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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 in our yard on Friday. I did not spot one yesterday-- perhaps they have moved on? They never stay for very long...
Another from a couple days ago. No textures this time. Hope they withstand the snow blanket on them tonight. I love crocuses..wish they were around all summer.
Continuing with my apparent EMD widecab obsession, relatively new CN SD75IACC DC-AC conversion 8307 is leading train U700 south through Paxton. U700 is an as-needed train of Petcoke originating from BP's Whiting, Indiana refinery destine for Convent, Louisiana, presumably for export. To my understanding, Petroleum Coke or "Petcoke" is a product made from the left-overs of petroleum refining. Depending on the grade, it can be used either for fuel or as a carbon source in steel (metallurgic coke).
A draw for me on CN's former Illinois Central Mainline of Mid-America is the diversity of trains compared to other nearby mainlines. Manifest, double stacks, autos, crude oil, grain, taconite, and Petcoke are some of the commodities I've shot out here. Heck, I've even seen a unit train of diesel fuel. But until this day, the Petcoke trains were always elusive for me. So when I saw this train with a newer rebuild leading, I took the bait.
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Continuing the journey of exploring experimental digital art effects..!!!
Created totally in D.D.G. text to dream A.I. from prompts and modifiers . I did it around 6 or 7 times by saving and adding new prompts and modifiers each time . could of gone on for ever but this one sorta appealed to me. If its art or not I'm not sure but I do find some of the results fascinating
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Continuing on the theme, able to take the M5 and split between the northern part and southern part of the Rockies (Canadian and Colorado). This was the last roll until I had to send the camera away for a full CLA and meter repair, for which it was clearly due being in the wild for sometime. Lots of hiking but well worth it. Most of the time was overcast but did the best I could to capture with suboptimal light. I was inspired as usual with the flickeranians who do so well in the most trying of conditions - thanks for the continued inspiration!
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Took this shot with wideangle.. you can clearly see how narrow the Peninsula is, with Port Phillip Bay on one side and the ocean back beaches on the other...
Continuing to try out a new toy, I spotted some westbounds shooting out of the Bluff Yard on East Hump's command. On account of a double track parking lot at NTW on the St. Paul Sub, things had to go Midway Sub. Of course, this hopper train is heading for the Willmar Line, so no big deal. This shot works well with a uniform unit train.
Pic By Pammy
I slowly got up from the chair i was sitting on in front of the fire, not wanting to leave the warmth of the room, slinking away like i was alone in the room, i returned to the ladies room, changed into another outfit, placing hearts into her eyes hoping to become unrecognizable to the handsome jewel thief, leaving the building i pick up my pace heading across the lawn trying to hide in every shadow i could find,quickly i was loosing the shadows to a large open space of the lawn, now i had to find all the strength in me to make a quick get away, as i picked up my pace all of a sudden i felt a grip to my shoulder, there was a scuffle, i tried to fight him off, my breathing pounding throughout my body, i muster up some strength to fight him off some more, he was powerful,i had to think fast and hard in that moment how to escape his clutches to save my jewels, to be continued ............................
Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations
project - For the Love of Our Planet
We have so many entrepreneurs and we desperately need people to discover something to replace plastic which is ruining our oceans, our lands, humanity, animal life, plant life, and climate. It is imperative that we are serious about this and find a solution immediately. Our children will suffer even more from our lack of caring, and if we don't do something soon it will be catastrophic!
The plastic pollution-free world is not a choice but a commitment to life - a commitment to the next generation.
Amit Ray
The usage of plastic in packing medicines will pack the earth medically unfit for any life.
Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
If we say no to plastic bags, it will save millions of people down the line.
Amit Ray
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RKO_5610. Sitting on my deck these grebes came by and started their courtship dance. How lucky can you be!
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Probably the second most known and seen landmark in Sidney, Australia, the Harbour Bridge was built in the 1930's and continues to carry high volumes of traffic and trains across the harbor linking Sidney with North Sidney and the northern suburbs.
Continuing the fun with the Exmachina Davide avatar. See my blog for the deets: billybeaverhausen.com/2018/09/27/exmachina-davide-4-02-ep...
Continuing my 'Venice from up high' series...the view from the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore towards the Arsenale. from Wiki...
The Venetian Arsenal is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history".
Construction of the Arsenal began around 1104, during Venice's republican era. It became the largest industrial complex in Europe prior to the Industrial Revolution, spanning an area of about 45 ha, or about fifteen percent of Venice. Surrounded by a 2 mile rampart, laborers and shipbuilders regularly worked within the Arsenal, building ships that sailed from the city's port. With high walls shielding the Arsenal from public view and guards protecting its perimeter, different areas of the Arsenal each produced a particular prefabricated ship part or other maritime implement, such as munitions, rope, and rigging. These parts could then be assembled into a ship in as little as one day. An exclusive forest owned by the Arsenal navy, in the Montello hills area of Veneto, provided the Arsenal's wood supply.
The Arsenal produced the majority of Venice's maritime trading vessels, which generated much of the city's economic wealth and power, lasting until the fall of the republic to Napoleon's conquest of the area in 1797. It is located in the Castello district of Venice, and it is now owned by the state.
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Continuing my shorebird series and going a little smaller with this Killdeer found in Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.
Continuing the chase of Pan Am train 16R (NS East Binghamton, NY yard to PAS Ayer, MA yard) with the visitors from New Jersey stop number three was Charlemont. I warned them that the shot up on the hill wasn't nearly as good as the one down at the crossing but they wanted to try anyway. I've only done this once before for obvious reasons, but the pickup with plow made for a nice moment in time that will serve as a reminder of the storm years from now.
A local looks ready for the impending snow as he drives over the 8A crossing in front of the train. At right is the former Boston & Maine freight house standing between West Hawley Road and the Deerfield River at MP 407.4 on the the old Fitchburg Division, modern day District Three of Pan Am Southern's Freight Mainline.
Charlemont, Massachusetts
Friday January 28, 2022
Continuing with the Purple Sandpipers :)
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Continuing the fox theme as I've spent more time in London for work over the past couple of weeks...
They seem to be enjoying their vacation in these parts, perhaps the dining is the big attraction, they arrive before 6:30 in the mornings and hang around for 12 hours
Continuing the story of the dark and empty beach under the accompaniment of the crunching pebbles, lapping of the waves and the occasional gull cry....are you having a good summer?
Continuing to review our 2024 travels. We typically visit Arizona in early spring before the intense heat sets in. After a few days in the Tucson area, we head north to Page.
The Grand Canyon is just a short detour from the main highway between Flagstaff and Page. We usually don't do it, but the sky was moody and turbulent that day and I thought some good photo ops might be possible. I was right.
A morning in April as Sabrina gets ready to go to work.
She is a shoe designer and the manager of the Shoe Dept at Millard's Dept Store. She is romantically involved with Mark Wahlberg, and has been for a few years now.
Inuksuit continue to serve as an Inuit cultural symbol known around the worl. There is all types of version but something like this one is the most known.
This is the same photo as yesterday, converted to B&W. The original conversion (cropped to 14x11) that I posted a few weeks ago is in Comments. I wasn't trying to copy (obviously), just seeing what I would come up with this time around.
I think I like the original rendition, below, better in this case, at least the toning if not the crop (which had been done to specifications).
Continuing with recent wildlife shots, this American White Pelican flew right by me last month along the shore of a prairie lake. They are fun to photograph - their 9-ft wingspan results in long, slow flaps, easy to focus track. This one did a circle around me before gliding away across the water.
The absence of "horns" - also known as caruncles - on its bill identifies this as a non-breeding individual. They are believed to breed at age 3, so this would be a young adult.
Photographed at Lonetree Lake, near Bracken, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2024 starts with a snow storm and continued with Siberian coldness. For us that living near to the ocean, we can enjoy doing photo's of the frosty smoke due to the coldness. However, the show must go on and people have to get around, so the bus running as business as usual.
Construction continues on Crazy Horse Memorial which was started in 1948. Crazy Horse was a Lakota warrior who was born a member of the Teton Sioux Tribe in about 1843. The memorial is located outside of Custer, South Dakota. It is being blasted and drilled from granite. When finished it is planned to be 641 feet long and 563 feet high. To see the show visit www.travelsouthdakota.com/explore-with-us/great-8/crazy-h...
Opteka 650mm-1300mm @ 650mm.
Archive dive continues with this shot in Badlands National Park during our first visit.
We've been fortunate enough to have visited 54 U.S. national parks and 8 Canadian national parks.
Badlands National Parks was one of the last parks we checked off our list, mainly because of its name. It just didn't sound like a desirable place to visit...a foolish assumption.
Since that first visit twelve years ago, I've lost track of how many times we've been back. At least a dozen. Lately, we've been going a couple of times a year to enjoy the spectacular scenery and great wildlife.
A trip of MACs, 12,600 HP worth lead the 111 north from Seward seen here about MP 88 as they approach Girdwood, AK. Normally this train would stop in Anchorage and be sent north to Fairbanks piecemeal, not today however, as they will make a crew change and continue north to Fairbanks. Traversing the railroad mainline in its entirety, not something that happens often. 5.2.25
As we have continued to digitize old photographs for our parents, I came across this excellent image of my wife’s Great Grandparents automobiles taken from their front porch during a snowstorm. The picture was taken around 1936 near the North Texas town of Woodson. I not sure about the car on the left, but it looks possibly like a 1932 Ford Model B. The car on the right is a 1936 Ford Model 48. I felt that this image really captures that remote sense of loneliness on a 1930s farm in rural North Texas. A good day to stay inside next to the stove and play dominoes if you ask me!
Photo by Unknown, circa 1936
Restoration by Danny Shrode
Wildlife in Transition continues with a sub-set of Mule Deer shots, starting with this trio. As the first dawn rays spread across the valley bottom, two young ones look to their mother... she will decide if it's safe to continue on... somehow she has avoided being rounded up by one of the big bucks to become part of his harem.
The Mule Deer rut is the last big wildlife event of the year, and I get out there as often as I can between mid-November and the second week in December. I'm still looking for close shots of two battling bucks, something I've seen here rarely, and always at a distance. I like having a blank spot on the map; it keeps me motivated. Maybe next year...
This year's rut had a different look, because there was no snow on the ground until the very end - uncommon in this place so late in the year. Aside from that, the behaviours I witnessed were typical. More to come...
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.
continuing the previous picture www.flickr.com/photos/klovir/3395023659/. Thanks for your kind comments. I think that picture was on explore.
Also, I wanna thank my flickr friends for the encouragement given to me on the previous pictures...I shall continue to do my experiment.
HBW everyone!
in my fave B&W :)