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May 8, 2024 02:05:08   #
rwoodvira wrote:
Mike Pinder died the other day. Mike was a founder of the group The Moody Blues – I wasn’t a fan at the time of their inception. The group was later joined by Justin Hayward in I think 1967. I was a college prep student in high school graduating in 1968. I wasn’t into music that much; I was much more interested in getting the money to attend college. But in that year before I graduated a friend introduced me to the album “Days of Future Passed,” with the song “Nights in White Satin.” The group brought into the concept of an accompanying orchestra; I was hooked. Mike was one of the first in rock to use the Mellotron which duplicated many of the sounds of an orchestra. Hayward wrote the song, but Pinder’s voice is heard at the end of the song reciting Graeme Edge’s poem “Late Lament.” The song has never lost it’s magic to me. Here is a copy of his obituary:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mike-pinder-the-moody-blues-keyboardist-founding-member-dead-obit-1235010490/
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In the 70s, the radio station I had my alarm set to, would, on Sunday night at midnight, play an entire album into Monday morning. Many a times I'd set my radio on sleep mode where it would play for an hour then shut off. One Monday morning I woke up with the music of "Days of Future Past" playing in my brain. No words, just all the instruments. Key point, NO words. So no reference to the group nor song titled.

I couldn't get the music out of my brain. After about a month I started casually looking through albums. I wanted that album. After two or three months of that, I couldn't stand it anymore. It had become an obsession. I had to have that album. One afternoon in a Rink's store, I started at "A", flipping albums, one by one, going down the alphabet. I wasn't going to quit. I had to have that album. As soon as that cover flipped into view, I knew my hunt was over.

I did get to see them live. And always like to watch them on TV. And still have days when their haunting sounds command my brain.

We lived through the greatest era of music.
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May 8, 2024 00:57:01   #
alberio wrote:
The Needle was pretty sharp for only 180 sec.


Amazing photo of that edge-on galaxy.
Any speculation about the "ring" and radiating lines of stars around the galaxy? I can't help but wonder if gravity forces or a "collision" is at work here.
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May 7, 2024 23:08:01   #
InfiniteISO wrote:
A pair of images from way back in 2018.

You guys were on to something doing high key. Her skin reflects well, the light red hair blends well, and those piercing blue-gray eyes just nail it all down.

The plain white background and the lighting are good. I assume there are pros out there that could help you improve.

I just hope you two get to give it a go again.
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Apr 20, 2024 15:26:43   #
Guyserman wrote:
Yes, l am. I spoke to Nancy just a few days ago. I haven't talked to Ann or Jim in weeks. I need to call them. Thanks for commenting.


Now, put that photo in whatever post processor you use and add the names of each person and maybe their birthdays and save it for the future reference. I have picked up the family history started by my mother's sister, continued by my father, and now I am trying to continue it in FamilySearch.org. My wife and her brother just threw a bunch of family photos away because they had no idea who they were.
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Apr 20, 2024 08:12:43   #
Guyserman wrote:
possibly a spouse or an inlaw who always seems to turn up in every picture? Sometimes you want a picture of siblings only but that can be hard to come by. (Yes, I know about photoshopping.) Without revealing more, here is a rare photo taken about six years ago of me and my siblings and our current ages. L to R, Nancy, 81, Jimmie, 79, Ann, 83, Guy, 85, Mary, 9/22/1935 - 4/14/2020.


Nice photo. Aren't you glad you took that one when you did.
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Apr 19, 2024 20:54:17   #
dc3legs wrote:
The operating weight of a D10T is about 150,000 pounds.


Nine dual tired axles plus the heavy duty front axle makes this rig capable of hauling in excess 180,000 pounds combined truck and load weight. The blades are transported on another truck because they would otherwise be too wide. And depending on the destination, the cabs are taken off to reduce the load height. And sometimes the tracks to reduce width, height, and weight.

I would have to say that the truck and trailer weigh more than 15 tons. Taking off the blade, the ripper, cab and tracks brings the transport weight down to legal by special permit.
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Apr 14, 2024 00:28:23   #
SteveLoker wrote:
After a LOT of research and planning, I was able to get these of the eclipse on 4/8/2024. I set up my camera (Canon 6D mark ii with a Canon 70-200 mark ii lens with an HD ND1000000 filter) on a tripod, set my intervalometer to 2:15 and was afraid the cloud cover would nerf the whole experience. I pointed at the sun and got nothing in the viewfinder. Put my Eclipse glasses back on, rechecked my "aim" and the clouds cleared enough to get lined up. I let the timer run and hit the button when I thought I "had something" usable. I only deleted 6 images from the batch or pre- and post-totality at 2:15 intervals. Then totality struck, I removed the filter and mashed away on the manual trigger- a lot. Total time in position was nearly 2 hours but I'm pretty happy with these.
I am playing around with a composite but these are my favorites so far.
These had minimal post. Just a couple ticks left or right here and there that enhanced in Adobe Camera Raw. I've found that starting in Bridge and doing most of the post in Camera Raw keeps me from going too far and ruining an otherwise good shot.
Hope you like these too.
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Those are crazy wild!
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Apr 14, 2024 00:23:50   #
ialvarez50 wrote:
Hello everyone, this is my secod total eclipse. Seven years ago Itravel to Saint Louis Mo., for that eclipse, this time to Indianapolis Indiana, all from Chicago.
The eclipse was espectacular and whete I was, it ladyed 4:12 seconds. I cannot wait for the next and travel to Europe.
These images are in sequence from the begining to the end. In the middle it is the moment that the sun disappeared, the middle at the highest intensity with radiation flares, and then the moment when the sun stared to reappeared. By the way, only on that shot I was able to capture what I think is a comet. You will not be able to see it in your phone.
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Now that is creative. And it would make a great po$ter.
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Apr 13, 2024 18:08:44   #
keithhmw wrote:
A golden sunset taking place along the coast in Melbourne Australia.


Yep! Hang it.
I'm willing to bet good money that a lot of people will line up to get copies.
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Apr 13, 2024 18:05:45   #
Greg Brandt wrote:
This is my first attempt at creating a composite in Photoshop. Actually, I barely know how to use Photoshop (tend to use Lightroom more), I'm sure there are a lot of tools/tricks to do a better job than I managed (alignment was a pain and is not perfect for instance), but for a first try, it seems ok.


First time? I'd frame that sucker and hang it in a prominent place.
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Apr 13, 2024 17:43:55   #
Jim Tonne wrote:
An image similar to this one was previously posted but not this one. This is a seriously-underexposed frame with poor lighting from that PlusX Archive of Olde, circa late 70s.


Shows you what I know, I thought you were going for that 'hi-key' thing.

Yes, she was a beautiful girl. Yes, I like the light against the dark of the cave walls. As for the exposure, ya know, I like that too.

Will she get colourized? If you do, I'm hoping you leave the A.I. out of it and do it manually.
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Apr 12, 2024 14:44:58   #
Just Fred wrote:
I'm on another trip now, with eleven others, and only one of them is carrying a DSLR (a Sony, but I don't know which model). Everyone else is using their phones. Of course, none of them has confessed to being a professional photographer, so their phones are serving them well.

As is mine. A very rainy day today in Wellington, New Zealand, and I don't have to worry about my lens getting spotted, fogged or water seeping into the camera body as I trek around (I'll post some photos when I've had a chance to offload them to my computer).
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Hey Fred:

Glad to see you are still out there going!

Several years ago, i carried my DSLR around one of DWD's parks for an afternoon because I thought I wanted some better photos of something. I don't even remember what it was now. Eehh, no. From then on, I only carried my Canon XS710HS. Small, light, one heck of a zoom, and carries easily on my belt. Security doesn't even stop me. That big DSLR is not worth the effort.

Now, when I studied your cell phone photo, and I studied it very closely, I have to say that I have not seen any better photo taken of Machu Picchu. I found details that I have never seen in any other photo. Several years back, Google sent their mapping team and cameras to Machu Picchu and did an extensive photo survey of the entire main plaza. After studying the stonework in those photos for days, I decided that Machu Picchu has seen at least three different civilizations of stone builders, and that it has been there a whole lot longer than the learned archaeologists want to admit. Also, I'm willing to bet that all that stone was quarried from the actual site. What???? Why is that commons field so much lower than everything else? Where is the ridge??

I, and several others, am looking foreword to whatever photos you chose to post. The color is good, the focus is good, the exposure is good, the depth of field is good. In fact, they are all beyond good, way beyond. So, ignore Imagemaster and everyone else like him. Keep up the good work and keep posting. Please.
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Apr 12, 2024 13:17:43   #
Retired CPO wrote:
"Cool Water" by Sons of the Pioneers. 1959


Really!

Seemed to me I could remember playing that song on the 45 record player when we lived on the farm. We moved from there in June of '56 when I was five. Unless I find that old record I'll have to go with that.

Thanx for the trip down memory lane.
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Apr 12, 2024 11:34:40   #
Retired CPO wrote:
Memory like a steel trap!! Thanks IT!!


Hey Chief, can that steel trap remember the name of that group that recorded "Cool Water"? It's been buzzing though my brain since I found this thread. I'd even bet good money that the label on the record was dark blue, maybe Capitol Records. Not in my collection these days. Maybe buried in my sister's basement. But danged if I can remember the artist. Can you?
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Apr 11, 2024 12:03:06   #
Delderby wrote:
My personal opinion is that it is high class photography of an architectural image.
I don't think in terms of "hard and fast rules" but it seems sensible to classify pictures by content, and buildings should, I think, have an overall classification of "Architecture" rather than grouping them into "Landscape" -along with pics of the Grand Canyon!


So architectural is a sub category of landscape?

I'm always looking for logical methods of organizing photos. Such as; shows: dog shows, car shows tractor shows, model shows. Course that gets confused with, cars: drag cars, custom cars, car shows, trucks in car shows, street machines, hot rods, etc.

Not that I have that many landscapes and architectural to worry about. Just picking a fellow hogger's brain. Thanks.
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