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Honey Bees feeding on Syrup. It was a lucky kind of shot but I was walking around with a camera looking for something to capture. These bees are a small swarm that arrived a few weeks previously and they are extremely docile and manageable, just as well as they are my first bees ever!
Our Alaskan Sled Dog pack, who have been with us since the beginning, is once again whole on the other side of the rainbow bridge. We said goodbye to Skye on Tuesday morning; her arthritis became no longer manageable, and her hindquarters began to give way and her appetite declined rapidly.
After Juno passed away in February, Skye became somewhat of a volunteer around here! She helped us with our senior boarding and daycare guests, by welcoming them into her pen for some naps in the sun.
Thank you, Skye. We know you and the others are enjoying your reunion ❤️
If you knew Chloe, you'd know how suited this outfit is for her. She's so tolerant when I dress her up, balance things on her head, or ask her to hold something.
I started a new group called 52 weeks for k-9's. It has the basic 52 weeks project premise and we are accepting new members. We'll be in our first week until Sunday, so you have until then to join if you'd like to! It's by invite only, so if you'd like to join just send a request. We want to keep the group at manageable size.
Come here to join, hope to see you!
Front facade complete, with the exception of a few tweaks here and there.
So far about 20,000 pcs (6400 hundred are just the dark red cylinders for the roof!)
Over the next couple of days I will be doing all the internal structure up to this point. I am designing it so that each of the sections connectors to a main technic frame in the middle. That should make the build more manageable and easier to move around if needed.
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There is a reason I primarily shoot with apsc cameras, rather than full frame. I know bigger sensor undeniably has advantages on dynamic range and low-light capability, but it also means physically the lens will be much bigger, especially on the telephoto end.
As I progress in my photography journey, I start to shoot more and more on the longer end and that's really where small-sensor system shines.
This image was taken with a 100-400mm lens (full frame equivalent) on a casual walk near where I live. The lens itself has a very manageable form factor in apsc system and it allows me to bring it everywhere I go. On that particular day, I noticed this bird in the far distance and the sky was glowing with sunset color behind it. I quickly grabbed this shot and surprisingly I captured this moment when the bird was chirping.
At times I wonder if someone reads poetry books about how uneventful lives pass in certain social circles. It could be possible; however, most poetry books like these provide insight into turbulence, conflict and forced self-discovery. I suppose the secrets the books uncover are not so secret after all and that they are for everyone and not just a select few readers who have time to ponder the words carefully in the course of the day. If conflict were not part of all of our lives there would not be a need to write about such things to make the wold seem more manageable than it is.
The image is processed for contrast and colour saturation. I hope you like the result.
Grand Canyon NP, AZ
A majestic view of the Grand Canyon from the Mather Point overlook taken during a recent family vacation.
The canyon itself was magnificent but I found it truly difficult to do it justice in a photograph. First, haze was a constant issue. This shot was actually one of the few where the haze was manageable in post. Second, as much as I loved traveling out west with my family and observing as my kids saw for the first time some of the national parks that I hold in such high regard, it had its trade offs. For starters, sunrise shots were simply out of the question. Instead, midday shooting in harsh light was the norm. Advance scouting was not really an option - once we left left an overlook, it was quite literally in the rear view mirror and "gone" for good. Planting myself in one spot for several hours while waiting for better light was simply not in the cards like it would have been had I been traveling with my typical group of photography companions. That said, my first visit to GCNP provided some some valuable intel that will surely be useful for my next visit, whenever that may be.
Hope you enjoy this one.
♦ Instructions available at BrickVault ♦
This is it! After the Torment, the Negotiator proudly joins my Midi-Scale capital ship collection, engineered with the same philosophy in mind: maximizing accuracy, features and proportions of the original model in a moderate size.
Made of 3,145 pieces, 68cm (27 inches) long, weighing 1,6kg, the Negotiator is a medium-sized, modular Venator-class Star Destroyer holding on a single, unique Lego stand.
This piece of work is the result of weeks of designing, engineering and intense testing. I wanted the Negotiator to be dense, massive-looking, intricate and packed with detail, while being compact and manageable.
Building at such a scale, I had to take into account every possible constraint (balance, weight distribution, structure sturdiness) while never compromising any aesthetics (SNOT look, thickness, greeble).
The Negotiator features every intricate part of the studio model: turrets, hangar and docking bays, engines, bridge, greeble... with utter attention to detail and proportions of the original ship, as seen in the Prequels.
► Instructions for the Negotiator are available at BrickVault!
Another model based on the incredible designs of EC-Henry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI
This particular ship, a YX-950 freighter, is supposed to be about 3x larger than the Millennuim Falcon. To make it more manageable, I downsized the whole thing by ca. 1/3. I also bulked the fuselage up a bit to fit a fully fleshed out hangar inside.
Credit goes to:
- EC-Henry for the ship design
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmnhtABNKjwsrln3xP0Cig
- Aniomylone for the snowspeeder
www.flickr.com/photos/anio-ucs/8035839278/in/dateposted/
- Brick Vault for the cargo crates
Another year older looking at myself a bit different these days,did I finally reach that pinnacle all men strive for?That place where all problems become solvable or at the very least manageable?Can I look at myself and say you are worthy?Can I stand in judgement with my fellow man and be decried equal?Why does the chicken cross the road?Which came first the chicken or the egg?Have I ever washed this mirror?Why do these questions bother me?Why do I even ask?Why?
Barney having fun on Perseverance Hill, with the Worcestershire Beacon behind. I'd be interested to know where the name for Perseverance hill came from because quite frankly, it's a teeny tiny hill - you certainly don't need much in the way of perseverance to climb it! We've not been up here for quite a while, as the Beacon is easier to reach from our home, so Barney was pretty excited exploring all the different scents and racing around after those pesky invisible squirrels he loves to hunt for.
The only downside was the heat... Barney's got a track record of not being terribly sensible about slowing down when it's hot - if we're out somewhere fun and he's off lead, he wants to be running, never mind the temperature. Normally on hot summer days, I will therefore wait till late evening to take him out, but this time, I hadn't quite realised how warm it would be up there. Luckily, we'd brought some water with us and once he started looking puffed, I asked him to quietly walk behind me, which he did without complaint (perhaps a sign he's getting some sense?).
Ooh, Barney's doing so well with his arthritis atm :) After struggling badly over winter, he's been slowly improving this spring (as the weather got better) and now looks really good. He's still a bit stiff getting up but walks easier and can be allowed to run more on walks. I've been able to cut back on the painkillers too. He's gone from 2 1/2 tablets a day to usually just 1, or even a half - in fact, a couple of times, he's skipped the pills entirely and seemed fine. I'm being careful not to over do it with the exercise etc but am glad he's feeling happier. I suspect once the colder, wetter weather returns, he'll need more in the way of pain relief but I'm happy to see that the problems caused by his hip dysplasia are manageable.
♦ Instructions available at BrickVault ♦
The EF76 Nebulon-B Frigate has to be one of my favorite ships from the original trilogy. After rewatching the beautiful ending scene in Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, I decided to take on the Midi-Scale challenge once again.
This very compact model is made of 1,464 pieces and measures 48cm. With this design, I tried to maximize the density factor in the smallest, most convenient size possible.
The Nebulon-B features a movie-accurate, fully asymmetrical design, from side panels to greebles and surface detail. It also includes cannons, sensors, an accurate and intricate bridge section, a streamlined water tank, and many small details seen on the original ship.
Reproducing the various front assemblies, small buildings in the back and all the greebles around the engine section took lots of fine-tuning, mindful part choices, and fun gap-filling sessions to closely match the ILM prop model.
The building process isn't too long nor complex: I once again went for a fully modular approach, and the reasonable part count makes it both a manageable and relatively affordable build.
The EF76 comes with a wide built-in stand and can be moved around easily. It can even be grabbed and held by its long middle section which is made of a sturdy technic liftarm configuration.
► Instructions for the Nebulon-B are available at BrickVault!
Hoewel ik wat testopnamen had genomen met meer beheersbare instellingen, is het altijd weer spannend om een opname van tien minuten te maken. Het zou mijn enige kans worden om iets van de kleur in de lucht te pakken van de zonsondergang, ook al ging de zon schuil achter de wolken.
Ik was opgelucht toen ik het resultaat zag op het schermpje van mijn camera: goed belicht. Oef! Gelukkig geen verspilde tijd en moeite. Na flink wat sleutelen in Aperture en Photoshop – maar zonder aan de kleuren zelf te zitten – is dit het resultaat. Best heel blij mee. Wat vinden jullie ervan?
Educated guess
Even though I did some test shots with more manageable settings, it’s always a gamble to take ten minute exposures. It would be my only chance at catching some of the colour in the lower sky from the sunset, even though the sun was obscured by clouds.
I was relieved when I saw the result on my camera screen: perfectly exposed. Phew! Luckily, those ten minutes were not wasted. After quite some tinkering in Aperture and Photoshop – but without actually touching the colours, mind you – this is the result. I’m quite happy with it. Please let me know what you think.
Evidence from the building suggests that there was a church here in Anglo-Saxon times, even though there is no mention of one in the Domesday record. What are believed to be the remains of Saxon foundations and two Saxon windows were discovered during the restoration of 1908.
It seems that the church may have been extended during the 12th. century when a new chancel was added at the east end. By the end of the 13th. century, it had been enlarged several times, with aisles to the north and south and a south transept or chapel. By that time, records show that Flordon was quite a rich village, but both its population and wealth declined greatly during the 14th. century, possibly due to the Black Death.
It may well have been Roger of Northwold, rector from 1329 until 1372, who ensured that the church was reduced in size and made more manageable for the remaining villagers to maintain. He may well have been a resident rector, unusual for those days, because his will was written in Flordon in 1371 and signed by three local clergy. He left 100 shillings, a large sum at that time, for repairs and alterations to the church. He asked to be buried in the porch, which seems to have been built when the south aisle, and possibly the south transept/chapel, were demolished. The north aisle may have lasted into the 15th. century, to be replaced by a north wall with stairs up to the rood loft. Remains of the infilled archways can still be seen.
In the early days of the Reformation, inventories were made of all church property. In 1552, Flordon had some silverware, some clergy robes, and two small bells which were hung in openings in the church walls instead of in the round tower. Over 200 years later, the tower was described as 'decayed' with one bell cracked. The tower eventually fell down in 1774. The ancient flint built structure had been shored up for the previous 20 years because of large cracks. The parishioners could not afford to rebuild, so were allowed to sell two of their three bells and build a new strong brick wall at the west end with a cupola for the remaining bell.
The church seems to have fallen further into disrepair during the rest of the 18th. century. The porch, walls and buttresses, roof, and churchyard fences were all in a bad condition. The chancel had a bad crack at the south east corner which may well have been caused by the Gay family vault, which was too deep and too close to the corner. Repairs seem to have been completed by 1801, when it was clearly stated that the rector was responsible for repairs to the chancel and parsonage, with the parishioners responsible for the church and churchyard fence.
There was some restoration work in Victorian and Edwardian times. After the Rev G.F. Whittaker arrived in 1856, the chancel floor was paved, a small vestry built and new pews were added. The bell cupola was replaced and the bell, dated 1775, was hung above the west wall.
The chancel was re-tiled again by Isaac Easton, rector from 1886 to 1923, who also restored the roof and had new false ceilings added in 1908. It was while this work was being done that the builders discovered the Saxon windows and rood stairs.
Repair work on the roof in early 2009 revealed timbers and joints constructed in a way that dates them to the early 13th. century, making this one of the oldest existing church roofs in Norfolk.
The church received Grade: II* listed building status on 26 November 1959. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 226596).
Didn't think I'd build another Star Wars MOC as large as the Theed Hangar and Geonosian Arena. Though it took a decade to get it done to go back to my LSW roots and getting inspired by The Book Of Boba Fett series along the way.
Eighteen regular tan 32 x 32 baseplates in foot print and built in modules for the past month or so. This is the way to accomplish a large MOC by splitting it into manageable modules with the big picture in sight. Though the modules by themselves may seem insignificant, together they create a much more awesome build. Moreover the individual modules can be switched around to create a different layout as designed much like what was done with the Akai Shiro castlegrounds.
The mist got deeper and the hills vanished. The thin cloud on the horizon helped in keeping the suns intensity to a manageable level
The Racoon was a concept car made by Renault, which was revealed virtually in 1992 as a CG model, then a physical model was revealed in the Geneva International Auto Show in 1993.
It was designed to push the limits of 4x4 tech, with manageable independent suspension, amphibious capabilities, and futuristic aesthetics that made it look like a rover.
"Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that."
43/365
So today I didn't think I'd get chance to take a 365 since I was shooting a beaut of a wedding in Wales, and then I saw this tree in front of the venue... and had to have a little fun :-)
It was a lovely day, I felt present, I felt relaxed. I'm growing into a new chapter of my life and it's becoming pleasurable again, not just bearable and manageable. This is good! I had a little cry on the drive home, but not out of sadness, but because the sky was so spectacularly washed with purple and pink and the music I was listening to was so spectacularly beautiful (Romantic Flight - John Powell) that I couldn't help but feel it, he's the song now (I dream of him saying that to me) and how he would have loved to be that song set to that sky. Lovely.
*update* turns out there's an amazing German artist who does similar work with floating trees - check him out! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2588975/Optical-illusion...
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.
April 2012
This Red Squirrel was keeping an eye on those of us that were hiking in on the Johnston Canyon trail, that runs up a gorge located off the old highway between Banff and Lake Louise...
The Johnston Canyon trail is a very popular trail for hikers throughout the year as it offers great views of the rock faces along with a river and a number of smaller waterfalls.... in the winter it can be a challenge with the snow and ice buildup on the trail... but manageable for most...
Please press "L" to see the larger lightbox version of this trail guide...
Below is a link to pictures of the Johnston Canyon trail.... (google search). for those that are interested in taking a look...
Maritza's baby shower was last weekend, and the last thing I wanted to do was knit something. So I made a quilt! The more of these I make, the faster I get - this came together in a handful of evenings last week.
I love this quilt so much, but the thought of making a large one makes me start counting the number of seams I'd have to sew. One repeat is much more manageable.
All of the fabrics in this came from my stash - the only thing I had to buy was the batting. Which means I have way too much fabric.
You can see the details a bit better here, but I quilted it with a few seams across the diagonals, then the rest of the lines run perpendicular to the diagonals. None of the patterned triangles are bisected by a seam.
I did a sewn binding because I maybe was finishing this up the day before the shower and I'm really unhappy with it. Anyone have any tricks to doing an awesome sewn binding?
Overall I love this lots and want a supersized one for me!
At this distance the mountains are postcard scenery-beautiful, motionless and manageable. Up close, from the trails and pullouts, the peaks show signs of restlessness and wrenching change. Exposed rock layers tilt at crazy angles from the pressures of mountain building. Avalanche chutes scar forested slopes. Even from here you can see evidence of radical movement. Ice-age glaciers sheered both sides of the Garden Wall. Lake McDonald itself is a child of glaciers- mile thick ice flowed downvalley and stopped at this side.
Sidenote: Taken after sunset with over cast skies.
Sony A7II and MicroNikkor 55/3.5. The Godox TT350S flash is maneuvered with a Kamerar articulating arm mounted to an L-bracket. The flash is fired with the Godox X1T radio trigger. The flash system supports TTL and HSS. The light is reflected/diffused with a Small Rogue Flashbender 2. Although the Sony camera is not cheap, the rest of the components are relatively inexpensive. Between IBIS, flash, and the excellent camera/lens manual focus tools, I am getting consistently in focus close up photos without tripod. The rig is manageable in the field. Photographed with Sony A6500 and Sigma E60/2.8.
I usually don’t go out on cloudy days but out of frustration I did. We’re scheduled for another WEEK of rain and clouds.
I decided to visit an eagles nest about 35 minutes from me. When I arrived I was happy to see at least one eagle sitting low in the nest. A moment later it flew out and down low around the nest. I can only assume it was trying to grab a quick bite. It failed and returned to the nest. About 5 minutes later the second eagle returned. They switched positions and the original eagle took off for a break. It’s safe to assume they have at least one egg at this point,
I was surprised the pictures came out decent (I feel) considering I was approx. 75yards away. The reach on the lens with the 1.4x extender is approx. 1792mm. It was completely overcast. I feel that what little light there was must have been reflecting off the lake ( nest is right off it) helping to keep the iso at a manageable level.
A modern office building.
This was sort of an exercise in using organic shapes for a building. Though complicated, the concave surfaces and the three pronged shape were manageable. Finishing up the top by fitting a roof was a whole different matter though, and I'm not actually very happy with how it turned out. Passable, but no more than that.
Still, I like the general shape of the building and with a decent roof it could look really nice. Anyone else who has tried out these shapes before and come up with a better roof solution?
The model is not actually based on anything, but a friend who visited recognised it as an office building from a neighbouring city and after checking it out the similarities are actually quite striking. So perhaps I subconsciously recreated something I had actually seen on a trip there? The mind is an enigma :)
This is my first post in quite a while and some have been asking where I've been. I'm from Sweden and as some of you may know, Sweden has had an exceptionally warm spring and summer, which has meant that outdoor activities have been on the agenda pretty much everyday, which, in turn, has left less time for Lego. I have been building from time to time, but not at the same frequency as compared with earlier this year. Some of my projects are also rather on the ambitious/frustrating side which means it'll take a bit longer to have something to show. I'm however happy to get back to posting again, and as autumn approaches with cooler temperatures and the kids going back to school, it should be more manageable to keep up a better pace :)
Here I go!! Pics of Ianthe with her new wig. I really love this wig. The colour is gorgeous and is very soft and manageable. It is perfect for Ianthe, don't you?
Having gotten across the CN former Illinois Central main in downtown, the Vicksburg Turn is on their last leg of the run back to Pearl. Unlike when I was here last spring and the Pearl River and was close to spilling out of its banks as is prone to happen, on this March afternoon the flow is much more manageable.
Cass Shay #5 crests the hill at the Lower Switchback (MP 2.3) and will shortly take on the 6.3% uphill grade that you see on the right....in reverse....as she works her way toward Whittaker Station and beyond. Logging railroads commonly had to use switchbacks such as this one to find manageable grades up to the elevations where timber was being harvested. These switchbacks typically had fairly long tails, allowing lengthy, multi-car trains to clear the switch, and then reverse direction uphill. Needless to say, #5's Fireman has the injectors going full-tilt, making sure the crown sheet will be covered when all of the water in the boiler shifts forward.
At Cass, there are two of these switchbacks within a mile of each other, so when the trains reach Whittaker Station at MP 3.8, they were running forward once again. The grades you see on this mountain are far beyond anything that a normal rod engine could ever handle with a train. Four percent is commonly considered about the maximum for conventional engines. Geared engines such as this Shay however could handle more than twice that. With her weight evenly distributed across 3 trucks, and low-RPM power applied to each and every axle, the Shay is not very fast, but she is sure-footed. Indeed, the maximum grade on Cass Hill is a very steep 9% on the approach to Bald Knob.
Everybody has what I like to call "life pile-ups".....those times when everything in your world that has been a problem seems to pile up and it feels like it's too much. When that happens, it's time for a break -- you're never going to solve any problems when you're feeling depleted and overwhelmed. Pack up for the day, and go hit a place that is soothing and comforting to you........a park, a beach, a museum, a creek where only the only sound you hear is the crickets. You know what soothes your soul.....don't put it off. Do it! When YOU are replenished, then your chaotic world seems to have some order once again and becomes much more manageable. Calgon anyone? You can join me at lake Stonycreek today! :-)
EXPLORE: June 6, 2009 - Thank you so much!!!!
NOTE: Thanks so much for all of your visits, kind comments, and invites. I'll be around today to catch up with my visiting. I hope each and every one has a wonderful, relaxing day today!
... The gardener's friend
This rather large and strange, low-slung, overweight, beady-eyed, tunneling insect has two huge shovel-like claws, for burrowing, that even Black & Decker would be proud of.
It's a nocturnal creature that spends most of its life underground tending your lawn at "grass roots" and keeping your root vegetable crops down to a manageable level! Well, isn’t that what friends are for? (ツ)
They also have a preference for marshland.
The gear! (new tab) - Shh!!! Mum's the word!
Best viewed large and on full screen, of course!
STOP PRESS (Nov 9) :
It has been brought to my attention, in a comment below (new tab), that the British regard the mole cricket as an endangered species (new tab). They are being asked to keep their ears to the ground and report anything they come up with. Life is so unfair! :-(
Bulkwise, it's one of Britains largest insects and no doubt France's too though I do have photos of a walking stick insect as long as my hand but without much meat on it.
It's Halloween and I have a little treat in store for you. Just scroll down the page a bit, you can!'t miss it! Don't be afraid, there are no tricks attached. You can also see the "Making of".
Another model based on the incredible designs of EC-Henry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI
This particular ship, a YX-950 freighter, is supposed to be about 3x larger than the Millennuim Falcon. To make it more manageable, I downsized the whole thing by ca. 1/3. I also bulked the fuselage up a bit to fit a fully fleshed out hangar inside.
Credit goes to:
- EC-Henry for the ship design
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmnhtABNKjwsrln3xP0Cig
- Aniomylone for the snowspeeder
www.flickr.com/photos/anio-ucs/8035839278/in/dateposted/
- Brick Vault for the cargo crates
♦ Instructions available at BrickVault ♦
The EF76 Nebulon-B Frigate has to be one of my favorite ships from the original trilogy. After rewatching the beautiful ending scene in Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, I decided to take on the Midi-Scale challenge once again.
This very compact model is made of 1,464 pieces and measures 48cm. With this design, I tried to maximize the density factor in the smallest, most convenient size possible.
The Nebulon-B features a movie-accurate, fully asymmetrical design, from side panels to greebles and surface detail. It also includes cannons, sensors, an accurate and intricate bridge section, a streamlined water tank, and many small details seen on the original ship.
Reproducing the various front assemblies, small buildings in the back and all the greebles around the engine section took lots of fine-tuning, mindful part choices, and fun gap-filling sessions to closely match the ILM prop model.
The building process isn't too long nor complex: I once again went for a fully modular approach, and the reasonable part count makes it both a manageable and relatively affordable build.
The EF76 comes with a wide built-in stand and can be moved around easily. It can even be grabbed and held by its long middle section which is made of a sturdy technic liftarm configuration.
► Instructions for the Nebulon-B are available at BrickVault!
This precious copper
is often laced throughout
a space that is workable.
It keeps us moving
day and night being
so manageable.
Delicate but malleable
in many ways,
it makes ones life
more amenable.
Soft as it may be
its true strength,
lies with in its
ability to be pliable.
Perhaps the copper core
that runs our lives,
is more what we should seek
to be in order to be more viable.
Seems justifiable.
Photograph of copper wire with coating for electric lights in a work space. Inverted color, and mirrored.
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.
Another model based on the incredible designs of EC-Henry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI
This particular ship, a YX-950 freighter, is supposed to be about 3x larger than the Millennuim Falcon. To make it more manageable, I downsized the whole thing by ca. 1/3. I also bulked the fuselage up a bit to fit a fully fleshed out hangar inside.
Credit goes to:
- EC-Henry for the ship design
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmnhtABNKjwsrln3xP0Cig
- Aniomylone for the snowspeeder
www.flickr.com/photos/anio-ucs/8035839278/in/dateposted/
- Brick Vault for the cargo crates
Panoramic view
Look I'll make it all manageable :)
This little red fungi had so much lovely green stuff (technical term for some kinda green mossy stuff - clearly I am not a botanist :) ) That it just had to be taken with a wide view to show it off, hence the panoramic view :) 3 shots stitched together.
This fungi has had some local take a chomp outta it, clearly it was a bit slow on the red is poisonous thing I guess :)
#fungi
#coachwoodwalk
I guess that it’s time to come clean which is what I had to do after my last trip to the bayou. A nice shower was in order along with some major housekeeping to take care of any lingering problems. It has been three weeks since that ill-fated journey to the bayou.
The Brown Pelican in the photo is not related to what happened, but he is standing where the large alligator was sunning himself on the bank.
It started out as a banner day on the bayou and things got off to a great start. I found a large number of birds including a very cooperative Green Heron along with the three Roseate Spoonbills that I photographed in December. Not sure if they were the same three, but they were there all posing beautifully in an old tree lodged in the MUD in Horsepen Bayou. You will learn the significance of the word MUD being capitalized a bit later. You’ll also learn the significance of the description of the encounters because I have no memory cards to show for the encounters. I’ll try to be brief and not drag out the narrative as well.
My Sony A6600 began to act up while I was shooting the Spoonbills and I couldn’t get it to take photos. Very disturbing since it was roughly two years old and had not been used that extensively. I fiddled with it and finally got things reset only to encounter the same issues on my encounter with an alligator in alligator alley and a heron perched a few hundred feet away. I was able to get some photos of the gator but failed to get the camera to work before the heron took flight. I decided to paddle on and worry about the camera when I got home. Little did I know that I should have headed for home at that time. As I rounded the last horseshoe bend in the bayou heading upstream. I spotted three gators on the bank and one was the large monster that I posted recently. All thirteen feet of him looming larger than life on the far bank.
I started taking photos once again and the camera failed me yet again. I fiddled with it trying to recycle the settings in order to get it to work. I was drifting away from the gators and so I paddled back upstream (mind you it’s tidal current and not a fast flowing current, but still enough to push you along). I tied the canoe off to an old snag sticking up out of the water and started fiddling with the camera once again.
Far too many mistakes on my part and I knew all too well that my newest gift, the new canoe wasn’t the most stable craft in the world but it seemed manageable on my first two outings. The truth is that the canoe was far too unstable and in the blink of an eye, I found myself upside down in the bayou. I struggled to upright the canoe and get in, but it was a futile effort. While all of this was happening, I kept an eye on the three alligators on the far bank and they stayed put…for a short time. I floundered around far too long in the water trying to dump the water out of the canoe and get to the bank nearby.
I could touch the bottom and started trying to make my way to the bank which was only a few feet away only to find my feet HOPELESSLY stuck in the MUD which was more like quicksand than mud. I should have grabbed the rope on the canoe and swam for the tree and worried about the canoe later, but I wanted to keep the canoe between me and the alligators which by now had slid off into the water and were heading my way. Terrifying? In every way imaginable and then some.
I was unlucky in a number of ways, but EXTREMELY lucky in one other way. A friend who happened to go out on the same day showed up at THE most opportune moment. I’m going to call Gary Seloff my guardian angel because he happened by at the best possible time of the day and was able to help me gather up what was left of my equipment.
I finally managed to dump most of the water out of the canoe and somehow flop over into the canoe and get out of the bayou and out of harms way. I have no idea what would have happened had Gary not come along at the right moment, but it’s not something that I really want to think about any longer and it’s something that I’m trying to rationalize in my mind. I’ve had an extremely difficult time coming to grips with the incident and it’s the reason why I’ve not been on Flickr. I have only now started telling my friends what has happened and hope that I can come to grips with everything and move on.
Lost in the incident:
3 cameras
5 lenses
Flash
I don’t want to go into the details about why the equipment was not insured, but will just say that there’s always a first time for everything and just because something has not ever happened doesn’t mean that it can’t happen.
I’ve been paddling the bayou for over 33 years and have never turned over in the canoe. The truth is that I’ve never even come close to turning over even when hitting the old hidden snags that lurk just below the surface of the water on the bayou. I should also say that all of those trips were in my older and heavier Mad River Independence canoe that had served me faithfully over those years. The thing that haunts me is that I should have recognized earlier that the new Northstar Magic was not as stable and compensated for it and should have renewed the insurance on the cameras instead of allowing it lapse about four months ago.
Far too many wrongs that I can never make right and don’t want to revisit.
So where do I go from here. I am left with one point and shoot camera and not sure about getting new equipment. The money is not the problem, but how and when to move forward is. I may need to start from scratch and just begin to go back to the bayou and just go canoeing instead of taking photos. The bayou was always a place to escape the madness of the world and it was and is just far to convenient.
Not much else to add but am sure that I’ve left out some things. I have to admit that my mind doesn’t seem as focused as it once was either.
The new canoe will be sold and I’ll have to put some effort into taking care of the old canoe which does require some maintenance on a regular basis because of its wood trim. I don’t have a lot of desire right now to head back to the bayou or to the park, so don’t hold your breath on photos. Just trying to rationalize everything, gather up the pieces and move on. There are also far too many questions in my mind that I am unable to answer, but hopefully I can work through all of those in time. I also want to say that I am doing fine physically and have no issue there and was not injured at all.
Want to wish everyone a wonderful day and hope everyone is doing splendidly.
Once again, a special thanks to Gary for helping gather up all of my stuff and taking care of me during a difficult time. You can visit Gary’s photostream at the link listed here.
www.flickr.com/photos/gseloff/
Thanks a million for your assistance Gary.
What I wanted to do was to stand next to the canyon walls on the edge of the plunge pool. But the wind blown spray was so intense, it was impossible to take a photo there. So I retreated to where the spray was manageable. I use a plastic shower cap to protect the lens and camera until I am set up to shoot. I had to wipe the lens off after every shot. This image was the only one that was usable. Too many waterspots and water smears on the others.
I was disappointed I couldn't shoot closer because I really wanted to shoot the back side of the Palouse Falls as it drops 186 feet to the river below.
But what was really disappointing was the amount of trash on the river banks from fishermen. The fish crowd at the base of the falls trying unsuccessfully to find a way up so this is a popular spot to fish. I could have filled a couple of garbage bags with their litter of bait, food and drink containers. I don't understand why they can't clean up after themselves.
I did them both solo for my 100 Strangers project, but as a pair I was running short of ideas
One head is manageable & you know where to focus on, but 2 heads and I was lost
Maybe I should fare a bit better next time
I am officially finished with this little project. I'm pretty sure this is the longest it's ever taken me to complete a quilt. I bought the fabric back in May, came up with the idea for the pattern in September and got to work on September 19, a little over a month ago. This project has been haunting me and I'm so glad it's finished!
This is the largest quilt I've made to date and the first time I didn't use free motion quilting. Yikes...all of those straight lines got pretty tedious. It got to the point where I made myself quilt it in one hour blocks so that I would at least get something accomplished. And to top that off, I decided to go with the not so speedy machine stitched/hand stitched binding method seen here. The hand stitching took forever and wasn't quite as fun as embroidery, but I got the hang of it after a while and now it seems a bit more manageable.
I was so happy to throw the quilt in the washer and dryer and see it come out in all its crinkly, wrinkled goodness.
Details best viewed in Original Size.
According to Wikipedia, the enclosed Bridge of Sighs bridge is made of white limestone and has windows with stone bars. It passes over the Rio di Palazzo (officially there are only three canals in Venice, the rest are "rios") and connects the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace (here on the left) to the New Prison. The bridge was designed by Antoni Contino, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge, and was built in 1602. The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge name, given by Lord Byron in the 19th century, comes from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells. In reality, the days of inquisitions and summary executions were over by the time the bridge was built and the cells under the palace roof were occupied mostly by small-time criminals. In addition, little could be seen from inside the bridge due to the stone grills covering the windows.
This image was captured from a bridge on the Riva degli Schiavoni shortly after 11 PM (after the day trippers had left) and Venice has become manageable again. During the day the bridge from where this image was captured is packed with street merchants selling most anything and with tourists on the way to and from St. Mark's Square.
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.
66047 Maritime Intermodal 2 trundles along the bi-directional Up Derby Slow heading for Bromsgrove to bank 6M96 Margam to Corby up the Lickey Incline, the gas axe is out on the Cemex branch with the rails being cut to manageable lengths for removal.
Another model based on the incredible designs of EC-Henry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI
This particular ship, a YX-950 freighter, is supposed to be about 3x larger than the Millennuim Falcon. To make it more manageable, I downsized the whole thing by ca. 1/3. I also bulked the fuselage up a bit to fit a fully fleshed out hangar inside.
Credit goes to:
- EC-Henry for the ship design
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmnhtABNKjwsrln3xP0Cig
- Aniomylone for the snowspeeder
www.flickr.com/photos/anio-ucs/8035839278/in/dateposted/
- Brick Vault for the cargo crates
Amtrak 1340 - Borealis - departs Saint Paul on time at 11:50 and eases through "Hoffman" under Dayton's Bluff. Gusty winds and dust from the road kicked up by trucks was pesky but manageable.
Went out to the garage (dark) and took the 10 darks I neglected to take the other night and reprocessed the Horsehead. The darks kept the noise level manageable and I was able to pull out some more detail.
44 minutes total, 11 four minute exposures at ISO 800. Spencer modded Nikon D5100 w/HEUIB-II filter in the AT10RC, 2000mm f/l with a AT2FF field flattener. CEM60EC mount guided ST4 in PHD with a Borg 50/250 guide scope and QHY5L-II guide camera.
Stacked in DSS, processed in CS5, noise reduction via Noiseware Community edition.
Happy SHIPtember! Weighing in at 100 and a bit studs long, this is the flagship of the White/Red Stripes fleet. Or, is this red with white stripes? I leave that distinction to the viewer. All in all, I'm pleased with this. Pay no attention to the bottom half of the build, where I've run out of tiles.
The shaping was the fun part of this, my inspiration was some Homeworld Mobile concept art that has to some extent influenced my entire little fleet. Specifically, the triangular engine array. The build started there and worked backwards, and from there I just made it up as I went along. (In fact, the engine surround is probably my favourite part of the build, along with the panels just behind the nose that nestle perfectly against the red stripe.) Breaking away from the Hiigaran concept art, I settled on a less blocky nose and settled with a more alligator-snout design. I'm particularly pleased with the internal structure which has essentially eliminated any sag, which is more than I can say for the first draft.
It feels like I've built this ship at least twice, and in some areas more. The initial framework was solid, to the extent that going back to make adjustments necessitated an almost from-scratch rebuild of that section. However, I've built it to be totally modular, which will help with the transport to STEAM.* The panels along either side all detach, the nose can split along the top and bottom, and even the frame itself can separate into much more manageable 30ish stud long sections. I shall take internal pictures if I remember during the teardown, perhaps.
So there we are, space! Hope you like it, click through the rest of the photostream for more pictures.
*In just under 2 weeks, for the weekend of the 11-12 October, this, along with the rest of the fleet, and my ADU vs Alien invaders, will be on display at the Railway Museum in Swindon. Come say hello if you're in the area.
This image is one of hundreds of still images I did for my Holy Grail time-lapse sequence. I found the noise still manageable enough despite being set at ISO 400 brought about by the bulb ramping to manage the fast changing light as the sun disappeared from the horizon.
Sony Alpha a7Rlll ı Sony Vario-Tessar FE16-35 f/4 ZA OSS ı Gitzo GT1540T/RRS BH-30 Ballhead ı 16mm ı f/11 ı 8s ı ISO 400
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I am sharing a little different post with you today. Instead of the usual introduction of a photo or two I am sharing a selection of photos from a whole roll of 35mm film. That's right, 36 pictures to start with edited down to a more manageable number that still shows some hallmark locations in the village of Orchard Park, NY ... #etbtsy
Continued on my blog: A Walk through Orchard Park
Photographed with a 35mm Minolta XG-7 on Expired Kodak Max 400 Color Negative Film.