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Another image from December's Grid. I got out for a walk with a fellow member of the group, Stuart Levy, and we explored a bit of the Grid after dark. That particular night I had been inspired to use my Flexbody and I think I ended doing all the photography that night with it. It is such a fun camera to use, when I am in the right mood, though it is tricky at night. The biggest challenge is simply being able to see the scene on the ground glass. The brighter areas show up easy enough but the screen get dim, particularly when you start tilting the camera as light hits the ground glass at an angle instead of perpendicularly, thereby making the image on the screen much dimmer. The Flexbody actually comes with a pair of fresnel screens that you can slip in for when you have the camera tilted to various amounts that allow easier viewing. But even these have their own quirks.
Anyway, that is all really just a tangent. I sometimes set this camera up and am indecisive as to where I prefer the tilt. I usually make an effort to figure it out and to not use too much film, but sometimes I will go ahead and make a couple different iterations. I think in this case I made the left image first as it seemed the most obvious to me in terms of how to use the tilt effect. But then since the camera was all set up, I went ahead and reversed the tilt "just to see". The result was the image on the right. I thought it interesting in its own way. Then when I saw them both scanned it seemed like while the left image could stand on its own interestingly enough, the right image was a bit too vague... or missing something. So I paired it up into a diptych with the first image and that seemed to make better sense.
Just sharing some of my thought process behind the making of these.
Hasselblad Flexbody
Agfa APX 400
I took this photo on December 18, 2016, a pleasant and sunny winter day here in southeast Michigan.
In front is the Towner House, built in 1837 and Ypsilanti's oldest house on its original foundation: Towner House Additions over the years have recently been removed to restore the house to a more original appearance. Unfortunately, the house stands empty.
The Quirk Mansion is one of the most interesting historic homes in Ypsilanti. The home was built by Daniel Lace Quirk about 1860 in Second Empire style with mansard roof. Quirk's children donated the house to the city of Ypsilanti in 1911, and it served for several years as the City Hall. The mansion is presently used as private offices and the property owners reside in apartments on the top floor. Other historic photos may be seen here.
Quirk Mansion
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Memory from December 2012.
Photographer: Nagi Marie Quirk
Model: Tomoko Peters
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RD14875. The 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales held a gala weekend in the Spring of 2017 with 'Quirks & Curiosities' as the theme.
An amazing variety of strange machinery attended the event including this Locotracteur from the Richmond Light Railway in Kent. It was built in 1925 for the French War Office although the design goes back the First World War when they were used to service the troops in the front line trenches.
Seen in Porthmadog Harbour Station on Sunday, 30th April, 2017.
Copyright © Ron Fisher.
An odd quirk of the allocation saw three younger Olympians (743, 748 and 751) painted in Route Rouge colours, but an older Olympian painted in Island Explorer colours. 727 was the only all-Leyland Olympian ever to receive Island Explorer colours and retained these until the network review in 2006. It is pictured at Shanklin. The blind, as was usual in Island Explorer days, shows the continual route to Ryde, before an indication that it will head forward to Newport and Yarmouth.
20th August 2004
One quirk of QUBE's Deniliquin rice train since it's resurrection has been the use of 9095/9096 instead of 9071/9072 as the train number; with the numbers in the 909x range normally used by SSR for grain services.
As a result, it was only a matter of time before we got two consecutive 9096 trains one day after the other with one from each operator. That happened on the 21st and 22nd of October 2025, with SSR's Kensington rake seen on the evening of the 21st running as 9096 from Deniliquin with N463 "City of Bendigo" and N455 "City of Swan Hill", while the next night was QUBE's turn with VL353 "Comic Court" and VL360 "Gurner's Lane" on the rice train to Victoria Dock.
Video available at: youtu.be/n2KGZSpB3_o
One quirk of QUBE's Deniliquin rice train since it's resurrection has been the use of 9095/9096 instead of 9071/9072 as the train number; with the numbers in the 909x range normally used by SSR for grain services.
As a result, it was only a matter of time before we got two consecutive 9096 trains one day after the other with one from each operator. That happened on the 21st and 22nd of October 2025, with SSR's Kensington rake seen on the evening of the 21st running as 9096 from Deniliquin with N463 "City of Bendigo" and N455 "City of Swan Hill", while the next night was QUBE's turn with VL353 "Comic Court" and VL360 "Gurner's Lane" on the rice train to Victoria Dock.
Video available at: youtu.be/n2KGZSpB3_o
Quirk Mansion, 300-302 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti, Michigan. The home was built by Daniel Lace Quirk Sr. (1818–1911) in about 1860. Quirk Sr. was founder of the Peninsular Paper Company, the First National Bank of Ypsilanti, and other business enterprises. The mansion is in the Second Empire style with a mansard roof. Quirk's children donated the house to the city of Ypsilanti in 1911, and it served as the Ypsilanti City Hall from 1914 to 1974. Today the mansion is used for private offices.
Another oldie from November 2012.
Photographer: Nagi Marie Quirk
Model: Reiko Motobu Winchell
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An interesting quirk currently whilst Thackerays Lane is closed, the 57Xs which normally avoid Arnold have been sent into it to avoid a lengthy detour via Mapperley to get to the Arnold schools.
Instead of following the 56, the 57Xs follow the 59 to the top of Gedling Road via Daybrook Square and Arnold Sainsbury's, then follow CT4Ns 19 along the remainder of Gedling Road down to the Arrow pub, turning left into Ramsey Drive to resume normal route.
536 passes The Amp, Arnold's 'indoor market' with an off route 57X to Plains Estate.
An oldie from 2012 summer.
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With all of PN Intermodals GT42s overhauled and repainted into the dull PN Blue the only quirk you can find on the intermodal division is "PN014". 8314 is seen at heading south of Ayr leading 87P4 Townsville to Moolabin express intermodal. 5/06/21
Columbia's military has some unusual quirks, stemming from Columbia's short history and strategic location.
The Navy (technically the Naval corps) is by far the most prestigious branch of the military. Sporting pristine blue uniforms, using the best possible technology, and constantly on the move protecting Columbia and her interests around the world, the navy is the dream of every Columbian schoolboy.
The Air Corps is only a decade old, and is dramatically underfunded. Few in the government see a need for more airplanes, and the corps can barely field more than a few dozen at a time. However, due to the work of several brilliant designers, the planes they do have are world-class in speed and performance. Given the seaplanes often mounted on cruisers and other capital ships, the Air Corps collaborate closely with the Navy.
The Gun Corps is essentially the Navy's little brother. Constantly getting hand-me-down weapons, and always the butt of jokes by visiting sailors, the Gun Corps is relegated to sitting on shore while the Navy goes off to fight. It's an important job, maintaining all of Columbia's coastal defenses, but nobody ever seems to remember that. The new commander has been pushing heavily for flashy, big-budget fortresses, over the heads of his experienced officers, in a bid to gain prestige. Or influence. Or to simply to remind the Navy they exist.
Due to Columbia's isolated location and inhospitable terrain, the Land Corps sees remarkably little action. The Marines, part of the Navy, fight all Columbia's overseas battles, while the Land Corps is relegated to homeland defense. In contrast with the ornate naval bases spread throughout the Specific Ocean, the bulk of the Land Corps is exiled to the rustic South Coast, where they are left entirely to their own devices. As a result, the land Corps is unofficially both skunk works and crazy farm for the Columbian military.
Certain nameless quirks of design give a time away, marking this structure as the first half of last century, not older or later. Individually paned windows and wooden shingles, that very pre-war feeling. It's had a battle of its own, you know, with years of wind and disrepair and permanent obsolesce. It's become a canvas for what nature throws at it, reflection for the best and worst of weather. There are colours that come out in the rain that never appear elsewhen – like that purpley shade of rusted metal, bluing the iron oxide down a little. Everything gathers this whispering mystery, warm and cold at once. It's only a few minutes from twilight now, and even though the sky hasn't borrowed that old familiar shade yet, it's coming. What a perfectly precarious edge of beauty we've been tripping along. Time turns in on itself, and I've got nothing but commitment for living on the edge.
February 17, 2023
Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
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