Many many thanks! First time I have won a photo competition. Lovely to be a member of such talented people and love this little corner of the internet.
Heavy snow over the past few days in South Germany. Temperatures down to minus 15 degrees but perfectly blue skies and stunning landscapes for those that brave the cold.
Heavy snow over the past few days in South Germany. Temperatures down to minus 15 degrees but perfectly blue skies and stunning landscapes for those that brave the cold.
There is a lot of "I voted Brexit and now admit my mistake" kind of sentiment going around at the moment. I saw a youtube video of a pensioner who basically drove around Europe in his caravan, staying 9 months a year in Spain who voted for Brexit. He was now saying what a mistake it was; but here's the rub.. The twat was not sorry for the damage that he had caused to the economy or the youth of the UK. All he was concerned about was the effect that it was having on him; the selfish prick! Upset that his caravan needed to be sold as he could only travel 90 days out of 180 and so it had doubled his living costs and how he and his friends vans were now worth a fraction of what they were as no-one wants them due to the restrictions.
Fuck him and fuck the others like him. Self pitying selfish pricks who are reaping what they sewed.
My heart bleeds for the youth and those that voted no to Brexit. The ones that vote leave deserve everything they get and more! Fuck 'em.
Rant over...
Fuck Pence, fuck Trump and fuck republicans. They are all cunts. (As are tories in the UK). Nuff said.
Then why not say every rouble made in Russia will go to humanitarian aid? I’ll tell you why; it’s because they are still making money by being in Russia. It’s corporate greed through and through. These fuckers make no sacrifice until it hurts their bottom line.
As some may have realised I like enjoy all forms of photography but find myself drawn towards the more abstract. This is a water drop shot taken a while ago. I must admit this is actually my sons capture; we were playing with the drop settings and he got this one.
A cheap usb microscope. I wanted to get into macro photography but my eyesight is pretty terrible even with glasses and struggle to see fine details so struggled to set the mounts up. (Small insects, grains, etc)
Saw a usb microscope for 20€ on Amazon and thought for 20 euro it’s going to be terrible but worth a punt. It’s bloody brilliant. Have used it for a whole variety of things from threading needles to soldering work, repairing stuff with glue and tightening up glasses as well as the macro stuff. Coupled with some ‘helping hands’ it’s a permanent fixture on the pc desk.
What have google brought new to the market before killing it before it gains momentum? My prediction is for them to fall first out of the big tech companies.
In A.I they have lost the race already and the competitors are going to eat their web search in the not to distance future. The biggest thing they have right now imo is android and that only on mobile phones as the tablet is dominated by Apple.
They have lost trust with the tech savvy as we all know their products have such a short shelf life and we have been burnt before. They have very few chances left.
As expected. Many thanks for the update...
Took a colour changing lightbulb and put it into a sealed empty Pringles can. Suspended this from a frame by the power cable. Made a small hole in the Pringles can for the light to come through. Pointed camera upwards and took a long exposure of the swinging can whilst changing the colour of the lightbulb using the remote. Really happy the way it turned out. (Was the third attempt after trying with laser pens, etc.) It really simple to set up and you can generate a lot of different effects.
Unethical Life Tip: Find a nice expensive steak in the supermarket and go to the fruit section and weigh it as the cheap apples; pop the ticket barcode over the steaks barcode. When you go to the self service checkout scan the steak and pop it on the scale. The steak weight will match the barcode scan weight and it will look like you scanned the item to the security camera.
Consider the saving as your payment for doing the supermarkets job for them...
Alternatively do the first steps and pop the steak back in the fridge to pass on the saving to another customer.
I hope it better than the new outlook which is in test. I tried it for 2 days before switching it off. It’s truly awful.
Reminds me of the time we first visited Venice. Wife and I were admiring the splendour of St Marks Square (Piazza San Marco) and were stood next to some American tourists and overheard one say, "Oh my god this place is amazing; can you imagine how great its going to be in a few years when they finish it." There was zero construction work going on......
I was looking for support for a network issue and google returned me to several Reddit posts. Everyone of them was deleted or the sub was private. It’s usefulness it’s diminishing real quick.
Original was black and white and required restoration. Would be interested to know the location. Colourised in Photoshop.
Found my grandfathers photo album from the war. He was stationed in India for servers years serving with the Lincolnshire Regiment as a Signaller. He returned able to speak fluent Urdu. The albums is about 30 pages and contains many images of his travels including the Kyber pass and war camps.
