View allAll Photos Tagged Effort
Approaching Girdwood you can see this train busted through a few drifts and once they were through the small town of Girdwood there was more to come.
This little fledgling flew up on the table where I was sitting!
Normal clutch size is 3-5, with one egg laid each day. The female starts to incubate once the last egg is laid, and the chicks hatch 13-15 days later. Only the female broods the chicks, but both parents feed them. The chicks are fed primarily on worms, but slugs, caterpillars, and even fruit can feature in the diet, especially when dry weather limits access to worms.
The chicks are ready to fledge at 13-14 days, but if the nest is disturbed, they can leave as early as nine days old. They creep and flutter from the nest, and remain in nearby cover for a few days.
They are more or less flightless at first, but within a week can fly well. They continue to be fed by the parents while they are learning to find and handle food themselves. The young birds will be independent about three weeks after leaving the nest.
Fledged young are often left in the care of the male, while the female prepares for the next nesting effort. Nestlings from later broods can be found until August. There are considerable losses at egg and chick stage, with only a third of nests producing fledged young. RSPB
This short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) finally made it to the best position to launch himself on the suet feeder dangling from a caribou antler, but... though he made a Herculean effort, at this point he lost his footing on the very hard, smooth surface and with a mad scramble plummeted to the snowy ground some 8 feet (2.4m) below.
I haven't seen him attempt this again, though he has come back a couple of times and looked at it from below.
The La Roche lookout overlooking Lac Monroe at Parc National du Mont-Tremblant. A 230m climb over a 2.5km "intermediate" trail. It's even more exquisite in the autumn.
[A two-frame panorama captured with a Fujifilm X100V and stitched and processed in Capture One Pro 22.]
In an effort to get some fresh air, I went down to the access road at CP Cromby just in time for 94M to bring their aggregate loads through on their way to Girard Point. In charge was a pair of SD40Es.
I'm just watching the Snow Storm tonight from my front door. Trying many different types of exposures as people attempt , unsuccessfully to back out of their driveways in the blizzard. I ended up with this longer 1s exposure without Flash. I feel the bullrushes faintly at the bottom add the needed balance for the framing preventing too much negative space. The appearance that there are 3 headlights in play is simply an illusion and merely a combination of both left and right lamps during the start and stop of the slide combining in the center. This gives the impression of a third light. I really enjoyed how the longer exposure shows the falling snow more as streaks than flakes and its contribution to the feeling of motion. Kinda Fun to see the Camera's AE try desperately to figure things out unsuccessfully in the many trial and error attempts to get to this image. I tried several shots in Manual as well but this was the one I was most pleased with. I'm trying to express more of how I see interesting images in my efforts lately and even trying some panoramic shots for personal development.
An HDR effort with some rework - a three shot high dynamic range, processed in Lightroom Classic and NIK Collection Colour EFEX using detail extractor filter.
It was one of those mornings back in August 2013 when the mist and atmosphere was incredible, the sun burst rays through the trees.
Taken on a Nikon D600 which I did not own for long due to production problems which Nikon had to resolve by initially trying to replace the sensor, and then actually supplying a brand new Nikon D610 free of charge.
(I now never buy a new camera when they first come out, wait a few months for any problems to be resolved.)
Image info:- Nikon D600 with Nikon 24 - 70mm f/2.8 @ f/7.1, ISO 400, ( no idea why I had that so high !! ) shutter 1/4000th second ( the highest that camera could manage - goodness knows why but probably the ISO could be a lot lower !!)
Focal length 24mm.
Casualties 54,000 Allied and 20,000 German
It took 4 grueling battles to capture this town in the effort to eventually take Rome. Using a well coordinated combined force of infantry backed up by bombing and artillery, the Gustav Line was finally breached on 14 May. US Fifth Army to the south and west and the British Eighth Army in the center combined in a dual strike while VI US Corps at Anzio finally broke out along the coast and to the rear of the Gustav Line. Allied troops continued the drive north, capturing Rome on 4 June 1944, although most German forces escaped the Allied advance and survived to form new defensive positions north of Rome. Immediately after the liberation of Rome, Operation OVERLORD (DDay) in Normandy further put pressure on Germany.
Picture uploaded by a veteran Hero Browse and Search Thousands of Veteran Uploaded Photos by War or by Branch of Military at VetFriends
Also check out our FIRST US Military and Veteran tribute video on Youtube "What do US Veteran's Mean To You"
There are 8 images in this series - commenting was disabled except for this image- feel free to comment here for any special one you like or “fave” that image.
Before the balloons can fly they must work hard and prepare them - here they are at the stage where they are filling with hot air.
Construction of the monastery complex began in the 1550s. The Dominicans came to Oaxaca and established themselves in Cuilapan in 1550, taking charge of evangelization efforts in the central valleys region.
Cuilapan de Guerrero, Oaxaca, México
in an effort to warm up (doesn’t make it any easier that my husband is there on business right now). It’s hard to believe we have been back in the states now just as long as we lived on that island…time flies but thankfully the pictures take me right back.
It was hard to be positive leaving Atlanta at 3am on a Friday night to drive through torrential rain to Kentucky but it ended up being well worth it at weekends end. Big thanks to Garland and Terry for helping out with navigation and some 'gardening' especially at this spot. It was great to be able to share the fun experiences of this hobby with so many talented photographers on a weekend I won't soon forget.
Here we see four TTI B36-7's roaring over the Licking River with a loaded coal train bound for Maysville.
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
Blatant Efforts.
Philosophische Naturen, die Revolutionen zusammenfassen Radikale Modelle Die Gründe der Symphonie, die dialektische Gefühle blenden, sind die Notwendigkeit der Kontingenz der historischen Kräfte,
conscience chevauchement d'expériences œuvres contingentes possédées contenu actions complètes disparition comptes objectifs contrastés,
noções de antítese individualista essência original necessidades essenciais frustrando indivíduos substâncias particulares práticas habituais existência,
обоснованные моменты независимые формы продвинутые уведомления негативная актуализация полная реальность безразличие другие пункты противодействия,
ηρεμίες έννοιες κατάσβεσης σχημάτων προσπάθησαν συγκρίσεις κρυφές αντανακλάσεις εσωτερικές πτυχές Οι παρατηρήσεις δείχνουν άμεσες σχέσεις,
transformări contrare servitute realitate topirea naturii independență cuvinte acțiuni conștiente întoarceri neesențiale separarea suprimării diviziunii,
乱れた瞬間普遍的な振動反対の質問は真実を除外しました部門の答えは提示された区別無条件の解散が試みられました.
Steve.D.Hammond.
Our emotions
Are only incidents
In the effort to keep day and night together.
Nuestras emociones
son sólo incidentes
en el esfuerzo por conservar unidos día y noche.
T.S. Eliot
While the World enters in the abyss of the full electric without knowing what awaits it...
Octan corporation knows where to direct the efforts for have the perfect mix to try to help the Earth.
Here are links to all my socials. Give them a look ! Links
This young hen kestrel was continually hanging around Minsmere Holidays despite frantic efforts by the nesting swallows and house martins to chase her away. Here she's pouncing on what looked like a large black beetle in the Soay sheep field.
Boy, did this photo take some effort! It's the final result from my advanced astro photography training course in Death Valley, USA.
After flying from Australia, I arrived the morning after Death Valley had a years worth of rain in one night. The place was flooded out and the road officially closed but I managed to get through. The only place accessible was Bad Water Basin.
Captured with my Benro Polaris, this 2 row 20 shot tracked panorama was combined in photoshop using techniques I learnt during the course. Given I rarely used photoshop in the past it was a very steep learning curve.
Overall I probably spent 40 hrs on processing but only because I had to read my notes, watch a few videos, research photoshop help, try it on my image and after I finally completed each little step, write my own notes on what I did for future use. Now that I have the knowledge, hopefully it will only take 20hrs next time.
However, I have to say, I'm ecstatic with the result. The final image is 8.16GB and could easily look awesome on a Billboard. Not sure I'll go that far though 😁. Maybe just a local competition. Thanks to Dan Zafra Photography for the tuition and great week.
📷 Sony Alpha 7Rm5
👀 Sony FE20mm F1.8G
⏱️ Sky 10 images at 90 sec
⏱️ Ground 10 images at 20 sec
🔘 Fstop - 2.2/1.8
️ ISO 800/6400
Denoised in DXO, Blended and processed in Photoshop, final adjustments in Lightroom Classic
Norwich Cathedral has the largest monastic cloister in England. It was constructed as a covered walkway enclosing an open quadrangle, or garth, and connected the Cathedral with the various monastic buildings. To the north the cloister is bounded by the Cathedral nave, into which there are two doors, one from each of the cloister's northern corners. To the east was the Chapter House, long since demolished, the entrance to which now leads out into the Cathedral Close. A doorway, now bricked up, led to the stairs to the monks' dormitory above. On the south side were the refectory and the infirmary. Nothing remains of the latter, but a stunning new Refectory, opened in 2004 and combining medieval and modern architecture, now stands on the site of the former. Open seven days a week it serves refreshments and light lunches, and is well worth a visit. From the west walk a door led into the priory's guest hall, or hostry, and now leads into the new Hostry building, partly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and completed in 2009.
The original Norman cloister was mostly destroyed during the riot of 1272, which was the culmination of a period of unrest over what the townspeople perceived as the unfair granting of landholding rights to the priory. Some of the land involved fell outside the Cathedral precincts, yet citizens living within these areas were expected to pay taxes and tithes to the priory. By the summer of 1272 things had come to a head and a state of siege existed. Efforts to reach a peaceful settlement failed when the Prior brought in armed mercenaries from Yarmouth who arrived by boat directly into the Cathedral precincts. They subsequently sallied forth into Norwich at night, burning and looting as they went. Several citizens were wounded and one was killed. The next day the city authorities called for a muster of men, and a raid on the priory ensued, and it is said that flaming arrows were fired from the nearby tower of the church of St George Tombland. One of the Cathedral gates was burned down to gain access, and several buildings within the precinct, including the church of St Ethelbert and the priory's bell tower, were ransacked and burned. Most of the monastic buildings, including the cloister, were destroyed and the fire spread to the Cathedral itself.
Evidence of this can still be seen inside the
Cathedral in places where the stonework has
taken on a pinkish discolouration caused by the
extreme heat.
It was dark here, it took a great deal of effort to organise a 10 minute shoot & as a consequence it felt rushed. This is in a City of London Hotel in a closed area not available to the public unless....you beg!
The only thing going for this very mediocre effort is the subject matter in the form of a very worn and shabby green livered 40136 approaching Peterborough, 21st August 1976.
Locomotive History
D336 was built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry and is one of twenty Class 40 locomotives to feature the “intermediate” design of nose end, still retaining the gangway doors but fitted with “split” headcode boxes in lieu of discs. This design of nose end was fitted to D325 – D344 and closely resembles the design of the nose end fitted to the first one hundred and eighteen Class 37’s also built by English Electric. Interestingly this design of nose end was superseded on the Class 40 by the final style without gangway doors and fitted with a central 4 character headcode box in 1961 but continued to be fitted to the Class 37’s until D6819 was released into traffic in March 1963. D336 entered traffic in March 1961 allocated to Crewe North MPD. It was to remain in the North West for its entire career with spells at, Carlisle, Longsight and Wigan Springs Branch from where it was withdrawn in May 1982. Apart from 40039 withdrawn in January 1976 still in green and celebrity 40106 which never received corporate blue 40136 would be the last Class 40 to retain green livery. It retained this shabby green livery for another eight months before finally entered Crewe Works for overhaul and repaint towards the end of March 1977. This would prove to be its last classified repair and it would soldier on for another five years until assigned a D exam at Reddish depot in May 1982. However its condition proved to be so poor that the exam was stopped part way through and it was withdrawn. It was broken up in Crewe Works during October 1983.
Praktica LTL, Orwochrome UT18
Wilds of Organica is pleased to present a collaborative effort with NeoBokrug Elytis of Desolate Studios (with special thanks to Gutterblood Spoonhammer for sound support) to produce this set of racing beetles! Fifteen beetles are available, of which two will be rare!
Each beetle is a ridable vehicle and can be used on a standalone basis, but every beetle can also be used with the Wilds of Organica racing system, which we've documented here: www.akimeta.com/organica/?page_id=2043
Of note, on first rez, each beetle will roll a set of permanent stats, which affect speed, accelleration and agility. We recommend playing around to see which you like!
Have you ever desperately tried to photograph a feeling? I do it all the time. ;-) This verse from "Bob Dylan" played through my thoughts as I attempted to capture this image, as a storm approached. Did my best to create an image that appeared to be a pano when not a pano at all. Lol
Hope you all enjoy my efforts....I tried!
I miss fall already. I'm glad I made the effort this year to get out as much as I could around New England.
New England Central Railroad train 611 (Brattleboro to Palmer turn that forwards the connecting 323/324 road freight traffic) has four six motor units leading a big train as they round the curve approaching the Norbell Street crossing at the Palmer treatment plant at about MP 68.2 on NECR's Palmer Sub, the former Central Vermont Railway mainline.
To see this same spot the prior winter check out this shot: flic.kr/p/2nCkWGu
Rebuilt SD40M-2 3476 on the point still has her classic SD45 lines dating from her Mar. 1969 construction for the Cotton Belt as SSW 9058. The old CV never rostered anything like this and the woods of central Mass sure is a long way from this old girl's days of whipping thru Texarkana on the head of the Memphis Blue Streak...but at least she's still earning her keep.
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday October 14, 2022
In his search for food, a large bull bison takes a moment to rest from his effort to plow through an expansive field of snow in the Hayden Valley of Yellowstone National Park.
Many memories , this one is a tough trek , in the dark to start with , boggy , vertical , rocky , as you get up to Tryfan seen from a new angle you so want to take photos , but the goal for sunrise is up and over a vertical rocky ridge, lets face it im 250 pounds and with a full kit pack its a tough trek for me , pushing on as i knew Castle in the wind was close and wanted to be there just as the sun came up , falling as i tried to make some time up by rock hoping , i still have the scars on my shins , Boom !! made it , went with 3 friends , the walk back to the car will remain a pain full memory , tear drop cramps and me sitting on the toilet thinking i cannot get up smile emoticon all my 3 friends did when i told them i had to pull myself up on the door handle was laugh smile emoticon will i do it again ? twice is enough right ??
We build these cold and hardened things, designed to inhibit spirit as much our physicality. Despite the great amount of effort given to this, nature still reclaims it’s domain. Patiently breaking through, slowly covering, there is no barrier that creation can not pass by.
As ISIS insurgents make last-ditch efforts to recapture the city of Mosul, US special forces assist a wounded soldier about to be overtaken by an extremist. (June 26th, 2017)
While this may be fictional, I wanted to re-experiment with forced perspective methods as well as a new method of mine to make more textured walls (seen near the operator with the M249).
I know it's been quite a while since I posted, but I've been much busier than I anticipated this summer, and my basement just flooded, which is where all of my Lego bricks are kept. Disastrous.
Comment with your input!
An Acrylics effort on recycled wood, the Full Moon emits shining beams on the Witch and her Black Cat, where they play in the trees, her witch hat has fallen onto the tree limb, such is her abandon and joy while spending quality time with her beloved pet.
This painting is available Buy-it-Now on ebay. member: art-by-loralai.
Check it out on my blog - www.fairyartbyloralai.blogspot.com
Very quick Powershot effort tonight - just had time for a quick snooze after work (yes, laugh all you like - you youngsters. You'll be surprised how quickly your 'snooze time' comes around!) and now we're about to head out to see Siouxsie play in Wolverhampton (I'll bet *she* had a snooze this afternoon!). I know, so much activity on a school night - how reckless.
See you tomorrow :)
willy wales, a tattoo artist who also does street art, collaborated with elicser elliot and nick sweetman to complete this mural.
Back to action photography. I saw this juvenile Red Tailed Hawk diving into tall grass below from its perched position. A minute later it flew off with a vole (next photo). Downsview Park, Toronto.
It's 4 days before the official end of the DMIR and life finds me at Iron Junction for the first time.
This was long before I put any effort into railroad photography. I was an armchair railfan at this point, but I had acquired a $300 digital camera (a princely sum at the time, I might add) and was living on the Canadian border. I think it was a job interview that brought me to Eveleth, and with some time to kill I decided to go find this mythical place called Iron Junction. I had read about it and seen photos taken there on the interwebs and perhaps, even in a magazine.
As you can see my hunt was successful, as far as finding the location. The photography, not so much. But it did mean I shot maroon paint prior to the commencement of the assimilation.
If it matters, I think this was a Minntac load bound for Two Harbors with a tunnel motor and a pair of SD-M's for power. With the exception of the cars, which seem to be ageless, it is pretty much all gone now. There is still a maroon tunnel motor around but with no straight air it will never get this work again, and the M's have all moved on.
It's a photo that I am extremely thankful to have had the opportunity to shoot, even if it's not much from a technical standpoint. It makes me think of how excited I was at the time. It reminds me of why I put effort into railroad photography.
Another effort of the British Transport Police Turbostar. 170407 is seen at Blackford working the 1T40 1414 Dundee - Glasgow Queen Street 18/3/25. (Taken using a pole)
the effort i went to for this one! i drove along looking for a cow with which i could use the sun as backlight. atlast i came accross the perfect specimen - the biggest, scariest bull with the most massive horns u could ever have nightmares about. i drove until i could chuck a Uie and went back and pulled off the road where it was safe and walked back along the uneven ground in my work boots (unstable). The bulls all stopped to look at me and i wondered how strong a wire fence would be with a bull the weight of a car, with its very own "bullbar" on its head, ploughing into it at top speed. I kept going to try and get a view trhough the brushes to get him backlit by the setting sun. alas... the onyl clear view i got had the sun directly behind him and all i could get was flare. i walked back towards the car and utilised this horse instead.
manual mode
opposite capircorn stud, hume hwy, nsw
I try to do something different and already there are some comments about a recent return to greyness in my photos. Well, this will probably go down as one of my worst pictures ever. I'm really not very good at this macro thing. with today's theme being 'cloth'. This is my effort. The dirty yellow duster with hints of greyness. My excuse? I was weary after a trip to the Dinorwic slate grey. HMM
Now that we all had a chance to relax for a couple of postings, kick back, put up our feet and enjoy some birds in their posing positions, let’s dive right back into the high octane charged world of flight action and observe the Chickadee trying to catch up to her buddy the Nuthatch as he’s trying to hit that wormhole on his way back down south. Will she catch him? Not likely. Two separate portal openings will occur, annoying the heck out of my California friends although it should not be that bad this time around because sound baffles have been installed in an effort to keep the cross border peace. I find myself in an awkward position here, trying to accommodate the natural inclinations of the yard wildlife and at the same time balancing that with the needs of my neighbors for peace and quiet. Kind of like being between a …