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I think the bird was distracted by the clicking of my shutter.
Explore'd! Highest position 120. Thanks for the comments and favs.
Two lads attempt to get the best position from the front window directly behind Class 20 D8059 for a run through to Kidderminster. Taken during October's Diesel Gala.
EXPLORE Highest Position# 246
This shot is dedicated Kaj Bjurman. His HDR works are highly regarded in Flickr HDR community. It is through him that I came to know about HDR, photomatix and post processing methods in photoshop. I must admit my HDR works are very much inspired by him (and also through many flickr friends off course!!). I highly recommend every one to visit his photostream
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and also his tutorial on HDR processing in photomatix and tutorial
1 exposure CR2 tonmapped in Photomatix. Added a curve to enhance constrast, adjusted the midtone brightness level, reduced noise and finally dramatized the whole image with Topaz Adjust photoshop plugin.
All comments and critiques are welcome.
Another mid-sponsored racer Ryder...although after his self-designed engines failed to start at a few races, he earned the nickname "Inert." It is also said he put as much money into his hair product as his engines.
While the over-sized and powerful engines are great in space, they create a great problem in the gravity of atmospheric flight. Switch back wings were added to create breaking-lift in atmosphere because of the extra weight.
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See my previous post for details on the racing league. And check out Inthert for the inspiration for the build. As with all of my builds, I try to get the digital instructions up on my Brickshelf page (LDraw format). So check it out.
it is my position that what makes a painting, a sculpture, a drawing "Art", as in "fine art" or "important art", is its ability to evoke emotion within the viewer. the gaze becomes more than a passive observance but an action, a reverberation that remains with the audience long after the eyes have shifted. it doesn't matter if the art is in a museum or hung on a refrigerator, it's ability to create emotion, contemplation, inspiration, critical thought, creativity, dreams, and action are the measure of its inherent value. this series of photos are an attempt to capture that moment of exchange between the viewer and the art piece..
I have to admit, I forgot to go see who created this artwork or what it's description was because these women were so engaged with it that the museum was closing by the time they were done. whatever it was, it must have been enthralling!
Traffic holds their position at the intersection of Lego Lane and Brickplace Pass as a police car is in pursuit of a car that exceeded the speed limit and also disregarded a red light on the traffic signal.
August 5th Is International Traffic Light Day
By 1914, there were more automobiles on the road than ever, and they were still sharing the streets with streetcars, horse carriages, merchant carts, and more. There was a need for regulations to make sure traffic moved smoothly and that accidents would decrease. At the time, traffic was controlled by the police. But traffic lights were about to come along and make road navigation easier, safer, and more efficient.
On August 5, 1914, what is considered to be the first electric traffic light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue. It had four pairs of red and green lights, one for each side of the intersection, and a warning buzzer that indicated when the light was about to change. It had to be operated manually by someone in a nearby booth. It was based on a design by James Hoge, who had previously applied for a patent for a "Municipal Traffic Control System." His patent—#1,251,666—was approved in 1918. The Cleveland Automobile Club thought that their new traffic light might revolutionize the handling of traffic in crowded cities.
There were other early traffic signals and traffic lights, both before and after Cleveland's and James Hoge's lights. In 1868, a gas-lit and manually-operated traffic sign was installed in London. It had two arms: one said "stop" and the other said "caution." Tragically, less than a month after its installation, it exploded and the policeman who was operating it was injured.
In 1910, the first automated traffic control system was created. It didn't light up, but it did display "stop" and "proceed." In Salt Lake City in 1912, a traffic light of red and green lights was installed in a wooden box on a pole. William Potts, a police officer from Detroit, Michigan, invented the three-color traffic light to be used at four-way stops in 1920. In 1923, Garrett Morgan invented a traffic signal with a T-shaped design; he patented it and later sold it to General Electric. Traffic lights have continued to improve over time. Lights first had to be changed manually, then they could change automatically, and then in the 1950s computers began being used to control them. Computers allowed detection plates, or loops of wire embedded into the pavement, to be installed as well, which could sense when cars were present. Traffic lights also expanded beyond the basic red, yellow, and green lights, and began including other lights such as turn arrows, and walk and don't walk lights.
Traffic lights control the flow of traffic and are placed at locations such as road intersections and pedestrian crossings. They go by many other names, which are sometimes dependent on where in the world they are. Some common names include traffic signals, traffic lamps, signal lights, or “Stop-and-Go Lights”. They are made of lamps or LEDs, and their standard colors are red, yellow (amber), and green. A solid red light means that a driver should not proceed, while a flashing red light is to be treated like a stop sign. A yellow light indicates that a red light will soon appear. In some areas, it may require a driver to stop if they can, but in other areas, drivers may be allowed to pass through it if it is safe. If a yellow light is flashing, it means it is a warning signal. A green light means that a driver may proceed if it is safe and if there is room on the other side of the intersection.
Traffic lights may be set to flash at times when traffic is sparse, such as late at night. Sometimes a flashing yellow is set to a main road, while a flashing red is set to the side road. Sometimes there is flashing red in all directions, which is treated as a four-way stop. Whether lights are green, yellow, or red, or whether they are solid or flashing, we celebrate them today, on the anniversary of when the first electric traffic light was installed.
How to Observe
Today is for stopping and thinking about the importance of traffic lights in road safety. The best way to celebrate the day is probably to use as many traffic lights as possible when driving. If you are up for a long drive, you could drive to the intersection in Cleveland where the first electric traffic light was installed. You could also drive to Ohio's Small Town Museum, where what is believed to be the world's oldest traffic light is kept.
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Back when position-light signals still stood along the NS Pittsburgh Line, a westbound coal train with the Valley Girl fourth out passes through Summerhill on a beautiful spring afternoon.
FRONT PAGE!!! Highest position: 31 on Sunday, November 28, 2010
Please see it LARGE ON BLACK!!! Early morning glow - Islas Cies, on Black
This comes once again from one of my session while I was staying at the Islas Cies, hope you're not tired of these.
After walking about ten minutes to get here, I realized the foreground wouldn't have been good a few minutes after, so I run to get to the beach before the sun appeared, since the clouds you can see in the upper
left corner got close and became pink/orange.
I could get a few decent compositions from there, but I do like this one, too.
As you can see, I set the ISO to 400 and exposed for 20 sec: the light was still pretty low.
Since the overall exposure is good, even in the original RAW file noise is barely visible.
The lights you can see on the right come from Vigo.
Details
- CANON 5d Mark II, EF 17-40 @ 17 mm, f/10, 20 s, ISO 400
- Mirror Lockup, Phottix TR-90 Remote Shutter
- Lee 0.9 (3 stops) soft GND
- Tripod
The shot
Shot on Islas Cies.
The Processing
Camera Raw
-Tuned White Balance
Photoshop:
- Added a Color balance layer to improve tones;
- Resized for the Web (1200px);
- Applied a slight noise reduction (on the sky only) with Noise Ninja;
- Applied an Unsharp Mask to slightly improve contrast;
- Smart Sharpen + More accurate (On luminosity 'blending mode' with the sky masked off);
- Framing and Signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
Early morning glow - Islas Cies, on Black
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
Thanx a lot for the positive feedback on my last upload.Have the best weekend ever!
Highest Explore Position #307 ~ On September Thirteenth 2008.
Prairie Dog - Wingham Wildlife Park, Kent, England - Sunday August 10th 2008.
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This lil guy is dedicated to my two great flickr chums Cherish ~ www.flickr.com/photos/cherishlovespink/ ~ and Robert ~ www.flickr.com/photos/robert_hoge/ ~ , who are currently having job worries.....Chin up guys...as it's says above every cloud has a silver lining, I am sure you will both go on to bigger and better things....good luck with the future my flickr chums...sending you both {{{{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}
Highest position on explore #43
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This is taken up the road from my Mums house in Scarborough, QLD...
Scarborough is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region at the northernmost of the Redcliffe Peninsula, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Officially established on 27 March 1971, the suburb used to act as a gateway to Moreton Island via the Combie Trader barge, but this service was recently sold.
Highest position: 269 on Saturday, January 6, 2007
(since we started tracking this statistic on April 19, 2006)
Highest position: 459 on Friday, September 5, 2008
(since we started tracking this statistic on April 19, 2006)
Oklahoma Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi) reared up into its defnesive position. They detect vibrations of things that might be close and in this case it was me that bent down to photograph this spider straight on. Image taken in the Comanche National Grassland of Colorado.
Lesson 39, part 1. Drawn from a reference. The bottom left one took about 1hr 12min. I didn't record how long the other ones took. These are old drawings I finally finished.
GMC was positioned a step above Chevrolet, and ads touted it as 'Top of the Light-Duty Class.' The new -for -1955 GMC styling was billed as 'Blue Chip Design' and the prestige model was the very special 'Suburban' pickup.
The Suburban was GMC's version of the more well-known Chevrolet Cameo Carrier.
Like the Cameo Carrier, the Suburban pickup was built from 1955-1958 and used bolt -on fiberglass fenders to achieve the modern smooth -sided look. Sales for the combined three years of Suburban pickup production have been estimated at less than 1,000 units, making the GMC version very rare.
GMC called the 1955-1959 trucks "Blue Chip Money Makers". It is common to refer to them as "Blue Chip" trucks.
I really love this picture because Mohan is really looking kittenish on this picture! Can it get cuter?
With fur softer than a baby rabbit, Peanut relaxes on my lap every night, and gets into some of the weirdest positions. Here he has his rear paw laying on his forehead. Sometimes he gets so relaxed he just slides right off onto the floor. Oh to be that relaxed.
EXPLORE: Highest position: 87 on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
NIkon D700 FX
Carnevale di Venezia 2009
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Odonata- Damselflies- Rambur's Forktail (Ishnura ramburii) adult male and female, matting, in wheel position, 3/31/2021, The Landing’s Bartram Rd freshwater lagoon # 2, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.
Note, fertilization takes place in this image! The female has placed the tip of her abdomen up to the accessory genitalia of the male, 2nd abdominal segment. It appears he is holding her in this position-check out his left rear leg!
I walked through the university campus in downtown Toronto prior to my class, keeping an eye out for an interesting person to meet and photograph when I saw her. She appeared to have stepped outside on this beautiful fall day for a break between buildings and was listening to music through earbud headphones. I walked up to her and she responded with a smile and removed the earbuds. She listened with obvious interest to my introduction and invitation to become part of my project. “I’ll do it” she said without further ado. We shook hands. Meet Julianne.
We were in a rather unattractive location, between some buildings in a laneway with dumpsters and little that was positive – other than the light which was diffuse and good for a portrait. I suggested we take a few steps and use some painted plywood on the side of a building as a simple grey background. By closing the lid of a dumpster and positioning myself and Julianne carefully I was able to get a “clean” background and avoid the advertising messages above. It was all a bit iffy at first and Julianne was patient with the process and seemed a bit bemused by my efforts to transform the junkheap location into a studio.
Julianne was a natural smiler so I took the initial few photos of her smiling. I then suggested a few with a more neutral expression and explained my thinking – that sometimes peoples’ individuality shines through more when they move away from the traditional smiling pose. I knew I would have a hard time choosing later on. Once I was sure I had some usable images, I asked if she had a few more minutes to try a location I had noticed around the corner featuring metal grating over some store windows. She was good-natured about it and picked up her backpack and followed me to the storefront where we completed a few more portraits before settling into chat mode.
Julianne is 22 and was born and raised in Toronto. She is studying Philosophy at university and when I asked what she was going to do when she graduates, she hopes to pursue a graduate degree and mentioned both the University of Toronto and the University of Chicago as possibilities. I’ve studied at both universities and we had a nice time with me telling her a bit about Chicago.
When I asked Julianne what has been the greatest challenge she has had to deal with in life she asked “You mean really?” “Yes, really” I replied. “Mental illness” she replied. “Can you tell me more?” I asked. “Yes. Depression. Deep depression. I spend four years in that pit in high school and it is terrible.” “How are you doing now?” I asked. “So much better” she said. “I’m really doing well and enjoying life again.” I explained that I knew about depression both through my career as a therapist and through the experience of people in my life and it was wonderful to hear that she is now doing so well. “How did you get to this better place?” I asked. “Did you get therapy and/or medication?” “No, I didn’t” she said. “I just did it myself.” “How?” I asked, thinking it might be useful to others who read her story. “I just made myself reach out to others because I knew social contact would be the way forward, even though it didn’t feel like it would. I also made myself listen to music and read, both of which I knew would be healthy for me.” “And now?” I asked. “There is no comparison” she said with a smile. I told her others have likened it to having the world change from black and white to color and she agreed with the description. It was an inspiring story of one woman’s recovery from depression. While many benefit from medication and a therapy relationship, occasionally one meets someone like Julianne who manages to create her own way out although it was clear that human connections were an important part of her path to health.
In her spare time Julianne enjoys reading science fiction, a genre my brother loves but one which I have not learned how to enjoy very much. I told her I have a hard time suspending my disbelief but that it is interesting the way science fiction often paves the way for inventions and discoveries in the fields of science and technology. When I asked how her friends would describe her, Julianne said somewhat shyly “Probably that I’m smart and a good, loyal friend.” “You don’t have to feel arrogant saying that” I told her. “It’s just your friends talking, right?” We laughed. Her message to others? “Reach out, the world is a magical place. Enjoy it fully.”
"What was it like to be approached by a complete stranger to take part in his photography project?" "I was flattered" she replied. "I really like the way you described your project and everyone has a story to tell."
It was time to say goodbye and thank Julianne for her candor and for joining my Human Family project. Double-checking about permission to share her story, she smiled and said “Of course you can tell it. I wouldn’t have shared it otherwise.” I think it is through the courage and honesty of people like Julianne that issues like depression are being seen for what they are – illnesses which can ruin lives but which can also be overcome. I found the time I had spent with Julianne very enjoyable and very inspiring.
Thank you Julianne for taking the time and for your engaging with The Human Family. Stay healthy and I wish you well with your studies. If you make it to the University of Chicago, I hope you enjoy the unique community of Hyde Park where I grew up.
This is my 80th submission to the Human Family group on Flickr.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
Enormous Solar Prominence captured by STEREO Spacecraft
The twin STEREO spacecraft (called “Behind” and “Ahead” denoting their relative positions in space), now almost 120 degrees apart, captured this large and dramatic prominence eruption over about a 30-hour period between Sept. 26-27, 2009. Prominences, called filaments when they are viewed against the surface of the Sun, are clouds of cooler gas suspended above the Sun’s surface by magnetic forces. This erupting prominence was large enough that both spacecraft were able to observe it for hours on end, one of the first times that has occurred.
From the Behind perspective (on left) the long filament, darker than the Sun’s surface, can be seen rising up and then breaking away, spreading out above most of the Sun’s surface. As seen from the Ahead spacecraft (right), the filament is seen in profile and is therefore called a prominence. The very large cloud lifts up, breaks away, and heads out into space. This is one of the most spectacular eruptive prominences STEREO has observed.
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Highest position on Explore: #12 on Monday, March 29, 2010
Station / Gare Liège-Guillemins is the main station of the city of Liège, in eastern Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is on the high-speed train network. The station is used by 36,000 people every day.
In 1838, only three years after the first continental railway, a line linking Brussels and Ans, in the northern suburbs of Liège, was opened. The first train station of Liège-Guillemins was inaugurated in May 1842, linking the valley to the upper Ans station. In 1843, the first international railway connection was born, linking Liège to Aachen and Cologne.
The station was modernized and improved in 1882 and in 1905 for the World Fair in Liège. This station was replaced in 1958 by a modern (for that time) one that was used until June 2009, a few months before the opening of the new Calatrava designed station.
The new station by the architect Santiago Calatrava has now been openend. It has 9 tracks and 5 platforms (three of 450m and two of 350m). All the tracks around the station have been modernized to allow high speed arrival and departure.
The new station is made of steel, glass and white concrete. It includes a monumental dome, 200 meters long and 35 metres high. The building costs were € 312 million. The station was officially opened on September 18 2009 with a show by Franco Dragone.
This may not be over interesting but I like the geometric feel of it. It his the North-East corner of my bedroom.
Highest position on Explore: 345 on Thursday, January 15, 2009
Explored: Highest position: 52 on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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On our recent trip we stopped to see the Chandelier Tree, a drive-thru Redwood in Leggett, California, and found this resident egret who lives on a nearby lake.
The egret was too far away to get a good picture with the Nikon 8800 so I started around the lake to get a closer look. The closer I got the more nervous the egret became until it finally took off and landed in a nearby tree. Once safely ensconced in the tree, the egret was no longer bothered by my proximity and allowed me to get several close-ups.
This is pretty much SOOC, with a very little levels darkennig. I considered cropping it a bit on the right, but thought I'd wait to see what Ms Cheeky and her other students have to say:-)
I just couldn't stop taking pictures of N&W 611 during it's visit to the Strasburg Railroad. Every angle you see this engine from is a good one. I really love how this shot looks in B&W. What do you think?
Arch of NERO
By the 1st century, Pompeii was one of a number of towns located around the base of Mount Vesuvius. The area had a substantial population which grew prosperous from the region's renowned agricultural fertility. Many of Pompeii's neighboring communities, most famously Herculaneum, also suffered damage or destruction during the 79 eruption. By coincidence it was the day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of fire.The people and buildings of Pompeii were covered in up to twelve different layers of soil. Pliny the Younger provides a first-hand account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius from his position across the Bay of Naples at Misenum, in a version which was written 25 years after the event. The experience must have been etched on his memory given the trauma of the occasion, and the loss of his uncle, Pliny the Elder, with whom he had a close relationship. His uncle lost his life while attempting to rescue stranded victims. As Admiral of the fleet, he had ordered the ships of the Imperial Navy stationed at Misenum to cross the bay to assist evacuation attempts. Volcanologists have recognised the importance of Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption by calling similar events "Plinian".
Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Shot on Kodak Trix film, ISO 400, with a Canon A1, 50mm 1.4 lens. Developed with Kodak D76 and scanned with a Minolta Dimage Multi II.
On a damp day around Crewe Gresty Bridge, I was instantly inspired by the intelligent positioning of DRS's new locomotive 68002 'Intrepid' along side Ffestiniog Railway's 'Prince'.
This is one of few of my photos that was not photo-bombed by the masses of people at the Open Day. I also fancied doing something different to the inevitable identical photos many of you will see of this event.
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