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Guns on display at anti-Islam rally in Phoenix. Protesters brought plenty of firepower to a protest against Islamic terrorism and Islam itself on October 10. Police separated them a smaller group of counter-protesters. Held in front of the Islamic Community Center, the event was part of a broader "Global Rally for Humanity," with similar protests scheduled in other cities that day.
Guns on display at anti-Islam rally in Phoenix. Protesters brought plenty of firepower to a protest against Islamic terrorism and Islam itself on October 10. Police separated them a smaller group of counter-protesters. Held in front of the Islamic Community Center, the event was part of a broader "Global Rally for Humanity," with similar protests scheduled in other cities that day.
Here's a few signs that were displayed by the estimated 0.8 million people at the rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018.
This is a handy little lathe, made by Sieg of China and sold in the USA under several brand names. Mine was purchased from Cummins Industrial Tools (hah!) as a slightly damaged display model.
Here the lathe is shown set up to face and bevel a large machine bolt, which was held in a three-jaw chuck and a steady rest.
Nine exposure HDR image.
Sorry about all the lens flare. I think it may have been caused by dust on my lens.
I bought a radio flash trigger set from Deal Extreme. Range, maximum sync speed and reliability using only the antenna trace on the transmitter's PCB was OK, but I knew it could be better. So I added the telescoping antenna shown here.
The antenna was salvaged from an old and no longer legal wideband AristoCraft R/C transmitter. The R/C radio operated on 75MHz, so the antenna is quite long. The flash trigger set operates on 433MHz, necessitating a much shorter wavelength antenna. With the telescoping feature of this antenna, tuning is a snap (or a yank?).
I quickly found that extending about two inches from the fully collapsed condition shown here gave awesome range and reliability. I was able to get 100% reliability at about 600 feet! And maximum sync speed can go as high as 1/800 sec., with marginal reliability at that speed. 100% reliable maximum sync is still at 1/400th.
See the next photo in the set for more info.
The Persian emperor wanted to be able to safely
impose his tyranny on the people of Greece.
So he demanded that they surrender their arms.
Leonidas of Sparta retorted in classical Greek,
with the now-famous phrase:
“Molon Labe”
which means
“Come and Take Them”.
2,500 years later,
Molon Labe still is used
as a cry of defiance
against tyrants
trying to disarm a people
who want to be free.
This is the biking and hiking trail along the Truckee River in Reno, under the Kuenzli Street and East Second Street bridges.
Shot at night, five exposures at different values, then combined into this tone-mapped HDR image.
Longest exposure was two minutes at ISO200 and f/8
The Farney's ACE hardware store in Carthage, New York.
Three-exposure HDR-processed image (EV0,EV-2,EV+2).
Earlier today, I noticed that the trees are producing a bumper crop of walnuts!
They may have done so in previous years, and we never noticed.
We'll put them out in the sun to dry them out, then enjoy the tasty bounty within.
Three portholes
The current owner Willie Shepherd, who is well into his eighties, originally traded two sacks of potatoes for this sweet (at the time) ride.
FN PS90 with 10.3" Short Barrel. Overall length is a mere 19". 50 rounds top flush fit magazine. Urban ERT sling mount.
I used a single PowerGenix PGX-4AAZiNc 1.6v Nickel Zinc Rechargeable AA cell in each of two AA to C adapters, inside a vertical handle Argus C-3 flashgun. These cells are rated at 1.6V, but measure well over 1.8V when fully charged. They have very low internal resistance, and can dump more power into a strobe or flashbulb than any other AA cell. The NiZn AA cells are WAY more powerful than the Carbon C-cells that this flashgun was designed for. I don't know if this materially affects the brightness curve of the bulb "pop".
The flashbulb was blue coated, which I believe means it was designed to match the sensitivity curve of daylight-balanced color film.
Nikon D600 with a Tokina 100mm macro lens.
Camera on tripod, exposure equal on both shots:
5 seconds
f/2.8
ISO100
To fire the flashgun, I merely triggered the 5-second exposure, and used a screwdriver to short the two pins protruding from the handle of the flashgun. I was hand-holding the flashgun a few feet from the camera, casually pointing it in about the same direction as the lens. I think the flashgun's reflector has a much wider angle than most strobes.
Lit by a CFL bulb on the porch and Luna
This photo was made with my old Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 lens. It was made in 1972 or 1973. It is quite scratched, dusty and maybe even has a little fungus growing, along with damaged coatings.
Nonetheless, it is fun to play with. I performed a crude AI-modification to the aperture ring (I used a file). The lens now works perfectly with my Nikon D600 (full metering and focus confirmation).
This photo was made with my old Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 lens. It was made in 1972 or 1973. It is quite scratched, dusty and maybe even has a little fungus growing, along with damaged coatings.
Nonetheless, it is fun to play with. I performed a crude AI-modification to the aperture ring (I used a file). The lens now works perfectly with my Nikon D600 (full metering and focus confirmation).
This is my Clausing model 5912 engine lathe.
I bought it used from a seller in SE New Hampshire in 2003. I brought it back here to Northern New York.
12.25-inch swing, 36-inches between centers.
It was originally equipped with a 1HP three-phase motor and a hydraulically-controlled variable-speed spindle drive. I am replacing the original drive and motor with a new three-phase 7.5HP direct-drive motor and a 480V VFD (Variable Frequency Drive).
Highly processed single-exposure pseudo-HDR image.