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This weeks Macro Monday theme - Hand tool
(precision cross head screwdriver)
Watchmaker, watchmaker, make me a watch
Make time go slower but never let it stop
And speed up the ticking when the going gets rough,
'Cause to me all this trying it'll never be enough.
I love it when I find a turtle balancing on its plastron. This one isn't very big which is typical of males, ditto for the longer claws.
Check out my blog post for more turtle info & tid bits - wickeddarkphotography.com/2020/11/01/turtles-all-the-way-...
Mamiya 645 1000s : 150mm Mamiya-Sekor f/3.5 : Ilford HP5 Plus : Pyrocat HD
First frames from a new-to-me 150mm lens for the Mamiya 645's. In my experience these Mamiya-Sekor lenses are unfailingly excellent, and this one is no exception...
A hand pan or hang drum. The process starts with a flat disc of steel, manually hammered into a smooth shell, much like a large cooking wok. Then precise dimples are added, and – with even greater precision – the steel is minutely stretched and compressed and manipulated with the precise skill of a studied craftsman and the trained ear of an experienced musician. Eventually, after heat treatments and fine tuning, the top half is glued to a bottom half to create an instrument with such ethereal sonic beauty the angels show up to dance and laugh.
See below for some additional photos of Logan rough tuning the top half of this hand pan in process.
The early morning glow of golden hour lighting up a Variable Oystercatcher hunting for shellfish at low tide.
Quando si dice preciso come un'orologio svizzero si esalta una innata qualità del popolo d'oltralpe, che anche in campo ferroviario traspare, poi però basta respirare aria nostrana ed ecco che tutti i buoni propositi vanno a farsi friggere... infatti il Giruno svizzero che effettua il nuovo servizio Zurigo - Genova si trova a passare nella stazione di Villalvernia durante il viaggio di ritorno con una bell'oretta di ritardo. Ecco il RABe 501.006 "Obwalden" di SBB mentre espleta l'EC 308 Genova P.P. - Zurigo transitando bello veloce nella stazione di Villalvernia e strombazzando all'infreddolito fotografo
In this image, fire is not wild or chaotic. It is focused, refined — tamed. The blue flame rises with quiet intensity, a product of complete combustion, of chemistry done right. It speaks of fire not as destruction, but as a tool. A companion to human progress.
Fire, one of the oldest elements we’ve harnessed, lives at the intersection of nature and technology. From ancient campfires to the tip of a blowtorch, it remains essential. This single blue flame — nearly silent, nearly invisible in daylight — can melt metal, shape glass, or seal connections that hold our modern world together.
Yet, behind its calm form lies potential for chaos. The contrast between flame and darkness in this frame reminds us: fire’s gift is always conditional. Control it, and it builds. Lose control, and it consumes.
Here, the element of fire is captured in a moment of discipline.
Not a wildfire, not a candle — but a tool in hand. A spark of precision.
And still, it holds all the power of its untamed ancestors.
Fun facts about Fire:
🔥 Blue flame = hotter flame
A blue flame like this one is typically hotter than a yellow/orange one. It indicates complete combustion, meaning fuel is being burned efficiently.
🔥 Fire needs three things: The "fire triangle" consists of heat, fuel, and oxygen. Remove one, and the flame dies.
🔥 It’s plasma, not just gas:
Though it looks like a glowing gas, fire is actually a form of plasma — the fourth state of matter!
🔥 No gravity? No flame shape.
In zero gravity, fire burns in a blue spherical blob because there’s no convection to draw the flame upward.
🔥 Ancient symbol of life and destruction:
Across cultures, fire is a paradox — both a giver of life (warmth, cooking, light) and a force of destruction.
One thing I did enjoy about my first job out of college in Montgomery was having a lot of rail traffic literally blocks away from my office in downtown. On days I was driving in the carpool (sure as hell wasn't going to move from Auburn down there) I would usually bring the camera in the event something interesting rolled by during my lunch hour. That was certainly the case on this day as Q681 leaves the capitol city and hangs a left onto the former ACL Dothan Sub for the trip to Waycross. This was one of only two times a former Conrail SD80MAC graced my lenses, so we'll allow the pretty terrible high sun and backlighting a pass.
The parking area at this overlook was one of my favorite lunchtime hangouts during those years working in Montgomery; many days I'd grab a carryout plate at Sam's BBQ and spend the hour just watching them roll by here. Much has changed here in the ensuing 12 years; as the vintage signal bridge has fallen to modern replacements and the clear field in the foreground is completely overgrown and obscures the tracks now. Not to mention the vintage consist of 90's locomotive consist; while 3rd out CSX 325 is undoubtedly still moving tonnage, sister AC60 5011 was scrapped in 2020. Leader 4601 was passed on to Norfolk Southern as their 7227 a few years after this shot, but unfortunately the current "Precision Stock Manipulation" virus led to the purging of the SD80s and many other 90s EMDs from the roster and she met the torch in January 2022.
Even though my father never was a professional woodworker, he had learned being a wheelwright at a young age and continued thriving in working with wood as a hobby for decades.
I must have gotten the knack for this craft while spending time with him in his tiny woodshop, because the passion for woodworking has fiercely gotten to me those last few years.
I've chosen a few of the tools he owned (and that I cherish, maintain and use) for this week's "Macro Mondays" challenge.
The divider caliper, or simply divider (compas in French) can be used to precisely report any distance from one piece to an other, without needing to measure that distance. Actually, measuring is more prone to errors and approximations. The tool can be used to divide a line into segments of equal lengths, hence the name. A set of two dividers can be used to lay out dovetails that will be perfectly identical to each other, without having to measure and calculate the width of pins and tails.
One important principle of woodworking is that precision is more important than accuracy. This means that the exact number of millimeters or degrees a piece of wood is cut at doesn't matter that much. What matters is the perfect match between the various pieces that have to come together. The divider surely helps in this endeavor.
Sweetwater Precision Weapons – Precision Line – MP5SB
Designed around a 10mm Heckler and Koch MP5 upper receiver, the MP5SB opens a new chapter for one of the world’s most popular weapon platforms.
With versatility the priority of the SB project, SPW’s engineers have built a number of key features into the platform including integral suppression, ambidextrous controls, collapsible stock and interchangeable front foregrip/RIS.
The MP5SB offers operators a compact, accurate and highly reliable package without sacrificing stopping power.
Credit to Barcel PL for the HK logo and Shock for the base of the fire selector.
Remember to view in Lightbox for crisper details.
HD images here:
RHS – i.imgur.com/5ZWnLhY.png
LHS – i.imgur.com/b1wPjlj.png
Great Egret snatches a fish @ Black Point Wildlife Drive.
I got the followup shot with the fish but he turned his head on the way up into the shade and out of focus. :-(
Cam from a Geneva (or Maltese Cross) intermittent movement from a Simplex E-7 35mm motion picture projector head. It's paired with a starwheel to form the heart of the mechanism.
Shot using a slaved Canon 430EXIII-RT flash with a cardboard box from a bar of soap serving as an improvised snoot.
The new Longbow Precision rifle, a single-shot bolt action chambered in Remington .223, is a professional-grade competition rifle. This is Tilltac's first foray into the sport side of firearms. The front and rear sights are fully-adjustable competitions sights, with the front having a large shade- both sights can be easily removed to accommodate a scope. This gun is painted in metallic orange and matte black two-tone with gold accents.
I used pictures of many guns to make this one, but it's based mainly on an Eliseo S1 frame and a CSS stock. This might be the first rifle of it's kind ever made in PMG, I'm not sure. I do know that this project took me over 8 hours to finish, using mainly shapes and exploded bits of random odds and ends.
ALSO- I figured out a simple trick to make it seem like screw holes on rounded surfaces, i used it several times in this build cuz I thought it was badass :P you can see it on the front sight and the cheekrest, to name two.
Example of similar guns: accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/you-tubeguns-vid...
Pastie: pastie.org/1178104
I encourage you to check out how i made the gun, I'm very proud of it, but beware- there are a LOT of layers and a LOT of white shapes. :) it should also put to rest any persistent rumors of me having to photoshop my guns to get them to look good.