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Lith contact print
Ansco 70 homebrew on Forte Bromofort.
Bromofort, an anti- depressant? Anyway works for me.
Took a brief break from work this afternoon to see if the hummingbirds would take to a feeder, sans the usual red dye nectar. Seems they are thirsty enough to try the new homebrew.
The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America.
Friday 12th April ... my Homebrew, ('Hearthstone' Stout), is ready for drinking. 😋
Another mobile 'phone image.
I retrieved this piece from some 'junk' that was being thrown out. I think it is an early homemade variable inductor. The two end pieces are hinged on small nails. At one time either side could be made to stay at any distance from the central coil. Has anyone else seen one of these? It reminds me of the Crosley 'book condensers'.
Make an easy to build portable softbox
- cut a backing frame from a 1/2 gallon plastic milk jug
- shape the plastic to fit the rear of your flash, like a bounce card, narrow at the bottom and more flared out at the top
- line the front of the plastic with a reflective material. I used the shiny mylar material from a package of Nabisco oatmeal cookies. I attached the mylar using double-sided tape.
- tape down the edges of the mylar to the plastic using gaffers tape
- Attach the reflector to flash using rubber bands
- make a "flip down" diffuser using simple tissue paper or other diffusing material
The flash and portable softbox can be used on-camera or off-camera, One Light Strobist style.
See the test shot here.
See my Homebrew Portable Softbox set here.
Ice over frozen mud.
Kowa Super 66, 85mmf2.8, TMAX100 in Caffenol-C-M @16min. Epson scan @2400dpi, 16b/greyscale
Ultrafine Xtreme 400, developed in Homebrew Rodinal 1:25
7.5 min. Minolta 600si/Helios-44-2 and Kenlo APS 3x combo
I built this portable 2-meter (144 MHz) antenna from a plan in Vertical Antenna Classics, published by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). This simplest way to describe it is as a telescoping 5/8-wavelength vertical antenna above a ground plane of four folding telescoping quarter-wave radial whips.
The heart of the antenna is a BNC female-to-female chassis mount connector, to which I mounted a steel washer with four equally spaced holes. One of the quarter-wave telescoping antennas is mounted on each hole. I used 19.3" six-section whips that I purchased on eBay.
For the vertical, I used a Diamond RH-205 5/8-wave base-loaded telescoping whip, which is mounted to the upper BNC connector. A 3-foot length of coax cable with male BNC connectors at each end is attached to the lower connector.
I have not yet tested the antenna operationally; the author claims a theoretical 8 dB over the stock rubber duck antenna, though.
This was a great starter project, as the most difficult part was drilling the holes in the washer. It is very light and breaks down into small, easily-packed pieces. My hope is to extend my range during "Summits-On-The-Air" (SOTA) activations.
I built this portable 2-meter (144 MHz) antenna from a plan in Vertical Antenna Classics, published by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). This simplest way to describe it is as a telescoping 5/8-wavelength vertical antenna above a ground plane of four folding telescoping quarter-wave radial whips.
The heart of the antenna is a BNC female-to-female chassis mount connector, to which I mounted a steel washer with four equally spaced holes. One of the quarter-wave telescoping antennas is mounted on each hole. I used 19.3" six-section whips that I purchased on eBay.
For the vertical, I used a Diamond RH-205 5/8-wave base-loaded telescoping whip, which is mounted to the upper BNC connector. A 3-foot length of coax cable with male BNC connectors at each end is attached to the lower connector.
I have not yet tested the antenna operationally; the author claims a theoretical 8 dB over the stock rubber duck antenna, though.
This was a great starter project, as the most difficult part was drilling the holes in the washer. It is very light and breaks down into small, easily-packed pieces. My hope is to extend my range during "Summits-On-The-Air" (SOTA) activations.
Above is a closeup of the heart of the antenna. The only liberty I took with the original plan was to add a 90-degree BNC female-to-male adapter to the bottom connector; the original plan has the coax plugging straight up into the bottom connector. I'm not yet sure if this addition will affect the efficiency of the antenna.
From a box of 6 4x5 negs I shot 10 years ago and just found. Happened to have C41 chemistry around, so I developed them!
#homebrew #beer #fallale #homemade #brewyourown #fermentation #gh5 #strobist
Strobist Info: Speedlite in Brolly camera left 1/16th, background speedlite 1/128 into red gel
(this is one of the beers tom brought me from VT. it was excellent)
i hope your holiday weekend is full of good stuff. cheers!
This time the upload is not really about photography, but brewing beer at home. This was our first all-grain beer brewed with my friends. By now we have our 12th home brew maturing in a keg, but this one, the first one will always be a special memory for us. We made many mistakes despite trying to be very careful. After all it turned out to be a wonderful beer at the end, very rich in flavour, a kind of IPA with a very special taste. With all our mistakes it was then the best beer we'd ever drank. And now we know how to do it even better... :) Cheers!