallied 10 off the bench.
Playing without the services of guard Daniel Dixon, who was out due to injury, the Tribe received a number of contributions, especially from its freshman class. Rookie Oliver Tot garnered his first career start, finishing with three rebounds and two assists in a strong floor game. Greg Malinowski added six points, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers, to go along with two assists and fellow classmate Burchfield poured in six points on two 3-pointers. Tom Schalk added six points, four rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots off the bench.
W&M shot 49 percent (25-of-51) on the night, including a 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) effort from 3-point range. The Green and Gold continued its strong free throw shooting, connecting on 85 percent (17-of-20) from the charity stripe. The Tribe out rebounded Elon, 36-30, and dished out 14 assists on its 25 made field goals.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action.
Capturing Fast Action with the new A7RIII
The A7RIII is no slouch when it comes to capturing 42 megapixel Action.
The A7RIII, however, feels more like the A6500 than an A9 when tracking action in that there is blackout when using the Hi in Continuous Shooting mode. The 'Hi' option allows live view panning at 8 frames per second. If you are not panning you can switch to 'Hi+' and enjoy 10 frames per second while recording 14 Bit full-frame Raw with 15 stops of dynamic range
Abellio Surrey 8445 (KM02 HFU) reaches its old home turf on the 513 from Downside. It was 11 minutes late, no doubt due to the same roadworks between Oxshott and Esher which were causing the K3s trouble - except the K3 route escapes some of the mess.
I see there's a photo on Flickr of KM02 HFU in Eden Street on a 465, many years ago when Tellings-Golden Miller ran the 465: www.flickr.com/photos/61456016@N08/5623253294/ by 133 Broadstone.
Ten points for anyone who sees 8445 on the 458, 459 or 515/A and can get a matching 2013 shot!
Eden Street, Kingston, Greater London.
Dennis Dart SLF/Plaxton Pointer 2 T342PNV was new to Bus Eireann, Dublin as 99-D-80588, and came to Stagecoach from Cavendish Motor Services, Bexhill in January 2009.