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More double exposures from my experiment (mistake) with 120 roll film. My daughter, Littlest Lily, wanted to try some urban exploring, so the disused and dilapidated former US air base at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, seemed like a good place to start. I'd only ever wandered around outside the buildings (see previous RAF Upper Heyford set), but Lily was keen to access the interiors. Bloody hell, it was scary stuff. Dank and decrepit, dripping water, rotting carpets and the crunch of broken glass under foot. The hour or so we spent there must have taken at least a year off my life expectancy. Neither of us sleep well that night. Needless to say, we haven't been urban exploring since.
Much better viewed large. Click the image to enjoy fully.
Fallen handset means alot of things and mostly are associated with negative things.
The handsets were already down and left hanging by someone. I find it interesting with the bright colorful phone booth which looks like a candy and of course, the fallen handset.
Some things have changed more than others ;) (Antique phone booth - which houses the phone but the user speaks standing outside, from the turn of last century - next to contemporary bikes in everyday use today. They have evolved, too, but a lot less than phones?)
Project 365 (one photo per day for 2022 taken on 5x4 large format film)
Event: Project 365
Location: Kitchen at home
Camera: Wista 45VX
Lens(s): Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar 150mm f/5.6
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Shot ISO: 80
Light Meter: Minolta Spot Meter F
Movements: Front tilt forwards
Bellows: 190mm (+0.66)
Exposure: 1/4 @ f/22
Lighting: Vivanco VL300 - 3am
Mounting: Tripod - Manfrotto
Firing: Cable release
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4)
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
The funeral of renowned Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne
St. Mary's Pro Cathedral
Marlborough Street - Dublin - Ireland
1. Hotline, 2. hello?, 3. Retro telephone, 4. телефон польский, 5. and why is it you never call anymore?, 6. waiting for ..., 7. retro III, 8. Pink Phone, 9. Vintage Dial Phone
Found browsing flickr.
An old telephone booth missing the handset still sits by the curb at a rest stop along Interstate 40.
I knew I shouldn't have swallowed that telephone last summer...
If I remember correctly though, it wasn't really my fault. The last call was just so lovely... I just couldn't help but lick as I listened... and licking leads to... well... I just could help myself...
I guess with hindsight it doesn't look like my smartest move...
*sigh*
Bit of a surprise to hear it ring again though... nobody has this number...
"Hello?"
*muffled sound of annoyed rotund lady*
"Matron!"
It's Matron!
*simper*
I know you'd love to:
Strobist:
Brilliant big Bowens Gemini Pro 500 with softbox camera left at 30 degrees, set on 4, Second Bowens with disappointingly smaller softbox camera right, above and perpendicular, set on 4.5. Triggered by cable.
This image is collaboration between Megashorts (Paul), the photographer and myself, the post processing Photoshop editor. The ironic thing is; at the time Paul took this awesome picture of this armoured vehicle, he had no idea this was, or would be a collaboration project.......... But thanks to Paul’s generosity he subsequently permitted me to use his exceptional picture as a composite piece of artwork.
To find out more about the pictured tank, view Megashorts’ photostream. You might be amazed. Paul’s original picture can (and should) be viewed here.
About the British Comet I (A34) battle tank
The Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War. It was designed to provide greater anti-tank capability to Cromwell tank squadrons. It was armed with the 77mm HV, which was effective against late war German tanks and a superior weapon to the 75mm KwK 42 gun of the Panther when firing APDS rounds. As a development of the Cromwell, it was an interim design before the Centurion tank.
The Comet saw post-war combat during the Korean war, and remained in British service until 1958. Comets sold to other countries continued in some cases to operate into the 1980s.
With the A34 (the General Staff specification), later named Comet, the tank designers opted to correct some of the Cromwell's flaws (the track shedding and broken suspension problems) and enhance the Cromwell's main strengths, low height and high speed. Originally, it had been expected that the tank would use a new gun from Vickers: the "High Velocity 75mm". However, as designed, the gun would not fit into the turret size available. So the gun was changed to a different gun, the "77mm HV". This gun used the same calibre (76.2 mm) projectile as the 17-pounder, but the cartridge case was from the older QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun loaded to higher pressures. The resulting round was completely different from 17-pounder ammunition. It had a lower muzzle velocity than the 17-pounder, but the ammunition was much more compact and more easily stored and handled within the tank. This made it possible to mount the gun on a smaller turret ring - the Challenger turret had been so large to allow space for two loaders - without making the hull wider. Several other improvements were made: armour protection was increased, the hull and turret were welded with a cast gun mantlet, ammunition was stored in armoured bins, the suspension was strengthened, return rollers were added and the turret was electrically traversed (a design feature taken from the Churchill tank), with a generator powered by the main engine rather than the hydraulic system of the Cromwell.
Armour on the Comet ranged from 32 mm to 74 mm on the hull, while the turret was from 57 to 102 mm.
The Comet tank's top speed was limited from the Cromwell's 40+ mph to a slower, but respectable 32 mph (51 km/h) to preserve suspension and engine components and to reduce track wear.
The mild steel prototype was ready in February 1944 and entered trials. Although concerns about the hull gunner and belly armour were put to one side (to avoid redesign), there was still sufficient delay caused by minor modifications and changes that production models did not begin to be delivered until September 1944. Intended to be in service by December 1944, crew training was delayed by the German Ardennes Offensive. By the end of the war, 1,200 had been produced.
Comet was fitted with two radio sets: a Wireless Set No. 19, for communication with the regiment and the troop, and a No. 38 Wireless for communication with infantry units. Like many British tanks, it also had a telephone handset mounted on the rear so that accompanying infantry could talk to the crew.
Second World War
The British 11th Armoured Division was the first formation to receive the new tanks—deliveries commenced in December 1944—and the only division to be completely refitted by the end of the war. Due to its late arrival in the war in north west Europe, the Comet did not participate in big battles, although it was used in combat. The Comet was involved in the crossing of the Rhine and the later Berlin Victory Parade in July 1945. The Comet's maximum speed of 32 miles per hour (51 km/h) was greatly exploited on the German Autobahns.
Paul and I hope you all enjoy.........
* If you’re interested in seeing this tank put through trials, here is an entertaining, albeit, a bit long video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6Rzqb0PEU
28th January 2020:
At some point after I'd found Sudoku in newspapers and then puzzle books they bought out one of the first handset like "Game Boy" and Graham bought me this for either my Birthday or Christmas present many years ago.
It still works - just, as some of the numbers don't show up any more. While Graham was looking for something else this morning in the cupboard he found it.
A great blast from the past.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
When the Moors were driven out of Spain fortunately this beautiful palace was preserved. Hard to imagine the hours of work that went into such embellishments! People are walking around listening to the audio tour on their handsets.
Finally finished. Edition of 22. A collection of faults amassed over two years from willing contributors, printed from handset type and woodcuts.
Tied up on a galley and about to be locked up in the chase and go on the press for a reprint. 18pt printers flowers handset to create an intricate shape of the heart.
In case you don't recognize what you're viewing here, this yellow object is the nonfunctional handset from a now antique analog telephone.
Prayer Flags for Pollinators
Hand-Pulled Block Prints and Handset Antique Wooden Type on Recycled Cotton
Amy Rice 2014
For the Spring Board for the Arts CSA program, more info here: springboardforthearts.org/community-supported-art-csa/
Prayer Flags are of Tibetan Buddhist origin. Prayer flags traditionally include woodblock-printed text and images and are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The Tibetans believe the prayers represented on the flags will be blown by the wind and as the images fade and the flags deteriorate the good intentions and desires of the flag-hangers will be spread out into the world.
For five of the seven flags I carved 5 linoleum blocks representing three popular pollinators and a few of their favorite plants. They are a monarch caterpillar, milkweed, a bee and some blossoms, a hummingbird and hollyhocks. Then using antique letterpress letters I printed two more flags to spell out POWER TO THE POLLINATORS. They are printed by hand on recycled cotton.
“Batalik is a fourteen year old elephant, who was born on the day the Kargil war was won in the year 1999, and hence was given his name. Curiously, Batalik inherited all the fighter qualities that his name would suggest, often not listening to his mahavat and being a typically rebellious male elephant. Only problem was that at fourteen years of age, he is already nine feet at shoulder height, making him a difficult and mischievous baby elephant to deal with. So when he parked himself next to Pakhri, he promptly grabbed Sushil's kit bag, which contained all his patrolling equipment comprising the GPS handset, a pair of binoculars and the digital camera, and stamped on it,”
The story of the mischievous antics of a young elephant from Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh
(Posted on 08 July 2014)
Just walking back to the apartment where we were staying and it was about ten minutes before the sun set. Made it onto the beach and spent that ten minutes taking a few shots with the Samsung Galaxy S7. No post processing on this image so it is what the handset captured in full auto mode.
Stone Rhyming Zone - I'll go 'phone that one in the zone of a fixed line landline, mobile free real deal, jammed twixt ear and shoulder, telephone.
BTW, the 'phone works, though some of the names have disconnected.
This red call box is located next to the Eastern Promenade Trail in Portland, Maine. It is a very well used by runners, bikers, walkers, skated boarders, etc. The instructions read "Lift handset. After the tone stops wait for operator". I wonder if there is an operator someplace in Portland just waiting for one last call from a call box reporting a fire.
20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in London that takes its name from its address on Fenchurch Street, in the historic City of London financial district. It has been nicknamed "The Walkie-Talkie" because of its distinctive shape, said to resemble a two-way radio handset.[4] Construction was completed in spring 2014, and the three-floor "sky garden" was opened in January 2015.[5] The 38-storey building is 160 m (525 ft) tall. Since July 2017, the building has been owned by Lee Kum Kee Groups.
In a 'grungy' (or 'sketchy') part of east downtown Toronto. One wonders how filthy the receiver/handset (incl. earpiece, mouthpiece) would be.
C. J.R. Devaney
On the original tin toy , the blue rocket is the remote handset.
One button for walking one for the door to open and the space man to pop out.
Also when walking, the rear lights up and spins, and the radar rotates..
On this moc, there are 3 cogs hidden within, connecting the radar to the rear spinning light section.