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Object Details: The attached composite shows a few quick shots of the conjunction of the planets Jupiter & Venus as they set over the roll-off-roof observatory I built at my home here in upstate, NY on the evening of their closest approach. In the right hand image, to the right of the observatory itself can be seen the rails which the roof rolls onto (currently folded up 'origami style') and behind those a portion of the adjacent warm-room building / bar.
This evening Jupiter (left) & Venus (right) were separated by approximately one-half degree in our sky, that is, about the width of the full moon. In three-dimensional space they are actually 400 million miles apart, over four times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Since my observatory remains covered with the remnants of several inches of snow we received yesterday, and for good measure a nice coating of sleet today, these images were taken with a simple camera-on-tripod technique.
Image Details: The fames making up this composite were taken on the evening of March 1, 2023 using a Canon 700D (t5i) DSLR at ISO 1600 with a 75-300mm 'kit' lens set to f/4.5, and exposures ranging from one-quarter to two seconds in length. As seen via the insert, especially given their low altitude and the terrible seeing ('bad' - i.e. 1 out of 5), I was pleasantly surprised to find that this simple setup actually picked up Jupiter's moons, Callisto, Ganymede & Io (Europa being behind the planet at the time). Processed in PaintShopPro, as shown here the entire composite has been resized down to HD resolution and the bit depth lowered to eight bits per channel.
Visually through 8x32 Oberwerk binoculars the conjunction looked absolutely stunning ! I hope others got to enjoy this beautiful sight.
Additional images of these planets, taken with more appropriate equipment can be found at the links attached here:
Jupiter -
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/albums/7215760574...
Venus -
www.flickr.com/photos/homcavobservatory/albums/7215760574...
Wishing clear, dark & calm skies to all !
I'm using my Takumar Bayonet 28mm this month, and have decided to - for at least a deal of the time - "set and forget" it: set focus and aperture aiming for hyperfocal distance, then get the exposure ok and don't change the settings as I wander around. This was my first shot like that.
I wanted to aim for the feel of a 1930s movie set, where the lighting etc. is not "realistic" but expressive. The background should resemble a painted backdrop instead of real life.
Creative idea and execution
Sergey & Natalia
Important note! All actions on Cirali beach were undertaken in full accordance with local wildlife guard regulations,
no even one sea turtle was disturbed or bothered!
Special thanks to local wildlife guard personnel for consultation & kind help
Supported by @lpwalliance and @ledlenser (Russia).
I used LedLenser torches: MT18 and MH11
#lpwapro #lpwalliance #lightpainting #longexposure #lightart #turkey #cirali #antalya
The gift sets will be packed in this similar manner. I have printed a small gift card for buyers to include their personalized message to the recipients.
I have also gathered feedback from some regular buyers on the box condition upon receipt, and I am pleased to know that the boxes and decorations always arrived in perfect condition.
Yippee! Just finished crocheting a nice bathroom set for the Bernat Blog. It was fun to learn a new craft.
The pattern is in two different pattern books.
Bernat Spa Bonus Book: www.bernat.com/patternbook.php?PBS=542029
Lily Sugar 'n Cream Twists: www.sugarncream.com/patternbook.php?PBS=570822
On the set of Twilight in Kalama, WA. All images copyright Amy Howe - images may not be used or reposted without permission.
Amtrak San Joaquin Train #713 is seen arriving and departing Merced, CA. Today this train has gained the Horizon set and lost a cal-coach set, which means...This is all low-level equipment versus the standard high level equipment that is known through here.
©FranksRails Photography, LLC.
Travel to Turkey - June 2022 - Day 7
Various pics of the day 7 in Turkey with no particular subject
Diverses photos prisent en Turquie (jour : 7) sans sujet reel.
( Days off in Turkey in June 2022 )
Checking his pages, Boris Karloff reads his script. As Ardeth Bey he had spoken dialogue to deliver. As the Mummy, he had a much more difficult task: conveying emotions through a facial mask. Judging by this page, he's about to do a scene with little dialogue.
The Zeros......The original San Diego punk band at the 1rst location of the Casbah! The Muffs opened this show.....
Steven Spielburg turned this street into an alleyway used in the jetpack chase scene in the movie Minority Report.
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Curicaca-Comum - (Theristicus caudatus) Buff-necked ibis - Bandurria Común, Tutachi.
Photographed at "Setor Policial Sul - SPO", in Brasília, Brazil.
You can see a little video, clicking in this following addresses:
br.youtube.com/watch?v=We07AauIxYQ
br.youtube.com/watch?v=E_BByDVvwxc
Curicaca-Comum - (Theristicus caudatus) Buff-necked ibis - Bandurria Común, Tutachi. Fotografados no Setor Policial Sul - SPO, em Brasília, Brasil.
Você pode ver um pequeno vídeo, clicando nos endereços a seguir:
br.youtube.com/watch?v=We07AauIxYQ
br.youtube.com/watch?v=E_BByDVvwxc
Curicacas-comum no Setor Policial Sul - SPO, em Brasília, Brasil
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Muito obrigado ao Beto, Alberto Costa de Paula, pela correta identificação desta ave.
Aprendi com ele, também, que "pássaros" são assim consideradas as aves de pequeno porte. "Aves: inclui toda a ornitofauna, incluindo as de grande porte.
A text, in english, from IBISRING www.ibisring.com/index.php?view=article&id=3
Buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus).
74 cm. Looking like a heron, it is a brightly colored bird with a long and bent beak. The head and neck are ochre; the front, crown and nape are chestnut brown. Bare parts around the eye, black collar and throat. The stomach is black or off-white and the wings are grey with primary and secondary blacks. Black beak with point, red horn and feet.
About 10 years ago we saw in zoo's some buff colored ibises. Usually a single bird in a mixed collection. Only a few had a pair of them. As there were few breeding results, no one had a bird to sell. Everybody was waiting to get an extra bird.
We noticed the differences in names on the cages. Although everybody had the same birds the Latin and common names were not the same. As ibisring did not exist than, we could not ask them. There was no other alternative than to look up things ourselves. We found that there were two almost look-alike species, both from South America Some older books did not even recognize the two as a separate species, but the new works who base themselves on DNA show the difference. It showed that all the birds in Europe we had seen and photographed were blackfaced ibises, Theresticus melanopis. Some had them under a wrong name. Later we found out that South American export firms always send the birds as Caudatus. Some zoo's followed the import papers; others did their homework and found the right name.
We could not get birds here, so we decided to import some, witch was easy to do in those days. As all birds here were melanopis we decided to get the real caudatus. A South American firm had them and soon the birds arrived. They were melanopis, just like all the others that ever arrived. The export firm did not even know the difference. We found than that the birds did not occur in the same parts of the continent. Theristicus Caudatus are the birds that live in the center and east side of the continent. Theristicus Melanopis lives on the west side, down to the south point. It was not easy to get a dealer interested in sending us the birds we wanted. They did not believe someone was interested in a bird that was so common to them. Or they did not know how to get them, or were afraid of the paperwork and expedition. After a long search someone send us pictures of available birds. He kept them four years for us but could not get an export license for Europe. Finally he sold them somewhere else. Eight years later they finally arrived. We asked several import firms for the birds and one of them succeeded. Now they found the way and there is some demand, several imports have been made.
In the long run the first pair, the melanopis we had, was a blessing in disguise. They are unrelated to the European population and their offspring is very useful for building a stronger population.
Now that we have both species in captivity, it is much easier to detail them. The birds are at ease and very close, so we were able to make following photos. They almost speak for themselves, but we will add some comments.
The species Theristicus Caudatus (buffnecked) and Theristicus melanopis (blackfaced) are easily recognizable on following points:
BREAST:
Blackfaced ibis:
Breast buff colored with a grey stripe on the shoulders, making a V mark on the breast
Black belly.
Buffnecked ibis:
Breast black up to the shoulders, neck buff.
Belly black.
WING:
Blackfaced ibis:
Wing silver grey
Buffnecked ibis:
Grey wing has a white edge.
HEAD:
Blackfaced ibis:
Birds have a lobe under their chin, different in size along the season.
Buffnecked ibis:
No lobes
SEX:
Blackfaced ibis:
Hardly any difference between male and female.
Buffnecked ibis:
Clear difference between male and female, size and length of the beak.
We would like to ask everybody not to mix these species, do not even keep them in the same aviary. Their have been mistakes in the past, you never can make them right again. This article leaves no doubt about what is what. All birds are kept separated so far, let's keep it this way please.
En Español:
HABITAT:
zonas pantanosas y orillas de lagos y lagunas. También en campos arados y sembrados.
DESCRIPCIÓN:
Largo: 73 cms.
Cabeza y cuello amarillento ocráceo con corona y nuca más oscuras. Pecho blanquesino separado del cuello por una linea gris. Lados del pecho y abdómen negros. Dorso pardo grisáceo. Cubiertas alares menores y medianas blancas con bordes grises oscuros; las mayores blanco grisáceas. Primarias negras. Ojos, lorums y garganda desnuda de color negro. Pico largo curvado hacia abajo, negro la mitad basal y córneo el resto. Iris y patas rojas a rosadas.
Um texto, em português, do site BRASIL 500 PÁSSAROS, no endereço www.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/p24.htm, onde pode-se ouvir, claramente o seu canto.
Comprimento: 69 cm. Presente em grande parte do Brasil onde haja vegetação aberta e lagoas, campos em solos pantanosos ou periodicamente alagados, como na Ilha de Marajó (Pará) e no Pantanal. Encontrada também no Panamá e, localmente, em todos os países da América do Sul até a Terra do Fogo, na Argentina, inclusive na região dos Andes. Vive geralmente em bandos pequenos ou solitária, procurando alimento em campos de gramíneas ou em alagados. Tem alimentação variada, composta de insetos e larvas, aranhas, centopéias, pequenos lagartos, cobras e ratos. Alimenta-se durante o dia e também ao pôr-do-sol. Reproduz-se em colônias, construindo seus ninhos no alto das árvores (mais freqüente) ou no chão, próximo à água. Põe 2 ou 3 ovos esverdeados com pontos marrons. Seu nome popular é onomatopéico, semelhante ao som do seu canto, composto de gritos fortes. Conhecida também como despertador (Pantanal), curicaca-comum, curicaca-branca e curicaca-de-pescoço-branco.
Here I color the Mandelbrot set based on the orbit of the points: each step adds red if it has negative real part, green if it has positive imaginary part and blue if it is outside the circle |z|=2/3. Each iteration contributes exponentially less, resulting in a color mixture.
It nicely fills in the "aura" close to the set.
Created by Gianni Toso, a Jewish artist from a historic Venetian glassmaking family. My wife and I once had the privilege of visiting Mr. Toso at his home in Baltimore, where he served us wine that he had made, from grapes that he had grown, in glasses that he had blown.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disppointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- Mark Twain
© Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott
Video with unboxing and speedbuilding with some portuguese commentaries: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XLT3UO1CzM
This is one of two sets that I made for Classic Castle's Chess Challenge. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.
Set well back from the road behind an ivy covered wall, this villa with its generous proportions in the Melbourne suburb of Kooyong was probably the home of an upper-middle class family of a decent size with at least two servants and a daily maid-of-all work.
This Mock Tudor, or Turoresque style house with its stepped gabling, stuccoed brick work and the Mock Tudor windows was popular amongst the newly moneyed middle-classes who were building their own homes in the burgeoning suburbs of the 1920s and 1930s. It gave them the ability to live in chic and spacious modern style with all the mod-cons, without sacrificing the respectability of English design.