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White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, native to the dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa. San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks aviary. Conservation status: least concern
A place of History,Culture and Silence in the bowels of the stressful city of Barcelona
The Former Convalescent Home of Saint Paul is a manificent civic building of the XVII century built for the convalescence of the sick at the neighboring Hospital de la Sant Creu (Hospital of the Saint Cross).
Even though the first stone was laid by the bishop Sentís on 26 March 1629, more than fifty years passed until the building was inaugurated, on 25 January 1680.
The Convalescent Home represented a significant improvement in convalescent care.
The figure of Saint Paul (1687) and the four gargoyles at the corner of the Cloister (1677-1679) are works of the baroque sculptor Lluis Bonifac
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Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye
I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!
Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.
I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.
Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02
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Some time before I shot the previous photo, the Black-shouldered Kite male was carrying this twig and landed in the tree where the nest should be. I suppose this was just some small addition to the already completed construction because I had observed the nest building process at lest a month ago. I wonder about the strength of his beak holding the twig so precisely at its very tip during the fast flight.
Good Health ... JOHN HARDISON
Wish you good improvements, that God will always protect and enlighten.
All the riches of the world are not worth a good friend.
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Boa Saúde…JOHN HARDISON
Desejo boas melhoras a você, que Deus te proteja e ilumine sempre.
Todas as riquezas do mundo não valem um bom amigo.
This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.
It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...
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Young red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) collecting hay. Grass was recently mowed with some hay remaining, and it's a great opportunity for some nest improvement.
Młoda wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) zbierająca siano. Trawa zostałą niedawno skoszona i pozostało po tym nieco siana, co jest znakomitą okazją do ulepszenia gniazda.
A former SOO SD60 dressed in the fresh, new CPKC paint scheme is paired with a GMD-built CP SD40-2 as they lead CPKC train YKK12-15, "Run 12", on Main Track 1 of the UP KC Metro Sub at St. Louis Ave, passing the classic Standard Seed Co. building and the assembled masses that gathered here for this train. This is en route from CPKC's Knoche Yard to UP's 18th St. Yard with a transfer.
This is one of the first SD60's to wear the new paint scheme, and it's the first yard/transfer engine assigned to Kansas City to wear it. The overall scheme itself has room for improvement, but it's growing on me and it looks rather nice on an SD60, especially this clean. 11/15/25.
A Network Rail test train passes Capenwray on the Little North Western line between Settle Junction and Carnforth working 1Q17, the 09:42 Leicester LIP – Darlington on 10 May 2026.
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Summer is waning but we still manage to push out daylilies. These cheap Stella d'Oros bought at a chain home-improvement store have turned out to be the hardiest of the lilies over the years. ©2024 | John M. Hudson
Some of my old 1/72 were pretty rushed and all getting a good revisit. Much improved Mig-29 and now working on some camo versions.
Grey heron, partially back lit, working on home improvements.
Thank you for stopping by to look at my images. Any comments and faves are always appreciated. Have a great day!
a wetlands muskrat selected some new greenery from the opposite side of the pond to add to his shoreside home
Todays posts are very different for me. The 3 images are of the beautiful Moraine Lake but all are in very different light and circumstances. The first was a snapshot taken in wonderful light and weather during my holiday in June. The second and third were taken 3 days apart in September while on a landscape photography trip. You can probably tell I learnt a bit about composition even if the light didn't play ball. We were hoping for a nice sunset and reflection in the second image but the weather had other ideas and amazingly in the third, where we were hoping for a lovely sunrise and reflection, we were treated to a wonderful unexpected snowy scene. I will always remember the third visit as the snow was slippery on the climb up and even more tricky on the way down where I used one leg of my tripod to steady my footing and balance. In town I tried to purchase some YakTrax to attach to my shoes to make walking in the snow easier only to be told that they don't normally have snow until October and hence they don't stock them until then!
As always constructive criticism is welcome.
I last stopped to photograph this small ruined building near Elphin back in 2014 ('Des Res'). It sits atop a small 'hill' with stunning views to Cul More and Suilven at left and right. The skies on this visit were particularly 'angry', rendering the mountains as almost black. I was pleased to see that perhaps this is not quite as abandoned as I thought; there was some additional, unexpected garden furniture added since my last visit.
I pulled out this old shot of the Mill Pond from several years ago. The color was a mess and there were a couple of other things that needed to be corrected. Improvements to my skills and to Photoshop allowed me to produce a better image. I one of my own textures, but applied it twice.
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Dans mon précédent cliché, je vous parlais des améliorations technologiques du matériel photo et la nécessité ou non de rester brancher sur le dernier cri d’appareil photo …
Le cliché posté aujourd’hui, a été réalisé en 2008 avec un reflex Nikon D80 de 10,2 MP et un objectif AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 … la qualité du cliché est bien au rendez-vous et l’appareil fonctionne toujours aussi bien qu’à ses débuts !
Pensez-vous qu’on aurait pu obtenir une nette amélioration avec un appareil tout récent ?
Pour votre info ce Nikon D80 vaut maintenant en occasion une centaine d’euros sans l’objectif évidemment !
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In my previous photo, I talked to you about technological improvements in photo equipment and the need or not to stay connected to the latest camera...
The photo posted today was taken in 2008 with a Nikon D80 10.2 MP SLR and an AF Nikkor 50 mm f/1.8 lens... the quality of the photo is there and the camera still works as well although in its early stages !
Do you think we could have obtained a clear improvement with a very recent device ?
For your information, this Nikon D80 is now worth around a hundred euros used without the lens of course !
A CSX West Olive coal train turns the corner toward Grand Rapids in Plymouth, Michigan with a much improved yellow nose scheme. I hated the all grey and blue/grey schemes, this was an improvement but far from what could have been considering all the classy schemes that disappeared into Family Lines and CSX. April 1990
Ashford Castle
Cong
County Mayo, Ireland
09-23-25
I was going to title this image "The Castle Goes On Forever." It's Ashford Castle, south of the village of Cong, in County Mayo, Ireland.
This is a 5 star hotel now, but is in reality an 800 year old castle, and in 1852 it was purchased by Sir Benjamin Guinness (of the brewery family) who completely renovated it. Lots of improvements to be made when your house is 700 or so years old.
As a hotel (since 1939) this is the rear, and the actual rear on the other side is the main entrance. (Owing to the bridge over the moat being the gateway to the parking lot.) Nobody was on this "backside" of the place when I took photographs.
It must have taken Sir Guinness a while to walk from one side of his house to the other. There's a TV miniseries about the Guinness family on Netflix right now, so I'm sure this castle is featured in some scenes. It was used as a backdrop to some scenes in the 1952 John Ford movie "The Quiet Man" which filmed in nearby Cong. The town still, over 70 years later, celebrates itself as the place where "The Quiet Man" was filmed.
I was quite astonished when touring the many abbeys and castles of Ireland. They've stood in for England, Wales, and Scotland in many TV shows and movies.