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Russian Kalashnikov Rifle
I purchased this new about 10 years ago for the low price of $279.00. Now they sell for $1000.00 and up. Glad I bought mine when I did! :-)
Nikon D600
Holga HPL-N pinhole lens
40mm focal length
f/160 (.25mm aperture)
ISO 100
The Holga vignettes substantially on the D600's full-frame FX sensor, but I rather like the effect.
I've found that in full daylight at high ISO (6400 to 25,600), the D600 can do handheld shots at 1/30 sec., quite a fun thing to play with!
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1938-2016) - Non-violence (designed 1980).
An iconic bronze sculpture of a Colt Python revolver, designed by Reuterswärd in response to the murder of his friend John Lennon. A symbol of non-violence, it has been the object of more than 20 castings to be found in various locations around the world, including one at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This one, cast in 2008, is displayed on the roof terrace of the Sven-Harry's Art Museum in Stockholm.
The current owner Willie Shepherd, who is well into his eighties, originally traded two sacks of potatoes for this sweet (at the time) ride.
The item on the driver's seat appears to be a powder horn.
This is 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).
Rusty 1955 Steelcraft school bus, built with a Carpenter body model D on what I believe is a 1954 GMC chassis. Date of delivery 11/54.
This 7-window (28 adult passengers or 42 wee ones).
The transmission is a four-speed manual. Brakes are power assisted drums, but steering is manual (unassisted).
The inline six-cylinder gasoline (petrol) engine develops all of a wimpy 115 horsepower (86 kilowatts).
Displacement is 270 cubic inch (4.4 liter).
GVWR is 14,500 pounds (6,577 Kilograms).
Driving it over the mountains will be a chore, to be sure (I think I can!, I think I can!).
A previous owner converted it into a motorhome / RV, complete with propane cylinders, refrigerator, sink, toilet, etc.
It is for sale, at the right price. We'll just have to see how attached to it we've become, depending on offers.
Or, we may get it running some day and drive it 170 miles over the hill to Burning Man, where it will be well suited as a camper / party bus.
$20 500mm T-mount lens, plus a $10 2X teleconverter (1500mm equivalent with the 1.5X crop factor of my D50)
Home-made filter holder, and a home-made filter made with Baader AstroSolar film.
$8 Lightweight GEM (German Equatorial Mount) to allow tracking as the Sun moved.
Multiple exposures, stacked to enhance detail.
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).
I was making this long night exposure, and not watching the sky while the shutter on my D50 was open for several minutes. When I looked at the photo on my PC, I noticed the streak in the upper right corner. It looked like an Iridium flare to me, so I checked on the Heavens Above site. Sure enough, I had accidentally caught a perfect exposure of a magnitude -7 (bright!) flare from Iridium 19!
Just playing around with an idea with guns and money.
[Note: 9mm 115gr FMJ rounds, if anyone's curious. Shot with the wonderful 70-200 f/2.8L IS II USM.]
©2011 David C. Pearson, M.D.
Woohoo!
Bubby was not harmed. His owner is very kind to him.
Nikon SB-600 Speedlight on camera, with a LumiQuest 80-20 on the light
Washington DC, Saturday March 24, 2018. Hundreds of thousands gathered here today to protest the ever more frequent gun massacres that have sadly become one of the defining features of life in the USA over the past thirty years. The shootings have evolved into increasingly more deadly events because of the ease of obtaining semi-automatic rifles, high capacity ammo magazines and other weapons of war. Organizations like the National Rifle Associations have successfully bribed our national legislators to beat back most attempts to enact sane gun laws that would ban civilian sales of these military munitions. In the wake of the Parkland, Florida high school mass shooting a youth led movement* has become energized and is pushing back against the gun lobby status quo and, it has to be noted, against the entire immoral agenda of Trumpism and 21st Century Republicanism. President Trump spent today at his golf resort in Mar a Lago, Florida. Again.
*There has been an active black led movement against gun violence and other forms of vigilante and police violence in America for many decades but it has been ignored or unfairly reported on by corporate media and actively harassed by police wherever it appeared. The most recent example is the Black Lives Matter movement.
This is a control dial on my Kearney & Trecker horizontal milling machine. It was made during World War II, and was presumably used to produce parts for the war effort.
It has been sitting in my yard for quite a few years, and is missing some parts, some of which were sold to bring new life to other old K&T mills.
It will soon be scrapped, unless some intrepid parts scroungers save at least some relics from the aging derelict.
The handguns in my arsenal. Except, I couldn't find two of them.
From top to bottom:
Daisy BB pistol - based on a Colt 45
Daisy BB pistol - based on a M1911 A1 45
Generic plastic pellet pistol - based on a modern automatic pistol, a Ruger most likely
Generic dart gun - based on a Beretta 9mm
Italian-made cap gun - based on the popular "Police Special" such as used by Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O
The two I couldn't find are both water pistols. One I'm sure is based on an older-model Italian automatic pistol and the other based on a small-frame automatic .22 pistol.
And, yes.... they'll have to pry my guns from my cold, dead hands. After I've pounded them into submission by plastic pellets or thoroughly soaked them with water.
I love the VR (Vibration Reduction) in my little Nikon J1's 10-30mm lens- this was a 1/5th sec. exposure after dusk, sharp and clear.
At a yard party in Reno, Nevada with some homebrew aficionados.
AK-47 Magazine (30 rounds) with steel-cased, copper-jacketed, 7.62x39mm rounds. For the Mini Draco.
©2011 David C. Pearson
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.
Downtown Reno, on the night of July 4th, 2012
Shot at night, seven exposures at different values, then combined into this tone-mapped HDR image.
I think this is the first astrophoto I've made where I wasn't shooting the moon, or growing star trails or just randomly pointing the camera at a patch of sky. As I recall, for this one I actually selected a subject that seemed interesting, though at the time I didn't know what I was looking at.
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens on Nikon D50. A single frame, shot wide open at ISO200 for 30 seconds. I messed with levels and curves in Nikon Capture NX.
30 seconds was too long, as you can see substantial trailing.
The Rule of 600 suggests that 8 seconds is maximum for a 75mm focal length (75mm because my camera has a 1.5X "crop factor"). That seems to agree with the results here.
I'll also need to secure the camera better. On my flimsy tripod I get a distinct j-shape to each star trail, due to mirror slap. My camera can't do mirror pre-lock, so perhaps the old hat trick is the best option (hold a hat over the lens, open the shutter, wait for the camera to stop jiggling, then move the hat away from the lens, and let the exposure progress normally until the shutter closes).
Next time, I'll shoot with the Rule in mind, and at ISO800, and multiple light and dark frames for noise reduction.
The Witch Head Nebula, in the large note box above, is totally invisible in my short exposure. It's quite an awesome sight when exposed in detail. Check it out!
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.
The current owner Willie Shepherd, who is well into his eighties, originally traded two sacks of potatoes for this sweet (at the time) ride.
This large and ancient metal lathe is located in Lookout, California, in Lassen County, Big Valley. This is in the boonies of Northern CA.
The label reads:
The Muller Lathe
Built by
The Bradford Mill Co.
Cincinatti, Ohio
USA
The size is as follows, roughly measured:
Swing over bed: 20"
Swing over carriage: unknown
Four-jaw chuck diameter: 18"
Bed length: 12 feet
Bed width, center to center across the outer two ways: 16”
Maximum workpiece length, center to center: 8 feet
It may have been built in the 1886-1901 era, from what I've learned so far.
It is owned by a fine older gentleman named Willie. He owns a LARGE property full of old tractors, cars, trucks, bulldozers and vehicles of varied and sundry description. My girlfriend Zoe bought a 1955 Carpenter (1954 GMC based) school bus from him, and he towed it the 17 miles to our Ranch with his old tractor on public roads:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihuX5mIFSA
Photos of the bus can be seen in another set of mine:
www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/sets/72157635098965316/
Willie also renovates and runs old steam engines. His tools are basic and in, umm, often less than pretty condition.
I believe he told me that despite its condition, having been outside for many years, this lathe was still in occasional use, wonder of wonders. I expect that it could be restored to its former glory by a man willing and able to put a LOT of time and/or money into it. I plan to list it for sale soon, online. If nothing else, it makes a magnificent lawn ornament.
Almost all of the images in this set were 3-exp HDRs, processed with Photomatix. The camera was a Nikon D50.
More info on Bradford lathes: