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Crazy Swell, crazy wind and crazy rain and wet feet…not much fun at all.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
The flying vodka and Smirn – off
Crazy stuff out the capital…
CA-26 Sabre
In 1951, CAC obtained a licence agreement to build the F-86. It was decided to power the aircraft using a licence-built version of the Rolls-Royce Avon R.A.7. This involved a re-design of the fuselage as the Avon was shorter, wider and lighter than the General Electric J47 that powered the North American-built aircraft. Because of the engine change the type is often referred to as the Avon Sabre. To accommodate the Avon, over 60% of the fuselage was redesigned along with a 25% increase in the size of the air intake. Another major revision was in replacing the F-86F's six machine guns with two 30mm Aden cannons, while other changes were also made to the cockpit and to provide an increased fuel capacity.
The prototype aircraft (designated CA-26 Sabre) first flew on 3 August 1953. The production aircraft were designated the CA-27 Sabre and first deliveries to the Royal Australian Air Force began in 1954. The first batch of aircraft were powered by the Avon 20 engine and were designated the Sabre Mk 30. Between 1957 and 1958 this batch had the wing slats removed and were redesignated Sabre Mk 31. These Sabres were supplemented by 20 new-build aircraft. The last batch of aircraft were designated Sabre Mk 32 and used the Avon 26 engine.
This aircraft A94-983 lives at Temora and travels the countryside for the local airshows.
Whats worse? wrinkles or a few missing hats?
G500H – Colour and Movement
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Protected: Photo Shoot Concepts – work in progress
Tail end of large Surf at Bronte Beach
Prolly one of the better beaches for surfing and taking images of surfers – relatively close headlands means you can get a good possie on the guys out on the waves. This week has been a bit hectic in the swell department, this was the third day of some big surf, however nothing compared to two days earlier…
Augusta Westland AW139 Night Vision Compatibility
AW139, currently, from off the top of my head, there are about 10 in the country, 3 with EMQ (Emergency Management Queensland) and a couple based at CHC YSBK with the Air Ambulance and the rest are either on mines or doing offshore rigs.
These aircraft are pricey, however you do get a pretty premium package if you can see past some of the minor issues they have had in the past. The one thing I do love about these machines is the really modern, up to date cockpit and avionics, although I would feel a bit more at ease knowing there was a mechanical instrument in there somewhere :) Even the poor old standby attitude indicator is an electronic display!
Nonetheless, making these aircraft NVG compatible is pretty easy, they are more or less pretty well compatible outta the factory, excluding a few non compliant items and all the local mods its pretty well ready to.
Tripod Refurbishment
Well, the day has come where I finally decided I had better do something with my tripod which has had a pretty hard life in the last few years, particularly due to the harsh seascapes it has had to endure, often with only a brief fresh water rinse.
The legs steadily got stiffer and the levers became pretty inflexible, a quick adjustment on the nyloc nuts may have helped, however it would only be a short term fix. I do plan on getting a new tripod one day, however not much point doing that until the current does not serve me correctly or becomes unserviceable. 400 bucks for a new tripod is better spent elsewhere at the moment.
The tripod is a Manfrotto 190XPROB, not a bad old tripod for the coin and definitely one that has served me well and will continue to do so for many a year I reckon. The basic material used is Aluminum (note i refer to this as AL or al or ally) and plastic, the aluminum comes in a number of forms, the legs are tube, probably a 5000 series AL or maybe even 6000 series, the leg joint fittings are cast aluminum, the junction of the legs and the swivel clamp thingy-m-bob are also cast aluminum, the head attachment fitting is a cast/machined AL product and the there are a number of small steel items, the periphery items are typically plastic and the cap screws appear to be cadmium plated stainless.
So, the main issue with this tripod is the legs and particularly the leg join fittings, mainly the lower ones have develop quite an amount of corrosion, this is not rocket science, these things have been dipped in and out of salt water for quite some time and no matter how much cleaning with fresh water there is always going to be some small amount of that Na stuff that gets holed up in some little cranny, not usually too much of a problem when all the AL surfaces are sealed, however once a small break in the paintwork occurs and that contacts with the Na and its aluminum's equivalent of terminal cancer. Also having dissimiliar metals (steel and AL) in contact is not a great idea when the paintwork starts to go – galvanic corrosion.
OK, so these leg join fittings (referred to as clamps), they are simply a cast aluminum clamp which the legs past thru, they are clamped up to the upper leg using a standard phillips screw (fully threaded) and a loose nut, this provides the attachment to the upper leg and is fixed. The lower part of the clamp is passed thru the next leg section down and is secured using a non standard tee bolt with the last 10mm threaded, this is coupled with a dodgy steel washer and stainless steel nyloc nut. So, I am impressed with the fact they used a stainless steel t-bolt and nut but dissapointed with the washer, it is some form of steel and is probably a galvanised type however given the advanced rust (see picture) on it compared to the nut and t-bolt (which have no rust) it has poor rust properties. The loose nuts and phillips screws appear to be cadmium plated stainless, this makes sense if its low grade stainless steel and they plated it to try and minimise the galvanic corrosion between the dissimliar metals and also to play an aesthetic role as well. These have held up pretty well but are covered with teh white cancer dust that is aluminum corrosion.
Note: The latest version of these tripos do not have this dodgy washer, they appear to have replaced it with a washer head nut, probably a better idea, parts minimisation and its probably stainless. Refer to spare parts manual
The clamp fittings/leg joins – the lower ones have the corners pretty banged up and this where the corrosion has really set in. These fittings, as mentioned are cast aluminum, not the greatest in terms corrosion resistant AL. These are powder coated by the factory, a cheap, quick and effective paint and one i especially dislike, however its quite tough and has good impact resistant, however this also means brittle and one classic downer with powder coating is that is you do get any form of corrosion it will just run under the paint and the next thing you know is all the paint just drops off. This basically what has happened with these fittings.
So, the plan of attack – now note, why do all this? why not just powder coat them or something similar? these fittings will get chipped and knocked, there is no doubt about that, however having good corrosion protection whereby the corrosion is less likely to 'run' under the paint should give me a good couple of years before having to do this again, plus this is standard practice for most aircraft, including float planes that dip in and out of salt water on a daily basis.
1) Remove all paint from from the fittings, half of it can be flaked off…could use stripper but easier to just go straight to sandblasting below.
2) Sandblast / bead blast – removes all corrosion and provide a good surface finish for corrosion protection treatment. This is a 15 minute job.
3) Alodine (1201) fittings (alodine is a chemical conversion for aluminum, common place on all aircraft). This when done directly after the sand blasting is quite effective and and is better than etching the material. This stuff can be bought locally and its around the 30 bucks per quart (ready made, referred to as 1201), you can also get the powder based stuff (referred to as 1200). I left them in over night and it took to the material really well much more than I wa sexpecting. This usually leaves the aluminum with a golden transparent coating, more of a dirty yellow in my case but this is due to the cast material, on normal 2000 series alcad or bare aluminium where it is more typically used it is a more golden colour.
4) Epoxy primer – BMS10-11 another aircraft grade item, this stuff when applied to a alodined surface has great adhesion and they is not much out there which is better than this, its also pretty cost effective, 15 bucks a can, this stuff is typically a yellow/green colour. Compare this to epoxy primer you buy from bunnings and it is not really that expensive.
Now, note, check the two images below, the left is the upper fitting/clamp which had very little corrosion, the right is the lower fitting, you can see the result of the pitting and craters caused by the corrosion.
5) top coat as required, epoxy paints are better in my opinion, just gotta find a colour that suits :)
7) Replace all standard hardware with new stuff, bare minimum 316L stainless steel, typically referred to as marine grade stainless. This is particularly important for the dodgy washers which have copped a fair whack in the rust department.
Right, so what kinda hardware is it?
All metric stuff which makes sense since its made in italy.
The black cadmium plated pan head phillips head screws are M5, length 14mm perDIN 7985/ISO 7045
The loose hex nuts are 5mm per DIN934
The nyloc nuts are 5mm per DIN985
The washers are M5 unknown spec.
where can you get this stuff? boltsnutsscrewsonline of course :) postage is a bit of a bitch – you can probably get the same stuff from your average marine shop.
I replaced the loose nuts with stainless steel dome nuts, looks better :)
8) Treat the inside of the tube legs with Cor-ban 35 (BMS3-35)
and the final finish…
Little Bay Sunrise
Little tweeny weeny sunrise with some dinky little swell…
Kawasaki BK117B2 Crazy 3d camera Instl
Kawasaki BK117-B2 VH-FHB vs Amanda (Glamour)
Why? why not? gotta love taking pictures of heliochoppers so why not challenge it a bit more with a human element. Now, admittingly this is nothing more than plonking a attractive model in the front of a attractive helicopter but nontheless it can work.
The BK 117 was a joint development between MBB and Kawasaki based on an agreement made on 25 February 1977. The agreement would replace two separate projects for twin-engined general purpose helicopters; the Bo 107 by MBB and the KH-7 from Kawasaki. Costs were shared equally, with MBB developing the rotors (based on the rigid rotor system used on MBB's Bo 105), tailboom, flight controls and hydraulic system and Kawasaki developing the landing gear, airframe, main transmission and other minor components. Each company would have its own assembly line producing aircraft for local markets.
Each company was to build two prototypes (although Kawasaki only built one) to be completed by 1979; one for flight testing and the others for tie down testing and static testing. MBB's flying prototype made its first flight at Ottobrunn on 13 June 1979, followed by the Kawasaki prototype at Gifu on 10 August 1979. Development was slower than expected, a problem made worse by shortages of skilled manpower available at MBB. Although it was originally planned for airworthiness certification to be achieved before the end of 1980, German certification was not achieved until 9 December 1982, with Japanese certifiation following on 17 December, and the all-important United States FAA certification being obtained on 29 March 1983.
Amanda the model (MUA Beccy Sedgman)
Pregnancy/Maternity and Photography – Gerry's Tips and tricks and the stuff to remember for the next session
People photography, not a strong point for me, nonetheless one must persevere and try new things and get out of the comfort zone, this is one such example and pleasantly enough it is relatively enjoyable and certainly a great way to learn new techniques, plus with all these baby factories about there is no shortage of models ;)
This is more a summary of what I have learnt and experienced, I am by no means experienced at this and I have mainly typed this out to serve me in the future to avoid making the same mistakes and remembering the key elements for things that work. In short YMMV. But hopefully someone else may learn from it, particulary from my errors.
So, in summary and before I forget, a couple of main points that I have found are key elements in regards to photography pregnant women and their partners (note, some of these are obviously cross-overs into many genres):
Note, I refer to the yet to be born baby as bubs, belly, bulge and all other manner of things…mostly nice things ;)
1) Eye Contact – In order of effectiveness a) bubs to mum and/or dad b) mum to dad with bubs to be as a second element. c) direct eye contact with viewer with bubs as second element.
2) Lighting – keep it simple – single source, softboxed. Also a second source to blow out a wall would be nice and a reflector just to take a bit more edge off the primary softbox source, mental note: purchase reflector.
3) Location – probably one of the most important bits, scope it out before hand if possible, or at the very least have a backup plan when that the room or wall falls thru.
4) Poses – well, this is where the photos become good, excellent, money shots or downright fugly. Hand placement, leg placement and where the mum looks and how she looks are critical, watch those double chins and maintain a connection between bubs, mum and dad or between mum and dad.
5) Facial Expressions – remember mums to be are not usually models, they will not typically know about pose techniques or facial expressions or counting in (for example). Keeps things simple, small gentle smiles and laughter works well.
6) Wardrobe – different people will have different outfits and will have varying levels of comfort for semi nude stuff. Plan for both. Recommend colours. Remember black tops on the belly make it hard to define that bulge, white tops with a shawl covering the breats or just a simple boob-tube work well. Remember the attention is on the belly, make it prominent and ensure it does not get lost in the scene.
7) PP, black and white is where its at, why it looks better I dunno, maybe its a cultured thing (I have seen heaps of maternity shots and the majority are BW) however that said colour can and does work well too, choose the dominant colours carefully though, try and not detract from the main subjects. use solid prominent colours to define the bulge? or work with pascal colours?
1) Eye Contact and Connection
Its all about the belly and the bubs, this is directly linked to eye contact and connection. Whilst direct eye contact with the viewer may work in some cases I have found to these to be more manufactured and artifically posed images. The direct eye contact with the viewer gives the impression that the image and reason for the photograph is about the mum and dad and the bubs takes a second place. Now this is not to say never have any direct eye contact, rather choose these shots carefully and ensure there is a link to the bubs, this can be as simple as hands on the belly or the belly being prominent enough (bare, fabric covered etc.. more on that later) to add that extra element to teh frame. However always remember that with the direct eye contact shots the mum and dad's eye will be the primary anchor point and hence they will be the primary subject, therefore utilise the bubs as a key second element or balancing element to the image.
Eye to bubs contact, this is the money shot in my opinion, or more correctly, its a easier shot to attain since you can have other elements that are a bit messed up and this eye to bubs contact can hold it together. At the the end of the day parents, in most cases, want images that portray this particular point (pregnancy that is) in their life, this connection they have with the child inside them, they want images that remind them of their physical change during this time and the connection they develop and nuture during the time, to couple with a sense of emotion and feeling between the parents can generate stunning images.
Parent to Parent eye contact, I think this almost falls into the same category as direct eye contact, however again, if you couple this as the primary focus/subject and use the bubs to be as the key second element and/or balancing element it can certainly work. I did have some ideas on trying to get the mum and dad to be head to head and create a silhouetted heart shape with the bodies and big belly, however its more of a unbalanced heart shape (due to the belly) and you gotta have peeps the same height! That also said the parent to parent eye contact does work well for some frames but in my opinion the parents to bubs eye contact works better.
2) Lighting
Keep it simple, rocking up with two umbrellas 3 strobes and a multitude of light modifiers is probably gonna make anyone nervous. I think you will get quite few comments about even a single off camera light source. Off camera flash is always an improvement to the standard onboard flashgun, this remains applicable for pregnancy shots i reckon. Remember the basics of single source lights and reflectors (if used), look for the butterfly shadows on the women and don't strees about the blokes too much, keep them in the shadows if necessary, I think its is primarily about the mum and she should be the #1 element when all three parties are in the frame. Light up high and at 45 degrees seems to work quite nice, remember to adjust the distance to subject to modify the light fall off. Reflector on the oppositeside if used.
Backdrops, sometimes out of control depending on the location, I guess avoid messy background, this is pretty typical of most people shoots, however that said vine covered wall worked OK for me. Contrasting backgrounds is key for making that bulge stand out, blowing out the BG is a good idea however watch that the white top (if used) does not get lost in the scene, here a black small boob-tube would work well in my opinion. Black or White BGs will work I think, obviously to completely control these you would need your own backdrop, a wall with teh subject placed far enough away also works OK, but be prepared for some PP cleanup.
Outside lighting – a topic to be investigated
3) Locations
Windows work well, just remember to blow the window out, use only natural light if need be, door frames are also another winner, again blow the BG out, silhouette and go BW.
Most places are going to be homes or public areas keep this in mind when thinking about what location to use. Is there a large bare wall? is there enough space to get some separation between the subjects and the wall?
Always have a backup plan and also try and have at least three different backgrounds, all the same shots on the same BG can be a bit tedious.
A couple of things to try,
- Window and Door
- On the floor
- Couch/Lounge (make sure its not too soft that they get lost in it!)
- In the Nursery
4) Poses
Quick before I forget this one – remember to do both sides of the face, look for the better side, everyone has one :)
First thing first – remember the basics of what makes a good pose, particularly for a woman, make sure thighs, and leg areas are minimised, this is easily achieved by avoiding front on poses and using the one foot forward resting on the toe tip technique. Note the front on pose can work, but remember to make sure those legs are crossed to minimise the apparent area.
Something else to remember and this is very much mum dependent, is their size and far off the drop is – I can only imagine the body change, the additional weight, tummy activity and chaos that harbouring a child can feel like, however it is not rocket science to know that the body changes and the mums body function changes and does become limited, moreso physically – it is not always comfortable and standing on one leg is not as easy as it is when not pregnant, hence being mindful of this and and how the poses are going to affect the mum is pretty important. In a nutshell it ain't rocket science, use your common sense and be observant on how the mum feels and look and of course always ask if she is comfortable.
The next key points are SHOULDERS BACK and CHIN UP, simple as that, imagine if you hauling two bags of oranges around ya neck the postures gonna suffer, gently remind to keep those shoulders back and chin up and eyes down (for those belly connection poses). The chin up can help define the face and more importantly minimise any double chin action.
Hands and arms – the placement of these are critical, the placement of the mums and dads arms can really seal the connection between the parties, couple this with the eye contact and the image becomes all about the bubs.
As with any posing, remember the old saying, 'one arm up one arm down', this remains applicable in most cases for pregnancy/maternity stuff with a slight variation to accommodate that rather large thing inside the tum!
One hand placed below the belly and one placed on top, try different combinations, however I think the arm on top of the belly should be the arm that is closest to the camera/viewer, this maximises the view to the belly. This is classic arm placement for maternity and works best for the mum, bring the dad in and get a single hand on the belly or try both hands with dad standing behind, be careful not to portray them looking/facing out of the frame, angling them 45 degrees to the camera or so that they appear to 'wrap around' works well i reckon. The placement of the dads arms is also critical, if both arms are placed under the belly, do the same for the partner, try different combinations of dads hands on the outside and vice versa, this can change the dynamic of the image from the father providing a protective feel (arms on the outside) to a more secondary role, both can work well I think and is dependent on the parents and their relationship.
The classic side on pose works well with the hand ontop of the belly (and one underneath) and also the alternative one, hands on the back pushing the belly out, this is the proud mum pose and really shows off the belly – look for the 'S' shape and also work with the placement of the hands to hide any unslightly lower back bulge or on the flip side to show off the figure. Moving the hands up and down can change how the pose looks, work with different eye contact as well, however the mum to belly eye contact probably works best.
Moving from the side profile into the 3/4 position is a good change in poses and can often really engage the viewer more due to the more direct angle of the body to the viewer, take for example the side on profile where the body is 'looking' out of the frame and compare that to the 3/4 pose where the body moreso 'looks' towards the camera. Remember to get that forward leg on the tippy toe and point towards the camera or at 45 degrees.
Mum in front with dad cradling from behind or slightly to the side is classic stuff and can be a really powerful image, some things to consider are the height of the two parents, and where to get those eyes to look. I found getting the faces in close is a must, the stronger images were the ones where the dad had his face directly on mums shoulder and they both looked towards the bubs.
Mum sitting cross legged on the floor – this is one pose I have not really tried and does not particulary ring my bell – this comes more from the fact I find sitting cross leged pretty uncomfortable on a good day, let alone what it would be like with 2 bags of oranges hanging off ya sternum! That said, i can see the benfits of the straight on shot (sitting down crossed legged) where you could really put prominence on the reverse belly button or similiar.
On the couch, this one is quite a bit harder than it looks in my opinion, couches are those things where its easy to slide into and be really comfortable, often getting lost in there, as one can imagine this is not necessarily desirable for a maternity pose. However given that it can be a comfortable position and relatively easy for the mum to move around, being off her feet and all, its worth trying. The key aspect, in my opinion, is the get the face out and defined, don't lose it in the cushions and don't let them (cushions couch) compete too much. Getting one arm up behind the head propping it up seems to work, this coupled with the other hand (far one) on the belly can be nice.
On the floor – yep as one can guess it ain't comfortable, use a small pillow to prop the head. I only have one style of shot that I like on the floor and its more of a glamour style pose than a pregnancy pose, its more about the mum and gets the eye contact straight to the viewer, this works well with diagonal compositions and using the face to lead the viewer to the belly, however the bubs will always be second fiddle in these shots. I find that the strike rate is pretty low for this pose and you have to be careful with the angle of the face, it can really look uncomfortable with only the slightest of changes in position. Also getting the facial expression is tricky and also minimising the forehead wrinkles is quite important.
Peek -a-boo – this is alot of fun and really simple pose, simply use a doorway in a hall and get the mum to poke her belly out, I found this works well with half the face, legs and some chest in there, just the belly looks a bit impersonal, having some more in the view and having the mum look at bubs to be seems to be sweet spot.
Pose-age summary – basically as previously mentioned you really need to lock in that closeness and connection between the mum, bubs to be and dad, without this single factor I think you are working uphill to get a good frame – obviously where bubs is not the primary point then its an exception. Closeness is also key when all 3 parties are invloved, if dad has a bit of distance between him and the mum or bubs, this can just scream out 'distance' and look crapola, blokes typically need a bit of proding to get them in closer, i am certainly the same! I don't think I have any images or seen any where I thought 'thats too close' hence get them in close. Take lots of shots with small adjustments in the poses, a small change can often make the difference between a ok shot and one where you go 'wow'. This can also cover you for various facial expressions…segway…
5) Facial Expressions
We have all had shots taken of us where the eyes go one way the mouth the other way or something similiar and it all looks like a bad viral email image for the freak family! Sometimes i think taking a few extra shots with different expressions can really help nail that money shot. So the best way to do it, well i don't think there is forumla for bring this out, however, engaging with the mum/dad and getting them to feel comfortable in front of you will definitely bring out those beautiful natural, genuine smiles. Those with a bit of charm will excel in this area I reckon, for those like me with people skills that have been honed for grunts, cuss words and typical engo talk will have to work a bit harder!
6) Wardrobe
Pretty important aspect, obvioulsy working within the limitations of the mums wardrobe is a must and more importantly what she is compfortable with. This is something that is going to be different for each session and dependent on whether the couple want to go topless, fully clothed, nude or somewhere in between. I don't think I am a fan of fully nude maternity shots – semi nude ones where there is some skin seems to work well, having the bulging belly bare is a preferred option in my opinion, mainly since it makes it a bit easier to define the belly, when you work with a black top covering the belly you really need to think carefully about how to define that belly and not to lose it in the frame. This is particularly important for mums where their bulge is not that big….yet.
Irrespective of clothing amount, good solid colours are paramount, avoid patterns and lairy colours, these in most cases can compete or draw attention away form the mum and bubs to be. If images are going to be BW conversions then the actually solid colour becomes a little less important, however I think working with pascal colours is prefferred and makes for a easier composition for those colour shots – i also like pascals…
Simple boob-tubes work well, remember to get up nice and high on the back and keep them as small as possible, you can also use this with a single arm over the breasts and this can give that illusion of semi-nudity.
Single colour pants like jeans/slacks work well, I am not a fan of the tights in most cases, I like a loose leg pant, it can help balance out the form – this however is more a preference thing than anything else.
Fully clothed shots – either white or black tops work well with a shawl placed over the shoulders and breasts, this can really get some nice depth and definition to a covered belly. Try different props to help accentuate the belly and profile.
Semi-nude, this to me means topless bloke and a woman with pants and breasts covered – this seems to be quite popular and really works well in black and white. I don't think you need buff people for this and it can work for the skinny guys, like myself!
7) Post Processing
Post processing is a subjective part of photography. Two things are worth mentioning about PP in my opinion, 1) what a photographer perceives in a image in terms of processing compared to the average punter is typically vastly different. 2) Work on developing your own style, it may grow from an existing style of another more proficient photographer but as long as you develop and cultivate your own style then in my opinion its all good.
There is no doubt that Black and White Photography is more utilised for maternity photography, I am not sure whether BW suits maternity any more than normal portraits which often can really sing in BW, but I reckon its got more of a social stigma about it, BW may convey that slightly more edgey feel, more reminscent of the older days when photography was more valued and required a higher skill set. The BW also breaks the image down a bit more, reduces it to sub-elements and removes some of those often distracting elements, loud colours which can detract from the main subject (s).
Blown out backgrounds work well to give that dreamy glowed look, this can also be achieved with high key processing to an extent.
Soft focus, warmer tones, glow all these are just tools that you can use for portrait stuff and its applicable to maternity stuff, really there is not set forumla (and there should not be) for getting the best images from a session, its more a thing which depends on the couple, the setting and the dynamics present. Use the PP tools available to compliment the subjects, frames and scene…..segway
Compliment the subjects…this is photography 101, PP should compliment the frame and subjects not overpower it or detract attention, it should accentuate the image and typically does not require alot of application, I personally find when applying an effect I dial it in to where I can notice it or where I think it starts to look good than back it off a bit.
Finally, as my motto goes – "no amount of processing will fix bad composition", for maternity, this has the added the … "will fix bad lack of eye contact/connection and poor posing"
Echo Point and the Giant Stairway
Nope, its not some bloody fairytale, just a bushwalk in the Blue Mountains, its been a few years since I have done this walk, this time with someone more than 15 years younger than me (shite that makes me feel old) – that said it was he doing all the huffying and puffing and me, well did not even raise a sweat – insert smiley lo…
Its a pretty cruisy walk – the staircase is a bit hectic in the wet, however if you take your time you can get to the bottom with minimal knee shaking.
The walk around the valley wall is pretty nice and quite easy and leads you up into Katoomba Falls, which i was promptly told there was no way we were walking up there :) damn softy, oh well the old railway it was then.
This walk also has some personally history for me – i took a photo at the base of the falls many years ago with my trusty olf Sony DSC-V1 (which got stolen) and a dinky little 5″ tripod, that one photo pretty well wetted my interested in this hobby – the rest is history I guess.
A few images from the day to compare how far I have come…hmmm, thats debatable whether I have improved much :)
A few stats from the walk
- Average pace : 3.76 kph
- Time: 2 hours
- Total Distance 3.04 km (signage is pretty spot on)
- Max Altitude: 990
- Min Altitude: 725 (that would be that giant stairway huh..all 284 metres of it)
- Max speed 6 kph..pumping..
Nikkor 135mm f2.8
Ha, premo lens for a dirt cheap price, just what I love. This should hopefully compliment the 105mm f2.5 that has become oh so regular in so many locations for me. Even after the short period of use I am very much liking this 135mm f2.8, its very sharp, comparable or equal to the 105mm f2.5 and the contrast is pretty sweet as well.
Interestingly this is the Ai series, the same as the 105mm f2.5. One thing i did learn today was the difference between the Ai and Ai-s, the Ai-s lens have a small slot in the bayonet for metering or something on one of the older film cameras. For the 135mm f2.8 lens the difference between the Ai and Ai-s is two things:
1) the little slot on the bayonet mount
2) The focus throw is 180 degrees rather than 180 degrees.
This copy of the lens is in very good nick, there is little if any brassing on the bayonet and it looks substantially less used than my tructy 105mm f2.5
Enough babbling, some pictures please.
yeah yeah yeah… i know its OOF


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Tweedy "High as Hello" / "Summer Noon" (live on 'Fallon')
Published Jul 25, 2014Jeff Tweedy and his song Spencer are gearing up to release Sukierae, their debut album as Tweedy, this fall. Last night (July 24), they performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Much more than a family affair, the Tweedy gents were backed by a lead guitarist, a bassist and two vocalists as they played "High as Hello." For "Summer Noon," they traded in the vocalists for a sit-in keyboardist as father and son stayed on their respective acoustic guitar and drums.
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:::Sorry he has been away a lot. However, think you could help me upgrade the {{iw|Main_Page Diablo 3 Wiki}} templates for like infoboxes and stuff? So it doesn't show boxes that are not used? --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 11:22, 5 November 2009 (CET)
:::Sorry he has been away a lot. However, think you could help me upgrade the {{iw|Main_Page Diablo 3 Wiki}} templates for like infoboxes and stuff? So it doesn't show boxes that are not used? --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 11:22, 5 November 2009 (CET)
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Hi, I like to help out when I see something I know isn't quite correct, after all, we're all here for the same reason. I've noticed there's a couple of items missing that I might try and add at some point (one of the unique sorceress wands is one, I can't remember the other right now). --(20:57, 21 August 2008 Luthor).
Hi Leord, thanks for the greets. This is not my first wiki experience - i've worked on plenty of others including the big one - but I had just re-started my D2 career after a prolonged absence. Back when I used to rule the world, diabloii.net was the place to go for info. Now it's diii.net, and diablowiki is just linked off of it - fine and dandy. Hope I can contribute some more. --Denzera 00:26, 10 January 2009 (EST)
thanks :)
Hello, thanks for the greeting :)
Yes, I saw your message on the calculations talk page, many thanks. I went to the forum, but I admit to not really feeling like giving a real mail address to register - I like my anonymity, which I think I don't abuse ^_-
I do have some experience on wikis. I'm not sure how much I'll contribute here, though, my first goal is trying to figure out calculations formulas :)
Crazy Dropper 22:59, 30 January 2009 (CET)
- I made a reply on your talk page. =) --Leord 15:34, 3 February 2009 (CET)
- Hello. Yes I do read my talk page, but I don't necessarily reply :)
- As for levels and such, my suggestion would be to do small basic templates that could be substitued to fast-start a page (I copied from Tristam for the Chaos Sanctuary).
- Crazy Dropper 15:11, 9 February 2009 (CET)
- Moved your comment over to your page, so let's keep this topic there! =) --Leord 15:24, 11 February 2009 (CET)
I´m havin no previous experience in dia wiki. Thought I´ll be learning on the way... :D
And yes I´m from Finland. Dominic isn´t the real name of mine.
18:14, 9 February 2009 DominicFIN
- Oki, I'm replying on your page =) --Leord 15:26, 11 February 2009 (CET)
re greeting
Thanks for the greeting (which is pretty much what everyone else seems to be saying). No, it's not my first edit in a wiki. I used to be quite active on the Guild Wars wiki, and I've changed my share of words on Wikipedia, as well.
I haven't had time to look, but, for instance, on items pages, there's a block of repeated information. Is it templated? MarauderIIC 05:28, 18 February 2009 (CET)
- I see they haven't. Templated all the set items! Feel free to spread the word about/be aware of Template:All Set Notes, Template:Armor Notes, Template:Weapon Notes, Template:Shield Notes, and Template:General Item Notes since you seem to be on top of things around here. :) MarauderIIC 09:01, 18 February 2009 (CET)
- Just in case you go here for your updates, I replied on your page, and we can keep the discussion in one page =) --Leord 15:21, 26 February 2009 (CET)
Re: Greeting
Hope this isn't some kind of faux-pas.
Taking my cues from MarauderIIC, this is a quick "received, responding", and referring you to my full reply here.
Hello, and thanks for the greeting.
This is (was?) my first wiki edit, anywhere, so I've got a lot to learn (about the etiquette, syntax, interface, etc.) (Edit: Timestamp.) --Sing in Silence 03:35, 2 April 2009 (CEST)
- I made a reply on your page =) --Leord 13:38, 2 April 2009 (CEST)
(standard greeting thanks response)
Yes I do have wiki experience. To be honest what I did was just a copy/paste job so it wasn't much. I'm back after a very long absence do D2X and basically am just trying to figure out what I can make with my crappy low-level runes. I'll probably do the rest of them this weekend. --Dan
- Haha, contrary to what you might believe, I don't have a standard response. I just often write very similar, so it has been kind of ingrained in me =) Really glad to have another experienced wiki user here, regardless, have you done it in DW before, or wikipedia, or the like? --Leord 15:43, 2 April 2009 (CEST)
- Corporate wikis --Dan
- Ah, that makes sense. I assume the style might be a bit different? Two things I thought about: Could you do the full signature, so date also is added? and it's usually custom to keep a discussion where it started, like, I could keep the discuttion at your page if someone posted there =) I spend many hours making the help section, and the Help:Talk is usefull for all the quirks of the DiabloWiki =)
- Corporate wikis --Dan
- Got any new project brewing? --Leord 17:23, 2 April 2009 (CEST)
Hey Leord,
I looked into the changes you'd like for the skill progression template (D3 support, 5 lvl vs 20 lvl skills). It is possible and fairly easy, however, you would have to install a couple extensions to mediawiki and be running v1.14 or later (I'm assuming you're using 2.0).
This extension would allow loop programming logic, so combine that with #if and #switch and the sky is the limit. It does also require the variable extension to be installed for it to work. If you're able to get these installed let me know and I can update the templates to support D3 (and probably be able to create some other pretty cool features). JMJimmy 18:33, 26 October 2009 (CET)
- Oh, awesome! Will talk to Rushster, the Diii.net admin, who also adds things to DW :) --Leord 18:35, 26 October 2009 (CET)
- Any word? JMJimmy 21:42, 4 November 2009 (CET)
- Sorry he has been away a lot. However, think you could help me upgrade the Diablo 3 Wiki templates for like infoboxes and stuff? So it doesn't show boxes that are not used? --Leord 11:22, 5 November 2009 (CET)
Thanks for the Welcome
Much appreciate your introduction to this wikia, I like it a lot better than this one [1]. Yup, I'm not that social as I've been spending much time revisiting the original Diablo. WildKard 20:31, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


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I) Dressing up as a sexy nun or catholic priest could be dangerous too, there might be a God after all!
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Creating a Node-RED deployment pipeline to IBM Cloud01 Jun 2018
Node-RED has been available in the IBM Cloud catalog since the early days of what was then known as IBM Bluemix. Provided as a boilerplate application, it gives a really quick and easy way to get started with both Node-RED and the wide range of services available in the catalog.
The boilerplate is optimised for ease of use and getting started. Applications running in the Cloud Foundry part of IBM Cloud cannot treat their local file system as persistent storage - any time the application is restarted the file system is wiped back to its original state. This is why the Node-RED boilerplate comes with an instance of the Cloudant database service; giving it somewhere to store its flows.
It also means that any nodes that are installed using the Palette Manager in the editor have to be dynamically reinstalled whenever the application restarts. This is not ideal as it takes longer to restart, exposes the application to random network/npm failures and also risks memory issues as Node-RED tries to reinstall multiple things at once.
The better solution is to enable the Continuous Deployment feature and edit the application's
package.json file to explicitly add any additional modules. That's also good as it means your application is version controlled and can be easily restored.
Except that isn't entirely true. The underlying Node-RED application might be version controlled, but the most valuable part, the flows, are still held in Cloudant.
In an ideal world, you'd have all of your application assets under a single source of version control. It should be possible to deploy that application to separate development, test and production environments. It should all fit in with more traditional developer workflows.
This is the first in a series of posts that will show how you can create just such a workflow.
You'll be able to develop a Node-RED application on a local machine, pushing changes to a GitHub repository and have them deploy automatically to IBM Cloud using Travis CI.
Getting started
Before we begin, you'll need:
- A GitHub account - it's free!
- A Travis CI account - sign-up using your GitHub account - it's free!
- An IBM Cloud account - sign-up for a Lite Account; it's free, doesn't require a credit card, never expires and gives you enough resources to get started
You'll also need Node-RED installed locally.
Create a new Node-RED project
Node-RED introduced the Projects feature in the 0.18 release. It allows you to manage your flows in a git repository along with all the other pieces you need to create a redistributable Node-RED application.
Enabling the Node-RED projects feature
In the 0.18 release, the Projects feature needs to be enabled. Edit your
settings.js file and update the
editorTheme setting to change the
projects.enabled flag to
true. If you don't have an
editorTheme setting, add one in:
editorTheme: {
projects: {
enabled: true
You can see how it should look in our default settings file - although the default is set to disable the feature, so if you copy it, make sure you change it to
When you restart Node-RED, you'll be shown a welcome screen that introduces the projects feature.
Create a new GitHub repository
To create our Node-RED project, we're going to first create a new repository on GitHub for the project.
Login to GitHub, click the
New repository option under the
+ menu in the header.
Give your repository a name and leave all of the options as they are - in particular, do not tick the
Initialize this repository with a README option. Then click 'Create repository'.
On the repository page, copy the git url to your clipboard as we'll need it in the next step.
Clone the repository into a new project
Back in Node-RED, select the option to create a new project by cloning a repository. When prompted, paste in the git url from the previous step.
Once you create the project, you'll get a message saying it's empty and it will offer to create a default set of project files - an offer you should accept.
It will then prompt you for the name of the flow file to use - we'll use
flow.json. Next it will ask about encrypting your flow credentials - something you must enable as you will be publishing your flow to GitHub. Provide an encryption key and make a note of it for later on.
With that done, you'll now have your project ready to start wiring up your flows.
Modify the project to run on IBM Cloud
In order to deploy your Node-RED project as a Cloud Foundry application on IBM Cloud we need to add some extra files and update an existing one. These changes need to be made outside of Node-RED in a text editor of your choice.
First we need to find the project files. Node-RED stores them in a directory under the runtime user directory. By default, that will be
Update package.json
The project already has a default
package.json file that needs some updates:
- add
node-redin the dependencies section - this will ensure Node-RED gets installed when the application is deployed.
- add a
scriptssection to define a
startcommand - this is how IBM Cloud will run the application. We'll look at this in a bit more detail in a moment.
add an
enginessection to define what version of Node.js we want to run with. You could leave this out and just get whatever the current Node.js buildpack defaults to, but it is better to be explicit.
{ "name": "node-red-demo-1", "description": "A Node-RED Project", "version": "0.0.1", "dependencies": { "node-red": "0.18.*" }, "node-red": { "settings": { "flowFile": "flow.json", "credentialsFile": "flow_cred.json" } }, "scripts": { "start": "node –max-old-space-size=160 ./node_modules/node-red/red.js –userDir . –settings ./settings.js flow.json" }, "engines": { "node": "8.x" } }
Lets take a closer look at the start command:
--max-old-space-size=160 (1)
./node_modules/node-red/red.js (2)
--userDir . (3)
--settings ./settings.js (4)
flow.json (5)
- As we're running with a fixed memory limit, this argument is used to tell
nodewhen it should start garbage collecting.
- With
node-redlisted as an npm dependency of the project, we know exactly where it will get installed and where the
red.jsmain entry point it.
- We want Node-RED to use the current directory as its user directory
- Just to be sure, we point at the settings file it should use - something we'll add in the next step
- Finally we specify the flow file to use.
With the current version of Node-RED, 0.18, you should restart Node-RED after editing this file. - it doesn't know the file has changed and may overwrite any changes you've made if you modify the project within the editor later.
Add a settings file
We need a settings file to configure Node-RED for the IBM Cloud environment. Create a file called
settings.js in the project directory and copy in the following:
module.exports = {
uiPort: process.env.PORT,
credentialSecret: process.env.NODE_RED_CREDENTIAL_SECRET,
adminAuth: {
type: "credentials",
users: [],
default: {
permissions: "read"
This tells Node-RED to listen on the port IBM Cloud gives us from the
PORT environment variable. It also sets the key used to decrypt the credentials - this time coming from the
NODE_RED_CREDENTIAL_SECRET environment variable. That lets us provide the key to the application without having to hardcode it in the version controlled files. We'll sort that out in a later step of this post.
Finally it configures the editor to be in read-only mode. In a future post we'll turn off the editor entirely, but leaving it running is useful at this stage to help verify your application is running.
Add a manifest file
The next file we need is the
manifest.yml file used to deploy the application. Here's a minimal file to start with. Make sure you change the
name field to something unique for your project -
nr-demo is already used and will cause your deploy to fail if you don't change it.
- name: nr-demo
memory: 256MB
instances: 1
Configure Travis
Next we're going to get Travis to watch our GitHub repository and trigger a build whenever we push changes to it.
Enable Travis for your repository
Sign in to Travis and connect it to your GitHub account. Go to your profile page and enable Travis for your new repository. You may have to click the 'Sync account' button for it to show up.
Add a .travis.yml file
The project needs a file called
.travis.yml to tell Travis what to do when it runs a build. A build consists of three phases: install, script and deploy. For the purposes of this exercise, we're going to skip the install and script phases - they can be used in the future to run automated tests against the application.
For the deploy phase we can use an integration Travis already has with IBM Cloud - albeit under the old brand name: Bluemix CloudFoundry.
With all that in mind, copy the following into your
.travis.yml file:
language: node_js
- "node"
install: true
script: echo "Skipping build"
edge: true
provider: bluemixcloudfoundry
username: apikey
organization: [email protected]
space: dev
manifest: manifest.yml
You'll need to set the
organization and
space fields to match your own account details. The
username must be set to
apikey and the next step is to get a password we can use.
Generate an IBM Cloud API key
We need to generate an API key in our IBM Cloud account which we can use for the Travis deploy.
Log in to the IBM Cloud dashboard and select
Manage -> Security -> Platform API Keys from the menu in the header.
Click the
Create button, enter a sensible name for the key and click
Create. The key will be generated and in the next dialog it will let you copy it to your clipboard. Make sure you copy it - once you close the dialog you will not be able to see it again and you'll need to generate a new one.
Add the encrypted api key to your .travis.yml
Rather than paste this key into your
.travis.yml file directly, Travis provides a way to encrypt the key first so it can be added safely.
To do this, you must first install the Travis CLI. How exactly you do that will depend on your OS and whether you have ruby installed and whether your PATH is setup correctly and lots of other things that may trip you up along the way. Suffice to say, if you have ruby installed, it should be a simple case of running:
gem install travis
You can then run:
travis encrypt --add deploy.password
It will prompt you to paste in your api key, hit
enter then
ctrl-d. If you look in your .travis.yml file you should see a
password/secure section added under the
deploy section.
If you get errors such as
travis: command not found then you may need to update your
PATH to include wherever
gem installed the package.
Commit and push changes
At this point, all of the necessary changes have been made to the project files. You can commit the changes and push them up to GitHub. You can do this either via the git command-line, or from within Node-RED.
Committing via the command-line
From within the project directory,
~/.node-red/projects/<name-of-project>, run the commands:
git add package.json .travis.yml manifest.yml settings.js
git commit -m "Update project files"
git push
Committing via Node-RED
Within Node-RED, open up the
history sidebar tab. You should see the four changed files in the 'Local files' section. If you don't, click the refresh button to update the view. When you hover over each file a
+ button will appear on the right - click that button to move the file down to the 'Changes to commit' section.
Once all four are staged, click the 'commit' button, enter a commit message and confirm.
Switch to the
Commit History section and you should see two commits in the list - the initial
Create project files commit and the commit you've just done.
Click the remote button - the one with up/down arrows in - and click
push in the dialog. This will send the changes up to GitHub.
Watch your build
If you go back to Travis, you should see the commit trigger a new build against your repository. If all is well, two to three minutes later the build should pass and you should be able to open
http://<name-of-app>.mybluemix.net and be welcomed by the Node-RED editor.
If it fails, check the build log to see what went wrong.
Tell your application your credential secret
Now that your application has been created on the IBM Cloud, one final step is to tell your application the key it should use to decrypt your credentials file.
Go to the IBM Cloud dashboard page for your newly deployed application. On the 'runtime' page, go to the 'environment variable' section and add a variable called
NODE_RED_CREDENTIAL_SECRET set to whatever credential key you set when you created your Node-RED project right at the start of this whole exercise.
Click the 'save' button and your application will be restarted, now with this variable set.
Next steps
If you've got this far, well done. You now have a pipeline going from Node-RED on your local machine to Node-RED running in the IBM Cloud. Whenever you make changes locally, commit and push them to GitHub, your application on IBM Cloud will be restaged thanks to Travis.
In the next part of this series, we'll look at how to start building a simple application using this setup.


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