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A fancy apartment building on Worthing seafront.
The white railings against a dark background reminded me of industrial machine belts.
Kinda creepy, but also kinda cool at the same time. They move, make noise and light up. Bits and pieces of this and that.
subZERO Festival in downtown San José, California.
Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using its "Artistic" Ai model.
Filters: PS Beta 2023, Topaz Sharpen Ai, Topaz Studio.
A bit of hand painting.
This began as all hot pink. I used the "Adjustments" tab set of filters in PS to bring in green/lilac tones, then added several layers of "difference" or "exclusion" on top. The final saturation and texture modifications are multiple Topaz Studio looks. I'm guessing that this is about 20 layers in total.
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Kinda creepy, but also kinda cool at the same time. Bits and pieces of things, put together so they move, make noises and flash lights. But probably not for the kids.
subZERO Festival in downtown San José, California.
Helios 81N 50mm f/2.0
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The camera in the photo is a USSR made Lubitel 166 of 6X6 film format which I own more than 25years, since I was a kid. It is still full functional and in perfect condition. It is an object of symbolic meaning for me. It was one of the first cameras I owned and it was bought to me by my father. Although I started photography since the age of 11 with a full automatic snapshot camera that was also a gift by father, when I got more involved with photography my father presented to me full manual film cameras with no automation in order to learn the fundamentals of photography. Exposure with no light meter, By calculating the exposure, adjusting shutter speed and Aperture by calculating the light through experience and study of books, light metering charts etc. This experience led me, in the future, in better handling, understanding and use of cameras in order to achieve the desired result in my photos. All these in an age when I use to photograph with film, having to wait for film process to see the results. Through time this knowledge helped me to focus myself better on studying composition techniques. I still have many things to learn though.
The most important thing that the age of film taught me is the value of each click of the shutter in any given situation of photographing. In any case we all to photograph thousands of photos that are not artistic importance but they all do play an important part of self improvement in out personal photography skills.
So a symbolic camera of my small collection of film cameras. We must always remember and pay tribute once in a while to our past. It is from were we started our personal journey and the birth instant of our foundaments in aspects of our lives.
I have done this photo in three versions. A color version, a monochromatic and a light sepia toned which is the one you see. Monochrome was chosen to enhance the feeling of time passed and the light sepia toning to give a light sentimental nostalgic feeling. The lens used is also a vintage nikon f ais mount, Helios 81N 50mm f/2.0 which I own for more than 22years from the time this words are written. Its excellent creamy bokeh and flare creates an excelent mood.
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Many, many Moons ago when I were a young apprentice the very first job we went on was taking down this pair of gates for restoration. Someone had managed to back their car into them. They were stripped, straightened and had some of the leafwork, the ovals and collars replaced (see detail) as well as the strip with the rosettes on down the middle put on. We also put the automation motors in the ground..
The headquarters of Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee, WI features two large industrial buildings, connected by a six-story skywalk and crowned with what was for 50 years the world's largest four-sided clock.
Industrial automation is always interesting, because nothing ever stays the same. On the right is an Opto 22 R1 Programmable Automation Controller, (PAC); the original version was released over 20 years ago, but due to an increasing shortage of its aging processor, a complete redesign using a modern processor was required. The important thing for us is to try to make the new version a drop-in replacement for the original so the customers can continue to use all of their existing programming without any modifications. I've been privileged to work with a talented team of co-workers who have worked for at least a year to make this happen. We're finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Automate the observatory with two telescopes is much more difficult than with one.
Here I'm imaging NGC 891 with both telescopes and then the humidity reaches the maximum threshold, so both mounts get parked and the roof is closed.
Sample shot for the Exposure.Detroit Woodward: Mile By Mile Project
The Albert Kahn designed Ford Model T Plant. Starting place of the mass production assembly line one turning out over nine thousand vehicles at its peak and raising standards of living for those fortunate enough to find work there.
First successful fully automated run. Other than hitting the power buttons the scope ran itself- from unparking to parking at the end. A bright moon, so I stuck with a trusty favorite the Perseus double cluster through the more forgiving 320mm fl apo.
I will also be able to "delay start" when darkness comes late (like in June) or when a target doesn't rise until after bedtime. I haven't tried yet, but the goal is to also be able to run multiple targets as darkness allows. A rare clear winter night around here is about 18 hours long, enough for 3 full imaging runs.
My point, certainly, is not to let the thing run while I sit inside and eat potato chips, more to give the flexibilty to do other things without having to babysit the imaging. Other things could be visual telescoping, going to the park for the view to the south, or I guess sitting on the sofa and eating potato chips.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Astro-Tech AT66ED
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY163C
Mounts
Celestron Omni CG-4
Accessories
Astro-Tech .8x Reducer/Field Flattener · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Sept. 5, 2022
Frames:
161×120″(5h 22′)
Integration:
5h 22′
Avg. Moon age:
9.28 days
Avg. Moon phase:
69.64%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 6272151
RA center: 02h19m07s.2
DEC center: +57°06′36″
Pixel scale: 2.423 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 113.026 degrees
Field radius: 1.918 degrees
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Resolution: 4528x3462
File size: 22.9 MB
Data source: Backyard
The second prototype for my latest Mindstorms project, which will hopefully become an automatic LEGO mosaic printer.
Info, commentary and video of it in action can be found in the video: youtu.be/r8OQDy29yJU
The latest update to my LEGO Mindstorms printer project, with the scanning functionality all working.
I'm not sure I can really call this a prototype anymore, since it is pretty much fully functional, but there is still work to do.
Info, commentary and footage of it in action can be found in the video: youtu.be/iyQCMP2kqs0
Instead of automatic urinal flushing, it would be easy to install a camera on the side and take photos of the flushers.