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This semi-adapted projector lens is f/1 so it has a tiny DoF resulting in lots of blur with its (currently limited) close focus. I have plans to machine off some of the tail of the lens to improve its focusing ability for more distant subjects.
Meopta Meostigmat 50mm f/1, fixed aperture, wide open
France - Vosges - October 2024.
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I'm not a big fan of AI. It's fun and interesting, but I know at worse it will probably kill us all. ( I just read that two AI models have already started creating their own language that we (humans) don't understand so the genie is really out of the bottle.) At best, it will certainly cause much disruption in all facets of society. That's a foregone conclusion. My kids are already adjusting their career aspirations to do work that AI can't yet do. That's pretty fucked.
It will absolutely end photography. Photography as I know it. Knew it.
Anyway I've been dabbling in various large language AI models, working through some ideas with images. Just to see what it can do, what it won't do, and what can be made with the introduction of post production via Adobe Pshop. It's really improved. At first it failed at hands. Those days are gone. It's imagery output is now quite astounding. Why? Because it's fed on the photography of the last one hundred years, and all associated commentary about those images. It's probably fed on yours.
And to answer the original question: yes. Grandpa said that's a Nazi.
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HEY - I'm not pushing this image into groups or accepting group invitations. This is a manufactured AI image. Slightly human altered. It was a freaking test.
One of 6 Darts currently in the operational fleet at Scunthorpe, this one is the only to have gained local livery. It’s pictured loading in the bus station for Skippingdale on route 7.
Jen finally agreed to a new photo. She's a little self conscious these days. She was an avid distance runner before her health concerns, and was, as you can see from our other photos, very fit.
Thanks to everyone for your support over the past five years. That support has been most helpful in her long recovery.
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I'm loving how my first sunflower seems to be changing before my eyes! Just since yesterday it has a whole new look!
The current site of the Kyoto Imperial Palace dates back to 1331. It burnt down numerous times during ensuing years but most of the present structures date back to 1855. In this photo, we can see a very good example of Heian period style architecture (794-1185). One thing that is very interesting about the Kyoto palace is that the architectural styles of various periods are very well represented.
yay a diesel and some good old inferior traction method again!
both models where on my building list for a long time and the NS blauwe engel was already a WIP for 2,5 years so it's very nice to see them finally near completion
cross currents by airlight
airlight - when the lighting comes only from the blue sky
this was taken a little after dawn
I just found out that flickr has a sort of status check page. All lights are green today - and uploading was fast.
Currently on demonstration for a few days at Nottingham City Transport, this Yutong fits in nicely in allover green it has to be said!!
Another electric single decker is expected soon though which will be entering passenger service.
YD21NHE exits Trent Bridge garage for a jaunt round West Bridgford. This one is expected to enter service over the border in neighbouring Leicestershire for the Leicester City Park & Ride.
The landmark of the old mining village with interesting spindle-shaped urbanism is the Lutheran Church located on a low hill at the upper end of the village called Koceľovce. The church is an almost intactly preserved Gothic building from the first half of the 14th century, originally dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
The single-nave space with a polygonal chancel, a sacristy on the north side and a high tower on a square plan in the west, which turns into an octogon on the upper floors, is covered by a high gabled roof with shingles. The roofing of the tower, with an atypical metal Art Nouveau helmet, dates from the beginning of the 20th century. The nave is vaulted with classicist Theresian vaults instead of the original beamed ceiling, which is stylishly followed by an equally vaulted brick porch. During the last third of the 14th century, the polygonal chancel was built and vaulted with a cross rib vault. The stylistic purity of the church is emphasized by high windows divided by profiled bars and tracery and a system of supporting pillars of the chancel. The current southern entrance to the church was opened during the restoration in the 2nd half of the 18th century, it is closed by a Gothic door with decorative fittings, which were transferred here from the original entrance portal in the tower. Another Gothic door with rich wrought iron decoration is in the portal to the sacristy. This interesting wrought iron door also became the logo of the church.
The Current River as seen from the Hwy 106 bridge near Eminence in Shannon County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera with a Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 1/60 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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This current series of images have all been taken on a month-long tour across central India. If you enjoy them and would like to read the rest of the narrative, visit www.dearsusan.net.
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I’m currently travelling in India with a photography group & there are Sparkles everywhere. I can’t access most of my photos atm, but will put up couple of images.
It’s a photographer’s paradise, with beautiful colourful saree’s , beautiful friendly people everywhere .
But not good internet, so haven’t been posting in Flickr, till I saw all your emails . So thanks.
I photographed light refracting through the surface of a soap bubble to produce these amazing images. No two patterns or color combinations are alike, and the entire photograph is of an area no larger than the tip of my finger!
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, is also known as The Guitar Hotel due to its tower constructed to resemble a guitar, is a hotel and casino resort in Hollywood, Florida, United States, located on 100 acres (40 ha) of the Hollywood Reservation of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The property currently has one hotel tower, a 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) casino, a large poker room, a 4-acre (1.6 ha) lagoon-style pool facility with a center bar, and many private restaurants, shops, spa, cabanas, bars, and nightclubs, and the Hard Rock Event Center. A large expansion was completed in October 2019.
The resort currently has a 12-story "classic Hard Rock Hotel" with 469 guest rooms and suites. Guests are greeted by a 50-foot (15 m) tall signature Hard Rock guitar, (based on a famous Gibson electric guitar model) at the entrance of the hotel, along with a massive LED advertising screen at the front of the main parking garage. The resort has 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) of meeting space, including a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m2) exhibit hall.
The Hard Rock's $1.5 billion property expansion project added a 450-foot (140 m) tower designed to appear as a guitar, with lights providing the imagery of guitar strings, and 638 rooms alongside a seven-story, 168-room "Oasis Tower" overlooking the pool cabanas— open on October 24, 2019, several months in advance of Super Bowl LIV being held in Miami on February 2, 2020. The expansion also included a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) "Rock Spa", and over 20 new dining and nightlife destinations. Between the existing 12-story hotel, new Guitar Hotel, and new Oasis Tower, over 1,200 hotel rooms became available in October 2019.
On May 9, 2014, Seminole Chief Jim Billie announced a $100 million upgrade of the tribe's casinos, with much of that spent on the Hard Rock Hollywood location, including improved entryways, center pool bar, pool facility upgrades, updated hotel room, and suite interiors, and a new restaurant. As of March 2019, the tribe's upgrade budget was significantly increased to over $2.4 billion, split mainly between this location and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tampa.
The current casino layout covers over 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) featuring slot machines and various table games including blackjack, baccarat, mini-baccarat, Pai Gow poker, Let It Ride, and three-card poker. The casino does not have live craps and roulette, although there are electronic versions of those games available. As of June 2018, the poker room is located in a former ballroom area, relocated from its prior venue due to ongoing construction work.
Blackjack is the most popular card game in the United States and was an addition to the casino. In a deal valued at $1.1 billion, former Governor Charlie Crist gave the Seminole Tribe a license for blackjack in its casinos. In exchange, The Seminole Tribe loaned the State of Florida $1.1 billion over the course of two years. On July 3, 2008, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the governor's agreement was unconstitutional, but table games continue to operate because the Federal Department of the Interior approved the now-invalid pact with the state. The addition of blackjack to the Hard Rock casinos in Hollywood and Tampa gave credibility to its claim of being a major gambling destination.[
Hard Rock Live is a 7,000 seat multi-purpose theater, which opened on October 25, 2019, with a concert by Maroon 5. The theater replaced a 5,500 seat arena (razed in March 2018 as part of the property-wide expansion) of the same name, which hosted different types of events including musical acts, comedians, boxing, and other smaller events, along with a residency by Billy Joel. During construction of the new theater, events were held at the temporary 3,500 seat Hard Rock Event Center, which hosted acts including Britney Spears on her Piece of Me Tour.
The 69th edition of the Miss Universe competition was held on May 16, 2021, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino where Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa crowned her successor Andrea Meza of Mexico at the end of the event.
Model Anna Nicole Smith, who was staying at the resort, died in her hotel suite on February 8, 2007. An autopsy ruled her death was caused by an accidental drug overdose from prescription drugs.
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Dust, 1999, acrylic on panel, 27" x 27"
This painting (currently on long term loan by Eric Brecher to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts) is a companion piece to the painting Terra Luna which is in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. In case it isn't obvious, this painting is a self-portrait and Terra Luna is a portrait of my wife Sherrie. I'm not sure, but the 1999 exhibition I had at the Chicago Cultural Center might have been the last time these two paintings were shown together. I'm glad that they are now in the same place.