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Level 5 is now accessible only via the goods lift. It still looks like a ghetto compared with its infancy.
Please be careful when documenting this area as there could be workers around that can catch you unawares!
May 1, 2014
This day I settled into a route that took me through the highest concentration of people and places that provided decent-to-great midday light. I was feeling much more upbeat and gregarious than usual on this day, it was good because I was rewarded with seeing a fellow shortly after beginning my stroll.
This is Jason. He obviously popped out of the crowd with his distinct, kinda rockabilly vibe and look. I approached and explained what I was up to and he was happy to participate. Jason was a chef at a local restaurant and when I asked where he trained, he said he was self-taught, he simply challenged the Blue Seal exams. I did not realize you could do that, so was duly impressed. However, I sensed he was in a bit of a hurry, his companion was waiting for him. I should note though, she was Facebook’ing this encounter while chuckling to herself the whole time. Thanking him for his time, we parted ways.
Thanks Jason for stopping for me, it was a pleasure to meet you. All the best.
***Constructive Critiques Welcome***
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Find out more about the project and see
pictures taken by other photographers
at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
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NGC 772 (PGC 7525, and with NGC 770 = Arp 78)
Discovered (Nov 29, 1785) by William Herschel
A 10th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type SA(s)b) in Aries (RA 01 59 19.5, Dec +19 00 27)
Based on a recessional velocity of 2472 km/sec, NGC 772 is about 115 million light years away, well within widely varying redshift-independent distance estimates of 60 to 170 million light years. In any event, it must be at about the same distance as its elliptical companion, NGC 770 (that is, about 115 million light years away). Given that and its apparent size of 7.2 by 4.3 arcmin, it is about 240 thousand light years.
"Excerpt courtesy of Courtney Seligman"
cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc7a.htm#772
Image... Cherryvalley Observatory (I83). Telescope: 0.2-m SCT & SBIG STL-1301E CCD Camera @f7.6. Image Scale 2.17 arcsec/pixel, Field of View 46 x 37 arcmins. Combined Stack of eight images of 210 seconds each unfiltered and unbinned. CCD operating temperature: -37 degrees. Image acquisition and processing: CCD Soft v5, TheSky6 Professional and Mira Pro v7. November 23rd 2014.
Dr. Halton Arp originally compiled the Atlas of peculiar galaxies with photographs he made mainly using the Palomar 200-inch telescope and the 48-inch Schmidt telescope between the years 1961 to 1966. Original image can be found here: ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/Figures/big_arp78.jpeg
The sun was shining, the air was warm and I wandered. As I was passing through a colonnade of building, somewhat weaving in and out observing the people and surroundings, this gentlemen and his hair popped onto the sidewalk. For once my brain turned thought into action quickly enough and I intercepted him and asked him for I could photo him.
Meet Dylan.
I moved Dylan into the shade and made a few photographs. As I worked I tried to find out a little bit about Dylan but the most I could get out of him was that he was in customer service and that he had been growing out his hair for the past nine months or so. That was it, I thanked him for his time and off we went in our separate ways.
Thank you Dylan for stopping and for the brief chat it was a pleasure chatting with you.
This photo marks the halfway point in the project. So far a very rewarding experience as I have had the pleasure of meeting a variety of new people. It has pushed me out of my comfort zone, out of my social bubble and I find myself engaging random people, if for nothing else a acknowledging their existence with more than a nod or polite “hello”. I have been wondering how people react to being stopped on the street for this project and what they think as we part and afterwards. I hope that I bring a little bit of a smile to them and maybe give them a story to tell their friends. Here to the rest of the project and beyond. Cheers.
***Constructive Critiques Welcome***
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Find out more about the project and see
pictures taken by other photographers
at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
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Van Rysselberghe created this work at the height of his Neo-Impressionist phase, employing the pointillist technique he had mastered alongside contemporaries like Georges Seurat. He applied countless tiny dots of pure pigment to capture the interplay of light on water and sails.
After remaining in private hands, the painting entered the French national collection in the mid-20th century and has been on view at the Musée d’Orsay ever since.The canvas depicts a solitary sailor, back turned, gripping the tiller as he navigates a small vessel. The horizon tilts gently, heightening the sense of movement. Van Rysselberghe’s meticulous dot application alternates complementary blues, greens, and ochres, creating a vibrating surface that suggests both sea spray and shifting sky.
The figure’s stance—firm yet contemplative—embodies the quiet determination of those who make their living at sea, while the surrounding Pointillist harmonies evoke nature’s constant flux
This painting illustrates van Rysselberghe’s evolution from strict Pointillism toward a more integrated brushwork, where touches of color merge optically rather than remaining strictly separate on the canvas. That transition allowed him to balance the dazzling light effects of Neo-Impressionism with a richer sense of volume and form.
By choosing a maritime subject, he also aligned himself with a longstanding Belgian interest in nautical themes, bringing a fresh, modern color sensibility to the genre.
Shots from the 2019 SMASH! event at ICC Sydney Exhibition Centre, photographed by Noberto Tongoy.
Website: Noberto Tongoy