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With a weather forecast of rain and snow for the following two or three days, there were a couple of places that I thought I had better get to on Saturday, 6 September 2014. (Little did we all know that we were in for two days of heavy snowfall that has caused a huge amount of damage to thousands of trees and shrubs throughout the city.) The first place I wanted to get to was Brown-Lowery, to check if there were any mushrooms. I was there recently, and only found a couple of things.
On 6 September, it was a little more rewarding and I found several large clusters of tiny mushrooms growing on tree stumps or at the base of trees and various tiny mushrooms growing in the moss, including the small, white one in the macro shot above. Also found several patches of bright orange Coral Fungi. Quite a few people were in the park, so I felt safer going a very short way in. Far enough, as it turned out, to watch an adult and a juvenile Three-toed Woodpecker, feeding together on a tree trunk. The young one was copying Mom or Dad, but its soft squeaking sound resulted in the adult feeding it, too. This Woodpecker species seems to be reasonably tolerant of people. They are rare birds here, so I feel very lucky to have seen these two and any others in the past.
On the way home, I decided to call in at Fish Creek Park, hoping to find a Beaver or a Mink that a friend had told me about (thanks, Phil!). Though I did see a couple of Beavers, I wasn't able to get a decent photo of them. One of them was a huge animal - this was the one that was very recently found in a trap, biting off one of its front legs that was caught in the trap. Someone had been there when this was happening and she made several reports about it. Thanks, Linda, for doing this. Such a cruel way to deal with any Beaver problem! The now three-legged animal seems to be doing OK. I was luckier with the Mink, catching it in a couple of quick shots.
On the walk back to my car, I was lucky enough to see a distant doe and two fawns. Apparently, she had three young ones, so we were wondering if something had happened to one of them. Maybe a Coyote?
It may be October, but a beautiful sunny afternoon as the Stena Forecaster leaves Dublin bound for Liverpool with a full load on the 1500 hrs sailing.
Stena Forecaster replaced Masida on charter to P & O Ferries for the Liverpool route.
Sister ship Stena Foreteller will begin a new charter from Rosslare to Cherbourg alongside the Stena Horizon in January 2020.
The Stena Forecaster now joins the Stena Carrier & Stena Foreteller as visitors to Dublin Port in recent years on various charters by Stena Ro Ro.
This is the #StenaForecaster
Vorticity can be thought of as the tendency of a paddlewheel to spin if placed in the flow. High vorticity is a large counter-clockwise spin, zero vorticity is no spin, and a large negative vorticity is a tendency to spin clockwise.
The globes are viewed from 30 deg north latitude. On the Mercator plots, red arrows show the velocity vectors. Wind speeds peak at over 1 km per second.
Shown are HAT-P-2b, HD 80606b, and HD 185269 b
We have had a rather pleasant spell of sunny weather but it looks like its come to an end. We had rain last night and strong winds are forecast for the rest of the week! But it was nice while it lasted!
The sun actually came out this afternoon. Lovely light. Had I had more faith in the forecast, I would have brought slide film.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
As the sea gets warmer some fish species move to deeper colder waters. This creates problems for some seabird species, like this kittiwake, that can't dive deep.
The weather forecast for the last few days has been suggesting wall to wall sunshine for today, but I woke up to grey skies which persisted until 2pm or more. Godalming has nice old bare trees so I thought they may make a good subject for today.
However, this shot was taken in the opposite direction where the sun appeared through nature's veil.
Not everyone will know of Beth Nielsen Chapman, but I was fortunate enough to see her in Birmingham in 2014. This is probably my favourite song of hers and I have been on the lookout for an image to go with this song for many years.
Godalming, Surrey
31st December 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psg1vklNQq0
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Lith print (8x12cm) using Moersch Easy Lith 20+20+960 on expired Kodabrome II.
Notes: generous overexposure of 3-4 stops at least, followed by relatively short development time (for Lith).
Camera: Nikon F2 (1976) with Nikkor 50mm/f1.8 AI
The weather forecast did not disappoint and the walk to the top in the dark to catch the winters sunrise hitting Pen Y Fan and Corn Du was fantastic and a morning I shall not forget
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The forecast is not for a serious storm, but it will be blowy enough for me to put my storm flag up, the trust pirate jolly roger. I cut the edge off it and put some grapeshot holes in it to reduce its wind resistance: I don't want a snapped flagpole.
It seems, since my youth, I have become a vexillophile. It's not serious but I am quite passionate about flying the flag for the nationality of the guests about to arrive at our B&B, as a welcome. I find smaller nations, or newer countries seem to be touched by the gesture. Swiss, Belgians, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Catalonians, etc. But I have no desire to fly Ukrainian or Palestinian flags. I won't join those bandwagons, although the Ukrainian one left a few years ago. Only the Palestinian, Hamas supporting one, lives on to annoy us. But my habit of displaying the national flag of our guests now causes a dilemma or two. We have Russian guests booked to arrive at the same time as VIP Finnish visitors. The Finns hate the aggressor Russians and all things Putin. I've already decided the Finnish flag takes precedence over the Russian flag. I'm not being political, but I'm not flying the flag of a country we are virtually at war with. It's an easy choice. Harder, though, is what I do when we have Israeli guests arrive in August. I would happily fly their flag, but in a country where so many including our BBC seem to sympathise with terrorists who have declared their intention to commit genocide and destroy Israel and their people, and the British Police who side with Palestinian flag waving activists and agitators, is it safe for me to extend such a welcome? Or do I continue to fly my pirate flag and tell them to take a leap off the plank? Opinions invited
Humber , Thames south veering southeast 4 or 5 squally showers.
Plymouth ,Lundy rain , poor becoming moderate ............AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY YELLOW BINS IN THE THAMES AREA !!!!!
" SLATER STREET " , LIVERPOOL.
This was shot near the Cypress Hills (in the background) in Southwest Saskatchewan. I ran PS autolevels on the sky and landscape selectively. Otherwise, no other alterations.
Cloudy, hot, humid, momentary views of the 2017 Total Eclipse that only will get to 70% in Houston. That's okay, we thought about flying to South Carolina or Tennessee but we decided it couldn't be any better than the one we saw at sea in November of 2012.
I can lie and say that I'm trying to spend time posting photos again but I'll be honest and say that life has become so much more interesting seeing and doing than just sitting at the computer. I'll be in and out. I have to check on everyone now and then. Forget me if you must but if you put up with me I'll be by now and then.
We did start our Easter weekend a few weeks ago with a little hike. We wanted to enjoy some time outside again while the weather was still nice. The forecast was not that great for Easter.
We went to a small village called Roderwolde. And followed a trail maintained by the Drentslandschap. This Non profit organization does maintain, protect and resurrect many nature reserves and estates in Drenthe
We did enjoy the hike again, only the harsh wind did make it feel a bit fresh.
As we do almost all the time took one of our Canon Eos 3 cameras and loaded it this time with some fresh Ilford Kentmere Pan 400.
Developing is as always done at home with our Caffenol recipe, Caffenol-C-L at 22c and stand developing for 50 minutes this time
Forecast was for fog - maybe low cloud over Buttertubs, but the valleys were fine
There are some who think that maybe I shouldn't shoot landscapes at f5.6 (the theoretical diffraction limitation of the 5DsR), but I do anyway
Somewhere behind the wildfire smoke is what the weather forecasted as being a clear blue sky, as CPKC Train 120-18 drifts east along the shore of Holeb Pond, knocking down the final miles to the crew change at Jackman.
The Holeb-Boundary region is an extremely scenic, but remote area being accessible only by rail or a 20 mile dirt logging road. Unfortunately the shot I was going for on the opposite side of the tracks, was missed by the brush cutting contractor CP hired back in 2021 and was still hopelessly grown in, so this shot from the pond side had to do.
CPKC
Train: 120-18
8/18/2024
Boston Ranch, ME
CPKC Moosehead West Subdivision
Well this bee thought so - it certainly seemed like spring today,
started working on the borders that I didn't do in the autumn and got distracted by the bees… tomorrow's forecast isn't so good!
(for ODC - optimism or pessimism)
Sunday strollers & Stena Forecasters.....
A great walk along the great south wall, Poolbeg, Dublin as Sunday strollers take advantage of a fresh bright afternoon, as the Stena Forecaster operates the 15.00 hrs sailing from Dublin to Liverpool, on charter to P & O Ferries.
The Forecaster is usually a nocturnal creature in Dublin Port, operating weekdays only into Dublin at 22.50 hrs, then departing out at 03.00 hrs, however due to P & O Norbay requiring some remedial attention at Cammell Laird Birkenhead, Forecaster tasked on a rare daylight sailing.
The Stena Forecaster now joins the Stena Carrier & Stena Foreteller as visitors to Dublin Port in recent years on various charters by Stena Ro Ro.
This is the #StenaForecaster
The Stena Forecaster operates the 15.00 hrs sailing from Dublin to Liverpool, on charter to P & O Ferries.
The Forecaster is usually a nocturnal creature in Dublin Port, operating weekdays only into Dublin at 22.50 hrs, then departing out at 03.00 hrs, however due to P & O Norbay requiring some remedial attention at Cammell Laird Birkenhead, Forecaster tasked on a rare daylight sailing.
The Stena Forecaster now joins the Stena Carrier & Stena Foreteller as visitors to Dublin Port in recent years on various charters by Stena Ro Ro.
This is the #StenaForecaster
A fine day for dining on the deck.
Taken especially for the "Crazy Tuesday" theme of 8/2/2022: WHATEVER THE WEATHER.
VIEWERSHIP: 15% of 1,995 views on 8/2/2022.
FAVORABILITY: 45% of 40 faves on 8/2/2022.
is snow. So far we've measured 5'' and it was spectacular. Supreme dry puffy snow....unlike the wet clumpy version we had Christmas Eve.
The pressure drops, the wind strengthens, the waves build, the stack stands tall. AmBuchaille, the Shepherd, the sea stack at Sandwood Bay is resolute against the storm tossed seas.
View of Joyce Island bridge at sunrise, Suisun Marsh, Solano County, California. Clear skies and excessive heat are in store through the 4th of July.
forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Fairfield&...
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
...DANGEROUS HEAT TODAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...
.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL BUILD INTO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING VERY HOT
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY LONGER. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT DAYS...
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S...OFFERING MINIMAL
RELIEF.
37088 at Loch Achinalt with the 6.50 Kyle - Inverness on 24/07/92. This is one of a handful of sun lit shots during a two week visit to Scotland. It was after this that I decided I would only visit Scotland on a good forecast.
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View from our ryokan by the lake, we were fortunate enough to have beautiful weather as forecasts were supposed to be rainy.
The weather forecast was a bit bleak for us to head anywhere too far this morning, so we popped into Sydney for a sunrise at the passenger terminal.
I was waiting for the golden light to hit the sydney harbour bridge when I turned to notice the sun just peeking through that gap in the sails, so quickly turned around to shoot it in that fleeting moment that it was in position. Turned out to be my favourite shot of the morning :)
Either I've been inspired by Richard Harvey UK and his $4 photo, or Jim Frazier's comments regarding dice in the discussions of the YCPTPH Group, so I've brought forward some things from the past, or future, into the present. Blame them! The teal die knows what I'm talking about.
We've all done it: tried to predict the future; forecast something — forecast (n) combining the Old English prefix fore- (meaning "before") with the verb cast (meaning "to plan, contrive, or throw"). We collect up what we know, form an opinion, maybe feed a digital model, and out pops something unexpected; like the raffle that determines Flickr Explode selections.
When I did those things more frequently, I always kept a dice in my drawer; in case of a blackout (power outage, whatever). It seemed to work just as well. It's the grubby white one in this image. The two little ones were my backups, handy if the model needed a run when I was out of the office, a kind of laptop version. The story of the teal coloured one is altogether less probable, more lucky and unpredictable. Maybe, one day…
Here's what we know. There are four dies or dice used in this exercise. Plagiarising Richard Harvey's lead, this picture is an in camera double exposure. The only processing was to straighten the lower left corners of the grubby white unit to the horizontal. Why? Because that's heaps easier that constructing a perfect setup.
I can also tell you this was taken, twice, or in two halves, with my camera mounted on a tripod, using LiveView, in aperture priority mode. The tripod head was set to swivel in the horizontal plane. In the multiple exposure setup, the exposure was set to average, and a count of two. Our scene was lit using a handheld 430 EXII Speedlite, off-camera, first obliquely on one side, then the other — that's why the grubby once white and black die is lit on the 6-face in one exposure, and the 2-face in the other. Thinking about it, that's a cheap and nasty technique to light two opposing faces of an object without illuminating the top; if your light is in that plane, not at roughly halfway to the vertical as I have it here. There's nothing fancy with the exposure — simple E-TTL and let it do the work. I rejected bounce flash. It made everything look the same; thoroughly flat.
There you have it, an unpredictable way to waste an afternoon, and to find out where I'd left some of my toys.