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groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter. oh joy.
TDS: It's Groundhog Day in the U.S. Make a photo that illustrates whether it's more like winter or spring where you live. #ds79
As many predicted when they first showed up on the property, the Progress Rail (EMDX) SD70ACe-T4s being leased by KCS have become rolling dirt magnets. Exhibit "A" is EMDX 7209 leading the M-KCVN on the UP Springfield Sub, about to cross the TRRA Illinois Transfer at Valley Junction in East St. Louis, IL in order to enter KCS' East St. Louis yard. 7209 has become a regular on this run, bouncing back and forth between Kansas City and St. Louis.
In trail: KCS AC44CW #4587 and KCS (ex-CN) GP40-2LW #2906.
Although you can't see its replacement for the trees, that searchlight on the KCS main to the left doesn't have much time left. In fact, it may already be gone; I haven't been down here in a week or two. All of Valley Junction is on the same trajectory. Get your pics now.
October 9, 2007
Weather report is rain tonight. It's a fall day on the Pacific Ocean.
Pacifica, CA USA
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Picked up this side table on CL this morning. Thinking it might be from Paul McCobb's Predictor Group. Anyone know for sure?
By the time I arrived at the Swinging Bridge area, in the early evening of June 13th, the predicted T-Storm had finished dumping its load. I was there to capture only two images, with this view being the last one. The low cloud layer provided only overcast lighting conditions that made the scene rather dark and moody, and then it opened up a little just as the sun was starting to set. This allowed that light to bounce off of the cloud layer, along with adding some direct diffused light to strike the back-granite wall. It’s just another vision that the valley can display to its visitors.
Nikon Z7_2, 58mm (24/120 f/4 S), 1/6 @ f/13, ISO 100. This is a 6-frame panorama that was stitched together in On1 Photo Raw, along with some of the processing. Luminar Neo was used to fine tune it. Camera was tripod mounted, remote release and a CPL on the lens.
Impossible to predict where a flying fish is gonna show up, all you've gotta do is to point your camera towards one spot, and wait..
Coromandel flying fish Hirundichthys coromandelensis, Indian ocean
The Seventeenth Ion Prophecy - The Machine That Predict The Future by Daniel Arrhakis (2019)
With the music : Ninja Tracks - Dystopian State
The Seventeenth Ion Prophecy - The Machine That Predict The Future
As people navigate the global network, our tastes are recorded, but also our thoughts, our dreams, our fears, our ambitions, our relationships, what we buy and what we sell, what we love and what we hate, with whom we gather and with whom we share.
And the all-seeing machine, which registers everything, has become a gigantic calculator of statistical data translated into present and future past events.
With the ability to foresee our yearnings, our emotions, our reactions, our personal and social relationships, our political options, has become an obscure entity that sees everything and everything can predict, from a murder to a forbidden romance, from an idea to a meeting.
So every step we took was already known, every desire was fulfilled, every protest was repressed and the states and the big corporations guaranteed the World for ever as it should be ... without unforeseen ... statistically perfect and predicted to the essence of our soul!
The machine that predicted everything forgot to predict the day when it would break ... and on that day hung up forever because it was not planned to break!
On that day the humanity then relearned to be herself again without knowing what her future would be, only this time they could choose it freely!
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A Décima Sétima Profecia De Ion - A Maquina Que Previa o Futuro
Enquanto as pessoas navegavam na rede global, os nossos gostos são registados, mas também os nossos pensamentos, os nossos sonhos, os nossos medos, as nossas ambições, as nossas relações, o que compramos e o que vendemos, o que amamos e o que odiamos, com quem reunimos e com quem partilhamos.
E a maquina que tudo vê, que tudo regista, tornou-se uma gigantesca calculadora de dados estatísticos traduzidos em acontecimentos passados presentes e futuros.
Com a capacidade de prever os nossos anseios, as nossas emoções, as nossas reacções, as nossas relações pessoais e sociais tornou-se numa entidade obscura que tudo vê e tudo pode prever, desde um assassínio a um romance proibido, desde uma ideia a uma reunião.
Assim cada passo que dávamos já era conhecido, cada desejo era concretizado, cada protesto era reprimido e os estados e as grandes corporações garantiam assim para sempre o Mundo como ele deveria ser ... sem imprevistos ... estatisticamente perfeito e previsto até à essência da nossa alma !
A maquina que tudo previa esqueceu-se no entanto de prever o dia em que iria avariar .... e nesse dia desligou-se para sempre pois não estava previsto avariar !
Nesse dia a humanidade reaprendeu então a ser ela própria outra vez sem saber qual seria o seu futuro, só que desta vez podia escolhe-lo livremente !
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Work made with stock images and images from mine, Background made with photos i take in Park Of Nations, Portugal. Machine elements from a gas turbine generator.
The Sphere on the left are from "The Amazon Spheres", three spherical conservatories that are part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, United States.
More snow was predicted today for the area I live in, but it hasn't arrived. So with no snowscapes to photograph, I've been looking through my summer photos. As this beautiful tower stands on such a high point, I can get photos of it with lovely blue sky behind it. I visited the tower during a day out with my friend
Broadway Tower was the brainchild of the great 18th Century landscape designer, Capability Brown. His vision was carried out for George William 6th Earl of Coventry
with the help of renowned architect James Wyatt and completed in 1798.
It is one of England's outstanding viewpoints and at 1024 feet (312m) above sea level, it is the second highest point on the Cotswold escarpment. Unrivalled views survey an expanse of a 62 mile radius and as many as 16 Counties.
One can consider the presentation of this spectacular hardtop coupe as an ultimate afford to gain attention of the audience to persuade them for buying a Packard. The financial position of Packard was terrible in 1956. But it wasn't much of a help.
Richard 'Dick' Teague (Los Angeles, 1923-1991) designed the Predictor. It was built at Carrozzeria Ghia, Torino in Italy on a Clipper platform. In ninety days the Italians managed to get this project ready, just in time for the Chicago Car Show.
The Predictor had all kinds of new automotive features, like tilting headlights, roof doors rolled back when opening the door, lowering back window, swiveling seats, dashboard design which followed the hood profile, a power operated trunk lid, and a wraparound windshield that curved into the roof.
Many car brands copied several novelties: the grille at the 1958 Edsel, the roof line at the 1958 Lincoln Premier, the rear bumper at the 1958 Oldsmobile, opera windows or portholes in the rear pillar at the 1957 Thunderbird, and the headlights at the 1962 Corvette.
Only one Predictor was made. It still exists and is on display at the Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana (see photo).
6128 cc V8 engine.
Production Packard Predictor: 1956.
Image source:
Video still from a movie of a visit to the Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana, by OldModelTGuy.
Seen on YouTube.
Halfweg, July 16, 2024.
© 2024 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
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This Sunday, October 17, the Photopills application predicted that the Moon would rise behind Mont Viso (Italy - 3848m) if we were at the top of Pain de Sucre (France - 3208m).
In addition to the loaded hiking bag (2 tripods, 2 cameras, 1 Sky Watcher 102/500 refractor, 1 300mm lens), the climb was dangerous because there was ice and there was no real path to get to the top of Pain de Sucre.
Although I am 9km from Mont Viso, it looks like a juggernaut.
In addition, helicopter rescue was not far away since the yellow helicopter passed in front of the Moon!
EXIFS:
- Canon 6D + Sky Watcher 102/500 (f / 4.9) on tripod.
- Panoramic photo composed of 4 images taken in portrait.
- Each photo is a single exposure of 1/800 ° of a second at ISO 200.
Location: Summit of Pain de Sucre / Hautes-Alpes / Queyras / France.
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Ce dimanche 17 octobre, l'application Photopills prédisait que la Lune se lèverait derrière le Mont Viso (Italie - 3848m) si nous étions au sommet du Pain de Sucre (France - 3208m).
En plus du sac de randonnée chargé (2 trépieds, 2 caméras, 1 lunette Sky Watcher 102/500, 1 objectif 300mm), la montée était dangereuse car il y avait du verglas et il n'y avait pas de vraiment de chemin pour arriver au sommet du Pain de Sucre .
Bien que je sois à 9km du Mont Viso, ce sommet emblématique se présente comme un mastodonte.
De plus, la surveillance aérienne n'était pas loin puisque l'hélicoptère jaune est passé devant la Lune !
EXIF :
- Canon 6D + Sky Watcher 102/500 (f/4,9) sur trépied.
- Photo panoramique composée de 4 images prises en portrait.
- Chaque photo est une pose unique de 1/800° de seconde à 200 ISO.
Localisation : Sommet du Pain de Sucre / Hautes-Alpes / Queyras / France.
Yes, rainy weather for Sunday, Cleo, I'm sorry. I'm not fond of rain either but in fact we need the rain as it has been unusually dry here for the last couple of weeks. Fynn will love it, Luan doesn't care and Cleo, well, hates it ! :)
A few weeks ago I read an article about how surface patterns on soap bubbles are analogous to weather systems. Specifically, spirals on soap bubbles look a little like the vortices of hurricanes and tornadoes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10558231/Soap-bu...
I'm a long way off capturing really clear and high def vortices on bubbles yet. But it's encouraging to see this spiral existing without me having to work hard to create it.
I'd love to photograph a vortex very clearly and beautifully. Hopefully I'll manage it one day. So far, I'm just one step closer.....
P.S. The image quality is not great here. Only a few pixels to play with.
And if you haven't spotted the spiral, it is..... just above the centre of the bubble. I only spotted it myself because I have been carefully looking out for these vortices. I bet I've photographed them in the past without noticing.
Predicting the weather can be so frustrating. Another morning I got the forcast wrong,so another back garden photo one of many.
The forecasters had been predicting big tornados for the day I shot this beginning three days previously. Indeed a strong storm front formed in the afternoon and approached Wichita at sixty miles an hour. I figured no photowalk so went to the Y to get some exercise. Soon after I arrived at the gym, the tornado warning sirens went off and I got to spend an hour in the locker room, which is the storm shelter at the Y. Afterwards I got in my workout while it rained a bit, and by the time I finished the storm had passed to the east. Quite amazingly, behind the storm it was perfectly calm, so I ended up getting in my photowalk anyway. For whatever reason, we got this unusual ground fog after the storm.... There were a few small tornados that day, but not much damage near Wichita....
Freezing rain later tonight changing to heavy snow tomorrow. Predicting 4 to 8 inches before the storm moves out late tomorrow. Hopefully this will be the last of it.
As predicted the timing of the shower and the presence of the Moon adversely impacted the shower's presentation in this time zone. But there were meteors, several captured, among them this one transiting the Big Dipper at 6:06 am as the blue glow of the predawn was appearing behind the foothills. The foothills are lit by Moonlight the Moon being out of frame slightly picked up by the curvature of the 14 mm lens
another meteor: flic.kr/p/2koExMu.
I predict some flack for posting this shot based on the, perfectly innocent, name of the ship. An historic boat, one of the flotilla of small ships that rescued British Troops from the Normandy Beaches as the German's pushed to the very edges of France, but now rescued and leading a safer, more sedate life at the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare.
Oh, and for anyone who complains that this isn't Bristol and shouldn't be in the Bristol pool, I'm putting my money that the name gets me off the hook for this one :D
Слава Україні, слава президенту Зеленському, слава українському народу.
Gloire à l'Ukraine, gloire au président Zelensky, gloire au peuple ukrainien.
Слава Украине, слава Президенту Зеленскому, слава украинскому народу.
The snow, that had been predicted a couple of days ago when I went out to photography the groyne images the other day, fell yesterday and covered the Grimsby, Ontario area with some 10cm of snow. In the backyard we have a couple of well-past-their-prime Muskoka chairs that had been painted a brightish pastel blue many years ago. That paint is now well weathered and peeled off in many places. I also have an old kitchen chair that was painted pink many decades ago. I have no idea why or by who. But its paint, while pretty much intact, has extensive cracking, creating a nice texture. I carefully walked out through the fresh snow, being careful not to leave footprints where they would show up in the image, placed the pink chair beside one of the Muskoka chairs and then cropped in-camera to keep only one of the Muskoka chairs and the pink kitchen chair. The result was a colourful pink and blue pastel subject set in a bright snow scene. - JW
Date Taken: 2021-01-27
Tech Details:
Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D800 fitted with an AF Nikkor 70-210mm 1:4.0-5.6 non-D lense set to 125mm, ISO100, Daylight WB, Spot metering, Aperture priority mode, f/11.0, 1/100 sec with an EV+1.00 exposure bias to preserve the pastels. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 9000px wide, crop the image to 5x7 aspect ratio to get rid of some intrusive materials on the left side and recentre to keep it more-or-less symmetrical, slightly brighten the image overall by setting exposure compensation to EV+0.40, use the black level tool and reduce its value to brighten the darkest areas while preserving highlight detail, use Shadows/Highlights to significantly recover shadow detail, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: I loaded the image as 2 layers and on the top layer added a white/opaque layer mask onto which I painted in the areas corresponding to the chairs (using soft-edged brush and white ‘paint’) to let them show through so I could adjust the brightness shed and snow brightness without impacting the chairs and then on the layer below (i.e. the chairs) of the image slightly slightly increased their saturation, create new working layer from visible result, use the colour balance tool to reduce a slight green colour cast, sharpen slightly, save, scale to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
Well, the cat's starting to get out of the bag, so here goes...
Basically, Adobe (the maker of Photoshop, etc) is starting a huge global campaign for their new Creative Cloud line. Like, a HUGE global campaign that's expected to hit millions and millions of people around the world and last for almost a full year. They held a competition and picked 12 student artists from around the U.S. who use Adobe products in their workflow. There were a few fashion designers, web designers, illustrators, and just two photographers... and I'm one of them!!!
A few weeks ago, Adobe representatives and a production team came to LA and filmed me for a full day, with an interview in my apartment, shooting an amazing sunset at the beach, working some processing magic on my shots, and just living and being crazy and being me. It was a total dream and I'm so, so lucky and fortunate to finally have had a major opportunity to shine. The footage is now being condensed into stills and a 2-minute video that tells my story of how I use my background in meteorology to predict the best weather for landscape photography and how I use Lightroom and Photoshop to breathe life into an image. Once the campaign starts in late August, they're telling me I'll be everywhere -- all Adobe social channels, all over their website, literally around the world. The producers told me they put my video and profile together first because they thought it was the best of the 12. I'll let y'all know when it comes out, but you probably won't miss it!
Regardless of how you feel about the new Creative Cloud, I just wanted to take a moment to thank anyone who has ever commented on or faved my images, or shown one of my photos to a friend, parent, coworker, or anyone else. You all are helping me live my dream, and I'd never be able to do it without you. Day by day, minute by minute... this thing called life is getting real. :))
I post this image now because this is the shot I'm processing in the video, using Lightroom!
all the best,
- Jeff
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After an almost two-week delay, the predicted bloom of the cherry blossoms in Tokyo has finally arrived. Naturally the weather didn't cooperate, but oh well. North of Tokyo on the 6 track mainline to Omiya, a rare E655 Series passes through on a one-way excursion from Ueno to the Yamagata Area.
Built in 2007, the E655 series is a one-of-a-kind AC/DC dual voltage EMU. Painted in a dark mahogany/brown paint scheme with gold pinstripes, it is JR East's answer to replace the previously locomotive hauled royal train. One set of 5 cars was built, with an additional car, E655-1, custom built for the emperor. The last time this train was used for royal duties was in 2019. Reportedly the current emperor isn't a fan of making a spectacle by being transported on this train, but it was used for previous foreign royal/state visits. Outside of royal train duties, it is used only a few times a year for public excursions on JR East's system. It's certainly an elegant, modern looking royal train.
JR Ueno-Tokyo Main Line
JR E655 Series
Kawaguchi, Saitama Pref., Japan
LG G3, edited with Snapseed.
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Physics predicts the universe will end in heat death -- photons alone in the deep cold void.
Photo taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and M.Zuiko 25mm f/1.2 Pro hand held in very low light. This is not an AI generated image.
The predicted storm definitely wasn't worth getting out of bed for, but we did get some interesting sea conditions.
This is a crop from a high ISO larger image, so a bit of noise is present but hopefully you get the general idea behind the shot.
One can consider the presentation of this spectacular hardtop coupe as an ultimate afford to gain attention of the audience to persuade them for buying a Packard. The financial position of Packard was terrible in 1956. But it wasn't much of a help.
Richard 'Dick' Teague (Los Angeles, 1923-1991) designed the Predictor. It was built at Carrozzeria Ghia, Torino in Italy on a Clipper platform. In ninety days the Italians managed to get this project ready, just in time for the Chicago Car Show (see photo).
The Predictor had all kinds of new automotive features, like tilting headlights, roof doors rolled back when opening the door, lowering back window, swiveling seats, dashboard design which followed the hood profile, a power operated trunk lid, and a wraparound windshield that curved into the roof.
Many car brands copied several novelties: the grille at the 1958 Edsel, the roof line at the 1958 Lincoln Premier, the rear bumper at the 1958 Oldsmobile, opera windows or portholes in the rear pillar at the 1957 Thunderbird, and the headlights at the 1962 Corvette.
Only one Predictor was made. It still exists and is on display at the Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana.
6128 cc V8 engine.
Production Packard Predictor: 1956.
Picture was taken from:
James M. Flammang, Cars of the Fabulous '50s, a Decade of High Style and Good Times, Publications International LTD, Lincolnwood, 1995.
Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Book collection Sander Toonen (2018, present from Willem).
Halfweg, Nov. 3, 2024.
© 2024 Sander Toonen, Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
A bit of a different hinting technique and I never caught the move. What looks like the edge of the water on the bank of the bayou is actually a drifting mass of water hyacinth that has set up it own tiny ecosystem on the bayou. This mass is being blown over the surface of the water by the wind. This Tri-colored Heron had set up station on the edge of the drift mass and would fly off over the water and attempt to snag fish while he was in flight. Not sure what type of weed is growing on the edge of the hyacinth, but it has also become a part of the drifting mass. They hyacinth in the background is a separate mass.
Also want to update everyone on tropical storm Imelda. The storm was expected to drift northward yesterday, but tropical storms always have a mind of their own. Instead of the storms drifting northward the flow has been a bit more to the southeast and is dumping huge amounts of waters on Houston. The flooding has begun, and we can only hope that it will be minimal, but that doesn’t ever seem to be the case around. I am high and dry, but a lot of residents are not that fortunate. I know that there is also flooding going on from Houston to Beaumont.
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I also want to warn everyone about some gutter garbage people that are present here on Flickr. Perverts trolling for anything that they can put their filthy hands on. Seem like they have returned so make sure you know what you are looking at if your children are on here and have your safe search dialed in as well. Nothing is free from corruption any longer. It just took me far too long to get her posts deleted!!!!
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As I was about to step out for shopping this morning, the unique clouds formation in the sky deeply attracted me, just a quick snap. Kind of interesting, it was like the map. Please click on the upper right corner the image for better viewing. You can also visit me at www.azimaging.ca and www.500px.com/azimaging
The weather forecast had predicted cloudy skies for the 27th-28th night, but when I went to bed I was glad to see that the sky was entirely cloudless. I set my alarm clock for 4am.
I awoke from a slightly scary dream (a ghost made of light) and immediately thought "oh no, the clock hasn't rung, I've missed it". Then I got out of bed, thinking that I might still see some of the eclipse. It was dark outside, and I went back to my room, to check the clock. 4am! I'd awoken a few moments before the clock rung.
I stood outside taking photos for about an hour, witnessing the last sliver of penumbra leaving, and then returning. It was quite awe-inspiring to see the moon so red.
I showed it to my cat, telling him he probably wouldn't see it again, but he wasn't interested.
Spenny Bridge at dusk. Bristol, December 2016.
I thought the sky looked good for a decent sunset and popped out with my camera. Unusually, I predicted correctly this time!
I predicted a nice sunset and grabbed my camera and my graduated ND-filter and walked into the center of the town. I think it turned out pretty well!
(Some of you might have seen this yesterday, but I had to edit a little thing that bothered me, thats why I re-uploaded it! So please leave a comment and fav it again! :-))
With a big winter storm predicted to slam Southern New England in the next few days hopefully I'll be ale to get out for some with the wonderland shooting. So far I've only had one chance at good snowy shots when we got a freak pre-Halloween storm. Here is another shot from that fun day a month and a half ago.
Connecticut was graced with its first major snowfall of the year the day before Halloween. While some places north of the state line saw accumulations up to two inches here in the northeastern section of the Nutmeg state it was heavy and wet but didn't build up too much.
Having just come down from Palmer with New England Central train 608, his day is just about done. He has to do a bit of switching here to spot and pull Willimantic Waste Paper Inc., the NECR's busiest customer in the area. Once that work is done they will pull down just a couple hundred yards and park on the main beside their office that sits at about MP 29.5 of the Palmer Sub and call it a day.
Willimantic (town of Windham), Connecticut
Friday October 30, 2020
As predicted by the weather man another storm is heading our way this afternoon lasting till tomorrow :((( A view from my office looking over East River into Queens and Brooklyn
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Einstein predicted that time slows down the faster you travel and the time-dilation hypothesis has since been proven by flying atomic clocks on aircraft.
The three fastest human beings at the moment are NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques (pictured) and Roscosmos astronaut Oleg Kononenko who are orbiting Earth on the International Space Station at a speed of around 28 800 km/h.
They are travelling so fast that they will return home to Earth after their six-month spaceflight 0.007 seconds younger than if they had stayed with their feet on the ground.
But how do astronauts perceive time in space? Space Station crew report that time seems to speed up in microgravity so European researchers are trying to find out more by immersing astronauts in virtual reality and testing their reaction times.
A virtual reality headset is used to block external visual cues that could influence the results. The experiment focuses on how astronauts estimate time duration as well as their reaction times. They are asked gauge how long a visual target appears on screen. Their reaction times to these prompts are recorded to process speed and attention.
The astronauts run the experiment before flight, on the International Space Station and again when they land to compare results. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was the first test subject to take part in this experiment in 2018. Anne and David did a session in February in ESA’s Columbus laboratory.
Understanding how time is perceived in space is important as astronauts are often required to conduct precision work where timing is everything. This research in microgravity will help reveal clues as to what helps keep our brains ticking the seconds accurately.
Credits: NASA