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I wish the focus on the duck was a little sharper. But hey the pic turned out ok, didn't it ?
Shot at Devereux Slough, Goleta, CA
View it large on black
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2. In flickr's lightbox
Re-made variant of the AK-47. This rifle is extremely reliable but using a different Firing Mechanism. This Rifle is also as accurate as a M4A1 Carbine due to the new Firing Mechanism. With a Red Dot as the front sight, it's great for night ops. Remake of this. www.flickr.com/photos/41779542@N07/4631261354/
Uploaded a sharper, less dust riddled version 4/19/20. The description below is from 2011.
The is a different version of a picture I posted last summer. That one was from the scan of a 5x7 negative. This is a contact print from an 8x10 negative. I'm finally learning how to make my scans look sharp like they do on the prints.
The exposure was 80 seconds at F16. The meter indicated 12 seconds with HP5 rated at 200 ASA instead of 400. Reciprocity failure compensation took it to 40 seconds, and I added 1 stop to correct for N-1 contraction in development to help control the highlights. In the darkroom, the time suggested for Harvey's Panthermic 777 developer was 11 minutes @ 74ºF. My darkroom was at 65 degrees, which took it to 18:45. I subtracted 30% for the 200 ASA rating, 30% of the remaining time for N-1 contraction, and 20% for compensation for reciprocity. I ended up with 8 minutes total development time. This seemed to work. I was always afraid to make all of these adjustments because I had so much trouble with thin negatives early on, but I seem to be better at metering at night, and I've gotten better in the darkroom.
Camera: Deardorff 8x10.
Lens: 19" Goerz APO Artar.
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Harvey's 777.
Contact printed on Ilford MGIV FB glossy, developed in Ansco 130.
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playtime with this short-coated collie was an unexpected surprise on our walk. I want to work on getting these shots sharper.
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Here is another view of my capacity test. The R282 is a sharp curve only 282mm in radius (11"), but I started and ended each curve with a wider radius to keep my long passenger cars and big steam engines on the track. This single track reversing loop is right at 2 feet wide and 4 1/2 feet long, and it can hold a train over 6 feet long (10 passenger cars or 18 freight cars plus three diesel units. It is the smallest permissible loop for the length of cars I run.
Reversing loops are not supposed be realistic. They are "hidden trackage" for turning trains around so the observer doesn't see the same train only running in one direction. Therefore, the track radius can be much sharper as long as the train stays on track. I set up and tested single, double, and triple track reversing loops last week. Not all of my equipment runs this well on my smallest loop, so those trains will have to use the outer, wider loops I tested.
My regular mainline radius uses R718 for an easement to start the curve and R481 (19") for most of the curve. That gives me an effective radius of 21.5" that looks so much better.
Sharper Image Catalog Pocket Bike Cover, December 1985 from the huge prior art research catalog collection, now for sale, of Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube
Per un'intera settimana (24-29 settembre 2018) Pavia si è trasformata in un laboratorio di scienza aperto a tutti grazie al progetto nazionale SHARPER.
A Pavia SHARPER è stato coordinato dalla sezione pavese INFN e realizzato in collaborazione con il Comune di Pavia e l’Università di Pavia e numerosi partner del territorio che hanno deciso di aderire con entusiasmo al progetto.
Il 28 settembre 2018 il centro città di Pavia ha ospitato laboratori, spettacoli, talk e attività pensate e realizzate dai ricercatori dei numerosi partner del progetto.
SHARPER è il nome di uno dei 9 progetti italiani sostenuti dalla Commissione Europea per la realizzazione della Notte Europea dei Ricercatori nel 2018 e nel 2019.
SHARPER significa SHAring Researchers’ Passions for Evidences and Resilience e ha l’obiettivo di coinvolgere tutti i cittadini nella scoperta del mestiere di ricercatore e del ruolo che i ricercatori svolgono nel costruire il futuro della società attraverso l’indagine del mondo basata sui fatti, le osservazioni e l’abilità nell’adattarsi e interpretare contesti sociali e culturali sempre più complessi e in continua evoluzione.
SHARPER si svolgerà il 28 settembre 2018 nelle città di Ancona, Cagliari, Caserta, Catania, L’Aquila, Macerata, Napoli, Nuoro, Palermo, Pavia, Perugia, Trieste per raccontare la passione, le scoperte e le sfide dei ricercatori di tutta Europa attraverso mostre, spettacoli, concerti, giochi, conferenze e centinaia di altre iniziative rivolte al grande pubblico.
SHARPER è coordinato dalla società di comunicazione scientifica Psiquadro in collaborazione con un consorzio di partner che comprende l’Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), l’Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), l’Università di Palermo, l’Università degli Studi di Perugia, l’Università Politecnica delle Marche, il museo Immaginario Scientifico di Trieste e il centro di ricerca Observa Science in Society.
Il progetto coinvolge oltre 100 partner nazionali e internazionali, tra cui enti culturali, comuni, istituti di ricerca, università, imprese e associazioni culturali che in ogni città costruiranno un ricco programma di appuntamenti trasformando strade, piazze, musei, teatri in laboratori nei quali ognuno potrà fare esperienza di cosa significhi essere ricercatore.
It's basically raining new figures here (something only 2020 could make happen), so without further ado, here's the second one, the Figure Complex Wonder Woman figure.
The Figure Complex series is part of the Kaiyodo Revoltech series. Since it's inception a few years ago (2017 I think), several DC and Marvel heroes have been featured. The intent of the line is to have stylized figures that look mindblowing when posed dynamically.. and if it looks nice when standing up straight, its a bonus.
Of the three females released thus far, I have two of them - Psylocke and Wonder Woman. I liked the Psylocke well enough, with the exception of her overall facial paint work, which due to the pale skin made her look like a blowup doll and some serious thigh gap issues.
So how did Diana fare?
Wonder Woman is based on the comic art design shown on the inner liner of the box. She comes with what I'd expect a Wonder Woman figure to come with. You get the figure, three total face plates (smiling, neutral, shouting), uncoiled Lasso of Truth, bullet deflect effects for each arm, energy blast blocking effect for each arm, her cape, an extra neck piece for use with the cape, her shield, her sword. six additional hands for weapon holding and posing, and a stand. Retail price on this was 8,250 Yen as compared to Psylocke at 6,458 Yen back in 2018.
Of the three portraits, the neutral one was my favourite. The other two had their share of strengths and issues.
Compared to the proto photographs, the final product seemed to be intact, with the only real change I could tell was that the various metallic paints were not as reflective.
A quick comparison between Psylocke and Wonder Woman shows that Kaiyodo addressed the issue of the thigh gaps, which were horrible on Psylocke. Wonder Woman is also a bit larger and much more complex looking than Psylocke, which partially explains the price jump.
On a side note, the hair, which was great on Psylocke, is equally well done on Wonder Woman.
Details on her outfit seem a bit soft to my eyes. I'm not sure if that's an issue with the plastic, or the actual sculpt, but I've seen finer details and more prominent line work on the various Gal Gadot Wonder Woman figures in my collection.
From a static posing perspective, the only real sore points would be the shoulders and the neck. It all ties back to the articulation for this figure.
The long neck, when the head is seated properly, isn't really an issue, and becomes even less of an issue when she's wearing her cape. The reason she has such a long neck is because there is a joint at the base of her head that allows the figure to almost fully tilt the head straight up, very useful when you're posing a flying character or any pose where the head goes first.
The shoulders can be an eyesore. Effectively her shoulders can be dislocated from her body to reveal the double ended Revolver joint beneath. The trade off, however, is that you have incredible range of motion, with this figure probably having the easiest time pulling off Wonder Woman's trademark Bracer pose.
Other points of articulation on the body include toe, ankles, double jointed knees, thigh twist, hips, waist, mid torso, double jointed shoulders, single jointed elbows, wrist, neck head, and hair.
One additional feature that you don't see very often on figures of this size are that the eyeballs can be pointed in whatever direction you want, further completing any dynamic poses you're working on.
Paint work has never really been the strongest point of these figures. Having said that, the quality of the work on Wonder Woman is definitely better than on Psylocke. Base paints are smooth. Despite having more masking required, the overall figure appears to be crisper looking than Psylocke, though not as crisp as on other Japanese figures.
To me, it appears the paint app on the lips of the neutral and smiling sculpts are sharper than on Psylocke, which combined with an actual complexion results in a superior effect, though her skin remains plain plastic only.. The shouting face... well lets say open mouths often result in mixed results, and this is no exception.
Build quality is something that has not been an issue ever since these Figure Complex releases became the Revoltechs I handle. No issues with limb sizes, weak joints, or my biggest nuisance, getting the damn limbs to line up because the "clicks" of the Revolver joints were out sync. Everything flows smoothly, and QC is not an issue with regards to things falling apart, or not coming together as it should.
Finish on the plastic pretty good.. you'll find the odd rough spot here and there (most notable on the edges of things) and some visible seamlines.
That pretty much sums up the experience. Not being a movie figure, it doesn't have to live up to looking like Gal Gadot. Does it look like the comic art? For the most part yes, just not the sculpt, but these sort of things happen all the time when dealing with comic art.
Does she have the bells and whistles? Yes, yes she does. I particularly enjoy the Lasso of Truth being a vibrant yellow rope.
Can you live with the joints and proportions? That's ultimately what you have to ask yourself. For me, there are many other decent looking Wonder Woman figures that can hold some pretty good posing, but I always want that ONE figure, aesthetics be damned, that can pull off crazy poses.
And that figure of Wonder Woman, without a doubt, is this one.
So if you're pose crazy, I'd suggest you give this one a try. At the very least, you'll have a figure where you can make Wonder Woman do the Ahegao face.
My write up on photographing the new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas here
On the weekend of November 20-21, 2010, I was invited to photograph the new Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas prior to their opening December 15, 2010 in Las Vegas NV.
This set of images represents my efforts that weekend to showcase this newest resort property opening up on the Las Vegas Strip. Thanks to David Scherer from The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for showing me around, to Miiko Mentz at Katalyst Films for helping to arrange the shoot, and to my wife for modeling for me.
To learn more about The Cosmpolitan of Las Vegas, check out their website here or their Facebook page here.
Yes the D800E is a bit sharper than the D800 ! Love it! :)
Nikon D800E Photographs of a Beautiful Sandy-Blonde/Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the brand new Nikon D800 E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty brown eyes and long sandy-blonde/brunette hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
In a sea cave on El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800-E ! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Modeling the new Hero's Journey Mythology Swimsuits on a sunny spring day in Malibu!
Enjoy!
With her wavy, curly hair blowing on the sea breeze! Best to shoot the caves in the AM, before the wind kicks up and transforms them into a wind tunnel!
& may the Hero's Journey Mythology Photography inspire and guide you along a hero's journey of your won making! Carpe Diem! Seize the day! Pursue art & beauty!
Vintage Sharper Image Scrolling InfoGlobe - Caller ID, Clock, and Calendar. This item works quietly and reliably. We have had one working at our home for more than 7 years.
This unit is New in Box (NIB) and has never been removed from the package. It has been in storage for 5 or more years. Box and packaging are in excellent shape.
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I have been wanting to make a little tutorial for a while now. This is my first one so bear with me. I have used the image above to show you how I did it. I have a few sreen captures to help you with any questions
This Little sharpening trick can be used with CS2,CS3,CS4, and even Photoshop 7.0
The first thing I do is open CS3, I then prefer to work with the image as large as I can on my screen So I press the "F" key on my keyboad.
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Three of "The Endless" (anthropomorphic personifications of the human condition), Desire (L), Dream (the newest one, Daniel) (C), and Delirium (R) from DC Comics. I think all three ladies did spiffy jobs on their costumes.
Tech stuff: Used Topaz Adjust's "flatten" and "ghostly" filters on the background to 1) make the cosplayers sharper and 2) give the picture more of a surreal feel, as if you were visiting one of their realms.
UPDATE: This photo was featured in A Compendium of Cool Comics Cosplay: March 23rd (2012) weekly article for cool cosplays. This is so... cool? Awesome! I meant, Awesome!!
Uploaded sharper version 6/16/19. The description below is from 2009.
This image is displayed at Proper Eats, in St Johns, Oregon. It was part of my first exhibit there in 2006. It was originally to be the title piece at a show for Cafe Nola: a cajun eatery that occupied the same space previously. When Proper Eats was established, they agreed to have me as their inaugural art exhibit, but I had to drop the "Hot, Nude Tomato" as the show's marquis.
Camera: Hasselblad 500CM
Lens 80mm Carl Zeiss,
Film: Kodak 100 UC
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Uploaded sharper version 11/9/19
Along a path in Klickitat, Washington, in the fall of 2002. One from the archives.
Camera: Pentax 67.
Lens: 55mm Pentax
Film: Kodak E100VS.
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Uploaded sharper version 5/24/19. The original was horribly dusty. The following description is from 2014.
8x10 contact print from negative. It was a bright, October day in Sisters, Oregon. We took advantage of it by driving out of town on a road that got smaller and smaller as we went. We saw this lake looking perfectly still, and decided to set up the cameras. I had about a half an hour of uninterrupted photography until a dog decided to take a swim. The reflection was gone, and so we moved on.
Camera: Deardorff 8x10.
Lens: 240mm Nikkor.
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Edwal 12.
Contact printed on Fomaspeed paper developed in Photographers' Formulary Liquidol.
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Alot sharper than the II version. AF is a dog, so certainly not for fast moving objects. Not as much contrast as the bare lens or the 1.4tc.
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Yes the D800E is a bit sharper than the D800 ! Love it! :)
Nikon D800E Photographs of a Beautiful Sandy-Blonde/Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the brand new Nikon D800 E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty brown eyes and long sandy-blonde/brunette hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
In a sea cave on El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800-E ! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Modeling the new Hero's Journey Mythology Swimsuits on a sunny spring day in Malibu!
Enjoy!
With her wavy, curly hair blowing on the sea breeze! Best to shoot the caves in the AM, before the wind kicks up and transforms them into a wind tunnel!
& may the Hero's Journey Mythology Photography inspire and guide you along a hero's journey of your won making! Carpe Diem! Seize the day! Pursue art & beauty!
Sharper Image Catalog June 1990 Father's Day Bill Cosby from the huge prior art research catalog collection, now for sale, of Mike Mozart of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube
Wanted to do another moon shot tonight, saw that it was basically still a full moon ( although I know it isn't) since I am not feeling too well, decided to skip tonight and shoot indoors instead, looked around saw nothing to shoot except some old worn out pencils.
Vintage Sharper Image Scrolling InfoGlobe - Caller ID, Clock, and Calendar. This item works quietly and reliably. We have had one working at our home for more than 7 years.
This unit is New in Box (NIB) and has never been removed from the package. It has been in storage for 5 or more years. Box and packaging are in excellent shape.
Please see videos and photos!
Shipping Weight: 3 Lbs, 10 oz.
*** Domestic & International Shipping ***
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eBay Auction: 291626368829
Nell’ambito della Notte Europea dei Ricercatori (Sharper) è stata allestita dal 23 al 26 settembre 2019, presso lo Spazio Saperi del Palazzo Broletto (Pavia), la mostra “Scatti di Scienza”.
Vi siete mai chiesti come sono fatte le nostre cellule o che colore ha una roccia al microscopio? I ricercatori dell’Università di Pavia studiano gli esseri viventi e la materia inorganica per capire i segreti della scienza.
Grazie all’uso di sofisticate tecnologie possono fotografare oggetti infinitamente piccoli, invisibili a occhio nudo, che ci restituiscono immagini affascinanti.
Sì, perchè la scienza non è solo utile a tutti, ma è anche bella! una vera opera d’arte. La mostra fotografica “Scatti di Scienza” vuole condividere con voi le immagini ottenute nei laboratori della nostra Università: potrete osservare cellule di mille forme, microrganismi marini, ingrandimenti di rocce: un mondo invisibile e meraviglioso che sta proprio sotto i nostri occhi!
Nell’ambito della Notte Europea dei Ricercatori (Sharper) è stata allestita dal 23 al 26 settembre 2019, presso lo Spazio Saperi del Palazzo Broletto (Pavia), la mostra “Scatti di Scienza”.
Vi siete mai chiesti come sono fatte le nostre cellule o che colore ha una roccia al microscopio? I ricercatori dell’Università di Pavia studiano gli esseri viventi e la materia inorganica per capire i segreti della scienza.
Grazie all’uso di sofisticate tecnologie possono fotografare oggetti infinitamente piccoli, invisibili a occhio nudo, che ci restituiscono immagini affascinanti.
Sì, perchè la scienza non è solo utile a tutti, ma è anche bella! una vera opera d’arte. La mostra fotografica “Scatti di Scienza” vuole condividere con voi le immagini ottenute nei laboratori della nostra Università: potrete osservare cellule di mille forme, microrganismi marini, ingrandimenti di rocce: un mondo invisibile e meraviglioso che sta proprio sotto i nostri occhi!
Another dashcam Mini. Looking a bit sharper than the one I caught yesterday, but most likely not so original.
A refreshed Danbury Fair Mall shows off the dawn of a new era, and a departure of sorts like the bygone gadget retailer The Sharper Image whose dark storefront casts a shadow of the older mall. Jos A. Bank Clothiers downstairs is a newer tenant, usually is featured in lifestyle malls but had a rarer interior mall location here before moving outparcel.
Sharper Image has the best Hand and Foot Massagers to restore and refresh tired achy joints and muscles.
Sharper shot than the morning's effort - but in the rain.
4293 (GN15 CWM) is on its first day in service.
I bought the most amazing pencil sharper ever from such a fantastic person!
You have to put the pencil in her eye to get it sharp, it's so funny whaha.
And euhm...Nero's standing on her head (I don't know what's wrong with that girl)
A slightly better focus on this speeding, swooping, diving, spitfire.
There's even a slight dink in the wing form like that of a Vought Corsair Fighter/bomber of WW2.
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Nell’ambito della Notte Europea dei Ricercatori (Sharper) è stata allestita dal 23 al 26 settembre 2019, presso lo Spazio Saperi del Palazzo Broletto (Pavia), la mostra “Scatti di Scienza”.
Vi siete mai chiesti come sono fatte le nostre cellule o che colore ha una roccia al microscopio? I ricercatori dell’Università di Pavia studiano gli esseri viventi e la materia inorganica per capire i segreti della scienza.
Grazie all’uso di sofisticate tecnologie possono fotografare oggetti infinitamente piccoli, invisibili a occhio nudo, che ci restituiscono immagini affascinanti.
Sì, perchè la scienza non è solo utile a tutti, ma è anche bella! una vera opera d’arte. La mostra fotografica “Scatti di Scienza” vuole condividere con voi le immagini ottenute nei laboratori della nostra Università: potrete osservare cellule di mille forme, microrganismi marini, ingrandimenti di rocce: un mondo invisibile e meraviglioso che sta proprio sotto i nostri occhi!