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VPI Avenger Plus - a turntable of vinyl discs with manual control. VPI Avenger Plus has significant upgrades compared to the standard Avenger. Using the technical advances of the Titan top model, VPI engineers added the Harry Weisfeld's Signature Rim Drive, an analog drive system (ADS) to provide extreme engine speed accuracy and convenient speed switching, an improved JMW tonearm 12-3DR with Nordost Reference wiring, as well as a peripheral clamping ring for correcting geometrical defects of the plate..HiFi & High End Show is an exhibition of high-end audio and video equipment. Crocus Expo in Moscow.
Machinists use this type of a micrometer to measure the depth of a hole or opening with precise accuracy. I placed the device on my laptop so the keyboard's lights would show up as Bokeh in the background. An Aputure MC LED light was also used to highlight the gauge's numbers.
My energy drink can collection is now up to five and growing. Where this is going nobody knows. I can now say this is part of the energy drink series.
Each can was shot individually with my Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro with about a 6-10 image focus stack. They do seem to have a lot of potential for art. Five cans, a rectangular to polar coordinate conversion, a wavy window and yummy colors make this slider complete!
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
Not a job for the little guy. But when accuracy counts, this is who you want on the job (or so I was told by the foreman).
Milpitas, California.
One more for my energy drink series. Where this is going nobody knows.
Each can was shot individually with my Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro with about a 6-10 image focus stack. They do seem to have a lot of potential for art. Five cans, a rectangular to polar coordinate conversion, a wavy window and yummy colors make this slider complete!
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
A single Pronghorn would look lost in that open space, but fortunately they are herd animals, and fourteen of them filled the space nicely. With this offering I am shifting from close up work to deal with the problem of what to do when you can't get close.
Strategy number one: include more than one critter in the frame. Not always possible, of course, but in this case it was.
I shot this about a year ago on a cold, frosty morning. I was tempted to reduce the blue cast in processing, and lighten it overall, but why try to create a midday effect? For accuracy, I left it cool-toned, a little dark, and less contrasty than midday lighting would have produced. This is how I remember the moment. Shot from the rolling red Toyota blind.
Three more to come, all situations where I wasn't as close to my subject(s) as I would have liked but came away with shots worth keeping in my files.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Willem Schellinks' painting "Dutch Ships in the Medway, June 1667" captures a pivotal moment in naval history with remarkable skill and detail. Created in the Dutch Golden Age, this artwork depicts the daring Raid on the Medway, a significant event during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
Schellinks' composition skillfully conveys the chaotic intensity of the naval engagement. The viewer is drawn into the scene as Dutch ships, powerful and triumphant, navigate the waters of the River Medway in England. The artist's meticulous attention to architectural accuracy and his ability to render the vessels' intricate details highlight his technical prowess.
The painting not only commemorates a victorious naval campaign but also speaks to the broader themes of national pride and maritime power during the 17th century. The Dutch Republic's naval prowess is showcased as they successfully penetrated English defenses, a feat that left an indelible mark on both nations' histories.
Schellinks' work exemplifies the Dutch tradition of marine painting, which often combined meticulous representation of ships and seascapes with a sense of nationalistic pride. "Dutch Ships in the Medway, June 1667" stands as a testament to the artist's ability to capture historical events with artistic finesse, making it an enduring piece of both maritime and art history.
This talented young lady was writing names in Japanese, with more accuracy than a laser printer!
Given a slight blur and colour tweak treatment.
Taken near Cold Lake, AB. Was my first time every photographing this species with any accuracy. I rarely see them so it was a thrill. There has been a 62% decline of this species.. 95% of the population breeds in Canada's vital Boreal Forest.Clear-cutting greatly impacts this vulnerable species.
Sir Isaac Newton would be severely concussed !
2020 Has provided a bumper crop at the orchard's of Brogdale, fallen apple's will be graded and the best are used for juicing / cider production.
LR3995 © Joe O'Malley 2020
One of the best lines on the Maserati 250F, in my opinion, is this curve at the rear of the car. With the small vents and the fuel filler visible, I think the way this shape is formed is just beautiful. The hand painted registration and race number add to the beauty of the car.
The only minor complaint I have about this shot is the transponder that is attached to the bodywork, but the way motorsport events run these days, accuracy is demanded for lap timings etc.
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A reenactor creating Thai crafts which are still made today.
Wikipedia: Ancient Siam (also known as Ancient City, Thai: เมืองโบราณ, Mueang Boran) is a museum park constructed by Lek Viriyaphant and occupying over 200 acres in the shape of Thailand.
Ancient Siam is dubbed as the world's largest outdoor museum. The 320-hectare "city" features 116 structures of Thailand's famous monuments and architectural attractions. The grounds of Ancient Siam correspond roughly to the shape of the kingdom, with the monuments lying at their correct places geographically. Some of the buildings are life-size replicas of existing or former sites, while others are scaled down. Still others are "creative designs," and not replicas of any historical structure.
The replicas were constructed with the assistance of experts from the National Museum to ensure historical accuracy.
outfits:
Frieren outfit V3
Aura outfit V1
Fern outfit V4
all at Hinata's home
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posing:
UZME Poses original
This is cropped but not all that much. I still think it's amazing that I got these pelican in flight shots with my Sigma 17-70. Not just because of the relatively short focal length. The birds flying close helped out with that. But the af accuracy and the fine detail make me gain renewed appreciate for this lens, one I sold when I moved from DX.
It's time to take a break from my own photos and celebrate the 11 photo books I have from Flickr friends (the 12th is on its way). These photos were all taken on a coffee table in my house in Brisbane in available light, so I can't vouch for their colour accuracy - one side is usually brighter than the other.
Bart van Damme's "Maasvlakte I & II" is a big book with generously sized images. I think it illustrates Bart's transition from architectural photography to the "new topographics" and combines brilliance in both.
My build for the 1st round of the tournament.
Made in 0.6
Group D
+1 comment If you want me to move on.
Rufous Hummingbird
Colorado Springs, CO
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rufous_Hummingbird/id
"Red Birds in a Tree"
www.botanicgardens.org/blog/hummingbird-magnets-red-birds...
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 13th of November is “paint(ed)”. Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes. The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled. Therefore, when the theme came up, I immediately thought of some of some of my amazingly detailed hand painted miniatures.
It may look life size and real, but this tea set with its blue and gilt patterning and yellow roses is in fact a 1:12 miniature set. Based on a real Victorian design, it has been made of cast white metal by Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, who are well known for the quality and detail applied to their pieces. However, when you think that the teapot is just over one centimetre tall from finial to foot, the teacups, milk jug and sugar basket half a centimetre in height, and the saucers a half a centimetre in diameter, it is the detailed painting on them that takes centre stage, and why I chose them for today’s theme. This tea set was painted by hand using single hair brushes for some of the finer detailing, by British miniature artisan Victoria Fasken. Her accuracy and perfect attention to detail is extraordinary! Victoria’s work is highly prized by miniature collectors around the world and fetches high prices at auction. As miniature works of art, I’m sure you are not surprised. This set is a recent addition to my miniatures collection, so it is a pleasure to give it centre stage. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
Fishing for lunch .. this bird can stand still for a long time and catches its prey with deadly accuracy.
This tool is used for automotive (setting valve clearance on older engines, for instance) and engineering use, where a precise gap must be set.
I've confirmed the term “feeler gauge,” which starts with an F, is indeed a noun.
Alias: Dead-Eye
Name: ??
Gender: ??
Alignment: Villain
Group Affiliation: Leader of The Dead-Eyes
Powers: Persistence (Their bullets/projectiles will follow the target continuously and will not stop until the target has been hit.)
Backstory: Not much is known about Dead-Eye's history. Just that they formed the gang after the alien invasion, re purposing alien technology to suit their needs. The group is known for their impeccable accuracy, which is thanks to their leader's ability, simply called persistence. This has led to the gangs rising notoriety, with rival gangs shuddering at the thought of coming across them. The only gang to stand up to The Dead-Eyes are the Jackals. Many corporations, including Chymera, have offered The Dead-Eyes work as their enforcers in this corporate turf war, but this group has yet to accept any of them.
Five hours in Ramsgate.
Former railway terminal and turntable. This is also the entrance to the WW2 air raid tunnels capable of sheltering up to 60,000 people.
LR3426
I was photographing the Torre de La Martina from the Main Square (Plaza Mayor) in the town of Ayllón, Segovia, Spain, using my 400mm telephoto lens, without a 1.4x or 2.0x multiplier.
The tower, which was part of the original medieval wall, over 1,000 years old, stands on a high plateau a few dozen meters above the average height of the current town.
Later, a few hundred years ago, a bell tower in the form of a belfry was added, like those found on many Christian churches.
When I went to edit the photo, I noticed that the bell on the right had a kind of symbol engraved on it.
When I zoomed in with Photoshop, I saw that it was a Calvary (or Golgotha) carved in relief.
Even the wooden piece directly above the bell, which acts as a yoke or counterweight to help the bell complete full rotations around its horizontal axis, had the date of its restoration branded on it in Roman numerals:
"A.D. MMXX" (meaning the year 2020).
See picture related.
Then, using Google Maps, I measured the distance from where my camera was positioned in the Plaza Mayor of Ayllón to the La Martina watchtower.
It was a total of 233 meters (764 feet).
The lens's accuracy, combined with the camera's resolution, is not too bad!
LAS CAMPANAS DE LA TORRE DE LA MARTINA (1)(2), 2025
Yo estaba fotografiando la Torre de La Martina desde la Plaza Mayor en la localidad de Ayllón, Segovia, España, usando mi teleobjetivo de 400mm, sin un multiplicador 1.4x no 2.0X.
La torre, que formaba parte de la muralla medieval original, de más de 1.000 años de historia, se alza sobre una alta meseta a unas decenas de metros por encima de la altura media de la actual población
Posteriormente, hace unos cientos de años se le instaló un campanario en forma de espadaña, como las que tienen muchas iglesias cristianas.
Cuando fui a editar la foto, me di cuenta que la campana de la derecha tenía una especie de símbolo grabado en ella.
Al hacer zoom con mi Photoshop ví que se trataba de un calvario (o gólgota) grabado en relieve.
Incluso en la madera que hay justo encima de la campana, que hace de yugo o contrapeso, para ayudar a que la campana dé vueltas completas alrededor de su eje horizontal, estaba grabada a fuego la fecha de su restauración, en números romanos:
"A.D. MMXX" (Que significa año 2020 de nuestra era).
Ver la foto relacionada. (Picture Related).
Luego, usando Google Maps, medí la distancia desde donde estaba mi cámara, en la Plaza Mayor del Ayllón, con la torre Vigía La Martina.
Daba un total de 233 metros (764 pies).
¡No está nada mal la precisión de la lente, combinada con la resolución de la cámara!
Likely due to this insufferable pandemic to date, I’ve gotten more inquiries than ever this year concerning the autumn conditions of the Blue Ridge Mountains… like I’m the trusted prognosticator. Ha! To be fair, have camera, will travel, and my friends know I keep my October calendar clear to make the most of what the highlands of North Carolina have to offer. So, I’m laying out my agenda this year, and the reasoning behind it… and, in terms of forecasting, I guarantee an accuracy of plus or minus 99%. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then, so trust me! Or don’t.
Perhaps I should start with a short primer for those who are unaware why our mountains display such a wide spectrum of fall colors. All the Blue Ridge, save for a few balds and monadnocks (look that up in your Funk and Wagnall… then look up “Look that up in your Funk and Wagnall” … ha!) are covered in not just dense forests, but forests with such diversity as few other places in the world. Over 100 tree species endemic to both southern and northern forests are found there. The reason for that is the LGP, the Last Glacial Period. Glaciers picked up Alpine forests and moved them south as far as Virginia and dropped them among southern forests as they retreated. That was on a Tuesday at about teatime, 12,500 years ago, the end of the LGP. Since that time, trees found in forests far north of Virginia like balsam, hemlock, and mountain ash are thriving in the cooler climate of the high elevations of the Blue Ridge. Mountain ash, known as a sarvis tree in the UK, grows at sea level in Ireland. In these mountains, it’s a good indicator of the altitude you’re hiking. It’s found here only in elevations above 5,000 feet (1524 meters) … which begs a question. Not all the mountains of the Blue Ridge rise to 5,000 feet and higher. If the glaciers stopped at Virginia, why and how are the Alpine trees found here in North Carolina (with higher elevations), too? They didn’t just march across the lower mountains to the high regions.
A good bit of science involves observation. Here in Durham, a wooden fence separates our backyard from a surrounding bit of woods. I noticed a tree coming up on the backside of the fence last year, but I didn’t recognize what type of tree it was. A friend researched it and identified it as a mulberry. I only know of a couple of places around town where there are mulberry trees, yet I know of none near my house. A bird, that had apparently made a feast of mulberries, lit on my fence, took aim and squeezed off a shot of seeds. The same thing happened in these mountains, with twelve-millennia of forestation by wind, rain, and critter. In a roundabout way, I suppose they did march across.
The picture I’m using to illustrate this post is of Second Falls. It is in the Shining Rock Wilderness off the Blue Ridge Parkway in a place known as Graveyard Fields at Milepost 418.8 (you can see Second Falls from the parkway at Milepost 418.5… here’s the view from there Autumn In the Clouds | There’s a lot to be said for autumn i… | Flickr). Sounds quite ominous, doesn’t it? Graveyard Fields got its name after a fire in 1925 razed 25,000 acres in the region. The blaze was so intense in this area that all that remained of the trees were ash heaps that reassembled a graveyard. The moniker stuck. No one, however, is quite sure how Second Falls got its name. One assumption is that Upper Falls, a little more than a mile upstream on the Yellow Prong, is the first. Since continuing upstream from Upper Falls is more than a bit hazardous, the assumption is exactly that.
While its name belies the beauty of Graveyard Fields, in autumn it’s sublime. This high mountain meadow is one of the first places along the Blue Ridge Parkway to hit peak autumn color. On good a good year, that usually occurs in October between the end of the first week and the beginning of the second… this image was taken on October 10, 2017, a very good year. That waterfall is surrounded by rhododendron, which are evergreens, though the cherries, maples, oaks, and blueberries leave no doubt as to the season. This year is shaping up to be a good year, too, if chaotic tropical storms stay out of the mountains for the foreseeable future.
So, what makes a good year for the brilliant hues of fall? A sufficient amount of water over the summer months is one thing. In dry years, the leaf color is muted, and they often dry out and turn brown while still on the tree. So far this year, rainfall has been quite sufficient, not just for leaves but also for waterfalls. Another consideration is temperature. Many autumns in the past have been more of the Indian summer variety with warm days extending well into October. The fall started off in the right direction with cooler weather. What triggers the change in leaf color isn’t cooler air temperatures, however; it starts once the ground cools to about 50°F (10°C). The Pisgah region of the Blue Ridge Parkway and south to Waterrock Knob has a lot of ground that pushes up beyond 6,000 ft. (1,828 meters). It is at those elevations where falls is first evident in this state. A rule of thumb concerning that is that the leaves change below those elevations at a rate of 100 ft. (30 meters) per day. My prediction is that, if high winds don’t enter too heavily in the mix, this should be a banner year for autumn in the Blue Ridge.
With that in mind, I’m leaving Sunday for a week’s stay in Pisgah Forest near Brevard just off Highway 276. That puts me well in range for DuPont State Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, waterfalls off Highways 64 and 281, and perhaps even Cataloochee and Big Creek. When and where exactly has some to do with weather, especially if the entire area is overcast… those are good days for waterfalls, without contrastive light to obscure detail. My favorite sunset spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway is the Cowee Mountains Overlook at Milepost 430.7. I’ve told that to too many folks throughout the years already, so you might as well know, too. Many moons ago, I shared that spot with a few people and sometimes had it all to myself. Lately, I dubiously weigh up the crowd there with their tripods all lined up as I pull my own tripod from the back of the car. Just kidding. It’s feast of famine there for sunsets, but as Ansel Adams was prone to say, “f/8 and being there.” If you don’t know exactly what that means, you’re no photographer. My advice is that if there’s already a number a of photographers being there, just do what I do: throw out a few ‘scuse me, pardon mes and elbow your place amongst them. You’re welcome!
The next week, I’m moving out to a cabin between Linville and Newland near Linville Gorge, which should be in peak color then. Within range there is Linville Gorge, especially Wiseman’s View and Linville Falls, Grandfather Mountain, Rough Ridge (always a night hike there to catch sunrise), Beacon Heights, Boone Fork, Moses Cone House and Bass Lake, and Roan Highlands, especially Jane Bald (for sunset) and Round Bald. “Wait just a second… why would you go to a bald mountain for fall colors?” I’m glad you asked. Round Bald has great patches of blueberry bushes that turn brilliant red in the fall… with sunlight shining through them with a background of the colorful mountains surrounding the bald can be spectacular, particularly if sun and sky work together with some nice crepuscular rays. “What rays?” Funk and Wagnall. By the way, Price Lake is usually on that list. The dam there was damaged in the last tropical storm (remnant of Hurricane Fred) and drained the lake. The dam has since been repaired, but the lake level is still down, and it is closed to activities. I’m unsure how photo-worthy it is at this moment, though current rains should have made some difference.
A last thought, if you’re in this area and you haven’t had lunch at the Hampton Store in the community of Linville, shame on you. There are many bits and pieces I’ve not included here, though I realize that having used more than 10 words, I’ve likely overwhelmed many of you. If you made it this far, paste a gold star to your forehead. If you see me, drop by! Prognostication out.
It was Harry's birthday, so my sister and I made a cake like the one Hagrid makes for Harry in the first movie. :D
With tornado like accuracy, my daughter dropped her luggage off, and then went in search for her friends. I am just glad that she is home for a little bit. Have a great turkey day everyone. And to my friends around the world, have a great weekend. B
Yet another Rattlesnake day. 80F and clouds. I decided to sit on the hood of my car so I would be no threat. It only took 15 minutes for this one to show up. This shot was about 15 feet from my front door. I have never in 27 years seen so many Rattlesnakes. For weeks now I only take my dog out on lead, and spend most of my time looking down.
“The rattlesnake is the only dangerously venomous reptile in Oregon. Among the state's native wildlife, few other animals generate as many fears, false perceptions, and tall tales. In reality, however, few people see rattlesnakes in the wild. They want to be left alone and will never advance toward a human. Even when cornered, a defensively coiled rattlesnake can strike outward with just the forward half of its body. Anyone six feet or more away is well outside biting range….. A rattlesnake's fangs are connected to glands on each side of the animal's broad head, efficiently injecting venom for both defense and the killing of food. Rattlesnakes are pit vipers, with a small heat-sensing indention on each side of their snout that detects warm-blooded prey for better striking accuracy in the dark. If a person is bitten by a rattlesnake, the current recommendation is to quickly find medical care for antivenom treatment rather than administering first aid.”
Source : oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/rattlesnakes_in_oregon/#....
Brown Acres – Jackson County – Oregon - USA