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About twelve pounds of bramble jelly.
Some of you looking at this will be lucky (?) enough to be given some.
Ludovico Carracci (Bologna, April 21, 1555 - Bologna, November 13, 1619) cousin of the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci. - Conversion of Saul (1587-88) - oil on canvas 279 x 171 cm - Galleria Nazionale di Bologna
Fu commissionata a Ludovico da Emilio Zambeccari per la cappella di famiglia in San Francesco e l'artista si impegnò a eseguirla in sei mesi a partire dall'agosto del 1587.
Si tratta di un'opera eccezionale, nella quale Ludovico crea uno spazio che è già compiutamente barocco, donandoci un risultato di straordinaria intensità drammatica.
It was commissioned to Ludovico by Emilio Zambeccari for the family chapel in San Francesco and the artist undertook to execute it in six months starting in August 1587.
It is an exceptional work, in which Ludovico creates a space that is already fully baroque, giving us a result of extraordinary dramatic intensity.
I lost count of how many attempts I made before I finally had the courage to post this image. If I were to describe the workflow in one word, it would be “challenging”. The results were not what I had in my mind's eye, and that meant starting over. I had several features that I wanted to reveal in my final rendition. The most interesting are the subtle multiple halos of the galaxy, plus its bright extended halo, combined with the intricate darker structures throughout the galaxy.
NGC 5084 is a massive lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo, approximately 80 million light-years away from Earth. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel in 1787 and lies in the Virgo II Cloud, a substructure of the Virgo Supercluster.
It is one of the most massive lenticular galaxies known and is believed to have an extensive dark matter halo, making it one of the most massive galaxies in the local universe. Its high mass-to-light ratio suggests that a significant portion of its total mass is not visible as normal, luminous matter (such as stars, gas, or dust). Instead, this indicates the presence of a large amount of dark matter or other unseen mass components.
Another striking feature is its extended halo and warped disk. These features suggest numerous accumulated mergers over time. Although there is no precise count of its past mergers, it is highly likely that NGC 5084 has absorbed multiple smaller galaxies throughout its history
Instruments:
Telescope: 10" Ritchey-Chrétien RCOS
Camera: SBIG STXL-11000 Mono
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-900
Focal Length: 2310.00 mm
Pixel size: 9.00 um
Resolution: 0.82 arcsec/pix
Exposures:
Lum 106 X 600
Red 24 X 380
Green 24 X 380
Blue 24 X 380
Total exposure: 25.25 Hours
Thanks for looking
Brodsworth Hall, near Brodsworth, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, is one of the most complete surviving examples of a Victorian country house in England. It is virtually unchanged since the 1860s. It was designed in the Italianate style by the obscure London architect, Philip Wilkinson, then 26 years old. He was commissioned by Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson, who inherited the estate in 1859, but the original estate was constructed in 1791 for merchant and slave owner Peter Thellusson. It is a Grade I listed building
George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, bought the Brodsworth estate from Sir John Wentworth in 1713 and rebuilt the house in the Georgian style, but lost his money in the South Sea Bubble crash of 1720 and was obliged to take the position of Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. His second son Robert, later Archbishop of York, took up residence on the estate instead and made a number of improvements to the house and grounds. On his death in 1777, the house was left empty, and, after his eldest son became the 10th Earl of Kinnoull in 1787, he sold the estate in 1790 to Peter Thellusson (1737–1797) of the Swiss banking family.
Peter Thellusson had come from Geneva and settled in England, becoming a director of the Bank of England. This role saw him provide loans to slave ship and plantation owners. As these slave owners defaulted on debts, Thellusson amassed interests in Caribbean plantations and became a tobacco and sugar importer. He wrote an unusual will, unsuccessfully challenged by his family in the Thellusson Will Case, whereby his fortune was put in trust to be untouched for three generations. Peter Thellusson's grandson Arthur Thellusson, married the daughter of another Antigua slave owner, Sir Christopher Bethell-Codrington. The Thellussons were slave owners in Grenada and Montserrat as late as 1820.
One of the two eventual beneficiaries was the 5th Baron Rendlesham. The other was Peter's great-grandson Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson who, in 1859, inherited half the bequest plus the Brodsworth estate with its Georgian house. He demolished the existing house and commissioned the present one, which was built in two years between 1861 and 1863. A keen yachtsman, he also commissioned four yachts, the last two being, successively, the largest in the world. He was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1866–1867. He and his wife Georgiana left four sons, all of whom died childless, and the house therefore passed to each son in turn. The third son, Charles Thellusson, leased the mineral rights to the Brodsworth Colliery Company and also rented them the land for the construction of Woodlands model village to accommodate the miners. In addition he paid for the construction of All Saints Church (1913) for the village. He was also responsible for the introduction of electric light to the hall.
After the First World War, spiralling costs resulted in the owners closing off parts of the house. On the death of the youngest son, Augustus Thellusson, in 1931, the house passed to his nephew, Captain Charles Grant-Dalton (1882–1952). He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1942–1943.
The last resident of the house was Sylvia Grant-Dalton (wife of Captain Grant-Dalton), who fought a losing battle for 57 years against leaking roofs on the mansion and land subsidence from nearby coal mining. After her death in 1988, Her daughter, Pamela Williams, gave the Hall and gardens to English Heritage in 1990. The contents of the house were purchased by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to the ownership of English Heritage. It was decided to conserve the interiors "as found" rather than replacing or restoring them. They demonstrate how a once opulent Victorian house grew "comfortably" old.
Designed in the Italianate style by Philip Wilkinson, the Hall is constructed in ashlar limestone, some quarried on the estate, with lead and slate roofs. Stonework, windows and interior fittings were reused from the older building. The building is "T" shaped with the servants quarters forming the upright. The main block, forming the cross-bar, is 2-storey rectangular range having 9-bay frontage. The house has more than 30 rooms, ranging from grand reception rooms with original furnishings to the servants' quarters. The house is surrounded by Victorian period gardens, which are used for special events throughout the summer.
The house is noted for Charles Sabine Thellusson's collection of paintings and sculptures, including a large collection of Italian sculptures bought at the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865.
Found a pack of 05/1987 dated KODAK VERICOLOR III 220 size in fridge so tried out in my PENTAX 6x7 Mk II body with
105 mm f2.4 Older Version SMC-Takumar at FULL APERTURE
Some more old data from my old set up, I've tried this one before using the nbrgb combination script in pixinsight, but it never really turned out how I wanted. This version I used Bill Blanshans RGB stars to NB script and got a much better result.
Frames:
Astrodon H-alpha 3nm: 45×1200″(15h)
Astrodon OIII 5nm: 30×1200″(10h)
Astrodon SII 5nm: 23×1200″(7h 40′)
Astronomik Deep-Sky Blue: 6×600″(1h)
Astronomik Deep-Sky Green: 6×600″(1h)
Astronomik Deep-Sky Red: 6×600″(1h)
Total Integration:
35h 40′
Gear used-
Camera - QSI583WSG
Telescope - William Optics GT81
Guidecam - Starlight Express Lodestar
Mount - HEQ5PRO
Captured using SGPro
Processed in Pixinsight
Astrobin
My Astrobin gallery www.astrobin.com/users/tonymacc/
So, my contest. An extremely lazy contest with a good idea that isn't superhero related. I mean, i didn't even make a new group fo it! I just used my old one. Anyways, onto the results. I'll be doing these differently then what you expect. I'll just list the scores from lowest to highest.
Jack-Photography, Rick. 6/10
Jose Henson, Morty. 8/10
Jose Henson, Howard Moon. 8/10
ZenThorga, Ron Swanson. 8/10
Bricktailor, Mifune. 8/10
louiebat, Yautja. 8/10
Harrison Hill, Kill Bill. 8/10
Harrison Hill, Red Sonja. 8/10.
ZenThorga, DBZ Cast. 8/10
Jose Henson, DUDE. 9/10
Harrison Hill, Xena. 9/10
rwBricks, Demogorgon. 9/10
X MAN, Kamina. 10/10
louiebat, Xenomorph. 10/10
Sooo...... We know first and second place. But what about third? I'll just go by my favourite character from the nines. And that is..... RILEY BLISSMER AND HIS DEMOGORGON!
SO, 1st Place is X MAN, 2nd place is Louiebat, and 3rd place is rubrics. Expect your prize in the coming days! Meems out.
on explore #295 Sehen sie nicht aus, wie eine chinesische Seidenmalerei? Als Teil eines Paravents? Oder wie eine wertvolle Porzellanmalerei?
Magnolien haben eine ganz eigene faszinierende Schönheit.
Die Magnolien (Magnolia) sind eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Magnoliengewächse (Magnoliaceae), die etwa 230 Arten enthält. Die Gattung wurde nach dem französischen Botaniker Pierre Magnol benannt. Es sind Bäume oder Sträucher, sie stammen aus Ostasien und Amerika. Einige Magnolien-Arten und Sorten sind beliebte Ziergehölze.
Die Universität Bournemouth teilte am 4. April 2007 mit, die Rote Liste der Magnoliengewächse führe 132 von insgesamt 245 Arten als gefährdet. Als Hauptursachen der Bedrohung werden die Zerstörung der natürlichen Lebensräume der Magnolien für die Landwirtschaft sowie deren übermäßige Ausbeutung angesehen.
Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.
The natural range of Magnolia species is rather scattered and includes eastern North America, Central America and the West Indies and east and southeast Asia. Some species are found in South America. Today many species of Magnolia and an ever increasing number of hybrids can also be found as ornamentals in large parts of North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The genus is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol, from Montpellier. See Origin of the name Magnolia.
Magnolia is an ancient genus. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles. As a result, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are tough, to avoid damage by eating and crawling beetles. Fossilised specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae dating back to 95 million years ago. Another primitive aspect of Magnolias is their lack of distinct sepals or petals. The term tepal has been coined to refer to the intermediate element that Magnolia has instead. Magnolias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Giant Leopard Moth.
Magnolia grandiflora is the official state flower of both Mississippi and Louisiana.The flower's abundance in Mississippi is reflected in its state nickname, "Magnolia State". The magnolia is also the official state tree of Mississippi.
One of the oldest nicknames for Houston, Texas Is "The Magnolia City" due to the abundance of Magnolias growing along Buffalo Bayou.
In general, Magnolia is a genus which has attracted a lot of horticultural interest. Hybridisation has been immensely successful in combining the best aspects of different species to give plants which flower at an earlier age than the species themselves, as well as having more impressive flowers. One of the most popular garden magnolias is a hybrid, M. x soulangeana (Saucer magnolia; hybrid M. liliiflora x M. denudata).
The bark from M. officinalis has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as hou po (厚朴). In Japan, kōboku, M. obovata has been used in a similar manner. The aromatic bark contains magnolol and honokiol, two polyphenolic compounds that have demonstrated anti-anxiety and anti-angiogenic properties. Magnolia bark also has been shown to reduce allergic and asthmatic reactions.
Magnolia has attracted the interest of the dental research community because magnolia bark extract inhibits many of the bacteria responsible for caries and periodontal disease.In addition, the constituent magnolol interferes with the action of glucosyltransferase, an enzyme needed for the formation of bacterial plaque.
a bit of 'black friday' shopping.
an old church of england oak pew helps kick start the joyful season in mossy shed :)
I finally got to have a 'proper' play with my flashes today to try out high speed photography. My max sync speed is 1/125 but I still managed to get results I'm happy with on my first go :) I still have a lot to learn so any tips would be greatly appreciated! For lighting I used a canon 199A and canon 277T both from the film era but when trigger with tongue 603C's they do a perfect job for me! They take a lot of learning to get exposures correct due to a lack of t/l and lcd screens etc but its much more fun (and cheaper) this way.
aka Superman. The Cage B-ball Court. West 4th Street Park. New York City.
After I had photographed Superman (previous photo) we talked awhile and his demeanor changed. I raised my camera and created this unexpected portrait. Engaging strangers in conversation is not one of my strong points, but when it yields a result like this it encourages me to make the effort.
We had a few hours out on Exmoor last Friday, to round off a lovely day out we went to Minehead and indulged in Fish and Chips on the sea front for tea! ( I know how to treat my good lady!)
A wander around the Harbour area before our chips resulted in these photo's.
A wave of anarchist violence has been crashing through the streets of Portland, Oregon, since June 2020.
The criminals are not the Black Lives Matter movement. Neither are they "Antifa," whatever that is.
No, paradoxically, they are surprisingly well organized for people who pose as anarchists. They use Twitter to incite, plan and celebrate their "autonomous" direct actions.
Like extremists on the right, anarchists torture language and traffic in lies. For example, they insist on Twitter that damaging property is not a form of violence, though the way they smash windows, set fires, tag buildings and pull down beloved statues of great Americans such as Abe Lincoln very clearly is.
Justifiable anger over unchecked organized vandalism is met with the accusation that victims of anarchist riots care more about property than human lives. This rhetorical dodge is meant to play on liberal guilt and depends on people not recognizing a false binary when they hear one.
Callow, ignorant youth who have never been responsible for anything more economically complex than a skateboard shrug off their criminal responsibility for significant vandalism on the ground that business owners have property insurance.
They have no inkling of the real-world consequences of their actions such as the cancellation of a business's insurance or a ruinous increase in premiums.
You won't find anarchists at the negotiation table articulating their objectives or making concessions in the interest of advancing reforms. Anonymous violence under cover of darkness is their only form of argument and persuasion.
Not only do anarchists flout laws duly promulgated under our democratic system, they deprive citizens' of their constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression by harassing and attacking members of the public and journalists for daring to capture photos or videos of anarchists in the act of committing crimes.
What are the anarchists' non-negotiable demands? They seek extremist outcomes such as total abolition of police and prisons that would never be approved by a majority of legislators or of voters in a free and fair election.
Portland's hapless and incompetent mayor lacks the political will to shut down Portland's anarchists.
The police, for reasons known only to the union leadership and insubordinate members of the rank and file, won't act decisively to interdict anarchist direct actions before they gain maximum destructive momentum.
Our deluded county prosecutor has contributed significantly to the damage in downtown Portland as a result of his ill-conceived policy not to prosecute most of the "alleged" wrongdoers the police arrest during anarchist rampages.
In true Portland form, we put a flower on it and carry on.
After being almost destroyed on battle, the FER was rebuild from ground up, with a new design almost everywhere, is is the result of the the Intel gained on the battle where it was almost destroyed, in which it still ended up destroying everything on sight protecting fallen mechs and pilots, from that battle it’s nickname changed to “The Mad Deity”, due to it being able to save and punish.
It now holds the repair tools on the back “wings” which are super versatile, they serve as stabilizers, thrust for extended flights, toolbox and partial back shield.
The blade was rebuild with a syringe function, if it stabs, it injects small electrical pulses that disable the stabbed part, and holds defense turrets on the back for protection when repairing fallen mechs.
The new color scheme was inspired by the movie expelled from paradise, as is the x on the chest, you should watch that movie
The original build was actually destroyed by a beast, that being my dog chasing my rabbit at home (I do have a dog and a rabbit, they get along fine, but they chase each other playing, a lot), and since my mechs are build with small feet (an unstable design choice), when they hit the shelf, my mechs pay the price, I need to do something about that...
So what do you think? Now to build my new Mech!
One of my favourite photos from 2010 was taken from a simple point and shoot. For this reason i wanted to get the same shot by with a better camera, longer exposure and sharper details. I feel it was a good result.
Nikon D3100
20" Shutter - F14 - ISO100