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A fallen tree stems the flow of the river while other trees are about to add more debis to the blockage.
A relatively large and shallow lake in the Deschutes National Forest, it is located toward the south end of the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, near Oregon Route 58 and U.S. 97. The lake is known as one of Oregon's best bass lakes.
Davis Lake was formed by a lava flow within the nearby volcanic field blocking Odell Creek. The blockage results in the lake, which can cover over 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) acres in the winter months. In the summer, however, the inflow from Odell and Ranger creeks cannot fill up the lake as fast as the water escapes through the lava blockage, resulting in the lake covering a much smaller area. It is unknown where the water goes that escapes through the lava dam.
We have had a great snow melt leading to all of our high lakes being overfilled. By August there will be no water in this area. But it was lovely with the colorful sunrise and the drifting fog.
Could use prayers for my brother-in-law Matt who went in to the hospital Saturday for massive blood clots and is in critical condition and facing more procedures.
The doctors have never seen anything like this. They are going very slowly to try to break up the clots, stop internal bleeding, giving transfusions and dealing with total blockages and liver and organ damage.
I don't normally do this but I'll ask everyone to please send our Toby all your possitive thoughts and vibes his way.
It devastates my heart to tell you that Toby in a bad way right now. He's at the Vet-Hospital with a complete "Blockage" of his urinal passage. Which as you know can kill a cat very quickly.
He will be getting his system flushes out and is hocked up to a catheter for the next 3 days. The severe amount of crystals completely blocking his canal. He is in severe pain and is not handling this well but his vitals are still strong enough.
And pending the results of his x-rays.. a possible surgery to remove any stones or very large crystal could happen.
We were expecting this to happen at some point because of his disease (FLUTD), But not so soon!! We know and have been told cats with this disease don't generally live long. We've done everything possible to keep him healthy and happy. But in the end... the disease always seems to win.
He's had 5 episodes since early Spring. And this lastest one is not only the biggest and most dangerous one. But after this... there's nothing more we can do! And it's tearing out hearts out to think of a possibility of life without out Toby! But it is a possibility that this may come sooner then expected.
And after having to go back to the vets lastnight to sign a paper for a "Do not resuscitate" the reality is hitting us hard! (Please know that he was been suffering for a long time with this disease and is in alot of pain when he is having an episode. So we decided if he should have a heart attack because of everything they have to do for him at the moment. which cats can have heart attacks from this aswell. We decided it would be best not to let him suffer anymore! He has been struggling all his life with this... We don't want him to suffer anymore. So we are not giving up on him AT ALL! Just if HE decides to take the big rest... we are not going to force him to come back just for our benefit. We love him too much and can't inflict anymore pain on him. However much we can't live without him!!)
If you were wondering why there were not many photos of Sir Toby over the year... Know that we've been dealing with repetitive episodes of his "FLUTD", and he just doesn't seem to be himself for a long while. The pain is general uncomfortability of what he goes through daily is hard on him. And he needed to relax as much as possible! So me annoying him with my camera was not what I wanted for him for now. But if he comes out of this one... knowing whats to come in the near future... I will do a last shoot of our wonderful boy. (providing he's not in any pain) He last left a BIG paw print in our hearts. And I just can't think what life would be like without him...
For my big boyToby... Please send him your good vibes and thoughts!!
My Bob has had a rough week... last Thursday we had to rush him to the emergency vet because he was staining to make.... he was yowling all over the house, staining while he was walking.... the vet said his bladder was full and he had a blockage.... after flushing him out in both areas, we took him home... a few days and he still acted strange... constantly going in and out of the box and nothing... but then he did make and what a relief...
On Monday I took him to our vet and she did a lot of tests, even a urine culture.... thank goodness his levels are not bad and he's acting like his old self.... he is 17 years old!
She put him on an antibiotic for a week and I'm hoping that will also help him feel better.
It's so scary and heartbreaking when you know they don't feel well and they can't tell you what is wrong...
Thank God he is doing better... so we want to wish everyone a Happy Caturday and enjoy the rest of the weekend!!
Shot this on the edge of a forest on a bare tree. The Shikra was patient and was perched for almost 20 minutes surprisingly. I didn't think much of it then. But realized later that she had a tree shrew on a nearby tree in her sight and after around 5-10 minutes dived, caught it and headed back to another tree. I couldn't get any shot due to blockages, but that was an interesting incident to see.
These are small sized raptors seen throughout the year and pretty common in the countryside. They are known for their ferocious attacks on smaller birds and rodents.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback.
The stretch of Route 1 through the rugged Big Sur Coast is, probably, the most beautiful road I've had the pleasure of driving along. The views are fascinating, and every turn (and there are many) opens up a new perspective. It is a very slow road, and not just because of twists and turns, but also because I feel compelled to stop every few minutes and take pictures or just enjoy the scenery.
Bixby Creek Bridge, seen at the right of the image, is essentially the Northern entrance to the fascinating Big Sur Coast area. Before the opening of the bridge in 1932, residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to blockages on the often impassable Old Coast Road, which led 11 miles (18 km) inland. The bridge, at 360 feet (110 m), was the longest concrete arch span on the California State Highway System. It is one of the tallest single-span concrete bridges in the world. [Wikipedia] The whole road through Big Sur is an amazing feat of engineering.
I keeping coming back to this image taken at Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, back in March. I'm still not convinced about the compostion, but felt it was worth some exposure on Flickr......your feedback will be most appreciated to remove my mental blockage over this image !!! Have a great Sunday.
70811 heads its train of 'Land Recovery' spoil across Cockwood Harbour on a glorious summer evening, just after the clouds had cleared. The conditions were so good and tide in, I wanted to include as much land (or should I say sea) scape as possible.
This is part of a trial this week, with two trips up from Burngullow to Exeter Riverside Yard on Tuesday and Thursday, where the full train was formed for onward running to Longport in the early hours of Wednesday and Friday. This trip was the 6Z58 18.00 Burngullow Junction to Exeter. Earlier in the day, the first trip had an issue between Par and Lostwithiel described as a 'line blockage irregularity' turning a 34 minute early departure from Par into a 78 minute late arrival at Lostwithiel. 20/7/2023
Hey there flickr-friends,
is it really Sunday again?
Too many subjects. Too many favorites. Too many stories. When the blessing of digital photography turns into curse and the sheer mass of choice into blockage. Like an artist staring on a blank sheet of paper. Perhaps limit the amount of shots on site? Projects? Target pictures? Keep everything for cold winter evenings? Cut off the supply lines? To find the light in chaos is imperative. A lighthouse in rough sea. Is the ship sinking? Where is the reef? Stay calm. Be above. Plunge into the wave. Grab the thread. Is it golden, follow its lead. At the end revelation is heaping.
Yep, perhaps I should grab my bike, drive out into nature and take some pictures. :D
Enjoy your Sunday everyone!
[Deutsch / German]
Hallo flickr-Freunde,
ist denn schon wieder Sonntag?
Zu viele Motive. Zu viele Favoriten. Zu viele Geschichten. Wenn der Segen der Digitalfotografie zum Fluch und die schiere Masse an Auswahl zur Blockade wird. Wie ein Künstler, der auf ein leeres Blatt Papier starrt. Vielleicht vor Ort die Anzahl der Aufnahmen beschränken? Projekte? Zielfotos? Alles für kalte Winterabende aufbewahren? Die Nachschublinien abschneiden? Das Licht im Chaos gilt's zu finden. Einen Leuchtturm in stürmischer See. Sinkt das Schiff? Wo ist das Riff? Bleib entspannt. Steh darüber. Tauch ein in die Welle. Greif nach dem Faden. Ist er rot, folge ihm. Am Ende häuft sich Offenbarung.
Ja, vielleicht sollte ich mir jetzt mein Fahrrad schnappen, in die Natur fahren und Fotos machen. :D
Einen schönen Sonntag euch allen!
GBRf's 66726 runs the 4E34, the 05:34 Southampton West Docks to Doncaster Iport past the lines into the East Midlands Gateway terminal as it heads towards Sheet Stores junction on the changeable afternoon of February the 24th 2022. Fortuitous for us, as well as the long string of empty flats being positioned at the trains rear, this train was running ninety five minutes late due to a line blockage in the Birmingham area, for this burst of light lasted but a few minutes and we did not realise anything was due to pass by. Despite this heavy amount of late running, the train arrived at the Iport only four minutes late, taking advantage of generous timetabled waits, particularly in Doncaster's Decoy Yard.
all the clutter in my head sometimes. Images. Movies. Music and music making ideas. Then there is what fence to post on friday.
Happy Fence Friday
Matthew 7:13
New International Version
The Narrow and Wide Gates
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Greywell Tunnel is a disused tunnel on the Basingstoke Canal near Greywell in Hampshire.
The canal was fully opened in September 1794. The tunnel had no towpath so boats had to be taken through by legging, taking up to six hours to pass through the tunnel.
The last boat passage through the tunnel was made by the narrowboat Basingstoke over the winter of 1913-1914. Even before this commercial traffic on the western part of the canal had mostly ceased, and the tunnel became impassable when part of it collapsed in 1932. The inaccessible part of the canal to the west was then sold. It was still possible for canoeists to get through the tunnel until the late 1950s, but the blockage is now total.
The tunnel is of interest for its bat populations: it has more roosting bats than any other site in Britain.
With Canadian Pacific's return to Maine, it's only a matter of time before the Central Maine & Quebec's fleet of secondhand SD40-2Fs gets discarded by CP once again. We had hoped to seize an opportunity with the schedule change this past weekend, but blockages and Hoosac Tunnel detours have operations out of whack. At the last minute, all the elements came together and so myself, Zach Kedge and Tim Hairston made the grueling drive to Jackman, Maine overnight. We were joined by Ryan Fothergill a little later on in what would turn out to be an excellent day. The Bangor & Aroostook heritage passes MP64 at Parlin Steam Curve at our third photo location. Long Pond is frozen solid this morning, but afternoon temperatures will reach into the forties on this lovely day. An excellent day for sledding or ice fishing, or in our case, chasing barns! Thanks Stubby.
we love our koi and everyone has a name... we had 12 and few weeks ago, we noticed that our beautiful Blondie, who we bought in 2017, was acting strange... she would eat and then spit the food out... thinking she swallowed a pebble from the bottom and had a blockage, we couldn't do anything about it... then there were days she acted fine... but last night we noticed her scales lifting... not good... and this morning I found she had died... very sad, she was so beautiful...
Gluggafoss. Wikipedia says, "Gluggafoss is a waterfall in southern Iceland, specifically in the Fljótshlíð area. As the most prominent member of a series of waterfalls running from the river Merkjá, it is also known as Merkjárfoss; both names are acknowledged on an on-site signpost. The waterfall is accessible off Route 261, some 17.3 km from the closest major town, Hvolsvöllur, population 900 (which in turn is 106 km east of Reykjavík).
Gluggafoss has a total height of approximately 52 m and features two main drops: one for 44 m into a narrow recess, then another for a further 8.5 m (in three main channels). The cliff supporting Gluggafoss has an upper palagonite (or tuff rock) portion and a lower basalt portion. Distinctive of Gluggafoss' geology are the holes and tunnels formed by the river through the soft palagonite. Known in Icelandic as gluggar, or 'windows', these holes allow observers at the base of the waterfall to see partly obscured water flow. According to the on-site signpost, the upper half of the waterfall could be seen only through three such vertically arranged holes prior to 1947. Hekla, due roughly 30 km north-northeast, erupted in that year, filling the river Merkjá and the tunnels of Gluggafoss with volcanic ash; this severely diminished the waterfall's exterior visibility for decades. By the present day, however, erosion has undone the blockages".
When it is snowy and cold in Iceland, the habitual wind blows the spray onto the snow all around the waterfalls, turning it into ice making it almost impossible to get close unless you have proper crampons on. Our Yaktraks were very useful in general in a snowy Iceland but you wouldn't trust them on sloped ice like you found up the side of waterfalls. We gingerly made it under one side of the waterfall, amongst the icicles, with the full force of the water plummeting from above and splashing down in a thunderous roar right near us.
A common resident kingfisher found throughout the country and apparently the most commonly found kingfisher in the world. Shot this picture on the banks of a nearly dry lake and there wasn't much bird activity. There were two of these, male and female which were actively hunting in the water - they made maybe around 5-6 dives each, and one of them had a bit of luck catching a fish.
The birds were casually sitting on this perch - a series of wooden fences that was used to hook a fishing net against downstream flowing water. And these kingfishers were tactically waiting near that blockage to pick off the small fish. And they seem to have some good luck doing that. We got pretty close to this one and it didn't seem to care. And there were a couple of owlets that were flying around and the kingfisher still didn't mind - strange though!
Thank you very much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, 66 million years ago, the impact of a massive asteroid with the Earth resulted in billions of tons of dust and particles being ejected into the atmosphere. This lead to a serious decline in photosynthesis and a drastic decrease in temperature due to the blockage of the sun's radiation. It has been suggested that this could have caused an impact winter that froze large areas of the Earth. It is now generally accepted that the global catastrophe due to the impact of the asteroid lead to the mass extinction of 75% of the Earth's species, including all the non-avian dinosaurs.
For Macro Mondays theme 'In Ice'.
No velociraptors were harmed in the making of this photograph.
The Besht was particularly fond of a talmudic statement, “God desires the heart” (Sanhedrin 106b), which he interpreted as meaning that for God, a pure religious spirit mattered more than knowledge of the Talmud. It is told of the Besht that one *Yom Kippur a poor Jewish boy, an illiterate shepherd, entered the synagogue where he was praying. The boy was deeply moved by the service, but frustrated that he could not read the prayers. He started to whistle, the one thing he knew he could do beautifully; he wanted to offer his whistling as a gift to God. The congregation was horrified at the desecration of their service. Some people yelled at the boy, and others wanted to throw him out. The Ba’al Shem Tov immediately stopped them. “Until now,” he said, “I could feel our prayers being blocked as they tried to reach the heavenly court. This young shepherd’s whistling was so pure, however, that it broke through the blockage and brought all of our prayers straight up to God.”
-Jewish Literacy The Most Important Things to Know
About the Jewish Religion,
Its People, and Its History REVISED EDITION RABBI JOSEPH TELUSHKIN
we love our koi and everyone has a name... we had 12 and a few weeks ago, we noticed that our beautiful Blondie, who we bought in 2017, was acting strange... she would eat and then spit the food out... thinking she swallowed a pebble from the bottom and had a blockage, we couldn't do anything about it... then there were days she acted fine... but last night we noticed her scales lifting... not good... and this morning I found she had died... very sad, she was so beautiful...
Perito Moreno Glacier (Patagonia) 20240207
The Perito Moreno Glacier is an iconic site in the Patagonia Argentina included in the Los Glaciares National Park, declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. It has well-defined limits, great accessibility and infrastructure that gives the area educational potential. Besides the anomalous and periodic unique behavior of this glacier. The area offers an excellent example of the significant process of glaciation, as well as of geological, geomorphic and physiographic phenomena caused by the advance and retreat of the glaciations, which took place during the Pleistocene Epoch.
The Perito Moreno is one of the most important glaciers that break off from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the southern chain of the Andes (Argentina and Chile). This icefield is the last reliect of the greatest glacial expansions that occurred form the late Miocene to the late Pleistocene. This glacier is approximately 30 km long. Its front is 5 km long and has walls up to 60 m high. The glacier penetrates Argentino Lake, but its base maintains contact with the rocky substratum. It´s a temperate or humid base glacier with a unique dynamic behavior. In this sense, its front presents a condition of stability, with brief oscillations (advances) that, when colliding with the western end of the Magallanes Peninsula, periodically causes the temporary blockage of Brazo Rico (as a dam), raising its water level. This situation generates differential stresses at the end of the glacier and causes the progressive transfer of water to the Argentino lake through a tunnel excavated in the ice. The roof of the tunnel collapsed in 1995, which was a spectacular event that made the glacier famous internationally.
Source: .iugs-geoheritage.org
Weltweit einen Namen machte sich die Ever Given als sie im März 2021 im Suezkanal havarierte. Das Schiff hatte sich quergestellt und musste daraus wieder befreit werden. Durch die Blockierung stauten sich mehr als 370 Schiffe an den Kanalenden was auch Auswirkungen auf die Weltwirtschaft hatte. Das Schiff gehört mit über 20.000 TEU Kapazität zu den größten Containerschiffen der Welt. Die letzten Tage besuchte das Schiff Hamburg. Am Burchardkai konnte ich das Schiff zwischen der HMM Copenhagen und der Taurus fotografieren.
World-famous
The Ever Given made a name for itself worldwide when it wrecked in the Suez Canal in March 2021. The ship had turned sideways and had to be freed from it. The blockage caused more than 370 ships to pile up at the ends of the canal, which also had an impact on the global economy. With a capacity of over 20,000 TEU, the ship is one of the largest container ships in the world. The ship visited Hamburg in the last few days. At Burchardkai I was able to photograph the ship between the HMM Copenhagen and the Taurus.
A pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) was giving his fish catch some nasty thrashes on the bamboo log before the feast. Fortunately it hunted right in front of my boat and continued the process of fish handling for some time. Unfortunately I could not manage a more closer frame due to hyacinth blockage. The bokeh transitions on backdrop made it like a painting! Pics was taken from Purbasthali, West Bengal, India.
My Bob has had a rough week... last Thursday we had to rush him to the emergency vet because he was staining to make.... he was yowling all over the house, staining while he was walking.... the vet said his bladder was full and he had a blockage.... after flushing him out in both areas, we took him home... a few days and he still acted strange... constantly going in and out of the box and nothing... but then he did make and what a relief...
On Monday I took him to our vet and she did a lot of tests, even a urine culture.... thank goodness his levels are not bad and he's acting like his old self.... he is 17 years old!
She put him on an antibiotic for a week and I'm hoping that will also help him feel better.
It's so scary and heartbreaking when you know they don't feel well and they can't tell you what is wrong...
Thank God he is doing better... so we want to wish everyone a Happy Caturday and enjoy the rest of the weekend!!
Bixby Creek Bridge, also known as Bixby Canyon Bridge, on the Big Sur coast of California, is one of the most photographed bridges in California due to its aesthetic design, "graceful architecture and magnificent setting" It is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge. The bridge is 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County on State Route 1.
Before the opening of the bridge in 1932, residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to blockages on the often impassable Old Coast Road, which led 11 miles (18 km) inland. The bridge was built under budget for $199,861 (equivalent to $3.29 million in 2021 dollars) and, at 360 feet (110 m), was the longest concrete arch span in the California State Highway System. When it was completed, it was the highest single-span arch bridge in the world, and it remains one of the tallest.
The land north and south of the bridge was privately owned until 1988 and 2001. A logging company obtained approval to harvest redwood on the former Bixby Ranch to the north in 1986, and in 2000 a developer obtained approval to subdivide the former Brazil Ranch to the south. Local residents and conservationists fought their plans, and both pieces of land were eventually acquired by local and federal government agencies. A $20 million seismic retrofit was completed in 1996, although its 24-foot (7.3 m) width does not meet modern standards requiring bridges to be 32 feet (9.8 m) wide.
Location
The bridge is "one of the most photographed features on the West Coast" and in the world. It has been featured on "postcards, TV ads, everywhere," according to Debra Geiler, project manager for the Trust for Public Land. The bridge's location on the scenic Central Coast of California, the parabolic shape of the arch, the tall spandrel columns, and the architectural piers contribute to an "intense aesthetic experience." "It's the gateway to Big Sur and the interior has never been logged. The land is pristine." Zad Leavy, former executive director of the Big Sur Land Trust, described the land as "...the most spectacular meeting of ocean and land in the entire United States."
Characteristics
The bridge is 714 feet (218 m) in total length and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide, with 260 feet (79 m) of clearance below, and has a main span of 360 feet (110 m), which places 50% of the total roadbed above the arch. The arch ribs are five feet thick at the deck and nine feet thick at the springing line, where they join the towers at their base. The arches are four and one-half feet wide. The bridge was designed to support more than six times its intended load.
The two large, vertical buttresses or supporting pillars on either side of the arch, while aesthetically pleasing, are functionally unnecessary. Engineers of later arch bridges such as the Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge omitted them from the design. The Rocky Creek Bridge and the Malpaso Creek Bridge to the north are also open-spandrel arch bridges built of reinforced concrete.
Construction
The state first began building Route 56, or the Carmel–San Simeon Highway, in 1919. A number of bridges needed to be constructed, the largest among them across Bixby Creek.
It's usually the case that the texts for my pictures (at least in a rough version) come to me spontaneously. Be it when editing the images or sometimes even when taking the photos.
Some pictures wait months or even years to be published because I haven't thought of anything useful to write about them. And then one day, while scrolling through my “queue,” it suddenly appears.
And then there are days when I just don't have the inspiration to write a text (absolute emptiness in my head). Today was such a day.
After pondering for a while, I gave up and looked for a photo that would work without any accompanying text if necessary and came across this wintry close-up from the Polenz valley in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains (from last year).
Regardless of this ice nose, I found the color combination of the green of the mossy rocks and the brown of the ferns in hibernation very appealing.
And lo and behold, there is suddenly a whole lot of text.
You just have to start without thinking too much about it. This clears a lot of blockages. I think this also applies to many other areas of life. Isn't it ?
Meißt ist es so, dass mir die Texte zu meinen Bildern (zumindest in einer Rohfassung) spontan einfallen. Sei es bei der Bearbeitung der Bilder oder manchmal auch schon beim Fotografieren.
Manche Bilder warten Monate oder gar Jahre auf ihre Veröffentlichung, weil mir noch nichts sinnvolles eingefallen ist, was ich dazu schreiben könnte. Und dann eines Tages, beim durchscrollen durch meine "Warteschlange" ist der mit einem Mal da.
Und dann gibt es Tage, da fehlt mir einfach die zündenden für einen Text (absolute Leere im Kopf). So ein Tag war heute.
Nach kurzem Grübeln habe ich aufgegeben und ein Foto gesucht, was zur Not auch ganz ohne Begleittext wirken würde und bin dabei auf diese winterliche Nahaufnahme aus dem Polenztal im Elbsandsteingebirge gestoßen (aus dem letzten Jahr).
Unabhängig von dieser Eisnase fand ich die Farbkombination aus dem Grün der bemoosen Felsen und dem braun der Farne im Winterschlaf sehr ansprechend.
Und siehe da, da steht doch auf einmal eine ganze Menge Text.
Man muss eben einfach anfangen ohne groß darüber nachzudenken. Das räumt viele Blockeden aus dem Weg. Das passt, denke ich, auch noch auf sehr viele andere Bereiche des Lebens. Oder ?
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My Bob has had a rough week... last Thursday we had to rush him to the emergency vet because he was staining to make.... he was yowling all over the house, staining while he was walking.... the vet said his bladder was full and he had a blockage.... after flushing him out in both areas, we took him home... a few days and he still acted strange... constantly going in and out of the box and nothing... but then he did make and what a relief...
On Monday I took him to our vet and she did a lot of tests, even a urine culture.... thank goodness his levels are not bad and he's acting like his old self.... he is 17 years old!
She put him on an antibiotic for a week and I'm hoping that will also help him feel better.
It's so scary and heartbreaking when you know they don't feel well and they can't tell you what is wrong...
Thank God he is doing better... so we want to wish everyone a Happy Caturday and enjoy the rest of the weekend!!
Europe, Scandinavia, Norge, Telemark, Mountain road, Workers, Shredder (cut from B&T)
Driving on Norway’s mountain roads is never boring. Breathtaking views, a succession of narrow tunnels and the occasional blockage of the road.
This is number 27 of the Norge album.
Canyon Walls. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
The path into a narrow slot canyon passes between dark buttresses.
We hiked up a remote canyon to get to this place. There is little need for a trail in such a place — mostly you just follow the bottom of the valley or canyon, with the only exception being occasionally climbing up to get past blockages. We had a goal in mind, so the walking was that sort of stead, slow progression. I recall the clattering and clinking sounds of walking on the rocky floor of a wash, intuitive route selection that favored the shady side of the canyon, and the entrance to the narrow sections. Here the feeling is darker, cooler, quieter — in a way reminiscent of walking into a cathedral.
Canyons like this one are so interesting that it seems like they should be easy to photograph, but I’m always surprised by their challenges. It can take a while to search around for just the right perspective and composition, and the light can be tricky — there are often stark contrasts between deep shadow and bright sunlight. I’m always taken by the blue tones of the shadows in the canyons of Death Valley, and by the contrast with the warmer tones where the light manages to penetrate.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
My poor mum is having an operation today. She has a blockage and has been very unwell for months. Thanks for the emails of concern x
I have been overwhelmed with family health problems, our older son had a stroke, I Also had little accident in the house fell and hit my head-on the marble floor, the ambulance took me to the hospital and found out I had blockage they put me a stent and i am good as new,
both me and my son doing fine thank God!
I just found out today that Caleb has an intestinal blockage and will need to be put down later today. These pictures are from my last photo session with him while dog-sitting in December.
The existence of large basins in the sea, carved into sandstone and popularly known as the “Baths of the Queen”, led to the naming of the entire archaeological site.
Sea water entered through four canals, also carved from the rock, which allowed the free flow of water to all of the pools. These canals were covered with perforated gates, which allowed water to flow while preventing blockages and the escape of the fish inside.
La existencia de grandes piletas en el mar, talladas en piedra arenisca y conocidas popularmente como “Baños de la Reina”, motivó la denominación de todo el yacimiento arqueológico.
El agua de mar entraba por cuatro canales, también excavados en la roca, que permitían el libre flujo de agua a todas las pozas. Estos canales estaban cubiertos con compuertas perforadas, lo que permitía el paso del agua evitando atascos y el escape de los peces del interior.
Penyal d'Ifac de Calp/ Calpe (Alacant/ Spain)
Two hours of button bashing, app swapping, poor editing and disappointment I offer you this work of Art. Born from a genuine artistic frustration and highly strung mind boggle of "Oh God I can't sleep till I finish this piece" dogged determination!
It's done..
I'm satisfied...
You Can see the Super Moon and the flying Canada geese I started off with can't you?
😊😂
Finally had the chance to fufill the promise of going up to the 50th storey skybridge at The Pinnacle@Duxton public housing development today.
I must say that this is definitely one of the spots that I prefer the most for shooting landscape in Singapore due to lesser crowds on weekdays and less obstacles and blockage with a tripod. I was able to see Keppel Terminal in its full glory for the first time from up top.
After all, Singapore is a port that runs 24 hours a day non-stop, one that never sleeps! I will try to post more shots when I can!
My Old Man. He's 13 years old now.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
Update:
My 'Buddy Guy' was put to sleep today. He wasnt pooping. Wasn't eating for the past dew days. I thought he might have an intestinal blockage or bloat. I brought him to the vet today, they took xrays and it showed he had a large solid mass in his abdominal cavity. At his age surgery was out of the question.
Buddy was on the euthanasia list at the county run animal shelter 4 years ago. I adopted him. He was always a gentleman.
I'm going to miss my guy.