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[pinball1970]

Chinese New Year decorations outside central Library.

 

[pinball1970]

Also visited here

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

Stunning inside.

 

[pinball1970]

I was hoping to see this,
https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visit/visitor-information/explore/st-john-fragment/

It was "having a rest," back on display 2025.

Still, the building itself is very impressive, 1900, Neo gothic.

 

[pinball1970]

A little help from @Astranut with editing!
A few things named after this guy in Manchester, John Dalton.

 

[pinball1970]

This is where I thought P52 would be, lower lighting. EDIT, but not facing that window!

 

[pinball1970]

I took this for the books, the ones on the bottom opposite the chair are the height of the case they are in, about three feet.

 

[Rive]

I never knew the connection between Manchester and Abraham Lincoln.

https://acws.co.uk/archives-misc-lincoln_letter

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With that slight blur that statue sent me into a cognitive dissonance loop ...
... but after some googlework I found that there are plenty of other people out there who finds Lincoln and Sherlock Cumberbatch ( ) similar enough

 

[DennisN]

This is where I thought P52 would be, lower lighting. EDIT, but not facing that window!

Nice shot!

 

[DennisN]

"What do you mean it's your bed? We're resting here now."

(my two cats shot with smartphone a while ago)

@Rive, by the way, this was shot a while ago and in the evening, and here I directed an adjustable table lamp towards the cats before I took the shot. If I hadn't done that the photo would have become pretty dull and "greyish" since the ambient light in the room was pretty low in intensity.

 

[DennisN]

@Rive, by the way, this was shot a while ago and in the evening, and here I directed an adjustable table lamp towards the cats before I took the shot. If I hadn't done that the photo would have become pretty dull and "greyish" since the ambient light in the room was pretty low in intensity.

For comparison, here's another recent shot of one of the cats without using any supporting light (just ambient light)... and the photo becomes more washed out.

It also becomes more difficult to get a sharp shot in low light (due to the camera probably compensating for low light by increasing exposure time, and during longer exposure times tiny movements of my hand holding the smartphone become more apparent).

 

[Rive]

I directed an adjustable table lamp towards the cats before I took the shot.

I've tried that too, but does not work for black cats
It's the same what happens with flash. Everything is already overexposed, while the cat in the middle is still like a black hole...

I think it's about the difference in the dynamic ranges involved. To have the (black) cat proper on the photo, I need sufficient dynamic ranges both on the lower end (cat) and in the middle (background) of the brightness scale in the same time.

Most likely I'll try to explore the dark arts of postprocessing (as was suggested by @jtbell ), against my beliefs and inherent laziness

 

[jtbell]

I directed an adjustable table lamp towards the cats before I took the shot.

How would they have reacted if you had used the flashlamp?

 

[gmax137]

Most likely I'll try to explore the dark arts of postprocessing (as was suggested by @jtbell ), against my beliefs and inherent laziness

I don't have anything against post. In my wet darkroom days I would dodge and burn, use different contrast filters for different parts of the image, bleach with ferri, and on and on.

Another point: the unprocessed image coming straight out of your digital camera is the result of its software's decisions about how the image should look. In post, you can use your decisions.

 

[Tom.G]

How would they have reacted if you had used the flashlamp?

I haven't seen it myself but, my wife tells a story about her mother taking a flash picture of a cat sleeping on the back of a couch.

Apparently the camera used a short pre-flash to get a reading for the correct exposure (moderately common in those days).

The photo showed the cat in mid-air above the couch!

Cheers,
Tom

 

[gmax137]

Sometimes the pre-flash was to constrict the subject's pupils, in an attempt to reduce "red eye" in portraits.

 

[jtbell]

I just read this discussion on another forum:

https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=424526

A tiny 1,000 sq. foot fixer-upper in my area starts around $900,000 and $1.2 million is a small starter home 3Bed/3Bath, 1,500 sq. feet.

Here's what $900,000 gets you in my town (photo yesterday afternoon):

5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, over 4,000 square feet, 2.6 acre lot.

It was built in 1892 for the son of the founder of two of the town's three textile mills, and the town's bank. His wife was the daughter of the founder of the college where my wife and I both taught for many years.

It includes a fallout shelter which I guess was added later.

It ended up owned by the original owner's grandson, who was the chairman of the college's Board of Trustees during part of my time here. When his wife died a few years ago, she bequeathed it to the college.

I've heard that there was a proposal/suggestion that the college's business & economics department start a concentration in "hospitality management" in which students would run the house as a bed and breakfast place.

In the end, the college decided they need the cash, so the house is now up for sale.

I've never been inside it, but my wife was there once, for some college event.

 

[pinball1970]

I bought this on line, just for qualitative stuff.

It totally works, not tried it on strong acids or bases but great between 4-9.

It was less than £3 so I am not sure what I expected in terms of size.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

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For me, the most interesting thing in the picture is "EXP: 2026-22". 22??

 

[pinball1970]

For me, the most interesting thing in the picture is "EXP: 2026-22". 22??

Good catch!

02? Typo?

 

[jack action]

For me, the most interesting thing in the picture is "EXP: 2026-22". 22??

Most likely 22nd week

 

[gmax137]

I bought this on line, just for qualitative stuff.

How does that work? Is it a one-time use thing?

 

[fresh_42]

How does that work? Is it a one-time use thing?

It's a roll of litmus paper.

 

[gmax137]

D'oh!

 

[morrobay]

The busy ice cream place with waiting

 

[DennisN]

A powerful photo :

Photo by Jonatan Pie, quote: "Strolling down the canyon. It was midnight and auroras were bursting, but i was stuck in the canyon, so i tried to make as much use as i can from the position where i was. The idea fell on my mind to light the sides with the torches and another selfie came out :)"

Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/northern-lights-3l3RwQdHRHg

 

[morrobay]

The nice clear Southerlies/South Westerlies coming from across the Gulf and Andaman sea have arrived on schedule. What a difference from those Northerlies coming down from across the polluted , smoky land masses to the North - That air was out to get you

 

[berkeman]

It's amazing how much extra lean angle the MotoGP riders have been able to achieve the last couple of years. I'm not sure what is different, but they seem to have found an extra 10 degrees of lean angle somehow, which is translating into faster lap times. Amazing!

@Lnewqban

 

[jtbell]

This sculpture made of wire and LEDs hangs in the lobby of the performing arts center in Greenville SC. It's more impressive at night, but I wasn't there late enough last Sunday.

 

[gmax137]

It's amazing how much extra lean angle the MotoGP riders have been able to achieve the last couple of years. I'm not sure what is different, but they seem to have found an extra 10 degrees of lean angle somehow, which is translating into faster lap times. Amazing!

@Lnewqban

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Wow, that looks like about 60 degrees from vertical.

Compare to King Kenny (this is a Daytona photo, probably 1983 or 84). Looks like just a bit more than 45 degrees. I think it is probably down to the rubber compound development.

 

[jtbell]

This rainbow at sunset was too big to capture in one shot, so I tried to stitch two shots in Photoshop, not very successfully.

 

[pinball1970]

Random photos, this is random.

A gig venue, not a student house.

 

[pinball1970]

Where we put our gear cases. Didn't expect the ring.

 

[fresh_42]

Random photos, this is random.

A gig venue, not a student house.

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Don't complain! Think about 'die Hosen' ("Die Toten Hosen") who regularly perform in people's living rooms:

Source: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/...mer.fe773345-2aeb-451a-a320-6216c79c1501.html

Sorry, I haven't found an English article about their private concerts.

 

[pinball1970]

Boxing club in the day and rock venue at night.

Don't complain! Think about 'die Hosen' ("Die Toten Hosen") who regularly perform in people's living rooms:

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Source: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/...mer.fe773345-2aeb-451a-a320-6216c79c1501.html

Sorry, I haven't found an English article about their private concerts.

I've heard of famous bands doing weddings and things. This looks more fun though!

 

[fresh_42]

Boxing club in the day and rock venue at night.

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I've heard of famous bands doing weddings and things. This looks more fun though!

Do you know what's really funny in that little talk about gig venues?

"Tote Hose" literally, 'dead trousers' is a German idiom for anything boring, bleaky. "Hier ist ja tote Hose" stands for "here is nothing going on at all" as in someone's trousers - you know what I mean. The band name "Die Toten Hosen" makes fun of this idiom. Now, taking another look at the gym, I have to say: looks like "tote Hose".

 

[pinball1970]

. Now, taking another look at the gym, I have to say: looks like "tote Hose".

Different room Fresh! This is gig part.

 

[jtbell]

Rock 'em back on the ropes!

 

[jtbell]

A horse is a horse, of course, of course...

...but this one is named Morris, not Mister Ed.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/24755

 

[docnet]

The derpiest snake in the world, Arabian Sand Boa.

 

[Flyboy]

Because of course you need a bottle opener on the bottom of your sandal…

 

[Borg]

When I first looked at the picture, I thought that it was a compartment for storing reefer.

 

[jtbell]

Or a flap covering Maxwell Smart's flip-flop phone?

 

[Flyboy]

I wish it was something that cool, but no. It’s literally just to open up your beer bottle.

 

[DennisN]

The band name "Die Toten Hosen" makes fun of this idiom.

I've seen that band live actually. In Berlin (east Berlin) on an outdoor music festival in the early 1990s after the Berlin wall had fallen. They were very loud. I also remember vendors were selling parts of the wall and Soviet/communist memorabilia there.

I bought a piece of the wall, and I still have it, so there will be a photo of it coming here soon.

 

[fresh_42]

They were very loud.

They (still) run under the label "Punk" so I guess loudness is the least you can expect.

 

[DennisN]

I bought a piece of the wall, and I still have it, so there will be a photo of it coming here soon.

I looked through my memorabilia and found I even had kept the ticket to the festival :

Ticket - front:

Only headliners appear on the ticket, but there were other artists playing too, including Die Toten Hosen. I went down to Berlin to see Simple Minds since I was a fan and they were on my bucket list of artists to see. I was not disappointed, they did a great live concert.

The date was 25-26 August 1990, so this was a curious time in history; The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 and GDR/DDR was dissolved on 3 October 1990, so the festival took place in between those dates.
And the festival was in East Berlin, and this was my first visit to that part of Berlin.

Ticket - back (festival rules in German):

A piece of the Berlin Wall with graffiti on it, front:

A piece of the Berlin Wall, back:

 

[Averagesupernova]

They (still) run under the label "Punk" so I guess loudness is the least you can expect.

Or the most you can expect. Depends on how you look at it.

 

[fresh_42]

Or the most you can expect. Depends on how you look at it.

Die Toten Hosen are relatively melodic.

Spoiler: off-topic

They normally only sing on German but here's one of their more famous hits in English

Spoiler: still off-topic

They even made a song for @pinball1970:
(I would never go to FC Bayern.)