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At the Air Show in Gatineau Québec today, a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning dazzled the crowd with a display of raw power and agility. The $80M stealth multirole fighter is a candidate for replacement of Canada's ageing fleet of CF-18 Hornets, which have been in service since the early 80's.
The pilot seemed to be pushing the allowable speed limits, getting very close to breaking the sound barrier.
Better late than never I suppose. The MCE has been opened for close to half a year before I got to photographing it, mainly because I had no idea how to get there previously. Also, red light trails are one of the things I still have problems with since I can't get them to show up reliably, I ended up having to reconstruct some of them in post because of drivers changing lanes adding ugly orange specks into the mix, this was the best I could manage with the images I had, glad that it turned out decently.
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Thanks to Gryphon Vendetta for his original post :)
It didn't take long to relive the times of the 20s. 20311 and 20302 return through Sheffield heading for Worksop having dropped off some track plant at Guide Bridge.
The guy on the right is stretching the limits of the yellow line, while his equally excited 'partner' has resorted to a crouch I can only dream of now. There's no way I could get up from that.
“El paisaje es memoria. Más allá de sus límites, el paisaje sostiene las huellas del pasado, reconstruye recuerdos, proyecta en la mirada las sombras de otro tiempo que sólo existe como reflejo de sí mismo en la memoria del viajero o del que, simplemente, sigue fiel a ese paisaje”
Julio Llamazares
P.K. 69/800 línea Utiel - València-Nord. Paso del Regional Nº 18163 Valencia-Sant Isidre - Madrid-Atocha Cercanías a cargo del automotor 9-592-201-8+9-592-202-6. 16-08-15.
Y es que el viaje por la línea convencional entre Valencia y Madrid dura, y dura, y dura, y dura cada vez más, cual conejo de las pilas de Duracell..... Las últimas noticias no hacen sino que ser cada vez más desalentadoras para esta línea:
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Y es que esta foto es como un símil del futuro próximo de la línea si no se remedia la situación: tren cada vez más lento por las limitaciones de velocidad existentes en el trayecto por el estado de la infraestructura y superestructura de vía, el trasvase de viajeros a la carretera (los autobuses que explotan la relación Valencia-Madrid creo que ya tardan menos que el propio tren en hacer dicho trayecto), y a lo que nos descuidemos, llegaremos antes andando a Madrid que en tren, jajajajajajajaja.
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As we approached the outer limits of the Chicago Terminal, near Gary, trains were beginning to pile up. This is actually quite normal, but there was chatter on the radio hinting to a train ahead experiencing trouble.
The railroads changed to narrow band radio communication a few years back. This system makes it extremely difficult to hear a locomotive radio from more than ten miles away. If a portable radio is being used, then the limit seems to be around three miles.
While the dispatcher flushed out the normal rush of evening eastbound intermodals, those of us on westbounds suffered a very slow roll into town. Every mile of progress, though, made it a tad easier to catch bits and pieces of the conversation ahead.
Just prior to leaving the mainline and changing over to the yard radio channel, I learned that the train in question was Amtrak's Capitol Limited. It was stopped east of the detector a mile or so south of the White Sox stadium.
On the following day, we departed Englewood and began our journey to Toledo. The progression of signals ahead meant a stop at the Calumet River bridge for a lake freighter to pass through.
Once stopped at the signal, I opened the door and was surprised to find sparkling Charger 361 tied down on a yard lead. With no apparent fuel, oil, or water leaks, I assumed she had an issue somewhere within.
After kicking over a few stones, I learned that the Capitol tripped the detector at MP518 for a wheel defect. The culprit? Non other than the brand new 361! So new that the wheel sets were still shiny. Not a speck of dirt or dust to be found.
The crew was instructed to limp the unit down to CP 509 where it could be set out. The defect was rumored to be an issue with one of the axles.
Lucky for the passengers on #30, the 361 was not sole power for the train. She was trailing a Genesis unit. After a hefty delay, the train continued east.
This is not the first time that I had seen or heard of a Charger no longer being able to charge ahead. It sounds like the model's reliability percentage is more favorable now than when first delivered. Good news as Amtrak has enough troubles!
Charged Out.
Chongqing architecture has no limits. One of the most famous examples is Liziba station, where a monorail runs through a building.
Today I walked down the street to get a few grocery stuff and I found the store nearby my apartment was closing! No OJ, no yogurt, no meat... a lot of shelves were empty! I ended up stocking some non-perishables like coffee and canned soup as they were taking 50% off on all goods...
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX5
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Wow. I'm amazed that so many people stopped by here for the last couple of days after this made it to Explore. But honestly, I don't think this is the best example of my photos and I believe there are "better" images than this one (well, depends on your taste tho, of course). So if you have time, PLEASE take a look at my photostream too! Thank you! ;-)
Grand serre - St Véran - Hautes-Alpes.
Quelques sommets de droite à gauche:
En premier plan, le pic de Chateau-Renard 2989m , puis suit la Pointe des Sagnes Longues 3032m, Le Mont Viso 3841m (sommet Italien) le Pic d' Asti 3220m, le Pain de sucre 3208m et Mt Aiguillette 3287.
Objectif: Irix 15mm f/2.4
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Carl Zeiss Distagon 50mm f/4 C T*
Kodak Ektar 100
Tetenal Colortec C-41
Scan from negative film
I had a couple of hours to shoot before heading home on the Tuesday in the lakes. Ullswater was very choppy and flooded, so I abandoned that and decided to head up again. Dont ask me where this is as I havent a clue, but this was as high as I got before the weather looked a bit menacing and I got the fear and made a rapid retreat.
I know Im posting a lot of Venus images but Im trying to improve my technique.
Previously Ive used the Baader UV filter but here Ive used the Astrodon UVenus filter as it is said to have greater transmission in the UV. I was certainly able to reduce exposure times whilst keeping gain and %histogram the same - that resulted in many more frames per 2 minute video run.
I removed another one of the spacers in my Baader modular VIP Barlow so just x1.5 magnification here taking total magnification to about 6000mm f/30 and an image scale of 0.1 arcsec/pixel - still a bit higher than I would like.
Also getting comfortable using an ADC - usually needs just 0.5 or 1 "stop" for this target at 21 degree elevation.
Seeing was moderate for my site
Astrometry:
Illuminated fraction = 0.294
Diameter = 35.9 arcsec
Light travel time = 3.9 minutes
Elevation = 21 degrees
Elongation from Sun = 40.7 East
FireCapture v2.6 Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
Filter=AstrodonUV
Profile=Venus
Diameter=35.32"
Magnitude=-4.51
FocalLength=5900mm
Resolution=0.10"
Frames captured=6950
File type=SER
ROI=712x714
FPS (avg.)=57
Shutter=16.79ms
Gain=471 (78%)
Gamma=50 (off)
Histogram=83%
Limit=120 Seconds
So I started and I continued, there is more, much that I have paused on for just now. Maybe I went off the deep end and I should have paused earlier and taken on a healthy regard of limits realising that the experimental pictures are not the ones to show, rather to wait til the techniques are completed. Here are some edits that I was inspired to create from a captivating mirror lens.
Mirror Lenses have character that some openly scorn. Their build gives them the ability to render out of focus areas into what are referred to as doughnuts. I do mind these circles of light in my pictures. Some see Mirror Lenses as cheap alternatives to other long focal length solutions. Cheap and doughnuty to me say more available characterful lens. This was me editing without an end in mind.
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