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Here is the back story: I bought 19 boxes of doll clothes gambling that their would be some awesome vintage clothes and there ARE!!! BUT, yes there is a but, :( I observed the boxes were moldy. The seller said yes but the clothes were all in plastic bags. With the exception of a few clothes here and there the doll clothes were in plastic bags with one other HUGE exception. NONE of the vintage Barbie clothes in two different boxes were in plastic bags. One box was no problem as the mold had not penetrated the box BUT, oh yes another BUT, the other box had more mold than any of the other 19 boxes. It had penetrated the bottom, entered the inside of the box and contaminated the clothes!!! Oh what a heartbreak. I blew as much mold as I could off with air from an air compressor and stuck them in a plastic bag. I googled clothes and mildew where I read from several sites that borax kills mold and gets rid of stains in clothes. Also that it was good for dumping down your sinks. NO WAY!!! Crystals in my pipes??? I get ahead of the story. I thought it would be a good experiment to try the borax on some Calico Critters that had never been removed from their boxes BUT mold had also penetrated their boxes. Maybe borax would work on cloth but CRYSTALS??? Is it a chemical reaction to plastic? Some plumbing pipes are plastic!!! Information said borax worked well in dishwashers but there is plastic in dishwashers. Maybe I should have added detergent to the borax solution. It all makes my head hurt. In conclusion the borax did NOT work!!! I had to soak the critters in really HOT water to get the crystals to dissolve and the mold was still there.
A concrete pump operator finished work here at this location and begins folding down to relocate. This construction site is part of highway Interstate 69 In Rosenberg, Texas, near Houston. In support of America’s international trade routs, when finished, the highway will stretch border to border across America and connect Mexico to Canada. The project will take decades to finish.
This was a shot I took at the IMATS Convention in Toronto and then decided to have some fun with textures and layers...
Heyy sexy ;D
Jk, Jk.
Though there is something I love about Halloween effects on PicMonkey...lol
Anyway, have you guys thought about what you want to be for Halloween?
Well this year, I'm going as a zombie nurse. I have thing for homemade costumes. They just seem more original :) My mom has agreed to let me have a pair of her old scrubs to tear up and mess with. Then I have a cheap-o makeup kit from the dollar store that has some thing i'm able to use. All I need is some more stage blood and a recipe for artificial wounds- and wah-la, I'm a zombie.
Geez, this seems longg.
So yeah c:
What will you be this Halloween?
Another shot from the first roll through my Agfa Record pinhole camera, I will be experimenting with this a bit.
I have experimented with this image to see if it succesfull to the Flickr audience.
I've found that I have slowly adapted to apprieciate the art of abstract photography, but I feel I haven't yet quite mastered the art. I would be hugely greatful if you would leave a comment to give your opinion on how the photo turned out. Thanks :)
FOV: 4" wide.
This experiment demonstrates the shift in color from yellow-green to blue-green in aqueous solutions of pyranine when made acidic.
The fluid from a yellow hi-liter pen was removed and mixed with water (shown in the center test tube). The left test tube contains that solution with 1 drop of muriatic acid added. The test tube on the right contains the solution with 5 drops of a sodium hydroxide solution.
The pH of the left test tube was ~1 and the right test tube ~14. It was hard to measure the pH of the solutions since it dyed the pH indicator paper yellow.
Upon adding the drop of acid to the pyranine solution, it changed from yellow green to clear. This was because the pyranine had been protonated (provided a hydrogen ion) which reduced the absorption of light at 450nm.
Refer to this article: www.ugcfrp.ac.in/images/userfiles/30241-CPL_399_147.pdf
"At a pH less than 7, the absorption spectrum of pyranine
(HPTS) exhibits a peak at 405 nm which is ascribed to
the protonated form (ROH) while at a pH greater than 7 the
absorption spectrum exhibits an additional band at
450 nm arising from the deprotonated form (RO)."
See also:
nathan.instras.com/documentDB/paper-273.pdf
Contains:
Pyranine sol. pH less than 7 (FL Blue-green >UVabc)
Pyranine sol. pH greater than 7 (FL Yellow-green >BL/UVabc)
Shown under UVa light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
Blue = 450nm,
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
pH of Pyranine
17Nov2015
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18 Watt Triple Output UV lamp from Polman Minerals - Way Too Cool UV lamps
Experimenting with long exposures. I need to figure out how to prevent the lens flare, more time behind the lens is needed.
Here's a couple of experiments I was trying out with a backflash on my hand...interesting effects...now for a much more powerful flash unit!
FOV: 4" wide.
This experiment demonstrates the shift in color from yellow-green to blue-green of minerals containing the uranyl ion in conjunction with carbonates.
On the right ~15mL of calcined garden gypsum (rinsed) was combined with 7.5mL of a boiling solution containing sodium chloride, sodium carbonate and uranyl nitrate in an aluminum form. The mixture released much gas (CO2 ?).
On the left ~15mL of DAP Plaster of Paris (containing CaCO3) was combined with 7.5mL of the cooled previously mentioned solution after it had been treated with HCl to remove the carbonate ions. The still acidic solution reacted with the CaCO3 in the Plaster of Paris mix and was mostly neutralized by the CaCO3 becoming CaCl2 and CO2 gas (and H2O). The mixture was left to set in a plastic form.
Contains:
Uranyl with carbonate (FL Blue-green >BL/UVabc)
Uranyl without carbonate (FL Yellow-green >BL/UVabc)
Shown under UVc light.
Key:
WL = White light (halogen + LED)
FL = Fluoresces
PHOS = Phosphorescent
Blue = 450nm,
UVa = 368nm (LW), UVb = 311nm (MW), UVc = 254nm (SW)
'>' = "stimulated by:", '!' = "bright", '~' = "dim"
Uranyl + Carbonate Based Fluorescence
9Nov2015
Much appreciation to Gordon Czop for the uranyl nitrate.
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for a laugh you must watch this video sent to me by my dear friend Tao of Jonathan it is simply adorable and a guaranteed smile!
She has not been on Flickr in a while, so some of you may not know my sweet companion of fourteen years, yes this little beauty is fourteen years old..
We have welcomed many years together, and will do so again this New Year's Eve, with maybe a friend or two who may drop by for an egg nog.
Notice her littlefblack heart on her nose. It was not there the first year of her life, and one day it just appeared, honestly.
Have a great day,
billie
Experimenting with creating vintage rail posters that were created over 50 years ago. A shot taken with my compact and processed in Photoshop
Not sure if quite got the style but maybe will progress this if I people take to it.
This is the sort of thing I am trying to replicate: www.travelpostersonline.com/inverness-lmslner--railway-tr...
I know this one doesn't look quite vintage if anyone knows the Forth Rail Bridge as it has these white covers on it, but you get the idea
I just want to process this shot following a vintage nostaligic mood. I've tryed to ricreate something i lived in the seventies when I was a little girl. I have some doubt about the results, but this is my best for now.
experimenting with panoramic function i took loads of photos these were the best of the lot - i'll keep practising :)
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for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing