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Continuing the fox theme as I've spent more time in London for work over the past couple of weeks...
The Iris Griffith Wetlands Park nature walk, is an interesting place at any time of the year. Although it is currently winter, this place continues to show much of what nature has to offer. Whether winged or 4 legged, there is much to enjoy if you just take the time to quietly listen. And, it is remarkable just how challenging that can be.
They seem to be enjoying their vacation in these parts, perhaps the dining is the big attraction, they arrive before 6:30 in the mornings and hang around for 12 hours
Continuing the story of the dark and empty beach under the accompaniment of the crunching pebbles, lapping of the waves and the occasional gull cry....are you having a good summer?
Continuing to review our 2024 travels. We typically visit Arizona in early spring before the intense heat sets in. After a few days in the Tucson area, we head north to Page.
The Grand Canyon is just a short detour from the main highway between Flagstaff and Page. We usually don't do it, but the sky was moody and turbulent that day and I thought some good photo ops might be possible. I was right.
CP grain empties 318-144 continues its gradual climb up the Elk River Valley through the incredibly scenic mountain town of Fernie, BC.
Fernie is one of those rare places where no matter which way you face, the mountain scenery will take your breath away. Apparently many other have noticed this also, as there are several large housing development projects starting and ongoing in town. This oft photographed angle was at the periphery of a construction project when I shot this in late May of 2025. Hopefully the view remains, unobstructed today and in the future.
The parade of sexy models continues with Lizzy Heartsong. I had a great time photographing this beautiful woman with the stunning freckles and sultry tan lines. She brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'pretty in pink'.
A morning in April as Sabrina gets ready to go to work.
She is a shoe designer and the manager of the Shoe Dept at Millard's Dept Store. She is romantically involved with Mark Wahlberg, and has been for a few years now.
" What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation ! "
..........Henry David Thoreau ( 1817 - 1862 ).
.....U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist .
..........Letter June 20, 1843, to Lidian Jackson Emerson from - " The Writings of Henry David Thoreau ".
.....Many, many thanks to all my contacts , friends & all flickr members for their continued support that this image has made Explore. Truly appreciated. So, thanks to EVERYONE. Thanks ALL.
This is the same photo as yesterday, converted to B&W. The original conversion (cropped to 14x11) that I posted a few weeks ago is in Comments. I wasn't trying to copy (obviously), just seeing what I would come up with this time around.
I think I like the original rendition, below, better in this case, at least the toning if not the crop (which had been done to specifications).
Continuing with recent wildlife shots, this American White Pelican flew right by me last month along the shore of a prairie lake. They are fun to photograph - their 9-ft wingspan results in long, slow flaps, easy to focus track. This one did a circle around me before gliding away across the water.
The absence of "horns" - also known as caruncles - on its bill identifies this as a non-breeding individual. They are believed to breed at age 3, so this would be a young adult.
Photographed at Lonetree Lake, near Bracken, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Continuing my snow images, this shot like all my other snow shots is from Cissbury ring, this is across patterns of snow covered fields to another snow covered high point, Truleigh hill, the site of a WWII Radar site now a telephone mast. The mast is visible from all around the area and has two red warning lights at the top.
Tomorrow I`ll follow this image with a different view to this beacon though not with snow.
Continuing on the theme of ducks, I bring you this stunning Wood Duck in eclipse plumage. I have seen them before in eclipse, but never quite at this stage. Compare with the mature plumage seen in a drake on the accompanying post. Admired at the Pool, Central Park, New York.
Construction continues on Crazy Horse Memorial which was started in 1948. Crazy Horse was a Lakota warrior who was born a member of the Teton Sioux Tribe in about 1843. The memorial is located outside of Custer, South Dakota. It is being blasted and drilled from granite. When finished it is planned to be 641 feet long and 563 feet high. To see the show visit www.travelsouthdakota.com/explore-with-us/great-8/crazy-h...
Opteka 650mm-1300mm @ 650mm.
A trip of MACs, 12,600 HP worth lead the 111 north from Seward seen here about MP 88 as they approach Girdwood, AK. Normally this train would stop in Anchorage and be sent north to Fairbanks piecemeal, not today however, as they will make a crew change and continue north to Fairbanks. Traversing the railroad mainline in its entirety, not something that happens often. 5.2.25
Wildlife in Transition continues with a sub-set of Mule Deer shots, starting with this trio. As the first dawn rays spread across the valley bottom, two young ones look to their mother... she will decide if it's safe to continue on... somehow she has avoided being rounded up by one of the big bucks to become part of his harem.
The Mule Deer rut is the last big wildlife event of the year, and I get out there as often as I can between mid-November and the second week in December. I'm still looking for close shots of two battling bucks, something I've seen here rarely, and always at a distance. I like having a blank spot on the map; it keeps me motivated. Maybe next year...
This year's rut had a different look, because there was no snow on the ground until the very end - uncommon in this place so late in the year. Aside from that, the behaviours I witnessed were typical. More to come...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Continuing to mine the great variety of Canadian railroading in the 1980s, we present this view of an eastbound CN container train approaching Montreal on a rolling tangent through Beaconsfield on 9 July 1987, with C630M leading two other big MLWs.
continuing the previous picture www.flickr.com/photos/klovir/3395023659/. Thanks for your kind comments. I think that picture was on explore.
Also, I wanna thank my flickr friends for the encouragement given to me on the previous pictures...I shall continue to do my experiment.
HBW everyone!
in my fave B&W :)
Continuing the theme of Autumn's bounty, this time the gorgeous red berries of the Hawthorn trees. Considering how dry this year has been I'm amazed at how prolific our trees have been in producing their fruits.
Monarchs continue pouring through North Georgia - both at the river and here at home. We had half a dozen Monarchs at the river yesterday and another one at home. We've been getting about one Monarch a day in my zinnias - that's a lot compared to most years. Plenty of other butterflies at the river - so you'll be seeing photos long after they're gone.
>> Monarch on pink zinnia - dangling in my flowers - two days ago
The Monarchs at the river yesterday looked fresh (photos soon!) - they have to make it to Mexico and survive till next Spring. I reached out and touched one of the Monarchs - like touching a miracle in the works. Amazing!
Wagtail. Part of my continuing series with birds on boats, every wildlife image I see is usually a bird on a stick or in what is considered to be the natural habitat of the bird, I have decided to do one with a difference, all the birds in this series are all shot on or about boats.
It's really hard for me to try to explain how hard it is to motivate myself to do any photography these days whilst I continue to recover from my knee injury. Recovery has been seriously interrupted by lockdowns and closures of gyms...indeed, I've not even been able to see a physio for over 6 months. With all of that my fitness has suffered considerably and so even short excursions can sometimes feel like I'm hitting the wall at mile 22 of a marathon. Therefore, the thought of making the effort to climb a hill for photography when the conditions are less than ideal...well, it doesn't appeal.
When on the hill, a different fear now presents itself. Fear of another injury. I used to head out without a care in the world really. Sure, I might slip and fall, but I always felt that I was the master of my own destiny, even in those circumstances...but now it is different. My body just failed when I injured my knee, with very little in the way of warning, just a little knee pain like I've had for years anyway. The actual step I took when my tendon snapped was so incredibly innocuous, it's the type of step I've taken thousands, if not millions, of times before...it was just like going down the stairs at home...but in that moment, my tendon chose when I was alone, on a hill, in inclement weather and without a mobile signal, to snap...not at home, going down the stairs. And now, although the injured knee presents no pain, my other one does, so the fear is that that will someday go too, as so often seems to happen with people who rupture one tendon, eventually the other one ruptures too. Add to that a lack of strength in the injured knee, some balancing issues and a tendency to give way without warning...that all adds up to a heck of a lot of nervousness when going off the beaten track.
The day I took this photo was no different in many ways. I was solo. The weather was inclement. There was no-one really around. I did have some extra protection in the form of a satellite transceiver that enables me to send an SOS and I did tell my wife where I was this time. But with boggy conditions underfoot, it still meant my mind wasn't wholly invested in photography until I'd set up my tripod and decided to wait, in the cloud and drizzle, for things to happen. And so I waited...and waited...and waited. About 2 hours later I felt the subtle change in temperature on my neck as the sun tried to break through the misty conditions. Poised with my finger on the shutter just hoping for the mistiness to clear a little to reveal the landscape, the conditions brightened to the left of the scene you see here until not only were the two tress visible, but also the landscape beyond...and low and behold, a rainbow. What resulted was a stitch pano consisting of 7 vertical frames and 160 megapixels of Lake District loveliness. This scene lasted for all of 30 seconds...and then it was gone.
I don't tend to big-up my photography, especially these days. I tend to work behind the scenes, especially for anything from Snowdonia, where I spend most of my time, refining my project and building, what I hope will be, a quality book. However, when I go elsewhere, it is sometimes nice to share what I captured, and I think even I like this one enough to shout about it.
Ah, Azalea Amore continues as new blossoms arrive and Snoopy has once again found the salvia lyrata, or Lyreleaf Sage.
These delightful little violet bells are always a welcome sight. They pop up usually around our front sidewalk and sometimes even form the most lovely expanse in sections of our field.
So we were quite surprised, happily so, upon close inspection of these blooms to find the most charming little beagle trying to hide inside!
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💐🌷A🌸Z💮A🌹L🌺E🌻A🌼💕AMORE💘💖
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Peanuts
Snoopy
1990s, RM
The Lyreleaf Sage have been featured in Azalea Amore many times and modeled by such luminaries as:
Batman and Wonder Woman in 2019!
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Chun Li in 2020!
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Anova Moretti in 2022!
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And Snoopy in 2024!
Continuing on national tree week - a lovely misty morning in the heart of the Clyde Valley in rural Scotland.
National tree week info www.treecouncil.org.uk/community-action/national-tree-week
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Still continuing my color journey, again farther away than last time. I see that slowing down is even more important with Ektar, since tending to see things in B&W gives a latitude of what to ignore, if that makes any sense. But it's a great exercise to observe once again. Thanks to those flickeranians who continue to inspire!
This will be next to lst folks and will not bore you with any more until my next wonderful encounter with this species.
Continuing?
Hey guys, I need your input on this. Should I try and get back into the hobby? And if I do, should I continue mainly being a customizer rather than a builder or should I try to build more to get better with mocs, scenes, and so forth. I really want to get back I to the hobby of Lego, but just don't know what to focus on.
~Matthew
Been away from my computer a lot for the last few days. Just got back to it. Got sunsets for weather 10a240 looking pretty good I thought :)
Opethfeldt 7 unofficial update WIP
Continuing my exploration of Killarney, I was really surprised at what you could find by wandering around. Lots of little scenes which were really interesting, but also a few big scenes which I wasn't expecting. Who knew you could find views like this in Ontario? I'll definitely be back here!
Taken with a Canon 5D IV and a 24-70 f/2.8L ii. Processed in Camera Raw and Photoshop from two exposure blended images.
Angus, offering up a warm, cuddly, seasonal greeting!
Thank you in advance, for any likes and/or comments. I appreciate our community, and your continued support.
Peace and light.
Continuing on my Japan photos, here's one from another airport, Haneda Airport in Tokyo. I took this back in 2007 as well so I'm not sure if this design is still there.
The Carreau Wendel Museum is the museum of the Wendel-Vuillemin coal pit, in Petite-Rosselle on the Saarland, Lorraine border. Though often in Germany, since 1945 it has been in Moselle department France.
The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
The Wendel 1 pit was closed in 1989, Wendel 2 in 1992 and Wendel 3 in 2001. The first piece of coal was mined in Petite-Rosselle in June 1856, at the Saint-Charles pit. These pits are in France but surrounded on three sides by the national border with Germany. Several pits were dug between 1862 and 1889: Wendel 1, Wendel 2, Vuillemin 1 and Vuillemin 2. Emile Vuillemin was the consulting engineer for Charles de Wendel and Georges Hainguerlot's company- Compagnie Anonyme des Mines de Stiring. The coal produced was primarily used to fire the Wendel steelworks. The company became - Les Petits-fils de François de Wendel et Cie in 1889.
After the Second World War, the government required the industry to triple the Lorraine coal production within ten years. In the 1946 nationalising, the Wendel assets were assigned to public company Houillères du bassin de Lorraine. The Wendel 3 pit was dug in 1952, and in 1958 was equipped with the new wash house 3. The Wendel 1 and 2 pits were modernised and equipped with new headframes. After 1960, the coal recession hit: the company modernised wash house 1-2 in 1962 by creating a new module on top of the former wash house, adapted to the existing equipment. Operations and investment continued up until 1986 when central activities ceased. Some infrastructure continued to be used up until 1989 serving other pits in the Wendel franchise.
The museum is presented in several section. The simple tour shows the life of the miner and the hazardous working conditions. There is then an opportunity to take a guide tour down the workings seeing the machinery current when the last deep mine in France closed in 2004. There is an AM 100 heading machine, G210 electro-hydraulic loader, Electra 2000 shearer and ANF winning machine, roof supports etc.