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Most of the ship is going well, now at 704 pieces. The bridge and tower is the only thing I'm having issues with. In this scale, the ship is too big to use the 1x1 cones, like I have gone with, but too small to use pyramid bricks, which would be the right shape, but not steep enough. Any ideas? The reference pic I'm using are a model of the ship, since real photos at high angles are hard to take/find.
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Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 125
Lens Model: EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
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I always wanna make a Hong Kong building on fire diorama, finally I have done it! This diorama is relatively small, it is only (12Wx16Lx15H)cm, but it is a very busy diorama with lots of action happening.
This is a frictional diorama not based on actual scene. The scratch-built tenement building is based on common 1960-70s style residential buildings. Also the pedestrian flyover is based on a typical Hong Kong's style flyover.
The smoke was made of cotton, and the fire in the apartment was created by Daiso's LED candle lamp.
All vehicles are Hong Kong's '80M Bus Model shop' models but I further weathered and highlighted them by applying layers of brown & black wash. There are only two types of fire truck available from 80M, the Hydraulic Platform (white ladder) and the Turnable Ladder (highest silver ladder) respectively, therefore the fire major pump truck (far left, the one under the pedestrian bridge) was created by modifying a spare hydraulic platform truck model by a bit of scratch-building & repainting.
The policemen & firefighters are Tomytec figures that repainted to Hong Kong's uniform colours. They were all applied with layers of brown wash for high-lighting.
I added various details to make the scene as realistic as to an actual fire scene as much as possible, by adding the water pipes laid on the street by firemen which is common in a fire fighting scene. I also added some water on the street to show water spill from trucks & pipes. Burned debris dropped on the street directly under the burning apartment are also added.
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The Registan was the heart of the ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The name Registan (ریگستان) means "Sandy place" in Persian.
The Registan was a place of public executions, where also people gathered to hear royal proclamations, heralded by blasts on enormous copper pipes called dzharchis.
The three madrasahs of the Registan are: Ulugh Beg Madrasah (1417–1420), the Sher-Dor Madrasah (1619–1636) and the Tilya-Kori Madrasah (1646–1660). Madrasah is an Arabic term meaning a Muslim clergy academy.
The Ulugh Beg Madrasah has its imposing portal with lancet arch facing the square. The corners are flanked by the high well-proportioned minarets. Mosaic panel over the entrance arch is decorated by geometrical stylized ornaments. The square-shaped courtyard includes a mosque, lecture rooms and is fringed by the dormitory cells in which students lived. There are deep galleries along the axes. Originally the Ulugh Beg Madrasah was a two-storied building with four domed darskhonas (lecture room) at the corners. The madrasah was one of the best clergy universities of the whole Moslem Orient of the 15th century. Abdurakhman Djami, a prominent poet, scientist and philosopher studied there. Ulugh Beg himself gave lectures there. During Ulugbek's government the Madrasah was a centre of secular science. In the 17th century the ruler of Samarkand Yalangtush Bakhodur ordered the construction of the Sher-Dor and Tillya-Kori madrasahs. The Sher-Dor (Having Tigers) Madrasah was designed by architect Abdujabor. The decoration of the madrasah is not as refined as that on the 15th century - "golden age" of Samarkand architecture. Anyway, the harmony of large and small rooms, exquisite mosaic decor, monumentality and efficient symmetry - all these put the structure among the best architectural monuments of Samarkand.
Ten years later the Tilya-Kori Madrasah was built, the name means "Gilded". It was not only the place of training students, but also it played the role of grand mosque. It has two-storied main facade, vast courtyard fringed by dormitory cells with four galleries along axes. Mosque building (see picture 6) is situated in the western section of the courtyard. The main hall of the mosque is abundantly gilded.
To the east of Tilya-Kori Madrasah the mausoleum of Shaybanids (16 century) is located (see picture). The real founder of Shaybanid power was Muhammad Shaybani - grandson of Abu'l Khair. In 1500, with the backing of the Chaghataite Khanate, then based in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Muhammad Shaybani has conquered Samarkand and Bukhara from their last Timurid rulers. The founder of the dynasty then turned on his benefactors and in 1503 took Tashkent. He captured Khiva in 1506 and in 1507 he swooped down on Merv (Turkmenistan), eastern Persia, and western Afghanistan. The Shaybanids stopped the advance of the Safavids, who in 1502 had defeated the Akkoyunlu (Iran). Muhammad Shaybani was a leader of nomadic Uzbeks. During the ensuing years they substantially settled down in oases of Central Asia. The Uzbek invasion of 15 c. was the last component of the today's Uzbek nation ethnogeny.
The ancient trading dome Chorsu is situated right behind the Sher-Dor. Now it is well restored. The existence of the trading dome at this place confirms the information that Registan was medieval Samarkand's commercial center and the plaza was probably a wall to wall market. During the Soviet era, the site was restored, which included digging down 3 meters to its original level to expose the buildings' full height.
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The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world, as well as one of Sofia's symbols and primary tourist attractions. The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral occupies an area of 3,170 square meters (34,100 sq ft) and can hold 10,000 people inside.
The construction of the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral started in 1882 (having been planned since 19 February, 1879), when the foundation stone was laid, but most of it was built between 1904 and 1912. Saint Alexander Nevsky was a Russian prince. The cathedral was created in honour to the Russian soldiers who died during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule.
it's not a negative, the picture shows a part of the neon light as it really is,
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amsterdam
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In Kentucky, USA it is legal to steal your eyes:
www.lrc.ky.gov/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30453
311.1961 Removal of cornea or corneal tissue from decedent whose death defined
as a coroner's case -- Conditions -- Who may remove.
(1) In any case in which a patient is in need of a cornea or corneal tissue for a
transplant, the coroner, medical examiner, or his appropriately qualified designee
with training in ophthalmologic techniques may, upon the request of any person
authorized under KRS 311.1929, provide or authorize the removal of the cornea or
corneal tissue by a qualified physician under the following conditions:
(a) The decedent has been defined as a "coroner's case" as set forth by KRS
72.405(2), an autopsy has been ordered pursuant to KRS 72.410, and the
cornea or corneal tissue are suitable for transplant;
(b) No objection by the next of kin is known by the coroner or medical examiner;
and
(c) The removal of the cornea or corneal tissue will not interfere with the
subsequent course of an investigation or autopsy or alter the postmortem facial
appearance.
(2) The medical examiner, coroner, or his appropriately qualified designee or any
persons authorized under KRS 311.1929 shall not be held liable in any civil or
criminal action for failure to obtain consent of the next of kin.
(3) An individual certified by a department of ophthalmology in an accredited school of
medicine as having received competent training, may remove corneas for gift after
proper certification of death by a physician and in compliance with the provisions of
KRS 311.1915, 311.1925, 311.1929, and 311.1935.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec.
26, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 481, sec. 1, effective July
15, 1986. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.
Formerly codified as KRS 311.187.
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I've been playing with leaves. Originally I was looking for a composition for this month's Micro 4/3UK competition (shallow DOF), but then something about the faint shadow of the blind cord over these two leaves distracted me from the task at hand. Not shallow DOF, and no good for the monthly competition - but I like this for its simplicity and colours.
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The Great Hall (also known as the Grand Ballroom) is the centerpiece room at Catherine Palace. The Great Hall is almost 56 feet wide and over 154 feet long. The Great Hall is on the second floor and occupies the entire width of the palace. The two tiers of windows enhance the impression of grandness and size. The area between the windows are covered with gilded mirrors. The ceiling is elaborately painted, and the inlaid parquet floor magnificent. Each of the numerous gilded carvings that cover the walls is a masterpiece in itself.