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Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house corner upwards, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside.
Amnye Machen is one of the four main holy mountains of Tibet along with Kailash-Gangs Rinpoche, Gongga and Meili Xue. Located in Golog ,it rises to 6282m / 20,605 feet.
The higher peak on this picture is Chenrezig 6268m,more to the right is Amnye Machen 6090m,all to the right is Dradul Lungshok 6282m. Amnye Machen is situated between these two higher peaks. acording to this map; www.jonaldridge.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/0008_...
This lesser known holy mountain is equally as important to the Tibetan people as the more well known Mt. Kailash (Gang Rinpoche). Amnye Machen attracts Tibetan pilgrims from all across eastern and northern Tibet (pictured below) during the summer months. The only people found around the mountain are nomad Tibetans. A trek around the holy mountain normally takes 7 to 10 days. There are many rivers and streams to cross over so having yaks and horses are essential. Most of the trek is above 4600m / 15,090 feet. The best time to do the trek around the mountain is from late June to early September. Even during these months, nights can be very cold and snow is possible. During the winter, the lows can reach -30C making it a bad time to do the trek.
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Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside
Red/Common Crossbill - Loxia Curvirostra (m)
The crossbill is a genus, Loxia, of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species. These birds are characterised by the mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation.
Crossbills are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation which enables them to extract seeds from cones. These birds are typically found in higher northern hemisphere latitudes, where their food sources grow. They erupt out of the breeding range when the cone crop fails. Crossbills breed very early in the year, often in winter months, to take advantage of maximum cone supplies.
The different species specialise in feeding on different conifer species, with the bill shape optimised for opening that species of conifer. This is achieved by inserting the bill between the conifer cone scales and twisting the lower mandible towards the side to which it crosses, enabling the bird to extract the seed at the bottom of the scale with its tongue.
The mechanism by which the bill-crossing (which usually, but not always, occurs in a 1:1 frequency of left-crossing or right-crossing morphs) is developed, and what determines the direction, has hitherto withstood all attempts to resolve it.
It is very probable that there is a genetic basis underlying the phenomenon (young birds whose bills are still straight will give a cone-opening behavior if their bills are gently pressed, and the crossing develops before the birds are fledged and feeding independently), but at least in the red crossbill (the only species which has been somewhat thoroughly researched regarding this question) there is no straightforward mechanism of heritability.
Population:
UK breeding:
40,000 pairs
il s'agit de BWS acronyme allemand pour "Brandwachenstände" construits durant le second conflit mondial.
En cas de bombardement, ces abris permettaient, lors d'un bombardement, une observation précoce car protégée, des impacts, dégâts et incendies.
Au sein d'une emprise ferroviaire, le maître d'ouvrage correspondait le plus souvent à la Reichsbahn (l'équivalent allemand de la SNCF) bien qu'en zone d'occupation la Wehrmacht ne puisse être exclue.
On observe les formes et les dispositions les plus variées. Leur forme ogivale est quelque peu inhabituelle mais optimisée pour protéger l'abri des bombes de l'adversaire. Les abris les plus sophistiqués disposaient même d'un voire deux étages souterrains formant une cellule de survie. Les créneaux, fort étroits, ne sont dans ce cas nullement destinés à un armement quelconque, il s'agit de simples fentes d'observation. Enfin, la qualité du blindage de la porte de l'ouvrage oriente plutôt vers une construction par la Wehrmacht plutôt que par la Reichsbahn.
Cube houses (Dutch: kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside.
Des maisons cubiques ou des maisons cubes (du néerlandais : kubuswoningen) sont un ensemble de maisons innovantes en forme de cubes inclinés, construites dans les années 1970 à Rotterdam et à Helmond (Brabant-Septentrional) d'après un plan de l'architecte néerlandais Piet Blom (nl) (1934-1999).
De kubuswoningen in Rotterdam zijn 38 kubusvormige paalwoningen en 13 bedrijfskubussen bij de Blaak nabij de Oude Haven. Ze zijn gebouwd tussen 1982 en 1984, na een eerste presentatie van de plannen in 1978. Het ontwerp van Piet Blom is een variant op de Helmondse kubuswoning in een iets groter maatraster. Het viaduct op één hoog heet officieel de Overblaak, maar het hele complex staat bekend als het Blaakse Bos. De kubuswoningen zijn gebouwd in de vorm van een gekantelde kubus op een paal, en worden ook wel paalwoning of boomwoning genoemd.
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside.
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, right above the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.
☛ Please see here more from; Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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I owned one of these cameras in the early 1990's and it travelled all around the world with me. A lovely camera to use and gave me plenty of lovely images from my adventures. It was a camera I regretted selling as the newer versions I really didn't enjoy anywhere near as much.
After much searching, I finally found a nice example - so many of these the plastics particularly on the grip have deteriorated and are usually badly broken and cracked.
An innovative feature of these was the ability to purchase various 'expansion' cards as pictured. These small almost SD sized cards could be inserted in a door on the side of the camera and would reprogram or optimise the camera for what you were shooting. The sports card worked very well and I used this for shooting motorsports: flic.kr/p/2ozmYp9 It would shift the camera to continuous AF and provide the fastest shutter / aperture combination for the film speed and light conditions. Of course this feature went on to be built into the next generation of Minolta cameras as well as the other brands.
© Dominic Scott 2023
This is the Torre Sa Mora near Capo Mannu on Sardinia, Italy. It is one of the many old defence towers that can be found on the coastline of the island. It is also my first Lightroom edit optimised for HDR displays. You should see quite a few details in the tower facade as well as in the clouds. It is an experiment.
Amnye Machen is one of the four main holy mountains of Tibet along with Kailash-Gangs Rinpoche, Gongga and Meili Xue. Located in Golog ,it rises to 6282m / 20,605 feet.
The higher peak on this picture is Chenrezig 6268m,more to the right is Amnye Machen 6090m,all to the right is Dradul Lungshok 6282m. Amnye Machen is situated between these two higher peaks. acording to this map; www.jonaldridge.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/0008_...
This lesser known holy mountain is equally as important to the Tibetan people as the more well known Mt. Kailash (Gang Rinpoche). Amnye Machen attracts Tibetan pilgrims from all across eastern and northern Tibet during the summer months. The only people found around the mountain are nomad Tibetans. A trek around the holy mountain normally takes 7 to 10 days. There are many rivers and streams to cross over so having yaks and horses are essential. Most of the trek is above 4600m / 15,090 feet. The best time to do the trek around the mountain is from late June to early September. Even during these months, nights can be very cold and snow is possible. During the winter, the lows can reach -30C making it a bad time to do the trek.
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Ein ostfriesisches Wahrzeichen, der Leuchtturm von Pilsum. Es war ein fürchterliches Wetter, der Himmel ist "optimiert"
An East Frisian landmark, the Pilsum lighthouse. It was terrible weather, therefor the sky is "optimized."
Le phare de Pilsum, un monument emblématique de la Frise orientale. Le temps était exécrable, le ciel était « optimisé ».
Een Oost-Fries herkenningspunt: de vuurtoren van Pilsum. Het weer was verschrikkelijk, dus de hemel is "geoptimaliseerd".
After days of planning the intruding into this gorgeous palace, located in the middle of a very populated city, I finally decided to show up one hour before sunrise, in order to optimise my chances of success. I usually have big trouble on finding a parking spot, but that day I got an spot real fast, and in front of the building.
With no people on the streets, it was easy to sneak in. So I had to wait more that one hour until there was light enought to start shooting, checking my flickr, facebook and Instagram.
After one hour, I decided to check on my car peeking throught the window. I somehow got confused thinking that my car was being towed, so I gathered all my equipment and got out of the building in a rush. All the people at the bus stop saw me jumping out of the window.
I realized then that my car was well parked and that it was all a false alarm. I got back to the building, but this time with all the commuters staring at me, really sloppy job
Fortunately nobody called the police and I could take my pictures, but the feeling of being a fool will stay in my head for a long time.
My Instagram:
Amnye Machen is one of the four main holy mountains of Tibet along with Kailash-Gangs Rinpoche, Gongga and Meili Xue. Located in Golog ,it rises to 6282m / 20,605 feet.
The higher peak on this picture is Chenrezig 6268m,more to the right is Amnye Machen 6090m,all to the right is Dradul Lungshok 6282m. Amnye Machen is situated between these two higher peaks. acording to this map; www.jonaldridge.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/0008_...
This lesser known holy mountain is equally as important to the Tibetan people as the more well known Mt. Kailash (Gang Rinpoche). Amnye Machen attracts Tibetan pilgrims from all across eastern and northern Tibet (pictured below) during the summer months. The only people found around the mountain are nomad Tibetans. A trek around the holy mountain normally takes 7 to 10 days. There are many rivers and streams to cross over so having yaks and horses are essential. Most of the trek is above 4600m / 15,090 feet. The best time to do the trek around the mountain is from late June to early September. Even during these months, nights can be very cold and snow is possible. During the winter, the lows can reach -30C making it a bad time to do the trek.
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It's a Nosy!
Photon-optimised for speed.
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Voici une photo que j'avais promis à certains depuis un petit moment, à savoir un peu de colzat mais en couleur ! Cette fois ci c'est un "vertorama", derrière ce terme un peu barbare se cache une technique toute simple que j'aime vraiment beaucoup.
C'est quoi au juste vertorama ?
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Littéralement une sorte de panorama vertical. Plus concrètement, c'est un assemblage de 2 images (ou plus) en format paysage, sur un axe vertical.
Comme pour un panorama on assemble ensuite les photos obtenus pour avoir une image proche d'un format carré, que l'on peux ensuite recadrer à sa guise.
Comment on fait ?
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- Travailler de préférence en mode manuel.
- Régler la balance des blancs sur Automatique.
- Régler la mise au point.
- Faire la première photo.
- Décaler l'appareil photo vers le haut et faire la 2ième photo. (Les photos doivent se chevaucher d'au moins 20%)
-Éventuellement corriger l'exposition pour la 2nd vue en variant la vitesse, pour
être en accord avec l'expo de la première photo.
- Assembler les photos dans votre logiciel d'assemblage habituel.
- Recarder si nécessaire.
Enfin n'hésitez pas à multiplier les vues, et à employer le bracketing pour obtenir
les meilleurs expositions pour l'assemblage.
Voilà maintenant vous savez tout !
En vous souhaitant une très bonne semaine à tous,
Amicalement,
BrÖk
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#Champ de colzat, environs d'Artonne (63460), Puy de döme, France
Prise de vue
2 x 3 Vues (+1.0..-1.0EV) avec D300 - f/11 - 1/80 s - 200 ISO, Nikon 18-200mm - AF-S DX VR
Photomatix
Tone Mapping généré avec « photomatix » en utilisant « detail enhancer ».
Assemblage
- Assemblage réalisé avec « Autopano Pro» en utilisant le mode « Rectilinéaire ».
Développement
- Recadrage au format 1x1.
- Ajout d’un calque ‘niveaux’ pour correction gamma .
- Ajout d’un calque ‘Luminosité/Contraste’ pour corriger le contraste et la lumière.
- Ajout d’un calque ‘saturation’ (Verts), plus de saturation moins de lumière.
- Ajout d’un calque ‘saturation’ (Bleus), plus de saturation moins de lumière.
- Ajout d’un calque ‘saturation’ (Jaunes), plus de saturation pour rehausser légèrement les teintes jaunes.
- Netteté avec filtre netteté optimisée, pour accentuer la netteté et corriger le flou de l’objectif.
Vous
Tout commentaires, critique et astuces pour amélioration sont les bienvenus.
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Si vous souhaitez utiliser une ou plusieurs de mes images, pour un quelconque usage, merci de me contacter.
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Parkbrug est un pont pour piétons et cyclistes qui relie Park Spoor Noord à Eilandje. Le pont a une longueur de 67 m . Il est conçu par Ney & Partners et repose sur la London Tower (côté ville) et sur le bâtiment Artesis Plantin College (côté parc). Sa structure repose sur un tube, évolué et optimisé de telle sorte qu'il ne repose que sur deux points. Le pont est la dernière étape des travaux d'infrastructure sur Kop Spoor Noord. L'emplacement stratégique du pont est censé être une belle porte d'entrée vers la ville d'Anvers.
Parkbrug is a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists that connects Park Spoor Noord to Eilandje. The bridge has a length of 67 m. It is designed by Ney & Partners and is based on the London Tower (city side) and the Artesis Plantin College building (park side). Its structure is based on a tube, evolved and optimized so that it only rests on two points. The bridge is the final stage of infrastructure works on Kop Spoor Noord. The strategic location of the bridge is meant to be a beautiful gateway to the city of Antwerp.
Ground to air shot!
This Spitfire, built in 1944, is an HF Mk IXe model, fitted with a Rolls-Royce Merlin 70 engine, which has supercharger gearing optimised for high altitude (HF) performance. The aircraft is fitted with a type 'e' wing, which could carry up to four high-calibre weapons (2 x 20mm cannons plus either 2 more 20mm cannons or 2 x 0.5 inch machine guns). The additional outer four machine gun positions of the earlier wing types were not used, as they were found to be less effective than the inner positions. This aircraft has the two inner positions blanked off.
The bright yellow leading wing edges were to enable the plane to be identified as 'friendly' in the rear-view mirrors of other allied aircraft. The mirror is the dark circle that can just be seen above the windscreen.
Red/Common Crossbill - Loxia Curvirostra (m)
The crossbill is a genus, Loxia, of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species. These birds are characterised by the mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation.
Crossbills are specialist feeders on conifer cones, and the unusual bill shape is an adaptation which enables them to extract seeds from cones. These birds are typically found in higher northern hemisphere latitudes, where their food sources grow. They erupt out of the breeding range when the cone crop fails. Crossbills breed very early in the year, often in winter months, to take advantage of maximum cone supplies.
The different species specialise in feeding on different conifer species, with the bill shape optimised for opening that species of conifer. This is achieved by inserting the bill between the conifer cone scales and twisting the lower mandible towards the side to which it crosses, enabling the bird to extract the seed at the bottom of the scale with its tongue.
The mechanism by which the bill-crossing (which usually, but not always, occurs in a 1:1 frequency of left-crossing or right-crossing morphs) is developed, and what determines the direction, has hitherto withstood all attempts to resolve it.
It is very probable that there is a genetic basis underlying the phenomenon (young birds whose bills are still straight will give a cone-opening behavior if their bills are gently pressed, and the crossing develops before the birds are fledged and feeding independently), but at least in the red crossbill (the only species which has been somewhat thoroughly researched regarding this question) there is no straightforward mechanism of heritability.
Population:
UK breeding:
40,000 pairs
A French Bakelite-body camera, introduced in 1947.
The camera has a screw in/out lens that apparently focuses from 2.75 meters to infinity. However, there are no markings on the barrel, so it must have either been guess work, or you simply took photos (optimised) at infinity or 2.75 meters.
Sadly missing its rather cool "Capot Blindé". But the camera only cost £3 at a car boot sale. Another one for my Bakelite camera rescue home!
Here, someone has tried film in their camera:
Williamstown #8
(#1 and introduction to series with map references: www.flickr.com/photos/tengtan/3094072785/ )
Next to the corrugated warehouse is a nondescript shed with a wire fence close to it. The morning sun provided the chiaroscuro show.
Taken with the EF 70-200mm f/4L USM. The RAW image was optimised, converted to B&W and rendered duo-tone in PS.
With my wonderful K3 broken and caput due to a bike accident I have spent much of the day setting up my old K5IIs for macro shots. With a tendency to back focus I have had to reset the fine control on the AF menu and alter the focal length as well as optimise for a macro lens. Not looking too bad but the image can be a little grainy so need to keep ISO to 400 or below, not easy with all the clouds and wind we have at the moment although my K5 has always been better in low light conditions as is the reason I used to use this camera in deep woods for fungi. The proof of the pudding, taking it out in the field tomorow to take another look at the Monkey's. Fingers crossed and the season may continue after all!
Parkbrug est un pont pour piétons et cyclistes qui relie Park Spoor Noord à Eilandje. Le pont a une longueur de 67 m . Il est conçu par Ney & Partners et repose sur la London Tower (côté ville) et sur le bâtiment Artesis Plantin College (côté parc). Sa structure repose sur un tube, évolué et optimisé de telle sorte qu'il ne repose que sur deux points. Le pont est la dernière étape des travaux d'infrastructure sur Kop Spoor Noord. L'emplacement stratégique du pont est censé être une belle porte d'entrée vers la ville d'Anvers.
Parkbrug is a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists that connects Park Spoor Noord to Eilandje. The bridge has a length of 67 m. It is designed by Ney & Partners and is based on the London Tower (city side) and the Artesis Plantin College building (park side). Its structure is based on a tube, evolved and optimized so that it only rests on two points. The bridge is the final stage of infrastructure works on Kop Spoor Noord. The strategic location of the bridge is meant to be a beautiful gateway to the city of Antwerp.
Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_house
One last variant on this........ I've vertically flipped one side to give it a rotational symmetry....... So, three versions uploaded now, which is your favourite ? Asking because it'll probably be one of my Oxford Artweeks 2020 prints.
Over the years I've seen many photos of the Piet Blom Cube Houses in Rotterdam, many of them have been a variation from this view. This is my attempt to create something a little different with a fisheye photo of the iconic Rotterdam Cube Houses.
Click here to see more of my 'flipped' shots : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157627889661743
From Wikipedia "Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside."
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P.S. Just announced as the 5th placed shot in this months 'Architecture' round of the Amateur Photographer of the Year Competition 2021. 31/07/21
P.P.S. Shortlisted for the #Flickr World Photography Day contest in the 'Objects' category.
59204 heading 7C77, the 1222 Wembley - Merehead empty box wagons on 17 March 2022 with 66569 and a rake of empty hoppers tagged on behind, an alternative to double heading both wagon sets or running two trains. I assumed that; as well as optimising available paths it also simplifies shunting arrangements at Merehead which makes sense to use a powerful locomotive like a 59 that way. However people who know more about these things than I do suggest a darker reason (see MR P and Robert's comment below).
The double set is seen passing Hungerford Common.
The Cube Houses in Rotterdam are much photographed and as a result I wanted to try and get some different shots as well as the more obvious ones.
Click here to see more of my shots from Rotterdam :
www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157700872931264
From Wikipedia "Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside."
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© D.Godliman
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The Cube Houses by Piet Blom are one of the most famous Rotterdam landmarks.
This is a new version of one of my favourite 'flipped' shots created for this years CIOB 'Art of Building' photo competition. The original version was slightly darker and over saturated so I took the opportunity to tweak it a bit.
Click here to see more of my shots from Rotterdam :
www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157700872931264
From Wikipedia "Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside."
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Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_house
From the 1600s, I think.
Seen at Museumsdorf Cloppenburg, Germany in the summer of 2017.
A post mill is mounted on a vertical axis and can be rotated into the wind by pushing the long beam that sticks out to the back. Turning the mill was hard work, though.
Note the warp in the sail structure to optimise the angle of attack of each section of the airfoil. The farther out the section, the faster the flow speed, so the angle of attack had to be reduced. This design shows quite some understanding of the principles of aerodynamics, at a time when aircraft were still hundreds of years in the future.
The tower mill design made things easier. There, just the top part with the rotor and sails was rotated. Later this happened automatically via the fantail at the back end of the cap.
Leica IIIa (AGNOO), made in 1938
Camera received a CLA in 2017 at Leica Gallery Frankfurt
Leitz Summaron 35mm f/3.5 (SOONC), made in 1948
Ilford Pan-F Plus professional grade B&W film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Over the years I've seen many photos of the Piet Blom Cube Houses in Rotterdam, many of them have been a variation from this view. This is my attempt to create something a little different with a fisheye photo of the iconic Rotterdam Cube Houses.
I should add that I was inspired by the work of one of my long time Flickr contacts, Paul Brouns. If you don't know his work then I'd urge you to take a look at his flickr account : www.flickr.com/people/brouns/
Click here to see more of my shots from Rotterdam :
www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157700872931264
From Wikipedia "Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside."
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Yuanyang Rice Terraces, located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and located in the south of Yunnan Province of China has been a masterpiece of the ingenuity of the Hani people for generations. Southern Ailao Mountain, with this typical tiered landscape, is famed for its unique frontier scenery.
The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living. The technology of developing fertile land on rugged mountain slopes didn't spread all over China and Southeast Asia until 14th century. The creativity of the Hani people turned this mountain area into one of artistic beauty.
The Honghe Hani rice terraces are an exceptional reflection of a resilient land management system that optimises social and environmental resources, demonstrates an extraordinary harmony between people and their environment in spiritual, ecological and visual terms, and is based on a spiritual respect for nature and respect for both the individual and the community, through a system of dual interdependence known as the ‘Man-God Unity social system’.
A visitor to Singapore.
Like I suspected this lens behaves like the 40-150f2.8 with regards to OFF. Dislike those 'circles' We just have to pay careful attention to the background and optimising the shooting angle to over comes this OFF issue. Oh plus tell the sun to tone down a notch. Certainly not a deal breaker for me.
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Sand cats are gorgeous, looking a lot like small, perfectly-groomed domestic cats with delicate faces set into kittenishly large heads. That's the result of having wide, low-set ears adapted to detect prey beneath the surface of their desert habitat. Other desert adaptations include furry feet resistant to heat (and cold) and a respiratory system optimised for dry air. That's a health problem in the distinctly damp UK climate, so the zoo's cats, brothers Bert and Ernie, occupy a humidity-controlled indoor enclosure.
In the wild, sand cats are nocturnal, but here on Exmoor they seem to lie-in late into the morning then come out to scrutinise their adoring public. On a wet autumn day, they seemed perturbed that the foolish primates were outside.
One of my favourite zoos (and we've visited quite a few), Exmoor Zoo has a remarkable collection of species, particularly mammals rarely seen in other UK zoos. I'm particularly drawn to the ten different cats. Unfortunately, in a rural location near(ish) Barnstaple, it's also the zoo furthest from home (fully five hours each way), so visiting is a rare treat..
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The Cube Houses in Rotterdam are much photographed and as a result I wanted to try and get some different shots as well as the more obvious ones.
Click here to see more of my shots from Rotterdam :
www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157700872931264
From Wikipedia "Cube houses (Dutch: Kubuswoningen) are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level, since its main purpose is to optimise the space inside. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest. The central idea of the cube houses around the world is mainly optimizing the space, as a house, to a better distribution of the rooms inside."
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Here's another photo from that fruitful trip to Crantock last month. So if you love Crantock, keep an eye out for more posts. And if you just can't stand this beach, please bear with me haha!
As I wandered the dunes looking for pathways to lead the eye into the frame, I stopped to instead take this shot overlooking the bay. It's not my usual style, but I was drawn to the colour of the sky reflecting in the wet sand.
Techy stuff: Wherever possible I like to keep my ISO fixed on 100 to optimise image quality. With the camera on a tripod, low light isn't often a problem as the shutter can stay open for a few seconds if needed. But here, the rushes in the foreground were blowing in the wind - requiring the ISO to be dialled up to 400 for a faster shutter speed to "freeze" the rushes. There's a little motion blur to some which I think I can get away with :)
Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 24mm | ƒ/14 | 1/15 sec | ISO 400 | Tripod | ND grad filter | Lightroom & Photoshop | Taken at Crantock Beach on 12-07-2021
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Pilot boat "Pacific Guardian" at Point Hope Shipyard in Victoria. Built in Campbell River on a design by Camarc in Scotland, the vessel has a double chine hull and a resiliently mounted wheelhouse to optimise noise and vibration for crew comfort. A pair of 1,000 hp diesels gives her a speed of 25 to 28 knots.
Managed to get a photo of the new pilot boat "Pacific Guardian." The 19.9 meter (65 ft) craft was built in Campbell River. Designed by Camarc in Scotland, the vessel has a refined double chine hull and a resiliently mounted wheelhouse to optimise noise and vibration for crew comfort. A pair of 1,000 hp diesels ensures a speed of 25 to 28 knots.