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SP 6 Wheeled rover. Off-space highway capabilities - all wheel drive. Design inspired from Speed Champion sets using base frame and trans red windscreen. I hope we see more trans colors of that windscreen!
I now realise I was pushing the dynamic range of this little camera way beyond its capabilities, but it still managed to take this dreamy seascape!!
Ukrainians!
Our defenders!
I am sure that you periodically see in the media - Ukrainian and Western - reports on how long this war can last. Some say a few weeks. Others - several years. Some say the war will last until the end of this year. And someone advises to prepare for a permanent confrontation with Russia as long as it exists.
Of course, I also hear different predictions. I have much more information than some media outlets about the intentions and capabilities of the Russian army. About the potential of the Russian economy. About the emotional state of society in Russia. All this must be taken into account before saying how long the war will last. Therefore, we must take into account the effectiveness of instruments of influence on Russia used by Ukraine and our entire anti-war coalition against Russia's aggression.
The success of our military on the battlefield is really significant. Historically significant. But not enough to clean our land from the occupiers yet. We’ll beat them more.
Sanctions against Russia are very significant. Economically painful. But still not enough for the Russian military machine to be left without means of subsistence. We promote stronger, more destructive ones.
So, in fact, it is these two areas that determine how long this war will last.
I always tell all our partners with whom I discuss this issue that the amount of support for Ukraine directly affects the restoration of peace. It literally defines how many more Ukrainians the occupiers will manage to kill.
If someone says: year or years, I answer: you can make the war much shorter. The more and the sooner we get all the weapons we have requested, the stronger our position will be and the sooner peace will come. The more and the sooner we get the financial support we have requested, the sooner there will be peace. The sooner the democratic world recognizes that the oil embargo against Russia and the complete blockade of its banking sector are necessary steps towards peace, the sooner the war will end.
So the number one task is to speed up the restoration of peace.
Our Armed Forces are doing it brilliantly. They are repelling the occupiers' attacks. They are carrying out counterattacks. They have already tormented - in the true sense of the word - Russian conventional aviation so much that they are forced to use strategic long-range aircraft.
I am grateful to each of our defenders for this great work.
Our diplomats must continue their activity in all possible directions, at all possible levels. Both official and unofficial.
The next package of sanctions against Russia must include an abandonment of Russian oil. In general, the democratic world must admit that money for Russian energy resources is in fact money for the destruction of democracy. When these decisions are made, we will all be able to see that peace is approaching.
I held a meeting with government officials today. The key topic is the solution of urgent economic issues that arose during martial law.
It was noted that four-fifths of all Ukrainian enterprises have already returned to work in a safe area. In particular, this applies to heavy industry enterprises. Transport networks are being rebuilt. Good performance is shown in trade and services. And all this is also the fulfillment of the national task of accelerating the restoration of peace.
That is why I am grateful to everyone who keeps jobs, who employs our people, who helps businesses adapt to these difficult conditions and gives Ukraine the necessary economic strength to live.
No matter what, in all cities and communities where there are no occupiers and hostilities, it is necessary to restore the economy to the maximum.
Energy issues and the end of this heating season were discussed. The season was successful in spite of everything. Despite all the predictions, tariffs have not increased. There were no rolling blackouts. Supplies were not disrupted even in wartime. Preparations have also begun for the next heating season. We discussed the purchase of gas, the purchase of coal.
We offer at least for the next 6 months the electricity tariff in the amount of 1 hryvnia 44 kopecks per kilowatt for those who use less than 250 kilowatts. This is 80% of our people.
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food reported that the sowing campaign has begun and continues in all regions of our country, including Luhansk and Donetsk.
We also talked to government officials today about filling in the questionnaire that Ukraine received from President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. This is a necessary stage in the preparation of our country to become a candidate for EU membership. The work is almost complete, and we will soon provide the answers to the representatives of the European Union.
I held an important meeting today with all the leaders of the state power bloc. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Chief of the General Staff, Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Commander of the National Guard, Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the President's Office, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and the head of our delegation at the negotiations. The main topic is Mariupol. Details cannot be made public at the moment. But we are doing everything to save our people.
The restoration of normal life in those areas and districts where the occupiers were expelled continues. The amount of work is really huge. 918 settlements of different scales, but equally important for us, for Ukraine, have already been de-occupied.
We carry out demining. We restore the supply of electricity, water and gas. We restore the work of the police, post office, state and local authorities.
Humanitarian headquarters have started working on the territory of 338 liberated settlements. We are resuming the provision of regular and emergency medical care, the work of educational institutions - where it is really possible. In total, on this day, Russian troops have destroyed or damaged 1,018 educational institutions across our country.
Restoration of roads and railways has begun. In particular, from tomorrow the railway connection with Chernihiv and Nizhyn will be restored. Trains are already running between the cities of the Sumy region.
The teams of Ukravtodor and Ukrzaliznytsia work quite efficiently, and I am grateful to them for this speed. For giving people back a sense of normal life, which the occupiers tried to destroy forever.
In the south and east of our country, the situation is still very difficult, far from talking about recovery.
In the occupied districts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, the Russian military continue to terrorize civilian residents of our country. They are looking for anyone who has ever been associated with the Ukrainian army or government agencies.
The occupiers think that this will somehow make it easier for them to control the territory. But they are wrong. They deceive themselves. The problem of the occupiers is not that they are not accepted by some activists, veterans or journalists. Russia's problem is that the entire Ukrainian people does not accept it and will never accept it again. Russia lost Ukraine forever. Actually, it lost the whole world. It will not be accepted anywhere anymore.
And the cruelty with which Russian troops are trying to conquer the Azov, Donbas, Kharkiv regions, only takes away even the slightest chance of these territories and these people to have any ties with this state at least sometime in the future.
Maybe somewhere in Russia cruelty is respected. But in Ukraine cruelty is despised. And punished. And it is obligatory.
Today I signed decrees on awarding our military. 237 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were awarded state awards, 34 of them posthumously.
The title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to Colonel Kashchenko Dmytro Valeriyovych, commander of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Operational Command "North" of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For the personal example of heroism that inspires comrades in service, for extremely effective combat operations and concrete and very important results for maintaining the positions of our army and expelling the occupiers.
And finally. The important words that hope always wins even under seemingly insurmountable circumstances.
This Saturday, the Jewish community celebrates Passover. Holiday of liberation. Holiday of life. I sincerely wish all those who celebrate in Ukraine and in the world peace, good and the inevitable defeat of any evil that threatens freedom and life on earth.
Chag Pesach Sameach!
I am grateful to all our male defenders! I am grateful to all our female defenders!
Glory to Ukraine!
As an experiment, this was shot on my iPhone 13 Pro. No extra macro lenses, just a bit of cropping for the composition. One of the reasons I bought the newest iPhone was due to the advertised macro capabilities and, guess what? It delivers.
Granted, there’s more to this than meets the eye in the final image – here is a BTS image that was greatly supported by Platypod to create the entire environment where the image was taken: donkom.ca/bts/IMG_8888.jpg
It’s never just the camera that you use – it’s an entire ecosystem of equipment, knowledge, technique, and creativity. You can read all about the process of creating images like this in my book, only available for a very limited period of time before my family and I move to Bulgaria in the coming 1-2 weeks: skycrystals.ca/product/pre-order-macro-photography-the-un...
Macro on mobile has always been possible with add-on lenses from various companies, but it has always been degraded in quality compared to “proper” cameras with interchangeable lenses and larger sensors due to the limitations of diffraction. This is a hard limit that cannot be overcome: a small sensor at high magnification will not yield the resolution of a sensor with a larger area of light collection. The short focal length of the lens can also be seen. These lenses are wide – and you can see a large difference in the position of the center of the flower in each droplet. The wider the angle, the larger the difference in the perspective between each droplet.
I love my Lumix S1R and GX9, and the iPhone 13 Pro is not a substitute for it in any fashion. The same techniques applied to any capable camera, however, yield usable results. This image should illustrate that it’s far more than just the camera at play in the construction of an image. While I can confidently say that this was shot on my phone, it will not be my go-to tool to make this sort of magic in the future. That said, if this is the only tool you have… guess what? It works! :)
This image depicts flower petals held by clamps, and a Gerbera Daisy in the background refracting through the droplets which are acting like lenses. Three Lumecube lights are used: one diffused for the foreground, one bare on the right, and one Lumecube RGB Panel Pro on the left set to a warmer colour which adds a subtle colour gradient to the flower. Just enough to liven up the colour pallet without becoming a distraction.
Onward and upward, the experiments and the adventures continue. Stay creative out there! And grab a copy of the book while you still can. ;)
I'd better explain this shot, I was testing the low light focus capabilities of the new camera, when the sun tried to burn through the fog, (the weather people said it was mist), and it was right behind the teazle (I think it is), in my minds eye I saw a possible shot, just a shame that it hasn't come out the way I saw it in my head lol, I still processed it (when in doubt convert to b&w), warmed it up a tad and ended up with this :-)
This historic bridge is viewed best from the ocean side. What an amazing engineering marvel it is constructed after World War I time period. It was quite windy over the bridge last evening with 20 mph gusts. Having been here few occasions and returning without flying due to high winds, I decided to push my Phantom 4 Pro's capabilities in wind and took my chances. It handled the wind pretty well except for some struggle flying against headwinds which ended up draining of more battery power which is expected. I got the shot I wanted and moved on to another location.
The Tanager is a long range exploratory ship with fighter capabilities. It has fixed lasers, so its best defense is to run. But if it can't, it can do a lot of damage.
This build was a lot of fun. I've been watching the build tutorials Tardisblue made for some of his spaceships and was inspired to build with lots of SNOT and smooth lines. This is also a build for Simon's Separator Anxiety challenge.
The name Tanager comes from a small swift bird.
I will be bringing the Tanager (and other things) to BrickCon in October. Who's going?
Thanks for looking!
Soli Deo gloria
An international team of scientists have used data collected by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect a molecule known as the methyl cation (CH3+) for the first time, located in the protoplanetary disc surrounding a young star. They accomplished this feat with a cross-disciplinary expert analysis, including key input from laboratory spectroscopists. The vital role of CH3+ in interstellar carbon chemistry has been predicted since the 1970s, but Webb’s unique capabilities have finally made observing it possible — in a region of space where planets capable of accommodating life could eventually form.
This image is NIRCam’s view of the Orion Bar region studied by the team of astronomers. Bathed in harsh ultraviolet light from the stars of the Trapezium Cluster, it is an area of intense activity, with star formation and active astrochemistry. This made it a perfect place to study the exact impact that ultraviolet radiation has on the molecular makeup of the discs of gas and dust that surround new stars. The radiation erodes the nebula’s gas and dust in a process known as photoevaporation; this creates the rich tapestry of cavities and filaments that fill the view. The radiation also ionises the molecules, causing them to emit light — not only does this create a beautiful vista, it also allows astronomers to study the molecules using the spectrum of their emitted light obtained with Webb’s MIRI and NIRSpec instruments.
The two very large, bright stars are two of the three stars in the θ² Orionis system — the Trapezium Cluster is also known as θ¹ Orionis. The brightest star here, θ² Orionis A, is surrounded by particularly bright and red puffs of dust, which are reflecting the star’s light towards Earth. Its great brightness — it is visible with the naked eye — is due to the fact that θ² Orionis A is itself a ternary system made of three closely bound bright stars.
There are more proplyds visible in this image than just d203-506 — the Orion Nebula is replete with such new stars. In the very top left, a tiny star is visible within a long, dusty cocoon. This globule has formed from the star’s protoplanetary disc, as the disc is broken down by the energetic radiation of the Trapezium Cluster. Around the globule, a round shockwave is strikingly visible moving through the gas of the Orion Nebula.
[Image description: A nebula made of many layers of cloudy, colourful material. The top-left side of the image is brightly lit, filled with wispy, thin material in pale shades of pink and blue. A thick bar of denser, cloudier material crosses diagonally at the bottom right. It begins as orange and grows darker and sparser down to the corner. Two very bright stars, with very long diffraction spikes, lie in this sparse area.]
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), the PDRs4All ERS Team
A cygnet pair as they approach the banks of the lake. Just loved the subtle water lines and waves. The light was not great that day so was a good test for high ISO capabilities.
Night time shot of a daily visitor to our holiday cottage in the highlands , first shot with my new Canon 5D Mark lll , taken at 25600 iso with very low shutter speed , its low light capabilities have not been exaggerated , this shot would not have been possible with my 7D !
Hang it out to dry
AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6E ED VR / Nikon D500
I shot this Swan from quite a distance and am impressed at how well the AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm has captured the expression on the Swan's eye. For a crop sensor camera, the Nikon D500 is also revealing it's capabilities
A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, whose bright central bar is visible in the upper left of this image – a composite from two of Webb’s instruments. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson revealed the image Friday during an event with students at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland.
NGC 5068 lies around 20 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. This image of the central, bright star-forming regions of the galaxy is part of a campaign to create an astronomical treasure trove, a repository of observations of star formation in nearby galaxies. Previous gems from this collection can be seen here (IC 5332) and here (M74). These observations are particularly valuable to astronomers for two reasons. The first is because star formation underpins so many fields in astronomy, from the physics of the tenuous plasma that lies between stars to the evolution of entire galaxies. By observing the formation of stars in nearby galaxies, astronomers hope to kick-start major scientific advances with some of the first available data from Webb.
The second reason is that Webb’s observations build on other studies using telescopes including the Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories. Webb collected images of 19 nearby star-forming galaxies which astronomers could then combine with Hubble images of 10,000 star clusters, spectroscopic mapping of 20,000 star-forming emission nebulae from the Very Large Telescope (VLT), and observations of 12,000 dark, dense molecular clouds identified by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). These observations span the electromagnetic spectrum and give astronomers an unprecedented opportunity to piece together the minutiae of star formation.
With its ability to peer through the gas and dust enshrouding newborn stars, Webb is particularly well-suited to explore the processes governing star formation. Stars and planetary systems are born amongst swirling clouds of gas and dust that are opaque to visible-light observatories like Hubble or the VLT. The keen vision at infrared wavelengths of two of Webb’s instruments — MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) — allowed astronomers to see right through the gargantuan clouds of dust in NGC 5068 and capture the processes of star formation as they happened. This image combines the capabilities of these two instruments, providing a truly unique look at the composition of NGC 5068.
This image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068 is a composite from two of the James Webb Space Telescope’s instruments, MIRI and NIRCam.
Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team
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We are more than our cameras.
So, so much more. But it is ok to excuse yourself for thinking otherwise. It is easy to do. We get caught up in the incredible capabilities of our equipment these days. Or we get caught up in the incredible prices we pay for this equipment. Or we trap ourselves through convenience into having to rely on our equipment to prove what we are doing, never having developed sufficient trust or confidence in ourselves as photographers. This is all understandable, but it shouldn't be true.
Our cameras are complex and near-miraculous, but we are more so. Our hearts race when we stand at the edge of the Grand Canyon with sunset pouring color into the sky. Our minds wander sitting at the edge of the ocean listening to the roar of the surf. We sweat and curse and bleed over the course of miles through a thick forest just to see a waterfall. We laugh or cry or shake our heads at the wonder of it all. Cameras don't do any of this. We do.
But wait you say, we need what cameras do to make pictures. And I say, no we don't. It all helps: auto-focus, exposure meters, lens coatings, histograms, aperture/shutter priority, depth of field preview, HDR, vibration reduction. These things do matter, but we are still more than them. I have made images without auto-focus, I have made them without lenses at all. I have made them without meters and histograms and lens coatings. I have made them on expensive cameras and broken cameras. I have used cameras that cost several thousand dollars and I have used cameras that were less than $10 sum of the materials used to build them. I use a wooden box with a hole in one side and nothing else for crying out loud (made this image here). I have cross-hatched my fingers in front of the lens mount of my DSLR to approximate an aperture and made an image that way. I have made images without cameras at all.
The cameras do matter... and they don't. But there is no question that we - the people holding the cameras - matter. We matter a great deal... we are indispensable in fact. A photographer can be a photographer without his or her camera. But a camera without a photographer is a paperweight and not always a very good one at that.
There are a lot of challenges that modern photographers face, but one of the most subversive is that they outsource so much of themselves to their cameras. They let their cameras think for them, act for them, photograph for them. They mistake themselves into thinking that the camera creates the images as opposed to themselves making the images. They look to their cameras to show them proof that they did it all right instead of trusting themselves. We worry about miss-exposure when we should be worrying about mood. We pixel-peep when we should be sitting there soaking in the scene and contemplating how best to condense this wide, complex world into two dimensions.
This is not a rant about modern technology. Modern technology is great when you keep it in its place. But really I don't want to get distracted by talking about modern technology, that is not where I want to draw emphasis.
Forget your camera, it will be there when you need it.
Concentrate on yourself and what you do. Think, feel, express, dream, imagine, empathize, explore, experiment. This is just a start, but these are all things that we do that are so crucial to the images we make. And not one of them can your camera do.
We are more than our cameras.
This image was made by me, with the assistance of my Zero Image pinhole.
I am still exploring the capabilities of the Leica M monochrome (246). One of the advantages of this camera (compared to the M8) is that it has got Live View. I am comparing both ways of focusing using a rather old lens, the Leitz Elmar (collapsible) 4/90 at F8. So, this is the manual focus version.
TGIF: Thank God, Imran’s Florida Home - IMRAN™
Florida has had some really cool beautiful weather in the Tampa Bay Area this week. I opened my back and front doors to get free low humidity air conditioning.
It was Friday night when I took this photo of my blessed White House in Apollo Beach when walking back with my dogs. The clear sky after heavy rains especially on a dark night made the “black & white” contrast even more stark. Just some TGIF wordplay and honest gratitude to God shared here, but mostly to show the cool iPhone 13 Pro Max camera capabilities in this no-edit no-filter straight out of camera (SOOC) photo.
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Due to limited capabilities of high speed flash sync, we captured this image with these settings:
Shutter: 1/1250
ISO: 2000!
f/14
VERY high ISO on this picture, but since we couldn't sync our flash to that high of a speed to "freeze" the frame we had to!
Recently, NGC 7027's central star was identified in a new wavelength of light — near-ultraviolet — for the first time by using Hubble's unique capabilities. The near-ultraviolet observations will help reveal how much dust obscures the star and how hot the star really is. This object, which resembles a colorful jewel bug, is a visibly diffuse region of gas and dust that may be the result of ejections by closely orbiting binary stars that were first slowly sloughing off material over thousands of years, and then entered a phase of more violent and highly directed mass ejections. Hubble first looked at this planetary nebula in 1998. By comparing the old and new Hubble observations, researchers now have additional opportunities to study the object as it changes over time. Planetary nebulas are expanding shells of gas created by dying stars that are shedding their outer layers. When new ejections encounter older ejections, the resulting energetic collisions shape the nebula. The mechanisms underlying such sequences of stellar mass expulsion are far from fully understood, but researchers theorize that binary companions to the central, dying stars play essential roles in shaping them. NGC 7027 is approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
Image credit: NASA, ESA and J. Kastner (RIT)
I was watching Smurfs, (the cartoon) the other day, like most grown ups. :) I had forgotten how magical the word Smurf is. It is quite versatile as a noun, pronoun, verb or adjective. It described people, places, events and more. Pretty incredible!
Outside in my front yard, I got down at eye-level to ask the Smurfs that live there if they could explain to me the grammatical capabilities of Smurf. Cars passed by slowly, I can almost hear them ask, 'what's that fool doing laying on his belly in the yard looking at mushrooms?'
Have a smurf-er-ific weekend! :)
Departing Prestwick airport after a few days on detachment their is this US Marine Corps V-22 Osprey.
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical take off and landing, and short take off and landing capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a conventional helicopter with the long-range, high-speed cruise performance of a turboprop aircraft.
33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB
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Colorado Springs, CO
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Chernobyl or Fukushima? Is that where this little guy has been based on the rosy glow and the mutated beak? I was busy cleaning the vacuum to mitigate my wife’s complaints about its abysmal sucking capabilities and would have completely missed this glowing creature had it not been for my son-in-law’s ardent lookout activities. At first, I was torn between Pine Grosbeak or Purple Finch but the beak had me in fits. So, after some diligent research on Google (while hoping I would not find anything and therefore be able to contribute to a new discovery in the birding world), I finally settled on White-winged Crossbill also known as the Two-barred Crossbill which refers to the two white bars on his wings.
Oh, and in case you are wondering, the vacuum is fixed and after complete disassembly of the head and re-assembly (no spare parts left over) works like new. Way to start the new year!
Some people call these things lifers but I use a different designation for these occurrences “new to camera, lens and me” as in NTCLAM.
« L’intelligence artificielle est une révolution technologique qui présente de grandes opportunités et devrait servir de copilote pour étendre les capacités des photographes et amplifier encore davantage notre créativité.
Car soit la technologie nous rendra plus humains, soit elle ne nous rendra pas plus humains. » 🤔
Ce qui est frappant dans cette image publiée par Mango, c’est son relatif réalisme !
Les images créées par l’IA ressemblent à de vraies photos prises dans la médina de Marrakech, au Maroc ; rien ne permet de les identifier comme étant synthétiques.
Les spectateurs pourraient facilement jeter un coup d’œil à l’image sans savoir qu’elle est générée par l’IA …
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“Artificial intelligence is a technological revolution that presents great opportunities that should act as a co-pilot to extend the capabilities of our employees and further amplify our creativity.
Because technology will either make us more human or it won’t.”
What is striking about the few images released by Mango is just how realistic they are !
The AI images look like real photos shot in the Medina of Marrakech, Morocco; there is almost nothing that gives them away as synthetic.
Viewers could easily glance at the image and not know that it is AI-generated …
Credit: Mango
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Folks, I am a romantic man. However, my capabilities pale when it comes to expressing my emotions like Jamie. This is what I found when I came home to my ailing honeypie.
Let me excerpt the great philosopher Clint Black:
Love isn't something that we have
It's something that we do
Love's not just something that we're in
It's something that we do
Love isn't just those words we said
It's something that we do
Love isn't someplace that we fall
It's something that we do
Love is a verb more than anything else. And Jamie loves me like no one ever has.
This is my eighty seventh photo for 365 Days.
14 February 2007 - Happy Valentine's Day
1. Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.
2. The choice of tool limits the possibilities.
3. Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.
4. The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...
5. The moment of observation is the real find ...
6. Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.
7. Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.
8. The meaning of all this is the process!
9. Let it be!
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I continue to be impressed with Stud.io's capabilities. LDD would never have been able to handle such a large piece count without crashing, and having better control over the lighting (as well as luminous parts) really brings a model to life.
If there's one thing I wish I'd done differently with this model, it's the placement of the forward turboshaft. Instead of right in the centre of the sphere it should have been aft of the concentric corridor. That way I could have had a proper bridge, and the computer core and sickbay could have been better protected in the centre instead of being pushed out to the outer hull. Something for the A.S.D.B. to take into consideration.
The first Luftwaffe A400M displaying its tactical transport capabilities. After performing a short landing, the aircraft turned around and is now opening its loading ramp to offload 3 Wolf vehicles (Heer Jeeps). 1/30 second exposure time to get full propeller disks. Internationale Luft-und Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA) Berlin 2016.
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This is what happens when I'm bored in a hotel room. Creativity ensues...lol. Update in reference to a comment I made below: I ended up creating a light box from a Life cereal box, black acrylic paint and a small white garbage can ... such a geek!! :oP
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In my quest to learn and understand more of photoshop's capabilities, I've run across several tutorials along this theme. Each is somewhat different and are best viewed as general approaches. A lot of experimentation is required. Having lots of fun and learning lots!
A starfighter with limited upper atmosphere capabilities.
Armed with twin pulse cannons which pack more then enough of a punch to vaporize a craft of a similar size.
A reconfiguration of my Pale Shard and Fanic into a conglomerated fighter. A bit basic in design with a more classic shape. Seems I'm always recycling my mocs trying to get some extra milage from my builds.
Back to my favourite avian subject.
I had been reading a review of the 1DX Mark II and its new AF capabilities at F8 - all 61 points. My IDX already has AF with a 2x extender - but just the central point plus 4 surrounding ones, however that is all I use anyway for SEO's in flight.
At the risk of ending up with no shots at all, set off to the Fens yesterday. These owls can be difficult to focus on at the best of times, with their erratic low flight and lots of distracting background that perfectly matches the bird's plumage.
It was quite windy (not forecast) but eventually at about 2.30 it dropped to nothing and the owls appeared.
Was actually quite surprised with the results, managed most of the time to track the birds. Although not a scientific analysis, I would say about 15% less in focus shots than my usual outcome (normally using a 1.4 extender).
Disadvantage - F8 and the higher ISO that necessitates. To be honest, not sure (in good light) if any benefit over using my normal set-up of 7D Mark II and 1.4 extender in good light. However if you haven't got one of these and the birds are quite distant, could be an option.
Should work as well, if not better, for my other favourite in-flight subject, Marsh Harriers. Also means I can stop pining for a IDX Mark II, at least for now.
Haven't tried this with a 7D Mark II - but would not expect the results to be as good (less focussing 'power') but who needs the equivalent of a 1600mm lens anyway!
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This is a very high ISO image and a bit grainy considering it pushed the low light capabilities of the camera I was using at the time. But the purple desert sky after sunset and the warm piercing light of the train is a memory not to be forgotten and one worthy of sharing even if a bit sub par. I hope that maybe it's evocative enough to take you there with me for a moment on this bluff overlooking the railroad as darkness rapidly gathers.
Having wrapped up their chores around Hayden Jct. this afternoon freight job shot earlier up by the smelter is on the way west toward the mine with the evening unit acid train taking tank cars of sulfuric acid produced as a byproduct at the smelter out to the mine for use in the underground leaching operations known as solvent extraction-electrowinning or SX-EW. To learn more if interested check out this article: www.copper.org/publications/newsletters/innovations/2001/...
They are seen here somewhere near about MP 991.5 on the Copper Basin Railway's former Southern Pacific Hayden Branch. They are west of the old company town of Kearny generally following the course of the Gila River.
Power for this job consists of CBRY 303, 401, & 301. 303 is an EMD GP40-2 blt. Oct. 1984 as SSW 7268. 401 is an EMD GP39 blt. Jun. 1970 as KCCX 1 and is on home rails on this bit of former Kennecott track. Lastly 301 is an EMD GP40 blt. Sep. 1967 as LN 3023.
Pinal County, Arizona
Sunday October 18, 2015
Hidden sun just behind the cross makes the whole picture a lot more dramatic ;)
No edits here, the whole day I was using default monochrome profile on the iPhone and it’s neat.
Today I had my first photo walk with a phone. I had the phone in my hand, constantly in camera mode and I was just walking and shooting. I must say, I am really not convinced to this style of taking photos (despite great capabilities of the device). I really prefer to hold a camera with a proper grip, weight and shutter button.
The CH-47 is an advanced multi-mission helicopter for the U.S. Army and international defense forces. It contains a fully integrated, digital cockpit management system, Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) Cockpit and advanced cargo-handling capabilities that complement the aircraft's mission performance and handling characteristics.
CH-47 Technical Specifications:
‧ Rotor Diameter - 60 ft
‧ Length with Rotors Operating - 98 ft 10.7 in
‧ Fuselage - 50 ft 9 in
‧ Height - 18 ft 7.8 in
‧ Fuselage Width - 12 ft 5 in
‧ Fuel Capacity - 1034 gallons
‧ Maximum Speed - 170 KTAS or 195.6 mph
‧ Cruise Speed - 157 KTAS or 180.7 mph
‧ Mission Radius - 200 nautical miles
‧ Service Ceiling - 20,000 ft
‧ Max Gross Weight - 50,000 lbs
‧ Useful Load - 24,000 lbs
Chinook Quick Facts:
‧ The Chinook is a true multi-role, vertical-lift platform. Its primary mission is transport of troops, artillery, equipment, and fuel.
‧ The current CH-47F/MH-47G modernization programs will ensure this tandem rotor helicopter remains in the Army fleet through the 2030s.
‧ Chinook is the helicopter of choice for humanitarian disaster-relief operations, in missions such as transportation of relief supplies and mass evacuation of refugees.
‧ Chinooks serve the armed forces of 19 countries around the world.
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D5000 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 125
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/640 second
Focal Length – 300mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Here's another video demostrating the panning timelapse capabilities of 3-dollar kitchen timers.
(See my demostration of how to do panning timelapses with a tiny camera and a kitchen timer here: www.flickr.com/photos/31273322@N03/3355128290/ )
These are some of my earliest experiments with the technique.
(Note: the panning timelapses were recorded using the "timelapse movie" mode of IXUS 860 IS and IXUS 950 IS cameras. Using CHDK to have the cameras record RAW frames at intervals would definately make better results, and probably eliminate the sensor "blooming" you see caused by lights in the night shots.)
The first shot is one of my first ever tests panning the camera with a kitchen timer. I wasn't taking it too seriously that day (I didn't even have a shirt on haha)
The next sequence is made from a real-time video clip I took with a Canon S3 IS, played at a variety of different speeds. That day was some kind of festival in Hainan, I can't remember the name of it (or the date), but it's the day when everybody goes swimming, and it was the most people I've ever seen at Dadonghai, I mean there's usually a lot of people there, but this was ridiculous!
The timelapse of the river I made with my Nikon D60, pressing the shutter myself at intervals (eventually I recieved a phone call and had to give it up for that night)
The final shot is another "timelapse movie" using the kitchen timer to pan the camera, I just laid it on the table as I ate my food. In this shot you can see 炒冰 ("fried ice" - fruit juice/pulp turned into ice crystals by "frying" it on a freezing cold pan) and delicious Xinjiang style 烧烤 (barbecue - see? my Chinese is terrible but I know all the most important words haha) which is one of my favourite things to eat, and very very cheap. You can get a full meal for yourself of barbecued everything, with chaobing (fried ice) and beer for the equivalent of 3-5 dollars. If you've got ten people with you and you all drink a lot of beer and eat a ridiculous amount of food you might spend 10-12 dollars maximum between all of you. I challenge you to spend more (if it costs you more you might be getting ripped off and should maybe try another barbecue place - I reccomend the one in this video, it's on Xinmen Jie, right in the middle of Sanya's "Number One Market." I also love the one where the #1 market street intersects with Hexi Lu - on the North or South side of that intersection, both barbecues there are run by friendly people who in my eperience always give the fair price, even to "laowais" like me)
I love the Chinese Barbecue...and the big bottles of Chinese beer...wish I had some right now!
The music is a song called "Identity Of Self (Andrew MAze Mix)" by Andrew MAze, apparently free to use (CC license). You can listen to it or download it here: ccmixter.org/files/Andrew_MAze/14512
And I have to thank all the people of Sanya (I'm sure they were all on the beach that day haha) for being super nice and hospitable to me for over a year, and for being great stars in my not-so-great video.
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1. Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.
2. The choice of tool limits the possibilities.
3. Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.
4. The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...
5. The moment of observation is the real find ...
6. Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.
7. Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.
8. The meaning of all this is the process!
9. Let it be!
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Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center moved the Orion spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis I mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building.
The first Orion spacecraft will be integrated on top of the Space Launch System rocket in its final preparations. The spacecraft’s European-built service module is fixed under the pressurized Orion crew compartment.
The European Service Module will take the spacecraft more than 64 000 km beyond the Moon in a test flight to demonstrate its capabilities.
Credits: ESA–M. Cowan
One of the nice capabilities of the little Fuji X100V is its ability to allow the user to create their own look (film recipe) in a JPEG image and this is a test shot of what I've dialed in to try and replicate the look of the classic Kodak Portra 400 film.
This is almost straight out of camera as a JPEG with just a little straighten and crop applied.
Any thoughts or comments always welcome as usual!
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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).
Pushing those ISO capabilities with my brand new Nikon D7100. Works great in combination with the mighty Sigma 17-50 f2.8. Fantastic combination, couldn't be any happier!
Hi one and all...so sorry about the lack of visits horrible internet service as of late due to crazy weather conditions here in the US...playing around with the Sony Zeiss 55mm 1.8 just to see what it is capable of...impressive clarity ,tack sharp!!!! Although on this A6000( a crop sensor camera) its actually closer to a 85mm....Great low light capabilities...haven't tried it on people yet but will...undecided about switching camera makers but I do have to say this is so LIGHTWEIGHT and would be amazing for travel...almost feel as if Im playing with a toy but this camera lens combo is anything but...wishing one and all the very best of the rest of the week..will try to post as internet allows...stay blessed..
In 1957, the U.S. Army identified a new requirement for a lighter but more rugged frontline observation aircraft that could operate from rough airstrips and also have short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. Grumman's proposal was granted, and the development of the YAO-1A soon began. The aircraft's maiden flight was on April 14th, 1959. It was a mid-wing monoplane powered by a pair of turboprop engines, with a tail featuring three vertical stabilizers, much like the previous Lockheed Constellation. The pilot and the observer sat side-by-side in a cockpit with bulged side windows, providing excellent downward visibility.
Three production variants were ordered: the AO-1A, built exclusively for either daytime or nighttime reconnaissance missions; the AO-1B, built with a Sideways Looking Radar (SLAR) pod slung under the right side of the fuselage; and finally, the AO-1C, explicitly designed for infra-red reconnaissance. These designations were later changed to OV-1A, B, and C respectively. An OV-10 “Bronco” version was later developed, and the capabilities of both the OV-1B and C versions were combined. More than 375 OV-1 Mohawks were built over nearly a decade and used extensively throughout the Vietnam War. The aircraft was not designed to carry any armaments, but many were later modified in the field to carry rockets, mortars, rotating-barrel machine guns, and even small missiles. Depending on the mission, they would also use iron bombs or napalm canisters on some occasions.
This OV-1A, BuNo 59-2604, was only the 2nd OV-1 ever built and delivered to the U.S. Army in 1960. Details on its Army career are scarce, though it may have served as a JOV-1 testbed at Fort Rucker, Alabama, for a short time; it may also have served in Vietnam. It was retired in 1973 and used by NASA to research wing icing, then stored or sold to a private owner. By 1998, it was in the possession of the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas; in 2006, 59-2604 was sold to Planes of Fame (This saved the aircraft, as the Lone Star Flight Museum was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008).
59-2604 carries the high-visibility markings used by the U.S. Army until about halfway through the Vietnam War, though many OV-1s carried these markings until the war's end. Though 59-2604 is only a static display at the moment, it is currently in the process of being restored to flying condition.