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Canadian Seiner Fishing Vessel
PROUD CANADIAN
BEAM : 1.6 M
LENGTH OVERALL : 19.57 M
MOULDED DEPTH : 2.77 M
GROSS TONNAGE : 88.03 MT ( Metric Tons )
MAIN ENGINE : 365 HP
OWNER : JIMMY PATTERSON ENTERPRISES
FLYING UNDER THE FLAG OF CANADA
**Please note: Information is complied from online sources and not verified to be accurate.
💖 Steveston Docks.
The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Villiage is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
Stay healthy
Happy Clicks,
~Nautical me - Christie
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Explored July 4, 2023
#MacroMondays
#Feather
Plume grass is an extremely rare type of grass that can only be found in the deep sea in light-flooded caves (illuminated by the just as rare but permanently glowing deep sea rainbow) or above the clouds. I couldn't verify the origin of this specific bunch of plume grass, because it had materialized itself on my photo (aka living room) table out of nowhere. OK, joking aside, "nowhere" is a small paper bag that I keep in my original MM box (numerous boxes have followed since) in which I've carefully stored this feather ever since I found it on the ground in front of an outdoor owl cage/compound at the Tierpark Berlin back in 2017. The owl inhabiting said cage had eyed me suspiciously all the time plus its plumage colour and pattern were very similar to that of this feather, so it was pretty sure that owl's feather.
The feather, or rather the part of it I'd found (it looks as if it had broken off because the quill is missing), is very fluffy and delicate, and it has a white/light brown zigzag-like pattern. The entire length of the feather is 6,5 cm/2,5 inches, and the (upper) part of the feather that you can see in my image has a length of 2 cm/0,78 inches and a width of 4 cm/1,5 inches..
Since a feather is all about airiness, freedom, and a creature soaring the sky up above I thought I'd use a bright blue backdrop for a change. I still didn't know how to add a little more vivacity to the feather itself, since while beautiful it isn't exactly colourful with its muted tones that suit a predator well as camouflage. My makeshift colour filters didn't work too well for the scene I had in mind because they coloured the backdrop as well. But the sunshine came to my rescue. I keep all sorts of stuff on the window sill, like a sundial, and also rocks and crystals, and among these "dust collectors" also is a huge, diamond-shaped glass crystal. Its facets conjure lovely rainbow-coloured light reflections onto the wall and the window sill when hit by the sunlight at the right angle. And when I noticed the sparkle, I thought "That's it, hooray!" :) Not that it is easy to direct the rainbow sparkles to a specific subject, it was a lot of hit-and-miss, but in the end, I once again had a few images to choose from. I also took a few images of a plain white feather that actually reflects the rainbow light much better, but since I had to make a choice, this image made it mainly because of the white bokeh balls in the upper right corner (probably light reflections from the glass crystal as well) because they reminded me of sunlight shining through a very clear water surface (or of a small fleecy cloud), illuminating a beautiful "underwater scape".
HMM, Everyone, and have a nice week ahead!
The pure red plumage of the male Cardinal is evidence enough to verify that this species was named after the Roman Catholic cardinals who wore bright red robes. The most significant feature about them is how the male and female pair sing almost all year long to each other and also stay in close contact forming a very faithful mating.
This easily identified species is nonmigratory with the females being a little less showy than the males having light brown or tan coloured outer tail and wing feathers.
Males do have an aggressive nature and if they come in contact with their own reflection in a window or shiny surface may well attack the reflection.
I believe the males realize they are quite prominent in their bright red appendage so they prefer to reside in thickets and brushy tangles of various moist habitats.
This female is keeping a close eye out for any possible threats while also visiting a well stocked back yard feeder.
sense of perspective. I decided to paint the view from my living room window. I'll admit that I had a photo I'd taken earlier on my laptop, taken with a Zoom lens, so I could verify detail, but I tried not to reference it unless I was getting lost. Next time, I think I'll paint something closer to me, lol. Done with Arteza gouache, ZenArt Black Tulip brushes and Hahnemühle Cold Press Collection watercolor paper.
For Macro Mondays for 1/23 for tape. This is a fabric case for some reading glasses and to reinforce the edges, it is sewn with bias binding tape. Btb, this was not the picture I thought I’d take but it’s sort of dramatic— yes?… The size verification shot should be next in the photostream— this portion is about an inch and 5/8ths.
…..💙 HMM 💙
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ANSH scavenger2 tradition…. My Sunday tradition is to stage and to photograph a macro picture for whatever the Macro Mondays theme is for the week! I don’t think I’ve missed one in years!!
'Blow off a little steam'
World's first steam powered clock
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate
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Colours and light slightly muted due to weather conditions.
Thanks so much for comments and visits
~Christie
World's first steam powered clock
Historic Gastown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate.
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton helped get the Apollo 11 astronauts to the Moon. She led the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, the team responsible for developing the guidance and navigation system for the Apollo spacecraft and writing the code that brought astronauts into space and safely back home again.
Hamilton’s leadership and work formed the bedrock of software engineering as a whole. In this now-iconic photo, Hamilton stands next to listings of the Apollo Guidance Computer source code.
The MM theme is odd and the micro-mini duckies are back!! After a MM posting last week that wasn’t at all my usual, I thought the blue duckies should make an appearance.
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Handheld unsharpness, I was using the maximum zoom on the camera as binoculars to verify the name of the cruise ship moored way out in Weymouth Bay ... but photo taken when I saw a lone figure ... the only person I've seen on one of perhaps a dozen different huge passenger ships marking time out in the bay during this pandemic
day 43/365 for a doll a day
Cassis sporting an eclectic collection of elements... I warned
her she might be a candidate for "what not to wear"... but she
believes in her personal style. She wanted to present her pull-ring,
proof that she and her personal assistant, Gnome, are verified
members of the valentine alert squad.
Working all afternoon today and early tomorrow; and feeling a little
under the weather... so keeping up with adad the best I can!
Two youngsters toting umbrellas....spirits anything buy dampened by the heavy rains.
Location: Historic Gastown
Building: Leckie Building
Gastown is the historic core of Vancouver, and is the city's earliest, most historic area of commercial buildings and warehouses.
The lights and colours are constantly changing on this building in different shades of red, purple and blue.
The Leckie Building is a massive cubic seven-storey Edwardian era warehouse/factory building located at the southeast corner of Cambie and Water Street in the historic district of Gastown. Built in 1908 and a large addition to the east was constructed in 1913. Exterior: brick and granite. Internal structure: built of massive timber elements.
Gastown is the historic core of Vancouver, and is the city's earliest, most historic area of commercial buildings and warehouses.
The Leckie Building is representative of the importance of Gastown as the trans-shipment point between the terminus of the railway and Pacific shipping routes, and the consequent expansion of Vancouver into western Canada's predominant commercial centre in the early 20th century
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information is not verified accurate
Best experienced in full screen.
Thanks so much for comments and visits
~Christie
In the 1660s, English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton began a series of experiments with sunlight and prisms. Based on his experiments he argued that the geometric nature of the laws of reflection and refraction could only be explained if light is made of particles, which he referred to as corpuscles, as waves don't tend to travel in straight lines. Newton concluded that light is composed of colored particles that combine to appear white.
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Yesterday I serviced a 1966 Kodak Signet 35 rangefinder camera and took it out for a test to verify focus, etc.
This photo was made on Astrum MZ3 film, which is basically some kind of Ortho Copy Film, repackaged. It has an effective speed of 3 ASA (no, that's not a typo!), so a tripod is pretty much mandatory.
For this test, I developed the film in FA-1027 at 1:14 for 5.5 minutes and got a very nice negative: punchy, but not blocked up. This frame was exposed for 100 seconds at f16.
This is supposedly a Tessar design lens, so its not surprising that its sharp at the smaller apertures. (Its not great at apertures below f5.6 &1/2 in my experience) So if you encounter a Signet 35 somewhere, don't scoff at it! That lens is mighty sharp when used with care and forethought! Click on the image and see it full size - remember; this is a 35mm negative!
Anyway, if you're looking for a fun, easy to use, "pocktable" 35mm rangefinder, the Signet 35 is well worth giving a go. I'll be selling this one if anyone if interested. Email me to inquire: bardenphotographics@gmail "dot" com
GMC 910 Truck 1969 Owner Verification (Vintage manual focus lens) - Chatted for a while to the owner of this 1969 GMC 910 Truck (he verified the year) who was unloading it outside the skate hire shop at Olympic Plaza today. He’d owned the truck for a number of years and was thinking about having it repainted in the spring. Didn’t look in bad shape given it’s age!
Exceptions verify the rule, but every moment is forever. And the moment it's over, it's been over half an hour ago. After an hour it's a day ago, after a day, a week, and so on. And when it's over it took only an hour or two, when it reality it was a whole day at work. Selling a ticket to the last car on the ferry, taking a look around if I forgot anyone, and I spot the red convertible all the way at the front. Oh right, that one, now that I see it. That's still there. Completely forgot I ever met that at all. Might as well have been ten crossings ago that I sold him his ticket.
Today I went to one of my ship spotting places. Yesterday... did I even go anywhere yesterday? Ah right, Hattingen. Or was that the day before yesterday? Did yesterday even happen? If so, where was I? Spending another day not worth remembering, I guess.
‘Trust, but verify)’ is a Russian proverb, which is rhyming in Russian. The phrase became internationally known in English after a scholar of Russian history taught it to Ronald Reagan, then president of the US. Reagan used it on several occasions in the context of nuclear disarmament discussions with the Soviet Union.
The Macro Mondays theme for 6/19 is odd and this little yellow fellow seems to want to meander off on his own. (Last week’s posting to MM was neither blue nor a ducky, so I thought that this week I’d do both.)……
Will put up the size verification later when I’m on my laptop, but the duckies in this scene are just under 2 and a half inches.
Meet my courageous friend Ottó, standing on to that rock with that light to give us something interesting to photograph. What's more interesting though, is that shortly after this photo was taken, there were a couple of earthquakes happening almost directly below us, the biggest 4.3 Richter. Lava injections underneath have been verified recently, as this area is sitting on a fault line that's been active in the past few weeks, and many are expecting an eruption literally any minute now. We didn't feel the quakes as we were driving along the Reykjanes peninsula coastlline that night, but after reading about the quakes in the news (on our phones) we decided it might be a good time to get the f*** back home ASAP.
Shot with Canon EOS 5DsR + Sigma 28/1.4 Art.