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hard to walk over the rocks but you do get great views, and perhaps spot a Humpback Whale or two, or some Dolphins. Point Lookout
Bernard's Landing, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia - at night, obviously.
This one is tricky. It was difficult to deal with the dock which was overlit by nearby parking lot lights. Those lights also cast my shadow, and the camera shadow on either side of the dock (did you notice?)
This is a three-shot vertorama. See the "settings" for details.
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I vividly remember my first true encounter with dark skies... it was near here returning from a late afternoon of water skiing and swimming. Darkness had fallen and as we traveled back to our "home dock" I saw a sky so full of stars I almost couldn't imagine it. I was raised in a suburb of Washington, DC where the darkest sky I saw would NEVER have revealed the Milky Way.
The rest of that boating story is amusing... We ran aground on a sandy little island and were rescued by other boaters sailing under the beautiful night sky. My father was bestowed with the nickname "Captain Beach'em" as a result. That was an homage to one of the other local skippers who had earned the name "Captain Crunch" after running his boat into pilings.
The surrounding area has blossomed, and there are houses and light pollution nearly every where around the lake... but you can STILL see the Milky Way from a dark spot.
I know the arc of my life would have been quite different if not for the starry skies of Smith Mountain Lake. I wonder with sadness how many childhood dreams go unlaunched because they've never seen the wonder of the night sky.
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This was a tricky bit of composition — I was so pleased when it held together and lifted without bits dropping out that I had to take a photo.
I could have done with some of those SB curved plastic quoins for this, but only had triangular angle quads. When using these it is important to tighten the mechanical quoins gradually, alternately. If you do one direction too hard it all goes skew-whiff and collapses.
As the festive period creeps ever closer its time to up the medication in anticipation of an endless stream of saccharine sweet Christmas adverts on TV and tunes playing in every shop. Not only that but having to face the indignity of having to actually enter just about every shop hunting for predictably underwhelming presents. And, of course, the inevitable mince pies (OK I do actually like mince pies but i have an unusual addiction). With all this going on I need to keep myself medicated just to survive. The lights on the tree are enough to make me flashback to nights out I was hoping I had forgotten...
Now, however your troubles are over as you can now take some id-iom certified yuletide survival pills for all those tricky times. No need to wallow in your own misery at this time of year ever again. Just pop one of the pills into your mouth with a glass of water and - bingo - you're good to go! Just be careful not to take all three at once, I did once and it was a somewhat messy situation...
Cheers
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Title: Time to up the id-iomedication (triptych)
Media: Acrylic paint, spray paint, stencils and screen print
Size: A3 paper
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A brief tutorial on how to do color development with a JOBO ATL-1500 processor:
1. mix the chemicals by the manufacturers instructions. i store my mixed chemicals either in PET-bottles or in Hama-bellow-bottles. I try to not store any mixed chemicals for any long period of time (max; 2-3 weeks), since they will go bad pretty quckly (which I've learned the hard way). This is even more true if you re-use chemicals.
2. Fire up the JOBO and attach it to you water supply. The first thing I always do is to run a full clean 1-6 program to get water running through the whole system. This is also a good time to start get the rinse water temperature to a correct 38 degrees C. I usually think it is enough when I get it above 37.5 and it doesn't go over 38.5. So the +- 0.5 range will do. At least for me.
3. Fill the bottles in the JOBO with your chemicals. I use a measuring glass to get the correct amount when I run E6. More to that later.
4. Verify that the program is correctly setup.
5. Just insert the loaded drum into the machine. Start the machine. Close the lid. Wait for it to finish. At least if you're running single-use chemicals.
6. When done, I open up the drum and remove the film from the reel. I try to run the final rinse in a separate container, to not get any stab chemicals on my reels.
I leave the chemicals in the stab for at least a minute. Sometimes longer. Not sure if it is good or bad :)
Then I simply hang the film try dry. Either in my drying cabin (for C41) or just in plain air (E6).
If I use the drying cabin I normally set a timer for 20 minutes when I start it and when it fires I go to check and see if the film is dry. If you leave it too long it will curl like crazy.
Tetenal C41:
The tetenal chemicals can be reused and you will still get decent results.
I normally mix up 1L chemicals and store them in bottles (PET normally, so I can squize out air). When it is time to do some development I start the JOBO, run a clean program, make sure the water temperature is correct, and then start to pour chemicals into the bottles. I normally fill them with something like 500ml.
Here's when it gets a bit tricky: to re-use the chemicals you need to gather them in a small container. Plus you do not want to get any cross-contamination between the chemicals.
I got the following at hand: containers for the used chemicals and a jug of water. When the program starts I set one of the containers under the hose of the chemical outlet. Once the processor pours out the chemicals I'm quick to tap the hose a bit (to get those few extra drops out) and the remove the container. Before I put the new container in place, I pour a bit of water on the hose. I also try to get some water _inside_ of the hose. This way I get rid of most of the chemicals. I wait until it's something like 30 seconds left until it will spit out the next batch of chemicals, I then put the new container in place. This way I know I've gotten as little developer as possible in the blix.
When I'm done I pour back the used chemicals into the 1L bottles.
Recently I've started to use a simple stop bath to even save more of the blix. I use this as a single-use chemical.
Tetenal E6:
I've found that these are easier to re-use than the C41 chemicals. I just mix up 0.5L and then gather it after each run and re-use them a few times, until I feel it is probably best to mix a new batch.
I use no stop bath of anything.
I've never failed a single roll using Tetenal's E6 kit. But I've lost quite a few C41 rolls :/ Mostly because of exhausted chemicals and the lack of stop-bath.
Kodak E6:
I use these as single-use chemicals (as they are intended to be). It's quite straight forward, except that it is a PITA to mix six baths.
I normally mix 1L at a time and try to use it over the next weeks.
I use 250ml for two rolls of 135 or 120. I also use 250ml for a sheet of 8x10".
My plan is to try if I get just use 125ml for a single sheet of 8x10". That would save me a lot of chemicals.
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when nothing changes a speck, when you don’t go anywhere or do anything or think one new thought. And then you can get hit with a day, or an hour, or a half a second when so much happens it’s almost like you got born all over again into some brand-new person you for damn sure never expected to meet.
E.R. Frank, Life Is Funny
Presente de aniversário para o nosso amigo Jeowany. A blend foi feita rápida, Tricky cuidou de todo o back e eu cuidei da principal e da tipografia! Espero que goste Jeo é de coração <3
Winter 1964 / 1965 / 1966 ?
Lee Bank, Halifax
Halifax Corporation Leyland bus - No11 Mixenden - struggles to grip the icy road at Lee Bank, Halifax, on the A629. The road is steeper than it looks in the photograph. Date is unknown though the "B" reg car dates it 1964 or later, the Leyland front-door buses were mostly "C" reg. The Daimler bus to the right looks to be empty and driverless. Houses off Pellon Lane can be seen at the top (updated after this image appeared on Facebook). Today a large dual-carriageway bridge sweeps over the top of this scene.
Taken by David Green
I've always been a fan of SSX Tricky and SSX 3 on PS2, but I've got to say I like the new SSX a whole lot better. Very addicting.
Yes I play as Kaori. Haters gonna hate.
“The tricky part of the human journey is to transform ourselves continually as our life directions change.”
“He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.”
Picture taken inside recreation area Nieuwenhove, nearby Sint-Truiden Belgium.
The ditch around this meadow is actually used to treat waste water on a natural way using reed.
More info about this ecological and succesful method :
Paper: ca. 30cm Elephant Hide, painted with Faber Castell Gelatos
Grid: 14 squares
Model: Alessandra Lamio
Book: 30. Treffen OD
This is the collapsed version without distance between the rows. Was a bit harder to collapse, but with glue still doable.
Using a wind machine can be tricky...If the model looks into it, the eyes squint up. I wanted the hair blowing and the scarf wouldn't cooperate. I love photographing women and giving them that glamorous look of the 50's. A perfect model that really got into the look I was going for.
Used three strobe lights(Norman 2400)
2-softboxes
1 large dish w/ grid that I spotted on her face
And that wacky wind machine
PW sync
Nikon D700
Nikor 28-85mm lens
Model Claire
Make up by Kimberly Fiallo