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This is part of the hanging flower planter I bought my mom for her birthday in April. She's 85 and doing just great. Last weekend while I was home I spent a few hours on my mom's back patio trying to get some pictures of the hummingbirds that visit her feeder. A male and female, both very shy, darting in for a quick sip then darting off just as quickly. Most of the time I wasn't quick enough. Once my ball cap got in my way, and by the time I got my eye to the EVF the shot was missed. I did get a couple of decent shots, but not in flight.
This shot was taken while waiting, so you may notice the lens and settings are not what I'd have normally used for this kind of shot, I was supposed to be photographing hummingbirds after all. But as I waited I looked through the view finder and decided to go ahead and take this shot. Came out better than I'd expected.
Still super busy, driving and sleeping, and taking stops to photograph when I see something nice. I think what I'm going to have to do Flickr wise is not wait for those days when I have several hours free, (just doesn't happen much these days) but jump on when I have 15 minutes or an hour in the evening and visit several of you each day. I think that will be more manageable and I can be more consistent.
I was in Yakima WA yesterday, heading to San Diego CA to deliver tomorrow night and then back up to Washington to deliver on the 5th of July. Hope everyone has a safe and fun 4th of July.
Day 299 [10-25-2016]
Happy birthday Victoria! Today is my beautiful girlfriend's birthday. She has been so supportive of me and has always put a smile on my face. I love her so much and I wish to her a good day and lots of happiness. Today, work was productive but long. My projects are going well and my stress levels are manageable. I took a quiet drive around town earlier just to get outside. My alone time outside is very important to me. It is getting very cold and windy though. I love it.
I can't wait to see what the next day brings!
Schwarze Welt / Black World
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Auf dem Fußboden, als ich mich neben sie setzte, sah ich, gleichsam mit ihren Augen, wie ihr die Welt entgegenkam. Groß und nicht zu bewältigen. Mit den Wörtern versuchte sie, in dieses Chaos Tunnel der Ordnung zu bauen. Ordnen heißt Wiedererkennen. Wissen, dass in einem endlosen, unbekannten Meer eine Insel ist, wo man schon einmal war. Auf solche Inseln hatte sie gezeigt. Mit den Wörtern hatte sie sich ein Netz von wohlbekannten Menschen und Gegenständen geschaffen. „Mama kommt bald.“ In die chaotische Trauer über die Trennung von der Frau hatte sie Ordnung gebracht durch die Erklärung, dass sie zeitlich begrenzt, vorübergehend war, dass sie aufhören würde. Sie hatte die Zeit benutzt, um den Schmerz der Trennung zu überwinden. Rings um ein Kind kommen und gehen Menschen, Gegenstände tauchen auf und werden weggenommen, die Umgebung nimmt Form an und löst sich auf. Und es wird ihm keine Erklärung gegeben, denn wie soll man einem Kind die Welt erklären? Da hatte sie die Wörter gebraucht. Wörter vergegenwärtigen und halten fest, was fort ist. Mit ihren Wortlisten hatte sie sich versichert, dass das, was sie einmal kennengelernt hatte, zurückkommen würde. Sie sah zu mir auf. Ihre Augen waren voller Tränen, aber sie weinte nicht, es war, als ob sie ihre Trauer bewältigte. Ohne Worte sagte mir ihr Gesicht, dass wir zusammen gehörten. Dass wir beide etwas wussten vom Verlust, auch sie, die so viel mehr hatte, als ich je gehabt hatte. Auch sie wusste schon jetzt, dass dies eine Welt ist, wo einem Menschen Dinge weggenommen werden, wo man weggebracht wird von da, wo man sein will, wo jemand das Licht ausmacht, sodass man sich fürchtet. Und das braucht gar nicht aus bösem Willen zu geschehen, sondern ist unvermeidlich.
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Aus: "Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Dunkels" von Peter Hoeg
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On the floor, as I sat next to her, I saw, as it was, with her eyes as she faced the world. Great and not manageable. Using words she tried to build into this chaos tunnel of order. Ordering is called Recognition. Knowing that in an endless, unknown sea there is an island where you have been. She had shown up on such islands. With the words, she had created a network of well-known people and objects. "Mom will come soon." In the chaotic grief on the separation from the woman, she had arranged by explaining that it was temporary, limited, that it would stop. She had used „time“ to overcome the pain of the separation. Around a child people come and go, objects appear and are taken away, the environment forms and dissolves. And no explanation is given to him, for how to explain the world to a child? Then she had used the words. Words visualize and hold on to what is gone. With her words she had assured herself that what she got to know would come back. She looked up at me. Her eyes were full of tears, but she did not cry, it was as if she was coping with her grief. Without words, her face told me that we belong together. That we both knew something about loss, her as well, who had so much more than I had ever had. Even now, she knew that this is a world where people are taken away from where they want to be, where someone switches off the light, so that one is afraid. And this does not need to happen from evil will, but is inevitable.
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From: "Borderliners" by Peter Hoeg
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ISO Speed: 125
Filter: B+W ND110
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A year ago, I found this forest preserve and snapped quite a few shots. I wanted to go back there for this fall season, but had no idea where it was.
This morning I got in my car and decided to head in a southerly direction. My trip was to serve two purposes. One, to get some autumn photos, and 2nd, to do a dry run and find my way to a courthouse I need to go to next week for a case I have for work.
I headed out rather early. It was cloudy, cold, raining and even a bit of sleet mixed in with the rain. I knew the day would get better as it went on but the start of the trip was terrible. So, I went to McDonalds to get my "road trip" diet coke and headed for the expressway.
The colors in the trees along the way were breathtaking. Every color in the crayon box was displayed with vibrant autumnal hues. Since I was driving, it was quite distracting actually....lol.
I couldnt wait to get off the expressway onto roads that had more manageable speed limits. I really prefer to drive slow and take my time, be able to stop anywhere I see a photo opp, get my picture and move on to the next opp.
Archer Avenue, East. Thats all I know. I got off at Archer Avenue East.
As it turns out, when I got off at Archer Avenue East, I was quite a few miles north of this location. After several more miles of turning here, and turning there, I found myself at the entrance to this park. Pilcher Park Nature Center. I took a picture of the wood sign so I could look it up when I got home. Located in Joliet, Illinois, this park is known for its fall colors, mostlly golden, but breathtaking just the same.
I got so caught up with taking photos at this park I forgot the other reason I drove down this way..............to find the courthouse.......LOL. Oh well. I'll deal with that next week.
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About this photo:
I give my mom credit for the idea to take this photo. She is a flickr friend too (see if you can find her...hehe).
I believe the purple flowers are wisteria. I was going to name the photo "Wisteria Lane" (Ref: Desperate Housewives), I cropped out the road, so it didn't make sense anymore. Anyway, this is at the entrance to Longwood Gardens. For my Philly-area friends, you may want to swing by and see the (in my mom's words) "riot of color". I should tell you, that Longwood's welcome sign is framed by red and yellow tulips. Lots of color...too much color.
About the process:
Before processing, I felt like the photo was a dream-come-true for a 9-year-old girl. The pink tree in the back was very vibrant, and I could fill several crops with mostly pink & purple flowers. It was a bit too much. So, I toned down the pink tree & added some contrast in the foreground.
I used an inverted high-pass filter (set to overlay) to give the background a "dreamy" effect. I also brightened the high-pass layer to brighten the shadows, and reduce the contrast in the background. The brightness also toned down the pink tree to a more manageable level of pinkness.
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Explore #223
Orion's Sword
Just South of Orion’s Belt
This image was captured from my back garden in light polluted Nottingham, thankfully the Astronomik CLS clip-filter has done a good job at keeping the light pollution within manageable levels.
The raw images were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and then processed in Photoshop using a layer mask to blend the two sets of exposures.
Canon 60Da
SW Evostar 80ED at 510mm f/6.3
SW .85x focal reducer corrector
EQ6 Pro (EQASCOM)
Astronomik EOS CLS Clip Filter
All frames at ISO 1600
40 x 180 seconds & 40 x 30 seconds
Total integration time: 120 minutes
Lacerta Off-Axis Guider (OAGhu48)
Lodestar Autoguider and PHD Guiding
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, processed in Photoshop.
Lights: 40x 180s & 40x 30s
60x flats
60x dark flats
60x bias frames
60x darks
Objects visible in the image:
M42 (NGC 1976), M43 (NGC 1982), NGC 1973, NGC 1975, NGC 1977, NGC 1980, NGC 1981
The Chinese Hardy Banana, but not for eating... One can grow this almost anywhere in northern California, if they can grow this in Scotland! No fruit, but that flower is pretty amazing, and keeps this color for up to a year. Relatively drought resistant for a banana, and manageable size-wise in the garden. Does very well in bright shade or morning sun, moderate water, and even handles a fair bit of wind without looking beat up.
Since the pandemic, this trail has been so overgrown, that at times if you didn't already know there was a path there, you wouldn't know.
It seems they have finally started to clear out the trails to make them more easily accessible.
And just for perspective, on the other side of those trees on the left is the lake. On the right of that fence is a pasture where horses from the equestrian center can roam. When there are geese here, they like to check out that pasture, too!
** The arboretum is maintained by a local university, where you can also find a tennis court, equestrian center, a lake, picnic area, cabin for events and overnight stays, a stream, and lots of trails running throughout the wooded property they own.
Sheboygan coal trains stop here on the main track at Stahl Road to be split into two manageable parts before heading the last couple miles to the Edgewater Generating Station. In this photo, taken with an iPhone in panorama mode on a tripod, the engineer is pulling forward half a train length for the conductor to make the cut. The conductor will then hop into a waiting limo and meet the train at the power plant.
For grins, check out the original, 13,630 pixels wide, at www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyuhas/15715983079/sizes/o/
The Grand Prismatic Spring is the most spectacular sight at Yellowstone. This is the view from the top of the Fairy Falls Trail, which requires about a mile-long hike up a fairly steep hill. Manageable if you are in good health, but a backpack full of cameras and lenses don’t help! But the photo is worth the effort.
25-0613 TYG-1866 (X2D 100C, XCD 55V)
I didn't know that my nice, small rose bushes would eventually turn into a massive hedge, needing to be trimmed every year to keep it under 5 ft. The first four years were manageable, though it's been much, much longer now. :-\
The exterior lighting on 30 Rockefeller Center is uneven and it always blows out when shooting from a distance. The highlights are more manageable when shooting up close.
A very chaotic day to start with the subway replacement, but manageable. Had 32619 earlier it wasnt the best gemini.... probs the worst i droven then i managed to get a shot of this on my 2nd part of shift. This bus is probs the best gemini i have driven in a long time it can certainly shift!
An early morning climb up to the gondola before it opened gave me a great view of this vibrant town located amidst the Southern Alps on the shores of lakes. This is the launching pad for many of the exciting activities that Queenstown offers, like mountain biking, skydiving, luge or just plain hiking.
I attempted to walk up here the night before for some night photography but the path in the dark was not quite manageable so I got up early instead and the 1 hour solid climb was well worth it.
There are lots of these lovely little birds all around Alcudia, probably because there are lots of mosquitoes and other flying insects for them to eat. In the evening there would be a shift change and the bats would take over the job of keeping the mozzie numbers manageable.
This was taken a day before Ursula landed and devastated thousands of families on Christmas day in the Philippines.
Fortunately, we only got strong rains but manageable wind speeds in our area.
52 Week Project- Week 26/52
I am halfway there.
"The most difficult thing to read is time," Isobel says, and Marco stops, turning back to her. "Maybe because it changes so many things. I head read for countless people in inimitable subjects and the most difficult thing to understand within the cards is always the timing. I knew that, and it still surprised me. How long I was willing to wait for something that was only a possibility. I always thought it was just a matter of time, but I was wrong."
-The Night Circus
Anyone else challenge themselves to certain, year-long tasks? My biggest one has been to read more. I used to be a complete book worm growing up, college came and went, and I didn't have any more excuses not to read. I started with a 25 books a year challenge, something small, manageable. I quickly realized after book 15 in four months, that I should probably up that to 35 to push myself into reading just a little bit more. The Night Circus is my 21st book for the year and this quote came at the right time.
Time heals, but also destroys, Most of all, time doesn't just pass, it continues. When something I can't control comes into play, I always look at my options. I can either wait it out, or I can continue on, making the most of what I can control. I'm choosing the latter in the case, resolving to pick back up my 52 week project, take a few trips to visit familiar faces, and just taking the time to grow.
Alright, Patagonia, you almost had me fooled! Every day seemed to outdo the last in sheer spectacularity. Don't get me wrong, this journey's undeniably epic.
Today, the British Lookout marked the triumphant halfway point of my W Trek odyssey. But that means retracing my steps – yep, gotta pay my respects to the Francés Lookout again (where I'm currently chilling).
The French River roars like a rock concert beside me, desperate to compete with the surrounding giants. The competition is fierce – colossal glaciers groan like angry beasts, and avalanches erupt from the ice, mimicking supersonic jets. Thankfully, the only things actually soaring through the sky here are majestic condors.
First things first, though – gotta refuel and reunite with my trusty 60-liter (15.8-gallon) backpack at the Italian Camp. Lunch with friends, a scenic loop around the base of the colossal Cerro Paine Grande, and the glittering Nordenskjöld, Sköttsberg, and Pehoé Lakes – all before arriving at the next refuge.
Ah, the refuge! Visions of an ice-cold pisco sour (perfect after a long day on the trail!), a blissful hot shower, clean clothes, a hearty dinner, and lively chats with fellow adventurers – it's practically a daydream come true. Paine Grande Refuge and Camping, here I come! A glorious descent awaits, dropping from 1,000 meters (3,281 ft) to a much more manageable 40 meters (131 ft) across 13.2 kilometers (8.2 miles). Easy peasy, right? Well, maybe not with this backpack…
Three more days of wild W Trail adventures beckon. Buckle up, legs, it's gonna be a wild ride!
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Breaking news!
On the fourth day of winter in São Paulo, I'm wearing just shorts. 82°F/28°C with 35% humidity. The governments are still arguing.
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PS. Number 1 on Explore on June 24th., 2024.
Copyright Susan Ogden
A teensy chance of some freezing rain overnight here...with bridges and overpasses being effected but probably little else...then cold for the day but with sunshine....and up into the mid 40’s Saturday....heading to the 50 degree mark on Sunday.
This is so much more manageable than winter in the Northeast :)
Wishing you all a chance to snug in and stay warm and dry and safe, while i have such a great time full of giggles with my bean!
Railways of Great Britain
This start of another one of my collections although I have posted a few in the past
I have taken quite a few images over the years of Old Steam, Diesel and Electric engines and after sorting out probably 3,000 plus, I’ve now got it down to a more manageable number.
I’m starting with English Engines. Some of these images could be 25 years old. Many were transferred from negatives via a scanner so the quality will not be as good I would like. I have put them all through Photoshop to get rid of the most glaring issues
Apologies to those enthusiasts if I don’t get the right engine with the right Railway, they were taken a long time ago, some of them have moved on and my memory is not as good as it was.
Happy viewing.
This year we bought this monster 10 person tent that you can actually stand up & walk around in (It's a "Coleman" Somerset Pass ). Although there are only two of us, we like to be comfortable. The bed is a queen sized "BYO Bed with memory foam" made by "Woods". it has a frame, blows up with an electric pump in a minute or so, folds down to a manageable size (in it's wheeled bag, just a bit bigger than the tent in it's stuff sack) and is just as comfortable as a regular bed. Now THIS is civilized camping! I've backpacked Algonquin, and the Bruce Trail, and while backpacking has it's charms, it's a different experience entirely. For camping with a car, weight is not a problem and you have the space, so for me this is the way to go! :-)
I'm glad this tree is within sight of my sunroom so I am able to monitor activity and grab shots like this. It's making my "house arrest" slightly more manageable.
Taken adjacent to the Moor Lane crossing at Rawcliffe Bridge this is so far the limit of my rail photo cycling. It was probably a 35 mile round trip which should be more than manageable but the great thick knobbly tyres really do slow me down. Maybe shall have to fit some intermediates. It was definitely dark by the time I returned home.
Taken at the Friday night Milford Cruise-in held in Milford, Ohio.
The Cruise-in runs during daylight savings months and, if the weather is decent, you can count on a decent, but manageable turnout. There are lots of regulars and mostly features muscle cars and hot rods, but you can count on finding some cool surprises like this one.
In general, I'm really not all that into cars this new, but Codorba's seem to be relatively rare and this was a great example of their pleasing style.
It looks like Chrysler didn't change much on Cordoba's from 1975 through 1977, so I'm only guessing at the year of this one.
Prairie Light series continued. From one year ago, a winter view across the Frenchman River Valley in Grasslands National Park. Snow reflects the fading light, revealing detail that would be dark and murky in the summer twilight.
Once again, 70 Mile Butte dominates the landscape, but this time we are looking at it from the opposite side; Sleeping Lion is on the left. Although we do have spells of very cold weather most winters - and love to brag about them - much of the time our winter temperatures are quite pleasant and manageable. In fact, I'm a little disappointed this year, as most of the snow we received in October and November is long gone, and it looks like we'll be having a brown Christmas. I have not seen one of those since relocating here full time in 2011,
One more to come from the Prairie Light collection, then on to a new image set.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Captured during our Yosemite winter workshop a couple of weeks ago.
The storms that closed Yosemite National Park arrived the following night, effectively ending photographic opportunities to catch this spectacle for the year.
We keep the enrollment in this workshop small to make logistics manageable, so we had a waiting list this year. We'll open up registration for next year's session soon.
You can order a print of this photo by clicking on the shopping cart icon to the lower right of this image. Visit my Flickr Prints album to see more photos available for printing: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/721777203049...
О фото: Я сделала это, в котором лежала на полу в ванной комнате. Потому что благодаря отличному и яркому потолочному освещению у меня в квартире был лучший свет.
К интерпретации и законченной картине: Как и в большинстве моих фотографий, в них можно многое интерпретировать. Очевидно, что речь идет о цветах радуги LGBT. Но только не так поспешно. Потому что или те, кто не хочет и не может ничего из этого получить, эта интерпретация также говорит, что вы можете получить с сильным чиханием довольно все красочные из себя, и только приятный управляемый черно-белый присутствует. ;-)
Рабочие фотографии: Так как я не так часто рисую, я, конечно, сам смешиваю свои цвета. Вот почему я не преуспел в фиолетовом сейчас, так что совсем не получилось.
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About the photo: I made this in which I laid down on the floor of my bathroom. Because thanks to the excellent and bright ceiling lighting there, I had there for this photo the best light in my apartment.
To the interpretation and finished picture: As in most of my pictures, you can interpret a lot into it. To one the obvious, that it is the rainbow colors of LGBT. But just not so hasty. For the one or the one that do not want to and can not get anything out of it, this interpretation also says that you can get with a strong sneeze quite all the colorful out of himself and only a pleasant manageable black and white is present. ;-)
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Zum Foto: Das habe ich gemacht in dem ich mich auf den Fußboden meines Bades gelegt habe. Denn Dank der hervorragenden und hellen Deckenbeleuchtung dort, hatte ich da für dieses Foto das beste Licht in meiner Wohnung.
Zur Interpretation und fertigem Bild: Wie in den meisten meiner Bilder kann man auch hier sehr viel hinein deuten. Zu einem das offensichtliche, das es sich um die Regenbogenfarben von LGBT handelt. Doch nur nicht so vorschnell. Denn der oder diejenige die dessen gar nichts abgewinnen wollen und können, sagt diese Interpretation auch noch, das man mit einem kräftigem Nieser durchaus auch sämtliches Buntes aus sich heraus holen kann und nur noch ein angenehmes überschaubares Schwarz und Weiß vorliegt. ;-)
Probably the only photo of Julie (or longest lived family cat), taken in 1995. She was initially given to us with her sibling, Juliet.
Juliet unfortunately died from Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) in Sept 2001 as we did not know that CRF was manageable. She was our first casualty of CRF in our household and I remember feeling helpless, not knowing how to help her back then.
Julie (in this photo) lived on to 20 years old until she succumbed from suspected acute poisoning in January 2010. She had found a dead rat two weeks prior to her death and was carrying it in her mouth. It didn't occur to me at the time that the rat was probably already dead from rat poison. I had never known Julie to catch a live rat all her life.
I don't know who took this photo, but it could have been my younger brother who still had his old Canon EOS 620 film SLR.
I cleaned up this image after scanning it and removed her "red eyes" from the direct flash. Not really a good job, I'm afraid.
Shot inside the Oneonta Gorge in the Columbia River Gorge. A remarkably short hike yields stunning access to this narrow moss-covered canyon. I'm told water levels were quite low, though it was still deep enough in sections to reach my waist (I'm 6'3"). The most difficult portion of the hike is negotiating the large log jam that has formed at the entrance to the canyon.
Similar to Utah slot canyons, exposure in this area was difficult. Bright and dark contrast in ways that easily exceed the camera's ability to reconcile. This scene was one of a few where the range of tones was more manageable.
I've been obsessed with monstrously large image files recently and this shot is an exercise in exactly that. Using an old 105mm Nikon prime I shot three vertical images with a D800 in place of single horizontal frame. Composition is ultimately the same but the increase in captured detail in the resulting file is significant. Native size for this image is sitting around 24" x 36", and I have no doubt you could print double that size with very pleasing results.
Dies ist ein Foto aus einer Reihe von Bildern, die ich mit meiner Instax Mini EVO-Sofortbildkamera gemacht habe. In der letzten Zeit habe ich diese kleine Kamera zu unseren Fototouren mitgehabt und damit besondere Fotos gemacht. Es ist eine komplett andere Herangehensweise als mit einer klassischen Kamera, die Qualität ist mit knapp 3 Mpx überschaubar, die Blende ist mit 2.0 immer offen, automatisch - und nur automatisch - werden Belichtungszeit und ISO angepasst. Dazu kommt das Porträt-Format im Verhältnis 3:4. Aber es macht riesigen Spaß, in solchen Umgebungen mit solchen Einschränkungen zu fotografieren und sich trotzdem der Herausforderung zu stellen, ansprechende Fotografie als Ergebnis zu bekommen. 10 solcher Bilder sind demnächst Bestandteil eines Kunstbuches, jeweils in Kombination mit einer größeren Ausbelichtung auf Kunstdruckpapier.
This is one of a series of photos I took with my Instax Mini EVO instant camera. Recently I've been taking this little camera with me on our photo tours and taking special photos with it. It's a completely different approach to a classic camera, the quality is manageable at just under 3 Mpx, the aperture is always open at 2.0 and the shutter speed and ISO are adjusted automatically - and only automatically. In addition, the portrait format has a ratio of 3:4, but it is great fun to take photos in such environments with such restrictions and still face the challenge of achieving appealing photography as a result. 10 of these pictures will soon be part of an art book, each in combination with a larger print on art paper.
A recent camera club talk by YouTuber Gary Gough had me inspired to get out and try some of his techniques. His 'Fine Art' talk featured many of the images I've admired from his vlogs. His main focus is boat wrecks and having none within a manageable drive I decided to head off to the east coast of Yorkshire.
My first stop off was a lovely little place named Mappleton however I spent far too much time here as the tide advanced. After a short drive up the coast I arrived in Hornsea with the tide well and truly in! I managed to find 3 groynes up the north end that had yet to be consumed.
GG didn't reveal his editing techniques as you have to be a member of his club for that insight. However, I also follow a Pete Bristo on YT who doesn't care who he imparts his editing knowledge to :)
Although I did learn a valuable lesson on this shoot! Always check and double check your camera settings. I'd left the camera in crop mode for almost the whole day...
Gral Guido
Después de la Independencia, Juan Manuel de Rosas, prominente hacendado, decidió impulsar la colonización y el poblamiento de la cuenca del Salado, y encomendó a su topógrafo, el agrimensor Senillosa, el relevamiento de la zona, con el objeto de fundar nuevos pueblos. Por decreto del 25 de diciembre de 1839, y tras la Revolución de los Libres del Sur, el gobernador Rodas decidió dividir el territorio al sur del Salado en nuevos partidos, más manejables, y nació entre ellos, el “partido del Vecino”, separado del partido de Tandil, sobre tierras de Don Cornelio Pizarro, quien fue su primera autoridad. No obstante, la riqueza de sus tierras, el partido careció de cabecera y de urbanización durante varias décadas, hasta que empezó el tendido del ferrocarril del Sur, hacia 1860. En 1887, se inaugura la estación Velázquez del ramal Dolores-Ayacucho, alrededor de la cual se empiezan a asentar trabajadores del ferrocarril y pobladores rurales de partido, y así en 1888 se funda el primer poblado del partido. En 1890, ante elcrecimiento experimentado por la población, los vecinos peticionan la autonomía municipal, la cual les es concedida en febrero de 1891. Ese mismo año, se impone al pueblo y a la estación ferroviaria el nombre de General Guido, en recuerdo del militar, político y diplomáticoTomas Guido, amigo y colaborador del general San Martin.
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Gral Guido
After Independence, Juan Manuel de Rosas, a prominent landowner, decided to promote the colonization and settlement of the Salado basin, and entrusted his surveyor, the surveyor Senillosa, the survey of the area, in order to found new towns. By decree of December 25, 1839, and after the Revolution of the Free South, Governor Rhodes decided to divide the territory south of the Salado into new parties, more manageable, and was born among them, the "party of the Neighbor", separated of the party of Tandil, on lands of Don Cornelio Pizarro, who was his first authority. However, the wealth of their lands, the party lacked head and urbanization for several decades, until the laying of the Southern Railway began, around 1860. In 1887, the Velázquez station of the Dolores-Ayacucho branch was inaugurated, around which began to settle railroad workers and rural people of the party, and so in 1888 the first town of the party was founded. In 1890, before the growth experienced by the population, the neighbors petition for municipal autonomy, which is granted to them in February 1891. That same year, the name of General Guido is imposed on the town and the railway station, in memory of the military, political and diplomaticTomas Guido, friend and collaborator of General San Martin.
I recently spend quite some time to figure out an optimized hybrid workflow. Developing film for scanning involves different considerations than developing for analog print. Some research and experimentation finally brought me to Diafine developer. It is a two bath development solution that yields excellent results for scanning. Nice grain, good sharpness and a very manageable amount of negative contrast with a reasonable gamma. Especially combined with Fuji Acros and Kodak 400TX it is a very fine solution for hybrid photography.
This image was shot with a Hasselblad 500c/m analog film camera using a Carl Zeiss 80mm Planar T° f/2,8 at f/11. Exposure time was 2 minutes. Developed in Diafine solution A 4,5 minutes and solution b 4,5 minutes.
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#117 As day 41 of our Social Isolation dawns, life seem to have settled into a manageable routine. We are so lucky to have the sea and a garden, plenty of All Bran, toilet paper and Zoom - what more could we want for under the circumstances? This is a 1.6s ICM R to L following the wave in.
With the 10,000 ft. high Cumbres Pass very nearly in sight ahead, a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight works westbound from Apache Crossing with about 3 miles to go to the top of the hill. The train is pictured here at about Milepost 328.2, running just below Colorado Highway 17, with the mighty K-36 #489 in charge. Just ahead, the last of the little detours that this railroad takes to keep the grade manageable, that being Tanglefoot Curve.
This image was captured during an October 2024 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, organized by Lerro Photography.
Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 #489 is working hard as she hauls a mixed freight across the Los Pinos Creek near Milepost 324.52, on a westbound run to Chama, NM via Cumbres Pass. The train is on the east leg of the nearly 5-mile, hair-pin-shaped detour that the railroad takes, up and down the Los Pinos Valley, to keep the grade leading to Cumbres Pass manageable.
This image was captured during an October 2024 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, which featured the 1925 Baldwin K-36, #489. The 489 is one of two K-36 Locomotives that the railroad converted to oil firing in 2021, to help mitigate the fire risk in this relatively dry region. As can be seen here, oil-burning locomotives have no problem creating smoke for photographers at events such as this one.
After a day and a half of slogging through 15-20 ft., WPY Rotary #1 and her train finally break out of White Pass, just north of Canadian Shed at about MP 21.5, with Rotary Pilot Alvin Gordon leading the charge from the cab door. From here on north to Bennett, BC, the snow depths will be a very manageable 3-6 ft, and the train will make steady progress, vs. stalling every twenty yards as she has been.
The odd-looking wooden tower on the left side of the photo is not related to the railroad. It is actually a pipeline valve housing associated with an oil pipeline, which used to parallel the rail line.
Lately, I've slightly modified my hummingbird shooting method, I think to better effect...I used to shoot at 1/1000 to 1/2000 handheld to assure picture sharpness...but that came at terrible cost in terms of ISO noise...Now I use a monopod and with controlled breathing I can shoot at 1/400 or even 1/200 without sacrificing too much in sharpness. ISO is manageable.
Also, I used to intensely dislike the use of flash as the bird looked artificially lit but that was I think my lack of expertise in mixing flash with ambient light. Here, I used 1/128 power to light up the bird ever so slightly...giving it more definition and a better catch light in the eye without making it look like a flash was used...The only problem with using flash is that I can't afford to shoot at 10 fps all day long as the flash tends to overheat even at 1/128 power...
An abandoned farmhouse in Ohio had these columns that are an interesting feature from Victorian times. Apparently they could be assembled from a selection of individually cast concrete components including column sections, caps and bases. This made a manageable do-it-yourself project where the builder could make the pillars as tall as needed out of pieces that I imagine were cast and purchased locally. I have seen numerous variations of these in older houses in the Midwest including Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. I'm not sure how widespread their use was or found any background information about them.
A view of the pier for the big Spanish and Irish trawlers. The red boat is the ferry coming in from Bere Island.
Info on Bere Island
Bere Island lies at the entrance to the magnificent Bantry Bay and guards the deep water harbour of Berehaven, in West Cork, in the South West of Ireland. The island is just 2kms offshore from the town of Castletownbere, the largest white fishing port in Ireland. The Slieve Miskish and Caha Mountain ranges of the Beara Peninsula tower over the island providing a dramatic backdrop. The island is roughly 11kms x 5kms in size with a population of just over 200.
Due to its strategic location Bere Island has a very interesting heritage. The island is rich in archaeological sites dating from the Bronze Age through to Medieval times, including ring forts, standing stones, wedge tombs and burial sites. The British had a particular interest in the island, with remnants of British Imperialism visibile throughout. At various stages they constructed Martello towers, a signal tower, military baracks and a military fortification which hosts two six inch guns, all of which can be seen today.
Despite its proximity to the mainland, Bere Island retains that distinct, easy charm of rural places distant from cities and crowds. It’s a quiet paradise, of a size that is manageable for walkers and cyclists. Bird watchers and plant lovers will delight at the many species to be found on land and at the water’s edge. Did you know that whales, basking sharks, and bottle-nose and common dolphins can all be sighted around Bere Island? Other activities to be enjoyed on the island include swimming, sea angling, diving, sea safari and other water sports, or take in an exhibition on the island’s history at the Heritage Centre. During your visit, make sure you take time to dine on some fresh, local seafood in local restaurants, or enjoy ceol agus craic in the island pubs. Whatever your reason for visiting, a warm welcome awaits you on Bere Island!
Reaching the Dettifoss waterfall in winter was no easy task. The road to get there was classified as "extremely slippery, travel not recommended" due to ice and melting snow.
My friend and I decided to take the risk. The road was slippery but still manageable on the way there. However, on the way back, in the darkness and cold of the night, it was much more stressful. We almost slid backward with the van on the first incline.
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Once there, a 20-minute walk through deep snow, crampons on, was necessary to reach the waterfall! Once in front of it, the view was breathtaking. The power of the water could be felt as much through its flow as through its roar. Unfortunately, the waterfall isn't perfectly aligned on the North-South axis to have the auroras right above. The only hope was that if the auroras appeared at night, they would be strong enough to light up the eastern sky above the waterfall.
Back at the van, waiting for nightfall, the clouds cleared just in time! And, as almost usual during the trip, the auroras followed shortly after. Once again, they exploded!
We headed back toward the falls. I set up my first camera to start a timelapse, then the second for a panorama. Just then, I realized I had forgotten the plate to mount it on the tripod… No tripod, no photos!
No choice, I went back to the van for a 40-minute round trip, alone in the silent night. The auroras, growing bigger and bigger, danced above me. I recalled an article I had read a few days earlier about a polar bear spotted in the area before being taken down. There was no chance of encountering one, but it still made me pick up the pace. A stressful but unforgettable experience.
That night, the aurora was crazy and took so many different shapes. The final result looks like a Phoenix! :)
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Panorama of 49 images
Canon 6D, Sigma ART 20mm
Sky: f/1.8, ISO 1600, 5 sec
Landscape: f/1.8, ISO 3200, 6 sec
66791 passes Beggars Bridge (between March and Whittlesea), working 6T64 14.43 Whitemoor Yard LDC - Cannonbury West Jn. The wagons were carrying fresh ballast (at the front) and new concrete sleepers (at the rear, hidden from view). [Pole, 2/6 sections (~2.7m)]
After spending the morning east of Bury St. Edmunds, I came over this way for the afternoon because I'd spotted there were two GBRf-operated engineers' trains running from Whitemoor via Peterborough to London, just under an hour apart. Knowing that a few celebrity locos had been in the Peterborough / March area recently, including Beacon Blue 66791 and BR Railfreight triple grey 66794, I got in position just in case... The first was a short rake of autoballasters, topped and tailed by 66711 (AI livery) and 66746 (Royal Scotsman maroon), but it passed in very dull conditions. But the second was a different matter, although I did think the clouds were closing up when they actually did the opposite! I knew what was on both trains a short time before they left Whitemoor, but not until I was actually in position - so 66791 was a pleasant surprise, as my first pictures of it, two weeks previously, did not show the loco's unique livery especially well. (But I've still not seen 66794 - nor 66793.)
It had become very windy (of course, not helped by the flat landscape - it's marginally more sheltered at Elmswell), so using the pole at a useful height for the fens was not looking like a sensible option. I therefore chose an angle where I did not need to use the pole to get a good picture, but did use it extended it by one section (quite manageable) as it gave me marginally more height than being stood on top of my step ladders (allowing me to lose some of the bank in the foreground) but was significantly more stable!
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I know my most of techniques come with some serious investment requirements, but not so today! Because all you actually need is just bamboo :) It's pretty cheap, and can often be found in Pick-a-Brick walls. So this is a technique that hopefully anyone can afford :)
The drawback, of course, is the quality. There is a distinct repetitive pattern that I think is pretty hard to break, unless you are willing to bend the leaves in different directions, in which case you're likely going to break more than a few. If you are just using one or two rows of this that will probably be a better use case for it, since the pattern won't be as obvious.
It is also slightly cumbersome to include in a build, as it requires rows of alternating studs and antistuds on both sides. Manageable but certainly not something you just smack on a build.
I still feel it is an upgrade from just putting out rows of green stalks. Or actually, not sure about that, since you can get some variation on stalks by rotating them. But at least, um, you get a more leafy quality to the grass here ;)
Well, that's it really. Simple and cheap, but not the most impressive grass to be sure :)
I'm working on downsizing a little bit. I have 4 bodies that I'm preparing to sell in the coming weeks. I feel like this number of dolls is a lot more manageable and I'll be careful of adding to the group from now on...
Ice-pocalypse? Maybe not, but it's a bizarre and beautiful ice-scape out in the Columbia River Gorge right now. I shot a half-dozen different waterfalls this morning with Gary Meyers, and after warming up a bit inside our neoprene waders the steady 15 degree weather was quite manageable. For some of you that might not sound cold, but for those of us here in Oregon it's unseasonably brisk, a reminder of our parents' upper Midwest roots. At least in my case. Anyway, this photo shows the bottom of Latourell Falls, a 249-foot beauty that would be a major attraction in its own right were it not for the beloved Multnomah Falls just down the road.
“Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.” ~ Jimmy Buffet
Cow moose spotted in a small pond not far outside the east entrance to Yellowstone. She was much lighter in color than others we have seen and must have been in the process of moulting, as tons of her hair went flying in all directions every time she would shake water off her. They may not be the most attractive animals, but they sure are exciting to see and fun to watch :-)
Have a great Sunday.....and as always, thanks for all your visits & comments!!!! 12 days & counting :-)
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A shot that gave me quite a bit of trouble due to lack of skill, I had to re shoot this on 3 separate occasion after the first attempt failed to stitch and the second was off center, The third attempt had a little problem but was still manageable. It rained shortly after sunset which was a disappointment as I was waiting for the blue hour, I took a quick 5 x 5 pano before running for shelter.
This location is what I would call selfish spot as only one person can shoot at a time, you got to hog the spot if you want this scene. I put off shooting this for a long time because I was not confident that it would stitch without a panoramic head, but turns out it stitched with only minor issues after a couple of tries. I'm planning to return again though, since the rain prevented me from shooting what I wanted.
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Giant kingfisher - big by all other kingfisher standards apart from the US belted kingfisher which they closely resemble. The sizes of the fish they catch ar extraordinary and often as big as the bird! Must read up on this but I've never seen them taking small manageable bites. This was taken in the north of the Kruger NP close to Punda Maria rest camp.
Just a bird on a stick really but what a bird and what a stick!