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JS 8190 applies the power as she starts the ascent to Xuanmechang unloading facility with a fully loaded coal train from Xjkeng.
To travel all the way from the UK is a big gamble. January or February is the time to go as after this the temperature starts to rise and the smoke plume diminishes.
Sun was expected as was very low temperatures, snow wasn't. What a treat it was that on the fourth day of the trip we were confronted with this winter wonderland vista.
I left China just before the borders closed due to the Corona Virus, I doubt any visitors will get in to China nor want to for many months by which time the steam in the Sandouling region could be finished.
So from probably the last westerner to photograph these awesome machines.....enjoy.
The Corrour Bothy nestled below the SCottish Mountains diminished by their size. Looming behind and still covered in snow is the UK's 4th highest peak of Cairn Toul, standing at 1291 meters (4235 feet).
An odd chain of disparate events brought me to this abandoned house. It may sound redundant, but once again the universe led me to the exact right place and time. I've lost all track of how many times I've written that. I think part of it has to do with listening to my inner voice. Sometimes though I'm just not sure that voice is really my own.
Anyway the proverbial dominoes started tipping the night before and the next morning found me standing here, heart racing. As abandonments go around here, you really can't do better than century homes. To me the Victorian era was the height of architectural style. And finding abandoned houses from this era adds tremendously to the impact. It's like finding the proverbial haunted house from a film set. It's quite overwhelming to encounter something like this in real life. As luck would have it, my arrival coincided with the onset of a summer thunderstorm. The harsh July shadows softened under the clouds, and gusty winds provided animation for the tree branches.
Encounters such as this are never routine for me no matter how often they are repeated. I feel an adrenaline surge, raw excitement not only about the discovery and being here to witness it. But also from the creative standpoint of being able to capture it. And not merely from a documentary viewpoint. Rather an artistic one that will capture not just the physical appearance but the mood and atmosphere as well. My fingers spin the wheels on the camera as I bracket exposures and adjust composition. It's amazing how automatic all of this has become. My attention is centered on the house and the overall scene. I love how the house is largely suggested rather than revealed. The overgrowth is divine. That shadowy porch hints at the darkness that lies within. It's the ultimate dichotomy of beauty arising from utter, forlorn sadness. The house may be dead, but I never felt more alive.
Before the waters diminished, I took a long drive down the Big Sur coast to capture a stream scene in the redwood forest. I'm so glad I took the time to explore a new area and take home this image.
A pair of little grebe (tachybaptus ruficollis) paddling across a very shallow area of a diminishing lake during the dry season. Photographed on Hat Yao Noi, Phang Nga, Thailand.
Night closes in and the lights come on as the well-known sun spot opens to tourists and the COVID-19 threat slowly diminishes.
Water feature in the Kiosk pond at the Christchurch Botanic Garden. It was a shady area filled with autumnal colours even though it is a bright spring day. The Ducks were enjoying their snooze on the sculpture.
"Diminish and Ascend is by Auckland-based David McCracken. The piece is a 13 metre receding perspective staircase made from aluminium, which has been installed in the Kiosk Lake of the Botanic Gardens.
McCracken's expertly crafted sculpture plays with perspectives, taking into account the visual effects associated with simulating distance. By constructing a modified replica of a staircase that decreases in size as it nears its highest and furthest point from eye-level, it gives off the illusion of an infinite stairway to heaven as the aluminum steps ascend into the clouds without an end in sight.
Kiosk Lake, Botanic Gardens, Rolleston Avenue, Central City
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Street Photography in Zurich. I really like the combination of the waiting person in the middle and the two moving parts of the picture.
Beano happily playing, blissfully unaware that his chances of stealing a loo roll are rapidly diminishing.
One of the great spectacles in the Highlands is Slioch towering over Loch Maree. I was on a small hill above Victoria Falls for this one, but even viewed from the A832 in the few miles south of Talladale, the intimidating, fortress-like impression hardly diminishes.
This was another case of being rewarded for a long wait, Slioch finally clearing of low cloud in the couple of hours before sunset.
"Do not be afraid to train people for a mature and free relationship with God. This approach may give the impression that we are diminishing our control, power and authority, yet the church of Christ does not seek to dominate consciences and occupy spaces but rather to be a ‘wellspring’ of hope in people’s lives"
-Pope Francis speaking to clergy and religious in Saint Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava
In Ancient Times it was believed that our Peony could be used to avert storms and tempests Today in the Hortus it rather gathered raindrops. Even in this glum weather, it's a very pretty flower and it's been cultivated for its beauty down through the millennia. And we are indeed lucky that rain has come in our Arid Spring!
Each time a semi tractor trailer rig would rumble across the bridge hundreds of birds would take to the air and then return to their perches as the vibrations diminished.
Today's cars don't have hood ornaments, and I guess I'm okay with that. If today's car designers made hood ornaments, they'd be pretty weak, I'm sure.
One of the last hood ornaments was form Chrysler and it was just a Chrysler logo made of cheap clear plastic that weathered poorly over time.
It could be argued that if there were hood ornaments now, they'd just get stolen. It's true that that's what happened back when they were prominent.
But if every single car had one, there would be much less of a chance of them being stolen because they'd be so common. For instance, why aren't more tires just randomly slashed? Why aren't more windshields broken? Why aren't more catalytic converters stolen (heh)?
We should at least be given the option. Especially trucks, but all cars should have that choice.
The same can go for hubcaps.
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'The Evening Diminished Nothing'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Vericolor III; x-11/1997
Process: DIY ECN-2
Washington
May 2025
The huge scale of the Greenland landscape can be overwhelming and make one feel quite insignificant, as this image of a photographer on the NE shore of Milne Land demonstrates. The snowy mountains of Renland are in background and one of the low Bjorne Islands in the middle. Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.
19/03/2020 www.allenfotowild.com
I don't have words. I'll let this picture my beloved friend Berry took of us recently speak for me, and fill the forever silence.
Goodbye Mr Stardust.
The world is diminished by your loss.
Toldos colocados en las calles de Sevilla para disminuir los efectos del calor.
Awnings placed in the streets of Seville to diminish the effects of the heat.
Even in direct sunlight all day, these icicles remain frozen solid. The gusty winds have diminished but the temps remain around -15C to -20C.
TTP / Lake Ontario
Even on a brilliant, blue sky day, noon time in December takes on an otherworldly appearance. Reminds me in a way of seeing the sun during an eclipse. That subtle diminution of light that tends to destabilize the human psyche. Right now the sun seems absurdly low in the sky in the northern hemisphere. Depending on where you stand, it doesn't even clear the treetops which creates a daylong filtering effect. It seems now there is always something between me and the sun which heightens the effect. Further, the apparent size of the sun has shrunk down a very constricted ball of light. The glare of the summer sun dwarfs this (comparatively) small all of light. This always reminds me of a fake sun of the sort that would hang over the stage in a children's play.
I visit the cemetery often in December in search of scenes such as this. I often shun sunny days during the summer, but find them most desirable this time of year. I come in search of shadows rather than the objects that create them. I wander about looking mostly at negative space, and the effect of the diminished sunlight on the surroundings...seeing not what's here but what isn't here. It's a matter of seeing the ordinary world in extraordinary circumstances, and the way this all makes me feel. I love capturing these seasonal aberrations, in this case being able to include the noonday sun in a ground level scene...a shot not even remotely possible in summer.
A murky scene in the open cast coal mine at Sandaoling as a loaded train slogs its way out of the pit, while in the middle background, another loco is about to push back to the loader, upper right of the picture.
Reports suggest that this has all finished (in April this year) and the diminishing reserves of coal are being taken from the pit by conveyors and trucks.
The world’s last great steam spectacle has finally ended.
Sandaoling. Xinjiang, China. January 2014. © David Hill.
What was once a large expanse of track over the Portland waterfront has been diminished to this single track running out to the remains of the old Portland Terminal Yard Eight. For a while, there was only a propane facility to sustain it, then the state decided to put an intermodal facility in. Now PO-7 runs out to Yard Eight most days to switch out the three cars of spines that are loaded with Poland Springs water, destined for markets in Massachusetts. B&M GP40 330 powers switcher 7 today as they ease over the east leg of the wye, before backing into Rigby.
[Female Warblers of 2020] The warblerette shows a much diminished hood and only a hint of a black throat compared to the male. Seen at Stinchfield Woods.
…heather is blooming!
My enthusiasm was only diminished by the bite of a poisonous black fly that made my left forearm swell like Popeye's.
The Elks Lodge
138 State Street, west of the Wellington, the Elks Lodge No. 49 was built between 1911–13 and dedicated in 1914
The Wellington :
The person who most shaped the Wellington was Claude J. Holder (1876-1950), who purchased the original 17 room hotel in 1911 and expanded it to over 400 rooms with a "built-in garage". In 1959, business was still good enough for Carter Hotels to pay Holding's heirs $1,500,000 for the hotel under a contract which obligated the purchaser to provide a television set and air conditioning in every room. Although the appeal of lodging downtown was already diminishing, the Wellington stayed open until the mid-1980s.
Some time ago when we were in Vancouver, BC, I wanted to capture this artistic structure. Hours around it and literally a hundred shots from all angles, this is one of two finalists. The silver metal table and chairs were a strong eye catching element I wanted surrounded with the red "rings" of diminishing size. It could still be better so when we again visit Vancouver, there is a challenge in mind. The second finalist will be posted tomorrow.
Change of Season
The diminished sun rays through the darkening storm clouds gave this scene a surreal painterly feel. How is it that maple groves always look so neat and tidy? Even with the fallen leaves it has a natural order to it.
Song and title by Foghat - 1975
A small sliver of the downtown Bangkok skyline as seen from the Iconsiam (mall) in Thonburi.
One reason I love Bangkok is that it is so lively, noisy and often chaotic which is also why I would find it hard to live there. Never pass up a chance to visit this vibrant city though!
Sorry, commenting has been disabled, but does not diminish my appreciation for your visit. Thank you!
The only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge. Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade. The historical and architectural importance of the bridge and its rarity are reflected in its status as a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building. The bridge crosses the River Monnow (Afon Mynwy) 500 metres (1,600 ft) above its confluence with the River Wye.
Monmouth had been a significant border settlement since the Roman occupation of Britain, when it was the site of the fort of Blestium. The River Wye may have been bridged at this time but the Monnow, being easily fordable, appears not to have had a crossing until after the Norman Conquest. According to the local tradition, construction of Monnow Bridge began in 1272 to replace a 12th-century Norman timber bridge. Through the medieval era, the English Civil War, and the Chartist uprising, the bridge played a significant, if ineffectual, role in defending Monmouth. It also served as a gaol, a munitions store, a lodge, an advertising hoarding, a focus for celebrations and, most significantly, as a toll gate. Much of the medieval development of Monmouth was funded by the taxes and tolls the borough was entitled to raise through royal charter. The tolls were collected through control of the points of entry to the town, including the gatehouse on Monnow Bridge.
Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished......Michael Strassfeld
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