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I'm entering my busiest time of year right now so my time on Flickr will be limited to say the least, but I'll pop in when I can. Thanks in advance for your patience.
I'm not sure of values these days. Seems to be more selfishness in my mind. This constant heat is another worry. We have had pretty unbearable humid heat here in Ontario. This has been two months of this. Hard to do anything.Even the bears won't go out.
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday
until sickness comes :-)
Thomas Fuller
HGGT!! stay safe and healthy friends :-)
in the neghborhood, cary, north carolina
Hemsedal is a municipality located in southern Norway, north of the city Gol. From the north to the south flows the river Hemsil, which carved a valley of high tourist value. Along the river Hemsil runs road 52 from Gol to Laerdal. Hemsedal is best known for the large alpine skiing resort, one of the largest in Norway.
A big tourist attraction in the Hemsil valley is;
*A powerful and impressive double waterfall Rjukandefossen
on the river Hemsil, falling 18 meters down a narrow gorge.
*Hydnefossen is the highest waterfall in the Buskerud region,
which falls from a height of 140 meters from the top of
Veslehorn, total 530 meters high.
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Hemsedal jest gminą położoną w południowej Norwegii, na północ od miasta Gol. Z północy na południe spływa rzeka Hemsil, która wyżłobiła małowniczą dolinę o dużych walorach turystycznych. Wzdłuż rzeki Hemsil biegnie droga 52 z Gol do Laerdal. Hemsedal jest najbardziej znane z dużego ośrodka narciarstwa alpejskiego, jednego z największych w Norwegii.
Duża atrakcją turystyczną w dolinie Hemsil jest;
*Potężny i imponujący podwójny wodospad Rjukandefossen
na rzece Hemsil, opadający 18 metrów w dół wąskiego
wąwozu.
*Hydnefossen to najwyższy wodospad w regionie Buskerud,
który spada z wysokości 140 metrów od góry Veslehorn przy
całkowitej wysokości 530 metrów.
f i r s t
Runway Challenge
MISS SL 2020
... Women of the World ...
Thai people have always been known to have great respect for old values such as the proper ways a woman should act. The prim and proper ways of a true lady who stays at home spending all her time taking care of children, cook wonderful meals and can make the most marvelous flower creations. These values make Thai women, especially in the area where education is less important than everyday survival, underestimate themselves. We are stronger and we have more impact on society, more than we thought we had. Our opinions matter too and we definitely know more than just the best deals at the supermarket.
It's true that we can't change society and its values overnight but what we can do is to start within ourselves, build confidence within us through knowledge and be the best version of ourselves that we know we could be.
#EachForEqual
"To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with"
- Mark Twain
Special thanks to the beautiful soul Monique (xo), for sharing her joy with me.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District is bounded by Sydenham, Melville, Cross and Victoria Streets in the former Town of Dundas, now the City of Hamilton. The district consists of 49 properties. These properties are predominantly single family dwellings with the exception of three churches.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
According to the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District Study - Background Report the cultural heritage value of the district lies in its historical and associative value, design or physical value as well as the contextual value. The Background Report concludes:
“The Cross-Melville area constitutes a superb collection of buildings with particularly fine architectural attributes. Tree planted along the streets enhance the surroundings of individual buildings and provide expansive canopies over adjacent streets. Developed in the 1840s and 1850s as the first exclusively residential area distinct from the commercial and industrial locales of Dundas, this neighbourhood is associated with numerous prominent citizens, mayors and councillors, including George Rolph, William Notman, Alexis Begue and the Grafton family”.
A person, who values the beauty of nature and ambient the world, far richer and happier than those, who did not notices this.
Crimea, Mezhvodnoe.
"Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country"- Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim.
Interesting thing about Finland's participation in WWII is it was the only democratic country to be on the side of the Axis powers. As part of Finland's participation in WWII (Continuation war), the Finns during operations Barbarossa retook and captured areas in the Karelia region.
Wanted to try out a bunker as there were many that were along several defensive lines in Finland and the Karelia region. Credit for the trees goes to Thorsten Bonsch.
Bromeliads are a type of succulent that are valued for bold foliage and colorful, exotic and long lasting flowers. The genus Aechmea contains many cold hardy bromeliads of which the most widely available is the Matchstick Bromeliad, Aechmea gamosepala. Each tightly clustered rosette of foliage forms a “tank” which holds water for the plant to absorb during dry weather. In late Fall and Winter, each rosette can produce a colorful scape of flowers held just above the foliage.
nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/hort/2021/12/15/cold-hardy-bromel...
This is a re-post, it was one of my first images on Flickr, but I have re-edited it and converted it to B&W. I have now been on Flickr for almost a year and this is my 100th photo!!
I would like to thank all my Flickr friends for being so supportive and providing me with such valued feedback on my work.
I wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!
I really enjoy all your photos and I'm looking forward to seeing more in 2016!
I'm trying to work out a way to use Fomapan 400 as a Kallitype negative, but it's proving difficult to get it to work as I want with Pyro developers. With Pyrocat HD it produces lots of density but higher values are all mashed together into a flat mess. I think I will give up and stick with FP4 for making Kallitype negs.
This is the second of two identically exposed sheets of Fomapan 400, this one developed in home made Mytol, an Xtol ascorbate clone.
Deardorff 8x10 with the Kodak f4.5 Ektar lens, at f8. A six second exposure.
Processed in Capture One Windows
Cropped (4:3)
Exp. Program: Normal
Metering mode: Pattern
Exp. Corr. Value: +0.0 EV
WB Settings: Auto
Thank you everyone so much for sharing your quality photos which is a great way to see and keep in touch with the world from home. Also for your kind comments and favours which are much valued.I am not able to take on any more members to follow or to post to groups. I prefer not to receive invites to groups
totum visits the ethers
there is so much more to life than is ever seen
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." Albert Einstein
“Remain true to your values. If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”
― Frank Sonnenberg
Location: Green story
Spray roses are cheap and seem like a good value, but they're very simple and have little fragrance. This is a 50-frame focus stack.
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Den Haag, Kunstmuseum, P.H. Berlage, Dick Braeckman, 5 B&W photos. People (uncut)
Walking thru the Kunstmuseum The Hague, formerly Gemeentemuseum The Hague) it is sometimes difficult to choose to focus on the delightful early modernist Berlagian flow of space and light or the artworks on display. Luckily there’s photography to balance things out and have it both ways, like in the pic shown here – a light court doing its magic.
Check out Hendrik van Leeuwen's text below to learn about Dirk Braeckman and this work. Thanx Hendrk, also for your narration during the visit to the museum.
“Dirk Braeckman (born in 1958 and closely associated with Ghent) felt that painting was not for him. Just as Odysseus was lured to the rocks by the song of the Sirens, an inner voice lured him to the darkroom of photography. To the magician's chamber that Dutch enthusiasts abbreviate to 'doka'. He felt at home there. Classical rules about tonal value, focus and composition were soon thrown overboard. He started painting with lamps and chemicals, in an increasingly larger format.
With him, every print has a life of its own. In the Kunstmuseum, five photos of the sea hang next to each other. All made from the same negative and yet the differences are enormous. "In my armchair, I often think about art and philosophy, but in the darkroom, I act impulsively," says Braeckman. "I want to surprise myself. Time and again. That is possible with this profession."
What drives a person? Dirk Braeckman does not want to know when he works, but he too must have core images from his youth that do not let him go. He tells us hesitantly about his father. “Unlike me, he was very sporty. He liked to dive deep into the sea. As a child, I often went with him. I would sit on the shore for hours waiting. Or worse, on a boat far out at sea. He didn’t notice it, but I never knew when he would surface again.””
"The value of a life does not depend on the place we occupy;
it depends on the way we occupy that place." ~ Therese of Lisieux
This is Lost Lake (yes, I found it) up atop Kebler Pass.
Thank you for viewing,
Bev
Kebler Pass
Colorado
USA
© All Rights Reserved
Macro 1X (focus stacking)
Fondos MNCN-CSIC
Macro 1X con apilamiento de foco por control de anillo de enfoque
Macro 1X by focus stacking using the focus ring control
Ingredientes:
-Nikon D600 + Nikor 105mm macro 1X
-Helicon Remote para control automático de la pila de foco mediante el anillo de enfoque (por medio de USB)
-Helicon Soft para apilamiento de foco (36 shots, Method B, R=4, S=2)
-Helicon lo puedes bajar a prueba durante 1 mes gratis, o una licencia para un año por 50€, controla casi todas las Nikon y Canon mediante USB. Existen otros proveedores de soft para stacking (apilamiento), p. ej. Zerene, ControlMyNikon o Canon, Combine Z, etc
-Opcional: impresora 3D (Up Plus 2) para la fabricación de focos, soportes, mesa de trabajo, etc. Puedes utilizar el sencillo 123D Design (free soft) para diseñar las piezas.
Receta:
-Montamos el bodegón con sujeto y fondo
-Lo iluminamos con 4 o 5 micro-focos de leds. Los focos se pueden diseñar e imprimir utilizando una impresora 3D y después montar los leds (alta luminosidad y 5300K), la alimentación es de 12vdc para grupos de 3 o 4 leds. La ventaja frente al uso de flash, es que se pueden dirigir los focos y componer la iluminación antes del disparo, además del volumen que se consigue jugando con la iluminación.
-Disparamos las fotografías utilizando, p. ej., Helicon Remote: Helicon controla el enfoque con el movimiento del anillo de enfoque antes de disparar cada foto, todo el proceso de toma de fotos es automático, se pueden ver videos en youtube
-Para 1X se necesitan de 20 a 100 fotos, según valor de f, focal utilizada y profundidad de campo necesaria, lo calcula el soft automáticamente. Se suele utilizar el punto dulce de la lente (normalmente en el entorno de f5.6) para optimizar los resultados
-Apilamos el stack de n fotografías utilizando Helicon Soft
-Utilizamos Lightroom o similar para eliminar “halos” y “artefactos”
-Una vez se tiene práctica, todo el proceso puede durar 15 min
pepo
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Macro 1X by focus stacking using the focus ring control
How do you can do it :
Ingredients:
-Nikon D600 + 105mm macro nikor 1X
-Helicon Remote control for automatic focus stack using the camera focus ring (using USB)
-Helicon Soft Focus Stacking (36 shots, Method B, R = 4, S = 2)
-Helicon You can download a free trial for 1 month, or a license for a year for € 50, it controls almost many Nikon and Canon via USB. There are other suppliers of soft for stacking, p. ex. Zerene, ControlMyNikon or Canon, Combine Z, etc.
-optional: 3D (Up Plus 2) printer to manufacture light bulbs, brackets, desk, etc. You can use the friendly 123D Design (free soft) for pieces designing.
Recipe:
-Ilumination with 4 or 5 micro-LED bulbs. The lighters can be designed and printed using a 3D printer and then mount the LED´s (high brightness and 5300K), the power is 12VDC for groups of 3 or 4 LEDs. The advantage over use of flash, is that you can positioning the lights and lighting make up before shooting, in addition to the volume to be achieved by playing with these lighting.
-Shot photographs using, p. eg Helicon Remote. Helicon controls the approach to the movement of the focus ring before the photo shot, the whole process of taking pictures is automatic, you can watch videos on youtube
-For 1X do you needed 20-100 photos, depending on value of f, focal and deep of field needed, automatically calculated by the soft. Often used the sweet spot of the lens (usually in the vicinity of f5.6) to optimize results
-Now we stack of shots using Helicon Soft
-We can use Lightroom or the like to remove "halos" and "artifacts"
-Once you have practice, the whole process can take 15 min
-And sorry my English, please.
pepo
There's something inherently sad about household objects left out for the trash man. They are like castoffs; broken or no longer cherished, and left ignominiously out on the curb. This easy chair caught my eye the other day. Part of the forlorn quality of scenes like this is the object being ripped from its normal context. I wouldn't give the chair a second look in someone's living room. But it seemed horribly out of place on the edge of the state highway that bisects the village. That, and the sedentary nature of a recliner juxtaposed against passing traffic. Wonderful visual metaphors for the life cycle of things we purchase and the passage of time (and with it life). In the eerie stillness after the truck passed I contemplated the chair and the many other personal objects scattered about the lawn behind me. There's a village-wide trash haul this weekend, and little collections such as this are springing up all around. I have to admit a weird impulse to inspect them, and yearn to pull over when driving by. I can't help but think I will find something of value (I almost never do) but also that idle curiosity about seeing the remnants of someone else's life (remember I did preface this as weird). I'll be placing some of my own items out on the curb soon. I tend to wait until the night before, perhaps to avoid having others inspect them as I did this chair. Even when it's sheer junk, I feel an odd sentimental tug about letting go of things. And that spell lasts as long as the objects remain on my tree lawn before the pickup. Much like this chair, they are in the condemned phase, but still retrievable. I can simply go back out and reclaim them. That sentiment vanishes the moment the objects are tossed onto the truck. Maybe that's why I wait until the last minute to put them out. I just can't stand that in between time.
"Viewing the ocean from the Sun's point of view
I lose the reflection in the contrast...
There's a difference in
Living and living well
You can't have it all...
Caught a fish, caught a breeze...
What more can I ask for?"
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from July 2017. Enjoy.
Every Friday I spool up like a top and just unwind like the toy itself and spin, spin, spin!
Cobalt Blue is my Home Club and from 7-8 pm SLT, the Sexiest Bosslady in SL - Idoru - let's me go WILD and story tell through my music, my vibe....
Myself...
I tell stories through the music - ones I hope all who hear it will understand and just...
Smile...
From 7-8pm SLT, I am ALL me, all DJ k8e, locked and loaded and when I am done?
Spent...
Relieved...
Happy...
My flow twists and twirls around through people, making rumps shake and muscles ache as people dance, dance, dance!
I Play...
I play and play all the weeks sadness away...the people there make it all worth it...they and the colours they bring to my stories...
They also let go and listen to the stories I tell...
Cobalt Blue is my home, my center...
I love seeing the colours of the love the people bring to just..dance..I love seeing all the wonderful colours...
The Colour of Your Soul...
English ten pound note.
If you are familiar with this banknote then this image may strike you as being a little odd. You’ll know the iridescent holograms on the left, but you may not have seen the large yellow figures ‘10’ formed in the pattern at the top.
That’s because this image was taken in UV light. There are patches of fluorescent ink printed on the note that just look like white paper in ordinary light. The five-pound note has a 5 in the same place. I couldn’t afford a £20 note to check it out for consistency (or should that be cheque?) ;)
The British pound sterling is the oldest currency in the world that has been in constant circulation. It was adopted around 800AD being modelled on the currency of the French kingdom of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) which was established a few years before. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese currency had the same roots.
The French livre (pound) had 20 sous each of 12 deniers, like the 20 shillings and 12 pennies of sterling. Interestingly although the small denomination was called a penny its symbol was the ‘d’, just like the French denier, the Spanish Dinero and the Portuguese Dinheiro. All the names derive from the Roman denarius coin.
Sterling was decimalised in 1971 which caused all the prices to go up and the parking meters to stop working :) The pound now has 100 new pennies (p or pence).
Originally one French livre was worth a pound weight of silver (equivalent to 14.6 Troy ounces), but by 850 the pound sterling was only worth eleven and a quarter Troy ounces of silver. Looking at tonight’s spot price for silver my note should be redeemable for £1868.62 of the shiny metal… times change.
This image measures under 3 inches across as per the rules.
One thing that photographers should be aware of is that it is illegal to reproduce a digital picture of more than 50% of one side of the note without an overstamp, and the Queen’s head must not be distorted. There are the normal copyright issues as well and these can be rigorously prosecuted. See the Bank of England website for more details.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays :)