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TMB LZOS 152 + Riccardi Reducer @ F/6
Atik 460EX + Astrodon LRGB E series gen 2 + Astrodon Ha 5nm, [OIII] 5nm
Parallax Instruments HD200c
L: 20x300s bin 1x1
Ha: 62x300s bin 1x1
[OIII]: 20x300s bin 2x2
RGB: 25x60s bin 2x2
FWHM: 2.3"
Total exposure: 10h
Captured with Sequence Generator Pro
Processed with Pixinsight
Vandyke Brown process.
I printed this photograph three times, the results was either too dark or too contrasting or the coating was not uniform.
I decided to touch up the print too dark in order to lighten it.
1st experiment: immersion in a solution of sodium thiosulfate for 4 minutes gave too little depletion, it was not efficient enough!
2nd experiment with potassium ferricyanide: Immersing the print in the reducer. The brown deep photo lightens on the entire tonal range after two minutes of weakening, while colors become slightly cold.
Then the image is transferred to the fixer. Finally, the print is washed for 25 minutes in plain water.
With the impending withdrawal of all Chopper C Sets on 26/2/21, it sees the start of some several transfer trains to Chullora Industrial Siding. Seen passing Berala is 8144 and 8252 with train T191.
The cars withdrawn include:
C2: C3603, T4269, T4261, C3595
C4: C3589, T4260
C10: C3594, T4255
Up on the first walk after French lockdown was reduced, I went on a foggy and wet day to Calerne plateau.
Yesterday when I crested the highest dune I couldn't see the ocean for the thick fog. Once I reached the waterline I saw that the tide had exposed a sandbar not far from the shore. Immediately I remembered that last year I had seen pelicans grounded on the sandbar under the same conditions.
No sooner had I walked I few yards than the same scene appeared in front of me through the fog. Unlike seagulls, pelicans do not like humans approaching them too closely.
Ocean Park, Washington.
On Sunday 5/3/2023, an overpowered 1120s (empty Aurizon grain transfer) is seen at Wingfield (Adelaide) with alf23-CLP16-cm3308 in charge.
thanks to the folks at Motorland, in Arundel, Maine, for letting me photograph their lovely old cars.
sony nex-7, minolta md 50mm f1.4, roxsen lens turbo focal length reducer. the dreaded "purple spot" is in evidence here. I did not try to fix that in post... that is beyond my meager skills to do, and I did not find its presence that offensive. I have heard that the new model doesn't do this, or doesn't do it to the same degree.
Thank you for visiting!
Sounds Rivulet, Murdunna > Tasmania
6 February 2016
4 shot panorama stitched in Lightroom CC
Nikon D7200, ISO 100, f22, 1/8, 50mm, Hoya Circular PL
A less fortunate Olympian seen a couple of hours after my previous upload is R837OVN, an Alexander R type bodied example new to Cleveland Transit in 1998 which was later absorbed into the Stagecoach fleet as their 16837.
Last in service with Golden Eagle Coaches of Salsburgh, it's seen here reduced in height and about to head off to the fragger after having had its mechanical units removed.
"The fog is an illusion,
A master of disguise,
Which hides the tangible
Before our very eyes...
It gives an air of mystery
That has long prevailed.
Dangerously intriguing
Is the fog's foggy veil."
.:: Poem (Partial) © Walterrean Salley ::.
A foggy morning in Upper Normandy.
Étretat is a very picturesque town surrounded by steep chalk cliffs (falaises), including 3 stunning natural arches. Despite the reduced visibility, the most famous of the arches (La Porte d'Aval) and the pointed "needle" were breath-taking. The Falaise d’Aval looks as an elephant dipping his trunk into the sea. Standing next to it is l'Aiguille Creuse (Hollow Needle), made famous by Maurice Leblanc. The French novelist created the character of Arsène Lupin, the Gentleman Thief and set his legendary refuge inside the Needle.
Postcard texture with thanks to Kim Klassen
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(homeless woman, sf, 11/12/06)
homeless rebecca from detroit. rebecca doesn't fit. as though she's not where she's supposed to be. i see her as i pass. she is almost ghostly. she sways and bends like the only tree on a hill; unprotected. she seems resigned to a losing battle.
she is panhandling as i pass. or she is praying or mourning. but she is not seen. i turn the corner and watch her for a moment. she grimaces her mouth as though swallowing some new resignation and moves away from the season's passing throng; in my direction, but floating by. i seem to snap a trance when i say hello.
she's been homeless since 1998. she sleeps sometimes in shelters. but says there's not enough beds for women. the men have many more. she went to the shelter this afternoon to put her name in for a bed this evening. there's a lottery, and she didn't get one.
says she has no family and no children. she's the only one. but she has one girlfriend who got a place from the city finally after years. says she's trying to stay there with her friend tonight, if she can make up the guest fee. she's about a third of the way. it's been cold and she clearly doesn't want to be on the street tonight.
she was an accountant not so long back. she had a good job. she worked for kgo. but in '98, they were downsizing her group and she was let go. she thought she'd get another job easy. but she never did. they all wanted someone younger. and now she's 54, and says it's too late for her.
("news" about shows etc.)
Made from 16 light frames by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.6.2. Algorithm: Min
and four images of the Perseids.
Hubble pallet Sadr & Butterfly nebula
2 panel mosaic 20-30x300sec Ha, OIII, SII for each with darks & flats.
William Optics ZS81 and Altair 0.8 reducer, ZWO 183mm Pro, AZ-EQ6 GT.
SGP, Pixinsight, LR & PS
When we first had passed this stand of trees on the Zomba Plateau, they were filled with smoke from a bushfire in the valley below. As we passed this time, it began to rain heavily, extinguishing the fire, and replacing the smoke with misty haze.
Happy Earth Day, ya'll
Reuse more, waste less.
Keep them bushes tidy
and above all don't litter!
Every little bit helps :)
These are the last pics from a couple of days ago.
Due to me actually starting gainful employment this week; I anticipate a greatly reduced service for my followers for the foreseeable future.
And before you ask, no I will not be going to work wearing a dress!
Thanks to all for your continued support.
KT xXx
Went to Tsaritsyno Park south part of Moscow. Stop by the lake and took this long exposure shot of the beautiful autumn scenery.
Using the ND1000 filter, to reduced as much light as I can while taking long exposure shot during daylight..
These are the last pics from a couple of days ago.
Due to me actually starting gainful employment this week; I anticipate a greatly reduced service for my followers for the foreseeable future.
And before you ask, no I will not be going to work wearing a dress!
Thanks to all for your continued support.
KT xXx
A guided image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis taken last in Monticello with a ZWOASI183 Pro camera attached to an Explore Scientific 102ED refracting telescope with a .8 focal reducer. 40 three minute exposures were stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed with Adobe Lightroom and Topaz AI.
There is something that ultimately attracts me in the darkness. Wandering around empty black streets and subsiding further into dark I feel like a noctuid searching for a single sources of light. The maximum black is the ultimate reducer which can enfold any kind of scenery and turn it into a dark mirror that forces the viewer to complete the image with his own mental images and psychological feelings.
These kind of pictures are something I love to do with my concept of 'the dark frames'. I want to take a piece of a mundane everyday reality and carry it to a liminal state where dream and reality encounter – and yet I never across the idea that 'photographs don't lie'. I believe that the greatest strength of the photography as an unique form of art lies in the idea of authenticity – even if it has been dismissed countless of times. We look photographs as a representations of the reality and using that presumption in a subtle ways to affect the viewer is often enough for me. It's a picture of the lamp on the wall, but when you look it long enough all kinds of interpretations start to emerge from the darkness. And within this everlasting darkness of the mind I'm a noctuid searching for light sources that could illuminate the subliminal and make it visible in the images they call photographs.
Days of Zeiss: www.daysofzeiss.com
Stacked photo consisting of:
- 20 x background star shots stacked in Sequator to reduce noise
- 1 x light painted foreground shot
T45 Leyland Roadtrain B429APP- Showing a few battle scars but otherwise ready for work around the yard.
Tradewinds Motel
2844 Auburn Blvd
Sacramento, California
It took an extra month due to asbestos abatement, but this motel was finally taken down. Now only the sign, front garden, and pool remain. The Maita auto dealership group bought this property and the adjacent Welcome Inn. Reportedly the Subaru dealership further down the street will be moving here.
With the W22 schedule in full-swing, Icelandair has reduced their operating schedule and capacity as a number of Europe and North America destinations sees some destinations only served during the summer season... The Boeing 737 MAX that has become very popular with the carrier are heavily used during the summer, but their usage has slack during the winter. Their flagship FI450/451 often sees Boeing 737 MAX 8/9s operating during the winter months alongside the Boeing 757-200/300.
During the S22 schedule, their Boeing 737 MAX fleet were heavily utilised to a point that none made it through the paint-shop even when further examples were acquired through lease agreements. Since then, Icelandair have now repainted all of their Boeing 737 MAX 8/9s in their 'billboard' livery, the larger Boeing 737 MAX 9 being amongst the last to receive the livery of the type.
Since last analysing the Boeing 737 MAX with Icelandair, the carrier has signed agreements for a further 6 to be added to the carrier... 2 have already been delivered having previously been in use with Norwegian Air Shuttle although their withdrawal were mainly down to the low-cost carrier suffering financial losses and the COVID-19 pandemic further escalating the problem. A further 4 examples are due from 2023 albeit their source has yet to be confirmed.
Currently, Icelandair operates 16 Boeing 737s, which includes 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 4 Boeing 737 MAX 9s. Icelandair have 4 more Boeing 737 MAX 8s on-order.
India Charlie Delta is one of 4 Boeing 737 MAX 9s operated by Icelandair, delivered new to the flag-carrier on 21st January 2022 and she is powered by 2 CFM International LEAP-1B28 engines. Just a few days after this photo was taken, she received new Icelandair 'billboard' livery with Magenta tail on 30th November 2022 and received the name of the western Icelandic mountain of Baula.
Boeing 737-9 MAX TF-ICD 'Baula' on short finals into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on FI450 from Reykjavík-Keflavík (KEF).
My attempt at showing the color differences on our moon's surface. These subtle colors can be brought out easily with astronomy cameras and heavy saturation, but they cannot be seen with our naked eye due to the moon's extreme surface brightness.
The colors are controlled by variations in iron and titanium content. The most notable red to blue color change in the Mare regions is caused by titanium oxide.
Equipment:
OTA: William Optics GT81 w/0.8x reducer (382mm fl at f/4.7)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (HEQ-5)
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Software:
Firecapture
CdC
Autostakkert!2
Registax
PixInsight
Acquisition:
Location: Arlington, TX (Bortle 7)
Dates: 5/24/18
Gain: 139
Camera temp: -10C
R: 1.00ms exposure / 11fps / 60" of video
G: 1.30ms exposure / 11fps / 60" of video
B: 1.80ms exposure / 11fps / 60" of video
Preprocessing:
Stacked best 10% of frames using AS!2
ChannelCombination in PixInsight
RGB Align in Registax
Postprocessing in PixInsight:
Deconvolution
MultiscaleLinearTransform
CurvesTransformation for saturation
ColorSaturation for specific saturation
HistogramTransformation for brightness adjustment
Invert > SCNR green > Invert to remove some pink artifacts