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Storm Deirdre last weekend created some very challenging conditions to work in - gale force winds and freezing temperatures caused some serious spindrift on the beach, and the poor Grey Seals were caked in sand.
Trying to get low level images was difficult. As soon as you got level with the beach the sand would whip into your face, and I got sand in my eyes, ears, nose and mouth. I was more concerned with sand getting into the camera! Still, I was only there for the day. These seals have to endure whatever the weather throws at them day in, day out. I have nothing but admiration for their endurance.
There was a bit of a sand storm at West Wittering today because it was so windy and everything was getting nicely sandlasted
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Wave after wave of sand ruffled by the fresh wind will slowly cover your works, your days and all the plans you didn't have time to implement.
Train 962 claws its way uphill near Moeraki with DXC 5195 and DC 4409 in action and DXC 5229 along for the ride.
Should have done a widey to show off 4409, but wanted to try these two spots given the sun and that the train was a few minutes later then usual.
Moeraki, SIMT, NZ
I had a rare day to myself yesterday and my first trip to the coast since before Christmas! I decided to "treat myself" and go to a location I've wanted to photograph for years... Ratray Head.
My plan was RSPB Fowlsheugh first for some wildlife, then go to Rattray for sunset. However... the weather had other ideas as the conditions got more stormy all day. I felt the conditions suited a lighthouse well though so just went for it!
Its a brilliant location and really makes you work compositionally. You have to work hard to find foregrounds and in this instance... make your own using the waves! I was essentially sandblasted for 2.5hrs as the wind was whipping up the beach... it was bracing to say the least... constantly cleaning filters.... LE's where soo difficult due to the buffeting wind... incredibly fun but left me a bit jaded as it was an assault on the senses... and with very dirty sensor as when I changed my lens I forgot to turn the camera off and the sensor was left uncovered! Stupid mistake and the rocket blower is not shifting it... so I've ordered a proper swab cleaning kit and static charge brush. Just hope that cleans it up ok! Ive never had to clean a sensor before so a bit apprehensive about doing it!
A group of Sanderlings attempt to take cover from the sand on an extremely windy day on Matagorda Beach.
Frank, it wasn't so easy to do this for you in a museum ...
I don't say anythink about the consequences ...
;-) ...
it is a building of Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin, the Experimenta science center ...
the outer shape consists of several pentagons, which are layered on top of each other in an offset pattern. Inside, there is a shaft exposed from above into which they have inserted a tower of glass petagons, also staggered, containing a kind of experimental laboratory. The inner tower is reached via small bridges. On the ground floor, they opted, guess why, for pentagonal floor slabs ... ;-)
die äußere Form besteht aus mehreren Pentagons, die versetzt übereinander geschichtet sind. Im Inneren entsteht ein von oben belichteter Schacht in den sie einen Turm aus ebenfalls vesrsetzten Glas-Petagonen eingesetzt haben, in denen sich eine Art Experimentier-Labore befinden. Erreicht wird der Innenturm über kleine Brücken. Im Ergeschoss hat man sich für Bodenplatten entschieden, man glaubt es kaum, in pentagonaler Form ... ;-) ...
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CP 7021 leads train 147 through Ayr, ON during a miserable rainy day. I don't do much CP due to how bland everything is, but I do enjoy these series of units. This particular unit is dressed up in a similar colour to Canada's ground fleet that was commonly found in the middle east over the last couple decades.
We went on a wonderful vacation / family reunion to California last week. We arrived at our Newport Beach resort on Friday Oct 1st. Spent Saturday afternoon at the beach and then there was an oil spill… 125,000 gallons of crude spilled off the coast. Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and all the small spots between were closed. We drive a ways down the coast to Dana Point and spent Monday afternoon at the beach just to have a storm come through; everyone out of the water… Monday night a storm came through and knocked out the power at the resort.
Such a memorable time though! It was fun and different than we expected but we found refuge in our family and getting together to share meals. We visited some ancestor graves in the majestic Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, CA.
On our way back home we always stop at the Imperial Sand Dunes. It was so windy it felt like getting sand blasted but it was so worth the stop. I am of the firm opinion that bad weather = excellent photography opportunities.
It was such a great time even through all the ups and downs. I think of the words of President Gordon B Hinkley; "In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." It’s all about enjoying the journey.
A version of my Mos Eisley pic with a sandstorm twist, because I like sand storms and sand troopers. Made by blowing dust all over everything, including my camera... ( OG pic ) do you like this one better or do you like the original?
A diminutive Wisconsin Central shop switcher waits for the next move, which is likely moving WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, after it is thoroughly sandblasted down to bare metal outside before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on October 30, 1994.
Another panorama from my collection of shots from this Nevada ghost town, taken last June (2021). I'm thankful we were able to avoid getting sandblasted by this storm by taking refuge up in the hills.
Thanks for looking!
WEDELLSBORG cargo hull sanding operation in form 1.
Opération de sablage de la coque du cargo WEDELLSBORG dans la forme 1.
Port de Saint-Nazaire
FRANCE
IMO: 9687306
MMSI: 247348700
Indicatif d’Appel: IBEM
Pavillon: Italy [IT]
AIS Genre d'un navire: Cargo
Jauge brute: 23030
Port en lourd: 11630 t
Longueur Hors Tout x Largeur Hors Tout: 179.46m × 26.21m
Année de Construction: 2014
État: Active
Sunset at Shoalhaven heads today ... the wind blowing a hooley across the beach to the river made for very challenging conditions. For all that it was a wonderful experience with 'new' scenery . ..
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 40-150/2.8 Pro
ISO640 f/11 57mm -3 and +1ev (sky and foreground) why ISO640 ? it truly was blowing it's proverbial off and I wanted minimal blur on the frames...
Two frames raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 8, stacked and blended in Affinity Photo 2.6, colour graded in Nik 7 Color Efex and finished off back in PhotoLab.
Shoalhaven Heads, Nowra, NSW
..it's not the little statues that attract me, it's those little bits of driftwood, shells, sandblasted glass that set me on a treasure hunt.
HMM flickr friends.
Walking into the wind on a sandblasted beach this afternoon....thankfully it wasn't cold :-)
Several Summer Painterly Flypaper Textures used in processing.
This shot is one in a series about engraving stones and tiles using a sandblaster.
Full description of the sandblasting process here: buildmakecraftbake.com/2009/03/how-to-tuesday-sandblastin...
Following on from yesterdays image www.flickr.com/photos/17469730@N00/51606668053/in/datetak... this is the colour version which I think lacks the impact of the mono image but none the less I still like it. The light changed from light to shadow as the clouds raced across the sky.
The brown season is just about on us, as Canadian National sand train U752 blows through Ackerville, bound for the Windy City.
CN U752
Ackerville, WI.
Autumn 2017
A little apoc thing built over the course of a couple hours while listening to MGMT.
Those are all the useful tan pieces I have.
The Tandy/Pilet Porsche 911 RSR GTLM sweeps across the dirt on the curbing of Turn 7 at Road America.
Big lens, perfect angle to the track (friendly pickup truck owner let me use his truck bed for elevation) and just the right amount of morning light
Not as fast as the Sandrunner but inflicts more damage with its missile barrage. The oblong base is similar to the Sandrunner with another level added.
This shot is one in a series about engraving stones and tiles using a sandblaster.
Full description of the sandblasting process here: buildmakecraftbake.com/2009/03/how-to-tuesday-sandblastin...
This is the day we got sandblasted. Literally. The winds were about 80-90 mph, we could barely stand up and it was actually quite difficult to breathe. Thank goodness for the Optech rain sleeve for the camera! Every nook and cranny would have been full of black volcanic sand without it. Scary but amazing experience!