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(Explore #71: Jul 02, 2009)
A tall goatsbeard flower (Tragopogon Dubius) emerges from a mass of wildflowers growing along the edge of a country road in BC, Canada.
Wishing you all a bright and sunny summer's day! Thanks for visiting!
I appreciate the close focusing abilities of the 28-300mm lens allowing spur of the moment closeups like these frost covered weeds illuminated in morning light.
Camera Nikon D800
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias -1/3 EV
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Despite the gloom of the day the iconic livery of 43007 stands out as it crosses the River Don in Sheffield on August Bank Holiday Monday . The service is the 1S51 Plymouth - Glasgow Central
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Spodumene Kunzite Crystal - A showcase standout for the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, this large pink crystal is often called Kunzite after collector George Frederick Kunz. Mined at the Pala Chief Mine near San Diego, CA.
This crystal was photographed through a glass display case at an exhibition for the Tucson Gem and Mineral show at the Westward Look Resort. It would measure likely 20" tall. It may have been found in the early 1900's, from the Pala Chief Mine that operates to this day.
For more information, see these online articles:
History: www.palachiefmine.com/page0/index.html
nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/gems-min...
nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/mineral/pdf/MinScihistor...
nhm.org/site/research-collections/mineral-sciences/view-c...
This photograph depicts a much 'lighter' night than the last, with a full moon making the long exposure seem bright like daylight. Taken on Kirkstone Pass.
Some early season fall color pictures from West Michigan.
If you've been following my stream for any length of time you'll know I'm a FALL COLOR FANATIC and I try to extend this season for as long as possible ...
Typically seeking out the very first colors in August and continuing to shoot the very last colors until nearly December!
All shots taken with a Canon 5D3 DSLR.
One from the recent backlogs, from a dawn shoot I did a week or so ago, down at my parents place in Gatton.
About
3-Shot HDR, unsure of the camera settings,, I'm too tired to go looking.
Gear
- Canon 40D + Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
- Tripod
Processing
- HDR combined in photomatix from 3 Raw files.
- Curves, and Unsharp mask and Soft Screen Layer applied in GIMP
- Border applied in GIMP
New birds for 2026 😍
5Y-BBK - one of three 707s that Kenya Airways operated at the time - seen here approaching the Outer Marker over my house! On finals for Runway 23 at London Heathrow. And a rare patch of blue sky!
I was lucky to have lived right under the flight path of the London Heathrow cross-wind runway 23. Whenever we had a nice stormy south-westerly wind, you would start to hear the familiar sound of approaching aircraft. As we were around 4 miles out, aircraft would call out over the outer-marker just as they flew over the house.
Kenya Airways was formed in 1977 after the demise of East African Airways the previous year. Operations into Europe, including to London Heathrow, commenced in Feb 1977 - initially with Boeing 707s leased from BMA - G-AYBJ, G-AYVG & G-BAEL [see comments section below]. Three 707s were then bought by the airline from Northwest - tases being registered 5Y-BBI, 5Y-BBJ & 5Y-BBK. The first two operated for the airline until Mar 1991, with BBK being sadly lost in a crash in Jul 1989 at Haile Selassie I International airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
5Y-BBK c/n 19872, l/n 742.
Built in August 1968 as N381US for Northwest. Became 5Y-BBK with Kenya Airways in November 1977.
Damaged beyond repair when it overran the runway at Addis Ababa on 11th July 1989.
Stored at the airport ever since, it is now in a secure area adjacent to the main terminal ramp.
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia.
Info courtesy of Alan Wilson, whose photo appears below.
The aircraft
To give the younger enthusiasts an idea of the sheer variety of aircraft to be seen at Heathrow in the 1980s, here is a list of the frames that I took that afternoon...
Frame 24 G-AWZR BA Trident 3
Frame 25 LN-FOH Fred Olsen Lockheed L-188A Electra (rare!)
Frame 26 HZ-AHD Saudia Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar
Frame 27 A4O-HMQ Oman Royal Flight Douglas DC-8-73CF
Frame 28 garden flowers :)
Frame 29 N749WA Flying Tigers / Viasa Boeing 747-273C
Frame 30 N916R Icelandair Douglas DC-8-55F
Frame 31 G-BOAG BA Concorde (rare on 23!)
Frame 32 5Y-BBK Kenya Airways Boeing 707-351B
Frame 33 LN-MOW SAS Douglas DC-8-62
Frame 34 SE-DBG SAS Douglas DC-8-62 (second one!)
Frame 35 XV105 RAF Vickers VC-10 C.1
and that's just the ones I thought worth photographing 😂😃
The film
From around 1983-84 I largely stopped using Kodachrome slide film in favour of the cheaper option of colour print film of various brands and qualities! The quality doesn't compare very well with Kodachrome, but cash was tight in them there days 😅
On this occasion, I was using the fairly cheap Fuji HR-200 Fujicolour HR-200 film - I find the results quite grainy and with a slightly pale colour palette, but the film has pretty good reviews still - see below:
"One of the standout features of Fujifilm 200 is its vibrant yet natural color rendition. The film is known for producing rich, saturated colors without being overly exaggerated. At ISO 200, this film strikes a good balance between grain and sharpness. The grain is fine and unobtrusive, adding just enough texture to give images that quintessential film look without detracting from detail." See more here: www.filmprocessing.co.uk/post/fujifilm-200-review/?srslti...
Who remembers posting off their films and getting a set of prints back a couple of weeks later - with an extra set of prints and a free film! At least I carried on capturing those memories for the archives...
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens. From an original negative, scanned with minimal digital adjustment.
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
Crisp sandstone ripples lead to the Citadel, one of the standout formations in an isolated area known as White Pocket in the Vermillion Cliffs Nat. Monument.
To get here, you need a good 4-wheel drive vehicle (and a driver who knows how to handle deep sand). Since that doesn't describe me, I booked a spot on a guided overnight tour.
The tour enjoyed a great afternoon at White Pocket and after sunset, we hiked the 15 minutes back to camp for dinner. Afterward, I was surprised that the guide and other tour participants were content to take Milky Way shots right from the camp which they planned to merge with the blue hour foreground photos they had taken earlier.
I don't mind blending a foreground image with a Milky Way photo taken a few minutes later from the same spot. But blending shots taken at different locations just seems wrong to me (I know a lot of wonderful folks who disagree with me on this topic and that's fine, but I have to be me.) So I hiked back into White Pocket alone.
It was a new moon, which made the short hike surprisingly challenging. However, I found that my real challenge was figuring out a way to properly illuminate the scene.
I had about a half dozen LEDs and I needed all of them. I set up one set of lights a few inches above the ground at a 90-degree angle to magnify the incredible shadows created by the ripples in the foreground. Tall light stands set well off to the left managed to illuminate the 'mountain' in the background.
The Milky Way is a series of stacked 11-second exposures combined in Sequator. And, yes, I took the Milky Way shots from the same spot;)
By the way, a few groups were staying at the campsite overnight and I expected that some other folks would be taking advantage of the dark skies to get Milky Way shots here, but I didn't see another soul all night, so at least I didn't have to be concerned with my lights bothering other photographers.
Sorry for the long narrative, but I just hate it when I see a photo that interests me and there aren't details explaining how it was accomplished.
Cheers!
Jeff
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A bit different than my usual shot but I loved the slightly abstract feel to this Spring scene. Have a great weekend friends!
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This standout male Cardinal with gray edging on it's back plumage has been a regular in Janice's yard lately...I can't say I've ever noticed one like it before, but it is lovely...he looks like he's wearing a sporty sweater!
Beating the Corvettes without a factory effort doesn't happen too often.
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A grove of Aspen trees shine in the afternoon sun while a lone sapling attempts to add its own contribution to the peak colors - Park County, CO