Astronomers recently pointed their instruments at a dark, seemingly empty bit sky in the Cassiopeia constellation. Wasn't empty at all, billions of galaxies there. Every dot of light they found was a galaxy.
First one could be car hood ornaments from the late 40s and 50s.
The B-26 has a single tail rudder. This B-25 Mitchell has 2 twin rudders.
Bradford pears are sterile? Since when? They're forest killers, they quickly reproduce and take up the nutrients native trees need, until the forest is full of them, and maybe only them. Also, they are very weak trees. They grow fast and create a dense canopy. Then along comes a 50 mph gust and CRACK, down comes half of the tree. They, and their other relatives, should be eliminated. Most nurseries around here do not sell them.
I met an exterminator who said he puts grub poison on his lawn in the spring and mid summer. No moles. Seems to work for me. They told us in Master Gardener class if you have lots of trees or are near a timber area, you will have moles. Yes to all that.
+1 on neilvn.com/tangents. Covers indoor photography and outdoor model shoots. All sorts of lessons on portraits and using various flash combinations. Only 1 speedlight can be just fine. I've read where draping a white kleenex over the flash makes a great diffuser.
Great photo as always.
I think it was the 56 DeSoto that had more than 1 horsepower per cu. in. of engine displacement. Chevrolet lovers like to brag about the 57 with 283 bhp. Desoto beat them by a year. I'm sure wikipedia and allpar.com have the details.
A friend's mother had a 57 2 dr ht, two tone silver (gray?) and black. It was a goer.
56 Corvette story. In the early 60s a friend, Dave, built a T bucket hot rod. He found a 56 Corvette engine for it. Fast forward to around 20 years ago or so, Dave still has the T bucket, it still runs. Local Chevrolet dealer and Corvette collector has a 56 Corvette with no engine. He sees Dave's hot rod, checks the numbers and offers Dave a brand new Corvette for the hot rod, just to get the engine. Dave took him up on it.
The master of light shows us how it's done. If the sun is too harsh, find some shade, preferably with a distinctive building for the backdrop. Great exposure.
All midwestern Duesenberg fans should make a pilgrimage to Auburn, IN, just south of South Bend on I-69 near Ft. Wayne.. There sits the Auburn-Duesenberg-Cord Museum. If anyone is traveling on I-80 through Indiana, they should add a 4 hour stop in Auburn to their itinerary.
AHEM. My XKE was tons more reliable than the Volvo 142 I had the displeasure of owning.
I'm probably wrong; I think the V16 was 2 flathead straight 8s joined at the crankshaft, like some WWII tank engines were V12 or even much bigger.
I've been playing close attention to these car photos. There's a lot to learn here, how he "masters" light. This one might be he waited for a cloud to pass in front of the sun, no blown out highlights. Not sure how he got that great exposure on the 59 Corvette. 2, maybe 3, maybe 0 tiny blown highlights. Tiny.
All the Darrins I've seen have been that color. Maybe you could have any color you wanted as long as it was.... I recall a story that Kaiser had a contract with GM in 1948 or 49 or 50 to buy Oldsmobile V8 engines. Unfortunately for Kaiser the 49 and later Oldsmobiles were terrific sellers and GM had no spare engines to sell to Kaiser. Or so I heard. Imagine the Kaiser Manhattan sedan with an Olds 303 instead of the Lycoming flathead 6.
If you want gnarly trees, find an old hedgerow of Osage orange (hedgeapple) trees in a rural area. They were planted close together not only for a windbreak but perhaps to function as fence posts too. The competition for light and nutrients makes them grow in all sorts of weird (wonderful?) ways. Just look out for the thorns.
Isn't more capable video the biggest plus of the D780 over the D750?
A good friend told me years ago not to get a new camera, get a better lens instead. I've not always followed that advice.