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You have to pick your depth with these (not much) they move extremely quick almost like instantly they are facing in another direction. Anyway I must say this is the best Salticidae image I have made to date.

10 images covered the critical bits at F13 for me

Oh my that light!!

To anyone that sees some mad guy in the parks looking through the leaf litter intently if you ask me Ive already got it worked out to tell you I lost 2 bucks! Maybe then you will look with me and we find more of these blue eyed beauties!

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Have a nice day

"I know."

🎵

Lay your head upon my shoulder

I'll be there to catch your tears

Want to take that hurt away but I can't make it disappear

Disappear

He knows you are there, hm

He heard every word you said

Let me put my arms around you

Time has never felt so slow

Sometimes pain will hold you down but you will never be alone

Be alone

He knows you are there, hm

I know you are scared

But he'd want you to stay

Who you are, never fadе away

Ahh-ah-ah ah-ah

Ahh-ah-ah ah-ah

Ahh-ah-ah ah-ah

Ahh-ah-ah ah-ah

Ahh-ah-ah ah-ah

Ahh-ah-ah ah-ah

I know I have took and posted a similar picture before but this was taken with my new Hi Tech 10mm 10 stop filter with a lee 0.6 ND grad so wanted to show everyone.

The sky was quite white at this point but the nd grad bought back some detail.

i did colour correct this but decided it actually looked nice with a cooler colour so changed it back slightly.

This is a 130 second exposure thanks to my new Hi Tech filter.

Back to work tomorrow so won't be on as much for a couple of days but will be getting out with my new stuff soon for some picture taking.

My camera was on my tripod and fired via cable release using bulb mode and timed with my watch.

Getting my photo mojo back so I've got lots of ideas springing back into my mind again.

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou for all your amazing support helping my last few pictures to reach explore and my last one making the flickr front page :)

look forward to seeing more of all your amazing pictures through 2012.

Hope you all had a great xmas and wish you all a prosperous New Year :)

I know Devil's Garden is one of those "over-photographed" places. But on our way to Coyote Gulch a few months ago we saw these sweet clouds in the sky and Devil's Garden happened to be right there. So we pulled off and grabbed this shot. Happy Friday!

I know many photographers who insist a bird needs to be facing them. Well, for me, whether a human or bird portrait, I see no necessity in that, and I often wait out the more interesting poses!

Thanks for looking, etc.:)

You know I'm too cool for school, yet my mom made me go, so in all fairness I put on my best outfit and took Sammy along with me. Find out where to get this awesome and cool outfit from Little Miss & ForeignxCooley in my new blog post: delisadventures.wordpress.com/2016/11/21/whos-the-wild-one

I've added these images to a little album I called To A Rhythm We Will Never Know which I started back when I was a tad unwell. Reading about Sir Chris Hoy's diagnosis and bravery at the weekend and seeing these grasses reminded me we are just like grasses blown about by life's fortunes.

Do you know that Owl has 3 eyelids?

I just goggled and:

To protect their eyes GHO's have a normal upper and lower eyelid. When an owl blinks the upper eyelid closes and when the owl sleeps the lower eyelid closes up. The third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane, and is a thin layer of tissue that closes diagonally across the eye, from the inside to the outside.Mar 8, 2013

Thank you my friends for your visits & favourites & comments.

Wishing all a beautiful weekend

Valerie

I know you can see through me

(I know you can see through my lies)

Valerie (oh Valerie)

You just choose to never know

(No you just don't know what I do

What I do, oh Valerie)

Valerie

Why pretend to trust in me?

Desearía dejarte saber

"You know life

Sometimes you just gotta stop caring about like

What everybody else thinks and just live your life, you know

Look

If you ain't failed couple times

You ain't ready for this

I don't crumble under pressure

I go heavy with this

Driving straight to the hole, I don't need no assist

If all I got is one shot, You know I ain't gone miss

I never take a hater serious, I'm petty with this

Never been the type to fold, I don't straddle the fence

Yeah, I might lose it all, I'll get it right back quick

I'm like a walking casino, 'cause I'ma takе that risk

I ain't scared of nothing but the old version of mе

I'm fired up, boy I love the cold version of me

I love the way I took the pain and now it's working for me

I'm coming back for everything that was taken from me

Ay what you thought it was, I'm like the little engine that could

They love my drive, they just wanna know what's under the hood

I wish you would tryna stop me, you gone get what you deserve

I'll show you how to take it from the bottom to the first

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

I remember when they said I couldn't, so now they ask me how I do it

When you really know you got it, you ain't never gotta prove it

When you started from the bottom, you ain't never scared of losing

Everything, all on God, is the only way I do it

Scared of what?

Scared of who?

Boy, I been had the juice, with an extra side of sauce

Boy I been had rague

Baby I got so much flavor and the pain is the seasoning

I promise I'ma get it, it don't matter what the season

I do it any day, everyday

I'ma get it in every way

Know they try to say that I can't, but I still doing it anyway

I don't care what they gonna say

I don't care what they gonna think

When you out here chasing your dreams, you don't care if people sleep

I wake them up when I speak, it's just a matter of time

Getting everything for me, it's just a matter of mine

I got audacity and confidence, a deadly combination

Yeah, I hear them talking, I just call it admiration

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

You ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what they said, do it anyway"

Lyrics Source:

genius.com/Erica-mason-do-it-anyway-lyrics

Video:

youtu.be/BqUTWq92hsU

Know exactly when to change

So straight ahead, I paddle on !

;-)

Stay blessed mes ami(e)s Flickr

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Eye in the sky - Alan Parsons

I know there are layers beneath the layers and you haven’t asked but I would describe a fresco not even finished in the workshop, discovered beneath damaged plaster here in the .....

For the Blind Man in the Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence

Jeffrey Thomson

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You know you're getting way too sentimental when you feel sad the SAS 737 is leaving although you have way to many pics from over the years

It might be love,...Vu à Montréal,

On a beautiful and sunny morning,...

Surely,..amies,...de tous les pays,...

J'ai vu,...l'amour,...Love,...:-)

Always, no sometimes, I think it's me

But, you know I know when it's a dream

I think I know I mean a 'yes', but it's all wrong

That is, I think I disagree.

The Beatles, Strawberry fields forever.

the post

Happy Easter everyone - Καλή Ανάσταση!

# 254

Spiderwebs everywhere down here on the river; a constant battle that we are losing. :)

I know I should have waited a few more minutes for the shadow to have been in alignment with the bridge, but it was busy, I was getting frazzled by the bustle, and my wife wanted to go.

But! I got to walk the road that Remco Evenepoel won his Olympic medal on!

La Trocadero gardens in view, along with the National Marine Museum, and Quartier Bellini

Know your place in peoples lives and act accordingly. Its not pride, its self respect. Two Things you don't fight for.. "True Love and True Friends. They come naturally.

Don't know the full story, or why it's still sitting there after almost 2 years, but here's the local scoop when it happened:

www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/sunk-barge-off-quadra-is...

Oh, I want you to know I’m okay,

I just need to know that you’re waiting

You’re waiting for me

The cross here is very special for me. That’s the only religious sign I wear on. The Ankh is the symbol of love between man and woman and a symbol of Eternity, of life beyond life (like the Infinity symbol In Mathematics). It’s also very similar of the symbol of Venus.

It could be the symbol of Eternal Love.

Inspired from this song, beautiful, full of sadness and melancholy

Song :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCNRVX_AWx0&feature=related

Lyrics :

artists.letssingit.com/sarah-bettens-lyrics-im-okay-3sx8gbw

Please visit the stream of my so awesome friend Margò to have her version of the song: www.flickr.com/photos/29074202@N02/3245140304/

Note that the theme is common but we don't know what will be put by the other!

Those who know the estate at Studley Royal will be more than used to the presence of Jackdaws down by the lake. It is probably the presence of the cafe and the visitors al fresco dining that acts as the lure. We weren't in the cafe at this time but sure enough there were a good number of these inquisitive crows doing the rounds.

Look closely at the head and there is some fabulous detail.

The Solent - September 2016

oh the river knows your name

and your tears falling like the rain

all around you suffering and pain

oh the river knows your name

John Hiatt - The River Knows Your Name

i know she thinkin' now she found herself a winner.

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Those who know the way I play golf would expect a round with me to be colourful. My attitude is all or nothing which almost always results in a rather poor score. Occasionally it can also result in the use of some colourful language as well.

Thankfully the nature of my play during todays round of golf wasn't the only colourful aspect of the game. There were superb displays of fly agaric mushrooms to be found throughout the course. This particular one must have been nine inches in diameter.

I don't know where the sun beams end and the star

Light begins it's all a mystery

And I don't know how a man decides what right for his

Own life - it's all a mystery

ㅤㅤ- The Flaming Lips <3

Oie gente, então, em dia de chuva, nada melhor do que tirar fotos né? Haha eu tirei fotos muito iguais(e foram difíceis de editar) então fiquei na duvida de qual ficou melhor, então deixo pra vocês decidirem! Hahaha bom fim de semana para todos :)

Hello guys, so today was one of those rainy days, so I've decided to take pictures! Hahaha I took a lot of photos but I couldn't decide which one was the better, so I leave it to you decide! Hahaha a happy friday for everyone :)

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are we gonna light the flame? / or just feed into the hunger?

I am grateful to live around places like this.

A bottle of beer, a glass of wine or a shot of whiskey? No go for the liquid gold - cider.

Drinking alcohol can be a great pleasure, but you have to know when you are "too relaxed".

The drinkers paradox: Unfortunately the difference between "mellow, relaxed" and a "gibbering idiot" can be slim. So when the room starts to blur you know its too late - or you would if it wasn't already too late.

Even seasoned drinkers can get caught out. Take care.

Abandoned house with daffodil..letting you know spring is coming

I know that some like to see that membrane closed so I decided to post two shots of the Yellow-crowned Night Heron after the caught a rather small blue crab. They use that nictating membrane with almost every snap of the jaw when they are either striking at something in the water or dismantling a crab or crayfish (that’s crawfish here in Texas) and always keep the eye protected.

The truth about that head-on shot of this Heron is that I suspect that he like had his eye on the carb and I was merely in the direction that he was looking at. That small crab didn’t last very long after the heroin applied his tenderizer to it. Photo taken on Horsepen Bayou in Alligator Alley. Take your pick.

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Yea, you know we got it.

www.jxinxed.blogspot.com & www.hollowforce.blogspot.com

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May ♥ 2017

- Cameron Britton

Except in Mina, Nevada. They really know how to do that.

Mina / Mineral County /Nevada

(Note the two old green car doors, bottom right: "US Government, Department of the Interior")

You never,know, how the morning can turn out, this one had so many different colours in the sky in such a short time.

You know much I love isolated grain bins!

Saskatchewan, Canada.

I wrote a blog post about my springtime Saskatchewan trip that has some behind-the-scenes pics and stories which you might enjoy.

I love photographing on the Canadian Prairies and I've been travelling there to do so since 2013. If you'd like to see my other Prairie images, feel free to take a look at the album.

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Nails shine like Christmas

Heels on six inches

Waist cinched, Mugler fit

You can't have this,

you can't hit this

I got a new man in my business

And he all about his business

And his name ain't none of your business

Let them know

Oh, baby, let them know

'Cause they can run they mouth

But I'ma stand and pose for you

Let them know

Go ahead and flip that switch

No, they can't beat you down

'Cause baby you're that

Baby, you're that

You're that bitch

“The merest breath reached out to me in the wilderness and halted me in my tracks. I cocked my head to listen intently to the rhythm of the earth; for the direction of the wind; to the whisper of the trees and in that one defining moment, my mind was made up and I stepped out boldly into the unknown direction of the path that will take me who knows where, but it is the beginning of a new and exciting journey and all I had to do to reach this point was to stand still; to listen; to observe; to be guided by the instincts within me that served me so well in the past and in so doing now, I leave the past behind and my heart and soul are glad to be separated from the weariness that had settled so heavily on my shoulders. My steps are light as is my entire being as I begin again …funny, I only just noticed that begin and being are anagrams of each other … “ - AP

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsA-Xc6gWDE

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO? - DIANA ROSS

Life from a snail's point of view and mine too ; 0))

Which way shall I go?

UP?

ACROSS?

DOWN?

what a dilemma

I cannot decide on a whim

WHAT IF …

too many what ifs …

while I wait I am silent

I try to think strategically

1. Supposing I reach the top

and don't like what I see!

2. Supposing I go across

sideways and merge my colours

subtly into Mother Nature's palette

3. Suppose I go back down

no WAIT!

I already came so far

to go back would be wasteful

of the time

of the experience

mmmm … the wall has tiny microscopic little beasties

they taste good though the wall itself is roughly hewn

a moveable feast

Who am I?

What am I?

A snail carrying her home upon her back

free to roam the open road

oh well, ok … the open wall if you please

I passed a slug a little while ago

a slug is surely just a homeless snail …

I should be more content with who I am

after all I am not homeless

I am not helpless

I am shielded from predators

I am the queen of my own castle

I hear a bird

a Dunnock I think, perhaps two

one is thin; the other fat and round as a Robin

they sing so prettily

I have no audible sound

but my heart sings

my mind thinks

I feel and climb this wall to evade capture

and to avoid being trodden underfoot

vain creatures; humans … they love my slime

they apply it to their skin

it heals and makes them smooth

I can heal myself if my outer shell cracks

I am tired now

I want to sleep but I have not yet decided

UP?

ACROSS?

DOWN?

It is quite a conundrum for a snail

oh there she is with her camera

I cry to her to make sure she gets my best side

of course she does not hear me or does she?

I think she might well do

she is in tune with nature

in harmony with her surroundings

she is in my domain

and I am in hers

together we can do great things

she has a profound effect on me

suddenly I decide

to enjoy the ride

the wind in my hair

oh wait!

Do I even have hair?

So much I do not know

I teach her

she teaches me

together we coexist

she leaves me to my meanderings

while she goes off a-wandering

tomorrow is another day

I will decide then, perhaps

UP?

ACROSS?

DOWN?

What's that she's saying?

“Au revoir little humbug”

What on Earth is a HUMBUG??? *

- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author

Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission

* Humbug is a boiled sweet that is striped like a little snail and very sweet : 0)

As many of you know, CP Train D45 (which on some days is symbolled D48) is the most recent incarnation of the daily CP (D&H) turn job that runs between Saratoga Springs, NY and Kenwood Yard in Albany, NY. This train carried many different symbols over the years (263/264, 514/515, 250/251, 450, 414, and D45/D48), and its traditional nickname is "The Gas Train" due to the fact that--until recently--it used to transport a TankTrain set out of Albany that was destined for Vermont Rail System at Whitehall.

For years, "The Gas Train" was a staple for railroad photographers in New York's Capital Region, departing southbound from Saratoga Springs in the late morning and returning northbound from Kenwood Yard in Albany in the mid to late afternoon. This meant generally-favorable light for the southbound (especially in the winter), and great light for the northbound between Mechanicville and Crescent (Clifton Park).

Unfortunately for daytime photographers like myself, when CP changed the symbol from 414 to D45, they also changed the schedule. D45 departs from Saratoga Springs in the wee hours of the morning under the cover of darkness, then heads back north out of Albany in the very early morning. This means that the light is typically only good for the northbound at a handful of spots between Albany and Waterford.

However, last Thursday, for whatever reason D45 did not run, and a D43 crew was called for 0930 in Saratoga to handle the traffic. Suddenly, the train was back on its old schedule!

Thursday was a "prep day" for me for work, and being fairly caught up I was able to duck out for an hour to shoot the southbound at Menands and Albany. Later, on my way home, I was able to jump ahead of the northbound and wait here at Coons in Halfmoon. When the original Mechanicville Yard still existed, Coons was just west of what was known as "Mechanicville West." For years during the late 1990s and 2000s, there was just a single track between here and CPF467 in Mechanicville. However, for the new Mechanicville Yard, a new interlocking--CPF470--was built. That's what you see here, with the Avenue Running Track (a.k.a. "Avenue Runner") diverging to the left to head for the yard.

With only an hour of daylight left, at 4:24 PM D43 rounded the curve into the sweet, late afternoon sun, making for the scene you see here.

Oh, and I'm still going to keep using the #MakeTheGasTrainGreatAgain hashtag until this train somehow, miraculously goes back to this schedule...

CP Train D43

Coons, Halfmoon, NY

February 11, 2020

Hamburg - Moments

Know for the beautiful bright fuchsia flowers these cacti are just beginning their bloom.

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It can happen to anyone, from any walk of life.

20 years ago I had a career that I was incredibly proud of, saving lives, I had a home, mortgage, car and disposable income. I was confident and, even though I hate to blow my own trumpet, I was incredibly good at the work that I did.

I was, however, bullied, harassed, abused, belittled and ostracised by management and many colleagues in a toxic environment where this behaviour had spread like a cancer. This went on daily for 13 years. I thought that I was 'ignoring' it and just knuckling down in my work. I didn't know, until it was too late, that this was damaging both my physical and mental health.

After some time off due to a stress breakdown I returned and the bullying turned into a witch hunt. They succeeded. My mental and physical health had been destroyed. I was wrongly advised to resign by a union that had representatives embedded in management. I was too unwell to pursue any means of recompense.

Losing my career lead to my first Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy attack. This one was nearly fatal.

I have suffered from Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) for at least 20 years as a direct result of this. Only finally receiving help for the condition last year after years of medical denial because the establishment at the time did not understand the connection between non-life threatening instances and PTSD despite mounting evidence. Thankfully it is much better understood today.

The bullies took my career, my confidence, my identity, my physical health, my mental health and now they have taken my relationship and my home. My ex being unable to cope with my PTSD and reacting to it in a way that was making it worse in a cycle that just destroyed our relationship.

Now, unable to work and unable to claim benefits for the moment, unwell, terrified and struggling at times to cope with basic life things, I am facing this horrendous situation that is so daunting there are times that my thoughts go to a very dark place.

I never imagined any of this would happen to me. I was on top of the world back in the early 2000s. The best time of my entire life.

Maybe I deserved this. Maybe I did something terrible in a former life. I don't know. I can't make sense of it.

I don't want to give up just yet. I want to fight back. I just have so little actual physical support. PTSD can cause isolation. Distrust. Withdrawal.

I have lost my few best friends since moving to Scotland for numerous reasons outside of my control. My family are 300 miles away and offer just loving thoughts. I am on my own.

On Friday I will be completely on my own for the first time in 20 years. This time without the confidence and abilities I had back then. I have to try and find them but without safety, comfort and familiarity I face an impossible task. It can take monumental effort just to cook a simple meal. PTSD is a terrible thing to have.

I am sharing my story as I don't know when or how I will return to Flickr.

Photography has been my recovery. My saviour from PTSD. An adrenaline kick from street photography, the excitement of the edit when you return home. Sharing my photographs with you and taking time to enjoy your photographs. The Flickr routine has kept my sanity and been an important part of my day for years now. I fully intend to return but the odds are against me at least for the moment.

Some of you wanted to help by donating towards the expensive Internet costs I will face in temporary housing.

I hate asking for help but please know that I am incredibly grateful for the help that I have received, both financially and otherwise. Just knowing that people care is a help in itself.

If you wish to keep in touch with me via WhatsApp while I am unable to get my PC online then please Flickrmail me your contact details. (bearing in mind that over the next few days my time is limited).

My PC will be packed tomorrow so I may make one more post before I go. I'll make sure it is a happier picture.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am profoundly thankful for the friendships and acquaintances that I have made here. You are all wonderful, awesome people. Thank you.

Homelessness can happen to anyone.