ES:

Reserva Nacional Coyhaique

Muy agradecido por toda la acogida de la gente patagona ,sobre todo a la familia Retamal Vera que me recibieron en su casa y me acogieron como uno más de su familia. Fue un mes de fuertes emociones pero me devuelvo con el corazón lleno de buenas experiencias.

De todos los lugares que he visitado aquí, esta es la mejor foto con la que me puedo quedar y resumir lo que vi en esta tierra.

Respecto a la fotografía, describe las montañas y los bellos paisajes que se pueden encontrar a las afueras de la ciudad de Coyhaique... juegos de temperaturas cálidas y matices, buscando incrementar el contraste de los negros y las sombras mediante esta técnica. Post procesamiento de imagen en Lightroom y Snapseed.

EN:

Coyhaique National Reserve

Very grateful for all the welcome of the Patagonian people, especially the Retamal Vera family who received me at their home and welcomed me as one of their family. It was a month of strong emotions but I return with a heart full of good experiences.

Of all the places I have visited here, this is the best photo with which I can stay and summarize what I saw on this earth.

Regarding photography, it describes the mountains and the beautiful landscapes that can be found on the outskirts of the city of Coyhaique ... games of warm temperatures and nuances, seeking to increase the contrast of blacks and shadows through this technique. Post image processing in Lightroom and Snapseed.

PT:

Reserva Nacional Coyhaique

Muito grato por todas as boas-vindas do povo da Patagônia, especialmente a família Retamal Vera, que me recebeu em sua casa e me recebeu como parte de sua família. Foi um mês de emoções fortes, mas volto com um coração cheio de boas experiências.

De todos os lugares que visitei aqui, esta é a melhor foto com a qual posso ficar e resumir o que vi nesta terra.

Em relação à fotografia, descreve as montanhas e as belas paisagens que podem ser encontradas nos arredores da cidade de Coyhaique ... jogos de temperaturas e nuances quentes, buscando aumentar o contraste de negros e sombras por meio dessa técnica. O processamento de imagens foi feito no Lightroom e no Snapseed.

Character card summarizing Noor´s story for her new adventure in The Mystic Realms!

The Mystic Realms is a new Roleplay SIM debuting soon on SL!

I am super excited to be part of this project and to be able to play Noor in the actual Feywilds.

All her dreams came true: she started a family of her own, with the love of her life; she is as high on the Seelie court as she could hope to be, and she is a very skilled sorcerer and respected contract master.

What can the future hold for her now and to her new born children Astrid, Aiden and Brida? I am thrilled to find out!

Snapshots by Cassandra Middles

Logo and Character by Me

Card template by Deathly Fright

Make your own character template by downloading it on our website: www.themysticrealmssl.com/

If catnip is for cats, and geknip is for gek, I wonder if there are other kinds of nip as well. Like, let's start with the obvious one: Dognip. I think dognip is balls. Any balls. Meatballs, tennis balls, they've been observed to go nippy over either. Sometimes it seems like the efficacy of tennis balls is actually higher; dogs seem to get much more nippy about things they can run after.

But how about humans? To my awareness, research hasn't figured any nip that works for everyone, as is given away already by the fact you can't really form a nice portmanteau of "human" and "nip" that rolls as easily of the tongue as the previous ones. But just because something doesn't work, doesn't necessarily mean it can't be done. Maybe you're just doing it wrong. After all, you can see humans get nippy all the time, so there must be something that causes that.

Like, take my old city. You can buy jecknip there at every corner; they call it Kölsch. Only, considering very similar substances are popular throughaut the country, maybe it's more accurate to summarize them all under the umbrella term of krautnip. Yeah, that works better. Delicious cold krautnip fresh from the barrel. Ah, wonderful!

Britnip is easy too. It's tea, as long as it's the right kind. In fact, I'm consuming a can of britnip here as I'm writing this. But I'm not a brit, so I don't get nippy from it. I'm resisting it's power!

As for the brits' poorly behaved ugly offspring, things aren't quite as clear. I was thinking lead initially, but that didn't seem to work at all. Turns out yanknip is a two component substance. Lead is one ingredient, but you also need gunpowder to spice it up. Two components... way too much to memorize for the average modern yank of course, so they've begun phasing out the traditional yanknip in favour of crystal meth.

Yanknip is also peculiar insofar that it is straight out illegal in many other places. Even more so than Dutchnip - coincidentally another form of nip that involves smoke and fire.

But let's move away from nationalities, I guess you've understood how those work by now. Oznip, Rusnip, Swissnip, you get the picture... I'm sure you get a very clear picture indeed for each of these.

But what about other groups? I've once read it that nerdnip is in fact humppa. Which some researchers have claimed is also Finnip, but I have my doubts there. Nerdnip however, that checks out. One would think it's not far from here to geeknip of course, and yet research on what that might be hasn't come very far to this day. Some have speculated it's dice, or books; even socks have been rumored to have at least some nippigenic effect on geeks. Some substances that function well as geeknip also seem decently effective as punknip, which was a rather unexpected overlap. Turned out punknip is largely jecknip or derivates thereof, with traces of several other nips mixed in, and well stirred with torn-off hood ornaments; preferably from brands that will receive antipathy as soon as the nippiness levels have started to rise. Research in that area is still ongoing.

The park of Augustusburg Castle in Brühl, which was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List together with the buildings in 1984, represents a monument of garden art of internationally recognized standing. Castles and gardens in Germany emulated its model.

The garden artist Dominique Girard, who had probably received his training in Versailles under André Le Nôtre, designed the Brühl garden parterre from 1728 and summarized his previous findings here, which he had also designed in the gardens of Nymphenburg and Schleißheim as well as the Upper Belvedere in Vienna and ideas according to the strict standards of the theory and practice of French garden art.

The focal point of the Brühl gardens is the large, two-part broderie parterre south of the palace with a round and quatrefoil-shaped fountain basin and adjoining mirror pond. The filigree book ornaments of the decorative beds, which look like embroidery (French broderie), are bordered with rhythmically planted flower borders. The linden avenues bordering the ground floor on the sides lead to triangular hedged quarters, which in turn are designed with round halls, fountains and small salons and were intimate destinations for excursions as early as the 18th century.

From 1842, Peter Joseph Lenné designed the Brühler Park as an English landscape garden for Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, the elements of which still determine the forest area today. Here the picturesque alternation of tree areas and meadow areas dominates the basic mood. Irregularly curved paths and small streams lead to the water areas of the two island ponds.

As a technical sensation of the time, Lenné also included the Cologne-Bonn railway line, opened in 1844, in the garden design and led it directly through the island pond area over a richly decorated iron bridge.

The baroque parterre was restored between 1933 and 1937 based on the original garden plan and is now considered one of the most authentic examples of 18th-century French garden art in Europe.

Maple Ridge, BC

Jerry Sulina Park is actually an off-leash dog park which is situated along the Trans Canada Trail.

The park itself consists of a fenced area enclosing a small pond and marsh area with a short series of trails. The pond and surrounding habitat is apparently home to many animals including turtles, cranes and several species of waterfowl.

The Trans Canada Trail system that runs through Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge is one of a kind. In total the portion of the TCT that runs through our communities is over 21 km. It winds its way along the dykes and through city streets. There are many places to access the TCT trail system, Jerry Sulina Park is just one of them.

The sections of the TCT which are along the Alouette and Pitt rivers are absolutely stunning. The waterways and blueberry fields with the Golden Ears mountains as a backdrop summarize the beauty of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows perfectly.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and please know that any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!

Sonja

all4barbie.blogspot.com.es/2015/06/momentos-que-huelen-ve...

I would say that in the end we can also summarize Second Life in these two words.

The south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, taken just before the sun rose on the last Saturday of September.

As I was in the Marin Headlands taking shots that morning, a nearby photographer turned towards me and in a heavy German accent summarized the situation perfectly by shouting, "I think we are in a big, big luck!"

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District runs along St. Clair Avenue between Main Street and Delaware Avenue. The district consists of 23 properties. Twenty-one of these properties are residential and two are commercial.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Planning Study summarizes the value of the district in three points:

• Area has relatively significant historical/architectural structures that represent early 20th century architecture.

• Area was first developed in 1912 on the west side of the avenue, and development on the east side started in 1923.

• Original homeowners were significant individuals in the City of Hamilton.

Designation of the District

The designation of St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District was initiated by the local residents association. According to the planning study, “The St. Clair Heritage District Planning Study evolved from the interest and effort of the St. Clair Homeowners Association and was encouraged by the Hamilton-Wentworth

Regional Planning and Development Department”. The district is protected by By-law 86-125, passed in 1986.

EL PALACIO DE COMUNICACIONES DE MADRID

Antonio Palacios irrumpió en el panorama madrileño de comienzos del siglo XX con una serie de obras que lo consagrarían como una de las figuras más importantes de la arquitectura moderna

Algunos de los edificios más significativos de su dilatada trayectoria profesional, como son el Palacio de Comunicaciones, el Hospital de Jornaleros de San Francisco de Paula o el Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Pueden catalogarse como singulares, porque son las que mejor resumen las características de su arquitectura.

THE COMMUNICATIONS PALACE OF MADRID

Antonio Palacios burst onto the scene in Madrid at the beginning of the 20th century with a series of works that would establish him as one of the most important figures in modern architecture

Some of the most significant buildings in his long professional career, such as the Palace of Communications, the San Francisco de Paula Hospital for Day Laborers or the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

They can be classified as singular, because they are the ones that best summarize the characteristics of its architecture.

Victorian Brodsworth Hall arose from the rubble of a demolished Georgian styled 18th century mansion with a murky past, the original owners having been embroiled in the slave trade and amassing profits from Caribbean plantations. There is a short article on Wikipedia summarizing the history of the house. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodsworth_Hall

Located close to the village of Brodsworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the property with its spectacular gardens is in the care of English Heritage.

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/brodsworth-hall-...

It must be that this question can often torment us if you went to a NON-professional in your field. This definitely cannot happen if you contact us or another trusted professional in your field. Why is that?🤔 I can answer this question by summarizing them on the main points😊😁

⠀

🎆You are definitely beautiful in your own way. And this beauty can only be captured by a professional in his field. Why is that? Yes, because only a professional will be able to perfectly choose the place, pose and other little things for your best photo😁

⠀

Also, a professional in any case can retouch and correct any flaws in the appearance or background of the photo. It is unlikely that a beginner can handle such work perfectly ⠀

🎆A good specialist will also not be lazy👆 to work on shadows and light in a photo. Such elaboration often makes the photo better and emphasizes any expressive features of appearance😌😁

⠀

I can describe such flaws in my work for a long time, but I think that the essence is very clear. You should not go to a layman and then regret the resulting photos. Instead, you can, for example, contact us! We have work experience and we really know our work😊😸

⠀

#lip #eye #mouth #humanbody #jaw #flashphotography #entertainment #performingarts #eyelash #headgear #NikonD4

We were walking down the path when we saw and heard this tree fall. It was loud. So we can summarize that when a tree falls in the woods, yes ti does make a sound, a very loud sound

This challenge for Macro Mondays "Black&White" was very exciting for me. My head was full of ideas, but you know, in practice everything was wrong: light, exposure, sharpness... Some shots was ok, but still ordinary, not special for me. Then I've reminded that I have a black ceramic salt cellar from Paris - so this is it. I started to admired this shape and beautiful reflections. It was very difficult to catch this moment: the best of the best, but I tried so hard and I am very glad that you enjoy it.

Thanks for your kind comments :) HMM

7DWF Crazy Tuesday Theme

My favorite drug is distilling something extraordinary from ordinary objects by selecting a particular perspective and a depth of field :) Peter's words fully summarizing my motto :)

Outtake from yesterday's. Oh, I think I am getting slightly addicted to soft tones.

This picture pretty much summarizes my days these past 2 weeks. Sleep. Coffee. Paolo Nutini. Sleep. Hot coco. Those stuff. But yeah, that is going to change in 5 days as I am back to werk. Meh.

OT: My birfday's tomorrow. I'll be 24. Eek.

Alsace

(Photo smartphone)

A rainbow summarizes in itself a life, it is ephemeral, it makes us see all the colors and once they are mixed together there remains only one fateful white color.

© Philippe Haumesser. TOUS DROITS RESERVES - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©.

Merci beaucoup pour vos visites , commentaires et favoris♥

Thank you very much for your visits, comments and favorites

www.flickriver.com/photos/philippe_haumesser/popular-inte...

www.facebook.com/groups/lalonguevuedalsace/?fref=ts

www.facebook.com/philippe.haumesser.9

ATEOTD, basically, essentially, in summary, in the end, to recap, to summarize, to sum up, when all is said and done

The meaning

The meaning of this life can change

It's just how you observe it

Like you can't stop a wave

But you can learn to surf it

So it's all down to interpretation...

Remember...

One man changed the laws of physics with a three letter equation

So I take that same principle and I apply it to life

For every moment's an oportunity in a different disguise

To be aware of your potential is to open our eyes

The only force that works against us is the ticking of time

But I accept mine

I stare death in the face

I take hold of its bony fingers

I hold death in embrace

For to accept death, that is to be free of fear

And we can fill the gap with love and time just seems to disappear

For what is the use in working a nine to five job

Trying to build some sort of status for ourself before our time is up

If when we get there we feel the same as we did from the start

Material wealth will never quench a thirsty heart

We spend so much time searching for the meaning of our existence

that sometimes we forget to just exist through sheer persistence

Buddhist monks will spend days in deep meditation

And saints will contemplate god and all of his crations

Scientist will try to summarize with and equation

Consumerist they'll try to buy the ticket to salvation

Well this is my theory

This is my school of thought

The meaning of life is much easier that once thought...

I think that the meaning of life

It is to simply live

And if I am wrong

Then lord please forgive

but it seems so simple

it's obvious

it makes me want to shout out

That the meaning of life is this moment

This second

Right here

Right now

José Carioca is one of my favourite Disney characters. He is portrayed as a ladies’ man, enjoys parties, and acts as a typical Brazilian rascal. To summarize: he is everything I am not! Maybe that’s why I like this character so much.

It was fun to build him in the same style as Donald and Daisy. I struggled a bit building the arms since there are not many hinged parts in tan. Minifigure legs turned out to be excellent parts to that end.

I've been shooting IR for quite a while now but only recently did I find out that there was something missing in my post processing workflow. In connection with this, I had this image shot with my old IR converted 20D reprocessed.

The IR photography workflow is very tedious as the work starts from shooting it right from the camera - - - by setting properly the custom WB & aperture then saving the image as a RAW file. Failure to set properly the custom WB and aperture will result in bad color cast and diffraction, respectively. Thereafter, the RAW image is post processed carefully via Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop via a custom profile instead of the default ACR 4.4 camera profile. Fine tuning involves layers such as channel mixer swapping and removing color cast.

To summarize it all, I am trying to revive my dying passion for IR photography. Maybe it is because of the crappy weather in Singapore that I don't have time to shoot IR anymore or maybe it's just me.

IR modified Canon EOS 20D ı Canon EF17-40mm f/4L USM ı 17mm ı 1/250s ı f/9 ı ISO 200

Explore no. 122, 27 March 2013

I wasn't in Cologne for a long time. In this post-pandemic period now I am once again in this beautiful city on the river Rhine. It goes without saying that my camera will be there and that I want to finally try to get someone for THE HUMAN FAMILY project.

This afternoon I was walking on the right side of the River Rhine, here is a nice, long, large outside staircase and a promenade along the river. Many people were out and about, almost too many. But I noticed a relaxed young couple sitting on a bench enjoying the flair here by the River Rhine, just like me. So, of course, I spoke to them. Here I met Vici and Steve.

The idea, the approach and the thought behind the project fell on fertile ground. Certainly my photos on the smartphone also contributed to this. The only constraint was that Vici and Steve only had limited time as they couldn't miss their train home.

So we started with the photos first. After a few test photos, Vici became relaxed and relaxed and we were able to look forward to some beautiful pictures. We were assisted by Steve, who "operated" the reflector.

Then came the interview, which I try to summarize here:

Vici comes from Munster, a town not so far away from here. Vici is here in Cologne for a day trip. She would describe herself as impulsive, energetic and helpful. In Vici's opinion, "impulsive" can also have negative effects.

What are the three things you can't do without (on a lonely island)?

"These are my family, if I had a partner, then my partner, and a camera to document for me what my everyday life on the island is like."

How have you coped with Corona in the last three years?

Vici: "Well, the beginning of Corona was really difficult for me. Corona was very formative, I was pretty badly ill with Corona myself, it wasn't nice and was a very intensive course. That was exactly the time when I was just 18 and where life actually really begins, you want to take a lot with you, experience and get together experiences. But now in retrospect it wasn't that bad, because you didn't celebrate intensively at that time, but now you are excited about it, what is possible again. Looking back, Covid-19 had positive and negative sides. But now everything is fine, without post-Covid problems."

My question: what does happiness mean to you?

Vici: "Fulfillment, positive energy, peace and being in harmony with yourself: Happiness also means trying to hide the negative so that it doesn't have too much of an impact on you, your character and everyday life in general."

What makes you angry when you walk through your hometown?

Vici: "Generally speaking: narrow-mindedness, a lack of understanding from people, racism, homophobia. None of that has any place in today's time and the current situation." These are things that bother Vici very much.

My question: Do you have any advice/tips for young people your age?

Vici: "Don't let other people influence you (negatively), find yourself. Feel comfortable with yourself, that's the most important thing, be in tune with yourself and make your own decisions, even if not all of them will be right , but you learn from it, it shapes you for the rest of your life."

Vici says: "You tend to learn through bad experiences, because if you've had a lot of bad experiences, then you appreciate the good, beautiful moments all the more. And that's important for appreciating happiness. The enthusiasm for life is what counts ", but this is missing for many. The reason certainly has something to do with social media. There are so many possibilities that one gets bogged down and loses sight of the essentials. Societies always exert influence, both actively and passively. Don't let it affect you too much, you have to decide for yourself.

Social media influences young people both actively and passively. It is important to recognize the limits and not to be influenced too much by the endless number of postings by beautiful young men and women who, through image processing, provide a false role model and an illusion of a make-believe world; an ideal of beauty that does not exist. Unfortunately, all of this has a major impact on young girls and boys.

Social media also has an impact on people's active physical presence. This has already struck Viki negatively.

Being together is strongly influenced by social media, it is much less enjoyed, the mobile phone is always on the table, switched on, you think you always have to be present, someone is always on the mobile phone. The times when you meet somewhere, sit on a blanket and nobody has a mobile phone with you will probably never come back. Such beautiful moments, also with and in nature, are lost."

Viki tries to do things differently, to counteract this; Viki takes care not to be on the cellphone when she meets her friends, because after all she is there for her friends and the cellphone has no place on this occasion.

Our time is slowly running out (keyword: train home). We end our conversation. We exchange our electronic addresses, I thank Vici warmly and we shake hands in farewell. Vici thanks me for speaking to her, she had never experienced that before! Fortunately, we stayed in touch after the encounter. I really enjoyed that. Thank you, Vici.

At this point I would like to sincerely thank Vici again that she and Steve were willing to be part of my photo project and took the time for our little encounter. It was a friendly, relaxed and happy encounter. I was happy to have met you. And I wish Vici and Steve all the best for their future.

This is my 84th post to my project "The Human Family". (Before that I already had 100 interesting encounters in the course of my photo project and the group "100 Strangers") You can find more photos of other photographers in the community "The Human Family" here:

www.flickr.com/groups/thehumanfamily/

Macro Mondays. Forks

In my other life

In this shot, I have used tiny forks of the dessert ones and a few spoons idem., Related in my story, below. A carved wooden glass for small candles, to which I have put some led lights, to create an atmosphere and a paper background to create the blue hour, that time admired in Ibiza. I hope you like it. The total shot is 7.4cm wide by 5.9cm high.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqNUePCICG8

With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker

Hace unos pocos años, en uno de mis viajes de ocio por las islas Pitiusas, Ibiza y Formentera, particularmente en Ibiza, en el Mercado de las Dalias descubrí un artesano que esbozaba y hacía cosas muy curiosas con objetos sencillamente cotidianos.

Era un tipo singular, hippie, con dos títulos de grado, y conocimiento de varios idiomas. He de decir, que despertó gratamente mi curiosidad. Había vivido en varios países, desempeñando labores de responsabilidad en algunas compañías multinacionales, y “disfrazado y encorsetado” con un traje oscuro cuidadosamente planchado, doce o catorce horas al día.

En un viaje de asueto, descubrió Ibiza, sus fragancias, su gente, su cocina, sus playas y dijo hasta aquí; y en una semana, resolvió y dejó todo por lo que había luchado toda su vida, su posición, y decidió que trabajaría como artesano para sustentarse.

Y hasta aquí una primera parte de esta historia brevemente resumida.

Prometí que volvería a visitarle y hacerle un encargo para mí, confiando en su creatividad. Me dijo, “busca algo en el mercadillo que te guste mucho y te llame la atención, lo que quieras, metal, cuerda, tela, lo que te parezca”. Se me ocurrió comprar un tenedor de plata pequeñito, más chico que los de postre, muy curioso porque era antiguo y dos cucharitas chicas a juego. Se las entregué, y exclamó: “María, vuelve en cuatro días y tendrás algo que te sorprenderá”.

Cuando volví, me encontré una pulsera fabricada con el pequeño tenedor, dos pendientes con las cucharitas. Algo innovador y diferente en esos años. Después y aún ahora hay “creativos” que le imitan… Lo estrené esa misma tarde, disfrutando de una puesta de sol en la playa y un cóctel…

Aquellos maravillosos años….

A few years ago, in one of my leisure trips to the Pitiusas Islands, Ibiza and Formentera, particularly in Ibiza, at the Mercado de las Dalias I discovered a craftsman who sketched and did very curious things with simply everyday objects.

He was a quirky, hippie guy with two bachelor's degrees and knowledge of several languages. I have to say, he pleasantly piqued my curiosity. He had lived in various countries, performing duties of responsibility in some multinational companies, and "disguised and corseted" in a carefully pressed dark suit, twelve or fourteen hours a day.

On a holiday trip, he discovered Ibiza, its fragrances, its people, its cuisine, its beaches and said up to here; And in a week, he resolved and left everything that he had fought for all his life, his position, and decided that he would work as a craftsman to support himself.

And so far a first part of this briefly summarized story.

I promised that I would visit him again and commission him for me, trusting in his creativity. He told me, "look for something in the market that you like a lot and that catches your attention, whatever you want, metal, rope, fabric,

whatever you like." It occurred to me to buy a tiny silver fork, smaller than the dessert ones, very curious because it was old and two matching small spoons. I handed them to him, and he exclaimed: "Maria, come back in four days and you will have something that will surprise you"

When I returned, I found a bracelet made with the small fork, two earrings with the spoons. Something innovative and different in those years. Later and even now there are "creatives" who imitate him ... I premiered it that same afternoon, enjoying a sunset on the beach and a cocktail ... those wonderful years ....

María

Nothing is lost, everything is transformed" is a variation of Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier's famous phrase: "In nature, nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed," which summarizes the Law of Conservation of Mass in chemistry, explaining that matter only changes form, it does not disappear, being essential for sustainability and natural cycles, such as the water cycle and the decomposition of organic matter, and also applies to recycling processes and personal development.

I'm glad 2016 is over. Even though there has a been a few outstanding moments, the year has been most of the time too stressful for me.

I spent the first day of 2016 thinking about where I was in my photographic journey as a toy photographer. I also wrote a post on my blog so I could check whether the goals I had for 2016 have been fulfilled.

Today I decided to do the same. I went back reading that blog post I wrote for myself one year ago. I've spent all the day in front of my computer screen, looking back at the photos I've taken. I read again a few Stuck in Plastic's blog posts that happen to be in phase with my current state of thinking.

I've defined some goals to push forward my photography but it doesn't matter that much if I can fulfill them: I'm pretty sure I won't be disappointed with where 2017 will lead me. On the other I set a goal that is less directly related to my own photography.

The big highlight of this year has been attending the #sipgoeshamburg2016 toy safari. Being able to meet again some of my new friends has been as great. I can't wait to see them again, I can't wait to see the ones I couldn't visit, and I can't wait to meet new toy photographers. So my main goal for this year is to make this possible. (To quote @xxsjc: "put the social back into social media")

This photo/sigfig selfie was taken in Malmö a month ago, when I visited @fubiken before attending a conference in Copenhagen. Like the toy safari in Hamburg, it was a well needed moment to rest in the middle of stressful weeks/months.

(I've also spent some time summarizing my thoughts into a new blog post. It's mostly so I can be able to read it again in one year but it's also online at reiterlied.net/2017/01/01/goals-2016-perspectives-2017/ This year I've also included a few pictures related to my evolution through 2016.)

Definition: "an expression of disappointment or disgust"

This image summarizes my opinion of those hypocritical Senators who are blocking a bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits. They are the same ones who are always ready to send our young into war, but are unwilling to fully care for them when they came home injured. FOO on the lot of them. :((

P,S, Hats off to Jon Stewart for his straight talk on this travesty !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUW3-dzmRZc

04.02.15

BOOM! Back to my silhouettes! Well for today that is. It was really weird because I had to walk all the way up to my spot with a shovel. I felt judged by anyone and everyone who looked at me oddly. But I'm pretty sure I was the odd one out. You don't typically see people walking around town with a shovel. If I had the time yesterday this is what I would have done. There are a few interpretations that can come from this. You can take your own. Once again I'm uploading this at an inappropriate time. I'm going to shut down and get back to my class. Have a fantastic Wednesday!

I'M OUT CAPTIN!

(p.s. I have a t-shit that says Captain on it and when I wear it someone calls me captain and it throughs me off. Random banter complete.)

I'm just going to quickly add to this. Today well I was in class my friend Matt told me I was on the Flickr blog, which is actually mind blowing for me. Something I didn't even expect. I'm so thrilled and filled with joy right now. I literally can't understand.

To summarize my feels in one swish type I would have to say this

asdfghjkl;

Thanks so much to David Talley. I literally can't handle this joy. Nor did I expect it. Highlight of my day, month, and best start to this new year.

Iceland has been on my mind lately. I've been slowing putting together an article which briefly summarizes my trip to the country which made me remember this image which I recently processed. I thought it was worthy enough of a post. As you can see it showcases the incredible geography and landscape of Iceland's interior. Such a mind boggling place, one my favorites of all the locations we visited.

Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:

Description of the District

St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District runs along St. Clair Avenue between Main Street and Delaware Avenue. The district consists of 23 properties. Twenty-one of these properties are residential and two are commercial.

Cultural Heritage Value of the District

The Heritage Conservation District Planning Study summarizes the value of the district in three points:

• Area has relatively significant historical/architectural structures that represent early 20th century architecture.

• Area was first developed in 1912 on the west side of the avenue, and development on the east side started in 1923.

• Original homeowners were significant individuals in the City of Hamilton.

Designation of the District

The designation of St. Clair Avenue Heritage Conservation District was initiated by the local residents association. According to the planning study, “The St. Clair Heritage District Planning Study evolved from the interest and effort of the St. Clair Homeowners Association and was encouraged by the Hamilton-Wentworth

Regional Planning and Development Department”. The district is protected by By-law 86-125, passed in 1986.

Yep, this little jig from a Downy Woodpecker summarized my feelings after receiving the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. I am sure that this feeling is universal.

Assignment: PCA116- Simplicity

Date: Aug 1st - Aug 15th

Image Tag: pca116

From: bowtoo - Tim

One aspect of composition that is tough to pay attention to is "simplicity". How do you tell a story, or single out a subject and remove all the clutter that might distract a viewer?

A photographer said at a talk I went to that you should be able to say a simple, single phrase about any photograph you take. As soon as you have to use more than one phrase to describe an image you already have too much clutter.

Several techniques for simplifying an image are to make a tighter crop, isolate the subject better (with light or depth of field) or to pay attention to the background when you take the shot.

The assignment for this week is to shoot an image that can be summarized in a single phrase. To increase the interest, I'd like you to leave off the title and have the people critiquing your image come up with suggestions when they look at it at the end of the week.

WIT

I am interested to hear what others think of this. For me, what is interesting about "simplicity" in composition is how you reduce an image to one basic idea.

This may not be the best choice to illustrate to point because there is a lot in this image, but I do believe all of the elements of the image combine to make one simple statement about what is going on here.

Anne and I went to Hudson, MA for a balloon festival. We had to get up really early in the morning to make it in time for the launch. We were joined by fje49, nikonjim, garreyf, shadeauxe, cbushie and SusanMarshall

I did some post-processing on this image. No cropping - I met the president of the Balloon School of Massachusetts (I think that he said he is 84 years old) and he let me step in really close for this shot. He went up in this balloon with four others.

I did a little selective brightening of the basket and darkening of the flame.

©2006 Kris Kros

All rights reserved

About Pagodas

A pagoda is one part of a temple's structure, and we can trace the origin of pagodas back to India. A pagoda has its origin in old Indian culture. The Indians made pagodas as tombs, called stupa, before Buddhism began, but the shape of it was completely different from a Japanese or Chinese one. "Stupa" is from a word which means "to accumulate" in Sanskrit, which is the ancient language in India. Its shape was like a dome, and most of them were made from soil or stone. The Indians stood one pole in the center of the dome from the land to above the top of it (like an axis), and they buried bones of the cremated dead (They were mainly saints or heroes) under the pole. They thought of the pole as a symbol of the center of the universe, which collected the energy of the universe and controlled the birth of everything. A stupa showed completeness and the balance of the energy in the universe. It was representing the universe itself. People always worshiped it.

This idea was taken over in Buddhism. Buddha asked to have his bones put in a stupa after he died, so his pupils made stupas after his death. Then, they had made stupas as the symbol of the tomb of Buddha. For this reason, a stupa was the most significant structure in a temple.

In the sixth century, Buddhism came to Japan, and then Buddhism architecture was introduced with it. However, while it was coming through China or Korea, the shape of the pagoda was modified, from a dome to a several-level one, which can be seen from the word pagoda now. It was because in China they had plenty of wood and superior techniques in wooden architecture, as well as Japan, so, they built pagodas as precise structures from wood.

The shape of Pagodas was very different from the original one, but it did not necessarily lose the original meanings. We can see that from the center-pillar of it. This stands in the center of a pagoda, from under the ground to high above the top roof of a pagoda, and beautiful stones which were replacing real bones of Buddha were buried under it like in India. The part of the pillar above the top roof is called So-rin and this is the form summarizing stupa. This shows that a pagoda was thought of as Buddha tomb also in Japan.

Highest position: 2 on Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Resumir Cuenca en unas pocas líneas no sólo es tarea baladí, sino casi un sacrilegio, ya que por los huecos de la estrechez perderíamos siempre algo valioso, algo importante. Cuenca es ciudad para reposar, no de visita apresurada. Una ciudad para ver por dentro, paseando sus calles, entrando en sus rincones monumentales; y contemplar desde fuera, desde el otro lado del Júcar; para ver bañada por el sol o iluminada por la noche. Para ver las construcciones del hombre y las de la naturaleza. Para descubrir escondidos secretos de callejones fachadas y callejuelas, o para que invada la imponencia de su catedral, o sumergirse de lleno en la envoltura de monumentos de la Plaza Mayor; para la historia del arte o el arte abstracto contemporáneo.

La ciudad que se asoma al Júcar colgada desde la pared que la sustenta, es, merecidamente, Patrimonio de la Humanidad e invita desde su percha a transitarla con calma, degustarla y llevársela prendida. Cuenca es la ciudad que no se resume, nos resume ella y nos hace vulnerables ante su esplendor y su belleza.

Cuenca summarize in a few lines is not only trivial task, but almost sacrilegious because through the holes of the narrowness always lose something valuable, something important. Cuenca is a city to rest, not hasty visit. A city to see inside, walking the streets, entering his monumental corners; and look from outside, from the other side of the Júcar; to see bathed in sunshine or illuminated at night. To see the constructions of man and nature. To discover hidden secrets of facades alleys and lanes, or to invade its imposing cathedral, or being immersed in the envelope of monuments Plaza Mayor; for the history of contemporary art or abstract art.

The city overlooking the Júcar hanging from the wall that supports it, is deservedly a World Heritage Site and invites from his perch to journey it calmly, taste it and take her pinned. Cuenca is the city that is not summed up, she sums up and makes us vulnerable to its splendor and beauty.

ESCOGE CUALQUIERA DE MIS ALBUMES Y MÍRALO SIN PRISAS

It didn't take long for me to reach the days objective and cross it off the list. I reached Chippewa Falls and headed right to Norma. The morning handoff of cars between Wisconsin Northern and Union Pacific was just wrapping up with the UP departing to head back to Altoona. I headed right across the river to set up for my shot. The air was still and holding at about -15 as I scrambled up to the bridge. Thankfully it wasn't a long wait and I could see the train as they made their way across the river and eased into the curve approaching the diamond.

LTS82 didn't have any cars from the WN this day, only 5 gondolas destined for the Alter Metal scrap yard at Eau Claire making the trip up in order to be spotted there on the way back. The empties provided imperceptible resistance yet the frigid air had the exhaust lingering above the train. The crossing with the CN is seen in the background.

In putting together a book about the Minneapolis Sub I knew I wanted to show this crossing yet through many visits I had never caught a train here. While CN makes more moves over the diamond in a week their schedule is pretty problematic. Road trains are at night, the local is also at night, heading out before dark in the longest days of summer, but heading away and always coming back in the dark. The UP local out of Altoona on the other hand is a much more reliable play, making a morning run up to Norma on weekdays (3 times a week I believe). Much of the year, this mid-day return happens in high sun but you can't go wrong in January.

I knew the crossing was a location worth showing but in writing the book I learned what a pivotal place this has been for Chippewa Valley railroading going back to the beginning. At different points in time, 7 different alignments have radiated out from this spot. I had summarized the history and put together a map showing what went where though the years, the only thing missing was a present day photo. I was pretty trilled to get it once my fingers thawed out. January 20, 2025.

Campione del Garda ist ein Ortsteil von Tremosine sul Garda auf der westlichen Seite des Gardasees in der Provinz Brescia in der Region Lombardei.

Campione del Garda is a frazione of Tremosine sul Garda Lake on the Western side of Lake Garda, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

The history is here very well summarized:

Die bewegte Geschichte ist hier sehr gut zusammengefasst:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campione_del_Garda

The amazing beauty of Athens is summarized in this shot, the past, the present and the future with a touch of incredible natural beauty

Strobist: OlympusFL50 into shoot through umbrella cam right @1/2

GIANT SLUG

I have been staying up until 4AM the last couple of nights straight trying to finish my website. It is going very well and I hope to have it up in the next couple of days, but the lack of sleep is starting to get to me.

I feel a little like a zombie at work, and human interaction before noon can be summarized in grunting noises. But all is worth it, I have goals and i will achieve them.

BTW This is most certainly NOT PHOTOSHOPPED

105/365

I Teach Photoshop online to people all over the world, if you like my work, you will love the class.

Toni and I just got back from our second FloydFest, a four-day music festival in a field along the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Floyd, Virginia. The festival site is right on the border of Floyd and Patrick Counties.

The setting is gorgeous, unlike many music festivals, and you get a real sense of being a part of the land and the history of Virginia. There is a small graveyard on the site, which most festival-goers -- including me --passed by without a second thought.

I did, however, pause long enough during the acoustic sets of Tift Merritt (a charming mainstream country music star) and the Rockridge Brothers (a very traditional -- and very good -- bluegrass band from Sweden) to take some quick snapshots of the cemetery. Now, thanks to the wonders of Google, I can provide this report on Mr. Lovell, who like me had a front-row seat for some great FloydFest musical performances.

Although this side of Mr. Lovell's gravestone does not list dates of his birth and death, the 1880 census of the Smith River District of Patrick County lists Mr. Lovell as 35 year old farmer married to 26 year old Lucinda (whose occupation was "keeping house"). So Mr. Lovell would have been 19 or 20 when the Civil War ended in April 1865. Thus, he is likely to have joined the Confederate Army no earlier than 1863.

Mr. Lovell is listed on the rolls of Company D of the 54th Virginia Infantry, but I haven't been able to find any further information about Mr. Lovell's service for the Confederacy. Still, we can make some reasonable guesses from the histories of the 54th Virginia that are on the Internet.

The 54th Virginia, which was formed at the Floyd Courthouse on September 16, 1861, was one of the rare Virginia units assigned to the Army of the Tennessee rather than the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee (not surprising given its location in southwestern Virginia).

Assuming Mr. Lovell joined at age 17 or 18, his first real exposure to the horrors of war might have been at the Battle of Chickamauga in northern Georgia, on September 19-20, 1863, which was one of the five bloodiest battles of the Civil War in which the 54th suffered 17 killed and 43 wounded.

Even more costly for the 54th was the obscure battle of Mt. Zion Church in north Georgia on June 22-23, 1864, in which the regiment came under heavy artillery fire and suffered 92 casualties.

For the remainder of the War, the 54th remained a part of the Army of the Tennessee and took part in several major battles (Missionary Ridge, Murfreesboro, the siege of Atlanta, and the disastrous Battle of Franklin) and many minor battles and skirmishes during their service in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.

An online history of the Harris family --

(http://pdharris.com/harris/54th_va_company_f.htm#a15)

-- poignantly summarizes the final months of the existence of the 54th Virginia as follows:

After Chickamauga the army went on the move and fought battles at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, Dalton-Resaca, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, the siege of Atlanta, Murfreesboro and Franklin, Tennessee, Egypt Station Mississippi, Stoney Creek, North Carolina, and Bentonville, North Carolina which was fought on March 17th, 18th and 19th, 1865. Under Hood, the Army of Tennessee lost 12,000 men during the Tennessee Campaign. By Hoods own request he was relieved of command on January 25, 1865 at Tupelo, Mississippi. They left Meridian, Miss., on January 29. They were loaded on a train for the Tombigbee River where they took a boat four miles to Selma, Alabama. On February 1, 1865 they boarded another train to Demopolis, Alabama and took a steamboat to Montgomery. They left Montgomery on February 3, and rode to Columbus, Georgia. On the 4th they loaded in boxcars for Macon, Georgia but the train derailed after 35 miles. They then marched to Maysville and boarded another train. They reached Augusta on Feb. 7, and soon were out of Georgia for good.

The army had several skirmishes until April 25th, 1865. On April 27th Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee. They were not paroled until May 1st, and 2nd, 1865 at Greensboro, N.C. and were released to return home. Of all the men who served in the 54th and the 63rd, Virginia regiments, probably in excess of 3300 men there were only 93 left to be paroled on may 1st, 1865, due to disease, war casualties, desertion and some who knew the war was over and just went home....The brothers losing this war had to be a bitter pill to swallow after so much fighting, deprivation and suffering. Perhaps Mary Chestnut of Chester, S.C. said it best. The 54th was passing through Chester, S.C. on their way into North Carolina on February 28th, 1865 where they had their last muster roll as a unit. They knew the end was near. Mary wrote, "Today the corps passed through, the songs of the men were heartbreak, so sad, so stirring, I sat down as women have before and wept. Oh, the bitterness of such weeping, There they go the gay and gallant few." The last gathering of the flower of Southern Manhood. Just two months later the war was over.

I do not know, and it perhaps cannot be known, when Mr. Lovell decided to depart from the macabre final death dance of the Confederacy -- whether as a deserter, a wounded soldier who just never got around to returning, or one of the stubborn few who actually stuck around for the formal surrender to the Yankees.

But according to a 1939 article in the Floyd Press newspaper (isn't Google just amazing?), Mr. Lovell lived to a ripe old age, dying in September 1938, when he would have been 92 or 93 years.

I hope he and his lovely young bride Lucinda had a lusty and music-loving life until the very end (forgiving his youthful misjudgment in joining the wrong side).

Based on the title of this alone, it's easy to summarize this one night as probably one of the greatest astrophotography nights of my life.

Pope Benedict XVI's message to the Franciscan family, April 18, 2009

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Franciscan family!

With great joy I welcome you all at this happy and historic occasion that has gathered you all together: the eighth centenary of the approval of the "protoregola" [monastic rule] of St. Francis by Pope Innocent III. Eight hundred years have passed, and those dozen friars have become a multitude, scattered all over the world and now here, by you, worthily represented. In recent days you have gathered in Assisi for what you wanted to call the "Chapter of Mats" to recall your origins. And at the end of this extraordinary experience you have come together with the "Signor Papa" [Lord Pope], as your seraphic founder would say. I greet you all with affection: the Friars Minor of the three branches, guided by the respective Ministers General, among whom I thank Father José Rodriguez Carballo for his kind words, the members of the Third Order, with their Minister General; the Franciscan women religious and members of the Franciscan secular institutes, and knowing them spiritually present, the Poor Clares, which constitute the "second order."

I am pleased to welcome some Franciscan bishops, and in particular I greet the bishop of Assisi, Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, who represents the Church of Assisi, the home of Francis and Clare, and spiritually, of all the Franciscans. We know how important it was for Francis, the link with the bishop of Assisi at the time, Guido, who acknowledged his charisma and supported it. It was Guido who presented Francis to Cardinal Giovanni of St. Paul, who then introduced him to the Pope and encouraged the adoption of the Rule. Charism and institution are always complementary for the edification of the Church.

What should I tell you, dear friends? First of all I would like to join you in giving thanks to God for the path that he has marked out for you, filling you with his benefits. And as Pastor of the Church, I want to thank him for the precious gift that you are for the entire Christian people. From the small stream that flowed from the foot of Mount Subasio, it has formed a great river, which has made a significant contribution to the universal spread of the Gospel. It all began from the conversion of Francis, who, following the example of Jesus "emptied himself" (cf. Phil 2:7) and, by marrying Lady Poverty, became a witness and herald of the Father who is in heaven. To the "Poverello" [little poor man], one can apply literally some expressions that the apostle Paul uses to refer to himself and which I like to remember in this Pauline Year: "I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And this life, I live in the flesh, I live by faith of the Son of God who has loved me and given himself for me" (Gal. 2:19-20). And again: "From now on let no one bother me: for I wear the marks of Jesus on my body" (Gal 6:17).

Francis reflects perfectly the footsteps of Paul and in truth can say with him: "For me, to live is Christ" (Phil 1:21). He has experienced the power of divine grace and he is as one who has died and risen. All his previous wealth, any source of pride and security, everything becomes a "loss" from the moment of encounter with the crucified and risen Jesus (cf. Phil 3:7-11). The leaving of everything at that point becomes almost necessary to express the abundance of the gift received. A gift so great as to require a total detachment, which itself isn't enough; it requires a entire life lived "according to the form of the holy Gospel" (2 Tests, 14: the Franciscan Sources, 116).

And here we come to the point that surely lies at the heart of our meeting. I would summarize it as follows: the Gospel as a rule of life. "The Rule and life of the Friars Minor is this, to observe the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:" this is what Francis writes at the beginning of his Rule (Rb I, 1: FF, 75). He defined himself entirely in the light of the Gospel. This is his charm. This is his enduring relevance. Thomas of Celano relates that the Poverello "always held himself in the heart of Jesus. Jesus on the lips, Jesus in his ears, Jesus is his eyes, Jesus in his hands, Jesus in all the other members [...] In fact finding himself often traveling and meditating or singing about Jesus, he would forget he was traveling and would stop to invite all creatures to praise Jesus" (1 Cel., II, 9, 115: FF115). So the Poverello has become a living gospel, able to attract to Christ men and women of all ages, especially young people, who prefer radical idealism to half-measures. The Bishop of Assisi, Guido, and then Pope Innocent III recognized in the proposal of Francis and his companions the authenticity of the Gospel, and knew how to encourage their commitment for the good of the Church.

Here is a spontaneous reflection: Francis could have also not gone to the Pope. Many religious groups and movements were forming during that time, and some of them were opposed to the Church as an institution, or at least didn't seek the Churches' approval. Certainly a polemical attitude towards the hierarchy would have won Francis many followers. Instead, he immediately thought to put his journey and that of his companions into the hands of the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of Peter. This fact reveals his true ecclesial spirit. The little "we" that had started with his first friars he conceived from the outset inside the context of the great "we" of the one and universal Church. And the Pope recognized and appreciated this. The Pope, in fact, on his part, could have not approved the project of the life of Francis. Indeed, we can well imagine that among the collaborators of Innocent III, some counseled him to that effect, perhaps fearing that his group of monks would end up resembling other heretical groups and pauperisms of the time. Instead the Roman Pontiff, well informed by the Bishop of Assisi and Cardinal Giovanni of St. Paul, was able to discern the initiative of the Holy Spirit and welcomed, blessed and encouraged the nascent community of "Friars Minor."

Dear brothers and sisters, eight centuries have passed, and now you have wanted to renew this gesture of your founder. You are all sons and heirs of those origins, of that "good seed" which was Francis, who was conformed to the "grain of wheat" which is the Lord Jesus, died and risen to bring forth much fruit (cf. Jn 12:24). The saints propose anew the fruitfulness of Christ. As Francis and Clare of Assisi, you also commit yourselves to follow the same logic: to lose your lives for Jesus and the Gospel, to save them and make them abundantly fruitful. While you praise and thank the Lord who has called you to be part of such a great and beautiful family, stay attentive to what the Spirit says to it today, in each of its components, to continue to proclaim with passion the Kingdom of God, the footsteps of your seraphic father. Every brother and every sister should keep always a contemplative mood, happy and simple; always begin from Christ, as Francis set out from the gaze of the Crucifix of San Damiano and from the meeting with the leper, to see the face of Christ in our brothers and sisters who suffer and bring to all his peace. Be witnesses to the "beauty" of God, which Francis was able to sing contemplating the wonders of creation, and that made him exclaim to the Most High: "You are beauty!" (Praises of God Most High, 4.6: FF 261).

Dear friends, the last word I would like to leave with you is the same that the risen Jesus gave to his disciples: "Go!" (cf. Mt 28:19, Mk 16:15). Go and continue to "repair the house" of the Lord Jesus Christ, his Church. In recent days, the earthquake that struck the Abruzzo region has severely damaged many churches, and you from Assisi know what this means. But there is another "ruin" that is far more serious: that of people and communities! Like Francis, always start with yourselves. We are the first house that God wants to restore. If you are always able to renew yourselves in the spirit of the Gospel, you will continue to assist the pastors of the Church to make more and more beautiful the Church's face, that of the bride of Christ. The Pope, now the same as then, expects this of you. Thank you for coming! Now go and bring to all the peace and love of Christ the Savior. May Mary Immaculate, "Virgin made Church" (cf. Greetings to the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1 FF, 259), accompany you always. And may my Apostolic Blessing, which I cordially impart to all of you here present, and the entire Franciscan family, support you as well.

[Translation by Matthew Pollock]

[The Holy Father greeted the Franciscans in various languages. In English, he said:]

I am pleased to welcome in a special way the Minister Generals gathered with the priests, Sisters and Brothers of the worldwide Franciscan community present at this audience. As you mark the Eight-hundredth anniversary of the approval of the Rule of Saint Francis, I pray that through the intercession of the Poverello, Franciscans everywhere will continue to offer themselves completely at the service of others, especially the poor. May the Lord bless you in your Apostolates and shower your communities with abundant vocations.

© Copyright 2009 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana

A word that pretty much summarizes the month of October...

LENS TEST: ASAHI OPT. CO. Super-Takumar 28mm f3.5 (model 1, version 2)

Flare and buildings. Kansenji Temple, Suginami, Tokyo. © Michele Marcolin, 2023. K1ii + Super-Takumar 28mm f3.5 (model 1, ver. 2).

---------------

The 28mm is one of my preferred focal ranges, and Asahi managed to give this small lens such an elegant and attractive aesthetic that it really makes you wish to handle it. It is, indeed, a little jem.

Inexpensive and abundantly available, there is plenty of reviews with specs around (mostly superficial, I have to say) and there is no need to go in depth about it. There are, however a couple of details to keep in mind, if you are interested in getting one of them, because the lens came in two models over time, with two different optical formulae and some aesthetic differences. They can be summarized as follows.

> Super-Takumar Model 1, version 1 (1962-1965): 7 elements / 6 groups, 58mm filter, fine ribs aperture ring, F2.8 ~ 22 (with f4 half stop marked by a dot), IR line marked between F numbers and distance; prod. code 348, 43480.

> Super-Takumar Model 1, version 2 (1965-1966): 7 elements / 6 groups, 58mm filter, scalopped ribs aperture ring, F2.8 ~ 16 (with f4 half stop marked by a dot), IR line marked between F numbers and distance; prod. code 43481.

> Super-Takumar Model 2, version 1 (1966-1971): 7 elements / 7 groups, 49mm filter, scalopped ribs aperture ring, F2.8 ~ 16, distances in traditional window and IR marked on its lower border; prod. code 43871.

> Super-Multi-Coated Takumar Model 2, version 2 (1971-1975): 7 elements / 7 groups,49mm filter, new coating, scaloped ribs aperture ring, F2.8 ~ 16, distances in traditional window and IR marked on its lower border; prod. code 43872.

They say that the easiest way to know which version you have is to check the product number on the back of the auto/manual diaphragm switch and see where you are with it as noted above. It usually works with most of the lenses, but the very first versions of many models, when the production had not yet been standardized, are missing them. As a matter of fact, while my lens if F16 with scalopped aperture, it has no prod. code underneath the M/A switch tab. Actually one more reliable criteria is looking at the name plate: model one bears always the writing in sharp fonts with (,) after the ‘Asahi Opt. Co.’ engraving.; model 2, is engraved in rounded letters and without (,). That easy.

It is solidly made, like all Takumars, with excellent ergonomics, very smooth movement of the helicoid, 5 aperture blades and min. distance of 0.4m. Despite not everybody agree, the resolution seems fairly good to me already at F3.5 getting quite high by F8. Borders, of course, stay a bit weaker - but that is the magic of these old tools. Quite versatile for most situations, IMO. Colors and contrast feel great and well balanced, giving the images a well rounded feeling; sharp with fine but not artificially pumped details. Bokeh is unobtrusive (many do not like it) with some bubbles capability - not at the level of Auto-Takumar 35mm f2.3. The lens tend to flare a bit in frontal light, losing contrast a bit, but I am comfortable with it: a nice retrò touch tool for your creativity.

Voici une image faite avec le nouveau DMC GX8 de Panasonic. Une image difficile, avec des zones d’ombre importantes ainsi que des hautes lumières qui pardonnent peu. J’aurais pu faire cette photo en utilisant une technique « HDR », mais je me suis abstenu. Je voulais savoir comment la caméra réagirait à ces conditions difficiles. Comme le capteur est le tout premier dans le monde du micro quatre tiers à avoir une résolution de 20mpx, j’avais peur que l’appareil n’ait pas une bonne dynamique. Il semblerait que ce soit tout le contraire ! À date, à part mon Blad, c’est la caméra numérique qui semble avoir la meilleure dynamique de toutes ! (Celles que j’ai utilisées)

Donc, pour résumer, je n’ai ici qu’équilibré les basses et les hautes lumières, en somme, presque rien. Ça promet pour la suite !

Here is a picture I did with the new Panasonic DMC GX8. An image difficult to realise, with heavy shadows and high lights. I could have made this photo using the "HDR" technique but I refrained myself. I wanted to know how the camera will react to these difficult conditions. Because the sensor is the first in the micro four thirds world with a 20 mpx resolution, I was afraid that the camera does not have a good dynamic. It seems that it is just the opposite! To date, except for my Blad, this is the digital camera that seems to have the best dynamic of all! (The ones I have used)

So to summarize, the only thing I did was to balance shadows and high lights, in fact, almost nothing. It's promising for the future!

Press L to view in full screen.

Interesting impressions

michelgrenier.ca

She came back from Cassandra right after some of the so far most Miserable moments in my life and she just summarizes it all for me.

I wish my parents were immortal. That would have been nice.

Winter surprised road workers - this is the best way to summarize morning in the region.

After rainy Wednesday, frosty and snowy night came. Effect?

In the morning, as reported by Piła112 Facebook page, the DK10 road was almost impassable.

Such conditions also led to difficulties on the railroad - due to icing of the traction network, trains between Piła and Szczecinek were dragged by diesel traction. The inconvenience ended at around 10 a.m.

callous lack of empathypsychopath test pclr

please score yourself 0 1 2 3 on each of the 20 items and record your score as a comment on the total score image

The PCL-R is a clinical rating scale (rated by a psychologist or other professional) of 20 items. Each of the items in the PCL-R is scored on a three-point scale according to specific criteria through file information and a semi-structured interview. A value of 0 is assigned if the item does not apply, 1 if it applies somewhat, and 2 if it fully applies. In addition to lifestyle and criminal behavior the checklist assesses glib and superficial charm, grandiosity, need for stimulation, pathological lying, conning and manipulating, lack of remorse, callousness, poor behavioral controls, impulsivity, irresponsibility, failure to accept responsibility for one's own actions and so forth. The scores are used to predict risk for criminal re-offence and probability of rehabilitation.

The current edition of the PCL-R officially lists four factors (1.a, 1.b, 2.a, and 2.b), which summarize the 20 assessed areas via factor analysis. The previous edition of the PCL-R[5] listed two factors. Factor 1 is labelled "selfish, callous and remorseless use of others". Factor 2 is labelled as "chronically unstable, antisocial and socially deviant lifestyle". There is a high risk of recidivism and currently small likelihood of rehabilitation for those who are labelled as having "psychopathy" on the basis of the PCL-R ratings in the manual for the test, although treatment research is ongoing.

PCL-R Factors 1a and 1b are correlated with narcissistic personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder. They are associated with extraversion and positive affect. Factor 1, the so-called core personality traits of psychopathy, may even be beneficial for the psychopath (in terms of nondeviant social functioning).

PCL-R Factors 2a and 2b are particularly strongly correlated to antisocial personality disorder and criminality and are associated with reactive anger, criminality, and impulsive violence. The target group for the PCL-R is convicted criminals. The quality of ratings may depend on how much background information is available and whether the person rated is honest and forthright.

[edit] The two factorsFactor 1: Personality "Aggressive narcissism"

Glibness/superficial charm

Grandiose sense of self-worth

Pathological lying

Cunning/manipulative

Lack of remorse or guilt

Shallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)

Callousness; lack of empathy

Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Factor 2: Case history "Socially deviant lifestyle".

Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom

Parasitic lifestyle

Poor behavioral control

Lack of realistic long-term goals

Impulsivity

Irresponsibility

Juvenile delinquency

Early behavior problems

Revocation of conditional release

Traits not correlated with either factor

Promiscuous sexual behavior

Many short-term marital relationships

Criminal versatility

Acquired behavioural sociopathy/sociological conditioning (Item 21: a newly identified trait i.e. a person relying on sociological strategies and tricks to deceive)

Early factor analysis of the PCL-R indicated it consisted of two factors. Factor 1 captures traits dealing with the interpersonal and affective deficits of psychopathy (e.g. shallow affect, superficial charm, manipulativeness, lack of empathy) whereas Factor 2 dealt with symptoms relating to antisocial behaviour (e.g. criminal versatility, impulsiveness, irresponsibility, poor behaviour controls, juvenile delinquency).

The two factors have been found by those following this theory to display different correlates. Factor 1 has been correlated with narcissistic personality disorder, low anxiety, low empathy, low stress reaction and low suicide risk but high scores on scales of achievement and well-being. In addition, the use of item response theory analysis of female offender PCL-R scores indicates factor 1 items are more important in measuring and generalizing the construct of psychopathy in women than factor 2 items.

In contrast, Factor 2 was found to be related to antisocial personality disorder, social deviance, sensation seeking, low socio-economic status[6] and high risk of suicide. The two factors are nonetheless highly correlated and there are strong indications they do result from a single underlying disorder. However, research has failed to replicate the two-factor model in female samples.

Recent statistical analysis using confirmatory factor analysis by Cooke and Michie indicated a three-factor structure, with those items from factor 2 strictly relating to antisocial behaviour (criminal versatility, juvenile delinquency, revocation of conditional release, early behavioural problems and poor behavioural controls) removed from the final model. The remaining items are divided into three factors: Arrogant and Deceitful Interpersonal Style, Deficient Affective Experience and Impulsive and Irresponsible Behavioural Style.

In the most recent edition of the PCL-R, Hare adds a fourth antisocial behaviour factor, consisting of those Factor 2 items excluded in the previous model. Again, these models are presumed to be hierarchical with a single unified psychopathy disorder underlying the distinct but correlated factors.

The Cooke & Michie hierarchical ‘three’-factor model has severe statistical problems—i.e., it actually contains ten factors and results in impossible parameters (negative variances)—as well as conceptual problems. Hare and colleagues have published detailed critiques of the Cooke & Michie model. New evidence, across a range of samples and diverse measures, now supports a four-factor model of the psychopathy construct,] which represents the Interpersonal, Affective, Lifestyle, and overt Antisocial features of the personality disorder.

Diagnostic criteria and PCL-R assessmentPsychopathy is most commonly assessed with the PCL-R, which is a clinical rating scale with 20 items. Each of the items in the PCL-R is scored on a three-point (0, 1, 2) scale according to two factors. PCL-R Factor 2 is associated with reactive anger, anxiety, increased risk of suicide, criminality, and impulsive violence.

PCL-R Factor 1, in contrast, is associated with extraversion and positive affect. Factor 1, the so-called core personality traits of psychopathy, may even be beneficial for the psychopath (in terms of nondeviant social functioning). A psychopath will score high on both factors, whereas someone with APD will score high only on Factor 2.

Both case history and a semi-structured interview are used in the analysis.

It's so easy! You are blindfolded and asked to pull a book from a large cardboard box, then given 15 minutes in a closed room to acquaint yourself with it if not already acquainted, then summarize its plot in 5 minutes as loudly as you can for a panel of judges whose ears are stuffed with cotton.

A koli (fishing community) lady sorts the dried fishes by size, using what I can summarize as "air buoyancy-gravity" effect ? The lighter ones are carried further by wind, the heavier ones fall right below.

© All rights reserved, don´t use this image without my permission. Contact me at debmalya86@gmail.com

My dearest friend Philo has passed away this week. Can I summarize in words the 45 years of great friendship with this great woman, the answer is no. What I can do is a photo-collage with a sound track, to try to capture all the great time we had. Rest in peace so great and talented friend... 💔

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-g1hLjoOw

Victorian Brodsworth Hall arose from the rubble of a demolished Georgian styled 18th century mansion with a murky past, the original owners having been embroiled in the slave trade and amassing profits from Caribbean plantations. There is a short article on Wikipedia summarizing the history of the house. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodsworth_Hall

Located close to the village of Brodsworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the property with its spectacular gardens is in the care of English Heritage.

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/brodsworth-hall-...