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Imagina que un cop de vent de tramuntana banya els ceps de l'Empordà.
Ara imagina que aquest cop de vent es transforma en un vi negre.
"Aquest és un vi únic, fruit d’una climatologia difícil. De ceps embogits per la tramuntana. De raïm beneït pel vent.”
Ara ja pots deixar d'imaginar. El tens més a prop del que imagines.
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"Robats d'estiu" en un dia de tramuntana a la Platja dels Griells/L'Estartit (Costa Brava) CAT.
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Windstrike
Imagine a north wind blow horn strains of Emporda.
Now imagine that gust of wind is transformed into a wine.
"This is a unique wine, fruit of difficult weather. In the north crazed stocks. Grape blessed by the wind."
Now you can stop imagining. You got closer than you think.
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"Stolen Summer" in a day on the beach north of Griells / Estartit (Costa Brava) CAT.
O cais-cais é uma ave Passeriforme da família Fringillidae.
Também é conhecida pelo nome de gaipapo, gaturamo-de-bico-grosso e gaturamo-grande.
Seu nome científico significa: do (grego) euphonia, euphony = excelência do tom; e do (latim) chalybeius = de aço. ⇒ (Pássaro) de aço e excelência do tom ou (ave) cantora de aço. Chalybea faz referência ao bico forte e robusto que apresenta esta espécie.
Características:
Mede 12,5 cm de comprimento. Característico pelo seu bico grosso, vocaliza um “cais-cais” quando está na copa de matas serranas. O macho é de cor azul-esverdeada, com a garganta escura e as retrizes sem branco. A fêmea é cinza-esverdeada, com ventre e peito cinzentos e as infracaudais esverdeadas.
Solitário, em casais ou grupos familiares, frequenta matas altas, capoeiras e plantações. Aparentemente sua população vem declinando com os desmatamentos no Sudeste e Sul.
Distribuição Geográfica:
Ocorre nas regiões Sudeste e Sul do Brasil, além de Paraguai e Argentina.
Fonte: Wiki Aves.
I just got back from shooting for a week in Los Angeles and have to say that the highlight of my trip was shooting industrial stuff down in Long Beach Harbor with Photographer David Sommars. David is an amazing photographer who regularly shoots industrial stuff around L.A. and he shared with me some of the most fantastic vantage points to shoot this sort of photography in Long Beach.
Unfortunately our photowalk around the Port of Long Beach was not without incident. Three times we were blinted while photographing. I've been stopped plenty of times while legally shooting in the past. Most of the times I've been able to be respectful but insistent on my legal rights to shoot wherever I'm shooting. Every so often though an incident turns into a more serious altercation.
The first two times Sommars and I were stopped we were stopped by private security agents working for Securitas on behalf of BP's Carson Refinery. They asked us not to shoot the refinery and suggested that it was a "double standard" that we'd insist on our constitutional rights to shoot in public while not honoring BP's request that we not shoot their facility from a public sidewalk. I couldn't quite get my arms around the "double standard" argument coming from BP. Ironically one of the shots that I took of their refinery was probably the largest United States flag I've ever shot. Let's hear it for Patriotism.
The hassle from BP's agents though didn't really bother me all that much. We were insistent on our rights to shoot the facility and they seemed to understand that in the end there was nothing that they could do about it. Their security guard snapped photos of both of us with his camera phone (and I returned the favor of course) and then they followed us when we left in my car in order to get my license plate, but they seemed to pretty clearly understand that while they were free to ask us not to shoot the plant, it was clearly within our rights to do so.
The more disturbing incident came later when we were atop a bridge, again on a public sidewalk, shooting another plant and long exposure bridge shots. Here we were stopped by real cops this time, rather than security guards. The cops in question were from the Long Beach Harbor Patrol. Their officer explained to us that it was his job to monitor the side of the bridge that we were on while L.A.P.D. had jurisdiction over the other side of the bridge.
Basically the conversation went something like this.
Long Beach Harbor Patrol Officer: "I'm going to have to ask you guys to leave."
Us: "But, why, were simply taking art photographs."
Long Beach Harbor Patrol Officer: "You're not allowed to photograph these plants."
Us: "But we're on a public sidewalk. What law doesn't allow us to photograph here?"
Long Beach Harbor Patrol Officer: "You'll need to come back tomorrow and get a permit if you want to shoot in the Harbor."
Me: "I'm only down in Long Beach for tonight and won't be able to do that."
2nd Long Beach Harbor Patrol Officer (shrugging her shoulders): Oh, well, you're just going to have to leave. Photography is not allowed here without a permit."
During this altercation both David and I were asked to present identification to the police. They used our IDs to run background checks on both of us.
Now personally I have no problem with the cops stopping to talk to us and check out what we were doing. I also had no problem with Securitas photographing me earlier or following me to get my license plate number. But I think that it went too far when the Long Beach Harbor Patrol ran background checks on us and I think it also went too far when they required us to leave our shoot location. As far as I'm aware there is no law which requires permits in order to shoot the Long Beach Harbor from a public sidewalk. And to kick us off of the bridge that we were legally on was not justified and violated our constitutional rights.
We repeatedly tried to argue for our right to shoot at this location for about a half an hour. The entire time the cops were insistent that we were not allowed to shoot there without a permit. David showed the cops in question photos of his on his iPhone in order to share the type of photography that we were after, but none of this seemed to matter. We were on their turf and they weren't going to stand for that. He just kept repeatedly bringing up 911 over and over telling us that we were going to need to leave.
What bothers me even more is that this is not the first time that David (who shoots in Long Beach Harbor more regularly than I do) has been harassed by the cops there. David has had lots of previous run ins there. David told me that he's been stopped about 10 times in the last six months while shooting in Long Beach Harbor. About half of those stops involved actual police in addition to security guards. On one occasion the cops actually handcuffed him and in another incident 4 police cars and a black SUV converged on him. He's also had FBI agents call on him over his photography. Personally I think it's wrong to handcuff peaceful photographers for the "crime" of photography while questioning and detaining.
I've contacted the media relations department at Long Beach Harbor regarding this incident but have yet to hear back from them. I'll post more from them once/if I do hear back.
What I am tired of though is the harassment that photographers face on a regular basis while out documenting our world. Photography is not a crime. 911 didn't suddenly magically turn photographers into criminals. And as long as photography is not a crime, I think that cops, security guards and other authority figures should be required to live within the legal system as it now stands. Maybe some day they will pass a law that shooting Long Beach Harbor is in fact a crime. Or maybe they'll actually pass a law that permits *are* actually required to shoot there. But until that day happens (and I'd be one vocally opposing any such rule like that) this sort of harassment ought not take place. And it's unfortunate when it does.
Update: Art Wong from the Port of Long Beach's Media Relations Department has contacted me and told me that he's asking their officers for information on this incident. I will post any update from the Port of Long Beach as it becomes available.
Update 2: On Digg here: digg.com/travel_places/Thomas_Hawk_s_Digital_Connection_L...
Update 3: The Port of Long Beach's Assistant Director of Communications Art Wong, responds to this incident here.
2018 World Cup qualifying.
Spain-Italy in Madrid, 2 Sept 2017.
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Partido de clasificación para el Mundial 2018.
España-Italia en Madrid, 2 Sept. 2017.
Unhas do primeiro jogo.. esmaltes glitter forte, Hits...
Meio tortinho, mas todo mundo gostou! hehehe
Foto na luz natural..
Policeman near Niagara Falls directing traffic and in this case answering a question from a driver. - Niagara Falls, New York
Northern's 150111 & 150141 speed over Wyke Cop AHB crossing on 23rd April 2022 with 2W13 1230 Stalybridge to Southport.
The flat mosslands and lack of over-line bridges around here mean a pole is a necessity to get any height.
This location and the adjacent AHB crossing of Pool Hey are places I remember very well from the early 90's when I was often out operating either crossing on manual due to them having failed. They are scheduled to be converted to Obstacle Detection type crossings later in the year.
Pole shot.
EDIT - Barriers converted to full OD style in February 2024.
Mow Cop Castle is a folly at Mow Cop in the civil parish of Odd Rode, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The ridge, upon which the castle sits, forms the boundary between the counties of Cheshire and Staffordshire, the dioceses of Chester and Lichfield and the ecclesiastical provinces of Canterbury and York.
Source: Wikipedia
Travelling the railway in the British Rail era
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails around the UK. I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)
In 1983 I went on a tour of all the mainline railways of Wales. On the way back from a few days in Tywyn, and a visit to the west coast of Wales, I took a break at Machynlleth, and of course I had to have a walk around the old shed :)
I was very used to seeing parcels units W55991 and W55992 on my home patch of Southall - they were everyday visitors. However, I was aiming to try and cop two of the other four Western region vehicles W55995-6 on my visit to Wales, as these were the Chester-based units. I was pleased to hunt down one of the two W55995 at the far western outpost of Machynlleth shed :) I found this view of the old steam shed quite evocative of the old railway, especially with the semaphore signal and old cast-iron sign.
Class 128 were introduced in 1959, with ten of the class being built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. They were fitted with two 230 hp Leyland Albion engines which made them very powerful for a 41 ton single car vehicle. The class was built specifically for parcels traffic, and did not feature any passenger accommodation, but did work in multiple with passenger DMUs on occasion. They had a payload of 10 tons, and could haul a tail load of up to 64 tons. The six vehicles for Western Region duties (W55991 – W55996) were fitted with the standard DMU gangways at each end and were initially allocated at Reading (W55991/2) for the London area duties, Tyseley (W55993/4) for Midlands duties and Chester (W55995/6) for Merseyside duties. The four London Midland Region vehicles (M55987 – M55990) were non-gangwayed and initially allocated to Newton Heath for north-west duties. Regional boundary changes in the mid 1960’s saw Chester and Tyseley become part of the London Midland Region. M55987 was an early casualty being withdrawn in 1971 and M55996 was transferred to Newton Heath as a replacement. Then M55996 was damaged in an accident and was withdrawn in 1980. The last members of the class - W55991 & 2 were withdrawn in 1990, and broken up the following year. Unfortunately, none of these unique vehicles was preserved.
Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404, and as such claims to be the "ancient capital of Wales". However, it has never held any official recognition as a capital. More on Machynlleth here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machynlleth
Slides that were nearly lost to oblivion!
The original slide / transparency was rescued from a box of 'dud' slides that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;)
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and standard lens.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/