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[jtbell]

Shuggah Momma with Shuggah Baby in Kissimmee FL:

 

[berkeman]

Your PSA for today...

 

[jtbell]

Your PSA for today...

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Don't unwrap presents while driving.

 

[Andy Resnick]

That time of year again... tho I'm a little out of practice..

Nikon D810 + 55mm MicroNikkor + M2 extension tube, focus set to 1:1 reproduction ratio. f/8 (IIRC), 1/60s, auto ISO, (cropped) jpgs straight from camera.

 

[nsaspook]

Christmas was early this year.

Grand Jackpot on a 75 cent bet.

 

[BillTre]

This is from the Instructables site:

 

[DennisN]

That time of year again... tho I'm a little out of practice..

Very lovely!
I've tried shooting snowflakes before but the result was not very good (they were with a lot of other snowflakes, i.e. they got quite obscured by the joint white background of the snow).
And I remember it was very tricky too.

It seems you managed to get single/few snowflakes on a dark background, which yields a good contrast so the snowflakes can be easily seen.

Very nice!

 

[Andy Resnick]

Very lovely!
I've tried shooting snowflakes before but the result was not very good (they were with a lot of other snowflakes, i.e. they got quite obscured by the joint white background of the snow).
And I remember it was very tricky too.

It seems you managed to get single/few snowflakes on a dark background, which yields a good contrast so the snowflakes can be easily seen.

Very nice!

Thanks! The 'secret' was to put a black baking sheet down for the snow to fall onto.

 

[pinball1970]

Christmas was early this year.
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Grand Jackpot on a 75 cent bet.

you did that?? Good for you!

 

[pinball1970]

We keep getting some beauties in Oldham - this is care of Katie who has a better camera than me!

 

[pinball1970]

Same area without the Manchester high rises. I think my iPad has better colour. This was not touched up.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I was surprised to find this photo online. I was there. This occurred near my home when I was very young. I remember jumping in the car with my dad and driving over to see it. When we got there, the blimp was still suspended in the power lines and fully inflated.

We lived near the Goodyear base and on a regular flight path for them. We all got very good at recognizing the distant hum of the propellers as the craft was approaching. They usually passed over our house just after dark on summer evenings with their light shows on full display.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I noticed this stitch job in a Maps street view image. It is a four-door car, not a six door.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I noticed this stitch job in a Maps street view image. It is a four-door car, not a six door.

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It did a beautiful job really. It looks authentic! It's a Camry Limo. That's where you put your golf clubs.

 

[jtbell]

Three months after Hurricane Helene (only a tropical storm by the time it got here), some stuff stull needs to be cleaned up.

Fortunately, none of it is on our property.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

FaceResearch.org has published the results of a recent experiment where experimental psychologists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have combined the faces of women around to world to approximate the "average face" of each country. Using a modern version of the technique that Sir Francis Galton pioneered in the 1800's, multiple images of faces are aligned and composited together to form the final result.
https://fstoppers.com/portraits/average-faces-women-around-world-2944

 

[BillTre]

New to me process:

A few days ago I discovered that a pipe in a wall was intermittently leaking out water.
The black area on the wall to the right is the hole I made to see the leak.
The plumbing was a simple fix, but the wall and some adjacent wood floor got wet.

Some guys came in a put these mats down (connected but a non-collapsible tube from the round connections in the middle to a machine that draws a slight vacuum from under the mats (which have dimples under them to maintain an air space under the mats to evaporate the water out).
I have never seen these before!

Its been going for several days and the floorboards have been significantly de-warped.
We have to wait to see what will end up happening (probably a wall demo/replacement).

 

[pinball1970]

Boxing day walk.

Plan was canals to a bird reserve then football match.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

Eastwood

 

[berkeman]

then football match.

Which match?

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

One from the canal

One from the match. Visibility was not great when the ref was checking the pitch.
We (Mossley) had a player sent off after 4 minutes, he probably could not see where he was tackling!

 

[pinball1970]

Which match?

Mossley verses Stalybridge Celtic, a derby. 2,015 attendance.

Edit.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Cleveland Museum of Art @ 15mm:

1:1 crop from above image:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

BBC Photo

 

[BillTre]

BBC Photo

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New kind of UFO?
Tell the internet!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

New kind of UFO?
Tell the internet!

Sea Drone!

 

[BillTre]

Sea Drone!

Yes, I see it.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Yes, I see it.

No, Sea, not See, see?

 

[BillTre]

No, Sea, not See, see?

You are droning on about this!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

It is said to be a superior mirage, but I believe all mirages are equal.

 

[Andy Resnick]

Images of (wood) fire:

It's a lot like photographing smoke- both are very dynamic fluid-like objects without sharp edges to focus on. Nikon D810 + Nikkor 105/1.4 @ f/4.5, 1/4000 s shutter, cropped as needed.

 

[Tom.G]

It is said to be a superior mirage, but I believe all mirages are equal.

Several years ago, I was on a side-road out in the desert. There was a highway perhaps a mile away, and apparently a rather strong temperature inversion.

Above the horizon I could see individual cars traveling the highway - but they were upside-down!

 

[phinds]

Above the horizon I could see individual cars traveling the highway - but they were upside-down!

I've read about this. Apparently its a well understood type of mirage. It would be neat to see one, as you have.

 

[pinball1970]

Last picture from Eastwood.
I loved this place in the 80s. Not sure what happened with this tree, the valley protects the trees from the wind.
Disease possibly.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Guess who.

 

[pinball1970]

Guess who.

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Well. That is easier on the eye than my fallen tree.

Is she famous?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Well. That is easier on the eye than my fallen tree.

Is she famous?

YES and yes.

 

[pinball1970]

YES and yes.

Ursula Andres?

 

[pinball1970]

YES and yes.

If I'm wrong no clues please

 

[Ivan Seeking]

no

 

[pinball1970]

candice bergen

From Soldier Blue

 

[Ivan Seeking]

No but I can completely see why you would guess that.

 

[pinball1970]

No but I can completely see why you would guess that.

Ok. Please no clues this is now my raison d'etre.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ok. Please no clues this is now my raison d'etre.

That wasn't a clue.