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This year we do seem to have had a winter that lived up to the name - and is still doing so to some extent since every night the temperature is dropping below zero. Having said that I think that scenes like the above are probably now behind us.
hff! and weekend to all.
Cumbres and Toltec RR, Engine 489, K-36 Class, at the first crossing heading to Cumbres. I edited it in HDR, a little unusual for me but I liked the look. It is said that a "proper" steam train photograph is taken when the rods are in the down position. And so it is.... :)
Back to what i enjoy doing best, spending some time on my favourite boat filled beach, you just never know what you are going to capture.
A cold evening with a warm light. Time to enjoy the frozen lake view with proper warm gear. Thanks for stopping by, much appreciated and have a warm week!
... for a good start to the new week!
Happy Blue Monday!
Detail of Queen's tears bromeliad / Zimmerhafer (Billbergia nutans)
in a pot in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
I inherited this plant, native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina, from my mother. She had them at her windowsills as long as I can remember ...
The whole blossom can be seen in first comment:
A shot from my last trip to Glencoe. This shot was just before a sleety snow storm where the distant Blackmount disappeared and I got a proper soaking! Im not sure why I overlooked this shot before… although it has taken about an hour to post process to being the best out it!
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BACKGROUND:
Versov - Rodeo Drive (taken at Backdrop City)
POSE:
Stun - Sindel 5 (modified)
Quick snap of a Robin in the garden when we had a bit of snow. Hopefully get some proper bird photos this year, would especially like some of dippers and curlews.
Would like to think i have done what the boats name suggests, the sun was setting behind me and the sky was not as good as this, I'm quite pleased with the final result.
A scene that warmed the heart of this particular railfan catches a covered and functioning stabling point, together with shiny tracks, and a collection of semaphores. Oh, and a pair of 1970s-built 'Grids' operating one of the few locomotive-hauled services to visit the area.
Based in Preston, this was the first full day of our tour of the north-west and we opted for a brief visit to the port town of Holyhead - so brief in fact that arrival was at 11.44am and departure at 1.07pm. Nevertheless the tight window gave me time to search out the footbridge not too far from the station and capture the incoming Rail-Head Treatment Train, and thus snap the service we'd passed as it stood looped in Llandudno Junction station. Happy days!
I had time to take a shot of it heading back towards Bangor too, but this one made the better image I thought. A pity the old, and much more convenient, entrance to Holyhead station seems to be out of service. Getting out now entails walking across a long footbridge into town and the phone I was using as a map (which indicated the original entrance) pointed out the walk would now take me almost 10 minutes longer than I had anticipated and risk me missing it’s arrival. Happily good luck prevailed.
For the record, Colas units 56094 and 56096 are doing the honours, and the train is the previous day's 9.20pm Shrewsbury Coleham - Shrewsbury Coleham (3S71) RHTT service.
For anyone interested the DMU on shed is TfW's unit 158819, which is receiving attention for a brake fault.
The road on the left is the A55 'North Wales Expressway' - beloved (or not) by truck-drivers making their way between Ireland and England, as well as the Channel Ports.
12.17pm, 8th October 2021
BRC&W class 26 no. 26032 stands at Dingwall with an unidentified southbound service to Inverness.
I would shortly be taking a train up to the most northerly extremity of the UK rail network, Thurso. Hardly the best conditions, as can be seen, and they hardly improved the further north I went with that fine, but quick to drench, Scotch rain. I would eventually take the bus from Thurso to Wick, stay overnight in a B&B, before returning down the other leg of the line from Georgemas Junction.
This has been my only ride to date along the delightful line to the Far North - but repeating it on a DMU somehow just doesn't appeal.
Agfa CT18
28th August 1978
Last light on the Citadel, Halloween eve.
Loveland Pass, Clear Creek Co. Colorado
Took an opportunity to go shoot sunset atop the Continental Divide a few weeks ago. After getting out of work early that day, I had an image in mind of Citadel Peak at sunset. When I arrived, there wasn't much happening in terms of cloud coverage. It was a cold evening, but the sun was shining and making things a little more bearable. I hiked up the east side of the pass a bit to set up for this shot. I wanted to capture the last bit of light hitting the peak before sunset. As the sun crept closer to the horizon, these beautiful clouds moved in and completed my composition perfectly. It got better and better and I was able to capture exactly what I had in mind when I set out for this shoot. We're off to a great start for winter in the high country. Hoping it continues and brings proper snowpack and good skiing the rest of the winter.
Ken Ardinger caught this job with BN 4252 leading a trio of EMD's at Vancouver on October 8, 1978. Chuck Schwesinger collection.
First proper trip out for a long time and I managed to get up onto the northern edge of Kinder Scout where there were the remants of the other days snowfall. Amazing view looking over Black Ashop Moor with Manchester in the far distance.
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Another image from my first ever trip to Australia and Sydney. I was on a business trip and only had the minimum of camera equipement which included a Gorilla pod tripod and a 28-300mm lens. So really happy with the shots I was able to get... Would love to go back some day with a proper tripod and shot these images again.
Tigger is slightly darker than her sister Winnie and she has a dorsal stripe along the spinal column (Squirrels-2021-2296.jpg)
Hiking Lady Anne's Way between Skipton and Penrith. This pic taken at the top of an inhospitable fell (loved every minute of my soaking!) north of Grassington.
43136/43135 form ScotRail's 1H05 0703 Glasgow Queen Street to Inverness, seen beside the River Truim at Crubenmore.
20th August 2020
Like three years ago, starting the new season with a wonderful and enchanting Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC 2261)
Previous approach: www.flickr.com/photos/olegbr/8552071862/in/dateposted/
I wanted to personally check whether it still variable ...
It was found that this is so :)
Here animation L-channel 200%: olegbr.astroclub.kiev.ua/files/astrofoto/NGC2261/NGC2261_...
Of course, 3 years - a very large interval for observing the changes in the nebula. Everything is much faster: www.umanitoba.ca/science/astronomy/cbrown/imaging/hvn/ana...
In 2013-2016 animation, I drew attention to the star just above the nebula, which is for 3 years significantly shifted to the right.
To heighten the effect, combined with the current picture image DSS., For about 60 years, the offset is already pretty decent. olegbr.astroclub.kiev.ua/files/astrofoto/NGC2261/NGC2261_...
Here www.astrosurf.com/mcianci/ngc2261.html Italian colleague calculated that the proper motion (proper motion) of the star 0.2" per year. The name is NLTT 16798 and is listed as High Proper Motion Star: simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NLTT+16798
Explanation: What causes Hubble's Variable Nebula to vary? The unusual nebula pictured above changes its appearance noticeably in just a few weeks. Discovered over 200 years ago and subsequently cataloged as NGC 2661, the remarkable nebula is named for Edwin Hubble, who studied it earlier this century. Hubble's Variable Nebula is a reflection nebula made of gas and fine dust fanning out from the star R Monocerotis. The faint nebula is about one light-year across and lies about 2500 light-years away towards the constellation of Monocerotis. A leading variability explanation for Hubble's Variable Nebula holds that dense knots of opaque dust pass close to R Mon and cast moving shadows onto the reflecting dust seen in the rest of the nebula. (text:http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991020.html)
This picture was photographed during 4 and 6 February 2016 in Khlepcha observatory, Ukraine.
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10 in., f/3.8
Mount WhiteSwan-180 with a control system «Eqdrive Standart», camera QSI-583wsg, Televue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L = 29 * 600 seconds , bin.1, RGB = 11 * 300-450 seconds, bin.2 each filter. About 8 hours.
FWHM source in L filter 2.10"-2.97", sum in L channel - 2.55"
The height above the horizon from 40° to 48°, the scale of 1"/ pixel.
Processed Pixinsight 1.8 and Photoshop CS6
“The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.”
~ Arnold Bennett, (Stoke-on-Trent), How to Live on 24 Hours a Day.
▪️Roedd meibion Llywelyn yn ymladd ym myddin Owain Glyndŵr, a phan oedd brenin Lloegr ar drywydd Owain, fe'i harweiniwyd gan Lywelyn ar hyd ucheldir y Deheubarth am wythnosau lawer, ar drywydd cyfeiliornus, er mwyn rhoi cyfle i Owain i ddianc i Wynedd.
Cosbwyd Llywelyn drwy ei ddiberfeddu a thynnu ei bedwar aelod, a'i ben, yn gyhoeddus.
▪️Llywelyn was a Welsh patriot who was drawn, quartered and beheaded by Henry IV for helping Owain Glyndŵr.
▪️▪️▪️▪️▪️Just one aspect of the hell the USA, the EU, the UK etc have helped Israel to create & sustain in Gaza. Never forgive the politicians - including Andy Burnham: "Omar Abu Atwa, a 30-year-old driver, was walking home from work one day in central Gaza last month when an explosion shook the street around him.
Bloodied and confused, he was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, where doctors examined injuries to his hand.
As he waited for an X-ray, the lights cut out, rendering much of the hospital’s medical equipment inoperable, including the machine doctors needed to inspect his wound.
After a six-hour wait in the ward, Omar left tired and frustrated, without an X-ray or proper treatment for his injured hand. This is a repeated experience for patients in Gaza, including those rushed to hospital to receive potentially lifesaving surgery.
“I waited for many hours inside the hospital hoping for electricity to return and the medical devices to start working again. During that time, I was in pain and anxious because I did not know the nature of my injury or whether my condition required urgent medical intervention,” he told Al Jazeera.
“I saw children, elderly people and injured individuals waiting just as I was. Some needed medical tests, while others kept asking about when electricity would return so they could continue their treatment. The crisis affected everyone.”
Israel’s genocide has already caused immense damage to Gaza’s healthcare sector, with Israeli bombing since October 7, 2023 destroying 38 hospitals and 96 primary healthcare centres or rendering them inoperable.
Bombing has almost completely decimated Gaza’s national grid, with about 90 percent of power lines destroyed, forcing hospitals to rely on generators for power." - Eman Abu Zayed