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Fully remote controlled by PF
2L motors for move
1L motor for tower rotation
1M motor for guns up and down
1 big battery box
2 IR-receivers
This is a scene from the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria in Africa where there are spectacular rock formations.
Quite lovely on black.
Stopped by the remote controlled airfield for short time for the first time in quite a while. A friend of mine was flying a few of the 31 planes he owns. Only got photos of 2 of them while there, the first two red ones and the last six photos here. Fun watching how skillful these pilots are doing aerial maneuvers, takeoffs and landings. I always send any photos I take for them to post on their club site. Sorry for so many photos, just saving to my album. :-)
January 2016 RC Racing
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© 2016 Russell Pead. All rights reserved.
(Credit Image: Russell Pead)
Date: 2016-01-01
When I was out shooting something else, I took this as a test shot of sorts but it ended up looking nice enough to keep!
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4/30
The fourth image in this EF135/2L series was a selfportrait captured this morning when I was working from home for my client, a danish energy company.
MS Teams seems to be the most important tool these days ...
This images is captured with the Canon EOS R5 on my tripod using the built-in timer. I tried the Eye-AF/Face-detect, but that didn't work, probably because of the timer-function. Next time I better use my trustworthy PocketWizard triggers to include Eye-AF ....
With this time I went for a black'n'white look in Capture One Pro using the Tri-X style kit from Mastin Labs.
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project: 30 Days of Bokehlicious
model: Selfportrait
location: Klokkerholm, Denmark
Title:
Back door.
日本語のあらすじ等は下の方にあります😃
( 富士フィルム GFX50R shot )
新宿。東京都。日本。2025年12月29日 … 1 / 40
(今日の写真。それは未発表です。小説の内容とは無関係です。）
子供の関係で、新宿のホテルへ一泊してきました。最初の裏口と居酒屋の二枚を除いて、朝の６時から３０分以内ですべて撮影しました。
今回は、子供中心で一泊したので、朝食前にちょっとだけ撮りに出かけました。ホテルの朝食が美味しかったです。:)
Additional Notes
1Under artillery fire, with dust swirling in the air, three UAS-cell drones descend from the rooftop of “26 Federal Plaza”, which houses the FBI New York Field Office (New York Field Office).
2Headsets on: a prototype setup—Apple Vision Pro (third generation) and PlayStation controllers.
Operators: Veronica, Elliott, Sarah, Tyler.
Overall Chain of Command
•Alexander Harris (52): Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office / Incident Commander (overall command)
•Veronica Reeves (41): Special Agent / Field Operations Coordinator (liaison between the ground team and the rooftop team)
•Elliott Chen (36): Technology Unit Chief / Tech Lead (commands the rooftop UAS cell)
Rooftop “UAS Cell”
1Elliott Chen (36)
◦Role: UAS-cell command / on-the-spot decisions / integrated dashboard (ground cameras, air traffic control, vehicle telemetry)
◦Assigned drone: Drone-1 (overwatch / primary tracking reference)
2Sarah Kim (28) (Junior #1)
◦Title: UAS Operator (licensed Remote Pilot)
◦Personality: Calm, quiet, procedure-driven (reliable under pressure)
◦Assigned: Drone-2 (close-in observation / route prediction)
3Tyler Brooks (26) (Junior #2)
◦Title: Robotics & Autonomous-Driving Analysis Specialist (technical specialist role)
◦Personality: Fast-talking, brilliant; talks even more when nervous (adds “heat” to dialogue)
◦Assigned: Drone-3 (perimeter sensors / monitoring communications and RF conditions)
B♭ (B Flat)
A Novel by Mitsushiro Nakagawa
“Synopsis”
A Palestinian group from Gaza hacks into North Korea’s cryptocurrency system, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. Their true goal is not money—but to recreate the lost homeland of Gaza on American soil.
Amid the backdrop of hardline Republican immigration policies and a growing wave of xenophobia, a quiet plan begins to take shape: the gradual collapse of America from within.
During a speech at Madison Square Garden, Republican presidential candidate Justin Bradford is shot. Almost simultaneously in Los Angeles, former president Owen Reed is attacked at a rally for Democratic hopeful Ryan Bennett.
Two assassinations—mirroring one another—ignite a nation’s deepest divide. Yet, against all odds, Justin survives. His blood type is one in 2.5 million: the Bombay Blood Group.
The only person who can donate such blood is Anaya Patel, a community art facilitator working in Brooklyn. Her blood, stored in the Bellevue Hospital Blood Bank, is used for an emergency transfusion that saves the candidate’s life.
Jack Vance, an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, suspects a Gaza-based network behind the attacks. Together with Cameron Bartlett, the FBI Director of the Los Angeles Field Office, and Veronica Reeves, a senior investigator from New York, he begins to uncover a vast conspiracy.
Their investigation leads them to Rafi Gannam, a former architecture student at the Islamic University of Gaza, who has infiltrated redevelopment sites across Los Angeles and New York—embedding C4 explosives deep within beams and structural cores.
His targets: new residential districts where agents of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations) live—symbols of “the order America built.”
Veronica urges the President to pursue dialogue to prevent further destruction, but President Grant M. Ranford refuses to listen.
Meanwhile, the recovering Justin and his Democratic rival Ryan appear on national television, calling for unity beyond political divisions.
Their words of reason, however, are drowned out when Grant takes the stage in Iowa, defiantly declaring: “We will never bow to terror.”
Among the crowd, Rafi’s operatives have already taken their positions.
As chaos erupts and the stage collapses, Amir Nasser—once Rafi’s comrade, haunted by the memory of his sister’s death in Gaza—tries desperately to halt the chain of destruction.
But Rafi’s conviction remains unshaken.
Under the twilight beneath the Williamsburg Bridge, amid the city’s fading noise, the two men part ways.
It is the boundary between prayer and vengeance, between hope and nothingness.
“Characters”
Anaya Patel – 25, Community Art Facilitator
Arjun Singh – 26, Anaya’s boyfriend, Luminatech Innovations
Mika Sato – 25, Anaya’s friend, Community Art Facilitator
Justin Bradford – 27, Republican Presidential Candidate
Eleanor Blake – 26, Justin’s fiancée
President Grant M. Langford – 61, Incumbent Republican President
Vice President Charles “Chuck” Baines – 64, Incumbent Republican Vice President
Ryan Bennett – 30, Democratic Presidential Candidate
Sophia Bennett – 30, Ryan’s wife
Owen Reed – 65, Former Democratic President
Jack Vance – 45, Secret Service, Former FBI Los Angeles Field Office
Ben Holloway – 30, Jack’s colleague
Darryl Ross – 29, Jack’s colleague
Elijah Kane – 28, Jack’s colleague
Marcus Dane – 45, FBI Los Angeles Field Office
Cameron Bartlett – 55, FBI Los Angeles Field Office, Field Office Director
Tom Caldwell – 38, FBI Technical Unit, Marcus’s subordinate
Veronica Reeves – 41, FBI Special Agent
Alexander Harris – 52, FBI New York Field Office, Field Office Director
Elliot Chen – 36, Technology Unit Chief
Alicia Monroe – 58, FBI Director
Zakaria Haddad – 51, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Former Islamic University Engineering Professor, New York Team
Amir Nasser – 23, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Former Islamic University Electronics Engineering, New York Team
Rafi Gannam – 32, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Islamic University, Architecture, New York Team
Rohan Shah – 29, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Islamic University, Architecture, New York Team
Majid Hamza – 47, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Information Technology, Los Angeles Team
Samira Hammad – 28, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Engineering, Los Angeles Team
Saeed Kabari – 35, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Business Administration, Los Angeles Team
Reem Nasser – 30, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Media Studies, Los Angeles Team
Noah Levi – 55, Israel, residing in Tel Aviv, Jewish
B♭ will be released worldwide on February 29, 2026.
Recently, director Ridley Scott remarked that streaming films and series have become dull.
I agree.
If you have two hours to spare for such stories, I ask for only two minutes of your time.
Two minutes with my novel will outlast those two hours.
I am confident of that.
Stay tuned.
Mitsushiro
October 9th, 2025
P.S.
Micchan — the man who challenges Netflix. 😃
( Fujifilm GFX50R shot )
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. December 29, 2025 … 1 / 40
(Today’s photos. Unpublished.This is unrelated to the novel.)
Because of my child, I stayed one night at a hotel in Shinjuku. Except for the first two shots—the back entrance and the izakaya—I took everything within 30 minutes, starting at 6:00 a.m.
This time the trip was all about my child, so I only slipped out briefly before breakfast to take a few photos. The hotel breakfast was delicious. :)
Images.
L'Arc-en-Ciel … CHASE (Eng. ver.)
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My new novel:
B♭ (B-flat)
There’s still more to come. 😃
(This is not the final draft.)
Set in New York City.
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:: Soundtrack ::
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack )
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack . For Japanese)
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B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack . Sweet Summer rain ver.)
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-sweet-s...
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack . Hard days ver.)
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Note: I gave a brief explanation of this novel in the following video:
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
My new novel:
B♭ (B-flat)
Notes
1. "Bombay Blood Type (hh type)"
•Characteristics: A rare blood type that lacks the usual ABO antigens — cannot be classified as A, B, or O.
•Discovery: First identified in 1952 in Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay).
•Prevalence: Roughly 1 in 10,000 people in India; globally, about 1 in 2.5 million.
•Transfusion Compatibility: Only compatible with blood from other Bombay type donors.
2. 2024 Harvard University Valedictorian Speech – The Power of Not Knowing
youtu.be/SOUH8iVqSOI?si=Ju-Y728irtcWR71K
3. Shots Fired at Trump Rally
youtu.be/1ejfAkzjEhk?si=ASqJwEmkY-2rW_hT
Mitsushiro Nakagawa belong to Lot No. 402 _.Copyright©︎2025 Lot No.402_ All rights reserved.
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Title:
裏口。
追加メモ
１ 砲撃を受け、粉塵の舞うFBI New York Field Office（ニューヨーク支局）**が入っている「26フェデラル・プラザ」の屋上からUASセル（ドローン）３機降下
２ ヘッドセット装着 試作機 アップルヴィジョンプロ 第三世代 プレイステーションコントローラー ヴェロニカ、エリオット、サラ、タイラー
全体の指揮系統
•アレクサンダー・ハリス（52）：NY支局長／Incident Commander（総指揮）
•ヴェロニカ・リーヴス（41）：特別捜査官／現場オペレーション統括（地上班と屋上班をつなぐ）
•エリオット・チェン（36）：テクノロジー班主任／Tech Lead（屋上UASセル指揮）
屋上「UASセル」
0.エリオット・チェン（36）
•役割：UASセル指揮／現場判断／統合画面（地上カメラ・交通管制・車両テレメトリ）
•担当ドローン：Drone-1（俯瞰監視／追尾の基準機）
0.サラ・キム（28）（若手部下①）
•肩書：UASオペレーター（Remote Pilot資格持ち）
•性格：冷静・無口、手順を守るタイプ（緊迫シーンで頼れる）
•担当：Drone-2（接近観測／ルート先読み）
0.タイラー・ブルックス（26）（若手部下②）
•肩書：ロボティクス／自動運転解析担当（技術スペシャリスト枠）
•性格：早口・天才肌、焦ると余計に喋る（会話に“熱”が出る）
•担当：Drone-3（周辺センサー／通信・電波状況の監視）
僕の新しい小説
B♭ （ビーフラット） ……. Mitsushiro Nakagawa
“あらすじ”
北朝鮮の仮想通貨システムをハッキングし、数億ドルを奪取したガザ出身のパレスチナ人グループが、アメリカ合衆国へ密かに潜入する。
彼らの目的は、失われた祖国ガザを、アメリカの地に「復元」することだった。
共和党による強硬な移民政策と、国内にくすぶる排外感情を利用し、アメリカ社会を内側から崩壊させる計画が静かに進行していく。
共和党大統領候補ジャスティン・ブラッドフォードがマディソン・スクエア・ガーデンで演説中に狙撃され、ほぼ同時刻、ロサンゼルスでは前大統領オーウェン・リードもまた、民主党候補ライアン・ベネットの集会で撃たれる。
国家を二分する双方向の暗殺。だが、ジャスティンは奇跡的に生還する。
彼の血液型は、世界でわずか250万人に一人といわれる「ボンベイブラッド」。
その希少な血を提供できたのは、ブルックリンで活動するコミュニティアート・ファシリテーター、アナヤ・パテルだった。
彼女の血液はベルビュー病院の血液バンクに保存されており、緊急輸血によって、候補者の命はかろうじて繋がれた。
シークレットサービスのジャック・バンスは、テロの背後にガザ出身の組織が関与していることを察知し、FBIロサンゼルス支局長官キャメロン・バートレット、ニューヨーク支局の特別捜査官ヴェロニカ・リーブスと共に捜査を進める。
やがて彼らは、イスラム大学で建築学を学んだラフィ・ガンナムが、ロサンゼルスやニューヨークの再開発現場に潜入し、梁や構造体の中枢にC4爆薬を仕込んでいた事実に辿り着く。
標的は、ICE（移民・関税執行局）やERO（執行・送還作戦部門）の職員が暮らす新興住宅街——すなわち、「アメリカが築いた秩序」そのものだった。
ヴェロニカは、これ以上の破壊を防ぐため、大統領への対話を進言するが、現職のグラント・ランフォード大統領は耳を貸さない。
一方、命を取り留めたジャスティンと民主党候補ライアンは、テレビを通じて国民に訴えかけ、分断を乗り越えようとする。
だが、その理性の声を嘲笑うかのように、グラントはアイオワ州での演説を強行し、「テロには屈しない」と宣言する。
その会場には、すでにラフィの仲間が率いる工作チームが潜入していた。
崩壊する会場の惨状を前に、仲間の一人アミール・ナッセルは、かつてガザで妹を失った記憶に引き裂かれ、破壊の連鎖を止めようとする。
だが、ラフィの信念は揺るがない。
ウィリアムズバーグ橋の下、夕暮れの喧騒のなか、二人は決別する。
それは、祈りと報復、希望と虚無の境界線だった——。
“登場人物”
アナヤ・パテル ２５歳 コミュニティアート・ファシリテーター
アルジュン・シン ２６歳 アナヤの恋人・ルミナテック・イノベーションズ社
佐藤 ミカ ２５歳 アナの友人・コミュニティアート・ファシリテーター
ジャスティン・ブラッドフォード ２７歳 共和党大統領候補
エリノア・ブレイク ２６歳 ジャスティンの婚約者
グラント・M・ランフォード大統領 ６１歳 共和党大統領現職
チャールズ・ベインズ副大統領 ６４歳 共和党副大統領現職
ライアン・ベネット ３０歳 民主党大統領候補
ソフィア・ベネット ３０歳 ライアンの妻
オーウェン・リード ６５歳 民主党前大統領
ジャック・バンス ４５歳 シークレットサービス 元FBIロサンゼルス支局
ベン・ホロウェイ ３０歳 ジャックの同僚
ダリル・ロス ２９歳 ジャックの同僚
イライジャ・ケイン ２８歳 ジャックの同僚
マーカス・デイン ４５歳 FBI ロサンゼルス支局
キャメロン・バートレット ５５歳 FBI ロサンゼルス支局 支局長
トム・コールドウェル ３８歳 FBI技術班 マーカスの部下
ヴェロニカ・リーヴス ４１歳 FBI特別捜査官
アレクサンダー・ハリス ５２歳 FBI ニューヨーク支局 支局長
エリオット・チェン ３６歳 テクノロジー班主任
アリシア・モンロー ５８歳 FBI長官
ザカリア・ハッダード ５１歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 元イスラム大学 工学部教授 ニューヨークチーム
アミール・ナッセル ２３歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 元イスラム大学 電子工学部 ニューヨークチーム
ラフィ・ガンナム ３２歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 イスラム大学 建築学部 ニューヨークチーム
ロハン・シャー ２９歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 イスラム大学 建築学部 ニューヨークチーム
マジード・ハムザ ４７歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 情報技術学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
サミラ・ハンマド ２８歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 工学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
サイード・カバリ ３５歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 経営学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
リーム・ナセル ３０歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 メディア学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
ノア・レヴィ 55歳 イスラエル テルアビブ在住 ユダヤ人
僕のこの小説は、来年、２０２６年２月末日に公開します。
先日、リドリースコット監督がサブスクの映画やドラマ群がつまらないと話していたようだけど、同感です。
僕も非常に退屈です。
それらに2時間を要するなら、僕の小説を２分間だけ読んで欲しい。
その2分間は、２時間を越えるでしょう。
僕は自信があります。
ぜひ、期待してお待ちください。
Mitsushiro Nakagawa
09th. Oct . 2025.
追伸
ネトフリに挑戦する男、みっちゃん。😃
( 富士フィルム GFX50R shot )
新宿。東京都。日本。2025年12月29日 … 1 / 40
(今日の写真。それは未発表です。小説の内容とは無関係です。）
子供の関係で、新宿のホテルへ一泊してきました。最初の裏口と居酒屋の二枚を除いて、朝の６時から３０分以内ですべて撮影しました。
今回は、子供中心で一泊したので、朝食前にちょっとだけ撮りに出かけました。ホテルの朝食が美味しかったです。:)
Images.
L'Arc-en-Ciel … CHASE (Eng.ver.)
youtu.be/ruqQJtq4Lgc?si=03sxDkNGqdZHbHqT
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
舞台はニューヨークです。
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:: Soundtrack ::
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack )
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack . For Japanese)
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack . Sweet Summer rain ver.)
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-sweet-s...
B♭ ( My Novel . Soundtrack . Hard days ver.)
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Note: I gave a brief explanation of this novel in the following video:
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
追記 この小説を多少説明しました。
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
メモ
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「Bombay型（ボンベイ型、hh型）」
•特徴：通常のABO血液型を持たない（A、B、Oに分類されない）特殊な型。
•発見地：1952年、インド・ムンバイ（旧ボンベイ）で初めて確認。
•発生頻度：インドでは1万人に1人程度だが、世界的には約250万人に1人とも。
•輸血制限：同じBombay型しか輸血できない。
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2024年ハーバード大学首席の卒業式スピーチ『知らないことの力』
youtu.be/SOUH8iVqSOI?si=Ju-Y728irtcWR71K
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Shots fired at Trump rally
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Mitsushiro Nakagawa belong to Lot No. 402 _.Copyright©︎2025 Lot No.402_ All rights reserved.
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Quark Expeditions and other ship operators provide support to researchers with transportation to remote locations. This location featured a camera to monitor the local bird colony. More times than not, polar bears make toys of the equipment. The equipment may make it through 3 seasons. As researchers visit each area, they'll swap out the memory disks. Canon 5DM4 with Canon 24-105mm L @ 82mm 1/80s f/8 ISO 250 and shot from a bouncy zodiac. Post-processing in LRC, PS, and Topaz Sharpen AI.
A remote cottage sits on the shores of Loch Lomond in the shadow of Ben Lomond.
The "cottage" is, in fact, the Loch Lomond Sailing Club building :)
This was a shot testing hooking the camera up to the Canon phone app and activating remote control. We got there in the end is all I can say!
The MaK Di8 shunters can be operated away from the cab for shunting manoeuvres etc. A driver is seen operating number 817 remotely. Who wouldn't want one of these as a remote control toy for Christmas?
March 11, 2017.
© Stephen Veitch - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without permission.
Sustenpass/Switzerland
Taken near Cafe Sustenbruggli in Chli Sustli at the eastside of the Sustenpass.
It's wild, remote and beautiful; it's Wainuiomata Beach, and it's on the south coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Strong, cold Southerly winds sweep straight on to the beach straight from Antarctica, and as a result, the vegetation on the hillside is very stunted...!
Thanks so much for the very kind and encouraging comments beneath this photo...! Your support is very greatly appreciated.
(more in comments)
I bought a remote! :) I took some self-portraits to test it out and I think I'm happy with it!
I feel like venting so let's begin.
Top 3 Pet Peeves:
1) LIES. Honesty is the number one quality I look for in all people. If you're dishonest, expect me to keep you at bay. If you lie to me, I guarantee it will be a struggle for me to get over and things might never be the same. Take that as a warning. Lies are stupid; just don't do it.
2) Being judged before people get to know me. I don't always make the best first impressions. I can be shy, awkward, and even moody if you catch me at a bad time. As a general rule, I tend to be most outgoing around outgoing people. I can honestly say that I don't dislike anyone. I'll never intentionally do you wrong and I'll try to be the best person I can be.
3) Finding out through a third party that someone was criticizing me behind my back. If you have something to say about me, good or bad, say it to me directly. I'll respect you more that way. It's also less hurtful.
So I realized this doesn't suit my picture at all... haha! I'm happy, just kind of frustrated.
Remote controlled Rover, I challenged myself to make a remote controlled 6x6 with all wheel drive, as small as possible, front and rear steering, suspension and as many lights as I can cram into this model as possible. This model contains 1 buggy motor, 1 pf steering servo, 1 pf v2 IR receiver, 1 pf switch, 4 sets of pf LEDs, 2 pf extension cables and 2 old school lego LED lights (for the flashing lights)
SB-800 on right and SB-900 on left, both with gobos and through white paper. White reflector above!
Explored! :D
Poem.
Comma-like sandy coves.
Wave-washed, rounded rocks.
Rock-pools, teeming with life.
Dreamy vistas to the Sgurr of Eigg
and the familiar, undulating silhouette of Rum.
Dagger-like headlands pierce into the sunlit
beauty of the Hebridean Sea.
The silence is very loud and the calm, evening sunset
soothes any fevered brow......instantly.
Remote, very remote, but all the better for that.
Kentra Bay, Ardtoe, Ardnamurchan.
No words do this place justice.
Be there, see it, feel it.
Words will not suffice, but......
you will know somewhere
very, very special!
A cable layer, the Nkt Victoria seven miles from the north east coast at South Shields en route Sunderland to Blyth.
Runners compete in the 2013 Marine Corps Marathon Forward at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan Oct. 27. More than 300 runners participated in this year's marathon. This is the fifth year a satellite marathon has been held at Camp Leatherneck.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)
Active Assignment Weekly: May 9 - 16: Self Portrait
WIT: I just got a new haircut, not sure if I like it yet, but here it is. Wanted to experiment with a very narrow DOF with focus on the eye. It was difficult as I had to use the timer, since for some reason my remote on my phone wouldn't work, so took some tries to get the eye in focus - I have rather short arms, and was using autofocus. I was also by a window, so used the natural light from there.
In post, brightened the colour a bit, softend the skin a bit (the camera is very unforgiving so close up!) and cropped to square, as I was going for a tight frame.
Oh, to have seen Juneau before the advent of mass cruise-line tourism!
I must plead guilty to being one of umpteen thousand people who were crowding the streets of that remote city on the day our ship called there.
The throngs of people made it almost impossible to photograph just the town's architecture and streetscapes. However, Juneau's dramatic setting made this compromise possible.
Bizarrely, it seems that every other shop in Juneau's tourist district is selling diamonds. That strikes me as a predatory move to capitalize on vacationers' lowered inhibitions against impulse purchases. They'd have done much better to buy the fur jockstraps instead.
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National Register #94000603
Juneau Downtown Historic District
Franklin from 2nd to Ewing, 1st and 2nd from Franklin to Main, Front
Juneau
The discovery of placer gold on Gold Creek in 1880 led to the creation of Juneau. Subsequent development of lode gold mines in the 1890's secured the future of the town.
Commercial establishments lined Front Street adjacent to the wharves on Gastineau Channel. During the 1890's more permanent buildings replaced the hastily erected boom town buildings. The oldest building standing in the historic district is Madsen's Rooming House, constructed in 1889.
The commercial district continued to grow in the early 1900s when the territorial government offices moved from Sitka to Juneau and when construction of a cold storage plant brought commercial fishermen to Juneau. Construction of the Baranof Hotel in 1939 signaled the end of the era. The Federal Government ordered lode gold mining operations shut down during World War II and mining did not resume after the war.
Today, forty-two contributing buildings from 1889-1939 stand in the Juneau Downtown Historic District . Only eleven buildings of recent construction are in the historic district and they complement the earlier buildings in size and massing. Five others have been altered and no longer reflect their periods of construction.
The district is an excellent representation of early twentieth century commercial architecture in a small Pacific coast community. Late Victorian, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, and Modern Movement architectural styles are represented.