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Just a little build for Blade Runner 2049, I'm really excited for the movie Blade Runner was a amazing movie. I hope the new one can live up to the old one.
What shaped up to be one of the most intense chases in recent memory started 1,600 miles away from home. As John and I were driving down to La Junta from Kansas City, we received a disheartening tip that there had been a landslide on the Glorieta Pass. Some 500 miles into our trek across the Southwest plains we were left wondering if it was in vain. Would the line be cleared in time...and would the trains be running in time for our chase? Well, turns out the BNSF had a gang of 50 men working throughout the night to clear the massive boulder off of the rails. Come sunrise, it was show time. At 0800, train no. 3 the westbound "Southwest Chief" pulled into the station at La Junta - right on time! At La Junta, veteran photographer John Gruber got off the train, hopped into John Ryan's Grand Marquis and we were off to 'Blades Country'. Now, things were starting to shape up for us - the sun was shining and the train was on time but then we got to Delhi. Well, there is another story in itself here but I'll save this one for a future post. Anyhow, after a shakeup at Delhi it was a mad dash to Trinidad. By the time we got to Starksville we had caught back up with the train. From Starksville to Raton, we enjoyed a leisurely chase over the scenic Raton Pass. West of Raton, it was pedal to the metal. Contending with an 90 MPH train, we rushed to the Robinson intermediates in Springer, New Mexico. At Robinson, we caught the Southwest Chief splitting the classic semaphore signals and shaking up wild sunflowers along the truly classic Raton Subdivision. From Robinson, the chase continued to Santa Fe where many more memories were made.
Here is a closer look at the semaphore signal in Springfield, OH. As you can see the blade has seen better days. Decades of exposure to the elements and lack of maintenance have pretty much taken its toll. Since it's a fixed semaphore, no mechanical parts are needed. It may not be as pretty as the blades in New Mexico, but a blade's a blade, and the I&O are lucky to have them.
State of the art wind turbines with a diameter bigger than the London Eye are being assembled at Belfast Harbour.
Explore #38.
It was inevitable. Sooner or later I just had to fall into the HDR pit. You need a lot of light to make a good (or at least realistic) HDR, so I should have chosen a better one for my first. But the blades looked kind of cool, so here we go.
Nikon D300, 18-200@200mm, 1/80s, f 5.5, ISO 200. 5 shots (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2). Bibble: WB, noise ninja. Qtpfsgu 1.9.1i: mantiuk constrast +2, saturation +2. Gimp: duplicate layer. Top layer: blend mode grain merge, opacity 20%. Bottom layer: constrast +20, brightness -20, saturation (master) -30. (DSC_3654-58)
These are fret saw blades. There are two bunches tied with wire and a single one. The blades have 20 teeth per inch so this is about 3/4 inch.
I've used my Nikon Z6ii + 105mm macro lens + 1.4x teleconverter + 2 extension tubes. I couldn't find anything else to add on!
The blades are lit with a couple of LED lights.
To get the depth of field it is a focus stack of 60 photos merged using Affinity Photo. Each photo has a 3 second exposure.
Not quite a runner.... but often see this species (Tritomegas bicolor) just perched at the very tip of a grass blade! Is it that they climb up and don't know where to go from there??
Upton Magna - Shropshire
Experimenting with the bike flash mode on the Convoy S2+ flashlight with Biscotti firmware. LPB Plexiglass Diamond connected via LPB Universal Connector to a Convoy S2+ (on bike flash mode). Custom diamond lightblade connected to a Ledlenser P7QC (on blue low mode). Post processed from 5sec RAW exposure in Adobe Lightroom 6, including hue adjustments.
While crossing South Dakota we passed these trucks transporting windmill blades. Had to do a u-turn and photograph these massive blades while they were horizontal. Quite impressive.
Brin d'herbes au coucher du soleil sur les vignes de la région de Bordeaux à Bourg sur Gironde. France, juillet 2013.
Blade of grass at sunset on the vineyards(vines) of the region of Bordeaux with Village on Gironde. France, in July, 2013.
I really liked the colors and shallow dof with this choice. I used my 50 mm lens with a photo aperture control as an extender..on my Nikon d7100 post processing LR.
for Macro Mondays: safety
The plain silver button locks the blade on this folding knife so that the blade won't fold in on your fingers when you are using it. It also locks the blade in the closed position to prevent accidentally opening the blade.
IDBX7805
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∎Blade Earpod Earrings(Remake)
2 Color pack
Unrigged resizable
☑ Copy Only
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16/10/2011; The Blades aerobatics team performs various tricks over Castle Highclere, as part of a charity event for Help for Heroes.
"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."
-- Henry Miller
"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey - work of the stars."
- Walt Whitman
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