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Don’t ever force things, otherwise the image would lose its poetry. Follow your own taste and nothing else. You are life and life is what you choose". By Sérgio Larrain
I apologize for the absence of posts here over the past few weeks. We have been moving, which brings with it a whole host of fun challenges. In between that, I have certainly tried to make it out for some of the more rare trains and leaders that have made their way to the RF&P. On the evening of July 26th, I read that an empty coal drag with a YN2 leader was coming northbound. I headed out to Long Bridge Park, and captured the train at RO with DCA in the background. As YN2 leaders become more rare across CSX, I'll take any chance I can to shoot them.
Those pesky Cupids are back to cause lovey-dovey havoc across the SL grid. Get ready to slay them by smashing, smooshing, and squishing them before they infect you with love! 💘
The MadPea Cupid Catastrophe 2022, a two-week grid-wide hunt, is coming soon! Stay tuned for more info!
I've got to get over you then I know, then I can get back to me.
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Wish you all a wonderful day! :)
#1 Explore, Mar 18, 2012
A Carolina Coastal train is headed back west to Wilson after interchanging cars at Chocowinity, North Carolina.
Pero tu cara se me pierde entre las sombras ,
por que la noche es más larga que la muerte.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP3QHxamyls
Atocha , Madriles.
After some RL health issues and a bit of break, I am back and hoping to start back blogging and taking photos! So please keep tuned in to see what is next!
I’m not a hardcore birder, I shoot only when both the opportunity and mood arise simultaneously, both of which does not happen very often.
I remember feeling challenged shooting this bird and as such it was a great experience.
1. Tiny bird, smaller even than the common Kingfisher but way more colourful.
2. This being a Forest Kingfisher, it’s always in the thicket, never in the open. Had to shoot at very low shutter speed hoping to catch it in between twitches just to keep ISO low enough to preserve details. Being as dim as it was, had to also boost up the EV to avoid having to do any shadow recovery.
3. 600mm even on APS-C crop was barely sufficient.
4. Trying to squeeze out as much details as possible. Used normal wireless release via OVF; MUP+EFC; Live-view, none made any consistent and significant difference. This was where I got a little mad at Nikon’s useless implementation of EFC on the D500, even more useless than the auto AF fine-tune feature. What’s the point of putting in features that don’t really work!? EFC in Live-view would have helped but infuriatingly, you can activate EFC in Live-view yet you can’t use EFC in Live-view, get your act together Nikon!
5. Getting the right pose with the beak pointing sideways and preferably upwards for the slightly haughty look plus some catch-light in the eye.
An experience to remember. a most beautiful bird, its red feathers extend down the centre back of its head to the collar in a narrowing ridge looking like its beak with the dark blue patches on each side of this ridge giving it the appearance of having eyes and beak at the back of its head! This is likely a defensive marking. Especially interesting when the Micronesia Kingfisher became extinct in the wild due to introduced brown tree snake sneaking up on it from behind while the bird was totally focused ahead and below as kingfishers normally do.
Shooting very small birds is always challenging as conditions constantly change with the subject constantly on the move while you aim for that perfect pose which can disappear in a twitch.
I toyed with the idea of getting the Sony a99ii with A-mount Tamron 150-600mm G2 after this but gave it up eventually. It’s not feasible to shoot with so many different systems.
Shot on tripod at 1/15s!
Uploaded a much better image (albeit cropped) with my latest post processing workflow.
Turning the clock back #11....
Abstract....
Samuel Johnson 1709 - 1784
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Back at the start of December I went for a wander up Glen Coe with the intention of doing the photographer thing and climbing Beinn a'Chrulaiste but for some reason I went the other way, up the Devil's Staircase. So here's a picture of Beinn a'Chrulaiste (left) and the Bookil (right) from the top of whatever it is that I got to the top of
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Behind every good man stands a good woman
Though they might be looking a different way
While she's dealin' with one thing
I've got another thing comin'
If I'm lookin' at tomorrow, she'll be thinkin' 'bout yesterday
Back to back, we face each other
Still together all alone
We'd be the last to turn to one another
But I know we'll make it together on our own
Nobody could ever come between us
Or force our backs against the wall
Today we're tighter than I've ever seen us
Bending over backwards together, we could never fall
Back to back, we face each other
Still together all alone
We'd be the last to turn to one another
But I know we'll make it together on our own
Back to back we face each other
But I know we'll make it together on our own
🎧Music inspiration🎧
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You'll remember we had a boat trip to the Amalfi coast and towns and a rough trip back to Sorrento! Once back on dry land at Marina Piccola, any queasiness subsided and we headed back to the hotel. The rain had actually eased too, but the girls ahead still decided to carry their umbrellas in case of any lingering raindrops!!
No, this wasn't "Looking back in Anger"/ but looking at ill-tempered wind. // John shaking hands with William.
One from the vaults.
It was a very windy day in NYC, and Wall St. was closed to all traffic. NYPD and NYFD had the streets blocked as a high crane operator meticulously worked his load to the roof of a skyscraper.
The bronze statue of George Washington appears to hold back pedestrians, protecting them from the dangers above. The seemingly inverted flag, symbol of distress, is an illusion created by the strong wind that twisted the flag around.
The statue graces the steps of Federal Hall, built in 1842 as the US Customs House. Federal Hall replaced the original building, which housed the First Continental Congress, and the 1884 statue marks the spot where George Washington was inaugurated as the first US President in 1789.
Pulsa L para ver con fondo negro // Press L for viewing in black
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Camara /Camera: Nikon D80
Objetivo / Lense: Nikkor 50mm f1.8
Modelo/Modelr: Leyre
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