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For a solid 10 days, Albany had about 0% humidity, no wind, and picture-perfect gradient skies every night. I had to get down to the docks and get a shot of the crystal-clear reflection on the Hudson river before windy November rolled in.
I based this composition on Robert Stone's work: www.flickr.com/photos/bobstone/
He has some absolutely great shots of the Albany skyline.
Parsley Hay junction was a junction situated between Buxton and Ashbourne, along the Cromford and High Peak Railway.
Parsley Hay Junction did not exist upon the completion of the C&HPR between 1830 and 1831. The junction would only come into existence upon the construction of the Ashbourne line; completed in 1899, nearly some 70 years later.
Whereas the Cromford and High Peak Line was built by canal engineers, making for a rather unconventional line (flat long straights and sharp corners, only ascending/descending at steep inclines with winching engines), the Ashbourne line was far more conventional, with smooth bends and fairly long shallow gradients, hence you might be able to tell which line is which!
Despite the shallower gradients, they were still fairly steep and climbing the line from Ashbourne was hard work.
The future of the Ashbourne line was not looking bright, few passengers used the line and freight was drying up. In fact, after just 68 years of operation, the Ashbourne line would close in 1967; the same year that the last sections of the Cromford and High Peak railway would also close.
This view was taken from the Cromford and High Peak line and shows through the cutting of the Ashbourne line off to the right.
A biplane with wings striped in red, orange and navy hangs beneath a timber-lattice roof, seen from directly below. Two more aircraft reflect the same gradient at the lower corners of the frame.
Cotswold Rail liveried Class 87, No.87007 and BZK liveried 87029 are illustrated at Pirdop, about to tackle some Bulgarian hills with DTV30587, the 16:55 Pirdop - Razdelna service conveying Sulphuric acid tanks.
Classmate 87033 tails the lengthy train to provide banking assistance over the fierce gradients on the route.
I encountered a YouTube video about converting color to B&W using gradient maps. Like most such videos it was terrible, but after 6 or 7 hours I finally unravelled what it was all about. In fact, the technique itself is extremely powerful, so much so that I may explain it on my AnEyeForTexas blog soon. After trying 5 alternative approaches to converting this image, a B&W layer placed under a B&W gradient map was undoubtedly the the most flexible and provided the best results. So here is the result.
Gente, amei o azulzinho da Hello Kitty, mas depois de um tempo, achei que estava precisando de uma firulinha, estava precisando de um UP. Aí, inspirada nesse post da Nihrida resolvi tentar. O azul que ela usou é mais claro e o roxo ela fez da metade da unha pro final. Como já estava com aquele azul, aproveitei ele, e fiz o roxinho mais pra ponta da unha, como se fosse francesinha. Não consegui captar nem 20% da beleza que ficou nas fotos. Quase não mostrou o roxinho, mas está bem visível ao vivo! Super amei!
Beijos, fiquem com Deus!
Usei:
Base fosca, Risqué
Blueberry, Hits (2x)
TC Lorena
Esponjado com Pucci-licious, Color Club e Blueberry, Hits
TC Lorena
Placa M73 da Konad com esmalte preto para carimbo da Blant
TC Lorena
Not to be confused with a vector illustration, this is actually a photograph with minimal corrections (dust spot removal, no color enhancements). The crisp clear sky during sunset in the Great Smoky Mountains gave a perfect red-orange gradient on the horizon with just enough atmospheric perspective in the foothills. Nature's work of art!
Adoro gradiente pra fazer a fila andar =)
Mais fotos aqui www.sociedadedoesmalte.com.br/2013/07/fazendo-fila-andar....
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www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/d/dearne-oldmoor/about.aspx
About Old Moor
Situated right at the heart of the Dearne Valley, Old Moor is a wonderful place to come and watch wildlife. The skies, fields and open water are teeming with birds throughout the year.
In the summer the grasslands are ablaze with butterflies and orchids, and you’ll be able to see newly-hatched ducklings. In winter the reserve is an important stopping-off point for ducks, geese and swans – plus 8,000 golden plovers!
There are lots of events, guided walks and family activities, as well as home-cooked food in the Gannets Café and a well-stocked shop. The reserve is a great day out for young and old alike.
What you should know...
The paths are firm and suitable for all levels of ability, including wheelchair users, but there is one small, steep slope to negotiate.
Opening times
1 November - 31 January: visitor centre open 9.30 am - 4 pm. Gates open until 4.30 pm. 1 February - 31 October: visitor centre open 9.30 am - 5 pm. Gates open until 5.15 pm. 19 April - 30 September 2010: reserve open until 8pm. Normal opening hours will still apply to the visitor centre and cafe. The site is closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Entrance charges
RSPB members free; adults £3; children £1.50; family ticket £6 (any number of children); concessions £2. Free access from Old Moor to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 'Passport to Leisure' and 'Rothercard' cardholders.
If you are new to birdwatching...
We run guided walks on a variety of topics all year-round. Please check our events page or call the visitor centre for details.
Information for families
Children can have fun on the climbing frames, swings and slide in the 'Kids Go Wild' adventure playground. There are also Wildlife Explorer backpacks available for hire. These contain bug jars, binoculars and guide books to help children get the most out of their visit.
Information for dog owners
No dogs allowed, except registered assistance dogs
Star species
Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Kingfisher
Spend time in the hides and you may be rewarded with an unforgettable kingfisher encounter. Listen for their shrill, piping calls and then watch for the flash of blue and orange.
Little owl
You may be lucky enough to find one of these compact owls perched in a tree or on a fencepost. They become very active at dusk and you may hear their shrill calls.
Lapwing
Huge numbers of lapwings gather here in winter. If a bird of prey, such as a peregrine, is in the area, they take to the air in a vast wheeling mass.
Golden plover
Look among the black and white of the lapwing flocks for the golden glow of these smart waders. Several thousand spend winter
Tree sparrow
Tree sparrows can be seen at the bird feeding garden alongside the commoner birds. Listen for their short and sharp 'tek' calls as they fly in and out.
Seasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
The last of the wintering birds such as goldeneyes can still be seen in March. Listen out for the cuckoo's unmistakable call from April onwards and see the warblers returning for the summer.
Summer
Broods of ducklings paddle around in the shallows and the grasslands are vibrant with butterflies and orchids. Listen for snipe 'drumming' as they fly above the field pools and see dragonflies basking on the paths.
Autumn
Fieldfares and redwings gorge on berries to fatten up for the winter. Thousands of migrating birds use the Dearne Valley as a refuelling point on their long journeys.
Winter
The bird feeding garden is at its busiest at this time of year, with tree sparrows, greenfinches, goldfinches and tits on the feeders. Spectacular flocks of golden plovers and lapwings take to the air, attracting peregrines on the lookout for a meal.
Facilities
Facilities
•Visitor centre
•Information centre
•Car park : There is a free car park and cycle racks near the main courtyard.
•Toilets
•Disabled toilets
•Baby-changing facilities
•Picnic area
•Binocular hire
•Group bookings accepted
•Guided walks available
•Good for walking
•Pushchair friendly
Viewing points
There are six hides out on the reserve and one overlooking the bird-feeding garden. There are two viewing platforms in the pond and picnic area.
Nature trails
Two easy-going trails give excellent views of wildlife on the reserve. Follow the trail around the ponds and picnic area to see wildflower meadows and a variety of birds and insects, or take the trail to the hides, where you can get closer to wildlife in a variety of different habitats. Both trails are suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs and are less than one mile in length.
Tearoom
Our cafe serves a range of hot and cold drinks and cake, plus hot, homemade meals and freshly-prepared sandwiches. Cooked breakfast is also served until 11.30 am. You can also get ice cream and chocolate from the visitor centre.
Refreshments available
•Hot drinks
•Cold drinks
•Hot meals
•Sandwiches
•Snacks
•Confectionery
Shop
RSPB Old Moor has a large shop, selling everything from binoculars to books, bird food to bike bits, clothing and gifts. There is also a wildlife gardening section with plants, books and equipment to get you started.
The shop stocks:
•Books
•Bird food
•Gifts
Educational facilities
Old Moor is a haven for nature in the heart of the Dearne Valley - a stunning area of wetlands, teeming with birds and other wildlife. With an exciting indoor classroom, education garden, bird hide, and a range of excellent education facilities, Old Moor is the ideal place to bring your class for an unforgettable experience of nature.
Accessibility
Car parking
Main car park is surfaced with well-rolled tarmac planings, those with mobility difficulties can park in the designated disabled parking bays in the lay-by adjacent to the car park.
Access to visitor centre
100 metres from the car park with good access into the visitor centre.
Information staff are available to help in the visitor centre.
Wheelchairs/powered vehicles
Wheelchairs and an electric scooter are available for free hire. Advance booking is recommended for the scooter, please contact the visitor centre for availability.
Toilets
Disabled toilets available on the ground floor next to the visitor centre entrance.
Picnic areas
Current picnic areas accessible for wheelchair users, but tables are currently not suitable for wheelchair users.
Shop
In the visitor centre and is accessible for wheelchair users.
Classroom and meeting rooms
Are now available, with good access for wheelchair users.
Café
A café is located on the first floor, with a lift available.
Access to hides
Good paths to all hides providing views over 250 acres of diverse habitat. Wheelchair accessible viewing areas available in all hides.
Benches available along the pathway to the hides.
Work is currently underway to upgrade two of the hides to improve wheelchair access.
How to get here
By bicycle (Sustrans cycle route)
The Trans Pennine Trail runs along the Southern edge of the reserve. Access to the reserve is via a bridge into the car park.
View National Cycle Map
By train
Wombwell (3 miles/5 km). Swinton (3 miles/5 km); regular connections to Doncaster.
By bus
A number of buses run from Wombwell and Swinton stations and stop near the entrance to Old Moor nature reserve. Buses also run to the reserve from Barnsley, Doncaster and Meadowhall. Please check with bus operator TravelLine on 01709 515151 for further information.
By road
From the M1: Leave at junction 36 and take the A61 (Barnsley). At the small roundabout, continue straight ahead on the A6195 (Doncaster) for approximately four miles. After passing the Morrison's superstore, follow the brown RSPB Old Moor signs. From the A1: Leave at junction 37 (Doncaster), follow the A635 towards Barnsley, then follow the brown RSPB Old Moor signs.
Cycling at Old Moor
The national Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) cycle route runs right past the entrance to RSPB Old Moor. Where in the summer the grasslands are ablaze with butterflies and orchids, and you’ll be able to see newly-hatched ducklings.
Cycling is the best way of viewing all the sites in the valley on gentle gradients with generally good quality paths.
Together with Natural England and The Environment Agency we're promoting a network of improved multi-user sites around the Dearne Valley linking the five RSPB Dearne Valley nature reserves - Old Moor, Wombwell Ings, Gypsy Marsh, Edderthorpe Flash and Bolton Ings.
Staff and volunteers use this flat and well-surfaced route on a regular basis, sometimes with surprising consequences. A roe deer sprang out at one member of staff proving that it's not just the reserves that are great for wildlife in this area!
Around 8 per cent of our visitors travel to the reserve along the TPT. It's great that they can stop off and refresh themselves with a cup of tea, or service their bike with parts from the shop.
We're trialling some health rides for people new to cycling in a partnership with Cycle Touring Club (CTC) and Ground Work Dearne Valley.
Farmhouse Meeting Rooms
Farmhouse Meeting Rooms are available for corporate and community group bookings.
The beautifully restored farmhouse building is set amid the 250-acre RSPB Old Moor reserve, South Yorkshire, providing a unique location for a corporate or community event and creating a relaxing atmosphere for any meeting.
We can provide facilities for the following;
•conferences
•meetings
•seminars
•training courses
•interviews
•telephone conferencing
There are both large and smaller rooms on offer, seating from 12 to 30 people depending upon layout.
Rooms can be arranged in boardroom, theatre style or in any other format to suit your event.
We also have a range of equipment for hire including a television and digital projector, with fitted screens in the rooms.
The Farmhouse Meeting Rooms are conveniently situated near both the M1 and A1. It is centrally located on the Dearne Valley Parkway, close to Barnsley, Rotherham, Sheffield and Doncaster. There are also good public transport links with surrounding areas.
Your booking includes free access to the nature reserve for the day as well as the visitor centre, shop and the Gannets café. The pathways lead to a number of bird watching hides for visitors wishing to catch a glimpse of wetland and garden birds. A tour of the site can be arranged as an unusual and revitalising break during a meeting.
The on-site, award-winning Gannets Café provides catering. A selection of mid-morning snacks can be served in the meeting rooms including warm Danish pastries and bacon sandwiches. Fair-trade tea, coffee and an assortment of herbal teas are served throughout the day. Various buffet lunches are available, or alternatively delegates can stroll across to the Gannets café themselves and appreciate panoramic views of the reserve from the veranda.
The Farmhouse Meeting Rooms are run with the environment in mind. A wind turbine, solar panels and a bio-fuel boiler generate power in a sustainable way. We also use as many recycled, organic and Fair Trade products as possible.
For more information, please write to the Conference Co-ordinator:
Farmhouse Meeting Rooms
RSPB Dearne Valley
Old Moor Lane, Wombwell
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S73 0YF
Alternatively, use the details listed below.
Contacts
Telephone: 01226 273835
E-mail: FarmhouseMeetingRooms@rspb.org.uk
I found this lovely juvenile raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) happily enjoying some sort of insect for lunch while hiding between the yet unopenend flowers of a lily.
11.8.2018. With the sky clouding over, BR Class 2MT 2-6-0 No 78018 approaches the gradient post on the Quorn straight with the late running 15.15 Loughborough - Leicester passenger service.
They may be drystone walls but they were pretty wet on this day! Southern rebuilt West Country pacific 34046 Braunton disappears down the gradient towards Todmorden with the Pennine Moor Christmas Explorer. Green-liveried Class 47 diesel D1935/47805 brought up the rear.
Look carefully at this photo, and then read the words below. There are a lot of them, but give them a chance. When you finish if you like, make a comment, good or bad. I'll appreciate it and so will Vincent.
Inspired by events in 2016 and 1890.
I left the house Saturday morning at 5:45 and made my usual stop for coffee and donuts at the Krispy Kreme. Sunrise was going to be at 6:28, so with some nice pastel clouds forming in the east I headed to Earl P. Powers Park at Newnan’s Lake aka Pithalachocco. By 6:15 I had my tripod setup on the end of the fishing pier and my 20mm lens mounted on my camera. In aperture priority mode my base exposure was 1/30' @ f8 ISO 200. I took out of my vest pocket the filters that I use for long exposure sunrise shots (2-gradients and a 10 stop ND filter) and attached the filter holder to my 20mm lens. I then switched the camera to manual mode with the exposure preset to 30-seconds at f8 ISO 200. I framed the shot with the sky filling the top two-thirds of the frame and the bottom third was the water. I then inserted my ND filter. Here's where it got interesting.
Maybe interesting is not the right word. Let’s go with unusual. OK, how about weird! Anyway, I’m about to make my first 30 second exposure when a resonant voice with a strange accent announces his presence. “Exquisite light” he said as he stealthy made his way to the end of the pier where I was set up. “That is a fine instrument,” he noted as he eyed my camera. “Thanks” I replied as his remark put me on edge. I have met some interesting characters on this pier at dawn, but this guy was an unknown quantity. He looked pretty down and out, maybe homeless. Gainesville is a town of artists, poets and musicians. It is also home to many homeless people and most of them seem OK. But there are exceptions; about 10 years ago one homeless man stabbed another in an argument over a candy bar. The victim died on the street in the shadow of the courthouse. Some of them are quite mad. “What do you envision?” he asked as he gestured out to the lake with hat in hand. I briefly told him that I was going to use a long exposure to smooth out the water to capture the pastel sunrise in the sky and it’s reflection in the water. He scratched his ear, then stroked his scruffy beard and gave me a blank stare.
It was now sunrise and a boater had put in at the ramp behind us, started a small outboard motor and began to idle down the canal to enter the lake. When the boat got past the ‘No Wake’ zone he opened up the throttle and took off to my left and then carved an arc to the right of my camera position. So now this guy says to me “Well I’m no photographer, but I would wait for the waves that the motorized boat will create. Light, water and motion, that’s where the magic lives!” he proclaimed as if stating a law of physics. I looked down at the dark, dull, motionless water in front of me and to the left I could see the waves approaching almost in slow motion. “Yes!” I said to myself, “the nutter is right!” I quickly pulled off the ND filter, reframed the shot to include more water than sky. Switching back to aperture priority mode, I now had my 1/30’ @ f8 exposure setting that would stop the motion of the waves, but just barely. Shooting waves in a lake is not unlike shooting fish in a barrel. You wait for the one you want and then you just take it.
“Good idea” I said as I glanced over my shoulder, but the scraggly guy was already walking away. “Hey wait, what’s your name?” I asked. He turned and looked back at me and said, “You can call me Vinnie.” “Are you sure you’re not a photographer Vinnie?” I asked. He tilted his head down and carefully placed his old gray hat on his head and gave it a tilt to the right. He slowly looked up and the now risen sun shone brightly upon him revealing a well-traveled face that bore a line for every mile ventured. Through sad eyes he almost looked right through me and said, “There was a time… when I fancied myself a painter”. He then took an old pipe out of his coat pocket, put it in his mouth, lit it and took several short puffs and then one long smoky exhale. “But that… was long ago.” he said. He then turned and walked back off the pier the way he came and into the deep shadows of the large Cypress trees that surround the lake. I turned back to my camera and fired off a few more frames as the waves slowly melted back into the dark water. The sun was rising past its point of interest for me so I packed up my gear. I made a stop at La Chua trail where I took some pictures of my favorite Spanish Cracker horse’s there. I particularly liked the one of Diablo and Cinco sharing a moment of affection (see next photo). I had never seen a stallion show so much concern for his young colt, a fitting Fathers Day photo.
I got home, ate, showered and then opened my morning’s images in the Adobe Bridge Photo viewer. Sorry, I don’t use Light Room! When I got to the sunrise shots I focused on several of the wave images. Looking into those dark shadows I couldn’t help but feel that there was something familiar in them. Kind of like Richard Dreyfus in Close Encounters of the Third Kind where he pays way too much attention to his mashed potatoes at the dinner table. “This means something.“ OK it was probably more like de jevu than a close encounter. I settled on this one image and converted it from raw to jpeg and adjusted the color and contrast to my liking and viola, today’s picture. I liked it, but there was still that feeling tugging at my subconscious. I did not sleep well that night and was up several times and wrote much of what you are reading now. I had watched on TV the fifth installment of OJ: Made in America, so repeating that nightmare is what I thought had me agitated. So Sunday morning I slept in till 8:30 A.M. and got up to take a shower. I flipped on the light switch in the bathroom on the left wall and started towards the shower to turn on the water. I stopped and backtracked two steps and looked at a small piece of bathroom art hanging on the wall. The Starry Night by van Gogh. “Of course!” I say out loud. How could I not have figured this out sooner? I have passed by this unobtrusive little framed lithograph every day since my girlfriend and I moved in here almost two years ago. I barely noticed that she had hung it there, but there it was in all its starry grandeur. I spent much of the afternoon researching Van Gogh online. Here’s the short of it.
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853 in the month of March, making him an Aires, that’s a fire sign. He was most productive when he lived in the town of Arles in the south of France. He seemed to have some kind of connection with the water. As a boy he was home, public and boarding school educated. As a man he tried his hand as an art dealer, teacher, and preacher. But it wasn’t till he tried his hand at painting that he found his gift. A lifelong sketcher, but an art school dropout, he started painting at age 27 and took his own life at the age of 37. He smoked, drank too much, and shared company with women of the night. He slept outside on straw to make a point, and cut off his left ear for no apparent reason at all. He was a troubled man. Much has been written about Vincent, but the words sung by Don McLean mean the most to me:
Now, I understand, what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left insight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHnRfhDmrk
An artist for the ages, but for him no real place in time. So out there he wandered, between this life and the next, but never far from the water and the Cypress trees. It was time for Vincent’s final Wake. Rest now my friend; let your spirit be at peace. The sadness is finally over.
Fin
Notetable Van Gogh quotes:
"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed."
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
“To understand blue you must first understand yellow and orange.”
“I thought I would be understood without words.”
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
“The sadness will last forever.”
Pode ficar olhando pra unha o tempo todo?
O tutorial é do NailSaurus, mas eu fiz uma pequena modificação. Como queria usar duas cores fortes, quando eu testei pintar a unha inteira de verde primeiro e depois esponjar de violeta, ficava discreto hahahshahusa
Então pintei metade da unha de verde e metade de Violeta, e depois usei o esponjado pra deixar suave a transição. Ficou bem como eu queria!
O Teal/verde é misturinha
+ Violeta - Colorama