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A bit of info for those who may be interested:
Order: Opiliones
"Opiliones are known for their exceptionally long legs relative to their body size; however some species are short-legged. As in the Araneae, the body in the Opiliones has two tagmata, the anterior cephalothorax or prosoma, and the posterior ten-segmented abdomen or opisthosoma. The most obvious difference between harvestmen and spiders is that in harvestmen the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen is broad, so that the body appears to be a single oval structure. Other differences are that Opiliones have no venom glands in their chelicerae. They also have no silk glands and therefore they do not build webs. In some highly derived species the first five abdominal segments are fused into a dorsal shield called the scutum, which in most such species is fused with the carapace. Some such Opiliones only have this shield in the males. In some species the two posterior abdominal segments are reduced. Some of them divided medially on the surface to form two plates beside each other. The second pair of legs are longer than the others and they function as antennae or feelers. In short-legged species this may not be obvious." Wiki
Rock formation on the coastline at Crosskirk, Caithness.
I quite liked how the sea has sculpted the shape of a ship in the rocks.
Polarising filter used to reduce the reflections on the water (this also produced a rich blue colour in the sky).
If you look at the Google Street View of Ulm, you'll find this house as it was in 2014. The house is well-maintained, with an American flag flying on the porch. The yard is filled with a happy and vibrant selection of plants, and decorated with various knickknacks and bird baths. But on this rainy day in 2023 the house was abandoned. The yard was overgrown with brown weeds, with a crooked "Price Reduced" sign nearly hidden by a bush. I don't know what happened here, but we can guess. I can easily imagine a scenario, where the original owners were elderly, but they loved and dedicated their lives to this house and its yard. But when they sadly passed on, and there was no one to take care of the house or the property. It was put up for sale, but there were no takers. And then time passed along, as it always does.
Sunbeam cars first appeared in 1901 and, from the outset, were involved with racing, competition and land speed record attempts. Bought out by the Rootes brothers, the name Sunbeam was then linked with Talbot until 1954, the year this car was built.
Based on the Hillman but with better performance, Sunbeam was the sportiest of the Rootes Group’s range. The Mk IIA had engine refinements and ventilated holes in the wheels to help cool the enlarged brakes. The flowing lines of the bonnet and wings were aerodynamically designed and wind noise was reduced to a minimum. The standard column mounted gear change was so unreliable that dealers offered customers free conversion to floor change.
Sunbeams were popular as rally and competition cars, with successes in the Monte Carlo and Alpine rallies. In production from 1952 to 1954, only 9,708 of this model were made.
This blue 1954 Sunbeam Talbot 90 Mk. IIA, TYJ341, is on display at Haynes Motor Museum.
Monsoon dusk throwing interesting light over the Ganges. Heavy clouds rolling in reducing light further heralding a dark and wet night.
The Continental Cowley, shown to the press in April 1915, was a larger engined (1495 cc against 1018 cc), longer, wider and better-equipped version of the first Morris Oxford with the same "Bullnose" radiator; in addition it could carry a four-passenger body. To reduce the price, many components were bought from United States suppliers. The 1495 cc, side-valve, four-cylinder engine was made by Continental Motor Manufacturing Company of Detroit, and the clutch and three-speed gearbox by Detroit Gear & Machine Co. Back axle, front axle and steering gear also came from the USA. Supply of these components was badly affected by the First World War. The suspension used semi-elliptic leaf springs at the front and three-quarter-elliptics at the rear.[1]
The central position of the handbrake and ball-change gear lever revealed the gearbox's US origin. It also made for easy entry through the driver's door and no cold steel up a driver's leg. The petrol tank was in the scuttle, and its filler was above the gear lever in the centre of the dashboard.[1]
The US-made back axle was the first helically cut drive in a quantity-produced British car.[1]
Electric lighting was standard. It was the first Morris car to be sold like that. The six-volt Lucas lamps were a set of five, powered by a belt-driven dynamo fixed to the engine by its cylinder head studs. The cost of these few electrical components was equivalent to 59% of the cost of the imported engine.[1] The delivery van body was not provided with electric lighting.
Zamosc. Eastern Poland.
Picture No: 2021-09-14-1342_P_FS
Edited in Canon DPP 4:
Peripheral illumination: reduced to 0
Bit cropped. Colors not modified.
No photomontage. Framed in Photoshop 6
Finishing off the night with a drop in at the tree tunnel just before midnight.
This is lit by three sources: the communications building flood lights(behind me) are spilling on to the closest few trees. The mottled ground is lit by overhead moonlight. And finally, as Miguel was leaving, he walked out slowly with his flashlight aimed upward to underlight the canopy all the way to the back. I think he did an amazing job! I combined two exposures in a median blend to reduce high ISO noise. Keep in mind, to the naked eye, very little of this scene was visible at all; it was mostly pitch dark.
Lens is the DFA 90mm f/2.8 macro on the 645Z. 2 exposures were 124 sec and 71 sec.
Melanerpes pucherani
Selva Verde, Costa Rica.
This is a male bird, the female having much reduced red on the head.
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Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
Some perspective correction applied in Gimp to reduce converging lines.
I have created a new Flickr group for film photography using the Contarex series cameras and lenses --> Click
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Contarex (built in 1965-1966)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 35mm Contarex Mount
Kodak 400TX black & white negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Despite this Red Squirrel's environment being severely reduced by forestry works it has chosen [at less temporarily] not to relocate.
In 1859. the Cornwall Railway company constructed a railway line between Plymouth and Truro, England. The topography of Cornwall is such that the route, which is generally east-west, cuts across numerous deep river valleys that generally run north-south.
The village of Forder is about 1½ miles from Saltash and sits on the banks of one such river valley, with many of the cottages situated along the banks of Forder Creek, off the River Lynher.
On the advice of the Victorian railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, they constructed the river crossings in the form of wooden viaducts, 42 in total, consisting of timber deck spans supported by fans of timber bracing built on masonry piers. This unusual method of construction substantially reduced the first cost of construction compared to an all-masonry structure, but at the cost of more expensive maintenance. Replacement of the timber viaducts by all-masonry structures began in the 1870s.
Parallel lines in the Cotswolds Lavender fields reaching over the horizon.
Grass is grown between the lavender to reduce soil erosion, but it also makes a brilliant contrast of colours!
The lavender has now been cropped and the fields will not be open again until next June.
See www.cotswoldlavender.co.uk/ for details.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA. I made a smaller copy of the original photo and dragged it on top of the original larger copy in PS as a layer. I reduced the opacity top layer to 50 % and moved the layer around until I got this converging pattern and changed the blending mode.
I have been looking at this tiny clump of moss on the garage roof adjoining our bathroom, and wondering whether it would look good photographed, usually while brushing my teeth!
The window only opens a few inches as it hits the guttering, so I had to shoot through double glazing. This needed a quick clean both sides (outside achieved by squeezing my arm through the few inches of gap) and I used my 12mm extension tube on my 100-400 lens. In fact I could have saved myself a lot of effort and used my macro lens, but I was already setting up. The extension tube reduced the minimum focussing distance from the 1.8metres to something much shorter.
Depth of field was an issue, so four hand-held (well, resting on the windowframe) frames focus-stacked in PS.
Winter close up for the camera club Challenge 2021
# 371 in Explore
English: The Koper - Divača line was built in 1968 to link this Adriatic port with the Slovenian Karst Plateau and Eastern Europe, making a huge leap over the existing gradient. The large increase in goods traffic has led to the construction of a new variant, which will enter service in 2026 and which will considerably reduce the distance and travel time, thanks to the route in viaducts and tunnels. If the great scenic value of this line already justifies its fame among railway fans, the future opening of the new line surely makes it much more fashionable now, as can be seen here on Flickr. So, during my recent trip to Slovenia I couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit a couple of mythical places on the line. In this photograph, Slovenian Railways (SŽ) locomotive Alsthom 363 036 arrives at the top of the ramp towing locomotive 363 017 and a mixed train consisting of Habbiins, Rnoos and Eanos wagons, mostly from Rail Cargo Austria. It is possibly a traffic between the port of Koper and Villach.
Català: La línia Koper - Divača va ser construïda l'any 1968 per enllaçar aquest port de l'Adriàtic amb l'altiplà càrstic eslovè i l'est d'Europa, tot fent una gran llaçada per superar el desnivell existent. El fort increment del trànsit de mercaderies ha dut a la construcció d'una nova variant, que entrarà en servei el 2026 i que reduirà considerablement la distància i el temps de trajecte, gràcies al traçat en viaductes i túnels. Si el gran valor paisatgístic d'aquesta línia ja justifica la seva fama entre els aficionats al ferrocarril, la futura obertura de la nova línia segurament fa que actualment estigui molt més de moda, tal com es pot constatar aquí a Flickr. Així doncs, durant el meu recent viatge a Eslovènia no podia deixar escapar l'oportunitat de visitar un parell d'indrets mítics de la línia. En aquesta fotografia, la locomotora Alsthom 363 036 dels ferrocarrils eslovens (SŽ) arriba al capdamunt de la rampa remolcant la locomotora 363 017 i un tren mixt format per vagons Habbiins, Rnoos i Eanos, majoritàriament de Rail Cargo Austria. Possiblement es tracti d'una circulació entre el port de Koper i Villach.
Castellano: La línea Koper - Divača fue construida en 1968 para enlazar este puerto del Adriático con el altiplano kárstico esloveno y el este de Europa, haciendo una gran lazada para superar el desnivel existente. El fuerte incremento del tráfico de mercancías ha llevado a la construcción de una nueva variante, que entrará en servicio en 2026 y que reducirá considerablemente la distancia y el tiempo de trayecto, gracias al trazado en viaductos y túneles. Si el gran valor paisajístico de esta línea ya justifica su fama entre los aficionados al ferrocarril, la futura apertura de la nueva línea seguramente hace que actualmente esté mucho más de moda, tal y como se puede constatar aquí en Flickr. Así, durante mi reciente viaje a Eslovenia no podía dejar escapar la oportunidad de visitar un par de lugares míticos de la línea. En esta fotografía, la locomotora Alsthom 363 036 de los ferrocarriles eslovenos (SŽ) llega a lo más alto de la rampa remolcando la locomotora 363 017 y un tren mixto formado por vagones Habbiins, Rnoos y Eanos, mayoritariamente de Rail Cargo Austria. Posiblemente se trate de una circulación entre el puerto de Koper y Villach.
Es gibt viele Menschen, welche nicht einmal ein Dach über dem Kopf haben, geschweige denn, etwas warmes zum Anziehen. Vielleicht sollten wir in unserer glamourösen Adventszeit und an den Festtagen auch an sie Denken.
Gibt es vielleicht in der Nachbarschaft eine Familie, welche sich freuen würde, an eurem Tisch Weihnachten zu Feiern?
Oder einfach mal in einer gemütlichen Stube zusammensitzen zu können?
Gibt es ein Obdachloser, welcher sich über eine heisse Tasse Tee (vielleicht mit Schuss) freut?
Es gäbe sicher noch viel mehr Möglichkeiten, den eigenen "Luxus" für einen Moment herunter zu Schrauben, und dafür einem anderen Menschen eine ewige Erinnerung zu Schenken.
There are many people who don't even have a roof over their heads, let alone something warm to wear. Perhaps we should also think of them during our glamorous Advent and festive season.
Is there perhaps a family in the neighborhood who would be happy to celebrate Christmas at your table?
Or just to be able to sit together in a cozy living room?
Is there a homeless person who would enjoy a hot cup of tea (perhaps with a shot)?
I'm sure there are many more ways to reduce your own "luxuries" for a moment and give someone else the gift of an eternal memory.
Hay muchas personas que ni siquiera tienen un techo bajo el que cobijarse, por no hablar de algo de abrigo que ponerse. Quizá deberíamos pensar también en ellos durante nuestro glamuroso Adviento y las fiestas.
¿Hay quizá alguna familia en el barrio que estaría encantada de celebrar la Navidad en tu mesa?
¿O simplemente poder sentarse juntos en un salón acogedor?
¿Hay alguna persona sin hogar que disfrutaría de una taza de té caliente (quizás con un chupito)?
Seguro que hay muchas más formas de reducir tus propios "lujos" por un momento y regalar a otra persona un recuerdo eterno.
Bitte respektiere mein Copyright. Keine Verwendung des Fotos ohne meine ausdrückliche Genehmigung.
Please respect my copyright. No use of the photo without my expressly permission.
Por favor, respete mis derechos de autor. Ningún uso de la foto sin mi permiso explícito.
Back in the height of Milwaukee’s train heyday, there were three lines that met here: Milwaukee Road’s Superior Subdivision (center bottom), Chicago Northwestern’s Shoreline Subdivision (top) and the Ozaukee County Interurban Line (left, out of frame - now the Interurban bike path). On the MILW, this was called Mill. On the CNW, Canco. Now, over half of the tracks are gone or unused and the height of up to 100 trains a day has been reduced to 0-2 a day between both lines.
The Krämerbrücke, here a look inside the Krämerbrücke, is a bridge in the Thuringian city of Erfurt in Germany which is covered with inhabited, half timbered buildings on both sides. It is unique in Europe north of the Alps. The footbridge spans the Breitstrom, a branch of Gera River, connecting Benediktsplatz and Wenigemarkt.
The bridge was built next to a ford and was part of the west-eastern trade route Via Regia. Originally constructed from wood, it was first mentioned in 1117 after its destruction by one of the many fires. Its first documentary evidence as “pons rerum venalium” dates back to 1156. Already on this wooden bridge grocers had erected stands on both sides.
Because of repeated fires in 1175, 1178, 1213, 1222, 1245, 1265, and 1293 the municipal administration acquired all bridge rights from the monasteries in 1293 in order to build a stone bridge, which was finished in 1325 with uninhabited half-timbered stands on top of it. At both bridgeheads stone churches with gate passages were erected, at the western end St. Benedicti and at the eastern end St. Aegidien, which had existed as a bridge chapel in beforehand (first mentioned in 1110).
The 79 m long arch bridge has been erected in lime- and sandstonework and since then consists of six visible barrel vaults with diametres from 4.8 m to 7.8 m.
After a city fire in 1472, which destroyed nearly half of the city and the stands on the bridge, it was reconstructed in its current form with then 62 half-timbered buildings. To make the three-storey houses of 13 m to 15 m height habitable, the deepness of the buildings was extended by the wooden “Sprengwerke” next to the arch vaults. The width of the bridge finished in 1486 since then amounts to 26 m with a space of 5.5 m between the two rows of houses. At the latest since 1510 the name Krämerbrücke (which means "grocers' bridge") was commonly used.
Till the 18th century the number of houses on the bridge had been reduced to 38, due to unification and reconstruction caused by fires. The church St. Benedicti was sold in 1807 and demolished in 1810 in order to build a new house. In 1895 its tower had to give place to the newly built “Rathausbrücke” (town hall bridge), which crosses the river parallel. For this project it was discussed to pull down the entire bridge.
Because of its special importance for the history of Erfurt and history of architecture in general, the Krämer Bridge was granted special preservation in GDR-times. All buildings were restored from 1967 to 1973 and extensive repair works were done to the vaults in 1985/1986 and 2002. Since then the bridge may be used by cars up to a weight of 11 tons.
Updated version. Removed the external recoil reducing system and converted it to an internal spring system.
Auf dem gegenüberliegenden Ufer erhebt sich eine Kirche, die wir zunächst überhaupt nicht einordnen konnten wegen ihres etwas eigenartigen Turms. Wie wir später herausfinden sollten, handelt es sich um die gotische Schjlosskirche, die sich als eine der größtten Überraschungen unseres Besuchs erweisen sollte. Davor steht das Schlossbergmuseum, das stadtgesichtliche Museum Chemnitzs, eingerichtet in einem ehemaligen Kostergebäude.
On the opposite bank stands a church that we initially couldn't quite place because of its somewhat unusual tower. As we later discovered, it is the Gothic Palace Church, which turned out to be one of the biggest surprises of our visit. In front of it stands the Schlossberg Museum, Chemnitz's city museum, housed in a former monastery building.
Das bis dahin dünn besiedelte Mittelgebirgsvorland wurde seit dem 12. Jahrhundert auf Betreiben der deutschen Könige und Kaiser planmäßig erschlossen und ausgebaut. Als Stützpunkt gründete Kaiser Lothar von Süpplingenburg 1136 ein Kloster, das dem Benediktinerorden unterstellt wurde. Von diesem Kloster ging wenige Jahre später die Initiative aus, einen Fernhandelsmarkt zu gründen. Damit waren wichtige Impulse für die Anlage der späteren Stadt gegeben. Aus bescheidenen Anfängen entwickelte sich das Benediktinerkloster St. Marien zu einem der bedeutendsten Klöster in Sachsen. Es wurde ein Zentrum für Kunst, Kultur und Wissenschaft. Umfangreiche Einkünfte aus den umliegenden Dörfern sowie dem erzgebirgischen Bergbau bildeten die Grundlage für opulente Baumaßnahmen. Im späten 13. Jahrhundert entstand unter Beteiligung der Meißner Dombauhütte der Ostflügel des Kreuzgangs mit seiner prächtigen Bauplastik. Bereits 1483 wurde der heute als Schloßteich bezeichnete große Fischteich unterhalb des Klosters angelegt. Den Höhepunkt der wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Entwicklung erlebte die Anlage im späten 15. und frühen 16. Jahrhundert: Unter den Äbten Heinrich von Schleinitz und Hilarius von Rehburg kam es zu einer groß angelegten Reihe von Um- und Neubauten, die sich mit den bedeutendsten Schloss- und Kirchenbauten im Land messen konnten. Die heutige Schloßkirche, vollendet 1527, gehört zu den großen spätgotischen Hallenkirchen Sachsens. Für die Ausstattung gewann man führende Künstler wie die Wittenberger Cranach-Werkstatt oder die Bildhauer Hans Witten und Franz Maidburg. Ein europaweit einzigartiges Kunstwerk ist die so genannte „Geißelsäule“. Als eine Folge der Reformation hörte das klösterliche Leben 1541 auf. Den riesigen Besitz kassierte der Landesherr und wandelte ihn in ein herzogliches Amt um. Die Gebäude standen eine Zeit lang leer, bevor sie der Dresdner Hof als fürstliche Sommerresidenz entdeckte und repräsentativ ausbauen ließ. Der Renaissancesaal im heutigen Schloßbergmuseum mit seiner prächtigen Gestaltung lässt noch etwas vom höfischen Glanz ahnen. Allerdings ließ das Interesse schnell wieder nach. Im Dreißigjährigen Krieg kam es nach 1632 zu schweren Plünderungen und Verwüstungen. Seitdem wurde die weitläufige Anlage nur noch teilweise benutzt und verfiel allmählich. Im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert riss man dann große Teile ab, sodass nur noch die Kirche und zwei Flügel der anschließenden Klausurgebäude übrigblieben. Einen Teil der Kirche nutzte man als Salzlager. Die verwahrloste Kirche wurde 1866 – 1897 gründlich restauriert und erhielt einen 87 Meter hohen neugotischen Turmhelm. Bis zu seiner Beschädigung im Jahre 1945 und dem anschließenden Rückbau auf die jetzige Höhe von 48 Metern war er ein markantes Wahrzeichen der Stadt. Die übrigen Gebäude wurden 1929 – 1931 zum Museum für Stadtgeschichte – das jetzige Schloßbergmuseum – ausgebaut. In einer groß angelegten Rekonstruktionsphase wurden zwischen 1985 und 1994 der fehlende West- und Nordflügel modern ergänzt. Bis heute sind hier die wertvollen Sammlungen untergebracht, die der Verein für Chemnitzer Geschichte seit 1872 zusammengetragen hatte und die seitdem systematisch ergänzt wurden. Schloßkirche und Schloßbergmuseum bilden heute als historische und bauliche Einheit nicht nur eines der ältesten, sondern auch eines der wertvollsten Baudenkmäler der Stadt Chemnitz.
www.chemnitz.de/de/unsere-stadt/geschichte/geschichte-ent...
This is where the history of the city of Chemnitz began a good eight centuries ago. The previously sparsely populated foothills of the low mountain range were systematically developed and expanded from the 12th century onwards at the instigation of German kings and emperors. As a base, Emperor Lothar von Süpplingenburg founded a monastery in 1136, which was placed under the Benedictine order. A few years later, this monastery took the initiative to establish a long-distance trade market. This provided important impetus for the establishment of the later town. From humble beginnings, the Benedictine monastery of St Mary's developed into one of the most important monasteries in Saxony. It became a centre for art, culture and science. Extensive income from the neighbouring villages and the mining industry in the Ore Mountains formed the basis for opulent building projects. In the late 13th century, the east wing of the cloister with its magnificent architectural sculpture was built with the involvement of the Meissen cathedral building workshop. The large fish pond, now known as the castle pond, was created below the monastery as early as 1483. The complex experienced the peak of its economic and cultural development in the late 15th and early 16th centuries: Under the abbots Heinrich von Schleinitz and Hilarius von Rehburg, there was a large-scale series of remodelling and new buildings that could compete with the most important castle and church buildings in the country. Today's castle church, completed in 1527, is one of the great late Gothic hall churches in Saxony. Leading artists such as the Wittenberg Cranach workshop and the sculptors Hans Witten and Franz Maidburg were brought in to decorate it. The so-called "Flagellation Column" is a unique work of art in Europe. As a consequence of the Reformation, monastic life came to an end in 1541. The huge estate, which also included Rabenstein Castle, was confiscated by the sovereign and converted into a ducal office. The buildings stood empty for a while before the Dresden court discovered them as a princely summer residence and had them converted into a prestigious residence. The Renaissance hall in today's Schloßbergmuseum with its magnificent design still gives an idea of the courtly splendour. However, interest quickly waned again. After 1632, the Thirty Years' War saw heavy looting and devastation. Since then, the extensive grounds have only been partially used and gradually fell into disrepair. In the 18th and 19th centuries, large parts were demolished, leaving only the church and two wings of the adjoining cloister buildings. Part of the church was used as a salt store. The neglected church was thoroughly restored between 1866 and 1897 and was given an 87 metre high neo-Gothic spire. It was a striking landmark of the town until it was damaged in 1945 and subsequently reduced to its current height of 48 metres. The remaining buildings were converted into the Museum of City History - now the Schloßbergmuseum - between 1929 and 1931. In a large-scale reconstruction phase between 1985 and 1994, the missing west and north wings were added in a modern style. To this day, the museum houses the valuable collections that the Chemnitz History Society has been amassing since 1872 and which have been systematically added to since then. Today, the castle church and the Schloßbergmuseum form a historical and structural unit that is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most valuable monuments in the city of Chemnitz.
www.chemnitz.de/en/our-town/history/discover-history/schl...
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.
Macro-Mondays (theme brands)
(Format reduced)
crop
Lighting with LED Pocket-Lamp
Objektiv der Voigtländer VITESSA Sucherkamera
Stativ
Funk-Fernauslösung:
Wireless Flash Trigger
APM LZOS 130/780 CNC LW II with Riccardi Reducer (f 4,5) on Avalon Linear, ATIK ONE 9.0 with Baader Ha-RGB filters and IDAS LPS-D1 for Luminance
H-Alpha: 8x30 min
R/G/B: 6x5 min
Lum: 21x5 min
BNSF's Thayer North subdivision between Springfield and Thayer, Missouri, has three large grades that pose a challenge for southbound coal traffic on the line.
BNSF recently bought new heavier GEs to put on their Palos coal trains which are the heaviest on the line, weighing in at just under 20,000 tons. This allows them to reduce the number of units per train from five to four.
This Palos train only had two heavies on the head end and two older SD70ACe's on the rear, causing the train to stall on the 1.5 percent Whetstone grade near Mountain Grove, Missouri, during a torrential downpour. A manned helper set was dispatched to get the train as far as it could before the crew died at Olden siding, 111 miles from where they started in Springfield.
Poznan, Poland
Autumn
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My heart and prayers goes to all the innocent victims and families who are suffering in Israel and Palestine. l stand by all the innocent victims in the world who are suffering through war and other modern day cruelty. l pray for peace and harmony soon to israel, Ukraine to the world. Stay strong !
I am thinking the struggles women face in life, humanity with the pain and suffering we feel and experience, real things that empower us.. You are beautiful precious, unique individuals, not objects to be controlled. Its your body to love as your temple to express as you choose. Vulnerability is your power in your love and tenderness. Inner freedom resides deep within you. The truth inside your inner voice will find it. Never let anyone or anything reduce your essence. Freedom is your human right. It is important we stay true
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Venice, Italia, November 2025
I see myself as a landscape photographer. Venice is architecture, but I did not want to photograph it as such. Inspired by Michael Kenna, I wanted to see what would happen if I applied my landscape principles here as well, allowing the city to become distant, reduced, and quiet, dissolving into layers, silhouettes, and surfaces.
A few days of favorable light conditions allowed me to work with the same level of reduction I use in landscape photography, limiting each image to only a small number of elements. Working this way surprised me. It showed me that the subject itself is secondary, whether it is a tree or a streetlight, a hill or a pavement, a mountain or a distant tower.
This image is a personal favorite.
On the evening of May 10th 1989, a lite helper set was in the process of crossing from track two to track one utilizing the hand-throw cross over at Summit Ave in Gaithersburg. The trouble is, they had opened up in front of the westbound Millville Rock Runner. Luckily, speed had been reduced prior to impact and nobody was seriously hurt. The damage was bad enough to CSXT 6047 on the rock runner that it was retired, making it one of the first GP40-2s retired under CSX...although it was later purchased and rebuilt for a shortline. These pictures were taken the morning after the wreck. I believe Bill Bench was the engineer on #6047. I have never figured out the cause of this one, whether or not the helper set crew didn't wait for the signal to time out at Derwood, or ignored an instruction to open up behind the rock runner. No photographer listed, JL Sessa collection.
In 1863 the first sugar factory was opened in Halfweg. After a few years, this sugar factory closed its doors, after which the N.V. Sugar Factory Holland settled there not much later. The factory was located on the site that includes the former Gemeenlandshuis Swanenburg. In 1919, the Sugar Factory Holland was transferred to the Central Sugar Company. This is how the name “CSM” came about. From the mid-1970s, CSM grew into a large concern. The sugar activities became less important. In 1992 the factory in Halfweg was closed. Due to the closure, approximately 110,000 m² of land surface was freed up for redevelopment.
In 2000 the site was sold to a project developer. The two silos of the sugar factory, where the sugar and molasses used to be stored, have been converted into modern offices and show areas. The two fifty-metre-high sugar silos, together with the lime kiln, form the landmarks of SugarCity. The silos are clad on the outside with metal panels with coloured lamps on them, which give a light show on the two towers in the evenings.
Schiphol
SugarCity is situated almost directly in line with on the runways of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This causes one of the external safety contours (10-6) to lie over one of the towers. The potential risk is such that it has been discussed for a long time whether so many people are allowed to be there and/or work there. A compromise was found. The towers were not allowed to be developed to the maximum with offices and workstations. Hence the show areas. This reduces the number of people present at any time, and as such the reduces the number of potential deaths if an aircraft would hit the tower(s).
Technical stuff
I’ve been offline for some time. This was due to a number of reasons. Not in the least caused by rather demanding work. Next to that I had numerous photography assignments like weddings, a cover photo for a book, family shoots and inaugural lecture at the University of Leiden. All great fun. But also time-consuming. However, I didn't want to let 2022 pass quietly, either. So I'll try to upload some pictures in the coming remaining days.
This fine art is the first. This ND long exposure is a 200ISO, f5.0, 181sec at 16 mils shot with my Fujifilm X-T3. Post-production was done with Lightroom. Finally, I added the copyright signs (in Photoshop). The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
RMC Tokina 135mm 1:2.8 (Minolta MD mount) @ f/5.6
through Quenox Focal Reducer Minolta SR - Fuji X-Mount
on Fujifilm X-E1
Check my album Adapted Manual Lenses for more...
Getting out & hiking into a place like this is always good for the mind, heart, & soul. At least it is for me! My son & two of my nephews went with me to Turkey Foot & Mize Mill Falls Saturday. Great day to be in the woods.
Tangier is a town in Accomack County Virginia on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The island's landmass has been reduced by 67% since 1850. Due to sea level rise the town will likely need to be abandoned in the next 50 years as much of the remaining land is expected to be lost. Print Size 13x19 inches. Happy Fence Friday
This is a quick and dirty stacking of 21 lightning images. The quick part is to place the images in camera raw, reduce exposure so only lightning is clearly visible, save, then stack into Photoshop, lighten resulting image then lighten exposure as necessary to bring out the foreground.
This method avoids using masks for nearly each image in the stack. The downside is that some movement (leafs, clouds, cars, etc.) will not be fixed and sharp. That's the dirty side of this technique. Sometimes the images can tolerate less post-processing.
iLightningCam2 app was used for this night display.
For a really crazy stacking of lightning, see: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/34303851190/.
Picture of the Day
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.
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This is a later creature in my Living machines series of graphite drawings. This one though is (almost) entirely organic, and I've put it in a class of creatures called "Plantimals". Robot 30 is the next in this series, continuing the theme of plantimals... Photo of artwork taken with a Sony alpha 6000, 24 mpx, exterio light, shade on bright-sun day, reduced and edited in gimp for contrast and brights balance.
92214 makes a high speed run through Quorn with the demonstration PO mail drop and pick-up.
The loco was making a rapid percussive beat, announcing arrival well before a sighting, but the spring-like warmth reduced the steam exhaust which reduces the visual impact, but not the pleasure of the large crowds which had gathered at the GCR Winter Gala
Having departed the western terminus of GO's Milton Line just a few minutes prior, GMD F59PH 563 is already up to track speed as it screams up the Hornby Dip on CP's Galt Sub at Milton, Ontario. As a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of GO's Milton Line trains have been reduced from their typical twelve-car consist down to six. Requiring less motive power than the former, a handful of these venerable GMD workhorses have been assigned to a route usually dominated by their modern and ubiquitous successor, the MPI MP40PH-3C.