As daylight fades, a trio of Union Pacific engines roll through the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, MO on a warm Saturday, November 23, 2024 evening.

as autumn takes over the rest of the landscape...

As close up as I could get!

As I was getting my gears ready to start shooting the building in this picture which is the top part part of the opera house in Oslo this man appears and disappears like a phantom so when I was contemplating what to call the photo it became self evident. It is a cliché I know but a nice one :) It´s odd sometimes. I have been thinking of shooting this building for a long time but only had the building in my mind. And my first photo which I think became the best one is just a part of the building with this man walking past it.

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I DO own the road.

Only a fool would challenge this massive and unpredictable beast. It doesn't pay to get in a hurry. He stood there for 10-15 minutes before moving on.

A young lady from Quebec is in the car ahead of us, she was fascinated, smiling and taking lots of photos. Glad she knew not to get out of her car.

As we arrived in Bergan, the weather closed in. The surrounding mountains had had a fresh layer of pristine white snow.

As some of the most vital sensory organs among insects, it's no wonder that antennae come in a great variety of shapes and sizes to suit their various specializations. Here, a male Callirhipid beetle displays his extravagant feelers which are over half the length of his body. Like the feathery antennae of some male moths, this shape is designed to maximize the surface area to enable detection of even the faintest pheromones of distant females. However, unlike moths, these 'flabellate' (fan-like) antennae can be neatly folded away for protection when they're not needed, such as when the beetle is burrowing under bark or in rotten wood. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).

As this is a right hand drive LT model i would guess this pic was taken in Australia.

Shame theres not a bit more background scene in it.

And as its the 'all new' Celica , i would guess the pic dates from 1970 , maybe 1971

As I put up this photo there is a hard rain steadily falling and all is grey .. obstinate leaves have few remaining strongholds that will fall within the week. Not terribly cold (44*F) .. but though a new mirror in my camera is calling for exercise I cannot raise desire to plunge into the wet ... I am grateful for the sure dependable seasons .... All things in the Lords time.

This beautiful female Blue Dasher sure did give this sick old lady a wonderful opportunity for lots of photos. I really enjoyed her. Hot summer here and I still can't get out anywhere. Thank You, Jesus, for beautiful bugs in God's garden!

My first picture using photoshop. Do enjoy. Also thank you to all the creators and event owner for the awesomeness.

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Lake Saif-ul-Malook in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan

As seen at the Ferragamo Museum in Florence.

First used as a campus museum.

The Nott Memorial is an elaborate 16-sided stone-masonry building which serves as both architectural and physical centerpiece of Union College in Schenectady, New York. Dedicated to Eliphalet Nott, president of Union for a remarkable sixty-two years (1804–1866), the 110-foot (34 m) high by 89-foot (27 m) wide structure is a National Historic Landmark.

Officially designated Nott Memorial Hall but referred to by generations of students and faculty simply as "The Nott" or "The Nipple" (sometimes "The Nipple of Knowledge"), the building's centrality and initial design trace back to Josef Ramee's 1813 conception of the school grounds, the first planned college campus in the United States.

The Memorial was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter, architect of area churches and homes, alumnus of the college, and grandson of President Nott. Construction began in 1858 and was completed in 1879. The result is one of very few 16-sided buildings in the world.

For nearly a century the Nott was mostly open inside. In 1961 the college moved its bookstore into the basement and configured the first two floors into theater in the round. The upper floors were eventually closed off and fell into disrepair.

In 1993 the college began a complete renovation of the Nott, restoring it to its original design. The award-winning project was undertaken by noted Boston based architecture firm Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc and carried out by A.J. Martini, Inc., contractors.[3] The bookstore and theater were moved to other locations on the campus, and in 1995 the Nott reopened on the celebration of Union's 200th anniversary.

As I've said in almost all my previous 365 projects, I will try and learn to play this bloody thing this year! (It has not moved since last year)

Another aerial shot of Lake Eyre in South Australia

As much as the purple flowered jacaranda trees are dotting the Sydney (and other) landscapes, the Illawarra Flame tress are also out in bright red. The Rainbow Lorikeets travel mostly in pairs and chatter to each other constantly. It is rare that they allow me to come close without flying off. Not just getting in close but also at eye level in my backyard!

Their colourful plumage and the the red follicles (fruit) was beautiful palette and composition

As seen through a wine glass--- Monterosso is part of Cinque Terre on the Mediterranean sea, our hotel, villa Steno (which I was highly recommend to anyone) was up on the hill overlooking the town.

To be perfectly honest I didn't do anything special for this shot. We sitting on our baloney, my feet were up on the other chair, I was playing with the camera and --- bam this is what I got

I also used my zoom lens to blur the background--- that was before I drank it of course :)

Enjoying the Weather POO cat sitting on the deck rail observing his surroundings, he loves outdoors and spends as much time there as he can. It makes him happy, he patrols the grounds of about 4 houses and the woods next to me, he does what he wants and my nearby neighbors treat him like there own, a spoiled rotten wannabe Ferrel cat!

I always enjoy passing this corner of ranch fence along the Mojave riverbed in the early morning, with its decaying fence post, slightly askew corrogated panel, and spiky cholla cactus, though I think I unconsciously tend to give it a bit of a wide berth—I know half the cholla's spines are simply shadows, but it seems twice as prickly nonetheless :-)

Camera: Kiev 4 (1968, with Jupiter-8 50mm f/2 lens).

Film: 35mm ORWO NP55 (expired 1992), developed in Arista Liquid Developer (1+9) for 7:25 minutes @ 67 degrees, and scanned with an Epson V600 scanner.

As in most Venetian houses, the floor is not level.

“As we walked the streets together, cups of bitter coffee warming our hands, the present told its story all around us. The present has no need for us to do anything except exactly what we're doing. It's the past and future that needs our voices in order to live. So as we walked, as you spoke of yourself and your family, as you spoke of your past, I began to think of the future. I began to put us into a story. What happens after that first night is where I live sometimes, when I can gather enough of us together again, and this is how it goes.”

― Christopher Barzak, The Love We Share Without Knowing

As was seen in the film "Suffragette"

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As Matt works Saturdays from tomorrow until beginning of May, Friday will feel like Thursday.

[sigh]

Mt. Oberlin and Mt. Cannon on a summer evening in Glacier National Park.

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Embleton Bay, Craster, Northumberland

As well as a sunrise at Bamburgh, I was hoping to capture this castle from the beach and do one of those eerily long exposure shots with the tide sweeping in over those wonderful black boulders to turn the scene in to spooky mystical medieval castle by the sea type of image... you get the picture!

But first, getting there... the cheapskates and lazy will head for the dead end lane at Dunstan Steads north of the castle, whereas us energetic, pay through the nose, will park at the extortionate £2 a day car park just outside Craster and take the long walk route. I'm only moaning for what's about to follow. The castle is north of the village of Craster and can be seen on the cliff top the moment you start the walk north along the coastal path. It's an impressive sight, a real fortress of defence that dominates the skyline, but you quickly sense you're not getting anywhere... just like a donkey chasing the carrot on a stick! I suppose I could blame the headwind for it took well over an hour to this point.

The castle is fenced off and a large National Trust sign displays the prices for entry - £6 per adult put free to NT members. Bargain I thought as it was too early to head to the boulder beach so we went in for a look around.

Does anyone remember P.T. Barnum and the odd quotes he may have said like "This way to the Egress" and "There's a sucker born every minute"... both apply! Once you pass through this impressive gateway... that's yer lot. Admittedly, there is a nice NT ticket office just beyond in the forecourt, but after that it's just open fields and the remains of the ruined perimeter wall. What you see from the boulder beach is just a solitary tower on the north side. Even at free admission, I still felt cheated!

It gets worse... but you'll have to wait for the next posting.

Before exploring Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, we drove all the way south to the second largest canyon in the world: Fishriver Canyon. I didn't even know about this canyon before this trip, and since we still had a few days left after our initial rough planning, we both agreed to go there. We looked at the possible accommodations and found a government-run campground on the south side and a lodge on the north rim. As we hadn't read the best things about government-run campsites and were planning to camp most of the time anyway, we opted for the lodge and didn't regret it.

The drive there changed from paved roads to gravel roads, which had some sandy sections the further we got. At one point, we had to drive up a small hill and back down a steeper section that led to a narrow gravel road that crossed a dried up river a few times. We drove on and on, wondering if we were still on the right 'road', but a glance at the offline GPS map showed that we were heading in the right direction. After driving through some really impressive wide open landscapes, we crossed an “airfield” (which was basically a flat gravel field) before finally reaching the parking lot of Fishriver Lodge after a little over 3 hours of driving. As we entered the main building, we noticed the really beautiful glass façade which gave a breathtaking view of the canyon as the lodge is situated right on the canyon rim. We were then asked onto the terrace where we were given a welcome drink, enjoyed the view and thought about using the pool, but we both felt it wasn't quite warm enough (as it was winter there, the temperatures were moderate).

We then checked in, got the keys to our cabin right next to the rim and carried all our stuff from the car to our room (which was quite funny as we had all our stuff in cardboard boxes covered with plastic bags to protect it a bit from the sand that got into the back of our car during the drive, unlike all the other guests who arrived in fancy clothes and with normal suitcases). We then made ourselves a coffee and enjoyed it on our terrace while taking in the stunning views. I then wandered around the area a bit looking for possible sunset compositions, but as the sun got lower, I realized that its angle was far from optimal as the sidelight left most of the canyon in shadow and only illuminated a small upper portion.

At a certain point, I noticed that the colors on the side facing away from the canyon began to explode. I quickly ran to our cabin and told my girlfriend to get her camera. In the rush, we even forgot our tripods, ran around like headless chickens (as Mads Peter Iversen would put it) looking for compositions and found this lone quiver tree. The colors became more and more intense, and I can tell you: I have never seen colors like these before. Apart from one cloud that I cloned out as it was right behind the tree, I didn't edit this image at all (which is quite rare as raw files are usually very flat and require some contrast adjustments). The show went on for quite a long time as there were no mountains in the distance that could block the sunlight, but eventually we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the best meals we had on this trip. After dinner, we went back to our room and realized that the curtains were different than when we left. We thought that someone might have broken into our room, but when we went to bed we realized that the staff had brought warm water bottles as it can get chilly at night (which they hadn't told us). With that, we ended our day and couldn't be happier as we stood right on the edge of the second largest canyon in the world and witnessed one of the most colorful sunsets we had ever seen. I hope you like it!

As the winter sun crests the Gydoberg peak on a crisp June morning, a Ceres Rail's class 19D No.3322 - hauling a special photographic charter - bursts from the quiet town of Prince Alfred Hamlet, powering its way towards Ceres in a dramatic silhouette of steam and golden light.

Prince Alfred Hamlet

June 2022

As the sky darkened Sunday night the Christmas ships lined up to start one of their many holiday appearances along the Willamette River,

Sunrise light finding an opening in the heavy cloud cover.

The causeway at Knightstone island in Weston-super-mare Somerset..

As the sun turns away from the vantage point higher up quite early in the morning, it is advisable to walk down into the valley for a different vantage point. Here, CC 206 13-83 is seen hauling the eastbound «Argo Wilis» from Bandung to Surabaya Gubeng, one of the more prestigious services on Java. The first coach is a luggage and bicycle van (presumably mostly used by Western tourists rather than by locals); the second, green-coloured, one is a panoramic coach. Karangmulya, 13-07-2024.

As if to emphasise the waste, the tracks of the closed Queensland Railways Bell Branch on the Darling Downs stretch away to the grain silos in the distance. Beckoning trains to arrive to pick up the grain once more. The Bell Branch was mothballed in 1994, that means they walked away from it, no more services but could the government could not utter the words "permanently closed" in case the "vast" populace would rise up against the lumbering trucks tearing up country roads carrying the still grown grain to central but distant storage concentration points.

This is not just a Queensland or Australian thing, although we did it well but also happened in big grain producing countries like the USA and Canada. I wonder if they did it in the Ukraine. The railway station at Bell is now a small railway museum (see yesterday's image).

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Carnation, WA

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as seen at Bellis Fair shopping mall, Bellingham, Wa.

As I was sitting on our deck this evening snacking on cherries, I decided to make them my photo of the day. Somedays are like that.

As a true tourist I went to DUMBO and took a photo just like any other tourist.

THERE U ARE MADAM----GOOD AS NEW.

As the name suggests, the customer who ordered the Elephant Bull wants to hunt elephants. Done in PMG 0.6.

as seen in Jaffa Port, Israel.

"You're as cold as ice

You're willing to sacrifice our love

You never take advice

Someday you'll pay the price, I know......."

"Cold as Ice"......From the Album "Foreigner" 1977 by......... Foreigner.....

As I go around the garden with the hose, inevitably I disturb one or two moths hiding amongst the foliage. This is the beautiful Brimstone Moth which sometimes flies during daylight hours. They are very conspicuous in the garden though with their bright Windsor yellow colouring and do their best to hide away when disturbed. This one obliged my need for a photo opportunity very co-operatively and posed perfectly on a Japanese azalea.

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As simplistic and unchallenging benches may seem to be, I always try to obtain a shot that at the least contains some other areas of interest. I think this one, my last from Raby Bay near Cleveland in South East Queensland fits that bill ok.

Quietude with a few options for play, boating, dog walking and swimming - it was a warm day in late summer earlier this year but as cloudy as it still is in the SE today. Raby Bay is part of the greater Moreton Bay with all its beautiful islands and nooks and crannies, the land in the distance is North Stradbroke Island.

[as thirsty as you are]

[soundgarden 1994, burden in my hand]

I've been asked by a good friend of mine to dedicate some photo to him, preferably some shoe photo (shoes are his fetish... a huge fetish ;-). So here it is with a special dedication to Michał W! :-)

(76/365) My apologies for not commenting on many photos of late nor replying to comments. I've been laid low by a flu-like virus for the past 10 days. I am a lot better now but I'm still very tired & severely lacking in enthusiasm. I know a few of my Flickr friends have been suffering too, perhaps the virus spreading via the internet?

My daughter took the day off work Thursday to come up from Cork city to visit me which was a lovely surprise. She brought me these flowers to cheer me up. Not a great photo but it was the only one I took yesterday as I didn't venture out so it will have to do for my daily pic. A belated Happy St Patrick's Day & thanks to everyone who has commented on my recent photos.