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Actually an old industrial building converted to appartments I imagine. The bricks are in good shape!
Actually that's not strictly true. I was fiddling with the light. But this is what happens when you set the timer, get distracted and forget to count the wretched bleeps - whoops! ;~)
Actually Rose ended up wearing this more than I did - but we picked this up from our neighbors way back in about 1984 or so. We and our roommates on the second floor, and they on the first, decided to hold an all-house rummage sale. I think we both ended up buying more from one another than outsiders bought from us... That's where this came from.
We made our annual trip to London in November. We travel down by coach from Slaithwaite and stay at The Cumberland Hotel at Marble Arch. It’s actually a weekend ladies shopping trip that is run as a fundraiser for Slaithwaite Brass Band – I’m the only bloke that goes every year! We decided ( the two of us) to stay down in London until Thursday this time as we wanted to see weekday London and be able to explore a bit further afield on foot. We covered up to 16 miles a day, which is tough going on crowded pavements with hundreds of busy roads to cross. I photographed anything that looked interesting but I bent a contact in the CF card slot, fortunately I had quite a few SD cards with me and the 5D has dual slots so I was able to carry on using it. It’s currently at Lehmann’s getting fixed.
With it being close to Christmas the decorations are up everywhere so there was plenty of colour at night. In Hyde Park the Winter Wonderland was in full swing, we’ve never bothered going to it before but I went twice at night this time. It is massive this year, I couldn’t get over how big it is and the quality of some of the attractions. The cost and effort involved must be phenomenal – it was quite expensive though. It was very difficult to photograph, with extremes of light (LED’s) and darkness and fast moving rides into the bargain. I think I have some decent usable stuff but at the time of writing I am only part way through the editing process so I don’t know for sure.
We set off at around 8.15 am every day and stayed out for at least 12 hours. The weather was poor for a day and a half with drizzle and very dull grey conditions, fortunately we had some pleasant weather (and light) along the way as well. Being based at the end of Oxford Street – Europe’s busiest shopping street – meant that I did quite a bit of night shooting on there. Although I carried a tripod everywhere I only used it once and that was during the day! Because there is always a moving element in almost every shot it seemed pointless using a tripod. I would have got some shots free of movement – or I could have gone for ultra-long exposures to eliminate people and traffic but it would have been problematic I felt. In the end I wound the ISO up and hand held – fingers crossed.
We walked out to Camden Market and Locks but it had been raining and we were a bit early as many were only just setting up for the day. We tried to follow routes that we hadn’t used before and visit new places. We paid a fortune to get in St Pauls but you can’t use cameras. This something that I fail to see the point of, ban flash if you want but if you are going to encourage tourism why ban cameras when there is nothing in particular happening in there. It’s a rule that seems to be applied arbitrarily in cities around the world. Fortunately we could take photos from the outside of the dome, which was real reason for visiting, and we had some great light. Expensive compared with a couple of euros in some famous cathedrals. I’ve wanted to walk to Canary Wharf for a number of years and this year we did. We crisscrossed the Thames a few times and tried to follow the Thames path at other times. We covered around ten miles but it was an interesting day. It was also very quiet for the last four or five miles. We got there about 12.00 and managed to get a sandwich in a café in the shopping centre at the foot of the high rise office blocks before tens of thousands of office workers descended from above. It was mayhem, packed, with snaking queues for anywhere that sold food. We crossed to the other side of The Isle of Dogs and looked across to the O2 Arena and the cable car, unfortunately there isn’t a way across for pedestrians and it was around 3.00 pm. With darkness falling at around 4.30 we decide it was too late to bother. We made our way back to the Thames Clipper pier to check the sailing times. They sail every twenty minutes so we had a couple of glasses of wine and a rest before catching the Clipper. Sailing on the Thames was a first in 15 trips to London. The Clipper is fast and smooth, the lights had come on in the city and there was a fantastic moon rise. It was nigh on impossible to get good shots at the speed we were traveling though and there were times that I wished I could be suspended motionless above the boat. Again, hopefully I will have some usable shots.
We felt that the shopping streets were a little quieter, following the Paris massacre it was to be expected, I might be wrong as we were out and about at later times than previous trips. I think I have heard that footfall is down though. It was good to get into some of the quieter backstreets and conversely to be stuck in the city business district – The Square Mile- at home time. A mass exodus of people running and speed walking to bus stops and the rail and tube stations. It was difficult to move against or across the flow of bodies rushing home.
Whilst the Northern(manufacturing) economy is collapsing, London is a giant development site, it must be the tower crane capital of Europe at the moment. It was difficult to take a shot of any landmark free of cranes, it was easier to make the cranes a feature of the photo. It’s easy to see where the wealth is concentrated – not that there was ever any doubt about it. The morons with too much money are still driving their Lambo’s and Ferraris etc. like clowns in streets that are packed with cars , cyclists and pedestrians, accelerating viciously and noisily for 50 yards. They are just sad attention seekers. From Battersea to Canary Wharf we walked the Thames Embankment, the difference between high and low tide on the river is massive, but the water was the colour of mud – brown! Not very attractive in colour. We caught a Virgin Train from Kings Cross for £14.00 each – a bargain!. We had quite a bit of time to kill around midday at Kings Cross so I checked with security that I was OK to wander around taking photos, without fear of getting jumped by armed security, and set off to photograph the station and St Pancras International Station across the road. I haven’t even looked at the results as I type this but I’ll find out if they are any good shortly. Talking of security, following Paris, there was certainly plenty of private security at most attractions, I don’t know if it was terrorism related though, I can’t say I noticed an increased police presence on the streets. It took us three hours and five minutes from Kings Cross to being back home, not bad for a journey of 200 miles. I can’t imagine that spending countless billions on HS2 or HS3 is going to make a meaningful (cost effective) difference to our journey. Improving what we have, a little faster, would be good. There are some bumpy bits along the route for a mainline and Wakefield to Huddersfield is the equivalent of a cart track – and takes over 30 minutes – it’s only a stone’s throw.
Actually more difficult than I expected as the bleed nipple and valve are not so easily accessed. And my bleed hose was only just long enough to go down between the bell housing and the body into the jar.
Actually, I believe that was/is the name of an old Cliff Richard & The Shadows song.
Madeira Beach Florida
- (Bluebird) so then she was stuck on this backward world and had to...
- (Srg. Bullfinch) Hey noisy blabbermouth could you please stop telling about your friends adventures and attend this ship, it can take off until the pusher-bot has gotten your order to push the the two modules together!
- (bluebird) Yes, Yes, just a minute... oh were where I now? yes, these cavemen even more primitive than...
- (Pusher-bot) SIR! PLEASE GIVE ME THE PUSHING_COMMAND, PLS: FAST I NEED TO PUSH 20 OTHER SHIPS TODAY!!!
- (Bluebird) Yes, just a minute C.R.Y-2233221...
...so anyhow then MIss and her son took a ship...
- (Space-poilce) Hey there Base-commander if you don´t attend my ship soon I will imprison you for obstructing the law, I need to arrest the whole Ganga-Benga Clan today before the go by warp-space to Nebula 51!!!
- (Bluebird) Yes Officer, I will just finish this story for my friends, it will take you longer to put me to prison than to wait for me ending the story!!!
So anyhow Miss was really on leave but...
- ( Secretary-droid Boink) Hey B.B. We are all out of coffee you bette approve the instant-coffee download order!
- (Bluebird) Ok I am comming with you at once... who can make a day at work without caffeine is unbearable. I am running with you to the office at once, Hey guys and girls I will be right back soon to tell the rest of the story!!!
This evergreen hedge was overgrowing the bike lane/shoulder of SW Pacific Hwy again and put cyclists and motorists at risk.
After receiving my complaint, ODOT dispatched a crew to prune it back.
As it stands now, it's going to be a long time before this becomes a problem again.
Actually, this train is a piece of 'Glory' for all train & railway enthusiasts & 'Meccano' collectors. Meccano Train
Actually, this is Locarno Beach Park, they all meld into one for me.
The Song is "Field Hymn" by Syrinx. They were a Toronto synth band, one of the first, from the '70's. Finally found a best of compilation on iTunes, though I do have two of their lps.
Actually, I didn't make the marinade for the salmon. :( I bought it pre-marinaded from V.Richards Market...
We made our annual trip to London in November. We travel down by coach from Slaithwaite and stay at The Cumberland Hotel at Marble Arch. It’s actually a weekend ladies shopping trip that is run as a fundraiser for Slaithwaite Brass Band – I’m the only bloke that goes every year! We decided ( the two of us) to stay down in London until Thursday this time as we wanted to see weekday London and be able to explore a bit further afield on foot. We covered up to 16 miles a day, which is tough going on crowded pavements with hundreds of busy roads to cross. I photographed anything that looked interesting but I bent a contact in the CF card slot, fortunately I had quite a few SD cards with me and the 5D has dual slots so I was able to carry on using it. It’s currently at Lehmann’s getting fixed.
With it being close to Christmas the decorations are up everywhere so there was plenty of colour at night. In Hyde Park the Winter Wonderland was in full swing, we’ve never bothered going to it before but I went twice at night this time. It is massive this year, I couldn’t get over how big it is and the quality of some of the attractions. The cost and effort involved must be phenomenal – it was quite expensive though. It was very difficult to photograph, with extremes of light (LED’s) and darkness and fast moving rides into the bargain. I think I have some decent usable stuff but at the time of writing I am only part way through the editing process so I don’t know for sure.
We set off at around 8.15 am every day and stayed out for at least 12 hours. The weather was poor for a day and a half with drizzle and very dull grey conditions, fortunately we had some pleasant weather (and light) along the way as well. Being based at the end of Oxford Street – Europe’s busiest shopping street – meant that I did quite a bit of night shooting on there. Although I carried a tripod everywhere I only used it once and that was during the day! Because there is always a moving element in almost every shot it seemed pointless using a tripod. I would have got some shots free of movement – or I could have gone for ultra-long exposures to eliminate people and traffic but it would have been problematic I felt. In the end I wound the ISO up and hand held – fingers crossed.
We walked out to Camden Market and Locks but it had been raining and we were a bit early as many were only just setting up for the day. We tried to follow routes that we hadn’t used before and visit new places. We paid a fortune to get in St Pauls but you can’t use cameras. This something that I fail to see the point of, ban flash if you want but if you are going to encourage tourism why ban cameras when there is nothing in particular happening in there. It’s a rule that seems to be applied arbitrarily in cities around the world. Fortunately we could take photos from the outside of the dome, which was real reason for visiting, and we had some great light. Expensive compared with a couple of euros in some famous cathedrals. I’ve wanted to walk to Canary Wharf for a number of years and this year we did. We crisscrossed the Thames a few times and tried to follow the Thames path at other times. We covered around ten miles but it was an interesting day. It was also very quiet for the last four or five miles. We got there about 12.00 and managed to get a sandwich in a café in the shopping centre at the foot of the high rise office blocks before tens of thousands of office workers descended from above. It was mayhem, packed, with snaking queues for anywhere that sold food. We crossed to the other side of The Isle of Dogs and looked across to the O2 Arena and the cable car, unfortunately there isn’t a way across for pedestrians and it was around 3.00 pm. With darkness falling at around 4.30 we decide it was too late to bother. We made our way back to the Thames Clipper pier to check the sailing times. They sail every twenty minutes so we had a couple of glasses of wine and a rest before catching the Clipper. Sailing on the Thames was a first in 15 trips to London. The Clipper is fast and smooth, the lights had come on in the city and there was a fantastic moon rise. It was nigh on impossible to get good shots at the speed we were traveling though and there were times that I wished I could be suspended motionless above the boat. Again, hopefully I will have some usable shots.
We felt that the shopping streets were a little quieter, following the Paris massacre it was to be expected, I might be wrong as we were out and about at later times than previous trips. I think I have heard that footfall is down though. It was good to get into some of the quieter backstreets and conversely to be stuck in the city business district – The Square Mile- at home time. A mass exodus of people running and speed walking to bus stops and the rail and tube stations. It was difficult to move against or across the flow of bodies rushing home.
Whilst the Northern(manufacturing) economy is collapsing, London is a giant development site, it must be the tower crane capital of Europe at the moment. It was difficult to take a shot of any landmark free of cranes, it was easier to make the cranes a feature of the photo. It’s easy to see where the wealth is concentrated – not that there was ever any doubt about it. The morons with too much money are still driving their Lambo’s and Ferraris etc. like clowns in streets that are packed with cars , cyclists and pedestrians, accelerating viciously and noisily for 50 yards. They are just sad attention seekers. From Battersea to Canary Wharf we walked the Thames Embankment, the difference between high and low tide on the river is massive, but the water was the colour of mud – brown! Not very attractive in colour. We caught a Virgin Train from Kings Cross for £14.00 each – a bargain!. We had quite a bit of time to kill around midday at Kings Cross so I checked with security that I was OK to wander around taking photos, without fear of getting jumped by armed security, and set off to photograph the station and St Pancras International Station across the road. I haven’t even looked at the results as I type this but I’ll find out if they are any good shortly. Talking of security, following Paris, there was certainly plenty of private security at most attractions, I don’t know if it was terrorism related though, I can’t say I noticed an increased police presence on the streets. It took us three hours and five minutes from Kings Cross to being back home, not bad for a journey of 200 miles. I can’t imagine that spending countless billions on HS2 or HS3 is going to make a meaningful (cost effective) difference to our journey. Improving what we have, a little faster, would be good. There are some bumpy bits along the route for a mainline and Wakefield to Huddersfield is the equivalent of a cart track – and takes over 30 minutes – it’s only a stone’s throw.
Actually, he is not surprising, he's just yawning :)
Here is another picture of him.
www.flickr.com/photos/htakashi/6193735950/
I would like to Kakegawa Kachoen sometime soon.
掛川花鳥園のフクロウ、ココちゃん。驚いているのではなく、本当はアクビしているだけです。
他のココちゃんの写真
www.flickr.com/photos/htakashi/6193735950/
また掛川花鳥園行きたい。今の時期はバードショーでシロフクロウさんが飛んでいるらしい。
[ Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, f/2.8, 1/320sec, ISO100 ]
* Woolley Wood
Haven't photographed one of these in a good while and certainly not on the Midland's Blackburn Valley Line with the attendance of Network Rail personnel checking out the length of the line from Meadow Hall, the old form of its name when it was actually 'real', north to Ecclesfield. In the 1st of the 2 pictures showing the Colas operated Infrastructure Monitoring train, the old re-classified class 150, 950001 comes up through Meadowhall, having waited time for almost an hour in the loop at the old, now disused Brightside station, rattles through on-time on the 2Q08, Derby RTC via Chesterfield, Sheffield and on to Barnsley for just 3 minutes before reversing its direction and coming along through here in little more than 30 minutes; then on back through the platform 5 line at Sheffield, just 15 minutes after the Bardon Aggregates went through on platform 6. The plan was for it to return to Derby RTC but, according to the timetable, the operator, Colas Rail, cancelled the working at Chesterfield. In this composite of 3 pictures, the Network Rail gang can be seen on the east, left, and west, right, side of the tracks, the palisade fence now spoiling a good vantage point on the right for photographs of traction movements taken coming under the refurbished lattice foot-bridge. A smart looking Test Train set with 950001 leading and all decked out in the usual Network Rail canary yellow livery for this type of rail infra-structure monitoring facility. Not quite sure what the line of brick/stone structures are on the left of the tracks; possibly stabilisation metalwork as the bank is quite steep towards the site of the old Arthur Lea site where the small group of NR personnel on the left appear to be gazing towards; maybe a site for a new freight yard with access here ... nah... the line and tunnels aren't capable of supporting that sort of weight further north.. Hey-ho
My husband and I went to see a special "Quote Along" version of the 2003 movie "Love Actually" at the Alamo Drafthouse in Lubbock, Texas. We were given these goodies (fans with pictures of Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, whistles and British flags) to enjoy the show with. We both had fun, and look forward to seeing more of these "Quote-Along" movies at this theater.
1985
Syosset, Long Island, NY
The After effects
Before the storm hit my friend and I taped "Gloria has arrived" on my drive way, and this is what is left of it after the storm.
September 27, 1985, Hurricane Gloria (category 2*) moved across the center of Long Island causing much tree damage and beach erosion. In informal surveys, most people believe that this was a "major hurricane" in the category 3 class when in fact it was a moderate category 2 event. Therefore, there is a misguided sense that Long Island can withstand "strong" hurricanes with only minor inconveniences because few have ever experienced a major hurricane.
*Hurricane category is typically assigned based on the maximum sustained wind speed. Gloria hit Long Island with a maximum sustained wind speed of 85 mph which meant it was officially assigned to category 1. However, due to the rapid forward speed of the storm, winds to the east of the eye were 110+ mph which would place Gloria as a category 2/3 storm. Therefore, Hurricane Gloria is now officially considered a category 2 storm. (Thank you to Kathleen Nolan for notifying me of this upgrade in category after the fact.)
www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/hurricane_future...
Actually I don't know what it is, but it looks like it could be a bullet hole, no? At the Saab dealership.
for Scenes from a Song:
Smashing Pumpkins: Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Actually, it's the ceiling of a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, just next to St Andrew Square.
Nifty factoid: there's a small metal disc in the entrance hall floor which marks the setting-out point of Edinburgh's New Town.
Actually, he was very happy to get 5th place in backstroke at the district swim meet. He moved up from his expected 6th place with a PR. Not bad for a sophomore!
Actually, it's little balls of hail. Grand Lake, CO, July 29th.
The air was cool, but not cold. In some places, the hail didn't melt for about 24 hours.
The Otyugh is a creature so horrible, so foul that I can't show you more!
(actually, I could, and probably will. But play along here)
Be scared! Be terrified! You used to think it was safe to go to the bathroom, but... NO MORE!!!!!! AAIIIYEEEEEEEEEE!
(Maybe I overdid it a little)
You may take my Han, but you will never take my Freedom!
I got this nifty banner accessory in a box of junk at a garage sale. It's from some midieval Lego set I think. The round base is a wheel from a Tank Model I've used for parts and I hand-painted the red Bantha Skull logo. I think it looks pretty good but I mostly decided to include it in the dio to fill up space behind Dengar and make everything look more balanced.
Thanks for looking!
Actually this is very tiny flower, no more than 5 mm. At this magnification is looks really unusual like something alien. Taken using extension tubes and reversed 35mm lens.
Actually, these were real pipes, bent somewhat, but not as pronounced as in this image. Also, I imagine they were steel and not lead. I did some photo program bibbity-bobbity boo, with watercolor, SNIC, dark marker, etc.
(DSCN0310BentPipeswpoolwacolQdrkmarkrbordinit)
Actually have some minor touches to still do on this prittens. Ease the blending between paws and forearms and a few other things but getting close to done. :)