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Sunset at the Regattastrecke. Short telephoto version, last upload of this sunset.
This means - go out and catch another😁!
The Regattastrecke Oberschleißheim (Oberschleißheim Regatta Course) is an artificial lake that was build for the 1972 Olympic Games as the rowing and canoe sprint venue.
The lake is 2,230 metres long and 140 metres wide. Since 2018 it is under Denkmalschutz (scheduled monument, historic landmark).
It is still used as training facility for local rowing clubs and for related sports events, e.g the World Rowing Cup 1997 and the 2007 World Rowing Championships.
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Almost twelve months ago I was meandering around Tasmania's north-east coast with a camera by myself, no schedule, and an excellent excuse for stopping every few kilometres because "the light looked interesting."
Looking back through these images has convinced me of two things:
I really do need to plan another photography getaway and
I need to wait until the World Cup is over. Australia has started well ;)
For now, this stretch of Tasmanian coastline will have to satisfy my itchy feet.
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Thought for the day - Wasn't the shovel a ground-breaking invention!
Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
While its black plumage identifies it as a crow, the chough (pronounced 'chuff') has a red bill and legs unlike any other member of the crow family. It is restricted to the west of the British Isles.
It readily displays its mastery of flight with wonderful aerial displays of diving and swooping. This Schedule 1 species can be found in flocks in autumn and winter.
There are two species of passerine birds commonly called chough that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine chough (or yellow-billed chough) (Pyrrhocorax graculus). The white-winged chough of Australia, despite its name, is not a true chough but rather a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related.
The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet, and bills, and are resident in the mountains of southern Eurasia and North Africa. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics. Both species pair for life and display fidelity to their breeding sites, which are usually caves or crevices in a cliff face. They build a lined stick nest and lay three to five eggs. They feed, usually in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey, supplemented by vegetable material or food from human habitation, especially in winter.
Population:
UK breeding:
250-350 pairs in Great Britain; 120-150 pairs on the Isle of Man
Be at Baltic at 10am I've been told. Sure enough, by 1040 or so, they are pulling past the elevator bound for Sioux Falls. For the section north of Sioux Falls, this is probably the marquis shot.
The skateboarding event "LXB Street" is scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 July 2022 at Place de l'Europe. For this year's edition, the organisers of the now-traditional "LXB CUP" – a leading skateboarding event, which has previously attracted some of the sport's elite professionals.
Smokefest is a passion project set to bring music lovers from all across the grid to one venue for 4 amazing nights. Every Saturday in January is a new mix of singers and DJs are set to perform on a very unique stage that provides a one of a kind show featuring dancers and a synced light show.
The sim itself is a destination all its own. The festival is surrounded by the beauty of red rocks and custom festival artwork scattered throughtout the land. Patrons will have the opportunity to run around and take fun photos at their leisure. Be sure to tag us at #SMOKEFEST2023.
SHOW SCHEDULE:
➤ 1ST SHOW: Saturday, Jan. 7 ... 6-8pm slt
➤ 2ND SHOW: Saturday, Jan. 14 ... 6-8pm slt
➤ 3RD SHOW: Saturday, Jan. 21 ... 6-8pm slt
➤ 4TH SHOW: Saturday, Jan. 29 ... 6-8pm slt
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Bearded Reedling - Panurus Biarmicus
Norfolk Titchwell
aka Bearded Tit. (M)
A Schedule 1 Bird.
This species is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps. It eats reed aphids in summer, and reed seeds in winter, its digestive system changing to cope with the very different seasonal diets.
Often having to take grit in order to help digestion.
The bearded reedling is a species of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate other than eruptive or cold weather movements. It is vulnerable to hard winters, which may kill many birds. The English population of about 500 pairs is largely confined to the south and east with a small population in Leighton Moss in north Lancashire. In Ireland a handful of pairs breed in County Wexford. The largest single population in Great Britain is to be found in the reedbeds at the mouth of the River Tay in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, where there may be in excess of 250 pairs.
Other Breeding areas include Norfolk and Somerset and Alkborough Flats, lincolnshire.
Population:
UK breeding:
630 pairs
Europe:
232 - 437,000 birds
... is drawn to the prairie coneflower. A few trips to the arboretum last month left me with hundreds of photos to process but headaches and eyestrain make it slow going. Cataract surgery is scheduled later this month. Thanks to all who expressed concern. My Flickr friends are the best. Thanks!
I never had a hell of a lot of luck with MILW boats but some folks sure did and Mike Hoff was one of those folks. Here is a stellar view of 5505 by Mike leading a group of kin at Sturtevant on April 27, 1978. Sorry about the late running SNS but with it so far off schedule we will have to call it a extra:) The beer bug bit me hard last night so I wasn't up for a post by the time I came dragging in:)! Chusk Schwesinger collection.
Amtrak’s new truncated scheduled number 5 the California Zephyr is whisking along lifting the fresh snow from the Moffat Road near milepost 26 coming out of Tunnel 7 in the morning gold light of a late October 27th 2020 sunrise.
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
The abbey was founded in the 7th century and enlarged in the 10th. It was destroyed by a major fire in 1184 but subsequently rebuilt and by the 14th century was one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England. The abbey controlled large tracts of surrounding land and was instrumental in major drainage projects on the Somerset Levels. The abbey was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England. The last abbot, Richard Whiting (Whyting), was hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor in 1539.
Rathaus underground station in Cologne, Germany
A pleasing contrast of midnight blue and silvery gleam
When completed, the new north–south suburban railway line in Cologne will have eight stops. While the last stretch of the line is scheduled to come into operation in 2016, Rathaus station has already proven itself fit for everyday operation. Located directly beneath the historic market, Rathaus underground station provides quick and convenient access to the centre of Cologne's historic Altstadt (old town) district, which was previously only accessible by bus.
The station, covering almost 3,000 m², lies 16 metres below ground. Its design is characterised by a fresh contrast of midnight blue and silver. A large proportion of the wall area is velvety-smooth blue, while the ceilings and certain sections of the walls are a shiny silver. The walls and ceilings are clad in hot-dip galvanised and powdercoated steel sheet modules, which are perforated in the ceiling area so that they also absorb sound.
Above the entrances, main traffic areas and footpaths throughout the station, WE-EF DOC240 recessed exterior downlights ensure excellent visibility and safety as well as aid orientation. The luminaires had to be integrated into various building situations – either installed in circular sections of the expanded metal ceilings or combined with an installation tube and mounted directly on the concrete ceilings. The DOC240 downlights in the underground station have proven to be versatile, not just in terms of the installation and mounting options, but also in relation to lighting techniques.
While the stairways and escalators are illuminated from a relatively high position, the height between floors in the main traffic areas is rather low. With different light sources in varying wattages – in this case HIT and CFL lamps, and two symmetric light distributions [M] medium and [EE] very narrow beam – the WE-EF luminaires provide exactly the right amount of light for the unique spaces.
All DOC240 downlights used in this project are fitted with vibration protection in order to extend their service life. Luminaires mounted at especially high installation positions are equipped with a device to lower the luminaire to facilitate ease of maintenance.
Architects:
Lighting Designer:Lichtdesign Ingenieurgesellschaft m.b.H., Prof. Heinrich Kramer, Cologne
With a passenger train due imminently on platform 2, and a freight train that was increasingly losing time in the few sections before Dumbarton Central (where I took this), I opted for the plan B composition which I figured gave me the minimum risk of being bowled while still incorporating something of the infrastructure.
Seen here is GBRf Shed 66738 'Huddersfield Town' heading the 8.07am Fort William smelter - North Blyth Alcan discharged alumina tanks (6E45), now frustratingly 23 minutes behind time, after having been 50 minutes ahead of schedule at Garelochhead!
On the positive side, at least I didn't get bowled by what could have been the rather appropriately destined Balloch train, and at least the sun came out for a brief spell coinciding with 6E45's passage - not so shabby after all.
2.17pm, 17th June 2019
The names Matt Smith (trumpet), Nolan Murphy (sousaphone) and Conrad Glutch (sax) do not sound Italian, but they were great addition to 'Taste of Little Italy'. This area is now more Brazilian and increasingly only affordable for high income families without any predominant ethnicity. Big Smoke is New Orleans style Brass band, who plays pop tunes and is highly entertaining to watch. The festival returned this year and it was wonderful to watch hundreds of young people dancing salsa (DJ) in the streets, after the scheduled performances ended.
111. 2022 June 18; P1260607; Uploaded 2022 June 21. Lmx -ZS100.
Taken Bourne, Lincolnshire. These are two of five Sparrowhawk chicks being fed by the female parent bird. Photographed under schedule one licence with Wildlife Photography Hides using a 40' tree hide.
Not one for everyone, but trying to find something a bit different at Cardiff Central this tele-view captures the 7.05pm Westerleigh Murco - Robertson Sidings empty petroleum tankers (6B47) disappearing away from the Welsh capital and heading west to Pembrokeshire for another refill.
DB Cargo 'Sheds' 66034 and 66176 are doing the honours and don't look like they are sparing the horses either as they catch a bit of sundown glint.
On the left is the once sizeable Cardiff Canton depot (86A), back in the 1970s home to numerous class 37s on coal-traffic duties from the Valleys, as well as visiting locomotives from other regions. Nowadays it's perhaps even busier, but this time mostly with Transport for Wales's DMUs engaged in the more intensive schedules now operating in these parts. It still sees a bit of locomotive activity however looking after the small fleet of TfW class 67 'Skip' units used on their longer distance passenger services. In this shot a couple of class 231s can be seen, and a class 197, which I believe to be 197019.
I was taken by the way the rampant purple-flowering weed growing in the permanent way was capturing the last of the sun's rays. Sadly I haven't been able to get a positive ID on it.
8.57pm, 10th June 2024
As the sun rises over the horizon, the pilot & co-pilot of the Commemorative Air Force's B-29, "Fifi", enjoy a quiet, contemplative moment with a good cup of coffee before the day's flight schedule commences. _DSC5732
66780 The Cemex Express approaches Ely Dock Jn., at the head of 4E43 16.18 Felixstowe South - Doncaster Iport, and running six minutes behind schedule. [Pole, 3/6 sections (~4m)]
There was a Freightliner-operated engineers' train from Whitemoor to Hockley due to arrive at Ely at about the same time as this, and I'd planned to photograph it north of Ely station. However, I found the lineside bushes at the location I originally planned were now too high, even using the pole and stood on top of a bank - and, anyway, it was too windy to use the pole at anywhere near its full height. There wasn't time to go anywhere else, although other locations would have needed the pole to be higher than the wind would allow. But I'd also looked at what was on this train, and knew it was Cemex-liveried 66780 - and just had time to get here (the late running giving me plenty of time to set up).
In the event, the engineers' train had a loco at both ends, so I was able to get a going-away shot of it here.
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When we saw the mottled light, we knew exactly where we needed to be. This was not our first trip to the rodeo.
Captured during one of our "adventure series" workshops in a remote area of Death Valley National Park, March 2022. Although camping is required and sturdy tires are advised, no camping experience is necessary and we can help you find and rent a vehicle appropriate for the journey (no "four wheeling" experience necessary... most of the roads we'll travel are unpaved, but generally not particularly rough).
We're looking at adding a more black and white focused workshop January 10-15, 2024. Our adventure series workshop to Death Valley is scheduled for March 10-15, 2024.
'Take Two'!
GBRf 73119 & 73213 strikingly work 6Y48 09.01 Eastleigh East Yd-Hoo Jn Up Yd departmental seen leisurely passing through Deepcut 105min behind schedule.
13th April 2023
Am 29. April 2017 gab es eine schöne Überraschung im Rheintal. Ein DPF 51 Dortmund Hbf - Heidelberg Hbf war eingelegt, gebildet werden sollte diese Leistung aus der E 10 1309 und einer historischen TEE Garnitur. Veranstalter dieser Fahrt war die AKE Eisenbahntouristik. Bei St. Goarshausen legte ich mich auf die Lauer, der Zug kam dann überpünktlich. So war der Gleisbereich noch etwas schattig, mit dem Endergebnis bin ich aber durchaus zufrieden. Man könnte sich fast der Illusion hingeben, das Bild sei in den späten 1960er Jahren entstanden. Neben mir standen übrigens zwei nette Damen, die von ihren Männern mit Fotoapparaten bewaffnet wurden. Die Herren der Schöpfung standen dann bei Lorch, um den Zug dort zu fotografieren. Ich hoffe, alles funktionierte wie geplant.
At the 29th of April 2017 an interesting train surprised me during my stay at the track through the beautiful valley of the Rhine river. A historic TEE train hauled by E 10 1309 was scheduled from Dortmund to Heidelberg. I took position near St. Goarshausen. The train passed my spot earlier than i had expected so some shadows were still to be seen on the track. Nevertheless I am quite satisfied with the result - you can have the illusion that this picture was made in the late 1960ies. Next to me there were standing two nice ladies equipped with cameras by their husbands who were taking pictures near Lorch instead. I hope everything went fine for them also.
It's a freezy, frosty day here. Our winter is arriving right on schedule for Colorado, with all our snow and cold coming in the Spring! Now, don't go flaunting all your daffodils! Have a great weekend!
Crater Lake’s East Rim Drive received a much-needed renovation last summer. It was scheduled to be closed for the entire season (it closes every year in the winter anyway) but opened on my last day there in late September. With its opening also came access to Mt Scott, making me one of the first people all year to get this view from the summit of Crater Lake’s highest point. The view of the lake is also pretty cool from up here, but I’ve posted several of those images already. The road to the upper right leads to Cloud Cap Overlook, the highest point on the rim of the caldera and spectacular spot to watch the sunset.
Running some 2-1/2 hours behind schedule, 71000 "Duke of Gloucester" rushes over Chirk viaduct with todays Test/Trust Members special on the Crewe-Salop-Stafford-Crewe circle. Running so late due to the Chester-Salop section of the line being closed earlier in the day, this was a disappointing end to a long wait having stood in beautiful autumnal sunshine for the best part of the day only to lose the light minutes before she passed. Still great to see her back though, a credit to all those who have worked on this fine loco.
(Class57 on rear removed in PS)
Einheitlich mit Aufliegern der Spedition Winner beladen ist der DGS 43139 von Wuppertal nach Verona Q.E. in Italien. Über den gesammten Laufweg hinweg wird der KLV-Zug von RTC bzw. Lokomotion traktioniert. Am 13. Juni 2020 war die 193 774 für diesen Dienst eingeteilt. Im Wald zwischen Reischenhart und Brannenburg im Inntal konnte ich die Leistung fotografieren.
Freight train DGS 43139 from Wuppertal to Verona Q.E. in Italy is uniformly loaded with trailers of the Winner trucking company. Over the entire route the intermodular train is tractioned by RTC / Lokomotion. On 13 June 2020 the 193 774 was scheduled for this service. In the forest between Reischenhart and Brannenburg in the Inn valley I was able to photograph the service.
Running 26.5 hours behind their original schedule, NR74 and NR75 head away from Port Augusta through the currently dried up Lake Knockout on a one-off timed Ghan to Adelaide from Darwin as 4DA8.
Owing to a wash away near Katherine, trains were rescheduled approximately 1 day after their intended time.
Saturday 29th February 2020
Caen Hill Locks, Wiltshire
Situated on the Kennet & Avon Canal the 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44 gradient. The locks come in three groups: the lower seven locks, Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km); the next sixteen locks form a steep flight in a straight line up the hillside and are designated as a scheduled monument and are also known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways. Because of the steepness of the terrain, the pounds between these locks are very short. As a result, fifteen of them have unusually large sideways-extended pounds, to store the water needed to operate them. A final six locks take the canal into Devizes. The locks take 5–6 hours to traverse in a boat
One I had not got around to posting. Back in September I went on a couple of days to see if I could get the sun rising over the locks between the trees. Alas I gather I was probably a day or 2 late but I did get one of those misty mornings where the mist hung over the canal and was gradually burnt off as the sun rose. Nice to get the narrowboats moored there and quite an atmospheric morning with just me and a couple of other Togs around.
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The worn and tattered face of CP 6017 catches the light's final rays between Camp Douglas and Oakdale. They're ambling west with no purpose to move after getting their lights taken back for a second time to let the local out of the sand plant at Badger ahead of them. With the slow roll on, and light disappearing by the second I had to revert to this over going a bit wider with the curve in the foreground.
Plenty of time to juggle some pixels now, a refreshing change for me.
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.PENUMBRA. announced the full schedule of shows for their Spring Summer 2015 fashion week, May 16 – May 23. The week features many new elements not seen before in fashion week. Along with runway shows on weekends, mid-week shows will be trunk shows which will designs from many of the designs seen throughout the week in a more intimate atmosphere. There is a special “Surprise” Trunk Show featuring designers who are participating in Sneak Peek. Finally, the closing show is Bridal themed with amazing designs from some of SL’s best designers.
One of the upsides of moving all of my classes online during the pandemic this past year has been the new flexibility in my schedule. During the normal season at the college, many of my weekends would have been taken up with competitions, festivals and workshops, all of which, sadly, aren't happening this year. Instead, my weekends were going to be wide open this Winter and I was very much looking forward to taking a few trips back up to Yosemite to get some more shooting in during my favorite season in the park.
Unfortunately, this is easily one of the worst rainy seasons we've ever had in California. In my neighborhood, it's rained exactly three times since last May. Yosemite hasn't fared much better with the snow fall far below normal for this time of year. I'm hoping things will begin to change this weekend with a few snow showers in the forecast.
Since I haven't been able to make a trip up there so far this Winter, I have instead been sorting through some of my photos from my last Winter trip in 2019. On this particular evening, the park had received nearly three feet of snow on the valley floor and I had just done a face plant in a drift shortly before this photo was taken. As I recall, it was day in February when most of the other photographers in the valley were fighting over spots to shoot a fiery Horsetail Fall. Instead of joining the scrum, I headed down to the river in search of some solitude and stumbled on this view just as the sky lit up.
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The Northlink ferry Hamnavoe running to schedule in-between the Storms. The weather forecast is not looking good for the next few days, right in time for the Xmas holidays!
Metroline OS68 (YJ06YRP) arrives at Golders Green to form a school working on Route 631 to Henrietta Barnett School.
The Arriva vehicles are still being used on the 631 temporarily for capacity reasons, until the new schedules are used from later on in October.
With all the recent flurry of photos of the final trains to run on this unaltered single track stretch if street running I figured I'd edit up a few more from last summer's pilgrimage since I couldn't make it for the last runs.
Here is another look at South Shore train 508 (the railroad was running their weekend schedule on the observed Monday holiday) that left South Bend at 5:45 PM 45 minutes prior to when I took this shot at 5:30 PM. Yes, you can travel through time on the South Shore Line! Are there any other commuter lines in the country where you cross a time zone boundary?
Anyway, the standard train of Nippon Sharyo Electric MUs is led by #106, one of the single ended cab units from the 2001 order of 10 similar cars, the newest of the single level fleet most of which date from 1982-1983 though 14 more are a decade newer than that.
They have just snaked through the famous s-curve on 11th Street between Lafayette St. and Cedar St. at about MP 33.8 and are climbing the hill toward me at the corner of Spring Street. Dominating the background is abandoned Spanish Revival style circa 1925 First Christian Church building. I framed this scene up intentionally like this to highlight the historic church which has since been demolished to allow for the straightening of this curve in conjunction with the double track project that is underway forever altering this classic scene.
To learn more history of this last interurban check out the long caption with this image from my trip out last year: flic.kr/p/2jx3cBG
Michigan City, Indiana
Monday July 5, 20211
19.12.2000 8F 48151 taking empty hopper wagons to Ribblehead for the ballast to be loaded. It was a dull and dank January morning and the weather got worse.
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It's pretty obvious when "Wrong Way" Jimmy has visited town. By the time the tow trucks have hauled off the vehicles Jimmy hits, there are plenty of parking spaces available.
Bakersfield, California 2013
A snap of one of our Great Egrets running over the day's schedule as the waits in the early morning light on Armand Bayou!
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VRE 305 heads south toward Fredericksburg, dodging some intermittent clouds as they slow for their stop in Crystal City. With the roads still rough and the federal government offices closed, VRE operated their snow schedule at about 50% the normal service today. I'm guessing most trains were still empty.
Marchikoma 2019
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