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On my recently concluded trip to Kenya, I spent a few days in the Samburu region. This is a Beisa Oryx, one of the 'Samburu Special Five'. It was my first time seeing and photographing this species.
The area was incredibly arid as a result of essentially not receiving any rain for about three years. If one wants to see direct evidence of the impact of the climate crisis, look no further than this area!
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We're done! This yellow beauty (it's yellow indeed!) concludes a super-long series of 50 staircase images in a row 😊
When I started to post the first image in mid Jan I had no idea that daily posts of staircases would continue for almost two months. Thank you so much for your unbroken, overwhelming response!!!
I really never expected this and I appreciate it a lot🙏🙏🙏
With this I conclude the series of my long walk on the route to the Parininihi (White Cliffs)
Whitecliffs Walkway New Zealand
This walkway uses the Kapuni to Auckland gas pipeline route for 11 km. The laying of the pipeline involved an immense amount of heavy construction work and these operations opened up walking access to the dramatic forest and coastal country of the region. The entire walkway is across private land.
concludes that it will also make better soup :-)
Henry L. Mencken
HGGT!!
leaf, hemlock bluffs nature preserve, cary, north carolina
something in nature says, 'Come and take my photograph.' So I do, regardless of how I feel :-)
Minor White
HMM! HBM! Kindness Matters!
eastern swallowtail butterfly, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
To conclude a week of posting ducks, and the year, what can be better than this special and very rare visitor? These ducks visit the city infrequently and particularly this location, where they can be photographed at eye level. Admired in the company of Steve Hubbard (flickr.com/photos/30264683@N07), please check out his excellent photos. At the Pool, Central Park, New York.
Regno Unito, North Yorkshire, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Primavera 2021
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, comunemente indicato come Saltburn, è una località balneare a Redcar e Cleveland, North Yorkshire, Inghilterra. Old Saltburn è l'insediamento originale. Le notizie sulle sue origini sono scarse, ma era un centro di contrabbandieri. Nel 1856 il borgo era costituito dalla Ship Inn e da una schiera di case, occupate da contadini e pescatori. Le attrazioni di Saltburn includono l'unico molo di piacere su tutta la costa nord-orientale e dello Yorkshire e il Saltburn Cliff Lift. Questa è una delle funicolari ad acqua più antiche del mondo. Dopo l'apertura del Saltburn Pier nel 1869, si concluse che la ripida scogliera stava dissuadendo le persone dal camminare dalla città al molo. La tramvia della scogliera fu aperta nel 1884 fornendo il trasporto tra il molo e la città.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, commonly referred to as Saltburn, is a seaside town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. Old Saltburn is the original settlement. Records are scarce on its origins, but it was a centre for smugglers. In 1856, the hamlet consisted of the Ship Inn and a row of houses, occupied by farmers and fishermen. Saltburn's attractions include the only pleasure pier on the whole of the Northeast and Yorkshire coast and the Saltburn Cliff Lift. This is one of the world's oldest water-powered funiculars. After the opening of Saltburn Pier in 1869, it was concluded that the steep cliff walk was deterring people from walking from the town to the pier. The cliff tramway opened in 1884 and provided transport between the pier and the town.
This concludes my series I've been posting for the last 3 months taking place at Quoted Memories. I want to give a huge, giant thank you to Elfi Siemens for creating this beautiful sim and supporting my work, you and I have never conversed but I'd love to get to know you one day and thank you personally for making this beautiful, inspiring place. This will not be the last shot I post from here, I'll post my outtakes later, and will continue to shoot more things here as the ideas come, this is just the end of the set and the mini-story I was telling.
Also thank you to all of you who have supported my work the last few months, I felt really inspired while shooting this set and your favs and especially your comments of encouragement mean the world to me. I feel like doing the last two sets have changed me and elevated my skillset, and I look forward to seeing what I stumble onto next.
Lastly, it's mental health awareness month, and I wanted to put it out there that the last few months of my posts have been related to this and helping people see you can go from a negative space to a positive one with the right mindset and mentality. Take care of yourselves, in the end you'll always be your own strongest support system, and do the things that make you happy in life no matter what other people think about you.
Taken at Quoted Memories.
This concludes the pictures I captured in the Badlands of South Dakota. Our final morning had a nice layer of fog creating some nice drama to the area.
It was nice to actually stop and spend some time in the park after just driving by so many times in the past. If you get a chance, put this one on your list of places to visit. Each season brings such a different look.
Harvest operations conclude for the day at Wheaton's Danada Farm.
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 400, f/5.0, 42mm, 1/250s
By Paul Craig Roberts, a Top-tier Officer of the Reagan Administration,who concludes, " More than the empire is dead. The country itself is dead. " And like it or not, it is laced with Obvious Overtones :
thesaker.is/the-empire-has-collapsed/
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Elegy : Feodor Chaliapin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt3YUreCJl4&list=RDvt3YUreCJl...
Vladimir Shushlin蘇石林- The Islet (小鳥) Rachmaninov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwlydp439cI
Nadezhda Obukhova : Glinka Romance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE32wTArmMM
Nadezhda Obukhova : Plaisir d'Amour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCH0DvFxUgk
Elena Obraztsova :
Tosca - Vissi d'arte
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUzXt6EbDJM
Why Is The Heart Beating So Loud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPU8TuFRiNA
Joan Brull : 30 Portraits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juajk3aNNmA&list=RDCMUCWjLl5T...
Russian and Ukrainian Impressionism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1psufJxM0t0
Lev Sibiryakov (Leopoldo Spivacchini) (Bass from Ukraine)
forgottenoperasingers.blogspot.com/2012/03/lev-sibiryakov...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhZVn7pxkUY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvo8K9qddg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yL4K1ifkJs&list=PL77374B4E58...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8QNikFJYs&list=RD7i8QNikFJY...
Opera Diva, Renata Tebaldi : "Un bel di vedremo"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woH96ROG-c
Verdi's Requiem: Confutatis by Nikolai Ghiaurov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xD6H7mYNp4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQhY-NjIZ0
A Persian Song by Rubinstein, Boris Shtokolov, 1955
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcgodcP4N_g
Борис Гмиря - Зоре моя вечірняя
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdER4zWQ-Q
袁晨野 :
《三套车》 / Troika
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDRx1XE1N9U&list=RDlDRx1XE1N9...
BEYOND【海闊天空】
A few concluding pics. I got a kick out of this Vector figure and - honestly - Predator is the only figure I could match him with at the moment as I will be moving to our new house in about 5 weeks (all toys have been boxed). Predator is actually a larger figure than Vector - hopefully not too obvious here.
An extreme aberrant female from Greenscoombe Wood in Cornwall (UK). Walking up through the woodland, I couldn't believe my luck, this stunning beauty was the first Fritillary we spotted as we emerged on to the open hillside! A remarkably fresh specimen for so late in the season!
Heath Fritillaries are prone to a wide variety of aberrations, many of which are named. However, after consulting the 'British Butterfly Aberrations' website, I was not able to find a suitable match so conclude that this is an unclassified aberration. I would be happy to receive suggestions! (8061)
Surely, one might think this lonely place,
a frozen wasteland filled with silent echoes.
The myth quietly concluded from illusion of surface.
One simply need only peer inside the texture of ice.
Within crevices and cracks, a strange inner world of life
slowly breathing, beating, swimming and swirling.
For seeds of dissent spring loudly within the frozen shore.
Continuing the "Nature on Ice" series. Having late night fun with more experimentation inspired by the effects of ice, colored light and perhaps my recent efforts into oil painting.
Thanks for the favs and kind compliments. They are much appreciated!
I'm concluding my BIF series with this shot of an American Avocet shortly after it took off from the shallow waters of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah.
From the Cornell Lab:
"The American Avocet takes elegance to a new level. This long-legged wader glides through shallow waters swishing its slender, upturned bill from side to side to catch aquatic invertebrates. It dons a sophisticated look for summer with a black-and-white body and a rusty head and neck. During the winter the head and neck turn a grayish white, but the bird loses none of its elegance as it forages along coastal waters or rests while standing on one leg."
Today we conclude this series of infrared photographs from the Cataract Gorge. Here the South Esk River can be seen in the lower gorge. The rocks on the left are in full sunlight in the late afternoon.
Concluding the album on the first leg of the 372 km Marskramerpad ( "Pedlars trail") trail. This long distance hiking trail starts at Scheveningen (The Hague) and ends at Bad Bentheim, Germany.
Wikipedia: Marskramerpad (in Dutch)
The full album can be seen through this link.
To conclude this week's series on sparrows, here is a super cute Field Sparrow. This bird allowed me to get close enough (with my telephoto!) for a close portrait. Seen at the Grassy Knoll, Central Park, New York.
Just concluded a family vacation to a beautiful hill station in the lower Himalayan forests. The place has amazing diversity of birds and though I wasn't actively birding - still sighted several new and colorful species.
This is a very common bird in the Himalayan forests. often sighted on the ground in the forest areas and even around villages. These are plump and large birds are sometimes killed for meat. The male is very colorful and easy to id.
This one is a male and the female was a couple of feet behind it. Sighted it on the side of the road foraging while driving to a trekking point. These are popular with photographers due to their rich colors.
Thanks in advance for your views, faves and feedback. Much appreciated.
Another polychrome redevelopment to conclude the theme. With considerably less effort, similar colours can be achieved in Kallitype printing using the ammonium citrate developer, or even more simply in VDB printing. At least there are differences in the subsequent gold toning. The structural change of the silver grain (silver bromide) due to the treatment in the bleach results in a slower reaction in the gold toning. Short toning times can therefore result in a noticeable split tone., because the shadows need longer to be completely toned.
14th June 2015 - British Aircraft Corporation TSR 2 XR220 taken in the morning sun on a rare outing outside her hangar at the RAF Cosford 2015 airshow.
The Following is taken from the museum website:
Although never developed beyond the prototype stage, the British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 was one of the most exciting and controversial British combat aircraft designs of the 1960s. The cancellation of the project is a subject of great debate to this day.
During the mid 1950s, the increasing sophistication of air defence systems led the RAF to consider the procurement of a high speed, low level strike and reconnaissance aircraft to replace the English Electric Canberra. In October 1957, the Ministry of Supply released the first specification for such an aircraft.
On 1 January 1959 the Ministry of Supply announced a design had been selected for production. Christened the TSR2 (Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance Mach 2), this aircraft was developed by a joint design team. A contract for eleven TSR2 prototypes was concluded on 6 October 1960, the first (XR219) made its maiden flight from Boscombe Down on 27 September 1964.
By 31 March 1965 XR219 had completed twenty-four flights, and a second, the aircraft you see here, was to join the programme. Initial reports indicated that the TSR2 was an outstanding technical success. However political opposition to the project led to it being cancelled from 6 April 1965.
This photo concludes this series........
Kihikihi township is located in the heart of the Waipa District, 5 minutes south of Te Awamutu. Waipa District is recognised as one of the countries dairy farming powerhouses and for its sporting success in cycling, rowing and equestrian, and has a long association with speedway.
Kihikihi Speedway Club was established in 1954 when permission was granted to build a basic race track on the Kihikihi Domain. The club is still at that original location, having upgraded the venue for the benefit of spectators and competitors.
In the early years the club focused on the open wheel and bike classes. Today Kihikihi Speedway contracts Saloons, Production Saloons, Superstocks, Stockcars, Streetstocks, Youth Ministocks, Midgets, Minisprints, Six Shooters (wingless Sprintcars), Sidecars and Adult and Junior Solos.
Unlike most New Zealand speedways, Kihikihi runs predominately on Sunday afternoons. This is one of Kihikihi's greatest strengths, creating a relaxed family friendly atmosphere whilst allowing visitors from around the North Island to compete regularly at Kihikihi as most other tracks run Saturday nights.
Concluding photographs from a familiar walk around the RWY, with a couple of close-ups of the local flora.
Concluding my shots from six years ago today, CN 5425 leads the L593 out of Proctor Yard back on the evening of June 18, 2014. This train was delayed with power problems and finally departed with a single SD60 instead of the pair of IC SD40-3s it was supposed to. That worked out for me as by the time CN 5429 departed Proctor at 20:00, the sun had ducked down under the thick clouds that briefly moved in.
CN no longer runs the L593 MRF out of Proctor. The work at Keenan is currently done by L567/568 which still usually use these 5400-series SD60s between Proctor and I Falls.
Concluding my Alaska mini-series with this image of three horned puffins taken on Duck Island in Tuxedni National Wildlife Refuge, Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Concluding photographs from a familiar walk around the RWY, with a couple of close-ups of the local flora.
This will conclude my walk through for Friday folks but had a decent day yesterday and will start them tomorrow. This is and was the first for 2015, again not getting out much, but he looked so proud and majestic I couldn't resist.
Have a great day everyone and as always thank you for stopping by, always very much appreciated.
We conclude our brief tour of PENNSYLVANIA AVE Tower with this view of another eastbound rolling by. Take note the extra long sign needed to put the full name of the tower on the sign. A general order in late 1978 changed the name of the tower from PENNSYLVANIA AVE to PENN, a name the interlocking close to this location still bears today. Downsizing would hit the towers around Pittsburgh in the early 80s, and PENNSYLVANIA AVE would become just another memory a few years after this September 1976 shot.
PC 6171. Pittsburgh, PA.
September 1976. Photographer unknown.
Adam Klimchock collection.
This photo is the last in my series on Savanna. I conclude with a photograph of Savanna's business district looking south at the west side of the 300 block of Main St. It was an early Sunday afternoon when I visited, and the motorcyclists whose bikes are parked on both sides of Main St. were congregated at the Iron Horse Social Club, shown in a previous photo, on the side of the street where I was standing.
Savanna is a river town located along the banks of The Mississippi River and picturesque bluffs of Carroll County in Northwestern Illinois. Settled in 1828 by explorers from Galena, Savanna is one of the oldest towns in Illinois.
The town began as a Steamboat stop for runs between Galena and St. Louis, and grew as a logging, shipping and, eventually, as a Railroad hub. In 1917, the U.S. Army constructed the Savanna Army Depot just north of town. From WWII thru Vietnam, Savanna Army Depot served as a munitions maintenance and storage facility for traditional, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The Savanna Army Depot closed in 2000.
Located on the Great River Road, the city is trying to become more of a weekend destination, like nearby Galena. The city's business district is full of buildings dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. New ornamental lighting, an example of which is shown in this photo, has been installed to complement the century-old buildings.
While the distinction of being the seat of Carroll County belongs to nearby Mount Carroll, Savanna is Carroll County's largest city (2019 population est. 2,717). It also is the only place in all of Carroll County where you will find a stoplight.
Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, UT
Going to conclude my shots from Moab with this gem. After driving 5 and a half hours through the Rocky Mountains and arriving in Moab, we made it to the Green River Overlook just in time for sunset. The light was spectacular as the sun dipped closer to the horizon. Just after the sun disappeared, the sky began to light up. As we were packing up to head back to the car, I saw this scene, so I framed up this shot, took a bracketed exposure and we were on our way. Once I was able to upload the image to my computer, I realized how magnificent it turned out. Moab is a spectacular place and sometimes it feels like a whole different world. Glad I get to live fairly close to this magical place. I would really like to go back one day to shoot it in the snow. For now, I'm hoping for some big snowfalls to hit the Rockies so we can get out to do some serious skiing and photography! Happy Friday everyone, have a great weekend.
Thanks for stopping!
A large boat in early morning moves slowly toward the shore after its crewmembers (about a dozen in all) finished their yet another fishing trip in the deep sea which might have taken them for several days to complete.
Captured in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.
I conclude this series of pictures at Chinese New Year with these two delightful people. They looked so proud having their picture taken at the New Year celebrations
"I conclude that the relationship between brain and consciousness is like that between two dancers who always move together, but sometimes with one and sometimes the other taking the lead." John Hick, the New Frontier of Religion and Science (2006). Fuji X-Pro3 plus Samyang tele lens at F5.6, contre-jour, reflector.
And, perhaps more importantly, why should you think of me?
Concluding my "all shook up" mini-series with this White Ibis putting on a show.
We observed this preening/bathing ibis in the shallow waters off South Padre Island, Texas.
I'll conclude the small critter series with a couple of lagomorphs. Hares, rabbits and pikas make up the lagomorph order of mammals. The largest of the order are hares represented here by the Antelope Jackrabbit, photographed in Saguaro National Park, Arizona. In the background is the trunk of a large saguaro cactus for which the park is named.
To conclude this short series of old Sydney photos, we'll take a look at the restaurant world.
Mr Wong's Cantonese Restaurant is a huge place, with dining facilities on multiple levels. It is designed to reflect two eras in a converted inner city warehouse: Shanghai prior of the invasion of the Japanese and the rise of Communists; and Prohibition era USA. You'll see some photos from the Prohibition Bar, accessible from Mr Wong's via a secret doorway (of course), in my uploaded collage today. merivale.com/venues/mrwong/
We were there for lunch and the food was as spectacular as the setting.
All these photographs today were taken with the natural lighting and handheld by the Panasonic DMC-FS7 compact camera. If you get a chance to purchase one of these lovely little 10MP pocket cameras, in good secondhand condition, I can tell you it will serve you well.
Concluding my review of the year is this Grey Phalarope which graced Cuckmere Haven for a week at the end of October.
Wishing all my Flickr friends and contacts a very happy and photo-filled 2020. Happy New Year.
concludes that it will also make better soup ;-)
H. L. Mencken
Climate Change Matters! Vote!!
acer, japanese maple, 'Nuresagi', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
....concludes my recent publication of his PoW diaries with a final sentence:
"In later life my father liked baking and used to make fruit cake, Suffolk rusks and trifle, although thankfully using more suitable ingredients than those available when he was in the PoW camps."
posted for Looking Close...on Friday! mi nombre es....(blanco y negro) /my name is....(black and white)
I wish he could know what heartfelt reviews his diary account of his experiences has engendered:
www.amazon.co.uk/Till-We-Meet-Again-Gunner/dp/154404870X
Thank you for all visits, comments and favs!
This concludes my brief wetlands birds series. From Conservation International:
"The species found in wetlands are some of the most unique in the world because they’ve evolved specifically to survive in these hydrologically changing ecosystems. Alligators, crocodiles, muskrats, nutrias, fish species and hundreds of birds, including mallards, geese and herons are all found in wetlands. More than half of the 800 species of protected migratory birds in the U.S. rely on wetlands. The vegetation found in wetlands is also unique as they have evolved to survive in seasonally flooded and saline conditions. Some examples include the cattail in freshwater wetlands and mangrove species in coastal wetlands."
One of those protected species that relies on wetlands is the endangered Whooping Crane, shown here near the gulf coast of Texas.
Yesterday I concluded my mini series on warm evening light, commonly known as Golden Hour Light. I thought it would be nice to follow that up with an image that shows a transition from Golden Hour light to Blue hour Light.
Not meant to be a succession of time, as this shot was taken a few days after the previous images,
This is actually looking South West, whereas the sun would be in the North West, but the only warm tones in the sky were here, as the sun's location had completely clouded over.
I really like this one for the calmness I saw in the scene and presence of the last sliver of warmth in the sky, that would soon be taken over by clouds and darkness.
Whether this would be considered golden Hour light or Blue Hour light, does not matter in the least. To me the mix of cool and warm light is what makes the light special.
Concluding two extremely productive days of chasing the Buffalo & Pittsburgh, we catch SIRI passing the color position lights at CP-Falls Creek. The former Conrail EMDs provide some historical contrast against the B&O signal hardware. In decades past Conrail actually crossed the B&O here at Falls Creek, but the line was cast off before the wide cab era and today the diamond is no more.
My largest bird with an insect concludes this series:
Chlamydotis undulata fuerteventurae + Blepharopsis mendica
Houbara Bustard ... with Praying Mantis
Kragentrappe .......... mit Gottesanbeterin
Kravetrappe ............. med Knæler
Hubara ...................... con Diabillo de las Flores
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