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The sunrise didnât turn as I thought looking out of my bedroom window at 5:30am this morning, that is to say it looked more promising and dramatic. Thick dark clouds were over head but on the horizon a pencil of light, by the time Iâd had my morning relief I was decided, it was worth a punt. So a quick dress, contact lenses, glass of water and out of the door picking up my camera bag tripod and wellies. Iâm still going out first thing for my walks without Missy, she is usually fast asleep, if she is ever fast asleep sleep. So itâs no problem leaving her with no fuss, but unfortunately my morning walks donât usually need the car, so as soon as she heard the car pull away the winning and barking started, which got Carla out of bed. She is only 10 months old so Iâll give her the benifit of doubt, things could get better, but she never relaxes, a layed back dog, she is definitely not. I had hoped that the overhead clouds would get a nice orange glow but they stayed black. Second negative was that the location I had hoped to photograph had a angler standing on the main platform rock of my chosen composition, a doggy place to get down to but Iâve managed it before so not impossible. I descended into a nearby cove hoping to get an angle on the sunrise which never materialised, this is as close as it got.
If I didn't know better.. I'd hang my hat right there..
If I didn't know better.. I'd follow you up the stairs..
Stop saying those sweet things you know I like to hear!
The horns are blowing louder.. the bailiff's drawing near.
Why do I keep drinking
Wasting my time on you?
If I didn't know better..
But, damn it, I do.
No I didn't go kerb-crawling :-) that's Richard Hooker, the father of Anglicanism:
Historically, Richard Hooker's work during the Reformation helped shape England and make it what it is today. Born in Heavitree during 1554, his father saw service in Ireland, on the estates of some of the great Devon families, including the Carews. The young Hooker was raised by his uncle, John Hooker, the Chamberlain of Exeter and early historian of the city. Their home was adjacent to the Cathedral, close to St Mary Major Church. Hooker was educated at the Grammar School in the High Street before going to Corpus Christi College, Oxford at the age of 15. He was a bright student and before long, was himself a tutor. In 1581 he took Holy Orders.
Queen Elizabeth I noticed his work and appointed him Rector of the Temple Church in London. The congregation of lawyers, judges and members of parliament stimulated his ideas for changes in the established church. He wished to promote a moderate, more tolerant form of Protestantism, open to all for the worship of God.
The statue, which stands prominently on Exeter Cathedral Green, dates from 1907 and is sculpted from white Pentilicon marble from Greece. The artist was Alfred Drury RA (1856-1944), whose work can be seen also at the entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in other towns and cities.
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I didn't go on a safari or to the beach, but it's always fun to watch animals no matter where they are.
The first eight animals is an actual video I found in Canva stock. (I didn't put it together).
Koala and hummingbird are separate Canva stock clips
Audio called "Runner" by Roman P. is also from Canva stock.
The dolphins are my own Magic Media AI clip from Canva. Text prompt - A group of dolphins swimming near the bottom of the ocean.
Put together and edited in Canva. It's fun to coordinate the audio with the clips. I had this on early but needed to change one scene.
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I didn't see the sun for a week while visiting San Francisco - and to be quite honest, I was getting pretty sick of the gloomy skies. That doesn't mean they don't make for great photos, though!
Hampton Creek Cove. East Tennessee. 5/5/2015.
I didn't take the opportunity to go after this species this spring, so here is an image from last Spring that I've yet to post. This was the only male out of six I found that day that wasn't banded. Personally I think this species is over-studied, and I'm not persuaded that all that field study is not hurting this species in some locations, especially in the southern part of it's range which is under pressure already. Such studied populations behave differently than populations that are infrequently birded IMHO.
I didn't expect i will share this photo in such circumstances.
Crocus City stands on the stripe of land outside the Moscow's border, right between Moscow Circular Road (ĐĐĐĐ) and the river. It consists of a few commercial buildings: few malls, oceonarium and finally music hall / exposition hall - a very large pavilion left to the Giant Wheel on this photo.
Yesterday's night it has been under a terrorist attack allegedly executed by 4-5 migrants from Tajikistan and ISIS claimed to stand behind it.
By now the media claim 115 people died and more than a hundred hospitalized, many in critical condition. There is no official info yet but i believe about a half of the victims could die because of the intoxication due the fire caused by the attackers while the victims were hiding somewhere in the building.
This seems to be the major failure of our security services in ages. When Russia got involved in the fight on ISIS in Syria in 2015 the islamists threatened us badly, but backthen a few attacks were prevented by FSB (as i remember also a group of Tajik nationals were caught once). But in today's reality our security services are busy of putting in prison hundreds of people who verbally opposed the war in Ukraine or the anti-corruption activists related to Navalny, as they are now called the "extremists" as well as the LGBT movement etc. Of course they have not enough time to investigate islamic terrorism, even after being warned by US officials. Pathetic.
edit: 133 died by the end of 23.03.2024
I didn't shoot much between Maryland and New Orleans on my way to California. I had purchased my 10 stop ND filter just before leaving and unboxed it for the first time off the side of a road somewhere near Dandridge, Tennessee. I had to stop in DC before leaving and Scotch and I got a very late start that evening. I wanted Scotch to get used to the long days in the car early in the trip so we could slow down and explore on the 2nd leg and this meant little shooting.
After arriving in New Orleans and getting to sleep again in a real bed and eat real food, I set out to explore along the Mississippi River and give the 10 stop filter a try. Some turned out well mostly by accident but the majority were underexposed or not as crisp as I wanted. I never looked up how to use it and figured I'd just adjust like I would with my ND4, ND6, and ND8. It didn't quite work out that well but the really poor weather starting in Texas and lasting until Nevada would've made the 10 stop a windy disaster so perhaps it's good it mostly stayed in the bag.
I found the Hale Boggs Bridge in Luling Louisiana a bit before sundown and spent the last half hour or so shooting scenes in both long exposure and regular shutter speeds. This bridge crosses the Mississippi River in St James Parish and connects Luling (to my back) with Destrehan (facing), two towns I'd previously never heard of. A few of the LEs turned out pretty well but most were very underexposed. There really wasn't enough light left to have used it effectively anyway since it seemed like the ambient light was fading by the second and sort of cancelled out the open bulb. I was fortunate to have taken some of the sky and bridge with no filter attached though and this was one of the first I shot. The sky was the highlight obviously, but I was really drawn visually to the rusting contours of this weathered steel cable-stayed bridge.
Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge
Luling, Louisiana
December 17th, 2015
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It didn't take us too long to be convinced to retreat from the heat of the city and so we traveled out and not too far is the little hamlet of Bluemont Virginia. We visited this area in the winter of 2019 and in the first comment box I am putting a photo of it from that time. I lived near this village for several years but am happy to be gone from there as the whole area has overpopulated. I like the fact that this old and beautiful barn sits right in the heart of the village and appears to be maintained very well. I tried to find out more information about it but was unsuccessful. Another rainy day here which is probably a good thing as I am now encouraged to clean house! LOL
Didn't think the sun was going to appear at the beginning of the day yesterday. Then it poked through for just a few moments and went. Another from Storm Herminia.
From the "we didn't know how good we had it" files...a former Conrail SD60M in fresh YN2 paint leads a solid set of then-new Kansas City Southern Auto-Max auto racks at CP 7 in Bogota, NJ on the River Sub. The uniform cars and clean power give the appearance of a publicity photo, but it was basically a case of dumb luck for me. The Gunderson Auto-Max cars were built starting in 1999 and if I recall correctly the started showing up on the River Line around the time of this photo. I believe they were unloaded at Ridgefield Heights Auto Terminal, as their 20'2" height restricted their use further south. The new third track between CP 7 and CP 10 was in place but not yet in use at the time of this photo. While it was sad to see Conrail blue disappear, I have to admit these SD60Ms did look good in a coat of clean YN2 paint!
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CSXT 8758 SD60M (ex-CR 5505)
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Didn't find a lot of wildlife in the area but did find a butterfly and a pelican.
Oxbow Bend
Grand Teton National Park
I didn't have time to take any bird photos today as ice fishing was on the agenda, so here's a golden-crowned sparrow that I photographed during my arctic adventure to Gambell, Alaska, back in May. The flight from Nome to Gambell was delayed for a day due to bad weather so I had a day to do some birdwatching around Nome. Golden-crowned sparrows nest in the willow thickets right on the edge of town.
Really didn't know what I was going to shoot today as work was busy and the weather dull. Then, just as I was finishing work, I looked out the window and saw some colour in the sky. Just had time to drive up the road and catch these glorious colours over the mudflats.
I'm sure there were many guests staying here but although I was here I didn't fancy booking in!!
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I didn't notice when I took this a couple of weeks ago, but the male mallard is very young, and still has down on his head. I haven't seen one with down and colours before so quite unusual, especially with the sunset lighting the water :)
Didn't expect to see a giant golden teddy bear as part of the Christmas decorations Water St Tampa but here it is.
I almost didn't get this shot. I saw the two gazelles standing at a 90Âș angle to each other, looking in the same direction, and I thought it was cute. Problem was, the male had his head just a little behind the female, so all I could see was his snout.
After what felt like a very long time, the buck finally stuck his head forward just a little bit, and show enough of his eye to make the image far more compelling. Almost right after I clicked, they started moving away.
Tsavo National Park, Kenya.
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I didn't expect to see a short-eared owl in upstate New York, almost Vermont, when I visited in late January. Actually, up to this encounter, I didn't even know that these owls also lived in the New World. So you can imagine my surprise to see this bird when I walked around an almost snowless Fort Crown Point. Granted, this is not one of these great owl-hunting-pictures that I admire here at Flickr and elsewhere, and it was quite difficult to get it into a presentable state as the owl was quite far away from me, there was "heat haze" in the air, and it was quite a dark day. I still wanted to share this picture because seeing this owl was such a surprise that made me so happy that day. Also in the picture: the frozen Bulwagga Bay of Lake Champlain and a slope of the wonderful Adirondack mountains.
It didn't take long for one of GBRf's new acquisitions from DRS to appear locally on the North Walsham tanks and as the company is usually fairly quick in repainting new additions to the fleet it was the sole motivation for the trip to Needham Market yesterday. With glorious Mediterranean style light with not so much as a jet trail in evidence it was a great day to be out lineside. If anything it was a touch too warm in the sun! The North Walsham - Harwich Refinery loaded condensate had been held at Haughley Junction to allow the 17 minute late 4L45 and the following 13.50 Peterborough - Ipswich to proceed first off the Bury line. This of course meant that the following 1P47 from Norwich was a section behind it at Haughley and had to crawl behind it all the way to Manningtree North Junction, losing 15 minutes on schedule in the process. One of my main concerns here though was the frequent lorries on the road on the left kicking up dust clouds as they passed but fortunately the last five all left together as they shut down operations for the day just five minutes earlier.
Didn't expect to see an Osprey that morning, but it picked a nice time to make its way above the tree tops. Caddo Lake, Texas, USA, November 2020
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No, I didn't take this shot of the cottage in New Orleans, but some lovely neighbors did! SO much snow in New Orleans! Had to share their great shot!
Pretty spewing I just didn't get Jake (the singer) in the photo but the emotion in it is just way too good not to upload!
Went to an awesome local gig last Thursday and got to take a bunch of photos I'm happy with! Also got to take photos of one of my favourite bands, In Hearts Wake. Worst part about it was trying to choose a small amount of favourites to upload on here, which clearly I couldn't do so instead there are about 13 or so of them hahah ah well. Makes up for the lack of uploading I've been doing I guess.
This tested the 7d's high ISO performance too, with most of the night being shot at 4000. I think it has done pretty damn well!
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This lion didn't approve of us being there. He certainly doesn't look too pleased in the photo and he made it clear that he was not prepared to take part in a porn film. He even walked right up to one of our vehicles and stared menacingly. I heard later he was staring at David a bearded man (obviously his "mane" was viewed as a threat). The guide bowed his head and kept looking at the floor (obviously in deference to the King). He gave me that same ice cold look from a distance. (long lens at these times a def +). Sent chills down my spine and not in a pleasant way. Even from a distance he was quite intimidating. I developed an even more healthy respect for lions in an instant.
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I didn't plan to wake up at 3:45 this morning, unable to get back to sleep before my working day started, but some ongoing abdominal pain took charge, and that's what time my day started. Our winter in Sydney, Australia, has been unusually dry this year, and our skies have been clear for weeks now. Since I was forced to be awake, I made the most of things and captured some shots of Jupiter, the Moon and the Pleiades star cluster looking delightful in the pre-dawn sky.
I took this photo with my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera and a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens @ f/3.2, using an exposure time of 2.0 seconds @ ISO 200.
Well, we didn't make Rattray Head! To be honest the walk up Dunnideer Hill probably put paid to us making it by a sensible time but it was still a topic of debate for some time after arriving here. The problem was the high cloud we encountered on arrival soon dissipated and it did not look like there would me much of a sunset; so much so that we 'called it' twice, the second time getting as far as putting the gear away. And then, after an almost 2 hour wait, this happened, Subtle at first, but enough to get us interested, the sky then exploded into one of the best shows of colour I have seen in some time.
Didn't quite catch this one right, but the little bee butt is quite cute covered in all that pollen. it certainly has been a busy bee! HBBBT
didn't see (or heard) the expected thunderstorm đ so have to settle for some clouds and the sun.
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With phase one of our SUCT2021 (Screw-U-Covid Tour 2021) in the books and safely home, it is time to reflect on all the blessings granted. Many that we hoped would happen occurredâŠmany more happened that we didnât see coming, as they often do.
When naming blessings, you have to be careful as it is much like that one-minute acceptance speech at the Hollywood award shows I no longer watch. Not enough emphasis on a certain blessing or mentioning it fourth when maybe it should have been second can make it seem unappreciated. Not mentioning it at all can make it seem unnoticed. A major difference in this case, we know that all thanks go to God!
Normally when my Jojo pauses, takes in a deep breath and says âJohn, I have to tell you somethingâ it normally means that my fly is open or that she is about to share a worry that I do not share. However, when my bride hit me with this phrase the other day, she looked much more serious than normal. It was then that she sincerely blurted out the totally unexpectedâŠshe saidâŠand I quote âŠâ Thank you for making me go on vacation!â These words from a true homebody not only warmed my heart, but granted me permission, forever and ever, to plan more vacations. This is what I heard and it is a blessing!
I had hoped to be blessed with great times with friends, good weather & food (mostly on the food) and safe travelsâŠand we certainly were. It was the animal behavior that I was presented with that caught me off guard! I was blessed almost daily with animals I have photographed before but this time doing things I have never seen nor photograph. Yesterday I downloaded 1068 photos, we will start with this one.
Taken on the morning of April 5th, I found myself on a sections of Ft Pickens beach watching Cormorants, Pelicans, Osprey and Eagles feasting on a very large school of fish. The osprey would often dive down, grab a fish and then for the next several minutes battle other osprey and eagles who were trying to take it away. The action was so fast and furious that I had to hand hold my camera and lens in the air, causing both nausea and severe arm fatigue after the first twenty minutes or so of action. Here is one of my favorites from that experience.
Adventure before dementia!
This day didn't go at all how I'd hoped. After driving all the way over to Brewster and having lunch the 221 crew that had been called at noon got pulled to instead grab this skittles power consist and put it on an eastbound unit sand train. Two four packs of nice tigers remained in the yard and perhaps sometime late afternoon or evening they dug up another crew, but the train I'd hoped to chase back to Hartland turned into an eastbound that I took this token shot of leaving the yard. For insult to injury, the Willard crew that came on at 2PM instead of taking a train west got taxied to Willard to get on one that died there and never made it back. Oh well, that's the way some days go. Brewster, OH 3/9/2025
Misty forest scene. Blue Mountains NSW Australia.
2017
I went back to this spot at Mount Wilson a year ago, it didn't look the same, trees had fallen and been removed, it just looked a mess. Change is inevitable, sometimes quickly, and sometimes very slowly.
Stormy Sunrise Over Sunburst Park
I have to admit...I really didn't feel like getting out of my tent two weeks ago when the alarm went off at 4:30 AM. It had snowed a bit more overnight and everything seemed to be covered in ice. But I pulled out the jet boil, made some coffee, and staggered out into the cloudy predawn light. The Nublet might have only been 4 or 5 kilometers from the Magog Lake campground, but it might as well have been on the moon. I forgot to take my 14-24 out of my bag and between the weight of my tripod, new ballhead and multiple lenses, it was like hauling a couple of boat anchors up that trail. I grimaced several times as young twenty-somethings bounced happily up the trail past me as I sat shoving snow in my face to make up for the frozen life straw in my pack.
Somehow I made it back onto my feet and just managed to make it somewhere between the Niblet and the Nublet (I never did figure out which was which) just as the sun broke through, lighting up the clouds and bits of the range in front of us with a brief burst of orange. Suddenly I quite forgot about the fact that I was exhausted and freezing my butt off and spent the next two hours shooting some of the most gorgeous real estate in the Canadian Rockies. For someone like me, whose batting average was now in the minus territory after striking out with 10 days of shooting in the Northwest last Summer, 10 days of shooting the Dolomites last Fall, and finding the entire Western Hemisphere covered in smoke on my 10 day trip through the Canadian Rockies a month ago...this view literally brought tears to my eyes. Every once in a long while, I actually come across a breaking storm with some decent light. As the lady who set up her tripod next to me exclaimed "Thank you God!"
There was indeed much to be thankful for over those 10 days of shooting in the Canadian Rockies. When my shooting buddy Eric and I first arrived, the forecast was grim. Five days of gray skies...right through our time in Assiniboine. It was beginning to look like we might not see the sun at all. Instead, we were treated to just about everything from 4 inches of new snow, to bright sunshine, to some very decent sunrises and sunsets. The larches were just hitting peak color and we seemed to have arrived during a very small window this year between Autumn and Winter. A couple of days after we arrived home, almost a foot of new snow fell in and around Banff, and a second storm dumped even more later that week.
All of this to say, there will be many more images to come. We both had a fantastic time in the Canadian Rockies and we can't wait to go back. Our travels took us from Banff into Assiniboine for 3 nights before heading North to Jasper and Robson, finishing with trips to Yoho and back to Banff. As I told Eric, I paid for this trip in spades when I got back home and had mountains of work to catch up onâŠbut that trip was easily worth what we paid in cash, time, energy and blood. More photos to come!
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