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The day today is grey, but the garden is already colorful, with Tulips and blossoms!! ❤ Springtime!!! ❤
And Liza, as most of the Springs, is busy gardening hard!! Weeding is the major occupation, which I perform on my knees, turning the soil right afterwards, in each spot where I work. This action helps eliminate most of the weeds, even the tiniest ones, because it destroys the plant, drying it off at the same time…I should not water right afterwards, for better results…
Gardening is a major healing occupation for mind, and body, and spirit!! For the body, because movement is always beneficial for us, unless it is against a certain physical problem of ours…For the mind, because we are concentrated fully to the land and our job while working, something that takes us away from problematic areas of our lives during this creative occupation!! For our spirit, because we become one with the Existence and Creation of Life! And, I must say, its Rebirth now in Spring!! Therefore, we refill our beings with beneficial, uplifting, Earth Force Energy!! The Energy of Life itself! ❤❤!
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The day today is grey, but the garden is already colorful, with Tulips and blossoms!! ❤ Springtime!!! ❤
And Liza, as most of the Springs, is busy gardening hard!! Weeding is the major occupation, which I perform on my knees, turning the soil right afterwards, in each spot where I work. This action helps eliminate most of the weeds, even the tiniest ones, because it destroys the plant, drying it off at the same time…I should not water right afterwards, for better results…
Gardening is a major healing occupation for mind, and body, and spirit!! For the body, because movement is always beneficial for us, unless it is against a certain physical problem of ours…For the mind, because we are concentrated fully to the land and our job while working, something that takes us away from problematic areas of our lives during this creative occupation!! For our spirit, because we become one with the Existence and Creation of Life! And, I must say, its Rebirth now in Spring!! Therefore, we refill our beings with beneficial, uplifting, Earth Force Energy!! The Energy of Life itself! ❤❤!
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These birds are my nemesis for in flight shots. Low level flying, at speed over water can be problematic, so more often than not I just decide to enjoy watching them. St Aidan's in the Aire Valley, West Yorkshire.
Artificial intelligence
I had a doubt : A.I. out of control would it be good at handling humor, facetiousness or self-mockery?... If that were the case, I would appreciate her genius! ... But be wary, because it could also be a problematic occasional tendency to generate incongruous stupidities... In any case, I expect the best and the worst from the A.I. …Come what may!
J’ai un doute : L’I.A. hors de contrôle serait-elle douée pour manier l’humour, la facétie ou l’auto dérision ?... Si c’était le cas, j’apprécierais son génie ! … Mais méfiance, car il pourrait aussi s’agir d’un problématique penchant occasionnel à générer des stupidités incongrues… Quoi qu’il en soit, je m’attends au meilleur comme au pire de la part de l’I.A. … Advienne que pourra !
The start of my mini break in Wales began at Aber Falls. A popular location, so getting photos without other people in was problematic. As was trying to avoid getting in other photographer shots.
I didn't bother getting the tripod out for this one, I relied on the image stabilisation of my camera and a steady hand to get a sharp image.
The mysterious sinking of the Admiral Von Tromp
On Saltwick Bay near Whitby lies a wreck. Many people stand and stare at this. Many a tourist will ask the name of the stricken vessel. It is a wrecked trawler named the 'Admiral Von Tromp' which foundered In October 1976. The curious will then ask how it got wrecked. Thats more difficult to answer. It is still a mystery which will never be fully solved. The one man who could have solved the riddle died in the water that day.
At 1am the Skipper Frankie Taal set off from Scarborough Harbour. Mr Walter Sheader of 10 Longwestgate, pierman on the West Pier, helped cast them off. He stated that everything seemed normal and that the crew were definitely not drunk (if they had been the whole thing may have been easier to explain). Frankie Taal set a course for the Barnacle Bank fishing grounds - 45 miles NNE of Scarborough. He then had a cup of coffee then came back to check again on John Addison. Everything seemed normal and he went to bed leaving Addison on the wheel - he was an experienced man on the wheel.
Then skipper Frankie Taal was woken as the vessel was bumping and heeling. Crew member John Marton thought the boat had been run down - it simply didn't enter his mind that the boat could have gone on the rocks. The boat was heeling over off Black Nab on Saltwick Bay. The skipper was incredulous and asked Addison "What the hell are you doing!". He simply looked back in stunned silence.
How exactly did a modern boat with all the navigational aids run aground on Saltwick Bay. The weather wasn't bad and they had enough fuel? It was foggy but that shouldn't be a problem as they were not heading anywhere near the coastline. Captain Abbey from the coastguard even charted the boats course and when it sank it was heading due west. That was 90 degrees off course. The boat had been heading straight towards some of the worst rocks on the coast!
Strangest of all was the testimony of a senior nautical surveyor at the inquest. He stated that the boat if left to its devices would not have gone onto the rocks. It really was driven onto the rocks by a deliberate act.
Frankie Taal made valiant attempts to save the boat. They all put their Lifejackets on and then he tried to anchor the boat. Then the vessel turned broadside and it then started to fill with water. He had already sent out a mayday - having to get John Addison out of the way - who was still looking stunned and was powerless to act. The boat was now sinking in thick fog, with a heavy swell breaking on the stern.
The rescue proved very problematic. The boat was heeling over. Frankie Taal ordered the crew to hang onto the starboard side but the seas were too heavy. They instead went back into the wheelhouse. They stayed here for an hour. The wheelhouse slowly filled with water and in the end their heads were banging on the ceiling. In the end they had to leave through an open window - Skipper Taal was last out. Addison was already dead at this stage - drowned in the wheelhouse.
The rescue showed how difficult it is to save lives even in the modern age. The Whitby Lifeboat tried again and again to get near and failed. The Coxswain of the Lifeboat, Robert William Allen, even spoke to the skipper - who said that everyone was alive. The boat tried 7 times to get close. At one point the vessels even touched. Yet heavy seas and fog hampered the rescue. They could even have snatched the crew yet at that moment they were still imprisoned in the wheelhouse. Rocket lines were thrown by the Coastguard but again this failed because the crew were trapped inside the wheelhouse.
When they left the wheelhouse then problems were bound to occur. George Eves was on top of the wheelhouse yet a huge wave knocked him off. That was the last the skipper saw of him. He died drowned. Skipper, Taal was washed overboard and was eventually saved by the inshore Lifeboat. He drew their attention with his whistle on his Lifejacket. The Coastguard had thrown him a line but he did not have the strength to catch it. The other survivors were washed ashore.
It was a tragic loss with two men dead. Quite why it happened will never be explained - Addison died in the water. He drowned and pathology reports showed no signs of alcohol. He spoke to Alan Marston just after the accident happened just saying 'Oh Alan!' in a quiet apologetic voice. He seemed stunned and unable to act. Skipper Taal had to remove him from the wheel in order to try to rescue the boat.
The crew onboard the Admiral Von Tromp were:
- Frankie Taal, 35 Princess Street, who had 23 years at sea - saved by inshore lifeboat.
- Alan Marston, mate, 22 Longwestgate - survived.
- Mr Anthony Nicholson, engineer, 6 Avenue Road.
- Mr George Edward Eves, East Mount Flats, Scarborough,fish hand - who drowned
- Mr John 'Scotch Jack' Addison, Spreight Lane Steps, drowned in the wheelhouse - his body was found on 25th October In Runswick Bay.
A Silver Medal was awarded to RNLI Lifeboat Coxswain Robert Allen. He had skillfully dropped anchor and tried to drift towards the trawler. A Bronze Medal to the Helmsman of the inshore Lifeboat, Richard Robinson, for taking Frankie Taal off Black Nab.
Sources
- Scarborough Evening News 11th November, 1976.
Differentiating Brown Argus and Common Blue from their undersides is problematic, and we need to resort to the pattern of spots. Here we have two distinguishing features. The first is that the Common Blue has a spot on the underside of the forewing that is absent in the Brown Argus. The second is that two of the spots on the leading edge of the hindwing are relatively-close in the Brown Argus, almost forming a "figure of eight", but are more spaced apart in the Common Blue. This diagnostic is particularly useful if the underside of the forewing isn't visible. www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
I used a little 6cm wide bowl with red pepper and Golden Milk which is a spice mix containing Turmeric, Ginger, Pepper, Nutmeg, Cardamom and Cinnamon. It had the right colour. I had to use a brush to get the spice mix into a line the way I envisioned it. More problematic was the reflective nature of the bowl. Had to photoshop the camera out which was in the reflection.
The light may be problematic on a rainy and dark day, but some colours, such as red, may develop a kind of glow you would not see in bright sunlight. Every kind of weather and light has its own speciality. Fuji X-E2.
It's a buff-tailed or white-tailed bumblebee queen and she tries to turn the Galanthus nivalis flower around. The bumblebee is heavy and the flower is small. The mite doesn't hurt the bumblebee, it hangs on the hairs of the bumblebee and travels with the queen to the new nest where it will act as some kind of cleaner for a small pollen salary. It only gets problematic if there are too many mites.
Camera: Holga 135BC
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400, rated @ ISO 800
Exposure: ca. 1/100 sec and f/8, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by Foto Brell, Bonn
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
Whether 35mm or medium format, you can use the Holgas as toy cameras and eagerly anticipate the results, or as serious cameras, like any high-quality classic camera. I prefer the classic approach. I've gotten used to the viewfinder parallax, and the film advance on the 35mm version works without overlap (I use 24-exposure film instead of 36-exposure). I cover the notoriously problematic areas with gaffer tape to prevent light leakage. I use the Holgas to achieve the typical look of the plastic lens: soft rendering of details in the center, a drop in sharpness towards the edges, vignetting, and color saturation in the case of color film. Not all subjects are suitable for this. But when it works, you get impressionistic, painterly images. Sharpness isn't everything in photography, and sometimes too much sharpness can be distracting. Reduced sharpness can downplay unimportant details, thus focusing attention on the essential elements. Sharp or soft reproductions are not mutually exclusive for me, but rather complementary approaches in photography.
The dark weather, combined with the limitations of the Holga, necessitated exposing the HP5 at ISO 800, which emphasized the grain. However, this actually enhanced the atmosphere, and image sharpness wasn't really necessary here anyway.
Hey guys! Sorry it's been a while. My wifi's been a bit problematic lately. Hope you've all been well and are enjoying your summer!
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Jay catches you looking at it as it's eating, it'll fly off, with the nut it's trying to eat safely stored away in its crop. This is slightly problematic for walnuts.
I decided to re-edit this one. This bird was fearlessly striding around on the shore of Lindo Lake, and this image has had almost no cropping. The lighting was problematic; thus the attempted re-edit.
Lindo Lake, Lakeside, California.
Dec. 23, 2017
WLE-05 CP 5908N takes a gentle curve near Morningside, AB while picking up old rail at spots on CP’s Leduc Sub. Later on in the morning of March 5, 2022 the train lost all of its air brakes due to a few issue with the old pair of SD40-2’s, while unable to bring the air back up the continuous welded rail train eventually tied down in the back tracks at Morningside, AB.
Crail... is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 1,812 (in 2011). The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element is the Pictish *cair (c.f. Welsh caer) meaning "fort", though this word seems to have been borrowed into Gaelic. The second element may be either Gaelic ail, "rocks", or more problematically Pictish *al; no certain instance of this word exists in P-Celtic. However, if the generic element were Pictish, then this is likely of the specific. Quoted from Wikipedia
I have posted several photos of different parts of this place.
it is a small city of buildings that are 95% empty. this small city was inhabited by people society deemed problematic.
not criminals who had broken the law, just people who had mental and physical problems. there were all ages here.
they still have a building for problem children.
there is another city for them in heaven.
"Well, when I called her evil
She just laughed
And cast that spell on me
Boo bitch-craft"
- Type O Negative
Pose made by Problematic Poser
Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 metres (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening. FootTown, a four-story building located directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-story Main Observatory is located at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller Special Observatory reaches a height of 249.6 metres (819 ft).
The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Originally intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower is now used to broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height, 332.9 m (1,092 ft) was not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on February 29, 2012.
First night out and first setup in Wayne Pinkston's seminar.
Later this evening the clouds rolled in and we shifted to shooting hoodoos because star shooting became problematic. I feel lucky now to have gotten this image. The light at the horizon is light pollution from the town of Farmington NM a two hour drive away. Standing there I could not see more than a faint glow. It was so dark I could not walk without a light and because we shot as a class and lights were regulated.
I think this was about 10:30 or 11:00 PM. I forgot to set my clock again.
Some of our invasive species are hugely problematic, such as the python which has devastated the mammal population in south Florida. On a brighter side, we have a variety of parakeets and parrots that escaped captivity and have established themselves in significant numbers in the Sunshine State and to my knowledge haven’t caused any significant damage or put pressure on any of our native species. If anyone knows differently, please share. This one is a Blue-and-Yellow Macaw. They are large parrots and, as you can see here, like to nest in palm snags. (Many thanks to my friend Mike for getting me access to this nest which is private property.) (Ara ararauna) (Sony a1, 200-600 lens @257mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 second, ISO 1600)
Bjarnarfoss is an 80m clifftop-high waterfall on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland. This photograph is of the river just below the base of the falls, out of frame. It as a cold, wet, windy, day. Shooting the falls from the base was problematic.
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Den Haag, Amare education & culture centre, muziekgebouw (slightly cropped)
The Amare education & culture building with its 4 concert halls has a delightfully intricate structure to accommodate the concert halls, lobbies, foyers and restaurant. Shown here is a perspex model of it.
Shot in one of the foyers of the building towards the vestiary.
The building was designed by NOAHH/Patrick Fransen, JCAU/Jo Coenen en NL Architects/Kamiel Klaasse. Jo Coenen left the project prematurely.
It houses the Dance and Music centre, the Residentie Orchestra, the Dutch Dance Theatre and the Royal Conservatory and actually consists of five separate buildings: the outer shell and four separate boxes - the concert halls. They each have their own foundation to prevent the rest of the complex from being affected by ‘crosstalk’ vibrations of one building hindering the others.
This construction allowed two of the four concert halls to slightly sag. As a result, the doors of one of halls and the hall of the royal conservatory can hardly be closed anymore. As a temporary solution, parts of the floor covering has been removed.. Building sinking is by the way a not uncommon thing but sagging isn't. It's problematic since it's happens partially / a-symmetrically.
Shot during an extended Den Haag lunch with Leuntje.
This is number 38 of Theatres & Concert halls.
An der Süd-Hessischen Bergstrasse ziehen einige Störche seit mindestens 20 Jahren nicht mehr in den Süden. Irgendwie haben sie sich wohl entschieden, dass es günstiger für sie ist, drei oder vier Tage (so lange dauert der echte Winter hier) zu hungern als den langen und gefährlichen Flug nach Afrika auf sich zu nehmen. Deshalb gehören Störche zu den Vögeln, die man bei uns in der Ecke ganzjährig fotografieren kann. Jetzt ist es Mitte Februar und inzwischen sind auch einige Störche aus dem Süden schon wieder zurück.
Tech. Info: Direktes Sonnenlicht kann seine Vorteile haben. Bei Vögeln mit hellen und dunklen Federn ist es aber oft problematisch. Die Kombination von Weiß und Schwarz ist besonders anspruchsvoll für die Kamerasensoren, gerade auch wenn die weißen Federn von der Sonne angestrahlt werden, während die schwarzen Federn im Schatten liegen, wie hier unter den Flügeln. Belichtungsautomatik und Sensor jeder Kamera verzweifeln an so einem Kontrast. Bei dieser Aufnahme des Storchs ist mir ein wenig der Zufall zu Hilfe gekommen. Der Storch ist so schmutzig, dass die weißen Deckfedern tatsächlich nicht vom Licht ausgefressen wurden. Die Schattenpartien konnte ich aufhellen. Dadurch wurde der Kontrastumfang soweit reduziert, dass die Helligkeitsverteilung in der Aufnahme m.E. erträglich ist.
On the South Hessian Bergstrasse ("Mountain Road"), some storks have not migrated south for at least 20 years. Somehow they decided that it was better for them to starve for three or four days (that's how long the real winter lasts here) than to take the long and dangerous flight to Africa. That's why storks are one of the birds that you can photograph in our area all year round. It is now mid-February and some storks that migrated south have already returned.
Tech. Info: Direct sunlight can have its benefits. However, it is often problematic when it comes to birds with light and dark feathers. The combination of white and black is particularly demanding on the camera sensors, especially if the white feathers are illuminated directly by the sun while the black feathers are in the shade as it is here under the wing. The automatic exposure control and the image sensor of every camera despairs of such a combination. Coincidence helped me a little with this photo of the stork. The stork is so dirty that the white cover feathers have actually not been blown away by the light. I was able to lighten the shadow areas. As a result, this reduced the contrast range to such an extent that the brightness distribution in the foto is tolerable for my liking.
AI is becoming more and more problematic. It's getting increasingly difficult to identify what is AI and what isn't.
This is true for photos, art, music, news, advertising, etc. Now the discerning eye can still identify AI, but eventually, the way it's improving, you won't be able to tell one from the other.
I spent some time having a discussion the other day with Google's GEMINI AI.
The AI attempted to dispense a fair amount of opinionated nonsense as cold hard facts. Each time, I would call it out on it, and eventually, every time, GEMINI would admit it was untrue, biased info, and it would apologize. When the AI is actually admitting this when pressed...well, what does that tell you? That old adage holds true: "Garbage in, garbage out."
A large problem is the "facts" provided by AI are procured from biased sources that align with its developers and aren't necessarily facts. During the extent of our "discussion" GEMINI would always eventually admit that what it was initially giving me as irrefutable facts, were no such thing.
In the words of CCR: I see a bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way.
The Halloween picture is of course created by me via AI prompts, and the accompanying song is also completely AI.
Be careful out there boys and girls, ghouls and goblins.
I'm off to retrieve my tinfoil hat.
Chrysobalanus icaco, the cocoplum, paradise plum, abajeru or icaco, is found near sea beaches and inland throughout tropical Africa, tropical Americas and the Caribbean, and in southern Florida and the Bahamas. It is also found as an exotic species on other tropical islands, where it has become a problematic invasive. Although taxonomists disagree on whether Chrysobalanus icaco has multiple subspecies or varieties, it is recognized as having two ecotypes, 1- inland which is less salt-tolerant and more upright and 2-coastal. Both the ripe fruit and the seed are considered edible.
Biscayne Park FL
Widespread Holarctic breeder, here at the southern limit of its breeding range. The dark, forest-bordered lake and strong contrasts in the bright sunlight were problematic for photography.
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Another print from the problematic film.
Holga 120N, Delta 400 rated at ISO 1000, Finol 23 mins followed by efd 4 mins.
Lobotype onto Hahnemühle Platinum Rag.
Bleached completely (Ferricyanide/Bromide mleach 1+20 3 mins) and redeveloped with SE6 Blue to increase contrast.
MT7 Iron Blue Toner, followed by Lead acetate and a week Ammonia solution in order to decrease saturation.
Beautiful day for a hike in Lake Catherine State Park near Hot Springs, AR. I was hoping there would be a little more cloud cover but the sun kept coming out - something that makes catching a good waterfall shot problematic. However, this one didn't turn out too bad, with the sunlight glimmering off of the rocks in the foreground.
Camera: Nikon D7200
Exposure: 0.3 sec
Aperture: f/29
35 mm Equiv Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO: 100
Before a proper road system was established travel down the valleys of the Lake District could be very problematic what with flooding and lots of mud. Pack horse routes on the valley sides avoided the soggy bottoms and bridges like Ashness crossed the many mountain streams enabling the long trains of pack horses to continue trading. The bridges at first had no sides so the bulky packs could easily pass over the road bed . This must be the most photographed bridge in the country.
Took this last Monday afternoon, blazing hot in Oregon on the Oregon Scenic Byway, US-97, about 20 miles south of Biggs and I-80. I'm about 90% sure that's Mount Hood off in the distance (correction, it's Mount Adams, so much for being 90% sure). Hot days aren't the best for telephoto shots, the atmosphere heat distortions are problematic, but I still liked this shot even though it's not as sharp as I'd like.
It's trillium time again, and it is my habit to try to get one or two new photos to mark the season. It's problematic because they are almost always only to be found in rough, chaotic areas that this old boy can't access very well. This was taken at the lenses full 200mm and then cropped a lot before using Lightroom's enlarge/enhance algorithm to double its size.
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Flower photographed from overhead using a Manfrotto Studio Tripod and 131DDB Horizontal Arm, with the camera attached to the end of the assembly, Color Temperature: 5,560°K
I tried many ways and four different software to correctly stack this four photos. What a pain in the ass!
What contributed to making Stacking problematic was it was breezy, when I took the series of photos, thus 1/500th second Shutter Speed.
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
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This old collapsed bridge ice photographed several times over the last few months, taken on a redscale film.
Now that I know how to shoot this type of film, I'll get some shots of Jack the Ripper locations in London on my trip this year, inspired by the look of the film From Hell. I tried a redscale film in London in 2026 but had no idea how to shoot it so they didn't turn out.
From Hell is very problematic, but visually it is excellent.
This old bridge is in Burradoo.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 14mm F2.8D lens. Rollei Redbird 400 35mm C41 film.
Credits :
Mistique - Talindra (in brown) Consisting of Underbust corset, Pauldron/Chest Armour Piece and Skirt. (www.flickr.com/photos/134188030@N03/24482874579/in/datepo...)
The textures on this outfit are pretty awesome!
While this does fit over Maitreya Lara in this image, the alphas for this mesh body do not match well for the corset part. Particularly at the back where you have a nice lace detail and bare back design, this is problematic. However this outfit comes in three separate parts and is perfect for mix and match.
I'm using size M for Armour and Skirt and S for the Corset
Shield and Axe from Poet's Heart (Barbaric www.flickr.com/photos/poets_heart_photography/13492465853...)
Clark Horns Headdress from Pure Poison (Love the details on this neat little Gacha Prize!)
Talon Ringset (fitting Maitreya 10) from ieQED
22769 Shoulder Dragon#3 Creme
Ikon Ascension Eyes (Bronze) worn with Elysium's Rosie Applier and my own first attempt at makeup for Lelutka Mesh Heads.
Hair is Randa from Truth.
Mistique is part of the MFGC network of merchants across the grid.
Pose: Del May's Kick Off (tweaked a little for this scene using Anypose BVH)
I really thought they'd not bother to repair this again but I was wrong. Work started this week.
White stands for the proposed borders of an excavation. When crews need to mark the limits of the excavation needed for a basement, or even just a trench, they mark the outlines in white paint. This is usually the first step before any underground infrastructure is precisely located. It shows where the digging will occur.
Orange chalk indicates communications. This could include cable TV, phone systems, alarm wiring, fiber optics, or conduits intended to carry signals rather than power. With our modern reliance on telecommunications, it’s wise to be careful when digging around orange markings.
Blue chalk s the color of water, thus it makes sense that blue markings indicate the presence of water lines. Though not as potentially disastrous as a gas or power line, hitting a water pipe or main would have some pretty severe consequences on a project and surrounding residents. Take care around water, despite the peaceful, blue color.
Yellow means natural gas, petroleum, or steam. It’s the color for urgency and caution. Anyone who’s tapped into a gas line and lived to tell the tale knows the value of accurate markings for gas lines. Oil and steam can be almost as problematic. Take care when you see yellow markings.
Photographing abroad has its own set of problems, but it is even more problematic when you are the cause of it.
I saw this roundabout from the terrace of my hotel and I knew I had to make a long exposure composition. When I arrived there, I set up my tripod on different sides of the sidewalk to find the best composition. The only decent place to make the photograph was to stand in the middle of the street and that’s exactly what I did. No island, no barriers, no fence - just the cross traffic whizzing by. If you have spent any time in Mexico you’ll know the driving here es muy loco! Nevertheless, I survived to bring you this photograph so the least you can do is like and comment. LOL! 😀. Taken 12/11/2020.
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Having visited Rustavi in 2023 I thought a brief return was in order to see if much had changed. The weather was a bit problematic with the sun diving between clouds however VL10-1906 managed to pass under somewhat ok light. Here it's seen with a rake of gondolas and grain wagons heading towards the Azerbaijani border. It was a welcome loco as on both occasions the only locos seen were VL11's.
In 2019, UP unveiled a new special paint that celebrated the company’s employees. UP 1111 would tour the system shortly after, making stops at every major terminal across the railroad’s thousands of miles of track. However, the irony of the locomotive made it a target of graffiti shortly after being put into service, with UP laying off many employees shortly after making 1111. Despite this, two years later UP would make another one of these units, this time celebrating the company’s diversity.
Just after six years of service, 1111 is seen bringing an MPDRV onto its final miles into Roseville. It was quite the problematic train, a centerbeam with a problem, the train took ten hours from Dunsmuir to Roseville, and a hot axle caused the train to stop just minutes after taking this photo. The train would finally get into Roseville shortly after 9 PM.
FACE TATTOOS: Mea Tenebra . Fearless /NEW@MAN CAVE
BODY TATTOOS: GARDEN OF KU Tattoo "Ezekiel"_by GoK
TANK: *CORDEWA* MALE ELITE SHIRT /NEW@ALPHA
JEANS: E.K - Wolf - Bootcut Jeans /NEW@MAN CAVE
SHOES: CRIMEN X PREMIUM SNEAKERS
EARRINGS: RichB. Eon Earrings /NEW@MAN CAVE
When you're not next to me
In der Stadt, in deren Nähe der Sekretär aufwuchs und in der er viele Jahre zur Schule ging, gibt es ein problematisches Monument, ein «Kriegerdenkmal» für die Toten des (Ersten) Weltkrieges, das später für den Zweiten Weltkrieg erweitert wurde. Errichtet wurde es 1936. Wer den Stil dieser Zeit kennt, weiss, was er zu erwarten hat. Bei der Errichtung wurden übrigens die fünf jüdischen Gefallenen des Ersten Weltkriegs «vergessen» und erst bei der Erweiterung 1959 ergänzt. Bei Angehörigen der SS wurden nebenbei bemerkt statt ihrer richtigen Dienstgrade solche der Wehrmacht aufgeführt. Seit einigen Jahren gibt es immerhin eine Texttafel zur historisch-kritischen Einordnung und auch ein «Gegendenkmal» in Sichtweite (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinheimer_Kriegerdenkmal).
Seit der Sekretär Denkmäler fotografiert, fand er immer, dass er sich auch dieses reichlich problematischen Werkes einmal annehmen müsste, hatte aber kaum Gelegenheit und auch recht viel Respekt. Bei einem kurzen Besuch in diesem Sommer war er aber mit der Kamera da und machte sich ans Werk. Hier werden die Bilder nun in loser Folge nacheinander vorgestellt.
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In the town near which the secretary grew up and where he went to school for many years, there is a problematic monument, a "war memorial" for the dead of the (First) World War, which was later expanded for the Second World War. It was erected in 1936, and those who know the style of that period know what to expect. Incidentally, when the memorial was erected, the five Jewish fallen soldiers of the First World War were "forgotten" and only added when the memorial was extended in 1959. By the way, members of the SS were listed with ranks of the Wehrmacht instead of their actual SS ranks. Since a few years there is at least a text panel for historical-critical discussion and also a "counter monument" in sight (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinheimer_Kriegerdenkmal).
Since the secretary photographs monuments, he always thought that he would also have to deal with this highly problematic work once, but had hardly any opportunity and also quite a lot of respect. During a short visit this summer, however, he was there with his camera and got to work. Here the pictures are presented now in loose sequence one after the other.
These trees are sitting in water. However the surface is covered in an invasive plant called Salvinia. Texas Parks and Wildlife website says: Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta), a floating fern from southern Brazil, is currently one of the most problematic aquatic plants in Texas. In some places, it is so dense that our boats had to stay on narrow "pathways" through this giant mass of vegetation.
Posting an image of the Grand Canyon is problematic in that it has been captured so well, over and over again throughout the decades. It is visually stunning and defies comprehension. It is daunting to post something fresh. However, I decided to not be intimidated and have presented an image of the moment I was there. It was my time with an epic place. So hear it is...
After a few days of wintery weather that brought snow to many parts of NZ, and despite the forecast for today, I decided the 2 hour drive to Mount Ruapehu may be worth it.
And this is the result - a typical NZ scene with the snowy mountain framed by native NZ bush. A strong, gusty and very cold wind blowing off the mountain made the use of a long lens a little problematic, but still good fun!
Girdlestone sits high (2658m) and isolated at the south-eastern end of the massif. It has the most peak-like countenance; reasonably steep on all sides and with a range of climbing routes to choose from.
An image best viewed large.
Lee Landscape Polariser & Lee 0.9 ND Soft Grad filters.
(c) Dominic Scott 2020