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“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever.”
Winnie the Pooh
CN's track geometry RDC runs up and down the empty yard tracks in St Thomas just after sunrise. At one time this yard was the division point for the Canada Airline which was completed by the GWR in 1854. Later on the line would host Wabash/N&W/NS traffic running between Buffalo and Detroit, as well as CN traffic. When the St Thomas Ford plant was producing "Panther Body's" an NS train from Buffalo brought frames and autoracks here for the plant. Today the only customers left are 3 in St Thomas. A scrap yard, an elevator, and Formet which builds truck frames. The line ends a couple of crossings west of the yard, and a few miles east it's out of service. CN and OSR interchange here during the week, and CN runs a local down from London 6 days a week. A shadow of its former self unfortunately.
Train: CN O999 with CN 1501 (RDC1).
CN Paynes Subdivision
St. Thomas, ON
I have returned to my favourite, magical location, the secret little world enclosed by the lazy meanders of the river Adda just downstream the eastern arm of the lake Como (its real name being Lario), just before it begins to flow into the Padan Plain. It is a hidden gem under everyone's eyes - surrounded as it is by busy roads, towns, and productive sites, as soon as you get on the river's banks you feel like you have entered an entirely different world. I think that the wetlands nestled between the meanders have preserved the place, making it less than amenable to settlements (but very amenable to a sheer variety of birds).
At 5° C and a substantially clean sky, I would have bet on the place being very misty, as it almost always is at early morning. Luckily I didn't, since I would have lost. The air was crystal clear, the place devoid of its usual mysterious ambiance (visit my album Silent banks to get an idea). I was lucky enough that Autumn was extremely generous with its treasures, and my sunrise session was not to go wasted, after all.
I was walking downstream, almost convinced that it was time to go back home, when a couple of twin old, large plane trees captured my attention. While framing, in the most serendipitous way, I was abruptly aware of the interplay of lights and shadows that was quietly unfolding behind my back while I was walking, a perfect yin and yang of day and night at the boundary between the two opposite poles - and that golden, fiery speck of a young plane tree right at the center of the dance, set against the dark hillside. Since such light conditions can last mere minutes, I hurriedly set up my tripod to capture the drama, not caring about the grass in the foreground being decently sharp or not.
I hope that you enjoy this new post of mine and wish you a nice Sunday.
I have processed this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.3/-0.67/0/+0.67/+1.3 EV] by luminosity masks with the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal" exposure shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
Along the journey I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic, which has contributed a lot to the rendering of the trees and reflections on the right side of the framing, enhancing the light transfixing the foliage. Raw files processed with Darktable.
#AbFav_Juxtaposition
OPEN and CLOSED
Two Westies, one's ears are up, the other's are down...
Eyes open and closed... a double whammy, lol
West Highland White Terrier, commonly known as the Westie,
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When your image gets selected to be in "Explore" - I always wonder who the 49 others are? And why them and perhaps why not 53 others?
Having been fortunate enough to have had a couple of photo's in Explore I found it quite interesting to work out as a percentage how many people liked the image Vs how many had viewed it - at the time it was 0.54% and yet an "ordinary" image posted to my stream was seen by my followers alone and that was comparatively much much higher! - 21%!
So whilst it's nice to be selected, I have a great deal of gratitude to thank all of you who follow me and view, like and comment on my photo's.
....whats more.... I know you by name! :-)
Thank you
Spectacular flower meadow at the top of the Hill with unbelievable number of Pyramidal, Fragrant and Common-spotted orchids... among red clover, mayweed and many other flowers and grass. From this summer archive. Noar Hill, East Hampshire, England
Solway Prospector' MT49 Fishing Boat resting on the mud at low tide, Maryport Harbor Cumbria England UK. The building in the background with the "Conical" roof is the local Coast Guard Station, and to the left the Lifeboat station.
John C. Fremont," The Pathfinder" began his fifth and final cross-country trip, to locate a northern railroad route that would circumvent pro-slavery states. Fremont and his party followed Gunnison's path until they crossed the Green River. There, Fremont headed south through the San Rafael Swell, coming very close to the present northern boundary of Capitol Reef before heading up over Thousand Lake Mountain. He might have camped on the stream that now bears his name before traveling across the Awapa Plateau (Parker Mountain) and on to the Sevier River. How close this party came to Capitol Reef has long been debated.
His artist and daguerreotypist, Solomon N. Carvalho, wrote a very general account of their journey, and a couple of his sketches and a map seem to put them somewhere in the vicinity of Salvation Creek, just east and north of Cathedral Valley.
It is believed that this is the first photograph ever taken in Capitol Reef. In 1854 the photographer described the two monoliths as "natural obelisks". They became known as Mom and Pop and Henry. This is a pen and ink reproduction of the daguerreotype taken by Carvalho, and a photo of the same rock monoliths
While my girlie was creating my breakfast treat, I was outside in the super cold morning air creating another image to go with my coffee/tea series. The chair from my snowman pic was the perfect spot to set my tea and peace ornament.
Teabag wisdom - "You are equally as beautiful as the universe." Yogi Tea
Alexander the Great and his mother Olympias were very fond of each other, but they were also two very violent people who literally walked over dead bodies.
Both did not shy away from having personal rivals and competitors killed by the dozen.
"The destruction of Thebes [by Alexander] left a very deep and lasting impression on Greece. It was perceived not only by contemporaries but for centuries (even in the Roman imperial period) as an outrageous cruelty that Alexander was blamed for and cited as a historical example of a horrific catastrophe."
While Alexander had been leading the Balkan campaign to secure his power in 335 BC after taking power, "the Greeks in the south decided that this was the time to free themselves from Macedonia. Their spokesman was Demosthenes, who tried to convince the Greeks that Alexander had fallen in Illyria and that Macedonia was rulerless. The inhabitants of Thebes were the first to rise up and drive the Macedonian occupying soldiers out of the city.
Alexander reacted immediately and marched southwards to Thebes directly from his Illyrian campaign. The phalanx of his general Perdiccas captured the city, where Alexander had all the buildings destroyed as punishment, with the exception of the temples and the home of the poet Pindar. Six thousand inhabitants were killed, the remaining 30,000 were sold into slavery. The city of Thebes no longer existed and was to be rebuilt only twenty years later, but never regained its former importance.
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The ancient orators in particular were keen to speak [of these atrocities] and used this opportunity to arouse strong emotions in their audiences. It was said that Alexander acted like a wild animal and as an inhuman (apánthrōpos). This tradition of interpretation was still being received in Byzantine times." Later it was obviously lost.
The quotes come from de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_der_Große
They and my own words were translated with the help of www.deepl.com/de/translator
Sculpture group in the Schönbrunn Garden
Pumpkin and sunflower...
But appearance is deceptive: it's all fake :-)
These little items are 2 of many many items of my wifes "decoration portfolio".
The husbands among us probably know what i mean... ;-)
The size (max. length) of the pumpkin is 5,4 cm.
HMM!
And: Happy Halloween!
I was inspired by Ken Jensen's www.flickr.com/photos/86174217@N04/28276270806/in/datepos... latest post and interesting experiment, he combined a 1.4 converter with his macro lens.
I am using a Canon 100mm f2.8 with a Kenko x1.4 (the canon x1.4 doesn't fit)
f/4 1/500sec ISO 200 140mm approx 50% crop.
I wasn't in that tight on this shot.
Do not use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without my explicit permission © 2016 M Leeson - all rights reserved.
I haven't done a sunrise for a while and was looking through my archives for some inspiration to get up early again. This one was taken last fall when I was trying out some long exposures. Calmness and quiet came to mind when I had a closer look but then I found this quote:
“Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!”
― Jalaluddin Rumi, The Essential Rumi
It's probably true in more aspects then I care to admit but did make me smile. Hopefully, it does you too!
This picture was taken at the Sony World Photography Awards at Somerset House, The Strand, London. The portrait pictured
was taken by Krister Soerboe and was shortlisted in the competition....
Fields of harvested wheat and in the distance, uncut grain west of Teton Valley, Idaho.
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EA022 and three sister E60s descends into Page with more coal loads for the plant. What locals call the "Sleeping Indian" can be seen in the background, I suppose with a lot of imagination that's the shape of the rock (his feet are just out of frame to the right).
Well….That misty and… mystical Chateau-morning, that I was telling you about in my previous capture, I was also found in this extraordinary spot: so close to the…Mystical River’s multi-coloured, glittering waters, and under the golden-leaved branches of some of his trees …I had this same enchanting feeling, that I used to have being a little girl playing alone, when I was suddenly found covered by the plants growing in our garden at the time…I was feeling utterly protected and happy, believing I was surrounded by Fairies!! I used to stay sitting under there –- eyes closed -- in silence, for a lot of minutes, until I heard the voice of my Mama calling me….But that mystical morning at the Chateau, it was a happy barking dog, that brought me back to the here and now…
In LARGE !!! ( click twice on LARGE)
*** Wishing you , a wonderful New Week!!
Between Monument Valley and Bluff on Hwy163 is the formation known as Mexican Hat Rock.
Mexican Hat, Utah
Happy Slider Sunday!
Paddy and Elk .. assuming the 'nested collie' look :) I think they were a little worried that I might leave them to it!
"Hey bub, .. did we eat all the breadcrumbs on the way in??"
"Hmm .. yes, .. so don't let him out of your sight!"
It should have been My friend and I, but I uploaded the picture of my friend first :) This shot is from my latest trip with my wife. We had a great evening out with pictures and talking and watching the sunset together. This is from Asmaløy in Hvaler islands. Norway.
I made a journey over to the Kidderminster Railway Museum yesterday to collect a book they had set aside for me. They share premises with the southern terminus of the heritage Severn Valley Railway.
Suffice to say I took a few snaps, but barely any of the running trains!
I quite like this one taken under the station awning with the delightful WH Smith news-stand. I remember when we had one of these, albeit rather smaller, on Beeston station and from where I purchased my first Ian Allan Combine with Streak 60017 'Silver Fox' on the front. I was a wee-nipper at the time so I'm guessing a one-time parental funding was necessary for the not inconsiderable purchase price of 11s 6d (£0.57) back then. If only I still had it with my boyhood scrawl under-linings of the steamers and diesels I'd seen - I do have a copy now but purchased many years after the event and, without the under-linings, somehow not quite the same.
12.28pm, Kidderminster Station, 14th May 2019
Clusters of purple asters and a few bright spangles of Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) dot the meadows near Lost Lake Slough in the West Elk Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.
We had hoped to camp by the lake, but finding an open spot during the summer of 2020 proved difficult, as a surge of people sought to escape the fear of Covid in the great out-of-doors, us among them. Although we were forced to move on and find somewhere else for the evening, the walk around Lost Lake is a treat in any season.
Macro Mondays 'board game pieces' theme.
Other than Scrabble and a chess set which has disappeared, we don't own any board games so I borrowed several from a friend. Some didn't really have suitable 'pieces' for the theme so I went with chess. Probably something that there will be a lot of in the pool this week! I had several to choose from but went with this low key shot.
The image measures just under 2.5" in width.
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Klokhuis
Het klokhuis naast de Martinikerk in 1922 met de koepel zonder klokken
Hoewel de dakruiter van de Martinikerk daarnaast tot 1681 drie torens aan de westzijde had, hingen de luidklokken in een klokhuis. Aanvankelijk stond deze omtimmerde klokkenstoel ten noordwesten van de kerk, waar deze in 1489 werd opgericht. later werd het klokhuis verplaatst naar de zuidwestzijde van de kerk. De oudste klok die in dit klokhuis hangt, hing tot de komst van de nieuwe beiaard in 1970 in de koepel op de kerk waar ze dienstdeed als uurslag. Ze werd al in 1466 gegoten door Steven Butendiic en heeft de toon ges1. Tot de vordering van klokken in de oorlog hingen in het klokhuis ook twee luidklokken waarvan de grootste uit 1771 gegoten door Johan Christiaan Borchhard in Enkhuizen met slagtoon c1. Deze klok scheurde toen de klok uit de takels viel bij het uithijsen in 1943. De andere klok met slangtoon f1 van Johann ter Steghe uit 1543 werd na de oorlog terug gevonden en weer in het klokhuis gehangen. In het voorjaar van 2015 werd het klokhuis gerestaureerd en werden de twee zeer oude klokken weer aan rechte assen opgehangen
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Clock house
The clock house next to the Martinikerk in 1922 with the dome without bells
Although the turret of the Martinikerk also had three towers on the west side until 1681, the bells hung in a core. Initially, this timber-framed belfry stood northwest of the church, where it was erected in 1489. later the core was moved to the southwest side of the church. Until the arrival of the new carillon in 1970, the oldest clock in this clock house hung in the dome of the church where it served as the hour striker. Cast as early as 1466 by Steven Butendiic, she has set the tone. Until the advancement of bells during the war, the clock house also contained two loud bells, the largest of which was cast in 1771 by Johan Christiaan Borchhard in Enkhuizen with striking tone c1. This clock tore when the clock fell from the hoists during lifting in 1943. The other clock with snake tone f1 by Johann ter Steghe from 1543 was found after the war and hung in the clock house again. In the spring of 2015 the clock house was restored and the two very old clocks were hung on straight axes again
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... and some bokeh bubbles!
... it's fun sometimes to rummage through old folders and come across some shots you'd forgotten ever taking..
(my brain seems to shut down when I try to come up with a title)
Created for The Kreative People Contest "Mirrors and Reflections"
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