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26th October 2021 :
We've been bombed in the garden with Sweet chestnuts. Sadly none big enough to roast. The Jackdaws, I think, fly over with them and accidentally drop them, but don't seem to fly down to collect them up again.
Offline ..., having an evening watching TV.
Today is : National Pumpkin Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pumpkin-day-october-26/
Sorry no pumpkins to photo.
And for some Silly News it's : National Mule Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-mule-day-october-26/
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Been away for a couple of days so I will try to catch up with all of you soon! :)
Taken at Västra skagene, Hammarö, Karlstad
been a while , since I took some shots here, as I have lost interest in beach photography ( for now ) took this one a few days ago
I have been concentrating on backyard birds for the past few days waiting for the Arctic weather system to pass. We have a ton of snow and lots of birds queued up at the feeders. This Dark-eyed Junco is trying to stay warm while waiting its turn.
Settings:
f/4
300mm
1/160
ISO 320
On a tripod taken from my blind which was a help in keeping me and my camera gear dry.... it snowed all day.
I have been up to the SFCP twice recently and enjoyed the wild nature trails along the Sante Fe River. There are birds about of course, but they are not so easily seen due to the low scrub and brush in which they tend to conceal themselves. This Song Sparrow was frenetically in and out of view… and I waited for her to hopefully eventually pop out so that she could get a better view of her surroundings and I would have enough time to get focus lock and squeeze the shutter release.
And as they say, patience is a virtue… she did pop up and began to sing, as any self-respecting Song Sparrow should.
It has been a long time since I've posted on Flickr, I've been feeling quite uninspired to go out ant take pictures, thee things happen and to be honest I still ain't. But when I had the time I edited my older photos, and that the only thing i've been doing in photographic terms for the past good few months, I was out a couple of times in the woods but.....meh ♂️. The only scape goat would be that this summer was awful, it wasn't hot it was scourging. I learned to use ( somewhat ) darktable photoediting software, and the only thing I could say that is missing from lightroom is the ability to panorama stack photos, but it compensates that darktable has superior masking tools and it is freee and legal. This picture i've taken is also editen in darktable ( but I resized it in photoscape ♂️ ) I've put a LED light on top of the mushroom to hive it a glow, initially my vision for this pic was something else.... but some how it turned out better this way.
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Thank you again for the visit and I wish you all a nice sunday evening! 😊
Been a bit distracted lately but one thing I was working on was a B&W shot of the garlic family, This is one shot from that study.
It seems like I took this a long time ago but I see it wasn't that long. I hope this shot provides a moment of distraction.
All the best in these turbulent times and hope this day finds you safe and in good health! The cause of my distraction and reason I've been a bit absent from flickr lately is I'm approaching retirement and I'm a bit stressed. I was looking to finish out my 40 year career in style, big luncheon planned, lot's of hugging, reminiscing with old friends. Now with the added concern over COVID-19, we postponed the luncheon and I've been working from home for the last week. I cleared out my desk from work but still have another week, 10 days to be precise until my last day on 31 March. Very strange indeed and now I just want to get to the 31st and quell some of this anxiety along with the uncertainty of COVID-19. Well, I'll hang in there so we'll see!
Hunker down, wash those hands and keep your distance from other folk but most of all remember that we're all in this together.
It has been a long, baking hot summer in the south this year. Atlanta’s average temp has been 90 F to 96 F, not including the heat index from the unbelievable humidity. So many days feeling like over 100 F. I am so ready and longing for the cool temps of Fall and the beautiful colors. Here the setting sun shines brightly across Lake Winnipesaukee as a rainbow of color reflects along the shoreline on a beautiful Fall day in New Hampshire.
I've been watching mum for a few weeks now on my evening owl trips. Although I have seen the youngsters I haven't had an opportunity for a decent shot until now.
Still no sign of the owls sadly, but we came across a hunting female nearer to home this morning.
Pics of the new lady barnie to follow.
Curlew - Numenius
Yorkshire Dales -Near lower barn
Many thanks as always to all those who stop by and are kind enough to comment on or fave my photos. It is sincerely appreciated and welcome.
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We've been slowly introducing Alyeska to various parts of the city since we adopted her back in August of last year. During the first couple of weeks, she was so scared of everything and we wondered if she might be a naturally fearful and shy dog. Well, she's proven us wrong pretty quickly and has been thriving since then and all the noise and distractions of the city doesn't seem to faze her much.
Mount Santubong's name may have been derived from the Iban word for coffin, but various Chinese derivations have also been suggested (San approximating the word for mountain in many dialects), as well Bidayuh, in whose lands the names of many hills start with S. Investigators have made ascents of the steep mountain to find places of archaeological interest. Around its foot are signs of Hindu occupation which are hundreds of years old which have been investigated by the Sarawak Museum. It was also the home of the early Sarawak Malays until they were driven up to Kuching in about the 1850s owing to continual attacks from the powerful Saribas Dayaks.[citation needed]
The mountain is made of sandstone, although it has been confused by many with limestone tower karst, or a volcanic plug: smaller versions of both appear not far inland. For a long time it interested those in search of gold but without success. There used to be an old theory that all the gold in the First Division of Sarawak lies in a straight line between Bau and Santubong which has some support in that there is a certain amount of gold in the mountain since fishermen in the past used to depend for their livelihood during the monsoon seasons, when the sea was too rough for fishing, by panning gold in the small mountain streams from which they could expect to gain an average of twenty dollars a month.
In this picture you get to see all the "4 iconic Santubongs" of Sarawak.
1. The mountain - Mt Santubong
2. The village - Santubong by the mountain.
3. The river - Santubong River @ Sungai Santubong
4. The famous Santubong Bridge.
Been a while I did long exposures and went to the sea. The time off doing what I once did most, brought me a fresh view and new excitement. I was inspired last week, hoping to go back to the sea anytime soon.
Thank you for watching,
kind regards,
Christophe
The Steamrail Victoria/Elecrail Preserved Tait set arrives into Upfield after a leisurely around half an hour trip from Flinders Street on a Member's Special.
This is the first time a Tait EMU has been north of Batman to Upfield in 18 years, the first time after their hiatus from the mainline.
Been here many times before. It never fails to revel something regardless of the season. Color or black and white.
Been busy, had my Birthday, a visitor from England for a week etc.
Relaxing Easter Holiday season to you.
Now been cleared of all the brambles and gorse and wild
weeds to reveal a double wooden door now visible that was totally hidden before.
I’ve been experimenting with back button focus (BBF) on a Nikon D750. I’m only able to focus and recompose as long as I’m holding down the back button. But if I focus and then let go of the back button before recomposing, the shutter does not always “fire.” I’m getting closer but I still want to figure out how to focus with the back button and then let go of it while recompiling. Anyway, this is a photo I took while experimenting (and dodging mosquitos).
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been out of ideas lately, so I started photographing random things, in random angles, and do random processing, and this is what I got first, Random #1: some grass dancing in blue toned lights, hehe :))
more randomness to come....
Thank you all for your wishes and congrats on my nephew's birth, means a lot!! ♥ :)
Will catch up soon...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwLs22Hxi6Q
I've been alone with you inside my mind
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
Been walking the South West Coast Path , Between Westward Ho! and Padstow... This is a view of Hartland Point, Devon, UK.... June 2018
mulleins have been growing in my yard this past year. These plants thrive on very dry soil and sport a texture reminiscent of desert vegetation. These intriguing plants have a two-year cycle. This year, year two, they shot up to over 5 feet tall and produced this elongated flower head. Today, now that the flowers have died, I’ve discovered that these wacky plants are an excellent, natural source of birdseed. This male, downy woodpecker spent several minutes digging out seeds and munching away. At one point, a chickadee came to join in the fun. Yet another fun discovery right here in my backyard. #BackyardBirding August 16, 2020
Been trying to post this all day.
Internet connection is letting me down. I apologise if I lose the connection again and don't get round to commenting
hope you have all had a good weekend :-)
CSXT L004 (old B724) has been on duty more than four hours and is just now starting north. They are technically still inside the Framingham Yard limits as they trundle northbound on the Fitchburg Branch at about MP QBU35.6. The entirety of the branch is designated as Other Than Main Track with this local operating at Restricted Speed but not exceeding 10 MPH the whole way making for an agonizingly long round trip. The two GP40-2s are snaking through the weedy trackage on the causeway over the Foss Reservoir/Sudbury River with a big train of nearly 30 cars.
This trackage dates from 1855 when the Agricultural Branch Railroad opened between Framingham and Northborough. In July 1866, the railroad opened a 14-mile extension to a connection with the Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad at Pratts Junction in Sterling. The next dozen years were rather convoluted as many small independent lines began to congeal into larger systems and by 1879 the route was part of the Old Colony Railroad, then ultimately the New York, New Haven, & Hartford in 1893.
This line, like its sister route to Lowell was one of only three incursions of the NH north of the defacto "Mason Dixon Line" of New England Railroading into Boston and Maine territory. For virtually a century, with few exceptions, the NH ruled CT and RI and everything in MA south of New York Central's Boston & Albany subsidiary that ran in a virtual straight line between its namesake cities bifurcating New England.
Today this 30 mile route meandering northwest is the last CSXT owned branchline in Massachusetts, with all the rest of any length that they still operate having been sold to MassDOT. The branch seems to have a solid future thanks to the addition of a busy new demolition debris customer near the end of the line in Leominster supplementing stalwarts like Ken's Foods, Nucor, and Bestway Lumber.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Friday December 9, 2022
I have been wanting to do another Viking post for a while and just could not for the life of me put it all together. But this month’s round of The Fantasy Collective put all the pieces in place.
If ya like the pictures hit up my blog! Info here: darthkline.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/a-viking-landing/
I've been thinking about this spot for a while. I wanted the symmetry of the reflection and the energy of the train, but there were always too many people when the light was interesting. So I finally tightened up the framing and waited longer.
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💲 check it out: nisah-cheatham.pixels.com/featured/trains-and-reflections...
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a sunrise, it’s been a while since I’ve witnessed a sunrise, so I needed a little sunrise therapy this morning. Here is a scene I watched happily back in early October, I stood in the same spot for the whole session. From one second to the next the picture changed, I was looking for swirls, backwash and splashes, sometimes I caught all three, sometimes I caught nothing. As the sun rose the light dynamically changed, always keen to capture the moment the sun gets high enough to stretch its illuminate across the sea. So if you are happy with your composition be patient and let nature do the rest.
Had been an overcast day after a storm from past thru overnight. We guessed that it might clear up, but weren't sure...we did have great luck though. With the wind out of the West, there were lots of waves and the sun peaked out before setting.
I've been without my computer for over a week due to my power supply failing and having to wait for a new to ship to me but I'm back in business as of today so I can finally get back to posting new photos. We'll start off with this shot of a Lamborghini Huracán from last Friday night in Schenley Park.
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There had been a kill during the night and we were not sure if it had been a lion kill or if the hyenas had taken something down . There at least thirty hyenas in the area and some were resting after a full meal while others were still eating and then there were some off guarding a bone that they had been able to grab. Truly an amazing sight to see ant to hear the hyenas in real life is over the top !!
Wishing all a very pleasant and blessed day !!
Regno Unito, East Sussex, Brighton, Primavera 2022
Per quasi un secolo e mezzo il West Pier è stato molo più caratteristico della Gran Bretagna. Rinomato per il suo splendido stile architettonico, fu visitato e apprezzato da milioni di persone. Inaugurato nel 1866 come semplice molo per passeggiare, dai primi del Novecento con l'aggiunta di un teatro e di una sala da concerti, divenne un fiorente centro di intrattenimento sul mare raggiungendo il suo periodo di massimo splendore. Con lo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale e in seguito alle sue conseguenze le sorti del West Pier cominciarono a declinare. Come la moda per vacanze all'estero prese piede negli anni '50 e '60, il molo ormai trascurato cadde in rovina. Venne chiuso al pubblico nel 1975 dopo essere stato dichiarato non più sicuro. Ancora in attesa di lavori di ammodernamento due incendi prima e diverse tempeste hanno lasciato davvero poco dell’antico splendore. Ma anche oggi, con i suoi resti dalla bellezza inquietante, il West Pier è ancora l'edificio più fotografato a Brighton.
For almost a century and a half the West Pier has been Britain’s most iconic pier. Renowned for its wonderful architectural style, it has been visited and enjoyed by millions. Opening in 1866 as a simple promenade pier, by the early twentieth century with the addition of a theatre and concert hall, it had become a thriving centre of seaside entertainment and enjoying its glamorous heyday. With the outbreak of the second world war, and the changed circumstances of its aftermath, the fortunes of the West Pier began to decline. As the fashion for foreign holidays took hold in the 50’s and 60’s, the neglected pier fell into disrepair. Declared unsafe it was closed to the public in 1975. It was still awaiting renovation when two fires and several storms, left really little in situ. But even today with its sculptural remains casting an eerie beauty over the seafront, the West Pier is still the most photographed building in Brighton.
Been a while since I got out and did anything resembling creative photography, so long in fact that the last shot I took was in black and white
The Sölvesborg Bridge has been awarded one of the ten most interesting bridges in the world 2013. The bridge is the longest bicycle and pedestrian bridge in Europe and special attention has been given to the spectacular lighting design.
The Sölvesborg Bridge reaches across the bay of Sölvesborg, connecting the center of this Swedish town with a new housing district. Due to its spectacular design and lighting the Sölvesborg Bridge has given both residents of Sölvesborg and tourists a new exciting place to visit. People go for a walk or ride their bikes, they stop and look at the birdlife or they have pick nicks on the bridge, some even go fishing. In other words, the bridge functions as an urban space connecting urban life and nature – and it is the new landmark of the town.
The bridge consists of a higher part made out of three characteristic vaults and a long wooden bridge for pedestrians. Due to the length of the bridge, at intervals along the way parts of the nature have been accentuated with light, for example trees and reeds are lit. Lighting is integrated in the railing on one side along the whole bridge. The impressive vaults are lit with coloured light and a subtle light underneath the bridge gives reflections in the water.
The area around the bridge is a nature environment with a rich birdlife. The lighting has thus been made with respect for the birdlife and is inspired by the migration of the birds during the whole year. To give the bridge a unique night-time look, colour-changing luminaries have been used. The light can be controlled to avoid disturbing the area´s wildlife and the character of the bridge can change over the year and the night. A number of scenarios can be used for different events in the city.
The aim with the lighting design has been to turn the bridge into a landmark during the dark hours and at the same time pay respect to the environment in which it is located. To prevent a barrier effect the fixtures are mounted on the outside of the bridge, with a glare shield to hide the light sources. The several light scenarios that can be chosen make the experience of the bridge non-static. The visitors feel that the bridge is dynamic and almost a living organism in the environment.
Designboom is the world's first digital architecture and design magazine with a very influential and well-reputed cultural blog. Its focus is on news and key issues in the fields of architecture, design, technology and art. Each year Designboom lists the top 10 bridges in the world. In 2013 Designboom choose the Sölvesborg Bridge to be one of the most spectacular bridges in the world calling attention to its unique lighting design that enhances its landmark status.
Facts
Client: The municipality of Sölvesborg
Year of completion: 2013
Scope: 756 meter long bicycle and pedestrian bridge
Project team: PEAB Sverige AB and Stål- and Rörmontage A/S (Steel- and Pipe montage)
Lighting design: ÅF Lighting (Ljusarkitektur)