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My friend Dennis thought it was cute to put a cd in the microwave. It came out awesome looking like this but stank up his house like burning hair :P
Well today I was notified by Flickr that I am now the admin for this group, as the original admin is gone. I want to extend an invitation to everyone here to join our little group. It is open to all the girls and admirers here.
www.flickr.com/groups/14843174@N20/
At this time things will stay as they are, with one exception. I've changed the posting rules, so that this group will not count against the 30/60 rule, which I believe is a positive move for everyone. What is the sense of posting if you can't get it out there for everyone to see? More to come.
You probably haven't heard of Bitter, but they do make some truly excellent machines. Comparable with the likes of Bristol here in the UK, Bitter is a German/Austrian premium car manufacturer that creates luxury sports-cars on request. Founded in 1971 by Erich Bitter, the company specializes in rebodying other manufacturer's vehicles and its initial production was between 1973 and 1989, selling vehicles in Europe and the United States. Thereafter, several prototypes followed with an eye on resuming low-volume production, but none of those plans came to fruition until the launch of the Bitter Vero in 2007.
The Bitter CD, a three-door hatchback coupe featuring a 227hp Chevrolet V8 with a 327ci displacement, was built between 1973-1979.
The CD was first shown in prototype form on 9th September, 1969, at the Frankfurt Auto Show, as the Opel Coupé Diplomat ("CD") derived from the sedan version. It was designed by Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan (Opel's Design boss between 1967-1971 and later vice-president of General Motors (GM)) with the assistance of George A. Gallion, David Holls, Herbert Killmer and Hideo Kodama, as well as Erhard Fast (Director of the Opel Designstudios 3 for Advanced Design from 1964). The tail was inspired on a proposal by Erhard Fast's for the 1969 Opel Aero GT.
Thanks to the positive reaction to the CD prototype, Opel considered developing a production models. The doors would adopt a conventional opening system and the bumper bar, windshield wipers and other parts would be derived from the Opel Diplomat in order to facilitate production and maintain costs. Robert "Bob" Lutz, who was the Head of Opel at the time and was keen to produce the car, commissioned Pietro Frua to advance the concept and produce two road-going prototypes.
In 1971, it was David R. "Dave" Holls (Opel design boss since 1971; previously assistant to Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan) who encouraged Erich Bitter to build the Bitter CD. As a result, Bitter GMBH was formed in 1971 to market the CD. He based his company on a 1-acre (4,000 m2) site in his home town of Schwelm, Germany.
However, because he did not have the necessary capital and other resources to set up his own production facilities, Bitter turned to Baur GMBH in Stuttgart, as a proven independent small-scale manufacturer. He selected them given their ability to produce high-quality prototypes and limited production cars for other German manufacturers.
Bitter based his original CD designs on those of Frua, before making alterations closer to production. The basic design changes to Frua's CD design vis-à-vis the 1969 Opel CD consisted of a truncated read end, modified windshield and less chrome application. Dave Holls and Opel's design team supplemented the design with a small front spoiler, larger grille, higher bumper bars and by prolonging upwards the lower edge of the rear side windows across the C pillar to the rear hatch. Final prototype testing was conducted at the Opel Test Facility in Duden, in addition to load duration tests by Bitter at the Hydropulseur facility of Baur.
The Baur team also engaged in significant constructive and production development work, which included manufacturing a hard foam mockup. Their role then extended to manufacturing the CD's body panels, assembling the shell, interior fitting and trimming as well as installing the Opel Diplomat's mechanicals.
The Bitter CD was displayed, with great success, at the 1973 Frankfurt Motor Show, where Erich Bitter took 176 orders for his stylish new coupe. However, the oil crisis at the time led to the cancellation of most orders. Despite this, production commenced late the same year at Baur GMBH. The target of 200 units/year was never realised and, in total, Bitter sold 395 units. Purchase price in 1974 was 58,400DM.
I designed this cd jacket for our next generation worship service band, seven16. I am also the drummer and a vocalist for the band if you want to hear us at www.seven16.com
Not quite ready for leather CD holders. I loved the idea of the sticky CD Hubs so I went with that. The trifold offers more protection and gave me room for CD instructions and permission form. Check the other pics for notes.
·Seen here:
1. Safety (1996)
2. Miles From (1997)
3. Lost Son (1999)
4. Winnemucca (2002)
5. Post to Wire (2004)
6. The Fitzgerald (2005)
To follow in Part 2:
7. Obliteration by Time (2006)
8. Thirteen Cities (2007)
9. We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River (2009)
10. The High Country (2011)
Formed in 1994, Richmond Fontaine started touring the Pacific Northwest live circuit to support their first three albums released on Cavity Search Records. Gradually gaining attention in the UK and Europe the band began regularly touring there. Most of the core musicians and producer JD Foster have worked together for a decade, and produced several albums. The band is named after an American expat, "a burned out hippy", that had helped bassist Dave Harding when his car was stuck in the desert in Baja Mexico.
Richmond Fontaine first gained exposure outside the USA through a song that was included on a Vinyl Junkie Records 'Loose' compilation released in the UK. This was followed by the band's self-released fourth album, Winnemucca. The band signed with Decor Records in Europe during 2003 with their next two releases proving pivotal to the band's success. Both were made "Albums of the Month" in influential magazine, Uncut, which named both their fifth album Post to Wire (2004) and sixth The Fitzgerald (2005) "masterpieces".U.S. critics have been generally complimentary but have also cited the band's musical similarity to Uncle Tupelo. Like many bands in this genre past and present such as Willard Grant Conspiracy, The Gun Club, and Green on Red, Richmond Fontaine are more popular abroad than in their own country.
Underpinned by lead singer and songwriter Willy Vlautin's lyrics, Richmond Fontaine songs often evoke imagery of Reno, Nevada, Portland, the Western United States and Mexico while telling stories in a style that critics have compared to Raymond Carver.Musically the group has cited influences such as Gram Parsons, X, Green on Red and Dave Alvin.
Vlautin is also a published writer. His first novel, The Motel Life was published in 2006, followed by Northline in 2008 and Lean on Pete in 2010. Northline included a soundtrack CD by Willy Vlautin and Paul Brainard. The novel was well-reviewed by George Pelecanos. Vlautin has also had stories published in literary journals such as Zembla, Cold Drill, Southeast Review, and Chiron Review.
The band's 2007 album, Thirteen Cities, received positive reviews across Europe.
On August 17, 2009 the band released their ninth studio album 'We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River'. In September 2011 the band released their tenth studio album "The High Country".
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There are so many CDs in cardboard and digipak covers that I've had to lower the height of the stacks and add some support to create stable stacks.
CD 1,774 hp Class 754 Bo-Bo No.754 063. 407 Class 753's (with steam heating boilers) and 84 Class 754's (with electric heating) were built 1968-75 by CKD. In 1991-95 the steam heating in 163 of the Class 753's was replaced by electric heating and they were reclassified 750. In 2010-12 19 Class 750's and 753's were rebuilt with 2,080 hp engines as Class 750.7. Nicknamed 'Goggles'. Pictured at Pilsen, 5 May 2016.
Hum, yes, the title is kind of oxymoron...
This is the setup used to make that shot.
Whatever, here is how I proceeded:
- dismantle microwave door to keep only the metallic grid (my door was with a tainted glass)
- remove turning plate
- put glass filled with water: it serves as support and water helps not running the microwave empty
- place CD against the glass
- I had to put a little paper strip on the floor to avoid the CD ripping on the floor
- hide microwave lamp, I used the plastic recipient that comes with the microwave for steam cleaning
- camera on a tripod
- proceed in dark room
- use torch to be able to focus manually on the CD ( use live preview with zoom helps focusing)
- I used a large aperture (2.8) because of the metallic grid of the door
- 1s pauses, in rafale mode (so we can keep shooting)
- we cannot sacrify aperture or exposure time so if you find the result too bright, you may try with a neutral density filter.
- cable shutter to avoid shaking the camera
- after all, make sure to clean the microwave because reflective layer gets spilled out of the CDs