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Well now… what do you think of these fine monkey puzzle trees, more than 80 years old, in Teddington? They’re pretty fine specimens, wouldn’t you say?
So would I. But guess what? A local man, whose flat overlooks them, wants to have them cut down to make way for… a couple of car parking spaces! No, really.
Last week, at 1.30 in the afternoon, the Teddington Society (of which I'm a member) were alerted to the imminent threat of these trees being felled. But thanks to a flurry of emails and phone calls, and very swift action by the Society and the London Borough of Richmond Council, within six hours a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) had been drafted, issued and applied to these lovely unusual trees.
“Forty years ago”, one of my neighbours told me, “I walked my kids past these trees every morning on our way to school. Of course they must be saved.”
The TPO declares that no person shall “cut down, top, lop, uproot, wilfully damage or wilfully destroy; or cause or permit the cutting down, topping, lopping, uprooting, wilful damage or wilful destruction of any tree specified” in the Order.
So the trees are safe, at least for now. But absurdly, what with the British regard for 'fair play' and all that, Richmond Council is open to objections. So we’re watching like hawks – and meanwhile the Teddington Society has warned all local tree surgeons not to touch these gloriously well-established specimens of Araucaria araucana.
Just six hours from first alert to the application of a TPO. Local democracy in action – with skates on.
Folly Beach, SC (Charleston County) Copyright 2012 D. Nelson
Tessa saved the wubba from drowning hundreds of times today, trying hard to outrun the waves. She did great!
What: Photography by Kim Taylor [featuring ducks, osprey, bald eagles, and landscapes]
When: December 11, 2009 to Mid January 2010
Where: Penn Camera in Springfield,VA
Those who are in the area -- December 11, from 7pm until 8pm, join us for 'refreshments'. Hope to see you there~
Yours in all things Nikon ...
Kim
After finishing up on the Isle of Arran in March 2015, Alexander-bodied Mercedes-Benz 709D 40098 (new Mar. 1995) spent the last year or so of it's service life as a staff transport-slash-mobile advertising board. The only ads it carried promoted two services to/from the then-newly expanded Southern General Hospital complex: the then-newly extended X19 (from the City Centre to Southern General Hospital via Pacific Quay & Govan, effectively subsuming the short-lived X1 service) and the ill-fated G1/G2 routes (to/from Maryhill/Ruchill/Firhill).
It is caught here leaving Glasgow's Buchanan Bus Station on the first day of September 2015, no doubt bound for Blochairn depot.
It survived the closure of Blochairn depot and the relocation to the reopened ex-First Glasgow Cumbernauld depot in April 2016, but I don't think it ever ran out of the latter. It lasted until at least October 2017, out of use and dumped at the back of Cumbernauld depot. It has since passed away to the scrapyard, undoubtedly one of the last ex-Stagecoach Merc 'breadvans' that wasn't preserved to do so. Pity, but you can't save them all.
Photo Date: 1st September 2015
I been high
I been low
I been yes, and I been oh hell no
I been rock 'n roll and disco
Won't you save me San Francisco
I been up
I been down
I been so damn lost since you're not around
I been reggae and calypso
Won't you save me San Francisco
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had the pleasure of seeing the bridge. and alcatraz. and a few other pretty awesome spots in northern california earlier this week... hope to get back there again one day when i'm not working... to really "see" them up close and personal.
Jessica Drossin texture: Tresspass (pack 4) used here.
hff!
Just got back from a photo shoot in East Africa. The Black Rhino is the most endangered of the Big Five animals. This magnificent and gentle herbivore is being slaughtered relentlessly for its horn. Horns belong on Rhinos, not 'medicinal' shelves. We must stop this senseless trade before it is too late. Visit my website to see more Rhino and other wildlife photos and information. MichaelDanielHo.com
Who knows where this will end... but I know I'm growing weary of the whole thing. And there is no escape!
This is an alternate shot from our save the date shoot. We ended up going with a slightly different take on this in the same location, but I know that Kimberly wouldn't want me to post the actual finished product yet.
Todays 'Torbay Express' nearly didn't run for various reasons.Firstly an impromtu solo 'Steam Ban' due to the 4-6-2 Duchess causing a lineside fire at Somerton yesterday and also the ECS bringing to coaches from Eastleigh to Bristol nearly didn't get there as it required a third locomotive to complete the journey as the previous two loco's failed,one at Basingstoke and then another at Swindon. The loco seen here piloting 60009 'Union of South Africa' 47802 had a very busy weekend,rescuing the train that the Duchess couldn't return from Minehead to Paddington,then speeding to Swindon to rescue the ECS for this working and then today actually working the train along with the A4 to actually allow it to run! Here is one loco that certainly saved WC-Railways Arse this weekend! So here is the returning '1Z28' from Kingswear to Bristol-Temple Meads.47802 nominally doing all the work but 60009 was certainly doing some as it is seen passing Berkley Marsh nr Frome
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ADOPT A HOMELESS PET. This was a decal on a white car in the parking lot at the Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel, New York.
Did I nail this shot?
:-)
Happy Tuesday!
[I am going to try and get moon shot (if I can shake myself out of sleep :D). Will be back and catch up later today]
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"Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he would send the crowds away. After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, while the boat, by now far out on the lake, was battling with a heavy sea, for there was a head-wind. In the fourth watch of the night he went towards them, walking on the lake, and when the disciples saw him walking on the lake they were terrified. ‘It is a ghost’ they said, and cried out in fear. But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, ‘Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid.’ It was Peter who answered. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.’ ‘Come’ said Jesus. Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water, but as soon as he felt the force of the wind, he took fright and began to sink. ‘Lord! Save me!’ he cried. Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. ‘Man of little faith,’ he said ‘why did you doubt?’ And as they got into the boat the wind dropped. The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, ‘Truly, you are the Son of God.’
Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret. When the local people recognised him they spread the news through the whole neighbourhood and took all that were sick to him, begging him just to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched it were completely cured."
– Matthew 14:22-36, which is today's Gospel at Mass.
Stained glass detail from a window in Jesus College, Oxford.
The consumer instant print offers a texture, tonal range, and color space unequaled and represents a unique photographic medium. These and other distinctive characteristics have inspired and been employed by countless photographic craftspersons in their work. I have come to admire these qualities and unexpected attributes as a preference for my photographic work. Without access to the variety of instant film types that are offered by Polaroid a large part of my photographic exploration will be halted. These are things that offer me great inspiration and fulfillment, not to mention instant analog gratification, which cannot be underestimated... I am currently in production of a photographic book of my instant print work due out in April of this year.
In the digital age, at the end of the photographic print, generations from now the family photo album will be thrown out with the PC and the SD. Polaroid represents, along with the standard film print, the physical archival of images and the tactical access to unadulterated visual information for and by the the individual. These instant moments are the things that would generaly go un-archived or even un-photographed in other formats, do to the stigmatic wake of the fleeting moment. Yet years later these instant impulses become treasured artifacts representing the true nature of ourselves and those we love.
The end of the instant print will represent a further retreat of traditional photographic technique and options, in the interest of the bottom line and fleeting lower quality digital imaging. There is and will be, in the foreseeable future, a sustainable market for these instant analogue options, whether it will be tapped to the benefit of potential providers and enthusiasts remains to be seen.
All the local communities affected gathered at this point ... Tandle Hill Monument. @ResidentsNewhey #GMSF
Syracuse Crunch rookie goalie Connor Ingram (39) makes a save against the Binghamton Devils in American Hockey League (AHL) action at the War Memorial Arena in Syracuse, New York on Friday, October 20, 2017. Binghamton won 3-2.
This is my 5th season as Team Photographer for the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch, the AHL affiliate of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning. In that time, I have used a Nikon D700, Nikon D7100, Nikon D750 and, currently, a Nikon D500 dSLR camera to cover the action.
I have traveled from Washington, DC to Ottawa, Canada with the team and have photographed 2 AHL All-Star Games and 2 Calder Cup Finals. When visiting Florida during the hockey season, I have photographed Crunch alumni playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning and hope to do so again this season.
Other activities of the team and players from sponsor autograph sessions to Christmas parties have allowed me to become friends with the Crunch's staff, players and their families. It has and continues to be a very rewarding experience.
I was going to save this one for later but I guess I'm impatient so I'm posting 2 pictures today. Admittedly they were taken from the same position and involved merely a lens change.
This is the view of downtown San Francisco as seen from Twin Peaks Blvd. It's a two shot panorama, each image being a 3 exposure HDR and represents my first successful attempt at an HDR panorama. This is actually quite a hassle since Photoshop can't merge EXR files. I had hoped to merge in HDR format then tone map the result but I had to do it the other way around. Regardless, I'm still rather happy with the resulting image.
Workflow here was as follows. Export RAWs from the camera and merge to HDR in Photoshop (it does a far better job of fixing slight misalignment than Photomatix). Save the result in OpenEXR format and open in Photomatix. Tone map each file using the same settings and save the result as a 16 bit TIFF. Use Photoshop's PhotoMerge to merge these TIFFs into a single image, straighten, crop and run Noiseware. Save as another 16 bit TIFF. Reimport into Lightroom, desaturate, tweak exposure and curves, split tone to warm the shadows and add a bit of vignetting. Voila!
This is another image you really have to see large - the default size just doesn't work, I'm afraid. The shots for this image were taken with the wonderfully sharp Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G lens.
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Special meeting with special dogs and kids.
Many of you have children, and it is so important to teach them compassion. My parents encouraged it from a very young age, and it turned to be my mission in life.
Kids today are masters of social media. Please ask them to visit our YouTube channel, and ask them to share one of our rescue videos so we can raise awareness among younger audiences: www.youtube.com/user/eldad75
Thanks!
Eldad
Photo credit: Christian Shenouda: www.christiansphotos.com
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I've saved up these images to post as I reach the latest landmark of 9,000 photos of petrol stations and garages now posted. Sadly I do not know where this one was but I can offer some clues. It appears to have been the headquarters of the short lived Rocky brand and like all the other sites of theirs featured it was previously a Nafta site - clearly seen in these images. All these images featuring six different sites come in order on a film so I can say that these were taken immediately after the ones at Bearwood Road, Smethwick and before the ones at Berkswell Service Station, 52 Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common, Coventry so we know this site is somewhere on a route between those two places - but it is quite along way - hence my inability to locate it - but I think it is likely this is still within the main area of Birmingham. I am hoping that someone out there will recognise it!
Edit update:- Thanks to Dan's comment on one of the other photos now located. We can see the site is still recognisable and although its purpose is very much changed the original building is mostly untouched. A mosque has appeared next door where there was a commercial unit.
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