Archive for the ‘Photographic’ Category

If this is February, this must be Athens

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The Parthenon:
The Parthenon

Changing the guard - High kicks are a Must:
Changing the guard

If this is January, this must be Marrakesh

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Storks and streets in the kasbah.

2010-01-24 at 10-13-29

London Wetland Centre

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

At a visit to the LWC today, I saw a heron stalk, catch and eat a mouse-thing. Luckily I had the camera.

2009-12-13 at 13-50-18

The Stalking.

2009-12-13 at 13-50-26

The Catch.

2009-12-13 at 13-50-31

The Payoff.

2009-12-13 at 13-50-41

And swallow.

X-rays

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Now I have an xray machine to play with at work, I can take photographs of the insides of things. I shall make full use of this. Here’s an old transistor to start with.

Xray image of an old  Mullard OC44 transistor

Image details : Mullard OC44 PNP Germanium transistor, glass envelope. 90kV polychromatic xrays, filtered with 1.5mm Al and 0.2 mm Cu. CsI scintillator, 6 sec exposure.

A bee enjoying a flower

Monday, June 1st, 2009

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