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(the man whose never taken a "selfie")
As I was out walking with my friend Ryan, I felt that I was in a bit of a rut for finding strangers since my 100 more strangers set was completed. The large amount of tattoos on him, as well a gentle looking face drew me to introduce myself and the project that is the 608 strangers. He agreed and as most people do, I asked him about his many tattoos. The over cliched question arose, when I asked "Which one is your favorite?" He smirked and explained to me that while he has a large amount of ink on his body, most of the tattoos were just done out of being "bored" with fellow artists. Kind of interesting to think that one would cover themselves with such works, and not have something that stands out a "favorite" or at least one with the most behind it.
None the less I learned that Lawrence was a recent transplant to Madison, as he had only been on the isthmus the better part of the last three weeks. With positive energy and a good outlook on the world, he hopes to either open his own shop OR join forces with one of the many local artists in the area. He expressed to me that the hardest part with tattoos is that it's always a learning curve, as every client is different and each has their own style and ideas. As I snapped a few photos from the middle of State Street (keeping my peripherals open for buses) he cracked a smile. As he told me that he's never taken a selfie, lack of self confidence maybe not. He just "never got into that," so with hopes I can share this photo with him someday.
We parted ways and I wished him the best of luck with his search, and maybe someday down the road I'll get ink and he will be the artist. None the less I made a new friend, which is truly what I believe the concept behind 100 strangers is all about. If I hadn't joined the group, I may not have been as adventurous with my writings and style. If your looking for quality portraits of total strangers (or maybe not so much) feel free to check out the group. If your up for a challenge, considering joining the group as it's full of very helpful awesome people!
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The concept of this picture is based off the books/papers “Queering Anarchism,” “Priests of the Goddess: Gender Transgression in Ancient Religion, History of Religions,” “The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival,” and “Trans-Spirit: Religion, Spirituality and Transhumanism.”
“Till heart’s bewitched, till senses reel: With Satan I have struck my deal.” – Karl Marx
Anarchism is another denomination of the religion of Karl Marx. That is why, when all the denominations of Marx gather together to evangelize in protest, they all put forth the same basic tenets of faith. When they unite as one in the spirit of Marx, they all look the same, they all act the same, and they all sound the same. That is why Anarchism looks at the neo-Marxist doctrine of gender/queer theory through a lens of the oppressed vs the oppressor, intersectionality, and collectivism. Indeed, Marxism is a Machiavellian religion.
Gender theory is a communist manual on how to break down the family and societal norms in order to destroy capitalism and democracy. Marxism is a faith based religion: Jesus shed His blood to bring salvation to humanity, yet in communism the bloodshed of millions brings salvation for humanity. Its salvation is obtained through revolution. The end justifies the means to gain their heaven on earth. Its prophet is Karl Marx. (Like Cain, Marx was bitter and angry). Its apostles are activists. Its disciples must spread their gospel of socialism to the entire world and make disciples from all nations. They cast out the demons of capitalism. They baptize their converts into socialism. These converts were capitalists, but now they are born again (woke) socialists. They have seen the light of socialism! If one backslides from the faith, they will be excommunicated! They have replaced sainthood with victimhood. They have replaced sinners with capitalists. Their trinity is Marx, Mao, and Marcuse. They have the moral conviction that they are right.
Gulags 5:22-23 “But the fruit of Marx is hate, anger, envy, bitterness, selfishness, narcissism, covetousness, violence, murder.”
Indeed, the anarchist religion is the only true religion. Its moral laws are the truth: Thou shalt abolish all hierarchies! Thou shalt abolish capitalism! Thou shalt abolish private property! Thou shalt abolish the state! As you can see, they have their universal battle between good and evil. They are righteous crusaders for their cause. They fight their crusade against “the tyranny of the state, religion, and society.” They “challenge dominant forms of social organization including the state, marriage, capitalism, parenting, love relationships, friendships, and families.” They do all these things in the hope of obtaining their utopian heaven on earth. It is a religion of decadence.
“Anarchism is the only philosophy that brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man’s subordination. Anarchism is therefore the teacher of the unity of life; not merely in nature, but in man.” – Emma Goldman
Now, let’s move on and take a look at the definition of Queer:
“UNLIKE GAY identity, which, though deliberately proclaimed in an act of affirmation, is nonetheless rooted in the positive fact of homosexual object-choice, queer identity need not be grounded in any positive truth or in any stable reality. As the very word implies, “queer” does not name some natural kind or refer to some determinate object; it acquires its meaning from its oppositional relation to the norm. Queer is by definition whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant. There is nothing in particular to which it necessarily refers. It is an identity without an essence. ‘Queer,’ then, demarcates not a positivity but a positionality vis-à-vis the normative—a positionality that is not restricted to lesbians and gay men but is in fact available to anyone who is or who feels marginalized because of his or her sexual practices.” – David Halperin
In the book Queering Anarchism, they also use David Halperin’s definition of queer. They particularly concentrate on “Queer is by definition whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant.” Now, for those who want to learn more about this subject, here are some excerpts from Queering Anarchism:
“Queer liberation is the destruction of straightness.” “The subjective interpretations of sexuality within Queer theory subvert any monolithic traditional notion of sex, sex roles, gender, and even sexual orientation.” “We need to oppose the institution of state-sanctioned marriage because it strengthens the nuclear family as the consumptive and reproductive unit of capitalism.” “The nuclear family, for example, perpetuates capitalism.” “The struggle against sexual and gender oppression is an important component of a larger struggle to transform and establish a new society.” “The destruction of straightness would mean a world in which all of our bodies, all of our desires, all of our genders, all of our consensual sexualities, would be honored and viable.” “All of us have an obligation to unlearn straightness—to unlearn the ways we have been socialized into straightness, much like the ways in which we have been socialized into capitalism.” “The struggle for queer liberation, and the struggle to abolish straightness; these are inseparable from anti-capitalist and anti-statist struggle.” “The entire capitalist patriarchal white supremacy that structures our world unequally, and indeed preys on unequal relations of power, requires heteronormative relationships. Break down those kinds of relationships, and we are also starting to break down patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism.”
“Queer theory understands people in relation to the normal and the deviant, creating infinite possibilities for resistance. Queer theory seeks to disrupt the ‘normal.’” “In other words, a queer critique of capitalism based on an analysis of commodity fetishism would do the following: it would have to recognize that the heterosexual matrix based on the gendered division of labor is not so much an extension of patriarchy into capitalism but rather a genuine product of it. Capitalism does not only assign men and women different roles within its realm, it also creates the modern notion of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine.’” “Queer theory shows that gendered identities as well as sexualities are not fixed and ‘natural’ but rather that they are socially constructed, fluid, and changeable—both socially and with regard to physical bodies. Gender and sexuality, in this view, are not something we are born with but something we do—or ‘perform’—on a daily basis. Queer politics therefore calls for a subversion of fixed identities such as ‘man,’ ‘woman,’ ‘straight,’ ‘homosexual,’ and so on by exploring individual performances that break out of these categories altogether.” “The heteronormative, hierarchical two-gender system in its current form is a result, rather than a predecessor, of modern capitalism.” “Biological and medical discourses about gender and sexuality shift historically.” “The transition to capitalism was indeed a main driving force of the conquest over different forms of gender expression and sexuality, enforcing a strict gender/sex binary.” “Gender is socially and not biologically constructed.” “Instead, gender is a product of social norms, individual behaviors, and institutional power.” “From the very moment of birth, our bodies are fit into a social system in which there are two genders, built upon the myth that the two sexes are ‘natural.’” “We are imprisoned by a gender binary.” “To achieve liberation, we must reject the binary gender system, which divides us into two mutually exclusive categories.” “I argue not that gender transgression or deviance is in itself revolutionary, but that we must transcend or destroy the gender-based power relations, as part of a sort of decolonizing.” “Our liberation from heteropatriarchy is intimately tied to the struggle to dismantle racism, capitalism, and an authoritarian state. In other words, our movements need to understand and confront how systems of oppression—capitalism, heteropatriarchy, and white supremacy—intersect, and reproduce one another.”
“I have often pointed out the importance of considering the essential role played by pleasure in drug use—even in the most chaotic use—and its life-endorsing ‘usefulness,’ as well as the need to draw on the parallels between the gay liberation and the drug users’ rights movements.”
“When it is operating at its best, anarchism is tearing down the borders of nation states, smashing the borders of capitalist control, and transgressing all borders of oppression and authoritarianism. When queer(ness) is operating at its best it is tearing down the borders of gender, smashing the confines of compulsory monogamy, and transgressing the moralism of sex and sexuality. When abolition is at its best it is tearing down the prison walls, smashing the police state, and transgressing the power of punishment while instituting new forms of transformative justice.”
“The trans community defies the ‘accepted’ social constructs of sex and gender, of free market capitalism, and the state with its need for society’s adherence to strict social norms/constructs in order to maintain its operating systems of power, keeping its focus on assimilation within a system that by definition constrains the core concept of trans.” “So a key tenet of trans liberation lies within the liberation of one’s self (and others) from the tyranny of the state, religion, and society; and equally important—from our own self-imposed tyranny.” “It is our promiscuity that will save us.” “Without justice, there can be no pleasure. After all, what we are protecting is a right to social imagination that rejects both paternalism and positivism, while opening spaces for alternative social relations and ways of embracing experience outside the realm of the rational experience.” “To do away with shame and the repression it fuels, pleasure activists push to transform the social order.”
These anarchists seem to confuse hedonism with love. If I were to say that they desire hedonism, they would say that they desire love.
“If they can discredit capitalism, they can consider themselves free to pursue their own impractical vicious morality.” – Ayn Rand
Their goal is to queer society. Queer movements, however, are nothing new. They have been around since ancient times:
The Galli were priests of the gods Cybele and Attis. This cult became popular in Roman. The goddess Cybele was a Hermaphrodite. She had her male parts castrated, turning her into a female. The god Attis castrated himself, thus the Galli also practiced self-castration. The Galli earned money by begging. It appears that they also made money through prostitution.
The Gala were priests of the goddess Inanna/Ishtar in ancient Mesopotamia. There’s a Sumerian saying: “To destroy, to build up, to tear out and to settle are yours, Inanna,” and, “To turn a man into a woman and a woman into a man are yours, Inanna.” Since Ishtar could transcend categories, her followers where emboldened to defy and redefine social boundaries, especially those related to gender. An ancient Sumerian proverb said: “When the Gala wiped off his ass [he said], ‘I must not arouse that which belongs to my mistress (Inanna/Ishtar).’” They spelled the word “Gala” with the cymbals of “penis + anus.” It appears that they also made money through prostitution.
The Hijra of India worship the goddess Bahuchara Mata. Bahuchara Mata cut off her breasts, thus cursing a bandit named Bapiya with impotency. The castration of the Hijra removes both the penis and testicles. While they are being castrated, they chant the name of their goddess. The Hijra earn money by begging and prostitution. They consider themselves to be neither man nor women, though they generally wear women’s clothing in public. There are many striking parallels between the Galli and Hijra.
“The goddesses who stand at the head of these cults—Cybele, Bahuchara Mata, and Inanna/Ishtar—also share important traits. All three are credited with the power to inspire divine madness, which can include the transformation of gender.” These kinds of gender cults also spread beyond India into Southeast Asia, Borneo, and Sulawesi.
In alchemy the Androgyne, or Rebis (“god” self), signifies the union of opposites, such as spirit and matter, soul and body, light and dark, male and female, human and divine. Androgyne is a gender identity on the queer gender spectrum; it is a blending of both genders or somewhere in between. “The Rebis, meaning duality, is the divine fruit that grows from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, however, the Rebis is actually the true and complete form of the divine fruit and largely considered to be the end result between harmony and discord.”
“Adam ate the apple and anti-pleasure religious doctrine took a foundation that we are still grappling with today.” – Queering Anarchism
“Transfeminism builds on the work that came out of the multiracial feminist movement, and in particular, the work of black feminists.” Feminism, which has played a large role in birthing the modern-day transgender movement, has its roots in the occult. A while back, when I was looking into the first wave feminist movement, I found that many of its writers were occultists. You can even do a Google or YouTube search for “feminism and the occult.” It’s easy to find! Guess what group has been deeply ingrained in both the feminist and transgender movements? Marxists, the ones who want to abolish the family.
Sexual immorality is one of many vices that cause an empire to decline. If we examine the fall of empires in history, we can see many parallels with our society today. In the early stages of an empire, according to Sir John Glubb, boys are expected to be tough and manly. They are expected to tell the truth, because lying is cowardly. They must courageously face their fears like men. They must have honor and duty. Decline starts when the people start to seek wealth. The desire for money gradually replaces loyalty and self-sacrifice. People go from service to selfishness. Students no longer go to college for learning and virtue, but they go to obtain degrees that will gain them the highest salaries. Once the nation becomes wealthy, it desires to protect its wealth and luxury. The citizens become cowardly, and they consider the conquest of their forefathers as immoral. Their ancestors were heroes, but they are inferior. So they vilify their empire as evil, which gives them a feeling of moral superiority. Since these people lack physical toughness, they chase after academic honours. Knowledge spreads and intellectualism grows. This leads to lots of discussion and debates. These arguments are not very fruitful, and produce men of little action. Their forefathers were men of action, but they are not. They have become cowardly, lazy and weak. In their intellectual pride, they think that they can solve the world’s problems. Yet they lack selflessness, dedication and service. The people become more and more politically divided. As the nation grows weaker, it becomes less unified.
In the first stages of an empire the people are homogeneous, so they have strong feelings of solidarity. However, as the empire declines, it increasingly brings in foreigners. These immigrants form their own communities, in order to protect their own interests. When the crap hits the fan, they are less likely to sacrifice their lives and prosperity for the empire. They come from different cultures and tend to cause cracks and divisions over time. As the nation further declines, it employs cheap foreign workers to perform menial tasks. The empire becomes sympathetic to other races and generously bestows the rights of citizenship on every race, proclaiming equality for mankind.
The influence of women in public life is often connected with decline. The empire starts to loosen it morals and abandons sexual morality. It becomes indifferent to religion and becomes increasingly materialistic. The politicians become more and more corrupt, enriching themselves. The government spends lavishly on its own benevolence. Music becomes increasingly erotic. Obscene language, which would not have been tolerated in the past, becomes normal. People also spend more time on leisure, amusement, and sports.
“Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion, pessimism and frivolity. The citizens of such a nation will no longer make an effort to save themselves, because they are not convinced that anything in life is worth saving.” – Sir John Glubb
In a declining empire, as people become more educated, new technologies are discovered. We see the same thing in our decadent society. Artificial intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds. Soon there will be machine learning systems around the world that will be linked to digital biometric IDs, central bank digital currencies, and social credit score systems. The natural world and the digital world are merging ever-increasingly. And the future is heading towards transhumanism.
“Trans-Spirit researchers” want to gain a complete understanding of religious and spiritual phenomena, so that they can manipulate and control them for the supposed good of society. They want to induce spiritual experiences and altered states of consciousness, using all technologies at their disposal. This includes transcranial electro-magnetic stimulation, visual and auditory stimulation, and chemical agents. Once they fully understand the operations of the neurological mechanisms of the brain, then the brain “can be monitored, manipulated and managed benevolently as a living art.” Creepy! Can anyone say: modern day MK-Ultra!?! “Transhumanist spirituality will be possible without mythology or religious belief. It will be highly personalized, and based on spiritual practices that have scientifically verified value. Transhumanist spirituality will be the ultimate fruit of the Trans-Spirit research program.” The author of this transhumanist paper kept using the word “rational” when talking about transhumanism. Why, then, are these rational transhumanists so irrational? They are mad scientists with a god complex! They want to manipulate and control the human brain, specifically in a religious context. As the last sentence of this academic paper states: “Transhumanist spirituality will be the ultimate fruit of the Trans-Spirit research program.”
The Bible warns about the transhumanist spirituality of the Beast. 666: you will be transitioned into a transhuman! The Beast system will include worship of Caesar, thus an idol of the Antichrist will be erected. This Image of the Beast will be given life (artificial intelligence) to speak. This AI Image will be the brains of the Beast surveillance system (the internet of all things). By law, all people must worship the Beast. The Image of the Beast will know who does not worship the Beast. The brains of those who have the Mark will be manipulated, and they will worship the Beast. Through technology, they will have a feel-good spiritual experience. Those without the Mark of the Beast will not worship the Beast. They will not have the Digital Biometric Mark that connects them to the Beast system. Those who refuse to worship the Beast will be arrested and sentenced to death.
Society is being steered towards these things. The LGBTQ movement has the support of governments, multinational corporations, billionaires, and banks. It is no coincidence that sperm counts and testosterone levels have been decreasing in men over the years. Transhumanists talk about producing a genderless transhuman society, where people evolve with future technologies into non-human super beings. The logical conclusion of transhumanism is the end of the human race. Their agenda is anti-human, and they are advocating for the extinction of mankind. They want to play God, just like their father the Devil; for the Devil desires to be God. “And if you eat the apple, you too will be like God.” Humans are indeed rebellious sinners, and sin ends in destruction and death. Yet through Christ Jesus there is salvation!
Check out a full writeup on Canibeat.com :
www.canibeat.com/2012/02/well-worth-the-trip-mike-d-twin-...
Pictures from an overnighter on Bainbridge Island mid-October 2014. For a complete writeup check out this post on my blog.
I want to preface this writeup by saying that I am approaching this from an amateur's perspective. The effects of these satellites will be more noticeable for certain professional observatories, but SpaceX are [working with them on reducing the brightness of the satellites](www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/mkmsqa/spacex_rele...). It's also important to keep in mind that the streaks in my photo are a worst case scenario, as the satellites had just launched and haven't spread out or reached their final orbit height. The satellites become significantly dimmer once fully deployed.
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Satellite trails have always been present in astrophotos since satellites first became a thing. With every starlink launch I often see photos or videos of the trains accompanied with "staRLINk iS RUInINg asTRoNoMy". For the amateur astrophotographer this is not the case. Image stacking and pixel rejection algorithms have been around for a while, and do a pretty good job at removing the trails, even with just the 10 images in my example photo. Many deep sky photos stack hundreds of frames together, which helps reject more outlier pixels from satellites or other sources of noise. Even the most popular nebula for beginners, the Orion Nebula, is [regularly 'photobombed' by geostationary satellites](i.imgur.com/niwKELZ.png), which are rejected out from the [final image if enough frames are taken](live.staticflickr.com/65535/50926610233_84a5b0b22c_o.png).
**Image Stacking:**
Astrophotographers regularly stack dozens to hundreds of exposures together to create high SNR images of deep sky objects. It isn't necessary to completely toss out an exposure containing a satellite trail, as the stacking process removes outlier pixels from certain frames before averaging together the rest. ([more info on pixel rejection can be found here](pixinsight.com/doc/tools/ImageIntegration/ImageIntegratio...))
**Information about these starlinks in particular:**
These 13 starlink satellites were launched on the Starlink-25 launch on May 4th, 4 days prior to being photographed. There maximum brightness was around magnitude +2.2, comparable to the bright stars of the Big Dipper. Maximum altitude of the train was 90 degrees, however the galaxy was at 70 degrees. The remaining frames of the Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565) were taken a couple weeks ago. All frames were captured from my Bortle 6 driveway. I made a similar comparison [about a year ago](www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/gwyw1n/effects_of_...), however the conditions for that shot were less than ideal due to haze (there also wasn't a cool galaxy in the frame).
**Places where I host my other images:**
[Instagram](www.instagram.com/leftysastrophotography/) | [Flickr](www.flickr.com/people/leftysastrophotography/)
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**[Equipment:](i.imgur.com/6T8QNsv.jpg)**
* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
* Orion Sirius EQ-G
* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
* Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
* Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
* ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
* Moonlite Autofocuser
**Acquisition:** (Camera at Unity Gain, -15°C)
* Lum - 120" exposures
* Darks- 30
* Flats- 30 per filter
**Capture Software:**
* Captured using [N.I.N.A.](nighttime-imaging.eu) and PHD2 for guiding and dithering.
**PixInsight Processing:**
* BatchPreProcessing
* StarAlignment
* ImageIntegration
> [Default settings + default large scale pixel rejection](i.imgur.com/xyTeqgH.png) used
> Windsorized Sigma Clipping rejection algorithm used for 10 image stack
> Linear Fit Clipping rejection algorithm used for 50 image stack
* DynamicCrop
* AutomaticBackgroundExtraction
* STF applied via HistogramTransformation to bring nonlinear
One of my shots on the cover of Views Magazine for the August / September 2011 issue. There is a full feature on me and my landscape photography in this issue and I will post some of the pages and the article from the feature as soon as I get a chance to scan them. Hope you enjoy it, comments welcome! ;-)
Shot with a Nikon D300 and the 18-200mm VR lens
Signed prints are available through my website at Dave Allen Photography
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MerDeCha is combined from 3 individual Jaegers. The term MerDeCha is a portmanteau of Merdeka* + Mecha.
*Merdeka is a Malay language term for Independence.
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Wheel-Inn Drive In, in Sedalia, Missouri, USA
The guber burger is essentially a regular burger, only instead of the usual condiments, it has peanut butter. More info here.
Railfest is the annual celebration at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN. This year as part of the celebration, they offered Southern Railway 2-8-0 #630 as an excursion round trip to Cleveland, TN. This locomotive was built in 1904 by the American Locomotive Company Richmond Works. It was restored to operation at TVRM in 2011 and is now part of Norfolk Southern's 21st Century Steam program.
Also as part of the activities of the 2013 Railfest, Southern Railway's EMD FP7 #6133 made a visit. This Diesel locomotive built in 1950 was used to pull their excursion, the Missionary Ridge Local throughout the weekend. It is normally on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum which offers this writeup:
"Southern Railway #6133: The locomotive was built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in 1950. This FP-7, operated by the Southern Railway, was the property of the CNO&TP (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific). The FP designation meant the locomotive could be used for passenger or freight trains, using a 567-B 16 cylinder prime mover, generating 1500 horsepower. These were F-7 freight locomotives with a steam generator placed at the rear of the locomotive, increasing body length by four feet. FP-7 locomotives were used on small branch-line passenger trains throughout the Southern Railway System. By the late 1970s, there were very few FP-7s left on the roster due to Southern eliminating many passenger trains. The 5-8 left were used for excursion trains as part of the Steam Program begun in 1966. The 6133 was donated to the NCTHC in 1980, and restored by the volunteers to its original green/ imitation aluminum paint scheme. It is used to pull the train ride around the property when needed."
I took more photos of #6133 than I have posted to flickr. You can also see quite a thorough collection of photos of the highlighted steam locomotive Southern #630, the Missionary Ridge Local with #6133, and other rolling stock on the grounds. This gallery is on my website here:
seemidtn.com/gallery/index.php?album=chattanooga%2Frailfe...
Also, I took video and put it on youtube: All the steam footage, plus the Missionary Ridge local: youtu.be/AhCCpvO41iM
I discovered the secret to the gavel. It's got some odd dimensions but like everything else it conforms to the LEGO system grid. very nicely. See my writeup at www.dagsbricks.com/2013/11/lego-techniques-bring-down-gav...
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This shot was predicted using "The Photographer's Ephemeris," which eanbles you to view sun and moon angles at any time of day, superimposed on Google Earth.
I identified two potential shooting locations at different distances and elevations one block apart, and I was able to shoot from one then move to the other as the moon set.
Here's my blog writeup on the program, with links to the free download:
Anticipating Sun and Moon Position
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Coffee + Condensed milk Tart with ice cream
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I'm a few months late here, but check out my writeup and photo essay Theatre Bizarre: Only in Detroit on gsgblog.
Excerpt:
The concept is simple enough. You enter the home of a fictional serial killer only to find yourself transported into the killer’s own twisted nightmare: a bizarre fantasy circus world from an unplaceable era and dimension. This translates roughly into the most outrageous and brilliantly-executed Halloween party in the United States, possibly the world. And it could only happen in Detroit, where artists have acquired a block of abandoned and vacated homes and transformed them into this nightmare world.
Detroit, Michigan
White-crowned sparrow at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve.
Check out all my Species a Day posts, with writeups, here.
Writeup (5/20): www.dabbled.org/2009/05/tutorial-fusing-plastic-or-how-to...
See the really cool stuff she makes with this! (some here)
SoSheSews: www.flickr.com/photos/11260891@N04/
1. Fusing Plastic Bags: Things you need, 2. Fusing Plastic Bags: The Bags!, 3. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step One, 4. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Two, 5. Fusing Plastic Bags: Don't forget the Earth!, 6. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Three, 7. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Four, 8. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Five, 9. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Six, 10. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Seven, 11. Fusing Plastic Bags: The Motion in the Ocean, 12. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Eight, 13. Fusing Plastic Bags: Turn up the Heat!, 14. Fusing Plastic Bags: Aaaaand we're GOOD!, 15. Fusing Plastic Bags: Step Nine, 16. Final step!
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Images from OOAK designer Matt Sutton party. writeup available at insidethefashiondollstudio.com/2018/07/10/2018-nbdcc-matt...
Images from OOAK designer Matt Sutton party. writeup available at insidethefashiondollstudio.com/2018/07/10/2018-nbdcc-matt...
yes, the pebbles are UNDER water.
Sorry I come from a place where water is polluted/very dirty, hence the big reaction on seeing such clear water.
BTW, I've bought a new lens! Uploading and writeup coming tomorrow(hopefully) :D
comparison between my LEGO Transformers creation first and later version of the same character. For more photos and writeups on this journey , click on my blog link below. thank you!
October 10, 2009
♥ Love is Everywhere ♥
~ I have this in mind.. I mean the concept for long... a combination of paper, pen writeup and bokeh... again not the best of shot to my taste... I think I could have done better... may be early morning sunshine might have done some wonders... but this is about to evening... Will try again :)
My entry for the Golden Mask Competition. Also my first serious Bionicle MoC in about 3-4 years I think.
2015 Character profile writeup:
Legend speaks of a mysterious being of immense power lurking in the darkest parts of Okoto's forests: Mithosix. It is said to be a fierce hunter and warrior, as well as a collector of rarities - be they masks of power or the poor souls that wear them. Many who ventured too deeply into the jungle were stolen away, never to return. Where Mithosix has its lair, or if it even is a living being or a dark spirit in physical form is anyone's guess. But the villagers of Okoto have learned it might be better to leave that mystery unsolved.
Primary Color: Black, Orange, Teal
Element: Unknown
Favorite environment: Deep within the jungle and dark, maze-like places in general
Masks: Unknown
Powers: Phasing through solid objects and active camouflage to perfectly blend with the environment.
Primary weapon: Twin Scythes, taller than the largest Toa.
Secondary weapon: Claws
Signature moves: Scythe Whirlwind & Four-arm Strike
Key traits: Patient, calculating and silent.
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Today I thought of doing a collage of Mother Goddess Nanda Devi, the highest peak completely within India; thus capturing different moment of the day in the process.
The photo consist of three images from dawn, day and dusk.
The first shot is before the first rays of sun actually hit the top of the peak. The rays have already hit the beautiful cloud moving above the peak.
The second shot is around noon when the sun is shining just above the peak and the cloud moves in front smoothly.
The third shot is when the sun is setting, actually it has set from where i was standing. But the last rays still reach the high peaks of Nanda Devi. The golden sunset is simply amazing. The photograph or any other photograph or video can never do justice to this display at end of day. You must see it in your eyes to believe how beautiful a sunset can be in the Himalayas.
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Settings etc.:
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Canon Rebel xti
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO 100
RAW files processed with Aperture
TIFF files processed with Photoshop for border and collage.
Tripod - Targus from Target Store.
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The Story
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Nanda Devi is a two-peaked massif, forming a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west. The west summit is higher, and the eastern summit is called Nanda Devi East. Together the peaks are referred to as the twin peaks of the goddess Nanda. The main summit stands guarded by a barrier ring comprising some of the highest mountains in the Indian Himalayas (one of which is Nanda Devi East), twelve of which exceed 6,400 m (21,000 ft) in height, further elevating its sacred status as the daughter of the Himalaya in Indian myth and folklore. The interior of this almost insurmountable ring is known as the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, and is protected as the Nanda Devi National Park. Nanda Devi East lies on the eastern edge of the ring (and of the Park), at the border of Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar districts.
In addition to being the 23rd highest independent peak in the world, Nanda Devi is also notable for its large, steep rise above local terrain. It rises over 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) above its immediate southwestern base on the Dakkhni Nanda Devi Glacier in about 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi), and its rise above the glaciers to the north is similar. This makes it among the steepest peaks in the world at this scale, closely comparable, for example, to the local profile of K2. Nanda Devi is also impressive when considering terrain that is a bit further away, as it is surrounded by relatively deep valleys. For example, it rises over 6,500 metres (21,300 ft) above the valley of the Ghoriganga in only 50 km (30 mi).
On the northern side of the massif lies the Uttari Nanda Devi Glacier, flowing into the Uttari Rishi Glacier. To the southwest, one finds the Dakkhni Nanda Devi Glacier, flowing into the Dakkhni Rishi Glacier. All of these glaciers are located within the Sanctuary, and drain west into the Rishiganga. To the east lies the Pachu Glacier, and to the southeast lie the Nandaghunti and Lawan Glaciers, feeding the Lawan Gad; all of these drain into the Milam Valley. To the south is the Pindari Glacier, draining into the Pindar River. Just to the south of Nanda Devi East, dividing the Lawan Gad drainage from the Dakkhni Nanda Devi Glacier, is Longstaff Col, 5,910 m (19,390 ft), one of the high passes that guard access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. For a list of notable peaks of the Sanctuary and its environs, see Nanda Devi National Park.
Source of above writeup is Wikipedia.
The map shows the exact location of the shot. (29.698454 N,79.75968 E)
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For trip to Nanda Devi National Park visit the following link www.gmvnl.com/newgmvn/nandadevi.aspx
KMVN Resort: The best views, excellent food, sunny terrace for laid back vacation, walking distance from Zero Point, out of the world environment. But you do not get electricity in the room except for 3 hours in evening, 2 buckets of hot water in the morning and no entertainment of modern world. Go there for laid back life.
The Mason Engineering "MPR" ("Mini-Probe Receiver") kit was introduced in the early 1980's as the successor to the A2 (see other photos in my stream). Intended primarily for TSCM ("bug sweeping") applications, the MPR included tuning modules that extended the frequency coverage from 20 KHz up to 10 GHz, and added some additional demodulation functions (such as tunable FM subcarrier detection) as well as a spectrum pan scope and digital frequency display. This photo shows, from left to right, the basic receiver (model "B-9"), with the 1.6-10GHz tuner installed. the frequency display, and the spectrum scope. This unit has serial number 68. Everything still works, though the scope definitely needs calibration.
Mason produced several refinements of the MPR kit over the years. Based on the B-9 model number of the receiver, I believe this one is the "MPR-3" version.
A good writeup on a later (but very similar) version can be found at www.cryptomuseum.com/df/mason/mpr5.htm
Rodenstock 105mm/5.6 Digaron macro floating element lens (@ f/11), Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50), Cambo Actus-XL camera with movements applied.
No emulsions were harmed in the making of this image,
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Photo taken back on July 13th in a game between the Milroy Irish and the Hadley Buttermakers. Milroy won the game 6-3. Excellent ballpark.
Here is a nice writeup about the Milroy Irish and their ballpark, "Irish Yard" -- www.minnpost.com/rural-dispatches/2016/05/build-it-and-th...
The tickler is how I remind myself of things in the future.
Writeup is at askwebb.blogspot.com/2006/09/getting-things-done-part-4-t...
wasnt feeling this one most of the way through but it came together ok. good times painting with work muck and laylo.
gotta love all the media types that rocked down to stockwell looking for touchy feely the day after a writeup in the evening standard.. big thumbs down to the old chick with the in your face anticharm.
International Women's Day.
Long, long Thursday with a gym session, English midterm, French paper, photo project proposal, biology lab writeup, a mindmelting movie about the economy for international relations, and a dinner date. Oh, and packing had to fit in there somewhere too.
Goodbye sleep. Took a nap as the sun was coming up.
Standard Thursday night. (I wish I was kidding)
The embarrassing pop songs I got lost in for hours and hours while doing work: this and that.
Sureshot transform into a dune buggy .As a robot, he has great articulations.
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My latest image to be published was the front cover of this month’s InBath A5 Events Magazine for the Bath area. The picture was taken at Christmas 2011 and the editor spotted it on Flickr. The original wider picture can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/edwinjones/6618591627
They also did a writeup on my Photography on the InBath Blog at www.inbath.net/2014/11/edwin-jones-photography-provides-t...
See the original picture also in the first comment below.
British Birds "Bird Photograph of the Year 2014"
Well i am delighted to announce that my Kestrel shot has been placed 7th overall in the British Bird photo of the year. They kindly sent me there monthly magazine today which showed the image and a nice writeup of how it was achieved.
Now in its 38th year, the competition continues to flourish, with more entries than ever, and 2014 was perhaps the closest competition for many years the judges state.
The top 12 images will be placed now at the Rutland Bird Fair next week in large format prints (Marque 3 stands 24-25) for the public to vote the peoples favourite lets see if they agree with the judges.
So if your heading the Bird fair you will see the image on display along with some other beauties.
The presentation will be on Friday afternoon hosted by Simon King for the winners.
Photo panorama of 4 images taken back on July 13th in a game between the Milroy Irish and the Hadley Buttermakers. Milroy won the game 6-3. Excellent ballpark located in southwestern Minnesota. Both Milroy and Hadley are Town Ball teams, or Minnesota Amateur Baseball teams.
Here is a nice writeup about the Milroy Irish and their ballpark, "Irish Yard" -- www.minnpost.com/rural-dispatches/2016/05/build-it-and-th...
Settings: Ambient is around neutral grey, with the flash modeling light one stop over neutral grey.
Full writeup here: mr-chompers.blogspot.com/2009/11/sebastianbalconyportrait...
Not the most reliable or easy-to-operate of Blacktron vehicles, the BT7751, nicknamed the "Dark Dragster", was designed as a fast raiding rover armed with dual small-calibre omega particle cannons. The Blacktron Alliance frequently use dangerous and unstable technology in their equipment, but omega cannons produce sufficient background radiation that the designers were forced to place them at a distance from the pilot's position. After a design where they were positioned directly over the front axle proved too difficult to control, the current strutted design was produced. Dark Dragsters are rare in the Blacktron Alliance's hardware lists but are usually given a wide berth by both the Federation and the Alliance's own troops whenever they are rolled out.
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FebRovery episode 7, and time for a silly-looking rover with a "serious" writeup.
Images from OOAK designer Matt Sutton party. writeup available at insidethefashiondollstudio.com/2018/07/10/2018-nbdcc-matt...
Two Fantastic cars from Honda, owned by one person. This is a 2004 Acura NSX and 2009 Honda S2000. More pics/writeup @ www.jdmchicago.com
Pride Week is a really big deal in Toronto. It celebrates the diversity of the LBGT community but its popularity has spread far beyond the LGBT community as the city goes into party mode. (www.seetorontonow.com/annual-events/toronto-pride-week/)
I was sitting with a friend on the patio of the Ryerson University coffee shop having a chat and a cup of joe and people-watching as a street fair associated with the Pride Festival took place in front of us. I saw her at a table across the street with a coworker, giving out information about Inside Out, a nonprofit cultural organization “committed to challenging attitudes and changing lives through year-round initiatives in queer cinema.” (www.insideout.ca) I was drawn to her great smile and her beautiful collection of tattoos. When I finished my coffee, I introduced myself by asking if she felt as photogenic as she looked. She laughed and said “No, not at all.” I told her about 100 Strangers and my wish to include her as part of my project and she said “I love it. The project sounds fantastic – kind of like Humans of New York.” “Yes” I replied. “Kind of but a bit different.” I have her my card and we shook hands. Meet Diana.
Diana’s coworker agreed to look after the table for a couple of minutes while Diana and I crossed the street to the shade of the coffee shop patio where I had been sitting a few minutes before. We took the photos rather quickly with the reflective windows of the coffee shop in the background and I then returned Diana to the promotions table to chat.
Diana is 29 and is originally from Vancouver on Canada’s west coast. Her family is of Vietnamese origin but she was born and raised in Canada. I learned that she does some photography herself and would like to look into 100 Strangers and perhaps join the group. She really likes the way it encourages reaching out socially and connecting people along with its photographic goals.
Diana is the Marketing Manager of Inside Out and said she likes he job because it’s a small, somewhat informal organization and she is given a lot of independence to come up with her own ideas of how to best do the promotions –such as being present at the Ryerson University street festival today. When I asked her about the greatest challenge she has faced in life, Diana said it has been finding her place in the world. She went on to explain that while most young people who identify as queer go through a process of not fitting in with other kids, they eventually find a strong connection with the queer community. “It wasn’t like that for me” she went on. “I didn’t connect strongly with the queer community either so I’ve had to find my own way. Now I have a mixture of friends and activities that are not just straight or queer.” I had the impression that this has been a challenge for Diana but that she is making her way in the world without defining herself purely through terms of sexual preference.
I found Diana to be very outgoing, friendly, and an eager participant in 100 Strangers. She said she was happy to have been invited to the project and I told her it had been fun meeting her. It was time to leave her to her promotion work – a job that is a good match for her personality. I meant to ask her about the Kings Avenue cap she was wearing and returned after my class to ask but discovered that the street event was winding down and she and her coworker had returned to the office. With a bit of googling, I discovered that Kings Avenue is the name of a highly-rated tattoo shop with studios in Manhattan and Long Island. (www.kingsavenuetattoo.com/) If Kings Avenue is in fact the source of Diana’s body art, they certainly do good work.
Thank you Diana for the friendly response to my photo request and for taking a few minutes to get acquainted. Thanks for your participation in The Human Family where you are #835 in Round 9 of my project. Have a great time at Pride Week.
Update: I received a very nice email from Diana saying she is pleased with the writeup and explaining that two of her tattoos are, in fact, from Kings Avenue studio. It's always great to hear back from someone in my project. Thanks Diana. :-)
At least, I think that's what it is. Sulphurs always throw me.
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I have stressed this in a few other write ups but I feel the compulsive need to stress it again. What I want to stress to you, is that California is a beautiful place. If you have the means to visit or the opportunity to live here, do so. You will not regret it, and if you do then... nah, you probably won't. LOL
Today I went out to the beach with a few photographer friends of mine, we left town at 5pm and stayed until sunset. It's been a while since i've taken photos at the beach. I have sincerely forgotten how wet and sandy these beach things are. I ended up getting both my legs and 60% of my tripod engulfed in the ocean, but it was entirely worth it. After today I've really realized how beautiful the Bay Area truly is. There are honestly very few places i'd rather live than California, off the top of my head I can only think of Germany. For the pretty cars of course, hehe.
After the beach, we headed back to town to get the most awesome burritos from our local Taco Truck. The ending of this write up is rather anticlimactic but this is the end.
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