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After spending couple of days at Spangmik, we reached Hanle. It is a small little town and provides ample photography opportunities. Though it was another night where we had to wrap up shooting pretty early because clouds took over skies and because a little incident that we had with wildlife. A little scary at first but it was eventually a funny story. :D
Loved the shape of milky way we were able to capture here. That curve is special for me :)
Spending lots of time with the black woodpeckers in the forest. They're coming home every evening at the same time, a wonderful show.
Spending time enjoying evening supper out in the garden with Amber, after our brilliant bike ride. She complained why was she left home alone all afternoon. 🐈
Spending a few days in SLC and I like the city, the people, the vibes and last but not least the snow covered mountains…
Spending a few days at Disney with my daughter because I needed to see her be happy. It seems to have worked. Didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but there was a beautiful sunset on Saturday night that I couldn't say no to.
Last year after spending close to a month in Etosha , Namibia we never had the privilege of seeing a leopard. They are small in number and timid animals. They hunt at night and are usually on their own. You can imagine the excitement when this beautiful creature came to the waterhole to get a drink and we were close by to observe him for close to five minutes before he left and wondered off. Our first alert to his presence was that all the animals at the waterhole stood still and all faced the same direction. An incredible sight to see and one we are so very thrilled to have had.
Watching the news this morning they showed a blurb on animal hunters in Africa sport ing their trophies. How sad it all is and too have seen this gorgeous animal in real life has made it even more impossible for me to believe someone could kill him. Their eyes are so beautiful and you can not help but be mesmerized by their beauty. I pray this justin g will someday END !!!
After spending the last three days getting loaded at Clymer, PA., 110 cars of coal are almost at the end of the journey the concludes at Cresson on RJ Corman PA Lines. Four RJ units and two run through NS units are up front and four more RJ units are shoving on there rear as they make the crest at Ebendburgh Jct, PA.
Spending the day home with Keezy, recovering from my wisdom teeth coming out. Also testing some light for a project I'm shooting this weekend at our place.
I spend two hours on the cold ground waiting for this Grebe to come closer. I was testing my new lens a 2nd hand Canon 300mm f/2.8. I shot all day with speeds like 1/2000, what a treat! With my extender x1.4 it gets me out to 420mm and is very quick to focus. My friend Stu helped me with the micro adjustments after this shot so it should be a touch sharper now. So far I am very happy with it.
After spending the night tied down in Saffold a LORAM ballast cleaner moves to where it left off the previous day to start work. The weather would go from fog to sun then overcast and finally heavy rain in the period of about four hours.
Spending a few days back in Ottumwa, and with the fog out this morning, I took a run around town to see what I could find. I hadn’t gotten the bird out in a while and ended up missing Amtrak because of login issues, but I fixed that before this northbound grain train made a run for the hill. I figured I could get a neat overhead with the signals at Rutledge and wasn’t disappointed.
Take some time to enjoy the waning days of summer. Did just that while relaxing on the banks of this gorgeous lake at Grand Mesa. As Annie Dillard said, “Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”
After spending a few days in Melbourne, it was back to work for a rest this morning (after getting to bed at around 2am....). So, having only managed around 4-5 hours sleep each night this week, I'm probably going to crash before I can catch up with everyone tonight.... but I'll be back on sometime tomorrow even if I do fall asleep on the keyboard tonight... :-)
After spending the Christmas and New Year period in storage, the pioneer Class 507, 507001 left Merseyside for the last time on January 23 2025, after just over 46 years. Together with classmate 507029 they were the last 507s to leave the network they worked on since new. Both units were hauled to Simms Metals at Newport - whilst 507029 will be scrapped, 001 is more fortunate and will be taken to Derby Litchurch Lane where it is planned to have it on display during the 'Rail 200' celebrations later this year.
Back on June 1 2012, the unit calls at Bank Hall as the rear set of a six-car Southport to Hunts Cross service. This was long before it gained celebrity status and was just another anonymous member of an otherwise mundane, overlooked fleet.
Despite spending Friday afternoon on the Cape I found myself back the very next morning for the last weekend of the CapeFLYER for this season in hopes of some sunlit morning shots of 1129. The small trestle over the Wareham River at MP 49.44 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal Railroad operated Cape Main is perfectly lit of the sun is out so that's where I waited. The Flyer was a bit tardy but while I waited this entirely unexpected surprise showed up. An extra Mass Coastal job cruised past light engine with MC 2008 (GP9RM blt. Apr. 1956 as CN 2020) about 25 min before the Hyannis bound passenger train. It turned out that thess guys were headed to Buttermilk siding to pick up the prior day's energy train which had been left there after the locomotive on it suffered a failure.
A nice little surprise indeed....but alas the sun just didn't cooperate.
Wareham, Massachusetts
Saturday August 31, 2024
After spending the last few nights at a nearby beauty spot and ending up with nothing. I stayed at home and literally took this from the back door. I have only just started to try and take photos like this so a lot to learn.
I have left the building on the bottom of the sot on purpose to give the photo some perspective. This is a single shot, 8 second exposure only.
I may have caught a shooting star at the same time ?
After spending just one day last year capturing some of the amazing views around Chester at autumn time (see last year’s set here: www.flickr.com/photos/markcarline/albums/72157646717011404), I thought this year I would have a mini ongoing photo project to make the most of the autumn colours in Chester. These images where captured in a variety of locations around Chester such as: The Groves, The Grosvenor Park, Westminster Park, Overleigh Cemetery, the wooded area near Dingle Bank in Curzon Park, along the River Dee near Handbridge etc.
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Spending the majority of its time underground in burrows, the Borneo Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophrynoides borneensis) is a rarely seen species and little is known of its life history. Despite its common name and unusual appearance, this frog is a member of the Microhylidae and not a true toad. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
Spending a beautiful day in California where the most beautiful people live.. Living the life .
Hearing some AC DC and sipping on a cold glass of water
AC/DC - Who Made Who
I spend too much to be Robot ...
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Spending this evening editing some of the 800 or so from my past weekend in France, will hopefully have them all up on www.f3historic.com/ and www.1000ccf3historicracingassociation.org.uk/ soon
Taken at Sunny's Studio
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Pose : Spring Fever
I spend a lot of time walking outdoors in summer and winter, and more and more I end up thinking about the living ecosystems I am a part of. It is very common, for example, to complain about insects when trying to photograph birds in the spring and summer - but without them, there are no birds. Insects breed and thrive in and around still water, and so the big pond/tiny lake that attracts and sustains them turns out to be at certain times of the year a migrant bird sanctuary.
There are other ways in which the creatures we come to photograph are involved in a deeper, less obvious kind of life. It is common for photographers to complain ‘there is nothing around’ during winters in Ottawa, and yet the woods are alive in a bunch of ways. And that life is varied - a tree is not simply alive or dead, but can host various forms of other lives, from birds to insects to fungi.
As Ottawa experiences more and more severe weather, trees are downed, healthy and unhealthy alike. The ecosystems in which those trees live and die are constantly processing those living and dead, and in my searches for Owls and other species, I have come to develop a greater appreciation for the less obvious lives that are often hidden in trees, acting to create new opportunities for nutrition and reproduction.
The Milk-white Toothed Polypore is fairly common around the world in temperate areas. It is resupinate, meaning basically it is upside down: its cap is attached to its substrate like a root would normally be. But it hangs its white (or ochre x they darken over time) teeth down, an amazing adaptation that maximizes spore production, using very little energy on its cap, as other mushrooms do.
It is saprobic, which means it feeds on dead trees. And as you can see from this image, it maximizes its spread on its food. And like most bracket fungi, it shows specific preference for its host: this species is mostly found on dead hardwood, while other bracket or polypore mushrooms prefer conifers.
Background - my photo from one of my morning walks
Model - extracted from liam-stock.deviantart.com/art/Aylen-12-96796990
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Textures, feather, clocks, hair strands, sign - my collection
Spending most of her time with head down looking for a snack, I was happy she looked my way briefly while making a turn. Estero Bluffs.
This Kestrel spends the day hunting from a fence post in front of my home. After capture, he brings his mice to the post and generally eats it there, or flys off to store it. Unfortuantely for this rodent, he happend to venture out onto an ice patch where he became easy prickings. In this image the Kestrel just manages to "nail" it with one talon. The next image in the series shows him dispatching the mouse in mid air.