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Let's continue with the trains from my brief but productive morning along the legendary former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. I've already shared a shot from Neabsco and trains 1, 2 and 8 that I shot here crossing Powells Creek at MP 84.7 on modern day CSXT's exceptionally busy RF&P sub.
Here is the third train we lensed here, and probably my favorite shot of the nine. This is CSXT train I032 a high priority intermodal running from Jacksonville, FL to North Bergen, NJ. The 1x1 DPU configured train is solid single stacks and TOFC due to the clearance restriction in Baltimore's Howard Street tunnel.
Leesylvania State Park
Prince William County, Virginia
Thursday April 21, 2022
It continues this year, I hope you all had relaxing and peaceful days.
I would like to thank you all again very politely for your Visit Views Faves and Comments
Stay healthy everyone. ✌
Hallo zusammen…
Es geht weiter auch in diesem Jahr, ich hoffe ihr habt alle erholsame und friedvolle tage gehabt.
Ich möchte mich nochmals ganz herzlich an euch alle bedanken für die Unterstützung
Ansichten Favoriten und Kommentare, Bleibt alle gesund. ✌
We continue to pray for those who are in Florida as this very dangerous storm moves across the state. My SL wife, Suzzie and one of our dear friends, MIssy, live along the east coast of Florida and are still in the path of this storm!
The Minster was undergoing significant works during our visit. Thankfully, this side entrance which protrudes out from the main building was not only pristine but also strongly lit. Very thoughtful of them.
The Heald woods, on the western shore of Lake Windermere. I am keeping a promise to do more low level walks after completing the munro’s. We arrived just in time to catch the early morning sunlight breaking through
Excerpt from www.tourismoxford.ca/things_to_do/outdoors/trails_and_hik...:
The Veterans’ Memorial Walkway, which is part of the Trans Canada Trail was renamed on July 1, 2006 and starts at Bridge and Rolph Street and ends at Quarterline Road. The trailhead is landscaped with a large limestone marker, gardens and benches. Parking is located across the road from the trailhead. The Trans Canada Trail continues along Quarterline Road south to Newell Road and south on Bayham Drive to Highway #3.
On February 5, 2021we had another soft snowfall that came down as a beautiful, white, fluffy snow. Since I had my Canon at home I felt fortunate to be able to photograph nature at its finest, up close and personal in the woods and hillside behind my home.
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Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations
project.
This work is based upon my previous Flickr work:
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Og Mandino
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
Continuing this short series (of birds I hope to see soon) with a male Yellow Warbler from two years ago. The vast majority of my photo ops with warblers are brief, but this little beauty gave me an extended session as it hunted for ants among the leafing-out caragana. The light was perfect. I was on foot, wandering about, saying "ssst-ssst" and "wsht-wsht", the common language of little birds everywhere.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A lot of fun to watch the sky explode in color and to move around there in the field of leaves to capture that sunlight and color from the sky to the leaves. Fall splendor here in Maryland.
Continuing the aerial series of Tasrail, to-day we see train 2-32 climbing steadily up towards Rhyndaston with TR units TR12 + TR17. The line here crosses Rhyndaston Road as the line heads uphill towards the tunnel. The journey has never been easier with the new Caterpillar units seemingly doing it effortlessly without all the huff, puff and noise of the older units that previously plied this line. This is good news for Tasrail but sad for us that remember the diversity and excitement of the older units.
Monday 16th January, 2017.
Photo By Steve Bromley.
Let's continue our "journey through time."
We are still on the Dramont Peninsula on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France.
And finally, we turn our gaze toward the sea. Here, next to the typical red cliffs of the Esterel Mountains, whose foothills plunge into the Mediterranean here, we see a small rocky island with a striking tower.
This is the Île d'Or, which is privately owned and therefore unfortunately not open to visitors.
But even from the shore, it makes a great photo opportunity, especially at sunset.
Setzen wir unsere "Zeitreise" nun fort.
Wie befinden uns noch immer auf der Halbinsel Dramont an der Cote d'Azur im Süden Frankreichs.
Und endlich richten wir unseren Blick auch einmal in Richtung Meer. Hier sehen wir neben den typischen roten Felsen vom Esterel Gebirge, dessen Ausläufer hier ins Mittelmeer eintauchen, eine kleine Felseninsel mit einem markanten Turm.
Dies ist die Île d'Or, welche sich in Privatbesitz befindet und somit leider nicht besichtigt werden kann.
Doch auch vom Ufer aus macht sie als Fotomotiv eine Gute figur. Vor allem bei Sonnenuntergang.
Artist ElleStreetArt's mural continues along this semi-circular wall. In total she painted 2,900 square feet. That's big and beautiful. At Hudson Yards
Continuing the chase of my 8th successful Batten Kill day.
Very much on home rails, G&J 4116, a veteran ex D&H Alco RS3 (blt. Sep. 1952) is rolling southbound seen curling by the field parallel to County Route 64 a mile or so south of the hamlet of Shushan along the old D&H Washington Branch near MP A132.8.
Washington County, New York
Monday October 17, 2022
Once one of Scotland’s largest castles, Urquhart saw great conflict during its 500 years as a medieval fortress. Control of the castle passed back and forth between the Scots and English during the Wars of Independence. The power struggles continued, as the Lords of the Isles regularly raided both castle and glen up until the 1500s.
The last of the government troops garrisoned here during the Jacobite Risings blew up the castle when they left. Urquhart’s iconic ruins remain, offering glimpses into medieval times and the lives of its noble residents.
Continuing my series, Maxwell is a small town in Story County, Iowa with around 860 people. Businesses include a small grocery store, a gas station, a bank, medical clinic and funeral home. However, what I find fascinating is the Historical Society’s museum. There are two large century-old buildings plus a machine shed with farm implements. I only show one building in this photo, but the combined museum collection holds over 13,00 items from the 1800’s to date. I find that quite amazing for a small town.
Developed with Darktable 4.8.0.
About the series: Life in a small Midwestern town often means a slower pace of life, close-knit communities, and a strong connection to the land and agriculture. Residents typically have a strong sense of pride in their hometown and a friendly, neighborly attitude. Small towns usually have limited employment and entertainment options, but the tradeoff is typically a lower cost of living and a quieter, more peaceful environment. Presented in black and white at night, I hope to capture the essence of a few small Iowa towns in this series. Series Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBWTai
Continuing my sojourn of bypassing
the sharpness mode for another on yer bike intentional out of focus camera image .
Thank you for your faves and comments : )
For the lack of a better term, this is a splash page for my continuing story, Sanquinolency .
It's been too long since I've visited this one and I'm hoping to get back into it very soon. Thanks for taking a look.♥
Taken at ELVION
i continue to dream
... and I ask you: do
you understand my dreams?
sometimes you say you do,
and sometimes you say you don't.
either way it doesn't matter.
i continue to dream.
_langston hughes
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no big glittery icons or invitations , please !
said she. Then she continued, with another two companions, searching for grubs on a group of old casuarina trees. This is how my visit started. After such a long absence I was overwhelmed by what I could watch and photograph. I captured 21 different species (saw and heard many more), amongst them several lovely families with chicks, cygnets and ducklings. Some birds were still building nests, some were patiently incubating.
What a show!
I did not mind this sensory overload at all.
(Zanda funerea)
Je continue à essayer de faire une belle photo des trois ensemble, un vrai défi
I'm still trying to take a good photo of the three together, a real challenge
No, the bride isn't in this picture, you can just see the bridal suite.
To continue my story: just when I reached the crossroads with the A4135, a car decorated with white ribbons came racing down the road and turned off towards Beverston church. I was on foot, and although I ran, I was too late to admire her. But I was happy I could see the wedding suite enter the church!
So, let's continue with what I started at the end of last year. Maybe you remember. I showed you a photo of this landscape from Děčín in Bohemian Switzerland and promised to go into the details again later.
The next element in this series would be this impressive building, which can be seen down there under a dramatic winter sky, the Tetschner Castle.
As early as 1128, a fortification was mentioned at this point that served to control shipping traffic on the Elbe (that was almost 1000 years ago, unimaginable). In the 16th century, after various other building projects, the Baroque palace that can be visited today was built.
In the 19th century, the castle gained some fame when the then well-known composer Frédéric Chopin stayed here for five days and even composed a waltz here, which is still known today as the "Tetschner Waltz".
Even though the building looks more like a fortress from a distance, the baroque influence inside is unmistakable. For example, the inner courtyard houses a quite impressive rose garden.
So, dann fahren wir mal damit fort, was ich am Ende des letzten Jahres begonnen hatte. Vielleicht erinnert Ihr Euch. Ich hatte Euch eine Aufnahme dieser Landschaft von Děčín in der Böhmischen Schweiz gezeigt und versprochen, auf die Details später noch einmal einzugehen.
Das nächste Element in dieser Reihe währe dann dieses beeindruckende Gebäude, welches dort unten, unter einem dramatischen Winterhimmel zu sehen ist, das Tetschner Schloss.
Bereits 1128 wird an dieser Stelle eine Befestigung erwähnt die dazu diente den Schiffsverkehr auf der Elbe zu kontrollieren (das ist fast 1000 Jahr her, unvorstellbar). Im 16. Jahrundert entstand dann, nach verschiedenen anderen Baumaßahmen das heute zu besichtigende Barockschloß.
Im 19. Jahrundert erlangte das Schlöß einige Berühmtheit, als der damals schon recht bekannte Komponist Frédéric Chopin für fünf Tage hier verweilte und hier sogar einen Walzer Komponierte, der noch heute als der "Tetschner Walzer" bekannt ist.
Auch wenn das Gebäude von weitem eher wie eine Festung aussieht, so ist der barocke Einfluß im Inneren unverkennbar. So beherbergt der Innehof zum Beispiel einen recht beeindruckenden Rosengarten.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
As we bid farewell to 2023, a year that may not have shone as brightly as we had hoped (at least for me), let's welcome 2024 with open hearts and the anticipation of better days ahead. Like the spark in the picture I'm holding, life is ephemeral, fleeting, and filled with moments that can light up our souls.
In the midst of the challenges and uncertainties of the past year, let's take a moment to reflect on the profound truth that life is too short to be anything but happy. Let's make a conscious effort to embrace joy, seek adventure, and do what truly makes us happy. Surround yourselves with loving friends and the right people who lift you higher, for they are the ones who make the journey worthwhile.
2023 may not have been the brightest of years, but it gifted us with new experiences and valuable lessons. Every challenge was an opportunity to grow, learn, and emerge stronger. As we step into 2024, let's carry with us the wisdom gained from our trials and tribulations, using them as stepping stones toward a brighter future.
Gratitude fills our hearts for the friendships that stood the test of time, the laughter that echoed through both good and tough times, and the shared moments that made our lives richer. As we welcome the new year, let's continue to appreciate the beauty of these connections and nurture the bonds that make life truly meaningful.
Here's to a year filled with brilliant moments, boundless joy, and the courage to chase our dreams. May 2024 be a canvas waiting for the strokes of our adventures—a year where we create memories that will forever light up our hearts.
I wish you all a happy new year filled with love, laughter, and the promise of brighter days.
Cheers to 2024!
Nara
Continuing on with the water/lake theme.....found along the shore's the Lake Palestine in Texas.
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As a kid, I was fascinated by movies such as The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973/4) and the brilliant special effects work of Ray Harryhausen. I looked up at the sky and remembered this scene.
The continuing story of the wasp nest in my fence. All three of them are touching antennae and communicating: "Hey let's get that guy with the camera - he's getting a little too close." They didn't attack and I still maintained my delicate relationship with the colony. I knew if I took enough shots I'd get something cool like this trio.
They remind me of a tri-blade propeller on an airplane.
Yellow Jacket - Vespula pensylvanica
My Backyard Fence
Lafayette, Colorado
To Prologue of the Story "The Doors"
♫♫Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Roll Me Away♫♫
As she clutched onto the firm grip behind her Ronnie, nestled snugly on the sleek motorbike, a wave of tranquility washed over her. The gentle hum of the engine became a soothing symphony, lulling her into a sense of absolute safety. The open road stretched out before them, beckoning them towards a horizon painted with endless possibilities.
The cool breeze weaving through their hair, carried with it the promise of new adventures. It whispered tales of dreams waiting to unfold, of aspirations that was soaring high like the eagles circling overhead. With her heart filled with boundless trust, she leaned into her partner and surrendered to the present moment.
Every mile of their journey they traversed became a testament to their unwavering bond. The rhythm of the bike beneath them echoed the synchronous beating of their loving hearts. The world outside faded away, replaced by a shared sense of purpose and an unbreakable connection. In this intimate embrace, she was enveloped by an unwavering belief that together, they could conquer any challenge that was lying ahead.
As the endless road continued to unravel before them, she was reminded of the enduring power of trust. It was the cornerstone of their partnership, the foundation upon which their dreams were built. With every mile they rode, she was filled with a deep abiding faith in her companion, knowing that she would always have their back, just as her partner had hers. And so, they journeyed on, carried by the wind, propelled by their dreams, and bound together by a love that knew no bounds.
(to be continued...)
Devoted to my Ronnie, a talented and amazing musician who touched my heart deeply with Love ღ
Continuing my ICM (camera movement) experiments. It's not yet perfect and my arm is about to fall off, due to the added weight of the setup for this. I still think it's worth it to further explore this.
HSS!
Shot with a Schneider Kreuznach "Xenon 35 mm F2" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
"Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life."
- A. A. Gil
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Continuing the theme of abstract. Long vacated office building behind St Stephens Street in Norwich.
Continuing with "Pano-Portraiture" - using the panoramic sabotage technique in the service of portraiture. ( Dis-service ? )
The thing that seems to be distinguishing pano-sabotage artists on Flickr from the many, many people who are posting to hosts of other online iPhoneography groups is that here, we Flickr folk are working hard to ensure that this technique is yet another tool for making art and is not a end unto itself.
When you search around online you see a lot of panoramic distortion images being posted but most of them just come across as novelty pics. "Hey, isn't this weird?" kind of thing.
So my hat is off to all who've worked with the technique here on Flickr and posted work that is truly artistic and unquestionably creative. Cheers to you all !!!!!
The original image is much larger. This portrait was isolated out of that bigger picture in order to zero in on a portrait opportunity.
© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2015. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
For the Nacho Cordova tribute on iPhoneogenic and Life in Lofi
iPhone 4
Apps:
Hipstamatic
Dynamic Light
Photoforge 2
100 Cameras in One
Continuing my coastal ecosystem series with this preening Brown Pelican.
Brown Pelicans live in estuaries and coastal marine habitats along both the east and west coasts. This one was found perched and preening atop a weathered wharf pole near a fish cleaning station in Lamar, Texas.
Continuing with my winter theme of posting dragonflies & bugs I've rarely if ever posted ...
A White Peacock at the wonderful Corkscrew Swamp (you could encounter bears & panthers on the boardwalk) near Naples, Florida ... just before Christmas in 2009. I've never heard of a Peacock stray making it up here but a few do wander from their very southern range.
Continuing with the series within a series on public art in Singapore, these reflective balls were between the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Singapore River.
Continuing the Elegant Trogon Saga: After the male called from within the hole, he left to sit near it on a branch. he defended it from a hairy woodpecker, calling all the while, and I missed his takeoff. I was aiming at the male once he set down again hoping to capture a flight shot when all of the sudden he jumped and I swung trying to follow. Clearly, I missed him - his beak is on the top right corner in the first image and his tail in the next - but the female just swans by to inspect the new property and popped right into the frame! My luckiest shots ever!!!