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As in real life building. The builders budget didn't have enough room to build the office complex as designed so some modifications and cost saving materials had to be found and designed for. So each of the new office block towers will look like this.
3100 E Layton Ave, St. Francis, WI
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Front & side of the building
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tóm gọn lại phần mh thấy là q trọng nhất:
tsao lại vì 1 hiểu lầm mà lại xa lánh mh?
"để ý" và "qen nhau" là 2 từ có nghĩa hoàn toàn khác mà =((
:(( Dou ơi, Ver nhớ Dou lắm :((
[SẾN VALUE =)))) ]
Of mainly sentimental value, this is my first colour photo of Marie on a trip to Cornwall in 1970, soon after we met when we were just friends enjoying some time together. Unfortunately the quality is very poor and I don't even remember where it was taken, but it reminds me of that early part of our relationship when we were getting to know each other – and I was hoping, but not at all confident, that it would lead further.
I had no idea that 55 years later we would be living happily together just a few miles from here (in Plymouth).
Tech. note: I'm not sure why the sharpness is so limited and the original slide has got lost so I am having to rely on this old scan from 30 years ago when the technology was basic.
PS This was originally titled "M in Cornwall" but I could not recall where it was. Chris kindly identified it as being at Two Bridges in the middle of Dartmoor so we must have stopped there on the way there or back (possibly for tea at the hotel nearby).
Day One: The CIA gets information that a High Value Target is hiding out in a shack in a desert.
Commander: We need you to take out a target hiding in Egypt. We cannot have anyone know we did it, top level secrecy.
Agent: I will get ready now.
Day Two: Terrorist gaurds hear gunfire inside the shack, they run in only to find their high commander dead, without a trace of the assaliant.
Day Three: A man by the name of John Hank got on a plane for the United States.
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I like the way this turned out, better than i thought it would. I didnt have time to build anything for Thanksgiving this year, but oh well, I'll be sure not to miss out on christmas builds. Happy Thanksgiving, and have a great rest of the break! :-)
The word Allah
The Semitic language which is spoken in the celestial spheres, is the language in which the angels and God address each other. Adam Safi-Allah spoke the same language in paradise. Adam and eve then came into the world and settled in Arabia. Their children also spoke the same language. Then as a result of the descendants of Adam spreading in the world, this language passed from Arabic, Persian, Latin and into English and God was then known by different names in the different languages. As Adam lived in Arabia, there are many words of the Semitic language which are still found in the Arabic language. God addressed the Prophets, Adam as Adam Safi-Allah, Noah as Nuh Nabi-Allah, Abraham as Ibraheem Khalil-Allah, Moses as Musa Kalim-Allah, Jesus as I’sa Ruh-Allah and Mohammed Rasul-Allah. All these titles, in the Semitic language were written on the Tablet before the arrival of the Prophets. This is why the Prophet Mohammed said: “I was a Prophet even before I came in to this world.”
Many people believe that the word Allah is a name given by Muslims, this is not so.
The Prophet Mohammed’s fathers name was Abd-Allah, at a time when Islam did not exist. Prior to the advent of Islam the Name Allah was announced with the title of every Prophet. When the souls were created, the first Name on their tongue was Allah and when the soul entered the body of Adam, it said, Ya-Allah, and only then it entered the body. Many religions understand this enigma and chant the Name Allah and many others because of doubt are deprived of the Name.
Any name which is used to point towards God is worthy of respect.
In other words, which points towards God. The mystical effect of the Name of God has been diversified due to the different names. Every letter of the alphabet has a separate numeric value. This is also a celestial knowledge. All the numeric values are connected with all of the human race. Occasionally the numeric values do not agree with the astronomical calculations as a result of which people become afflicted. Many people go to astrologers and experts of this knowledge and have charts prepared based on the stars. They name their children on this basis.
Just as the letters (a, b, j, d,) (1, 2, 3, 4) when added have the numerical value of ten. Similarly every name has a separate numeric value. As God has been given so many different names, this has caused a conflict between the numeric value of the different names. If all the people called upon God by the same name, then despite the fact that they would all have separate religions, they would all be united inwardly. They too, like Nanak Sahib and Baba Farid would then say:
“All the souls have been created by the light of God, even though their environment and communities are separate.”
The angels that are assigned tasks in the world are also taught the languages of the people of the world.
It is important for the people of every Prophet that they recite, chant and affirm the Title of their Prophet which was granted by God to the Prophet at his time, for the recognition, spiritual grace and purification of his people. The recital and affirmation should be in the same method and in the language of their Prophet.
The entry of any individual into any religion is subject to the condition that the individual accepts and affirms the Title of the Prophet of that religion. Just as the affirmation and the verbal vows are a condition of any marriage.
Entry into the heavens has been made subject to the acceptance and affirmation of the Titles of the Prophets. In the western world many Muslims and Christians have no knowledge of their Prophet’s Title furthermore many do not even know their Prophets original name (in the original language of the Prophet.)
People who only verbalize the affirmation of their Prophet’s Title rely upon their good deeds. Those that reject and do not affirm their Prophet’s Title are refused entry to paradise. Those individuals in whose hearts the affirmation of their Prophet’s Title has descended (entered) they will enter paradise without any accountability.
The revealed celestial Scriptures, whichever language they are in so long as they are in the original form, are a means to finding God. Where the texts and the translations that have been adulterated, just as adulterated flour is harmful for the stomach, the adulterated books have become harmful and people of the same religion and the same of Prophet have divided into so many sects.
To be sure of the straight and guided path it is better that you are guided by the Light (of God) also.
The method of producing light.
In prehistoric times stones would be rubbed together to make fire. Whereas a spark can also be produced by rubbing two metals together. In a similar way electricity is made from water. Similarly by the friction of the blood inside the human body, in other words electric energy is produced by the vibrating heartbeat. In every human being there is present, approximately one and a half volts of electricity due to which the body is energetic. As the heartbeat slows in old age, this reduces the electricity in the body and this in turn also causes a reduction of the energy level in the body.
Firstly, the heartbeat has to be made vibrant and pronounced. Some do this by dancing, some by sports and exercise and some people try to do this by meditating and chanting the Name of God Allah.
When the heartbeat becomes vibrant and pronounced then by chanting the Name Allah try to synchronize it with every heartbeat. Alternatively try to synchronize Allah with one heartbeat and Hu with the other. Some time by placing your hand on the heart and when you feel your heartbeat, again try to synchronize the Name Allah by chanting it with the rythm of the heartbeat and imagine that the Name Allah is entering the heart.
The chanting of Allah Hu is better and more effective but if anyone has an objection, or a fear of chanting Hu, then instead of being deprived one should solely use the Name Allah, repetitively in the chanting. It is beneficial for people who chant and practice this discipline and who read mantras to physically remain as clean as possible as the:
“disrespectful are unfulfilled and the respectful are fulfilled.”
The first method for producing light.
Write Allah on a paper in black ink, and do this exercise for as long as you wish on a daily basis. Soon thereafter, the Word Allah will be transported from the paper and hover over the eyes. Then with one-pointed concentration, attempt to transport the word from the eyes to the heart.
The second method for producing light.
Write Allah on a zero watt bulb, in yellow. Whilst you are awake or just before sleep, concentrate and try to absorb it into the eyes. When it appears on the eyes then try to transport it to the heart.
The third method for producing light.
This method is for those people who have perfect spiritual guides and teachers and who due to their spiritual connection are spiritually assisted by them.
Sit alone and imagine that your index finger is a pen. Using your finger and with your concentration, attempt to write Allah on your heart. Call upon your spiritual teacher (spiritually), so that he too may, hold your finger, and write Allah on your heart. Continue to do this exercise everyday, until you see Allah written on your heart.
By the first and second method, the Name Allah becomes inscribed on the heart, just as it was written and seen by you but when it becomes synchronized with the heartbeat, then it slowly starts to shine. In the synchronized method, the assistance of the spiritual teacher is provided and for this reason it is seen shining and well written on the heart right from the beginning.
Many Prophets and Saints have come into the world, and just for the sake of testing this, if you feel it appropriate, concentrate or call upon all of them when you are practicing your meditation.
Whilst concentrating on any Prophet or Saint, during your meditating practice, if the rhythm of your heartbeat increases, in its vibration or you feel an improvement then this means that your destiny (spiritual fruits) lies with that Prophet or Saint.
Thereafter it is beneficial to concentrate on that same person whenever you practice your meditation as spiritual grace is transferred in this way, because every Saint is spiritually connected to a Prophet, even if that Prophet is not physically living.
The spiritual fruit (grace) of every illuminated person is in the hands of one Saint or another. It is essential that the Saint is living. Sometimes a very fortunate person is gifted with celestial spiritual grace by a perfect Saint who is not living, but this is very rare. However Saints not living in our human realm can provide worldly spiritual grace and assistance to people from their tombs. This is known as Owaisi spiritual grace.
The recipients of such spiritual grace often get entangled in their spiritual insights, visions and dreams because the spiritual guide providing the assistance is in the spiritual realm and so too is Satan and the recognition of the two becomes difficult.
Along with the spiritual grace it is important to have knowledge, for which a living Saint is more appropriate. If a person (Saint) possesses spiritual grace but is without knowledge, that person is known as a Majzoob (Godly but abstracted due to the complete absorption into the Essence of God and who is not in full control of his faculties).
A person (Saint) having spiritual grace and knowledge is known as a Mehboob (literally, loved one). Such people (Saints) as a result of their knowledge provide worldly spiritual assistance as well as spiritual grace and benefit. Whereas the Majzoobs are known to provide worldly spiritual assistance to people by their unusual but accepted practices of shouting obscenities and poking people with their wooden sticks.
If any (Prophet or Saint) appears but does not help or assist you then put Gohar Shahi to the test.
You may belong to any religion, there is no condition in this respect as long as the individual is not eternally ill-fated.
Many people have received the spiritual grace of Qalb meditation from the Moon. This is obtained when there is a full Moon from the East. Look at it with concentration and when you see the image of Gohar Shahi on it say Allah, Allah, Allah three times and you will be blessed with this spiritual grace. Thereafter without any fear or reservation practice the meditation as described.
Believe (the fact) that the image on the Moon has spoken to many people in many different languages. You can try looking and speaking to it also.
About Muraqba
(transcendental meditation)
(Literally. journey. Meditation in which the soul leaves the human body)
Many people without having acquired the illumination of the spiritual entities (‘Lata’if/Shaktian’) and without attaining spiritual strength and prowess try to engage in this meditation. They either fail to reach the meditative state or become the subject of Satanic interference. This type of meditation is for illuminated people, whose spiritual entity of the self has been purified and the Qalb has been cleansed. The practice or attempt at this type of meditation is foolish no matter what type of physical worship is used to achieve this. To collect and gather the strength of the soul and the spiritual entities and then to travel to a place is what is known as meditation.
Sainthood is the one fourtieth part of Prophecy.
Every dream, meditative journey, inspiration or revelation of a Prophet is accurate and authentic and does not need verification. Only fourty out of a hundred dreams, meditative journeys, inspirations and revelations of Saints are accurate the remaining sixty percent are inaccurate.
God cannot be understood without knowledge
The lowest type of meditative journey is started only after the illumination and awakening of the spiritual entity of the Qalb. This is impossible without first achieving the meditation of the Qalb (meditation with the vibrating heartbeat synchronized with the Name Allah). It takes one jerk or shake to bring the person out of this meditative state and back to consciousness. The faculty of the augury (foretelling the future by reading verses or looking into designated books) is also connected to the Qalb.
The next stage is the meditative journey of the soul. It takes three jerks or shakes to return a person back to normality from this meditative state.
The third stage of the meditative journey is done by the spiritual entity, Anna and the soul together. The soul travels along with the spiritual entity Anna, to the realm of souls just as the Archangel Gabriel accompanied the Prophet Mohammed to the realm of souls.
People who are in this meditative state are sometimes even taken to be buried in their graves and they are unaware of this happening to them. Such a meditative state and journey was taken by the “Companions of the Cave” as a result of which they remained asleep in the cave for more than three hundred years.
When this meditative state and journey was undertaken by the Sheikh, Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani, in the jungle, the occupants of the jungle would regard the Sheikh as dead and would take him to a grave for burial but the meditative journey would break just before the burial (the Sheikh would return to consciousness).
How to recognize a special inspiration and revelation from God.
When a person has awakened and illuminated the spiritual entities in the chest and is worthy of receiving the rays of the Grace of God, then at that point God communicates with that person. God is All-Powerful and can do as he pleases and thus communicate with the human being in any way fit, but he has made a special method for his recognition so that his friends can be saved from the deception of Satan.
Firstly, text in the Semitic language appears on the seekers heart and its translation is seen in the language of the seekers mother-tongue. The text is white and shiny and the eyes close automatically and look at the text (internally). The text then passes the Qalb and moves towards the spiritual entity Sirri as a result of which it shines even more. Then the text moves towards the spiritual entity, Akhfa and from here it shines more and then moves onto the tongue. The voice then spontaneously starts to repeat that text.
If this inspiration is from Satan then an illuminated heart will dull the text and if the text is strong and prominent then the spiritual entities Sirri or Akhfa destroy that text. Further if due to the weakness of the spiritual entities the text does arrive at the tongue, then the voice will prevent it from being spoken into words.
This type of inspiration is for special types of Saints, whereas in respect of ordinary Saints, God sends messages to them through the angels or other spiritual entities. When the Archangel Gabriel accompanies the special and inspired text, this is known as revelation which is confined to the Prophets.
For more detail visit www.goharshahi.org or visit asipk.com and for videos visit HH rags
Imagine for a moment, that there is a bank account that credits you with £86,400 every morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening, whatever you have failed to use is deleted. What would you do? Draw out every penny of course! Each of us has such a bank. It is called time. Every morning, you are credited with 86,400 seconds and every night, whatever you have failed to put to good use is written off. It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft.
You must live in the present on todays deposits. Invest it wisely and reap the rewards because you never know when your account could close. Make the most of today.12/11/2012
This is an example of value as value is the ratio from light to dark and this picture shows tone of light (white) vs Dark (black).
There is a value to human error: the ability to self destruct.
If you haven't noticed, I have a mild fascination with technophobia.
We live in a time where society is constantly creating ways to eliminate work; each update means another way of living, and these are increasing rapidly. People grow to fear technology due this vision of the future of society; where people not only become less significant to each other, but also become less significant to their devices.
Which brings up one of the central themes in futuristic sci-fi: we'll all be reduced to numbers as opposed to individuals. Serial codes belong on pieces of technology, however our dependency on progress could eventually switch around so that humans become the puppets that are programed.
In contrast to this idea is the fact that machine's only purpose is to be utilized. Without the humans, progress would barely continue and gradually cease to exist.
It comes down to the only power humans would have left -- human error: the ability to make mistakes and to self destruct.
Test D750 high ISO value without flash without tripod "90% of subjects are behind a windows" The representation of the animal in ancient Egipte Temporary Expostion New Louvre in Lens "France Nord pas de Calais"
I finished up the value quilt top today! I am really loving it so far! I think I will straight line quilt it. Now that I'm comfortable with my walking foot, I want to play around with straight quilting a little!
Almost all my points match, which makes me quite happy because I did not take the time to trim down every HST block. It just takes too long!!
Michael has become my go-to quilt holder-upper! :D
True Value, Shop Rite Hardware and Paint Supply, Silas Deane Hwy Wethersfield, CT, Pics by Mike Mozart , AKA MiMo on Instagram instagram.com/MikeMozart
More than 3100 people turned out for the No Kings 2.0 Rally in Vero Beach, Florida on October 18th, 2025. One of over 2,700 demonstrations that were held, with at least one protest in every state, and several taking place in other countries in support. This widespread participation highlighted the collective sentiment against fascism and the Trump Administration. Resist!
Collection: Willard Dickerman Straight and Early U.S.-Korea Diplomatic Relations, Cornell University Library
Title: A Corean beauty
Date: ca. 1904
Place: Asia: South Korea
Type: Postcards/Ephemera
Description: A Korean woman is shown in fine Korean traditional costume. In the 1900s married woman of noble birth usually wore a 'chogori' (short jacket) and a 'chima' (long skirt). A married woman (as opposed to unmarried women) had her hair up in a 'jjok', which is a kind of rolled-up knot with a hairpin. eIn 1898 a campaign was launched against wearing the 'changot' or a coat-style veil. As they began to wear changot no more, they wore skirts tightly drawn over their jackets.' Source: Kwon, O-chang. Inmurhwaro ponun Choson sidae uri ot, 1998, p. 128.
Inscription/Marks: Inscription imprinted on image: 'A Corean beauty'
Identifier: 1260.74.12.03
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5xs5
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
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La Transiraniana ha unito per la prima volta il Paese. Un esempio di come un'infrastruttura sia potu
salini, we build value, transiraniana www.diggita.it/v.php?id=1525415
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon sends children off to religious education classes with a tradition the growing congregation insists on keeping no matter how big it gets. This commitment to community amidst rapid change is part of why the Unitarian Universalist Association named the fellowship a Breakthrough Congregation.
See “Community Spirit" by Elaine McArdle, UU World (Summer 2016), pages 22–27. Photograph © 2016 Karen Cammack.
Early morning walk.
Just put me in mind of the Ents as I’m re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment. Mind you, they’d have to find the Entwives first.
Shoreland Transport finances the Kenworth T680 with 76-inch sleeper powered by the PACCAR MX-13 engine through Bayview Kenworth and PACCAR Financial through a fair market value lease. The company also contracts its maintenance with Bayview Kenworth so that it can focus on its core business of producing and delivering quality salmon.
1940's radio values in sepia. First attempt at playing with a new cheap and cheerful lightbox and lights set.
Please don't use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission - rr.restifo@gmail.com. © All rights reserved.
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Da/from www.facebook.com/iononmilasciofregare/info/?tab=page_info:
IO NON MI LASCIO FREGARE
#iononmilasciofregare
Questo appello nasce dalla volontà di ricordare cosa è successo il 19 novembre 2015 a Verona...un appello che abbiamo scritto a più mani in maniera ANONIMA e che vuole essere una "chiamata alle armi" per amici artisti di buona volontà.
IN BREVE
Presso il Museo Civico di Castelvecchio sono state trafugate 17 opere di grandissimo valore: Tintoretto, Mantegna, Rubens solo per citare alcuni autori, in pratica un piccolo museo per intero (le foto delle opere rubate le trovate nel nostro album a questo indirizzo: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1064799210228843.107374....)
L’operazione è durata quasi un’ora e mezza ed è stata condotta con molta tranquillità. Un vero scandalo! Poche le parole spese dai media in seguito all’accaduto, le Istituzioni hanno messo in scena il solito scaricabarili e la raccolta firme on-line ha avuto poco seguito.
Ma un pezzettino di quelle straordinarie opere è anche MIO, è ANCHE VOSTRO! Io rivoglio il nostro pezzettino di MANTEGNA, TINTORETTO, BELLINI, etc! Non so se ve ne siete accorti ma si stanno rubando il passato e soprattutto IL FUTURO!
Io non ci sto, noi non ci stiamo! Portiamo un segnale fuori, per le strade e in rete per tenere viva l’attenzione su questo caso letteralmente scomparso, senza lasciare traccia.
Ci rivolgiamo quindi agli amici artisti: quello che sappiamo fare è dipingere, non perdiamo tempo, facciamolo. L'idea che ci è venuta è di adottare ognuno di noi una delle 17 opere e di realizzare un murale (ma anche un poster o una qualsiasi installazione urbana) reinterpretando a modo nostro il lavoro originale. Sfrutteremo l'interesse dei media per l'arte urbana per poter denunciare ad alta voce insieme questo incredibile furto!
Vi chiediamo di farlo liberamente, ognuno con i propri mezzi, ognuno con le proprie capacità,
Siete invitati a partecipare tutti e di farlo in maniera ANONIMA senza firmare le opere che lascerete nelle nostre città, per far parlare direttamente i vari TINTORETTO, MANTEGNA, PISANIELLO ETC, coinvolgendo chi volete (le realtà che oggi hanno a disposizione spazi non mancano, quindi destinatarie di questo messaggio e di certo non abbiamo niente da insegnarvi su come si può fare arte per strada...).
Quando avete fatto mandateci le foto a questo indirizzo:
iononmilasciofregare@gmail.com
o postatele su questa pagina
www.facebook.com/iononmilasciofregare/
sarà nostra cura farle girare il più possibile perchè #iononmifacciofregare
Ecco la lista dei nostri 17 capolavori da adottare:
1 Antonio Pisano detto Pisanello, Madonna col bambino
2 Jacopo Bellini, San Girolamo penitente
3 Andrea Mantegna, Sacra Famiglia
4 Giovanni Francesco Caroto, Ritratto di giovane con disegno infantile
5 Giovanni Francesco Caroto, Ritratto di giovane monaco benedettino
6 Jacopo Tintoretto, Madonna allattante
7 Jacopo Tintoretto, Trasporto dell’arca dell’alleanza
8 Jacopo Tintoretto, Banchetto di Baltassar
9 Jacopo Tintoretto, Sansone
10 Jacopo Tintoretto, Giudizio di Salomone
11 Cerchia di Jacopo Tintoretto, Ritratto maschile
12 Domenico Tintoretto, Ritratto di Marco Pasqualigo
13 Bottega di Domenico Tintoretto, Ritratto di ammiraglio veneziano
14 Peter Paul Rubens, Dama delle licnidi
15 Hans de Jode, Paesaggio
16 Hans de Jode, Porto di mare
17 Giovanni Benini, Ritratto di Girolamo Pompei
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I WON'T GET SCREWED OVER
# Iononmilasciofregare
This call arises from the desire to remember what happened on Nov. 19, 2015 in Verona, a call that we have written many hands in an ANONYMOUS way and that wants to be a "call of duty" for artist friends and people of good will.
THE FACT
17 works of great value were stolen from the Museum of Castelvecchio: Tintoretto, Mantegna, Rubens just to mention a few painters, basically a real small museum (photos of stolen works can be found in our album to this address: https: //www.facebook.com/media/set/....)
The operation lasted nearly an hour and a half and it was carried out with extreme calm. A real scandal! A few words spoken by the media after the incident, the institutions have staged the usual buck and the online sensibilization campaign has had little success.
A part of those extraordinary works is also MINE, is also YOURS! I want back our piece of MANTEGNA, TINTORETTO, BELLINI, etc! I do not know if you are aware of that but they are stealing our past and our FUTURE!
I do not accept it, do you? Let's transmit a signal on the streets and in the internet to keep attention focused on this case that risks to disappear without a trace.
We appeal to artist friends: what we do is painting, do not waste time, let's do it. The idea is to take each of us one of the 17 works and create a mural (or a poster or any urban installation) reinterpreting our own way the original work. Let's exploit the media interest in street art to denounce loud together this incredible theft!
We ask you to do it freely, each with their own means, each with their own abilities,
You are all invited to attend and do it in an ANONYMOUS way, without signing the works that you will leave in our cities, to speak directly to TINTORETTO, MANTEGNA, PISANELLO, etc, involving those who want to participate.
Once you did it, please send photos to this address:
iononmilasciofregare@gmail.com
or post them on this page
www.facebook.com/iononmilasciofregare/
We will spread them as much as possible, because:
I WON'T GET SCREWED OVER
1 UNCOMPROMISING IMAGE QUALITY
2 COMPATIBILITY AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
3 ENDURING PERFORMANCE AND VALUE
4 SILENCE AND DISCRETION
5 SPEED AND FLEXIBILITY
6 COMPLETE CONTROL OF ALL PICTURE PARAMETERS
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8 OPTIMIZED SENSOR
9 INTUITIVE CONTROLS
10 ALL INFORMATION AT THE PUSH
OF A BUTTON
The CCD image sensor in the M9 was specifically designed and developed for this camera and offers full 35-mm film format without any compromises. All M lenses mounted on the M9 offer the same exact angle of view they had when shooting film material and therefore can now be used to an optimum effect. In other words, all the outstanding characteristics of Leica M lenses are now fully maintained for digital photography as well. In short, the high resolution and superior image quality of the M9 has the ability to fully exploit the enormous potential of M lenses.
In the case of the M9, it wasn’t a matter of modifying the lenses to match the image sensor, but rather the other way around. Our dedication to further developing the image sensor has resulted in a component perfectly matched to its intended role in the very compact M-System as well as to the performance of M lenses. The special layout of the micro lenses found in the M9 sensor makes it tolerant of oblique light rays impinging on its surface, thus assuring uniform exposure and extreme sharpness from corner to corner in every image. As a result, future Leica M lenses can be designed and optimized with uncompromising dedication to the achievement of the highest performance and compact construction. A newly developed sensor filter ensures the suppression of undesirable infrared light. The conscious decision to do without a moiré filter, a cause of image deterioration through loss of resolution, ensures maximum resolution of fine detail. The optimized signal-noise ratio of the CCD image sensor reduces the need for digital post-processing and ensures that M9 images possess an unrivaled and natural visual impact.
The key control element of the M9 is an intuitive four-way switch and dial combination used in conjunction with the 2.5-inch LCD monitor on the back. To set the ISO sensitivity, simply maintain light pressure on the ISO button while simultaneously turning the dial to select the required setting. All other functions important for everyday situations are quickly and easily accessible by pressing the set button: white balance, image-data compression, resolution, exposure correction, exposure bracketing, and programmable user profiles. The user profiles can be programmed with any combination of camera and shooting settings, stored under an assigned name, and accessed quickly whenever required for a particular situation. An additional pre-defined snapshot profile is also available. In snapshot mode, the M9 automa- tically sets as many settings as possible, thus providing a valuable aid to spontaneous and discreet photography. All other functions – from automatic lens recognition via six-bit lens- mount coding and selection of the required color space to cleaning of the sensor – are easily found in the clearly arranged main camera menu.
Pressing the “info” button in shooting mode displays the precise charge level of the battery, the remaining number of frames on the installed memory card, and the most important basic shooting settings, for example the shutter speed, on the camera’s brilliant 2.5-inch LCD monitor. In image-view mode, users can switch between an image-only view (with a zoom option up to single pixel level) or access other information by simply turning the dial. The available data includes information on the ISO sensitivity setting and shutter speed in use, plus a precise histogram display.
The Leica M9 embodies the heritage and amassed experience of more than five decades of the M-System. It is also, simultaneously, a digital system camera at the absolute pinnacle of modern technology. For Leica designers, photography has always been their prime concern – whether film or digital. The combination of an extremely efficient image sensor, the latest digital components, and the classic viewfinder/rangefinder principle – consistently optimized over many years – make the Leica M9 absolutely unique in all the world.
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WORKFLOW SOFTWARE IS INCLUDED
The digital image processing workflow solution Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® is included in the M9 package.
The M9 is supplied complete with Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, a professional digital work- flow solution for Apple Mac® OS X and Microsoft Windows®. The software is available as a free of charge online download for all Leica M9 customers. This also ensures that the latest release is always readily available. Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® offers a vast range of functions for the administration, processing, and exporting of digital images. If the images from the M9 are saved as raw data in the standardized and future-proof Adobe Digital Negative Format (DNG), then the sophisticated and precise processing options of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® guarantee direct and extremely high-quality image processing with maximum image quality. At the same time, the 16-bit per channel color information captured by the image sensor is maintained throughout the processing workflow from image import to image export, ensuring that the most delicate tonal differentiations are preserved in maximum quality after completion of the post-processing sequence.
The Leica M9 can display a precise RGB tonal value histogram of the captured image after each shot, and also offers optional integration of the histogram in the automatic image view display. The clipping warning display over- and underexposed zones in each image, warning the photographer of potentially unusable images. An innovative feature is that the histogram is recalculated every time a new part of the image is viewed, thus enabling a precise quality assessment of small image areas and even the finest image details.
More tests today. I'm learning how to control very light values. But first I did a little ink test in the upper left to see if you get green when you mix yellow and black ink. Yes, you do if you are very fast and mix them while they are still wet. I used a yellow Micron pen and a black Zig pen.
My main test was to slowly build up dilute colors. I had burnt sienna in one Kuretake Mini waterbrush and cobalt in another. I applied a wash, waited for it to dry completely, and added another. I did this four times to create four increasingly darker values. You have to be very patient, but it works. I learned this method from a book called "The Wash Method of Handling Water Colour" by Frank Forrest Frederick published in 1908. I found it for free on Archive.org
archive.org/details/washmethodofhand00freduoft
Where you can download it as a PDF, ePub, or Kindle file.
Finally I tried to get the lightest value possible with a number of colors. I used a wet round brush to pick up a little dried tube paint. I then quickly dipped the brush in water, tapped the brush against the inside of my water container (to dislodge a little water) and then made a brush mark down the dry page. This deposits very little pigment and is a good way to make beautiful, light colors. I also tried lifting some color out with a thirsty brush (in the cadmium red/lemon yellow mix), and I tried adding a little more color on top of the wet first stroke (ultramarine and cobalt - bottom left).