Crab Season In SanFrancisco

Crab Season In SanFrancisco
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Ken at the Hard Rock Cafe

Ken at the Hard Rock Cafe
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A Closer View

A Closer View
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Sea Lion Vs. Humans

Sea Lion Vs. Humans
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Sea Lion Village

Sea Lion Village
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A Carousel at Pier 39

A Carousel at Pier 39
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Stock shot

Stock shot
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More Shopping

More Shopping
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Boats at Bay

Boats at Bay
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A view from the top

A view from the top
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I noticed the little bird eating on a bone in the bottom of this

photo..... Cool.

More Views and Shopping in SanFrancisco

More Views and Shopping in SanFrancisco
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Shopping In SanFrancisco

Shopping In SanFrancisco
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His name is Striper

His name is Striper
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Red and white Fleet

Red and white Fleet
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Bay Beauty

Bay Beauty
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Fire Engine tour Sf Ca

Fire Engine tour Sf Ca
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Breakfast house

Breakfast house
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Dinner!!!!! Boudin Bakery at the Wharf

Dinner!!!!! Boudin Bakery at the Wharf
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Ken On Vacation.....

Ken On Vacation.....
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Neon Nite

Neon Nite
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Sunset Sillouette

Sunset Sillouette
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Nitelights

Nitelights
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Cable Car Ready for Passengers

Cable Car Ready for Passengers
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Boatwrecked.....

Boatwrecked.....
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Basking in the Bay

Basking in the Bay
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Appreciating Reflection

Appreciating Reflection
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Foundation Support

Foundation Support
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Maritime At Sea San Francisco Ca

Maritime At Sea San Francisco Ca
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Thank you and Happy New Years!!!!!!!!

This been a milestone year with all of you(12,000) that read this this year, the 2 million plus listeners that listened to my(Ken McCoy Entertainment Report(TM)), to Swurvradio,PSCradio,Toohotradio,Jeffrey Henderson KLAS,Sentoria MoneyGreenKLAS,Shoutout USAand MADD MAXX. To My Agents and Management (Kimbers), my family and grandchildren.

To all of you that took my seminars, workshops and classes THANK YOU!!!!! Sherry and Barbara Thank You..... :)

For the young people That I mentor: Thank you.
For those that I did not mentioned... Thank you too!!!!!!!!

2007 will pose some great challenges to us and the industry:however, we will prevail and succeed.

We will transmit more images, cover more breaking news ,cover red carpet events,send more email than ever before.....

In preparation for a new season, I am taking time off with my wife for a vacation (19 Years married).

2007 will also Bring Major Opportunities--Have a camera, Check email,Have a Cell Phone and Be Ready!!!! God Bless and I will post when I am back.

Sincerely,

Ken McCoy

New News on whats Happening.......

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2006. Leading entertainment photo agency WireImage and Delta Air Lines are collaborating to create the exclusive WireImage Portrait Studio Presented by Delta Air Lines at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Located within the Delta Air Lines Sky Lodge at 449 Main Street, the invitation-only lounge will welcome filmmakers, casts, and industry executives to have their Official Sundance Film Festival Portraits taken by WireImage co-founder and photographer Jeff Vespa during scheduled appointments. The Studio will operate from Friday, Jan. 19-26, 2007, 10 AM to 6 PM.

Over recent years, the WireImage Portrait Studio has become one of the most popular venues for the Festival's attending celebrities, filmmakers, and industry executives. Celebrities who visited the Portrait Studio at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival included Aaron Eckhart, Al Gore, Ashley Judd, Daryl Hannah, Helena Christensen, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Aniston, Joel Madden, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Liu, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Matt Dillon, Paul Giamatti, Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Toni Collette, William H. Macy, Wilmer Valderrama, and many others.

Special Event Scheduled for Photograghers in April

A Wedding Photographed as a team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be sure to email me to get your name in a Drawing..... This will be another Nice event.!!!!!! Also the Zoo shoot with the "Kids with Cameras" will be scheduled Very soon....

From fotolibra!!!!!!!!

To thank you for all your support during 2006 here's a little gift*:

TRIAL MEMBERS - we've now doubled the number of images you can upload to your Free Collection to TEN. This should help you answer Picture Calls in 2007, or to upload a few more of your top-notch images.

FULL MEMBERS - it seems that 3GB has become a little cramped for some of you, so now you can breathe again. Your storage allowance is increased by 33% to 4GB.

PLATINUM MEMBERS - you're going to get 80% commission on your next fotoLibra sale.

*please do not open before 12:00 GMT on Christmas Day!

And member Howard Kennedy (hi Howard -- you weren't expecting this, were you?) gets a year's free membership for uploading the most bizarre Christmas photograph I've ever seen: "Sexy Santa Gives The Ferrets Their Mince Pies". Irresistible.

Post Christmas Dinner

Post Christmas Dinner
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Ken Discusses" PhotographyPlans for 07"on Radio

The interview was "Live" in the Midwest and Simulcast to 3 other stations.Those Photographic Plans for 2007 will be announced on this Blog on Dec 27th as well as class/seminar changes and opportunities.

Dina's Exclusive Images Calendar

DINA'S EXCLUSIVELYOURS
photo gallery @ sierra vista mall.

january calendar of events:

jan. 4th Thurs 5 - 8 pm
ART HOP featuring Rebecca Caraveo
handpainted photographs of France

jan. 13th Sat. 2 - 4 pm
Tips for the amateur photographer
by Matt Panzarino
$20 / person

jan. 14th Sun. afternoon
Marcos Dorado in gallery -------doing what he
does best ---------------DRAWING

jan. 21 Sun. 1:30 - 3:30
"How I lost 30 pounds in 30 days"
by purple hat free

jan. 28th Sun. 3 - 5 pm
Adobe photoshop for photographers
with Richard Milhorn
$35 / person

http://www.dinasexclusivelyours.com/
559 - 298-3724

Holiday Photo Request for a Book

Here it is, again a request for the book series “Holidays around the world” this time is for the Christmas volume. The books are for 7 to 9 year old kids. They are looking for: “diverse, engaging, colorful and evocative images. Showing as much cultural and geographic diversity as possible.



Here is the client’s wish list:

trimming tree

making cookies

shopping for gifts

wrapping gifts

giving gifts

unwrapping gifts! woo-hoo!

making cards

helping needy/ volunteering at soup kitchens

Christmas dinner

midnight mass

going to church

getting dressed up for church

kids visiting with Santa Claus

Caroling

hanging stockings

reading Christmas stories

making gingerbread houses

advent calendars

Watching the Nutcracker

building a nativity scene

visiting grandparents

putting on Christmas pageant

toys for tots

writing letters to Santa

making ornaments

making candy canes



Feel free to send also things that are not in the list.

Please only send images that have the quality suitable for a book.



Thanks !



Karla
Karla Carballar

WorldPictureNetwork

5.4 Million Dollar for Mobile Photo Solution!!!!!!!

PixSense Secures $5.4 Million in Series A Funding for Mobile Photo and Video Management Solution
ATA Ventures and Innovacom Are Lead Investors


Sanat Clara, CA, Dec. 18. 2006, BUSINESS WIRE. PixSense announced today that it has secured $5.4 million in equity funding, led by ATA Ventures and Innovacom. PixSense will use the funding to accelerate product development, service deployments, and increasing partnerships with mobile carriers worldwide.

PixSense’s patent-pending solution enables users to easily manage the media they create on their mobile phones, directly from the handset. Nearly 80% of mobile phones shipped in 2005 are equipped with digital cameras and one of the biggest problems camera phone owners face is utilizing their photos and videos. PixSense facilitates and simplifies the process of managing photos, videos, audio, blogs, and text from the mobile device. PixSense will be launching this solution with mobile carriers in early 2007.

The addressable market size for the PixSense solution is large. According to the Photo Marketing Association Intl, 79 billion camera-phone photos were taken in 2005, with a projected increase to 227 billion photos per year by 2009. Despite this, approximately 95% of mobile user-generated content stays on the handset until it gets deleted. PixSense solves the problem of managing, publishing, and sharing this content, for all mobile subscribers, including users who do not have a PC.

“PixSense is a pioneer in the digital media industry and possesses unique and innovative technology that has the power to change the way people use their mobile phones,” said Mike Hodges of ATA Ventures. “Our investment in PixSense underscores our confidence in their product offering, management team, and growth potential.”

“We’re very excited about PixSense because it solves a true infrastructure problem for operators to manage and appropriately monetize mobile media,” said Aymerik Renard of Innovacom. “We believe PixSense has the potential to become a very successful digital media software company addressing a very large market.”

Night Shooting Tips

Although there is a lot of information and advice here on About Photography to give you better pictures at night, much of it was about photography on film. Of course most of it still applies to digital, but there are differences, particularly in the ability of many newer digital cameras in particular to produce good results without flash in poor light. Film photographers do sometimes work in low light, 'pushing' (increasing sensitivity by longer development times) emulsions such as Kodak Tri-X from its normal ISO 400 speed to expose it at ISO 1600, but the results were high contrast and grainy. Great for gritty subjects, but not generally for everyday photography. (More on ISO speeds.)
Digital has changed that, with many cameras still capable of excellent results at ISO 1600, and some giving very usable performance at ISO 3200. In practice this means that instead of shooting at perhaps 1/8s at f2.8 at ISO 400, you can shoot at 1/30 at f2.8 at ISO 1600. Add to this the increasing incorporation of vibration reduction technology into lenses or cameras which enable sharp results at slower speeds, and also that the smaller sensors on digital cameras give a greater range of sharpness at wide lens apertures (increased 'depth of field') and night photography with digital has really moved into a different gear.

There are some limitations with digital, perhaps most importantly the way that highlights in images can more easily lose all detail, and some cameras produce very 'noisy' images at high ISOs (though still generally rather better than film.) But it struck me forcibly when writing these new features on digital photography at night, and choosing a few illustrations from my files, that I had used a tripod for only one of them. All the rest of the illustrations were made with a handheld camera, although one or two borrowed a handy wall or post for support. There are still uses for a tripod, but I've got out of the habit of carrying one unless I have a particular reason to do so. Credit: Peter Marshall

Book Project!!!!!!

WE NEED PEOPLE TO START WORKING IMMEDIATELY!!!

$100/day

We are looking an outgoing individual to help locate interesting teenagers who have recently moved from Mexico to America to be a part of the a photography book called 100 Young Americans.

If you are bilingual in Spanish and English and know a lot of people who have recently moved from Mexico this would be a great opportunity for you.

So if you are:
1. Bilingual in Spanish and English
2. Really outgoing
3. Enjoy photography and have a digital camera
4. Are tech savvy
5. Knowlegable of the Mexican Community in the area.

Check out the website:
www.100youngamericans.com

HOW TO RESPOND

Please send us a short well-written e-mail right away. Attach a resume. We have an extremely pressing deadline and need to hire good people to start ASAP.

Thanks!

"Wedding"camera For sale!!!!!

Mamiya RB67pro w/90mm Mamiya-Sekor lens, waist level finder, 3 film backs (120 pro, 120 pro-s & 220 pro-s) & dual cable release.

Everything comes in a pelican waterproof hard case.

Will include some film and a Soligor Digital Spot Meter that is in perfect working order.

All the equipment is in great condition and comes with all the manuals. This camera is a work horse and will work for many years to come.

Takes medium format 120 & 220 roll film.

559-760-9823

Photo Jobs..... Dec 16 06

All things Photography
Dallas, TX
a natural eye for visual aesthetics. I want to immerse myself in all things photography. I am an amateur photographer with advanced Photoshop skills, looking to...
From backpage.com - December 15, 3:37 PM

Sales/Customer Service - Part Time Photography
Growing Family - First Foto - Glendale, AZ
Enjoy Photography and want some extra income? Want to... nation's leading provider of in-hospital newborn photography. You'll take the baby's first official photo...
From Jobing - December 15, 8:10 PM

Digital Photography Tech /Web Design
Keystone Aerial Surveys - Philadelphia, PA
Responsibilities include but are not limited to batch scanning aerial photos, digital manipulation (dodging/stitching), and digital enlargement printing. Also...
From JobsInPA.com - December 15, 7:20 PM

Photography/Digital Media Tenure Track Faculty
University of Houston Main Campus - Houston, TX
track position in our Photography/Digital Media area... component of the position. An MFA in photography, digital photography, media production, or related field...
From Chronicle of Higher Education - December 15, 7:31 PM

Photography Retoucher (part-time)
Hallmark Creative Staffing - Kansas City, MO
greeting cards, front of store signage, catalogs, and marketing materials. The Photography Retoucher at Hallmark is an expert at cleaning, color correcting, and...
From Monster - December 15, 7:00 PM

Print, Photography & Convergence Media, Director
The Walt Disney Company - Walt Disney Parks and Re - Anaheim, CA
The Print, Photography & Convergence Media, Director... releases, photos and press kits. Manage the Photography team, ensuring that the Disneyland PR team...
From Gadball - December 15, 9:50 PM

Photographer/Action Photographers
Jolesch Photography - Mississippi
Jolesch Photography, the nation?s leader in marching band photography for over 25 years, is looking for experienced action and group photographers to work...
From Jobs4Mississippi - December 15, 7:18 PM

Sales Associates
Jolesch Photography - Overland Park, KS
of high fashion photography for everyone including... working with people * Interested in makeup / photography / sales * High energy * Excellent communication...
From Jobs4Kansas - December 15, 5:45 PM

Photographer
Bryn-Alan Photography - Tampa, FL
Studios Inc . has been a leader in the School Photography industry for over 70 years. If you enjoy making... Requirements: Portrait photography experience is...
From Monster - December 15, 12:51 PM

Holiday Photo Contest!!!!!

Holiday Celebration Moments
December 15th - 31st
Show off how you celebrate the holidays by entering dotPhoto’s Holiday Celebration Moments photo contest.

Submit your holiday photo and you could win a $250 American Express® gift card, $100 dotPhoto Gift Certificate, or a $50 Best Buy Gift Card.*

Enter Now! This photo contest ends December 31st.
www.dotphoto.com

Holiday Fun For the Kids

Holiday Fun For the Kids
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Raffle prizes... kids will have 1 min to pick a prize.

Santa Ken

Santa Ken
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Going to pass out CandyCanes to the Kids.... Happy Holidays.......

Photo Request..... New!!!!!

Hello Members

A precise brief here:
1) A selection of drinks showing the size of one unit of alcohol (for example a selection of comparative glasses of beer, alco-pops, wine, sherry, port, liqueurs, spirits, etc)
2) An iron nail in a beaker of copper sulphate, showing:
a) before
b) after in the same picture

Upload data:
1. DEADLINE: Monday December 18th 2006; 12:00 noon GMT
2. FILESIZE: 300dpi, colour. Filesize >6MB
3. CODE KEYWORD: RUSNAL (input this among all your other apposite keywords describing the image in full and NEVER use the Code Keyword as your only keyword.)
4. CATEGORISE UNDER: Science> Chemistry

If you feel you already have existing images on the site which fit the bill, just add the unique code keyword to them.

And remember, the only way you can make your pictures available for consideration by the buyers in any Picture Call is to upload them to the fotoLibra site and to include the special Code Keyword among your other keywords. Please do not mark your images as Royalty Free and do not send them to me as there is nothing I can do with them - my opinion would be highly subjective and probably not helpful. Please also make sure that they always match or exceed the requested resolutions and file sizes.

Kind regards

Jacqui Norman

Pentax KD10 Digital Camera

What's Hot
• Sensor-based shake reduction
• 22-bit processing
• 3FPS JPEG capture-to-card capacity
• Weather-tough design
• Excellent image quality at all ISOs
• Excellent fluorescent color balancing
• LCD depth of field preview function

This Camera is another option for those of you shopping for a camera......

Definition: Freelancer or Contract

A "freelance photographer" is one who operates their own business and
deals with clients on a contractural basis for individual assignments
or for photographic services. A "contract photographer" is a
freelance photographer who has an arrangement with a single client
for a relatively long term. The two terms are often used
interchangeably and the definitions are not hard and fast.
--

New Ericsson P990i

New Ericsson P990i
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My daughter just got her new Ericsson 2 meg camera,PDA,Bluetooth.2 inch

screen,usb cable for data transfer, software and charging cradle... this

camera phone can 2meg photos and uploads to the Internet.

New Class in January 24th and 25th

Photo: Ken McCoy In Atlanta, Ga( working)
Call 457 6015 to Register..... New Photo assignments and Events Most will be posted on Blog and Not Mentioned outloud...... stay Tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Portrait Tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Portrait Photography Tips for the Holidays

Portrait photography is the art of taking pictures of people. Now whether you do this for family and friends, or just because you like people pictures, you may find these tips helpful in making your portrait photos more polished and professional looking.

1. Clear the clutter. When you take a person's portrait, you want the picture to focus primarily on that person. If you have a lot of clutter behind or around them, it detracts from the person in the picture. So before you shoot, try moving the person to a place where there is little to nothing else around. The middle of a room is an easy option, as is having them stand against a blank wall.

2. Focus on their eyes. Regardless of what else might be in the picture, and regardless of whether anything else is in focus or not... if you have a person's eyes in focus in a portrait photo, it always has much more impact and is considered a better picture overall. The old saying about eyes being a window to the soul actually applies in portrait photography, so if the person's eyes are clear and focused well, the picture will look much better.

3. Try to blur the background. If you have a point and shoot camera, you probably have a control setting dial on the camera that will help with this. Turn the control dial to portrait mode - this is usually indicated by a small icon that looks like a person's head. If you use a DSLR, or you shoot in manual or semi-manual mode with your camera, use a larger aperture setting. This is indicated by smaller numbers such as 5.6, 3.5 and 2.8. In fact, those three aperture settings are often the best ones to use when taking portrait photos, because those tend to blur the background best. A 2.8 aperture setting will give you a much more blurry background than 5.6 will, but 5.6 still does fairly nicely if the background is not too close to the person you're taking a picture of.

4. Get Closer. Yes, closer to the person you're taking a picture of. It's ok to just have a picture of the person's head and shoulders... it's even ok to take a picture of just their face with part of the head missing. The face and eyes of a person is where most of their expression is, so leaving out most of the body in a portrait photograph will often produce much better results.

Wow New Stuff For Ladies Tennis and Photography

London, England, Dec. 11, 2006. Action Images, the specialist sports arm of Reuters, has signed a contract with the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the governing body of women's professional tennis, to be its primary photographic provider, covering Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tournaments.

The contract starts on January 1, 2007 and will run for two years. Benefits will also be available to tournament organisers, key sponsors and other partners worldwide.

Larry Scott, Chairman and CEO, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour said: "We're thrilled to be working with Action Images, which is one of the foremost sports photographic agencies in the world. Action Images’ global expertise in sports photography, in addition to its role as part of the Reuters family, will allow us to take the promotion of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour to the next level."

New Jobs Listings.....

Adjunct, Photography
Lisle, IL
Education Benedictine University Adjunct, Photography Adjunct instructor needed to teach B/W photography course for Spring Semester beginning January 17. Course...
From CareerBuilder - December 11, 5:35 AM

Adjunct Digital Photography Faculty
Dallas County Community College District - Dallas, TX
position in the Photography Department. Spring 2007 position, contingent on enrollment. This position teaches an Introduction to Digital Photography course...
From Dallas Morning News - December 11, 2:57 PM

Adjunct Photography Faculty
Dallas County Community College District - Dallas, TX
position is in the Photography Department. Spring 2007 position, contingent on enrollment. This position teaches a film-based Photography I course. Class time...
From Dallas Morning News - December 11, 2:57 PM

PHOTOGRAPHY Part-Time No exp
Escondido, CA
PHOTOGRAPHY Part-Time No exp req'd. We will train for pro career and provide pro camera and equip. for local assignments. $400 to $600 wk. to start, car req'd...
From North County Times - December 11, 9:57 PM

More Fun

More Fun
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Christmas Parade

Christmas Parade
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The Holiday Open House is TODAY

The Holiday Open House is TODAY
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For Photogs and Families!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Raffles, Food and Great Prices on Digial Camera and Gear..............



Clovis Digital Camera

300 W. Shaw suite 105 Shaw and Peach Behind Sees Candy



4 pm to 6 pm

Parrot Cingular,Fresno Adult School,Ken McCoy Entertainment, Via Viente

and Deborahs Custom Necklaces are all Sponsers!!!!!!!!!

Brandon Roth Superman

Brandon Roth Superman
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My set up waiting for the next Shot

My set up waiting for the next Shot
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The Spike TV Video Game Awards..... Hollywood Ca

Red Carpet Action

Red Carpet Action
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50

50
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Spike tv video game awards

Spike tv video game awards
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