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Photo of the Day September 2020

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center offers a lot of film-based classes. Just before lockdown, I was taking a black-and-white film developing class that they were holding at a local college that has a massive darkroom. Learning about the whole process with all of the magical chemicals, timing, rinsing, drying and enlargers was outstanding. Unfortunately, the local lockdown put the kibosh on the class. Hopefully we'll be able to start it back up. I was pretty encouraged that not only were there folks like me of a certain age but a whole range from "kids" in their 20s on up to "kids" in their 80s. I bought a cheap Nikon FM2n from KEH on which I could use some of my existing F-glass. Fantastic camera! I even bought an older analog light meter for fun even though the FM2n has a basic one.

They also offer some large format (4x5, 8x10) classes. Once those are offered again, I'm definitely going to take one. The whole process with ground glass and upside-down image focusing with a black cloth over your head sounds like an "experience" that can't be missed. :)
 
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kenoh said:
Lol.... thats me mucking about with Photoshop. Mrs Kenoh isnt into the style of images I like so I am putting too much reliance on her "meh" reactions to decide if it is nice or not.
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I can relate. If I can even get Mrs AFB to look at my photos. Miss AFB used to describe my landscape photos as another picture of a random field.
 
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kenoh said:
Lol.... thats me mucking about with Photoshop. Mrs Kenoh isnt into the style of images I like so I am putting too much reliance on her "meh" reactions to decide if it is nice or not.
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Apple fanboy said:
I can relate. If I can even get Mrs AFB to look at my photos. Miss AFB used to describe my landscape photos as another picture of a random field.
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I'm so sorry your spouses don't appreciate your photography. That would be awful. 🙁 My husband really enjoys looking at my photos. It's why he keeps buying me gear after all these years!
 
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tizeye said:
I didn't hang around to see if rocket returned to launch area for soft landing where would be visible, or out to sea for ship landing. That is a new twist that they developed in the past year or so to reuse the rocket for future launches.
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The landing location depends on the mission orbit. The side boosters typically can land back at KSC. The main core can land at KSC but for missions that require more boost it is too far out to return to KSC and that's when they use the barge. In theory they could add more fuel to some of the missions but it still makes more sense to use the barge.
 
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The Colorado Photographic Arts Center offers a lot of film-based classes. Just before lockdown, I was taking a black-and-white film developing class that they were holding at a local college that has a massive darkroom. Learning about the whole process with all of the magical chemicals, timing, rinsing, drying and enlargers was outstanding. Unfortunately, the local lockdown put the kibosh on the class. Hopefully we'll be able to start it back up. I was pretty encouraged that not only were there folks like me of a certain age but a whole range from "kids" in their 20s on up to "kids" in their 80s. I bought a cheap Nikon FM2n from KEH on which I could use some of my existing F-glass. Fantastic camera! I even bought an older analog light meter for fun even though the FM2n has a basic one.

They also offer some large format (4x5, 8x10) classes. Once those are offered again, I'm definitely going to take one. The whole process with ground glass and upside-down image focusing with a black cloth over your head sounds like an "experience" that can't be missed. :)
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Definitely take a large format class if you can!!!! You will have a love-hate relationship with it! I took one many years ago at the local community college and everything was provided for us. The day of the first class I was startled to be presented with this honking huge trunk! In the beginning I struggled a lot and didn't enjoy lugging the heavy tripod around and the big holders for the sheet film along with the Polaroid back (all of which I had to load at home in my darkened bathroom before setting out) and it really felt weird at first using the field camera with its bellows.

As time went on, though, I really appreciated what I was learning and getting from this experience, and by the end of that semester I actually was reluctant to have to return the camera and all its accoutrements! It was neat using the bellows to shoot buildings and to see how to avoid the "keystone effect," for instance, and it was definitely an exercise in taking one's time with an image, making a decision first of all what would be shot and then setting everything up, using the Polaroid back for a quick preview, then refining the setup a bit before finally making an actual image. It was definitely time-consuming, but such a valuable experience all the way around.
 
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Redcedar trees like this one manage to find a place to take root between the boulders and are likely very very old. The redcedar’s biggest enemy is fire, but even a range fire will have a hard time getting to these with the lack of surrounding fuel. A redcedar growing on the edge of a river bluff is likely the oldest tree in my home state and are believed to be over 1000 years old.

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Internaut said:
Is that the Four Thirds Bigma (pretty much a cult lens with long time system users)? Those are quite hard to get hold of. Lovely image.
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Thanks for the nice comment :)

No, it's a Nikon mounted Sigma 50-500mm, the last model, which has OS.
I actually prefer it now to my Sigma 150-600mm, which I will probably sell soon.

Cheers :)

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I live with the tortures, agonies and joys (yes, joys!) of mental health challenges each and every day of my life. My life is an open book in this regards.

Today, September 10, is "RUOK?" day and "World Suicide Prevention" Day.

There's more to say than just "Are you okay" when you care about someone's wellbeing and their mental health.
It's what is said after that, without suggestion, without judgement, without prejudice or belittlement that truly matters.

Listen, just listen and acknowledge without the knee-jerk need to solve things.

Be there genuinely for someone today. Be the difference this world needs right now.

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Alexander.Of.Oz said:
I live with the tortures, agonies and joys (yes, joys!) of mental health challenges each and every day of my life. My life is an open book in this regards.

Today, September 10, is "RUOK?" day and "World Suicide Prevention" Day.

There's more to say than just "Are you okay" when you care about someone's wellbeing and their mental health.
It's what is said after that, without suggestion, without judgement, without prejudice or belittlement that truly matters.

Listen, just listen and acknowledge without the knee-jerk need to solve things.

Be there genuinely for someone today. Be the difference this world needs right now.

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Mental health has been a discussion of chemical imbalances of the brain. Now research has been addressing our nutritional imbalances which disrupt the function of the bacteria of the gut. Sugar, highly refined wheat, processed foods are part of the type of foods that adversely affect the gut - resulting in imbalances of the brain. Sugar is now being associated to dementia.
 
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Steven-iphone said:
Mental health has been a discussion of chemical imbalances of the brain. Now research has been addressing our nutritional imbalances which disrupt the function of the bacteria of the gut. Sugar, highly refined wheat, processed foods are part of the type of foods that adversely affect the gut - resulting in imbalances of the brain. Sugar is now being associated to dementia.
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I don't buy into the "chemical imbalances of the brain" theory, it has been disproved too many times over the last twenty years or so to hold any credence any more!

The gut as a regulator of so many parts of the body (not just the brain) has been getting more attention over the last ten or more years, finally breaking into mainstream thought!

Mental Health is a far more complex issue than any one thing though, there are all the myriad of other aspects at play too. Without looking holistically at an individual's experiences, you will never be able to assist them properly. It may well be that all an individual has issue with is for their need of connection to be fulfilled, however, changing a (modern Western) society that has become further and further isolated/solitary/insular/distrusting/self-involved isn't easy! ;)

Amazing insights into Dementia are happening, true!
 
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Research is investigating leaky gut and the roll of Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) getting into the blood stream through the gut cell wall causing inflammation of the brain and other inflammatory responses in the body. Balance the gut, balance one's life.
 
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Research is investigating leaky gut and the roll of Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) getting into the blood stream through the gut cell wall causing inflammation of the brain and other inflammatory responses in the body. Balance the gut, balance one's life.
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It's not quite that simple though! A person that has suffered terrible trauma's is not going to be cured by eating healthy alone! Yes, it's a part of things, but it is not the single answer. We need to look holistically at the individual (look at every aspect of the person and their experiences).

I guess what I am saying is that there is no single thing that can be attributed to cure everything.
 
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It's not quite that simple though! A person that has suffered terrible trauma's is not going to be cured by eating healthy alone! Yes, it's a part of things, but it is not the single answer. We need to look holistically at the individual (look at every aspect of the person and their experiences).

I guess what I am saying is that there is no single thing that can be attributed to cure everything.
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I agree - a balance is needed. However, I would not, and have not waited for one or the other. I made a choice and started one - eating. I now eat carnivore and found, it did take months, I have a more balanced emotional state. My personal life relationships are non-existent, people I thought would be there in my life, dropped away - yet I maintain, because I maintain my health. My point is, keep moving in a healthy direction. For trauma, perhaps Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. Link if you are interested.

www.healthline.com

What You Need to Know About EMDR Therapy

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a technique used to relieve psychological stress. Learn more.
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