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staghorn sumac by .grux.

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From the Beechwood Wetlands information stop point in the Don Valley

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1995 (1998) Rover 220 Coupe Turbo by Chris Dalton

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This is the sort of car I'd show an interest in anyway, but this particular one has a very interesting history.

These 'FDH' 220 Turbo Coupe's were destined for Japan, but something happened and they never made it (or did make it but were never sold there). They sort of disappeared for 3 years until being registered here in the UK in 1998.

All this is news to me, I saw this car whilst out with a workmate who told me of the story behind these 'FDH' Rover's.

The full story is best read here: www.rover-coupe.com/rcoc/index.php/knowledgebase/history/...

This particular car has not been MOT'd since last November, but had only done 37k miles at it's November 2014 test. I think that third brake light in the spoiler was one of the Japanese market additions which was left in when it was brought back to UK-spec. I don't think genuine UK cars have those.

Sadly I can't see what the dealer tag on the plate is, it's too blurry as I took the photo on zoom from across the road.

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Eldritch Sim Halloween Photo Contest 2024 by Mesmer Macabre (Vae Victis | Arkhive)

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It's our favourite time of year once again, and last year's fun returns once more. Vae Victis is hosting a photo contest based on the home sim of Eldritch.

Utilise the scenery to create a photograph that you feels gives off the best vibes - spooky, creepy, eerie, lovecraftian... or just something serene and beautiful. It's all on you.

///PRIZES\\\

1st Prize: L$15,000

2nd Prize: L$10,000

3rd Prize: L$5,000

Honorable Mentions: L$500 store credit for Vae Victis

Any submission may also earn their spot somewhere in Eldritch if we find them befitting!

///DATE\\\

September 25th - October 25th 2024

Winners announced on October 31st 2024 at 2pm SLT

///JUDGING CRITERIA\\\

♱ Creativity, essence and style ("What's pretty, damn it" - Grim, 2022)

///RULES\\\

♱ Must be taken in the Eldritch Sim. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/64/166/1017

You are encouraged to explore all of the sim to find locations; there are so many nooks and crannies and hidey holes that could make for fun shots!

♱ Cannot rez on Eldritch.

Even if you have the ability to rez things (including pose stands) on Eldritch, please do not. We want this to be as organic to the sim as possible.

♱ One entry per person.

Please choose which entry you wish to submit carefully; we will only accept your first submission and there shall be no re-dos.

♱ Must send a notecard submission to Vae Starforge in world.

secondlife:///app/agent/5934378e-a85e-4c44-97be-3d70c79ce053/about

This must include your legacy name and either the texture or the link(s) to your submission. The submissions will only count when they are received in this method.

♱ Upload to Social Media for visibility.

This can be on Facebook, Primfeed, Flickr, Twitter, Bluesky, or Tumblr. Please do feel free to @ me!

♱ Must comply to region standards.

Eldritch is a Moderate region (community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/maturity-r...), so please no adult content in here! Keep your bits, bobs and baubles hidden best you can.

♱ ABSOLUTELY NO AI.

Period. If we suspect that AI is used, we shall disqualify your submission.

///HOW TO JOIN\\\

♱ Take a screenshot of your avatar within Eldritch: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/64/165/1015

♱ Upload your image to either Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Primfeed or Bluesky and tag Vae Victis

♱ Send the link to your uploaded image, your legacy name via Notecard to Vae Starforge Notecards should be titled: "Eldritch Contest - InsertNameHere" and include a link to your uploaded image and the legacy name(s).(Including your UUID would be very helpful in case of name changes)

♱ Submissions will be accepted until October 25th

♱ Winners will be announced on October 31st in the Vae Victis notices, socials and server.

♱ We will put up entries in world and host them in the ballroom as we receive them. Winning entries will stay up for the remainder of November and may find permanent placement within the sim.

♱ You DO NOT have to wear anything from Vae Victis if you don't want to! We know that we don't fit with every outfit.

♱ There can be more than one avatar within the image but only one uploader can bag the prize. We will not be held responsible for any discrepancies over prize money, but we will bring the popcorn.

♱ By participating in this contest you are allowing us to upload your image to Second Life. These will not be sold/distributed to anyone but Mes and Grim.

///FOR UPDATES\\\

For updates, information and FAQ, please join the Vae Victis discord server!

discord.gg/vaevictis

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V-Huset - V-house by Jens Cederskjold

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Kio Zen Garden ご来園のみなさまへのお願い by Truebow Magic

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Kio Zen Garden ご来園の皆様へ

これまで明確に公園内の案内をお出ししていなかったのですが、2023年暮れより、たくさんのDJ（国内外）さんたちを招いてのパーティを頻繁に開催するようになりました。それに伴い、リンデンのModerate SIMでの規定やガイドラインを確認し、ここにご案内させていただきます。

　私個人としましてはアバターの種類やタイプにこだわりはございません。好き嫌いもございません。しかし、セカンドライフが

＊アメリカ発祥のソーシャルプラットフォームであること

＊いろいろな国のユーザーと出会う機会があること

＊近年のSL内でのペドフィリアに関する問題について議論があり、アバター作成のガイドラインをルールとして規定するようユーザーからの要望がリンデンに伝わっていること（動物アバターが性的特徴を持つ場合も同様です。）

　これらを鑑みて、ガイドラインを以下の通りご案内いたします。

つきましては、以下のとおりでございます。

＊子供アバターでの公園内の散策は自由です。ごゆっくりおくつろぎくださいませ。

＊園内に置いてあるカウチ、スツールなどの家具にはPGですがアニメーションが含まれています。PGとはいってもカップルで使用できるものが多く含まれます。「子供アバター」あるいは「ティーン」と誤解されそうなアバターで「誰か」とこれらの家具を使用することは禁止させていただきます。理由は下に明記しております。

＊Moderate SIM内でPG家具を使用する場合、動物アバター（子供アバター同様）が性的に露骨な特徴を持っていることは適切ではないと、リンデンのガイドラインにあります。動物アバターであっても性的な特徴を持っている場合も使用を禁止とさせていただきます。

　また、「子供アバター」でこれらの家具を使用しない場合であっても、「子供アバター」が性的な特徴を持つ場合、来園は禁止とさせていただきます。これらも誤解を招かないためのものです。成人アバターを制作していただき、それらを使用して園内でお寛ぎくださいませ。

＊Live DJによるパーティが開催されているフロア内への「子供アバター」や「ティーン」と誤解されそうなアバターの入場は固く禁止させていただきます。（性的特徴をもった動物アバターは装着物を外してお越しくださいませ。）来場される際は、子供やティーンと間違えられるようなアバターではなく、成人アバターでのお越しをお願いします。

　これらは、リンデンのガイドラインを尊重し厳守するためのものです。

　セカンドライフの「Moderate」レーティングのSIMで、公園を開放している場合、チャイルドアバターや動物アバターの使用は基本的に許可されています。しかし、Moderate SIMであっても、パーティーを開催する以上、アダルト・レーティングに準じる規定を設けることが肝要と判断いたしました。これはSIMオーナーや土地の管理者の判断で決めてもよいと理解しました。細かい事をいうのは本来好きではありませんが、私自身ペドフィリアの問題にとても関心をもっていて、子供アバターの利用には利用する側も安全にSLを楽しむ権利があると思います。それにはやはり特定のルールを決めることで子供アバターを利用する側、向かい入れる側の立場を守るための方法を土地の利用者として考えておくことがトラブルを避ける最良の策と考えました。

　この度、これらのガイドラインを決定してご案内するに至った具体的な懸念点は以下の通りです。

＊誤解のリスク:

子供アバターが成人向けのジェスチャーや内容が含まれるパーティに参加することで、他のユーザーから不適切な関心や誤解を招く可能性があります。

＊コミュニティの反応:

一部のユーザーがこの状況を不適切と感じ、通報やクレームにつながる可能性があります。これは、セカンドライフ内でのペドフィリア関連の懸念や規約違反に関する問題を引き起こすこともあります。

＊規約遵守:

セカンドライフのガイドラインや規約に従い、すべてのユーザーが安全かつ適切に楽しめる環境を提供することが重要です。

　また、武器の持ち込みや使用も禁止とさせていただいております。

　皆様のご理解とご協力をお願いいたします。もしご協力いただけない場合は、誠に心苦しいのですが、公園内の立ち入り自体をご遠慮いただくか、最悪の場合BANという措置を取らせていただくこともありますので、ご注意ください。

　何卒、よろしくお願い申し上げます。

To all visitors,

Exploring the park with child avatars is allowed. However,

Please refrain from entering the floor where the Live DJ party is being held. When attending, please use an adult avatar rather than one that could be mistaken for a child or teen.

It is with a heavy heart that we make this request, but this measure is in place to respect Linden's guidelines and to address recent concerns regarding child protection and issues related to pedophilia. These issues are particularly sensitive.

If you are using an animal avatar with explicit features, ensure that these features are not visible in public areas of Moderate regions. Use appropriate coverings or clothing for your avatar to ensure compliance with Moderate region guidelines.

( No weapon, No attack poeple )

We ask for your understanding and cooperation. If cooperation is not possible, we may have to request you to leave the park or, in the worst case, take measures such as a BAN.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

COMMUNITY STANDARDS

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Stalking, Boundaries, Bullies..TRIGGER POST by Gray ღ

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Guys!

I was away for a few days doing my annual course, and helping others understand Stalking, Soft Stalking, Bullying,

and working with Damaging Behavior which is not acceptable.

This picture ABOVE from a website - IT is the perfect piece I wanted to use to express my thoughts

I will provide the site for details, so you can see where the image came from!

Second Life, and other Social Media has allowed people to become Justice Warriors, Bullies, Folks who purposely harm. These folks use these avenues to pray on weaker, kinder people. The programs do try their best, but we need to take control back as well.

As someone who was stalked on the program many years ago, please KNOW, this behavior is not acceptable.

Following people, interrupting their lives, harming them with false narratives, threatening them, soft stalking them by inserting themselves into your friend groups..

Not Acceptable.

People who struggle to control themselves, their anger, their gossip, they show themselves. They have fits, they scream, they run around building false stories, but in the end..

They look sad.

Remember, if someone is harming you on Second Life, or Social Media:

**DOCUMENT IT, Take pictures, Show the interference, Report. Report, Report, Report. ***

Please do not allow ex boyfriends, or girlfriends, ex friends, People who have crossed boundaries chase you off, or harm your mental state.

Find positive, kind, warm people who intend decency, and truth. You will know them when you see them, you will feel it.

Please see some resources below, and KNOW, you do not deserve any sort of malicious behavior ever.

Report.

community.secondlife.com/knowledgebase/english/how-to-dea...

I know several Lindens, they do listen, they are helpful. Do not allow someone to stop you from reporting, and ensuring your safety.

www.facebook.com/help/116326365118751/

www.uni-bamberg.de/en/gender-equality-in-academia/informa... (Where the Picture came from)

Knowledgebase by Samuel Poromaa

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{Silver Rain} Blackened days and silver nights Golden lanterns flaming lights The blur of things and fight of dreams The pain and tears and lack of faith A thousand stars a thousand scars Chants and runes and secrecy {ʳᵉᵖᵒˢᵗ/ᵐᵃᵏᶦⁿᵍ ᵗʰᶦˢ ˢᶜʳᵉᵉⁿˢʰᵒᵗ ᵖᵘᵇˡᶦᶜ} by ╱╲LPHΛ |╲|ΣOn |╲|OI☈

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Welcome to RYSΣ - Son of Rome V2

*Gameplay screenshot

► Resolution: 3840 x 2160

new: ►► ReShade Ultimate II [[v3.0.8, 120+ shaders compilation, MXAO+Indirect Lighting 2.1.015, Magic Bloom 2, Adv.colored Filmgrain, SonicEthersReinAway, etc etc // updated Aug 2017]]

► ReShade depth buffer: fully working

► DOF + Ambient Obscurance with Indirect Lighting MXAO V2

► Cam. tools: Otis

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Fixes & Tweaks:

▼ Can't select Very High texture quality fix:

Edit system.cfg in base folder.

Find sys_localization_folder=Localization and add the follow two lines under it:

sys_spec_texture=4

sys_spec_textureresolution=4

▼ Low CPU performance fix:

Edit system.cfg in base folder.

Find sys_localization_folder=Localization and add the following line under it:

sys_highrestimer=1

▼ Stutter fix:

Edit system.cfg in base folder.

Add this line at the bottom to enable triple buffering: r_NumBackbuffers=3

Go to NVIDIA control panel (or AMD equivalent) and enable both Triple Buffering and VSYNC for Ryse in the "Manage 3D Settings" tab and press Apply.

Disable VSYNC in game.

▼ Ryse - Son of Rome cvars:

crytek.kayako.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/383/235/en_6...

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new: ▼▼ Full tweak list // system.cfg [[updated Aug 9, 2017]]:

; Ryse

sys_game_folder=GameRyse

sys_dll_game=CryGameRyse.dll

sys_user_folder=GameRyse

sys_localization_folder=Localization

sys_spec_texture=4

sys_spec_textureresolution=4

r_Height = 2160

r_MotionBlur = 0

r_MotionBlurShutterSpeed = 0

r_supersampling = 0

r_TAA = 0

r_TexMaxAnisotropy = 16

r_TexMinAnisotropy = 16

r_VSync = 0

r_Width = 3840

sys_spec = 4

sys_spec_Light = 4

sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 4

sys_spec_Particles = 4

sys_spec_PostProcessing = 4

sys_spec_Shading = 4

sys_spec_Shadows = 4

sys_spec_TextureResolution = 4

sys_spec_VolumetricEffects = 4

sys_spec_Water = 4

sys_highrestimer=1

r_NumBackbuffers=3

;RSC servers 8core5 and build11

log_IncludeTime=1

sys_languages="english,italian,french,spanish,german,russian"

log_verbosity=0

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new: ▼▼ nVidia Control Panel -► Maximum Pre-rendered frames: 3

Original upload date: August 16, 2017

Tagged Bike by Jeff Bowen

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This bicycle has been locked to a stop sign in my neighbourhood for at least two months.

A neighbour must have complained to the city and it has been tagged.

The tag gives the owner two weeks to remove it or it will be considered abandoned and will be removed. Removed bikes are auctioned, donated, or recycled.

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MacGregor (Red & Green) tartan ,clan Gregor : some history of both by mikescottnz

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Clan Gregor or Clan MacGregor is a Highland Scottish clan dating back to the early 800s. The clan’s most famous member is the legendary Rob Roy MacGregor of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Clan is also known to have been among the first families of Scotland to begin playing the bagpipes in the early 17th century. The bagpipes and the philibeg ( kilt) were outlawed in 1746 by the English and that proscription lasted for thirty six years.

MacGregor Red and Green. A specimen of this tartan appears in the Cockburn Collection, dating from about 1810–1820, now in the Mitchell library in Glasgow. It is one of the tartans labelled in Cockburn's handwriting in 1815. It is titled as MacGregor Murray Tartan by Wilson in the Key pattern book of 1819. James Logan titled it simply as MacGregor in 1831.

The MacGregor (MacGrioghair) main tartan ; * Red, green and white plaid: On red, three stripes of dark green, the middle stripe bisected by white edged with black. This is a well known Scots clan like many with a few variant surnames associated as with most clans. There are eleven tartan variations in Clan Gregor such as the century old 'hunting' tartan, (Cardney) . Four are more authentic see, five if the dancing one . acgsus.org/our-tartan/

www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp/kbId.241/qx/knowledgebase.htm

The ancestral home of the Clan Gregor was on the borders of Argylshire and Perthshire, in the wild region of the beautiful Scottish Lakes, made so noted by the poems and romances of Sir Walter Scott. As early as the year 1000 the chiefs of the Clan were seated at GlenOrchy in Argylshire, near the border of Perthshire. In the fifteenth century various branches of the clan were established, as MacGregor of Glenstrae in Argyll-shire, and the MacGregors of GlenLyon, of Roro, of Balquhidder and of Balhaldie in Perthshire, etc.

Plate of Macgregor of Glen Strae, choirstall.

www.flickr.com/photos/41583834@N03/4432143217/

Historical researchers, using some of the oldest manuscripts, including Clan genealogies, the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, the Ragman Rolls, the Inquisition, the Black Book of the Exchequer, parish cartularies, baptismal records, tax records and many other manuscripts, found the name MacGregor in Argyllshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Spelling variations of the name MacGregor caused much confusion in research. These changes occurred for a variety of reasons. From time to time the surname was spelled MacGregor, MacGrigor, MacGrioghair (Gaelic), and these changes in spelling occurred, sometimes even between father and son. It was not uncommon for a clansman to be born with one spelling, marry with another, and yet another to appear on his headstone. Sometimes a different English spelling indicated a religious or clan loyalty to a branch or chieftain.

The Dalriadan race of the Hebrides was anciently descended from the early Irish Kings, specifically King Colla da Crioch, who was banished from Ireland in 327 A.D., along with 350 clan chiefs. Even now, there are Scottish highland clans who still call themselves the "Children of Colla". Dalriadan King Fergus Mor MacEarca defeated the Picts, their neighbours to the east, in 498 A.D. Kenneth MacAlpine, first King of Scotland, or Alba, or Caledonia, as it was known, was half Dalriadan, half Pict.

At one time Scotland was called Scotia minor , while Ireland was the original, Scotia major.

The Highland Clans were a different breed. In early history many battles were fought with the Scottish King in Edinburgh or Edinborough. Bonnie Prince Charlie finally rallied their support for his claim to the throne which culminated at Culloden in 1745.

The surname MacGregor emerged as a Scottish Clan or family in their territory of Argyll where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire. They state they were directly descended from King Alpin, High King of Scotland who died in 860 AD.

The MacGregors have always held their superior claim to the throne of Scotland. They were the principal branch of the Siol Alpine, an ancient Clan group descended from King Alpin. For their assistance to King Alexander the MacGregors held vast territories in Argyll and Perthshire. However, their neighbours, the Campbells were jealous of their status and over the next three or four centuries they proceeded to erode the territories and image of the MacGregors. They were first known as "Children of the Mist" and were finally outlawed in 1603, by the English, after their great battle with the Clan Colquhoun.

Rob Roy MacGregor was a Clan hero.

www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/24730352826/

Another chieftain migrated to America where he was scalped by Indians. They were finally formally forgiven by Queen Victoria in 1888. The pine is the Clan's plant badge, their war cry is "Ard-choille" and the pipe music is Ruaig Ghlinne Freoine (Chase of Glen Fruin). One of the tartans is made of red, black and yellow setts. Notable amongst the Clan from early times was Rob Roy MacGregor.

For the next two or three centuries the surname MacGregor played an important role in the highlands and in the affairs of Scotland. However, typical of the ancient conflict between highlander and Edinburgh, many ancient highland clans have still not officially been recognized as clans by the Lord Lyon of Scotland.

Many clansmen of Highland families migrated from Scotland to Ireland during the 17th and 18th centuries. They were granted the lands of the native Catholic Irish. Some 16 families settled in Derry in Ulster, in the north of Ireland.

However, to many, life in Ireland became a disillusionment. Conditions were little better than in their Scots homeland. Poverty prevailed, and the religious conflicts remained, except that now they were in another colonial land and without the same support and kinship of the clan. The New World North American colonies beckoned to the adventurous.

Clansmen sailed aboard the small sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic, ships such as the Hector, the Rambler and the Dove, indenturing themselves for as long as ten years to pay their passage. These ships were originally designed for 100 passengers, but frequently sailed with 400 to 500 people on board. Many ships arrived with only 60 to 70% of their overcrowded passenger list alive, the rest dying at sea.

In North America, the Highlanders settled Virginia, the Carolinas, Pictou, Nova Scotia and the Ottawa Valley. Some of the first migrants which could be considered a kinsman of the name MacGregor, or of that same Clan or family, were Duncan McGregor settled in South Carolina in 1716, along with Mall; Gregor McGregor settled in Virginia along with John in 1716; John McGregor settled in Boston in 1766; Duncan, John, Joseph, Peter, Robert and William McGregor all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Greggie and Jane Macgregor settled in Georgia in 1737.

Addit : 'Our Tartan'

by Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, Hereditary Chief of Clan Gregor ,Updated 28 April, 2012.

acgsus.org/our-tartan/

The American War of Independence found many who were loyal to their new cause, while others remaining loyal to the Crown trekked north to Canada and became known as the United Empire Loyalists.

Many prominent people enjoy the distinction of this name and they include: Kelvin McGregor, American Lawyer; Sir George McGregor, New Zealand Judge; Malcolm McGregor, Canadian Professor of the Classics; Air Marshall Andrew McGregor; Sir Colin MacGregor, Chief Justice in Jamaica; Duncan MacGregor, Dentist; Edward MacGregor, British Diplomat; Hon. Sir George MacGregor, Judge.

The most ancient grant of a Coat of Arms found was: Silver with an oak tree surmounted by a sword on its tip a red crown.

The Crest was: A black lion's head with an antique crown.

The ancient family Motto for this name was: "S rioghal Mo Dhream" (Royal is my race).

My patrilineal line apparently descends from an Ulster Irish sept of this Scots name banned by the English for some while and / or perhaps from the meaning 'Watcher'.

Cigarette Card - Clan MacGregor

Player's Cigarettes, Highland Clans, 1907. No2 MacGregor

www.flickr.com/photos/44841559@N03/4695463739

[surely not the ? Drummond clan! There are some of this Clan in NZ like Stirling which may be MacGregor descent]. Irish surname variations tend to still be called septs while Scots variations tend to be called clans.

Coat of Arms: Argent a sword azure in band dexter, a Fir Tree eradicated proper in bend Sinister an antique Crown with points, gules in chief and supported by the point of the sword - alluding to the constant loyalty of the MacGregors.

www.flickr.com/photos/celtico/2727935130/

Gaelic motto above the crest:

'S rioghal mo Dhream' translates as "Royal is my Race" on the Scroll below the Shield: Ard Choille" ; the war cry alluding to a place of that name: "The woody height!"... the rendezvous of the MacGregors in Glen Dochart.

While there's leaves in the forest

And foam on the river,

MacGregor, despite them,

Shall flourish forever!

-Sir Walter Scott

Despite Them - Ihnen zum Trotz !

Other Clan Gregor Tartans ....official.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Gregorhttp://blog.albanach.org/2006/05/macgregor-tartans.html

Tartan Day, a day set aside for the celebration of the Scottish influence on North America, Australia and New Zealand, but not celebrated in Scotland itself. It is the anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath, 6th April [ in 1320 ] : One passage in particular is often quoted from the Fergusson translation:

...for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.]

Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven cloth, but are now used in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. (Tartan is also known as 'plaid' in North America, but this word means a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder or a blanket.)

A Tartan is made with alternating bands of coloured (pre-dyed) threads woven as both warp and weft at right angles to each other. The weft is woven in a simple twill, two over - two under the warp, advancing one thread each pass. This forms visible diagonal lines where different colours cross, which give the appearance of new colours blended from the original ones. The resulting blocks of colour repeat vertically and horizontally in a distinctive pattern of squares and lines known as a sett.

www.viddler.com/explore/scotiana/videos/4/

Until the middle of the nineteenth century, tartans were simply different cloth patterns, whereof one chose the tartans most to one's liking - in the same way as people nowadays choose what colours and patterns they prefer in their clothing. Thus, it was not until the mid 1800s that specific tartans became associated with Scottish clans or Scottish families, or simply institutions who are (or wish to be seen as) associated in some way with a Scottish heritage.

Origins

The world's first colour photograph, made by the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell in 1861, was of a tartan ribbon. Textile analysis of fabric from Indo-European Tocharian graves in Western China has shown similarities to the Iron Age civilizations of Europe dating from 800 BC, including woven twill and tartan patterns strikingly similar to Celtic tartans from Northwest Europe. The Celts wore coats set with a pattern of checks close together and of varied colours, similar in fashion to the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh tartans. Tartan patterns have been used in British and Irish weaving for centuries. Northumbrian tartan is held by some to be the earliest British tartan . A possible predecessor of Northumbrian Tartan dating from the 3rd century, found near the Antonine Wall and known as the "Falkirk sett", has a checked pattern in two colours identified as the undyed brown and white of the native Soay sheep. The fabric had been used as a stopper in an earthenware pot containing a hoard of silver coins.

Parti-coloured cloth was used by the Celts from the earliest time, but the variety of colours in the clothing was greater or less, according to the rank of the wearer. That of the ancient kings had seven colours, that of the druids six, and that of the nobles four . In the days of Martin Martin (circa 1700), the tartans seemed to be used to distinguish the inhabitants of different districts and not the inhabitants of different families as at present. He expressly says that the inhabitants of various islands were not all dressed alike, but that the setts and colours of the various tartans varied from isle to isle. As he does not mention the use of a special pattern by each family, it would appear that such a distinction is a modern one, and taken from the ancient custom of a tartan for each district, the family or clan in each district originally the most numerous in each part, eventually adopting as their distinctive clan tartan, the tartan of such district. Martin's information was not obtained on hearsay: he was born in Skye, and reared in the midst of Highland customs.

John Campbell of the Bank, 1749. The present official Clan Campbell tartans are green. For many centuries, the patterns were loosely associated with the weavers of a particular area, though it was common for highlanders to wear a number of different tartans at the same time. A 1587 charter granted to Hector Maclean of Duart requires feu duty on land paid as 60 ells of cloth of white, black and green colours. A witness of the 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie describes "McDonnell's men in their triple stripes". From 1725 the government force of the Highland Independent Companies introduced a standardised tartan chosen to avoid association with any particular clan, and this was formalised when they became the Black Watch regiment in 1739.

The most effective fighters for Jacobitism were the supporting Scottish clans, leading to an association of tartans with the Jacobite cause. Efforts to pacify the Highlands led to the 1746 Dress Act banning tartans with exemptions for the military and the gentry. Soon after the Act was repealed in 1782 Highland Societies of landowners were promoting "the general use of the ancient Highland dress". William Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn became the foremost weaving manufacturer around 1770 as suppliers of tartan to the military. Wilson corresponded with his agents in the highlands to get information and samples of cloth from the clan districts to enable him to reproduce "perfectly genuine patterns" and recorded over 200 setts by 1822, many of which were tentatively named. The Cockburn Collection of named samples made by Wilsons was put together between 1810 and 1820 and is now in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. At this time many setts were simply numbered, or given fanciful names such as the "Robin Hood" tartan.

By the 19th century the Highland romantic revival inspired by James Macpherson's Ossian poems and the writings of Walter Scott led to wider interest, with clubs like the Celtic Society of Edinborough welcoming Lowlanders. The pageantry invented for the 1822 visit of King George IV to Scotland brought a sudden demand for tartan cloth and made it the national dress of the whole of Scotland, with the invention of many new clan tartans to suit.

Clan tartans

"Ye principal clovris of ye clanne Stewart tartan," which appeared in the Vestiarium Scoticum of 1842. The Vestiarium is the source of many of today's clan tartans.The naming and registration of official clan tartans began on April 8, 1815 when the Highland Society of London (founded 1778) resolved that all the clan chiefs each "be respectfully solicited to furnish the Society with as Much of the Tartan of his Lordship's Clan as will serve to Show the Pattern and to Authenticate the Same by Attaching Thereunto a Card bearing the Impression of his Lordship's Arms." Many had no idea of what their tartan might be, but were keen to comply and to provide authentic signed and sealed samples. Alexander Macdonald, 2nd Baron Macdonald of Slate was so far removed from his Highland heritage that he wrote to the Society: "Being really ignorant of what is exactly The Macdonald Tartan, I request you will have the goodness to exert every Means in your power to Obtain a perfectly genuine Pattern, Such as Will Warrant me in Authenticating it with my Arms."

The tartan of a Scottish clan is a sequence of colours and shades unique to the material, authorised by the clan society for use by members of that clan for kilts, ties, and other garments and decorations. Every clan with a society has at least one distinct tartan. While "heraldic" in the sense of being visual representation of blood relation, they are not "Scottish heraldry", strictly speaking. In Scotland, heraldry is protected under the law by the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms, and there are penalties for bearing an unauthorised Coat of arms. Any tartan specified in a Grant of Arms by the Lord Lyon is registered by him, but there is no legal prohibition against wearing the "wrong" tartan. It is considered proper to wear a clan tartan if the wearer is associated with the clan by name, by blood or by legal adoption. In this connection, one ought to be mindful of the fact that by tradition, Scottish bloodlines run on the mother's side as well as the father's (As the saying goes: "Scots blood cannot be diluted by anything save by Scots whisky!" or whiskey, the Irish spelling) - just as clan chiefs are by no means necessarily male; therefore, wearing the tartan of one's grandmother's clan is held to be perfectly appropriate, and, indeed, a most laudable manifestation of proper veneration. It is also proper to wear a tartan ascribed to the district, county, or shire.

Interestingly, a few tartans are now described as "general", i.e. acceptable for all to wear. The Black Watch tartan is the most well-known of these. Furthermore, the "Stewart Hunting Tartan" is also considered a general tartan by many; originally, as the name implies, a Stewart tartan, its use in several Highland regiments led to this broadening of its application. It remains, however, the most popular tartan in use by Stewart clan members. Finally, a few words should be said about the best known tartan of all: the famous Royal Stewart. Originally a variation on the Stewart of Galloway clan tartan, and as such a bona fide Stewart tartan, it was favoured by the Royal Family, wherefore many people consider it a Royal tartan. For this reason, it became a much sought-after tartan with the Highland regiments; and this, again, led to its present-day popularity, where it functions, for all practical purposes, as THE Scottish Tartan, being used with everything for shortbread boxes to mugs and miniskirts. Queen Anne, foreseeing this development, remedied it once and for all by affirming that the British sovereign was to be considered clan chief of all Britons - English, Scots, Welsh and Irish - and that every (loyal) British subject therefore had the right to display her/his allegiance to the clan chief by wearing the clan tartan of the United Kingdom: The Royal Stewart.

In the borderlands area of England abutting Scotland, tartans are called 'checks'.

Other tartans

The Black Watch tartan, also known as the "Government sett", or the Campbell tartan. The tartan was used, and is in current use, by several military units throughout the Commonwealth.

An example of a modern Hunting tartan, the MacAulay Hunting tartan. Hunting tartans are generally darker and less distinct tartans, and meant to resemble camouflage.In addition to the clan tartans, there are many tartans registered for families, districts, institutions and even specific commemorative "memorials" for events or persons. Further, tradition reserves some patterns for use by Scottish Highland military units of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries.

Those units associated with the British Royal Family use the Royal Stewart Tartan regardless of whether they are affiliated by blood to the Stewart clan. This is because of the Royal Family's Stewart ancestry through James VI of Scotland. The Royal family themselves use the Balmoral tartan. However tartan is pretty inclusive. There are tartans for military forces like the Royal Air Force & Royal Canadian Air Force, commercial companies, special interest groups like Amnesty International, religious movements (including Hare Krishna), cities, football clubs, dancing and whisky-drinking societies, non-British Celtic groups such as French Bretons and Spanish Galicians, commemorations and regions of the world where people of the Scottish Diaspora live. As a result most people, whether of Scottish ancestry or not, can find some tartan which is significant for them. There are also general fashion tartans, not officially registered in Scotland, for those who do not care about the significance.

In Canada all provinces have an official tartan.

British Airways used a tartan design as part of its ethnic tailfin rebranding. This design, Benyhone or "Mountain of the birds," was one of the most widely used designs, being applied to 27 aircraft of the BA fleet.

The Clergy are the only profession represented by a separate tartan. The legend that goes along with this is that they needed a separate tartan to wear instead of their own family's so that they would not be attacked by members of their new congregations who were feuding with their clan.

In the Celtic regions of Cornwall and Wales tartans and kilts have been adopted as part of the 19th and 20th century Celtic revival.

The traditional Northumbrian tartan tartan, known in Scotland as the Shephard's Tartan, is perhaps the oldest tartan design in Britain. It is in common use, for instance being worn by Northumbrian Pipers.

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Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.

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Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.

Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org

History

In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.

While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.

Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009

Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.

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Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.

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Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.

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Note: this photo was published in a Sep 4, 2011 issue of Everyblock NYC for the "customized" region of Central Park. It was also published in an undated (early Dec 2012) blog titled "Deportes en Central Park."

Moving into 2014, the photo was also published in an Apr 7, 2014 blog titled "心拍数トレーニングの基礎知識と実践方法のまとめ."

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You probably think that you already know everything that you need to know about the Central Park reservoir. After all, everyone has heard of New York City, and most people (except the residents of certain boroughs that we won't mention by name) assume that "New York City" means "Manhattan." And if you've heard of Manhattan, then you've heard of Central Park ... and if you know about Central Park, then you know about the reservoir in the middle of the park. What more is there to know?

Well, actually, there's a lot you should know, beginning with the fact that its official name is now "The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir," in honor of the late widow of President John Kennedy. But you can call it the Central Park Reservoir, because that was its original name, and that's what most of us here still do call it. (We also insist on calling the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge by its original moniker, "the Triboro Bridge," but who knows how long that will last.)

More importantly, it's not even a reservoir any more ... or, to be more precise, it became a "decommissioned" reservoir in 1993, when it was deemed obsolete because of a new water-main under 79th Street that connected to the Third Water Tunnel. (There was also some concern that the reservoir might eventually become contaminated because of the nasty habit of the rowdy bridge-and-tunnel crowd -- aka visitors from New Jersey, Long Island, and other 'burbs -- to pee in the reservoir after getting thoroughly sloshed on green beer and Ripple wine every St. Patrick's Day. But we don't really like to talk about that, because they eventually go home, and we make a lot of money from the event.)

So basically, the Central Park so-called reservoir is just a big pond with a billion gallons of water (give or take a gallon or two), with colorful Kanzan cherry trees along one section, a bunch of rhododendrons along another section, and lots of animals (mallards, Canadian geese, coots, loons, cormorants, wood ducks, raccoons, grebes, herons, and egrets) who hang out in the general area. It also has a 1.58-mile jogging path, which means that you can almost always find dozens of people jogging, walking, or racing around the park; and only the cynics would remind you that game show host Jack Barry died while jogging around the reservoir in 1984.

You might think that the reservoir was originally a pond or a small lake, or that it was fed and replenished by some kind of underground stream. But in fact, the reservoir was built during the period of 1858-1862 by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, as part of the overall design of Central Park. It was never a source of water itself, nor was it a "collecting" reservoir; its purpose instead was to receive water from upstate New York, via the Croton Aqueduct, and distribute it to the thirsty residents of Manhattan. All of that predated the work of Olmstead and Vaux; the Croton aqueduct was begun in 1837, and began delivering water to New York City in 1842.

So much for the history of the place. Like I said, it's basically just a big pond in the middle of Manhattan; but it happens to be a very beautiful place, especially with the skyline of the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, and central Manhattan so visible from different vantage points. During the brief week or two that the cherry trees are in blossom, it's almost as beautiful as the famous stretch of trees in Washington; and it's a peaceful place for a stroll throughout the spring, summer, and fall. It's even beautiful in the dead of winter, when much of the water has frozen over, and when the jogging path is basically empty...

On three consecutive days in mid-to-late August, I walked around the reservoir with my camera, doing my best to capture some of the peaceful beauty, as well as the activity of the joggers and walkers and tourists. On the first day, I walked clockwise around the reservoir -- because everyone else was following the posted rules, and was running/walking counter-clockwise, which made it easier for me to photograph them. Then I came back the next day and walked the circumference again, but this time in the officially-sanctioned counter-clockwise direction. And then I decided that all of the still photos had failed to capture the beauty of the fountain that sprays a plume of water high into the air, as well as the constant motion of all those joggers and walkers ... so I came back for a third lap around the park, but this time with my camera set to "video" instead of "still." I've done my best to winnow all of the photos and videos down to a representative set; but to truly appreciate the beauty of the place, you'll have to come back and see it for yourself.

By the way, don't ask me what a grebe is. I have no idea, and I can only hope that I haven't stepped on one by mistake as I've walked around the reservoir from time to time...

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Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.

The Beach The Pier

Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.

Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org

History

In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.

While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.

Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009

Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.

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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.

Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.

Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.

Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.

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Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.

The Beach The Pier

Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.

Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org

History

In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.

While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.

Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009

Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.

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Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.

Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.

Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.

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Thank you all for your tips and discussion!

As promised the summary of the discussion about the color cast if you use LEE and B & W filters. The English translation you will find below the Dutch summary.

Een aantal weken geleden heb ik een vraag op Flickr gesteld over de blauwe zweem bij het gebruik van de LEE big stopper en de ND6. Ik gebruikte een B&W ND110 en ND106 filter om het effect van de wolken zo optimaal mogelijk uit te laten komen.

Bij de B&W filters had ik altijd al wel last van een magenta zweem, dat was makkelijk te verhelpen in bij het inladen van de RAW-file, maar…. bij LEE was het wel heel erg blauw. Ik baalde daar vreselijk van. Als je de recensies leest, komt LEE veel beter uit de vergelijkingen. Nou…. Ik vond dus van niet. Wat een zooitje waren deze LE opnames, zo blauw heb je nog nooit een LE gezien, tenminste ik niet.

Ik bedacht me dat dit wel iets met de witbalans te maken moest hebben.

Eerst maar eens via google gezocht en jawel, daar kwam ik wel wat tegen over dit onderwerp, zie de linkjes:

blog.robertstrachan.com/archives/1428/how-to-remove-the-c...

landscapephotographyblog.com/camera-craft/the-battle-of-t...

mattharrisphotography.co.uk/articles/reviews/lee-big-stop...

Een fotovriend van me mailde me dit linkje: landscapephotographymagazine.com/2011/lee-big-stopper-and...

Er kwam een hele mooie discussie en allerlei tips/trucs op gang. Zo ontzettend leuk om te lezen en te volgen, ik denk dat dit vaker op Flickr zou moeten gebeuren.

Hieronder volgt een samenvatting van deze discussie en de tips/trucs.

Zowel B&W filters als LEE-filters geven kleurzweem, daar is niets aan te doen. Dit moet je aanpassen in je RAW-file in Lightroom of Photoshop (spelen met de witbalans de kleurtoon tot je tevreden bent).

Het stapelen van filters (2 of meer filters) geeft een extra kleurzweem.

Op de vraag of je je witbalans al bij de opname moet aanpassen, kwamen verschillende antwoorden. Er werd gekozen voor witbalans automatisch (doe ik zelf ook altijd) of op daglicht. In beide gevallen moet je de witbalans in Lightroom of Photoshop aanpassen. Ik heb een aantal testopnames gemaakt met de witbalans op Kelvin 10.000, zoals dit door LEE wordt aanbevolen. Ik vind het verschil tussen automatisch en Kelvin 10.000 te verwaarlozen.

Wat je zou kunnen helpen om natuurlijke kleuren bij het bewerken te krijgen, is ook een foto maken zonder filter, zoals de “werkelijkheid” is.

Een hele interessante pagina om te lezen is ook: www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lens-filters.htm

Veel fotografen die extreme LE’s maken (3 minuten of langer), zetten hun beeld om in zwart-wit, je hebt dan geen last van de kleurzweem. Toch passen ook zij de witbalans eerst in Lightroom of Photoshop aan voordat ze hun beeld omzetten in zwart-wit.

Er zijn een aantal tutorials van zwart-wit fotografen, die beveel ik echt aan, heb het geluk gehad om bij deze twee fotografen twee keer een workshop te kunnen volgen:

www.bulbexposures.com/home/2012/11/13/from-raw-to-final-n...

www.bulbexposures.com/long-exposure-tutorial-old/

vimeo.com/54313721

Andere links van "zwart-wit fotografen":

www.flickr.com/photos/tjintjelaar/7354319574/

www.flickr.com/photos/bertrande/8142479711/

www.flickr.com/photos/michael_diblicek/7266340958/

www.flickr.com/photos/keifereef/8090638577/

Ik heb ontzettend genoten van deze discussie en er ontzettend veel van opgestoken, dank jullie wel!

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A few weeks ago I posted a question on Flickr about the blue cast when using the LEE big stopper and ND6. Before using the LEE-filters I used a B & W ND110 and ND106 filter to get the LE-effect of the clouds as optimally as possible.

In the B & W filters there is always a magenta cast that is easy to remove by loading the RAW file, images taken by using LEE was very blue. I was disappointed. If you read the reviews, LEE is the best filter you can use. Well .... at first sight I did agree. What a mess, these LE’s, so blue you've never seen at least I didn’t.

I thought to myself this is all about the white balance. So I searched on google and yes, I found out some topics about the blue cast, see the links:

leefilters.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/40152-big...

landscapephotographyblog.com/camera-craft/the-battle-of-t...

mattharrisphotography.co.uk/articles/reviews/lee-big-stop...

A photo friend of mine emailed me this link: landscapephotographymagazine.com/2011/lee-big-stopper-and...

There was a very nice discussion and many tips / tricks on Flickr. So much fun to read and follow, I think this should happen more often on Flickr.

Below is a summary of this discussion and the tips / tricks.

Both B & W filters as LEE filters provide color cast, there is a fact. You have to post process your RAW file in Lightroom or Photoshop (playing with the white balance color tone until you are satisfied).

Stacking filters (2 or more filters) gives an extra color cast.

The question whether you already must adapt the white balance when recording, different answers were given. Opted for automatic white balance (I myself always) or daylight. In both cases you have to adjust the white balance in Lightroom or Photoshop. I did some test shots taken with the white balance at 10,000 Kelvin, as recommended by LEE. I think the difference between automatic and 10000 Kelvin is negligible.

What could help you when editing to natural colours is making a picture without the filter, such as the "reality" is.

A very interesting page to read also: www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lens-filters.htm

Many photographers who shoot extremely LE’s (3 minutes or more), put their image in black and white, you do not suffer from the color cast then. They also fit the white balance first in Lightroom or Photoshop before processing their image to black and white.

There are a number of tutorials processing to black and white, which I really recommend.

www.bulbexposures.com/home/2012/11/13/from-raw-to-final-n...

www.bulbexposures.com/long-exposure-tutorial-old/

vimeo.com/54313721

Other links of "black and white photographers":

www.flickr.com/photos/tjintjelaar/7354319574/

www.flickr.com/photos/bertrande/8142479711/

www.flickr.com/photos/michael_diblicek/7266340958/

www.flickr.com/photos/keifereef/8090638577/

I've enjoyed this discussion and learned a lot, thank you!

Microsoft Visio Stencil Links Collection by Mike Reams

Microsoft Visio Stencil Links Collection

Over the years as I have used Microsoft Visio, I found the need for stencils from various vendors during this time. Visio 2013 only comes with a certain amount therefore there’s a need for a handy Microsoft Visio Stencil Links...

mikereams.com/2016/01/collection-of-visio-stencils/

clean data and updated spreadsheets [H23/365] by Anna Creech

Over the past few years, we've been using the What To Withdraw Tool from ITHAKA to weed our print serials that are in the JSTOR archive. Not all of the volumes are already in the archive, and some titles we continue to receive in print for one reason or another (although we moved as many as we could to online-only). I maintain a spreadsheet that I use to track which volumes need to be withdrawn every year, and where we are in the process of having the whole run fall into the JSTOR archive coverage. I've spent most of today gathering data, adding 51 new titles to the list, creating reports for Stacks Maintenance and Serials staff, and updating holdings data in our OpenURL knowledgebase.

Wild Hog Crossing by Angela Orlando

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Feral Swine, more often referred to as wild boar, were first introduced in North America by European and Spanish explorers some 400 to 500 years ago. The wild hog remained confined to the forests

and swamps of the South Eastern US, from Florida to Texas, where they survived and flourished but remained in check. In a time frame beginning around 1990 to the year 2009, the wild boar broke out and made a dramatic spread from their isolated boundaries of East Texas and the South Eastern United States. They had existed in these areas for hundreds of years, as mentioned in the journals

of Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and other legends. In Texas Wild hogs spread northward through the Panhandle and westward, all the way through Texas into New Mexico. I am now receiving first hand reports that their northward expansion has now established itself in irreversible numbers in parts of southern COLORADO. The mountains will offer no resistance to wild boars ability to survive and spread. Their ancestors Eurasian Boar were mountain animals. Wild Boar really do have a shield.

This shield is considered scar tissue or a callus which becomes harder and thicker with age. The shield covers the hog, beginning from the neck to the last rib. This shield is generally about 1 inch

thick, but can be more than 3 inches thick and is found mainly on the boar. It's purpose is to

protect the boar during battles with each other.

SOME FAST FACTS AS OF 2006:

STATES WITH FERAL HOGS: 39, plus 4 Canadian provinces.

TEXAS COUNTIES with Feral Hogs, 225 out of 254 counties.

HOG POULATION IN TEXAS; 2,000,000 (MILLION)+!

NATIONAL POPULATION is estimated at around 4,000,000.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL AG DAMAGE from feral swine $52 MILLION!

LANDOWNER ANNUAL EXPENSE to control feral swine $7 MILLION

NATURAL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A FERAL SWINE IS 6 to 8 years.

AVERAGE SIZE of feral swine is 100 to 150 pounds, but depending

on the region can obtain sizes in excess of 600 lbs.

REPRODUCTION OF FERAL SWINE: Once a sow reaches breeding age at 7 or 8

months of age they can be responsible for 1,000 plus feral swine in a 5 year period.

The State of Texas had an estimated population of around 2 MILLION at last check.

( If 1/4 are breeding sows!? )

Webster's dictionary defines feral as: having escaped from domestication and become

wild. Hence, all feral hogs in the U.S. up until the 1930's were from domestic stock.

Wild boar look very different from domestic pigs. They have smaller ears and much

longer snouts; their tails are straight and tufted at the tip. Hair coloring is brown to black.

Long bristles run from the head along the centre line of the back, and can be raised two

to three inches from the body when wild boar are excited or agitated. With their hind

legs shorter than front legs, wild boar have an "uphill" appearance. Mature wild boar

measure up to 40 inches at the shoulder. Males can weigh up to 450 pounds and

females up to 370 pounds.

The weight of fully matured feral hogs will vary from 200 pounds to over 700 pounds.

True Wild Boar or Russian Boar will weigh around 400 pounds when fully grown

(4 - 5 years of age). The weight of the feral hog is determined by the domestic breed

line of the animal. Wild Boar are both good and safe to eat when prepared properly.

Texas and New Hampshire are the only 2 states where true Russian Boar may still

exist on a rare basis. BUT, with hunters buying and releasing TRUE RUSSIAN BOARS

into the wild this is ever changing. See: knowledgebase.texasboars.com/

A hog-like animal, the javelina or collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu), is native to the

southwest U.S. However, the feral hog is a different species, genus and family from the

javelina which belongs to the family Tayassuidae. The javelina is often confused with

the feral hog. Javelinas are hog-like in appearance, however, they are not closely related.

In Texas, the javelina is found in the more arid or semi-arid parts of the state, with most occurring in the South Texas brush country, the Trans-Pecos' desert grasslands, and the Edwards Plateau's oak-juniper woodlands. See: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/trans_pecos/...

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ملابس نسائية

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اغاني جديدة -

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قصائد صوتيه - البومات 2010 - البومات 2011 - احدث البومات المطربين - البومات طرب

تعلم اللغات - فديو كليب عربي - فديو كليب اجنبي - فديو كليب خليجي - احدث الفديو كليبات - فديو كيب 2011

شباب كول cool - كلمات الاغاني العراقية - كلمات الاغاني الاجنبية - كلمات الاغاني التركية - كلمات الاغاني الحديثة

نصائح نسائيه - برنامج نجم الخليج - برايمات نجم الخليج 2010 - اغاني نجم الخليج - سوبر ستار - سباق النجوم

ملابس نسائية - منتدى الافلام العربيه - افلام عربيه - افلام عربيه مضحكه - افلام عليه مشهوره - افلام عربيه جميله

mp3 - منتديات افلام اجنبيه - افلام البوكس اوفيس - افلام في دور العرض - احدث الافلام الاجنبية

hyhkd - المسلسلات العربية - احدث المسلسلات العربية - مسلسلات مصرية - مسلسلات خليجية - مسلسلات سورية

اغاني - مسلسلات تركية جديده - مسلسلات تركيه - مسلسلات تركية جديدة 2010

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تحميل روايات - اغاني اجنبية - اغاني اجنبية جديدة - اغاني اجنبية 2010 MP3

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قصائد صوتيه - البومات 2010 - البومات 2011 - احدث البومات المطربين - البومات طرب

تعلم اللغات - فديو كليب عربي - فديو كليب اجنبي - فديو كليب خليجي - احدث الفديو كليبات - فديو كيب 2011

شباب كول cool - كلمات الاغاني العراقية - كلمات الاغاني الاجنبية - كلمات الاغاني التركية - كلمات الاغاني الحديثة

نصائح نسائيه - برنامج نجم الخليج - برايمات نجم الخليج 2010 - اغاني نجم الخليج - سوبر ستار - سباق النجوم

ملابس نسائية - منتدى الافلام العربيه - افلام عربيه - افلام عربيه مضحكه - افلام عليه مشهوره - افلام عربيه جميله

mp3 - منتديات افلام اجنبيه - افلام البوكس اوفيس - افلام في دور العرض - احدث الافلام الاجنبية

hyhkd - المسلسلات العربية - احدث المسلسلات العربية - مسلسلات مصرية - مسلسلات خليجية - مسلسلات سورية

اغاني - مسلسلات تركية جديده - مسلسلات تركيه - مسلسلات تركية جديدة 2010

عراقية - منتدى الافلام الهنديه - افلام بالهندي - افلام هندية مدبلجة للعربية

دردشة عراقية اغاني عراقية قلب استضافة دردشة عراقية كوكل شباب الرافدين

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الابراج اليومية - برنامج نجم الخليج - برايمات نجم الخليج 2010 سباق النجوم

ملابس نسائية

اغاني - مسلسلات تركية جديدة 2010

عراقية - افلام هندية مدبلجة للعربية

اغاني جديدة -

دردشة عراقية يوسف الصديق

دردشة العراق الصوتية

- دردشة صوتية عراقية -

منتدى العركات - اغاني عراقية - طرب العراق - اغنية عراقية - مغنين عراقيين - اغاني عراقية 2010

حرب الصبايا - جلسات خليجية - احدث الجلسات الخليجية - اغاني جلسات خليجية - جلسات 2010 - جلسات 2011

تحميل روايات - اغاني اجنبية - اغاني اجنبية جديدة - اغاني اجنبية 2010 MP3

خواطر حب - منتدى صور ممثلين عرب - صور مشاهير عربيه - صور فنانات عربيات - صور ممثلات عربيه - صور ممثلات عربيه

قصائد صوتيه - البومات 2010 - البومات 2011 - احدث البومات المطربين - البومات طرب

تعلم اللغات - فديو كليب عربي - فديو كليب اجنبي - فديو كليب خليجي - احدث الفديو كليبات - فديو كيب 2011

شباب كول cool - كلمات الاغاني العراقية - كلمات الاغاني الاجنبية - كلمات الاغاني التركية - كلمات الاغاني الحديثة

نصائح نسائيه - برنامج نجم الخليج - برايمات نجم الخليج 2010 - اغاني نجم الخليج - سوبر ستار - سباق النجوم

ملابس نسائية - منتدى الافلام العربيه - افلام عربيه - افلام عربيه مضحكه - افلام عليه مشهوره - افلام عربيه جميله

mp3 - منتديات افلام اجنبيه - افلام البوكس اوفيس - افلام في دور العرض - احدث الافلام الاجنبية

hyhkd - المسلسلات العربية - احدث المسلسلات العربية - مسلسلات مصرية - مسلسلات خليجية - مسلسلات سورية

اغاني - مسلسلات تركية جديده - مسلسلات تركيه - مسلسلات تركية جديدة 2010

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حرب الصبايا - جلسات خليجية - احدث الجلسات الخليجية - اغاني جلسات خليجية - جلسات 2010 - جلسات 2011

تحميل روايات - اغاني اجنبية - اغاني اجنبية جديدة - اغاني اجنبية 2010 MP3

خواطر حب - منتدى صور ممثلين عرب - صور مشاهير عربيه - صور فنانات عربيات - صور ممثلات عربيه - صور ممثلات عربيه

قصائد صوتيه - البومات 2010 - البومات 2011 - احدث البومات المطربين - البومات طرب

تعلم اللغات - فديو كليب عربي - فديو كليب اجنبي - فديو كليب خليجي - احدث الفديو كليبات - فديو كيب 2011

شباب كول cool - كلمات الاغاني العراقية - كلمات الاغاني الاجنبية - كلمات الاغاني التركية - كلمات الاغاني الحديثة

نصائح نسائيه - برنامج نجم الخليج - برايمات نجم الخليج 2010 - اغاني نجم الخليج - سوبر ستار - سباق النجوم

ملابس نسائية - منتدى الافلام العربيه - افلام عربيه - افلام عربيه مضحكه - افلام عليه مشهوره - افلام عربيه جميله

mp3 - منتديات افلام اجنبيه - افلام البوكس اوفيس - افلام في دور العرض - احدث الافلام الاجنبية

hyhkd - المسلسلات العربية - احدث المسلسلات العربية - مسلسلات مصرية - مسلسلات خليجية - مسلسلات سورية

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Maya Nayak with Window Farms by Britta Riley / Eyebeam Open Studios Fall 2009 / 20091023.10D.55537.P1.L1.SQ.BW / SML by See-ming Lee

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Window Farms (Flickr) are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.

The Beach The Pier

Goal 1: to start a Windowfarming craze in New York City and other dense urban areas, helping people grow some of their food year-round in their apartment windows.

Goal 2: give ordinary folks a means to collaborate on research and development at our.windowfarms.org

History

In February 2009, through a residency at Eyebeam, Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray began to build and test the first Window Farms prototype. Growing food inside NY apartments is a challenge, but within reach. The foundational knowledge base is emerging through working with agricultural, architectural and other specialists, collecting sensor data, and reinterpreting hydroponics research conducted by NASA scientists and marijuana farmers. We have been researching and developing hydroponic designs that are inexpensive and made from relatively inexpensive materials. The working prototype is a drip system made from recycled water bottles, holding 25 plants. Beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, arugula, basil, lettuce and kale are thriving.

While completing the first Prototype in mid-April, we invited a dozen "Pioneers" to join us in creating Window Farms. We asked them to approach the project like a night class, devoting one night a week for two months. We showed them our prototype and presented the DIY research and development we did so far and invited them to build on our research to create their own designs. Currently, the Pioneers are designing their systems. Their innovative ideas are adding to the knowledgebase about DIY hydroponics.

Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009

Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.

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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.

Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.

Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.

Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.