weekly Peter 123's 52 for 2022
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Fab set of pix there Peter
Thanks all for your kind comments.
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Thanks both for your kind comments.
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Week 41 Rustic
A nice crunchy rustic loaf. Set up on the kitchen worktop (with board on top) with window light left, white wall tiles in front and white cupboard right.
So no flash needed.
Week 41 Rustic 4 (1 of 1) by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
A nice crunchy rustic loaf. Set up on the kitchen worktop (with board on top) with window light left, white wall tiles in front and white cupboard right.
So no flash needed.
Week 41 Rustic 4 (1 of 1) by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
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I'm with David, very well composed and looks delicious.
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Did you bake the bread as well, great shot, looks very tasty.
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No, local Co-op‘s best.
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Nice textures, both the bread and the light.
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Another tasty looking picture, the DOF is really good and meets the theme nicely.
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Week 42 Precision
View: https://flic.kr/p/2nVpEMw
This is a glass stage micrometer slide. It is used to calibrate a graticule (measuring) eyepiece on a microscope. The scales show up to 100th of a millimetre.
I use this on an old microscope to analyse the pollen in my honey - 400x mag is the usual setting for this.
The pollen grains are different sizes but quite a few are a similar shape so measuring them helps identification.
Placed on a small light panel and lit from below.
View: https://flic.kr/p/2nVpEMw
This is a glass stage micrometer slide. It is used to calibrate a graticule (measuring) eyepiece on a microscope. The scales show up to 100th of a millimetre.
I use this on an old microscope to analyse the pollen in my honey - 400x mag is the usual setting for this.
The pollen grains are different sizes but quite a few are a similar shape so measuring them helps identification.
Placed on a small light panel and lit from below.
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Every day's a school day here!
Seriously, it's great to see unusual shots and get an explanation behind them. I certainly had no idea such a thing existed.
As with another comment I made in another person's thread, being slightly rotated left to right more in line with horizontal would make this better for me - it's not far off, but bugs me slightly (but as I said in the other post that's me, and might not bother anyone else.)
And I'm curious Peter. What makes better/nicer honey in your experience? Is it more pollen/less pollen, bigger or smaller pollen, or something else?
Seriously, it's great to see unusual shots and get an explanation behind them. I certainly had no idea such a thing existed.
As with another comment I made in another person's thread, being slightly rotated left to right more in line with horizontal would make this better for me - it's not far off, but bugs me slightly (but as I said in the other post that's me, and might not bother anyone else.)
And I'm curious Peter. What makes better/nicer honey in your experience? Is it more pollen/less pollen, bigger or smaller pollen, or something else?
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OK ref. horizontal. LR auto said it was straight but now I look at it it's not.
Honey is modified nectar collected from flowers and the different nectars have different tastes and slightly different colours.
It is nearly always a mix of nectars. Over 50% can be called X honey (e.g. heather honey.)
So, its down to the individual human's taste as to what they like.
Some examples
Heather Honey - strong distinctive taste like by most people (this is jelly-like honey)
Ivy honey - not many people like this - tastes like Germolene smells IMO.
Oil Seed Rape honey. Bland taste but OSR produces lots of nectar and is loved by bees. Sets like concrete.
I expect mine to be good mix of different local flowers. I'll analyse it over the winter.
Honey that has only been lightly filtered to remove the wax is the best. Commercial stuff sold in supermarkets has been heated and fine filtered to enable to stay runny.
Gets rid of all the pollen that produces the taste.
Honey that is labelled "From the EU and Other Countries" is mainly from China (where they use antibiotics to cure bees diseases - not allowed in UK)
Manuka honey is slightly higher antibacterial content than UK honey but not worth the money IMO. Globally something like 20 tonnes of manuka is produced annually and approx 80 tonnes is sold. Work that out for yourself.
Phew, lesson over.
Honey is modified nectar collected from flowers and the different nectars have different tastes and slightly different colours.
It is nearly always a mix of nectars. Over 50% can be called X honey (e.g. heather honey.)
So, its down to the individual human's taste as to what they like.
Some examples
Heather Honey - strong distinctive taste like by most people (this is jelly-like honey)
Ivy honey - not many people like this - tastes like Germolene smells IMO.
Oil Seed Rape honey. Bland taste but OSR produces lots of nectar and is loved by bees. Sets like concrete.
I expect mine to be good mix of different local flowers. I'll analyse it over the winter.
Honey that has only been lightly filtered to remove the wax is the best. Commercial stuff sold in supermarkets has been heated and fine filtered to enable to stay runny.
Gets rid of all the pollen that produces the taste.
Honey that is labelled "From the EU and Other Countries" is mainly from China (where they use antibiotics to cure bees diseases - not allowed in UK)
Manuka honey is slightly higher antibacterial content than UK honey but not worth the money IMO. Globally something like 20 tonnes of manuka is produced annually and approx 80 tonnes is sold. Work that out for yourself.
Phew, lesson over.
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Great information Peter. Makes me wonder if the types of pollen that you find affect the taste of the honey?
I do agree with Simon though, the lines are a little wonky.
I do agree with Simon though, the lines are a little wonky.
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LOL, I must have posted my question as you were typing the answer!
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Fascinating!
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Interest write up to your Image Peter, after that I might just go a buy a jar of honey from out local beekeeper.
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Week 43 Vehicle
Week 43 Vehicle 3B 1 by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
We took our granddaughter to the seaside today so this vehicle seemed appropriate,
Week 43 Vehicle 3B 1 by Peter Stephens, on FlickrWe took our granddaughter to the seaside today so this vehicle seemed appropriate,
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Beautiful seascape Peter.
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Nice picture and I really like the angle of the boat here.
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Week 44 Autumnal
The weather here has been very Autumnal - wet and windy. So getting out to take a shot meant getting wet or waiting.
3 choices for me this week.
1. Lucky to catch this garden maintenance couple working around the corner. I chose this one because Autumn always means fallen leaves - and there was some action.
Week 44 Autumnal 6 by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
2. This one I tried to get Autumn, rain and dead, wet, leaves into the shot but I'm not sure it worked. Quite a bit of fiddling with the processing to get the raindrops to show,
Week 44 Autumnal 4A by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
3. Autumn vegetables harvested on my wife's allotment.
Week 44 ON1 by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
The weather here has been very Autumnal - wet and windy. So getting out to take a shot meant getting wet or waiting.
3 choices for me this week.
1. Lucky to catch this garden maintenance couple working around the corner. I chose this one because Autumn always means fallen leaves - and there was some action.
Week 44 Autumnal 6 by Peter Stephens, on Flickr2. This one I tried to get Autumn, rain and dead, wet, leaves into the shot but I'm not sure it worked. Quite a bit of fiddling with the processing to get the raindrops to show,
Week 44 Autumnal 4A by Peter Stephens, on Flickr3. Autumn vegetables harvested on my wife's allotment.
Week 44 ON1 by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
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Just for you Dave. Good point about the leading line. I tend to forget about the tech when I'm taking shots.
Week 44 Autumnal 6B by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
Week 44 Autumnal 6B by Peter Stephens, on Flickr
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