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1948 Tucker
Some might say that Preston Tucker was a genius, and whether that's true, or not, is certainly debatable. But, I think we all could agree that he was a visionary with his car, and it's design. Advanced concepts that would take years and even decades for other car manufacturers to follow suit with, if at all. Air cooled rear engines, front wheel drive, electric assist manual transmission shifter, safety features largely unheard of in production cars at the time. Features like pop out windshield in the event of an accident, disc brakes, seat belts, padded dash, front right passenger safety zone, a third headlight that moved as the car turned, surely, I missed some. Some of these already had found a home in his first effort, the '48, and if he had remained in business his later models would have included those items not yet on the 48. The car I will show over the next series of shots was present at the annual Lime Rock Labor Day event in '24. It happens to be the 44th one produced out of the 51 he made before he, and his company got into trouble. The Big 3 had to be threatened by Preston's dream car, and one has to wonder what role they had played in Tucker's eventual demise? What made seeing this car special at the show was a chance to meet and talk with Tucker's great grandsons, twins I believe, and they had brought number 44 to the show.
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Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
The Oystercatcher is a striking and familiar wader, its pied plumage contrasting with the bright orange bill and pinkish legs.
The species breeds widely, both around the coast and inland, particularly in northern Britain, whilst during winter large flocks congregate on our estuaries. In Ireland the breeding population remains predominantly coastal. Britain & Ireland support a significant proportion of the global population of this species.
I might post a series about these two abandoned adobe dwellings. I spent some time in them listening to the walls talk and watching the shadows move.
I might as well make the best of winter while we wait for spring. The warm week back in February created a nice little creek at Bluffer's Park in Scarborough. The sunset was quite strong and not much cloud cover was in the sky. I had the trees in the distance and the peak of the Bluffs to help get the shot I wanted. I didn't check the weather to plan the setting but I was in the neighbourhood so I decided to come here for a walk.
You might be knowing this place, right? This photo is one of my personal favorites. It is not really advisable to take camera to this misty place if it is not waterproof. When we look at them from far, they look more like yellow spots. When we zoom, it gives a more beautiful frame of - the man trying to touch the power of nature. Sometimes, camera helps to give a better perspective! To show you the difference, actually another photo has to be here.
-Cave of the winds
Utata's Thursday walk invites us to take a camera when we might not, perhaps taking a different path, and take more photographs than usual. This is the third image in the past year that has been explored but would not exist if not for the reminder to keep trying.
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The bus in the original image was too bright for my taste, and a black & white version was not differentiated at the top, so I went for a hybrid that enhanced puddle details but had more muted color. A high contrast B&W version was prepared (DXO filmpack, AGFA APX 25 preset) and blended (25%, normal blending mode) with the original to mute color. Contrast was then enhanced using Jeff Masamori's quick method (generate a copy, equalize histogram, then blend with the original).
Addendum I have since learned that the combination of a B&W image with a color one is a form of bleach bypass processing.
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Thought you might enjoy this one. I was looking through the archives and I don't think this was ever posted. Taken in 2010 before I had a membership to Facebook or Flickr.
I forgot to mention that this shot was taken from about 150 feet away with a flash and a radio controlled shutter release. It didn't always work and the timing was challenging.
The adults would not feed the chicks if we were near the nest so our equipment is much closer than we actually were.
It took several tries over a period of a couple of days.
This was probably the clearest shot that I could get with the equipment at that time.
Since this might be my last post of 2018... I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my Flickr friends and followers for all your support this year!
This has been quite a crazy year for me... one of the most hectic years of my life! But it's also been a very decisive year... and I've made a number of radical decisions which have changed (and improved) my life considerably. I haven't felt stressed or angry with anyone in at least 2 months now... and that can only ever be a good thing! I have a challenging new project and a clear plan for next year... and so far... everything is fitting into place perfectly! I can't remember when last I've been so excited to start a new year!
So here's wishing you all a very enjoyable last few days of the year... and a very prosperous and happy 2019!
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Now I know what I might have said. And yes, I know it’s been photographed a gazillion times before. But seriously, if you were here and you knew it might be quite a long time before you passed this way again, are you really telling me you wouldn’t stop for a little peek? Really? Now come on, be honest. There’s a reason why it’s one of the most instantly recognisable views in these islands to the likes of us landscape lovers. The Great Herdsman in front of the waterfall has an irresistible draw and it’s always going to be worth stopping for.
It was the first time I’d stood in this spot since a memorable winter photography expedition with Dave and Lee, almost six and a half years earlier. That had been a tremendous experience - the first dedicated photography trip away together for the three of us - and we’d had some wonderful conditions in those early February days. We came to this spot two or three times, including one morning when there must have been at least fifteen photographers jostling for tripod space around the waterfalls and in the river above. Six and a half years! Why had it taken so long to come back? Can I use the long way from home excuse?
We’d just left our hookup under a rare spell of sunshine at the Glencoe Mountain Resort after a couple of wild days, during the second of which we hiked across Rannoch Moor through sheets of July rain that gave us little or no respite. And before heading south for our next camping ground by Loch Lomond, I wanted to show Ali the stunning Glen Etive road. Even better from the elevated position in the van. We made it down as far as the Skyfall waterfall before deciding it might be an idea to turn around and start thinking about lunch and the drive to Loch Lomond. Get to the destination in time to settle down and enjoy the evening, bearing in mind that the route is packed with distractions that could easily have you pulling up at every possible opportunity to gawp at the scenery. And then there’s that horrible narrow winding section along the northwest side of Loch Lomond just after the Drover’s. Definitely one for the passengers to enjoy and the drivers to grit their teeth at.
So of course I failed at the first hurdle and stopped in the parking area opposite the waterfalls at the top of the Glen Etive road. Or did I fail? You see, Ali had never enjoyed this view before and that’s the thing about places like this. You and I have seen them many times, even if we haven’t actually been there ourselves. But when you’re not quite as much of a landscape photography obsessive as some of us are, well, just imagine seeing this for the first time ever. Think back to the first time you saw it and remember how it made you feel. I wanted her to see it for herself. We squelched the few yards across the mud, to where there was one solitary tog pointing his camera at the famous view. Did I mention I’d pulled my camera bag from the overhead cab? And my tripod? Couple of filters? Well here’s another thing - more than six years had passed. Even though we were in the middle of the day, it would be rude not to have a try wouldn’t it? It was a chance to see whether I’d learned anything in such a long time.
Those old photos in the archive leave a lot to be desired in terms of, well, just about everything really. The compositions, shutter speeds and post processing were all very different back then. Our tastes change with time don’t they? I’m being polite to my former self. If I’m being a little more critical, the first ever image I took of this view, six months before that famous winter trip, looks pretty disastrous; very much a case of “could do better.” The exposure on the water that left the brightest parts of the image all but devoid of texture; a tree so fuzzy that it seemed as if at any moment it might pull up its roots and run away down the glen to Loch Etive; the almost as fuzzy Gaussian blur at the end of the edit; the half thought out composition leaving barely a squeak of breathing space in the frame for the beautiful conical summit that I’d stood on two days earlier in that summer of 2017.
Of course none of that mattered back then. I was just excited to be here, gazing at this iconic view for the very first time. Much like I was now really. I’ll probably stand here again in another few years, looking grimly at this image and wondering what I was thinking of. But at the moment, I kind of like it. I’m glad I ignored my own advice and stopped to photograph it again. Professionals aside, if we’re not taking these photographs for ourselves, then who on earth are we taking them for?
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some days we might fall apart
and some nights might feel cold and dark
when nobody wins afraid of losing
and the hard roads are the ones worth choosing
some day we'll look back and smile
and know it was worth every mile 💞
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It might be gloomy and overcast but given that this was my first time here I still needed to get the classic panoramic view from Mounds Park atop Daytons Bluff. An unidentified CPKC unit oil or ethanol train running in typical 1x1 DP fashion comes around the corner through Division Street approaching Hoffman Ave. interlocking on Main 2 of the joint CPKC/BNSF St. Paul Subdivision mainline. Interestingly Main 2 here is CP property and is MP 408.9 while Main 1 is BNSF and is MP 429.1. In the background can be seen the impressive downtown skyline and Union Station while in the top right is the dome of the 1905 built state capitol building.
Also note that Great River Road / Shephard Road is empty as it was closed during our visit due to Mississippi River flooding which had crested here on April 27th at 18.2 ft. There was also no river traffic moving and you'll note that all the barges can be seen safely lashed together and moored up along both banks.
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Saturday May 6, 2023
These elegant, ethereal spires might be the most dramatic hoodoos on earth.
The unique Towers of Silence feature a stark-white Entrada sandstone base topped by a red Dakota sandstone 'cap.' They are particularly dramatic at dawn when they are brilliantly illuminated while the brooding cliff behind them is still darkly shrouded in shadows.
Also known by the less inspiring name of "Walweap Hoodoos", they are located along a dry wash in remote southern Utah.
You have to be willing to commit to a 10 mile (16 km) round-trip hike to earn the privilege of seeing them but I'll bet you will think the price was cheap once you are standing here.
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I Might Be Lost
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
Sometimes I think I'm lost. Maybe I'm looking for myself on this trip I've taken. Maybe I'm looking for my lost life. During this time that I was missing, there were many things about life that I missed. None of them will be re-lived for me. They will remain in my mind as unforgettable memories. Memories that should have been lived but never lived. I don't remember exactly when I got lost. This journey I have embarked on has been a constant search for me. The search for a new life, a new existence. Maybe I would be able to exist again when I found what I was looking for in this endless vacuum of space. I could start life again. Maybe I wouldn't be able to get back the lost time. But I would be able to start feeling life again. I don't know exactly how this search will turn out. Maybe an even worse ending awaits me. I do not know. Maybe it's better for me to be lost.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
The elevator might look small in this composition, but at one time it would have been virtually the only thing visible for miles around. The railways connected small towns like Parkman (and the farmers around Parkman) to the world - allowing them to send their grain all the way to Thunder Bay and then, through the Great Lakes, out to the world. Once the branch railways closed, the elevators closed and many of the towns that grew up around them were abandoned. The small settlement of Parkman still exists, but just barely.
If you'd like, take a look at my other Prairies images, as well as my ongoing project to photograph old, abandoned grain elevators. As well, if you're feeling particularly interested, you can read an essay I wrote for Nathan Wirth's Slices of Silence blog on my feelings of connection to the places I shoot, especially the Prairies.
Following on from a recent image looking towards the towering spectacle of the Shard, I thought it might be fun to come back to the view from the top of the Shard, this time looking east beyond Tower Bridge and towards the Docklands. Having used my annual pass to photograph sunsets and evenings in every other direction from the Shard's viewing gallery, this was the final view I wanted to capture, and in some ways the one that resonated the most with me, as the route from Tower Bridge, both north of the Thames towards Canary Wharf and south of the river towards Rotherhithe, is the one that sparked my interest in photographing cityscapes.
As with another recent capture from the top of the Shard, this was taken with my camera perched precariously on top of my satchel, adhering to the building's no-tripod policy while allowing me to extend the shooting time and shutter speed. My aim with this image was to capture a hint of the dusk light striking the buildings as the sun went down, as well as the vibrant lights across the city during blue hour and into the early evening. Nine bracketed exposures were captured in short succession a few minutes after the sun had gone down, with an additional nine about half an hour later. Tower Bridge is conspicuously derelict while it's closed for maintenance works, but one of London's City Cruisers sped beneath the bridge while I was capturing my second batch of exposures, and it seemed to add a nice sense of momentum to the final image, guiding the eye along the sinuous path of the Thames and towards the Docklands in the distance.
The two batches of exposures were separately blended in Photoshop using luminosity masks, then selectively merged using a combination of Lighten, Soft Light and Overlay blend modes. This allowed me to preserve the brightest and cleanest possible finish in the shadows between the buildings, as well as providing a high level of control over the intensity of the city lights. This was beneficial for toning down the highlights in two particular areas of the image: the busy A1203 road north of St Katharine Docks, where the longer exposures were producing light trails, and the lights at the tip of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers.
Colour-grading was fairly straightforward: using Apply Image to target and mask separate portions of the image, I used Colour Balance, Curves and Hue/Saturation adjustment layers, as well as two low-opacity Colour Lookups set to Soft Light -- Night from Day, and Futuristic Bleak -- to enhance the chilly futuristic ambience. After this, I used Silver Efex Pro to selectively lower the midtone and shadow structure within the Thames -- smoothing out its texture -- and a sparing amount of the Pro Contrast filter in Colour Efex Pro to add some definition to the image.
The final adjustments were to bring out the intricate detail within the cityscape. The D800 does a remarkable job of capturing every nuance, even through the Shard's glass windows, but I added a minimal amount of Colour Efex Pro's Detail Extractor to the buildings, as well as adjusting the tone and radius of the Shadow detail using a Highlights/Shadows adjustment in Photoshop. The final result hopefully brings to life the spectacular view from the top of the Shard, but it was also a fun image to shoot and edit considering how many of the buildings in this view I've photographed from a ground-level view.
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Well, that might be the case here, I don't know. It looks like the sparrow is just deciding what it's going to sing, that and figuring out what I'm doing there. I captured this image at Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland.
Taken 12 December 2016.
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets (Burnt Norton)
Well, this might be a record ~ this photo is the third time I've used it this week ... firstly as a black-and-white and then as a heavily processed shot with fireworks!!
Thought, I would show the original taken earlier this week!
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The La Brea Tar Pits are in the middle of Los Angeles, Ca, at the L.A. County Museum, on Wilshire Boulevard, in the Hancock Park part of town. A huge number of fossilized wild animal remains have been found there over several centuries, because the animals got stuck in the tar and died. They have been doing this for thousands of years, going all the way back to Sabre Toothed Tigers and Mammoths and animals of that period in the history of the Earth. Now, of course, there are modern looking buildings surrounding the area. So, I’ve attempted to re-create the way it might have looked thousands of years ago, eons before there were any buildings surrounding the Tar Pits. In this case the beautiful Mammoth sculptures (created by Howard Ball in 1966) show a Mammoth female is trapped and dying in the tar, while her baby and her mate look on, in despair, because they are unable to help her survive.
Thank you in advance for all your faves and comments. I might answer several days later. And I might post other photos in the meantime.
Merci d'avance pour tous vos faves et commentaires. J'y répondrai peut-être plusieurs jours après. Et je posterai peut-être d'autres photos entre temps.
Il s'agit de la 2ème randonnée dont j'ai eu le temps de trier les photos grâce à mon absence totale de connexion Internet pendant 2 semaines à Quiberon cet été. Et j'y ai pris un énorme plaisir. J'avais laissé de côté le tri des photos de cette rando car je savais que je risquerais de sélectionner beaucoup de candidates. Mais en même temps, il me tardait de ne pas laisser croupir ces photos.
France. Alpes. Massif du Dévoluy. Photo prise lors d'une rando en A/R au cours de laquelle nous sommes allés avec ma femme au Col de Charnier en passant par le Vallon de Charnier et en partant du hameau de Lachaup. Je me réjouissais de faire cette rando et je n'ai pas été déçu car elle figure parmi nos randos préférées de tous les temps ! ❤️
Cette photo a été prise au pied de l'arête EST du sommet de Roche Courbe, juste avant de rejoindre le Vallon de Charnier.
Le sommet qui trône au centre s'appelle Roche Courbe (2259m) et il fait partie des sommets que je trouve les plus beaux. Sur la droite, on voit la face EST de la Tête de Vallon Pierra (2512m). Quand on voit la face EST ou la face SUD de ce sommet, on a l'impression d'admirer une magnifique pyramide d'Egypte et au cours de cette randonnée, ce sont justement les 2 faces de ce sommet que nous avons eu la chance de contempler.
Ce Vallon de Charnier est un concentré du Dévoluy, dans tout ce qu'il a de plus beau ! ❤️
Sur la droite de la photo, je trouve que les nuages dessinent une espèce d'étoile filante. 😉
might be a rare Ganoderma carnosum ( Dunkle Lackporling ) growing on Yew
I don`t find Bracket fungi easy to identify and this one is no different !
What was unusual here was the fact it grew on an old Yew tree (in a cemetery) and I this is the first fungus I`ve seen growing on yew. Dorset
Other possibilities could be Beeswax Bracket / Ganoderma pfeifferi ( Kupferroter Lackporling ) ? Or Lacquered Bracket /
Ganoderma lucidum ( Glänzender Lackporling ) ? Or Red-belted Bracket / Fomitopsis pinicola ( Rotrandige Baumschwamm ) ?
It might be one of the most photographed spots in Banff National Park, but when you see it in person, you understand why. The sweeping mountain backdrop and the lake’s unique shape make it a must-see. It’s one of the few breathtaking viewpoints in the Rockies that requires only a short and easy walk to reach.
Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
This beautiful bird is native to Central and South America. They are extremely friendly and inquisitive.
This is from the archives--just one I liked personally and wanted to bump back up to the front of the stream. No comments or invitations necessary.
You might notice the absence of a chimney on this small home. There is one on the other side; however, it barely rises above the roof level and nowhere near the level of the peak. This could partially explain why I saw so many burnt homes in this area. It certainly does not meet the code requirements where I live.
I might have been the only one photographing these lanterns at the Cherry Blossoms Festival held at the Japanese Friendship Garden yesterday, but how could I not. They were stunning against the blue sky and tree branches.
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This might just be the most significant tree stump in Tasmanian history. In 1976 on this very site a group of conservationists across all political groups decided to establish The Wilderness Society. It was to become the major organiser of the campaign to save the Franklin and Gordon rivers from being dammed.
"Wilderness - Celebrating Australia's Protected Places"
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This old tree (not a native) had been planted in the 1890s by the original settlers, and provided plenty of firewood when it was felled. But the stump became a symbol. Like the mythical Round Table in King Arthur's court, this table-like stump has been sat around for many years as environmentalists discussed their plans to protect the Tasmanian wilderness.
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I sailed all day and sailed all night,over calm seas, i sailed with all my might,
The weather stayed calm,for the next few days,as i swayed back n forth, while the sun was ablaze,
All of a sudden the wind did gust, down came the rain, forward i thrust,
I sailed all day and sailed all night,over stormy seas, i sailed with all my might,
The storm became worse.it took its toll on upon me deck, but onward i thrust , in the distance land was a speck,
After some time an island we hit,
with such force , me boat did split,
i never sailed again from that day on, i was happy where i was,like the day i was born.
Lyrics by pammy milneaux
My second Space Truck. This time it's actually long enough to be a SHIP, but just a little late for Shiptember...
You might well remember this loving couple from last year, this is a pair of Orange Ladybirds I found at Colwick Woods on a wooden handrail. This is a different POV.
This was an ever so ambitious handheld focus stack of 34 images, as could be expected there was some movement (Mainly from the one on top), but I managed to edit around it. I used an F/6.3 aperture, ISO 400 and a 1/160 shutter speed, a diffused flash was also used as this was in the middle of woodland.
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I thought she might have a fawn to the right but wouldn't want to look as sometimes they abandon their young :( she stood still and didn't want to move for ages.
I might delete this. Just enjoying some cliched spit takes.
I've got a lot on my plate. Two photo sessions to edit & Cocoa Beach on Monday.
Listen to 'Fever Ray- when I grow up
Sometimes life is hard. This beautiful little guy has been through the wringer as you might notice by the wings. But God has a way of making broken things beautiful. I am so glad that when I think I will “make a way” He shows me that He has in fact been the One who makes the way.
Here are some of the lyrics to a song I like Make A Way - By Natalie Grant
Make A Way
And so she bowed her head to pray
She cried Jesus please make a way
And she heard Him say
I'll make a way
I'll do whatever it takes even though it won't be easy
I have a plan and though you may not understand
Today I'll make a way
Hear Him say today He'll make a way
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Today He'll make a way
For you He's gonna make a way
For you He'll make a way