First photos on Flickr

This was the first chance I got to capture lightning. The kids were asleep and as the storm approached it was intense. It produced lots of wind rain and some marble sized hail. It was a bit of a scare and I had to retreat inside from our sheltered deck to avoid damage to me and the camera. After several missed shots and poor framing moved my location to the back of the house were the storm left to the north east. There was little rain in behind the storm but still very much lightning and thunder activity. This was the best of the shots.

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First to Fall by Rick Lloyd

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Happy first day of Fall to everyone living in the Northern hemisphere; happy first day of Spring to those in the Southern hemisphere! Happy Equinox to all!

First YJ60KDO by Mike McNiven

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First Manchester 'Free Bus: Around the City' (Queens Road depot, soon to be 'Go North West') YJ60KDO 49109 seen leaving Piccadilly Station approach out of service

FIRST 61622 by golfsierra999

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First 61622 [SF51YBO] Volvo B10 with Wrightbus Renown bodywork, Glasgow, 28/07/2014.

First Group 31686. by PS_Bus_Driver

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First West Yorkshire: 31686 (P591 WSU) an Alexander Royale bodied Volvo Olympian, painted in corporate livery. This vehicle was captured here in Leeds Bus Station before operating a journey on service X84 to Ilkley.

Date: 16th August 2008.

Ref No. 0017707/CL.

First 36229 BD12TBX by Tim Jennings

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Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 in a driver recruitment livery at Radstock on a 173 to Bath.

First Aberdeen 38210 SN09CCA by HR's Photography

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Some of the Enviro500 running under First Aberdeen are having the branding of The Bridges because the route 1 & 2 are the most frequent services that travel between Bridge of Don and Bridge of Dee.

First Snow by Sara McLeod

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First 36802 YT67XJV by Sid Thedog

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Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC Scania N250UD new 9/2017 as First West of England 36802 Taken on Queensway Newport

First 39000 LJ07ECE by jonathon

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Seen here in Bath

First 36276 by timothyr673

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M A I N L I N E

Coming straight from the preserved Mainline decker, here’s the modern day incarnation of the name, used for the corridor between Doncaster and Sheffield. After being thwarted about half a dozen times by buses in other liveries showing up on the X3, the final arrival I was able to see before catching the train home provided me with what I’d been waiting for all day.

Like Sheffield’s blue and Doncaster’s red it follows the same ‘South Yorkshire Urban’ pattern with the positions of colour blocks and stripes, but in this striking yellow with two shades of red, and a bunch of diagonal lines. In the last upload I said I liked Doncaster red more than Sheffield blue, but actually I’d have to say THIS is my favourite First South Yorkshire livery. In 2021 I briefly caught one of these Mainline Gemini 2s on video and since then I’ve been itching to get a proper photo of one.

The two things that seemed a shame were the lack of Mainline branded buses on the Mainline routes, and that all the X3s I saw were mainly carrying fresh air. Maybe the main stop for Sheffield is not the interchange so it gets busier as it goes out of the city, but since they went to the trouble of providing branded buses with high backed seats operating under a recognisable name it’s disappointing that they then went and stuck regular buses on the route instead. You know it’s meant to be some kind of premier service when one of the upper deck seating rows has been turned to face backwards!

36276 is pictured turning from Pond Street into Sheffield Interchange on 31.5.24. Its main fleet numbers are positioned on the glass and I think these ran in base red/yellow without branding initially, which might have something to do with it. I’m pleased to have finally got a photo of this livery after several years, and am not looking forward to the 2024 purple/grey livery wiping it out.

BD12 TCK

First 39231 BP11JWK by jonathon

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First SN05HWO by tomstransportsphotos

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First Avenue by amee@work

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First Avenue is an iconic club in Minneapolis. It was a starting point for many famous local musicians like Prince, The Revolution, The Replacements, Soul Asylum.

The club was named in Playboy Magazine's Guide to Best Nightclubs in the World at #15 out of 20 in the November 2013 issue. The wall outside the venue is completely filled with stars for famous bands that have played here.

First Avenue - Official Website

First Yorkshire 36269 by David Ashworth

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First Cymru 36213 by Steve Powell

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First Cymru 36213 Volvo B9TL / Wright seen in Landore (Photo By Steve Powell)

first selfmade redscale by Valentin P

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First selfmade redscale, DM Paradies 400, Kodak Retina 1a

First 60647 T829MAK by jonathon

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Seen here in Sheffield

Ex First Leeds by rich-2012

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First Group Buses Wright Gemini Volvos 36208 36210 36211 seen at Hopwood Park Services on the M42.

These vehicles are on there way to Swansea but one had developed problems.

Seen 20/8/17

First Speckled Wood by Miss Flen

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First picture by steve albert

relaxing on the beach ..

Visit this location at Dusk Point Beach in Second Life

First Kiss by Just Storm

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Wanted to capture what a first kiss should make you feel like :D

First Ice by brucetopher

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November 9, 2019

Early this morning, I looked out the back window to see ice on the bird bath. This shot is from later in the day, after the ice melted and then refroze as the sun dipped low behind the trees to the West.

It's our first below freezing temperature this season.

Brewster, Massachusetts

Cape Cod - USA

Photo by brucetopher

...always learning - critiques welcome.

Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.

No use without permission.

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First BD57WDE by caitrose99

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In storage at Olive Grove depot

First Glasgow - SN65OHV by Scottish Transport Man

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First Glasgow Blantyre based E200mmc, SN65OHV (44655), seen on a Sunday 355 to Motherwell Rail Stn.

First Presbyterian Church by jwcjr

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First Presbyterian Church in Athens, Georgia

First date by covert Art

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Tim and Melt go on their first date looks like the flowers worked...

First York 40573 YJ51RKV by Alan Sansbury

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Volvo B6RLE Wright Crusader 2.

Pavemant, York

First Essex 67903 by Stuart Robert Barber

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First Essex 67903 in Chelmsford on service 42B to Galleywood. 25th June 2019.

First Group 39514. by PS_Bus_Driver

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First York: 39514 (YJ70 ETE) an Optare Metrodecker, painted in dark blue and gold York Park & Ride livery. It is captured here on Main Street in Fulford operating on Park & Ride service 7 to York Railway Station.

Date: 18th April 2022.

Ref No. 0042554/CL.

First BT66MRU by Mike McNiven

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First Manchester BT66MRU, on hire to TfGM, at Shudehill Interchange for the Bee Network tour

First 47515 SN64CFP by caitrose99

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First Midland Red 47515 SN64CFP

A Wrightbus Streetlite new to First Midland Red in 2014.

Parked up at Worcester Crowngate bus station.

28 November 2015.

First Blue Jay... by ragtops2000

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The Blue Jay has been very difficult for me to photograph. Just when I have been ready to push the shutter, they are in the air and out of site. They are very beautiful but are also very aggressive and territorial. Groups of blue jays often attack intruders and predators. They often drive other birds away from bird feeders. The blue jay is also very vocal. It makes a number of different calls. I was very fortunate to find Blue Jays hanging around this bird bath in Eastern Nebraska.

Best viewed large.

First 67796 by Andy Chalmers

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Seen in Aberdeen

First YX66WKK by tomstransportsphotos

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First YK57CJV by Mike McNiven

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First West Yorkshire YK57CJV 37129 seen at Rochdale Interchange on service 590 from Halifax

First SK63KGE by tomstransportsphotos

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First Look by DeSouzaLima