Question by John M: What’s the difference between a landscape designer and a landscape architect?
What’s the difference between a landscape designer and a landscape architect? Also, how do you become a landscape architect/landscape designer?

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Answer by Adam W
Well this is one of those questions where the answer has to be a bit vague…
A landscape designer is someone that generally only works with plants and ‘softscaping’ only theoretically designing or including structures such as walls and pathways. A designer can provide you with a quite complex landscape plan.
A landscape architect is more inclined to include very detailed information on the ‘hardscaping’ specifying details about the structure of a wall or paving. An architect will provide a highly detailed landscape plan drawn to scale & including specification etc.
Add to this a landscape engineer who will add construction detail & absolute specifications (e.g. – pier holes to be 300mm wide by 500mm deep with 100mm bed of 20mm clean drainage aggregate in the base etc etc)
Soooo… a landscape designer may well be a landscape architect & vice versa.
It could also be said that all landscape architects are landscape designers but not all designers are architects…
Hope this helps

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L’équipe Geek-Trend, par l’intermédiaire de David Lefèvre (Photographe Professionnel), vous présente un test du Samyang 8mm f3.5. Fisheye panoramique avec un angle de vue de 174 degrés, découvrez les clichés inattendus réalisés à l’aide de cet objectif.

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Nikon FE2 Body


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My Nikon FE2.

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Nikon Nikkormat FTN


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Manufactured about 1967 by Nippon Kogaku K.K. of Tokyo, Japan (better known as Nikon). The Nikkormat series of cameras originated as a lower-priced alternative to the Nikon F cameras. It used the same lenses, but didn’t take some of the “professional” accessories like interchangeable finders, motors, etc. Per McKeown’s Guide, “many professionals, particularly photojournalist, preferred the Nikkormats because of their smaller size and lighter weight.” While it never reached the “status symbol” the Nikon F did, it was still a well made camera and known to be rugged and reliable. The FTN used the Nikon bayonet mount lenses and offered center-weighted TTL metering. It has a vertical travel, metal focal-plane shutter with speeds from 1 second to 1/1000 of a second and “bulb.” Speeds and and over/under exposure indicator are visible through the finder and the meter has a needle indicator visible near the rewind knob on top. It has a self timer, mirror lockup and depth-of-field preview button. There is no hot shoe—no shoe at all, for that matter—but it does have both “X” and “M” PC contacts on the left side of the body.

The example shown here has a 50mm f/2.0 Nikkor-H Auto lens. The lens has flat front element which was unique for it’s day. For all you Nikon buffs, it is technically a “non-AI” but this designation wasn’t added until the AI lenses were introduced in 1977…

See also: www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikkorma…

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iPhoneography: Dandelion Macro I


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Taken with my iPhone and the Photojojo macro lens

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Lisianthus Macro


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My wife brought home some Lisianthus that a friend gave to her. At the end of a session of shooting the flowers in a vase I shot a couple of macros of whatever these yellow things are called (?) which is pretty far down into the flower and this one worked out pretty well. I used a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens and off camera flash with a Lumniquest Pocket Bounce Diffuser on it as close to the lens as I could get it.

Dooley in macro


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View On Black

Because my life wasn’t complete without a true macro lens. Shot with the Sony 100mm f/2.8 (SAL100F28)

This should be an interesting adventure.

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Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Here is a little bit about how I got started in the photography world. xo Videography by Jimmy Ngo www.youtube.com www.jimmyjngo.com

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Gloria


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"I can see you!"

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Yellow Lady


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This lady waiting at the traffic lights was very brightly yellow, so I took a snap of her as quietly and surreptitiously as I could

Taken with iPhone 4S.

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Dynamotive Plant Guelph ~ Get Pushed R14


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R14 of Get Pushed turned out to be an interesting quest. I was paired with Skinbops www.flickr.com/photos/gandalfspics/ . Like many of us, he stalks the world around him from behind the lens and captures some magnificent images and moments. He is definitely a gentleman with an inquisitive mind and keen eye. Love his sense of humour as well.

"OK, My challenge to you is for you to take an image depicting an industrial scene but in a gritty urban style. " Sounds straight forward enough, right? A little tougher than I thought, as is often the case in these Pushes. We have plenty of manufacturing in this city, but industry?…….not so much. I toyed with the idea of taking photos in a scrap yard then had a discussion with my youngest son. He mentioned an apparently abandoned plant that was reputed to have been built several years back to extract fuel from wood. My interest was immediately piqued.

There was one nearly sunny (and approaching warm) day last week so I gathered up my camera gear and tripod and headed to the location. The high chain link fence with the barbed wire around the top made me decide that trying to get on the property might not be prudent. The No Trespassing sign on the gate by the overgrown road in was also a subtle indicator…..so I’d have to click photos from afar through the fence.

Now I had to find out something about what this plant was for…..why was it abandoned? Exactly what was the history?

Good old Google. Dynamotive Energy Systems Corporation was founded in 1990 to develop and commercialize technologies that improve industrial efficiency while solving major environmental problems. The company was incorporated and commenced operations in Canada in 1991, went public in 1996 and is currently traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (OTC:BB) under the symbol DYMTF.

Since inception, Dynamotive has successfully commercialized two technologies: a motion control system for automotive stud welding and DynaPower industrial metal cleaning systems. The firm is well into the process of bringing a third technology to the market, a Fast Pyrolysis process for producing BioOil from organic waste.

In 1996, the Company licensed the Fast Pyrolysis process from Resource Transforms International Ltd. (RTI), a partner company located in Waterloo, Ontario. Dynamotive then began to focus exclusively on the Fast Pyrolysis process and its derivative products. In February of 2000, the Company acquired the exclusive worldwide Pyrolysis patents from RTI to consolidate its position as a world leader in BioOil production technology.

In early 2006, ground breaking for the Guelph Plant commenced and an upgrade to improve the reliability and increase the output of the West Lorne plant also commenced. A research facility and laboratory looking into further uses for BioOil and BioChar was opened in Waterloo, Ontario under the guidance of Dr. Desmond Radlein. A master license was granted to Renewable Oil Corporation (ROC) to develop markets in Australia.

In 2007, the Guelph plant was completed. At the same time, the 15TPD(Tonne Per Day) Pilot Plant and 2TPD Test Plant were moved to Guelph, Ontario. Dynamotive continued to expand its operations by opening offices in the US, and Argentina.

I may be wrong, but as far as I was able to determine, the plant was never in operation.

There were plans to begin production at the Guelph plant in late 2010, but to date, it still remains inactive.

I used a little experiment with HDR to give this photo a more ominous atmosphere. I combined 4 different exposures along with a low key black and white version.

Thanks for the Push Skin! It turned out to be an educational journey!

Dad & cat


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Dad with one of his cats Sammy .. Shot with my new Canon 28mm 1:1.8 prime lens

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New Lens for My Yashica Wide & Telephoto with Telewide View finder

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MUSEO INTERNAZIONALE DELL’IMMAGINE TERZOCCHIO MERIDIANI DI LUCE – Librino, Catania Progetto: La Fondazione Antonio Presti — Fiumara d’Arte, vuole realizzare e finanziare, il Museo dell’immagine e dell’arte contemporanea Terzocchio-Meridiani di Luce, in uno dei luoghi più a rischio, per il degrado sociale e civile a cui sono stati condannate più di 100.000 persone, il quartiere di Librino a Catania . La Fondazione, che lavora con le scuole e le associazioni del quartiere da piu di 10 anni, ha già realizzato numerosi progetti, l’ultimo dei quali la Porta della Bellezza ,opera monumentale in terracotta, che ha coinvolto, condividendo, 3000 mamme e bambini del quartiere. Dopo la realizzazione di questa opera monumentale, la costituzione del museo rappresenta la continuazione di questo grande progetto. Il museo sarà costituito da installazioni fotografiche, proiezioni video, realizzazioni multimediali di facciate internet, etc., coinvolgerà i più importanti artisti del panorama internazionale dell’arte contemporanea e metterà in essere una rete sociale di circa 30.000 abitanti del quartiere e della città di Catania. La realizzazione del museo, l’articolazione della fruizione e la veicolazione del messaggio sarà tutta improntata sull’uso di tecnologie innovative e avanzate ( internet-archivi virtuali) ed energie alternative( pannelli solari e fotovoltaici). Il museo riceverà energia dal sole, si manifesterà e restituirà la stessa energia fino ad esaurirsi, assimilandosi al …
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Un omaggio ai FotoReporter di Comuni-Italiani.it che con le loro foto ci aiutano a conoscere meglio i nostri comuni, in tutti i suoi aspetti. La sezione Notizie è aperta ai contributi degli utenti: notizie.comuni-italiani.it Informazioni per diventare un FotoReporter: rete.comuni-italiani.it Il video comprende foto di: marivodo, peiro, Kris, Paola Perna, Paolo Borrelli, ilicemonti50, Rosy76NA, Diana Cocco, MAURY54, Mizar, arzan, pitzimba, Justinawind, Tiziano, Massimo Di Bello, Viviana Bernardini, MARIO1964, scattomatto1, cm9462, Vincenzo Costantino, Elizabeth Buie, Emiliano Sabatini, maurof

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Testing my fisheye lens, sweetness.
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