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Vanuit Duitsland was deze werktrein onderweg richting Lage Zwaluwe. Captrain 203102 met een BAM werktrein in Tilburg Universiteit.
Bornean Keeled Green Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus) - Danum Valley, Malaysia
A Bornean keeled green viper waits for prey along the banks of the Segama River, it stayed in the same area for several days just moving a few body lengths over the course of them. I wanted to get a wide angle shot showing off the area it was in, the angles were a tad bit tricky but I'm reasonably happy with this shot. It was very rewarding not to disturb this viper and come back and see it every day for a while.
Lots of outdoor seating at the restaurants in the old town area of Brussels, Belgium.
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The Japanese plum tree is in full bloom and our world turns wonderfully pink for a week. Very like Japanese cherry blossom the small flowers appear before the leaves and the sight is a delight! The early morning light is the best - so I was out early along with the birds and the frost ;o)
Shot with Lensbaby Double Glass optic
HTmT and HTT to all ;o)
Recently I've been working on my Talking Digital Photography site where I am collecting together all the articles I have published online together with smaller blog posts of images not always posted here on Flickr.
Currently all my 15+ online articles have separate links from my "About" page: here incuding a 6-part exploration of the Lensbaby. I'm copying these Lensbaby articles across to my own site this week, so hopefully you'll be able to walk through all 6 articels with easy linking soon ;o)
Lensbaby "double-glass" album: Here
my Plum blossom album: Here
My Textural Tuesday album: Here
My Tree album is: Here
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
thanks for your birthday wishes - i really appreciate them :)
Nel momento in cui il 2024 volge al termine, il mio cuore è colmo di gratitudine e amore per la mia famiglia, che è sempre stata la mia forza.
Ma un pensiero speciale va a te, Victoria Gant, la donna che rende ogni giorno straordinario.
Senza di te, quest’anno non avrebbe avuto senso; sei la luce che illumina ogni passo che faccio, la roccia su cui mi appoggio e il sorriso che mi accompagna. In te trovo l’amore, la serenità, e il coraggio di affrontare ogni sfida.
Con te al mio fianco, sono sicuro che il 2025 sarà un anno ancora più meraviglioso, ricco di momenti indimenticabili e di sogni realizzati insieme.
Ti amo più di quanto le parole possano esprimere, e sono grato per ogni istante passato insieme.
Buon anno, amore mio ♥
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Hold my breath
In your hands
I don't mind
Being there
Hold my breath
In my hands
So far away
Too far...
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Another facade of a destroyed building in WW2. Not supposed to be anything in particular, showing off the roof window finally. Enjoy!
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The 100 Bicycles project: 100 different bicycles photographed in detail. This is bicycle number #32 To learn more about this project see 100 bicycles group
In località Carrucana, nel comune di Martis, è possibile ammirare una foresta pietrificata che occupa ben 100 km. quadrati del territorio. La foresta risale al miocene inferiore, cioè a circa 20 milioni di anni fa, quando durante un'eruzione vulcanica le foreste si inabissarono nei laghi circostanti e, riempiti di cenere molto ricca di silicio, crearono il substrato ideale per il processo di fossilizzazione.
A Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) at Reserva Proaves El Dorado, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
They travel all the way from the North America to winter in Central and South America.
Realized a dream and spent a week in Jellystone during winter. The highlight, for me, was spotting this coyote. My companion spotted her, and I scrambled out of the truck as fast as I could and squatted down in the snow to avoid shooting down on her. I could have squatted there for hours, waiting for her to pose with her ears up, however, there was a whole line of traffic behind us on the narrow road. She was hunting for a rodent under the snow, and had no concern at all that I was there, panting with excitement. In fact, I was hopping up and down and smooching at her, trying to get her ears up without invading her space any further. She could not have cared less.
In these times of indoor persuits, I thought I might learn a bit about gardening.
As a novice to me this is just a flower. just wait until I have been cooped up at home for 12 weeks!
In this life I’ve had the opportunity to meet many people, to have very good friends, but from the moment I met this person caught my attention because of the connection we have together. I didn't imagine that she will end be my best friend and sister, cause we are two very different people, but without any doubt I know that when I’m with her I’m home.
As the sky blushes with the colors of sunset, a lone deer leaps effortlessly across the field, embodying the beauty and freedom of the wild. In this photograph, the delicate balance between light and movement captures a rare harmony found in nature. Moments like these are fleeting, yet they remind us of the untamed spirit that resides in every living creature, moving gracefully through its world without constraint.
A massive alcove sculpted by the Paria River flowing lazily in the foreground mesmerizes the viewer. A thousand foot wall stretches toward the sky, a bit overhung (the top extends out over the ground below). The warm light on the wall is from reflected sunlight off the canyon wall behind this view. Only the ache in the neck can stop the gaze at the wonderful cracks and stripes of desert varnish that adorn the rock.
The Paria Canyon is one of Earth’s greatest hits, a long narrow canyon cut into the Navajo Sandstone of the Paria Plateau stretching across the border of Utah and Arizona. The river cuts through the plateau as it rises above the surrounding landscape, much like the Kaibab Plateau does with the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The river has cut through the rock in episodic fashion, through slips of massive slabs of rock and periodic floods that carry the rock and sand downstream and deposit it in the Colorado River.
I had the privilege of spending six days in this wonderful canyon and its tributary, Buckskin Gulch. Most travelers backpack the 38ish miles downstream to Lee’s Ferry, but my colleagues and I chose to set up a couple of base camps and do leisurely day hikes along stretches of the canyon, getting to know the beauty of the canyon's artwork. I’ll try not to overdue posting photos from here, but it may take some restraint to do that ;-).
When I'm wandering around in woodland, I'm quite used to seeing wee Springtails (Collembola sp.) trucking around under logs and so on, but I rarely come across the marine species. When I was on Skye in June, however, there were lots of them in the brackish pools near the beach. It's fascinating to watch them grouping together and breaking off regularly from the main body .... ping, ping, ping .... as though they are being propelled by some extraneous force. They then form either new groups or re-aggregate with the main group, and so it goes on. I saw several pools with them doing this marine dance while I was there. These are a few of them. This species may be Anurida maritima, but that is not definitive.
This is information from Wiki:
"The entire body of the Collembola is covered with white hydrophobic hairs which allow the animal to stay above the surface of the water on which it spends much of its life. Aggregation is an important aspect of collembolan biology, and A. maritima has been shown to produce an aggregating pheromone. Like many intertidal animals, A. maritima moves in rhythm with the tidal cycle, and has an endogenous circatidal rhythm with a period of hours, using visual cues to orient themselves during their movements."
Wiki
A beautiful moonlight autumn night in the Yosemite valley makes for a perfect time to get some of that incredible rock climbing done. How many climbers can you spot on El Capitan?
Amtrak Dash 8 510 leads the northbound Coast Starlight out of Portland, an hour and 37 minutes late. The presence of the P42 in the pepsi can scheme is somewhat ironic, a scheme (once) unique to the Dash 8 trailing behind a Dash 8 in regular colors. Irony aside, I was happy to get a better shot of a Dash 8 leading, not to mention happy to get out of the house after spending 3 weeks sick with mononucleosis. This was one of the first things I did after getting over the illness, and just walking around outside and climbing up ballast had me huffing and puffing, funny how 3 weeks of being bed ridden will do that to you. Considering Amtrak's ongoing equipment problems and the unreliability of the new Siemens equipment, I really don't think this is the last time we'll see this.
When these clouds moved in to position, I did as well. They add a certain extra to the image that helps complete it. This rail line has been shot by all of my cameras over the years, and this one is a little more complete than the rest with the addition of the clouds. They fill that distant draw in the hills that is in need of a finishing element.
This little girl was playing in the (dry) water fountain on Sunday afternoon-- I really loved the pink outfit!
In den letzten blassen Sonnenstrahlen des 4. November 2011 erreicht 218 330-9 mit RB 21918 aus Kiel das Stadtgebiet von Flensburg. Nach ein kurzer Wendezeit in Flensburg geht es zurück in die Landeshauptstadt. Der planmäßige Einsatz der BR 218 vor n-Wagen auf der Strecke Kiel - Flensburg endete zum Fahrplanwechsel 2011.
In einem Seitental der Mosel fließt der Endertbach. Eine schöne Wanderstrecke führt vom Kloster Martental bachabwärts bis nach Cochem. "Die Rausch" - ein Wasserfall - ist ebenso zu sehen, wie alte Mühlenhäuser. Empfehlenswert!
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No train in Japan is more famous, nor more sought after, than JR Central and JR West's 923 Series, better known worldwide as "Doctor Yellow"
Originally built in 1998, these trains were rebuilt from the original 700 Series. Their role is to make sure the Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen routes are kept in peak condition through inspection. Each 923 series contains a myriad of track and overhead measurement equipment housed in 7 cars. Monitoring is done on board by a 9-person crew of railway technicians.
It is said here that seeing Doctor Yellow by chance is considered to bring good luck. At best, they'll operate 3-4 times a month. No official schedule exists, but there are unofficial ways to check if they're running, though by no means is it a guarantee. Regardless, I'm thrilled to finally see one for myself!
JR Tokaido Shinkansen.
JR 923 Series (Doctor Yellow) T5 Set
Tamachi, Minato Ward, Tokyo
Deer in Nara, Japan
● Sony a6000
● Tokina SD 70–210mm
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Every year in July they have this procession of ships cruising along the Rhine river at night and wherever the ships pass, fireworks will light up. They call it 'Rhein in Flammen' (Rhine in flames). I shot this from a vantage point high up in the hills when the ships reached Bingen (on the right) and Rüdesheim (on the left). It's quite a colorful scene with the cities, the ships and the fireworks.
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