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A mixture of portraits and landscapes taken with my Mamiya C330 and a mixture of Ilford HP5 and Delta
Norfolk Southern freight #274 heads north through the Town of Bealeton, Virginia on 05Nov2022. On the head was SD70ACe 1144 and ES44DC 7523 pulling 35 cars of mixed freight. Normally there is a cut of double stack COFC behind the general freight, but not today. Engineer Nick has his train cruising up the ex-Southern main at track speed. A friend of mine had sold me his slightly used Nikon D750 camera, and this was the first train that I shot with it. Very pleased with my purchase.
I'd never done a collar like this before. I followed the directions and had faith that it would turn out perfect and it did. Lovely pattern.
Autumn Maple Trees
Tawaraya Sōri (active late 18th century)
Period:
Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:
late 18th century
Culture:
Japan
Capturing a scene of autumn foliage, this small six-panel folding screen painting gives the impression less of natural scenery than of a highly decorative planar design. The trees’ curving forms and the mottled effect in ink created through the Rinpa technique of tarashikomi (“dripping in,” or mottled pigmentation) endow the scene with a feeling of pliancy and gentleness. Toward the right, three trees are painted in lighter ink to suggest that they stand farther back, thereby lending this gold-ground painting a marvelous sense of spatial depth. The duster of still green leaves on the tree at left provides a fresh accent to the withering red foliage and allows the artist to suggest the changing of the seasons.
This bright and colorful picture anticipates large-scale Rinpa paintings of flowers and foliage that would be created by Sōri’s successors in Edo in the early nineteenth century. Sōri, who was active in Edo from the late eighteenth century, might have been among the circle of Rinpa artists who would have inspired Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828) to devote his energies to reviving the Rinpa style.
Shot on a Kiev 60, Arsat 80/2.8 and Fuji Neopan.
Another Joker's Daughter press shot. A touch underexposed in the face? I think I'vemanaged to bring out enough detail without blowing out the background sky.
A 29 turn three inch diameter coil is used as tunned loop antenna. The 2N3904 is configured as an emmiter follower, offering very little load to this circuit and positve feedback. This multiplies the Q and gives increased gain. This stage is controlled by adjusting the voltage applied to it with a 10K potentiometer and associated components.
The signal is taken from the1K emitter resistor and further amplified by a BC109 transistor configured in the common emitter mode. Detection is achived by the 1N4148 diode before being applied to the LM386 audio amplifier. I have used a 64R miniture speaker as this reduces the current fluctuations caused by this stage that are prone to cause instability in this style of receiver.