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Rusted agricultural sprinkler near Corvallis Montana. June 2011
Canon 1Ds MK I
Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fish-eye
Shot this as a lens test shot but found I like the look of the rust against the blurred background of red flowers. The intricate rust detail is also of interest.
This was photographed in our front yard, on a cloudy afternoon (today) using a Nikon 1 V2, and a Minolta f/2.0 lens at f/2.8, with a Nikon 1 adapter. Very pleased with how this lens is working out for shots like this.
On the Nikon 1, this 50mm lens is equivalent to a 135mm f/2.0 lens on a full frame camera. The Nikon 1 is not ideal for manual lenses, however there are some simple workarounds. All shots must be in Manual mode. But you need to first set to A (aperture) to get a shutter speed, and then dial in the shutter speed in the Manual mode. That's because the Nikon 1, unlike most mirrorless cameras, will not let us shoot a manual lens in A mode! Blah! Also, there are no focusing aids on the Nikon 1, however, I have not found that to be a problem.
I am a fan of the Nikon 1 system for its portability. I can pack a camera and a full complement of lenses, including this one, plus an Olympus TCON-17 teleconverter (giving me a 500mm FF equivalent lens) in a tiny, tiny bag. Great for hiking!
Sadly, Nikon has not given a clear indication of what it is doing with the Nikon 1 system. Just under a year ago, they introduced the improved Nikon 1 J5 camera and everyone assumed they'd launch a Nikon 1 V4 by now. But there has not been a peep about future Nikon 1 cameras - we do know that Nikon has introduced some additional 1" sensor cameras but not with interchangeable lenses, unfortunately.
Rust box
New overflow car park for Piccadilly Station, Manchester - clad in weathering steel to encourage rust.
With the modified seatstays and the fork legs, and the serious rust under the BB shell, this frameset is getting a repaint. The color I picked is "antique pink" (RAL 3014, which looks like this: www.fibreglast.com/product/ral-3014-antique-pink-color-ge...). I hope it turns out well
The only rust I saw during our Antigua tour. I saw no abandoned houses or rusting cars in yards. There were some centuries-old stone ruins.
I was surprisingly nervous when it came to removing the sill covers. Images of X-Type Jags with nothing behind the plastic covers flashed into my mind, but luckily everything was solid here.
archival bookboard covered with watercolour paper that has been monoprinted with leaves in browns by me
sealed with archival matt spray
covers are lined with brown marble imprint cardstock 200gsm
upcycled leather spine attached with rice paste
black leather strap attached with black & brass rivets & wooden bead
handsewn in my own longstitch pattern & kettlestitch with black Irish waxed linen thread
papers are ecocern 100% post consumer waste 105gsm & recycled kraft 80gsm
edges treated to look aged
pages - 198 (396 both sides)
journal - 21.3cm X 15.5cm X 4.8cm spine
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Screen Printed and monoprinted, with natural indigo mixed with gum tragacanth as the binder. The piece was then rust dyed using old farm machine parts. Tannin dyed, a natural dye process, cotton fabric.
Nothing to see here
In the 1960's the AeroJet company was considered as the possible supplier of solid-fuel rocket motors to be used as primary power plants for the Saturn I space booster. The idea, in simple terms, was to use a single, very large rocket motor in place of a number of smaller rocket motors.
The AJ260 was the largest rocket motor ever produced and during it’s testing, created the highest decibel noise level ever created by man. Its blast could be seen easily, 50 miles away in Miami. Despite it’s great power and sprawling manufacturing complex, the project was dropped by NASA.
All that remains are the ruins of the manufacturing facility, and of course, the rocket, which still sits in its firing tube in the middle of a swamp where it has been waiting for 50 years. The swamp has begun to reclaim this giant complex which stretches across five miles of desolate swamp.
The main complex of huge buildings, a great find itself, is not the highlight of this location. No, the highlight is a smaller metal shack about four miles further into the swamp. Half the roof is missing and a small group of turkey vultures have made the place their home. If you walked through the building you may not even notice it was there, but underneath your feet, below a rusted metal floor is a rocket.