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Two shot composite of a dart spiraling to the bullseye. I thought it was interesting how the bristle board threw debris on impact. Lit with a single SB-600 snooted with 12 inches of black paper taped to a 3" diameter to create a tight circle of light on the board.
Thanks to my buddy Charles for being uber patient and having to throw back to back bulls when everything was finally set.
This would have been so much easier if I had 2 or even 3 strobes so the dart could be lit from a different angle.
Likely a young male vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum)
Wahrscheinlich ein junges Männchen der gewöhnlichen Heidelibelle (Sympetrum vulgatum)
Last one of its kind in the Dart fleet. 2006 Orion 07.501 working the Route 60. Downtown Des Moines in the background.
Ruddy darter, The ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) is a species of dragonfly of the family Libellulidae. Blodröd ängstrollslända.
Dartmoor National Park Devon.
"Ramblings"
An early start for my trip up to Dartmoor arriving a little before sunrise with a big difference from my last visit, enjoying a frosty start, clear skies and not a breath of wind.
This little area of woodland was very busy with a good variety of birds, but the most vocal being the Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler.
With the trees only just starting bud, I found spotting the activerty up among the branches fairly easy.
This little fella was singing his little heart out and frequently darting out from his perch to grab the insects on the wing.
A shot of the first black darter I have seen a rather small and difficult to spot species on the path
This is a handheld in camera focus stack.
A male Darter roosting on a branch that was overhanging a fresh water pond. Sometimes called a "snake-bird". Best viewed large :)
I've been in the bus industry for some 47 years, and if there is one thing I should have learned in that time, its when to pull the plug on something! The problem is that you feel you have an idea what a bus might require to restore it to use, set off down the path of doing necessary work, but then find more that needs doing . . . and more . . . and more! At that point, you either go forward with it, sucking the financial mop, or you end up with a very expensive piece of scrap.
To cut a very long story short, I'm now the proud owner of a Dart which owes me over double its worth on a good day to a keen purchaser. Its the economics of the mad house.
Ok, the bus has long outasted its intended design life, but it brought it home to me just what a state the modern generation of preservationists will be in as their favoured bus dissolves around them . . . if the electronics don't snuff out their dreams first.
I think its fair to say that only 75% of the chassis under my Dart is that which Dennis put there, the remaining 25% is Reliance Bus Works. Finally today it gained a new MoT though.
This darter loved this plant at the edge of the pond and kept coming back. So I just sat there snapping away.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, Pacific time (Nov. 24 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Harking back to 2013 and an unusual working to say the least on Service 31.
At the end of its life in Edinburgh Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 54 (SK52 OHX) rarely ever got a treat on any route other than Service 36 although this was the one that disgraced itself in Queen Street, stopping all the traffic for an hour one busy lunchtime!
Dart 54 is seen on Princes Street working part-route to Elm Row.
Here we see Stagecoach South West 35171 WA56FKY photographed at Gold Road new large bus stop in Forches while operating Barnstaple town service 11's.
Taken March 2021.
Former Metroline Dennis Dart T143 AUA passing the new Sainsbury's store on Talbot Road on Catch22Bus's service 6.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft onboard, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, Pacific time (Nov. 24 Eastern time) from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. DART is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. The mission was built and is managed by Johns Hopkins APL for NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Australasian Darter (Female) Cormorant: Because of its long and slender neck, the Australasian Darter is sometimes called the snakebird. Usually inhabiting freshwater wetlands, darters swim with their bodies submerged beneath the water’s surface, with only the sinuous neck protruding above the water, enhancing its serpentine qualities. Darters forage by diving to depths of about 60 centimetres, and impaling fish with its sharp, spear-like beak. Small fish are swallowed underwater, but larger ones are brought to the surface, where they are flicked off the bill (sometimes into the air) and then swallowed head-first.
The Darter is a large, slim water bird with a long snake-like neck, sharp pointed bill, and long, rounded tail. Male birds are dark brownish black with glossy black upperwings, streaked and spotted white, silver-grey and brown. The strongly kinked neck has a white or pale brown stripe from the bill to where the neck kinks and the breast is chestnut brown. Females and immatures are grey-brown above, pale grey to white below, with a white neck stripe that is less distinct in young birds. The Darter is often seen swimming with only the snake-like neck visible above the water, or drying its wings while perched on a tree or stump over water. While its gait is clumsy on land, it can soar gracefully to great heights on thermals, gliding from updraft to updraft. It has a cross-shaped silhouette when flying.
Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve, Derbyshire, and is 34-36mm long, wing span 60mm.
Count so far on different Dragonfly species, 3 Hawkers, 2 Darters, 2 Chasers and a Skimmer.
Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker and Southern Hawker - Common Darter and Ruddy Darter - Four-spotted Chaser and Broad-bodied Chaser - Black-tailed Skimmer!
I need to try and photo a Keeled Skimmer, hopefully
Here was Llew Jones Dennis Dart MPD DK56 LWJ was seen pictured by Bangor high street working on route 76 to Mynydd Llandygai as a duplicate bus for the 76 school service due to currant social distancing, infront was Optare Solo SR YJ15 AFZ working on the usual 76 all day service. This bus was new to Raddoneur of Birkenhead in 2006, she was also previously came from Manchester Community Transport (MCT Travel). 9/10/20
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Ex-Cardiff 316 upon return from respray into Catch22Bus fleet livery but before application of fleetnames.
Female Red-veined Darter Dragonfly
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Darters seem to love landing on wooden handrails. This male was quite comfortable with me being around and just after this shot hopped onto my lens before catching a passing small fly.
Pictured in Burnley town centre is this Transdev Burnley Connect branded Transbus Dart SLF 9.8m with Transbus Pointer 2 bodywork. It is registered YJ04 LXR with the fleet number of 708 and is captured working the 4 to Burnley bus station. It was new back in 2004 to Transdev's Keighley & District as their 708.
My first darter for 2023 I think common.
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