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(vid) ‘Summer Morning Rain’ by Muriel Anderson, Harp Guitar

(vid) Fujifilm Instax SQ6 review – Instant camera uses Polaroid style film – square format

For some, this could be a fun little camera.

Hopefully, square format cameras will help move along *multi-aspect sensors* in digital to even include square. This little camera can help educate people in how square is also special, and should be part of the digital world too.

Why should we be stuck in 3:2 once the 3:2 SLR mirror box is gone?

I keep harping on this, hoping this major artistic change will come.

Gordon’s written review here

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How Lens Compression and Perspective Distortion Work

We all know that if you shoot a portrait of someone’s face up close with a wide angle lens, their face will be distorted and the background will appear extremely far behind them. This is called “extension distortion.” If you back up and take a picture of the same person with a telephoto lens, the subject and background will become more “compressed” meaning that the foreground and background will appear closer together. This is called “compression distortion.”

These noticeable differences lead most photographers to believe that wide angle lenses are distorting a scene while telephoto lenses are compressing a scene, but they are overlooking what is actually happening: the camera is moving. In reality, the distance from the camera to the subject is what is creating these distortions.

Two years ago, I wrote an article titled “Lens Compression Doesn’t Exist,” and in that article, I created an animated gif to prove that a wide angle lens cropped in and a telephoto lens will create the same amount of foreground and background “compression” if the camera remains in the same place. … (article)

Photographer Captures Eagle and Fox Fighting Over Rabbit in Midair

AMAZING IMAGE SEQUENCE!

You will never know your limits until you push yourself to them

TSA Battery Restrictions – Flying with Lithium Ion

Volts X Amps = Watts

(vid) Kung Fu: The Blind Can Still See

(vid) Incredible Family Lives With A Grizzly Bear

DPReview TV: Sony RX10 IV Review — 24-600mm, f/2.4-4, quick focusing wonder!

(vid) Lumix ZS200 vs LX100 vs FZ1000 Best Travel Camera!

The newly released Sony RX 10 IV is stellar, but also large, like the FZ1000.

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(vid) Forecasting “green up” – When the landscape first turns green in the spring

In Anchorage, it’s always sometime in May, and the green is so pretty!

(vid) What it’s like shooting a 24-hour endurance car race – Spa in Belgium

Story with some stills here

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(vid) Renaissance – Live in London 1977 — Carpet Of The Sun • Mother Russia • Can You Hear Me • Ocean Gypsy • Running Hard • Touching Once • Prologue

I was greatly impressed with Renaissance while in high school, and was able to see them at the Minnesota State Fair playing in a small pavilion to only about 25 people. I couldn’t believe my eyes, standing right in front of one of the greatest bands and most people just kept walking down the path without coming inside — for free.

Jon Camp is still my favorite bass player — having such a soaring, majestic style — a one-of-a-kind! Some compare him to Chris Squire of ‘YES,’ but Jon has always moved me more.

Annie Haslam has a 5-octave voice, and still sings incredibly at age-70: (music video) Renaissance – ‘Carpet of the Sun’ with Chamber Orchestra

Renaissance’s style was elegance, standing tall like the Redwoods; though, some of the lyrics were a bit dark, and were written by another lady, who seemed to be occult influenced. This concert has a great, upbeat feel, unlike some of their studio LP albums, like “Turn of the Cards,” which I still remember buying at the record store at 66th St. and Penn Ave. in Richfield, MN, while living in nearby Bloomington.

I must have heard them on KQRS, the progressive rock FM station that I was often glued to. They never played the same song in a 24 hour period, and had real DJs playing real vinyl LP records, sometimes entire albums. What a treat!

I’ve always been impressed with their song, “Mother Russia,” but didn’t know until hearing Jon Camp’s intro here that it’s about Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the imprisoned truther, author.

Uplifting concert here!

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(music video) Renaissance – ‘Carpet of the Sun’ with Chamber Orchestra

Annie Haslam demonstrates how agile her 5-octave voice still is at age-70!

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Forgiveness in the Moment

Mark 11:25-26
“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

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(vid) The Tao of Caine: Producing “Kung Fu” — My favorite TV series — no hate!

I love this show! It affected my life deeply during my high school years. I’m really disappointed that TalmudVision doesn’t ever seem to replay it. People deserve the chance to see this no-hate series, which I’m highlighting here by posting many short clips.

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“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in”

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

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New Ulm woman become supercentarian, feeling great at age-110

My mother is from New Ulm, and asked me to post this landmark story. Mom attended DMLC a few years before Erna’s husband was head of the music department.

(vid) AIR – A stunning photo series | Vincent Laforet | TEDxSanFrancisco

(vid) Trey Ratcliff: Ignore the Haters – Spend time being awesome instead of worrying — “If you ever get any kind of hate, just fight back with ‘awesome'”

“If you ever get any kind of hate, just fight back with ‘awesome.'”

– Trey Ratcliffe

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Colors, intricate details of butterfly wings come alive in microscope photos!

BEAUTIFUL STORY

(vid) Kraftwerk – ‘Autobahn’ (1974) – “Fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der autobahn”

I remember being amazed by this and even humming it when it came out in 1974, when electronic music was just getting going:“Fahr’n fahr’n fahr’n auf der autobahn.”

KQRS FM in Minneapolis, which I was glued to, would play this extended version on a real turntable.

About ten years later, I drove the Autobahn.

Catchy tune!

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(1 min vid) Inside Nevada Art Printers during Mark Metternich & Robert Park’s workshop

January 2018, Fine Art Printing Workshop at Nevada Art Printers
Facebook: Nevada Art Printers

https://www.facebook.com/MarkMPhotos/videos/1607707022652457/

Spring Flowers in 4K (Ultra HD) | 4 Hours – Nature Relaxation Video – Tulip Festival – Episode #5

(4 min vid) How To Make Things Bigger on Your Mac

<Command +> also makes print larger in web pages.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZqv6GlVPLY

How To Make Things Bigger on Your Mac

Published on Jul 7, 2010

Great tips for seeing things better on your Mac screen. Easy to follow video for all users. Get more free stuff at www.mac2school.com

(3 min video) Christian the Lion – The Full Story — that he was now the head of his own pride, and as such, was completely wild and would not remember them. Undaunted, they went anyway

(3 min vid) Kung Fu: Series 1 Intro

Likely my favorite show of all time.

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(4 min vid) Kung Fu: Seek Not to Contend — “The supple willow does not contend against the storm, yet it survives”

(vid) Why Lumachrome are the Best Prints

(vid) What causes airplane wing vapor?

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