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Properly shonky old one, exactly how they should look in my opinion! This one looks as if it was treasured at some point, looking at the wheels and seats. It could well be abandoned now though, as it didn't have any plates.
EXIF data doesn't properly record for an A series zoom lens. Focal length was on or about 70mm, not 28mm.
Pied Plovers only occur in South America and are closely related to the Lapwing. They live on Savannah pools and on river banks, but they only occur in small numbers. They also appear to be almost entirely sedentary (ie they don't migrate anywhere). We saw odd ones and twos on sandbars on the rivers in the gallery forest of the Pantanal. They feed on insects, molluscs and crustaceans, and this one has caught quite a sizeable cricket. Each time I look at this photograph in my photostream I think that it hasn't loaded properly with such a uniform area of grey at the bottom of the picture.
Two chairs. Properly scanned and post processed the picture is actually quite dark. I wanted something like this when I took the picture, however this is more rough than I expected. Definitely suffered in the cold developer bath. These are my first experimental shots of Ilford Super XP2 35mm film. I shot these on a very overcast day with a Voigtlander Bessa T and Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 Classic SC lens. I shot these at ISO 400 and paid no real attention to lighting.
The goal was to test diluted C-41 stand development. The film was supposed to be developed at 70 degrees fahrenheit for 45 minutes with inversions at 15 and 30 minutes. C-41 mixed 1:9 so 30ml in a 300 ml soup. All worked fine until I realized the temp in the darkroom was actually 60 degrees - both water and developer. Too late to go back so we got these and foxed with potassium ferricyanide bleach and homemade Ammonium theiosulfate fixer. (both 5 minutes at "room" temperature).
Overall the negatives look ok and the pictures came out. Many were dark and some seemed to suffer from the poor developer temperature. Not a fail, just not inconclusive. The developer is old, but it has been sealed since mixed.
The process is doable so now some more serious controlled tests.
Uno ci prova, poi non sempre le cose vanno come ci si aspetta, poi si sa, la Canon 5D mk II ha veramente un autofocus imbarazzante, eh, milioni di foto fuori fuoco, tutta colpa della povera 5D, cosa ci volete fare, mamma Canon l'ha voluta e fatta così... però a dirla tutta il fuoco era corretto, sulla bambina, era la mia posizione sbagliata, un pelino troppo bassa sul livello della fontana di piazza Matteotti, e a fuoco f1.2 (ehhhhh tanta robbba) alla fine il viso del bambino era leggermente fuori dall'asse di fuoco rispetto alla sorella (o presumo che tale sia), alla fine, chissene e avanti che ci si diverte!
Properly excised from skin, still alive and actually moving along. If returned to forest it will release thousands of tick eggs. It needs to be destroyed.
Better known as the Ship in the Onedin Line TV Series Pity they tied her up where we couldn't see her properly. liverpool sept 2013
"Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.
Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 202,110 in 2017. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is 76 miles (122 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east. The railway station is an important stop on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh. The city is also 70 miles (110 km) east of Birmingham, 38 miles (61 km) east of Leicester, 81 miles (130 km) south of Kingston upon Hull and 65 miles (105 km) west of Norwich.
The local topography is flat, and in some places the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east of Peterborough. Human settlement in the area began before the Bronze Age, as can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the current city centre, also with evidence of Roman occupation. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a monastery, Medeshamstede, which later became Peterborough Cathedral.
The population grew rapidly after the railways arrived in the 19th century, and Peterborough became an industrial centre, particularly known for its brick manufacture. After the Second World War, growth was limited until designation as a New Town in the 1960s. Housing and population are expanding and a £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding area is under way. Industrial employment has fallen since then, a significant proportion of new jobs being in financial services and distribution." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
The Stones River (properly spelt Stone's River) is a major stream of the eastern portion of Tennessee's Nashville Basin region and a tributary of the Cumberland River. It is named after explorer and longhunter Uriah Stone, who navigated the river in 1767.
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Drug Testing Day, 09/11/2023, Nashville, TN
Leica Camera AG M Monochrom
Canon 35mm ƒ2.0 LTM
ƒ/11.0 1/250 640
Every properly dressed woman should wear a full slip under a long dress..
..However, on this occasion I seem to have forgotten the dress..!! 😉😘💋💃
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England.
The founding of the cathedral at Exeter, dedicated to Saint Peter, dates from 1050, when the seat of the bishop of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton because of a fear of sea-raids. A Saxon minster already existing within the town (and dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Peter) was used by Leofric as his seat, but services were often held out of doors, close to the site of the present cathedral building.
In 1107 William Warelwast was appointed to the see, and this was the catalyst for the building of a new cathedral in the Norman style. Its official foundation was in 1133, during Warelwast's time, but it took many more years to complete. Following the appointment of Walter Bronescombe as bishop in 1258, the building was already recognised as outmoded, and it was rebuilt in the Decorated Gothic style, following the example of Salisbury. However, much of the Norman building was kept, including the two massive square towers and part of the walls. It was constructed entirely of local stone, including Purbeck Marble. The new cathedral was complete by about 1400, apart from the addition of the chapter house and chantry chapels.
During the Second World War, Exeter was one of the targets of a German air offensive against British cities of cultural and historical importance, which became known as the "Baedeker Blitz". On 4 May 1942 an early-morning air raid took place over Exeter. The cathedral sustained a direct hit by a large high-explosive bomb on the chapel of St James, completely demolishing it. The muniment room above, three bays of the aisle and two flying buttresses were also destroyed in the blast. The medieval wooden screen opposite the chapel was smashed into many pieces by the blast, but it has been reconstructed and restored. Many of the cathedral's most important artefacts, such as the ancient glass (including the great east window), the misericords, the bishop's throne, the Exeter Book, the ancient charters (of King Athelstan and Edward the Confessor) and other precious documents from the library had been removed in anticipation of such an attack. The precious effigy of Walter Branscombe had been protected by sand bags. Subsequent repairs and the clearance of the area around the western end of the building uncovered portions of earlier structures, including remains of the Roman city and of the original Norman cathedral. Wikipedia
Two new additions to the South Wales Transport Fleet Portfolio are these 2 8.5m Enviro 200mmcs SK68 LZM & SK68 LZJ
"Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.
Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 202,110 in 2017. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is 76 miles (122 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east. The railway station is an important stop on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh. The city is also 70 miles (110 km) east of Birmingham, 38 miles (61 km) east of Leicester, 81 miles (130 km) south of Kingston upon Hull and 65 miles (105 km) west of Norwich.
The local topography is flat, and in some places the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east of Peterborough. Human settlement in the area began before the Bronze Age, as can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the current city centre, also with evidence of Roman occupation. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a monastery, Medeshamstede, which later became Peterborough Cathedral.
The population grew rapidly after the railways arrived in the 19th century, and Peterborough became an industrial centre, particularly known for its brick manufacture. After the Second World War, growth was limited until designation as a New Town in the 1960s. Housing and population are expanding and a £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding area is under way. Industrial employment has fallen since then, a significant proportion of new jobs being in financial services and distribution." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
They're doing this rehab properly, taking it all down to the basics. These floors were made of wood and then fire retardant materials of the time between them to make it strong and resilient. 100 years later and they're still here.
Properlies to Jamdek for posting at last a decent hi res version, you'd have thought we would of had one?
A rare day for the both of us here, when we knew we'd brought it that day. This was the piece we wanted to have dropped at Banksy's 'Walls on Fire' jam in Bristol the week before....except we hit the bar on the Saturday night and the rest - you guessed it.
my first attempt at an anaglyph photo of a paper structure. you will need those red/blue glasses to view it properly.
Finally properly back home - 3000kms, one and a half weeks and two of the best places in New South Wales - New England and Green Cape.
This is the lighthouse at Green Cape. Unfortunately the light is no longer in operation due to the man hours required to run it (it was retired in 1996). There is a smaller, automated light which runs beside it. But it still stands as an impressive monument at the head of the Cape.
Finally was able to caught this bus properly, been trying for years already, and saw it here for pure coincidence, it was broken down, the gearbox snapped a few meters away, and was parked here, it was transported the day after, by Cargogrua with the Scania 111. This bus was originally from Agência Colombus, then went to Horários Do Funchal, this is now the only bus like this in Madeira, after (17-25-MA) from Horários Do Funchal was scrapped, and now it's the oldest and last Scania bus still working in this company, since the Volvo's B58 were scrapped. It already doesn't have it's original engine, that one also snapped a few years ago, and now it has the engine of a Scania K112 Irmãos Mota Atomic MKIV (MA-91-95), that the company had, and was scrapped a few years back, unfortunately, don't know if the gearbox was also from that bus, both were 10 speed. Nowadays, this bus passes where i live at 6:30am, and only passes again about 20:30pm, when i hear it, i know immediately it's this bus...
Exeter cathedral, Devon, UK
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England. The founding of the cathedral at Exeter, dedicated to Saint Peter, dates from 1050, when the seat of the bishop of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton because of a fear of sea-raids. A Saxon minster already existing within the town (and dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Peter) was used by Leofric as his seat, but services were often held out of doors, close to the site of the present cathedral building. Notable features of the interior include the misericords, the minstrels' gallery, the astronomical clock and the organ. Notable architectural features of the interior include the multiribbed ceiling and the compound piers in the nave arcade. The 18-metre-high bishop's throne in the choir was made from Devon oak between 1312 and 1316; the nearby choir stalls were made by George Gilbert Scott in the 1870s. The Great East Window contains much 14th-century glass, and there are over 400 ceiling bosses, one of which depicts the murder of Thomas Becket. The bosses can be seen at the peak of the vaulted ceiling, joining the ribs together. Because there is no centre tower, Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world, at about 96 m
"Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.
Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 202,110 in 2017. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is 76 miles (122 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east. The railway station is an important stop on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh. The city is also 70 miles (110 km) east of Birmingham, 38 miles (61 km) east of Leicester, 81 miles (130 km) south of Kingston upon Hull and 65 miles (105 km) west of Norwich.
The local topography is flat, and in some places the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east of Peterborough. Human settlement in the area began before the Bronze Age, as can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the current city centre, also with evidence of Roman occupation. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a monastery, Medeshamstede, which later became Peterborough Cathedral.
The population grew rapidly after the railways arrived in the 19th century, and Peterborough became an industrial centre, particularly known for its brick manufacture. After the Second World War, growth was limited until designation as a New Town in the 1960s. Housing and population are expanding and a £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding area is under way. Industrial employment has fallen since then, a significant proportion of new jobs being in financial services and distribution." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Exeter cathedral, Devon, UK
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England. The founding of the cathedral at Exeter, dedicated to Saint Peter, dates from 1050, when the seat of the bishop of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton because of a fear of sea-raids. A Saxon minster already existing within the town (and dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Peter) was used by Leofric as his seat, but services were often held out of doors, close to the site of the present cathedral building. Notable features of the interior include the misericords, the minstrels' gallery, the astronomical clock and the organ. Notable architectural features of the interior include the multiribbed ceiling and the compound piers in the nave arcade. The 18-metre-high bishop's throne in the choir was made from Devon oak between 1312 and 1316; the nearby choir stalls were made by George Gilbert Scott in the 1870s. The Great East Window contains much 14th-century glass, and there are over 400 ceiling bosses, one of which depicts the murder of Thomas Becket. The bosses can be seen at the peak of the vaulted ceiling, joining the ribs together. Because there is no centre tower, Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world, at about 96 m
I tried to run the ship properly, by the book, but they fought me at every turn. The crew wanted to walk around with their shirt tails hanging out, that’s all right, let them. Take the tow line, defective equipment, no more, no less. But they encouraged the crew to go around scoffing at me, and spreading wild rumors about steaming in circles and then old yellow stain. I was to blame for Lt. Maryk’s incompetence and poor seamanship. Lt. Maryk was the perfect officer, but not Captain Queeg. Ah, but the potatoes, that’s, that’s where I had them.
*** Its camas time again at Bush's Pasture Park, and that means the photographers are out. And I was out too, the flowers are too pretty. I'm forcing myself to use a lens I don't like. Its not perfectly made, but it was cheap and I've neglected to learn how to use it properly for 5 years. ***
During the early days of the Colosseum, ancient writers recorded that the building was used for naumachiae (more properly known as navalia proelia) or simulated sea battles. Accounts of the inaugural games held by Titus in AD 80 describe it being filled with water for a display of specially trained swimming horses and bulls. There is also an account of a re-enactment of a famous sea battle between the Corcyrean Greeks and the Corinthians. This has been the subject of some debate among historians; although providing the water would not have been a problem, it is unclear how the arena could have been waterproofed, nor would there have been enough space in the arena for the warships to move around. It has been suggested that the reports either have the location wrong, or that the Colosseum originally featured a wide floodable channel down its central axis (which would later have been replaced by the hypogeum).
Sylvae or recreations of natural scenes were also held in the arena. Painters, technicians and architects would construct a simulation of a forest with real trees and bushes planted in the arena's floor. Animals would be introduced to populate the scene for the delight of the crowd. Such scenes might be used simply to display a natural environment for the urban population, or could otherwise be used as the backdrop for hunts or dramas depicting episodes from mythology. They were also occasionally used for executions in which the hero of the story — played by a condemned person — was killed in one of various gruesome but mythologically authentic ways, such as being mauled by beasts or burned to death.
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Yup, still experimenting with Polaroid Original’s SX-70-speed film. It works in two of my old Polaroid™ cameras, both a Pronto!B and an SX-70 Alpha 1. As you can see, the Alpha 1, although working properly with the flash, was getting the exposure wrong in daylight without the flash. So I’m going to get it fixed by a nice fellow who does this for pin money, Mr. Roger Garrell in Hurricane, UT. When I get it back, I’ll post a picture showing the before and after results.
In July, I’m going to travel back to Montana to my other home where I can try my SX-70, bought new by me when they first came out and probably part of the first production run, but now with the new Polaroid Originals film.
I’m an old man. These are the type of things that get me up and moving around, keeping mind and body active after being retired for so many years.
The Pictures in General...
These recently uploaded pictures have no artistic value. They were just uploaded to be representative of color picture recording during about 95+ years that I was able to take pictures, (age 5-100) mostly slides at first. Unlike in today’s digital world it took time, money and effort to make a color slide. We took fewer pictures back then, trying to stretch resources, but some sere still frivolous. The first picture I remember taking was in the mid-1920s when my mother's sailor boyfriend brought an overseas camera to San Pedro.
I’ve gotten old and I feel it. I NEVER thought I’d be posting today. With a recent a burst of energy (Burst of energy?? Everything is relevant.) I am trying to get in a few last posts showing photography and life in general in the last century. The ratio of today’s digital pictures that are kept for any length of time and/or printed is much less than the film photos taken in days past. History will be lost. Meanwhile you get to be bored by some old Kodachromes, Agfachromes, Anscochromes, Dynachromes, a few Dufaycolors some Polaroids and perhaps an old black & white or so.
The Camera Is A Polaroid SX70 Alpha I:
In 1972, Polaroid brought out a revolutionary instant film camera, the SX-70. After seeing one owned by a friend, I had to have one myself. Polaroid had already evolved from roll film cameras to pack film cameras. But this process, where you could watch the picture develop before your very eyes, and was sealed behind plastic that was both thumbprint and waterproof, was something else.
Polaroid had been selling instant cameras for 24 years. Their first was the model 95. It used black & white roll film which required quite a bit of threading and hinge plate flip-flopping to load, ending up being cut off with a cutter bar. Then you waited 60 seconds, pulled the film piece apart, and quickly coated the positive paper image with a stinky chemical off of a felt and plastic wand. But still, an instant picture was a marvel in the late 1940s. With the original three-element lens, pictures were tack sharp. After all, it was not enlarged but directly printed off the negative on a 1:1 ratio. The camera was about the size of a professional 3X4 camera, bellows and all, but, when folded up, looked like a large, what we later called medium-format folder camera, like a Kodak Tourist.
Then, in around 1963, Polaroid developed the pack film (and new cameras) along with their Model 100. The film was still two-part peel-apart but came in a handy pack which was placed in the back of a much smaller, but still bellows-operated, drop-front camera. After taking the picture, you pulled on a tab and out came both a negative and positive of a 3X4 picture. You still waited a minute and pulled the negative apart from the print and quickly coated the print. If you waited more or less than the minute the picture did not come out right. If you did not keep the developing film at the right temperature the picture did not come out right. Also in 1963 Polaroid first offered color film.
Now comes 1972, where the SX70 offered a true SLR experience, along with an extremely clever setup from a smooth, suitcoat pocket-sized, folded-up camera. It was auto exposure and had a little lever for exposure compensation. Later models were also auto focus, using a sonar-operated system that would actually focus the quite adequate four-element lens. The new film was totally different. It was sized 3 ½ x4 3/16” with an exposure area of about 3X3” within its white border. Furthermore, there was no peel-apart. Instead, there was a glazing window over the exposure which contained the finished printing paper and the used chemicals that had developed it. Development to maturity was now a little closer to two minutes. This way, you could also watch the film develop in front of your eyes because in normal light the film would not continue to expose itself. That’s different than the new Polaroid film that must be light-shielded for at least six minutes and takes about a half hour to fully mature.
The original SX70 had a four-element, 116 mm f:8 glass lens of good quality. There was a knurled knob to focus a split-image ring which one saw in the SLR viewing. There was no need to use parallax adjustment between the sighting window and the taking lens because you were looking through the actual lens. After purchasing my first one in 1972, I had an opportunity to try telephoto photography by holding up one side of a 7X50 binocular to the taking lens. I adjusted focus on both the monocular and camera until I had a pin-sharp image in the viewfinder. I had to use a little exposure compensation to make up for the light loss caused by the monocular, but it worked.
As an aside, when then-President Gerald Ford visited San Diego, his parade route passed near the Charter Oil Building in which I had an office on the 20th floor. That put me even with the roof of some of the other “early” skyscrapers nearby. Across the street, on the visible rooftop was a secret service sniper who noticed me taking his picture, so he pointed his rifle at me. What an idiot. The rifle had to be sighted to a much different distance in order to protect the President’s route a block away. Had he taken the shot, he would have probably missed me. Furthermore, it was his job to keep an eye on the President and threats in the Presidential area. There was no way, if my camera had been a gun, that I could have shot the President. I was on the wrong side of the building to even see him. But that’s how secret service agents get to feel like they have a larger wiener. One lives and learns. Ain’t life fun?
I still have that Polaroid of him pointing the gun at me. The picture has darkened a little over the almost 50 years but not that much. Since that was done on some of the first SX70 film, refinements and adjustments were made and pictures from a couple of years later are still virtually the same as they were nearly 45 years ago. That’s more than I can say for a lot of the professionally processed, from negative printed snapshots I have from the same era.
The Film: Polaroid Originals SX-70 fresh film,
The Impossible Project almost did the impossible, duplicating Polaroid™ SX-70 and 600 film. They’ve been through several iterations and have gotten pretty good, even if they don’t truly duplicate the original product. The colors just aren’t quite the same and the definition does not seem to be as sharp. However, I have supported their effort and continue to buy and enjoy their film. They have acquired the Polaroid name.
The SX-70 film used was 150 speed (the 1972 stuff was rated at 140 speed), dated as made in October, 2019. The shots were taken in January of 2020, just over two months after manufacture. Polaroid Originals (the new Polaroid company formerly named The Impossible Project) recommends the film be used within a year of manufacture. BTW, the old Polaroid™ corporation used to stamp an expiration date but not a manufacture date on the individual cartridge film boxes. Polaroid Originals also stamps a date but it is the date of manufacture. This can be confusing to traditional film photographers who expect the film date to be the “use by” date. Of course, most photographers today have only lived in the digital age and probably aren’t aware of things like film freshness and the effect of changing colors and film speed that would be altered by age. However, refrigeration around 40 degrees will extend its life. I would define its life as being the time period after manufacture during which film speed and color correctness stay reasonably close to the original specifications.
The colors can be a little wonky and the end results do not have the crispness or snap that the old stuff had. This new Polaroid film seems to react badly to fast electronic flash but more kindly to true flashbulb light.
Still, thank you Polaroid Originals for reviving such a great concept and the ability to use legacy cameras.
The Scanner: Epson V500:
The scanner is an Epson V500. It was bought in about 2012 and was a current offering at that time. It is supposed to scan at 6400 PPI and probably has the sensors to equal that. However, the optics are pretty poor. Furthermore, the scan point is not at the glass, but usually somewhere above, different on each like item produced. Maximizing the focus scan point, I guess at about 2500+ not-so-clear PPI. I do not have my Edmunds Scientific USAF1951 microscope test slide to test it with. I do however have a number of scans on my hard drive here from some of the ten other scanners I have, so comparing the results my guess is probably somewhat accurate. Should I ever make it back to Montana, I will redo this paragraph with numbers off the actual test slide.
This flatbed also does film up to about 58mm wide. Using templates, you can do Minox, 16mm, 135, 828, 127, 120, and a pretty long strip of 58mm of anything bigger than that. With my 4180, I have scanned 8X10s a section at a time and stitched them together semi-successfully. You’d have to use the same process with this scanner.
I bought it refurbished and calibrated for about $100 shipped, just to do a single project and have long since got my money out of it.
As a flatbed, its resolution exceeds all but the best 1950s black and white contact prints that I own.
Star Trek- The Menagerie , “Return to Talos IV”
youtu.be/v5XBfgPy43A?t=2s The full feature.
The Menagerie Review: February 8, 2014 by neoethereal
As the only two-part episode in The Original Series, “The Menagerie” also cleverly serves as a re-telling of the very first Star Trek story ever filmed, “The Cage.” This week on The Uncommon Geek, I examine all of these episodes in full detail, highlighting their connections to other aspects of the Trek mythos. As well, I take a look at the ground broken by Gene Roddenberry concerning the nature of reality, decades before movies like “The Matrix” challenged the perception of our everyday world.
Equipped with little more than a shoestring budget and massive constraints on time with which to work, Gene Roddenberry and his Star Trek production team had to get extremely creative in order to make the show work. Nowhere, in my opinion, is that more evident than here in “The Menagerie,” an entry that served the purpose of buying the production team time to properly finish subsequent episodes, and as well, afforded Gene Roddenberry a unique opportunity to re-tell the story he had wanted to get on the air all along, “The Cage.”
This episode begins with the Enterprise having been called out of its way, to Starbase 11. Confusion arises when the starbase’s commanding officer, Commodore Mendez, reveals to Captain Kirk that the base never sent any message to the Enterprise. Spock claims to have received that message, which puts Kirk into the difficult position of whether to trust the starbase computers, or the word of his first officer and friend.
It turns out that Captain Christopher Pike, the former commander of the Enterprise, who was recently crippled and disfigured in a terrible accident, is on Starbase 11, and suspicion arises that perhaps he relayed a message to Spock. When Kirk finally gets to see Pike, however, he realizes that it would have been impossible for Spock’s former commanding officer to have done this, for Pike is now wheelchair bound, and his communication with others is limited to electronic beeps that fill in for “yes” and “no.
While Kirk and Mendez wrestle over the truth, Spock executes a daring and clever plan to hijack the Enterprise, taking Captain Pike with him. It goes to show just how dangerous an opponent someone as smart and calculating as Spock can be when he puts his mind to it. Spock sets the Enterprise on a locked course for Talos IV, a planet which the ship visited on a past mission under Christopher Pike, and a planet that invites the death penalty upon any Starfleet officer who goes there
The secret file on Talos IV, and the article of General Order 7
I personally find the idea of a death penalty being associated with Talos IV to be somewhat dubious; although there is a very good reason why Starfleet wants the existence of the Talosians kept secret, I find it hard to believe that if the Federation is capable of having a death penalty, that it only applies to one law. It may just be a grand bluff, and indeed, there is some evidence to that effect later in the episode. Regardless, breaking General Order 7 is a serious offense, and Spock is if nothing else, putting his career and livelihood on the line.
Kirk, of course, isn’t going to sit by while his ship is abducted. He and Mendez make a daring attempt to chase the Enterprise in the Shuttlecraft Picasso, knowing full well that while they would never catch up, they would appear on the Enterprise sensors. Kirk gambles his life on the fact that his friend Spock would not leave him to die in the void of space, as the shuttle runs out of fuel. Kirk’s illogical gambit causes Spock’s plan to unravel, and he surrenders himself to custody, pleading guilty to every charge leveled against him. However, Spock has locked the Enterprise into a course for Talos IV that cannot be broken, which will potentially extend the death sentence that is on himself, to Kirk as well.
The court martial that proceeds against Spock is highly unusual; as mentioned, Spock pleads guilty without defense, but through some legal technicality, manages to arrange for the court to hear out his evidence as to why he went through with his illegal actions. Given that Kirk is presiding over the hearing, and that the crew has little else to do but wait until they reach Talos IV, I get the lenience, but I am not sure what real court would remain in session to examine evidence for someone who just admitted their guilt. Or admittedly, maybe I just don’t know enough about legal proceedings.
Spock’s evidence, as it turns out, is a transmission from Talos IV, beamed directly to the Enterprise, which details the vessel’s first trip there under the command of Captain Pike. Of course, this transmission is the original Star Trek pilot, “The Cage,” and from this point on, “The Menagerie” consists almost entirely of footage from that episode.
Aside from some really goofy tech dialogue, and incomplete characterizations, “The Cage” holds up surprisingly well. We get to see that Jeffrey Hunter’s Captain Pike is a darker, colder man than James Kirk; he is someone whose decisions and responsibilities as a commander are weighing on him heavily, and he is nearing the point of considering resignation. Pike’s first officer is only referred to as Number One (played by Majel Barrett), who is an amazing example of a strong female role for 1960’s television, but unfortunately her character had to be discarded by Roddenberry when the studio forced him to choose between keeping his strong, logical female, or his alien Spock. Roddenberry ended up giving Spock Number One’s cold, emotionless, logical persona, and thus the Spock we know and love was born.
It really is a shame that NBC put so much pressure on Roddenberry to alter his concept of women in the 23rd Century; aside from Number One, the other female crew members of the Cage-era Enterprise also seem to be on equal footing with the men, and there isn’t a mini-skirt in sight. Of course, this reviewer by no means, from an aesthetic point view, objects to how the women of the Enterprise look in said mini-skirts, but cheekiness and my own red-blooded male impulses aside, the female officers in Starfleet should have been offered the same, more professional uniform as the males. Unfortunately we would have to wait until The Motion Picture to see more fairness in the way men and women are presented in Star Trek.
When Enterprise finds evidence of human survivors on Talos IV, from a doomed expedition many years ago, Pike, Spock, and an away team beam down to investigate. What at first seems like a wonderful discovery of lost, homesick men, turns out to be just an elaborate, life like illusion created by the Talosians. Pike is abducted when he is lured in by the only true human survivor from the crash, Vina, whom he is extremely attracted to.
Pike is subjected to a variety of illusions crafted by the Talosians, in order to foster cooperation, as well as to strengthen his attraction toward Vina. Vina is presented to Pike in a variety of forms; as a damsel in distress on Rigel VII, as a wife in the countryside on Earth, and as a primal, animalistic Orion slave woman, all in an attempt to make him submit to his situation.
However, Pike is every bit as stubborn as Captain Kirk, and certainly has a darker, more furious edge to him. When he discovers that primitive, base human emotions such as hatred, and anger, block out the Talosian’s illusions and their telepathic abilities, he mines that weakness long enough to take one of them captive. Once the illusion is broken, the Enterprise crew find out that their attempts to break Pike out from his underground cage with phaser fire were actually working, but all along they weren’t able to see it.
The Talosians had, thousands of centuries ago, devastated their planet and their civilization with war. They retreated underground, where their telepathic abilities flourished, but their physical bodies and their technology atrophied. They had apparently been testing various species for many years, looking for a suitable slave race to use for rebuilding their world, but none had shown as much promise as humanity.
However, when the away team threatens to kill themselves with an overloaded phaser, and as well when the Talosians finish screening the Enterprise‘s records, they realize that humans would rather die than be enslaved, and would be too violent to keep in captivity. With of course, the sad exception of Vina, who in reality is too badly disfigured to live a normal life outside of Talos IV.
(I once heard a suggestion that Vina could be repaired using the transporter. I don’t think 23rd century transporters were sophisticated enough for that, plus, there wouldn’t be an original, unaltered version of her pattern to reference.)
The ending of “The Cage” leads us to the final moments of “The Menagerie,” where it is revealed that not only have the Talosians been transmitting a signal to the Enterprise, but even Commodore Mendez himself has been one of their illusions all along!
It is also revealed that Spock’s only intention was to take Captain Pike to Talos IV, so that the crippled starship commander could live out the rest of his life as a healthy, happy man with Vina. Even Kirk seems to relent that it is better to live with an illusion of health and happiness, than a reality of living as a useless vegetable. That Commodore Mendez was an illusion, and that Starfleet sends a signal to the Enterprise, apparently excusing their violation of Talos space, seems to let Spock off the hook. Perhaps too easily in fact; despite acting out of nothing but loyalty to his former Captain, and despite that the way he enacted his plan was done in such a manner as to put the blame only on himself, Spock seems to get out of his predicament with apparently no trouble at all. We can make a guess that perhaps this incident is why he doesn’t receive a promotion or command of his own until years later, but there is nothing spoken on-screen to that effect.
We are also left to ponder about how much of the incident was real at all. Since the Talosians can apparently project their powers through subspace, one wonders just how long they conspired with Spock, and also, how much we see of Mendez was real or an illusion. My guess is that the Mendez we see at the base was real, and what goes onto the shuttle with Kirk was the illusion, but unfortunately, again, there is little to back that up. What we do know for sure is that the Talosian’s powers are not to be trifled with, and it is truly for wise for Starfleet to give them a wide berth.
Despite some problems with logic and consistency, “The Menagerie” is an entertaining, fascinating episode that shows original series Trek at some of its most interestingly cerebral. Gene Roddenberry’s first pilot examines the nature of reality decades before The Matrix did, and asks the questions: What is real? How does one define their purpose, their reality? Is our reality just relative, defined only by experience? Is there a such thing as an absolute reality, or only what our senses perceive, or for that matter what they think they perceive? This is smart, ahead of its time writing for the 1960s.
Through the tragedies that befell both Vina and Pike, we must also question the quality of human life, and the value we place on it. Is it worth staying alive if you can’t function? If your brain is sound but your body is broken, can you still truly live? Speaking for myself, I certainly would despise the existence that Captain Pike is forced to endure in his wheelchair. I’d rather be dead than live that way. I’m not sure how I would react exactly to being forced to live in an illusion, but it is certainly preferable to a reality of uselessness and immobility. Besides, is our everyday life not just an elaborate series of deceptions spun before our very eyes; maybe not as powerful as a trick of telepathy played by an alien race, but an illusion nonetheless?
For even provoking these thoughts, and much more, “The Cage,” and by extension, “The Menagerie,” are what I consider among the best of Star Trek’s purely cerebral stories about human nature. It is imaginative, thoughtful, and quite engaging.
"Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, whose statues look down from the three high gables of the famous West Front. Although it was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period, its architecture is mainly Norman, following a rebuilding in the 12th century. With Durham and Ely cathedrals, it is one of the most important 12th-century buildings in England to have remained largely intact, despite extensions and restoration.
Peterborough Cathedral is known for its imposing Early English Gothic West Front (façade) which, with its three enormous arches, is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor. The appearance is slightly asymmetrical, as one of the two towers that rise from behind the façade was never completed (the tower on the right as one faces the building), but this is only visible from a distance.
Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 202,110 in 2017. Historically part of Northamptonshire, it is 76 miles (122 km) north of London, on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) to the north-east. The railway station is an important stop on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh. The city is also 70 miles (110 km) east of Birmingham, 38 miles (61 km) east of Leicester, 81 miles (130 km) south of Kingston upon Hull and 65 miles (105 km) west of Norwich.
The local topography is flat, and in some places the land lies below sea level, for example in parts of the Fens to the east of Peterborough. Human settlement in the area began before the Bronze Age, as can be seen at the Flag Fen archaeological site to the east of the current city centre, also with evidence of Roman occupation. The Anglo-Saxon period saw the establishment of a monastery, Medeshamstede, which later became Peterborough Cathedral.
The population grew rapidly after the railways arrived in the 19th century, and Peterborough became an industrial centre, particularly known for its brick manufacture. After the Second World War, growth was limited until designation as a New Town in the 1960s. Housing and population are expanding and a £1 billion regeneration of the city centre and immediately surrounding area is under way. Industrial employment has fallen since then, a significant proportion of new jobs being in financial services and distribution." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
Now, I'll properly introduce Marie, my Pullip Hello Kitty!^^~ Yes, she got a new name since arrived... because I think her old name "Penélope" will match better my future Byul Maya!=) And I'd like a kitty name to her!^^~ Since I love Marie, from Aristocats, I think it's a lovely homage!♥
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Agora vou apresentar direitinho minha Pullip Hello Kitty, a Marie. É, desde que ela chegou e apresentei aqui, na caixa, ela mudou de novo... porque... bem, minha criatividade para nomes está se esgotando XD, e eu acho que Penélope vai combinar melhor com a Byul Maya que pretendo não demorar muitoooo para trazer aqui pra casa!<3 E também achei que, assim, com essa peruca, ela ficou com mais cara de Marie, que é a gatinha nenê super adorável de Aristogatas!=)~ O sobrenome White é homenagem para a própria Hello Kitty !=)
Bom, ela tinha que ter um nome de gatinha!^^
Essa peruca é a da For my Doll que comentei em algumas fotos, chegou semana passada!=) É linda, mas fiquei meio p. da vida porque a franja veio despontada!D: Sim, é só aparar, mas já estraguei uma peruca da Leeke cortando a franja, sabe, então vou esperar um dia que eu esteja inspirada para fazer isso!='D
Agora ela e a Mylene, minha My Melody, estão quase gêmeas!<3
E cabou-se o feriado. Fuuuuuu- D:
I have yet to be properly assessed (on the waiting list) I am nearly sure I have ADHD. Life has been a struggle, some utterly ridiculous things have happened in my life which make it interesting but my brain really is ‘wired differently’ numerous things: dangerously impulsive, find it so hard to care about or concentrate on things that don’t interest me, terrible short term memory, easily distracted, either really animated and dominating conversations or want to be on my own.. I can’t keep a job because of it. countless things to deal with. I just wondered if any of you out there relate? X
Exeter cathedral, Devon, UK
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England. The founding of the cathedral at Exeter, dedicated to Saint Peter, dates from 1050, when the seat of the bishop of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton because of a fear of sea-raids. A Saxon minster already existing within the town (and dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Peter) was used by Leofric as his seat, but services were often held out of doors, close to the site of the present cathedral building. Notable features of the interior include the misericords, the minstrels' gallery, the astronomical clock and the organ. Notable architectural features of the interior include the multiribbed ceiling and the compound piers in the nave arcade. The 18-metre-high bishop's throne in the choir was made from Devon oak between 1312 and 1316; the nearby choir stalls were made by George Gilbert Scott in the 1870s. The Great East Window contains much 14th-century glass, and there are over 400 ceiling bosses, one of which depicts the murder of Thomas Becket. The bosses can be seen at the peak of the vaulted ceiling, joining the ribs together. Because there is no centre tower, Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world, at about 96 m
Submissive Mia - Plug
Order #25 - The Petgirl dressed-up properly for a walk around outside. A guided walk lead by her Master taking the collar in his hands. Only thing to handle before going out is putting the buttplug in her arse. Her Master will order her to present ass to interested tresspassers, who are allowed to touch the Sub and enjoy the view of the buttplug in her curvy Bum.
Posted and edited with approval of the Sub's Master.
Must. Wind. On. Properly.
Fuji Reala 100, Diana+. View Large on Black
As featured as pic of the week in the Brighton Argus 2009/12/12-13, attributed to "Graham Dally" ;)
St Giles' Cathedral, more properly termed the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. Today it is sometimes regarded as the "Mother Church of Presbyterianism". The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Giles, the patron saint of Edinburgh, as well as of cripples and lepers.
St Giles’ was founded in about 1124, as a small parish church, presumably in the Romanesque style of architecture.
In the 14th century, the little church was replaced by the much grander, Gothic building which is, in essence, what we see today.
In 1633, Charles I made St Giles’ into a cathedral, by royal decree, but his attempt to reorganise the interior was short-lived, for his unpopular ecclesiastical policies led to civil war. With the return of peace, the population of Edinburgh grew and there was no longer room for all the parishioners in the chancel. By 1699 the interior had been divided by solid stone walls into four entirely self-contained churches: the former chancel was now called the High Kirk, the crossing and part of the nave formed the Old Kirk, the Tolbooth Kirk occupied most of west end, with Haddo’s Hole Kirk in the north-west corner. Each of these churches had its own minister and congregation.
By the 1820s, with the demolition of the Luckenbooths from the High Street and removal of the shops in Parliament Close, the exterior of St Giles was fully exposed for the first time in centuries and could be seen to be in poor condition and an embarrassment to the city. In 1829, architect William Burn was appointed to carry out a restoration and to beautify and preserve the building. This process demolished some chapels to improve the symmetry of the external appearance, inserted new, more standard, window openings and tracery, and encased much of the exterior in a skin of smooth ashlar. This is also when the lath and plaster ceiling at the west end (pictured) was painted blue.
Morning morning!
Work starts properly today! No more of that training malarky! Pretty psyched for it, real deal!
Went out to Redhill (not the nicest of places) yesterday to get some food. I thought i'd try some street stuff with the 50mm. Not as easy as I though. Its effectively an 85mm lens on my 450D. I took SO many shots from my waist and had about 10 good ones when I got home.
I paused for a little bit to eat a pasty and a bloke came up to me frowning and said:
"You took a photo of me eating a sandwich!" I just sort of shrugged and mumbled, something like, 'oh really?'
Odd thing was, when I was looking back through the shots, nothing of that man, and certainly no sandwiches! haha
This was my favourite shot of the day I reckon, I really like what f/1.8 did to the sign in the background. I colour splashed by mistake in SEP, meant to adjust a control point and bought the colours up by mistake, and it sort of worked, so I stuck with it!
Love how tattered their overalls are as well, well worn.
I wish this rain would stop... gah
Thinking about doing a little print give-away, would anyone be interested?!
HCS!
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