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I took a short drive around our neighborhood yesterday morning, mainly to try and keep nesting chipmunks, mice and who knows what else out of our car. But I also needed an anti-anxiety fix and clicking the shutter works like an SSRI for me. It was a dreary looking morning but the sun peaked out and created a spotlight effect on an otherwise boring Ohio field.
Paulson Road
Ottawa County, Ohio
When it is sad and wintery moody outside, I look for my blooming garden again !!! I start listening to my favorite YouTube music!!! And then, everything falls into place, ….inside out!! Lovely, no???
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A long overdue catch up this evening with a good friend. We'd been out on the moors searching for Curlews. We did hear a few but sightings were rare.
On my way home the sun was looking grand and I had to pull over and take this shot.
Unfortunately the Lambo was in for a service so the Shhkoda had to provide the foreground!! :)
All around the globe people are celebrating the advent of a new year with fireworks. But well... man made stuff simply cannot compete with nature. So here you see fireworks on a whole different level: one of the wildest Aurora nights I ever had the pleasure to witness. Happy New Year everybody!!!
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A composition behind my comfort, the front boat to big , but with beautiful blacks, on the contrast to much 'foggy' sky. But with some beatiful shining lights in the water and all around the number 3.
K0dak TrX, 120mm film, 400iso, HC-110, 6 min
In 1859. the Cornwall Railway company constructed a railway line between Plymouth and Truro, England. The topography of Cornwall is such that the route, which is generally east-west, cuts across numerous deep river valleys that generally run north-south.
The village of Forder is about 1½ miles from Saltash and sits on the banks of one such river valley, with many of the cottages situated along the banks of Forder Creek, off the River Lynher.
On the advice of the Victorian railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, they constructed the river crossings in the form of wooden viaducts, 42 in total, consisting of timber deck spans supported by fans of timber bracing built on masonry piers. This unusual method of construction substantially reduced the first cost of construction compared to an all-masonry structure, but at the cost of more expensive maintenance. Replacement of the timber viaducts by all-masonry structures began in the 1870s.
The wooden chariot has long since rotted away. The ongoing excavations of the mausoleum of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, revels that it was laid out to resemble a palace complex. The Terracotta Army formed the garrison for the palace. The army was arranged in long trenches with wooden roofs covered in earth that rotted away and collapsed centuries ago. Every terracotta figure was broken into fragments that have been painstakingly reassembled and is still ongoing. As stated below many other types of figures have been found in other pits including palace animals such as birds and pets.
—from Wikipedia
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remain in situ in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other, non-military terracotta figures have since been found in other pits, including those of officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.
What I believe was an old assayer building at Death Valley Mine near Cima California. When this was taken in 2019 it was in pretty bad shape. I came back a couple of years later and found it completely collapsed.
This is lit by hand in less than one second!
he past few months have been mostly about producing higher quality work. This is not very relevant for social media, but I'm obsessed with the idea of scaling up my images for some future projects.
This is a single exposure, fresh from today. Check out the close-up: twitter.com/ericpare/status/1587956945994108928 😱💙🌟
Please stand up for amazing stillness skills by Kim Henry www.instagram.com/kimhenry.dance/
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1.5 seconds exposure (0.8s for the light-painting), using my usual tubes lightpainting.store/
Jane is waiting her turn to play on an ironing board. So she spends her time hanging out with me.
Nikon Df & Sigma ART 50mm f/1.4 @ f/2.5
...at Cobden Bridge
Early one day during the heatwave, we took a walk along the River Itchen and had breakfast at Woodmill.
for Thursday monochrome (Donnerstagsmonochrom)
gratitude for all visits
While taking a walk in the harbor to check out the ice fishermen and two lakers berthed there for the winter, I noticed a small blob some distance out in the bay. Once I got closer at the end of the jetty, I could see it was a fisherman out there all by himself. It crossed my mind that it's a long ways out if the ice gives way underneath you but it did make an interesting minimalist composition.
Out in North County. Great light in late afternoon which I was not able to do justice.
San Luis County, ca.
Central Coast.
I was tempted to pick up little K & give it a spin in the washer then promote it to van mascot sat on my dash board where it could sit in the warmth & look out at the world passing by but no way am I driving round that carpark again trying to find spot to park with all these crazy festive shoppers !! anyway little K probably would have ended up as a mop for spilt coffee on the dash, have your freedom K goodbye little fellow ;-(
Sunrises confuse me. Panoramas confuse me. With that said, I decided to try and kill 2 birds with one stone and take advantage of a sleepless night.
I've always struggled with insomnia and prefer evening to morning. I'm rarely awake at sunrise, though it's not uncommon for me to fall asleep as it begins. When I do try, I'm normally a little late to arrive and my brain is on sunset by default. It's hard to see things in reverse. I could see the interesting clouds forming from my bed and finally just got up, got my gear together and left without waking the dog.
Panoramas are something I'm just now trying to figure out. Like sunrises, my brain has trouble shooting a panorama in portrait and doing everything at a very awkward angle.
I was the only person at the Hollywood Bowl Overlook when I arrived and I only had about 5 minutes of great sky and light before the haze crept in. This is a 3 shot stitched panorama from the Hollywood sign to the edge of the rising sun.
Hollywood Bowl Overlook
Los Angeles, California
April 27th, 2016
6:32 AM
SETTINGS:
Canon Rebel T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@74mm
ISO 100
f/11
1/100th second
CPL
As I drove up here today I realised I was completely alone; the outside temperature was -1 degree C; there was thick fog and I was driving a rear-wheel drive automatic whose traction control light kept flashing, and I began to question my sanity. This is something I've often pondered. Sane or not? I think at the moment the ayes have it.
My car is just visible in the gloom.
(c) Alwyn Greer 2026
07 March 2026
Mixing monochrome with colour is not my style but this was a rare occasion where I pictured the black/white/red edit the second I saw the guy step on to the escalator.
This Bombus hypnorum (tree bumblebee) male has had such a hard time during his short life that he is almost completely bald.
He was hanging out with a number of fresher males on the leaves of the garden Japanese anemones in between forays to a nearby nest.
I had forgotten about this picture I took until today when I was trying to clear some space on my hard drive. I took this picture of baby alligators in the Everglades in Florida, last February. While I was walking on the trail along a canal, I did not see them at first because they blended so well with their surroundings. Once I spotted them, I first saw six, and then I noticed a few more and then more climbed up on top of one another to hang out together.
It was such a great moment, something I did not even think I would get to see. My goal that day was to see an alligator, which I did, but seeing these babies gators was a real treat.
How many do you see?
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Although I was still some distance from this Caspian Tern, it didn't hang about. Taking to the air, it carried out a leisurely 180 degree turn, and then increased speed as it headed out to sea...!!!
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