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"But it was no match for me at kick boxing."-Emo Philips
If we say that we all learn from our own mistakes, then I have unlimited improvement capabilities. Unknown
I got a new pocket camera over the summer for my 35th year around the sun and I haven't shot it all that much yet. There's still so much about it that I don't know. Here's one from it. I must say, it's quite perfect for on the go and one to always have on you. No lens changes, It's micro 4/3 but mirrorless and has macro capabilities. I am in love! HBW!!
A friendly and very relaxed visitor to the deck...
[Click a time or two to check your prince-creating capabilities]
Seven ships from the Royal Canadian Navy and Maritime Forces Pacific sail in to Burrard Dry Dock Pier near Lonsdale Quay today.
The vessels will kick off Fleet Weekend, a three-day event to raise awareness of the navy’s capabilities as well as job opportunities. [The public can view active naval vessels & enjoy tours and displays from 9- a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday]
Ships in attendance include the HMCS Vancouver, HMCS Calgary, HMCS Brandon, HMCS Edmonton, and three Orca Class patrol training vessels.
Summarized from Nick Laba / North Shore News - Apr 29, 2022 / 10:29 am article.
Built to Clean Class Design, Dynamic Positioning (DP AUTR), SPS 2008, Ice C notation and equipped with a 500/400- tonne anchor handling, towing and secondary RRM Brattvaag winches, Anchor Recovery Frame (ARF), Safe Working Deck AH Cranes and enhanced station-keeping with an independent drop-down Azimuth Thruster, the D Class vessels are powered to safely support the latest generation semi-submersible rigs operating in harsh deep water environments These vessels have sufficient cargo capacity and clear deck space for a wide range of offshore applications including but not limited to ROV mezzanine installations for ROV work, and oversize offshore equipment. The large chain carrying capabilities and winch configuration allows for a range of wire configurations to complement their ability to conduct complex composite mooring system installations that may be found on subsea mooring and pre-lay systems in the offshore sector
One more from my gloomy late evening trip along Glen Etive and Glencoe. This really tested the famed low light capabilities of the Fuji X-series cameras.
testing macro capabilities of this little new camera with manual focus.
thanks for every one for views, faves & comments.
Meri tests out the capabilities of BackBone's new Pole Dancing Platform - or some of them anyway! Come see more about it on the blog readmeri.wordpress.com/2019/08/21/i-got-pole-burn/
This is the Peter Courtney Bridge in Salem, Oregon's Waterfront Park. It's better known as the Taco Bridge because of its unique shape. I spent part of the day today re-discovering the panorama capabilities of my Sony ILCEO ⍺6500. I particularly like the sweep of this photo.
Sony ILCEO ⍺6500 | Sigma 30mm
and if you have overrated their strength, try again, going more slowly :-)
Minna Thomas Antrim
HFF!!
japanese camellia, 'White by the Gate', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
The Zooby Animesh Babies have been given the ability to fly. I got the flying capabilities for the triplets today so they could be fairies like Mummy.
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Arabella Victoria
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Lilac Lace Cardy Dress
Baby Purple Leather Crib Shoe
Lacey Lilac Head Ruffle Wrap
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Ariana Charlotte
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{Aurelia} (Search {Aurelia} in the Zooby Texture Hud)
Pink Lace Cardy Dress
Baby Pink Leather Crib Shoe
Lacey Pink Head Ruffle Wrap
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Ariella Elizabeth
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Blue Lace Cardy Dress
Baby Blue Leather Crib
Lacey Blue Head Ruffle Wrap
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Things I Rezzed
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Green Grocers - Pavillion RARE
Konoha
Hesperis river
Cosmos Mouse
Papaver alby (Poppy)
Botanical
Sunflowers
Half-Deer
English Ivy
Secret Garden Bunny
HPMD
Sweet Garden Grass08 (Fatpack)
Apple Fall
Flagstones (Free! but I love them anyway)
Nutmeg
Apple Terrace Armchair
Revival
grass field lush
While I am impressed by the additional mask capabilities of Lightroom I would say the Sky selection masking needs some work IMHO, on every image where I have used it has left a halo when I bring the image into Photoshop for final tweaking. Oct and early November are great times of the year to capture lake mist or more technically radiation fog, this occurs because the water has absorbed and retained the suns heat as air that has been cooled by the night temperatures that is moisture laden passes over warmer water of the lake. This scene is of my favorite places to welcome the morning and take in the light show as the sun rises at least when I don’t have a camera in hand and a cup of steaming coffee instead.
I took this on Oct 23rd, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 15-30 f2.8 G2 Lens at 30mm, 1/5s, f8 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Topaz ,and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
An unidentified Euston bound Avanti Pendoleno demonstrates its tilting capabilities as it leans into the Grendon curves north of Atherstone.
Taken in the mid-day December gloom by the Grendon footbridge steps.
I’ve no idea of the working or unit number.
16th December 2020
If you like railway pictures that are a bit different to the norm, try the Phoenix Railway Photographic circle website;
The MAN TGA 35.350 is a model of truck, specifically a heavy-duty truck, known for its robust design and performance. It is commonly found as a tipper (dump truck) with an 8x4 configuration, meaning it has four axles, with eight wheels, and drive on four of them. The "350" in the name typically refers to the engine's horsepower, indicating 350 horsepower. These trucks are often used in construction, mining, and other industries requiring heavy hauling and dumping capabilities
This truck seen in Rīga, at the building site.
Happy Truck Thursday!
Macro photo of a dandelion blowball, taken with an Olympus Tough TG-6 compact camera. This camera offers superb macro capabilities. For this shot I used the microscopic mode, hand held.
The common dandelion is well known for its yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruits that disperse in the wind. These balls are usually called "clocks" in both British and American English. The name "blowball" is also used.
The common dandelion grows in temperate regions of the world in lawns, and on roadsides, disturbed banks, shores of waterways, and other areas with moist soils. The common dandelion is most often considered a weed, especially in lawns and along roadsides, but the leaves, flowers, and roots are sometimes used in herbal medicine or as food.
Capabilities of the 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS lens handheld. Our busy little friend is SOOC, I have just tidied up some background distractions and cropped square.
Our garden, Essex UK
I was able to test out the close focus capabilities of my new Canon 100-400L IS ii lens a couple of days ago whilst shooting at the Hunter wetlands Center (Shortland, NSW; Australia).
Most of the Grevilleas have lost their flowers, but this worked out in my favour - as it meant that the birds were congregated around only a handful of bushes instead of many more!!
I captured this close up of a Scarlet Honeyeater - hope you like it!
Sorry the DOF isn't deeper, but it is what it is....
Thanks for any comments, views or favorites - much appreciated!!!!
Hope you have an awesome day and week everyone!!!
Title by Robin Trower - 1974
A vendor carrying his shrimp chips and other snacks crosses Memorial Bridge in Bangkok.
Wikipedia: The Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand, connecting the districts of Phra Nakhon and Thonburi.
The bridge opened on 6 April 1932, by King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Chakri dynasty and the foundation of Bangkok, shortly before the Siamese coup d'état of 24 June 1932.
On 5 June 1944, as part of the bombing of Bangkok in World War II, a force of B-29 Superfortresses, in a test of their capabilities before being deployed against the Japanese home islands, targeted the bridge. Their bombs fell over two kilometers away, damaging no civilian structures, but downed some tram lines and destroyed a Japanese military hospital and the Japanese secret police headquarters. It was not until 1947 that Thai authorities learned of the intended target. Eventually, it was taken out by the Allies and rebuilt in 1949.
In the absence of a tripod, it is not bad to have the help of Artificial Intelligence. The detail recovery capabilities of the new noise cleanup and detail recovery processing tools are amazing. Here I have worked with several of them.
The blue hour came to me without having any decent support to stabilize the camera. Just a year ago I would have put my hands down and put the equipment in my backpack. But in Delhi he knew that he could count on several alternative assets. First, the sensor on my mirrorless camera is noticeably less noisy, at high ISO, than on the traditional full-frame SLRs I was shooting with until recently. And here I needed to take the photo at 10,000 ISO, if I wanted to have a speed that would freeze the image.
Before starting the processing I have cleaned the noise from the negative and recovered information with PureRaw from DxO. At the end of the processing I have returned to enrich the image information using Topaz's Sharpen AI. Two wonders that tempt me to forget the tripod at home on my next trips (just kidding for now).
The photo was taken with a 14mm lens, an aperture of f8 and a speed of 1/125 s. The recovery of the normal appearance of the perspective I worked with "adaptive width angle" of Photoshop and the light, contrast and everything else with Luminar AI (because Luminar Neo fails as a Photoshop plugin in its last update) and Camera Raw (which I more and more excited).
Testing out the flaring capabilities of my Helios 40-2 ;-) Sometimes the flare (and also the bokeh) is weirdly cut off at the edge of the image, but shooting at the right angle gives some beautiful rainbow colored rays. Unfortunately, there is quite some dust inside my lens and hence I had to remove a lot of dust spots in post, but I think it was worth the effort. Hope you like it!
Caernarfon is architecturally one of the most impressive of all of the castles in Wales. It's defensive capabilities were not as overt or as powerful as those of Edward I's other castles such as Harlech and Beaumaris (which indicate the pinnacle of castle building and defences in Britain), but Caernarfon was instead intended as a seat of power - and as a symbol of English dominance over the subdued Welsh.
Caernarfon is located at the southern end of the Menai Strait between north Wales and Anglesey, 8 miles south west of Bangor. During Edward I's invasions of Wales, this was strategically an excellent place to build a castle; Anglesey was referred to as the garden of Wales, providing agriculturally rich land close to the poorer land on north Wales. The Menai Strait also allowed speedy access between the north Welsh coast and the western coast, and was therefore important for Edward to control for supplying outposts such as Harlech and Aberystwyth.
Text source: www.castlewales.com/caernarf.html
Hi Guys!! I've gotten a lot of requests to update this, so I did a MASSIVE update and updated it for 2 new female bodies and 2 new male bodies as well as made a whole new PATTERNS HUD available exclusively in the FATPACK. Single colors also have the updated body sizes. (Also totally forgot to put the saturday sale logo on this, but it is for the saturday sale)
OG Bodies: Legacy, Freya, Lara
+ NEW BODIES: Kupra, Reborn, Legacy Male and Jake
12 Solid Colors. | Fatpack is HUDDED with mix and match capabilities for each part of the bag.
NEW PATTERN HUD. 10 Patterns. | Fatpack is HUDDED with mix and match capabilities for each part of the bag.
The FunBags are discounted to L$99 per color for The Saturday Sale at my mainstore as well as a $999 discounted FatPack. You can also grab an update.
Out now @ The Mainstore.
Delivered as a HC-144A but upgraded in 2022 to HC-144B standard, which encompasses the Ocean Sentry Refresh (OSR) modifications (installation of a new flight management system, which serves as the primary avionics computer for communication control, navigation and equipment monitoring) and the Minotaur mission system, which integrates installed sensors and radar and provides dramatically improved data fusion as well as information-processing and sharing capabilities.
Army Aviation Heritage Foundation Sky Soldiers showing off the capabilities of this Bell UH-1 series Iroquois helicopter, more commonly known as the "Huey". This particular helicopter was manufactured in 1969 and served with 191st Assault Helicopter Company during the Vietnam War with over 1200 combat flight hours. The 191st was nicknamed the "Boomerangs" because boomerangs always come home. Considered to be the most widely used helicopter in the world, with more than 9,000 produced from the 1950s to the present, the Huey is flown today by about 40 countries.
.... The sculptures were created by Canadian artist William Lishman. Twenty life-size sculptures can be found flanking the west side of Bridgepoint Hospital in planters leading from the cafeteria terrace to Ambulatory Care and Riverdale Park. This special healing art installation designed by renowned Canadian artist William Lishman expresses the capabilities of the physical form through dance, sport and movement. The sculptures speak to the hope and aspiration the hospital brings to patients, families and the community. The sculptures are a generous gift from the Tauba and Solomon Spiro Foundation and were originally designed in memory of businessman and philanthropist, Max Tanenbaum (1909-1983) ....
I'm exploring the capabilities of the new Rolleiflex 2.8E (Planar). Can't beat spring clouds and blue skies for a camera test.
The resolving power of the Planar lens is exceptional. Pairing the Delta 100 with Pyrocat emphasizes the preservation of small details.
Film: Ilford Delta 100 rated at 50 ASA, plus a medium orange filter. Exposure was 1/125th at f5.6 & 1/2
Film developed in Pyrocat HD, for 15 minutes.
On a cold, moonless night on the Crowsnest Subdivision, a venerable EMD SD40-2 and the sensor capabilities of my Canon EOS R5 were pushed to their limits.
With an extra 6,000 feet of tonnage out of Lethbridge (including an entire ballast train!), this lone 45-year-old locomotive faced the daunting task of hauling this massive load. Here, 5922 strains under the weight, engulfed in a thick cloud of exhaust as it shoves nearly 50 cars of mixed freight into the siding at Chokio.
From a nearby farmer’s field, I watched in awe as the scene unfolded. With virtually no available light — save for the soft glow reflecting off the snow and the locomotive’s headlights — I cranked my camera’s ISO to 8000, slowed the shutter to 1/6th of a second, opened the aperture to f/2, and hoped for the best. The resulting image was perhaps one of my most ambitious attempts to turn nothing into something.
And as for that aging EMD? Well, it performed just as its manufacturer intended. After dropping off nearly half its train, 5922 limbered out of Chokio and disappeared into the inky blackness, bound for points west.
This spring I really wanted to try and photograph the Violet Green Swallow in a way that captured both their beauty and their incredible acrobatic flying capabilities.
I had some really nice frames of perched birds in my collection and some very poor flight shots. I decided that I would put in a serious effort to really try to improve the flight images.
Part of my decision to try for these shots was that due to the pandemic lockdown I wasn’t able to travel anywhere. A second reason was that I had my new Canon R5 which has some great new autofocus capabilities and can shoot at 20 frames per second. The third reason was that I think the Violet Green Swallow is one of the most stunning birds we have here on Vancouver Island. They are so beautiful! Much like hummingbirds though, you usually see them just zipping past and can’t really appreciate their colours or their cute little faces.
Swallows are quite difficult to photograph in flight for a few reasons. Obviously, they are very fast and quite erratic. Even more challenging though is the fact that they can be extremely fickle in giving you opportunities. I knew that the key to this challenge would be to find a good spot where they could reliably be found. I searched around my home turf and finally stumbled upon the site I had been looking for.
Finding a good spot was only part of the challenge though. To get the kind of engaging photos I wanted the birds would have to be flying low to the ground and this is unfortunately rarely the case.
After many trips to my site, I began to realize that the key to success was the wind. On windy evenings the birds had a hard time finding food in the upper echelons and focused all of their feeding behaviour low down above a small wetland. If the wind was in a favourable direction, it would also help to slow these speedy guys down a bit and make my life a lot easier.
I spent many evenings trying my best to capture a quality frame of my sought-after Violet-green Swallows. In the end I managed to capture a portfolio that I am quite proud of and got some bonus frames of Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows too.
There's always something exceedingly extraordinary about sakura. Maybe it's its unique blooming stage, maybe it could be its high photogenic capabilities (pink trees aren't that common to think about otherwise). Or maybe it could be it's spiritual importance, and you don't have to be a local or a shintoist to agree with that last one. As an American christian even I could feel that there's something truly special beyond comprehension about these natural beauties in Japan.
This shot was at the famous Kiyomizu-dera temple, (wonder how many people are gonna notice when I don't put it in the name). I was told the grounds were free to roam about, and strictly speaking they were. But the area with the elevated deck that everyone else shoots requires additional paid admission. This was at the end of a long day of traveling and the sky wasn't in my favor so I didn't bother.
Knowing I had to walk away with something I turned my attention back towards the entrance of the temple. There was a leading line shot through the torrii gate (this temple was at the top of a hill), there was a dragon statue, which I'll talk about more in a later photo. But then there was this tree which was one of only a few in full bloom, lined up really well with the pagoda and temple behind it. So after getting through the small crowd of other photographers who also saw this composition, I got my own.
My one goal in the processing phase was to differentiate the cherry blossoms from the sky (which I'm still not proud of). It was an easier then I originally anticipated, all it took was a slight vibrancy enhancer. Nothin else really needed to be changed on this image.
Still not my best experience in Kyoto.
2nd Picture shot at the very maximum of the capabilities of the camera. No choice as i didn't have a tripod with me.
Shot handheld with a Canon 5D2 and a 16-35 mm F2,8L
At 22mm and F8
Schutterspeed 1/100sec
ISO 3200
Best seen on black (by pressing L) to have larger view!
Comments are always welcome and favs most appreciated.
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Sleepy barred owl giving we a winked glance. With their extraordinary hearing capabilities, it is unlikely that I could ever really sneak up on one. She was far off into the woods, but it was kind of her to tolerate my presence.
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The capabilities of cell phone cameras is such fun. Panorama of a beginning-to-freeze pond in my area.
After some extensive journeying afar into new territory, reaping the boons of wildly expanded software capabilities, It's a step back "home" to some good old Pano-Sabotage.
The term was coined two years ago as Paul Ewing and I were putting the final steps in place to launch our group "PANO-Vision". There were two terms coined at the time - "Pano-Sabotage" and "PANO-Vision". We chose Pano-VISION as the name for the Group because it conveys the over-arching aesthetic and style to which many different artists would contribute to developing collectively.
The other term, is more technical. Pano-SABOTAGE refers to how we get to that aesthetic, in other words, it is the TECHNIQUE that's used to undermine or "sabotage" the smart phone or iPads panoramic camera function. When you risk your reputation and appear to have lost your sanity, waving a cell phone around in the air and dancing about accordingly, this is Pano-Sabotage. Some might call it "self sabotage", but .... well, we don't care !!! I might even call it "Reality Sculpting" ...
On the cusp of our Second Anniversary in a few days I wanted to 'come home' to the rich, rich heritage of "PANO-Vision" A Group that has been fostered and blossoms in all kinds of wild directions by it's small but fierce, bracing and fearlessly innovative membership. We're out there on the fringes and we're a very small but merry band of thinkers and innovators, maybe not everyone's cup of tea. We do, though, welcome everyone who wants to spend some time with us and have some very giddy but very questioning fun doing things the "wrong way".
Much love and best wishes from all of us at PANO-Vision !!!
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Some time ago, Paul and I were having a phone chat and one of us brought up a line from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show's" most famous song, "The Time Warp" in relation to what we do with Pano-Sabotage. It goes, "With a bit of mind flip, you're into the time slip, and nothing can ever be the same". Both us, raucous laughers each, loudly exploded signalling a "Eureka" moment. So here it is:
Music Link: "The Time Warp" - from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" soundtrack, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien, who happens also to be Riff Raff in the film and who leads the song itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkplPbd2f60
Additional Music Link: "Zoemetra" - Ozric Tentacles, from their album, "Spirals in Hyperspace".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7xeCMIhN7s
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Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.
The choice of tool limits the possibilities.
Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.
The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...
The moment of observation is the real find ...
Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.
Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.
The meaning of all this is the process!
Find someone who inspires shooting the camera!
Often we are visited by thoughts that may reveal something unknown ... Our mind many times tries to solve a problem with known methods ... This is its main mistake! The path of the heart opens the doors that appear in our path. It is a pity that not everyone has the courage to insert the keys that are always with us ...
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Lakhta. This small village on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 15 km north-west of the city, is the birthplace of human settlements on the banks of the Neva. It was in the territory of Lakhta that the remains of a man’s camp of three thousand years ago were found.
In official documents, the settlement named Lakhta has been dating since 1500. The name is derived from the Finnish-language word lahti - "bay". It is one of the few settlements that has not changed its name throughout its 500-year history. It is also known as Lahes, Lahes-by, Lahes and was originally inhabited by Izhora. In the last decades of the 15th century, Lakhta was a village (which indicates a significant number of its population) and was the center of the same name of the Grand-Ducal volost, which was part of the Spassko-Gorodensky pogost of Orekhovsky district of Vodskaya Pyatina. In the village there were 10 yards with 20 people (married men). In Lakhta, on average, there were 2 families each, and the total population of the village probably reached 75 people.
From the marks on the fields of the Swedish scribal book of the Spassky Pogost of 1640, it follows that the lands along the lower reaches of the Neva River and part of the coast of the Gulf of Finland, including Lakhta Karelia, Perekulyu (from the Finnish "back village", probably because of its position relative to Lakhta) and Konduya Lakhtinsky, was granted royal charter on January 15, 1638, to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, General Rickshulz Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, of Dutch origin. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nuena (Nyenskansu). With the arrival of the Swedes in the Neva region, Lakhta was settled by the Finns, who until the middle of the 20th century constituted the absolute majority of the villagers.
On December 22, 1766, Catherine 2 granted the Lakhta manor, which at that time belonged to the Office of the Chancellery from the buildings of palaces and gardens, "in which and in her villages with yard people 208 souls" to her favorite, Count Orlov. Not later than 1768 Count J.A. Bruce took possession of the estate. In 1788, the Lakhta manor with its wooden services on dry land (high place) and the villages of Lakhta, Dubki, Lisiy Nos and Konnaya, also on dry land, were listed there, in those villages of male peasants 238 souls. On May 1, 1813, Lakhta was taken over by the landlords of the Yakovlevs. On October 5, 1844, Count A. I. Stenbok-Fermor took possession of the Lakhta estate, in which there were then 255 male souls. This genus was the owner of the estate until 1912, when his last representative got into debt and the nobility was established over the estate. On October 4, 1913, the count, in order to pay off his debts, was forced to go into incorporation, and the Lakhta estate became the property of the Lakht Joint-Stock Company of Stenbock-Fermor and Co.
After the revolution, Lakhta was left to itself for some time; on May 19, 1919, in the former estate of the Stenbock-Fermor estate, the Lakhta sightseeing station was opened, which lasted until 1932. In the early 1920s, sand mining began on the Lakhta beaches, and the abandoned and dilapidated peat-bedding plant of the Lakhta estate in 1922 took the Oblzmotdel department under its jurisdiction and launched it after major repairs. In 1963, the village of Lakhta was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
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Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.
The choice of tool limits the possibilities.
Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.
The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...
The moment of observation is the real find ...
Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.
Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.
The meaning of all this is the process!
Find someone who inspires shooting the camera!
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Often we are visited by thoughts that may reveal something unknown ... Our mind many times tries to solve a problem with known methods ... This is its main mistake! The path of the heart opens the doors that appear in our path. It is a pity that not everyone has the courage to insert the keys that are always with us ...
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Lakhta. This small village on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 15 km north-west of the city, is the birthplace of human settlements on the banks of the Neva. It was in the territory of Lakhta that the remains of a man’s camp of three thousand years ago were found.
In official documents, the settlement named Lakhta has been dating since 1500. The name is derived from the Finnish-language word lahti - "bay". It is one of the few settlements that has not changed its name throughout its 500-year history. It is also known as Lahes, Lahes-by, Lahes and was originally inhabited by Izhora. In the last decades of the 15th century, Lakhta was a village (which indicates a significant number of its population) and was the center of the same name of the Grand-Ducal volost, which was part of the Spassko-Gorodensky pogost of Orekhovsky district of Vodskaya Pyatina. In the village there were 10 yards with 20 people (married men). In Lakhta, on average, there were 2 families each, and the total population of the village probably reached 75 people.
From the marks on the fields of the Swedish scribal book of the Spassky Pogost of 1640, it follows that the lands along the lower reaches of the Neva River and part of the coast of the Gulf of Finland, including Lakhta Karelia, Perekulyu (from the Finnish "back village", probably because of its position relative to Lakhta) and Konduya Lakhtinsky, was granted royal charter on January 15, 1638, to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, General Rickshulz Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, of Dutch origin. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nuena (Nyenskansu). With the arrival of the Swedes in the Neva region, Lakhta was settled by the Finns, who until the middle of the 20th century constituted the absolute majority of the villagers.
On December 22, 1766, Catherine 2 granted the Lakhta manor, which at that time belonged to the Office of the Chancellery from the buildings of palaces and gardens, "in which and in her villages with yard people 208 souls" to her favorite, Count Orlov. Not later than 1768 Count J.A. Bruce took possession of the estate. In 1788, the Lakhta manor with its wooden services on dry land (high place) and the villages of Lakhta, Dubki, Lisiy Nos and Konnaya, also on dry land, were listed there, in those villages of male peasants 238 souls. On May 1, 1813, Lakhta was taken over by the landlords of the Yakovlevs. On October 5, 1844, Count A. I. Stenbok-Fermor took possession of the Lakhta estate, in which there were then 255 male souls. This genus was the owner of the estate until 1912, when his last representative got into debt and the nobility was established over the estate. On October 4, 1913, the count, in order to pay off his debts, was forced to go into incorporation, and the Lakhta estate became the property of the Lakht Joint-Stock Company of Stenbock-Fermor and Co.
After the revolution, Lakhta was left to itself for some time; on May 19, 1919, in the former estate of the Stenbock-Fermor estate, the Lakhta sightseeing station was opened, which lasted until 1932. In the early 1920s, sand mining began on the Lakhta beaches, and the abandoned and dilapidated peat-bedding plant of the Lakhta estate in 1922 took the Oblzmotdel department under its jurisdiction and launched it after major repairs. In 1963, the village of Lakhta was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
Cavanaugh Flight Museum's de Havilland CV-2B Caribou demonstrating short field landing capabilities at Lancaster, Texas. At the ISAP Dream Shoot 2015.
“The shore can’t determine the capabilities of a boat, because a sea has the only right to test it. And you will know your true strength only when you enter the true battlefield.”
"If one zoom in the picture they might notice the lighthouse in the beginning and maybe the second investigation lead to noticing the steady boat on the waveless waterbody. But a chosen few might be able to notice the life in the picture, the life that gives the picture a different interpretation. Which does not only have the potential to make the steady waterbody full of unsteady impressions but from it the light house in the daytime dare to borrow ray of hope.
Just like a minor notice, a careful investigation may make a simple representation colorful, the same way a patient and rigorous emotional understanding is necessary to explore the infinite potential of a human being without violating the person's rigid appearance." - Aku
I encourage everyone to visit this sublime sim:
Hamburg's new icon, the "Elbphilharmonie" (Opera house on the river Elbe), fondly called "Elphi" by the citizens (similar to a popular German female nick name).
Like the Berlin airport, Elphi is another masterpiece and impressive proof for Germany's capabilities in public construction: the initially planned 77M€ increased to 866M€ during 2007-2016.