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There Are So Many Armed Cops on NYC Subways That Now They’re Shooting Each Other
A police shooting that injured three people and one officer is the result of New York Mayor Eric Adams’s enforcement-first mentality.
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Gov. Jared Polis and local officials break ground on massive complex to support surge in state’s “circular economy” effort

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As Trump launches a crypto project, he appears to be meandering from one get-rich-quick opportunity to the next, without regard for merit or dignity. #CryptoIsBullshit #GetRobbed

Looking for cash, Trump launches a new family crypto project msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m…

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Commuter Trains, Ewing (West Trenton), NJ, 2010.

Too many pixels, all crowded together, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/43…

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This was captured with a DSLR and a 400mm lens, which contributed to the compressed perspective. The conductor boarding the leftmost train is essential to the composition, I think.

Ewing, NJ ("West Trenton") is the last stop on SEPTA's commuter trains from Philadelphia on the former Reading Railroad's line to northern NJ. CSX freight trains still use the tracks north of the station, beyond the end of the overhead electrified wiring used for passenger service.

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Very long lenses like the 400mm, with their narrow field of view, are essential for some compositions (such as this one), but I find I only rarely actually use them. In fact, the longest lens I have for my main medium format camera system is 180mm (which yields the 35mm equivalent view of about a 120mm), and I hardly ever use even that for the most of the photography I do.

For wildlife photographers, on the other hand, 400mm is practically a wide angle.

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One of the challenges of very long lenses is that they tempt you to compose images of subjects that are very far away. But the farther away something is, the more the atmosphere can distort the image. The effects of heat distortion, pollution, humidity, and weather are amplified across longer distances, no matter how sharp the lens is or how high resolution the sensor.
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heavier, longer lenses also bring tripod quality into play. I have seen an $8k camera on a $45 tripod, next to a person quite frustrated with the image quality it gave them, blaming the camera.
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My astronomer friends might disagree that atmospheric effects are greater the further the astronomical subject.

But aside from my poor (very poor) joke, has anyone doing terrestrial photography adopted the technique used by astronomers of using a laser beam to do real time measure of atmospheric conditions and use that either in real-time lens/mirror adaption or post processing?

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The conductor is a very nice element, but imho it would have been a great shot even without: the geometry of the straight lines is striking, especially in b&w.


Vladimir Putin wants Russians to have s*x during work breaks amid declining birthrate, says fate of Russia depends on it byteseu.com/426286/ #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #World #WorldNews


Sentinel-2C delivers stunning first images


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Seville from Copernicus Sentinel-2C

Less than two weeks after being launched into orbit, Sentinel-2C has delivered its first images. These spectacular views of Earth offer a sneak peek at the data that this new satellite will provide for Copernicus – Europe’s world-leading Earth observation programme.

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🎮 #StopKillingGames Update: Denmark hits threshold as initiative reaches 1/3 of required 1 million votes! 🇩🇰✨Sign the initiative to help keep games playable even after support ends. 🌍
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Florida’s Abortion Ban Endangers Patients by Causing Delays and Denials of Medical Care: PHR Research Brief
Research brief documents the tolls of Florida’s six-week abortion ban on patients and providers
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About 37% of American adults are in households that found it somewhat or very difficult to pay for typical expenses between late June and late July, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey.

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A U.S. park ranger wrote about a dropped Cheetos bag in Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. It hit a nerve.

From @outside: "The discarded Cheetos bag attracted all sorts of flora and fauna, namely mold and bugs, and within a day of its discovery, the pile of Cheetos had become a thriving neighborhood for creepy crawlies. Poor park rangers had to spend 20 minutes cleaning up the mess."

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#Litter #Nature #Conservation #Environment



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Hezbollah says handheld devices explode across Lebanon; dozens reported injured

The country's health ministry called on “all citizens who own wireless communication devices to stay away from them until the truth of what is happening is revealed.”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #gaza #Hamas #BreakingNews #Breaking #Lebanon #hezbollah

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Translated from Arabic by Google:
Painful scenes of the disaster in Lebanese hospitals, where dozens of injured people were treated after their communications devices exploded after being hacked and detonated by the Israeli occupation.