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Okay, so almost exactly ten years ago when I last visited Australia, I took a bus trip to the Twelve Apostles and I fell in love with the south Australia coastline. Once I started getting into photography, it really made me want to come back. So I waited patiently for years for a trip to come, and it came. And then for a day off work, and Sunday looked like that day. So a work buddy and I started to drive at 9am. Got to the coast by around noon, and then spend HOURS driving along a windy road, only to get to the Twelve Apostles… too early. It was 7:30pm, and it was still bright out. Now it was still a 4 hour drive back to the Bed & Breakfast where we’re staying, so he was anxious to get back. I’d tell him, “just hold on, the sunset will b amazing!” While waiting I saw a guy taking a photo of a large group of people, presumably on a bus tour. Being the way I am, I asked if he wanted to be in the shot, so he said yes, and gave me (and I’m not exaggerating) 25 other digital cameras. Took pictures of them all, no worries mate! They were very appreciative and offered me some beer from the bus, gave me a nick-name, etc, etc. I told them I just wanted a sunset picture, but thanks.
So sunset finally came a couple minutes later at 9pm, and the sky lit up, but as you can see fro the picture below, it was pretty busy, so getting a spot at the end to shoot wasn’t simple. I was walking around with my camera on a tripod looking for a spot. One of the blokes who was in that group saw me and said (in a bit louder voice, probably because they had all been drinking all day):
“HEY, Mr. 25 Camera Guy needs a spot, back away!”
So he and another guy backed away from the railing and gave me the best spot in the house! And I got the shot I wanted for years and years. larger
See, sometimes helping out strangers pays off. Especially when they’ve been drinking.
Got home at 1am. And now off to the Australian Open to catch Roddick. Happy Australia Day!
It is a mostly cloudy morning, although still quite warm at 82°F, as the morning Zephyr climbs the north edge of Big Ten Curve westbound.
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Saint Petersburg formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924), then Leningrad (1924–1991), is a city situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow. With over 5.3 million inhabitants as of 2018, it is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, as well as being the northernmost city with over one million people. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).
In modern times, Saint Petersburg is considered the Northern Capital and serves as a home to some federal government bodies such as the Constitutional Court of Russia and the Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation. It is also a seat for the National Library of Russia and a planned location for the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so it's also referred to as Russia's Culture Capital. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world.
On a night walk in Belize our flashlights reflected hundreds of thousands of differently sized glowing jewel-like dots on the ground, on trees and all around us. Spiders’ eyes! This one looked like a huge sparkling diamond brooch. When we looked closer we saw it was a Wolf Spider carrying hundreds of babies on her back. The only species of spider known to do this.
The Rocky Mountaineer descends into the High Plains as it navigates Big Ten Curve near Arvada, Colorado at the edge of the Denver metro. The Denver skyline is barely seen in the top right obscured by smoke from nearby wildfires.
Nine BNSF units and a single Ferromex unit are all on the point of an eastbound Provo-Denver manifest on the main at Leyden. Only the first three units are actually online (working). The trailing five are just along for the ride! The train is approaching an Advanced Approach (flashing yellow) at the east end of Leyden.
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Jack at two weeks.
A belated push from Tom_Brown 6117 to create a photograph that emphasised minimalism or isolationism. This was a great challenge that has been marinating in my mind for a while. Thanks Tom for the push!
This was so long ago! I think that not being happy with the first set of cheerleader pictures and lighting I again skipped school to try again. This time with my own pantyhose (I didn't shave my legs back then for fear of what people would think). I was 16 or 17 years old at the time. Now I no, nobody cares if guys shave their legs. If only I knew that then!
For those who don't know how I did it:
Back in these days before high quality digital cameras I would develop film myself after regular class hours in photography / graphic arts room at school. I would only take a couple of pictures at the end of a roll of film so I could quickly cut those off and if anyone wanted to see the negatives of what I was shooting it would look like I just didn't shoot the whole roll ;-)
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This was so long ago! I think that not being happy with the first set of cheerleader pictures and lighting I again skipped school to try again. This time with my own pantyhose (I didn't shave my legs back then for fear of what people would think). I was 16 or 17 years old at the time.
For those who don't know how I did it:
Back in these days before high quality digital cameras I would develop film myself after regular class hours in photography / graphic arts room at school. I would only take a couple of pictures at the end of a roll of film so I could quickly cut those off and if anyone wanted to see the negatives of what I was shooting it would look like I just didn't shoot the whole roll ;-)