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It was amusing to watch this mischievous Jolly Roger changing its "facial" appearance in seconds. Sea fog in Scarborough, stayed for whole day. North Yorkshire, England.
A grim discovery on our hike in remote parts of Dartmoor last Sunday. The bones most likely belonged to a cow (or maybe a Dartmoor pony? Not too sure).
I'm here to rid the island of the growing population of Mogwai and Gremlins for her. I'm not going to be nice to them either. I'm a Pirate, dammit, we're mean!
"Pero' nessuno, mai,
ha parlato del meglio degli ospedali,
voglio dire: del ricordo
di quei gesti pieni di vita
della gente.
Tutti ricordano i tubi,
le analisi, i morti che
vengono portati via dal letto accanto
E nessuno ha i coglioni per parlare
dello stato di grazia degli ospedali,
del miracolo quasi impercettibile,
nel momento in cui il malato terminale
quello che davamo per spacciato, ritorna,
attraversa la porta,
torna a casa
Vi assicuro che nessun film di prigionieri,
racconta meglio questa sensazione
Quella di tornare alla vita
Un prigioniero fugge da una vita da cani
verso una vita quotidiana che e', diciamo,
una vita da cagnoglini pekinesi
Ma chi esce dall'ospedale,
esce dalla flebo
che ti aveva iniettato la morte, un'altra volta a respirare
Io ringrazierei ogni mattina
Direi:
Che bastardi e figli di puttana,
gli ex malati che dimenticano!
Escono dall'ospedale,
passano sotto porte sopra le quali c'e' scritto MORTE,
ne escono vivi e nel giro di un mese si dimenticano
A chi e' venuto in mente di vedere
In faccia la morte?
Credo che sia cosi'
Che questi coglioni hanno visto in faccia
la morte e
si sono salvati la pelle,
e adesso dimenticano
Dimenticano facilmente
qualsiasi persona e qualsiasi animaletto,
dimenticano i propri figli e i propri figliastri,
la loro seconda moglie e il loro primo marito,
dimenticano tutto quello che gli si mette davanti,
pur di rimanere abbracciati a se stessi
E quando si salvano la vita,
non ascoltano
- che coglioni -
una voce oscura nella memoria che gli ripete:
Sto parlando a te, sono io. Ti ricordi?
Il mese scorso eravamo a comprarti
un loculo" - Rodrigo García
Smoke break. Alppila, Helsinki, Finland.
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Street-view, at night, of Casa Batlló, a Gaudi-designed home, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Batlló with its famous "skull and bones" balconies.
Welche Farbe nehme ich denn nun für die Lackierung der Kofferraumhaube? Rot! Ääh blau! Äääh gelb! Äääh, ... können Sie mir das bitte alles wieder abmachen?
I must admit that the tv series Black Sails have been the motivation here, something you will se if you know what I'm talking about. Actually a very good exercise with lighting. The image is processed to give more texture and thereby make myself older (at least older than I feel:-). This was the best picture after much trial and error.
Gravestone of Mary Goose, wife of Isaac Goose, 1690. Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lápida de Mary Goose, esposa de Isaac Goose, 1690. Granero enterrando a tierra, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos.
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Yes, he was dancing in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the passing of Margaret Thatcher.
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IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
El cementiri de Sabadell, amb un detall certament mortuori.
Placa de col•lodió sec, mètode Major Russell (col•lodió-taní), en format 4x5; realitzat amb una Graflex Crown Graphic fabricada cap al 1951; Graflex Optar f4,7 de 135mm; 2 minuts a f4.7 (EV 13.5). Aquesta placa en concret fou oblidada per mí durant mesos o quasi un any en una caixa fosca i vaig provar-la just per veure si funcionava, i realment ha anat prou bé, considerant el temps que portava feta. I a sobre sembla que és de les que vaig fer amb goma aràbiga en comptes de taní, que m'han costat més de fer servir (tot i que son molt més convenients i ràpides, si van bé).
Les plaques cobertes amb co•lodió (i anteriorment albuminades, part essencial del procés) es preparen com per a una placa humida usual. En el moment de treure-les del bany de plata, comença la diversió. Cal rentar la placa, sota llum roja, en dues safates d'aigua destilada, i seguidament, submerir-la en una sol•lució d'aigua, taní i etanol. Son uns 10 minutes per placa, en total. Un cop feta la exposició, encara més important el revelat també és per inmersió. Primer s’humidifica la placa seca amb aigua i etanol, i després es submergeix 5 minuts en una solució d’acid pirogalic i citric, amb unes gotes de nitrat de plata. Amb això s’inicia el revelat, però cal afegir més nitrat de plata passats els cinc minuts i usualment fins als 10-12 minuts.
Les plaques de col•lodió sec son força desconegudes però es varen fer servir en paral•lel al més famós col•lodió humit. Eren molt pràctiques per eliminar la necessitat de portar a sobre tots els quimics i una cambra fosca portatil, però com les exposicions son molt llargues, de diversos minuts com a mínim, en queden exclosos els retrats. Aquest tipus de procediment en concret, conegut com a mètode Russell, data de 1861.
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The a deadly detail in the cemetery of my hometown, Sabadell.
Dry collodion plate, Major Russell process (tannin-collodion) in 4x5 format; taken with a Graflex Crown Graphic, made c. 1951; Graflex Optar f4,7 de 135mm lens; exposed for 2 minutes at f4.7 (EV 13.5). This particular plate was very "old" (that is, months or even a full year), and I used it just to see if it worked, and IT DID! And even more it was a gum arabic collodion dry plate, not a tannin one, as noted by myself in it, althoug I can't recall the exact details of manufacture.
The dry collodion is a quite convenient "evolution" from the wet collodion, as it allows to go out there without any box of chemicals and a dark box following you. But it never gained more popularity due to it's own problems, like even more complex manipulations and specially much less sensibility, with expositions in the minutes range, limiting it to landscape photography. This method, discovered by Major Russell in 1861, uses tannin to preserve the sensitivity of the plates once dry.
Glass plates covered with collodion (and previously albuminized, an essential part of the process) are prepared as for a usual wet plate. The moment you take them out of the silver bath, the fun begins. The plate must be washed, under red light, in two trays of distilled water, and then immersed in a solution of water, tannin and ethanol. It's about 10 minutes per plate, in total
Once the exposure is made, even more important is to develope also by immersion. First, the dry plate is moistened with water and ethanol, and then immersed for 5 minutes in a solution of pyrogallic and citric acid, with a few drops of silver nitrate. This starts the development, but it is necessary to add more silver nitrate after five minutes and usually up to 10-12 minutes.
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Catacombes de Paris, September 2014
Some further light reading over here www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184393/Paris-catacombs-...
Trio Niskalaukaus at Tuska Festival main stage, Helsinki Finland 2018. Timo Rautiainen and Jarkko Petosalmi interview after this gig is now available on YouTube: youtu.be/iY-yK1iCB24
Wikipedia: Timo Rautiainen ja Trio Niskalaukaus (fin. "Trio Neckshot") is a heavy metal band from Finland, formed in 1997. The musical influence of the band ranges from Black Sabbath to more modern metal acts. Lyrically, the themes presented in their songs range from global issues (such as global warming, genocide, war and nuclear waste or nuclear weapons left loose) to personal tragedy (such as the death of a loved one, school bullying and suicide), typically in a dark and serious tone. They have released seven albums to date.
The skull and then our exit and back in the car park. Trying to get to look around the PKP Cargo locomotive depot in Skarzysko-Kamienna ended up in the foyer in a stampede of workers finishing their shift, then in the car park an argument with one of the workers say he was going to call the police?! Stern words were had and we were all left alone he got in his car and went. Oh what fun all in a day’s chasing trains
Hand engraved in a Douk-Douk 'Le Géant' pocket knife handle.
This 'Le Géant's handle is made from black-chromed stainless steel which is difficult to engrave.
Sint Johannes de Doperkerk -
Parrega, Province Friesland / The Netherlands
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Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur,
Omnia mors perimit et nulli miseretur.
Ad mortem festinamus peccare desistamus.
Life is short, and shortly it will end;
Death comes quickly and respects no one,
Death destroys everything and takes pity on no one.
To death we are hastening, let us refrain from sinning.
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, 1399
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Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - FUJI Neopan 400CN