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This image was taken through a Swiss microscope using an iPhone. This is a small segment of a dime-sized, Swiss made woman’s mechanical watch.
Great Western Railway 4-6-0 two-cylinder tender modified 'Hall' class, built at Swindon Works in January 1949, operated with British Rail until 1966
didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/article.php/78/6998-burton-agn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Agnes_Hall
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Olympus PEN Lite E-PL5
PA227378 Anx2 Q90 Apmx painterly Ap Q11 Anx2 Q90 1.5k f25 f50
Mechanical Dragon - Sony A7S II, Flipped Disposable Film Camera Lens
Click here to see how I made this flipped lens: youtu.be/Zd4Vu9L4Mik
Month of Mornings 4/30, Port of Napier, Napier, New Zealand
For my 4th day of #monthofmornings I headed around to Ahuriri, with the promise of a bit of cloud and low tide.
One of the reasons I am committing to getting up every morning to get out and shoot at sunrise, is to show that sometimes the conditions do not lend themselves to producing the types of images that you might want to shoot. This morning was one of those mornings. And that is ok. There is always tomorrow.
So I pointed my camera at the cranes of Napier Port and shot a silhouette. It was about the best image I got for my hour long shoot, and it is nice enough, but not what I was hoping for.
And that is ok. There is always tomorrow.
Fujifilm X-E3, ISO200, f6.4, 50mm, 1/80sec
Processed in Lightroom
Warframe
-3700 X 5000 Resolution SRWE Hotsample
-Resampled with GIMP (lanczos 3)
-Ingame Captura Mode
-Reshade 4.2.1
Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840)
Der Mönch am Meer | Monk by the Sea (1808-1810)
Alte Nationalgalerie - Berlin
With Monk by the Sea (1808-1810) and The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809-1810) by Caspar David Friedrich, the Nationalgalerie in Berlin is the custodian of perhaps the most famous pair of paintings from the period of German Romanticism. Since Heinrich von Kleist’s first essay, the paintings have inspired many different interpretations, and to this day are one of the central attractions on the Museumsinsel.
Technical aspects and the condition of the paintings
Caspar David Friedrich uses a very fine, primed canvas for both paintings with several layers of ground. The paint was applied in one to two very thin layers. Because of this, the paintings were immediately exceptionally prone to damage, affecting the paintwork as well as mechanical damage and the results of ageing. The condition of the paintings had already deteriorated considerably by 1900. From 1906, they were subjected to intensive restoration work of varying quality. The loss of the original substance of the paintings was considerable. Large, discoloured patches of retouching, overpainting and extremely discoloured layers of varnish detracted from the appearance of the paintings as well as further damage caused by transport and lining.
Conservation and restoration project
In 2013 it finally became possible to realise our long-term goal of restoring and conserving both works through the generous support of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung. The paintings underwent comprehensive analyses and examinations. The technical research on Caspar David Friedrich’s painting techniques in particular delivered fascinating and important information on the materials he used and how they have changed, providing a basis for rethinking the colour compositions. The signatures on both works also led to new and astonishing findings. A detailed conservation and restoration plan was devised from the findings of these analyses. The objectives of these measures were to secure what remains of the original substance, to make the closest possible estimation of the paintings’ original state and to subsequently reconstruct the legibility of the artworks. Upon the completion of this work in January 2016, the restored works were put on display along with the technical and conservational findings as part of the exhibition The Monk Has Returned (22.1. – 24.07.2016) in the Caspar David Friedrich Hall of the Alte Nationalgalerie. In January 2017, a catalogue was published with the same title.
Source: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/alte-nationalgaler...
Antique steam locomotive wheel linkage, Oregon Rail Heritage Center, Portland Oregon. Mamiya 6 folding rangefinder, Rollei Retro 400s, Ilfotec DD-X 1+4, 10 minutes
Battleship Texas is the last remaining battleship that participated in both World War I and World War II. Over her service life, the Navy repeatedly outfitted the ship with cutting edge technology. Fate spared Battleship Texas as she fought in two wars. Now she is fighting for survival against age and rust.
Powerful weapon
ship launch_800p.jpegLaunching the ship in 1912 (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives)
The U.S. Navy com-mis-sioned USS Texas on March 12, 1914. She was the most powerful weapon in the world, a complex product of an industrial nation emerging as a force in global events.
In 1916, USS Texas became the first U.S. battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns. She was also the first to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers. These early computers increased firing accuracy.
In World War I, USS Texas joined the 6th Battle Squadron of the British Grand Fleet early in 1918. Her duties included laying a North Sea mine barrage, responding to German High Seas Fleet maneuvers, and helping prevent enemy naval forces from cutting off Allied supply lines.
Late in 1918, she escorted the German Fleet to its surrender anchorage.
Retooled ship
Two sailors swabbing the deck.Swabbing the deck (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives)
In 1925, the Navy opted to modernize USS Texas instead of scrapping her. This meant con-vert-ing the ship to run on fuel oil instead of coal. Tripod masts and a single stack replaced the ship’s cage masts and two smoke stacks. Torpedo blisters added another layer of protection to the ship’s waterline.
USS Texas received one of the first radars in the U.S. Navy in 1939. With new anti-aircraft guns, fire control and communication equipment, the ship remained an aging but powerful asset in the U.S. naval fleet.
World War II
Baker-Bryant German Shell031_800p.jpgCaptain Baker and Admiral Bryan pose with the unexploded German shell (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives).
USS Texas became flagship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet before World War II. She had a close call in 1941 while on "Neutrality Patrol.” German Submarine U-203 had the ship in its sights and asked permission to fire. Adolf Hitler eventually denied permission to engage the ship, or any other U.S. ship.
Fate spared the battleship again when Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941: She was safe in Maine. The United States entered World War II soon after.
During the war, USS Texas fired on Nazi defenses in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Shortly afterward, German coastal defense artillery near Cherbourg hit the ship twice. The first shell exploded, injuring 12 and killing one. This was the only combat fatality ever aboard USS Texas. The second shell hit the ship, but did not explode. The Navy deactivated this “lucky shell” and returned it to the ship as a good luck charm.
After repairs, the battleship shelled Nazi positions in Southern France before transferring to the Pacific. There she lent gunfire support and anti-aircraft fire to the landings on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Final mission
Berthing the ship_800p.jpgTugboats bring the battleship to her final resting place in 1948 (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives).
After Japan’s surrender, USS Texas carried soldiers stationed across the Pacific home from war.
When she completed her final mission, the state of Texas acquired the ship. On April 21, 1948, Battleship Texas was decom-missioned, and became a memorial ship.
Today, Battleship Texas is a floating museum and the last remaining U.S. battleship of her kind. She stands as a memorial to the bravery and sacrifice of the servicemen who fought in both world wars.
The battleship is both a National Historic Landmark and a National Mechanical Engineering Landmark. Ensuring her future will require a concerted effort from Texas citizens and businesses. Luck has gotten her this far, but now it’s up to Texans to save Battleship Texas.
Taken from; tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas/park_history
The group's first album, Spirit, was released in 1968. "Mechanical World" was released as a single (it lists the playing time merely as "very long"). The album was a substantial underground hit, reaching #31 and staying on the charts for over eight months. The album displayed jazz influences, as well as using elaborate string arrangements (not found on their subsequent recordings) and is the most overtly psychedelic of their albums.
We walked to a world of equality where no more talk that we should separate what is man's work and what is women's work.
66414 is in the process of running round 6R93 from Willesden but the mechanical grabs have already started gorging on the heavy London clay and dumping it into the former Parkfield Road quarry where it is levelled out by bulldozers.
Analogica con Leica M3 - elmar 50 mm f2.8 - Kodak ultramax 400 sviluppata in bellini kit C41.. Scansione con reflex digitale eos 60D ed elaborazione/inversione con negative lab pro.
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Questo è il mio primo rullo a colori con questa fotocamera e con questa ottica. Risale allo scorso gennaio, l'ho sviluppato solo ora. Questo obiettivo mi piace probabilmente più a colori che in bianco e nero. Lo avevo sempre solo visto nel bianco e nero. Meglio tardi che mai.