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Antelope Canyon, Arizona
I knew this shot was a "keeper" when i saw the preview in my LCD, however it was a bit underexposed - so I adjust shutter speed and open the shutter again, just in time for some tourist with a point and shoot to aim up into my shot and fire off his flash ruining that exposure as well. So after i growl at him and he walks away i go to try for a third time and i guess there was high winds blowing on the desert floor above because the upper layers of the canyon (where i am trying to shoot) start filling up with dust clouds and killing the scene i was trying to shoot and raining sand down on me and my camera. then i had to get out my lens brush and wait out the clouds of dust hoping they would clear and i could get my shot. so right about the time i get my lens clean the dust goes away and i recompose.... Great, now there appears to be some sort of bug that has moved into my scene and is glowing super bright in the thin layer of sunlight up there that was lighting my foreground, which is fleeting by the moment. so now i have to wait for this bug to quit flying around up there so i dont get a giant crazy-straw in the middle of my long exposure. Finally he went away, and i got my shot, just in time before someone came along and kicked my tripod.
This is why i say go to Lower Antelope Canyon. You have the place to yourself and you can take your time and relax and get better shots. Upper Antelope Canyon is a beautifully amazing place, but I am sorry to say the Navajo Indians have turned it into a single-file parade of idiots. I'd rather they charge three times as much for the tour and let 1/3 the amount of people inside at a time.
Apart from the obvious place remaining with significant steam activity in China at the time of this photograph, at Sandaoling, there were a handful of other locations such as at Wujiu, Jiutai, Tianjin and Pingzhuang, still employing the once ubiquitous 'SY' class 2-8-2, but the photogenic qualities of such locations, security issues, frequency of movements and the travelling involved generally discouraged visits by all but the keenest of photographers. The Fushun Old Steelworks (also referred to as Fushun Special Steels) is one such place and had five 'SY's and two diesels at its disposal, apparently only using steam traction alongside the diesels when traffic levels were high. Any chance of seeing something working outside the steelworks boundary was therefore quite limited, but our brief visit on 12th January 2016 remarkably coincided perfectly with one such working. Whilst the steelworks does not allow visits and staff at the loco shed are reportedly unfriendly, the crossing keeper at Xifengnan level crossing couldn't have been more helpful and welcoming, even hinting that a working was imminent upon our arrival. Another deterrent to visitors is the tender-first working procedure (or the train loco propelling the wagons in the opposite direction). It is what it is though, and to witness such an event in 2016 was a bonus. 'SY' 1633 (built in Tangshan works in 1988) in good external condition undertakes a shunting move with a train of scrap along the southern perimeter of the works in order to access the main rail access gate at the eastern end of the works.
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In North American Indian lore, the dragonfly is the essence of the winds of change, representing messages of wisdom and enlightenment; and communication from the elemental world. The dragonfly possesses the ability to see through illusion. They bring prosperity and harmony, and they teach skillful action while maintaining a free and joyful sense of being. The dragonfly brings the light and colour of transformation into your life.
This is for my lovely flickr friends, to give you all these good things in 2008 :)
Found a pretty song to go with this too! :)
Canadian goal keeper, Vassilia Gagnon, attempt to stop the Dominican Republic fast break. 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru.
© 2019 Paul Chan - Canada. Photos are copyrighted. All rights reserved. Pictures can not be used without explicit permission by the creator.
keepers .... Located between houses number 27 and 30 along the embankment of the Griboedov Canal.
The axis of the bridge is oriented against the center of the gate of the State Assignation Bank - at the place where the channel, changing its direction, makes a turn. Near the bridge is located Kazan Cathedral.
Upstream is Kazansky Bridge, below - Flour Bridge.
The nearest metro station (410 m) is Nevsky Prospect-2, exit to the Griboedov Canal.
The bridge was named after the nearby Assignation Bank (now the building houses St. Petersburg State University of Economics)
The need to build a bridge was caused by the growth of population in the area adjacent to the Catherine Canal
The bridge project was developed by engineer Vasily Karlovich Tretter and Vasily Andreevich Khristianovich. Simultaneously with Bankovsky, a draft of a second chain footbridge across the canal, the Lion, was drafted. February 18, 1825, both projects were approved, in the summer of the same year, construction of the bridge began .It was supposed to complete the work by October of the same year, but because of the delay in the manufacture of the metal parts of the bridge, the assembly of the bridge began in the spring of 1826. For the construction of the pillars of the bridge, the embankment blocking was dismantled (without disassembling the granite facing) .The manufacture of cast iron and metal parts, as well as the assembly of elements at the construction site, was carried out by the Byrd plant .On July 24, 1826, the bridge was opened to traffic .
Angular sculptures of winged lions (often mistakenly called griffins) by sculptor Pavel Petrovich Sokolov brought particular fame to the bridge. The mythical winged lions, whose images were previously found only in the decoration of furniture and architectural details, were first cast in enormous sizes and decorated the street]. Work on the creation of models from May to September 1825, also a sculptor made alabaster forms.
The sculpture was supposed to be minted from copper sheets, but then the figures were cast from cast iron at the Aleksandrovsky Iron Foundry, the wings were chiseled from copper sheet and covered with gold leaf .
During the operation of the bridge, the cast-iron rails were replaced by iron forged, very primitive designs, lanterns over the heads of the lions were broken .
In 1949, on the initiative of Lenmostotrest and by the project of architect Alexander Lukich Rotach and technician G. F. Perlina, the Office for Architecture Affairs drew up an architectural planning task for the restoration of the bridge in order to return it to its original appearance .In the same year, the wooden canvas of the bridge was overhauled .
In 1951-1952, round lanterns on the heads of lions and a metal fence were restored. The gratings of the bridge were made by the workshops of the Higher School of Industrial Art named. V.I. Mukhina In 1967 and 1988, the gilding of lion wings was restored .In 1997, the sculptures were repaired and the rail grille was restored.
In 2009, gold was scraped off the wings of the newly restored lions [.In 2011, for the period of repairing the emergency section of the embankment of the canal, two sculptures of lions were in protective cases.
In September 2015, St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Mostotrest began work on the replacement of wooden flooring of the bridge.
On January 19, 2017, the griffins from the Bank Bridge were taken away for restoration. The ferry itself was overhauled. June 19, 2019 the bridge was solemnly opened after restoration.
Single-span suspension bridge. The span structure consists of two chains, pendants, and wooden linen. The role of the pylons is performed by decorated with sculpture cast iron frames (frames) attached by anchor bolts through the masonry to a wooden grillage compressed above and below by massive cast iron plates to which the supporting chains are attached .Chains consist of metal links of circular cross section. The wooden canvas of the bridge consists of girders, crossbars, cross ties and flooring.
At the entrances to the bridge on the cast-iron pedestals installed sculptures of winged lions. The wings of griffins and some details of the bridge are covered with gilding. On the heads of the sculptures there are fixtures in the form of truncated balls of milky glass with an upper cast ornamental cover made of bronze alloy .
The art of casting railing is a semicircular section with radially spaced rods connected by curved inserts.The picture of the fence resembles the railing of the Demidov Bridge.
The width of the bridge between the railing is 1.85 m, the bridge length is 20.1 (25.2) m, the distance between the axes of the chains is 2.24 m
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1.What to photograph - Camera. 📷📱
2.Where to photograph - Place. 🌋
3.When to photograph -Time.🌅🌄
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2.Learn where you are going.
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Corfe mullen gate keepers cottage on what was the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, closed in 1966 by the infamous Dr Beeching as part of a cost cutting exercise. part of the original track is still visible in the tarmac.
Rainbow dropping into Rhosilli Bay.
I took this from the Rhosilli Bistro Patio.
Steve and I saw at least 3 rainbows as we travelled around the Gower on Saturday.
The edge was naturally a bit red, suggesting a corona. I then intensified the saturation and blurred some edges to make it look a bit more corona like.
I don't know her name, but she tallied the diets of the penguins who were fed by a zookeeper. Here, the record keeper is answering questions from curious guests.
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60009 UofSA passes the old Midland crossing keepers cottage at Brockhampton on the approach to Cheltenham with the returning Cathedrals Express from Worcester to Brompton. Cl.47 diesel assistance due to fire risk. Thursday 28th June 2018.
Given my recent health issues and inability to ride I've sold off all but three bikes. My Charrel as a wall hanger, Valerie's porteur, and this CDF are the only ones that reamain. Cdf in case theres a miracle...
I was not feeling well that night. Something has happened in my life and I needed to get away. At first I thought I'd just go to the outskirts of the city and take some photos. I find that I like taking shots at night when I am alone.
This photo depicts Jvari Monastery, a 6th-century early medieval monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, illuminated in pitch black night.