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Great blues nest building. I believe all the nest are completed. Seeing some egg rolling. Swatara creek, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.
1/125 sec. f/6.3 552mm ISO100
Stromeferry lies next to the narrowest part of Loch Carron and for many years, there was a ferry service here to North Strome. This provided a link with the first road built in 1809 along the north side of the loch.[2] Completion of the Stromeferry bypass (A890) along the south-eastern shore of the loch made the ferry service redundant and it ceased operating in 1970. At that time, there were two vessels providing the service. The larger of the two, Pride of Strome, measuring 16m long x 5m wide, was built in 1962 by Forbes of Sandhaven.[3] The smaller, Strome Castle, measuring 9m long x 3m wide, was built in 1958 by Nobles of Fraserburgh.[4] Both boats now lie wrecked on the shore of Loch Carron between North Strome and Lochcarron
For more information about this small nugget of highland life and to see the ferry as it once was:
exceptthekylesandwesternisles.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/stro...
Central Bank of Ireland (New Headquarters) | North Wall Quay | Henry J. Lyons, due for completion 2017
For the completion of my 100 Flowers project is this luscious red Rose from the Werribee Park State Rose Gardens. Along with the pollinating Honey Bee, a beautiful bloom. Insects of course are essential pollinators and here's hoping the current decline in insects is halted. The animal and plants are inextricably linked.
12 years, 3 months and 23 days after I started I finally completed the 630 mile long South West Coast Path. It was an amazing physical and emotional challenge with incredible scenery all the way. So much changed since that day in April 2006 when I started walking the path. In that time I acquired a Masters degree and a second daughter!
This was a great day to mark the passing of an era - my last walk in the UK for quite a time and the eve of a new life in Thailand. We flew out of the UK exactly one week after this picture was taken. Our lives have changed immeasurably since; I cannot even begin to describe how much has changed and the adventures we have had since!
Half term is upon us now, so I won't be posting or commenting for a while. I shall be back with Thailand pictures in a couple of weeks, beginning a sequence of walks I have completed over the past year.
Many thanks for all your kind comments and feedback - your encouragement is always greatly appreciated. If you would like to read more about this walk please see my blog entry at worthingwanderer.blogspot.com/2018/10/south-west-coast-pa...
Yes, it's another Cuddly Couple! The point was to show off Din's magnificent feathery collar, but I somehow dominated the scene nonetheless. No light without shadows, and it is the same for me with Din: he is an essential part of my existence, without which I would scatter and dissolve. When I am tired of shining, I can cloak myself in his darkness and rest.
Some say the mail carrier motto is "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds".
But what about a tornado? The tornado that tore through Mayfield certainly left its mark on the postal system. According to the Paducah Sun, the Mayfield Post Office partially collapsed and lost 80% of its roof. All of the equipment inside was destroyed. However, the mail must go on. A team from Louisville came down the following day to start the clean up process and secure the building. Incredibly, the postmaster said that only one delivery day was missed. Mail would resume the following Monday for those would could still receive it.
Sadly there is no word on when the Mayfield Post Office will reopen. However workers are making repairs on the building and the post office has been relocated to a temporary location for now.
(This post is a continuation of the Mayfield tornado series)
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Mayfield, Kentucky
Stage one of the new Fairhaven is complete. The beach is much like you will remember from Fairhaven 1.0 but with a few more fun surprises. The second stage is nearing completion as well. The City of Fairhaven we hope to open within the next couple of weeks. Once it is done we will begin having events every month and more exciting things are to come. Thanks to all of you for your support and we hope you love the new Fairhaven as much as we do. As I am frequently told by Tatianna and Bugs... I really didn't do very much work but to be honest there is no one better at taking credit for things. Let us know what you think, good or bad!
The ruins of an old lodge lie abandoned and derelict at the head of Glen Lochsie. A few years ago the rood was still intact but has now fallen into the ruins slowly decaying back to the landscape. The lower slopes of Glas Tulaichean loom large in the background so it's time to start pushing the bike and climbing.
Glas Tulaichean is my 5th Munro of the season and the 28th in total, bringing me to a Munro completion rate of near enough 10%. The mountain stands at 1051 meters (3448 feet) and is the last one I will do as I have now moved away from Scotland and back to my roots in South Yorkshire as the pull of the Grandchildren was just too strong.
Parts have arrived and the Brickmania crew pitched in to help us place close to 10,000 tiles to give it that cobblestone look.
Almost complete. Wait for some big announcements!
Cody did a large part of the building.
Thank you for those who gave your input on which piano to use!
Daniel Siskind's design on the tanks.
Lando made some nice stickers/decals to make the Fury scene authentic.
Upon completion of swapping loads for empties at the Holcim cement plant at Devils Slide, UP's Evanston Local is back on the move on Jan. 16, 2024. At the same time, a Global 2 - Lathrop intermodal crosses the Weber River truss bridge, emerging from Utah's scenic Wilhelmina's Pass.
Valdecarros - Work in progress
Valdecarros is part of a series of ongoing housing developments in the southeast end of Madrid that will add 100,000 new homes to the city. Valdecarros alone will have 50,000 homes and about 150,000 residents by the time all phases are completed in 2039.
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Some months ago I started documenting the construction of Valdecarros; besides its social and environmental dimension I want to reflect on an image-saturated society and where certain types of photography stand.
It is not easy finding a street of any major city/town that is not in Google Street View, with notable exceptions like most of Africa and central Asia.
In 2019 Google announced there were 10,000,000 miles captured in Street View; that was achieved in just 12 years, from 2007 to 2019. There are now also available boat trips in Greenland, forest trails in New Zealand or underwater scenery in Australia.
So, I’ll try to beat that mf Google car and shoot the brand new finished streets before it does. Although one could argue that the last layer of completion of a street is to be part of Street View, in which case the car will win no matter what.
One way or another, when the car arrives the project ends.
It's time to celebrate the completion of another year and 365 project. I found and followed a tutorial by a very talented photographer, Dina Belekno - the link for the tutorial for those who may want to play along is: iso.500px.com/tutorial-how-to-shoot-a-fiery-festive-still....
My husband is such a good guy and helped me make sure I didn't burn down the house shooting this.
Over the year I feel that my photography has grown and improved and that I met my original goal of using light to make everyday objects interesting. I also have been very fortunate to have made friends and found wonderful inspiration along the way. I am going to dive in and try again in 2016. I decided to get a business license and try and make a little money with this hobby/obsession of mine. Any advice in this area would be appreciated.
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!
A week ago Friday I posted a shot of this house under construction last May, before any siding went on. Here it is getting what I assume are the finishing touches for occupancy this summer.
Kirche St. Ulrich und Afra / Feuchtwangen / Franconia / Bavaria / Germany
Album of Germany (the south): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712099...
Album of High-key photos: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157718851...
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (German, Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal), artificial waterway with stretches of canalized river, Germany. The canal section joining the Main and Danube rivers stretches 171 km (106 mi) from Bamberg via Nuremberg to Kelheim, and the whole system from the Main at its confluence with the Rhine to the Danube at Passau near the Austrian border is 677 km (420 mi) long. This forms part of a waterway traversing Europe, connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea and passing through the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
From where the Main joins the central canal, to around Nuremberg, the countryside is largely hop fields and pasture, the canal reaching a high point of 406 m (1,332 ft) above sea level. Around Kelheim, the low, wooded hills become more densely forested and more dramatic as the canal reaches the Danube.
A cross-Europe canal like this has been a recurring dream of European politicians; as early as 793, Charlemagne made an aborted attempt to drain land for that purpose. In 1846, Ludwig I of Bavaria—using the labour of Italian Gastarbeiteren—laid the foundations by joining the Main and the Danube. Plans for a Rhine-Neckar-Danube canal were halted by World War I, and Ludwig's Canal was abandoned in 1950. Damage to Nuremberg meant that work only started on the Main above Bamberg in 1959, and did not reach Nuremberg until 1972. Completion dates for the canal were repeatedly revised until its opening on September 25, 1992.
Construction of the canal—costing an estimated total of DM six billion—is partly to be paid for by electricity generation at hydroelectric stations along its course. Eastern European business has been much greater than expected, though fears of damagingly cheap trading have been soothed by tariffs and restrictions that roughly equalize the flow of traffic east and west.
The completed waterway transports goods much more cheaply than by road, and some canal-side land has been bought by big oil companies. It is also popular with pleasure boats. Serious doubts though have been raised by the Bund Naturschutz, a German ecological movement—unique species of wildlife along the canal's course may be threatened and sections of canalized river choked by loss of tidal current. After a campaign working since 1965 and a petition in the 1980s, planners—backed by the pro-canal premier Helmut Kohl and defence minister Strauss—responded by high spending on ecological research and by providing, for example, alcoves cut into the canal's banks, meant to act as miniature ecosystems.
Taken from:
uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_781529615/rhine-main-danu...
I just finished participating in November 16th's Macro Mondays challenge, "Keyhole," where I viewed and commented on multiple hundreds of images of orphaned keyholes (there were no keys allowed). This left me feeling a bit unsettled. Locks and keys go together like peanut butter and jelly; love and marraige, a horse and carriage... (you know the song). So, I felt compelled to create an image of a complete lock/key combination so I could go back to being able to sleep at night.
Strobist/technical info:
The lock was staged on a piece of glass with a black fabric background. Two Nikon SB900 speedlights were placed 90-degress CL and CR, 18" away and 24" above subject, pointing down at 45-degree angles. They were each fired in Manual mode through 24" x 24" Neewer soft boxes. The CL strobe was fired @1⁄4 power; CR @ 1⁄8 power. A third speedlight, a Nikon SB700 with Gary Fong 5th Gen Lightsphere attached, was placed CR at camera level and aimed directly at subject for fill. It was placed in Manual mode and fired @ 1⁄8 power.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's; the SB700 was placed in SU-4 mode and triggered by the other strobes.
Lens: AF - S DX VR Zoom - Nikkor 18 - 200mm f / 3.5 - 5.6G IF - ED with a 20mm extension tube attached.
two new residential buildings in White Rock with interesting architectural design - curved balconies - are almost complete. They look really nice against the blue skies and white clouds.
Lobby of the Royal York Hotel (Fairmount)
The Fairmont Royal York, formerly and commonly known as the Royal York, is a large historic luxury hotel on 100 Front Street West. The hotel is situated within Downtown Toronto, at the southern end of the Financial District. The Royal York was designed by Ross and Macdonald, in association with Sproatt and Rolph, and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The hotel is presently managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
Opened on 11 June 1929, the Châteauesque-styled building is 124-metre-tall (407 ft), and contains 28 floors. After its completion, the building was briefly the tallest building in Toronto, as well as the tallest building in the country, and the British Empire, until the nearby Commerce Court tower was built the following year. The building has undergone several extensive renovations since it first opened, with its first major renovation in 1972. An underground walkway linking the hotel with the Royal Bank Plaza and Union Station form part of the Toronto's PATH underground city system.
Visually reminiscent of the Age of Rail, which had a positive impact on the economy of Hillsboro, the Katy Depot stands today in close proximity to the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad lines as well as the Hill County Courthouse (National Register, 6/21/71), the focal point of the downtown commercial district. Hillsboro was established in 1853 to serve as the governmental seat and trade center for a basically agrarian county, cotton the primary crop. The completion of the MKT Railroad through Hillsboro in 1881 increased the commercial activity of the city and broadened its economic base. With locally raised funds, the citizens of Hillsboro purchased the right of way and property needed for a depot. Functional requirements dictated the size and massing of the structure which reflects architectural and decorative styles popular at the turn of the century, reminiscent of the Prairie style of architecture.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, commonly known as the Katy, was the first rail line to reach Hillsboro. Passenger service on the line, which connected Fort Worth and Temple, began on April 26, 1881, with four daily trains and a sleeper through to Chicago. The Katy Railroad brought a surge of economic activity to this agricultural region, becoming a major means of exporting cotton and livestock. As the economic base broadened, so did the population, which facilitated both residential and commercial expansion. Building materials were brought in by train and used to construct then contemporary structures. With the completion of the railroad several Katy buildings were constructed including: a frame station consisting of a waiting room, office, and a freight room; a cotton platform; and a section house. In 1894, Katy built division shops and a roundhouse in Hillsboro. The original station was converted to a freight house in 1902 and the present depot (seen in the photograph above) was erected on the land purchased by the city of Hillsboro. Throughout its operating years, the depot served as an integral part of the Hillsboro community. Among those visiting Hillsboro via the Katy were railroad tycoon Jay Gould, and Presidents Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, Calvin Coolidge, and Harry Truman. And, the depot served as the departure and arrival point for World War I and II soldiers serving their country.
On December 19, 1979, the Katy Depot (aka the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Company Railroad Depot) was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for its architecture, history, and being the location of historic events as described above. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration which can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/40972599
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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This image is part of my photographic series Almodis, Countess of Montferrand, which I invite you to discover in the list of my albums. By consulting the photos in chronological order, and paying attention to their titles, you can follow the story of Almodis's life as Countess of Montferrand - according to the freedom of my novelistic interpretation, the first known chatelaine of the fortress so named.
In 1085, Count Pierre de Melgueil paid homage to the Pope and began the bipolarisation of the county of Substantion, which became the county of Melgueil and Montferrand. Construction of the castle of Montferrand began at the same time. The Count did not survive the completion of the project, and probably died as early as 1086. His widow, Almodis, inherited the castle and administered the county for the rest of her life.
Many thanks to the model for the double session (and the two walks...), which were necessary to obtain the different phases of the narrative. Thanks also to Suzanne for the loan of the '1085' dress.
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Texte en français dans l'en-tête de l'album.
Malbork Castle, Zamek w Malborku
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork is a 13th-century Teutonic castle and fortress located near the town of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia
It was originally constructed by the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. In 1457, it since served as one of the several Polish royal residences and the seat of Polish offices and institutions to 1772. From then on the castle was under German rule for over 170 years until 1945.
The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, on its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997. It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region (north-central Poland), together with the "Medieval Town of Toruń", which was founded in 1231.
Malbork Castle is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated on 16 September 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
With the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in the early 1930s, the Nazis used the castle as a destination for annual pilgrimages of both the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls. The Teutonic Castle at Marienburg served as a blueprint for the Order Castles of the Third Reich built under Hitler's reign. In 1945 during World War II combat in the area, more than half the castle was destroyed. At the conclusion of the war, the city of Malbork and the castle became again part of Poland. The castle has been mostly reconstructed, with restoration ongoing since 1962. A new restoration was completed in April 2016. Malbork Castle remains the largest brick complex in Europe.
NASA completed its penultimate hot fire June 15 in a key test series to certify production of new RS-25 engines for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help power future Artemis missions to the Moon and continue the agency’s efforts to explore the secrets of the universe for the benefit of all.
More than 500 NASA Stennis, NASA Shared Services Center, and NASA contractor employees and family members viewed the hot fire on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, which marked the 11th in the 12-test series. The final test of the series is scheduled June 22 and will set the stage for SLS engines lead contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne to manufacture new RS-25 engines for future deep space missions, beginning with Artemis V.
Image credit: NASA
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Recent completion of this estuary allows for neat new open angle on this bridge on the 1% northbound grade. BNSF Job 803 starts its weekday run north to Custer. Bellingham, WA 12/16/2024
Cloudy skies hang over a field west of Powell in Park County, Wyoming. Since the completion the Corbett Diversion Dam and its outlet the Garland Canal in 1908, the agricultural area around Powell Wyoming has produced crops of sugar beets, alfalfa, barley, oats, corn and beans. In recent years sunflowers and millet has been added to crop rotations. Every now and then a new crop arrives making people who drive by the fields say “what’s that?” This year, people have been noticing a field with a crop that looks sort of familiar, hemp. The first commercial hemp crop in the Powell area was planted in early June on 35 acres just west of Powell by Mother’s Hemp Farms. Area papers report another 102 were sown near Deaver . The crop will reportedly be used for CBD and CBG production. (No smoking allowed, besides, this crop tests below 0.3% THC, the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana).
References:
www.powelltribune.com/stories/hemp-first-crops-near-powel...
www.powelltribune.com/stories/hemp-is-legal-with-limits,2...
www.powelltribune.com/stories/powell-company-to-become-wy...
The city lights of Melbourne glimmer in the background as Metro Trains ECOM consist 633M-634M-EV120-586M-585M slowly rolls out of the Western Portal of the Metro Tunnel near South Kensington as test train 7641 to Sunshine, marking the completion of their first trip through the tunnel in a 5-car configuration.
The train had previously travelled through the Tunnel as a 7-car consist with EV120 at the rear (flic.kr/p/2qEJwbZ) prior to the Comeng sets being modified to allow operation with EV120 in the centre of the train, including removal of trailer cars 1167T & 1143T (I think making them the first two carriages that have travelled through the Metro Tunnel and since been scrapped). 12/7/25
Palace of Justice, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Architect: Claus en Kaan Architecten
Project Team: Felix Claus, Wally Glashouwer, Mike Heemrood, Jan Kerkhoff , Yvonne Lebeda, Xander Vermulen Windsant, James Webb, Katrin Weber, Marijn van de Weijer
Program: Courtrooms, offices, support functions (library, conference center, restaurant), commercial space and parking
Location: Westerdoksdijk 525, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Client: WesterIJdock B.V.
Design: 2006
Completion: 2012
GFA: 34.000sqm
Images Copyright: - CR – Christian Richters - JLM – John Lewis Marshall - SvD - Sebastian van Damme
Awards: 2013 – Nomination for the ‘AAP 2013’ (Amsterdam Architecture Prize)
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The completion of another 52 weeks photo project. The sub-task was the four seasons, a picture taken in each of the four seasons.
I like using crops to illustrate this as seasonal differences are more profound. I didn't mange to precisely re-create the exact pose and people as 2020, but started off well! Have a Happy New Year
Chiltern Railways Class 168/2 DMU 168218 have just arrived with the 1D18 London Marylebone to Stratford-upon-Avon service and waits to form the 1H47 11:35 return working.
At the time of my visit, work on the new footbridge at Stratford-upon-Avon station was nearing completion. In response to the historic nature of the existing station buildings and footbridge, together with the arrangement of canopies and platforms, this latest development has provided a new separate lift, stairs and bridge construction to the north of the existing facilities. The new bridge has incorporated a number of heritage style features to best blend with the existing architecture. It is clad in red brick with buff brick detailing. The painted steel span matches the existing bridge, dagger-board canopies are provided over the lift exits and pyramid standing seam roofs top the lift shafts.
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