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Located : Daigoji Temple, Kyoto. Apr 1, 2013.
Many temples and shrines have been crowded with lots of visitors in the cherry blossom season. I had to wait 15 minutes, because I had the rare chance no people and no plag of party traveler on the road. It is hard to take photos in the congested place...
桜の名所なので、ものすごい観光客数です。人の頭とか、団体ツアーの旗とかがフレームに入ってしまうので、これ一枚撮るのに同じ場所で粘って15分かかってます・・・
The London Bus Preservation Trust acquired a building that had once being part of the Vickers aviation complex, which was based in Weybridge. What became the Cobham Bus Museum was located in Redhill Road. Normally a quiet thoroughfare, Redhill Road became as busy and congested as London’s Oxford Street on the once-yearly Open Day events. Buses ferrying visitors from Weybridge Station would drop their passengers outside the Museum entrance, head empty further down the road to do a U-turn, then head back up Redhill Road to tackle the long line of people heading back to Weybridge Station. Meanwhile, other ‘civilian’ traffic (ie ‘Normal People’) wanted to reach the other Redhill Road attraction, the Silvermere Golf & Leisure Centre. Bus enthusiasts eager to photograph the parade of vehicles added to the congestion.
In this 1985 scene, traffic has come to halt as RTW467 (LLU957) waits for an opportunity to turn around.
This bus is today owned by Lord Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for London (2006-15) and currently Minister of State for Rail. Back in 1985, he was a London Transport bus manager.
April 1985
Yashica FR-1 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
L'orage, c'est le chaos vertical, l'éruption rageuse de l'atmosphère, le jaillissement du désordre destructeur qui propulse vers l'azur l'éblouissante blancheur de ses murailles de vapeurs aux bouillonnements cyclopéens.
Minuscules devant ces prodigieux déploiements de fureur, nous guettons ces congestions dantesques d'un œil à la fois inquiet et fasciné.
Vu de Saint-Léonard (Gers), le 12 octobre 2014.
bangkok Tuk Tuk Driver
Traditionally behold as one of Bangkok's famous and rowdy 'Tuk Tuk Driver' or 3 wheeler transport service provider.It's still very demanding running everywhere in the congested city.
If you are seriously looking for a fast and furious driver? This ferocious chap is the one you shouldn't miss. He is extremely capable with unstoppable gud to cut short your journey for sure and never come cheap at the end of trip, Your day of insurance is in his bloody hand, no precautionary safety measure all at your own risk and responsibility when he accelerate his top speed like a roller coaster to please himself or tourist. Some may find it fun … and I'm definitely ok with it.
Don't just take my words, try at your own risk only,
Nobuo sleeping in my chair in Yubari in early July 2016. You can see the scab from the scratching he did on his ear. He scratched due to tumors on and in his ear, and which probably indirectly led to his death by heart failure (congestive heart disease) in August of 2016. His illness because acute in late July and he didn't suffer very much until the very last days. We kept him as comfortable as possible.
Kyrenia is one of the most beautiful locations in North Cyprus.
The horseshoe-shaped harbour is dominated by Kyrenia Castle to one side; surely one of the prettiest in the Mediterranean.
The town itself was founded in the 10th century BC, one of Cyprus’s original city kingdoms. Its location on the north coast, only 40 miles from the Turkish mainland, meant that it soon developed as a major trading centre. The harbour-front buildings which now house bars and restaurants, were once warehouses, used to store carob and other precious cargo.
Leading off the harbour are the narrow streets of the old town, which are now often congested with pedestrian tourists. Twenty years ago, the town was no more than a fishing village. Today, as with many other Cypriot tourist centres, it has become a modern sprawling mass; its boundary starting at least 10 miles inland. That said, it remains a favourite destination of ours from where to watch the world and his wife go by. With border crossings so much easier these days, Kyrenia should be visited if at all possible.
A drab day at Par as 37670 propels a ballast train over Five Arches within an engineers possession. St.Blazey Yard was that congested a train of Turbot spoil wagons was stabled on the Par Harbour branch.
Madrid 2008- A nudist cyclist takes part on an ecologycal demonstration as she rides through congested downtown traffic
66620 brakes for Acton Grange Junction FLHH 6M17 0853 Redcar to Fiddlers Ferry bio-mass service on 8th October 2018
The logical route for this train once it crosses the Pennines through Rochdale is to run via the Chat Moss and into Walton Yard. However on today's over-congested rails there is no path and so it meanders from North Manchester through Denton, Stockport, Mobberley and joins the WCML at Hartford.
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal in Curdworth in North Warwickshire.
The story of the Birmingham and Fazeley begins in 1770, when the Birmingham Canal Company was seen as having a monopoly. At the time, the coalfields at Walsall did not have canal access, and a public meeting was held at Lichfield on 18 August, to discuss an independent link from Walsall to Fradley Junction on the Trent and Mersey Canal, passing through Lichfield. Opposition from local landowners resulted in the plan being shelved, but a further plan was proposed at a meeting held in Warwick in August 1781, for a canal to run from Wednesbury through Fazeley to Atherstone, which was the end of the Coventry Canal at the time. The plans were changed somewhat in October, but shareholders in the Birmingham Canal saw it as a serious threat.
Two bills were put before Parliament in 1782, one for the Birmingham and Fazeley, and a rival one from the Birmingham Canal for a branch from Wednesbury to Walsall. Both sides opposed the other's proposal, and both bills were defeated. The promoters then opened negotiations with other canal companies, to ensure that when the canal was built, it would be part of a larger network. In 1782, they obtained an agreement from the Oxford Canal Company that they would complete the route to the River Thames at Oxford, one from the Coventry Canal that they would extend their canal from Atherstone to Fazeley, and agreed that they would complete the Coventry Canal's route from Fazeley as far as Whittington, as the Coventry Canal company could not finance the whole route. The Trent and Mersey would finish that link by building the remainder of the route to Fradley Junction. A second bill was put before Parliament, and at the same time, the Birmingham Canal presented a scheme for a canal from Riders Green to Broadwaters, near Walsall, with eight branches, and a second canal from Newhall to Fazeley. The Birmingham and Fazeley was authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1784. The new company and the Birmingham Canal merged soon afterwards, becoming the awkwardly named Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Company.
John Smeaton was the engineer employed by the Birmingham and Fazeley, but work did not start immediately, as he was also responsible for the Riders Green to Broadwaters line, which was completed first. The project did not go smoothly, as there were disputes between James Bough, the superintendent of the canal company, and Pinkertons, who were the civil engineering contractors employed to carry out the work. The issue concerned the cement that the Pinkertons were using. Work on the Fazeley line began in April 1786, with Bough still acting as superintenent, and the Pinkertons responsible for the construction of the section between Minworth and Fazeley. In late 1786, George Pinkerton found out that the levels, which had been surveyed by Bough, were wrong. Samuel Bull, the engineer for the canal company, investigated and reported that Pinkerton was right. The Pinkertons started to work on the project from January 1787, even though the contracts were not signed until May. Bough made a series of allegations that Pinkertons' workmanship and the materials used were of poor quality.
The company stopped paying Pinkerton in late 1788, as the costs were exceeding the original estimates, and the contract was taken away from them in February 1789. There was then a financial dispute over money which had been paid to Pinkerton as "extras", but which the company then claimed were overpayments. Some £2,750 was at issue, and the case rumbled on for a decade, until a court case in 1801 gave him only £436 of the claim. Unhappy with the outcome, Pinkerton justified his position, but his remarks about John Houghton, the Company Clerk, were deemed to be libellous, for which he was fined and spent some time in prison.
The canal was completed in August 1789. The benefits of the co-operation with the other canal companies were that when all the links were completed in 1790, it immediately generated a great deal of freight traffic. This created problems, as the flights of locks at Aston and Farmer's Bridge became congested, and this became worse when the Warwick Canal built a junction onto the Digbeth Branch. The problem was not solved until 1844, when the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal to the south east and the Tame Valley Canal to the north west were opened. The name of the Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Company was changed to Birmingham Canal Navigations in 1794.
Photographs taken by me at Point Pleasant Beach. Shot with the Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM At F/11 Shutter speed 6 seconds ISO 100.
It was quite a nice 4th of July full of crowds of people that wanted to spend their weekend at the beach to see the big show. It felt very pre-covid as the crowds were overwhelmingly congested on the Boardwalk. I shot simultaneously with two cameras. The first camera was with a crop sensor. The A6300 with a wide angle lens the Sigma 19mm. The second camera I shot with was my A7Riii with my Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM. The show was suppose to start at 9:00 PM and eventually started at 9:30 PM. Unfortunately, due to the delay it rained a little bit, and some of my photos will reflect that. However, I found the photos that were affected by the droplets of rain falling on the front lens elements to be characterful. That's is why I have decided to share them rather than delete them.
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Like most, I went to Madurai to see the Meenakshi temple and experience the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu. When my train queued up on the platform of Madurai train station, I knew little that I was about to live some of the most unforgettable moments of my life; and those moments were, as luck would have it, far away from the Madurai culture and its temples. When I look back, Madurai reminds me the house of Joseph Bethany more than anything else in that city.
Joseph Bethany, as I was told, was a social worker. A friend had given me his email, and in a typical indo-hospitality, he invited me to stay at his place while in Madurai.
And there he was. “You are Nav?”, were his first words. He had already hired a three-wheeler taxi, I felt pampered.
“I am a retired priest”, he said.
I figured from the cross he wore that he was Christian. He had black hair and dark skin with no stretch marks. Before I could ask what he did he said “But now I manage a small handicraft workshop along with taking care of the children”.
I didn’t know what he meant by ‘taking care of children’. He looked young to be retired, but not as young to have toddlers.
Madurai is a beautiful city. Especially seen in the night on a three-wheeler taxi. The two-lane-lighted-up-road was behind us as we entered the smaller congested streets with bicyclists and pedestrian sharing the same path with the traffic coming from both sides. I wondered if Joseph lived close to this street as I made a mental note to come back here for photos. While looking at the shops and people I asked him about his children.
“I have only one daughter of my own”, he said with a chuckle, “but we have 28 kids living in our house at this time”.
When my friend had told me about Joseph, and when I spoke to Joseph on the phone, I wasn’t told that he had a private orphanage running in his house. I looked at him in surprise, as I didn’t know that my two nights would be spent with 28 kids (which I totally looked forward to).
He continued, “These kids are from different villages around Madurai. Many of their parents died in Tsunami. They need help”. It was obvious they needed help. I looked outside and Joseph let me have a moment as he realized that I didn’t know about his Bethany Children’s House, and I was surprised.
Light bulbs, hanging clothes for sale, cheap plastic mannequins, round letters of Tamil language and roadside eateries lined the road. Right there our three-wheeler taxi stopped. Joseph’s home was on the top of a row of five small shops. It was a green building. I wondered what kind of a place it would be where a Tamil ex priest lived with his orphans.
The stairs lead to a balcony that had some rooms connected to it. I had taken couple of steps, before help came in for my bag. I travel with less than 10 pounds in my backpack. A little boy tried to pull away the bag to help me with the luggage was smaller than the bag.
“Unna please!” “Unna please!” With a huge smile on his face he was persistent.
More kids came out from the rooms. I wondered if they stared at me with smiles because of my shaggy looks or just because I was a new face for them. Whatever it was, I was the focus of their glare wrapped in smiles for the next three days.
“We want them to sleep on time for school tomorrow” said Joseph apologetically. Most of the children had already gone to bed. The ones that were awake kept looking at me, and whatever I did. There were innocent eyes looking at all my moves without questioning them. I felt so welcomed. I wanted to take photos of the kids when I heard “say good night, say good night”. Shyly they wished me good night. Photos had to wait for the next morning.
Kids had morning sleep in their eyes. But the moment they saw me, their huge smiles came back spontaneously. I had to smile back. Between the two rooms was an open chamber where the elder kids where giving shower to the younger ones .
After getting the soap rubbed by a 12ish year old girl they would walk to a 12ish year old boy who would pour water with a jug from a bucket. While this assembly line of morning showers continued, the washers and the washees looked at me with huge smiles.
The little ones after getting ready waited for the elder ones to dress up for school. They all went to a semi private school across the street that made them wear brown and white uniform. “It is an elementary school” Joseph said “But semi government. We have to pay for each student, but it is subsidized”.
“Anna … (something in Tamil)” they all would say one by one and left through the staircase. Joseph translated “They are saying that you can take their photo after school.” With wet hair and white talcum powder on their dark skins, they all left.
I stayed there for three days. Only on the third day I was comfortable enoughto help them with showers and getting dressed for school.
I never had helped any one with shower. It is a very different experience. I wonder if kids from other parts of the world accept showers the same way as those kids. Their movement was a dictation of instructions to me, for where and when to put soap or water. They would jump briskly, if I put too much water, and stay still with their head pointing towards me if they wanted more water. Rubbing the face and eyes to shed the water off declared the end of their turn. For these orphan kids, showering together was a bond of kinship that filled the voids that the absence of their parents probably created. Perhaps these voids are just my imagination, because they were happy and at home. Perhaps, children have no voids when they get care and love.
In the evenings the kids would go to the terrace to do their homework and play around. Joseph and his wife have assembled a shed of bamboo sticks and leaves as an open-air class resembling those in the rural areas of the coastal India. Some girls took pride and showed me their handwriting in their notebooks. The boys swirled their notebooks on their index finger and were obviously less interested in handwriting. They were noisy, joyfull and carefree. That rooftop didn’t have any sadness which psychologically is associated to the term orphanage.
“They are not fully orphan.” Joseph explained. “Some of them don’t have a father. Their mothers are too poor to take care of them.” We had a nice conversation on Sunday afternoon over a cup of the famous Tamil filter coffee.
“How is it for a mother, who is a poor widow, to give up a child?” I asked. It was hard for me to visualize a mother voluntarily giving up a child.
“It is not always like that” Joseph explained. “Their mothers come here sometimes. We send the kids back to their village for their birthdays. This is another home for them. Obviously it is hard for them, poverty is a cruel thing.”
Three girls came in the room. They put their elbows on the table and started listening to our conversation. They didn’t understand English, but listened very carefully. Joseph talked to them in Tamil, all of the girls wobbled their head, in approval and in synchrony.
In English, he continued talking to me, “Some of the kids are having no parents or relatives. For them, this is their only home.” I looked around the green walls and the grilled windows of the apartment. It was a very comfortable place to live. However, I felt disenchanted with myself. I had never realized that so much help can be given with what Joseph and his family had. Bethany Children's Home stands on the shoulders of a middle aged and middle class income couple. I had planned to work charitably only after reaching at a certain strata of the society. The joy and the smiles of the little girls with their elbows on the table, and faces in their hands, illuminated for me that help could be given incessantly. I didn’t have to wait.
An Image of two halves. The road surface is not suitable for the volume of traffic and the turning out onto a congested roundabout.
The market places in Vietnam are a buzz of activity and color. A stimulation of all senses. Sometimes I was over stimulated by the sight of the meat and the smell of the fish and I am no stranger to Asian markets. But then I am an American who is used to seeing things wrapped in plastic packages.
The Vietnamese love to visit the market every day to shop for the food they will prepare that day. Da Lat is well known in Vietnam for all of the locally grown fruits and vegetables.
I love the girl's painted nails so l left her foot in the image. Markets are so congested that one usually can't isolate a subject easily.
The inspiration for this view came from driving back after photographing diesels at Irwell Vale recently and we just happened to be stopped by temporary traffic lights and watched helplessly as the green Class 24 set off and the traffic lights went to green as well.
So it was one to re-visit and as we came back from a day out complete with bikes in the car it was just the right time to park up and do a bit of photography.
On the left is the old steam shed that survived an attempt to turn it into a restaurant, apparently. Listed status would be good and put into railway use again.
The road to here is okay from the Greenmount area but is a bit of a nightmare from here on behind me as there are twists turns and plenty of passing places. Given the volume of traffic at times, there are not enough and it gets congested.
I was lucky - there was calm and I could access his view point without a load of flustered motorists hammering it down the narrow road!
It's getting rather congested on Plymouth Sound as these ocean-going yachts take part in an offshore race. This was photographed from the Hoe Road at Plymouth, and gave me an opportunity to use my Tamron 18-270 lens at its limit.
In the background is one of the Royal Navy's Fleet Auxiliary ships, the Fort Victoria (A387). This is a 'one-stop' replenishment ship, capable of providing under way refuelling and dry cargoes (i.e. rearming, victualling and spares). It has generous aviation facilities, providing aviation support and training facilities and significant vertical replenishment capabilities. They are capable of operating and supporting several Merlin and Lynx Wildcat helicopters, both of which are significant weapons platforms.
The ship displaces over 31,000 tons and has a speed of 20 knots. Its defensive armament includes two radar-guided 20mm Phalanx gatling guns and two GAM-BO1 20 mm guns.
Lawrence Ave's Uptown theatre district has multiple music venues just steps from the corner of Lawrence & Broadway. Nightlife here is often vibrant and congested, in contrast to the quiet late Summer morning view pictured. History almost cries out as this area's clubs were once frequented by Chicago's famous and infamous, such as Al Capone. Aragon Ballroom lies just past the El tracks.
Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Carris, Eléctrico, Rua de Conceição, People, Traffic, Traffic signs , Traffic lights (uncut)
The Eléctricos of Lisbon are one of the defining factors that make Lisbon the city that it is. Yes, icons they are! Propelling themselves through the congested inner city with its narrow and winding streets full of anarchist drivers and daredevil pedestrians.... it's really a site to behold. The old trams are often loaded to their full capacity and beyond that - some passengers never get it in, just attach themselves to some protruding elements of the Eléctrico’s bodywork . Drivers must me tough yet suave dealing with all that .
These are the makings of the delightful and lifely Eléctrico gestalt with a high density of little instant stories along the route. We walked from the Largo das Portas do Sol to the Praça do Comércio – one of the main arteries of the Eléctrico network - trying to capture these stories and sometimes just suggesting them..
This is the start of a new Lisbon series. In the first two shots I've shown you the Eléctricos in their context, in the next eight shots that context will get less important.
The soundtrack is Oxala te veja (I hope I see you) of Barreiro based Oquestrada, playing an unique and upbeat brand of fado, other Portguese folk music and French ‘pachanka’. Check them out here.
The Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat service operates on the Khlong Saen Saep in Bangkok, providing fast, inexpensive transportation through the city's traffic-congested commercial districts. The service has a checkered reputation, due to the polluted water in the khlong and the haphazard nature in which the service is operated. The 18-kilometre route is served by 100 boats of 40-50 seats, and operates 5:30am to 8:30pm daily. Prices are 8 to 20 baht, depending on distance travelled. The service carries about 60,000 passengers per day. It is run by a company called Family Transport. Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Khlong Saen Saep is a canal (khlong) in central Thailand, connecting the Chao Phraya River to Prachin Buri and Chachoengsao. A portion of the canal is used for public transport by an express boat service in Bangkok.
The canal is lined with concrete walkways on either side in many areas where people stroll. In other areas the heavily polluted water oozes into adjacent properties, especially after heavy rainstorms. The canal is connected to many other canals in a large network, though most of the other canals do not have a regular transport service.
The Saen Saep starts from Mahanak canal or Khlong Mahanak around Mahakan Fortress in Bangkok. In Chachoengsao it terminates into the Bang Pa Kong River. Source: en.wikipedia.org
Singapore flyer cityscape aerial view
Shooting through the thick capsule flyers cabin with ambiance lights that easily cause distraction or reflection is a obstacle technique one photographer had to overcome, another crucial factors are probably timing, timing for a spot on composition which react too fast, too high or too slow probably make u miss the impact full angle as regard as terrfic composition. I seen many including some of my fellow peers had misplace their point with too congested elements all throw into a scene. However, not forgetting timing for getting in to ride the singapore flyers capsule will definitely make you regret if u simply do not know how to calculate, estimate the sunset n the duration cover for the first half ride n the balance half ride facing the fantastic cityscape will also disquailfy ur golden hour shot.
Especially for photographers wanting to ride on the singapore flyer had to acquire some great combination skill of the shutter n iso to play with most of the tricky shot here. Likewise, simply just rely on the modern clever technology setting - Auto mode of any modern camera install will somehow not favoring any quality return as i assume.
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Die Strecke vom Pariser Gare de Saint-Lazare ist eine der meistfrequentierten Eisenbahnstrecken Europas. Noch fahren hier Lokomotiven der berühmten "nez cassé" Generation, neben sehr vielen Triebzügen für den Großraumverkehr rund um Paris. Die Lokomotiven der Reihe BB15000 fahren die Intercité und TER-Züge in die Normandie und sind auch noch vor älteren Doppelstockwendezügen für den erweiterten Vortverkehr eingesetzt. Leider stehen die Lokomotiven bei diesen Wendezügen immer in Richtung Gare Saint-Lazare und sind somit Abends nur mit extremen Frontschatten zu fotografieren oder eben von der Seite. Dies habe ich dann mal ausprobiert und herausgekommen ist, denke ich, eine schöne Stadtansicht im Quadrat.
La ligne de la Gare de Saint-Lazare à Paris est l'une des lignes ferroviaires les plus encombrées d'Europe. Des locomotives de la célèbre génération du "nez cassé" y circulent toujours, ainsi que de nombreuses unités multiples pour le trafic métropolitain autour de Paris. Les locomotives de la série BB15000 conduisent les trains Intercité et TER vers la Normandie et sont également utilisées pour le prétrafic prolongé avant même les anciens trains réversibles à deux étages. Malheureusement, les locomotives sont toujours garées dans la direction de la gare Saint-Lazare sur ces trains et ne peuvent donc être photographiées que le soir avec des ombres frontales extrêmes ou de côté. J'ai essayé cela et le résultat est, je pense, une belle vue de la ville carrée.
The line from the Gare de Saint-Lazare in Paris is one of the most congested railway lines in Europe. Locomotives of the famous "nez cassé" generation still run here, in addition to very many multiple units for the large scale traffic around Paris. The locomotives of the BB15000 series drive the Intercité and TER trains to Normandy and are also used before older double-decker reversible trains for extended pre-traffic. Unfortunately, the locomotives are always parked in the direction of Gare Saint-Lazare on these trains and can therefore only be photographed in the evening with extreme front shadows or from the side. I tried this and the result is, I think, a nice square city view.
De lijn vanaf het Gare de Saint-Lazare in Parijs is een van de meest overbelaste spoorlijnen in Europa. Locomotieven van de beroemde "nez cassé" generatie zijn hier nog steeds actief, naast vele andere eenheden voor het grootstedelijk verkeer rond Parijs. De locomotieven van de BB15000-serie rijden de Intercité- en TER-treinen naar Normandië en worden ook gebruikt voor uitgebreid voorverkeer, nog voor oudere dubbeldeks omkeerbare treinen. Helaas staan de locomotieven op deze treinen altijd in de richting van Gare Saint-Lazare geparkeerd en kunnen daarom alleen 's avonds met extreme frontschaduwen of vanaf de zijkant worden gefotografeerd. Ik heb dit geprobeerd en het resultaat is, denk ik, een mooi vierkant uitzicht op de stad.
Drayton Manor Bridge a folly footbridge on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal on the outskirts of Tamworth in Staffordshire.
The story of the Birmingham and Fazeley begins in 1770, when the Birmingham Canal Company was seen as having a monopoly. At the time, the coalfields at Walsall did not have canal access, and a public meeting was held at Lichfield on 18 August, to discuss an independent link from Walsall to Fradley Junction on the Trent and Mersey Canal, passing through Lichfield. Opposition from local landowners resulted in the plan being shelved, but a further plan was proposed at a meeting held in Warwick in August 1781, for a canal to run from Wednesbury through Fazeley to Atherstone, which was the end of the Coventry Canal at the time. The plans were changed somewhat in October, but shareholders in the Birmingham Canal saw it as a serious threat.
Two bills were put before Parliament in 1782, one for the Birmingham and Fazeley, and a rival one from the Birmingham Canal for a branch from Wednesbury to Walsall. Both sides opposed the other's proposal, and both bills were defeated. The promoters then opened negotiations with other canal companies, to ensure that when the canal was built, it would be part of a larger network. In 1782, they obtained an agreement from the Oxford Canal Company that they would complete the route to the River Thames at Oxford, one from the Coventry Canal that they would extend their canal from Atherstone to Fazeley, and agreed that they would complete the Coventry Canal's route from Fazeley as far as Whittington, as the Coventry Canal company could not finance the whole route. The Trent and Mersey would finish that link by building the remainder of the route to Fradley Junction. A second bill was put before Parliament, and at the same time, the Birmingham Canal presented a scheme for a canal from Riders Green to Broadwaters, near Walsall, with eight branches, and a second canal from Newhall to Fazeley. The Birmingham and Fazeley was authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1784. The new company and the Birmingham Canal merged soon afterwards, becoming the awkwardly named Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Company.
John Smeaton was the engineer employed by the Birmingham and Fazeley, but work did not start immediately, as he was also responsible for the Riders Green to Broadwaters line, which was completed first. The project did not go smoothly, as there were disputes between James Bough, the superintendent of the canal company, and Pinkertons, who were the civil engineering contractors employed to carry out the work. The issue concerned the cement that the Pinkertons were using. Work on the Fazeley line began in April 1786, with Bough still acting as superintenent, and the Pinkertons responsible for the construction of the section between Minworth and Fazeley. In late 1786, George Pinkerton found out that the levels, which had been surveyed by Bough, were wrong. Samuel Bull, the engineer for the canal company, investigated and reported that Pinkerton was right. The Pinkertons started to work on the project from January 1787, even though the contracts were not signed until May. Bough made a series of allegations that Pinkertons' workmanship and the materials used were of poor quality.
The company stopped paying Pinkerton in late 1788, as the costs were exceeding the original estimates, and the contract was taken away from them in February 1789. There was then a financial dispute over money which had been paid to Pinkerton as "extras", but which the company then claimed were overpayments. Some £2,750 was at issue, and the case rumbled on for a decade, until a court case in 1801 gave him only £436 of the claim. Unhappy with the outcome, Pinkerton justified his position, but his remarks about John Houghton, the Company Clerk, were deemed to be libellous, for which he was fined and spent some time in prison.
The canal was completed in August 1789. The benefits of the co-operation with the other canal companies were that when all the links were completed in 1790, it immediately generated a great deal of freight traffic. This created problems, as the flights of locks at Aston and Farmer's Bridge became congested, and this became worse when the Warwick Canal built a junction onto the Digbeth Branch. The problem was not solved until 1844, when the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal to the south east and the Tame Valley Canal to the north west were opened. The name of the Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Company was changed to Birmingham Canal Navigations in 1794.
Few years ago I heard about some pre-historic era tombs near Dera Ismail khan. When I first saw the picture of these edifices; I was totally spell bound. The only question revolving in my mind was that why this marvelous architecture didn’t gain much attention? I wished to visit this place but was unable to find the exact location of it.
Finally I found the place and its direction from Google earth so I decided to visit this place. On 23rd December, I along with a friend left for Dera Ismail khan from Lahore, It was one of the most tiring travels of my lifetime. We failed to get tickets for DIK because of two connective holidays of 24th and 25th December. As a last resort we had option of Balouch Transport; one of the oldest buses on roads of Pakistan. It was fully packed with passengers and even the middle walking corridor was jammed with temporary seats. Neither could I move my legs nor could stand on feet’s because of congested space. But despite of my deplorable condition; travelling in public transport helps you to interact with peoples of all colors & help you acquire lots of information. Adding to my misery; the busses started race; it was fun for some but a fearful experience for soft hearted person like me.
We reached Dera Ismail khan before dawn on 24th December. It was a shivering cold morning. Our friend Karim lives there was our host. He arranged bikes for our further travel. Unfortunately the whole city was closed due to holiday. So it took us some time to start our journey on Indus highway. Our next destination was Mahra. This small village situated at some 40 kilometers south of DIK on Indus highway. Further 1.2 kilometers from village will lead to a roadside sign pointing to take right turn for “Ancient Tombs and Graveyard”. It was a seven kilometer long village road and was full of dirt. A watercourse was running parallel to the road. There one can find Temporary houses of IDP’s (Internally displaced persons) of FATA.
It’s not safe to travel alone on this road. One should take some local along or travel in group. After road there is clump of trees on left. From a distance one can see domes of prehistoric tombs. Once we moved inside that clump of trees. We got first full sight. It was amazing four tombs and graveyard; exactly as I saw them in pictures. I was standing among them. This sight gave me a feeling of inner satisfaction; a feeling which cannot be expressed in words. It was an expression of gratitude to great architectures of that era. Locals called this place “Andiray” which means ‘graveyard’ in the local dialect of Pashto. I started asking questions from myself that who could be buried inside those tombs? Whose graves are these? These all are still unanswered questions. Only Dr. Ahmed Hassan Dani has done some authentic research on this place. Dr. Dani was a Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian and a linguistic. In one of his books; “Pakistan through ages”; he points out that this site must have acquired an important geographical position during the travel of Ghaznvids Sultans to Sindh and Punjab.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was part of larger Islamic empires from 963 to 1187, including the Ghaznavid Empire (975-1187) headed by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. Mahmud is said to have made seventeen raids into India. At that time, North India was divided into a number of Hindu states. On the frontier of India, there existed the Hindu Shahi kingdom which extended from the Punjab to Kabul.
Lal Mahara, site is an important Islamic Architecture site dated back to 11th and 12th centuries A D. The site consists on eleven monumental tombs and more than 120 graves. But only four tombs and some graves in dilapidated condition were surviving at the time of protection while the rest seven tombs were completely razed to ground only their traces are visible. The rest four tombs have been preserved and restored only. Presently the site is well preserved and free from encroachment. Tree plantation as a barrier against weather affects as well as to restrict fresh burial (modern and ancient graveyard) has been provided. However keeping in view gradual development activities i.e. housing and agricultural in close vicinity it is necessary to take necessary measures to safe guard the site from any encroachment as well as bad effect of excessive irrigation resulting water logging in future. Features: Architectural features of these tombs are worth to mention. In these corner turrets have provided to tomb 1 and tomb 2 are square in plan. While the other two are without corner turrets and square in shape. Here cut and dressed brick work have applied while blue color tiles have utilized for decoration purposes. Furthermore, all the square chambers have converted into octagons by producing squenches. Deptt of Archaeology conducted conservation work in a large scale and preserved all these four tombs while domes are missing.
Remarks: This graveyard site is well preserved site. From southern side iron grill has provided while to all four sides plantation further strengthened its boundaries. Moreover a local chowkidar (Gulu) is performing his duty on the site.
Someone needs to pick up where Dr. Dani has left otherwise his work and legacy will be lost. We are yet to discover much more than we have already, but archeology is not attractive as being Doctor or Engineer
Photographs taken by me at Point Pleasant Beach. Shot with the Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM At F/11 Shutter speed 6 seconds ISO 100.
It was quite a nice 4th of July full of crowds of people that wanted to spend their weekend at the beach to see the big show. It felt very pre-covid as the crowds were overwhelmingly congested on the Boardwalk. I shot simultaneously with two cameras. The first camera was with a crop sensor. The A6300 with a wide angle lens the Sigma 19mm. The second camera I shot with was my A7Riii with my Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM. The show was suppose to start at 9:00 PM and eventually started at 9:30 PM. Unfortunately, due to the delay it rained a little bit, and some of my photos will reflect that. However, I found the photos that were affected by the droplets of rain falling on the front lens elements to be characterful. That's is why I have decided to share them rather than delete them.
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The action express itself through a collective experience, photographs that are left are the only proof of it
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Happening is a gesture of eruption into daily life, organized in defined places and times, where the presence of an artistic production is not contemplated, but the event finds its origins following a flowing improvisation that break the mental habits of the viewer.
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giving life to an abandoned place, resurrecting its forgotten glory. 107 will bring together pneumatics and artists for a congested week-end.
Photographs taken by me at Point Pleasant Beach. Shot with the Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM At F/11 Shutter speed 6 seconds ISO 100.
It was quite a nice 4th of July full of crowds of people that wanted to spend their weekend at the beach to see the big show. It felt very pre-covid as the crowds were overwhelmingly congested on the Boardwalk. I shot simultaneously with two cameras. The first camera was with a crop sensor. The A6300 with a wide angle lens the Sigma 19mm. The second camera I shot with was my A7Riii with my Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM. The show was suppose to start at 9:00 PM and eventually started at 9:30 PM. Unfortunately, due to the delay it rained a little bit, and some of my photos will reflect that. However, I found the photos that were affected by the droplets of rain falling on the front lens elements to be characterful. That's is why I have decided to share them rather than delete them.
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I took a rickshaw ride through Old Delhi. The rickshaw driver pedaled through the old congested narrow streets. There were a maze of stores, wonderful aromas of spice and scents and shoppers and storekeepers busily going about their daily lives.
It was a huge confused, but wonderful dose of life in India. Through the huge crowds of people I saw these piercing eyes. I leaned way out of the rickshaw and shot this portrait. I am never sure what local eyes are saying, but I saw the struggle that is every day India, and the pride and endurance that survives.
A reminder that all of my images are copyrighted and are not for your use in any way unless you contact me.
Happy Mother's Day for all who celebrate!
The local cherry blossoms finally bloomed after a late start this spring. I realized while zooming in on the wide-angle image on the computer screen that I was missing out on some telephoto opportunities.
Does anyone have a strong preference for wide angle vs. telephoto for your landscape photography? I tend to prefer wide angle, but as I live in a congested area, I don't always have the luxury of sweeping vistas. Let me know your thoughts!
I have been taking photos as usual; my PC is getting a little congested, which makes post-processing tedious and unenjoyable. I have archived a load of old band photos as a quick-fix, but I really need to figure out how to erase boot master boot records in the near future.
Thought I would take a break from the usual black border and see how a white one goes down :-)
Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Rua da Madelena, Carris, Bus, Eléctrico, People, Heavy traffic, (uncut)
The Eléctricos of Lisbon are one of the defining factors that make Lisbon the city that it is. Yes, icons they are! Propelling themselves through the congested inner city with its narrow and winding streets full of anarchist drivers and daredevil pedestrians....it's really a site to behold. The old trams are often loaded to their full capacity and beyond that - some passengers never get it in, just attach themselves to some protruding elements of the Eléctrico’s bodywork. Drivers must me tough yet suave dealing with all that.
These are the makings of the delightful and lively Eléctrico gestalt with a high density of little instant stories along the route. We walked from the Largo das Portas do Sol to the Praça do Comércio – one of the main arteries of the Eléctrico network - trying to capture these stories and sometimes just suggesting them..
This is the start of a new Lisbon series. In the first two shots I've shown you the Eléctricos in their context, in the next eight shots that context will get less important.
The soundtrack is Oxala te veja (I hope I see you) of Barreiro based Oquestrada, playing an unique and upbeat brand of fado, other Portguese folk music and French ‘pachanka’. Check them out here.
Bearded Iris is a subgenus of Iris in the family Iridaceae. It has been divided into six sections; Pogon Irises, Psammiris, Oncocylclus, Regelia, Hexapogon and Pseudoregelia. Pogon Irises refer to the Greek word 'pogon' for beard. Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
Bearded Iris are identified by the conspicuous "beards" on each of the lower petals of the blossoms. They come in an astounding array of colors and color combinations and bloom from early spring to early summer.
In general, nearly all species of Iris are found in temperate northern hemisphere zones, from Europe to Asia and across North America. Although diverse in ecology, Iris is predominantly found in dry, semi-desert, or colder rocky mountainous areas. Other habitats include grassy slopes, meadowlands, bogs and riverbanks.
Various wild forms of Iris and naturally occurring hybrids form the basis of almost all modern hybrid bearded irises. Bearded Irises are sometimes incorrectly referred to as German Iris. Incorrect because Iris germanica is sterile.
Bearded Irises are classified as Dwarf, Tall, or Aril. These elegant flowers are easy to cultivate and propagate and have become very popular in gardens. They are best planted as bare root plants in late summer, in a sunny open position with the rhizome visible on the surface of the soil and facing the sun. They should be divided in summer every two or three years, when the clumps become congested.
ISO400, aperture f/6.3, exposure .006 seconds (1/200) focal length 300mm
Bus Eireann dual purpose school / service bus Leyland / CIE Metsec 'MS110' orbits Busaras on the bank holiday Friday of 1991 seeking space to pull onto the congested forecourt.
For anyone interested in utterly useless information , rumor has it that Navan is the only town in Ireland that can be spelt backwards !
Scan from a slide.
This was taken the same evening as the European Starling bath photos. The Robins came first to drink then the Starlings came for some water, the Starlings went up into the trees when someone came by on the trail but the Robins stayed and started taking baths. Next thing I know the small area is congested with Starlings. I thought this was a good pic of one of the Robins against the water and autumn evening sun.
A beautiful Church in Florence. The place is so congested that this is the maximum I could get in my small camera.
As I left my friend's rooftop and headed over the Brooklyn Bridge to spend some time in the park, I had a slight epiphany that I have never shot anything from north side of the Brooklyn Bridge, and come to think of it I haven't seen too many others either. I could of course be wrong so feel free to tell me so/share the photos. Perhaps it's the blightly lit congested buildings of the financial district that leads most people to point their cameras in the same direction (I'm extremely guilty of this myself) I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's great to see that old cliche of seeing something new in an area you've visited numerous times still rings true.
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Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Carris, Eléctrico, Largo das Portas do Sol , Passengers, Camera (cut from L & R)
The Eléctricos of Lisbon are one of the defining factors that make Lisbon the city that it is. Yes, icons they are! Propelling themselves through the congested inner city with its narrow and winding streets full of anarchist drivers and daredevil pedestrians....it's really a site to behold. The old trams are often loaded to their full capacity and beyond that - some passengers never get in, just attach themselves to some protruding element of the Eléctrico’s bodywork. Drivers must me tough yet suave dealing with all that.
These are the makings of the delightful and lively Eléctrico gestalt with a high density of little instant stories along the route. We walked from the Largo das Portas do Sol to the Praça do Comércio – one of the main arteries of the Eléctrico network - trying to capture these stories and sometimes just suggesting them.
These are for now the last pics of this Eléctrico series.
And I'm currently very busy - so I'll be less active here on Flickr. See y'all around ! :-)
On BNSF’s infamous Lakeside Sub, a not-so-unusual, yet counterintuitive dispatching maneuver – load upgrade, empty downgrade – an eastbounding empty unit train highballs around Queen Lucas Lake down the low side of Marshall Canyon on the ex-Northern Pacific main while its loaded antithesis on the high side has the lowball at Scribner on the ex-Spokane, Portland & Seattle main waiting for the grainer to clear in order to proceed as the former yet spectacular SP&S main between Spokane and Pasco comes to an end – unfortunately dismantled in the mid-80’s – a mile ahead at Fish Lake Jct. where it will continue its “run” into Pasco Washington on the notoriously hyper-congested Lakeside Sub. (13Feb17 ©)
A young man navigates a tricycle cart through the narrow, congested passageways of Baclaran Market in Manila, where shoppers crowd around stalls selling cheap imported goods. This maze of commerce is as much about bargains as it is about survival—both for buyers and for sellers. The tight corridors, colorful displays, and constant press of humanity highlight the vibrant yet chaotic energy of this marketplace, long known as a hub for affordable goods and a hotspot for petty theft.
One evening, I walked along the street connecting Bangkok and Nonthaburi, citylife was repearted day by day every evening, people were back home and congested together on street.
Sun was setting behind bathing and tinted the street and cars with beautiful pinky orange colors, The air was cooler from the day heat and the gentle wind blew thorugh my face. All of these made me feel pleasant moment and I stopped walkibng to capture the moment.. it's terrible poetry of city life..
Wonder people in the car could see and feel this or not... Just lucky to walk not drive..
Chang Wattana Rd,
Bangkok-Nonthaburi
Thailand ..
(just back to Flcikr after long time leaving, feel rather stranger here.. Try to be back)
Sprinting northbound up a congested North End District, NS 180 (Macon, GA - Bellevue, OH) sports the NS 8102 PRR heritage unit in the lead.
Bearded Iris is a subgenus of Iris in the family Iridaceae. It has been divided into six sections; Pogon Irises, Psammiris, Oncocylclus, Regelia, Hexapogon and Pseudoregelia. Pogon Irises refer to the Greek word 'pogon' for beard. Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow.
Bearded Iris are identified by the conspicuous "beards" on each of the lower petals of the blossoms. They come in an astounding array of colors and color combinations and bloom from early spring to early summer.
In general, nearly all species of Iris are found in temperate northern hemisphere zones, from Europe to Asia and across North America. Although diverse in ecology, Iris is predominantly found in dry, semi-desert, or colder rocky mountainous areas. Other habitats include grassy slopes, meadowlands, bogs and riverbanks.
Various wild forms of Iris and naturally occurring hybrids form the basis of almost all modern hybrid bearded irises. Bearded Irises are sometimes incorrectly referred to as German Iris. Incorrect because Iris germanica is sterile.
Bearded Irises are classified as Dwarf, Tall, or Aril. These elegant flowers are easy to cultivate and propagate and have become very popular in gardens. They are best planted as bare root plants in late summer, in a sunny open position with the rhizome visible on the surface of the soil and facing the sun. They should be divided in summer every two or three years, when the clumps become congested.
ISO400, aperture f/6.3, exposure .001 seconds (1/640) focal length 300mm
A congested Star Ferry Bus Terminus as a procession of vehicles arrives on a baking hot Saturday afternoon in October 1992. Early KMB Metrobus S3M8 from the first batch of 11m tri-axles placed in service in 1986, has just completed its run from Lok Fu on the 7.
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