Selene, Luna or The Moon: Friday April 22, 2016

Selene, Goddess of the Moon in ancient Greek mythology
and identified with Roman Luna. The Moon ...
  

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So You Think it is FREE?

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Smoking DIY: Add Smoke to Any Image

Trick: Add a Smoke Image (ideal, dark background w/ light coloured smoke) into own Layer then set it's "Blend Mode" to "Screen".
 
Bada-bing, bada-boom! 
... There is the (simulated) Blue-smoke-of-death.
   

For this photo edit Paintshop X4 Ultimate was used.

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Kalanchoe Flowers

Great subject for photography. 
Nikon D90 w/ AF-S MICRO Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8G ED, Paintshop Pro X4 Ultimate.

My Kalanchoe (WiKi) plant and it's new flowers ...

  

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NEW Bird Added to the Fleet

   
The Gintrude H7 QUAD-Copter
    A new and inexpensive Chinese made Nano QUAD
 
Salient Features:

• Flight Stability via 6-axis gyro
• 2.4GHz RC-Flight Controller and Receiver
• Batteries:
  • Transmitter: 2x AAA Alkaline 1.5v... I prefer 2x AAA Sony CycleEnergy NiMH 1.2v 800mAh rechargeable batteries 
  • Flight: Internal rechargeable LiPo 3.7v 1S 150mah  
• Charge Time:  Approximately 40 minute via supplied USB Cable
• Flight time: Approximately 6 minutes
• Flight Range: Approximately 20 meters 
• Built-in Red, Green and White LEDs
• Size and Weight: 47mm x 47mm x 27mm at 14grams
• Includes Protective (Crash) Guard for Propellers
• Trick Mode Button: Press for 360-degree flips in direction of travel
• Speed Button: repeated presses to change speed
  • Slow (beginner)
  • Fast (advanced) 
  • Super FAST (for the criminally insane)
      

In the BOX: Moving clockwise the box contained a 2.4ghz Flight Controller, the Gintrude H7 (nano) QUAD-Copter, set of four spare propellers, USB Charging Cable and the instructions which had text so bloody small I almost needed a magnifying glass just to read! 

Up close and personal. This is a 'Nano' QUAD which means it is quite small. In fact it is so small the bird might qualify as the smallest QUAD-Copter on the market (Google).
     

Night QUAD: H7 showing it's internal LEDs.
... Turned on and waiting to connect to the Flight Controller.


First Flight
... was GOOD fun.

I have finished my first flight with the NEW Quad and yes, there will be the customary leaning curve to become a proficient flyer. This little QUAD is NOT like it's more expensive and larger brethren insofar as it's NOT an autonomous ($1000.00+) QUAD-Copter. Within the Gintrude H7 there are NO electronic "smarts" such as GPS to keep the bird stable and in position without any controller input. 

Even after proper 'trim' setup you pretty much have to be on the sticks all the time due to left/right and forward/back drifting. In short YOU have to actually FLY this QUAD ... but that's NOT a BAD thing, I like to fly and is the reason why I love the hobby. It's all in a name "RC-Flight, the ART of flying." 

Towards becoming a proficient flyer with the H7 Quad "Practice makes perfect." Actually to be more accurate better to say "Perfect practice makes perfect (Google)"...

H7 Quad Take off

 

H7 Quad Take off - Slow motion

Review:  

• RC-Groups.com:  Featuring an excellent tear-down of the Gin/Eachine H7

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MACRO: Kalanchoe Flowers

Kalanchoe (WiKi) also written Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë, is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, mainly native to the Old World. Only one species of this genus originates from the Americas, 56 from southern and eastern Africa and 60 species in Madagascar. It is also found in south-eastern Asia until China.

Nikon D90 with Nikon N AF-S Nikkor Micro 105mm 1:2.8G ED Lens
  

Nikon D90 with Nikon N AF-S Nikkor Micro 105mm 1:2.8G ED Lens.
See Update to view additional editing of this image.

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Inside a Customized ALIGN Trex 450 RC Helicopter

Helicopter's canopy see-through look edited within 'Paintshop Pro X4' photo-editor
... Larger View in browser
   

Inside this RC Helicopter, Three Cyclic Servos, ESC Speed Controller,
Drive Motor and the Tail Servo with GYRO. Not shown in this graphic
is it's LIPO battery, 35C 2200mAh 3S 11.1v

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ALIGN Trex 100 RC Helicopter

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Enjoying the Bay

American Island - Just south of French River, Georgian Bay (Google Maps) - 1980's
   

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The Old Brick Works

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