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Ensignbus
BJ11 DVV (136)
Volvo B9TL Wright Gemini 2
New to First London as VN36136, sold to Tower Transit in 2013 and purchased from them by Ensign in December 2020.
Seen parked up near Grays Station as a spare vehicle for the c2c Rail Replacement service.
Michelle, my 136th stranger, is a living, breathing miracle. My guess is that very few of you recognize her, but many of you already know about her story of survival.
It was her little puppy that first caught my eye. She was attempting to train the puppy to walk with her, but he was having none of it. There was something about the girl that struck me, but I wasn’t quite sure what it was. I stood there debating whether or not to ask her for a portrait. However she was very involved with her dog, and then suddenly a man approached her and greeted her like he knew her well. I figured the scene wasn’t working out, so I was ready to take a pass. A moment later that same man left her and walked up to me. “Do you know who that is?”, he asked me. I shook my head and then he replied, ”She is one of the girls that….” Before he finished his sentence it hit me like a ton of bricks, and I immediately went into action.
Many of you may recall last year's big news story from Cleveland about the three young women who were kidnapped, held prisoner for a decade, and then miraculously escaped early last summer. Michelle is one of those three girls. It was an unimaginable hellish ordeal for those girls. Michelle was the first one to be kidnapped and she was held captive for over eleven years in that house of horrors. The week that the girls escaped, the only thing in the city of Cleveland that surmounted the anger and disgust of this evil crime was the joy and relief that these girls had been found alive. It was one of those rare times when the entire city felt like a close-knit community as everyone’s thoughts, prayers, and support were focused toward the three incredible survivors.
I approached her and began my usual rap. My mind was racing as I spoke my words. I felt a little embarrassed because I am not one to pester people in the public eye. That said, I approached her and was speaking to her like I would any other stranger. Also, it occurred to me that Michelle is kind-of a ‘poster child’ for why you should avoid contact with strangers. Needless to say, I had no idea what her response to my request would be. It turned out that she was very sweet and immediately agreed to the portrait. We were in a cluttered busy area, so I asked her if she would be willing to step away into a little more open area for the shot, and she agreed to that as well. I had my reflector with me, but I did not think to use it because I did not want to bring any more attention to our shoot for the sake of her privacy. She picked up her little dog, and the fact that the puppy posed for me as well was the icing on the cake.
Check out the rest of the stranger street portraits in my project at Paco's 100 Strangers Project and find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
"Una creencia no es simplemente una idea que la mente posee, es una idea que posee a la mente."
Robert Oxton Bolt
13.02.15
I almost didn't upload today because it took a bad turn. But I'm glad that I got the motivation to shoot something. I've seen a few photos like this floating around on the web but I honestly don't know how to do the correctly. I just hey I kind of know photoshop lets just goof around and see if I can do something okay. Even finding the motivation to do this took a long time. If I was to do this shot again/edit I would probably make myself a little smaller. I'm glad it's the weekend. I didn't even do the photo I told myself that I would do when I got my new camera. I guess I'll just force myself to doit tomorrow.
That cool moment when I got highlighted for last weeks flickrfriday. But I mean I'm sure they made that one for me. The timing could have been more perfect. On top of that I was put into Phlearn's creative inspiration blog for the week which was also really cool because I frequent there site often. If it wasn't for these two things I really don't think I could have pulled myself to shoot today. it just wasn't the day I had hoped for. Such as life, I'll be fine. (Also not diving to deep into detail for a reason)
I'm out.
June 29th, 2021
I was essentially solo at the desk today. It was fine for the morning because the girl training me was still around for me to ask questions but she had a lot of meetings at the end of the day and I got flustered. I’m still learning the ins and outs and what I have the authority to do and not do.
I spent my lunch with my dad yesterday and today. It’s really nice having him close by. And it’s especially nice for my bank account that he’s been saving me food. 😋
I’ve still been kind of bummed. I feel like as time has gone on it’s gotten worse instead of better. Probably because I was pretty shocked in the beginning. And as time passes it’s settling in. And it sucks.
Anywho I couldn’t choose between these two pictures, so enjoy them both.
van den Bergh 136 (HD 196819, HIP 101841, part of the Diamond Ring Cluster and others) is an unusual gold reflection nebula located in Cygnus.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged September 19th and 20th, 2017 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
Also see my wide field image taken several years ago here - www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/10710566206/sizes/l/.
Taken with DJI Mavic Pro.
Full album here: www.flickr.com/photos/timster1973/albums/72157690436453716
online store: www.artfinder.com/tim-knifton
Instagram: www.instagram.com/Timster_1973
Spitsbergen / Svalbard, Day Two, June 17, 2016. Magdalenafjord, Fuglefjord - Sallyhamna, Homiabukta.
We managed to shut off the motors in the Zodiacs, and quietly float around these walruses out for a swim, without scaring them away.
NFZ 9136 is a Scania K360EB/Irizar i6 new as Ulsterbus 136 in August 2013. It was new in National Express livery for the Belfast to London route but was displaced from that route following the contract being transferred to Bruce of Salsburgh. It is now based at Stranraer depot in South West Scotland for the Scottish Citylink service between Stranraer, Glasgow and Edinburgh which links with the Stena ferry service.
Into the second part of the month and I'm still on track with my flowers on black themed project 365 month! This is another one snaffled from dad's garden!
This reminds me of a lollipop for some reason! :)
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