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Either the universe enjoys Halloween aesthetics, or someone, somewhere in the cosmos is in dire need of the masked vigilante known here on Earth as Batman, the Dark Knight, to cleanse their world of undesirables. This is a Bat-Signal if I’ve ever seen one, and it is the only rational explanation for such a signal emerging from the Interstellar Medium.
Well… either that, or there was a slow collapse and fragmentation of a giant cloud that gathered extremely cold gas and microscopic dust particles through gravity into denser and denser regions over millions of years, eventually creating a shape that somewhat resembles a bat. Now tell me which is more likely… Exactly!!
This is LDN 43, better known as the Dark Bat Nebula, a dense molecular cloud located within our galaxy. Rather than shining brightly like an emission nebula, clouds like these reveal themselves by doing the exact opposite: absorbing and blocking the light of the stars behind them. The result is a cosmic silhouette so striking that nature accidentally recreated one of humanity’s most recognizable modern symbols.
Captured from the desert skies of Kuwait using my Askar 140 APO at a focal length of 784.2mm, this image was a pleasure to shoot and a nightmare to process. Enjoy!
Equipment:
Imaging Telescopes: 2x Askar 140APO
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Equatorial mounts used: MLAstro SAL-33 · Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro · ZWO AM5N
Filters:
Antlia Luminance 36 mm Chroma Blue 36 mm Chroma Green 36 mm Chroma Red 36 mm
Accessories: Askar 0.8x Full Frame Reducer / Flattener for 140APO Telescope
Acquisition details
Dates: May 11 - 12, 2026
Sub frames:
Luminance: 116×300″(9h 40′)
Blue: 23×300″(1h 55′)
Green: 40×300″(3h 20′)
Red: 36×300″(3h)
Total integration: 17h 55′
Locations: Al Salmy Desert, Al Jahra Governorate, Kuwait
Deutschland / Nordrhein-Westfalen - Ruhr
Neheim
The Ruhr is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine.
Description and history
The source of the Ruhr is near the town of Winterberg in the mountainous Sauerland region, at an elevation of approximately 670 metres (2,200 ft). It flows into the lower Rhine at an elevation of only 17 metres (56 ft) in the municipal area of Duisburg. Its total length is 219 km (136 mi), its average discharge is 79 cubic metres per second (2,800 cu ft/s) at Mülheim near its mouth. Thus, its discharge is, for example, comparable to that of the river Ems in Northern Germany or the River Thames in the United Kingdom.
The Ruhr first passes the towns of Meschede, Arnsberg, Wickede, Fröndenberg, Holzwickede, Iserlohn, and Schwerte. Then the river marks the southern limit of the Ruhr area, passing Hagen, Dortmund, Herdecke, Wetter, Witten, Bochum, Hattingen, Essen, Mülheim, and Duisburg.
The Ruhr area was Germany's primary industrial area during the early- to mid-20th century. Most factories were located there. The occupation of the Ruhr from 1923 to 1924 by French forces, due to the Weimar Republic's failure to continue paying reparations from World War I, provoked passive resistance, which saw production in the factories grind to a halt. As a result, the German hyperinflation crisis grew even worse.
During World War II, two of the dams on the Ruhr, the Möhne Dam and the Sorpe Dam were targets for Operation Chastise, in which special "bouncing bombs" were developed to take out the dams and flood the valley, with the hope of seriously affecting the German industries there. The story was told in a 1951 book and the popular 1955 film made from it, The Dam Busters.
Lakes
There are five Ruhr reservoirs on the river, often used for leisure activities.
Hengsteysee between Dortmund and Hagen, surface area: 1.36 km2 height of the weir 4.5 m
Harkortsee between Herdecke and Wetter; surface area: 1.37 km2, height of the weir 7.8 m
Kemnader See between Witten and Bochum; surface area: 1.25 km2, height of the weir 2 m
Baldeneysee in Essen-Werden; surface area: 2.64 km2, height of the weir 8.5 m
Kettwiger See in Essen-Kettwig; surface area: 0.55 km2, height of the weir 6 m
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Ruhr are (from source to mouth):
Left: Berkelbach, Voßmecke, Neger, Elpe, Valme, Nierbach, Henne, Kelbke, Wenne, Mühlenbach, Röhr, Bachumer Bach, Haßbach, Scheebach, Wimberbach, Hönne, Abbabach, Baarbach, Elsebach, Wannebach (Ergste), Lenne, Volme, Sprockhöveler Bach, Deilbach, Oefter Bach, Rinderbach
Right: Hillebach, Gierskoppbach, Gebke (Meschede), Kleine Gebke, Gebke (Wennemen), Wanne, Möhne, Wannebach (Westhofen), Borbach, Wannenbach, Hörsterholzer Bach, Knöselsbach, Rumbach
(Wikipedia)
Die Ruhr ist ein 219,3 km langer, rechter und östlicher Nebenfluss des Rheins in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Deutschland) mit einem Einzugsgebiet von 4485 km².
Der Fluss verläuft über rund 124 km auf dem Gebiet des Regionalverbands Ruhr und gab dem Ruhrgebiet als größter Agglomeration Deutschlands seinen Namen. Dieser erklärt sich daraus, dass die Industrialisierung im ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert im Bereich des Flusses, wo die Kohle dicht unter der Erdoberfläche gelagert ist, begann.
Eine wichtige wirtschaftliche Bedeutung des Flusses liegt heute in der Trink- und Brauchwasserversorgung des Ruhrgebiets, für die der Ruhrverband zuständig ist, sowie in der Energiegewinnung. Im 19. Jahrhundert war die Ruhr zeitweilig die meistbefahrene Wasserstraße Deutschlands. Gegenwärtig findet Güterverkehr nur noch auf den letzten zwölf Flusskilometern zwischen dem Mülheimer Rhein-Ruhr-Hafen und dem Rhein statt. Das Tal der Ruhr ist ein Naherholungsgebiet für die Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr.
Im Unterlauf beträgt die mittlere Abflussmenge der Ruhr am Pegel Mülheim 76 m³/s.[3] Der von wasserwirtschaftlichen Maßnahmen unbeeinflusste, natürliche Abfluss beträgt an der Mündung im Mittel 81,6 m³/s; nach diesen Werten ist die Ruhr nach ihrer Wasserführung der sechstgrößte Nebenfluss des Rheins.
Geographie
Verlauf
Quelle
Die Ruhr entspringt im hochsauerländischen Teil des Rothaargebirges auf dem Nordosthang des im Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge liegenden Ruhrkopfes (695,7 m ü. NN). Die dortige Ruhrquelle befindet sich etwa 3 km nordöstlich von Winterberg und 1,5 km nordwestlich von dessen Stadtteil Elkeringhausen in einem morastigen Bereich auf etwa 674 m Höhe. Etwas unterhalb davon durchfließt das Quellwasser ein kleines Steinrondell (666,5 m).
Oberhalb der Quelle verläuft über den Ruhrkopf die Rhein-Weser-Wasserscheide: Während die Ruhr in den westlich gelegenen Rhein mündet, fließt das Wasser der kurzen Bäche, die auf dem Südosthang des Ruhrkopfes entspringen, durch die etwas weiter östlich am Reetsberg quellende und überwiegend ostwärts verlaufende Orke und dann durch die Eder und Fulda letztlich nordostwärts in die Weser.
Die Kilometrierung der Ruhr bezieht sich weder auf die eigentliche Ruhrquelle noch auf das vorgenannte Steinrondell, sondern auf die Quelle eines etwa 200 m langen Ruhr-Zuflusses. Sie beginnt rund 180 m ostsüdöstlich des Rondells auf 667 m Höhe, wobei eine Flusslänge von 219,3 km angegeben ist. Der Ruhrquelle entspringt allerdings nicht der längste Quellast: Sowohl der bei Ruhrkilometer 6,7 von rechts einmündende Hillebach, der 7,7 km lang ist, als auch die nach 16,8 km des Ruhrlaufes von links einmündende Neger, die 17,7 km lang ist (mit Namenlose 20,3 km), sind wasserreicher und länger.
Verlauf und Orte am Fluss
Die Ruhr fließt, mit Ausnahme der ersten zwanzig Kilometer, im Wesentlichen in Ost-West-Richtung; dabei wird sie beidseitig von Gebirgszügen des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges begrenzt.
Aus dem im Naturpark Rothaargebirge liegenden Quellbereich fließt die Ruhr zunächst nach Norden entlang der Bundesstraße 480 auf den Naturpark Arnsberger Wald zu, vor dem sie bei Olsberg in Richtung Westen abbiegt. Nach Olsberg schließen sich im Norden die südlichen Berge des zuletzt genannten Naturparks an, der bis in das Tal des Flusses reicht. Innerhalb der Gemeindegebiete von Bestwig und Meschede fließt das Ruhrwasser südlich des Hainbergs am dortigen Naturschutzgebiet vorbei weiter in Richtung Westen nach Arnsberg, dem Sitz der Bezirksregierung.
Weiter nordwestlich, zwischen Ense und Wickede (Ruhr), erreicht der Fluss die Südseite des Haarstrangs, knickt bei Wickede nach Westen ab und fließt von nun an zwischen dem Haarstrang und den Höhen des Sauerlandes nach Westen, vorbei an Fröndenberg/Ruhr, Menden (Sauerland), Holzwickede, Iserlohn und Schwerte. Auf der Strecke vor dem Haarstrang hat die Ruhr den größten Teil des von ihr zu überwindenden Gesamthöhenunterschiedes bereits hinter sich. Bei Fröndenberg hat der Fluss noch eine Höhe von 123 m ü. NN.
Das Gebiet Dortmunds reicht im Süden am steilen Hang des Ardey bis an die Ruhr. Die südlichen Stadtteile haben sich vielfach zu bevorzugten Wohnlagen entwickelt, so auch Syburg. Dort liegt hoch über der Ruhr jenes Bauwerk, mit dem Dortmund erste geschichtliche Erwähnung fand: die Hohensyburg. Am gegenüberliegenden Ufer, auf dem Stadtgebiet Hagens münden die Lenne und die Volme in die Ruhr. Mit der aus Süden kommenden Lenne nimmt die Ruhr hier ihren größten Nebenfluss auf, durch den sich ihr mittleres Abflussvolumen von 30 auf 55 Kubikmeter pro Sekunde fast verdoppelt. Kurz darauf passiert die Ruhr mit dem Hengsteysee den ersten großen Ruhrstausee, der vom Ruhrverband gebaut wurde und betrieben wird.
Herdeckes Zentrum befindet sich über einer Flussschleife, genau zwischen dem Hengstey- und dem Harkortsee, an dessen rechtem Ufer Wetter liegt. Durch ihre direkte Lage am Fluss waren Wetter und das etwas ruhrabwärts gelegene Witten wichtige Zentren der frühen Industrialisierung des Ruhrgebietes.
Am Harkortsee macht die Ruhr einen markanten Bogen um einen Ausläufer des Ardeygebirges, um schließlich weiter durch das südliche Ruhrgebiet zu fließen. In Bochum stehen die Gebäude der Ruhr-Universität auf den Höhen über dem Kemnader See. Nahe bei Hattingen führt seit Jahrhunderten eine Brücke über den Fluss, die lange vom Hilinciweg genutzt wurde. Erst 2002 wurde fast an derselben Stelle eine neue Brücke in Richtung Bochum errichtet.
Von Dahlhausen nach Essen-Steele wendet sich die Ruhr nach Westen, fließt dann wieder südwestwärts um Essen-Überruhr herum durch den Baldeneysee, tangiert Essen-Werden, das mit seinem Kloster bis 1803 eine selbständige Reichsabtei war und seit dem 1. August 1929 zur Stadt Essen gehört, und wendet sich hinter dem Kettwiger See wieder nach Nordwesten. Kettwig (seit 1975 Stadtteil von Essen) hat einen historischen Fachwerkkern. Kettwigs Ruhrbrücke wurde 1282 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Die südlichen Stadtteile Essens liegen auf etwa 30 Kilometer Länge an der Ruhr.
Leinpfad mit Uferbebauung in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Bei der historischen Furt des Hellwegs in Mülheim an der Ruhr, nahe Schloss Broich, erreicht der Fluss das Niederrheinische Tiefland und ändert seinen Lauf ein letztes Mal in der Hauptrichtung nach Westen. Mülheim ist die einzige Stadt im Ruhrgebiet, deren Innenstadt vom Fluss durchquert wird. Der Rumbach mündet als letzter nennenswerter Zufluss in unmittelbarer Nähe der Mülheimer Innenstadt von rechts. Oberhausen wird lediglich an der Südgrenze des Stadtteils Alstaden vom Fluss berührt, bevor die Ruhr Duisburg erreicht, wo sie nördlich des Stadtzentrums in die Duisburg-Ruhrorter Häfen übergeht.
Mündung
Nachdem das Ruhrwasser etwa 160 Brücken unterquert hat, mündet der Fluss auf 20,2 m ü. NN bei Duisburg-Ruhrort in den Rhein. Die Ruhrmündung liegt bei Rheinkilometer 780 und ist durch die Landmarke Rheinorange gekennzeichnet. Diese 25 m hohe Stahlbramme stammt von dem Kölner Bildhauer Lutz Fritsch und wurde 1992 in Duisburg-Neuenkamp errichtet.
Geologische Entwicklung
An der Wasserscheide des Rothaargebirges, wo die Ruhr ihren Ursprung hat, entspringen etliche Nebengewässer der oberen und mittleren Ruhr. Die Quelle der Namenlose beispielsweise liegt in nur rund 1,5 km Entfernung von der Ruhrquelle entfernt, um sich dann über die Neger unterhalb von Siedlinghausen am Rande des Rothaargebirges mit der Ruhr zu vereinen. Von der Ruhrquelle bis zum Ursprung ihres größten Nebenflusses, der Lenne, beträgt die Distanz nur 8 km. Der hohe Kamm des Rothaargebirges ist in der Erdgeschichte weiter aufgefaltet worden und bis heute erosionsbeständiger als die übrigen Bereiche des umgebenden Mittelgebirges, durch das die Ruhr und ihre Nebenflüsse das Wasser nach Süden ableiten.
Bereits nach Verlassen des Rothaargebirges bei Olsberg hat die Ruhr etwa die Hälfte des bis zum Rhein bestehenden Höhenunterschiedes überwunden. Dabei wird das Ruhrtal von bis zu 400 m höheren Kuppen des Mittelgebirges überragt. Die runden Wölbungen der Berge des Sauerlandes sind die nach langer Erosion entstandenen Überbleibsel eines Gebirges, das im Paläozoikum und Mesozoikum entstanden ist. Die Täler wurden hier seit dem Tertiär und Quartär ausgewaschen.
In ihrem Mittellauf im Niedersauerland durchfließt die Ruhr ein 100 bis 200 m in das Bergland eingeschnittenes Sohltal. Das mittlere Ruhrtal zeigt dabei eine mehrstufige Terrassenlandschaft, die im Verlauf der wechselnden Vereisungen während des Pleistozän ausgebildet worden ist. Während der Drenthestadien der Saaleeiszeit reichte die Vergletscherung Norddeutschlands bis an die Ruhr vor dem Nordrand des Mittelgebirges heran. Die Oberflächengestalt des mittleren und unteren Ruhrtals wurde damals vom abfließenden Schmelzwasser und von der schiebenden Kraft des Eises geformt. Die Schmelzwasser des Gletschers strömten durch das Ruhrtal nach Westen. Zeitweilig war der Abfluss durch eine Barriere aus Eismassen und Geröll beim heutigen Essen behindert, so dass ein gewaltiger eiszeitlicher See aufgestaut wurde, der das Tal noch beim heutigen Schwerte füllte. Der Ost-West-Verlauf des Ruhrtals sammelt in der Gegenwart überwiegend das vom südlich gelegenen Mittelgebirge herangeführte Wasser.
Die letzten Kilometer der Ruhr und ihre Mündung liegen im Niederrheinischen Tiefland. In der Ebene hat sich der Lauf des Flusses, wie auch der des Rheins, mit der Zeit immer wieder verlagert. Zuletzt jedoch hat der Mensch die Mündung verändert und ihre vorläufig endgültige Position bestimmt.
(Wikipedia)
English description down below.
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A Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM) társaság Grütschalp-Mürren méteres nyomtávú vasútvonalán a mai napig a 60-as években forgalomba állt motorkocsik közlekednek.
A három, eredetileg erre a vonalra vásárolt motorkocsi a 21, 22, 23-as pályaszámot viselik és 1967 óta szolgálják ki az alig négy kilóméteres vasútvonalat, mely Mürren hegyi faluját köti össze egy drótkötélpályával, ami Lauterbrunnen völgyben fekvő falujából éri el a vasútvonal másik végállomását, Grütschalpot. A vasút és a hozzá tartozó köteles felvonó az embereken kívül árut is szállítanak, a vasúti motorkocsik egy kis teherkocsival közlekednek, melyekre egy mozgó daru pakolja át az árut a felvonóról. A három motorkocsi mellé 2010-ben még egyet vásárolt a társaság használtan egy másik svájci vasúttársaságtól. A 31-es pályaszámot viselő motorkocsi szintén közel 60 éves, 1966-ban állt először forgalomba.
A régi motorkocsik napjai azonban meg vannak számlálva. A társaság három új, alacsonypadlós, kétrészes motorkocsit állít forgalomba az idei évben. Az első már tavaly ősszel meg is érkezett a vonalra, a második pedig májusban érkezik meg a tervek szerint. Az új szerelvények várhatóan már júniusban forgalomba állnak, így a régi járművek több mint fél évszázados pályafutása hamarosan véget ér.
Még a járműcsere előtt sikerült kijutnom ismét a vonalra, hogy készítsek pár képet és videót a hamarosan nyugdíjba vonuló járművekről.
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The Grütschalp-Mürren metre-gauge railway line of the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM) company still uses motorcars from the 1960s. The three locomotives originally purchased for this line bear track numbers 21, 22, 23 and since 1967 have been serving the barely four kilometer long railway line, which connects the mountain village of Mürren with a cableway that reaches the other terminus of the railway line from the village of Lauterbrunnen in the valley. In addition to the three original motorcars, in 2010 the company bought another used one from another Swiss railway company. The motor car with track number 31 is also almost 60 years old, it was first put into service in 1966.
However, the days of the old motorcars are numbered. The company bought three new, low-floor, two-part motorcars this year. The first one already arrived on the line last autumn, and the second one is scheduled to arrive in May. The new vehicles are expected to enter passenger serice as early as June, so the more than half-century career of the old vehicles will soon come to an end.
Before the retirement of the current rolling stock, I managed to visit the line to take some pictures and videos of the old vehicles.
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2024.04.06. 15:03
Hello! I've been only posting Lego related content on Flickr for a while now and I figured I'd share a different type of image. If you think this awesome then you should check out my instagram! I post about 5 times a week there for several reasons. 1. the community is larger 2. the layout is better for me. 3. And easier to post. If you want to consistent images from me then go check it out! Copy and paste this link! www.instagram.com/worn_out_trooper/
"The galaxy is on the brink
of total darkness. The evil
GALACTIC EMPIRE has overthrown
the Old Republic and now
holds countless worlds in the
grip of fear..."
Hello everyone!
I'm glad to tell you, that "Dark Times" RPG group is now open to join! :D
/// How to join? \\\
Create a MOC or a scene (or even both!) what contains a random execution of Order 66. Size must be between 8x8 and 32x32. Don't forget to TAG me, Malen Garek, Bric_ and Ace Bricks. We are the admins and we send invites.
/// What our group offers? \\\
- We focus on timeline right after Order 66.
- 6 classes of creating your own SW character (Rebel trooper, Jedi, Imperial soldier, ISB Agent, Smuggler, Bounty Hunter).
- Each class has got different objectives, levels etc.
- Galactic Market where you can spend Credits to unlock some things faster.
- Building size is the same for everyone, it doesn't matter which level you have!
- In objectives we mix both Canon and Legends with some of our own stuff. ;)
- Kind and helpful administration. ;P
Hope you guys like this idea and you're able to join us! Everyone is welcome in DT!
Huuuge thanks to Malen Garek for his amazing Photoshop skills used on this picture. Thanks fam! (and you guys, go follow him now ;))
~Jan
Description:
The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 or NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the mildly northern constellation of Lyra. Such nebulae are formed by a starburst – ionized gas has expelled into the surrounding interstellar medium by a star to form a vast luminous envelope containing the star in its last stages of its evolution before becoming a white dwarf.
This nebula was discovered by the French astronomer Charles Messier while searching for comets in late January 1779. Messier's report of his independent discovery of Comet Bode reached fellow French astronomer Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix two weeks later, who then independently rediscovered the nebula while following the comet. Darquier later reported that it was "...as large as Jupiter and resembles a planet which is fading" (which may have contributed to the use of the persistent "planetary nebula" terminology).
(Wikipedia.org)
Technical Information for This Image:
Site: Landers, CA, USA Bortle 4
Telescope: TPO Ritchey-Chretien 6 inch with a FL 1370mm.
Guide Scope: Orion 50mm FL 242mm
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI183MC
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro
Main camera: ASI294MC PRO cooled to -5C. Exposures: 98 x 35s with Gain at 120, Bin 2 x 2
No darks, flats or bias frames.
Guiding Software: PHD 2
Post Processing: PixInsight
Polar Alignment: SharpCap Pro.
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The catalogue description gives us "A woman and two men pushing and pulling a cart with a child on it along a cobblestone street, possibly in France, Rue de Riosspelk". Well you all know that we like to have a good foreign shot from time to time, what can you tell us about this cracking photo from the Dillons?
+++ UPDATE +++
Well, this was our very first photograph ever that featured a dog pulling a cart! Lovely that after all these years, we're still finding unexpected gems in our photos. derangedlemur and Niall McAuley weren't long in narrowing this “Out Foreign” Dillon family photograph to Belgium, then to Brussels. And with Sharon Corbet’s help, we found ourselves located on the Rue aux Laines.
Photographers: Dillon Family
Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon
Collection: Clonbrock Photographic Collection
Date: 1860-1930
NLI Ref: CLON1330
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Description and more photos available on my blog: www.dollyhead.blogspot.com.au
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Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
The Victoria Park Square Heritage Conservation District is situated in the downtown area of the City of Brantford. The district encompasses Victoria Park Square and all the buildings on Market, George, Wellington and Darling Streets that front the Square. The buildings were constructed between 1861 and 1970 and are a mixture of local government facilities, churches, offices, and banks all arranged around a central park.
Heritage Value
Victoria Park Square is the visual focus of the district. The Victorian Formal Park was first landscaped in 1861 based on plans by John Turner. Turner's plans, in keeping with Upper Canada's link to Britain, were based on the configuration of the Union Jack, with four paths intersecting at the centre of the park. Victoria Park Square is a significant gathering place for local citizens. At the turn of the century, when Brantford was a well-developed industrial town and the hub of regional trade, the park was frequently used as an informal meeting place and a centre for leisure activities. The square was also intimately connected to the adjacent churches, as the congregations would linger after services or gather to enjoy church-sponsored activities.
Three buildings that John Turner designed overlook the park: St. Andrew's United Church (1859), Brant Community Church (1883), and his most significant building, the Brant County Court House (1852). The scale of the courthouse makes it the most prominent in the area, exhibiting a grandeur found throughout the square. The district also includes Brantford City Hall (1966); Brant County Registry Office (1920); Andrew Carnegie Library (1902-04); Central Presbyterian Church (1960); John Lind Building; Wyatt Purcell Building (circa 1970); Bank of Montréal (1913-14); Toronto Dominion Bank (1857-59); Canada Trust (1964-67); Canadian Foresters (1952); and Bell Canada (1949).
The Victoria Park Square Heritage Conservation District is a fine example of a traditional Town Square. The buildings form a harmonious streetscape around the park. The situation of each building around the Union Jack design of Victoria Park Square forms a rare composition and creates a sense of formality. The entrances of three of the surrounding buildings, the Andrew Carnegie Library, the Brant County Court House, and the Brantford City Hall Complex, are on the axis of the radiating Union Jack Plan. The Joseph Brant Memorial in the centre of the park creates ties to the fountain at City Hall and to the Statue of Alexander Graham Bell at the Bell Building.
Each building in the district reflects a particular period of architecture in Ontario. For example, the City Hall Complex exhibits Modernism through its free form design, simplicity, and forceful use of concrete. Other styles that are represented include Beaux Arts, Gothic Revival and Neo-Classical. The towers of the three churches in the district add to the sense of grandeur and provide a visual boundary for the square. Overall, the buildings in the square exhibit very formal and symmetrical designs.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of Victoria Park Square Heritage Conservation District include the:
- Union Jack design of the centrally located park
- harmonious streetscape created by the formality, grandeur, and symmetry of
the buildings
- buildings that reflect particular architectural time periods in Ontario, including Modern, Beaux Arts, Gothic Revival and Neo-Classical
- layout of the buildings on the axis of the Union Jack design
- use of statues to connect the buildings visually
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Description - Testing out the new narrowband filters from Askar on my colour camera. My friend Tim Powell processed this for me as I'm still in need of tuition as far as narrowband goes.
Observation data: J2000.0 epoch
Right ascension04h 03m 18.00s
Declination+36° 25′ 18.0″
Distance1,000 ly
Apparent magnitude (V)6.0
Apparent dimensions (V)2.5° long
ConstellationPerseus
Physical characteristics
Radius22 ly
DesignationsNGC 1499, Sharpless 220
See also: Lists of nebulae
The California Nebula (Also known NGC 1499 or Sh2-220) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from its resemblance to the outline of the US State of California in long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually. It can be observed with a Hα filter (isolates the Hα line at 656 nm) or Hβ filter (isolates the Hβ line at 486 nm) in a rich-field telescope under dark skies. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth. Its fluorescence is due to excitation of the Hβ line in the nebula by the nearby prodigiously energetic O7 star, Xi Persei (also known as Menkib).
Information care of Wikipedia.org
Telescope - Skywatcher 100 ED Esprit with Field Flattener
Gain - 100
Camera - ASI2600MC
Guiding - AM5
Image Capture - ASIAIR
Mount - AM5
Filter - Askar C1 & C2 Filters, 2 hours through each
File - California Nebula NGC 1499 Tim.jpg
Exposure - 48 x 5min - Total 4 hours
Date Taken - 3rd December 2024
Time Taken - 10pm
Tenerife, Canary Islands
7,000ft above sea level
All processing in PixInsight
1 Description
This Titanic 3D metal painting is a true tribute to this majestic ship whose history is fascinating us. It is made 100% by hand by an artist in metal work. This Titanic metal painting is a small work of art as the ship is similar. The main elements are cut from the metal, painted with a suitable metallic paint. The background of the painting is made of painted metal and decorated with a paint. Metal board dimensions: height 50 cm. Width: 75 cm. Board thickness: 6 cm. Weight: 3.7 kg. This Titanic metal painting in painted metal will relook your home with a modern and trendy metal spirit. Metal is a chic and refined decorative stand. This metal painting is a unique and original art creation.
2 STRANGE CHOICE IMHO. SHIP THAT SANK AT A COTTAGE NAMED THE COAST GUARD WATCH, OVERLOOKING A BUSY HARBOUR.
Description: This 1837 m tunnel, with a bore of 6 m, linked the Canadian mainline of the Grand Trunk Railway with Chicago via Port Huron, Michigan. It was designed by Joseph Hobson, a Canadian engineer, who also supervised its construction. Tunnelling commenced from both ends in 1888 and on August 30, 1890, the two tunnels met. Train service began on September 19, 1891. Electrification of the line through the tunnel was completed in 1908 and remained until the introduction of diesel trains. With the construction of the adjacent Paul M. Tellier Tunnel in 1993-94, the original tunnel was sealed.
Beskrivelse / Description: Del av en småbildemappe med tittel "Fangst", inneholdene 10 ulike fotografier
Dato / Date: ca. 1930-1935
Sted / Place: Svalbard
Fotograf / Photographer: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: Mittet & Co.
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: sv/hv papirpositiv, sølvgelatin
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_07731
My dear Sprinkles. He is a sweetheart of a pup and has delighted us for around 10 years since we adopted him. Unfortunately early summer he was diagnosed with a tumor. When I heard that,I desperately hoped we would have the whole summer with him, to spoil him . I am greatful we got that ! While we can see him not doing as well some days now as things are progressing, he is comfortable and happy and I'm greatful for every day I now have with him. He really is the best boy around.
Description - Taken over 2 nights and processed in PixInsight, M11 is a lovely glob set within the Milky Way.
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. Charles Messier included it in his catalogue of diffuse objects in 1764. Its popular name derives from the brighter stars forming a triangle which could resemble a flying flock of ducks (or, from other angles, one swimming duck). The cluster is located just to the east of the Scutum Star Cloud midpoint.
The Wild Duck Cluster is one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters. It is one of the most massive open clusters known, and it has been extensively studied. Its age has been estimated to about 316 million years. The core radius is 1.23 pc (4.0 ly) while the tidal radius is 29 pc (95 ly). Estimates for the cluster's mass range from 3,700 M☉ to 11,000 M☉, depending on the method chosen. The brightest cluster member is visual magnitude 8, and it has 870 members of at least magnitude 16.5. It has an integrated absolute magnitude of –6.5, and a visual extinction of 1.3. The cluster is located 6.8 kpc (22,000 ly) from the Galactic Center, close to the galactic plane, and is not far from its birthplace.
Information care of Wikipedia.org
Telescope - Skywatcher 100 ED Esprit with Field Flattener
Gain - 100
Camera - ASI2600MC
Guiding - AM5
Image Capture - ASIAIR
Mount - AM5
Filter - Antlia Triband RGB
File - M11 Int ABE BN Solve PhotoCal BlurExt NoiseExt SCNR Hist Hist Curves DSE ET Hist
Exposure - 15 x 5min - Total 1 hour 15 min hours
Date Taken - 10th-11th July 2024
Time Taken - 5am
Tenerife, Canary Islands
7,000ft above sea level
All processing in PixInsight
Beskrivelse / Description: Fra "Belgica"-ekspedisjonen
Dato / Date: 1897-1899
Sted / Place: Antarktis / Antarctica
Fotograf / Photographer: Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940)
Utgiver / Publisher: Keystone View Co.
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: sv/hv glasspositiv / glass slide
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_07951_b
Hill of Tepozteco in Tepoztlán
Description
It was declared Natural Protected Area (ANP) in 1937. It includes the hill of the same name and the lands that surround the town of Tepoztlán. Although most of its territory is located in that municipality and in Yautepec, it also occupies a small portion of the Federal District. Its total area is 24 000 hectares; Of these, 23,800 correspond to Morelos. In this area are several types of vegetation, ranging from the pine forest, to the mesólifilo and deciduous tropical forest.
In its fauna are registered 12 local species of reptiles, among which it emphasizes a poisonous lizard that is in danger of disappearing; The scattering lizard. Also registered are 42 species of birds that inhabit El Tepozteco, three of them in danger of extinction, among which the owl is distinguished. In addition they inhabit three species of mammals
Archaeological site
This center was built taking advantage of a natural elevation of the land that was also accentuated by the human hand. It basically consists of a pyramid of two bodies with a large ladder with carvings on its west side. On its two bodies, a third construction crowns the top, consists of two rooms, one after the other.
Flora
In its flora are many types of flowers including the flower Dalia which is one of the most outstanding in the region and also has more wild flowers such as the sweet potato flower, May flower, cherry blossom among others. Also has several types of hallucinating fungi. Among the vegetation is also peyote.
Cult
In its day these rest were dedicated to Ometochtli-Tepoxtécatl, deity of the pulque, the fecundity and the harvest. The pyramid known as the House of Tepozteco is 9.50 meters high and in it was found the idol Diez Conejo (representation of Ometochtli) that was destroyed by the friars during the evangelization.
Each year, on March 21, hundreds of visitors come to the pyramid of Tepozteco to fill with positive energy. On the 7th and 8th of September an offering is made to Ometochtli and also a theatrical performance in Nahuatl.2
Deity
The Tepozteco was also a god, son of Ehécatl the god of the wind. Each year, on September 8, a party is held in the municipality of Tepoztlan, Morelos, to commemorate it.
Culture
As far as literature is concerned, there is a book called "La panza del tepozteco" by José Agustín, which tells us about the myths and legends that have arisen in this place.
Cerro del Tepozteco en Tepoztlán
Descripción
Se declaró Área Natural Protegida (ANP) en 1937. Incluye el cerro del mismo nombre y los terrenos que rodean al pueblo de Tepoztlán. Aunque la mayor parte de su territorio se ubica en ese municipio y en el de Yautepec, también ocupa una pequeña porción del Distrito Federal. Su superficie total es de 24 000 hectáreas; de ellas, 23 800 corresponden a Morelos. En esta área se encuentran varios tipos de vegetación, que van desde el bosque de pino, hasta el mesólifilo y el bosque tropical caducifolio.
En su fauna se registran 12 especies locales de reptiles, entre las que destaca un lagarto venenoso que se encuentra en peligro de desaparecer; el lagarto enchaquirado. También se registran 42 especies de aves que habitan El Tepozteco, tres de ellas en peligro de extinción, entre las que se distingue el tecolote. Además habitan tres especies de mamíferos
Sitio arqueológico
Este centro fue edificado aprovechando una elevación natural del terreno que además fue acentuada por la mano humana. Consiste básicamente en una pirámide de dos cuerpos con una gran escalera con alfardas en su lado Oeste. Sobre sus dos cuerpos, una tercera construcción corona la cima, consta de dos salas, una a continuación de la otra.
Flora
En su flora se encuentran muchos tipos de flores entre ellas la flor Dalia que es una de las más destacadas de la región y también cuenta con más flores silvestres como: la flor del camote, flor de mayo, cerezo en flor entre otras. también cuenta con varios tipos de hongos alucinantes. Entre la vegetación también se encuentra el peyote.
Culto
En su día estos restos estaban dedicados a Ometochtli-Tepoxtécatl, deidad del pulque, la fecundidad y la cosecha. La pirámide conocida como la Casa del Tepozteco mide 9.50 metros de altura y en ella se encontró el ídolo Diez Conejo (representación de Ometochtli) que fue destruida por los frailes durante la evangelización.
Cada año, el 21 de marzo acuden cientos de visitantes a la pirámide del Tepozteco para llenarse de energía positiva. En los días 7 y 8 de septiembre se hace una ofrenda a Ometochtli y también una representación teatral en Nahuatl.2
Deidad
El Tepozteco también fue un dios, hijo de Ehécatl el dios del viento. Cada año, el 8 de septiembre, se hace una fiesta en el municipio de Tepoztlan, Morelos, para conmemorarlo.[cita requerida]
Cultura
En lo que respecta a la literatura, se cuenta con un libro el cual lleva por nombre “La panza del tepozteco”, de José Agustín, el cual nos relata acerca de los mitos y leyendas surgidos en este lugar.
Description: Barnard 150 (B150, LDN1082) dark nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the light from the background emission or reflection nebula or that it blocks out background stars. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger molecular clouds. The form of such dark clouds is very irregular as they have no clearly defined outer boundaries and sometimes take on convoluted serpentine shapes. The largest dark nebulae are visible to the naked eye, appearing as dark patches against the brighter background of the Milky Way. In the inner regions of dark nebulae important events take place, such as the formation of stars and masers.
B150 is also known as the Seahorse Nebula. With a bit of imagination the dark nebula shown in the image above roughly outlines the shape of a seahorse with its head pointing downward as it floats in a sea of stars roughly 2 degrees wide in the northern sky. (Text from www.stormeffects.com/b150_seahorse_neb.htm )
This picture was photographed together with Vasily Oleynik during 4 nights in August, 2014 in Petrovskoye, Ukraine.
Equipment: refractor APM APO 130/780 with flattener
Mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L=39*600 sec.,
RGB= 14*900 sec., unbinned. Total 17 hours.
FWHM sum in L channel - 3.4"
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
Description on the back:
Dr. Ozimus is stuck between worlds!
Jump your way through what has, might, and could of been! Learn from your mistakes, back track and try again! The choice is yours! Alter your destiny in 15 fantastic Three-Dimensional levels! Or should we say Fourth-Dimensional? You have a choice!
Description
Total rainfall near 140 to 180 mm for Metro Vancouver, western Fraser Valley, Whistler, Howe Sound and parts of the Sunshine Coast; total rainfall up to 250 mm for central and eastern Fraser Valley by this evening.
Timespan: Today.
Locations: Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Sea to Sky - Squamish to Whistler, Whistler, Sunshine Coast - Gibsons to Earls Cove.
Hazard: Total rainfall up to 180 to 250 mm. Rising freezing levels with melting snow giving rise to increased river flows and localised flooding.
Remarks: A significant atmospheric river event continues to bringing copious amounts of rain to the B.C. south coast today. Heavy rain will continue this morning and ease this afternoon as the system moves inland.
So far, the highest rainfall amounts near 180 to 200 mm have been observed over central and eastern Fraser Valley. Additional rainfall amounts near 50 mm are expected today.
Other locations have already received 100 to 140 mm of rain with further rainfall amounts of 30 to 40 mm expected today.
Description: I developed this image of the North American Nebula NGC 700 from 60x300s subs or 5.0 hours of total exposure time. I used the Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Bandpass Light Pollution Filter. It has two 7nm pass bands centered on the H-alpha and OIII wavelengths. With a one-shot color (OSC) camera and an L-eXtreme filter combination the red signal from the H-alpha tends to dominate. In the nonlinear postprocessing phase I applied Histogram Transformation, Local Histogram Equalization and Curves Transformation in small doses in multiple passes.
Date / Location: 20, 25, 26 June 2022 / Washington D.C.
Equipment:
Scope: WO Zenith Star 81mm f/6.9 with WO 6AIII Flattener/Focal Reducer x0.8
OSC Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro at 100 Gain and 50 Offset
Mount: iOptron GEM28-EC
Guide Scope: ZWO ASI 30mm f/4
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120mm mini
Light Pollution Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme Dual Bandpass
Processing Software: Pixinsight
Processing Steps:
Preprocessing: I preprocessed 60x300s subs (= 5.0 hours) in Pixinsight to get an integrated image using the following process steps: Image Calibration > Cosmetic Correction > Subframe Selector > Debayer > Select Reference Star and Star Align > Image Integration.
Linear Postprocessing: Dynamic Crop > Dynamic Background Extractor (both subtraction to remove light pollution gradients and division for flat field corrections) > Background Neutralization > Color Calibration.
Nonlinear Postprocessing and additional steps: Histogram Transformation > Noise Xterminator > Histogram Transformation (small doses in multiple passes) > Local Histogram Equalization > Curves Transformation (small doses in multiple passes).
Cosmic smoke & telescope mirrors?
Webb found complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth. This sets a new record for the most distant detection of these big, complicated molecules: bit.ly/43M4YEG
The distant galaxy in question lies behind a much closer foreground galaxy. The gravity of the foreground galaxy is so great that it distorts and magnifies the light of the galaxy behind it, making it easier to see.
In space, where there’s smoke, there are stars — usually. But this galaxy might change astronomers’ long-held belief: These “smoky molecules” were abundant in some areas with little star formation, or were scarce in some areas with active star birth.
Due to how far light from this galaxy had to travel, we’re seeing this galaxy as it was back when the universe was < 1.5 billion years old. The discovery suggests that complex chemistry began occurring in the universe much earlier than we thought.
This image: The galaxy observed by Webb shows an Einstein ring caused by a phenomenon known as lensing, which occurs when two galaxies are almost perfectly aligned from our perspective on Earth. The gravity from the galaxy in the foreground causes the light from the background galaxy to be distorted and magnified, like looking through the stem of a wine glass. Because they are magnified, lensing allows astronomers to study very distant galaxies in more detail than otherwise possible.
Credit: S. Doyle/J. Spilker
Image Description: This is an infographic with a navy blue background. At the top left it says, "What creates an Einstein Ring?" In the center is a diagram. At far left is a drawing of Webb, labeled James Webb Space Telescope. In the center is a foreground galaxy, shown in blue. On the right is a background galaxy, shown in red. Arrows run in a diamond shape from the red galaxy around the blue galaxy, and to Webb. The lines are labeled "Distorted light rays." At the bottom there is another arrow pointing to the right that says "Looking further into the past." which implies the galaxy shown in red is older and farther away than the foreground galaxy, which has warped its light. At far right is the inset Webb image of the Einstein ring. In this inset, on a black background, there are two notable objects. There is a foreground galaxy seen as a big bright blue dot at the center of the frame. It is surrounded by an orange ring meant to highlight the discovery of organic molecules in the galaxy whose light has been bent into a circle. Near the top left of the image, there is also a distant background galaxy represented as a tiny red dot.
Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
Description of Historic Place
35-43 Duke Street, is known as Sandyford Place, and is situated at the corner of Duke and McNab Streets, in the City of Hamilton. The four, three-storey limestone townhouses are each three-bays wide. The property was designed in the Renaissance Revival style and constructed between 1856-58.
The exterior of the property and scenic and aesthetic character of the building are protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust conservation easement (1979). The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975. The property is also designated by the City of Hamilton under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 75-237).
Heritage Value
Located at the corner of Duke Street and McNab Street in downtown Hamilton, Sandyford Place benefits from its context in one of the city's oldest areas. Situated within blocks of notable historic buildings in Hamilton such as Whitehern, Church of the Ascension, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church and the Bank of Montreal building, Sandyford Place evokes the scale and aesthetic qualities of pre-confederation Hamilton. Now located in a mixed area of high-rise apartments, office buildings and detached Victorian houses, Sandyford Place maintains a strong presence on Duke Street surrounded by mature trees, a small rear garden and parking area.
Sandyford Place is associated with Peter Hunter, an early resident of Hamilton, the city's early economic development, Scottish stonemasons and noted local builder Donald Nicholson. The property was originally part of a farm owned, since 1824, by Peter Hunter Hamilton, the younger half-brother of City founder George Hamilton. Peter Hunter Hamilton first surveyed the property for development in the 1840s, but did not develop it until the 1850s, when the quickly expanding city encroached upon his land. In the 1850s, the City of Hamilton experienced great economic prosperity, with the population rising from 6,800 to 27,500 between 1846 and 1858.
Sandyford Place's style and building material reflect the many Scottish stonemasons working in Hamilton at that time. At one time the area around Sandyford Place had many other examples of terraced houses constructed in a similar style, including Burlington Terrace, built in 1856. Local builder and architect Donald Nicholson built Sandyford Place to cater to the growing mercantile class of the city. However, as the economy of the city failed in the 1860s, Sandyford Place had difficulty attracting wealthy tenants. It wasn't until the 1870s that economic recovery brought a lawyer, manufacturer, wholesale grocer and merchant to live at Sandyford Place. The houses remained as single units until 1908, when 39 Duke Street was divided vertically into three apartments. The other houses were divided into apartments in 1924, 1931 and 1934 respectively. They remained rental apartments until they were developed into 12 condominiums shortly after 1979.
Sandyford Place is an example of the Renaissance Revival style used in the form of urban terraced houses. The architectural style, quality of the masonry, attention to detail and proportioning, make this building unique. The three-storey limestone building is based on the Palazzo Renaissance form, set on a high basement with slightly projecting side wings, each comprising one row-house set on a foundation of rough-faced ashlar. The building has tall chimneys, a shallow roof and two bay-window roof dormers. The main façade is characterized by limestone ashlar, rusticated quoins, pick-faced stone dressing, a bracketed cornice and square and segmental pedimented double-hung six over six windows. Consoles surround each window and sidelights and transoms surround each of the four front doors, access to which is gained through separate stone stairways. The facade is ashlar giving the building a Georgian appearance, however, details and decorations are influenced by Italian Renaissance Revival architecture. One specific Italian Renaissance element is the Piano Nobile proportions, which distinguishes the main floor by large, high windows elevated off the ground by a raised foundation. At the rear of unit 43 there is a Queen Anne style two-storey bay window of red brick, capped with a third-floor dormer with a Palladian window, added in c. 1900. This addition contrasts the rest of the building, making the rear elevation more stylistically eclectic. The conversion into condominiums added balconies, along the length of the rear elevation, and an enclosed stairwell was added at the rear linking the balconies.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Sandyford Place include its:
- Renaissance Revival architectural style features
- Piano Nobile proportions
- pavilion plan
- tall chimneys
- shallow-pitched roof
- attic-storey dormers
- raised basement
- stone stairs leading to the front entrances
- projecting end wings
- rusticated quoins
- pick-faced stone dressing
- bracketed cornice
- square and segmental pedimented windows
- double-hung six over six sash windows
- consoles over the façade windows
- Queen Anne style two-storey bay-window at the rear
- ashlar façade
- location in one of Hamilton's oldest neighbourhoods
- location within blocks of notable historic buildings such as Whitehearn, Church of the Ascension, St. Paul's Presbyterian Church and the Bank of Montreal building
- proximity to mature trees and a small garden
Best viewed in LARGE (Contacts only, sorry).
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Welcome to a new year, I hope everybody has spent some nice time with friends or family and that you are not suffering from an indigestion or a hang over !-)
I would like to thank you and everybody else that has ever visisted my stream in the last year, 2008 was my first year on flickr, I hope there are some more to come, although I had more success that I could have imagined beforehand, I sometimes thought of quitting this game, it's putting a lot of stress on me, it's wearing me out and I don't get the returns I'm wishing for, I will not quit too soon since I love the flickr community, love watching all your great photos and other works and I'm sure that watching all that has had an influence on my growth in photography as well.
I believe in knowledge sharing and I will continue to do so over the years, also a big thumbs up for all like minded souls on this subject, you know who you are !
This digital age has brought us a way of communicating and learning that we couldn't have dreamt off only a few decades ago, if everybody kept all their knowledge to theirselves how would you have learnt anything in the first place?
If you wish me to learn you any photoshop technique I use, feel free to ask, I'm far away from being a photoshop guru, I've got still plenty of learning to do but I will be happy to share with you the things I know.
I apologize if I haven't been commenting on your photos too much or perhaps not at all, I wish I had more time to strawl around on flickr, I do a fair amount of commenting, sometimes giving processing tips or my honest opinion on the compositional aspect of a photo, I always try to come up with a descent answer whenever somebody asks me a question, it takes a bit more time than the average comment or reply and this has been one of my biggest frustrations about flickr or even the human race lately, we don't have time for anything these days, we don't take the time to listen to someone, read the descriptions or have a good look at the image in the larger size, I must admit I sometimes just say 'Super', it's hard
to say anything useful when the image is perfect in every way, there's nothing wrong in saying 'Super' when it really is, but if I see a dozen super-like comments on a shot that doesn't deserve such approval since there are clearly things wrong with one or more aspect of the shot I get a bit annoyed ( I'm not talking about what you like or not, but if there is a compositional mistake, a clear stitching problem, or something else that should be obvious to every viewer ) It was all too well proven to me when my tagged photo ( I thought sucked in several ways ) got to explore.
Some other things that make me frown a bit are the purists, b&w people, HDR is shit people, must be straight out of the camera people, etc.
I have nothing against any style, be it b&w, straight out of the camera, HDR, DRI, bokeh shots, whatever, don't get me wrong, and sure it is great that you're able to produce an image that looks great only by using your camera, shows you have mastered your camera: credits for that! But doesn't it depend on the camera itself a bit? Aren't you using an high end camera? A high end lens? Haven't you been selecting more saturation in the camera, etc? What I'm aiming at it that it all is a bit dubious and in the end it's the result that counts, whatever camera, lens, strobe, tripod, filter or processing tool you used to achieve the result, it's the result that should be criticized, not the method.
I often get comments or mail to say "I don't like HDR, it looks unnatural", I even had "I don't like HDR, it looks unnatural, I prefer b&w", wtf?
Ever wondered about the colours in your reality?
Photography is not about getting a natural looking image, reality can not be grasped in a shot, reality is a moving thing, a photo is a still, a normal photo doesn't look natural, a b&w sure doesn't look natural, a bokeh shot sure doesn't look natural, a macro doesn't look natural, etc
Photography is about creating nice images, expressing moods, just like a painting, did you ever say "I don't like your painting since your using brush number 4?" It's sounds the same to me as "I don't like your photo since it is HDR"...
I begin this new year with a very tranquil shot far away from fireworks and dinner tables, the calmness of mother nature, the dawn on the ice cold planet...
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My 3rd upload from my early morning trip through the bitter cold (-9°C) in nature reserve 'Het Broek'.
I had put my tripod in a very low position on the ice, this pond was all frozen, not a drop of liquid water to be detected under the ice, so no worries I wasn't going to fall through, I had made the composition and pushed the button and was waiting for the release timer (I wouldn't want to be touching the camera or tripod because the ice was extremely slippery and it could have easily ruined the shot with the smallest touch) when a flock of ducks flew very low over my head making those squeeky noises, I looked up and could clearly see the details of their feathers, awesome moment !
The shot
Standard 3 exposures HDR [-2,0,+2EV] in RAW/ISO100 at f/11 on a tripod using the Sigma 10-20mm lens.
Photoshop.
° Shadows & Highlights.
° Extra brightness and a little contrast.
° Extra blue saturation on the sky.
° Less blue saturation on the bottom part.
° Did some repairing work on a harsh red-green flare that didn't look attractive ( I have nothing against flare, sometimes it looks cool ).
° I added a very light lens flare to add some extra special light to this and to cover a bit of my repairing work.
° High pass sharpening.
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
Music
Craig Armstrong - Finding Beauty [CD:As if to nothing]
Happy holidays everybody !!!
Description One of a limited edition of 1,000.
Car: Subaru Impreza P1 Prodrive.
Engine: 1994cc inline 4, turbocharged.
Year of manufacture: 2000.
Date taken: 14th May 2023.
Album: Classics in Cardiff May 2023to follow soon.
Description and Credits: You can get more details of this Post in my Blog in the section about me in my profile
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(Description from the website "Un Bizcocho Para Teo")
Delicious tartlet that is made up of a super crunchy shortcrust pastry base, a delicious lemon cream with the perfect acidic touch and a meringue dome that gives it just the right touch.
They have a best before date of 2 days from the date of production. Store cold.
Net weight: 120 grs. (4.2 Oz)
TARTALETA INDIVIDUAL DE LIMÓN, 2024
(Descripción desde la web "Un Bizcocho Para Teo")
Deliciosa tartaleta que se compone de una base de masa quebrada super crujiente, una deliciosa crema de limón con el toque ácido perfecto y una cúpula de merengue que le da el toque justo.
Tienen una fecha de consumo preferente de 2 días a partir de la fecha de elaboración. Conservar en frío.
Peso neto: 120 grs. (4.2 Oz)
description to follow!
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Description of the Kaiwo Maru from a poster on the viewing deck, at the "Tall Ship Festival" in Richmond, BC, May 2017.
To see others' superb photos of the Kaiwo Maru during the 3 day
tall ship festival in Steveston--including the sailors up on the masts unfurling the sails--please go to this Gallery I created: www.flickr.com/photos/130881643@N04/galleries/72157681555...