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What to do with old books…….?
Happy Wall Wednesday ;-))
This artwork by Anouk Kruithof (1981) is part of the exhibition 'One and One is Three (Eén en Eén is Drie)' in the museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar, The Netherlands.) The collection shows the magic that arises from the sum.
Information from her website : anoukkruithof.com/, where you also can see more of her work.
ENCLOSED CONTENT CHATTING AWAY IN THE COLOUR INVISIBILITY
""2009–ongoing | 410 cm x 230 cm installation out of approximately 3500 so found coloured books + video loop + photograph
Enclosed content chatting away in the colour invisibility is a work consisting of an installation of approximately 3500 found colored books, a video loop with sound, and a photograph depicting the respective books. Throughout the year of 2008, Kruithof collected these 3500 books, most of which are from the early 20th century. Some were acquired from Eastern Europe, but had been written in the DDR and consequently dismissed after the state had collapsed. In today’s Germany, these books are usually sold in ‘1Euro Bookshops” or end up at the ’Papierbank,’ a recycling dump for paper, where they are destroyed or attending their slow decay. Kruithof revitalizes these books by using them as objects or building materials to construct a wall.
Color and size determine the rhythm of this haptic installation that is always presented a different order. Seen from a closer distance, these books might evoke abstract landscapes. Yet, these piles of old books can also trigger the idea of pixels and thereby allude to the continuous progress of digitalization (e.g. e-books) within our 21st century society. In doing so, Kruithof plays with not only physically, but also conceptually with the notions of stability and precariousness. It is particularly this notion of instability that sets the main theme of Kruithof’s video, in which she features one version of her book installation. Projected 1:1, the viewer witnesses the sudden collapse of the wall, which is accompanied by the sound of a crash, to see it then being re-built by an invisible hand. With this unexpected, unpredictable cycle of transformation, Kruithof examines the status of physical objects in our digital age, and also redirects our attention to the immaterial value of enclosed, forgotten or disregarded cultural goods.""
I don't really like e-books, but I do like this e-book reading girl in the Vienna Stadtpark.
From my series "Well-Read Viennese Girls"
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Red Squirrel stand between lupine flowers
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The title of this essay is an antiphrasis, obviously! A friend of mine gave me this little book a couple of days ago, which was light enough that I could carry it around while traveling (don't read e-books :-). Its author is Michel Serres, a French, 87-year old philosopher of sciences now emeritus professor of French at Stanford University. He uses anecdotal memories - of which he has many given his great age - to pass a rather optimistic message about nostalgy of a better past, which he finds illusional on most aspects.
Excerpt from english.seoul.go.kr/starfield-library-coex/:
Starfield Library, located in the center of COEX Mall, is considered as one of the most captivating libraries in Seoul. It features an enormous 13-meter-tall bookshelf ensconced in a 2,800-square-meter atrium that is perfect for reading and studying comfortably under ambient lighting.
Starfield Library is not only grand in size, but also its scale of collection—it holds approximately 70,000 books that vary in genre, ranging from the humanities and economics to books on hobby and in foreign language, as well as approximately 600 domestic and international magazines, celebrity books, and even e-books.
Starfield Library is great for not only reading various books, but also for studying as it has various types of tables equipped with power plugs for laptop use. What’s more, various events are also held here, such as book-themed cultural events from author talks and poetry readings to lectures and literary concerts.
Visiting Starfield Library during the day and at evening is completely different—the evening ambiance of the dimly lit atrium gives a new experience of leisure after a long day of hard work.
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LRGB Version of B33 Horsehead Nebula with stars
Winter wouldn’t be complete without capturing an object within the glorious constellation of Orion, and fortunately we have a huge legacy archive at Grand Mesa Observatory and this time around I decided to process The Horsehead and Flame Nebula captured using our system 1 from broadband data (LRGB) collected in November 2020.
As I have done this so many times before I decided to process and present both a regular LRGB and starless versions which in my opinion provides a very surrealistic rendering of the nebulous regions full of detail that are otherwise hidden by the many visible stars.
As B33 has been selected as one of the GMO targets for January I am also hoping to add more data in narrowband soon “and when the snow clears”
Starless Version
Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/5k8k7b/
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/52603009902/in/datepos...
This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1 grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentals
Total acquisition time 5.5 hours.
Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
LUM 86 min 43x120
RED 90 min 45x120
GREEN 80 min 40x120
BLUE 76 min 38x120
Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Image Scale: 1.19 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6 Pre Processing in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Less than one hundred light years from the Orion Nebula lies the aptly named Horsehead Nebula, another outcropping of the Orion Molecular Cloud and one of the most recognizable assemblies in the heavens. Whereas the Orion Nebula generates enough light to be visible to the unaided eye, the Horsehead has a far lower surface brightness and presents a challenge to visual observers even with large telescopes. But it’s a delight for astrophotographers and arm chair stargazers.
The Horsehead complex lies just south of the brilliant blue supergiant star Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt and just north of the Orion Nebula. The glowing reddish-pink region in the background is cataloged by astronomers as IC 434. Like the Orion Nebula, IC 434 is an emission nebula. It’s powered by the blazing-hot star Sigma Orionis, just south of Alnitak. Much of the nebula is permeated by tenuous streaks caused by magnetic fields in the region. This extract from The Armchair Astronomer by Brian Ventrudo and Terry Hancock
The book is available in multi-media format from Apple’s iBooks store, in high-resolution PDF format, and in standard e-book format from Amazon’s Kindle store. cosmicpursuits.com/astronomy-courses-and-e-books/armchair...
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Red squirrels holding a heart with in snow
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Red Squirrel are holding a heart
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The Rosette Nebula captured recently in Narrowband using a QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on the Takahashi 130 FSQ that we have the honor of testing for QHYCCD.
This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1.
grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentals.
In this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green channel, SII is mapped to red channel and OIII is mapped to the blue channel.
Captured bin 2x2 over 3 nights in March 2021 for a total acquisition time of only 4.75 hours.
View in High Resolution
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Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Dates of Capture March 1st, 6th and 8th 2021
HA 90 min 18 x 300 sec
OIII 90 min 18 x 300 sec
SII 105 min 21 x 300 sec
Narrowband Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit, bin 2x2
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Mount: Paramount ME
Image Scale:2.39 arcsec/pix
Image Scale: 2x2 = 2.38 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6, Pre Processing and Starnet in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
The dim constellation Monoceros, just east of Orion, hosts yet another majestic star factory. The Rosette Nebula, a vast wreath of gas and dust with a cluster of new stars near its center, is not associated with the Orion Molecular cloud but lies further along the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.
The Rosette has an apparent size similar to the Orion Nebula. But at a distance of 5,000 light years, it’s three times farther than the Orion Nebula, which means it’s intrinsically three times larger, spanning a diameter of about 115 light years.
This extract from The Armchair Astronomer by Brian Ventrudo and Terry Hancock
The book is available in multi-media format from Apple’s iBook’s store, in high-resolution PDF format, and in standard e-book format from Amazon’s Kindle store.
cosmicpursuits.com/astronomy-courses-and-e-books/armchair...
Winter wouldn’t be complete without capturing an object within the glorious constellation of Orion, and fortunately we have a huge legacy archive at Grand Mesa Observatory and this time around I decided to process The Horsehead and Flame Nebula captured using our system 1 from broadband data (LRGB) collected in November 2020.
I decided to process and present a starless version (using Russell Croman’s Photoshop version of StarXterminator) which in my opinion provides a very surrealistic rendering of the nebulous regions full of detail that are otherwise hidden by the many visible stars.
This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1 grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentals
Total acquisition time 5.5 hours.
View in High Resolution:
Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/5k8k7b/
Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
LUM 86 min 43x120
RED 90 min 45x120
GREEN 80 min 40x120
BLUE 76 min 38x120
Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Image Scale: 1.19 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6 Pre Processing in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Less than one hundred light years from the Orion Nebula lies the aptly named Horsehead Nebula, another outcropping of the Orion Molecular Cloud and one of the most recognizable assemblies in the heavens. Whereas the Orion Nebula generates enough light to be visible to the unaided eye, the Horsehead has a far lower surface brightness and presents a challenge to visual observers even with large telescopes. But it’s a delight for astrophotographers and arm chair stargazers.
The Horsehead complex lies just south of the brilliant blue supergiant star Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt and just north of the Orion Nebula. The glowing reddish-pink region in the background is cataloged by astronomers as IC 434. Like the Orion Nebula, IC 434 is an emission nebula. It’s powered by the blazing-hot star Sigma Orionis, just south of Alnitak. Much of the nebula is permeated by tenuous streaks caused by magnetic fields in the region. This extract from The Armchair Astronomer by Brian Ventrudo and Terry Hancock
The book is available in multi-media format from Apple’s iBooks store, in high-resolution PDF format, and in standard e-book format from Amazon’s Kindle store. cosmicpursuits.com/astronomy-courses-and-e-books/armchair...
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There's something undeniably magical about reading a traditional book. The tactile sensation of turning each page, the distinct scent of paper, and the satisfying weight of a well-loved novel create a sensory experience that an e-book simply can't replicate. Traditional books offer a tangible connection to the story and its characters, making the reading experience more immersive. The quiet rustle of pages, the sight of a beloved bookmark peeking out, and the anticipation of reaching the next chapter contribute to a deeper sense of engagement. While e-books provide convenience and accessibility, nothing quite compares to the timeless charm and beauty of a traditional book.
Leica iiiF with FlicFilm Ultrapan 100
Website: www.sollows.ca
Seoul's Starfield Library, located in the COEX Mall, features a 13-meter-tall bookshelf and a collection of over 50,000 books, including foreign language books, e-books, and magazines.
for "52 in 2017" group - Week #1 Reflection/s
I've chosen a subject I've been thinking about for a while - 'the paperless office'. So I decided to 'reflect' on the subject ....
It's been 20 years since I first dipped a toe into the world of computers. And the quest for the paperless office (be it work or home office) has been a 'holy grail' ... the magic that computers will do to transform our lives. We can save the world's forests too! But somehow it never actually arrives. And as I look at my mix of paper and computer I wonder if we will ever really abandon paper?
Personally I am old enough to have learned my handwriting skills with dip-in pens, and I will never abandon my fountain pens! I love the feel of pen and ink on paper - paper is so easy to grab and make a quick note - and Post-It notes adorn my computer monitor. BUT - we keep our house journal on the computer - I have a large store of e-books on my Kindle. My only magazine subscription is a download to my iPad. And I even do jigsaws on my iPad. And of course Photoshop is on my laptop! So it is a real mix!
I took a small sample of things I use every day and shot them on mirror tiles. There's a gold iPad at the bottom of the pile - a Filofax Flex notebook with all my ideas and daily Photo-related progress - a green notebook where I collect quotes and images - and a small ring-binder notebook for ToDo lists and things to remember. It does reflect my split personality, I guess! It may be 20 years on - but the Jury is still out ;o)
Shot with the Pentacon 50mm f1.8 lens
Textures: 2LilOwls Lumen 38 and 39
2LilOwls: Traveling Light 29
My 52 in 2017 set: 52 in 2017
My Everyday Things set: Elisa Everyday Things
Pentacon 50mm set: Pentacon 50mm f1.8
[Explored at #137 Jan 6th 2017]
This is the OSC or Color version without H-alpha using the QHY367C, captured from grand mesa observatory using Walter Holloway’s 130mm Takahashi. I will post the OSC version with the H-alpha shortly
Image capture details
Terry Hancock downunderobservatory.com
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Whitewater, Colorado
Dates: September 21 2017
RGGB 64 x 4 min
Camera: QHY367C
Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark Frames no Flat.
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL5
Registed, Calibrated and Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop CS6
For comparisons please refer to my earlier imagery of this region: www.flickr.com/…/terryhanc…/albums/72157646963366983
The “Heart Nebula” show the reddish glow of hydrogen atoms ener-gized by bright stars that form inside this emission nebula. Lanes and patches of dark nebulae are also visible in the foreground of this star-
forming region of the Milky Way.
Read more about the Heart Nebula in our e-book cosmicpursuits.com/e-books/armchair-astronomer-volume-1-n...
An e_book software: Contains - Elementary principle of Kurukh language, Kurukh letters, General Knowledge, Grammer and 30 days conversation practice with hindi translation.
Download from : www.kurukhworld.bravehost.com/english/download.htm
Written by: Mr. Nemhas Ekka
Software Developed by : Author.
Published by : KurukhWorld
Type : Freware
Copyright(C), Author,2007
One of the most powerful composition techniques in landscape photography is using reflections and mimicry. That is what immediately caught my eye when I saw this dead cholla mimicking the live saguaro in the distance. When I work with people in the field, a common question I get asked is how do I deal with focus stacking and exposure blending all in the same shot? To answer that question, I recorded a video discussing the editing process of this shot. This video will be sent to our loyalty subscribers tomorrow. If you're not a loyalty member, join today and get free educational materials including e-books and video tutorials among many other perks!
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(Barnard’s Loop. M78, B33, IC434, NGC2024, NGC1977, M42 & M43)
Here with this 3 panel Mosaic are the most popular Jewels of The Constellation of Orion all captured from the backyard of my new home on the slopes of Grand Mesa at an elevation of 6600 feet in Western Colorado over only 2 nights.
I am amazed with the sensitivity and low read noise of the new QHY367C, Full Frame 7376x4938, 36.4mega pixel One Shot Color CMOS camera. The mosaic comprises of 135 x 2 minute exposures for a Total Integration time of 4.5 Hours.
For comparison, here is my earlier Mosaic of Orion captured using the QHY11 Mono CCD, total integration time was over 40 hours (admittedly this image has H-Alpha added)
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15094540899/in/album-7...
You can also read all about these magnificent objects in our e-book cosmicpursuits.com/e-books/armchair-astronomer-volume-1-n...
Technical Information
Location: Grand Mesa, Whitewater Colorado
Captured February 15th and 16th 2017
Size: 7376 x 4938 pixels x 3
Pixel Size: 4.88um x 4.88um
Total integration Time 4.5 Hours
QHY367C Full Frame One Shot Color COLDMOS cooled to -20C
135 x 120 sec @ 1x1
Optics: Takahashi E-180 Epsilon
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Pre Processing Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing Photoshop CS6
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The Horsehead and Flame Nebula captured recently using the new QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on the Takahashi 130 FSQ that we have the honor of testing for QHYCCD.
This new setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1. grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment-rentals
In this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green, SII is mapped to red and OIII is mapped to the blue channel. while the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters used in the making of this Hubble Palette image reveal much more of the hidden gasses not visible in a broadband image, I used Starnet in Pixinsight to make the image Starless and then added the more natural star color by inserting stars from the LRGB image. Captured over 6 nights in September and November 2020 for a total acquisition time of 27.1 hours.
Happy Holidays from Grand Mesa Observatory
View in High Resolution
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Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Dates of Capture September 26, 28, 29th November 24, 25, 26th
LUM 12 min 6 x 120 sec
RED 14 min 7 x 120 sec
GREEN 12 min 6 x 120 sec
BLUE 10 min 5 x 120 sec
HA 620 min 62 x 600 sec
OIII 460 min 46 x 600 sec
SII 500 min 50 x 600 sec
Narrowband Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Image Scale: 1.19 arcsec/pix
Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6 Pre Processing in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
This is the prior version I did last season using the QHY367 ProC www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/31083362747/in/datepos...
Less than one hundred light years from the Orion Nebula lies the aptly named Horsehead Nebula, another outcropping of the Orion Molecular Cloud and one of the most recognizable assemblies in the heavens. Whereas the Orion Nebula generates enough light to be visible to the unaided eye, the Horsehead has a far lower surface brightness and presents a challenge to visual observers even with large telescopes. But it’s a delight for astrophotographers and arm chair stargazers.
The Horsehead complex lies just south of the brilliant blue supergiant star Alnitak, the easternmost star in Orion’s Belt and just north of the Orion Nebula. The glowing reddish-pink region in the background is cataloged by astronomers as IC 434. Like the Orion Nebula, IC 434 is an emission nebula. It’s powered by the blazing-hot star Sigma Orionis, just south of Alnitak. Much of the nebula is permeated by tenuous streaks caused by magnetic fields in the region. This extract from The Armchair Astronomer by Brian Ventrudo and Terry Hancock
The book is available in multi-media format from Apple’s iBooks store, in high-resolution PDF format, and in standard e-book format from Amazon’s Kindle store. cosmicpursuits.com/astronomy-courses-and-e-books/armchair....
In this my latest image containing 2 of the most prominent objects in Sagittarius (the archer) and Serpens (the serpent).
From left The Omega Nebula M17, in the center The Eagle Nebula M16 and far right is the open cluster NGC 6604 and the bright emission nebula Sh2-54 in the constellation Serpens, processed as Hubble Palette (SHO).
Using data from Grand Mesa Observatory’s System 1a the William Optics Redcat together with a QHY16200A Monochrome CCD, this combination is giving a field of view of approximately 6 x 5 degrees. In this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green, SII is mapped to red and OIII is mapped to the blue channel. while the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters used in the making of this Hubble Palette image reveal much more of the hidden gasses not visible in a broadband image, I used Starnet in Pixinsight to make the image Starless and then added the more natural star color by inserting stars from the RGB image. Captured over 8 nights in 2021 for a total acquisition time of 14.9 hours.
The William Optics Redcat with QHY16200A and its 7 position filter wheel with Chroma filters is now available at Grand Mesa Observatory for subscription, see here for details grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment
View in High Resolution:
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Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
May 19th, June 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 11th, 12th 2021
HA 150 min 15x600 sec
OIII 170 min 17x600 sec
SII 110 min 11x600 sec
LUM 125 min 25x300 sec
RED 115 min 23x300 sec
GREEN 115 min 23x300 sec
BLUE 110 min 22x300 sec
Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY16200A
Gain 0, Offset 130 Calibrated with Flat, Dark and Bias Frames.
Optics: William Optics Redcat 51 APO @ F4.9
EQ Mount: Paramount MEII
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6
Pre Processing in Pixinsight
Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Star Removal by Starnet in Pixinsight
The light we see from the Eagle Nebula and its associated stars left some 7,000 years ago, but some astronomers suspect the Pillars of Creation may have already been obliterated when a massive young star within the nebula detonated as a supernova. The Spitzer Space Telescope detected evidence of a patch of hot gas near the Pillars which may have been caused by such an event about 8,000 years ago. Information from our e-book cosmicpursuits.com/astronomy-courses-and-e-books/armchair...
We spent two weeks in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California earlier this year. Staying camped in the same place (same campsite, even!) for so long is something I had not done until we bought our Airstream trailer last fall. The crazy mode of chasing the light from place to place that characterized all of our previous trips has faded for us in recent months and we are enjoying our new immersive style of travel quite a bit.
You can read more about our transition in this blog post: www.naturephotoguides.com/blog/chasing-the-light-or-not
Photography portfolio: www.naturephotoguides.com/sarah/
Ebooks: www.naturephotoguides.com/e-books/
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One of the reasons that Iceland is such a popular destination among photographers is the diversity of the landscapes, including all sorts of interesting coastal features like this arch. We were lucky to visit this spot during low tide and could get pretty close to the incoming waves. I would have liked to get a little closer but after losing one camera to water damage in Iceland, I decided to be a bit more careful with my gear. :)
This location is featured in our recently released second edition of our popular photography guide to Iceland, Forever Light (more at www.) naturephotoguides.com/e-books/iceland). If you are going to Iceland, this guide can be a huge time-saver in planning your trip and finding some of best places to photograph. You can learn more through the link above.
There are very few bookstores of this type left in the big cities.
For us bibliophiles, those of us who still feel the pleasure of gently touching each page, those of us who enjoy those textures, those of us who still don't use e-books, this bookstore is a true little paradise where we can immerse ourselves and spend hours discovering out-of-print copies.
This bookstore is in the heart of Madrid, almost on the corner of Calle del León and Calle Atocha, near the Antón Martín Metro stop.
It is a pleasure to talk with Avelina, who serves customers with professionalism and a sense of humor.
The name of the bookstore is a tribute to the beautiful novel by the Irish writer and cleric Jonathan Swift: "Gulliver's Travels", a satire of travel, first published in English in the United Kingdom on October 28, 1726.
"In which he mocks the literary subgenre of "travel stories" of the European society of his time and even human nature." (Source: Wikipedia).
"LIBRERIA GULLIVER", 2024
Ya van quedando pocas librerías de este tipo en las grandes ciudades.
Para los nosotros los bibliófilos, lo que seguimos sintiendo el placer de tocar suavemente cada página, los que disfrutamos de esas texturas, los que todavía no usamos los ebooks, esta librería es un auténtico pequeño paraíso donde sumergirse y dedicar horas de descubrimientos de ejemplares descatalogados.
Esta librería está en pleno centro de Madrid, casi en la esquina de la Calle del León y con la calle Atocha, cerca de la parada de Metro de Antón Martín.
Es toda un placer conversar con Avelina, que atiende a los clientes con profesionalidad y sentido del humor.
El nombre de la librería es todo un homenaje a esa bella novela del escritor y clérigo irlandés Jonathan Swift: "Los viajes de Gulliver", una sátira de los viajes, publicada por primera vez en idioma inglés en el Reino Unido el 28 de octubre de 1726.
"En la cual se burla del subgénero literario de los "relatos de viajes" de la sociedad europea de su tiempo e incluso de la naturaleza humana." (Fuente: Wikipedia).
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I’m still a bit ill – a week and something. Got me a bit of cold through the night hitchhikes and one more night on some friendly (but not that much) floor. Therefore, couldn’t sleep at nights, good for art. Feel myself like Ukraine’s energy structure, bombing by some bandits from my country. In a way get stronger as well. Hope so. Treating myself with the littlest sips of an Altay balm, which gave me one of my Ukrainian friends many years ago (funny, that – just now I realized that couple of my Ukrainian friends named Roma, as myself). Set about a couple of new languages – learned some German to read some Heinrich Boll but read some Remarque instead (not that easy to find all the e-books which you need and I don’t want to pay; as an artist, photographer and musician, I’m share my art for free w/out problems, let’s call it equal). Then switched to Polish for my beloved Lem. Enjoying The Cyberiad now. Maybe sometime, with a couple more languages, I’ll hit the road, the big, long and unpredictable one, and will see you, my friends. I do prefer the real world. Footnote: I’m just reading the books with the help of translations and that way learning; managed a bit of French thanks to Amélie Nothomb mainly, Spanish (Don Quixote, Cortazar, Borgues), Italian. But Polish is such a wonder!
And there’s the final, fifth, image from the night, which was bigger inside, with my dear friend Yulia (I told the story behind these photos here). Maybe my favourite from all 5.
Thanks for your support
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My latest process of the Eagle Nebula using data from Grand Mesa Observatory’s system 1 the Takahashi FSQ 130 (available on our subscriptions) using a QHY367C full frame One Shot Color CMOS camera with Chroma Narrowband Filters. In this Hubble Palette version the H-Alpha is mapped to green, SII is mapped to red and OIII is mapped to the blue channel. I also used the naturally colored stars from the RGB data. While the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters used in the making of this Hubble Palette image reveal much more of the hidden gasses not visible in a broadband image.
Captured over 4 nights in July and August 2019 for a total acquisition time of 14.3 hours.
For comparison here is one of my earlier processes of The Eagle (32 hours of data) using Colin Cooper’s data www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/21726752834/in/datepos...
Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
July 22, 29, 30, Aug 2nd 2019
RGB 320 min 32 x 600 sec
HA 195 min 13 x 900 sec
OIII 165 min 11 x 900 sec
SII 180 min 12 x 900 sec
Narrowband Filters by Chroma "5nm"
Camera: QHY367C
Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark Frames no Flat.
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
EQ Mount: Paramount ME
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6
Pre Processing in Pixinsight
Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Starnet (star removal)
The incandescence of the Eagle Nebula is laced with intricate dark lanes, globules, and huge clouds of dust which shroud ongoing star formation from direct view. The most prominent dark structures are the so-called “Pillars of Creation”, three long fingers of gas and dark dust nearly ten light years long. The Pillars are a field laboratory for the study of star formation and have been examined intensely by astronomers at visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths. Within the Pillars are much smaller, warmer, and denser regions called evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs), some of which contain just a few solar masses. The EGGs are ground zero for star formation, though it’s difficult to catch these new stars in the act of igniting because they remain obscured by cloaks of dark dust. EGGs located near bright stars are elongated by winds of light and charged particles into what look like schools of celestial tadpoles.
The stars within the Eagle Nebula appear to be in an intermediate state. Stars within the Pillars and other dusty regions remain obscured, while a cluster of some 400 new stars clearly appears in a more transparent section of the nebula. The largest of these stars has a mass some 80 times that of our Sun and the luminosity of perhaps a million Suns. The cluster formed just 2 to 5 million years ago. The nebula itself is only slightly older.
The light we see from the Eagle Nebula and its associated stars left some 7,000 years ago, but some astronomers suspect the Pillars of Creation may have already been obliterated when a massive young star within the nebula detonated as a supernova. The Spitzer Space Telescope detected evidence of a patch of hot gas near the Pillars which may have been caused by such an event about 8,000 years ago. Information from our e-book The Armchair cosmicpursuits.com/astronomy-courses-and-e-books/armchair...
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Hi All,
I would like to advertise the availability of my new ebook Guide to Improving your Bird Photography. I have just finished it and its now for sale here, at the link below. I would appreciate it if you would take a look if its something that you think will help you.
www.colincarterphotography.net/digital-e-books
It goes in depth into the following topics
fieldcraft
camera settings including focusing, exposure, flash, natural light etc
bird portraits
birds in flight
essential equipment
camera and lens systems
support systems
depth of field tables for all the different camera systems and their lens focaLlengths.
I have priced it at a just £12.99, a point where, i hope, it’s affordable to everyone that would like to download a copy..
Thank you.
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Useful (e)books on Fujifilm cameras:
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Revolution on retreat
Mit der Erfindung des Buchdrucks kam die Zeit das alle Lesen lernten und sich Bücher leisten können. Gibt es heute noch Bücher, die aus Lettern gesetzt werden? Werden in zwei Generationen noch alle lesen können, wenn schon heute die ebooks vorlesen können?
After the printing revolution the time started were everyone learned to read and could afford to buy a book. And today, are there still books printed using letters? Two generations from now on will the knowledge of reading still be writespread, if even nowadays the e-books can read me the book.
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Fuji X Secrets Workshops & Blog
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New (e)books:
The Fujifilm X-T1 – 111 X-Pert Tips
The Fujifilm X-E2 – Beyond the Manual
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