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Small but mighty, some snowflakes have plenty of charm in only a simple shape. This is one such example, with inner features that offer so much complexity when the light hits on the perfect angle. View large! (Press "L" to view in Lightbox mode)
This “perfect angle” is tough to find, and requires flexible and fast movement of the camera with the snowflake as the center of rotation. A few degrees off and the snowflake would become completely transparent or overly reflective, and the right balance needed to be found to showcase the structures properly. It shows the distinction between inner bubbles, ridges, circular surface growth and all of the edge contours... I’m glad I was able to find this angle quickly enough!
Because a snowflake is actively sublimating, I need to work as fast as possible. If 5-10 minutes pass by, the crystal will become a shell of its former self, with smaller branches are rounded details. This vanishing act is already underway here, with rounded tips and fading branches. How do I work quickly? By shooting handheld. This image is shot at roughly 6:1 magnification and focus-stacked without using a tripod. It’s tricky work, but not impossible.
First, the end of the lens is held in place by my left hand, which is also resting on the background (a black mitten). This offers quite a bit of stability, and allows me to anchor the lens over the subject while I move my body into a different position and angle. When I find the proper angle, I shoot hundreds of images of the same snowflake. I never know with certainty if I’ve gotten the necessary “slices” of focus to combine, as there are no guarantees when handholding these shots.
From those hundreds, 20 in total were used. This is on the low end of the scale, with the average snowflake using twice that number of frames. The editing process can get rather in-depth, but I don’t want anyone to feel discouraged from shooting this subject! In fact, I wrote a book on the subject that covered the entire photographic workflow (gear, shooting, post-processing, etc.) in step-by-step details. February is holding up as the best month of snowflake photography, so grab a copy of Sky Crystals and enjoy the best photo opportunities that winter has to offer! Get it at www.skycrystals.ca/
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) transits the Philippine Sea. America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Cavenaile)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 15, 2016) - An MH-60S Sea Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 flies above amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay, attached to Expeditionary Strike Group 7, is operating in the Philippine Sea in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Diana Quinlan/Released) 160915-N-WF272-519
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 3, 2021) Chief petty officers serve lunch to Marines and Sailors aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27). Portland, part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Kates)
I use my xcato knife for most of my carving. Pencil marks are what I want to leave( the part you want to print)
1&2. Always hold a knife with a blade towards to outside of the line.
3. same thing from the other side.
4. peel the part you carved.
5 Now you have nice V shape ditch.
SASEBO, Japan (Oct. 27, 2020) A hose team attacks a mock fire during a Federal Fire integrated firefighting drill aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). The fire drill integrates fire fighters from Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo Federal Firefighters with Sailors aboard the ship to train on fighting in-port fires. New Orleans, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelby Sanders)
... is one of the most important astronomical research centers in the world.
Located on the island of La Palma, at an altitude of 2.4 km on the edge of the Caldera de Taburiente caldera, it consists of over 20 active telescopes or observation instruments.
It belongs to the same elite class as Paranal (Chile), Mauna Kea (Hawaii) and Siding Spring (Australia).
In European terms, it is the best possible place for astronomy, thanks to the world's top-class skies, where clarity, darkness and stability are exceptional.
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Personal training military press with dumbbells on a stability ball exercising outdoors.
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) transits the Philippine Sea. America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Cavenaile)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 11, 2020) A firefighter’s helmet is placed at the ceremonial Prisoner of War/Missing in Action table on the mess decks of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during a moment of silence held in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks 19 years ago. Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 24, 2021) Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08) sails in formation with forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and ships from the U.S. Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during a formation exercise. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vincent E. Zline)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 3, 2020) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Archangels” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Detachment 6, delivers stores to the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 26, 2020) MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to the Archangels of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 Detachment 6 prepare to launch from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) to conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise with Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). America, flagship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, assigned to Amphibious Squadron Eleven, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter Estrada)
TAIWAN STRAIT (June 4, 2020) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) transits the Taiwan Strait. Russell is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch)
Ice shelves are permanent floating sheets of ice that connect to a landmass. Most of the world’s ice shelves hug the coast of Antarctica. Ice from enormous ice sheets slowly oozes into the sea through glaciers and ice streams. If the ocean is cold enough, that newly arrived ice doesn't melt right away. Instead it may float on the surface and grow larger as glacial ice behind it continues to flow into the sea. Along protected coastlines, the resulting ice shelves can survive for thousands of years, bolstered by the rock of peninsulas and islands. Ice shelves grow when they gain ice from land, and occasionally shrink when icebergs calve off their edges. This give and take helps them maintain a dynamic stability.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (March 14, 2020) Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class Skyler Haynes aims a torpedo launcher aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during an anti-submarine exercise. Mustin is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s largest principal force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Askia Collins)
Here comes the wind and rain from this much-anticipated storm system! I hope my garden will survive its first official storm of the season. I did all I can to stake and rope ‘em up (to my car) for stability lol. Filmed from my place in San Jose, CA. (Thursday morning, November 13, 2025)
The photo shows a vehicle on a demonstration track where the Bendix ESP stability system is turned off. The outriggers are installed to maintain control of the trailer during demonstrations. The Bendix(R) ESP(R) Electronic Stability Program is now standard on new Kenworth T680 and T880 tractors.
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 31, 2020) Seaman Jonathan Schreiber, from Houston, left, and Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Tyron Kelly Pajel, from San Diego, carry chocks and chains from a CH-53 E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during flight operations on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serves as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 22, 2022) A naval air crewman jumps from an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, during a search and rescue (SAR) swimmer training evolution. HSC-23 is embarked aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7). Tripoli operates in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart)
SASEBO, Japan (Aug. 9, 2020) Landing craft, air cushion 30, assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7, prepares to enter the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship conducts amphibious operations. Germantown, part of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serves as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 19, 2020) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) launch an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Archangels of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 Detachment 6. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group and assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter Estrada)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 13, 2021) Machinery Repairman Fireman Alexis Gonzalez, from West Palm Beach, Fla., machines a Baxter bolt onboard USS America (LHA 6). America, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, serving as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kelsey Culbertson)
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) sails in the South China Sea, May 10, 2019. Chung-Hoon is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums) www.dvidshub.net
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 5, 2016) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the “Warlords” of Helicopter Strike Squandron (HSM) 51 takes off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during an evening flight operation. Mustin is on patrol in the South China Sea in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Joshua Mortensen/Released)
U.S. Soldiers prepare to make contact with Turkish military forces on the other side of the demarcation line during a security patrol outside Manbij, Syria, June 28, 2018. These independent, coordinated patrols by the two nation’s military forces are designed to help maintain the safety and security of the region since its liberation from ISIS by the Syrian Democratic Forces. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Koster)
Item # PP120
Downtown
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll
The Swinging London Collection
Edition Size: 725
Estimated Delivery: Mid to Late-Summer 2017
Suggested Retail Price: $130.00 US
Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker
Body: Poppy 1.5 (Body disassembles and features newly improved joint stability)
Foot Sculpt: Traditional Poppy feet with articulated ankles
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Light Auburn
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 15, 2020) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) man a .50 caliber machine gun during a security exercise. Mustin is underway conducting operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific while assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s largest principal force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Askia Collins)
Hand held in crop mode (17.3MP) & 640mm equivalent focal length, utilizing electronic shutter
Added some stability by placing my elbows against a table as I shot
A Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Sqaudron 369 scrubs the top of a UH-1Y Huey at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Nov. 28. Every 14 days, Marines wash and inspect each helicopter to ensure it is operating correctly.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough/Released)
EAST CHINA SEA (Aug. 3, 2020) Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Brian Peterson, from Vancouver, Wash., right, and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Tyron Kelly Pajel, from San Diego, handle fire hoses during an aircraft crash and salvage drill on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serves as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)
You can watch it here
I explain the Stability tool feature and how you can interpret the data it gives you to create a stronger model when built in reality.
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"If no disorder is produced, then no order can form."
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Last tweaks to the BIF Rig to improve Beam Triggering Stability..
the Detector and Laser now sit on a much more rigid box section frame - I now get a solid 255 count from the beam even if the frame or support is moved...
The detector had been fitted into a tube with deep red filter and a long "snout" to basically remove the effect of ambient light level changes...
The Beam height is adjustable over approximately 150mm
Just waiting for the rest of the BnS heads and a few more YN 560 II's from YN...
Peter...
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 3, 2020) The amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), right, receives pallets of dry goods from the dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) during an underway replenishment. New Orleans, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelby Sanders)
STRAIT OF MALACCA (March 30, 2016) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Kevin Bartold signals an MV-22 Osprey aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 (Reinforced), as it prepares to land on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit team is conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations during a scheduled deployment in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Monford/Released)
SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 10, 2019) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Caliph Proctor, from Fayatteville, N.C., reloads a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). McCampbell is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaac Maxwell/Released)
A tactical vehicle is used during a security patrol near Manbij, Syria, June 24, 2018. These independent, coordinated patrols are done in conjunction with Turkish military to continue the peace and stability in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Koster)
CORAL SEA (July 3, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4). McCampbell is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaac Maxwell/Released)
The situation is not as hostile as it may appear. The shotgun and the barbed wire are only regular security measures surrounding the UN's helicopter landing in Port de Paix. As any young kid would be, these boys like to be where the action is...
What is more accurate though, is that any person born since 1986 (when dictator Baby Doc Duvalier left the country) has hardly seen the country without foreign soldiers to enforce stability. (UN has played a role in the country most of the time since the early 90's).
Another aspect: With or without foreign input - in a country where there is a big gap between the few rich and the many poor, barbed wire is something you see surrounding any property worth defending. And it is not only UN soldiers carrying shotguns to protect... when you enter the stores for wealthy people, or their neighbourhoods, there are privat guards with shotguns everywhere.
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 13, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Kevin Dunlavey, from Munford, Tenn., right, stands by as a safety officer as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Archangels” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Detachment 6, conducts deck landing qualifications on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serves as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino)
CORAL SEA (July 24, 2019) Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 8, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, enters into the well deck behind LCAC 30 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during LCAC recovery operations. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is currently participating in Talisman Sabre 2019 off the coast of Northern Australia. A bilateral, biennial event, Talisman Sabre is designed to improve U.S. and Australian combat training, readiness and interoperability through realistic, relevant training necessary to maintain regional security, peace and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Starr)