Photo of the Day - September 2021

[Darmok N Jalad]

When you consider that the crew of the Enterprise never learned from past mistakes, there's a lot of suspending needed. It was a fun show, but if the rest of the ship was built to the same standards as the holodeck, they would have all been dead by season 2.

 

[shanson27]

Festival of Lights

 

[Allyance]

Ellis Island Ferry circa 1963-4. i was out on the Hudson in my little 14 foot boat taking pictures of the Tall Ships that were docked at Manhattan. I went over to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island where this relic caught my eye. Originally taken on Perutz slide film, I 'scanned' the slide with my new jig for my iPhone. Since it lacked any color of it's own, converted image to B&W. Then sharpened it Pixelmator Pro. I have been looking for this picture for years, finally found it in a tray of slides of Tall Ships. Can't even remember what camera I used, probably my Miranda.

 

[StrollerEd]

View to the Forth across the barley

 

[AlaskaMoose]

 

[mollyc]

 

[katbel]

Reflections

Those lights are in an elevator and give a weird reflection in the mirrors around the passengers.

 

[Populus]

Cats, sheeps, flowers, boats, monuments... let me tell you that your pictures are amazing. I love this threads.

 

[inkmich]

I can now say I've eaten Burundian food (Baobob Fare in Detroit, MI - very good BTW). And I found the woven baskets on the wall interesting as well.

Baskets by Lance Randall, on Flickr

 

[prog99]

Climbing in Borrowdale yesterday. iPhone XR.

 

[Janichsan]

The character himself used English words. There was no universal translator involved, as I remember.

Technically, the character spoke his native language – like most aliens in ST. We hear "English" due to the universal translator. It's explicitely explained in the episode that the UT can only translate the words of the Tamarian language, but not the meaning.

 

[dimme]

Oyster Point-20210829-20.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

 

[Apple fanboy]

Technically, the character spoke his native language – like most aliens in ST. We hear "English" due to the universal translator. It's explicitely explained in the episode that the UT can only translate the words of the Tamarian language, but not the meaning.

I thought it was because they were mostly American or English actors?

 

[Janichsan]

I thought it was because they were mostly American or English actors?

Wait. Are you implying Star Trek is not a documentary?? ?

 

[Steven-iphone]

Sculpting

Long Beach Washington. I stepped out onto the beach from the path, and saw this young lady kneeling on the sand. I walked up, and we chatted. She said that one sand sculpture had collapsed, and another was in progress. The man in the background, I don't know what he was doing. My canvas walking shoes got filled with sand, again.

 

[Janichsan]

 

[stillcrazyman]

Fungi

 

[Hughmac]

Church behind the fields...



Nikon Z 50, Sigma 10-20mm

Cheers

Hugh

 

[r.harris1]

Bison at Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Technically, the character spoke his native language – like most aliens in ST. We hear "English" due to the universal translator. It's explicitely explained in the episode that the UT can only translate the words of the Tamarian language, but not the meaning.

Then using the UT was nearly totally worthless. I can understand some words in French, but if I rely on cherry picking a few words, I have no idea of the actual meaning of the conversation. *shrug* I thought that, in that episode, the universal translator wasn't used. It's been a while.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

So yesterday should have produced some really good images. The camera that is with you is always the best for the job, unless it is riding inside of your dry suit and it is just way too much work to extract it.

IOW It's back to the archives, from the 2006 slideshow. A little spot near Jaffray, BC called Rosen Lake. My original Olympus 3.2MP P&S camera.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Bison at Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

Do they glow in the dark?

 

[Allyance]

Taken the same day as the Ellis Island Ferry photo, I lived in NJ and put my little boat in the Hudson at a ramp under the The George Washington Bridge. This is a view that most don't see of the bridge.

Not a very good photo technically, but an interesting subject.

 

[oblomow]

Wait. Are you implying Star Trek is not a documentary?? ?

Historical documents! ( just like Galaxy Quest)

 

[Apple fanboy]

Beautiful.