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Always striving to go places not many others have is one of my constant goals when it comes to railfanning. I don't see any fun in going to the places that hundreds of unoriginal, boring sheep have milked dry to oblivion such as the iron range, LS&I, Trona, or the Columbia River gorge. On my recent fully self-funded trip (springowski could never), I wanted to explore the deep south and its plethora of rarely documented shortlines, as well as some actually enjoyable class 1 action that the two eastern roads can't provide. Among my main targets was Alabama and Gulf Coast and their newly acquired fleet of GEs. One of those, ex Conrail C40-8W #4055, recieved G&W's 125th anniversary heritage paint. I thankfully timed my trip while it was being used on the turn job from Columbus, Mississippi to Boligee, Alabama and back. Here it is paired with a Columbus and Greenville SD40 as they build their train to head south. This is seriously one of the best looking engines I've ever seen. Hats off to G&W for doing this shit. The train would wait a few minutes as Golden Traingle would depart in front of them, and they themselves would make Watco's Alabama Southern wait at their diamond in the southern part of town. Columbus is an extremely underrated little railroad hotspot with 4 different shortlines and 2 class 1s running locals to town. More deep south content is to come.
Feb 08, 2010 17:32
Camera Color Mode: Sunset
Color Temperature: 5900°K
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -0.3 EV
Still striving for that perfect black and white flower shot, whatever that might be. This isn't it, but I like it.
I am not a "flower photographer", but I do enjoy the challenge of getting a good flower shot. And while I don’t always know what kind of flower I am shooting, on a good day, I can usually tell a rose from a daisy.
[coconut.] Jung Skin / Winter Tone
AtReYu (atreyupomadom) is wearing Winter Tone with LeLUTKA Gen Head
at SmokeFest
[coconut.] Karina Skin / Icy Tone
Melinda Bayn is wearing Icy Tone with LeLUTKA Ceylon Head
at Kawaii Secrets & Waifu Dreams
by ᴍᴇɴɢ ᴋɪᴋᴏ (meng.cutie)
coconut.
Meng
Toni
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The Matilda Gown will be at
Anthem Event
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Poulet Koenkamp
Teshi Andrews Cole
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The Bearded Guy
Lichi Moonwall
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Melinda is wearing DOUX - Kazuha hairstyle and AtReYu is wearing DURA-U127 hairstyle
Créditos - Credits:
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Location: Stiftskirche Admont
Bearbeitung: Jürgen Krall Photography
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1865, als ein verheerender Brand große Teile des Marktes von Admont verwüstete, wurde auch ein Großteil der Abtei ein Raub der Flammen, darunter auch die Stiftskirche. Nach dem Brand wurden die Kirche und das Stift wieder aufgebaut, obwohl in vereinfachter Form. In den Jahren von 1866 bis 1869 vom Architekten Wilhelm Bücher, zum Teil auf den romanischen und gotischen Fundamenten, neu errichtet, ist sie dem Regensburger Dom nachempfunden, und der erste neugotische Sakralbau Österreichs. Am 12. September 1869 erfolgte unter Abt Zeno Müller die Kirchenweihe.
Even in winter one can find many motives to take a photo of. In post processing I played a bit with colours and texture to make it look less dull.
Auch im Winter kann man viele Motive für ein Foto finden. In der Nachbearbeitung habe ich etwas mit Farben und Textur gespielt um es weniger flau wirken zu lassen.
We strive and strain, bellow and believe, we learn, and everything we learn tells us the same thing: life is one great meaningful experience in a meaningless world. Brilliance has many parts, yet each part is incomplete.
― Christopher Hawke
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Spring has been slow to come around here despite the crazy high temperatures earlier this month. Here there is barely a hint of green and any hint of blossoms well guarded as these branches are still adorned with the stems of last year's fruit.
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We all strive to improve over time, be it a personal goal or a photo of a subject. The photo on the left is my first photo of a Marbled Godwit taken in Winderemere Basin in Hamilton in 2017. The bird was too far away. I used a 2x converter on 500mm lens to maximize the reach. The bird was barely recognizable from its shape and pink at the base of its beaks. It made my life list then. The second photo in the middle of a Marbled Godwit was taken in Stayner Sewage Lagoon near Barrie on May 27, 2019. The bird was closer, and the photo was better; however, there's still plenty of room to improve. The photo on the extreme right was taken in Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto on Aug 27, 2019. This time I managed to get a lot better picture with clear identification of a Marbled Godwit. Now, the question is am I going to stop taking photos of a Marbled Godwit? Most likely not, if the opportunity for betterment is there, so will be I.
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View from HK Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong