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...on a rare occasion that I was passenger rather than driver.
Calhoun County, Georgia USA
[1733-D7100-Neo]
© 2024 Mike McCall
A Green-winged Teal swam swiftly downstream until it ran into a beaver lodge, made a sharp U-turn, and swam swiftly upstream. I'm glad I got a shot of it all! I also got a shot of his lady love, which I will post at a later date.
Late day view along Middle River on this pretty Fall day. Was able to be outside without a heavy jacket.
Ex-NER Worsdell designed 'Y7' 0-4-0T no.1310 brings the goods train though the M1 motorway tunnel, as ex-LNER Sentinel 'Y1’ 4WVBGT No.68153 stands in the spur.
30742 Middleton Railway Charter
Finally had some time to run around. overcast day, low light, but still found a few birds willing to cooperate
This drake ring-necked duck was one of a flock at Lake Artemesia and he seemed quite content to just swim along as I snapped away. I captured this image while I was checking out how well my 2.x TC was working after I put it through lensalign calibration.
With the waters freezing up here now, I'm left with fewer birds and sunny days, so I'll be pulling a lot from the "archives" as we move through the winter.
Taken 6 February 2017 at Lake Artemesia, Maryland.
With apologies for the title to anyone of my age, who is probably now involuntarily breaking into a quick round of 'Oh, the Esso sign means happy motoring...' :)
This is a vintage Esso uniform button. I'm not sure exactly how old it is, but it's probably 1950s or earlier. It's a fraction over 1" wide. Luckily, the top part of the petrol pump in the background isn't showing because it's actually Shell. 'Keep going well, Keep going Shell' .... NO, not another song!! :)
For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, One Word.
Trout just had to have one more spin around the house on the awesome motorcycle! Now she can travel to her new daddy in a happy state!
My old favorite regional park has really changed in the 2 years since I've been working at one of the other parks. Lots of construction has changed access to some of the parking areas and therefore to some of my favorite spots. So, needless to say, I've missed some of the scheduled bird life. The cattails and reeds have filled in some of my favorite little places for babies and interactions as well. I persevered on this cloudy morning, which in fact brought a surprise light shower. All that said, I spotted this old favorite chugging along to disappear in the reeds again. I might add the unnecessary high ISO - I failed to respond to the sky lightening up after the shower.
ARRIVA Buses Wales ADL Enviro 400 4403 - J300 ABW sets off from Rhyl on route 51 to Denbigh, Lenten Pool. This was taken after the Beast from the East had begun to make its presence felt, but before it unleashed its full force, with parts of Wales being particularly hard hit.
Taken with a Sony A7R and a non-Ai Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 lens (the K version with the Gauss optical formula). As you might imagine, this setup is quite heavy. If you’re a hard-core Nikon film camera buff, you probably know all about this classic Nikon camera and its accessories. If not (or you need a refresher), then read on: the MD-3 was the motor drive aimed at advanced amateurs with a lower frame advance rate compared to the pro-oriented models. In combination with the MB-2 battery pack which holds eight AA batteries, you had to be an ardent amateur to carry this combination for non-paying photography. The rechargeable ni-cads of the MB-1 battery pack have long since gone kaput so as it turns out, decades later, the MB-2 wins for longevity.
Aurora borealis over Orkney on 27th February 2014. This photo was taken by the 1st Chruchill barrier on Lambs Holm.
BR Class 55 No. D9009 'Alycidon' crosses Misbourne Viaduct, and passes over the M25, leading UK Railtour's 'The Golden Jubilee Pullman' charter, from London Victoria to Kidderminster, on 16th May 2015. On arrival at Kidderminster the charter will be hauled to Bridgnorth by Bulleid West Country class light Pacific No. 34027 'Taw Valley', which has recently returned to traffic after an absence of nine years.
A mixed train of sorts is northbound at Bear Creek with insulated boxcars for Lodi canned-good loading and Sierra Western lounge 507 full of railfans logging in rare mileage behind the 1949-vintage RS1. Brakeman Jeff Flynn and engineer Herb Hastings occupy the locomotive cab. Dave Stanley photo ©2024