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I always look forward to my tiny garden showing life!! I built it around one of my basement windowsills. It was just a strip of dirt but now it is a strip of flowers. I took my Lensbaby Sol 45mm and added a 12mm extension tube and it has the blades for the added look of texture. I did get in a little close on another image I might share that one also later. Have a wonderful Memorial weekend!!
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"Life moves forward. The old leaves wither, die and fall away, and the new growth extends forward into the light." - Bryant H. McGrill
This picture was originally pretty dark and hence I had to push the shadows quite a bit. Even though it's not the most prettiest image, I really like it in combination with the quote above. I hope you like it too!
Falco tinnunculus
Pris à bord de ma voiture sur la colline de Blaesheim. En avançant par petites étapes j'ai pu l'approcher à 20m.
Taken on board my car on Blaesheim hill. By moving forward in small steps I was able to approach it at 20m.
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada -
I'm starting to repeat myself ... I can't resist the natural frame of a streetcar ... forgive me?
Moving forward with another Nordic Re-Finance (T)ME locomotive that has recently been given a new identity. A former blue-loco, ME 1526 is now known as "The Wild Swans" (De vilde svaner) which is yet another fairytale of H. C. Andersen. What's curious about the design is that its base is a gradient between lighter and darker shades of marine blue, resulting in two different cab ends.
The locomotive was spotted running light (and late) through Nordhavn in Copenhagen. The empty steel train is missing behind it as the factory will be soon closing for summer vacations and the workload is thus decreasing. Later in the night, the ME came back with several loaded Samms cars.
There is the third special ME loco that NRFAB stylized for DB Cargo. But we'll get to it once it's caught in front of the camera...
Elegant Tern
Thalasseus elegans
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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I found this photo in morguefile and thought it would be fun for my "Facing Forward" Sketchbook Project theme. It is painted on Arches 140# coldpress; I'll make a copy for the book.
As this short eared owl I am looking forward .Looking forward to a much better year.For various reasons 2022 was not good for me and 2023 has to be better! Hopefully we will all enjoy a good year,especially when out and about with the camera.Have a happy and healthy year and take care.
A common loon lunges forward in his territorial display to ward off interlopers. In this case, the interloper was me. I am hypersensitive to disturbing my subjects so this was a surprise to me. I was well over 100 yards away from this family, in a very large lake, when the male came over and began rushing through the water and calling, presumably to distract me or send me away. I was taken completely by surprise and so stunned I couldn't help but stare in awe, and capture this intriguing display, if only for a very short time. After which I did begin my retreat. It wasn't until a few minutes later, as I pedaled toward home, that his mate and their young swam very close through my field of view. I assume the male had been clearing the way. I learned on this amazing morning, just how territorial loons can be. Seriously, this lake is 100s of acres in size. I was not in their way by any stretch. If you are interested in more, I created a short video featuring this family and calls that I recorded during those magical days in Wisconsin's north woods. See Vimeo link vimeo.com/357976777
Way back in the day, diesels were first starting to take over, and the "Long Hood Forward" operation was used by almost every railroad at the time. This operation is when the long hood of the locomotive is the front rather than the short hood, and was used as both a safety consideration and because it was similar to how most steam locomotives were built. However, due to the lack of visibility, most railroads switched to short hood running by the time the second generation diesels were being built. A few railroads did continue to regularly use long hood as the main way of running, with the most famous examples being the Southern Railway and the Norfolk & Western. In the modern day, you can still see trains running long hood forward, though rare, it does happen under certain circumstances.
When the California Northern Railroad had received a gypsum train from the UP bound for Artois, the train was facing a problem heading south. Though the train originally had three motors when it left for California, with one of the motors facing east, the east facing locomotive was having problems. Specifically, the batteries weren't holding charge, and therefore the unit could not stay powered on. Although this unit was supposed to lead the return trip, it had to be dropped in Roseville so it could get repaired, and a replacement motor would not be picked up. Therefore, the train would arrive on California Northern with only two west facing motors, running on a line with only one fully intact wye. With the wye also being a multiple hour trip from the train's destination, that left turning the units around out of the picture. When it came time for the train to leave Artois, it was decided that the crew would run the 28 miles to Cortena long hood forward and then pick up a new lead motor that was tied down there. The trip would take a bit longer than usual though, as both of the units did not have rear ditch lights, meaning the train would be restricted to 20 mph. After picking up the new locomotive, a 3GS21B (genset), the train would be able to run at both track speed and not long hood forward.
In the photo, the gypsum is on the return trip as it passes by the Cortena siding. The train had only just cleared the north switch not even a minute prior, and would start to slow down as the genset that would be picked up was sitting at the south end of the siding. The train would be stopped for about a half hour before continuing with the new leader. After getting to the UP at Davis, the genset would be taken off and the UP power would be thrown around the wye before tying down for a UP crew to pick it up later that night.
Fun and games at Green Lane, The Wirral as a Merseyrail class 508 EMU enters the station from the underground section.
I was drawn to the repetitive arrowhead of the footbridge and approaching EMU. A change of pace, and probably limited appeal, but I figured it was worth waiting for a couple of trains to get what I was after.
8th July 2016