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The Orion constellation shot under Bortle 3 sky.
Equipment:
- Nikon D300 modified
- Nikkor AF-S 105mm f/1.4 ED
- Skywatcher StarAdventurer
Frames:
45 frames x 120sec at ISO 800.
Preprocessed in APP and Pixinsight and post-processed in Lightroom.
Old data, re-edited.
..and prey, a flesh fly.
This is another older picture, as I tidy up and clean out. I thought that I would post this one. I took a series of pictures of this scene and uploaded two of them 4 years ago. In retrospect I think that this one would have been better and in any case, I now don't reduce the resolution as much as I used to for uploading.
It's part of an underground flood protection site in Ettelbruck/Luxembourg.
Also, I think this holds the ground as a symbolic depiction of narrow-mindedness. Reduced vision, hitting a wall at the end and above all, not seeing any options... which is of course super unfair to this useful installation, dedicated to the protection of people and property ;-)
It's been an incredible year here for gardening and farming. Best results ever for me. Due in part to near perfect weather most of the summer and autumn. The killing frost brought it all to an end a few weeks ago. About the only thing hanging on now is the field corn. Acres and acres of it, the stalks now withered and bleached. It remains now at the whim of weather and the ability of local farmers to harvest it. I've turned several corners lately to find the stalks reduced to stubble after giant combines sucked up the ears and pulverized the rest. Hoping the field I use for photo shoots gets a reprieve for another week or so. This shot was from a series I did with model Katie on a bleak October day. There's just something about pairing dead field corn with Victorian mourning dress. It's somber squared. My inspiration for this ongoing series is the old daguerrotypes of the 19th century. Particularly cameos of woman of the era. Always very haunting to see the faces of these long dead ladies gazing back at me. There's invariably a sadness in their facial features. And of course their clothing stands in stark contrast to modern fashion. And an ever present but vague sense of dignity about them. I used to study these old photos in books as a kid and these impressions haunt me still.
Update 11-21-20: this cornfield was harvested today. All that remains is a bed of stubs where the stalks were cut. Ces’t la vie.
Sand Point, a Nevada State Park, on the north eastern side of the lake is famous for its sandy beach and large boulders, this view is looking south along the Nevada side of the lake. On this day the forest service was conducting a controlled burn to help reduce the effects of a wild fire, some are clouds and some is smoke in this shot.
Boeing
Boeing 747-8KZF/SCD
cn 36137/1422/ JAW
The 747-8 is a development of the Boeing 747, which takes advantage of improvements in technology and aerodynamics. The two variants of the 747-8 were launched in 2005, and, as of 2006, both will feature a fuselage stretch of 18.3 ft (5.6 m) over the 747-400, bringing the total length to 250 ft 2½ in (76.264 m). The 747-8 will be the world's longest passenger airliner, surpassing the Airbus A340-600 by 3.6 ft (1.1 m). With a maximum take-off weight of 975,000 lb (442,000 kg),] the 747-8 is the heaviest aircraft, commercial or military, manufactured in the United States.
Compared to the 747-400, the main technical changes will be on the wing of the aircraft, which will undergo a complete design overhaul. The sweep and basic structure will be kept to contain costs, but the wing will be thicker and deeper, with the aerodynamics recalculated. The pressure distribution and bending moments will be different, with the new wing for the passenger version being planned to hold 64,225 US gal (243,120 L) of jet fuel, and the cargo aircraft 60,925 US gal (230,630 L). The new wing will have single-slotted outboard flaps and double-slotted inboard flaps.
Raked wingtips, similar to the ones used on the 777-200LR, 777-300ER, and 787 models, are used on the new 747 variant instead of winglets used on the 747-400. These wingtip structures help reduce the wingtip vortices at the lateral edges of the wings, decreasing wake turbulence and drag, and thereby increasing fuel efficiency. Another effort to reduce weight is the introduction of fly-by-wire technology for the majority of the lateral controls.
The extra fuel capacity in the redesigned wing compared to the 747-400 obviates the need to radically change the horizontal tail unit to accommodate auxiliary tanks, further saving costs. The -8's vertical tail unit will be largely unchanged with a height of 63 feet 6 inches (19.35 m).[43] Some carbon fiber-reinforced plastic will be part of the 747-8's airframe to reduce weight. However, structural changes will mostly be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary with respect to the 747-400.
The General Electric GEnx, which is one of the two powerplant choices currently offered for the Boeing 787, will be the only engine available for the 747-8. However, the 747 variant will be adapted to provide bleed air for conventional aircraft systems and feature a smaller diameter to fit on the 747 wing. The flight tests of the GEnx 2b engine fitted to a Boeing 747-100 aircraft at the left inner engine began in March 2009.
Warsaw, Poland. Tunnel acts as a sound barrier to reduce traffic noise in residential areas. Seen in Explore.
Some of the contents of a large plastic box in our kitchen drawer where we put our recyclable items such as plastic bottles, magazines, flyers, food tins and drink cans. When it's full I take it out to the garage & tip everything in a big wheelie bin. This gets collected by a private company fortnightly, the other week they take our actual rubbish (trash) away, thankfully we don't produce much of that so often that wheelie bin only goes out once a month. Glass has to be taken to a bottle bank. I use to take gardening & bird watching magazines to our GP surgery for others to read but those days are gone.
We compost all our newspapers, cardboard packaging/toilet rolls etc & I reuse suitable plastic food trays to stand plant pots in. All available windowsills currently have trays with small pots containing tomato/chilli/pepper/courgette & sweetcorn seedlings, waiting for the current cold snap to pass so I can plant them out in the polytunnel.
For Macro Mondays theme "Trash" HMM!
Reducing the range and vibrance of the hues in this image, and adding a bit of grittiness, brought the composition together nicely for me. My attention flows back and forth from right to left up through the image without the perceptual disruptions of the brighter, more demanding colours. ;-)
Translation: I did the raw conversion using Lightroom 5, passed the image to onOne's Perfect Effects 9. looked through the presets for something that appealed to me, fiddled with the sliders until I was happy with what I saw, saved and published. All that compositional gobble-d-gook above was made up post facto, moments ago, heh heh.
On a dull cloudy early winter day at the waterfall in Brownsberg Quebec, I did two photographs set up on my tripod. The one above HDR called Art Embossed. The one below non HDR, non filter, with ND to reduce shutter speed…
We had an accident in January on the Crooked River in Westland.
After a steep descent from the bush to the river, Kathryn was climbing around an obstacle in the river and her binoculars pouch strapped to the chest, which held the camera at the time, flipped open and the camera was lost in the river.
I tried fishing around with the walking pole in white water to catch the lanyard. It was impossible to see and it likely slipped down between boulders anyway. The loss of the SD card was regrettable because of the images it held.
Maybe it makes her kit lighter today but the iphone is no comparison to the what the camera could do.
Hawkes Pass. Looking at Lake Hope in The Remarkables.
flic.kr/p/2iLGhjL A view of the pass from further down the outlet stream.
Outside Queenstown NZ
This was a simple wide angle shot showing the added foghorn diaphones. Also in this pic is the foam subbase that will be under real stones, helping to reduce the weight. One of the tanks visible to the left will eventually be a fuel tank located at the eastern base of the tower (corner closest to camera).
The city of Toledo was made entirely of delicate glass. Everyday life was a dance of precision and care. The streets were paved with glass, and the buildings soared high into the sky, gleaming in the morning sunlight. Even the people were made of a glass-like material, rendering them translucent and fragile.
The inhabitants of the city went about their daily routines with practiced ease, stepping delicately and handling objects with care. They marveled at the intricate patterns of light that danced through the glass structures, casting shimmering rainbows across their world.
One day, a visiting opera singer arrived in the city. The diva, renowned for her powerful voice, stepped onto the stage and began to perform an aria.
As she sang, the glass people and buildings around her began to shatter into a million glittering fragments. The sound waves from her voice were too much for the delicate glass structures to bear.
The singer, oblivious to the destruction she had wrought, continued to perform, her voice rising in power and volume. Piles of colored glass fragments lay all around her, a stark testament to the devastation of her performance.
The people of the city were stunned, and many perished in the wake of the singer's powerful voice. The city that had once been a marvel of glass and light was reduced to a pile of broken fragments.
But still, the singer continued to sing, her voice ringing out across the shattered city. In the end, she was the only one left, standing in the midst of the ruin, singing out into the empty sky.
And the city of glass was no more, reduced to a memory of fragility and beauty, shattered by the power of a single voice.
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Due to lack of natural cliffs, many kittiwakes nest 20 miles up the River Tyne, in Newcastle and Gateshead, including many on the old flour mill. I’ve never been on the viewing platform before, and you get a great view, and smell!
As it’s behind a glass partition, I had a lot of reflections, so I used this as a test for the new AI reflection removal tool in ACR, which has done a good job of reducing reflections and adding back contrast, in what would otherwise have been a bin shot.
The theme for this week's Macro Mondays is "plastic". I became very aware of the issue of single-use plastic contaminating our oceans on visiting uninhabited areas of eastern Greenland last year and taking part in a beach clean-up - we collected dozens of items of throwaway plastic. It has become big news this year with the UK's proposal to ban plastic straws and cotton buds. For my macro entry I decided to take a picture of my water bottle, which I now use instead of buying bottled water - saving a lot of money as well as doing a small bit to save our oceans. So - this is "Plastic" for Macro Mondays. HMM! (field of view is under 2 inches)
And doubling up - my Day 23 entry for April 2018: A month in 30 pictures, and #23/100 for 100 x: The 2018 Edition - my x is macro with a dedicated macro lens.
(P4231460)
TRRA GP38-2 2001 leads the Polar Express Noirth through Saint Louis, MO. The bricks behind the unit are all that's left of a warehouse that burned down a few weeks prior.
I reduced clarity to give soft feel. This not something that I usually do.
Taken from Small Down, near East Meon.
When I left home 15 mins drive, thought good with clouds and wind and sunshine. However, upon arriving here, the wind was much much stronger than I had anticipated, even standing was at times difficult, and holding camera steady too. I had brought tripod to do 10 sec exposure of clouds.
In stead, had to use much higher shutter speed, and just took only 15 frames before going home, as it was just too windy to keep steady.
I had on the previous day noticed the patterns in field from harrowing tilling, but hardly noticeable; think need to stand at different angle
When there was a real service for TGV-connexion between Frasne and Berne with ex-TEE 'RABe'. Nowadays in times of ecological urgency this service has been reduced to a fully uncomfortable shuttle limited to Neuchâtel... La Cluse-et-Mijoux, February 1997
The Edge is a sharp piece of architecture in the suburb of Hyllie in Malmö. Erik Giudice Architects.
The original shot was taken with a OnePlus 7T in raw mode. The noise was added during processing to reduce banding. The focal length is equivalent to 26 mm on a 35 mm camera.
Shot with my 1964 Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar 50mm F/1.8 rare 8 aperture blade version.
This East German Zeiss was manufactured until 1991 and was usually found attached to Praktikas via the M42 mount.
This lens was produced with rare-earth compounds containing lanthanum are extensively used in carbon lighting applications, especially by the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projection. Lanthanum (III) oxide is used in some camera lenses. It’s added to reduce dispersion and improve the clarity of images.
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M27 (The Dumbbell Nebula)
Also Known as the Apple Core Nebula and NGC6853 is one of the brightest planetary nebulae in the northern hemisphere, it is found in the constellation of Vulpecula (The Fox.) It also contains the Diablo Nebula, which is also a planetary nebula. This was the first planetary nebula to be discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. It is 1,360 light years distant from Earth with a magnitude of 7.5 and an angular size of 13 arcminutes. The white dwarf star in its center is the biggest known white dwarf. Taken at Lee, IL on 20150605
Image type: Ha + OIII + Luminosity (unfiltered)
Ha 9x300
OIII 9x300
Lum 40x60
Hardware:
AstroTech RC 8” with 0.8 reducer/flattener
Orion 400m Short Tube piggy back for guiding
Orion Star-Shooter Auto-guider
QHY9M with filter wheel with Baader Ha and OIII 7nm each
Software:
EQMOD with Starry Night Pro 7
Nebulosity 3.0.2
CCD Stack
Photoshop CS
Conditions:
Mediocre conditions with average transparency and winds ranging from 17 to 10 mph. Low Temp 55F.
Notes:
I am not happy with this result due to the lousy guiding due to the winds which makes the frames seems unfocused. I will try it again later with the same setup.
RJ Focal Reducer + Asahi Pentax Super Takumar 35mm f/2 @ f/16
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Once a queen, EL 810 had been reduced to transfer service at the end of Erie-Lackawanna's life. The beautiful E8 started out life as EMDX 810, one of EMD's demonstrators. The DL&W bought her to power its passenger trains. But nothing lasts forever, especially the good stuff, or so it seems. Here she is back in August of 1975 at Griffith, IN, returning home after delivering a transfer to the EJ&E.
Following the re-introduction of front door boarding, the maximum capacity of buses has changed due to social distancing. Therefore, even though this bus normally has a maximum capacity of 57 and has 31 seats, it can now only carry 10 passengers. Metroline West ADL Enviro200 DEL2145 (LK65EAA) shows off the new features whilst out on the 331.
Check also the small, dense but much fainter cluster NGC2158, best in full resolution. There are two asteroids in the image: (1075) Helina, magn. 15.0, and (580) Selene, magn. 14.8.
5 hour exposure with William Optics Fluorostar FLT91, dedicated reducer, ASI2600MC camera. The FLT91 is a wonderful scope for widefield astrophotography for sure! Check out the corners of the image...
“Amb l’esclat de la festa floreixen els capgrossos”, Girona, España.
“Girona, Temps de Flors” arranca hoy la 70 edición con 146 proyectos repartidos en 114 espacios que se pueden visitar hasta el 18 de mayo. El Ayuntamiento de Girona ha dado el pistoletazo de salida a la muestra floral esta mañana con un recorrido por algunos de los espacios de la muestra, así como la visita a la exposición "Maestros del arte catalán del siglo XX. Colección Bassat" del Museo de Arte de Girona.
Uno de los espacios que se ha visitado es el patio del Ayuntamiento, donde existe un proyecto conmemorativo de los 40 años de hermanamiento con la ciudad de Albi.
" Esta edición de Tiempo de Flores quiere ser más inclusiva y accesible, pensada especialmente para los gerundenses y las gerundenses. Se han hecho mejoras para personas con movilidad reducida y se ha creado un Espacio Calma para personas neurodivergentes. También se han ampliado los horarios para favorecer una visita más tranquila y adaptada a los ritmos. invitar a todo el mundo a disfrutar de la muestra ”, ha destacado el alcalde Lluc Salellas i Vilar.
“Girona, Temps de Flors” kicks off its 70th edition today with 146 projects spread across 114 spaces that can be visited until May 18. Girona City Council kicked off the floral exhibition this morning with a tour of some of the spaces in the exhibition, as well as a visit to the exhibition “Masters of 20th-century Catalan art. Bassat Collection” at the Girona Art Museum.
One of the spaces visited is the City Council courtyard, where there is a commemorative project for the 40 years of twinning with the city of Albi.
“ This edition of Temps de Flors aims to be more inclusive and accessible, especially designed for Girona residents. Improvements have been made for people with reduced mobility and a Calma Space has been created for neurodivergent people. Opening hours have also been extended to encourage a more peaceful visit adapted to local rhythms. Finally, I would like to thank the public for their involvement and invite everyone to enjoy the exhibition ”, highlighted Mayor Lluc Salellas i Vilar.
Canon 7 with 50mm Canon f1.8 lens
Ilford fP4+ semi-stand developed in HC-110 1:90 for 18 minutes with minimal agitation
5 minutes of data from the astro modded EOS 600d made up this image.
Its a little too red for my liking, but I couldn't balance the levels. I also need to spend some time reducing the noise, and in hindsight should have shot some dark frames.
spent a night in this lovely shelter somewhere above the Swiss / Italian Ferret Valley(s). The place belongs to an academic alpine club. It offers their members a great time far away of the "dolce vita" of Italian cities, 4 dormitory bunks, the smallest size table I have ever seen and a reduced version of a bible. No space for anything to be added. And it is open to be used for free even for people without academic background
Der Große Tiergarten in Berlin ist eine zentral im Ortsteil Tiergarten des Bezirks Mitte gelegene Parkanlage, die sich auf 210 Hektar (2,1 km²) erstreckt. Einige breite Straßen durchschneiden den Park; sie kreuzen sich am Großen Stern, in dessen Mitte die Siegessäule steht. Ein erster Tiergarten wurde schon 1527 an anderer Stelle angelegt, nämlich in der Nähe des Berliner Schlosses, westlich der Berliner Stadtmauer. Das kleine Gebiet wurde seit 1530 nach Westen und Norden hin durch Zukäufe erweitert, bis zu den Grenzen des heutigen Tiergartens und darüber hinaus. Man setzte Wildtiere aus und hinderte sie durch Zäune daran, auf die umliegenden Äcker zu entweichen. Das Gelände diente als Jagdrevier der Kurfürsten von Brandenburg. Als die Stadt Berlin wuchs, wurde das Jagdgebiet nach und nach verkleinert. Friedrich der Große schätzte die Jagd nicht. 1742 gab er den Auftrag, die Zäune niederreißen zu lassen und den Tiergarten zu einem barocken Lustpark für die Bevölkerung umzugestalten. Ab 1818 gestaltete ihn Peter Joseph Lenné zu einem Landschaftspark nach englischem Vorbild um. In der Form, die Lenné ihm gegeben hatte, bestand der Park nahezu unverändert bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde der Tiergarten durch Luftangriffe der Alliierten schwer beschädigt. Unmittelbar nach Kriegsende diente die Ost-West-Achse zeitweise als Flugpiste, auf der Siegessäule war ein Kontrollposten stationiert. In der Nachkriegszeit wurden Bäume und Sträucher aufgrund des Kohlemangels verheizt, auf den freien Flächen wurden Kartoffeln und Gemüse angebaut, eine offiziell von den britischen Besatzungstruppen genehmigte vorübergehende Nutzung: es entstanden etwa 2550 Parzellen. Von ehemals rund 200.000 Bäumen standen noch etwa 700. Die Gewässer waren verschlammt, alle Brücken zerstört, die Denkmäler umgestürzt und beschädigt. Am 2. Juli 1945 beschloss der Magistrat von Berlin die Wiederherstellung des Großen Tiergartens.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fer_Tiergarten
Großer Tiergarten "Great Animal Garden") in Berlin is a park centrally located in the Tiergarten district of the Mitte borough, covering 210 hectares (2.1 km²). Several wide streets cut through the park; they intersect at the Großer Stern, in the centre of which stands the Victory Column. A first Animal Garden was laid out elsewhere as early as 1527, near the Berlin Palace, to the west of the Berlin city wall. From 1530 onwards, the small area was extended to the west and north by acquisitions, up to and beyond the boundaries of today's Großer Tiergarten. Wild animals were released and prevented by fences from escaping to the surrounding fields. The area served as a hunting ground for the Electors of Brandenburg. As the city of Berlin grew, the hunting ground was gradually reduced. Frederick the Great did not appreciate hunting. In 1742 he ordered the fences to be torn down and the Tiergarten to be transformed into a Baroque pleasure park for the people. From 1818, Peter Joseph Lenné redesigned it into a landscape park based on the English model. In the form that Lenné had given it, the park existed almost unchanged until the middle of the 20th century. During the Second World War, the GroßerTiergarten was severely damaged by Allied air raids. In the post-war period, trees and shrubs were burned in the peoples' homes due to the lack of coal, and potatoes and vegetables were grown on the vacant land, a temporary use officially approved by the British occupation forces: about 2550 plots were created. Only about 700 of the former 200,000 trees were left standing. The waters were silted up, all bridges destroyed, the monuments overturned and damaged. On 2 July 1945, the Berlin City Administration decided to restore the Großer Tiergarten.