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Out last evening with Jill (Jill's Junk) to try and capture for our first time lighting steel wool ... my hubby was a trooper to swing it for us....the location we chose was a bit hard to get a compostion without a street light but once we were there, we decided to stick with it because it wasn't as windy in this spot at the time...
A trip to my printer this morning for a press check left me with about 40 mins to wander around and click. Worn ON/OFF button with big scary blades in blur.
One thing I did not have a chance to do in 2020 was to see any steam locomotives in action, which I love to see, hear, and photograph when I get the chance. In 2019 I had just an amazing three days at the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada, as they held the second of their “Winter Steam Spectacular” events. Here locomotive #40 charges forth from the tunnel on a very crisp afternoon as more snow falls. We just had tremendous luck with fantastic winter conditions such as this. The venerable 120 year old time machine really put on a show for us. I hope in 2021 to return to seeing some live steam. These spectacular old machines always fill me with wonder about the time when they were designed and built well over half a century before anyone would use a computer to design anything.
What you dont see is that this was a good 15 to 20 meters from the ground working underneath an overpass.
As the Regent Explorer eased its way to the dock at Nevis Street Pier, St. John's, Antigua, its bow thruster was roiling up the shallow water sediment.
Local tugboat La Dani was on hand to assist if required.
La Dani:
Vessel LA DANI (IMO: N/A, MMSI: 325610000) is a tug and currently sailing under the flag of Dominica. LA DANI has 28m length overall and beam of 9m.
Zum Glück lag bei mir im Bus noch dieses Rohr samt Taschenlampe und Adapter herum. Spontan entschloss ich mich dazu ein Light Painting zu machen in der Hoffnung einen Blitz mit aufnehmen zu können und um mich natürlich gleichzeitig mit einem Schutzschild vor den Blitzen abzusichern ;)
(Schade nur das ich diese einfache Performance vorher nicht geübt hatte, dann wären jetzt auch meine Arme mit im Bild gewesen).
Einzelne Belichtung, minimal bearbeitet. Ich glaube es waren 2 o. 3 Blitze die an fast der selben Stelle während der 1 Minütigen Belichtung eingeschlagen sind.
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera left. Reflector camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
This poor tree was very much alive last May. Now, it has died from something. Mike thought perhaps all the caterpillars we had last year and the neighbour thought it might be Dutch Elm disease. Either way it's a shame it died but it will have to come down as it overhangs on their roof.
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several times a year, overheight trucks get stuck under this old railroad bridge along highway 70. oops!
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4. kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
3rd January 2017:
Sadly most of the trees along the Cemetery wall in the car park are having to come down. A couple of them sound almost hollow, but they are also becoming a liability.
If there's a high wind branches are falling off and landing on the tombstones in the Cemetery on the other side of the wall.
They will be replaced with lower flowering shrubs Etc, but it's still a pity to see them go.
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The arborist brings his spotter with him - safety first. As the arborist had to get the one limb over my neighbours house directed to fall where he wanted the spotter had to go into the creek.
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The vessel Damarest Tide of the Tidewater company slowly manoeuvring into position amongst the congested mass of shipping at Aberdeen harbour.
Oil & Gas.
#Oil&Gas
Two generations stand side by side, united by an unspoken promise — to watch, to protect, to guard.
With eyes turned toward the endless horizon, their silent embrace speaks of trust, strength, and care.
The sea, vast and wild, is both their challenge and their home, where experience meets youthful courage.
In this quiet moment, the older hand rests gently on the younger shoulder, a timeless bond woven in the language of the tides.
Back on the IATR, 54 brings a cut of hoppers east over the line. They are crossing Cheslea Creek on a wooden bridge. Descending into the dip made by this drainage, motor 50 can be seen following not far behind. I've been known the utter the phrase "running like streetcars" when an outing provides a fortuitous amount of trains. This photo is the closest I've come to taking a literal running like streetcars photo. Just another day on the Iowa Traction.
The signal next to 54 is the approach signal for the diamond crossing with Union Pacific.October 16, 2023.
funny, the guy who saw me snapping this shot tried to photograph the same thing but another security guard yelled at him and told him to move along.
I'm still baffled how he managed to accomplished this. Must be clenching his glutes.
I was driving along on a very narrow road looking for a place to stop and shoot the sunrise when it came up without me being able to safely stop. So I picked up my camera and shot out the window at about 30 miles per hour (as you can see from the foreground blur). But I kind of like this.
Nevada Northern #93 is first out of the gate of the Engine House on a freezing single digit winter morning in East Ely, Nevada. #40 is just inches behind, as both of their steam exhausts chart new unencumbered paths into the high desert sky free of the ceiling that restrained them. The superheated steam condenses in the single digit air into wonderful white clouds swirling around each engine as they push forward with their pure mechanical means. Freight locomotive #93 on the left is nearly twice as powerful as passenger locomotive #40, but they compliment each other perfectly in this exquisitely preserved historic railroad.
Beards are trendy nowadays. Men often prefer to grow a beard or to shave once or twice a week to get a rugged, brutal look. The same is true for electric bulbs, at least, for some of them. For example, this one evidently needs a good shave. This bulb shines bright but has a very dim notion about industrial safety. Surreal real life. Crazy mad world of common things.
I took this Photograph just before we were ready to leave Alamo, Georgia on our Journey East towards Mount Vernon, Georgia. This Photograph shows the NARCOA Speeders Parked at the back end of our Group.
On April 22, 2006, I rode a Speeder from Pitts to Mt. Vernon, Georgia on a trip sponsored by NARCOA (aka North American Rail Car Owners Association). Since I don't own a Motor Car (aka a Speeder) , I rode with my friend Bill, who owns two Motor Cars. These are some photos of Water Towers that I saw during my trip on the Heart of Georgia Railroad. We started our trip from Pitts and traveled East, passing through the towns of Glenwood, Alamo, Helena, Milan, Rhine,
Mike is a licenced carpenter by trade. He is busy trying to get some odd jobs done around the house before he gets his knee replacement on January 20th (happy day after his birthday present - a new knee). He makes sure it is safety first always and he had his safetly glasses on so I told him I wanted a photo for my 365. He actually obiigied and did not give me the three finger salute LOL.
Canon EOS 5DS with a Canon EF 135 f/2L lens. Upped the exposure in Lightroom CC.
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