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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.
The new fight against crime in Second Life
My partner is an AI. Small in size, but with enormous capabilities. Pursuing crime has never been so easy!
The style card and credits here
Composition make with collaboration of:
[VENDETTA] - AKIRA SKIN - EVO X pack @ in main store
BRABOS / Alec Hairbase & Beard. BRABOS@Mainstore release and weekend offer
BIRTH /*Birth* 'Spell Whirls' Eye Effects @ (in main store
LACONIC / DAMN SURE NAILS HUD @ in main store / mix weekend
KOKOS / KOKOS-EARRINGS COBRA-C-Gauged XL Ears @in main store
CHRIS TWO DESIGNS / Strix AI Companion - [Hyperlabs] - [Chris Two Designs]@ in main store
EXCY / [X] - XC-88 Shotgun / Fatpack @ in main store
EXCY [X] - Xron Tattoo @ past event GIFT
TANAKA / [TNK] HATAKE FLAK @in main store
TANAKA / [TNK] SHIBUYA CARGO PANTS @ IN MAIN STORE
TANAKA / [TNK] 4AM BOOTS - FATPACK@ in main store
VILE / [Vile] - Night by Cyber Backdrop @CYBER FAIR March 5th - 25th
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.
Constellations of Cepheus & Cassiopeia overhead.
Testing out the capabilities of a new Canon 24mm lens. Soft focus filter used to bring out the brighter stars and their colour. Result is from a single tracked exposure due to mist / dew issues.
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!
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"Kolk, when I look at you I see part of me that I have lost. You are the result of my downfall. For that, you must pay in blood..."
~ Zenith, speaking through Roka.
More pictures here: imgur.com/a/rQeH8
OH, also, he has WORKING PISTONS in his back. You can see photos of this in the Imgur album above!
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that this is my best MOC to date. I feel like he's helped me discover something I have been looking for in myself in a very long time... my style as a MOCist.
Moving forward I hope to help this style truly grow and mature and show people my real capabilities as a MOCist.
Thank you guys so much, and have a great day!
Some from September. Before i got the x100. I love my X100 but I miss shooting square. i must use my gx a bit more. if only it had low light capabilities. I haven't quite adapted to the X100 yet. i need to put in the work i think ,and find out what it likes and what it doesn't ;-)
I first started photographing birds in 2003. I bought a new Canon 10D from B&H which I think was around 10 megapixels with practically no low light capabilities, laborious shutter fire, minimum buffer size and hit or miss high speed auto focus. I drove all the way to Canoga Camera in Los Angeles from Grants Pass, OR to buy my Canon 400mm f5.6 lens because I wanted to try it out first. It is still a great lens in 2018.
Regardless, I was able to get some pretty decent images many of which I printed and sealed in protective plastic wrap. Thank goodness I did because I knew nothing about file preservation and did not keep any of the raw originals, duplicate files or make external hard drive back ups. I corrupted all the images by not paying attention to size and quality while processing.
It was a painful lesson considering all the hours I put in walking down the Rogue River in hip waders before dawn. Sometimes I would force my way through dense thickets and stand for hours in a slough waiting for one chance at a Night Heron or Green Heron. I even got flight shots of Herons and Osprey with fish. I don't know how I did it because 7 years later, when I took the hobby up again, I missed flight shot after flight shot. The only solution was to upgrade to the Canon 7D.
I knew that Summer Lake, Oregon had a large wildlife population because I had lived and worked there in the 70s and 80s. In 2016, I came across an ad for a house, garage and small acreage. I jumped at the opportunity. Leaving a house and job behind in Bend, OR, I find myself back where I started. Only now, I have the awesome Canon 7D mark II and a 150-600mm Sigma Lens along with other assorted camera gear.
When I first moved to Summer Lake in 74 I had a Minolta SLR in which I used mostly black and white film. It was inconceivable that a photographic image like the one above could have ever been possible. The advances in wildlife photography since those prehistorical days are incredible. Currently I have no goals other than to play around and see what comes of it. Oh yes, and eagerly await the next technological breakthrough.
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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GWR heavy freight 3850 puts on a good display for the waiting photographers at Ketchley lane photo spot.
Attended the winter gala after a break of a couple of years. three guest locos attending from other heritage railways which made for an excellent lineup of locos. Event well attended on the Saturday due to the beautiful sunny weather. most trains were packed to capacity
3850 GWR Heavy Freight 🚂
Don't miss the powerful Great Western Railway Heavy Freight No. 3850 at our Winter Steam Gala, courtesy of the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway. This formidable locomotive exemplifies the strength and durability essential for mid-20th century heavy freight services.
No. 3850 showcases the classic design of GWR's heavy freight engines, built to manage demanding loads across rugged terrains. Adorned in the traditional GWR livery, it stands as a testament to the industrial might of the era. Experience this giant in steam engineering as it demonstrates its hauling capabilities on our heritage track.
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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).
The Alt Bhuruisgidh ... heavens knows how you pronounce that! Suprised at the capabilities of this camera .. hand held whilst wobbling on a rock at 1/6th of a second and its turned out quite sharpish!!
Multnomah Falls from a number of years ago.
This is a panorama created from two images taken with a (for then) high end point and shoot. Up until a couple of years ago, my attempts at combining these pix was less than satisfactory. As the software capabilities have improved with time, the results have gotten much better.
Dioptase crystals, essential for producing green tinted windscreen canopies, were rare in large quantities, except on planets where Blacktron had their outposts. Dioptase was deposited in vast fields as a waste product of their huge manufacturing plants. Dioptase Moths had incredible cloaking capabilities, and were one means of collecting large quantities of the crystals in hostile territories.
Trans-green has some of the nicest parts available in it, so this build just came together from a desire to use some of them. Gradually the moth shape sort of emerged!
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:
Kuala Lumpur City Center Towers (KLCC) as viewd from Traders Skybar. My first time here, and there were a few generous guys who allowed us to take their spot next to the window and shoot.
Havent been urbanscaping for sometime.. This is a single shot image, edited only in Lightroom, as I am still testing my 5d's capabilities..
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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!
www.instagram.com/listenwave_photography/
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 ...
(Listenwave- 圣彼得堡)
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).
So often I hear the same comment from others...and I admit that it pops up in my own head as well: 'If only I had a newer, better camera'. And it's true that a BROAD generalization of Moore's Law indicates that every camera that comes out is better than previous models. Clearly this can be charted going back to the first DSLR model in 2002. (D100)
And yes, I'm a gear head. I'm always driven to try to get the newest and best that I can find, and afford. Moore would be proud.
BUT...and it is a very big but indeed...each camera is capable of doing everything now -- even though old -- that it could do when it was state of the art brand new. Used effectively virtually every DSLR ever sold can produce magnificent photographs.
This shot is a good example -- to the extent that you think it a good image. It was made with a camera that came out in 2013 -- eight years ago, which, in dog years, is a very long time. I bought this camera when it was released, as a replacement for its predecessor, the D7000...which was itself purchased to replace the older yet D300. Since then, I've replaced the D7100 with a D4s pro camera, a D500 super prosumer camera, and most recently with the best camera I've ever used, the D850.
And yet when I go out to photograph, I may grab any of those from time to time, for the heck of it. Consider this bumblebee photo. With care, and proficient post-processing, the 'old' camera can make terrific images. All of those using other than the latest gear know this to be true. And if you look at my photostream -- at the metadata and / or tags, you'll see that going all the way back to the 2008 D300 (and in a few instances the 2002 D100), I'm quite willing to rely on any of this gear.
Interestingly, this D7100 is the camera is usually rely on in my studio work.
Hope you enjoy this photo, shot in 2017, but using a camera from a number of years before that.
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope combined the capabilities of the telescope’s two cameras to create a never-before-seen view of a star-forming region in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), this combined image reveals previously invisible areas of star birth.
What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region known as NGC 3324. Called the Cosmic Cliffs, this rim of a gigantic, gaseous cavity is roughly 7,600 light-years away.
The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the centre of the bubble, above the area shown in this image. The high-energy radiation from these stars is sculpting the nebula’s wall by slowly eroding it away.
NIRCam – with its crisp resolution and unparalleled sensitivity – unveils hundreds of previously hidden stars, and even numerous background galaxies. In MIRI’s view, young stars and their dusty, planet-forming disks shine brightly in the mid-infrared, appearing pink and red. MIRI reveals structures that are embedded in the dust and uncovers the stellar sources of massive jets and outflows. With MIRI, the organic, soot-like material on the surface of the ridges glows, giving the appearance of jagged rocks.
Several prominent features in this image are described below.
- The faint “steam” that appears to rise from the celestial “mountains” is actually hot, ionised gas and hot dust streaming away from the nebula due to intense, ultraviolet radiation.
- Peaks and pillars rise above the glowing wall of gas, resisting the blistering ultraviolet radiation from the young stars.
- Bubbles and cavities are being blown by the intense radiation and stellar winds of newborn stars.
- Protostellar jets and outflows, which appear in gold, shoot from dust-enshrouded, nascent stars. MIRI uncovers the young, stellar sources producing these features. For example, a feature at left that looks like a comet with NIRCam is revealed with MIRI to be one cone of an outflow from a dust-enshrouded, newborn star.
- A “blow-out” erupts at the top-centre of the ridge, spewing material into the interstellar medium. MIRI sees through the dust to unveil the star responsible for this phenomenon.
- An unusual “arch,” looking like a bent-over cylinder, appears in all wavelengths shown here.
This period of very early star formation is difficult to capture because, for an individual star, it lasts only about 50,000 to 100,000 years – but Webb’s extreme sensitivity and exquisite spatial resolution have chronicled this rare event.
NGC 3324 was first catalogued by James Dunlop in 1826. Visible from the Southern Hemisphere, it is located at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), which resides in the constellation Carina. The Carina Nebula is home to the Keyhole Nebula and the active, unstable supergiant star called Eta Carinae.
NIRCam was built by a team at the University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center.
MIRI was developed as a partnership between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory leading the U.S. efforts and a multi-national consortium of European astronomical institutes contributing for ESA.
Get the full array of Webb’s first images and spectra, including downloadable files, here.
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
It was a moonless night so I decided to test out the low light capabilities of the D700. From what I read the D700/D3 has the lowest high ISO noise of any camera available and I was not disappointed in it's performance! I have even noticed lower noise at ISO 200 when really stretching the image such as doing HDR. Thank you Nikon!
This is a view of the Milky Way and Grand Teton over Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. The exposure is 30 sec. at f2.8 and ISO 6400. The sky glow to the left (south) is from Jackson Hole and to the right is from Driggs, Idaho on the other side of the Tetons.
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As New Jersey ramps up its trace capabilities to contact trace positive COVID-19 cases as certainly we next to New York State are one of the hardest hit states with 140,743 COVID-19 cases and 9,508 deaths as of yesterday, the stay at home self-quarantine orders remain in place and after work, between dinner, chores the photographic archives I continue to look through. So back in 2018 during my work trip to Erie Pennsylvania early on the last day there, I ventured to the Lake Erie shore to partially snow covered Presque Isle and found this lovely lighthouse the Presque Isle Lighthouse. Construction on the square lighthouse began in 1872 and was complete in 1873. The original design called for cut stone blocks but that wasn’t fiscally possible, so the design was changed to building the lighthouse from the ground up with walls five bricks thick. So the original 6,000 bricks for the lighthouse were anchored off the shore right by where the lighthouse sits today, but then a Lake Erie storm hit, the scow with the bricks broke free dumping the bricks into Lake Erie which are still being found on the lake’s shores even today. Another Lake Erie storm struck a boat full of workers crossing Misery Bay to get to Presque Isle resulting to the loss of life of one of the workers attributed to the construction of the lighthouse. When built it was only 40 feet high but in 1896 and additional 17 feet and 4 inches were added to direct the light of the Fresnel lens further over Lake Erie and the white paint job on the bricks were to make it a day mark for lake travelers. The last Lighthouse Service keeper left in 1944 but the now automated light still serves as an aid to navigation on Lake Erie today and is on the grounds of the Presque Isle State Park.
An example of Photoshop AI Generative Fill capabilities using my image in my previous post: flic.kr/p/2oHXJMH
Not great, but pretty impressive considering the level of effort on my part. I'm impressed by the program's ability to match the mood, color, and overall composition vibe of the image.
Exploring the macro capabilities of the Nikkor 18-200 VR, could have been sharper, but hey, this was shot handheld ...
Unlike many water birds, anhingas spear fish with their sharp bills rather than scooping them up. They swim underwater to hunt, hence their wings are less waterproof to allow for better diving capabilities.
New York City certainly has the capabilities to keep you sleepless. It's one of those places where you'll find beauty both at day and at night. But the funny thing is that you don't need to be a billionaire to own the night in this megacity. This is a piece from a personal project which I had compiled as a tribute to my friends and family who don't have the luxury to travel and see the world. Rather than holding a partner's hand I place myself in the frame and see what the camera "sees".
So this isn't a proper "clean" macro but I was more testing out the extreme capabilities of this macro lens, the Nikkor MC 105 2.8 VR S and I must say I am impressed. I shot this at ISO 9000 handheld at 1/60th of a second. The VR and IBIS of the Z6II works well.
See my first English story about this youtu.be/jpKsj0Sirus
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).
A hush-hush military transport op somewhere in the backwoods of the former USSR? Nope, just another day on the cargo apron at Vienna Airport (VIE/LOWW). Seeing a big Anushka casually enjoying winter conditions is a bit like seeing a husky playing out in the snow - just the natural order of things!
The type's current production standard, the 100M-150 is essentially a cheap-and-cheerful systems upgrade of the basic 124, which adds a bit of glass in the cockpit - and, more importantly, a vastly expanded set of capabilities for operation in the congested airspace of Central Europe and the US.
Testing the macro capabilities of an old Sigma 28-80mm zoom lens. Negative scan, slightly cropped. Just a tad of contrast added in GIMP.
Panzerstandart-561 (PStd-561) is a basic machine combined with the available technological and economic capabilities of the modravian military-industrial complex.
Modification "A" is basic in the 560-series: it has an average frontal armor of 4 levels (according to the modravian classification), good dynamic characteristics (V10), a 105-mm gun with a "carousel" automatic loader, coaxial and anti-aircraft machine guns of 7.5-mm. To achieve success in combat, the crew has a IR-sight and a single-axis stabilization. Need to overcome a water barrier? Not a problem, because the tank is equipped with a snorkel. Convenience and low maintenance are the main feature of the 560-series tanks.
Due to the design features, there is not much space inside the tank, and therefore there are problems with the convenience of placing crew members and shells inside, the latter of which are not very many.
This is a good "workhorse" having simple and basic elements for equipping the army.
Before us is the crew of the third vehicle of the first battalion of the 8th tank brigade "Red Fox". The tank has the name "Alexia" both in honor of the letter "A" in the modification, and in honor of the beloved commander of the tank (probably?...).
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (June 15, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, embarked aboard the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), fly in formation above the Pacific Ocean, June 15, 2022, after participating in a joint maritime strike rehearsal to demonstrate service components fires and effects capabilities in the maritime environment during exercise Valiant Shield 22 (VS 22). Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Task Force the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct long-range, precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Task Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon) 220615-M-JO217-1259
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86027 heads south on the West Coast Main Line just north of Linslade tunnels with an express (1A36) for Euston in the spring of 1975.
I have never taken much interest in this West Coast Main Line shot to date believing that it would not past muster. It is taken trackside (whilst working) using a Hanimex Compact point and shoot camera and as the train is probably doing in the region of 90mph I assumed it would be beyond the capabilities of the camera. However, I am pleasantly surprised having at last decided to scan the negative to find that the engine is reasonably sharp although the depth of field is not brilliant.
I am trackside this day as I was assisting Mr Bill Crampton, the Nottingham Divisional S&T Engineers mechanical design engineer in surveying and measuring up a four track signal gantry. Why we were doing this I can no longer remember, however I do remember how we got to and from this signal gantry. We travelled out by train from Nottingham/Derby to Leighton Buzzard station and then walked the three miles or so trackside to the signal gantry, which included walking through the 280 yard long Linslade Tunnel. We used the twin track bore of the three tunnels that make up Linslade tunnel, waiting for a train to pass on the side we were walking and then setting off on the basis we had at least 2 minutes (the signalling headway) to get through. Those were the days.
Locomotive History
86027 was originally E3110 and was built at Doncaster Works, entering traffic in June 1965. It became 86327 when fitted with modified wheels in the early 1980’s, 86427 when fitted with improved suspension in the May 1985 and finally 86627 when dedicated to freight traffic and had its Electric Train Heating isolated and maximum speed reduced to 75mph in the early 1989. It has remained in traffic for just short of fifty five years having recently been stored by Freightliner in May 2020 and is currently (September 2020) at Basford Hall, unlikely to work again.
Hanimex Compact, Ilford FP4
Western Wood Peewee?????
The bird was silent.
"The Tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) are a clade of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with more than 400 species. They are the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and Canada. Tyrant
As could be expected from a family this large, the members vary greatly in shape, patterns, size and colours. Some Tyrant flycatchers superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers which they are named after but are not related to. They are members of suborder Tyranni (suboscines), which do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of most other songbirds.
Most, but not all, species are rather plain, with various hues of brown, grey and white commonplace."kaieturnewsonline
Using the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. They emanate from quasars and tear across interstellar space like tsunamis, wreaking havoc on the galaxies in which the quasars live.
Quasars are extremely remote celestial objects, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy. Quasars contain supermassive black holes fueled by infalling matter that can shine 1,000 times brighter than their host galaxies of hundreds of billions of stars.
As the black hole devours matter, hot gas encircles it and emits intense radiation, creating the quasar. Winds, driven by blistering radiation pressure from the vicinity of the black hole, push material away from the galaxy's center. These outflows accelerate to breathtaking velocities that are a few percent of the speed of light.
"No other phenomena carries more mechanical energy. Over the lifetime of 10 million years, these outflows produce a million times more energy than a gamma-ray burst," explained principal investigator Nahum Arav of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. "The winds are pushing hundreds of solar masses of material each year. The amount of mechanical energy that these outflows carry is up to several hundreds of times higher than the luminosity of the entire Milky Way galaxy."
The quasar winds snowplow across the galaxy's disk. Material that otherwise would have formed new stars is violently swept from the galaxy, causing star birth to cease. Radiation pushes the gas and dust to far greater distances than scientists previously thought, creating a galaxy-wide event.
As this cosmic tsunami slams into interstellar material, the temperature at the shock front spikes to billions of degrees, where material glows largely in X-rays, but also widely across the light spectrum. Anyone witnessing this event would see a brilliant celestial display. "You'll get lots of radiation first in X-rays and gamma rays, and afterwards it will percolate to visible and infrared light," said Arav. "You'd get a huge light show—like Christmas trees all over the galaxy."
Read more: go.nasa.gov/2xfyMzT
Caption: This is an illustration of a distant galaxy with an active quasar at its center. A quasar emits exceptionally large amounts of energy generated by a supermassive black hole fueled by infalling matter. Using the unique capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that blistering radiation pressure from the vicinity of the black hole pushes material away from the galaxy's center at a fraction of the speed of light. The "quasar winds" are propelling hundreds of solar masses of material each year. This affects the entire galaxy as the material snowplows into surrounding gas and dust.
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI)