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This little girl was playing in the (dry) water fountain on Sunday afternoon-- I really loved the pink outfit!
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
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.
Deer in Nara, Japan
● Sony a6000
● Tokina SD 70–210mm
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Du sable entre les doigts
Les nuages s’écoulent.
Automne des matins.
Masaoka Shiki, poète japonais (1866-1909)
In the limelight - or well, actually the LED light that the humans have in the living room but the Human does not like very much. But it suits me, doesn't it? Shows off my nice fur. They also replaced the carpet this year. The cow hide missed so many hairs and the Human wanted an animal friendlier alternative. It is a carpet that I can scratch and it has very short hairs sticking up, so it is easy to clean and Big Human doesn't have to sneeze.
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From our Summer 2021 two-week trip from California to Mt. Ranier, Washington, July 2021. What is truly striking about this image is the amount of snow that has already melted, all caused by the heat spells that struck the Northwest in May and June.
In the beauty, among the trees
Face caressed by the summer breeze
Hear the birds sing in the skies
See the clouds, float past your eyes
Walk between the spreading trees
Feel the lovely summer breeze
That falls upon your waiting face
As past you, beauty it does race
I took this image in 2013 but never did anything with it at the time because my camera slipped as the wave came in and the resulting shot was at an angle of 30 degrees. However I've now levelled it, turning a landscape shot into a portrait one, and wonder why I never did that at the time!
First winter photo session this season. I will record a video tutorial using this photo. I think it's interesting because it wasn't wintery at all. No snow at all. I will post in on my website and on my YT channel
Deep in the night, CP Osman continues to guide and direct trains along Norfolk Southerns Bloomington District. The former Wabash signalization throws up a high green as NS D32, the daily Decatur-Bloomington local, enters the block on its journey northwards. Osmans 20ft tall, three headed home signal, along with the matched two header and dwarf opposite the switch points, were installed here in 1959 when the railroad upgraded the line with CTC. It's one of a mere handful of surviving US&S H5 signals in central Illinois, and its remoteness makes it a prime target to visit at night and try something a little different.
Late on Sunday night, I ventured out to visit Osman with the promise of a northbound train, clear skies, and a moonless night. Though the sheer darkness and emptiness of this rural location was certainly unsettling to say the least, I camped out by the signal for about four hours to take this shot. I've been dreaming of learning how to take a star trail photo of my own, and so when the stars aligned - literally and figuratively - the other night, I made it my mission to learn and do it - and for my very first try, I'm more than happy with the results!
When I left late on Sunday, I returned home early on Monday, with little time to sleep and get ready for work in just a few hours. I didn't get to edit anything until after work, and the whole time I was crossing my fingers and hoping I'd done everything right and it'd work out. I didn't expect to get a better result than what I'd pictured in my head!
This photo is the result of approx. 375 30 second exposures, and with a delay of 2 seconds between shots, it took 3.5 hours to complete. Edited and compiled/stacked using StarStax, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Shinning brightly over the rest. A unique, kind and loving man and one who was like my extra Dad.
Mike, a very long time friend died at the end of June, but for some reason, I didn't get Julie's email telling me. She emailed me about something else and then replied telling me the news, yesterday evening.
A wonderful father to their 3 children and a great Granddad to their 7 grandchildren. Plus a wonderful extra Dad to me.
Julie and Mike are the friends that often came over to visit us either here or where we used to live. They last visited in September 2018.
Will miss you Mike. ♥
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"Peter Maynard", Life in Shadows, Adelaide, South Australia, Fujifilm X-T20, Schneider Kreuznach, Xenon 105mm f3.5. Classic Chrome Film Simulation.
Widecombe in the Moor is a village in Dartmoor National Park in Devon. Its church is known as the Cathedral of the Moors on account of its tall spire and its size, relative to the small population it serves. It is a favourite tourist centre, partly for its scenic character and partly for its connection to the popular song “Widecombe Fair”.
The name is thought to derive from 'Withy-combe' which means Willow Valley. Tourism is a major source of income for Widecombe today, and within a small area of the village there are several gift shops, cafes and two pubs (the Old Inn and the Rugglestone).
The village is well known for Widecombe Fair, held annually and celebrated by a folksong of the same name, featuring "Old Uncle Tom Cobley and All". Its words were first published in 1880, and the characters from the song are featured in many of the souvenirs on sale in the local shops.
Kanaldeckel von Mannheim.
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The tenement house at 37 Piotrkowska Street in Łódź.
The property at 37 Piotrkowska Street belonged in 1887 to I.L. Kona. At that time, there was a one-story front building with an adjoining one-story outbuilding, and from the southern border there was a three-story outbuilding.
In 1894, Dawid Szmulewicz became the owner of the plot.
At the request of Szmulewicz, in 1903, the successful architect Gustaw Landau-Gutenteger developed a design for a new tenement house, with a facade in the then fashionable Art Nouveau style, with outbuildings. The project was implemented in 1904. The frontage of the tenement house is truly magnificent and monumental.
However, I looked into the yard to see the effects of renovations carried out a few years ago.
I think it was worth a look.
In an alternative imagining of the 19th century slave trade, the white man is the slave of the black slave trader.
Sometimes seeing things differently helps us SEE things differently.
Brand new black and white edit with the title borrowed from a line from Redemption Song by Bob Marley.
Story behind this shoot:
I did the colour versions of this shoot a few years ago. They went viral and were widely acclaimed as impactful and thought provoking after being picked up by a famous Black American influencer on Instagram. The series of 6 of these shots had before this been accepted for a UK Nationwide touring exhibition - to be pulled at the last minute by those in charge as it was considered it may be too "distressing for school children" to see these (even though it was a normal exhibition for all the public who would mainly be adults anyway).
Seeing the usual images of black people suffering in chains in the schoolbooks is apparently okay, but it is not good for kids to see things differently, or to perish the thought to make the next generation actually have to THINK and be impacted ... and if they are distressed for a little while by the reality then so be it, as that's how change happens by hearts and minds being impacted as slavery and racism and inequality based on race is distressing. Whatever the race of the perpetrator and victim.
I - and my two awesome models here PJ Walker and Horace Silver - am proud that these images are considered powerful enough to impact young minds. And maybe a few old ones.
37601 with 350120 in tow is working hard towards Adderley Park running as 5Q91 Long Marston to Northampton EMD. Facilities here are somewhat basic with, what looks to be, an LNWR waitng shelter on this platform and a modern version on the opposite one which matches the street level ticket office and the dilapidated Station Hotel on Bordesley Green Road is just visible.
Among the mirrors, customers and ghosts of bar Sporting. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Leica M5 + Zeiss C Sonnar T* 1.5/50 ZM + Kodak Vision 3 250D.
This week in SSC:
Nature in B/W
The robins have been so active here lately. I watched this one fly in and out of the yard the other day collecting various insects for its babies.
And since this "Baby's" in black (and white) I chose this song for Sight and Sound:
The Beatles from their album "Beatles for Sale" (1964) U.K. or if you were in North America like I was you will remember it fondly from "Beatles '65."
Già in epoca romana, nell'antica città di Ticinum, era presente un primo ponte che collegava le due rive del fiume all'altezza del moderno Ponte Coperto.
Di questo ponte rimane, facilmente visibile nei periodi di magra, la base di un pilone centrale, in trachite dei colli Euganei. La direzione del pilone, leggermente disassata rispetto a quelli dei ponti medievale e moderno, indica che in epoca romana la direzione della corrente del fiume era diversa. Un altro pilone del ponte romano si poteva vedere fino a pochi anni fa presso la sponda sinistra, ma è stato coperto di terra per ampliare la riva.
La costruzione del ponte romano si fa risalire all'epoca di Augusto.
Nel 1352 iniziò la costruzione sui ruderi del ponte romano un nuovo ponte, su progetto di Giovanni da Ferrara e di Jacopo da Cozzo. Il ponte, completato nel 1354, era coperto e dotato di dieci arcate irregolari e di due torri alle due estremità, che servivano per la difesa; l'aspetto di questo ponte è visibile negli affreschi di Bernardino Lanzani (1525/26 circa) all'interno della chiesa di San Teodoro.
Nel 1583 fu sostituita la copertura con un nuovo tetto sorretto da cento pilastrini in granito secondo il volere dei Visconti.
Durante la costruzione delle mura spagnole, nel XVII secolo, la prima arcata e mezza verso la città e la prima arcata dal lato del borgo furono comprese nei bastioni e, quindi, chiuse.
Successivamente furono aggiunti un portale di ingresso dalla parte del Borgo Ticino (1599), una cappella al centro del ponte in onore di San Giovanni Nepomuceno (XVIII secolo).
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Not photoshopped.
Macro of image refraction in water drops on glass. I fogged the glass up a bit with my breath and painted the red light in with a LED during the 3.2 second long exposure.
The obligatory "Explored" post edit ~ EXPLORED!!! Thanks so much for your interest everyone, this really just made my day
Aaaand dropped from Explore at #86, now that is comedy.
Flickr Explore literally 86'd my picture.
Featured on the flickr Blog December 5 2012
Cheers to you flickr blog readers, this is awesome.
Evening sky in Tuscany near Radda.
Great place to be, great place to drink wine...
Sony Alpha 900
Konica Minolta 17-35mm @17mm and f8
Dveloped in LR 5.7
This wee lamb was having a leisurely stroll through the morning dew, in early morning sunshine. Her mother was nearby, munching on the wet, juicy grass.
I was driving down my track, on my way to work, this morning, and I thought this scene was quite lovely.
(iPad Noir function to render the b&w image.)
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland