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231 K 8 going back to Paris with a special train passing Halle (B) on 18th June 1994
This picture was taken by my father, Mr Jacques Vanheck.
This is an improved slide scan.
08953GM_C
Asking Copilot to improve the image from the thermal camera, in this case it has a bit much fantasy...
8x10 contact print on 9x12 watercolor paper. Taken with the Seneca Improved View camera with Wollensak 14" f10. Coffee-toned cyanotype.
Oliver Queen,Entry 1:I am Oliver Queen And 7 Years Ago My Plane Had Crashed On an Island Known as Purgatory,Me And a Few Others Crashed There on Flight 768 Any Other Occupants did Not Survive.There Was Little to no Hope,So i Trained for 2 Years Until a Military Squad Showed up on the Island,We thought They Were There for us...We were wrong,I Knew what Had to Be Done. This Concludes Entry 1.
Vergelegen (Dutch: “remotely situated”) is a historic wine estate in Somerset West, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The estate was settled in 1700 by an early Governor of the Cape, Willem Adriaan van der Stel and modelled on wealthy estates in Europe of the time.
Van der Stel used the resources of his employer, the Dutch East India Company, to improve the estate, and in 1706 a number of free burghers at the Cape drew up a formal memorandum complaining about van der Stel’s illegal activities – one of the complaints being that he was neglecting his duties in town spent too much time at his estate, now just a 45 minute drive on motorways from the Castle of Good Hope, but then a long day’s journey. One can sympathise with van der Stel – although the architecture and gardens here aren’t quite original, having been significantly renovated by the Philips (more below) in the early 20th Century, this must have been paradise in those days.
This memorandum contains some of the earliest images and descriptions of the estate. As a consequence of the free burghers’ complaints, van der Stel and other officials were sacked, and three-quarters of the original Vergelegen estate was sold off, drastically reducing the size of the property.
In 1798 the estate was sold to the Theunissen family, who planted extensive vineyards and concentrated on the production of grapes until an infestation by the phylloxera louse in the late nineteenth century wiped out most of Vergelegen’s grape production.
In 1917 Vergelegen was purchased by the millionaire mine magnate Sir Lionel Phillips as a present for his wife Florence. She remodeled aspects of the house and planted the magnificent gardens, but removed the few remaining acres dedicated to grapes.
Following the death of Lady Phillips the estate was purchased by the Barlow family, and Charles “Punch” Barlow oversaw the reintroduction of limited planting of grapes. However, by the time Anglo American bought the property from Barlow’s son in 1987, no grapes were being cultivated.
Anglo American concentrated on the production of high-quality wines from Vergelegen. The first vintage under the company’s stewardship was harvested in 1992. Within ten years the estate was recognised as producing some of South Africa’s finest wines, with the cabernet sauvignon blend Vergelegen, single-vineyard cabernet sauvignon Vergelegen V and semillon/sauvignon blanc blend Vergelegen White regularly achieving a maximum five stars in John Platter’s annual Guide to South African Wines.
Vergelegen’s Cape Dutch house, gardens and winery are open to visitors. Interesting features of any visit include a trip up the mountain to the winery plant, and a walk under the vast Camphor laurels (Cinnamomum camphora) planted by Willem van der Stel in about 1705 which have been declared a protected provincial heritage site. The winery is uniquely shaped in an octagon form that is mirrored on the vineyard’s labels.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
'Even Haley wanted in on the NEW and IMPROVED Feet Up Friday Group' On Black
So this shot is for one of my best girls, Insatiably Sassy.
She was banned from the OTHER Feet Up Friday group.
OMG TOO funny!
If you are confused see details here -
www.flickr.com/photos/10412644@N00/466224865/
Haley and I are honored to be in the NEW and IMPROVED Feet Up Friday group!
*grin*
And OMG babe, do you remember these black shoes of mine?!
My damn Tommy shoes.
I last wore them to the Nickelback concert.
OMG remember they were hurting my feet SO damn bad that I ended up just wearing my socks for the LONG walk back to our car?!
In blizzard like conditions, HA!
Good time, Good times.
Happy Weekend Everyone!
PS Check out the NEW and IMPROVED Feet Up Friday group here -
last year I improved my 2009 kaneda's bike ( this one : www.flickr.com/photos/gussdeblod/3662381606/ )
I finally took some time to photography it.
All the pictures : guss.teammu.com/guss/index.php/lego/category/45-kanedabike
Mandy is feeling a lot better than she was. She's still not at her normal "fighting" weight but she gained a bit of weight last week and her appetite is improving so I anticipate more good news when we take her to the vet on Thursday to get her second B12 shot. In addition to pancreatitis she has something going on in her small intestine so her B12 is low. It could just be IBS or IBD (yes, cat's get that especially if they eat dry food) - we have an ultrasound scheduled for 4/1 to make sure that there is nothing else going on in there. She has much more energy than she did and seems to feel better all around. She's still not a fan of getting medicine, whether a pill or a transdermal cream (on her ear). Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for Mandy - they helped. Have a great day!
Being busy with my Beetle.
Strobist: 3/4 with softbox camera left.
Replaced the TL-light with an old school lamp, and removed the ugly bag on the left. Original pic is here.
I would like to know how to improve this picture, so tell me !
The Bobwhite population is in serious decline throughout its range. It's especially bad in FL. I was privileged to find this one yesterday in Marion County, FL. In Florida the US Department of Agriculture estimates it at 80% over the past 50 years. A special program is being offered to farmers to improve farming methods to preserve and increase habitat. Below is a news release if you are interested in more details.
Florida’s Northern Bobwhite Quail Decline
Sign up by May 19 for financial assistance to build habitat
GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 2, 2017 --The Bobwhite Quail in Florida is in trouble. In fact, populations across Florida and throughout the southeastern US have dropped from an estimated 31 million to only 5.5 million in the past 50 years. That’s 80 percent of the population just gone. Habitat loss is the leading contributing factor to the quail’s demise. Bobwhites need frequently burned open pine savannas and rangelands to provide food, nesting and brood habitat and escape cover. Thinned pine stands (< 60 sq ft. /ac) and lower density pine plantings (< 500 trees / acre) are important to provide an open canopy that allows sunlight to the ground for food and nesting and brood habitat. Clumps of bunch grasses such as bluestems, Indian grass and wiregrass provide excellent nesting sites. Forbs such as ragweed, partridge pea and beggars tick provide food, cover and the bare ground essential for travel and finding seed. Shrubby areas with plants such as green briar, blackberry, plum thickets and yaupon provide quail escape cover from predators, protect them from cold or heat, and can be used as loafing sites. Throughout Florida, changes in farm and timber practices have left little room for bobwhites. Pine stands are too thick with brush to provide habitat for quail. Many farms that once provided nesting and escape cover have cleared fence rows and left little ground for nesting and brood rearing. Former rangelands in the Panhandle have been converted to Bahia or Bermuda pasture which provide minimal benefit to bobwhites. But these trends can be reversed. By applying a few practices, landowners can restore habitat by frequent prescribed burning, cutting back brush, thinning dense pine stands or disking. Through a special 2017 signup ending May 19, the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is helping landowners restore quail and other pine savanna species that share the northern bobwhite range. NRCS will take applications for 2018 if you do not make the May 19 deadline. If you are interested in learning more, contact your local NRCS district conservationist at www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/fl/contact or FWC private lands biologist at www.myfwc.com/conservation/special-initiatives/lap/contac... .
More information on Bobwhite Quail is available at the NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, www.whmi.nrcs.usda.gov, the National Bobwhite Quail Initiative, www.bringbackbobwhites.org , Quail Forever, www.quailforever.org , or The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, www.myfwc.com .
Since its inception in 1953, Memorial Healthcare System has been a leader in providing high-quality healthcare services to South Florida residents. Moving health forward to meet the needs of the community, Memorial is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation and highly regarded for its exceptional patient- and family-centered care that creates the Memorial experience. Memorial's patient, physician and employee satisfaction rates are some of the most admired in the country, and the system is recognized as a national leader in quality healthcare.
Memorial Regional Hospital is the flagship facility of the healthcare system and is one of the largest hospitals in Florida.
Memorial Regional Hospital offers extensive and diverse health care services that include Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute featuring renowned surgeons, Memorial Cancer Institute treating more inpatients than any other in Broward County, and Memorial Neuroscience Institute providing innovative technology and world-class physicians.
Memorial Regional Hospital and Memorial Regional Hospital South are both located in Hollywood, Florida, and offer our community a variety of medical and surgical services. Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital at Memorial provides a comprehensive array of pediatric services and is the leading children's hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Memorial Hospital West, Memorial Hospital Miramar and Memorial Hospital Pembroke serve the communities of western Broward County and others in South Florida. Memorial Home Health Services, Memorial Manor nursing home and a variety of ancillary healthcare facilities round out the system's wide-ranging health services.
Memorial has a reputation as one of Florida's leading healthcare systems and is supported by a distinguished medical staff. In fact, the vast majority of physicians are board certified, or board qualified in their specialties and have been trained at many of the nation's finest medical schools and hospitals. Because of its distinguished medical staff and services, Memorial moves health forward for patients from South Florida and beyond.
As Memorial continues to lead in providing the next level of healthcare, many prestigious awards have been earned throughout the system. The accolades include Modern Healthcare magazine's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Florida Trend magazine's Best Companies to Work for in Florida, 100 Top Hospitals, Consumer Choice Award, Best-Run Hospital, Best Nursing Staff, Best Pediatric Hospital and Best Maternity Hospital. The health care system was also honored by the American Hospital Association with the "Living the Vision" award and the "Foster G. McGaw" award for which Memorial was selected from more than 5,000 hospitals as the national model for improving the health of the community.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
web.bcpa.net/BcpaClient/#/Record-Search
bcpa.net/RecInfo.asp?URL_Folio=514013140010
www.mhs.net/locations/memorial-west
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Since its inception in 1953, Memorial Healthcare System has been a leader in providing high-quality healthcare services to South Florida residents. Moving health forward to meet the needs of the community, Memorial is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation and highly regarded for its exceptional patient- and family-centered care that creates the Memorial experience. Memorial's patient, physician and employee satisfaction rates are some of the most admired in the country, and the system is recognized as a national leader in quality healthcare.
Memorial Regional Hospital is the flagship facility of the healthcare system and is one of the largest hospitals in Florida.
Memorial Regional Hospital offers extensive and diverse health care services that include Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute featuring renowned surgeons, Memorial Cancer Institute treating more inpatients than any other in Broward County, and Memorial Neuroscience Institute providing innovative technology and world-class physicians.
Memorial Regional Hospital and Memorial Regional Hospital South are both located in Hollywood, Florida, and offer our community a variety of medical and surgical services. Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital at Memorial provides a comprehensive array of pediatric services and is the leading children's hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Memorial Hospital West, Memorial Hospital Miramar and Memorial Hospital Pembroke serve the communities of western Broward County and others in South Florida. Memorial Home Health Services, Memorial Manor nursing home and a variety of ancillary healthcare facilities round out the system's wide-ranging health services.
Memorial has a reputation as one of Florida's leading healthcare systems and is supported by a distinguished medical staff. In fact, the vast majority of physicians are board certified, or board qualified in their specialties and have been trained at many of the nation's finest medical schools and hospitals. Because of its distinguished medical staff and services, Memorial moves health forward for patients from South Florida and beyond.
As Memorial continues to lead in providing the next level of healthcare, many prestigious awards have been earned throughout the system. The accolades include Modern Healthcare magazine's Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Florida Trend magazine's Best Companies to Work for in Florida, 100 Top Hospitals, Consumer Choice Award, Best-Run Hospital, Best Nursing Staff, Best Pediatric Hospital and Best Maternity Hospital. The health care system was also honored by the American Hospital Association with the "Living the Vision" award and the "Foster G. McGaw" award for which Memorial was selected from more than 5,000 hospitals as the national model for improving the health of the community.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
web.bcpa.net/BcpaClient/#/Record-Search
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Brewhouse Lane Wapping, East London. Built by the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd in 1864.
Today we'll look at a few otherwise disconnected photos of the R&N around their West Hazleton. The area there has without a doubt undergone the most drastic change of anywhere on the R&N system with it's transition from coal patch to a massive, sprawling industrial park. Though I imagine much if not most of the trackage was built to serve the industrial park the main stem was at one time the Lehigh Valley Sheppton Branch. A big thank you to Jeff Knadler for giving me an understanding of this absolute birds nest of trackage here.
In this view taken from the back parking lot of one of the dozens of warehouses in the area we see one of the two WHHB (West Hazleton-Humboldt) jobs switching cars amongst rapidly improving foliage on October 8th.
Although I do modify/improve most of the (Star Wars) sets that I buy, I rarely build stuff from scratch. But I had this one in my thoughts for a little while...in fact for almost 30 years!!!
I originally designed this vehicle in 1983 (I was around 12 years old) and built it with classic LEGO Space parts at the time. The original was less thought-through and much simpler in its overall appearance but the idea never really left me. As its original counterpart, I wanted to keep this revisited/reinvented version as low as possible (it is slightly higher than a standing minifig).
New Mystic Dolls logo ! Special thanks to my friend Jahyra who improved and colorized the sketch I drew so long ago... I LOVE it !
Just before we left I noticed the light had improved so I took another photo, this time with the wide angle lens.
Researchers have found that fatty acids and amino acids in some types of fish may improve the health of your brain, making it function better.
When you eat fat, your body takes omega-3 fatty acids out of it and uses them to build brain-cell membranes. One such compound is alpha-linolenic acid, or ALA, the omega-3 fatty acid found in salmon, sardines, mackerel and trout, according to the Franklin Institute. Because your body uses ALA to produce docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, a more complex fatty acid that builds up your brain-cell walls, eating these types of cold-water fish may be beneficial to your brain's health.
Carousel Buses
Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini
WVL26 - LG02KJE
Seen at the Carousel depot this afternoon to which I have finally found a use for my old Carousel blind which I was given 4 years ago!
Tell you what though, I don't envy those engineers who have to continually fit blinds to fleets of vehicles day in, day out. Got about three different cuts on my hands and couldn't get the blind round the 'taught' rollers at the top and bottom so simply wound it round the main rollers. I imagine the former pop out somehow, but I couldn't work out how!
So although I set out with about 4 blinds to put in the vehicle to display things like A40 Heathrow, this was the only snap I got!
The blind is still with me and not left in the vehicle because I don't want to lose my blind should the vehicle suddenly be taken one day.
You can see behind WVL26 the Tridents which are soon to be sold as they are no longer DDA-complaint. There is also 'death row' of which you can see 415; 101 and 417 also form this line - these are all to be scrapped.
Much improved lighting recently, getting the angles right again at last so that everything is nicely lit. Now all I need is some time do do stuff!!
The line in the spout is a refracted image of the back of the splash.
Strobist Info : Canon Speedlite 580EX-II with light blue gel firing from about 40cm up down at 45 degrees. 430 EX-II below it firing directly into the back of the splash with a frosted perspex diffuser about 30cm in front of them. (All behind the splash).
Canon 550D with Sigma 105mm Macro Lens, F16, 0.6 sec exposure, ISO 100. Flashes and drops triggered with a 'Time Machine' www.bmumford.com/photo/waterdrops/index.html
Try it : Large On Black
TEP70BS (ТЭП70БС) - improved version of the Soviet TEP70 diesel passenger locomotive built by Kolomna Locomotive Works, Russia in seria from 2006 y. Today 356 ones were produced. Previous version, TEP70 were built from 1973 till 2006 in quantity of 576. Primary driver - 4000 hp (2942 kW) 4-stroke diesel 16ЧН26/26 (diesel-generator 2А-5Д49).
Name of new series - BS refers to Boris Konstantinovich Salambekov (December 25, 1907 - July 1, 1978), legendary chief of October railway division of Soviet Railways (it includes St Petersburg, all area of Leningrad region and main route St Petersburg - Moscow). In 1942 during WW2 and Siege of Leningrad by German and Finnish Nazi, B.K. Salambekov distinguished himself at the construction of new railway lines to the improvised ports at Ladoga Lake on "Big Land" (East coast of the lake under Soviet control) and from the Ladoga coast to the besieged Leningrad inside the encirclement ring. When in January 1943 the blockade of Leningrad was broken and a new railroad line was hastily laid along the narrow corridor south of Lake Ladoga, Boris Salambekov personally organized the movement of trains along it. This road has no example in the world history - for almost 20 kilometers the tracks were laid along the swamps parallel to the front line, within the reach of the enemy's field artillery, not to mention the long-range guns and aircraft. Thanks to the skilful leadership of Salambekov and the heroism of workers of the railroad the enemy was not able to put the October railroad out of operation even for a day. In 1943 Salambekov was given a special personal rank of "General-director of traction of the II rank", and in 1949 "General-director of traction of the I rank". Later after WW2 he ruled the Siberian divisions of the Soviet Railways.
The Cathedral of Erice, Sicily. I used a texture to improve the white foggy sky.
Atmosfere fuori dal tempo in uno dei posti più incantevoli della Sicilia
On Explore. Highest position: 126 on Saturday, October 31, 2009
A few notes in English en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erice
Qualche nota in italiano it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erice
I suggest to view large on slideshow
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I've been trying to improve my portraiture, as I've really never gotten into it before. And so I saw the light coming through the stained glass window in the basement and knew I had to use it. In the color version of this (in comments) you can see the green and red colors on my hair. And the last in comments is my sister. I would use her for pictures more often if she'd cooperate, but she's very impatient.
You can find more portraits here. And like my page while you're there! :)
Oh, and p.s. My fifth shot of my fifty-two week project is due up next week. I normally post those at the beginning of the week, but this time it'll be more towards the end. I'll be away until thursday and I don't think I'll have much access to the internet.
I’m interested in the silent shutter for lunar and planetary images because eliminating mechanical shutter wear could free me to improve the quality of my images by taking many more frames and getting better lucky images for stacking when atmospheric seeing isn't at it’s best. Because the extra noise introduced by the electronic rolling shutter used for silent shutter images is far below the eight bit resolution offered by compressed images, I decided to compare the quality of processed images taken with the two techniques as well as the original images.
These images are from my first night out with the a6300 which was at prime focus on a Questar f15 1400/89mm telescope. Images were take at ISO 200 for 1/50 sec. I took about 40 images each with the mechanical shutter (with the electronic first curtain shutter option to minimize vibration) and with the fully electronic silent shutter. The quality of the images was auto graded and the best 8 were selected from each batch. Because of the wide, half degree, field of view atmospheric seeing can cause mirage like distortions of the Moon’s surface. This isn’t a problem for small area shots of the Moon or planetary images because of the smaller field of view. For full disk Moon images, the results of stacking are improved if each image is geometrically normalized before stacking. I use Nebulosity’s 8 parameter affine transformation. The cost of this is that each frame takes about one hour to align. This translates to a practical limit of 8 images for an overnight alignment run. Processing consisted of deconvolution and wavelet processing in Lynkeos to recover resolution lost to the atmosphere and diffraction in the small, 89mm objective, telescope. The exposure curves are then adjusted to enhance contrast and slightly boost saturation in Photoshop.
One way to see the quality of the low intensity data near the noise floor is to examine the terminator region. You can see detail extend into the dark part of the moon in the processed images. The post processing of the two images was similar, but not identical. As you can see in the raw images there were slight differences in exposure although the camera settings were the same except for the silent shutter setting. These may be because of the silent shutter or differences in transparency of the sky between the two sets of exposures.
My current thoughts on astrophotography with the a6300 so far are as follows.
Measurements that I’ve seen of the images of the electronic silent rolling shutter on the Sony a7 series cameras show about a stop of increase in noise at low ISO speed compared to the mechanical shutter.
For dim targets like DSOs where noise must be minimized and relatively few, long exposure, images are stacked - the mechanical shutter is clearly a win.
For small bright targets like planets where resolution must be maximized and cropped video is frequently used, the extra noise in video capture (or wide FOV silent shutter shots) isn’t an issue. Stacking more images can reduce noise and the video codecs don’t capture the full raw dynamic range in any case. Video (or silent shutter for the widest FOV) works well to capture the thousands of frames that are preferred, without mechanical wear on the shutter mechanism.
Full disk images of the moon are an in between case. The images are bright and the number that I stack is limited by the long processing time for the affine geometric normalization. I’d like to have more full disk images to choose from, without wearing out my mechanical shutter. From my results so far it seems that to see a difference that silent shutter makes in quality of the final result takes pixel peeping and may be mostly due to seeing and transparency variation.
Living in the Tropical South East meant only a light snow sprinkling recently so into the archives again this year for my Xmas Card. A big thank you to everyone that has taken the time to view my images in the last year. Its much appreciated and pushes me on to try and improve my images. I am already looking forward to everyone's uploads in 2018 so it just leaves to be said ..Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to everyone out there on Flickr.
Back to 14th January 1987 and 33 013 is seen in the Down Sidings at Gillingham after a flashover. It then spent a few days here before being recovered and dragged to Stewarts Lane. Was this really taken 30 years ago? Where did all the years go?
Improved Seneca View Camera (1906), Carl Zeiss f4.5 210mm, DRP, Tessar lens (1914), 5x7, Fomapan 400, D76
With The Union's release of the Perses, it helped start the use of a new frame. To further the development of a new frame or ideas for future Kampfers, The Union created a team of people which consisted of pilots and mechanics. This new team was called the Titans Test Team. A team where Kampfers that are designed to test out new weapons, frames and any ideas that The Union wants to experiment with are tested by the pilots.
The Titans only test the Kampfers and let The Union's engineers create and give the new experimental Kampfers to them.
The first experimental Kampfer was simply called the Type Zero. Originally designed to test out a developing float system. But with the float system taking too long to create, they tried something new with the Kampfer, something that was on the list of doing.
This Kampfer has the ability to transform into a ground vehicle at will and supports a new leg system that's considered to be stronger and overall much better performing that previous Kampfer legs.
But with no float system still, the only thing that can be done with this Kampfer is to improve it.
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Well then.
I built a new transforming Kampfer! Yay! It actually transforms really well and is much stronger than previous attempts.
It all started out by me trying to build a Kampfer that resembled the Eureka 7 AO Mark I, which kinda did but it wasn't great. After I was toying around to see if I could get a flight transformation out of it but with that I saw more of a vehicle mode that resembled the LFOs from Eureka 7. So I went with that.
Other than that there isn't much to say. I did try a new leg setup with this Kampfer, which is nice and is a big improvement from previous Kampfers. The start of the upgrade for the legs came from the Perses but I tried to size it down quite a bit.
So now I'm trying to improve it and work on building legs and feet as right now I'm struggling with, a lot.
La estación de Hietzing es una estación de la línea 4 del metro de Viena. Se encuentra en el distrito XIII. Tiene conexiones con las líneas de autobús 51A, 56B, 58B y 156B.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estación_de_Hietzing
Hietzing (pronounced: HE-tsing) is a station on Line U4 of the Vienna U-Bahn.[1] It is located on the border of the Viennese districts Hietzing and Penzing. It opened as part of the Wiener Stadtbahn in 1898 and became an U-Bahn station in 1981.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hietzing_(Vienna_U-Bahn)
La estación de Schönbrunn es una estación de la línea 4 del metro de Viena. Se encuentra en el distrito XIII. Conecta con la línea de autobús 10A.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estación_de_Schönbrunn
Otto Wagner, the pioneering architect of Vienna's Art Nouveau era, was the designer in charge of the construction of Stadtbahn, a rail service running underground in some sections, as an elevated system in others, around 1900.
He considered the project an important contribution to the appearance of the city and paid as much attention to the large structural elements, such as bridges and station buildings, as to the small details, such as railings, lamps, signs and inscriptions, realizing a total design concept in the construction.
The Stadtbahn lines were laid out to connect the main railroad terminals in the city and to improve Vienna's position as the capital of the empire. As a connecting system among the railroads, the lines were peripheral; important radial lines never went beyond the planning stages.
www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/sights/art-nouveau/wagners-s...
About the project:
I choose "Leading Lines" as theme of my 365 project since I think is a great way to improve my city and landscape photography. I've been shooting for a year, mostly sports (and I love it) so this is going to be a way to keep shooting even when I don't have any matches to cover.
This is my first time working on a 365 project, so I know it'll be hard. I'll do my best to improve along the year!
Photo by: Nicolas Mazzini (www.visualcontenidos.com)
Is progress truly progress? How do you improve upon perfection? Not once have I ever worried about getting dust on the Sensor, when changing lenses.
Not just any camera. Why?
Back to real photography . . . No batteries required!
Manual everything.
Whether you realise it or not, regardless which brand camera you are loyal to, THIS CAMERA, that is the Nikon F, was the father to all Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras that followed.
I searched long and hard for this pristine example. Easily looked at 100 cameras. It is 99.9% perfect, though 54 years old.
I first saw war correspondents, during the Vietnam Conflict with the Nikon F strapped around their necks. This camera spawned my enduring interest in Nikon.
The Nikon F 35mm film camera was introduced, April 1959 and was Nikon's first SLR camera. My camera was manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K., Japan, between July and September 1967.
The March 1959 Philadelphia trade show (Master Photo Dealers and Finishers Association Convention) of the Photo Marketing Association saw the US introduction of three new top brand Japanese SLR lines: the Minolta SR-2 with 55/1.8 and a list price of $249.50, the Canon Canonflex with 50/2 and a list price of $299.95, and the Nikon F with a 50/2 had a list price of $359.50, which costs more, today, unless it is in poor condition.
The Nikon F was the first Japanese SLR to have a lens lineup from 21mm to 1000mm.
The Nikon F was the first 35mm SLR with 100% Viewfinder.
The Nikon F was the first 35mm SLR with Mirror lock up.
The Nikon F was the first 35mm SLR with interchangeable focusing screens.
There were many firsts, in the Nikon F.
The Nikon F was superseded in 1972, by the Nikon F2 series, after a production total of 862,600 to 1,051,051 bodies, less about 90,000 Serial Numbers reserved for the (Nikon S3M range finder camera bodies).
The Nikon F marketed and sold exclusively for the German market were branded Nikkor F.
Here are some very good articles about the birth of the Nikon F-
imaging.nikon.com/history/chronicle/history-f/
imaging.nikon.com/history/chronicle/history-f/index.htm
www.casualphotophile.com/2018/04/27/nikon-f-retrospective/
time.com/3667583/korean-war-photos-david-douglas-duncan/
www.mikeeckman.com/2017/08/nikon-f-1966/
www.nzgeo.com/photography/nikon-f/
Note: This camera and lens were pre-owned. When I decide to purchase pre-owned photographic equipment, it must look this well maintained and cared for, plus function perfectly, or I am not interested. Can you imagine this camera is 54 years old? I estimate that is was assembled on Tuesday, September 12, 1967, when approximately 158.7143 cameras were assembled every working day.
$306.27 AUD Nikon F camera body cost
$423.50 AUD Nikkor-SC Auto f=55mm 1:1.2 lens with HS-3 Lens Hood, Nikon L-1A Lens Filter cost
$22.00 AUD Nikon Nippon Kogaku 52mm J.U.M. 515,897 Lens Cap cost
$48.00 Nikon AR-1 cost
As I did not purchase everything all at once, I didn't notice the cost, so much. I examined many samples and asked a lot of questions, before I settled on these items. And, I just waited until what I wanted became available.
You may wonder why I did not go for a black edition. I could not be 100% assured it had not been like mine, but painted black. Many of the black Nikon F camera bodies are brassed all along the edges and very few examples are as nice as mine. Lastly, the black version commands a ridiculous price for exactly the same camera, except they are black. I just like the finish and contrasting black leatherette of mine. Refer to this weblink- www.destoutz.ch/typ_finish.html#black
So, you may wonder why I did not go for a later model "Nikon "Apollo" F. All slick advertizing by U.S. camera retailers, back in the day and plastic bits on the Rewind Lever and Self-Timer Lever. Also, it has a later Focusing Screen and an Eye Level View Finder that will accept diopter correction lenses, as well as Type 2 threaded flash sync terminal. The only difference that I can see between the two Nikon F and the "Apollo", is on the flash contact: the early 7303xxx has white insulating plastic on the flash connection and the late 7444xxx has black insulating plastic. Are the cosmetic changes worth more to me? No, quite the opposite. I wanted the bulletproof version, like what was used during the Vietnam war.
As a perfect counter balance to this gem, I use a Sekonic Studio Deluxe II L-389M Light Meter that does not require batteries.
I have found using this combination has made me much more careful and thoughtful as a photographer. Actually have to plan and think about camera settings and equivalent exposures before taking your shots.
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
Ⓒ Cassidy Photography (All images in this Flickr portfolio)
Once around Sandy Bluff, there is another new section of track due to the lower landslip. It was quite hard going with lots of ups and downs and no side creeks for water. Once back on the old track we were very glad to reach a creek to top up our water bottles as the temperature was well over 30C. Once more people use the track, it should improve though this is not likely to happen for a while due to the Dart Hut bridge wash out.
Rees Dart Track, Mt Aspiring National Park, New Zealand.
Folkloric
- No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
- Taiwanese compilation reports it to improve circulation and as anti-inflammatory and antitoxic. (6)
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Seneca Improved View 5x7, Buhl Optical 9" (229mm) f/3.6, UVP-X Collodion, 5x7 Tintype
f/3.6, 2 seconds
An attempt to improve the original corrections, but frankly I don't perceive appreciable difference. Further noise reduction and increased sharpness are imperceptible at this enlargement and resolution.
The bird was found at dusk - after 6 pm on a day in early Mar. - so I have to be grateful for the end product, regardless.
And now, all these years later, a further attempt (see above) but this time with more perceivable improvement.