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Indeed, a brief pause between thunderstorms; the sun dropped by to greet us, just the time to take some shots...
I am not entirely satisfied with this photo, not least because of the ghosts in the bush in the foreground (due to the wind), so I hope to get some critical appraisal to better myself for further occasions. I tried some antighosting, but it appears to come at a high price (high risk of getting artifacts, worse than the ghosts...)
3-bracketing (-1.67/0/+1.67 ev). I have blended two HDR images generated and tonemapped with Luminance HDR 2.4.0.
Luminance HDR 2.4.0 tonemapping parameters:
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Detail Factor: 3
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After shooting the #108 at Leaman Place a week or so back, I passed this location on my drive home. The irony of an Amtrak train passing this sign with its meaning was too good not to return to and capture the Westbound Pennsylvanian rumbling by. Indeed good business owner, indeed.....
MRL's Paradise local whiles away the sunrise waiting for the days crew. This morning was truly spectacular, the low level clouds really added an extra dimension to this scene.
Yesterday the people of Melbourne were allowed back into shops, restauants and other businessess, in a so called covid-safe manner. Of course they went nuts! So I will stay away until the pent up demand has reduced a bit. Besides it is lovely Spring weather now so I prefer these types of Gum nuts -(Corymbia ficifolia) Baby scarlet variety!! Found at Royal Botanic Gardens - Cranbourne.
Not much commentary needed here. One of the over 7 out of 10 Americans who say they disapprove of the Donald.
Living Life
Life is not a race - but indeed a journey. Be Honest. Work Hard. Be Choosy. Say 'thank you', 'I love you', and "great job' to someone each day. Go to church, take time for prayer. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. Let your handshake mean more than pen and paper. Love your life and what you've been given, it is not accidental ~ search for your purpose and do it as best you can. Dreaming does matter. It allows you to become that which you aspire to be. Laugh often. Appreciate the little things in life and enjoy them. Some of the best things really are free. Do not worry, less wrinkles are more becoming. Forgive, it frees the soul. Take time for yourself ~ Plan for longevity. Recognize the special people you've been blessed to know. Live for today, enjoy the moment.
-Bonnie Mohr
Yosemite National Park was for me, both a blessing and a curse. The blessing was the beauty of the mountains, valleys, rivers and sky. The curse…I’m not a landscape photography guy. In between every tree, rock and crevice I was looking for wildlife. It was by far the largest area that I had ever visited that was nearly void of wildlife. Even the park ranger that I asked for help in locating critters tried to get me excited about the whitetail deer that come out at dawn and dusk…I can see whitetail most days around our neighborhood.
Yosemite is just another reason to thank Abraham Lincoln for the blessing that he was as he had the insight to set aside the magnificent place way back in his day, laying the foundation for our National Parks System.
Photo taken 12 September, 2023
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"Cold indeed, and labor lost: Then farewell heat, and welcome frost!" ~ William Shakespeare ~
The eastbound Day Gas peels around the sweeping curve at Weeksville with the ever present Clark Fork alongside.
“This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas, everybody invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend’s house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter.“ – Jane Austen, Emma
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Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.
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Anzi " E' primavera ... ", perchè questa foto nella sua versione orignale "perde" qualla patina di malinconia legata a bei ricordi lontani, oramai passati...
Questo è il bello della fotografia al "tempo del digitale", perchè partendo dalla stessa foto, si può arrivare a suggestioni diverse...
Indeed "It 's spring ... ", because this image in its original version "loses" the suggestion of melancholy, linked to happy memories away, now gone ...
That's the beauty of photography at the "time of the digital age ", because starting from the same photo, you can get to different suggestions...
On the edge, indeed. It was 10C on this pretty Spring morning when Olymp snapped our Honeybee. Below that temperature Bees can no longer fly, but the Sun was out and so was she and up to her task for her hive. Squill provided beautifully pale pollen - see it sticky in Bee's corbicula.
I’ve been absent from Flickr for far too long! I missed seeing many wonderful images and interacting with longtime friends. I regret all that I missed.
But now back to the good stuff, the stuff that makes us all experience joy and frustration, happiness and heartache—seeing and shooting nature!
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Zion's famed Subway slot canyon is a fun challenge to reach in any season, but never more so than after a winter storm. One such storm recently washed over the southwest, so I ventured up to Zion to see the Subway dressed in winter white. The rangers office tried their damnedest to talk me out of it, but I assured them I was prepared with all the right equipment, experience and skills to stay safe. What I really had was a bit of old gear and just enough guts. Permit finally in hand, I plowed into the untouched snow and began a treacherous winter scramble across icy rocks and frozen water. I wasn't sure whether any icicles had formed inside the slot canyon, but I was surely going to find out. A few exhausting hours later, fingers frozen and toes numb, I at last reached the Subway. Icicles indeed.
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One lonely tree on the whole beach. Only had to wait a few minutes before someone sat in its shade.
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Yes very soon indeed, only a few days actually .... then on the 31st of October Halloween, it will be released from it's cage to unleash mayhem, don't really want this vampire with it's ugly teeth knocking on your door do you?
Well it's actually a little toy set of wind up vampire chattering teeth.
Photographed against some green crocs with a torch illuminating the holes, and hopefully adding to the overall scary effects.
"Little Vampire"
I'm little vampie, who, who, who,
I'm going to suck you, you, you.
Out my coffin I do creep,
on Halloween to reap, reap, reap.
I've got rows of big white teeth,
soon you'll need a big old wreath.
I'll spring up, suck your neck, guzzle, guzzle every speck.
Please don't worry I'll soon be gone, till next year, bye' bye' so long.
Original poetry
by Sean.
"Chatter of the chew-chew"
I've got vampire teeth that chatter when I come, I'm after the red stuff know what I mean .... got some ???
When I'm fully wound my teeth really chomp, but I'm after blood not a cosy little romp.
When my spring is spent my little vampire is still, but wind I up again I'm sure to give 'em thrill.
Original poetry
by Sean.
Love & Peace everyone!
💓
Don't be frightened!
It's just a little fun for
Halloween.
Vampires don't really
exist .... Probably! 😈
This is the second full moon in March making it a so-called BLUE moon. It is also a Paschal Moon.
According to Space.com: "Spring began on March 20, and 11 days later, the moon turns full. So this is also the first full moon of spring, and as such, it's designated as the Paschal Moon. The first Sunday after the Paschal Moon is usually designated as Easter Sunday, as will indeed be the case on the very next day, April 1. "
Handheld. -17C 10:45 MST March 31
Built off the Warhound as a base.
Offset side feeding drum mag.
Underbarrel GL also has a mag.
Your turn Robbe.
Southern Arizona offers many springtime treats to those birders who visit, but few more beautiful than this one. The blue-throated mountain-gem, actually a large hummingbird (about 3X the size of the Ruby-throated hummingbird), exhibits beauty in its flight and that identifiable magnificent blue throat. Last year, when visiting the area, I had hoped to come across them, and that we did. Having a limited distribution in North America, primarily in Mexico, they also breed in SE AZ, SW NM, and southern TX. Of interest to note, the blue-throated mountain-gem does not perform an aerial display, using different vocalizations to attract mates and defend its territory. I think it's a gem indeed. Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend ahead.
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It may be a hazy warm June day but the holiday red and green colors are in full force in Vermont. And what could be a better summer Christmas present than an honest to goodness 70 year old Alco RS-1 working revenue freight on home rails. What a gift indeed!
Due to the normally assigned GMTX geep being down for maintenance the Vermont Railway pressed their ancient Green Mountain Railroad Alco RS1 into freight service on the Bellows Falls switcher all this week. Normally this unit only sees service on the VRS' passenger excursion trains and perhaps use on revenue freights once or twice a year at most. So this week was exceptional, and I'm hard pressed to think of anywhere else in the country an RS1 is used to haul freight anymore.
What is even more special is that this unit is very much on home rails having been built for the Rutland in November 1951. So that means she is approaching her 70th birthday in a few months and has never left the Green Mountain state!
Here she can be seen working train DASW in Riverside Yard as road freight 263 arrives from Rutland behind VTR 307 (EMD GP40-2 blt. Oct. 1984 as SSW 7255) and 432 (EMD SD70M-2 blt. Dec. 2006 as FEC 103). They are at about MP B2.5 on modern day VRS' Falls Running Track of the Bellows Falls Subdivision which is the original Rutland Railway Green Mountain mainline.
Rockingham, Vermont
Friday June 11, 2021
Mjóifjörður means "Narrow Fjord", and it is indeed narrow, while 18 km long. Today it is one of the most isolated and least populated place in Iceland, with some 10 year-round inhabitants in the village of Brekka. It has a feel of an isolated world, as the only road to there is usually closed in winter, and goes through patches of snow even in summer. Lovers of tranquility will not be let down by Mjóifjörður, which has a hostel with a café. A little over 100 years ago, however, it hosted the busiest whaling operation in the world at the time, in two Norwegian-run whaling stations. Altogether some 5000+ whales were processed there in 12 years.
Indeed this very love which is my boast,
And which, when rising up from breast to brow,
Doth crown me with a ruby large enow
To draw men’s eyes and prove the inner cost,—
This love even, all my worth, to the uttermost,
I should not love withal, unless that thou
Hadst set me an example, shown me how,
When first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed,
And love called love. And thus, I cannot speak
Of love even, as a good thing of my own:
Thy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,
And placed it by thee on a golden throne,—
And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)
Is by thee only, whom I love alone.
~Elizabeth Barrett Browning (one of many love sonnets to Robert Browning)
….. I always enjoy - and indeed look forward to seeing a new Window Display by Tanners Wines in Shrewsbury! They always pull out all the stops - well corks!! Feel free to pinch out or zoom in to sample this one. The whole display is hanging in mid air and looks to be made of labels off bottles of wine I think?! Cheers, Alan:-)…..
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Those indeed were the days! Armed with a Western Region line side permit, it was a case of breezing into Laira , flashing the pass, and the depot was yours to explore! On 3rd April 1976 'Western' No. 1054 'Western Governor' was receiving attention, along with an unidentified Class 08 shunter. Copyright Photograph John Whitehoused - all rights reserved
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