Random Photos

[dlgoff]

I thought about putting this photo in my Beauty of old electrical and measuring things, etc. thread as it's beautiful to me, but since it isn't electrical and doesn't measure anything I'll put it here. My father was in the US Marine Corps stationed in the Philippines during WW2. This was his uniform:

 

[phinds]

Specifically, his DRESS uniform, not his regular uniform.

 

[dlgoff]

Specifically, his DRESS uniform, not his regular uniform.

correct. His rank was corporal.

 

[dlgoff]

His duties were being an orderly/body guard for a Colonel. I've got a photo album of his and later may scan and post a couple images.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Shadow of illumination around mountain?

A layer of haze low over the town (probably due to furnaces, it was -35C). The bright part is low-angle scattering of sunlight by the haze.

 

[waternohitter]

His duties were being an orderly/body guard for a Colonel. I've got a photo album of his and later may scan and post a couple images.

We'd like to see the photo album of your father.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Another geometry puzzle:

 

[BillTre]

Oh, Fun.

Illuminated from behind and to the left of the camera, to make the rainbow.
Top of hill is well illuminated, but closer to the camera is in shade (clouds or more likely a terrain feature (sharp edge)).
Sky is clear but with a low patchy haze (producing the patchy rainbow).
Alternatively, the sun could be shining through some patchy clouds, resulting on a patchy illumination of the non-patchy haze, producing a patchy rainbow.

Not sure about the hazy stripes of white light illumination radiating to the center of the rainbow arc (center of the circle that the arc is a part of).
To me, the geometry indicates they are part of the optical effect of the rainbow.
I'm not clear on it but I figure it is a non-refracting reflection off haze droplets.
This radiating stripiness of the white seems due to the same haze pattern as producing the rainbow (same place or a nearby neighboring place in the sky (atmosphere) where the light is hitting droplets).
Different angles of observation (that don't produce rainbow producing refraction), resulting in a white light reflection at a different angle.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Not sure about the hazy stripes of white light illumination radiating to the center of the rainbow arc

That is the geometry I meant.

 

[dlgoff]

We'd like to see the photo album of your father.

This is the coronel

Here's a couple pics with dad setting to FDR's right

 

[dlgoff]

My father was in the US Marine Corps stationed in the Philippines during WW2.

Dad told me he was shaken out of his bunk several times from this:

 

[Keith_McClary]

Not sure about the hazy stripes of white light illumination radiating to the center of the rainbow arc

Sunbeams are (essentially) parallel lines in 3D space. They appear to diverge from the Sun due to parallax. Near dawn or dusk they can extend across the sky and appear to converge at the anti-solar point. (Think train tracks.)

Anticrepuscular rays appear opposite of a sunrise on the Gulfcoast of Mississippi. Note the anticrepuscular rays are perpendicular to the rainbow. Photo:Chatnuck24

 

[morrobay]

To conclude the (I miss) New York State of Mind series: The Puerto Rican girls were charging $3/photo so had to be unnoticed. Midtown, Canal st Chinatown. Lower East Side near Tompkins Square

 

[Andy Resnick]

We've had a special visitor for the past few days:

This has been identified as a female summer tanager, a bird that should not be anywhere near us. In fact, if confirmed, this will be the first recorded sighting (in our region) since bird surveys began in 1900. A group of local experts is scheduled to come by tomorrow (12/19) to observe and confirm (while socially distant, etc.)... some excitement!

 

[Mondayman]

Ny new number one guitar, an Epiphone 1959 LP Standard. Plays and sounds amazing, for $1150 you have a quality guitar. I personally think Gibson is overpriced. They are fantastic instruments for sure, but considering you're paying atleast $3000 Canadian for a standard guitar, Epiphone is a really bang for your buck choice. That being said, I would spend an eons worth of wages to get my hands on a Jimmy Page LP..

 

[morrobay]

No prizes for guessing name of tree that starts with U

 

[BillTre]

Saw this recently on a white board at a local hospital:

 

[rsk]

The Physics of Snowmen thread reminded me of this photo, taken a few years ago now. I love the pattern produced.

 

[dlgoff]

We'd like to see the photo album of your father.

My father was in the US Marine Corps stationed in the Philippines during WW2.

A little history:

Dad enlisted in the Marine Corps at the beginning of his high school's senior year when he was engaged to my Mom who was in her high school's Junior year. At the beginning of Mom's Senior year she was recruited by J Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and went to Washington DC. While there she acquired these photos of president Roosevelt's funeral procession past the White House:

 

[Leo Liu]

A dumb Canada goose (honk)
Victoria Park, London, Ontario, CA

 

[morrobay]

Orange Reindeer, someone had to do it. Amari Pattaya

 

[Janus]

The earlier photo of the Volcano made me think of these:

Mt Saint Helens, from Longview, WA. This is one of the later eruptions. The gray on the roofs is ash from an earlier one( The second eruption. The first main eruption occurred with Westerly prevailing winds, which carried the ash East, The next one during Easterly winds, carrying it West.

Longview after the 2nd eruption. At the time, I lived just a mile or so beyond the hills in the background.

 

[DennisN]

Two long exposure panoramas I took this evening:
(ISO 50, Exposure: 15 sec)

Pond and park:

(larger versions are here)

A garden with an old pavilion, built in 1914 for the Baltic Exhibition:

(larger versions are here)

 

[morrobay]

Jomtien-beach

 

[morrobay]

A few more from Gulf of Thailand

 

[dlgoff]

A little history:

Dad enlisted in the Marine Corps at the beginning of his high school's senior year when he was engaged to my Mom who was in her high school's Junior year. At the beginning of Mom's Senior year she was recruited by J Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and went to Washington DC. While there she acquired these photos of president Roosevelt's funeral procession past the White House:

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In order to honor my father, I put up this flag pole on my storm shelter with a US Marine Corps flag on it.

 

[wrobel]

What I saw today when came to my car after three days parking (Moscow)

 

[DennisN]

Night sky through trees near Mt. Adams, WA.

What a cool photo, and what a great photo idea! I have to try to do that sometime!

I tried it yesterday when I was out photographing the night sky.
It became a bit "too much trees" and "too little sky", but anyway here it is:
(it was taken in a park in the city with quite a bit of light pollution)

(LG G4 phone with a wide angle lens and light pollution filter attached, ISO 400, 10 seconds exposure, and a bit of postprocessing in Photoshop)

And astrometry.net managed to identify it :

 

[Andy Resnick]

Some water crystals that fell from the sky last night:

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

A good place to watch sunset on the Gulf of Thailand. Starting about 1430.

 

[epenguin]

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Fascinating. At first I took this to be tyre tracks at the sea's edge. Then you realize this is produced by the wash of the sea. No doubt there is some theory for the stepped structure.

Perpendicular to the steps there also looks to be some kind of periodic structure in the sand suspended in the water.

 

[morrobay]

Another angle

 

[DennisN]

I've got a new camera, my first system camera.
It takes better photos than my smartphone. MUCH better.
Some of my first photos with the camera:

My cat (3 days ago)

A clock tower in the evening (tonight)

Quite sharp, even though it was a very low light situation.
My smartphone would not have been able to take such a sharp photo in that situation,
no matter how I would try to take it.

Regretfully some image compression can be seen here in the sky around the tower, since it is a JPG.
The original uncompressed image (ARW) does not have those artifacts.

 

[morrobay]

@phinds , Can you identify this dense wood, 1.03 g/cm^3. With also dense rice shaped grains. With the lack of tourism in this Thai seaside resort many restaurants, bars, massage places have been dismantled. So there is a lot of material left for the taking. Using these planks for shelving

 

[phinds]

No, it doesn't look familiar. The high density, bright color, and distinctive grain make it something I would likely remember if I had seen it before. Most likely it is a common Asian wood that never gets into America. That happens a fair amount with woods of the world.

How wide is the piece on the right.?

 

[morrobay]

16cm wide x 80cm x 3cm. At 4kg (plus varnish one side)

 

[DennisN]

It was a sunny day today:

 

[Andy Resnick]

22 degree lunar ice halo this evening:

A great atmospheric optics site:

https://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm

 

[DennisN]

22 degree lunar ice halo this evening

Beautiful!

 

[Keith_McClary]

 

[Frigus]

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Can you please tell me Where is this place?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Where is this place?

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

 

[Frigus]

Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada

Thanks.

 

[DennisN]

Moonlit sky tonight, lazily photographed from indoors through window.

 

[morrobay]

0530 Gulf of Thailand

 

[DennisN]

When life gives you rain, you can try to make arty photos of rain on your window...
...that's what I tried today. (taken with a Chinon 135mm f/2.8 tele lens)

 

[DennisN]

I have to admit I miss the old PF photo contests which were run by @ZapperZ .
It was very fun to participate and be inspired by photos from other PF members.
And it had an impact on me; I definitely started to take more photos in general.

I've recently ordered two unusual vintage lenses, which will be fun to try out:

The first one is a Russian Helios 44M-7, which is one of the cult classics.
It was suggested by various knowledgeable people (here is one) as a good lens to try for those who want to experiment. I ordered it on Ebay from a Russian photo equipment vendor. The "7" version is said to be the sharpest and I paid $62 for it, and it seems to be in great condition. I'll see when it gets here.

The other one is a Tokina 400mm f6.3 tele lens which I was happy to win on a Swedish online auction yesterday. It's a little monster (30 cm, 1kg ) which I will try to point at the Moon and other things.
It's so heavy that you have to attach the lens to the tripod first, and then the camera to the lens .
I don't expect it to perform miracles, but I will be fun to try and I only paid $26 for it.

Recently I have also started to experiment more and try to take photos in ways I haven't done before,
e.g. in "worm's-eye view". Here's one where I placed the camera close to the ground and set a timer (2 or 10 s, or maybe I used my mobile phone as a remote shutter control, I don't remember ):

(Photo info: f/8, 1/640s shutter speed, ISO 400)

 

[DennisN]

I tried out my camera on a candle light today:

(Just ISO 100 and 1/10s shutter speed, taken with a tripod)

 

[dlgoff]

Check out my new night light: