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The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
Exxon/Border Station (14,714 square feet)
4732 S Battlefield Boulevard/100 Caratoke Highway, Chesapeake, VA/Moyock, NC
This store was built and opened in 1998.
This evening I took Vanessa to Borders, where we spent about an hour and a half browsing before the bookstore closed at 11 p.m. She collected a few books, set them down on an easy chair, and left for a few minutes, during which I decided I wanted to get a candid shot of her as she perused her materials. In order to challenge myself a bit, I also decided I would take exactly ONE photo, no more, and hope for the best. So while Vanessa was away, I set up my camera and speedlight and planned the shot, for which I settled on a shutter speed of 1/350 sec., an ISO of 200, an aperture of f/2.8, white balance set for flash, and vertical orientation of the camera. A minute or so after she settled into her chair, I whipped out the camera (which had been mostly hidden from view), aimed it at her, and pushed the shutter button.
I decided to upload this pretty much the way it came out of the camera, apart from cropping and minor adjustments in curves and contrast. While I don't claim this to be any kind of masterpiece, my only real complaint about it is that there is excessive light falloff in the distance. The store wasn't really as dark as it appears here; but then, if I had used a longer shutter speed, Vanessa herself might have been overexposed, and she, after all, was my subject. I did manage to make the light immediately around her nearly perfect, and without some kind of secondary light source, I couldn't have done much about the background anyway. I wish I could have used a solid-color background, or perhaps a muslin one, just on the other side of where Vanessa was sitting. (I could create a new background in PSE, and might do that sometime, but I find that doing so is often more troublesome and time-consuming than it is really worth.)
On the other hand, perhaps I should have used a slower shutter speed and set the flash for rear-curtain sync, a feature I've never used before. I didn't think of that until the following morning, when I was working out on an exercise bike at the gym and alleviated the boredom by reading a book about exposure.
But its imperfections notwithstanding, I had a lot of fun planning and executing this little miniproject.
The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
Malaysia-Thailand border stone and the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Danok border crossing. Looking into Thailand.
This hillock with its cairn and cross is on NM9 about halfway between Columbus, NM, and Santa Teresa, NM, only a few hundred yards from the border fence.
On the border between China and North Korea in Jilin province. At the village of Licun there is no fence and it is possible to step into the narrow Tumen River. Locals caution against wading too far across however.
The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
Sallan kansallispuisto, Salla.
Salla National Park was established on January 1, 2022. It is Finland's newest and 41st national park. The eastern part of the national park is bordered by the Finnish-Russian border.
Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sale volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
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The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
My camera team and I journeyed down to the U.S. Mexican border and, over a period of several months, interviewed Border Patrol agents, illegal immigrants, Minutemen, politicians, representatives of the ACLU and local ranchers to make a realistic assessment of just how porous our border had become.
The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
Malaysia-Thailand border stone and the Bukit Kayu Hitam-Danok border crossing. Looking into Thailand.
The Border Patrol Foundation held its 7th Annual Border Patrol Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.
4phoTO (Roberta Martello, Laura Ponchia, Silvio Maiocco, Massimo Iudicelli) in mostra al ristorante BOIA FAUSS di TORINO, Via Saluzzo 48
Una tarde para loserear, grabar videos para el "Life In a Day" de Youtube y tomar fotos en el downtown de Mexicali/Calexico.
35mm [C41]
Kodak Ektar 100 Film
Camara: Canon AE-1