View allAll Photos Tagged reverse
This an image illustrates the fluctuation of rates. When using this image please provide photo credit (link) to: reverse.mortgage
NS SD70M 2631 shoves a single EMDX tank car east through LaGrange, IL, bound for the EMD LaGrange plant. I stumbled upon this weird move just north of here and beat it here.
Reverse The Nation 10170 W. Tropicana Ave Las Vegas, NV 89147 (via Twitter twitter.com/reversethnation/status/748733120661188608)
French postcard. Nothing reverse.
The body of a Kaiserliche Marine Leutnant z. S (possibly Arnim Rothe) lies propped up against part of the aircraft's steering mechanism. The LZ93 was a "Height-Climber" class Zeppelin, which had a lightened structure to improve altitude. It was shot down on the 20th of October 1917 by French AA fire above St Clement and came down in a nearby field.
A summary of the action is as follows:
The first attack relying almost exclusively on "height climber" Zeppelins, launched against London itself on 19 October, was dubbed the "Silent Raid." Although 33 Londoners were killed, hardly any of the defences were able to spot the air invaders, much less fire on them. Yet the result was hardly a one sided German triumph. Weather turned out to be England's saviour and the Zeppelin's nemesis.
When the 11 airships that took part that night climbed above 16,000 feet over England, an unexpected gale was blowing. The science of weather prediction aloft was in its infancy, and the Germans were further inhibited because their ability to observe weather conditions precisely and in a timely fashion stopped in "no man's land" on the Western Front. The gale created chaos for the Zeppelin formation, scattering them in all directions. Only L54 recognized the danger, dropped its bombs early from 21,000 feet, and dove to a much lower altitude for the return flight home.
L54 was the only airship that had an uneventful return that night. The rest of the raiding force pressed deeper into English territory, and encountered such strong winds blowing out of the northeast that they were driven back toward the south. Most of the airships eventually ended up in central France where they dropped their bombs on any illuminated "target" that they happened to fly over.
Two airships made their way home via Belgium and Holland. Three had to cross the trenches of the Western Front to get home. L41 received the luxury of an aircraft escort, and L52 slipped across "no man's land" several miles southeast of Verdun. L44 was not so lucky; it was shot down in flames over St. Clement by French AAA. L49 witnessed this, turned away from the front, and was attacked by a squadron of French Nieuports. Leaking gas, L49 landed and was captured intact (the hulk became the living blueprint for America's first airship, the Shenandoah).
L50, right behind L49, attempted to avoid capture by crash landing. Instead, the forward gondola broke off on impact and the lightened hull sailed upward again, carrying four crewmen to a watery grave in the distant Mediterranean Sea. L45 attempted to reach Switzerland, but was forced down in southern France. The boast among the prisoners was that they had travelled from Denmark via London and Paris to the Riviera in 24 hours!
The last remaining Zeppelin broke the world altitude record for an airship. L55 went into an emergency climb to escape two French aircraft. With three engines out and the crew succumbing to altitude sickness, the ship could not be brought back under control until it had reached 24,600 feet. No other airship has since reached such a height. Although L55 wrecked while attempting to land in Germany, its unequaled climb was the only positive accomplishment in a night filled with disaster.
Some more images from the L44:
pagesperso-orange.fr/jmpicquart%20/dirigeableL49.htm (French website)
Nikon D200 with BR-2A Reverse ring with reversed Vivitar 24mm MF
tntflies.blogspot.com/2009/07/culicidae-reverse-lens-macr...
614I 0830 Lichfield Tv C E Sidings to Severn Tunnel Junction ,passes by with some workers filming on the I Phone in the back.
On Sunday, the South Devon Railway celebrated their 40th anniversary of re-opening after being closed by British Rail. If I had to choose my all time favourite location for steam shots, then this spot just up from Riverford Bridge on the river Dart would probably be it. On a day with warm sunshine and little wind to disturb the reflections in the river, it is surely very hard to beat.
It's also worth mentioning that the train is going from right to left as we look at the shot (note the direction of the steam). This is because the driver is sat in the end carriage with controls that link back to the engine allowing him to operate it remotely. The poor old fireman is left on his own in the cab to shovel coal by himself.
On our way back from our day out to Lydney we popped into Taurus Crafts, an arts and crafts visitor centre. I got chatting to the very nice man who runs "The Little Bazaar", an antiques and collectables shop, and he kindly gave me these two old French coins.
The coin to the left is a cupronickel French pre-Second World War 25 centime coin from 1924, the coin to the right is an aluminium French Second World War one franc coin from 1943.
During the Nazi occupation of France (1940-44), the franc was a satellite currency of the German Reichsmark. The exchange rate was 20 francs = 1 RM. The coins were changed, with the words 'Travaille ,Famille, Patrie' (Work, Family, Fatherland) replacing the Republican triad 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternitié' (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) and the emblem of the Vichy regime added.
This is a little piece of modern history that I was totally unaware of!
2 Nights later and the 2 units have been changed around so all driving cabs get tested.377 606 is now "country end" of 377 605 and again its Platform 6 at Victoria waiting to depart with 5Q31 0353 London Victoria to Ashford. All being well 377 605 will be handed over next Tuesday and enter revenue earning service and 377 606 will be teamed up with 377 607 . I even managed to work out how to display "Test Train" on the Front end cab, now you never got Test Train displayed on a VEP/CEP! Note the new feature on these units a camera with bright light on the Buffer Cowling nicknamed a "splat cam"
Wow. It actually worked. Reversing the 50mm prime can work as a macro lens. Cool!
These photos were not cropped :D
L-R, Top-Bottom:
- The nails that hold the pipelock on our "gate"
- Looking up Lexmark in the Yellow pages
- 18-200mm baby
- Cotton buds
- RD Asia stack
- My reading glasses
Background:
- Strainer-like food cover
Sooo coooooool ^_^
All these are objects at home.
This is an image of a person writing the pros and cons of reverse mortgage. When using this image please provide photo credit (link) to: reverse.mortgage
It appears the writer is discussing the aircraft on the reverse, but I cannot make out but a few of the words in German.
Letter on reverse dated 2.6.16 and cancelled with a "Feldpost 54. Res. Div." stamp. Larger admin stamp in the centre reads: "Feldpostadresse des Absernders: Res. Feldart. Rgt 54, 7. Battr.".
There's little doubt regarding the origins of this fellow. He wears an early pattern, M1892 Ãœberzug over his M1915 pickelhaube (removable spike) and M1915 tunic. Suspended from his tunic is a private purchase flashlight.
His rifle is a Kar88. The detail in this picture, although not glass plate standard, is quite extraordinary.
Königlich Württembergisches Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 54 formed part of the 54th Reserve Division and fought on the Western Front, entering the line in mid-October, participating in the so-called Race to the Sea and fighting in the Battle of the Yser.
The Division then remained in the trenchlines along the Yser until April 1915, when it entered the Second Battle of Ypres. After the battle the Division remained in the line along the Yser into 1916. After two months in aremy reserve in the winter of 1916, the division returned to the trenchlines in the Flanders and Artois regions.
It was engaged heavily in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and returned to the line in Flanders and the Artois until the end of the year. In December 1916 and January 1917, it saw action at Verdun, and then went to the line in the Champagne region. In May 1917, it fought in the Second Battle of the Aisne, also called the Third Battle of Champagne.
The Division went back to Verdun in August 1917 in response to the French offensive there. In late October, it went to Flanders and saw action in the Battle of Passchendaele, also called the Third Battle of Ypres. It remained in Flanders until March 1918, and then participated in the German Spring Offensive, fighting in the First Battle of the Somme (1918), also known as the Second Battle of the Somme (to distinguish it from the 1916 battle).
The Division remained in the region and fought against the Allied offensive known as the Second Battle of the Somme (1918), also known as the Third Battle of the Somme. Allied intelligence rated the Division as second class.
This little spider was a great subject, stayed frozen in place while I took a number of shots. Taken with a 24mm reversed onto extension tubes. Flash is on a hinged hot shoe and leaned out over the end of the lens stack. A DIY snoot fires the light in front of the lens.
The water is a bit salty in this area, so I've invested in a ROM, or Reverse Osmosis Machine. It makes just over 2/3 gallon of water.
Took this with a reverse ring fitted to an old 18-55 kit lens instead of a normal macro.The colours are actually a packet of Monster Munch lying under the glass dish
Pages from a 1969 yearbook that sure felt more like an coffee table art book when flipping through the pages
i love the form when two valleys face each other through the same structure
as seen here both flat and open