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As in carbon and stainless: Rapido No. 63 passes the eastbound Canadian No. 2 at Brockville on 12 June 1983. MLW Monday is always a good excuse to post an FPA4 picture, in this case, the 6763, with an F9B trailing, a popular combination for that time.
“As the Easter lily opens its petals to the world, may we open our hearts to love, forgiveness, and compassion.”
Created with Dream Wombo and Procreate, overlaid with my texture.
as part of their elk monitoring and studies staff tranquilized this cow elk as her 'calf' looks on...this cow will get a new 'necklace' used in monitoring her location and gathering information...
As we cruised into Johns Hopkins Inlet this view of the glacier, bathed in brilliant sunshine, took my breath away!
Johns Hopkins Glacier is a 12-mile (19 km) long glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury, and trends east to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet, 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the terminus of Clark Glacier and 79 miles (127 km) northwest of Hoonah. It was named after Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1893 by Harry Fielding Reid.[1] It is one of the only advancing tidewater glaciers of the Fairweather Range.[2] Access to the face of the glacier is limited to the Johns Hopkins Inlet. Wikipedia
We decided to get a small cat box/bed for Fifi to use instead of my packet of kitchen roll - lol She took to it immediately and went right on the top. Never thought that Kaiser would try and use it as well. He always has to get in on the act. See below in first comment for the whole 'picture'
This little calf was on the west bank of the Sagavanirktok River, commonly called the Sag River, and its mother was on the east side. When I first arrived, I seen a small herd of muskox on the east side of the river. I heard a sound coming from north of my location but had no idea what it was. As the young muskox came closer and seen me, it started wailing really loud. In an instant, the entire herd stared running towards the Sag River at full gallop. When the herd got close to the bank, they stopped, they too had noticed the photographer taking pictures. After a few minutes, the calf wailed again and off they went to where the calf was, but, they stayed on the east side of the river. The calf's mother, waded into the river but would not cross. She kept calling to the calf but the calf refused to cross. The herd walked slowly to the south, which put me between the calf and the herd. The calf began a fast gait towards the herd, which put me right in its path. There was no time to retreat back to the truck, so I stayed put and took photos.
In this photo, the calf was about 20 to 30 feet away. It kept its eyes on me as it passed me by. About 200 yards south of where I was standing, the calf finally had enough courage to cross the river and rejoin its herd.
As the temperature soars to 30 degrees today in Kent, Glacier du Argentiere is a wonderfully cool reminder of my Alpine treks last month
The sun was waning as the lights came on at this impressive Provincial government center.
"The purpose of the buildings is to serve as the seat of B.C.’s provincial government. It is here that important decisions are made regarding the province on matters such as health, education, transportation, and housing.
The Parliament Buildings are located on the banks of the Inner Harbour in British Columbia’s capital city, Victoria. As one of the dominant features of the downtown core, B.C.’s government buildings are one of Victoria’s must-see sights, teeming with history and culture. They reside on 12.5 acres of lush property. The Empress Hotel is nearby.
Staying in the area until sun sets is highly recommended. The Parliament Buildings will eventually light up with approximately 3500 energy efficient lightbulbs, highlighting the striking outline of the structure, and making for a great photo opportunity.
Incredibly, the original idea for the lightbulbs was first brought to life in 1897 when the buildings were first completed. This was a time when electricity was still a novel phenomenon. While fewer than there are today, the lightbulbs were strung in honour of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, as they were supposed to look like diamonds shining brightly in the darkness. The idea was brought back in the 1960s, and since then, the buildings have been lit every single evening at dusk." victoriabc.ca
The mausoleum is to honour of the hero Pahlavon Mahmud, writer, philosopher and fighter who has become a patron saint of Chiwa. After the legend he helped the Indian ruler, and to recompense him, he asked what he wants as a present. He asked to release his fellow citizens in the prison so many as possible who could contain a cowhide. This was accepted, but he cut it in thin pieces to receive a very long belt which saved a big number of them.
The mausoleum comes from 1362, however, was rebuilt in 19. and in 1913 to be converted into the mausoleum of the Khan family. The room is in the Persian style with a turquoise-coloured dome in which the grave of the Khan Mohammed Rakhim is accommodated. In another space there is the tomb of Pahlavon Mahmud, decorates with tiles.
As the Blue Angels rolled on the runway you can see the heat rising from the ground.
Heat distortion is caused when light is refracted through air of differing densities. Hot air is less dense than cold air, so light waves are bent differently in hot versus cold air. The result is visible heat waves when there is a significant temperature difference between the ground and the air above it.
The view ahead as one walks along Smith Rock's Crooked River urges one on to see the wonders that lie around each corner. Multiple memory cards are recommended.
I just returned from a camping trip to Idaho's Sawtooth mountains. The Sawtooths don't receive the attention of their neighbors, the Tetons, but are similar. Not quite as high as those iconic peaks, but there are many more peaks in the Sawtooths to admire.
Think I got some good shots.
Weather was challenging, as usual. Looking forward to processing and sharing the Sawtooths with you.
Hope your July is off to a wonderful start.
As the fair weather continues, I thought it would be a good opportunity to practise some focus stacking techniques. This is one of the more simple ones that I did but I liked the composition enough to share the image. I am blending manually and this can be a pain-staking and lengthy process but I really do think that the rewards are worth the effort. There are still mistakes in focus points in all of the images I took yesterday but ultimately, I feel I managed to conceal these well for the most part. This image was taken on the coastline of Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.
As a kid, my favorite CSX power were always the SD50s. It didn't matter if they were YN2, YN3 or Conrail blue, the big EMDs just looked mean and sounded powerful. On a particularly nice September evening in 2008, I was treated to a pair of YN2 SD50s slogging out of the Thornapple River valley with Toledo-Grand Rapids freight Q335 in tow.
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As has been observed by several noted photographers (one of whom is also a highly respected physician), Belted Kingfishers make lousy doctors because they have no patience. This one left her post overlooking Horsepen Bayou only a couple of seconds after establishing residency.
As I watched these Great Blue Herons building their nest I felt like I was viewing a performance.
Thanks for looking in:)
As expected, the plum trees did not bear a large crop this year; the harvest was only about one-third of last year's.
In a typical year, I would have had to climb a tall ladder and spend a long time picking the fruit. This year, however, I was able to harvest the plums simply by gathering the fully ripe ones that fell naturally to the ground.
The plums shown in the uploaded image are yellow fruits captured just before they dropped from the tree. 🍏🍏🍏🍏🍏
The cliffs and silos at Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Five minutes earlier there had been blue skies.
Endeans Mill is deep in the central North Island and close to Pureora Forest Park. A wonderful historical site filled with aging relics of the timber industry.
As the land does stretch out wide
Deep in the beautiful countryside
A mouth does find its daily bread
On sweet nature, it is fed
Under the tree, it is seen
Feeding on the delicious green
Devouring the treasure, that does rise
miraculously before all eyes
Deep in the beautiful countryside
That stretches out, green and wide
As the sign says, it was opened in 1778. Part of Tooley's boat yard, it provided blacksmithing operations, as well as boat repairs. It continues this service to present day.
It was saved from demolition more recently when a shopping centre was to be built in central Banbury. The building behind is part of the shopping centre
As the sun retreats behind Mount Serapi, the Sarawak River transforms into a shimmering canvas of gold and deep blue. Silhouetted against the glow, a Pak Tambang rows his traditional wooden boat, a silent custodian of an age-old river culture. The gentle ripples of his passage reflect a heritage that has stood the test of time, linking past and present as the Malay kampung lights begin to flicker along the riverbanks.
Stavros S Niarchos is a British brig-rigged tall ship, now renamed "Sunset". She was previously owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust. She was primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than pure sail-training. Launched: 2000
Displacement: 576,100 kg
Beam: 9.9 m
Sail plan: Brig; Sail Area: 1,162 m2 (12,510 sq ft)
As I was driving back home, I stopped just outside Limassol to take a quick shot from the sunset. By the time I was there, unfortunately the sun was gone and I decided to go for a long exposure. I hope you like it.
As I was looking at this fine exhibition of nature photography, these two young Catholic novices (trainee priests) wandered in and had a thoughtful look around.
as a musician I just notice that sound seems absent in photography; are you really aware of this obvious fact?
Nikon F5
As you can see, the male Bowerbird has this funky pink crest that adorns the back of his head and the nape of the neck. THis was the best shot I could get of it as he obviously wasn't trying to attract me with his charms.
"The males, which grow to about 35cm long, have to construct a twin-walled tunnel bower, stretching 1m long and 45cm high, within a cleared ‘courtyard’ just to catch the glance of a female. And even if he builds and maintains the tallest, most robust bower in the region, he’s still not going to get much of a glance if he’s not decorating it at either end with hundreds of colourful paraphernalia – rocks, seeds, bones, shells, pieces of glass, and all kinds of plastic objects of all kinds of colours.
The idea is for the female to enter the bower tunnel to inspect the male’s handiwork, while also inspecting his own pink crest, which he’ll show off to her in the most enthusiastic fashion" Australian Geographic
How Romantic!
Looking right at Dunwich Beach but leaving the mist as seen...
Sizewell the nuclear power station appearing like a golf ball is on the horizon and in an English fishing hamlet in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It belongs to the civil parish of Leiston and lies on the North Sea coast just north of the larger holiday village of Thorpeness, between the coastal towns of Aldeburgh and Southwold.