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The ex-Barney Oldfield, Eddie Maier 1908 BENZ 75/105HP PRINZ-HEINRICH Raceabout in a pointillist setting. I know this isn't for everyone, but I had fun anyway. Dappled light can be very colorful.
Karl Benz is credited with the creation of the first practical (and salable) car in 1886 and it had....
........drum roll........a 2/3 hp engine! He also designed the first practical bus, and also the first truck. Not bad and Benz continued through the war, until, under the pressure of the post war depression in Germany, joined with Daimler in 1926 to form Mercedes Benz.
Benz recognized the value of racing and speed records in advertising, and both the 'Blitzen Benz' of 1909 with it's outrageous 200 hp, and this 1908 Raceabout ended up in the US with Barney Oldfield's barnstorming team showing them off all over the US.
Hans Nibel and Georg Diehl at Benz in Germany conceived the idea of a sports car a little before the idea for the T-head Mercer Raceabout came into the fertile mind of Finlay Robertson Porter and the Roebling family in New Jersey. Its impetus was the Prince Heinrich Tour, a multi-day reliability trial through Germany, Hungary and Austria first staged by Hubert von Herkomer in 1907. Crown Prince Heinrich himself participated in the first Herkomer Tour in a Benz and in 1908 contributed its winning trophy (a 13.5kg silver automobile) and his name to the event.
Racing was in decline in Europe with the Gordon Bennett Cup retired by the French and the stamina and resources of automobile manufacturers were strained by the expense of building racing specials, retaining drivers and funding teams of cars, mechanicians and spares to contest only two or three events a year. The idea of a reliability trial that demonstrated the automobile's reliability and practicality, along with a few timed events to highlight performance was attractive.This very Benz was featured, and then sent to New York, where it was sold to Oldfield and his team.
Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield was "The Speed King of the World" through much of the last century's first decades. A successful bicycle racer, he quickly transitioned to automobile racing. With his trademark cigar between clenched teeth, he took command of Henry Ford's "999" racer, the Winton "Bullet" and the Peerless "Green Dragon". A showman of consummate flamboyance, he nevertheless was also a driver of skill, daring and calculated strategy. Backed by his manager Bill Pickens, Oldfield barnstormed across America drawing crowds for whom any automobile was exotic, let alone one clocked at over 100 mph, a speed that many thought would result in the expiration of the human spirit – except for a superhuman like Barney Oldfield.
Oldfield would drive it between events and it was fully equipped with road equipment including fenders and lighting which were removed before the hippodromes. It is pictured in several period photos on track and in promotional appearances with sponsors.
Sublime simplicity and practicality. This was in remarkably fine shape driven by a young woman who knew exactly how "cute" it was!
Santa Monica Freeway eastbound.
Nikon D70
Last year covid has spoiled the mood of celebrating or decorating for Christmas. Though this year also the situation isn't far different. The practicalities of the mask and the vaccine have allayed concern. But still, we aren't coming out of protective wear as Omicron is speeding up in the country. I have done a simple tree decoration and put some serial lights over the balcony and indoors.
And I wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Let the new year brings hope and ways quittance of the Covid. Stay safe and celebrate safely.
I've never seen a dually wheel car from this time period before. Also interesting is this is a RHD automobile. A custom build Rally Car?
The Hanomag 2/10 PS is an economy car manufactured by Hanomag from 1924 until 1928. It was one of the first cars with envelope styling. It was affectionately referred to as the Kommissbrot ("Army Bread") due to its identical shape with the usual loaf of bread used by the German army at the time.
With a fuel consumption of 4.0 litres per 100 kilometres (71 mpg‑imp; 59 mpg‑US) it was the world's most fuel efficient mass-production car between the two World Wars due to the low-friction one-cylinder engine and its very light weight.
The history of rally cars begins with the 1894 Paris-Rouen race, organized by the Parisian newspaper Le Petit Journal, which is considered the first major automotive competition and attracted significant public interest.
This event, known as the Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition, was primarily a test of reliability and practicality rather than outright speed, as vehicles averaged only 10 mph and were often steam-powered or early internal combustion models.
The term "rally" as a motorsport discipline originated with the first Monte Carlo Rally in January 1911, which introduced the concept of staged competition over public roads connecting different points.
In the early 20th century, rallies were largely based on standard or near-standard production cars, with manufacturers using them to demonstrate the reliability and performance of their vehicles.
The 1936 Monte Carlo Rally featured notable exceptions like the Ford V8 specials, but most pre-World War II rallies still used production-based cars.
After the war, most competing vehicles remained production saloons or sports cars with only minor modifications for improved handling and performance.
Good photographic material for historians.
This is for Steve Brown who just uploaded a full pic of this supremely outrageous Cad Roadster. The backstory is fascinating so get a drink, sit in the shade and settle into a chair.
“It was almost bigger than the Swiss streets at the time could handle,” says Don McLellan, president of Chatham, Ontario-based RM Restoration, which led the recent two-year effort to return the car to original condition. But holding the title of “wildest Cadillac in existence” comes at a price. McLellan says the skirted fenders and long wheelbase make for a turning circle so massive, they had to three-point some of the turns on the Pebble Beach driving tour.
“It offers no practicality whatsoever,” says McLellan, noting with no trunk, and the huge spare tire tucked behind the seats, and the skirts, changing a tire would take about three hours.
It doesn’t matter—this V16 Cabriolet wasn’t supposed to be practical. It was supposed to be extravagant, impressive and iconic. It succeeded!!
In 1937 Cadillac built fifty of their most expensive Series 90 V-16 chassis, and all but two were bodied in-house by Fleetwood. This chassis was delivered to Lausanne, Switzerland, to be bodied by Carrosserie Hartmann per an order by local resident Philippe Barraud, a wealthy playboy of the 1930s. Barraud wanted an outrageous, bespoke automobile to suit his stylish lifestyle. Stretching 22 feet in length, the car was designed in the sweeping cabriolet style of the Delahaye built by Figoni & Falaschi for the 1936 Paris Auto Salon. The car soon suffered several accidents, possibly because its size was unsuitable for small European roads, and it was permanently parked in 1939. Then it was all but abandoned until the summer of 1968 when a second owner acquired it for just $925. Over the following 50 years it changed hands many times and gained several non-original embellishments, but this unique and imposing Cadillac V-16 now has been meticulously restored to its original configuration and its original off-white paintwork with distinctive gray body stripe and fender skirts
This Cadillac is probably the most extreme cabriolet ever built. Wealthy playboy Phillipe Barraud personally commissioned this design through local Cadillac dealer in Lausanne, Switzerland on one of the finest chassis that America had on offer.
Phillipe chose the Cadillac V16 for its monstrous 452 cu engine and robust chassis that could support any coachwork that adorned it. Cadillac shipped a bare chassis, one of only two that year, around the world to Switzerland and there it was bodied in Lausanne by Willy Hartmann. Barraud wanted to body the chassis in his own home town so he could personally suprvise the work.
The final result was stunning. Stretching 22 feet in length Hartmann created a sweeping cabriolet that was almost too dubious to drive on regular roads, proof of which was that it was involved in several accidents. The design was accented in chrome and definitely mimicked the French masters Figoni et Falaschi which pioneered the trend from a painting by Geo Ham.
Philippe Barraud was the heir to a brick-and-tile empire who wanted to turn up to Europe’s fashionable concours d’elegance in the “ultimate car” (and, it’s said, to draw in his pick of the women he drove by on the Swiss Riviera on the shores of Lake Geneva).
He needn’t have worried—Hartmann delivered. The French, flowing lines on the fenders he hand-shaped were complemented by the finest componentry – Marchal and Bosch lighting; a custom, finned grille – and, of course, that 452-cubic-inch Cadillac V16 engine, fitted with dual everything, from the twin exhaust to the twin ignition.
If that somehow failed to impress, the sheer size of the car would certainly do it. The two-seater’s titanic 22-foot length was visually exaggerated by a radiator and firewall cut down three to four inches, which lowered the hood-line. When Hartmann finished the Cadillac, it weighed in at around 6,000 lbs, and required special reinforcements and heavy-duty springs to handle the tonnage.
Over the top in every way!!
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While I'm in the mood for tabletop photography, here are some ghosts of "Napier's Bones"...
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Stop Press. After the initial upload I found a fascinating resource, International Slide Rule Museum (ISRM). There I learned four things that amazed me.
1) 2022 is the 400th anniversary of the invention of the slide rule by William Oughtred!
2) ISRM indicates that 1901-1902 Nestler models were stamped on the slide cavity with just the manufacturer's initials, AN, plus a design patent number. My grandfather's rule here clearly shows that. So it is now identified as a Nestler, and about 120 year old. It might be quite rare. It is longer than the maker's 10" rules, and shorter than their 20" models, yet it has the same graduation density as the larger ones. I haven't yet seen any the same. (See also last paragraph below, and images in comment thread.)
3) Various web sites claim that the German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun acquired in the 1930s two Nestler slide rules, the only ones he ever used, including while heading the NASA Moon landing program. Albert Einstein is also claimed to have used these rules. They must have had a stellar reputation!
4) In my youth I'd believed that Faber-Castell was the only brand, yet one of the favourites of the ISRM was made in my home town of Melbourne, and I had never heard of the maker!
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On acquiring one of the first scientific calculators available, someone in my wife's family ceremoniously flung his slide rule into the rubbish bin. But I was sad to see them slip ignominiously, from ubiquity in technical computation settings, into museum status. (My wife recovered that rule and it is in this image.)
I remember when, as a schoolboy, I unwrapped my first model, and, using only its own scales and cursor, immediately fell to verifying a hunch that its principle was based on logarithms. "Duh!", anyone with a maths background might say. But at the time, I felt that I had cracked a code and let myself in on an esoteric language that was openly inscribed in runes on this magic wand, yet which had been hiding from me in plain sight all along.
I have lost that one, which had scales on both sides, a Faber-Castell Darmstadt 2/82 -- but the one nearest the top of the frame here is a grander version of that. This latter was the most sophisticated I ever owned (with a useful πX scale), and it was made right at the end of the ready availability of these devices locally. But I hardly ever used this replacement because I only bought it in case I'd never get another chance. To me, they were and still are strangely beautiful so-called "objects of virtu". They are the very physical manifestation of that wonderful abstraction of the human mind, logarithms. (Something remarkable and elegant is vital to the practicality of a slide rule, although it can be conceptualised in other ways. Since the full scale length represents log(10), any internal position X must divide the scale length in the ratio log(X):log(10/X). That enables both multiplication and division to be performed with either left or rightward slide shifts as appropriate, and so allow a single decade to suffice -- but at the cost of requiring users to keep track of the decade they are notionally in.)
The rule lying diagonally above the others here was the first I ever knew, as a small intrigued boy, long before I understood what it was for. It has lost its (glass) cursor, while some of the scales have peeled away from the wooden substrate. Because the material looked and flexed like the struts in my mother's corsets, I always assumed it was whalebone! The device had belonged to my maternal grandfather, who had been a civil engineer in Austria. He might well have used it in calculations required for a bridge he built over the River Inn (see a very early comment below). My mother and I tried to see that in 1996, but it had already been consigned to a rubbish bin for bridges... Tempus fugit.
Bosque Redondo where Kit Carson (Judas in my book) forced marched the Navajo people from their sacred homeland. Part of the US Government's Holocaust against Indigenous First Nations People. Photo by Nathan Cowlishaw ==== KEEP READING ===>Hitler was inspired by America's holocaust. As Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John Toland, notes in his book Adolf Hitler (pg. 202):
Hitler's concept of concentration camps as well as the practicality of genocide owed much, so he claimed, to his studies of English and United States history. He admired the camps for Boer prisoners in South Africa and for the Indians in the wild west; and often praised to his inner circle the efficiency of America's extermination—by starvation and uneven combat—of the red savages who could not be tamed by captivity.
He was very interested in the way the Indian population had rapidly declined due to epidemics and starvation when the United States government forced them to live on the reservations. He thought the American government's forced migrations of the Indians over great distances to barren reservation land was a deliberate policy of extermination. Just how much Hitler took from the American example of the destruction of the Indian nations is hard to say; however, frightening parallels can be drawn. For some time Hitler considered deporting the Jews to a large 'reservation' in the Lubin area where their numbers would be reduced through starvation and disease.
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My final stop on my all night Peak trip - an almost perfect sunrise on Higger Tor.
I should also point out, I'm not usually one of these solstice weirdos... it was merely practicality that lured me out as a short night is much easier to entertain yourself through.
The Big Creek Bridge is a bowstring arch bridge that spans the Big Creek on U.S. Route 101 in Lane County, Oregon. It was designed by Conde McCullough and opened in 1931.
The bridge has a total length of 180 ft (55 m) and contains one 120 ft (37 m) reinforced concrete tied arch, identical in design to Ten Mile Creek Bridge and Wilson River Bridge. The locations for all three bridges were similar in that the sandy foundations were not secure enough for the abutment piers required to relieve the lateral pressure of traditional arches. The flood levels of the rivers approached the road grade and ruled out the use of reinforced concrete girders. The corrosive salt air eliminated the practicality of steel truss bridges. The design of the bridge was similar to the rainbow arch design patented by James Barney Marsh. (Wikipedia)
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Based off the currently unreleased Bat-Joker figure by Play arts Kai.
Each figure I make, I try to challenge myself further in either complexity, style or practicality, and this was no exception. All the details are entirely hand painted, starting from a blank dark brown torso. Helmet is a heavily modified bvs batman cowl, where I re-cut his jaw line and extended the ears using sheet plastic. Cape is also sheet plastic cut and bent to create a flowing look. The front is detailed, but the back is just dry brushed with different colours. The entire figure is sealed in Mod Podge, which gives it a shiny look.
As always, let me know what you think!
Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos leads the Orthodox Christmas procession inside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 6, 2011.
Shortly about me:
It’s my passion to create stories and bring back pictures of events, people and places that are rarely seen. It’s a combination of exploration, exposition and artistry that together create a life of adventure and excitement.
In my work it is imperative for me that information be accurate and the images must be respectful of the subject and viewer. My goal is to combine creativity with practicality to capture the best possible images to document events, tell a story, meet the picture editor's deadlines.
The exhibition “Beautiful Faces of Balata” currently on show at the Church of the Ascension at the “Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Foundation” on the Mount of Olive's can be visited on a virtual tour on my website. Virtual tour of the Exhibition »
The exhibition is a project of Public Culture - Palpics, under the auspices of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Yafa Cultural Center (YCC) .
If you would like to know more, or even just pick my brains to discuss your project with me, please visit my homepage documentary photography or send me an Email.
Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos leads the Orthodox Christmas procession inside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 6, 2011.
Shortly about me:
It’s my passion to create stories and bring back pictures of events, people and places that are rarely seen. It’s a combination of exploration, exposition and artistry that together create a life of adventure and excitement.
In my work it is imperative for me that information be accurate and the images must be respectful of the subject and viewer. My goal is to combine creativity with practicality to capture the best possible images to document events, tell a story, meet the picture editor's deadlines.
The exhibition “Beautiful Faces of Balata” currently on show at the Church of the Ascension at the “Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Foundation” on the Mount of Olive's can be visited on a virtual tour on my website. Virtual tour of the Exhibition »
The exhibition is a project of Public Culture - Palpics, under the auspices of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Yafa Cultural Center (YCC) .
If you would like to know more, or even just pick my brains to discuss your project with me, please visit my homepage documentary photography or send me an Email.
I thought it was brilliant the way a local kid parked his bike here. He's obviously done it many times before. Genius. Photo taken at Tenby Harbour in Pembrokeshire at low tide.
Just launched online shopping section for Arboretum Apparel using Shopify.
Arboretum weds the politics and practicality of mindful manufacturing with the edge and allure of high fashion.
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I've been working on these designs for a while and they are finally ready - I call them Casual Yukata.
From left to right - Kizuna is wearing Ajisai Blue, Mirai is wearing Nadeshiko Beige, Ivory is wearing Suzu Pink and Ebony is wearing Ougi Gold. I was going to release them this month but want to stock up the quantity a bit more so it will be October - they will be available on the Culture Japan Store.
Japanese traditional garments look great but one of the reasons why folks don't wear them on a daily basis is due to their impracticality. Yukata for example is usually down to the ankles and only enables pigeon steps - there are no pockets either.
These Casual Yukata enable ladies to wear them with either jeans or shorts providing more practicality and mobility on a daily basis.
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First try at just doing whatever. Inspired by many 0.6ers, mostly Jake. This is what I could really use some criticism on.
Made in PMG 0.6
Here be Ghostship and tis me second entry into ye LUGNuts All But Four
build challenge. She harkens back to the strange days of 60’s era show rods where a clever name and a weird theme be more important than practicality. On board this fine vessel ye got six wheels, round portal windows, ocean wave mosaics, a Captain’s steering wheel, treasure map and squawking parrot be the shifter. Also she has treasure chests for cam housings and the carburetors be king’s crowns of the finest gold! She can pull wheelies but with rear tires on pivots, she will still have four wheels touching terra firma…and should the captain fancy recreation more nautical, she carries a surf board appropriately named…The Plank! She has spinning screw ‘round back, like that of a real ship, and she flies the Jolly Roger up front, warning ye that tis be pirate’s business! You best give up your treasures, your pirate’s booty and your comments and affections here lest suffer the wrath of Blackbeard! Savvy?
Group study tables provide the setting for students to direct their own learning aided by their peers. Here staff encourage a blended learning approach with a mix of direct instruction and self discovery in the one teaching and learning space. Furniture has been carefully chosen for it's colour, shape, practicality and comfort and is arranged in an unconventional style making it an interesting space to be in.
Timeless Elegance.
Introduced back in 1996, the Seiko SKX013 is a compact yet robust dive watch. Measuring a modest 38mm in diameter, this model is a smaller sibling to the iconic SKX007, making it an ideal choice for those seeking a more understated wrist presence without compromising on functionality.
The SKX013 features a unidirectional rotating bezel, a hallmark of professional dive watches, and a screw-down crown, ensuring water resistance up to 200 meters (ISO certified). Its automatic movement is the workhorse 7S26 caliber.
The watch’s luminous markers and hands offer excellent legibility in low-light conditions, a critical feature for divers.
Its classic black dial, paired with a rugged stainless steel case, lends it a timeless appeal suitable for both casual and formal settings. The day-date display at the 3 o’clock position adds practicality to its design.
Sadly, Seiko has now discontinued the watch, however, that should cement its cult status. For me, my SKX013 is a dependable friend that takes hard knocks in its stride and always looks the business!
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EF40mm f/2.8 STM
Whilst out and about I passed this Austin Healey Sprite (TBL 653) and noticed in my rear mirror it turn into my local Tesco petrol station. So, I was able to double back into Tesco and just had enough time for this photograph, 19th September 2020. TBL 653 is an Austin Healey Sprite Mark I and was first registered in August 1959.
The Mark I version was built between 1958 and 1961 and featured the bonnet mounted raised headlights. The Sprite's chassis design was the world's first volume-production sports car to use unitary construction, where the sheet metal body panels (apart from the bonnet) take many of the structural stresses. It is fitted with a 43 bhp, 948cc overhead valve engine that was derived from the Austin A35 and Morris Minor 1000 models but upgraded with twin SU carburettors. To keep production costs down a number of other components were incorporated that were in use in the A35 and Morris Minor. Due to its affordability and practicality, the Austin Healey Sprite was developed into a formidable competition car with many owners still using their Austin Healey Sprites in competition today, sixty years after its introduction. Just under 49,000 Austin Healey Sprite Mark I’s were produced.
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Atemporal Glorious Pose 4
° This pose pack includes four poses.
° A pose HUD, perfect for those who value practicality and speed while creating.
° A diamond-shaped pose stand, a classic choice for those who appreciate a timeless touch.
° A face light to brighten your photographs, bringing more life and expression to your images.
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Tru Bodycon Dress, Heels (wearing Pink)
Maitreya, Kupra, Legacy, Reborn
comes in various color choices
Nail's Passion Indira
REBORN, ERIKA, Kupra & Kups, Lara&LaraX, Legacy
#GANBARE Vamp Eyes EvoX
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VESTA - TUDS BOOTS
A short, bright orange trench coat meets the rain like fire under water, exuding energy and character. Completing the look are matching rubber ankle boots: bold, sturdy, yet stylish. Resistant to the elements, they become the true heart of the outfit, combining practicality and timeless charm.
TUDS BOOTS FATPACK by VESTA comes with 14 colors HUD. It is available in male and female version for Legacy male, Jake, LaraX, Legacy, eBody.
Exclusive for "The Vault 2025":
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Gospel Movie "The Mystery of Godliness" (6) - The Necessity for God to Do His Work Through Incarnation
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Introduction
Why is it said that it is more beneficial to saving corrupt mankind for God to incarnate? In what can the necessity and major significance of God incarnating be seen? Almighty God says, "The flesh of man has been corrupted by Satan, and most deeply blinded, and profoundly harmed. The most fundamental reason why God's Work personally in the flesh is because the object of His salvation is man, who is of the flesh, and because Satan also uses the flesh of man to disturb the work of God. The battle with Satan is actually the work of conquering man, and at the same time, man is also the object of God's salvation. In this way, the work of God incarnate is essential. Satan corrupted the flesh of man, and man became the embodiment of Satan, and became the object to be defeated by God. In this way, the work of doing battle with Satan and saving mankind occurs on earth, and God must become human in order to do battle with Satan. This is work of the utmost practicality" (The Word Appears in the Flesh).
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Sensory overload:
Some men may feel overwhelmed by the sensory aspects of shopping, such as crowded stores, loud music, bright lights, or strong scents. This overload can lead to discomfort and a desire to minimise the time spent in shopping environments.
Men and women may have different priorities when it comes to shopping. Men, on average, may prioritise efficiency and practicality over the shopping experience itself. They might prefer to make quick decisions and be more goal-oriented, focusing on finding specific items rather than browsing or exploring various options.
I know exactly how he feels.
About you: the air,
cold as a blunt refusal.
It’s easy to see your firmness
sitting at the head of the table
gripping on for dear life
(yet again)
you’d think it was them
who had all the power
coming here to take your job.
No matter practicalities,
conditions too barbaric to imagine,
the tide has taken change with it, you say.
And it will bring it back, we reply.
That’s when your fist (bare-knuckled) bangs the table
and you reassert the ‘I refuse to allow them’ division
Your qualification (staunch covers it) intact
with the isms (all of them) lining up
as if knowledge and presentiment
aren’t connected
both a hollow burning
like a bridge lit in celebration
of something nobody
can account for.
finn / friel / gene
As a driver of a Peugeot myself I've got to know the range pretty well. I came across this gorgeous red model whilst walking around Beaune, the capital of the Burgundy region in France.
I think this is probably one of the earliest models of the convertible which was first produced in 1963. I took some other pictures of it too, and will put them up on flickr in due course.
If the owner of this one wants to swap with me for my Peugeot 3008 I'll do the deal. :-)
I suspect this one is worth quite a bit of money so i don't think he'd take me up on my offer to swap!
It's a bit impractical but hey, who needs practicality when you have styling as beautiful as this? Pininfarina of course! What an amazing car designer he was.
More of this lovely car here… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_404
The wind and the cold, the omnipresent sense of insignificance, it all somehow creates a feeling of peace. Humans are strange creatures in the way that places of inhospitable isolation often provide a true sense of calm. It says a lot about the evolutionary search for beauty over practicality, and the in-built desire to seek new pastures well before the old ones have lost productivity. Despite this we seem to repeatedly lock ourselves in cages of our own making while we push our heads against the glass wishing we were on the other side. Midday winter sun falling on the endless Canadian Rockies with Mt Edith Cavell 3,368 m (11,050 ft) rising prominently. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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This 38 foot, 1947 Chris Craft Yacht, has been elegantly restored and decorated with vintage boating memorabilia. Enjoy this cozy v-berth sleeping area with one bed. It’s the perfect getaway for a romantic night or weekend of solitude. The galley is fully equipped, and includes a comfortable sitting area and refrigerator complete with champagne. Sleeps 1-2, V-shaped full-size bed, private toilet with sink.
The Shady Dell Vintage Trailer Court’s long and epic journey began in 1927 as a place to provide trailer and camping spaces to weary travelers along the famous Highway 80, which stretched from Savannah, Georgia to San Diego, California. Like its more famous brother Route 66, Highway 80 was a center of travel, exploration and family getaways in the early portions of the 20th century. Today, the trailer court is a nice mix of practicality and vintage fun-seeking for travelers.
The Dao Thanh Phán women’s dress features vibrant embroidered garments with symbolic motifs, red box hats adorned with tassels and silver ornaments, and indigo-dyed fabrics. The intricate designs and bright colors, especially red, are believed to ward off wild animals and evil spirits, providing protection in their mountainous environment. Their attire reflects their cultural identity, spiritual beliefs, and connection to nature, blending practicality with tradition.
I will never forget the mment i first saw these brightly dressed women working in the rice fields of Binh Lieu. These elaborate costumes are their daily wear.
This is a test shot.
I don't find the practicality in spending +$200 for a ring light/flash.
So in my quest for great catchlight, I went to the discount store and picked up a circline lighting unit ($5) like this one. I then picked up a lightbulb adaptor ($3) to screw onto the circline. I padded two of the brackets with white gaffers tape and found a heavy duty extension cord. All I had to do was remove the lens hood and shoot through one of the three gaps. Voila - new ring light.
And all it took was about nine bucks & some ingenuity.
During the early days of the colonisation efforts on Hibernia, it became apparent that the drones used to colonise previous planets were too fragile to survive the ferocious Hibernian blizzards, and their mass-produced AI were unable to keep up with the constant readjustments and cross-calculations required to traverse the ever-changing landscape.
And thus, there was a need for both pilots of prodigious skill, and for long-range, heavy duty aircraft for them to fly.
Existing planes were too unwieldy to do the job, and the exposed rotors on helicopters were too easily damaged by the sheer quantity of solid ice moving around in the ice storms that ravaged the skies of the exoplanet, rendering them completely useless.
Again, the procurement crew had to turn to ex-military aircraft. The heavy duty, Rolls Royce shielded-intake drives of the Boxer AP30 were perfectly suited to survive the harsh weather and powerful enough to be able to lug cargo the long distances required. The forward engines were designed for vertical take-off and landing, negating the need for expensive and time-consuming runways.
The cargo gantry allowed for multiple containers to be loaded and unloaded easily by a small team on the ground, once again minimising the cost and increasing the efficiency of the whole process. A smaller hold located next to the crew habitat inside the fuselage could be packed with more sensitive supplies like rations and expensive technology.
What’s more, the cargo gantry could be refitted in minutes to carry smaller mining vehicles, and the heavy drives and pressurised hull allow it to undertake shortrange suborbital travel, allowing the Boxer to also undertake transport duties from the huge orbital colonisation ships to the exo planet’s surface.
As for crew, a pilot, copilot and navigator were all that was needed to operate the AP30. Volunteer crew, some military or colonial veterans, and others fresh-faced recruits from colonial worlds, formed the backbone of the colonial air service, and only the best and most reliable were handpicked to handle these beasts of burden.
On Hibernia, practicality is everything. The wide range of uses offered by this sturdy platform make it an indispensable cog in the colonial machine.
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Built for the Hibernia world-building collaboration.
There’s a long story behind this build. The cockpit has been built for years now and it’s just sat on my desk, with different engine concepts coming and going but nothing ever sticking. When I joined the Hibernia group I decided this would be a perfect opportunity to finish this while I was feeling inspired.
I had a massive amount of fun making this boxy, ugly old dog of an aircraft. It took a while to get the whole thing to be stable but it’s now perfectly swooshable! It’s heavily inspired by some of the epic stuff that Andreas, Nick and Tayasuune made back in the old days.
I liked the idea of it being part spaceship part aircraft which was why I mixed the front VTOL engines with the more X-Wing style engines at the tail, and I like how it looks with that combination.
The whole thing is chunky and ugly but I made the gantry a little skinny so that it has a slightly agile look to it. The midsection behind the cockpit has loads of room and I could easily have added an interior, but I decided to pack it out with technic bricks to give the whole thing a bit more structural stability.
Huge thanks again to Toby for his help getting this bad boy to look right.
I threw in the Sprinter truck because why not, it looks sick!
The Fremont Street Experience (FSE) is a pedestrian mall and attraction in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The FSE occupies the westernmost five blocks of Fremont Street, including the area known for years as "Glitter Gulch," and portions of some other adjacent streets. The central attraction is a barrel vault canopy, 90 ft (27 m) high at the peak and four blocks, or approximately 1,500 ft (460 m), in length. While Las Vegas is known for never turning the outside casino lights off, each show begins by turning off the lights on all of the buildings, including the casinos, under the canopy. Before each show, one bidirectional street that crosses the Experience is blocked off for safety reasons. Concerts, usually free, are also held on three stages. The venue has become a major tourist attraction for downtown Las Vegas, and is also the location of the SlotZilla zip line attraction and the city's annual New Year's Eve party, complete with fireworks on the display screen. Fremont Street had Las Vegas' first hotel (the Hotel Nevada in 1906, present day Golden Gate), first telephone (1907), first paved street (1925), first Nevada gaming license — issued to the Northern Club at 15 E. Fremont St, first traffic light, first elevator (the Apache Hotel in 1932), and the first high-rise (the Fremont Hotel in 1956). The Horseshoe was the first casino to install carpeting, while the Golden Nugget was the first structure designed from the ground up to be a casino. For many years, the western end of Fremont Street was the area most commonly portrayed whenever producers wanted to display the lights of Las Vegas. The large number of neon signs earned the area the nickname "Glitter Gulch." By 1992, 80 percent of the Las Vegas casino market was on the Strip. Downtown Las Vegas hotels and casinos sought to build an attraction that would lure more visitors to their businesses. After Paramount Pictures head Stanley Jaffe refused to approve a proposal to build a life-sized Starship Enterprise, the Fremont Street Experience was chosen as the project. FSE, LLC is a cooperative venture, owned and operated by a group of downtown hotel/casino companies (comprising eight hotel/casinos) as a separate corporation, responsible for financing, developing, and managing the Fremont Street Experience. It was the second Las Vegas project of architect Jon Jerde, whose firm was paid approximately $900,000 by the City of Las Vegas to create a show concept for the downtown area. Jerde's design included a floating sky parade which was to be suspended from the canopy. The concept was accepted by the Fremont Street Experience as well as the City of Las Vegas. Ultimately Jon Jerde's sky parade concept was scrapped, but the architectural design for the canopy was carried through. The local architect of record, Mary Kozlowski Architect Inc., cited the following as problems with Jon Jerde's sky parade concept:
1.) Perspective: The view of the parade from below made the concept unworkable — to properly view the project would require that visitors stand at a raised elevation such as a third or fourth floor vantage point.
2.) Wind: The addition of the canopy over Fremont Street would create a wind tunnel causing a dangerous condition for people on the floats who would be trapped. Also the potential for harmonic motion as the floats swung back and forth in the wind potentially resulting in massive structural failure of the canopy and fatalities.
3.) Sand: The combination of desert sand and the mechanical systems of the sky parade would make the attraction difficult to maintain.
A new concept for the show was necessary quickly as funds were already available and the overall schedule was set. The concept for the show as it now exists was conceived by architect Mary Kozlowski who had grown up in Las Vegas and knew and loved Fremont Street. It was a light show on the underside of the canopy — the world's largest and most spectacular. Peter Smith, executive vice-president of Atlandia Design, recognized the beauty and practicality of the concept. Jon Jerde, FSE and the City of Las Vegas embraced the show concept. Kozlowski's concept was to use a combination of four colored light bulbs per "light" which allowed a full spectrum of colors. The Young Electric Sign Company assisted in creating the test panels and in the final installation. After the Fremont Street Experience opened, the light bulbs were checked nightly to ensure that all were functioning properly. To accomplish this massive undertaking, the length of the canopy was divided into panels. Each panel was checked by separately turning on each of the four colored light bulbs. A maintenance worker on a lift would then replace any bulbs that were out. The most expensive bulb cost nearly $15 to replace. On September 7, 1994, a five-block section of Fremont Street was closed to automobile traffic for good, and groundbreaking was held on September 16. After that, the digging up of the street and the installation of the support poles continued into December. On February 15, 1995, the space frames were brought in and the roof began to take shape. The last piece was installed in July 1995. The official public preview was held in conjunction with the Nevada Symphony. The light show was opened on December 14, 1995. The first New Year's party was held on December 31, 1995. The Neon Museum at the Fremont Street Experience opened in November 1996 with the Hacienda Horse & Rider sign being lit at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street. The museum features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors. For many years, the Young Electric Sign Company stored many of these signs in their bone yard. The signs were slowly being destroyed by exposure to the elements. The museum is slowly restoring the signs and placing them around the FSE. Permanent stages were added in the early 2000s, eliminating the need to bring in temporary stages for every event. The sound system was upgraded in June 2001. On June 14, 2004, a $17 million upgrade was unveiled that would feature a 12.5-million LED display and more color combinations than the original display, which was composed of incandescent lighting. The initial $70 million investment and the continued improvements have resulted in successful and ongoing downtown redevelopment. The City of Las Vegas and the downtown casinos have benefited as more than 60% of visitors to Downtown are lured by the Fremont Street Experience overhead light show and stage shows and stay to enjoy the attractions of some of the most famous casinos in the world.
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Rotterdam Centraal Station is one of the most important transport hubs in The Netherlands. With 110,000 passengers a day, the public transport terminal has as many travelers as Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. In addition to the European network of the High Speed Train (HST), Rotterdam Centraal is also connected to the light rail system, RandstadRail. (...)
Rotterdam HST is the first stop in the Netherlands when travelling from the south and is strategically positioned in the middle of Europe, with Schiphol only twenty minutes and Paris a mere two and a half hours away. (...) It matches in all respects the practicality, capacity, comfort and allure, of the central stations of Madrid, Paris, London and Brussels.
The grand entrance on the city side is clearly the gateway to the high-rise urban center. Here the station derives its new international, metropolitan identity from the hall made of glass and wood. The roof of the hall, fully clad with stainless steel, gives rise to building’s iconic character and points to the heart of the city.
Source: www.archdaily.com/588218/rotterdam-central-station-benthe...
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Miss Russia, born on the last day of summer, according to the zodiac - Virgo. Representatives of this sign are characterized by an analytical mindset, accuracy, practicality, attentiveness, prudence, exactingness. Virgo is sensitive to the energy of others and rarely makes mistakes. Due to the perfectionism inherent in Virgos, she strives for perfection in everything. Her penchant for innovation and experimentation led her to create a style inspired by the avant-garde fashion of one of Japan's leading designers, Rei Kawakubo, which brought the unfinished garment philosophy to fashion.
Miss Russia emphasized her image with beautiful maidens circling to the sounds of enchanting music in a round dance - an ancient folk ritual dance of the Eastern Slavs in Rus'.
Miss Russia's gown features an impressive range of white, silver and violet blue, bringing hope and an omen of a brighter future through a mysterious star-studded night sky.
STYLE CARD:
Hair | [Aleutia] - Jessie Metallic Wig
Headpiece | Zibska - Ouida
Body | [ADD] - Holly
Halo | /CUREMORE/ - Innistrad
Halo | AngelinkaNega - Virgo
Boots | Garbaggio - Diana
Nails | [FORMANAILS] - BALLERINA COUTURETE
Eyeshadow | alaskametro<3 - "Cyberspace"
Eyeshadow | LUCCI. - Show
Eyelashes | *Booty's Beauty* - Kiwi
Lipstick | alaskametro<3 - "Cyberspace"
Particles | little stars for body and whirl
(night) Blue Body Illuminator
A treasured sight of many pilgrimages, both for practicality and superstition’s sake, the Aquam de Petra lies deep within the rocky crags of the North Hills, and is one of the main tributaries of the Great River. This seemingly bizarre phenomenon – a life-giving spring in the midst of a stony wasteland – has caused hundreds through the ages to revere this spot as a source of Life. Some even believe that a cup filled at this spring will give the drinker eternal life.
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Wow, it feels so good to be posting! This is a project I’ve been working on for the last months in between school and stuff, after scrapping some summer WIPs. Not really sure how much I like it…it really good from some angles irl, and not so good from others. It was pretty intense fun to build though! ;)
Now to begin work on some CCC entries! :D
Soli Deo Gloria!
Zeiss ikon Contax II with collapsible Sonnar.
I bought it because I wanted the lens for something else. The camera body was sold as defective. However, it seems to me that it is working. I'll just have to find out whether the exposure times are all over the place. I loaded a roll of XP2 and I'll see what comes out.
The Contax I, designed by Heinz Küppenbender, came out in 1932, Zeiss Ikon's attempt to compete with the Leica. However, the Contax I, though beautifully made, was not a very reliable camera and its handling was somewhat unwieldy.
In 1936, a different (better) engineer, Hubert Nerwin, performed a complete redesign of the Contax, which became the Contax II. It was a very advanced camera, far ahead of its age. Unlike all Leicas until the M3 and unlike the Contax I, the Contax II was already a true rangefinder; the ranging mechanism was combined with the viewfinder and the photographer needed to look through one peephole only.
Personally, though I'll readily acknowledge the superiority of the Contax II, I have a soft spot for the Contax I, the smoothness of all mechanism is just so sweet to feel. I don't care about practicalities, few things beat working with a Contax I.
Shot with:
Canon EOS600D
Leica Bellows R (16860)
Leica 100mm f/4 Macro Elmar-R, bellows version (11230)
When it comes to photographing birds, you know that they are comfortable with your presence when personal hygiene, not survival becomes their priority. In this case, a small flock (20+) of Sanderlings decided to bathe in the gentle waves of Pensacola Bay, Florida as I sat some 20 yards away.
Normally I pass on shore birds in this area because frankly, they are too easy. However, I found their bath time behavior amusing. Of the 20+ birds, only 2-3 would enter the wave area at a time. All the others stood watch on the beach and small sand dunes above. Of the 2-3 in the water, only one would stick its head under water as the others stood watch. Without arms, hands or soap, their best option was to place their heads down by their feet, allowing the wave pass over them. After each wave, they vigorously shook and preened. Each one repeated the process for 2-3 waves and then leapt into the air (as photographed here), circled back to the dunes to for a few more seconds of preening before assuming the watch for the rest of the flock.
I love and respect the simple practicality of nature…every member of the flock participating in a three-tier security perimeter, knowing that in that split second that the wave passes over, that member is at its most vulnerable.
From the archives and taken on 03 April, 2021.
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The camera is on a downtown city walk.
This statue of five cars balanced on top of a tall cedar tree stump was installed on a temporary basis at Pacific Blvd. and Quebec St. in 2015 as part of the Vancouver Biennale (2014-2016).
The car bodies on top of the old-growth cedar are a Trans Am, BMW, Honda, Cabriolet and Mercedes. The sculpture is by Vancouver artist Marcus Bowcott and his wife, Helene Aspinall.
The future of the Trans Am Totem sculpture is no longer in doubt thanks to a $250,000 donation by Chip and Shannon Wilson founders of Lululemon Athletica.
The Wilsons funding means Trans Am Totem is now a permanent part of the city’s public art collection.
The sculpture will eventually need to move because of the city's 20-year plan to revitalize the northeast False Creek area and develope the surrounding real estate. A new location is yet to be chosen.
The sculpture, a favourite roost for the rats of the sky, looks to be in need of some TLC.
Bowcott’s view of the sculpture:
“The automobile holds a unique position in our culture. It’s a manufactured want and symbol of extremes; practicality and luxury, necessity and waste. We can see this in the muscular Trans Am, the comfortable BMW, and the workhorse Civic. Trans Am Totem also questions the cycle of production and consumption.”
By stacking smashed automobiles and levitating them high above the roadway, Bowcott serves to remind us of the ultimate responsibilities we bear to our planet and future generations.
Trans Am Totem fantasizes a justified end to car culture even as countless automobiles zoom past on asphalt and concrete ribbons and ooze pollutants and spent carbon fuels into the atmosphere.
The artist’s vision of Nature triumphant subversively reminds us ultimately of our ongoing contributions to global warming and further environmental degradation.
We hope you all had an amazing Christmas, along with some downtime to get the camera out! We have been spending some time shooting pocket watches in our latest Youtube video. You can watch it here - youtu.be/MRS2BOdr9po
Many of you will recognise this little pocket watch from The Photography Show, we use it quite a lot to demonstrate the capabilities of the Adaptalux Studio. Reflective, detailed subjects like this can be tricky to light, so you need the flexibility that the Lighting Arms of the studio provide.
In this video, we spend some time looking at the differences between white Diffusers, Colour Filters and Lighting Arms. Adding colour to subjects like this can often be done more for fun than practicality, but there are some subtle tricks you can use to enhance even a "natural" looking shot.
For this shot, we went a little wild with the blue and red lights, but replacing those colours with white would be equally effective at showing off the engraved details of the watch. If you want to read a little more about how we set up the lighting for a shot like this, check out the blog post on our website - bit.ly/adaptaluxWatches
I once read that maple trees symbolize balance, promise and practicality. I'm fond of the notion that people specifically choose to plant these trees in order to call out to those specific traits and bring them into their lives.
The older I get, the more I see the need to cultivate these laudable traits. I've spent most of my life bulldogging my way to whatever goal I've set for myself. Photography is teaching me, slowly, that in order to tell a story I must sometimes tap into these other traits.
All a part of the journey, I guess.
DAY 7
The musketeers wear their plumed black felt hats with great panache! Waiting, while the royalty enters the arena, lol, they stand holding the pikes.
The latter would originally have been 18 feet long but for reasons of practicality 12-foot pikes are used today.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
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One of the most important factors of the success of Stockholm’s bicycle network is that it is conceived and perceived as a system. This means that one can find different categories of bicycle lanes, starting from those that cross the city and connect it to nearby towns, to the neighborhood lanes which take you to the local store, school or the nearby metro station.
www.slowtravelstockholm.com/resources-practicalities/biki...
Trans Am Totem, installed in 2015 was removed. The reason is 2 parts.
One, the nearby viaducts will be demolished and the sculpture is in the way for a new road configuration.
Two, the amount of pigeon shit in and on the structure has deteriorated the sculptures viability. The birds were so persistent they broke through the protective netting and destroyed a solar light battery. We do not love “rats of the sky” aka pigeons.
The work is being restored and stored until a new permanent location is chosen.
The piece is a Vancouver Biennale (2014-2016) installation at the intersection of Vancouver’s Quebec Street and Pacific Boulevard.
Trans Am Totem was created by artists Marcus Bowcott and Helene Aspinall for the two-year public art exhibition and later made a permanent city public art piece with a $250,000 donation from Vancouver philanthropists Chip & Shannon Wilson (Lululemon).
On the Biennale’s website, Bowcott described his piece in the following way: “The automobile holds a unique position in our culture. It’s a manufactured want and symbol of extremes; practicality and luxury, necessity and waste. We can see this in the muscular Trans Am, the comfortable BMW, and the workhorse Civic. Trans Am Totem also questions the cycle of production and consumption.”
From top to bottom, the vehicles are a Pontiac Trans Am, BMW 7 Series, Honda Civic, Volkswagen Golf Mk1 Cabriolet, and Mercedez-Benz, all donated by a local scrapyard.