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A superb reflection of a downtown, Vancouver building looked especially enticing. The strong white structure and its reflection, against the perfectly, uninterrupted blue sky was appetizing. It had me thinking of how to top this banana split with a cherry. However, rather than putting it on top, the bottom of the image favoured this appealing thought.
I’m hesitant to send this picture into the world. I don’t think it’s very interesting or appealing to anyone, not even sure what it is to me, but I do care for it. It’s not about the circumstances in which it was taken. A sunday stroll like many others, in the dunes of Wassenaar. Almost too late in the afternoon, but we felt compelled to leave the house and our screens for at least a few hours before office life would take over again. So we took the car and drove to the beach. (Sometimes it’s the woods but frankly, this coastal area with its heath and dunes stretching along the entire country, feels like the only proper Dutch landscape, whereas the woods, well, they feel like a poor imitation of what the name suggests). In any case, rather ordinary circumstances, pleasant, but ordinary. It’s about the landscape itself, as unspectacular as it is. It’s an archetype of the landscape that I have known all my life. Not necessarily liked, but known. Trees and shrubs always a bit messy, brownish and barren on a sandy soil. A transitional area just inland, a landscape that has never properly made up its mind. Not very pretty really. But there is a path, of course, with a sign to indicate it’s a path. Because every bit of what we have, and it isn’t much, is made accessible. This particular blue sign has been around since forever, I remember it from my childhood, when I went for sunday walks with my dad. I always felt that its picture represented me and him. I like the different tones of green alongside the path, and how it meanders into the distance, mimicking the twisty branches of the trees.
Not a particularly appealing photograph, but every time I look at it I see something different. So many different aspects to it.
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Even 'less' appealing subjects can take on a 'more' appealing look in the right light..?......Orb spider backlit by the early morning sun.
If you don't mind spiders....she looks quite nice viewed large....
Cruising around the reverse curves at Sowerby Bridge station is GBRf 'Tug' 60026 'Helvellyn' hauling the 9.54am Drax Power Station - Liverpool Biomass Terminal (6M36).
The stop-off here was unplanned and prompted by my late running train to Hebden Bridge, which would likely clash with an early running Preston - Lindsey tanks (6E32) - the target for the day. So I jumped off here to ensure I got a shot in the bag. As it happened the image of the class 70 on 6E32 wasn't what I hoped for but luckily this one, helpfully heading west to take advantage of the curves, proved a more appealing option.
The station may not be Victorian vintage but retro enough to still be interesting - Tri-ang model railway canopies from the 1960s spring to mind. The prominent structure top left is the Wainhouse Tower in Halifax - built between 1871-1875 it's listed as the tallest folly in the world at 275 feet (84m) high. For more on the fascinating story behind it.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wainhouse_Tower
Meteorologically speaking it might be the first day of winter, but the autumn leaves were still putting on a decent display. Overall, a score-draw I think.
11.44am, 1st December 2022
Also called Yellow Toadflax, which is not very appealing, and Linaria Vulgaris for the Latin speakers among you. Please note that vulgaris simply means "common," without the modern English connotations of 'vulgar.' Grows wild, quite pretty, spreads prolifically, some consider it an invasive weed, since it's not native to North America, but has become naturalized here from Asia and Europe and has spread across the continent (a little like dandelions, but not quite so fecund).
I made this image on a dewy morning in August.
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This place used to be one of the most beautiful places I have never seen. The combination of gorgeous stairs and a piano, my favourites subjects in urbex photography, made it so appealing I decided I had to visit it when I first saw some pictures from it.
When I finally got the chance to go there, what was my surprise when it was full of graffiti. It was totally ruined. I fixed it in photoshop, but my heart is still in pain when I see what some assholes did to this place. Fortunately, looks like some cool urbexers cleaned it after I went there, so its almost like it used to be. So cool guys!!!!
Our dog Ringo loves exploring new places. This driveway was particularly appealing. There was a fascinating something, someone, or some animal he detected through the fog that I couldn’t see. Great smells, too!
A bit rain-damaged, doesn't make it less appealing to me because it's not 'perfect'! Another type of beauty...
Again, all from my garden, a fragrant Rose, white Hebe, Yellow St John's wort (Hypericum), and some blue campanula, bell type flowers... again ala Victoriana...
With love to you and thank you for ALL your faves and comments, M, (* _ *)
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Taken near Mission, British Columbia, Canada.
Another of my first shots of this warbler for the Spring of 2019. It's nice to see them back in numbers.
Here's a link to the first shot.
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Orange-crowned Warbler
One of the things you will notice as you venture across South Asia is the abundance of offerings laid out on the streets and the doorways of local residences and businesses. There is a strong cultural belief that traditional spirits are still at play in the world and can cause bad things to happen to families, individuals and businesses. Offerings are made to appease these spirits and keep evil ones at bay.
While we were resting on the grass, I found this composition quite appealing, with the trees on the flowery meadow and the lush green foliage of the Spring. The morning warm light and the shadows were nice too.
It was a very relaxing moment to be accompanied with the person I love the most. An unforgettable experience indeed.
I wish you a nice Easter Monday and all the best in this last day of Easter.
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Mañana de Sábado en el Parque del Capricho, Madrid, España
Mientras descansábamos en la hierba, me pareció bastante atractiva esta composición, con los árboles en el prado florido y el exuberante follaje verde de la primavera. La cálida luz y las sombras eran bonitas también.
Fue un momento muy relajante estar acompañado con la persona a la que más amo. Sin duda una experiencia inolvidable.
Os deseo un bonito Lunes de Pascua y todo lo mejor en este último día de Pascua.
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Among the most appealing of the AKC breeds, the endearing and instantly recognizable Basset Hound is a perennial favorite of dog lovers all over the world. This low-slung and low-key hound can be sometimes stubborn, but is always charming.
As I reported in a recent story, the bluebell season had proved to be a bit of a non event this year. A not very heady combination of poor weather, a poor attitude and even worse composition skills had delivered nothing whatsoever and I’d resorted to the archives for an image to share a story of abject failure. It was time to move on. What was next? Well a return to Echo Beach and Godrevy Lighthouse was long overdue. Very long overdue in fact – I was surprised to note that I hadn’t taken photos here since January. Even more startling was the realisation that on six of the previous eight visits, I hadn’t got beyond downloading the raw files onto my computer. Ok so during that period I was lucky enough to go to Iceland and the Canary Islands, trips which were filled with yet to be shared images, but it did make me wonder what on earth I’d been playing at. Why had I ignored all of these folders, and what was in them? I really should take a look.
So some time towards the end of last week, we headed down to Godrevy in the van. On a sunny afternoon that was colder than it looked, we sat at the field on the headland in our camping chairs, enjoying a cream tea that had arrived as part of an unexpected hamper delivery that morning. It seems that recommending services you’ve been happy with pays dividends once in a while. I’d brought the camera with me of course, with only a passing thought about whether we’d stay long enough for sunset. Really we’d just come down for an afternoon out, and a brief stroll to watch the seals at Mutton Cove before racing back to the van as a shower raced towards us from across the bay. Back in the van another cup of tea was brewed as we settled down to watch the world outside. Ali had a little snooze while I pushed on through the last few chapters of the novel that had taken me away to the dreamland marshes of the North Carolina coast for most of the last week. Afternoon ticked on towards early evening. At some point we’d have to make a decision about food.
So we trundled off to Hayle and continued to abandon our cholesterol levels outside the front door of the local chippy. We could always have alfalfa sprouts tomorrow. Once rumbling stomachs were refuelled, we returned to the exact same spot as before, noting that the gates would be locked at nine. I’d just hop down and have a look. There wasn’t much doing, so I told Ali I’d be back soon. I’m never back soon. She knows that.
After poppies, it’s sea thrift in this rapidly passing floral season. No sooner have the woodland blues begun to wane and descend back into the lush green foliage, the vivid pink blooms appear on clifftops across the coast. And while I’d gradually begun to make sense of bluebell compositions (at least until this year’s big step backwards), the sea thrift had remained complicated. I pretty much always shoot into the light because it’s what inspires me and moves me to landscape photography, but of course that sets its challenges. Shadows, silhouettes, and dynamic ranges to test the computer’s memory later on. I look back to early attempts where I’d followed the letter rather too closely – highlights all the way down, shadows all the way up, noise all the way up with it – all shots where I’d failed to keep the raw files to try again years later as I released the histogram was on the back of my camera for a reason and learned new techniques in the editing suite. At one time I tried a stage of shooting the foreground an hour before the background, but the blend never looked convincing. Focus stacks also came with accompanying headaches – all of those fiddly strands against the blue background sea that looked messy if you dived into the pixels too far.
The most pleasing result to date was one that ironically, I’ve never shared on Flickr. Maybe I should. A beautiful glowing mass of colourful cloud, a clutch of gulls making for the island and an appealing pink patch at the front of the image. Why did I never post it? Not sure, but when I have another creative block like the one I faced in the bluebell woods, I guess I can keep it up my sleeve. Two further years of learning how to use Photoshop will need to be applied first though. It was one of those pesky focus stacks and the blending needs another visit. At least this was in the era since I decided to keep every raw file forever. Except the real duds of course. Mind you that could be a mistake – ICM is so popular nowadays. Even if this is more like UCM.
This evening was also testing my brain cells. In truth, I’d left things late. If I’m out on my own I can happily set up a composition and wait for two hours until the light is at its best. But an hour ago we were queuing at the chippy three miles away in Hayle, and nowhere near any compositions. Not unless Asda superstores are your chosen subject. Now I dashed from one spot to another, always struggling with the gulf of water between the headland and the lighthouse that separated the foreground and background almost irreparably. As I settled on this one, Ali rang to say the man had arrived to lock the gates as a stream of vehicles headed along the clifftop towards the road. At the exact same moment, the sky was starting to get interesting, so shameful to say, I asked her if she could drive Brenda back to the main car park that is never locked, and five minutes later I saw a big red van moving away from me. “Got here without any bumps” came the message.
I settled down as the sun headed towards the horizon and the colours became ever more saturated. By now it was a case of seizing what I could from the scene and hoping for the best, before walking back along the cliff path and remembering what it is that brings me here again and again, whether or not I take photos, and whether or not I get around to working on them later.
Emboldened by her success at driving the van from the field to the car park, Ali drove us home. Cream teas, fish and chips, sea thrift and a chauffeur. Better than frowning in frustration at bluebells that don’t want to play.
Münster is one of Germany's most appealing smaller cities, with a 1,200-year history, a town center that blends the medieval with modern, and the lively atmosphere that comes from having a university with 39,000 students.
Münster is popular with Dutch and German tourists, but most English-speaking travelers have barely heard of the city. More curious yet, Münster is ignored by guidebook publishers such as Frommer's and Fodor's--despite the fact that Münster is only one of 13 cities that have been admitted to Historic Highlights of Germany, a consortium of cities chosen for their "special charm, architectural brilliance and historic character."
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Chatsworth House is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family.
As I was making egg salad, I discovered my inspiration for this week's "It's A-Peeling To Me" Macro Monday theme. Macro photography helps one look at the world differently. Click the photo to view full size.
Happy Macro Monday! Enjoy!
C-GNKW, a Socata TBM 930, on approach to runway 33 at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ontario.
It was arriving from Oshawa, Ontario.
The aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66D turbine produces 850shp and drives a Hartzell 5-blade composite propeller that enables a maximum cruise speed of 330 kts / 380 mph.
Eastern Screech-Owl in a nest box I made two years ago and have it on a pole in my backyard. It took that long for one to move in. Lets hope it stays. I cut a natural cavity from a stump and put it on the front of the box so it would be more appealing. Curbside appeal sells!
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No, not the 'Peak' but, for some, the most appealing station in South Yorkshire - Rotherham Masborough.
Sitting a few miles north-east of Sheffield Midland on the old Midland Railway route, in the 1970s it saw all the main-line NE-SW expresses pass through, and slowly too given the sharp curve starting at the end of the platform behind just behind me. On the right would be seen a procession of freight trains taking the avoiding lines around Sheffield as well as those heading towards and away from Tinsley Yard. There was also a small yard behind me on my left sitting on the inside of the curve which usually had a couple of active class 08s on duty - access was via the line running behind the black railings on the left. And, as well as all this, it was still semaphore controlled with copious amounts of signals that were in constant use and controlled by two boxes - one behind me, and one just visible above the last carriage in shot.
Plenty then to attract the spotter and photographer, and in the late 60s and early-mid 70s I reckon I spent more hours here than I did at that other South Yorkshire fleshpot, Doncaster.
Sadly Rotherham Masborough closed in 1988 to be replaced by a re-opened and re-built Rotherham Central located on the old Great Central route and accessed via a chord from Holmes Junction. In fact this station has since been refurbished and, in 2018, was connected to the Sheffield Supertram network providing an even better transport infrastructure for the local community.
Meanwhile, back at what used to be Rotherham Masborough, the trackwork is now massively rationalised, colour lights installed, and the station flattened down to platform level with the exception of the main building, part of which is currently in use as an Indian restaurant. Expresses still pass through, as does some freight, but all in all it makes for a sterile and sorry comparison to what was here before.
In this shot 'Peak' class 45/0, unit 45015, is heading south with a rake of Mk1 carriages and what's likely to be a NE-SW route working.
Agfa CT18
16th September 1977
The male Cedar Waxwing displays a lovely array of color
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Just a half block away from the pristine upscale retail on Walnut Street, this alley offers up some appealing ugliness.
The unique peeling bark on the branch of an Arbutus tree.
The species (Arbutus menziesii) was named after the Scots naturalist Archibald Menzies who collected specimens in 1792 and described it as an oriental strawberry tree.
sometimes is more appealing than a shameless one! :-)
Un sole timido che si nasconde dietro le nuvole a volte è più affascinante di uno troppo sfrontato!
Highest position on Explore: 105 on Thursday, January 10, 2008
This infra red shot captures the true wintery feel of the late afternoon. Perhaps it's the grass turned white that does it, or the subdued light. I took this photograph because that old tree looked so appealing in front of the entrance chapel, with that little shaft of light coming through the window. In fact the dying of the light is the main focus of this shot. Once again this infra red beat the D850 for mood, with very little post-processing required.
The gorgeous [Kres] Soar Seat showcased in this picture is not just visually appealing but also offers a wide HUD for customizing the patterns of each part of the swing. The most challenging aspect of capturing this image was deciding on which patterns to use! You can acquire the [Kres] Soar Seat at the [Krescendo] main store here:
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Enchanted Pond from Studio Skye V2 (prim water) LI:18
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{anc} "taitouka" camellia 3Li (white) LI:3
The gorgeous Birch Shrub by Little Branch is out now at Uber.
As large shrubs, these birches are intriguing and appealing in the landscape or garden, as people recognize them as a Birch, however, the interest is generated when they see how different their growth habit is than that of a tree, but rather one of a shrub or a bush.
They are 100% mesh with realistic animated textures and delicate foliage that moves gently in the breeze giving a life-like touch. You have a choice of four seasons to choose from including, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, these can be chosen via an easy to use pop up menu.
Land Impact is just 3 but as permissions are both Copy and Modify can be adapted to suit your landscaping and gardening needs. The pack also includes additional complimentary landscaping items.
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