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I haven't posted in many months, finally feeling like I'm back on two feet (somewhat) and anxious to get the hell back out there.
A few shots from a class I'm taking at Valley Ridge Art Studio this weekend, more to post after tomorrow.
Old steam engines in the ghosttown of Ny-London / Blomstrandhalvøya / Kongsfjord / Spitzbergen / Svalbard
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Ny-London ist eine aufgegebene Bergbausiedlung in der Nähe von Ny-Ålesund. Die Marmorvorkommen auf der Insel Blomstrandhalvøya, ließen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts den Aufbau einer Marmorgrube als gewinnversprechendes Projekt erscheinen. Der englische Abenteurer Ernest Mansfield (1862–1924) hatte 1911 die Mittel zusammengebracht, hier Marmor abzubauen. Dafür wurden Wohnhäuser für etwa 70 Personen errichtet. Der abgebaute Marmor erwies sich allerdings als unbrauchbar aufgrund seiner Brüchigkeit durch die ständigen Frosteinwirkungen. Das Unternehmen scheiterte somit schnell. In der Folge wurden einige Wohnhäuser aus Ny-London nach Ny-Ålesund verbracht, andere zerfielen wo sie waren. Heute bildet Ny-London mit seinen Ruinen und rostenden Maschinen als Geistersiedlung ein Zeugnis von der Goldgräberstimmung auf Svalbard im frühen 20. Jahrhundert.
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Ny-London is an abondoned mining settlement near Ny-Ålesund. The marble deposits on the island of Blomstrandhalvøya is bound to the adventurer Ernest Mansfield (1862–1924). The marble quarry was established in 1911. Experts from around the world praised the quality of the stone. Expectations were big and high economic yields were anticipated. Private houses for up to 70 people were built. The marble blocks crumbled due to frost action and turned out to be useless. The establishment was abandoned. Most private houses were moved to Ny-Ålesund, other rotted on the spot. Today, Ny-London is an excellent representative of the Klondike gold rush feeling that prevailed in Svalbard at begin of 20th century.
A bunch of former Amtrak F40PHs-and a Burlington Northern C30-7-wait out the days before they become razor blades at the EJ&E's yard in Joliet back in 2003.
the new face + body from the body co, available in 8 tones, each including 3 brow/hair bases, plus enhancements and 15 makeup sets to mix and match with <3
Rain moved out early afternoon. Turned into a gorgeous Fall afternoon. With lots of sun and dry air.
And day fell into night. And although we were going to have a quiet night at home. Decided to go eat and meet some friends.
It's so, so strange to me now. I use to be alone and bitter. And now everyone who sees me tells me that I have the warmest smile.
I call it the Sandra effect. I finally found my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Just like Mama said. And she also said. You must endure rain to see the rainbow. And then follow never stopping till the end. My Mom was a very smart Lady.
I have previously posted colour pictures of The Long Thin Drag railtourof 12th April 1986. Showing the busy scene at Penrith, where there was a photo-stop for participants of the tour. 1Z25 is seen in dire light with 1001 leading. This was run by Hertfordshire Railtours and The Southern Electric Group, being an out and back from Hastings to Carlisle via the S&C with return using the WCML. 1001 was the power cars from the unit only, giving it a bit more oomph on the heavy gradients on the route.
What has happened to the weather in London it feels more like January than late April. I thought that by now my long boots would have been put away until the Autumn but apparently not. Still regardless of the weather I am still getting out and about so I must not complain.
The last of the overnight storms are heading eastward and out of the area. Three exposure HDR processed with Photomatix
Go in, interrogate the target, torch the building, and get out.
Trying my hand at a mafia scene and some editing. Tried the best I could at the effects to make it look dark, hope you guys like it!
i didn't have to be at work until 9am the other day and got to my local subway station at about 8:30 or so. i couldn't get on the first train that pulled into the station. i live two stops from manhattan into brooklyn.
i think i forgot what rush hour is about as i'm normally at work just before 7:30 each day and this sort of thing never happens to me. sometimes, not always, i get a seat. yes, the train is crowded at 7am.
so if low-level housing is being demolished in my neighborhood at a quickening pace and being replaced with high rise luxury dwelling, how are those people going to get to work in manhattan?
As seen in the Brooklyn Record
entrenching tool, stainless container w/ sealing lid, beanie, 2 emergency blankets, sm emergency all weather radio, Btl. of multi-vitamins, my Nebo 220 lumen (+ strobe setting) light, adj. wrench, px 888 5 watt uhf 2 way radio, old school (Special forces from Vietnam) knife, duct tape, matches in zip lock, liquid soap, knife sharpener, angle head flashlight, bungees, zip ties, TP in zip lock, 550 cord (50 feet), sm h2o tight container w/ lighter, iodine pills, h2o purification tabs, machete, hat w/ built in led lights, & my collapsible baton. Main compartment has ripstop bdu pants, x socks, shirts, first aid kit, jacket, gloves, and a bunch of other stuff. I will get some pics of that soon.
I went out shooting with a friend today into a nearby parkland. He showed me how you could use an iPod to attract small songbirds to our location simply by playing a selected audio track of the bird of interest using one of the bird field guides we both had bought (Audubon Birds). Here is an image of an American Redstart which I captured today using this approach. It is amazing how well the audio track of this bird attracted them to us.
This was an extremely difficult bird to capture with the Canon Powershot SX40 I was using, because of the bird's small size (the camera had trouble focusing on it) and because of the birds tendency to move about frequently (made harder to capture by the camera's shutter lag). I have found the SX40 works well for larger birds as long as they are not in flight.
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Think it was a puff ball!! I loved the way that the droplets formed such perfect little spheres, I guess, due to the 'dusty' composition of the remains of the fungus!
Wollerton Wetlands - Shropshire
my first trip to mcs. i've truly been a lucky girl lately to venture to some amazing places with some exposure detroit friends. what a crazy, stunning, amazing place.
looking out, thinking of what it once was, all that it should be and what it isn't.
This series of shots was taken late in the afternoon last Saturday, where in Victoria, Australia, it was a sunny and very warm day. Four of the dingoes at Healesville Sanctuary were sensibly resting or sleeping in the shade.
This one has just got up - he may look intensely, but really, I think his eyes show tiredness! You can see under his snout some of the garden mulch that has stuck to his fir!
Dingoes are believed to have descended from the Asiatic Wolf.
The dingo (plural dingoes) or warrigal, Canis lupus dingo, is a type of wild dog, probably descended from the Southern-East Asian Wolf (Canis Lupus Pallipes). It is commonly described as an Australian wild dog, but is not restricted to Australia, nor did it originate there. Modern dingoes are found throughout Southeast Asia, mostly in small pockets of remaining natural forest, and in mainland Australia, particularly in the north. They have features in common with both wolves and modern dogs, and are regarded as more or less unchanged descendants of an early ancestor of modern dogs. The name dingo comes from the language of the Eora Aboriginal people, who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.
The dingo is legendary as Australia's wild dog, though it also occurs in Southeast Asia. The Australian animals may be descendants of Asian dingoes that were introduced to the continent some 2,000 to 3,000 years ago.
These golden-orange canids may live alone (especially young males) or in packs of up to 15 animals. They roam great distances and communicate with wolf-like howls.
Dingo hunting is opportunistic. Animals hunt alone or in packs. They pursue small game such as rabbits, rodents, birds, and lizards in addition to larger prey such as kangaroos, sheep and deer. These dogs will eat fruits and plants as well. They also scavenge from humans, particularly in their Asian range.
Dingoes breed only once a year. Females typically give birth to about five pups, which are not independent until six to eight months of age. In packs, a dominant breeding female will kill the offspring of other females.
Australia is home to so many of these animals that they are generally considered cute, but pests. A famous "dingo fence" has been erected to protect grazing lands for the continent's herds of sheep. It is likely that more dingoes live in Australia today than when Europeans first arrived.
Though dingoes are numerous, their pure genetic strain is gradually being compromised. They can and do interbreed with domestic dogs to produce hybrid animals. Studies suggest that more than a third of southeastern Australia's dingoes are hybrids.
At between 10 and 24 kilograms (22-53 pounds), dingoes are a little smaller than wolves of the northern hemisphere and have a lean, athletic build. They stand between 44 and 63 cm (17-25inches) high at the shoulder, and the head-body length varies between 86 and 122 cm (34-48inches). Fur colour varies but is usually ginger: some have a reddish tinge, others are more sandy yellow, and some are even black; the underside is lighter. Alpine dingoes are found in high elevation areas of the Australian Alps, and grow a second thicker coat during late autumn for warmth which usually sheds by mid to late spring. Most dingoes have white markings on the chest, feet, and the tip of the tail; some have a blackish muzzle.
Unlike the domestic dog, dingoes breed only once a year, generally do not bark, and have erect ears.
Wild dingoes prey on a variety of animals, mostly small or medium-sized animals, but also larger herbivores if need be.
Dingoes do not generally form packs; they more often travel in pairs or small family groups. However, they are capable of forming larger packs to hunt cooperatively.
Domestication is possible only if the dingoes are taken into captivity as young pups.
Asian seafarers transported Dingos from mainland Asia, through South-East Asia to Australia and other parts of the Pacific, during their voyages over the last 5000 years. Fossil evidence suggests that Dingos arrived in Australia around 3500 - 4000 years ago, and quickly spread to all parts of the Australian mainland and offshore islands, with the exception of Tasmania.
The arrival of Dingos is often considered to have caused the extinction of Thylacines from mainland Australia. Aboriginal paintings and fossil evidence indicate that Thylacines once inhabited the entire Australian mainland but then disappeared suddenly about 3,000 years ago. As Dingos are thought to have arrived around 500 years earlier this was considered ample time for them to impact on Thylacine populations, either through competition for food or through the introduction of diseases. The fact that Thylacines survived until the 1930s in Tasmania where Dingos were absent was often put forward as further indirect evidence that they were a major cause for the disappearance of Thylacines from the mainland.
The role of Dingos in the extinction of the Thylacine has recently been questioned.
Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria, Australia
I have to explain this one :) The bride and groom were telling me about a tattoo party (real tattoos) they had a few night prior. I asked them what they got, and the bride showed me her heart. Couldn't have been in a more perfect spot from a photographers perspective! :c)
{Made to explore, May 27th, #410! }