Chinese astronomers in 1054 recorded a new 'star'. This new star was visible during the daytime for almost a month.

What they were actually witnessing was a supernova, the death of a star.

This particular star was about 6,500 light years away. They didn't know it at the time but, they were witnessing something that actually happened around 5,450 BC.

It's believed that the Crab Nebula is the remnants of that supernova.

M1 is six light years across!

It was first discovered in 1731 by John Bevis. M1 is what inspired Charles Messier to later start his now famous Messier catalogue. After he thought he'd found Halley's comet and realised it wasn't, he decided to make a list of things that weren't comets, and so therefore, not worth observing. Now, every astronomer and astrophotographer are fascinated by them.

BORING techie bit:

Captured using a Skywatcher Quattro 8" with f4 coma corrector on a HEQ5 mount.

Guided using an Altair 50mm guidescope and GPcam combo.

Canon 450D astro modified and with Astronomik CLS CCD APS-C clip in filter.

Location: Newhey, Rochdale, UK.

13 exposures of 3 minutes each. Stacked together with calibration frames using DSS and all processing done with StarTools.

The Fossil Footprint Nebula.

Discovered in 1790 by William Herschel NGC 1491 can be found in the constellation of Perseus at a distance of approximately 11,000 light years from us.

Known as a HII region. This type of nebulae is caused by ultraviolet radiation from the hot young stars being born within ionizing the surrounding nebula, which cause it to glow in visible light allowing us to see it.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi585mm guide camera, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

85 light frames combined with calibration frames in DeepSkyStacker and then further processed using PixInsight, Graxpert & Affinity Photo.

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forced socialization is exhausting!

I had a mixed bag kind of day! It started out looking dank and like rain, so i rolled over and went back to sleep for another 40 minutes. When i got up, the sky was breaking up to my Carolina Blue, so i got myself together and had my tea and checked my mail ...and FB ...and found a message from a friend in Florida that asked if she could use two of my shots to paint in watercolors! She will put my link to my site and give me credit for the original shots. I had the forethought to ask her for a recommendation of a decent web site that i, the untechie might be able to manage on my own. She made a suggestion, and so i called her to discuss and was convinced....so i spent time looking into it and TRYING to set it up.....going back to that whole UNTECHIE problem i have (i am sure it is related to math!) . By then it began to rain,,,,i never even noticed it had clouded over, i was so intent on figuring this out...so i never got out to the store because they do not believe in gutters on houses here and the way my roof slopes, the rain pours off down my stairs, leaving me looking like i just got out of my shower fully clothed. The store could wait!

Then promptly at 1:57pm, the installers arrived for my countertops...which i am thrilled about because now i am not using wood slats to hold my electric kettle for my tea! I love them....my countertops (altho i love my electric kettle and tea too!) i was fascinated with the whole installation thing...they attached something that looked like a defibrillator to my counter top and let it do it’s thing (getting the seam tight?!?). One of the installers was from the town next to me when i was growing up!! small world. i tried to work while they were here but i couldn’t because one of them kept asking me questions ....most of which i was unsure of the answer to...so i was glad when my son in law showed up!

When that was said and done, i felt like i had socialized for a month...which is probably why when i went back to trying to figure out the techie stuff i felt overwhelmingly exhausted...so i ate.....tried again and have decided that tomorrow is another day...and i am going to read my new book. It is quiet time at the ok corral!

Hope tomorrow is a day of less “social” stress....just throwin’ it out there!

This is a landscape version from my visit to Holywell Bay near Newquay earlier in the summer. This was taken only a few minutes apart from the portrait shot but the difference in the sky is quite dramatic.

It might not look like it here but this beach and these rocks were featured in the opening sequence from 'Die Another Day' the James Bond film.

In this version I deliberately kept the contrast and shadows low to give a more gentle, mellow feel.

Thanks for looking.

Ade

Techie bit: EOS 50d, 24-70, bracketed & blended

Information Technology Is Serious Business. This is my buddy Jason from work. He is a master computer genius of epic proportions. He can fix anything, literally. He is head of support for the IT Department. He has been asking me for a while to do a cool techie shot of him and what better way than to slap him in a suit (to make him look important of course) and put him in the middle of the server racks.

Please hit the letter L and view large!

Camera Info:

Canon 7D, Canon 7D, Sigma DC 17-70mm 1:2.8-4 Macro HSM @17mm, f/9.0, 1/200s, ISO 100

Strobist Info: See Setup Shot here.

-Canon 430EXII Camera right and behind subject, 1/4 power @70mm Zoom fired bare, 7 feet high and 6 feet away from subject.

-Canon 430EXII Camera left and behind subject, 1/4 power @70mm Zoom fired bare, 6 feet high and 6 feet away from subject.

-Canon 430EXII directly above and behind camera, 1/2 Power @24mm Zoom inside 40 inch softbox, 8 feet high and 5 feet from subject.

-White reflector being held underneath subject about 3 feet below his chin. My buddy Jonathon was holding the reflector.

-Flashes triggered with Interfit Strobies.

One of the most beautiful Victorian homes in the historic village of Mendocino, the MacCallum House was built in 1882 as a wedding gift for Daisy Kelley and her husband Alex MacCallum.

TECHIE NOTES:

This is a single exposure, using a tripod, and the following settings: 6/10th of a second @ f/3.5 and 200 ISO.

Getting this shot took some planning. I wanted to show the house all lit up just before nightfall, yet still have some daylight in the sky. I arrived ahead of time to be able to do some test shots and be ready for the moment. Because it was slightly windy, the clouds were moving quite quickly and there was enough movement in the bushes and decorations that they would get motion blur, so I couldn't do a very long exposure. I tried several shots, and eventually settled on f/3.5, at 6/10th of a second, and ISO 200. I guess I could have increased the ISO but my experience with the Canon EOS 20 D, suggested it best to keep the ISO as low as possible to minimize grain in the final shot. This final and most successful of the evening's exposures was taken at 5:48 P.M. in mid December (several years ago).

Northern California's Mendocino Coast was home to many Native American tribes until Spanish conquistadores, and Mexican settlers -- and later Anglo settlers from the East Coast -- arrived and systematically took over tribal lands after, sad to say, decimating the native populations. There is an excellent museum at the Cabrillo Lighthouse just north of Mendocino village which pays tribute to the culture of the first true Americans - the Pomo - to have lived along this coast.

As for more recent history, here is more information about the Kelley family, one of the first Anglo settler families to establish themselves in this area in the mid-1800's, see: www.kelleyhousemuseum.org/

“I’ve got all the friends I need... online,” Futaba Sakura explains. With the Coronavirus situation, Futaba’s shut-in lifestyle may become more prevalent.

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Created for this week’s Toy Sunday theme, INTIMACY.

"….if the coyote catches you..." Well you know the rest of it and so does he , so he is sneaking up on the coyote instead. :-)

(wish I was techie enough to put the coyote in here split screen)

#ABFAV_Artificial_light

This image was taken in Belgium, and the pyrotechnics by courtesy of a Spanish group, music and fireworks amongst the people, never seen anything like it!

Keep safe, and have a great day, Magda, (*_*)

Just adding this note for those interested in the techie stuff; this was taken on my Nikon F4, on 400asa film

I am such an impulsive/intuitive photographer and after all the years, I do things by 'feel', like driving a car, you know what I mean, but I'll try. I'd say f 4.5, 1/30 of second. Of course on a tripod and with cable release. I was way behind the crowd on a small hill, with a long lens probably between 200/250.

The result also depends on the film and sensitivity.

Photographic film is a sheet of plastic (cellulose acetate) coated with an emulsion containing light-sensitive silver halide salts (bonded by gelatine) with variable crystal sizes that determine the sensitivity and resolution of the film.

Colour film uses at least 3 layers, I now use film with 4.

Dyes added to the silver salts make the crystals sensitive to different colours. During development, the silver salts are converted to metallic silver, as with black and white film. The by-products of this reaction form coloured dyes. The silver is converted back to silver salts in the bleach step of development. It is removed from the film in the fix step.

Hope that helps and enjoy, Magda, (*_*)

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This is NGC2841 The Tiger's Eye galaxy.

First discovered by William Herschel 9th of March 1788.

It's an unbarred spiral galaxy which can be found in the constellation of Ursa Major (the Great Bear).

It's 46 million light years away and approximately 150,000 light years across, so, quite big.

Imaged taken 5th of January 2022 from my back garden.

Boring techie bit.

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

Located 6,400 light years away in the constellation of Orion, the Monkey Head is an emission nebula and home to the open star cluster NGC 2175.

The nebula acts as a womb for new stars to be born. Those new stars then radiate such immense energy that blasts in to the surrounding gas and dust that makes up the nebula. This has the effect of not only clearing away the surrounding nebula from the newly born star but, causes the gas and dust in other areas to be pushed together. When enough of this material is pushed together it allows gravity to take hold and pull more and more of it in. When enough of it is pulled together there's a good chance another star will be born.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 100, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

180s exposures.

Best 70% of 30 light frames.

Darks, Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, and processed in Affinity Photo.

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2023 Porsche 911 in Dakar trim. Not sure if this is for Paris - Dakar famous off road rally but it has 60mm lift in the ride height over the GTS, which can be raised to 90mm at the push of a button.

The has standard-fit rear-wheel steering, stainless steel underbody protection, a set of beefy tow hooks, a pair of larger radiators from the 911 Turbo, carbon-backed seats from the GT3, plus carbon fibre rear wing and an optional roll cage.

Made and designed for Porsche, the Pirelli Scorpions tyres feature a double carcass to prevent punctures, while also benefiting from a massive whopping 9mm of tread depth.

(The Pirelli Scorpions All Terrain 245/45 R19 102V are about £282 each.)

For the techie folks - the Dakar is based on the Carrera 4 GTS, and it shares that car’s 473bhp 3.0-litre twin-turbo flat-six petrol engine, connected to a quick-shifting eight-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Output gives fantastic acceleration of 0-62mph in just 3.4sec. Just outrageous !!

Not cheap though around £173,000 give or take which is apparently about £50k more than the standard car it is based on.

Taken at the Concours of Elegance 2024 held at Hampton Court Palace.

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This photo was taken with a less ideal lighting condition and with a relative slow shutter speed as I was shooting with Portra 160 pushed 1-stop. I even had to open up the aperture on my Letiz Summitar lens to get enough light for the shot handheld. In the end, it was still a bit blurry due to motion and shallow depth of field. I was tempted to use Topaz AI in order to reduce the bluriness due to motion. The result looks a bit funky. I am facing with this paradox that by applying AI to compensate the shortcomings of film would actually defeat the purpose of shooting film in the first place. I have seen street photos from famed photographers that are blurry. However, my inner voice was telling me that I am not one of them. I am just a techie with a camera.

By the way, we should be alarmed by the rapid pace of AI development recently. There are certain companies that do not seriously implement ethical guard rails to prevent wrongdoings and unethical practices. This is both exciting and scary at the same time. Once we reach singularity, AGI, or whatever you call it, we would be at a point of no return.

Film: Kodak Portra 160 + 1EV

Camera: Leica IIIF

Lens: Leitz Summitar 50mm F2 LTM

A reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion, often called The Running Man Nebula.

NGC1977 is actually made up of three nebulae, those being NGC1973, NGC1975 and NGC1977.

It was first discovered by William Herschel in 1786 and is roughly about 1,460 light years from us.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

180s exposures, Gain110 at -20c

Best 75% of 80 light frames.

Darks, Flats & Bias.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, and processed in StarTools.

A winter evening....and two companions stopped on the Ponte alle Grazie to enjoy the shimmering water and soft glow of lights along the banks of the Arno. This is the bridge just upstream from the Ponte Vecchio, that one passes by to go to the Piazzale Michelangelo. On the hill one can see San Miniato al Monte. Sometimes I wish it were night all the time! I love how nature envelops us in the darkness, and we return to a different way of seeing and feeling.

TECHIE NOTES: Photo taken in color. Adjusted to monochrome in photoshop, and warming filter added.

For those who like to know about architecture and history, here is information about this bridge in Florence:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_alle_Grazie

Here is a photo of the original Ponte alle Grazie, before it was destroyed during WW II. At the time it was the oldest bridge in Florence:

www.shopping24.ilsole24ore.com/ProductRelated/alinari/fot...

....and here is a wonderful etching of the original Ponte alle Grazie:

grandtour.bncf.firenze.sbn.it:9080/nazionale/galleria-imm...

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And about the romanesque church on the hill:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_di_San_Miniato_al_Monte

The Basilica di San Miniato al Monte (Basilica of St Minias on the Mountain) stands atop one of the highest points in Florence, and has been described as the finest Romanesque structure in Tuscany and one of the most beautiful churches in Italy.

~one of the fountains at San Juan Capistrano.

I really enjoyed my visit here and would just love to go back. *big sigh* :)

Now, I interrupt this regular HBW photo with this special message:

Dear Flickr techie people,

Why can't I insert an image in my comments under the new version??? I have to switch back to the old version in order to add photos in my comment box. Isn't this going to be a problem once the final switch is made? Can we fix this problem? I assure you, Flickr members like myself appreciate the bigger, newer version of our photos (although you did make it easier to steal) but making it difficult for us to enjoy once simple features is very frustrating. Let's get it together and fix it, yes? Thank you! :-D

Now, where's the comment/complaint box?

If anyone has a solution...or is it just me?

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Have you ever seen a doll this close?

What do you guys think, would you like to take a Macro shot like this one? Do you like Macro photography? Isn't my Raven perfect? (she better be since I was a good half hour searching for the perfect "one" in the store xD).

You can view it in it's original size btw, I've uploaded it in full quality so you can see Raven like she's under a microscope hehe

Techie stuff: For those wondering how I did this I used a very cheap extension tube on my 50mm lens.

Also known as the Pinwheel galaxy.

At about 170,000 light years across, it's roughly 70% bigger than our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Lying some 25 million light years away, the Pinwheel galaxy is estimated to contain at least one trillion stars. Look for it in the constellation of Ursa Major ( the great bear ).

Pierre Méchain, Charles Messier's assistant, is credited with discovering M101 in 1781.

BORING techie bit:

Captured using a Skywatcher Quattro 8" with f4 coma corrector on a HEQ5 mount.

Guided using an Altair 50mm guidescope and GPcam combo.

Canon 450D astro modified with Astronomik CLS CCD APS-C clip in filter.

18 exposures of 5 minutes at ISO 400 combined with calibration frames. Stacked with DSS and all processing done with StarTools.

Tried to describe the mixture of old architecture and a techie device.

Shot one of my favorite models - Monica Brankovich at the beach of a local lake, while we were strolling after a fashion shooting. Nice and provocative poses are her second nature.

For the techie junkies - shot with Canon 5D Mark IV + Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 LII USM + Profoto B1 and Profoto Deep Umbrella Silver XL.

In case of questions - please, drop me a line in the comments. Follow me for more fashion and beauty shots.

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Construction Drone and Heavy Machinery techie.

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Nothing Screams "I'm an American" Like a Fourth of July Strobist style ShalerJump

YES, we were nearly shut-down 1/2 way through the action be a security officer whose supervisor thought we should be doing our thing. We were on the top floor of Fiesta Mall Parking Garage in Mesa AZ. The mall encourages people to watch the fireworks there, and it was a full house The guard said something about "All this equipment"

The guard started to say that photography is not allowed, but they let it happen for the Fourth, (duh) I basically said that we're no different than the other people with their cameras. I pointed to a few people w/ tripods and D-SLR's I politely said that although the strobes might be bright, so were the fireworks. We're just taking some pictures of our friends and trying to be patriotic.

Yes we were where the cars could drive, yet the garage was packed full and nobody should be driving, although some people did come late. The guy understood, got on his radio and let us continue. (yeeee ha!) So, if people give you static. POLITELY reason with them and ask what makes a Strobist any different than anyone else with a camera. Why should crappy photographers get away with photography when the world just needs better photos?! :-)

Anyway, what did you do on the Fourth, Just fireworks or did you do it strobist style?

Techie/ Strobist Info...

-Two -sunpak 622 strobes, one camera right (with a small brolly box)

-2nd 622 seen camera left, behind in the photo (lens flare and all)

-3rd strobe, sb-800 on ground behind the Jumper, w/ Small snoot of blackwrap.

- fired by Pocket Wizards.

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Editorial On Location Action Photographer - Arizona

summer 2007 we had a loaner 5D that a certain little figgin' memory card hated and chewed up an entire photo session. saved the card and sent it to the manufacturer in hopes of getting back the corrupt shots.

they poked and prodded and did better than i could

find but well, sadly only a few shots survived.

i'm pleased to share with you at least a frame or two.

more info in the comments

;)

pickerel lake ontario

northwest of algonquin

canada

techie stuff:

2.5 min, 16mm @ f/2.8 ISO 400

Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II

Also known as the Beehive cluster. M44 lies at 577 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cancer and spans about 15 light years across. In total there is estimated to be over 1,000 stars associated with this cluster. At around 600 million years old this cluster is quite young, when compared to our Sun's 4.5 billion years.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.

Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.

The MRCA Tornado

Blimey! I remember when these were first being introduced to the RAF and now some are getting retired to Air Museums.

Techie stuff: 6 frames HDR taken handheld using the in camera bracketing and processed in Photomatix Pro

Seen at Yorkshire Air Museum.

Thank you for visiting my stream and I hope that you enjoy the work.

My 200 most interesting images

Regards

Cluke

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Yesterday I buid this little guy. As all his species he love technology. They always wear high tech suits so nobody knows their real appearance. Somebody think they are bots but some scanners have proven there is a life form inside their suits.

Ayer construí a este tipo. Como toda su especie le encanta la tecnología. Siempre llevan trajes de alta tecnología por lo que nadie conoce cual es su apariencia real. Aunque algunos piensan que son robots, algunos scaners han probado que existe una forma de vida dentro de sus trajes.

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What happens when your vertical alignment is out on your Leica M8? You can either send it to Solms, get an experienced RF techie to do it or you DIY. I opted for the latter for the sake of time and the fact that some RF techies didn't want to touch it. So, I bought a the Zhou vertical tool (http://cgi.ebay.com/Vertical-Line-Focus-Adj-Tool-F-Leica-M4-2-M4p-M6-M7-MP-/170399164715?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item27ac94e92b#ht_2091wt_940) and fixed it myself. According to the description of the tool, it doesn't cater for the M8/M9, but it does actually work with the M8 (and I assume the M9).

Although I look a bit spack-handed with DIY in the YouTube videos, but I've fixed the Epson R-D1S alignments myself so I thought the M8 couldn't be much harder. The only tough part was getting the Leica badge off, which was a bit of a toughie. What you have to do is to repeatedly push it clockwise then anti-clockwise until the glue underneath it gives way. I would advise using a plastic object (something that won't scratch) to push under the left side of the "L" and then under the right side of the tail of the "L". Finally, it will slide off, revealing bits inside. It's a bit dark inside, but shine a bright light and you can make out where the hole is. This is a special tool that fits into the slot. Some would recommend using acetone (nail polish remover) to loosen the glue up a bit so you can make the amendments.

P.S. If you are not confident in doing it, then I would strongly recommend taking it to someone who knows what they are doing. One really needs to be quite delicate with it as it's easy f*ck it up. I did it because I am chi sin.

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"0800 hours, and the siege on the Techno Union CP is slow. It's a bright winter morning on the surface, and we haven't heard much commotion. We are to proceed further within the heart of the facility. Extract the Force Crystal powering the station and move topside for evac. Direct orders from the Chancellor."

The entire thing was a wreck underground. The roofing had split which had dirt, rubble, and ice spill into the dimly lit corridors of the Techie outpost. We had encountered fairly thick resistance moving towards the target, but the uniformity of Charlie squad plowed through the CIS lines. We had successfully reached and completed the objective; fairly easily sacking the target and awaiting further orders. That was when things moved to the unexpected.

Command had warned our troops of the mutated Crystalline Nelvaanian Dua-Wurms ripping through the lower levels of the facility. I had encountered these things on Cularin four months before, but I was yet unprepared. The room shook, tearing durasteel off the walls like sheets of paper.

"Form a circle! Evac is en route! ETA Twelve hours!"

The shaking continually grew ever stronger and more violent. The men were refined, but it they were afraid - I was afraid. Moments passed, and everything went silent. Cold. The facility had went as dead and unwelcoming as it had ever been; but the absence of sound was unbearable. Looking to my left, I find Blondie crouching with his DC-15s poised, his hands loosely shaking in fear. They tore through the room in seconds. Czar was caught off guard and thrown into the air off the catwalk, falling several kilos to the ground below. He landed out of sight with a merciless splatter and the sound of breaking bones and flesh filled the room. Both Blondie and Goat looked in my direction, seeking orders.

"I'm sure he'll be ok."

We ran.

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Mission 9.2 in the 457th Corps.

Also known has the Whale galaxy.

Just above the Whale can be seen a small elliptical galaxy, designated NGC 4627.

To the lower left can be seen NGC 4657 also known as the Hockey Stick galaxy.

The whale galaxy lies approx 25 million light years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

Boring techie bit:

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

Processed with Deep Sky Stacker & StarTools.

Well, clearly a meme can be the place for a rant—perhaps. Barely days when people said they were gonna return, then this f**ing bulls**t happens.

The oh so called maintenance for a 12 hour window. An idiot would have clearly figured out the wait wouldn’t take longer than 24 hours right? Then the drag comes along. Fixing stuff and yeah, patience. The epitome of waiting....blah blah blah.

Apparently it seems the community’s very much in anger for what’s all been happening for these days—-and likely months. Terrible updates that have plagued us for long that maybe even being inactive, you’d probably know what’s going on. That Pro account can actually go to waste for paying this heap of trash? Perhaps. Since the SmugMug buyout the prices are gonna increase.

I don’t exactly wanna blame the staff here, but at least you could have addressed it better. There’s a clear line of miscommunication and that is why more than a thousand customers are going after your head. In that case, I may not be a techie professionally, but updates like these should have been done in phases while keeping the site—or whatever it is running.

So what do you do when it goes to waste? You plan and write. Actually knowing what’s good to be set in stone for your issues. Real communication with the team. Hereby announcing the next slate of project coming up: Bronze Tiger. I’ve got the pilot ready since the dead days—hopefully it’s good considering I’be made the choice to move it up to late May instead of starting in summer (which may still continue into that frame.)

All I’m gonna say that, is if I’m going to have my issues look wobbly, blame the site. Second time happening, it’s gonna be GoT writers pulling another kind of stunt for its final season, and double it up.

Adios, now sit and wait for the next stuff coming shortly.

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Assignment 52 -- Copycat

A terrifically exciting, thought-provoking assignment! And the first challenge, of course, is to isolate & define what is characteristic of a given photographer's style. Even more daunting for me, the realization made particularly acute that I very much lack the technique, skills & knowledge to do more than make the merest stab at imitating photographers I admire. Nonetheless, there is much to be learned in the effort, so here is my attempt at going in a different direction in imitating Llewellyn, who caught the attention of so many of us:

.robertllewellyn.com/#/PORTFOLIOS/SEEING TREES

Never mind the futility of getting his kind of pin point focus -- it was a huge struggle for me to get whiteness without shadow! Even after setting up lights & fooling with them endlessly, & I am not at all a techie sort of person! But I'm glad I tried!

Oh I know it's an awful, corny title but when else am I going to get to use it?

The exit stairwell at the Vatican Museum. I should really be posting the classic image looking down the stairwell but, err, well, I fluffed it. But, on the other hand, EVERYBODY does that shot! So here's the more unique view looking up. And no that is not The Most Beautiful Girl In The World. No idea who she is but her standing there came in real handy for a bit of scale. :D

Anyway it's well past my bedtime and I'm clearly rambling so thank you for visiting and I hope that you enjoy the work.

See you all tomorrow

Cluke

Oh sorry, techie stuff, this was a whole bunch of overlapping images stitched together in Microsoft ICE

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The challenge for Saturday 1st October is ‘technology, new or old,’ and I wanted to steer clear of the techie kit we’re all surrounded with these days. So I’m taking the opportunity to salute another practical achievement of science, that of vaccination. Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology in the West in 1796, after he inoculated a 13 year-old-boy with vaccinia virus (cowpox), and demonstrated immunity to smallpox, and from then on scientists have developed and refined the technology to the point where many previously fatal outbreaks of disease are capable of being controlled.

My idea was prompted by my going last Saturday for my annual flu jab, and since our surgery was also offering the pneumonia vaccine in the same session I had that too, and then just yesterday I had my seasonal Covid booster. We learned from the leaflets they gave out that the Covid vaccine we were being given was a tweaked variant of the earlier vaccine so it was now capable of giving protection against two strains of Covid, another advance in immunology to keep pace with the mutations these viruses keep developing.

It’s salutary to think of where we’d be without the work of those dedicated researchers, so a picture of my growing collection of Covid vaccination tickets is my tribute to all of those involved in the vaccination programmes, from those in the laboratory through to everyone involved in the delivery!

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I've just spotted that this is on Explore so I'd best tell you a little about it - I've been a bit busy uploading lots of pictures and haven't caught up with all of my comments and stuff yet.

Anyway this is from a dragon hunt at Rixton Clay Pits. As the name would suggest it's a former clay pits area serving a local brickworks. The clay has been exhausted and the area allowed to return to nature. The local authority stepped in and turned it into a nature reserve - and full marks to them as it is now teeming with wildlife, including a very healthy population of photographers who can regularly be seen stalking their prey on small game hunts.

Techie stuff: shot with a Panasonic GH2, 45 -200 lens with a Raynox 150 macro lens attachment bunged on the front.

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Cluke

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