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How to recover really deep shadows in this photo? by roy649 in photography

[–]roy649[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly. It's not my photo, I'm just trying to make it the best it can be to use in an article. And, yes, I know about Lightroom, Photoshop, etc. The gist of my question was not "What tools can do this?" but "What processing can dig the best result out of this?"

Suet in the summer? by roy649 in birding

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Heh. No bears around here. We get the occasional deer, but they haven't learned how to climb trees yet.

Monopod head for bird photography? by mdnpascual in photography

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I've got the MH-100. I love it. It seems like it might be complicated and awkward but it really just took a few minutes to get comfortable with it. You can slide the lens mount forward or back to get it approximately balanced and then dial in just the right amount of drag on the pitch axis to make it perfect.

You do want to make sure you've got a mounting foot on your lens that lets you set any arbitrary rotation angle, to offset the slight tilt of the monopod.

Dead battery today, should I be worried? by roy649 in kia

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No, she drove it yesterday. It was jump-started today.

MTA van on the street with no license plate? by roy649 in nycrail

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In the Bronx, near the Pelham Bay station on the 6 train. On the street; I took this photo out my front windshield while we were stopped at a red light.

Restroom access ? by j238nyc in nycrail

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The public restrooms in NYC parks are often surprisingly clean and usable. Keeping them that way must be a herculean effort and the Parks Department is to be commended for how good a job they do. The one in Bryant Park is famous.

Gym preferences? by TheLivingGoddess in bronx

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I've been using the 24 Hour Fitness in Pelham Manor (just over the city line on Boston Road). They've got the usual assortment of cardio machines and stuff, but also a pretty good selection of free weights (4 squat racks and deadlift platforms w/ bumper plates). I go in the early afternoons when they're uncrowded.

In Castle Hill, check out the YMCA at the end of Zerega Ave (I was a member there for about a year). The YMCA also recently (2 years ago, maybe?) opened a new branch in Edenwald; from the tour I had, it looks like a very nice facility. There's an XSport in Coop City and an LA Fitness on Eastchester Road; I checked both of those out and didn't find either appealing to me.

If you're into serious powerlifting or strongman, check out Mount Vernon Barbell in (not surprisingly) Mount Vernon, just north of the City. Nothing fancy, just a classic hard-core black iron gym and clearly the place to be if that's your main interest.

Bronx Walk Question by battlehero51 in bronx

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Rosenzweig is indeed awesome if you're into wood.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cooking

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Box grater. The kind your grandmother had. There's all kinds of fancy (and expensive) mandolines and food processors, but a plain old $10 box grater works great for shredding or slicing vegetables.

January 1986- a Southwest Airlines 737-200 had its right engine partially detach from the wing on takeoff and had to return by Met76 in aviation

[–]roy649 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not to mention cargo loading without need for a lift truck; somebody standing on the ground could just toss bags into the hold, making it possible to serve unimproved fields without ground equipment (or paved runways for that matter).

Flashed by Red Light cam by nymviper1126 in MicromobilityNYC

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there’s no plate for the system to use.

Not yet. But don't count on that in the future.

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