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I can't tell you how useful it is keeping one, two or a dozen sporks at work for those days you forget to bring cutlery to eat lunch with.
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This is a rootless plant that purifies the air, like
all Tillandsias, it helps improve air quality by absorbing pollutants, making your environment healthier.
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Questi sono i fiori della Tillandsia, una pianta senza radici che purifica l'aria.
Assieme all'umidità, le Tillandsie catturano anche il pulviscolo atmosferico che contiene agenti inquinanti. In ragione di questa proprietà, sono stati eseguiti studi volti ad esplorare l'utilizzo di queste piante come biorivelatori di inquinanti atmosferici, in particolare per rivelare gli IPA (idrocarburi policiclici aromatici), sostanze provenienti dalla incompleta combustione della benzina e del gasolio sospettate di causare il cancro.
La pianta è stata testata per sei mesi sulla trafficatissima circonvallazione di Firenze, per iniziativa del botanico Luigi Brighigna dell'Ateneo fiorentino, che ha poi portato le piantine "inquinate" al dipartimento di chimica 'Ciamician' di Bologna, attrezzato per studiarle. Secondo i risultati del test, resi noti dall'Università di Bologna, la Tillandsia può essere usata per monitorare l'inquinamento, ma anche, in dosi massicce, per assorbire le polveri cariche di idrocarburi policiclici aromatici, ovvero i benzopireni accusati di essere cancerogeni, provenienti dall'incompleta combustione della benzina e del gasolio. La mancanza di radici ha permesso, inoltre, di analizzare le sostanze depositate escludendo le interferenze con il terreno. La Tillandsia non solo cattura gli inquinanti, ma è in grado di assorbirli ed eliminarli, metabolizzandoli, ovvero "mangiando" una discreta quantità di inquinanti: 0,2 milligrammi per chilogrammo di pianta. Costa poco e sono già state ipotizzate le applicazioni: una piccola parete può essere usata per disinquinare un appartamento, ma non si esclude in futuro l'ipotesi di interi pannelli pieni di piante da collocare sulle autostrade e sulle vie cittadine di grande traffico.
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......especially if there is a delay again in public transport and you're wondering whether you will get your connection ....
Een dagje naar het Van Abbe Museum met Pieter
The quintessential classic 1950s, B.R. designed, really useful engines pose at the 2022 DRS open day at Crewe Gresty Bridge (photobombed by an 88).
There are many reasons why visitors flocked to this event at Gresty Bridge on 16 July 2022, but one of them must surely be that it may have been the last opportunity to view the DRS heritage fleet in significant numbers. The offer of a lease back scheme may mean that DRS will still have access to some of these magnificent machines and hopefully Kingmoor can produce a line up like this in 2024.
Silvertip badger hair after 15 years of use. No question about it, it's not over yet!
Asahi Super-Multi-Coated Macro Takumar 100mm/f4 @f16
@daylight
Soft focus
Hey guys, lots going on and lots to talk about, and it feels like it's been too long since I posted a star shot.
This is the Oregon Coast with the Milky Way arcing overhead and a fishing trawler on the horizon. It's amazing how something that seems to be a nuisance at the time can become a useful dynamic later after consideration. ...And being forced to work with it! *laughing*
I like the "gentleness" of this image. What do you think about it?
This week I will be out of town working on an exciting local video production called "Treeverse." I was honored to be asked to be part of it, and then excited as it's developed into a sizable production full of creativity and imagination. You can find out more information
I will be doing timelapse and night photography of the event. Fingers crossed that we get a clear night for stars! A major shout out and thank you to # Dynamic Perception for supporting the production with a Stage Zero timelapse dolly system. If you are into timelapses- check out their system. It is incredibly powerful and incredibly simple to use. I could not rave enough about how much I am loving the Stage Zero and may run away with it to Mexico when I am supposed to send it back- wait, Canada is closer, so maybe Canada instead of Mexico. I will try to attach a sample video below of the kind of stuff I will be doing for this production. I am leaving this morning for the event and will be gone until Sunday. It's going to be an amazing week of photography, videography, timelapse, adventure and soggy mud.
A big thank you to all of you that responded to the video tutorial on Processing Stars! It was a major effort to put it together and get it online. Thank you for your support and interest. There will be more videos to come and in field workshops this summer.
It has been a wild ride pursuing this star photography thing. Lots of surprises, challenges, excitement, setbacks, and learning. When I first pointed my camera up into the night sky to try and take a picture of the stars with my DSLR, my jaw dropped when my preview screen lit up with more stars than my eyes could see or imagine were out there. The shot was underexposed, out of focus, and noisy as hell. Even though I was completely hooked at that first moment, I never would have guessed or imagined that the excitement of that one star shot would translate into the path it has become. We live in an exciting time where the digital revolution is putting POWERFUL tools at very affordable prices our hands. I encourage you to give a try at taking star pictures. Drive far out of town, and point that camera up into the sky! More than likely, your first tries will be out of focus, underexposed and noisy as hell just like mine were- but as likely, you'll feel that wonder of looking up into a starry sky and the amazement that you can take a picture of it! In case you've missed the posting in the past, if you do want to give shooting stars a chance, I've made a video tutorial geared to show you tips and techniques for "Your First Night Out Shooting Stars." It is not exhaustive, but it will point you in the right direction and give you that push of confidence and interest you may be needing to try it out. And, hopefully you can skip the first year and a half it took me to figure out how to even begin taking star shots!
Check it out # here
Thanks everyone for your support and interest in my work. It is continually a source of encouragement and inspiration for me!
In case you didn't know what 2 meters looked like....
It amused me to picture someone finding nine red squirrels and lining them up,,,,it is probable as likely as lining up three spaniels (that look like collies to me)!
And the Horton toilets were open too!
"The beautiful is as useful as the useful. Perhaps more so." ~~ Victor Hugo
It's my belief that without something in our life we think is beautiful we perish.
I go through a lot of decision often when I post ... will I be the only one to like this shot, is it really good enough to post, etc., etc. And sometimes I take one down within a few minutes of it being posted. This is one of those shots. Last rays of sun in the Tetons and Amy and I saw this bear meandering off into the backlit woods. I absolutely love the shot for the spirit it conveys though I know it is not a good technical shot.
Sorry I got to wordy here! Have a great day!
THANKS for your kind visits,
Bev
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Grand Tetons
Wyoming
USA
“Mock strawberry plants or False strawberry or Snake berry or Indian berry or Barren strawberry or Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden on the the shore of Lake Ontario in squires beach in Ajax , April 27. 2024”
“Mock strawberry plants or False strawberry or Snake berry or Indian berry or Barren strawberry or Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden on the the waterfront trail of Lake Ontario in squires beach , Martins photographs , Ajax, Ontario , Canada , April 27. 2024”
“Mock strawberry plants”
“False strawberry”
“Snake berry”
“Indian berry“
“Barren strawberry”
“Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden”
“on the the shore of Lake Ontario in squires beach in Ajax”
“Martin’s photographs”
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
“April 2024”
“Favourite photographs”
“iPhone XR”
“The shore of Lake Ontario”
Favourite
Favourites
“Tree roots”
“Simcoe point pioneer cemetery”
“Squires beach”
Blossoms
Rootstock
Autumn
“February 2024”
Shrubs
“Thorny trees”
“Large Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
blue sky
“cloud cover”
“Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario”
“Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario”
“Thorny trees”
Autumn
Shadows
“IPhone XR”
“iPhone SE 2020”
“Lake Ontario”
Fungi
Heron
“Gravel path”
“August 2023”
“Duffins creek marsh”
Log
“Wild Asters”
“Flowering trees”
Goldenrod
“Cropped photograph”
Family
“Old orchard”
“Apple tree”
Sunset
Shrubs
“Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
“Duffins trail”
“blue sky”
“cloud cover”
Autumn
Shadows
Mushroom
wildflowers
“Lake Ontario”
“Mouth of Duffins creek marsh”
“white Deadnetles”
River
Dogwood
Woods
Favourites
“Mock strawberry plants or False strawberry or Snake berry or Indian berry or Barren strawberry or Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden on the the shore of Lake Ontario in squires beach in Ajax , April 30. 2024”
“Mock strawberry plants or False strawberry or Snake berry or Indian berry or Barren strawberry or Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden on the the waterfront trail of Lake Ontario in squires beach , Martins photographs , Ajax, Ontario , Canada , April 30. 2024”
“Mock strawberry plants”
“False strawberry”
“Snake berry”
“Indian berry“
“Barren strawberry”
“Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden”
“on the the shore of Lake Ontario in squires beach in Ajax”
“Martin’s photographs”
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
“April 2024”
“Favourite photographs”
“iPhone XR”
“The shore of Lake Ontario”
Favourite
Favourites
“Tree roots”
“Simcoe point pioneer cemetery”
“Squires beach”
Blossoms
Rootstock
Autumn
“February 2024”
Shrubs
“Thorny trees”
“Large Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
blue sky
“cloud cover”
“Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario”
“Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario”
“Thorny trees”
Autumn
Shadows
“IPhone XR”
“iPhone SE 2020”
“Lake Ontario”
Fungi
Heron
“Gravel path”
“August 2023”
“Duffins creek marsh”
Log
“Wild Asters”
“Flowering trees”
Goldenrod
“Cropped photograph”
Family
“Old orchard”
“Apple tree”
Sunset
Shrubs
“Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
“Duffins trail”
“blue sky”
“cloud cover”
Autumn
Shadows
Mushroom
wildflowers
“Lake Ontario”
“Mouth of Duffins creek marsh”
“white Deadnetles”
River
Dogwood
Woods
Favourites
It was inevitable that the cheeky face of Thomas the Tank Engine would feature as a 'squared circle' and here he is!
The city of Mandalay, the capital of the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, lies on the eastern (true left) bank of the Irrawaddy River some 575 km (357 mi.) north of Yangon. Mandalay Hill (224 m, 735 ft,) rises some 135 m (443 ft.) above the northern part of the city. I took this shot in the Su Taung Pyae Pagoda, which lies on the summit of Mandalay Hill.
Useful Information
1. 30.5 acres
2. Headstones 3.812
3. Latin crosses 3.732
4. Stars of David 80
5. Missing in action 5.127.
6. Unknowns 24
7.Sets of brothers 1
8. Dedicated
This is going to come down soon so a useful record shot - also taken from the Amtrak Cascades train. The new bridge is expected to open in 2024.
The existing #PattulloBridge will remain in use until the new bridge is open to traffic. Once the new bridge is open, the existing bridge will be removed.
To learn more about the Pattullo Bridge replacement project, visit: pattullobridgereplacement.ca
And the Ministry posts pictures of progress
Somewhere in the middle of last week, a curious thing happened to me. I found myself in the mood to do something useful about the place. Normally a week on leave means a holiday somewhere else, and nothing ever gets done as the house gradually falls down over a period of years, but like the rest of you I haven't been very far from home in over a year now. So at the moment a week of leave means a period of inactivity at home, perhaps with the odd photography related jaunt in my plans. But the weather has been too good for photography during this particular break from the hamster wheel. No clouds, no wind, no rain. Perfect for lounging about in a garden chair, but rubbish for grabbing a moment of drama from an insolent sky.
At times like this, which have really only been over the Christmas break during the last twenty years, I've found myself deciding to "try something" towards the end of the period of rest. One year I decided I'd try my hand at making falafel, but the only thing I achieved was to part with more money than necessary and leave the kitchen looking like a bombsite the day before returning to work. The falafel was more of a chickpea soup. I promised Ali I wouldn't try again.
Many years ago a colleague told me that whenever he felt like doing a spot of DIY, he'd lie in a darkened room until the sensation had passed over. It's always been the same with me too. In fact I've always called the art of home maintenance "D-I-Won't." From a distance I've always been slightly awed by those men who spend their entire weekends in a set of overalls tinkering away at whatever needs doing. The sort of men who can take the briefest glance at a problem with your plumbing and say something like "oh yes you'll need a flange sprocket for that. Hang on a moment - I've got one in the shed." Then they'll race off in the direction of their toolkit in a fit of excitement as I stand by, watching like an innocent child and wondering whatever on Earth a flange sprocket is or does. Of course if I were to hand them my camera the chances are they wouldn't know what to do with that either, but then I often wonder whether I do myself - and more to the point, the skills they've acquired during their leisure time are actually useful. I might occasionally make a pretty picture for Ali to look at, but the shed roof still leaks in the rain doesn't it?
So during this week of leave, I corrected the error of my ways and earned some brownie points. On the drive we now have two cars with mirror like bodywork that we can still see our faces in three days after I cleaned them. Because Tesco had run out of wash and wax, I ended up buying an expensive alternative online that produced rather pleasing results. During this period I learned that I wasn't washing the cars. No, I was in fact "detailing" them. I've no idea what the difference is, but even Ali's 86 year old father remarked upon how clean her 10 year old Hyundai was looking on Thursday. I have solemnly agreed that henceforth I will continue to "detail" the cars. One day I might learn the distinction too.
For my second act of usefulness I produced an unexpected piece de resistance, obtaining and arranging the necessary materials in such a way that the roof of the woodshed won't leak next time it rains. So shocked am I that I actually did this, I have to keep peering out of the living room window to check that the new roof really does exist. At one point a rogue branch decided to spring forward from its place and try and cause some damage, but luckily it was stopped in its tracks by my bottom lip. It's probably a good job you weren't present to hear my choice of vocabulary at that point. Ok, we're admittedly talking Basil Fawlty's "O'Reilly" levels of workmanship here, so if you were wondering whether to get in touch and book my services I'd urge you to reconsider. But it does seem that we will have dry wood for the fireplace next winter.
I was going to cash those brownie points in today but the sky has gone from one extreme to the other and completely clouded over, so I'm going to watch the FA Cup semi final instead. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow. Apart from Monday's outing (and thank you for helping to propel the image from that adventure onto the Explore page), there has been no photography of note this week. Last night's outing confirmed that it's still too early for bluebells as well, so I've returned to that wonderfully icy and windy evening a couple of weeks ago at Easter when the beach was empty and the sands untouched by humans at low tide. The colours brought the perfect opportunity to try the ten stop in the blue hour. It was one of those evenings when I knew it had been a good session and I was happy with the results. A little bit like this week's out of character foray into useful pursuits.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.
Brave, courageous, determined, bold.
Being told you have a visual impairment that can't be treated can be difficult to come to terms with.
Some people go through a process similar to bereavement, where they experience a range of emotions including shock, anger, and denial, before eventually coming to accept their condition.
The RNIB is the UK's leading charity for people with vision loss. The RNIB website offers useful information, such as coming to terms with sight loss.
The RNIB's helpline is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm and Saturday from 9am to 1pm. The number is 0303 123 9999, with calls costing no more than a standard rate call to an 01 or 02 number. You can also email helpline staff (helpline@rnib.org.uk).
The RNIB's website is specially designed for people with sight loss and provides a wide range of useful information and resources, including an online community and RNIB online shop.
Taunton, Somerset, UK.
Old military truck, now slightly useful as parts. Turned out to pasture and the pasture is about to take over. I love boredom on train chases.
“Mock strawberry plants or False strawberry or Snake berry or Indian berry or Barren strawberry or Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden on the the shore of Lake Ontario in squires beach in Ajax , April 27. 2024”
“Mock strawberry plants or False strawberry or Snake berry or Indian berry or Barren strawberry or Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden on the the waterfront trail of Lake Ontario in squires beach , Martins photographs , Ajax, Ontario , Canada , April 27. 2024”
“Mock strawberry plants”
“False strawberry”
“Snake berry”
“Indian berry“
“Barren strawberry”
“Duchesne indica very useful Medicinal herb with yellow flowers in a small garden”
“on the the shore of Lake Ontario in squires beach in Ajax”
“Martin’s photographs”
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
“April 2024”
“Favourite photographs”
“iPhone XR”
“The shore of Lake Ontario”
Favourite
Favourites
“Tree roots”
“Simcoe point pioneer cemetery”
“Squires beach”
Blossoms
Rootstock
Autumn
“February 2024”
Shrubs
“Thorny trees”
“Large Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
blue sky
“cloud cover”
“Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario”
“Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario”
“Thorny trees”
Autumn
Shadows
“IPhone XR”
“iPhone SE 2020”
“Lake Ontario”
Fungi
Heron
“Gravel path”
“August 2023”
“Duffins creek marsh”
Log
“Wild Asters”
“Flowering trees”
Goldenrod
“Cropped photograph”
Family
“Old orchard”
“Apple tree”
Sunset
Shrubs
“Oak tree”
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
“Duffins trail”
“blue sky”
“cloud cover”
Autumn
Shadows
Mushroom
wildflowers
“Lake Ontario”
“Mouth of Duffins creek marsh”
“white Deadnetles”
River
Dogwood
Woods
Favourites
Taken for Saturday Self-Challenge on the theme of "old but still useful". This is my husband's stereo with tuner, CD player and twin cassette deck. It still works, despite the dust and paint spatters!
Somewhere we do still have the turntable - not sure that will still work, and it will definitely need a new stylus before we could play any of those new fangled vinyls that the kids are all going mad for now...
I use this tripod nearly 16 years and still in good condition until now^^
This tripod is very useful for heavy duty,I usually use it for large format camera and good for low angle too.
Please view in large size^^
Tubes are useful for the little things.
I’m still preoccupied with Hot Toys hands. I love those tiny little freckles. No offense, but I have to put a mental block on the fact that they belong to a guy named Barney.
It took forever for the cherries to arrive. They were worth it:
When I saw that necklace, I thought of those lips and decided they needed to meet each other:
a common gecko found in the Sydney Basin. The large tail is used as a decoy, to prevent predation. The tail is also useful for fat storage. This gecko is great for pets and, is an agile nocturnal hunter, useful as a killer of insect pests.
The Cask Widge is a weighted float tube and apparatus that combines the functions of a keystone tap and a venting peg. It can be used where space is at a premium and when a cask cannot be stored and/or served horizontally. The device allows beer to be pulled from a cask that is being stored vertically. The Cask Widge is also useful at outdoor festivals, to keep a cask cool when serving via handpump.
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▶ Pictured:
The cask widge tubing (24.5 inches) is inserted through the tap, weighted end (another 2.5 inches) first. The weight will hold the tube suspended within the cask about 8 inches under the top level of the beer. The weight will sink as the beer is pulled, unfurling the tubing until it is fully extended reaching the bottom of the nearly emptied cask. Just above the weight is the intake port in the tubing. It is covered by mesh to prevent ingress of cold break (protein sludge), yeast, or hops. [The short tube to the right is in the CO2 venting & air ingress tube. which on a horizontally placed cask would be the separate shive bung and tut.]
▶ See the entire Cask Widge, deconstructed: here.
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From Nightcafe, but extensive post-processing after. There was a lot that needed to be fixed.
This may be useful as a record cover for the 'Albino Punker Prophets' band.
The prompt I used makes no sense, considering the strength of the input image, so just for curiosities sake, here it is:
The Albino Punker Prophets of the apocalypse || collage, surrealism, in the styles of otto rapp and emek and paulo cunha, intricately detailed, expansive, maximalist, mixed media, modern colors, epic, stunning, beautiful, magic realism, highest resolution, cryptid taxidermy in bogomils universe"