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CN 527 has five units (CN 2675, CN 5680, BCOL 4654, CN 2255 & CN 7272) as it heads to Taschereau Yard after working Pointe St-Charles Yard.
Thanks to the grim weather on this day, this photo looks like a black-and-white shot, not colour. Just looking at this image makes me shiver, though in reality, it was not a bitterly cold day.
On 22 January 2016, I was fortunate enough to get a place on a bus trip to Lake Louise and the annual Ice Sculpture display, Banff National Park, in the Rocky Mountains. It is a two-hour drive west of Calgary. Of course, any time a bus trip is organized way ahead of the day, you have no idea what the weather is going to be like. The weather was grim all day, with snow all day long, turning to really heavy, wet snow when we stood in the parking lot at the end of the day. No sign of the sun, which made photography a real challenge. There were so many people visiting the area that it was almost impossible to get photos without at least a few people included. As you can see, even the mountains had mostly disappeared. Our bus driver, Tim, did a wonderful job of getting us to the lake and all the way back to Calgary. I was just so thankful that I wasn't driving!
Some of the group chose to snowshoe, others to walk/hike, and others to join Anne Belton's group for birding. I was expecting a stroll along the lake shore and around the Chateau grounds, lol, but instead we did a hike along the creek all the way to Lake Louise Village, roughly 4.2 km! The trail though the forest was very narrow - wide enough for heavy winter boots and icers plus maybe a couple of inches on either side. If you were unlucky enough to walk an inch further, you would have one leg plunge into snow up to your knee or higher. I was so thankful that this didn't happen to me, but it did mean that my eyes were looking downwards all the time instead of soaking up the glorious, snow-covered forest. The snow was so thick on the trees and when it became just too heavy for a branch to support, you stood the risk of being snow-bombed from high above. A lot of the trail was downhill - never fun in such conditions, but we all took it very slowly, though there were several tumbles or someone would end up travelling on their rear end. Not the easiset hike, but the surroundings couldn't have been more beautiful. Thankfully, the bus driver had arranged to drive down to the Village ready to pick us up and take us back uphill to the Lake.
As for the birds, well, they obviously didn't particularly like the grey, snowy day and stayed in hiding, other than several Common Ravens, a couple of Magpies, one or two Clark's Nutcrackers and two House Sparrows. Back at the Chateau, two of the birders did see a very distant Stellar's Jay - always a lovely bird to see, but it was too far for them to get photos.
We had time to wander round the Ice Scuptures area, in front of the Chateau. Some amazing work created by sculptors from various parts of the world. The one in this photo was titled "Canoe with three warriors", by Team Sakha from Russia. It won "Third Place" and "People's Choice Award". I think it was my favourite sculpture.
"Winter comes alive in iconic Lake Louise, Alberta. Ice Magic Festival, January 15 - 24, 2016 is a world class event with over 20 years under its belt. Talented ice artists from around the world delicately balance grueling physical labour with precision artistry in a 34 hour International Ice Carving Competition.
Jaw-dropping scenery sets the stage as ice carving teams of 2 create sculptures illustrating their interpretations of our chosen theme for 2016: Earth, Wind, Fire & Water - Elements of Life." Taken from link below. I love that the prize money for this competition is only a comparativey small amount, which I think shows that the carvers do what they do for love of the art, not for the money : )
Team Ice Carving Competition
1st Place: $2,500
2nd Place: $1,500
3rd Place: $750
Carver's Choice: $750
People's Choice: $500
One Carver, One Hour, One Block
1st Place: $1,000
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $200
People's Choice: $250
www.banfflakelouise.com/Area-Events/Festivals/Winter/Snow...
So, a wonderful day trip for us all in breathtaking surroundings. I am especially appreciative, as I don't drive to the mountains, so rarely get to see them. Many thanks to FLC for doing such a great job of organizing this most enjoyable day for us. Thanks to Anne Belton for taking some of us on a beautiful, though not easy, hike through the forest. Definitely a day to remember.
This pair of Bottlenose passed within inches, directly over my head while looking down at me blasting me with sounds.
Originally a lot taller this statue of George 111 was too close to a nearby WW2 RAF bomber base's approach pattern. The RAF decided to blow it up to eliminate the danger posed to aircraft, the top section was recovered and placed in the grounds of Lincoln castle where this image was taken.
Ever since I watched Jaws 3D as a kid I've had a special love for 3D. Especially the clunkier earlier format with the image split into red and blue versions with the throwaway cardboard glasses with matching coloured eye filters. Apparently this works by means of encoding each eye's image using the filters of chromatically opposite colors. When viewed through the 3D glasses, each of the two images reaches the eye it's intended for, revealing an integrated stereoscopic image. The visual cortex of the brain then fuses this into the perception of a 3D scene. Aren't our brains clever? I've even got a 3D tattoo. So there.
This canvas isn't in the best of shape so I'm thinking she'll make it to the streets some time soon. She can lead a new life with someone else...
Cheers
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New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R211 no. 4060 (Kawasaki, 2019-present) is the lead motor on an uptown A train stopped at E Broadway Station on the IND 6th Avenue Line, seen on the train's third day in revenue service.
Airbus A330-243MRTT, MRTT056, msn 1919, ex F-WWCS, tempo spanish reg EC-331, marked M3 returning to Getafe factory (LEGT) from the first flight test after conversion to MRTT. She will become T-056, the third (Dutch) Multinational MRTT Fleet.
This was a fun project that I completed on the side. I made up three different necklaces with silver cylinders and magnets all containing several strands of sellar tape. In between the tape that had been folded over on itself I had put in some 'faux diamonds'* (my university budget didn't allow me to use real ones though the project asked for it)
Playing on what we assume valuable and what we assume not to be; and then joining them.
Construction on this Minneapolis bridge has been underway for quite a while. With the weather turning a bit nicer, it was great to grab a camera and just walk around the city. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!
Piotr et Oleg ont terminé leur 3e sortie extravéhiculaire ! Hier ils ont à nouveau passé un peu plus de 7h30 à l’extérieur de la Station, toujours pour la mise en service du module scientifique russe MLM. Les câbles télé et internet sont maintenant branchés, on a tout le confort moderne ! 😉 Bien entendu, par télévision on entend le canal utilisé par les chercheurs pour nous aider lors des expériences, et par le centre de contrôle pour suivre notre travail et nous accompagner… les caméras sont à bord mais les écrans sont sur terre ! 😁 Ils ont également installé un dispositif de rendez-vous et d’amarrage, et même une expérience de biologie à l’extérieur du module MRM2. Encore une journée bien fatigante pour nos amis, nous étions heureux et soulagés de les voir rentrer : c’est toujours une bonne occasion pour célébrer On est en plein dans la saison 2 des sorties extravéhiculaires puisqu’Aki et moi nous préparons à sortir dimanche (encore du travail sur les panneaux solaires).
Spacewalk 3️⃣ for Oleg and Pyotr complete! They spent another 7 and a half hours outside yesterday for more work on the new Russian science module MLM. Television and internet is now connected, what more could you need? ;). (the television is for researchers to follow our progress working on experiments and the control centre to help us throughout the day, not for us to watch of course!) Well, they also installed a rendezvous and docking system, handrails, and even a biology experiment on the MRM2 or Poisk module that is on the other side of MLM! Another busy and tiring day, and we were happy to see them back. Being safely back inside is always a good reason to celebrate! We are really into spacewalk season two now, Aki and myself are preparing to go outside this Sunday to work on the P-4 truss and prepare it for more roll-out solar arrays.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Peanut and Scout are very happy with their new dresses! Now who gets to wear the third dress, hmmmmm?
Ship Cove is a small bay in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, renowned as the first place of prolonged contact between Māori and Europeans. It is located near the entrance of Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui, west of nearby Motuara Island and Long Island. Explorer James Cook anchored his ships here and hence named it Ship Cove; however, in 2014 the official name was altered to "Meretoto / Ship Cove", to reflect its original Māori name.
On 15 January 1770, Cook anchored HMS Endeavour in the cove, and used it as a base to replenish supplies of food, water and wood after his long Pacific voyage. While his ship was overhauled at anchor, Cook made a headquarters on the shore, ordering the planting of vegetable gardens and construction of an enclosure for pigs. Cook would return to the cove a further five times over the course of his first, second and third voyages to the Pacific Ocean.
A lot of 'threes' for your perusal.
Left to right: Chianti - White Zinfandel - Chablis. Three different glasses. Three different levels.
Messing around with my lightbox.
Getting ready for some macros for macromonday group...
F16 at 1/750th second with Sigma 28-105 at about 35mm.
Strobist: Darkfield lighting technique, sb800 behind black field bouncing of sides of my foamcore lightbox.
Dust retouching on glass and slight levels adjustment in PS and minor tone fix for Chianti and Chablis.
The lavender fields at Inglenook farm in Rainford,St.Helens.
I'd been up there the previous two mornings but came away with nothing.However this morning nature played ball with me and provided me with the light and sky I'd been waiting for,
All worth it in the end :)
Thanks for looking,
Chris.
argh!
after her first attempt at panning, and a mediocre second attempt, my wife comes up with this one on the third click of the shutter. of a piddly little point and shoot digital.
why do i even try!
this one is so crystal clear, i have trouble believing it came out of our camera.
i love the fact that it looks like he's about to plow into the car, even though he's not.
-Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as my personal favorite.