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Time for a little brag. I was awarded a Fellowship at the Societies Convention in London yesterday for this panel. Fellowship of Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers.
Lately I find myself wanting to experiment with HDR techniques gradually less ... I try to use all other available tools in order to successfully bring a captured scene into life, to make it presentable and to tell you the truth in most cases I'm not at all disappointed by the final results ...
I use multiple layers' image processing techniques and I also use masks in order to blend more than one captures together ... The above scene frame is a working combination of two captures taken from the same place but within a ten minutes' interval from one another ... The Flamingos' shot was taken first, the clarity was fine but I was not particularly happy with the background ... The second shot was a 2s long exposure and it came later, when "alas" my approach to the scene made the flamingos' fly away ... Thank God we live at a wonderful digital era ...
This kind of processing places extra meaning to Ansel Adams's words ... "You don't take a shot ... you actually make it !!! '' ...
NIKON D90 DSLR with Nikon Nikkor 18 - 55 lens, Manual Mode, f 10, ISO 125, focal length 18 mm, manually adjusted focusing, shutter speed 1/20 s (first shot), 2 s the second one, Auto white balance, PATTERN metering mode, no flash, use of tripod in both captures ...
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You can see the way the flake has broken off on this piece in a kind of cone shape, following the shock wave applied to the rock.
That's a hard hammer in John's hand. Those are generally pebbles. Soft hammers are made of bone.
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
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After a successful hunt, the cormorants may be seen drying their feathers on the dyke. Unlike other birds, they get wet to the skin when they dive. The air and thus the buoyancy are pressed entirely out of the springs. This allows them to dive up to 10-16 meters deep and chase the best fish from the depths of the IJsselmeer to the water surface. CHAPEAU to this spectacular evolutionary feat!
Fossils from Tanzania show cormorants have been around for 23 million years. Humans have only existed for about 3 million years. Despite its beautiful appearance, intelligent hunting method and respectable age, the bird was almost wiped out in the Netherlands. Fishermen complained that cormorants were decimating the fish population.
Size: 80 - 100cm
His flight can be up to 80kmh
Bogong village..
Bogong Village was built in the 1940s to house workers on the pioneering Kiewa hydro electricity scheme. At its peak,.
the village had its own school, which still stands today, and a police station..
It later served as a holiday village for employees of the State Electricity Commission..
With the privatisation of the SEC, the sublease for the village was put out to tender. With no successful applicants, it.
was planned to demolish the village and restore the area to bush land..
A consortium of businessmen (Bogong Alpine Village Pt Ltd), along with the broader community, lobbied the.
Government and was successful in obtaining the sublease, effectively saving the village from destruction. It is a.
requirement of this lease that the village be operated as a high-quality publicly accessible resort offering short-term.
accommodation, restaurant and snack bar services, recreation facilities with common areas open to the public
On the 6th day of our successful 16-day trek to the K2 North Base Camp and the North Gasherbrum Glacier in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, we spent the day exploring from our Sughet Jangal campsite (K2 North Base Camp, elevation 3,894 m, 12,776 ft.), seen here on the true right bank of the Sarpo Laggo River. Its location, from which K2 cannot be seen, is some 23 km (14.3 mi.) north-northwest of the mountain. In this view looking west-southwest, the snow-capped peak obscured by a cloud just left of center rises to 6,001 m (19,688 ft.). The snow-capped summit in sunshine further left is at 5,816 m (19,081 ft.). The Sarpo Laggo Glacier descends in the valley at left and the furthest peak just visible on the horizon at far left (6,254 m, 20,518 ft.) lies on the China-Pakistan border. The closer peak rising to its left (6,127 m, 20,102 ft.) lies in China. The Skamri Glacier (Crevasse Glacier) descends from the right beneath Peak 6001.
The gloriously named (and coloured) Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) hails from East Africa. Breeding pairs get help raising their chicks from other family group members, notably juveniles from the previous brood – how about that for community living?
I encountered this handsome beauty, plus its family and friends, at Kuala Lumpur’s 21-acre Bird Park, home to more than 200 species and 3,000 individual birds. Much of the park comprises a ‘free flying’ area, where the nets are so high and so wide that the birds, to all intents and purposes, are pretty much free range. Simulating their natural habitats and diets has also led to a successful captive breeding programme.
Two plastic stacking chairs. one of the most successful chair designs in the world
North arm of the Fraser River
River District, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
It'd seem things came to a bit of a stand still. The death of Mr. Silver hit our organization quite hard, he for the longest time was a friend to every member of both Triple Canopy and the IAS. However what with an engagement going on I thought it extremely necessary to start up the fire once again so to speak, after all rolling over and playing dead isn't in the book.
-Director Colt
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Gentlemen of the board, General Armani thank you for meeting with me.
General Armani - Given the circumstances, we all found it quite necessary
Board member 1 - Agreed, Director with the loss of Mr. Silver, the board and the general question your ability to effectively lead us.
Director Colt - Believe me, we did everything in our power to save him. He’d already been killed when the extraction team arrived.
Board member 3 - Please, which team went in?
Condor - It was tango team sir, my team
Board member 2 - It’d seem unjust to cut both of you off without a second chance..or is this the third?
Director Cold - Think what you will sir, but I’ll be damned if you insult my team.
General Armani - I admire your dedication Director, what say we put it to a vote? Keep things the way they are, or remove both director and his team? I move we keep them
Board member 2 - I
Board member 1 - I
Board member 3 - I
General Armani - It unanimous, congratulations gentlemen
Director Colt - Thank you sir, we appreciate your vote of confidence
Condor - We won’t let you down sir
General Armani - Which brings us to the next topic of discussion, hunting down Argento the Blue, and now that the Chinese have successfully established themselves, perhaps this will all be wrapped up quite soon.
Condor - There isn't a place on this earth he can hide that we won't find him. Argento's days are numbered.
General Armani - Thats what I like to hear.
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Awww yeeeaaaa this totally isn't mw2 or 3 huehuehuehuehuehuehuehue
But on a serious note I'm not quite terribly satisfied with my Triple Canopy guys at the moment so a 2.5 version will probably be coming out quite soon :D
Also CB3 hyppeeee
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One from another successful Jon Bowers Charter back in 2018, which featured ex SECR Class O1 65. An afternoon shot with the exhaust caught well by the low sun
The decor and ambience of this pizza parlour and bar suggest a successful and thriving business, but unfortunately a couple of months later this establishment closed
This young, soon to fledge kestrel was displaying all the attributes it will need to become a successful hunter.
Kestrel - Falco Tinnunculus
Yorkshire Dales
Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on my photos. It is truly appreciated.
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams (shown here) and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA successfully installed the first of two international docking adapters (IDAs) Friday Aug. 19, 2016, during a five hour and 58-minute spacewalk. The IDAs will be used for the future arrivals of Boeing and SpaceX commercial crew spacecraft in development under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi assisted the duo from inside the station, while all three cleaned up the Quest airlock afterward where they stowed their spacesuits and tools.
On Sept. 1, the two NASA astronauts will spacewalk outside the International Space Station for the second time in less than two weeks. Working on the port side of the orbiting complex’s backbone, or truss, Williams and Rubins will retract a thermal radiator that is part of the station’s cooling system. They’ll also tighten struts on a solar array joint, and install the first of several enhanced high-definition television cameras that will be used to monitor activities outside the station, including the comings and goings of visiting cargo and crew vehicles.
For more information about the International Space Station, click here.
I have uploaded this picture several times before, sometimes cropped differently, sometimes in mono, sometimes both but always from unsatisfactory scans of the slide. I have recently scanned it again during my self-imposed project of re-scanning some of my most cherished slides and negatives at the highest resolution my scanner is capable of.
This, I think, is the most successful yet and probably the best I'm going to get from this particular device (and its operator!) and since, at my time of life, I can't see me upgrading the scanner again this effort will, thankfully, be the last.
Shot through the fence and directly into the morning sun... there's a LOT wrong with this photo.... and, yet, I like it.... just the way it is. Driving home from Sussex County this morning, I saw many things that were U turn worthy.... and I made many U turns and stopped alongside the road many times. But this... was probably my favorite stop, my favorite scene... I saw this and it took my breath away. Wasn't successful in capturing it the way I saw it, though. A perfect country morning scene on a perfect October morning.
HFF!
My first successful lens flare with the Nikon (I did these all the time, to a fault maybe, with the Samsung).... I'm happy with this one.
It's also kind of an homage to my St. Louis Gateway Arch shots (seen in my Arch Study set! --> www.flickr.com/photos/christiaan_25/sets/72157602046715515/ ). I used the same motif. The maple arch has many more extra branches than the Gateway Arch has. ;)
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST, Thursday, November 17, as well as an agency technology demonstration on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
In addition to the newest Joint Polar Satellite System or JPSS-2, also aboard was NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, a test of inflatable heat shield technology that could one day help land astronauts on Mars.
Following JPSS-2's deployment, the LOFTID heat shield autonomously inflated and re-entered Earth's atmosphere, splashing down about 500 miles off the coast of Hawaii just over two hours and ten minutes after launch.
Image credit: United Launch Alliance
#NASA #NASAMarshall #TDM #TechnologyDemonstration #LOFTID
During a fantastic holiday in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, I captured this shot of a Great Blue Heron successfully fishing in the mangroves of the biosphere at Sian Ka'an.
Once the jet lag has worn off, I'll be back lineside for my more usual shots!
A majestic great grey owl flies up from its perch and then lands again a short distance away. From its new location, it does a dive down into the grass in an attempt to grab a vole (see an earlier post for an image of that: www.flickr.com/photos/40724294@N04/54400168073/). That was an unsuccessful attempt. But very successful for the photographer! LOL
Congratulations on a successful launch and docking Soyuz 46S crew! Welcome aboard
Soyuz 46S arriving at the International Space Station Saturday 20 March 2016
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Metroline VP549 (LK04CVL) on London Overground rail replacement duties arrives at Willesden Junction having run from Gunnersbury.
This is the second run out for the Willesden VPs on rail replacement services this year, on both occasions the use of a VP-class vehicle was planned. With the vehicle type almost extinct from Londin services, I have tried treat these London workhorses to a little bit of adventurous fun in their last days.
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Project successful... Specimen showing signs of continued organic life... Transfer is a success.
We will keep the specimen quarantined for the next 3 days... Then it will be released for a trial run. I have great confidence that the run will be a grand success.
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I haven't posted in forever... School and crosscountry are like a time black hole. :P
Having successfully delivered a bicycle to Southampton, but wishing to avoid the traffic jams around the Berkshire County Show, I decided to take a very roundabout but scenic route home.
I cut through the New Forest, and found myself on the Jurassic Coast. I had Monty with me, so there was a good excuse to go for a walk on the shingle beach by Durdle Door - which for the uninitiated, is this spectacular sea arch.
Being a Saturday there were still a few folk about even though it was starting to get on in the evening - but a long exposure does make a few disappear....
Much to my annoyance I did have to wait for a rather over-amorous couple to shift out of the way. Fortunately for me, and perhaps less fortunately for these two would-be exhibitionist Porn-stars, the sea temperature was a bit on the chilly side so they gave up fairly quickly. I really am turning into a grumpy old man.....
Please allow me to confess my trickery at the outset!
Yes, this is the wild male peregrine falcon juvenile who was successfully released back to its home and parents at Pawtucket City Hall. However, this image was taken at the Born to Be Wild Nature Center prior to his release. I have taken the liberty of sampling the blue around its eye to replace the background of the enclosure. So you see, it is not sky but PEREGRINE BLUE. Nothing is retouched except the BG. I have even left the bits of quail on its beak.
I hope to catch him and his silver bands flying past my office window one of these days. The other two juveniles are unbanded, and the female remains at Born to Be Wild, where she is receiving advanced care in hopes she can be released.
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The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels beneath the Pennines in northern England. Three are railway tunnels and the other is a canal tunnel. They are located at the Standedge (pronounced Stannige) crossing point between Marsden and Diggle, across the boundary between the West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester conurbations. Before boundary changes in 1974, both ends of the tunnel were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The canal tunnel is a key part of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Having been authorised by an Act of Parliament on 4 April 1794, construction work commenced on what was anticipated to be a 5,456-yard (4,989 m)-long tunnel only months thereafter. Within two years, several cost-saving measures were enacted which pushed back the envisioned completion date; work was also negatively impacted by the high levels of water encountered, which were much greater than had been expected. Amid this, it proved difficult to secure skilled help; some contract tenders went unanswered while figures like Benjamin Outram chose to withdraw from the venture. During 1807, the famed civil engineer Thomas Telford established a new detailed plan of work for the initiative; this was successfully and strictly followed throughout the rest of construction. During 1811, the tunnel finally opened; it is the longest and oldest of the four and is the longest and highest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom.[1] Having been closed to all traffic in 1943, the canal tunnel was later re-opened during May 2001.
The first, single-track railway tunnel, built for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on their line between Huddersfield and Manchester, was completed during 1848. However, it quickly proved to have insufficient capacity and a second, parallel, single-track tunnel was opened during 1871. Finally, the LNWR opened a third, double-track tunnel nearby on 1894. All four of the tunnels are linked by a series cross-tunnels or adits located at strategic intervals, which had allowed the railway tunnels to be built quickly by reducing the need for construction shafts, and allowed for waste materials to be removed by boat. Of the railway tunnels, only the one double-track tunnel completed in 1894 is currently used for rail traffic; the others remain intact but are presently disused. The Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre, at the Marsden end, serves as a base for boat trips into the tunnel, as well as host to an exhibition depicting the different crossings.
Bald Eagle fishing at Conowingo, MD 2010
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SIXTEEN SHADES OF BLADES. Pt. 2.
[Another repost that got lost when my Insta account was closed down (November 2020)]
Another successful surgery for Dr. Kildare. I had this lovely early Asahi Kogaku Takumar 100mm f3.5, all chrome M37 version taking dust in the 'desperation box' which represents my lens limbo... the place where I store parts, pieces and prospective recoveries. I rescued it for peanuts at a junk auction for mold, fog and an aperture issue quite some time ago.
It turned out that everything was very good (just in need of clean up), but one of the blades was out of order since it had lost its rotating fulcrum. The wait for a cheap recyclable donor to restoring got endless. So, after 'improvising' the way of fixing that issue on the past CZJ Tessar 80mm f2.8, I took it out and did the same job here.
Most luckily at the time the fulcrum was still inside the blades' pit, so I ended up by boxing everything together. And, when I noticed it, I became able to fix it right away.
Now the problem is putting everything back together since this oldie ain't ordinary stuff and the preset aperture is a bit tricky. No bottom fulcrum-housing since blades have a small vertical ridge that makes the blade move up and down a thin rail, when the aperture is operated. And they can't be reset in the pit and covered with the circular holder. I figure I'll have to insert the assembly head-over-heels, with the risk of messing them up. We'll see... Anyway, they look so cool spread open, don't they?
[Eventually the operation ended well].
I'll catch up with you later!
Behind depressing Qobustan town, barren rocky hill-crags rise from the semi-desert. But it was not always thus. Around 12,000 years ago the Caspian Sea level was some 80m higher. The Caspian foreshores were lush with vegetation and Stone Age hunter-gatherers settled in caves that were then just a short walk from the waters. The remnants of these caves remain etched with around 6000 fascinating petroglyphs (simple stone engravings). Even if you have no particular interest in ancient doodles, Qobustan’s eerie landscape and the hilltop views of oil-workings in the turquoise- blue Caspian are still fascinating.
The Qobustan Petroglyph Reserve is run by helpful English-speaking staff and it’s well worth paying for a guided tour: deciphering or even spotting the petroglyphs can be pretty tough for the casual visitor. Common themes are livestock, wild animals and human figures, notably shamans. Especially notable is a spindly reed boat sailing towards the sunset. Comparing this with similar ancient etchings in Norway led controversial ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl to suggest that Scandinavians might have originated in what is now Azerbaijan.
Seek out the fascinating tambourine stone. This resonant rock was played like a primitive musical instrument accompanying a ritual chain-dance (yallı) that features in some petroglyphs and was performed to ensure a successful hunt.
The reserve’s simple museum section, slated for eventual reconstruction, offers some interesting conjecture on daily cave life, setting the scene with mannequins eating and hunting. Tools and weapons found on the site are also displayed.
www.lonelyplanet.com/azerbaijan/baku-to-qobustan/qobustan...