![]() The following photos were taken with the Helios 44-2 on the Fujifilm X-T4. ![]() The Helios 44-2 will now give us a field of view of 87mm which makes this a great portrait lens. I especially loved this lens on the Fujifilm X-T4 which has an APSC sensor. The Helios 44-2 really shined for closeup portraits. You can see this in my SOOC 100% crops of the images I took in my video.ĭan & I will tear down the Helios for a service and clean prior to using for a future photoshoot to see if any improvements in quality and sharpness can be achieved. When taking mid-length portraits, there was never a stand out point where the image was in focus. Thus, focus peaking is too distracting for me and I prefer not to use it.ĭespite all these focus assist features available, I found that my copy of the Helios 44-2 is soft in some areas which is honestly somewhat expected from a lens of this age, quality, lack of maintenance and price. However, I find that it appears over too much of the image and covers important features such as the eyes. I also enjoyed using the Digital Split Image in Colour.įocus peaking is a focus assist feature available on both Sony and Fujifilm. Where the checkers start to disappear is where the image is in focus. The Microprism brings up a checkered circle over the middle of your viewfinder. While I was taking mid length portraits, I found the Digital Microprism was extremely helpful. The Fujifilm X-T4 has a lot more focus assist features that I found useful on the day of our portrait photoshoot. ![]() Continue reading to see why you should consider using vintage lenses on your digital camera.Īll photos edited with my Palm Valley Lightroom Preset Pack! This opens up a lot of extra vintage manual focus lenses that can be used with the Fuji X mount system without the additional focal length crop.Ī setup like this can be a fun, stylistic, creative way to practice your manual focusing skills on the Fujifilm X system with film like results using film simulations and recipes. This would reduce the crop to nearly complete full frame coverage, about a 1.1x crop instead of 1.5x. Side note: With Fuji it’s also possible to mount via a M42 to EF adapter + EF to FX Metabones speed booster. Here’s a quick rundown of what mount + adaptors I use:įE mount // I use a M42 to EF adapter + EF to FE Metabones IV or Vįujifilm X mount // I use a M42 to EF adapter + EF to FX adapter which causes a 1.5x crop In this blog post I want to share with you why you should consider using vintage lenses on your digital camera. That’s why I’m using both Sony and Fujifilm for this photoshoot, and I can also adapt them to Canon EF or RF. All the vintage lenses I own I get in the M42 mount so I can adapt it to any system I use. The Helios is a lens made for film cameras, so it requires manual focus when used on a digital camera. I had a couple of questions during my last portrait photoshoot with a vintage lens. The Helios 44-2 is a 58mm f2 lens and during this photoshoot I am using it on the Sony A7III and Fujifilm X-T4.
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![]() It was the most played nonland card in the Arena Open as well as the Best-of-Three ladder, and it is one of the most played cards in Best-of-One as well. Looking at high-level play and the Arena Open in particular, Memory Lapse emerged as nearly a must-include in high-performing blue decks. Our past changes, along with the additions from Jumpstart: Historic Horizons, have done good work in addressing this, but we still see a slight issue here. In Banned and Restricted Announcements earlier this year, we have talked about the dominance of blue and red decks. Because we think it is unlikely for Historic to be able to safely include a combo of this speed and consistency, Tibalt's Trickery is banned in Historic. The prior, less consistent version of this deck was borderline, and the increased hit rate in this version has pushed it over the line. This has led to a marked increase in win rate for the deck relative to the prior version and a corresponding increase in popularity. On the broader Historic metagame front, one of the big changes is the return of decks built around Tibalt's Trickery, now using Throes of Chaos to boost the hit rate on the combo dramatically. In addition to the normal bans and suspensions, the digital-only cards in Jumpstart: Historic Horizons give us a chance to return to a balance tool we haven't used in Magic for many years: functional rebalancing for cards. But after watching initial reception, September's Historic Arena Open, and the response of the broader metagame to the Arena Open, there are a couple adjustments we feel the Historic format needs. Jumpstart: Historic Horizons created a large amount of change in the Historic Metagame, and most of it looks very positive. ![]() MTG Arena effective date: October 14, 2021 Subversive Acolyte now costs 1B (from BB), is 2/3 (from 2/2), and had the toughness increases from becoming Human or Phyrexian reduced by 1.Sarkhan, Wanderer to Shiv's second ability is now +1 (from +0).Davriel's Withering and Davriel, Soul Broker's third ability now only affect "target creature an opponent controls.".We'll consider changes to the Standard environment, if necessary, after evaluating Innistrad: Crimson Vow's impact on the metagame.īrainstorm is banned in Historic (from suspended).įive digital-only cards are being rebalanced: After reviewing MTG Arena metagame data and recent online events (including the World Championship), and in considering the upcoming release of Innistrad: Crimson Vow, we've decided not to make any changes at this time. As Innistrad: Midnight Hunt's Standard season winds down and we approach the release of Innistrad: Crimson Vow next month, we've been aware of some players' concerns about the impact of certain individual cards on metagame diversity, such as Alrund's Epiphany and Esika's Chariot. ![]() You are considered to have shuffled each affected library (even if, as a shortcut, each player physically shuffles their own library).We've been carefully monitoring the Standard metagame since the format rotation and release of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. : If you gain control of another player’s Elixir of Immortality and activate it, the Elixir of Immortality will be shuffled into its owner’s library and the cards in your graveyard will be shuffled into your library. If it’s anywhere else by that time, including in another player’s graveyard, it remains where it is and you shuffle just your graveyard into your library. : If Elixir of Immortality is in your graveyard at the time the ability resolves, you’ll still wind up shuffling it into your library because you shuffle your entire graveyard into your library. : As the ability resolves, you’ll shuffle Elixir of Immortality into its owner’s library directly from the battlefield, if it’s still there. If you have a way to untap it, you can activate the ability multiple times in response to itself. : Paying the activation cost of Elixir of Immortality’s ability doesn’t cause it to leave the battlefield. ![]() We also know that at least two customers received non-monetary compensation from PayPal after arbitrating their complaints. That’s a positive outcome for at least 42 percent of complaints against PayPal.Įxact settlement amounts typically aren’t made public, but we do know that the average complaint against PayPal asked for $1,558 in compensation. In 2018, 12 complaints against PayPal were resolved through the arbitration system.Īmong those complaints, five resulted in a settlement. ![]() Let our team help you make a claim Start Your Claim Below, we’ll look at PayPal complaints by the numbers, what options consumers typically have against companies like PayPal, and a step-by-step guide for making a complaint and getting justice. If you have a PayPal complaint and aren’t sure what to do next, this article can help. That’s a lot of people who feel let down by such a big company.īut when you’re just one consumer going up against a major company like PayPal, what can you do? How can you fight back against a company with so many resources? Is it going to cost a ton of money or take up a lot of your time? On, PayPal has just 1 out of 5 stars for its satisfaction rating, based on reviews from nearly 850 consumers. And PayPal customer service hasn’t solved your complaint. What other customers have gotten in relief from PayPal through arbitration: Ready to get compensated for your complaint against PayPal? Start Your Claim It might feel like there’s nothing you can do, but some customers are getting justice. For international credit and check cards, you might be asked to authenticate your payment method before it can be used.When it comes to PayPal issues we’ve heard it all: wrongly closed accounts, confiscated funds, unresponsive customer service, and more.If you receive an alert regarding a spending limit, call your carrier to set up a spending limit.With TrueMoney, you must provide the mobile phone number associated with your TrueMoney account.You can't remove other payment methods if they're the only accepted payment method for your installment plans. This payment method can't be used for AppleCare+ installment plans.If this is the case with your card, contact your bank to update or replace it. Some cards do not have mobile numbers associated with them. You must provide the mobile phone number that your card's issuing bank has on file for you.Mobile billing is available only with supported carriers.This payment method can’t be used for Family Sharing.Learn more about billing and purchases in Europe. When you use Apple Pay in Europe, pay with any eligible card that's in Wallet on the device that you're using.You might be asked to verify your account with the payment method provider.Apple Pay requires two-factor authentication.Apple Account balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards).Apple Account balance (from adding funds).Apple Account balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds).Apple Account balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds).Apple Account balance (from adding funds).Apple Account balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds).Apple Account balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds). ![]() This takes place at the upper left of the playfield inside a maze-like ball lock mechanism. It features a unique 3-Ball Multi-Ball mode, where each ball is launched through three separate lift-off stages. …there can be no doubting this game’s proven pedigree! There are 20…Yes, you read that right…20 of the greatest pinball tables ever released, featured in Pinball Arcade: Season 2 on the PS4!Ĭheck out a slice of history for each of the iconic tables featured…įlight 2000™ (1980): was the winner of our fan poll in early 2013 as the classic Stern™ table YOU most wanted to see in the Pinball Arcade! It was designed by Harry Williams, and was the first talking Stern table. ” Pinball Arcade’s tables are deadly accurate re-creations of the original mechanical objects “ – (XBOX Magazine) “ The machines are actual digital version of real pinball machines… Each table is wonderfully presented with all the bells and whistles that make pinball fun… the ball physics are spot on ”(Classic Game Room) ![]() ” This game is superb along with great presentation “ – (Intertainment) Pinball Arcade: Season 2 on PlayStation®4 recreates the greatest pinball machines of all time, featuring 20 licensed tables from Bally®, Williams®, Stern® and Gottlieb®.Įvery flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display animation has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail!Įxpandable with regular updates via PSN® to add additional tables as well as Online Tournaments to challenge yourself and compete against your friends! View the superb Terminator 2: Judgement Day table trailer below: ![]() System 3 is delighted to announce the release of Pinball Arcade: Season 2! However, it can be used on a computer or mobile simply. Is there any dedicated hardware needed to run Speedify?Īns: No, there is no need for special hardware to run the application. FAQs?Īns: Speedify MOD APK is the only application in the world that can merge various available internet connections. Furthermore, the feature of automatic priority is introduced in it that automatically adjusts the data traffic according to limits and lines. Also in the latest version, all your internet web browsing data is passed through the encryption tunnel that works like a VPN. The latest version of the Speedify MOD APK supports Macs devices.
![]() (The voice software Bezos first saw in the Fire Phone was licensed from another company, but Bezos wanted his own proprietary technology.)įour months after the Fire Phone was unveiled, Freed released the Echo, The New Yorker reported.Īt the time, experts saw the Echo as completely innovative. Shortly thereafter, Bezos had Freed start to build a team and the technology to respond to voice commands. "What about 'Hotel California'?" The song started playing. "I can ask for any song?" Bezos asked, according to The New Yorker. The Fire Phone team Freed led grew to include as many as 1,000 employees and cost the company more than $100 million dollars, The New Yorker reported.īut when Freed showed Bezos some of Fire Phone's software, Bezos was enamored with the voice recognition software, which could respond to commands by accessing information in the cloud. The second secret to success revealed in the story of Bezos' reaction to Freed, is that you have to be willing to take time to float, be curious and experiment. ![]() The good news for shareowners is that a single big winning bet can more than cover the cost of many losers," Bezos wrote in the letter, published in April 2019. This kind of large-scale risk taking is part of the service we as a large company can provide to our customers and to society. "We will work hard to make them good bets, but not all good bets will ultimately pay out. It's worth taking risks, because if you do, one blockbuster success can outweigh multiple losses. ![]() This is because, by it's definition, an axis of symmetry is exactly in the middle of the function and its reflection. In this case, all we have to do is pick the same point on both the function and its reflection, count the distance between them, and divide that by 2. It can be the y-axis, or any vertical line with the equation x = constant, like x = 2, x = -16, etc.įinding the axis of symmetry, like plotting the reflections themselves, is also a simple process. The axis of symmetry is simply the vertical line that we are performing the reflection across. But before we go into how to solve this, it's important to know what we mean by "axis of symmetry". In some cases, you will be asked to perform vertical reflections across an axis of symmetry that isn't the y-axis. Step 3: Divide these points by (-1) and plot the new pointsįor a visual tool to help you with your practice, and to check your answers, check out this fantastic link here. Step 2: Identify easy-to-determine points Step 1: Know that we're reflecting across the y-axis Below are several images to help you visualize how to solve this problem. Don't pick points where you need to estimate values, as this makes the problem unnecessarily hard. When we say "easy-to-determine points" what this refers to is just points for which you know the x and y values exactly. Remember, the only step we have to do before plotting the f(-x) reflection is simply divide the x-coordinates of easy-to-determine points on our graph above by (-1). Given the graph of y = f ( x ) y=f(x) y = f ( x ) as shown, sketch y = f ( − x ) y = f(-x) y = f ( − x ). ![]() The best way to practice drawing reflections over y axis is to do an example problem: In order to do this, the process is extremely simple: For any function, no matter how complicated it is, simply pick out easy-to-determine coordinates, divide the x-coordinate by (-1), and then re-plot those coordinates.
![]() ![]() Self-taught and interested in all fields of art, she has worked with many diverse clients on all kinds of projects as a photographer, art director and a painter. Her work includes both painting and photography and has been exhibited in Paris, Queensland, Brussels, Lisbon, Barcelona Madrid, Valencia and San Sebastian.Ĭoco Dávez is the alter-ego of Valeria Palmeiro (Madrid, 1989), who started as an illustrator in London (2010). She has also exhibited internationally, from Paris and Madrid to Belgium and Santiago de Chile.Ĭoco Dávez's colourful universe has led her to collaborate with Chanel, Kenzo, Prada, Desigual, Puma, Bombay Sapphire and Nespresso, amongst other leading brands. The Madrid-based rising star of the art world was recently listed in the '30 Under 30' list of most influential artists by Forbes – and tipped this year by GQ Magazine as one of the '10 Best Artists Working Today' – Coco was the only Spanish artist included.Ĭoco also is a published author having successfully delivered a book of illustrations, which will be launched in English for the first time to coincide with the unveiling of her first UK solo show on at Maddox Gallery Westbourne Grove. ![]() With an established celebrity cult following amongst opinion leaders in Spain, Coco’s artistic approach has been applauded for her pure lines, use of colour and the simplicity of painting faceless portraits. android, faceless, shiny silver metal body, mini skirt, walking on the street, city background, (((full body visible))), looking at viewer, portrait. Transform a picture into a beautiful oil painting in seconds with this photo. Instead, the most recognisable characteristics, clothing or accessories help distinguish her most loved artistic icons. Convert your photos into paintings online with this free oil painting filter. Using acrylic on canvas and combining pop art with neorealism, facial features are left blank in the portraits conjuring an air of playfulness by inviting the viewer to a game of ‘Guess Who?’. On show at the Maddox Gallery in Westbourne Grove, the collection features a range of understated yet ingenious and wildly colourful works, amongst which one can find the likes of Amy Winehouse, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Bowie, Grace Coddington, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Iris Apfel, Richie Tenenbaum and Frida Kahlo amongst many more. MPE contributes the MOS-unit handling the slit masks. More information: Peng Lin et al, NearInfrared Persistent Luminescence Nanoprobe for Ultrasensitive ImageGuided Tumor Resection, Advanced Science (2023). LUCI is built by a German consortium led by the Landessternwarte in Heidelberg. A spectrograph (also sometimes called a spectrometer) is used to disperse light from an object into a spectrum. The Near InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec) will operate over a wavelength range of 0.6 to 5 microns. Like all infrared instruments, LUCI is operated at cryogenic temperatures, and is therefore enclosed in a cryostat of 1.6 m diameter and 1.6 m height, and cooled down to about -200 C by two closed cycle coolers. NIRSpec will operate over a wavelength range of 0.6 to 5 microns. Three camera optics with numerical apertures of 1.8, 3.75 and 30 provide image scales of 0.25, 0.12, and 0.015 arcsec/detector element for wide field, seeing-limited and diffraction-limited observations. A fixed collimator produces an image of the entrance aperture in which either a mirror (for imaging) or a grating can be positioned. In its focal plane area, long-slit and multi-slit masks can be installed for single- and multi-object spectroscopy. LUCI operates in the 0.9 - 2.5 µm spectral range using a 2048 x 2048 element Hawaii II detector array from Rockwell and provides imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in seeing- and diffraction limited modes. The name of the instrument was officially changed to LUCI in 2012. LUCIFER ( LBT Near Infrared Spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research) is the near-infrared instrument for the LBT. The pink area indicates the location of the MOS-unit Webb's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) will take a series of pictures using filters that pick up different wavelengths, and use the changes in brightness it detects between these images to estimate the redshifts of the distant galaxies. ![]() Les Lunettes opened doors five and a half years ago and its growth has been parabolic. Brands Available: Etnia Barcelona, PROJEKT PRODUKT, Massada, RES / REI Eyewear, Portrait Eyewear, Alfred Kerbs, Raen, WOOW Eyewear, Illesteva, Raval Eyewear. Shipping of both MODS 2 and LUCI 2 is planned in 2013.įig.2: Cut through the LUCI cryostat. Address: Gran de Gràcia, 6 Barcelona, Spain. First light for LUCI 1 was obtained in 2008, regular observing started at the end of 2009. The Latest NASA Released Webb Image is featured on this page. The first prime-focus camera arrived at the telescope in 2005. The beams of the two primary mirrors are combined in a near- to mid-infrared interferometer (LINC-NIRVANA) and in an optical to near-infrared interferometer (LBTI). Each of the two telescopes is equipped with three single beam instruments: a prime focus camera, an optical spectrograph (MODS), and a near-infrared instrument (LUCI, formerly LUCIFER). The LBT observing instruments split into single beam instruments receiving light from one primary mirror only, and instruments combining the beams of the two mirrors while conserving their phase relation (interferometers). The first deformable secondary was delivered in 2010, the second one in 2012. The first mirror arrived on the mountain in September 2003, the second one in September 2005. The two 8.4-meter primary mirrors have been molded and polished by the University of Arizona Mirror Lab. The telescope mount was completed in Italy and shipped to Arizona in the summer of 2002. This configuration mimimizes the instrumental background radiation and thus makes the LBT well suited for infrared observations. At the LBT, the secondary mirrors provide the deformable surfaces, therefore, in contrary to other telescopes, no additional components in the optical path are required. The essential component of an adaptive optics system is a deformable mirror which corrects the wavefront deformations in realtime. A major innovative feature of the LBT is the integrated adaptive optics (which compensates the image perturbation caused by atmospheric turbulences). Because of its binocular arrangement, the telescope achieves a resolving power corresponding to a 22.8-meter telescope. This telescope is equivalent in light-gathering power to a single 11.8 meter instrument. The LBT is a binocular telescope consisting of two 8.4-meter mirrors on a common mount (Fig. ![]() The telescope is located on Mount Graham, near Tucson, Arizona at an altitude of about 3200 m. ![]() Download a PDF of the paper titled 3D-DASH: The Widest Near-Infrared Hubble Space Telescope Survey, by Lamiya A.The LBT ( Large Binocular Telescope) is a collaboration between astronomical institutes in Germany, Italy, and the US. ![]() Follow and share Cool Drawing Ideas to learn and boost your skills.Ĭute animal drawings Do you like to draw cute animal drawings? But don’t you have any idea how to draw cute animals? No need to worry! You are in the right place. Practice helps you to develop your sketching skills. This post is part of the easy landscape drawing. These drawing techniques will help youngsters and beginners find their pros and cons to becoming fantastic artists. But you have to get practice to make your skills better and better. We learn beautiful and unique easy landscape drawing. After adding the colors, the sketch is looking stunning and beautiful. So we put different delightful colors in our how-to drawing for kids quickly. Now it’s time to put some colors in the coloring pages of the simple landscape drawing ideas in the last step. Īfter the previous step, now we will draw some flowers in front of easy landscape drawing ideas so, make some circular and some curly lines to draw the shape of the flowers. So, we have to draw lines to make the landscape drawing ideas house and add details of making the window drawing, fascia of a house, landscape drawing ideas. In four, follow the same technique and procedure as the previous step of drawing a house. Then, draw a roof gable and the windows of the farming a global top as well. Now, we have to make the front of the house to make the gable roof and the fascia drawing. Then, to make the shape of the house, we add some straight and curved lines. ![]() So, we draw a house in front of our easy landscape drawing. Now in three, we add some more details in our drawing. Be sure the form of leaves is perfect, and it gives a realistic effect. So, we will draw curly lines to make the shape of the leaves of the tree branches. Next, we follow the rules and drawing techniques to draw the leaves of the tree. After so, we draw some lines to make the shape of the tree drawing easy. So, we have to make sure that we create every detail of the object. In the beginning, we will make the trunk of the tree of our easy landscape drawing. For an artist-designer, drawing is a thing to how we know the world quickly.Ībstracted images from the above video Step 1: If you can draw things, then you have the skills to own them in your mind. ![]() Typically, drawing is a subject of knowing and seeing the objects. But, without practice drawing, only to see the drawings, kids will never learn. However, most of the kids want to start to apply paints without first drawing their subject. We may look at how these techniques are essential for a landscaper. Kids may have an interest in easy landscape drawing with ease step by step. These are the main things to practice to be a strong artist. It will boost you to express how to deal with the problems like the textured landscape, its light and shadow, and proportion. Because we felt the nature and pleased with view and its sights, learn to draw landscape objects and things such as trees, mountains, or beaches. For beginners, easy landscape drawing is a happy and fun process. Easy landscape drawing is an excellent tool for an artist for many reasons. |
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