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Infilspeak Dictionary
Infilspeak Dictionary This is a guide to some of the technical or obscure terms related to the hobby of infiltration. We don't use code language or jargon to exclude anyone, but because it's a specialized hobby we've had to adopt or invent some specialized terms. Thanks to FiL for much of the draining vocabulary. If you think an oft-used term is missing, please let me know.
Deep Lake - Ghost Town
Deep Lake, partial wall of Baron Collier's cottage or an overseer's house Courtesy Jim Pike Original path of railroad tram, now used for Deep Lake tours Courtesy Jim Pike 2 original railroad tram ties, partially submerged on trail Courtesy Jim Pike
10 Must-Listen True Crime Podcasts
Wearing his finest black outfit, Francis Smith stared nervously at the three judges in London’s main criminal courthouse. A mild-mannered excise tax collector, Smith had no known criminal history and certainly no intention to become the centerpiece of one of 19th century England’s most unusual murder trials. But a week earlier, Smith had made a criminally foolish mistake: He had shot and killed what he believed to be a ghost. The spectators inside the courthouse sat hushed as the prosecutor and a cross-examiner questioned about half a dozen eyewitnesses. Each person had seen Smith in the village of Hammersmith (now a part of London) the night of the crime, or they had previously seen the ghost that Smith was zealously hunting. One such eyewitness, William Girdler, the village night-watchman and Smith’s ghost-hunting partner, had not only seen the white-sheeted specter lurking across the street—he had chased it.
Post apocalyptic photography, Midnight-Digital, Jan 2011 : Talk Urbex
Its sophos9 taking the helm in Januaries guest of the month. This months guest has a very unique style of image processing, its post apocalyptic feel has gained massive following and notoriety. The unique style is a personal favourite of mine so enough of me, lets get straight over to the main event. Let me introduce January 2011′s special guest, midnight-digital… 1) We have seen lots of your work and that featured in Beauty in Decay.
Creepy, Crusty, Crumbling: Illegal Tour of Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans ...
Hurricane Katrina killed this clown. According to the photographer, “An abandoned Six Flags amusement park, someone spray painted ‘Six Flags 2012 coming soon’ on the wall above the downed head. But they were clownin.’ Six Flags will never rebuild here.”
Vintage Roamer Blog
It makes sense to start this post with the most famous (or well known) of military Roamers are those produced for the Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) bush war (July 1964 and December 1979) – which were a hacking MST520 manual wind movement. These were sourced via South Africa due to the Rhodesian trade embargo, and are alternatively marked, RA (Rhodesia), ZA and Z (Zud Afrika), and the watches must have been sourced between 1973 when the MST520 movement was introduced and 1976 when production ended. You will note this example (mine) is marked ZA4063 and also SFA200. The SFA could be the Security Force Auxiliaries that was created in 1978, well after production of the watches ceased. I would guess the watch was reissued to the SFA on its formation, unless the abbreviation turns out to mean something else. Moving on from the well known, let us head back to WWII and look at Roamer’s involvement.
Project: HDR and Tone Mapping
Above: Nikon D5100 with 18-55mm lens. This image was created by converting the file into three separate exposure values before exporting to Photomatix HDR software, for exposure fusion and tone mapping. Further processing was done using Photoshop. I've saved a selection of the best High Dynamic Range (HDR) 'tone mapping' images at my Flickr favorites. They're about the best examples, with respects to processing skill, photographic subject and composition, that I've personally found in the genre.
