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Some contemporary hand made marbles nestled on top of an antique Gaudy Dutch plate,
Our Daily Challenge:
THE THREE MACRO SHOOT OUT... is the topic for Sunday April 19th
(Multi-color macro)
PLEASE, no multi invitations, glitters or self promotion in your comments. My photos are FREE for anyone to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks - NONE OF MY PICTURES ARE HDR.
All the cruise ships on the Nile River that are waiting to enter the locks get besieged by the villagers of Esna selling their wares by throwing them up to the top decks (4 levels) and bargaining the prices. If you agreed to the price you would throw the money down to the person, if not you would throw the item back. This exchange could go back and forth a few times.
I was given a gift by one man, I had given him some items - a ball, some pencils and other items from Canada for his kids. He tossed me a white Galabya that had embroidery on it, very beautiful, I said I did not want it, he said no it was a gift, I tossed him some money and he threw it back - this is why I love to travel, interacting with the people.
Esna, Egypt
66720 is seen heading towards Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Working the 6S48 Departmental train from Tyne S.S - Mossend Down Yard
A multi scope effort between the LRGB of the newtonian over 3 nights and a night of Ha through the Edge.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron EdgeHD 8" · Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY163M · ZWO ASI1600MM
Mounts
Losmandy GM8 / GM8G · Vixen GPDX
Filters
Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2" · Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2" · Meade Blue 2" · Meade Green 2" · Meade Red 2"
Accessories
Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD800 (94242) · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor · Sharpstar 2" 0.95× coma corrector (CRC2095)
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Sept. 7, 2021 · Aug. 26, 2022 · Aug. 29, 2022 · Aug. 30, 2022
Frames:
75×120″(2h 30′) bin 2×2
81×120″(2h 42′) f/6 bin 2×2
Astronomik H-alpha CCD 12nm 2": 83×120″(2h 46′) -10°C bin 2×2
Meade Blue 2": 45×75″(56′ 15″)
Meade Green 2": 45×75″(56′ 15″)
Meade Red 2": 45×75″(56′ 15″)
Integration:
10h 46′ 45″
Darks:
100
Bias:
100
Avg. Moon age:
8.57 days
Avg. Moon phase:
3.92%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 6351768
Resolution: 4093x5238
File size: 26.6 MB
Data source: Backyard
You have your fag in your left hand and your phone in your right ...
One thing we noticed were far more smokers on the streets than in London ...
Having seen that the multi axle Commutabus mockup was not what the bus industry required, Leyland went back to the drawing board. In 1968, Leyland commenced work on a new £1.6 million development project known as Project FPB7 (forward project bus 7) to design a rear-engined single-deck Integral citybus with right or left-hand drive to be offered in three overall lengths of 10, 11 and 12-metres for the home market and overseas markets. The new bus would be built using the same methods used in the car industry which would require a new advanced factory to be built. A highly skilled team was selected for the project including experience from Leyland's car division of Rover and Triumph this was before the shot gun marriage which seen Leyland Motor Corporation merge with British Motor Holdings in May 1968 to form British Leyland Motor Corporation.
Two important people were involved in the Project FPB7, first Joe McGowan who was the Engineering Director and leader of the project. The second important person was Dr Albert Fogg who joined Leyland Motor Corporation in 1965 and was the Corporate Director responsible for Engineering. At the 1988 Earl's Court Motor Show Leyland announced the 8.2-litre fixed head turbocharged six cylinder 500 series diesel engine available as a vertical or horizontal engine, it was this engine in horizontal form known as the 510 which was chosen to be used in FPB7 because of its compact dimensions.
By late 1968, possibly early 1969, Leyland had built a 2-door 11-metre wooden FPB7 mockup which apart from minor details is how the Leyland National would look. It was July 1969 when the National Bus Company would go into partnership with the British Leyland Truck & Bus Division to form the Leyland National Company Ltd responsible for the design and manufacturing of the Leyland National bus. At this stage the project became B7 with seven prototype buses built in secrecy at Leyland during 1969/70 numbered B701-B707.
In September 1969, it was announced that Marcus Smith was appointed as Director and General Manager of the Leyland National Company Ltd. At the same time it was announced that the Leyland National would be built at new state of the art bus assembly factory to be built on a greenfield site at Lillyhall near Workington on the Cumberland coast.
This official Leyland publicity photograph shows the project FPB7 mockup which had advanced almost to the final form in terms of the side view. The front windscreen with nearly square corners and lower panel treatment was different, and arguably more modern than the final design chosen. The Rover stylist David Bache was responsible for the exterior styling complete with recessed roof cove panels for exterior advertising. I can only guess that many modifications were made to the mockup. Finally the Italian stylist Michelotti was involved in the final styling of the Leyland National which was also applied to the mockup.
Photograph credit: British Leyland Truck & Bus Division/Basil Hancock
This is my final post of 2020, I would like to thank all the people who have viewed my posts, added them as their favourite and left comments. I will continue in 2021 posting interesting and unseen Leyland publicity photographs telling the story of bus and coach models from Leyland's back catalogue going back over 50 years. The Leyland National is a story close to my heart because I live in Workington and have friends who worked at the Leyland National factory.
Bibliography:-
Books: Leyland Bus Mk2 Doug Jack, Beyond Reality, Leyland Bus The Twilight Years Doug Jack
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty two metres at 08:55pm on a Springtime afternoon on Tuesday 20th April 2021, of an adult Female House sparrow (Passer Domesticus) off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.
The house sparrow is found in most parts of the world and differs from it's close relative the Tree sparrow, the female having a yellowish beak and black and grey stripe over the eye.
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Nikon D850 Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/1000s Aperture f/6.3 iso250 Tamron VC Vibration Control enabled on setting 1. Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504) (14 bit uncompressed) Focus mode AF-C focus. AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. AF-S Priority selection: Focus. 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points.AF-Area mode single point. Exposure mode: Manual mode. Metering Mode: Matrix metering. White balance on: Auto1 (4440K). Colour space: RGB. Active D-lighting: Normal. Vignette control: Normal. Nikon Distortion control: Enabled. Picture control: Auto (Sharpening A +2)
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 95mm screw in adapter ring. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto MT057C3-G Carbon fibre geared tripod. Neewer Gimbal tripod head with Arca Swiss quick release plate. Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid sport quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 28.30s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.47s
ALTITUDE: 52.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 89.8MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 41.00MB
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PROCESSING POWER:
Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.20 (14/01/2021) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (18/02/20) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit Version 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Pentax MX
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm 1.8
Yellow filter Y48
Ilford FP4 (100)
Caffenol CMrs modified 11'00" 20C
(45g/L Sodium Carbonate)
Plustek 8200i scan from film negative
Another set of random shots on my daily walk, but at least it was sunny.
Covid roadmap out of lockdown.
Poole 22.04.2021