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It has been a long time since I’ve posted a photo, so I'll try to get it done today!
My passion for nature and alpine photography is unchanged, but in the last year many things have happened: I got married, I moved house and, from a social point of view, I’ve opened a YouTube channel dedicated to my organ performances, as I am first and foremost a musician, a concert organist.
YouTube channel “Organo Santuario della Consolata”
Therefore, since the time I dedicate to social media is not much, I have had to reduce my activity on other platforms. Anyhow, I hope to catch up soon my presence here, as I was doing in the past!
This is a beautiful night view from the 3,000 meters of Col d'Ambin, in the Alps of the upper Susa valley (Italy/France).
What can I say, I guess that those who are familiar with high mountains know well that finding oneself above the clouds can be a very frequent experience, while deciding to stay in place to be able to admire unimaginable natural spectacles like this one can be a little rarer :-) or, for all intents and purposes, a “photographer activity!” ;-)
Whatever the reason that drives us to stay in the high mountains at night, what I would like to point out is that these are always unique moments, priceless, to never forget how infinitely small and transient we are, yet we participate in an immensely large reality, which transcends our human understanding.
YouTube channel “ALPS pictures & tales”
Instagram @roberto.bertero
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©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
the 300mm f/4 is creepy, seriously. this image ist reduced by 50%... best combo with a d850 ever :o)
Zone VI Ultralight 4x5
Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ (100)
Pyrocat HD 1+1+100 18mins 20c reduced agitation
Epson V850 / Silverfast
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In Explore 12/26/2024. Thanks to all for views/ faves/comments.
Scanning a few of my Dad's old negs, I ran across this sad sight. A pair of New York Central J3A Hudsons in a scrap yard somewhere in the Chicago area. What a shame one of these classics wasn't saved!
Vandyke Brown process.
I printed this photograph three times, the results was either too dark or too contrasting or the coating was not uniform.
I decided to touch up the print too dark in order to lighten it.
1st experiment: immersion in a solution of sodium thiosulfate for 4 minutes gave too little depletion, it was not efficient enough!
2nd experiment with potassium ferricyanide: Immersing the print in the reducer. The brown deep photo lightens on the entire tonal range after two minutes of weakening, while colors become slightly cold.
Then the image is transferred to the fixer. Finally, the print is washed for 25 minutes in plain water.
A passerby on a Dublin street
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I was asked to do a series of my own personal favourites on the blog. I will post one favourite each day this week.
It was pouring the day we visited the P&W back in August, 1978. But the engine facility was full of Alco/MLW products, and we kind of figured we weren't going to melt. And having manual 35mm cameras meant that the odds of water damage were greatly reduced. Here's the rear end of the 2002, kind of a love it or hate it rear end, too.
Up on the first walk after French lockdown was reduced, I went on a foggy and wet day to Calerne plateau.
This is another shot of the famous staircase at Heals Department Store on Tottenham Court Road with the changes made last year. The notable new feature is the chandelier going from top to bottom. There has also been an extension of the part of the staircase accessible to the public to the lowest floor but not the highest floor. This is a shot from the ground floor not previously open to the public.
The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle lens at 17mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing. As it was a bit dim down there I created an additional image by using the +2 EV image in Camera Raw and increasing the exposure by 2EV. Opened in Photoshop first and each image noise reduced with Noiseware Pro and saved as tiffs.
The picture was enhanced with HDR processing, Topaz and Photoshop to bring in more detail. The Real Estate setting was used in Photomatix for a natural look.
was used in Photomatix for a natural look.
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On Sunday 5/3/2023, an overpowered 1120s (empty Aurizon grain transfer) is seen at Wingfield (Adelaide) with alf23-CLP16-cm3308 in charge.
With the impending withdrawal of all Chopper C Sets on 26/2/21, it sees the start of some several transfer trains to Chullora Industrial Siding. Seen passing Berala is 8144 and 8252 with train T191.
The cars withdrawn include:
C2: C3603, T4269, T4261, C3595
C4: C3589, T4260
C10: C3594, T4255
Four-Spotted Chasers at dawn.
This year I opted for something a bit different when photographing the Four-Spotted Chasers on the Somerset Levels. I decided to carry my 500mm prime lens and tripod in the hope that I could see and photograph these amazing dragonflies deep in the reedbed. The benefit to this wildlife area is that in doing so reduces the possibility of the reeds being trampled if shorter or macro lenses are fitted.
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This common waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. As the species is prone to wandering, especially when not breeding, it is sometimes recorded outside its core range. The species was once also widespread in southern Australia, but disappeared from there largely due to the drainage of the wetlands where the birds once bred. The Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land know this bird as Manimanuk. It became an important food item with the formation of wetlands about 1500 ya, and is depicted in rock art from this period. Mimi figures are often shown holding goose-feather fans.
DESCRIPTION
Magpie geese are unmistakable birds with their black and white plumage and yellowish legs. The feet are only partially webbed, and the magpie goose feeds on vegetable matter in the water, as well as on land. Males are larger than females. Unlike true geese, their moult is gradual, so no flightless period results. Their voice is a loud honking.
SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
This species is placed in the order Anseriformes, having the characteristic bill structure, but is considered to be distinct from the other species in this taxon. The related and extant families, Anhimidae (screamers) and Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans), contain all the other taxa. The magpie goose is contained in the genus Anseranas and family Anseranatidae, which are monotypic now.
A cladistic study of the morphology of waterfowl found that the magpie goose was an early and distinctive offshoot, diverging after screamers and before all other ducks, geese, and swans.
This family is quite old, a living fossil, having apparently diverged before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event — the relative Vegavis iaai lived some 68-67 million years ago. The fossil record is limited, nonetheless. The enigmatic genus Anatalavis (Hornerstown Late Cretaceous or Early Paleocene of New Jersey, USA - London Clay Early Eocene of Walton-on-the-Naze, England) is sometimes considered to be the earliest known anseranatid. Other Paleogene birds sometimes considered magpie-geese are the genera Geranopsis from the Hordwell Formation Late Eocene to the Early Oligocene of England and Anserpica from the Late Oligocene of Billy-Créchy (France). The earliest known member of the group in Australia is an unnamed species represented by fossils found in the late Oligocene Carl Creek Limestone of Queensland. Additional fossils from North America and Europe suggest that the family was spread across the globe during the late Paleogene period. The Australian distribution of the living species ties in well with the presumed Gondwanan origin of Anseriformes, but Northern Hemisphere fossils are puzzling. Perhaps the magpie geese were one of the dominant groups of Paleogene waterfowl, only to become largely extinct later.
ECOLOGY AND STATUS
The magpie goose is found in a variety of open wetland areas such as floodplains and swamps. It is fairly sedentary apart from some movement during the dry season. They are colonial breeders and are gregarious outside of the breeding season when they can form large and noisy flocks of up to a few thousand individuals. Its nest is on the ground, and a typical clutch is 5-14 eggs. Some males mate with two females, all of which raise the young, unlike some other polygamous birds. This may be beneficial when predation of young is high as chicks raised by trios are more likely to survive.
This species is plentiful across its range, although this is significantly reduced in comparison to the range at time of European settlement. The range once extended as far south as the Coorong and the wetlands of the southeast of South Australia and Western Victoria. For Australia as a whole, it is not threatened and has a controlled hunting season when numbers are large. However, most of the southern populations were extirpated in the mid-20th century by overhunting and habitat destruction. The species has been subject to reintroduction projects such as Bool Lagoon between Penola and Naracoorte. Populations in more northern areas have again reached a level where it can be regularly utilized by hunters, although not in the example provided. In Victoria, the magpie goose was listed as near threatened on the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria. In the December 2007 Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act list of threatened fauna, it is also listed. As of early 2008, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species had not been prepared.
With the advent of climate change, and more frequent seawater inundations of the current extensive freshwater floodplains, CSIRO scientists argue that Magpie geese populations may be at risk.
Source: Wikipedia
See Daruma's "Confluence" on control of information and privacy!.
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There is no provision for solidity, weight….and continual lines …No room for uncertainty and ambiguity. We can no longer see less, but more ; we should no longer reduce and simplify but grow inordinately in an infinite number of directions…..
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فكر قبل ما تنوي البعـد و تـروح هل القرار اللـي خذيتـه مناسـب؟
Sounds Rivulet, Murdunna > Tasmania
6 February 2016
4 shot panorama stitched in Lightroom CC
Nikon D7200, ISO 100, f22, 1/8, 50mm, Hoya Circular PL
A less fortunate Olympian seen a couple of hours after my previous upload is R837OVN, an Alexander R type bodied example new to Cleveland Transit in 1998 which was later absorbed into the Stagecoach fleet as their 16837.
Last in service with Golden Eagle Coaches of Salsburgh, it's seen here reduced in height and about to head off to the fragger after having had its mechanical units removed.
"Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C.
In 2020, the population was 159,467. The city's estimated population has grown by 1% annually since 2010 on average.
Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, modern Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S. capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the federal civil service, in the U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to provide services to the federal government. One of Alexandria's largest employers is the U.S. Department of Defense. Another is the Institute for Defense Analyses. In 2005, the United States Patent and Trademark Office moved to Alexandria, and in 2017, so did the headquarters of the National Science Foundation.
The historic center of Alexandria is known as Old Town Alexandria (or simply "Old Town"). With its concentration of boutiques, restaurants, antique shops and theaters, it is a major draw for all who live in Alexandria as well for visitors. Like Old Town, many Alexandria neighborhoods are compact and walkable. It is the 7th largest and highest-income independent city in Virginia.
A large portion of adjacent Fairfax County, mostly south but also west of the city, has Alexandria mailing addresses. However, this area is under the jurisdiction of Fairfax County's government and separate from the independent city. The city is therefore sometimes referred to as the "City of Alexandria" to avoid confusion (see the "Neighborhoods" paragraph below). Additionally, neighboring Arlington County was formerly named "Alexandria County" before it was renamed by the Virginia General Assembly in 1920 to reduce confusion with the city." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
Now on Instagram.
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Apologies for the quality of the audio on this - I've had to bodge this together. I made a slideshow using online software but I couldn't save it in a usable format, so instead I had to play it on the PC screen while filming it on my iphone.
It is somewhat self-indulgent, so apologies for that also, lol.
A collection of pictures from my first emergence, right through up to the end of July this year. Loads of different looks, outfits, places and people. Personally, I can't watch this without being reduced to joyful tears!
The music, 'This Is Me', from The Greatest Showman, is the perfect track and is somewhat of a trans anthem. Rightly so. As the lyrics go:
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies
This is me!
Bandon, Oregon
Open lot for sale on the bluff edge above Bandon Beach affords open view of Face Rock.
(homeless woman, sf, 11/12/06)
homeless rebecca from detroit. rebecca doesn't fit. as though she's not where she's supposed to be. i see her as i pass. she is almost ghostly. she sways and bends like the only tree on a hill; unprotected. she seems resigned to a losing battle.
she is panhandling as i pass. or she is praying or mourning. but she is not seen. i turn the corner and watch her for a moment. she grimaces her mouth as though swallowing some new resignation and moves away from the season's passing throng; in my direction, but floating by. i seem to snap a trance when i say hello.
she's been homeless since 1998. she sleeps sometimes in shelters. but says there's not enough beds for women. the men have many more. she went to the shelter this afternoon to put her name in for a bed this evening. there's a lottery, and she didn't get one.
says she has no family and no children. she's the only one. but she has one girlfriend who got a place from the city finally after years. says she's trying to stay there with her friend tonight, if she can make up the guest fee. she's about a third of the way. it's been cold and she clearly doesn't want to be on the street tonight.
she was an accountant not so long back. she had a good job. she worked for kgo. but in '98, they were downsizing her group and she was let go. she thought she'd get another job easy. but she never did. they all wanted someone younger. and now she's 54, and says it's too late for her.
("news" about shows etc.)
Lots of processing here but it's not a cut-out. I reduced the noise only on the background and added too much sharpening only to the leaf to try and compensate for the lack of focus - anyway - it was fun to try - I recommend the assignment for anyone who wants a good laugh at their own expense and if you do please send me the results. No fair pre-focusing and dropping the leaf in front of the lens - this involves running and panning - I'm a purist at heart!
Made from 16 light frames by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.6.2. Algorithm: Min
and four images of the Perseids.
Basilica di Santa Caterina di Alessandria (1383 - 1391).
l portale principale ha un pròtiro, ridotto ora a due colonne che poggiano su due leoni stilofori e sorreggono due aquile.
Sull’architrave del portone centrale, il bassorilievo di Gesù assiso tra i dodici Apostoli richiama la decorazione dei sarcofagi romani del IV secolo.
Basilica of Santa Caterina di Alessandria (1383 - 1391).
The main portal has a porch, now reduced to two columns resting on two column-bearing lions and supporting two eagles.
On the architrave of the central door, the bas-relief of Jesus seated between the twelve Apostles recalls the decoration of the 4th century Roman sarcophagi.
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Rhododendrons/Redwoods.
The California Redwoods are a natural wonder. Timing the bloom of wild rhododendrons is an an extra level of wonder. The timing of the blooms along with the timing of the weather have to be just right. The stops of light in a forest on a cloudless day can exceed the ability to capture a decent photo. There is either too much shadow or too much light. A cloudy day will reduce these extremes. If bloom time and light are acceptable then composition becomes the challenge.
From Los Angeles to the Redwood forest in the north is about a days drive now. It has taken three different drives to capture this photo, which is now on my wall at home. The harder it gets the more you appreciate the capture.
These are the last pics from a couple of days ago.
Due to me actually starting gainful employment this week; I anticipate a greatly reduced service for my followers for the foreseeable future.
And before you ask, no I will not be going to work wearing a dress!
Thanks to all for your continued support.
KT xXx
First Glasgow Optare Solo SJ03 DOA climbs Firhill Road to cross the Nolly Brig over the Forth and Clyde Canal whilst working on the M3 service to Milton.
This was always a strange service made up from other routes over the years then becoming the M3 it was reduced to hourly in October 2015, never a good sign.
©eb2010
Do not use this image without my permission
The white water lily, opens in the warm sunshine. With up to 25 petals, it's the UK's largest wildflower. The water lily can grow in waster up to 5m deep with the flowers and leaves floating on the surface.
This partially opened flower is shaded and surrounded by lily pads framing, contrasting and showcasing this ebullient flower which was growing in open water at Blackdown Moor nature reserve.
Photographers notes: It's always worth looking for hidden flowers, as the shade from the lily pads reduces unsightly reflections. The full sun picked out this flower beautifully contrasting nicely with the darker background. A low ISO is essential to pick out the details in the delicate white petals. f6.3, 1/160th of a second and ISO 100. A 600mm lens was used.
Alaska. Brown bears in Katmai. This was a serious fight that lasted several rounds. Like boxers they would have a rest after fighting for a few minutes and then they would resume. The prize was a a dead moose the one on the right had either killed or found. He won the fight and the bear on the left was reduced to eating grass.
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-130ED, F3 Reducer 0.6x, IDAS Clear Filter, and EOS R-SP4II, modified by Seo San on ZWO AM5n Equatorial Mount, autoguided with Fujinon 1:2.8/75mm C-Mount Lens, Pentax x2 Extender, ZWO ASI 174MM-mini, and PHD2 Guiding
Exposure: 6 times x 480 seconds, 3 x 240 sec, 7 x 60 seconds at ISO 1,600 and f/3.0, focal length 390mm
site: 1,449m above sea level at lat. 35 24 30 North and long. 138 38 23 East near Mt.Fuji in Asagiri Shizuoka 静岡県朝霧高原. SQML was up to 21.0, though astmospheric turbulence was poor. Atmospheric temperature was around -8 degrees Celsius or 18 degrees Fahrenheit.
These are the last pics from a couple of days ago.
Due to me actually starting gainful employment this week; I anticipate a greatly reduced service for my followers for the foreseeable future.
And before you ask, no I will not be going to work wearing a dress!
Thanks to all for your continued support.
KT xXx