View allAll Photos Tagged Outside
The species is always associated with running water when breeding, although they may use man-made structures near streams for the nest. Outside the breeding season, they may also be seen around lakes, coasts and other watery habitats. Like other wagtails, they frequently wag their tail and fly low with undulations and they have a sharp call that is often given in flight.
Its tail is noticeably longer than those of pied and yellow wagtails.
One from this week.
For licensing on my images see: Getty images.
www.gettyimages.co.uk/search/2/image?artist=sandra%20stan...
Best on black.
Pontiac Silver Streak, I am guessing late 40's early 50's based on some pictures I saw on the internet. (But I could be wrong, I know nothing about cars!)
We found this in the woods while walking the New River Trail. This part of the trail use to be a railroad line. No evidence of any road near the car, just sitting in the woods... but I suppose there could have been a side road between the creek and the railroad tracks at one time. Gotta wonder though!!!
A few miles outside the town of Drumheller is a small area with these very distinctive hoodoos. They are part of the badlands that surround the area. Hoodoos in Drumheller, Alberta, are a distinctive feature that continues to attract thousands of visitors each year. The sediments comprising these hoodoos were formed between 70 and 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period (wikipedia). The area attracts many tourists but these hoodoos are best photographed at Sunset.
Another shot from last weeks trip to the Alabama Hills outside of Lone Pine, Ca.
A half-moon and a 20 second exposure provided the light for this image, with some minor adjustments in Lilghtroom.
click to large and black if you have the time.
The photo shows a 'Hanover version' of the Wismar railbus, developed in the early 1930s as a light railbus for economical passenger services on branch lines in Germany.
As early as the 1920s, light branch lines (the so-called Kleinbahnen) were looking for ways to operate lightly used routes as cheaply as possible. The overwhelmingly employed mixed trains were very slow because of the time needed for shunting wagons. In addition, only a few trains ran each day. In order to offer faster and more frequent services, railbuses were procured. Because they tended to be one-offs and the technology was not always fully mature, they were often expensive. So attempts were made to use the experience and components from the manufacture of buses. Experiments with converted buses were not successful as their engines were not powerful enough and, moreover, they were not designed for push-pull operations.
In 1932 the Triebwagen- und Waggonfabrik Wismar AG (Wismar Railcar and Coach Company) built a light, twin-axled railbus, that could be made cheaply because it used numerous components from the manufacture of road vehicles. For example, 40 horsepower Ford petrol engines were installed, together with their drives. The use of road vehicle drives with five forward gears and one reverse gear made the installation of two engines necessary. These were located outside the vehicle body and gave the railbus an unmistakable appearance.
The Wismar railbus was very much of interest to both Kleinbahnen and private railways due to its low costs. In 1932 a prototype was delivered for the Lüneburg–Soltau Light Railway (Kleinbahn). It was so successful that the Hanover State Kleinbahn Office (Landeskleinbahnamt Hannover) ordered a batch of nine vehicles for a number of Kleinbahnen.
The Wismar railbus had several advantages. Firstly, it was cheap: at 25,000 Reichsmarks, roughly half the cost of a normal railcar. Secondly, it was easy to maintain - the engines were very accessible and spare parts could be obtained from any Ford dealer - and, thirdly, it was relatively comfortable because, although it only offered 3rd class accommodation, the seats were upholstered.
A Northern Harrier Hawk circles us looking for his lunch.
I had meant to post this in February. I will be swamped with work for a couple more weeks, and then I hope for a break. I will catch up!
We dragged ourselves up to Mt Mee this morning at some ungodly hour and sat in the car while outside it was dark, windy and occasionally raining, waiting for the dawn.
Close to sunrise, we relocated to this little tree that Johnno and I scouted on Saturday morning, and was greeted by the best sunrise I've seen in a long time.
London, UK
October 2015
On Photovogue
Facebook // Portfolio // Instagram
Please don't share it on your personal blog without asking me first. Thanks!
here's another shot of that wonderful and ultrafast Golden Plover we managed to watch during a walk in Iceland. Again we can appreciate the perfect camouflage offered by his spotted plumage.
This is the main street in East Looe in Cornwall. East and West Looe were once separate towns on opposite sides of the Looe River, but now they are simply Looe. They sit between two steep hillsides, so there has been little room for modern development, thank goodness. There are some really old buildings here, dating back to the 1600s and before, even though some have more modern shop fronts at ground level. There are also a number of buildings from the Victorian era. Fore Street looks busier than it really was because three of the guys in the picture - not the one with the tattoos, I hasten to add - were friends of mine and staying with me for a few days at my holiday home just outside the town!
What are the chances???
I was taking a whole bunch of photos around the outside of this old menswear manufacturing plant, and I decided to go for a steep angle. I got close to the wall and pointed the wideangle nearly straight up. I could hardly believe what I saw. The wind was carrying off the letters pretty quickly. I started shooting like a madman. This was the one with the least lens flare.
This photoset has note-based navigation
Added to CotC as my most "interesting".
Mt Sopris outside the city of Carbondale, Colorado. Excellent morning to view the Colorado Mountain!
... faces freedom with a little fear - Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
- John F. Kennedy
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2osQPU7CT0
GYPSY – FLEETWOOD MAC
"I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy"
- Leonard Cohen
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6AlcH4C0A
SO LONG MARIANNE - LEONARD COHEN
Dedicated to Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
TO BE A TRAVELLING GYPSY PONY
That old adage springs to my ever questioning mind
“Look before you leap”
live life to the full before that final sleep
any promises you make; make sure you keep
the grass seems always greener to the unknowing flock of sheep
on the either side of that or any other divisive fence
one thing life has taught me
one thing truth has brought me
to count every blessing every single day
don't be complacent; do not relent
find the balance in the betwixt and between times
keep inside the joyful circle of the present tense
deep inside your beautiful heart's content
to be a travelling gypsy pony
a nomad; adventuress; princess of fairy stories
is a journey that I would love
no matter that the field is dry
tomorrow may bring a different sense
no need to settle in one place
no need to stop and wonder why
they are free to roam
and they have the instinct born in them
that always brings them home
the little one longs to play
with the neighbouring field of sheep
they eat green grass oblivious to his dreams
as he observes them so intense
what will tomorrow bring
does anyone really know
and does it matter really anyway
for any given moment is Heaven sent
and hope will get us through
and faith will bring us home
whatever happens to us
if we fall down in between
we will bounce like a rubber ball upright again
and the world will go on spinning
and some of it will go on sinning
but there is always hope of goodness winning
while the stillness within keeps us rooted to the ground
deep within our souls
where the echoes of our subconsciousness may be found
and like the gypsy ponies cycle continues round and round
we will find out where we belong
and our free spirits will sing loudly out their song
bolstering our courage; boisterous in our knowledge
that in this single given moment
we are young, we are free and we are strong...
- AP - Copyright remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission'
SOOC
Nuttall's Woodpecker, Picoides nuttallii, is a species of woodpecker named after naturalist Thomas Nuttall in 1843. They are found in oak woodlands of California and are similar to the Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) in terms of genetics and in appearance. Nuttall’s Woodpecker has black wings and tail feathers with white barring. On the ventral surface, colour is white with black spots and barring. It has a black forehead with white streaks on the sides and an unbarred black region at the top of the back. Adult males have a distinguishable red crown which females do not. However, this physical feature is present in the juvenile of both sexes. They have zygodactyl feet and stiff tail feathers which allows them to maintain a vertical position on trees; typical of woodpeckers. The mass of Nuttall’s Woodpecker ranges from 30 to 45 g with a body length of 16 to 18 cm. Male.
Los Angeles. California.
“Finding Darkness in Rural America” is a new book I’m working on. I photographed this circa 1915 wooden granary in central Utah last week. Unlike today's round silos made of corrugated steel, the 100 year-old style of granary often looked like an unfinished building, with the framework on the outside for strength, and smooth horizontal planking on the inside to hold the grain. Canon 5D M3 • Tamron 15-30mm @ 15mm • f/2.8 • 20 sec • ISO 6400 • WB 3800ºK .
My new ebook, Milky Way NightScapes, gives extensive details on my style of starry night landscape photography. Four chapters cover planning, scouting, forecasting star/landscape alignment, light painting, shooting techniques and post processing. Special Flickr Promo: Use Discount Code FLIK for $5.00 off at checkout (limited time only).
Night Photo Blog | Facebook | 500px | G+ | Instagram | Workshops
I finally got to get out of bed, wearing a back brace. Today I took advantage of the beautiful day and a mild climate, to take a walk outside, take the opportunity to do some shooting.
Finalmente ho potuto alzarmi dal letto, indossando un busto ortopedico. Oggi ho approfittato della bella giornata e dal clima mite, per fare una passeggiata all'aperto, approfittandone per fare qualche scatto.
Musical themed sand sculptures at FIESA 2015, some amazing displays and interpretation of Musical Acts
FIESA is the largest sand sculpture exhibition ever built, held annually since 2003 in Pera, Algarve, attracting thousands of visitors every year.
puffins in a densely populated colony on Castle O'Burrian, a mighty seastack off the coast of Westray, Northern Orkney islands.
Late afternoon sunlight in Assynt, NW Scotland. Taken from the slopes below the scramble up to Cul Mor's summit, looking over at Suilven and, beyond, Quinag,
The snow was knee deep at some places and it was freezing! But it was also very beautiful, and that made up for everyting else! :-)
If you enjoy my work, please like my page, Capture It!, on facebook! Stay up to date with my work and get some tips and tricks about photography! :-)
Among the most elegant of the herons, the slender Snowy Egret sets off immaculate white plumage with black legs and brilliant yellow feet. Those feet seem to play a role in stirring up or herding small aquatic animals as the egret forages. Breeding Snowy Egrets grow filmy, curving plumes that once fetched astronomical prices in the fashion industry, endangering the species. Early conservationists rallied to protect egrets by the early twentieth century, and this species is once again a common sight in shallow coastal wetlands and this area which is adjacent to the dog park in Redwood Shores.
UPDATED because this photo (minus Audrey) is going to be on a BOOK COVER: www.amazon.co.uk/siquiera-los-perros-Jon-McGregor/dp/8498...
I license my photos through Arcangel Images, and they are fantastic.
Facebook. Tumblr. Etsy. Formspring.
155/365
"but why do you save the newspaper?"
"sometimes i like to remember when things were actually happy."
I've decided to write micro-stories for my photos versus posting lyrics. It's a way to maintain my writing.
Oh, and if you didn't know, I am an English major. I mostly write poetry, but I do enjoy writing shorts. :) This is one of the last photos from my shoot with Audrey. I have one more to post in my stream.
+4 in comments from throughout our day - including behind the scenes of this one!