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Those of you who know a bit about me know I'm a Solaris system/security administrator. For this mission I decided to pay tribute to Sun Microsystems by using their home in SL; Sun Pavilion.
I want to thank each and everyone who took the time to visit my little space here on Flickr. Have a super day!
an old classic and standby.
happy bokeh wednesday!
and happy birthday kirstin! (this image was once not a diptych, but then i made it one, just for her since she is so fond of them!)
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Those homemade Cannelés Bordelais like some Gear Teeth.
For Smile on Saturday : THINGS WITH TEETH.
Song by Placebo.
Metra F59PH 98 was pushing an inbound scoot past a pair of matching Indiana Harbor Belt geeps in Franklin Park. The Harbor power was waiting for a signal to head home after delivering a train to the CP.
Going for square...pops on black !
Please check out my profile, and catch some more tulip shots over on the NEW Blog updates :))
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Those who know me and are my online friends will know I’ve had a Flickr profile and photostream almost from the very beginning of its existence. You’ll also know that recently after Flickr took the decision to try and enforce their profit-making on my efforts that I decided to leave.
In typical style though (and after a lot of hassle getting my profile reset to ‘safe’ with Flickr) I decided to keep a small presence here, with some ‘vanilla’ samples of my photos which are really here just for those whose photos I ‘like’ to be able to see who’s liking them.
So although my active presence here on Flickr has all but ended its not all bad news. Upon deciding on a new home online I’ve recently undertaken the business of moving my main active presence to Fetlife. Not only have I fallen upon a community who are right on exactly the same wavelength as me, but also (and partly because of recent events here on Flickr) it’s encouraged me to share all of my X Rated content I never shared on here.
If anyone wants to join or find me there then please send me a message and I’ll drop you the link. If not, then the few photos you see here are kind of all you’ll get for the foreseeable… I’m done with Flickr for now 😘
well I have others :-)
― Groucho Marx
HPPT!!
hybrid camellia, 'Christmas Rose', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Those few minutes of light as the sun goes from white light of the day to the orange/red glow of evening, The Golden Hour of light just before twilight.
A beautiful cloudscape in the sky above the Deane Dana Friendship Park and Nature Center in San Pedro, CA.
Photographed Jan 11, 2020. Processed 06-09-20
Those who read and answered my question yesterday showed that most of you prefer black and white when it comes to a portrait.
Thanks again for your comments !!!
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Those wings look pretty good, but it looks (IMHO) that the feathers need a few more days of growth yet?
I got her last saturday, but i finally got around to taking pictures of her yesterday. Liv dolls are so photogenic to me, i definitely wanna get more when i get atleast half of my bratz wishlist cleared :b
(Disclaimer: Those of you who follow me on Facebook or railpictures.net probably already saw this shot, so I share this (1) For my Flickr friends who haven't seen it (2) To share a longer version of the story behind this shot.)
For those who read all the way to the end, I left yesterday's post with a little bit of a cliffhanger. Tonight, I bring you the conclusion. As I mentioned, by the time Alco S-1 #5 was ready to bring Alco RS-36 #5019 and the former UHRR coach south, daylight was fading. I was able to get a few more daylight shots at Riparius, The Glen, and a little north of Thurman before the light was totally gone.
At Thurman, the 5 ran around its train on the siding so that it could shove it the rest of the way south. First, this provided an opportunity to get a decent long exposure of the 5--now at the other end of the train--as my good friend Brad Peterson (who followed behind the train in his hi-rail truck) lit it up pretty well with his headlights. Second, this now meant that the 5019 would "lead" the rest of the way south. Though the 5019 was dead and inoperable, the crew used a generator to run the headlights and stationed a crew member in its cab. Normally--not being a night photographer (other than occasional long exposures)--I would have been done taking photos after Thurman. However, earlier in the southbound chase, an opportunity presented itself from an unexpected place...
In addition to myself, John Sesonske, John's friend Jeff, and Max Brisben, one other photographer had been tipped off about this secret move. Yes, Hal himself let Kevin Burkholder know about the move to ensure there would be some night shots. Now, believe me, I know Kevin is a bit controversial in the railroad photography world. I for one was not happy when he removed a leased unit from a shot on Cuttingsville Trestle on the Green Mountain Railroad and posted it to railpictures.net (which thus resulted in the "VTR 431 World Tour," which--for the most part--was an innocent, fun way to poke fun at the situation). But--I have to say--especially in light of certain photographers yelling at friends of mine on the Batten Kill, Kevin has always been friendly to me trackside. Such was the case when John, Jeff, and I ran into him in North Creek.
When I left to get water in North Creek, Kevin asked me if I'd pick him one up, too, and flipped me a few bucks. A little bit later at Riparius, he asked me, "Hey, did you bring your tripod?" Then, he explained that he had arranged with the crew to stop the train on the bridge at Hadley for a night shot and invited me to join him. He said it was the least he could do for picking up a water for him. Well, how could I say no to an opportunity like that?
After getting my long exposures at Thurman, I hit the road. Kevin had arrived at Hadley just before me and was already setting of his flashes. Meanwhile, I scoped out the best spot for us to stand for the shot. After getting into position, Kevin generously offered to do as many test flashes as I needed to ensure I had my composition exactly as I wanted and my focus as good as I could get it (and boy was the latter tough!!). It appeared to me that Kevin was going to shoot horizontal, and--just to confirm--I asked him. So, partially to make sure the two of us covered slightly different angles of the event--along with my general preference to shoot "tall" bridge shots like this vertically (think, once again, Cuttingsville)--I opted to shoot vertical.
At 11:20 PM, the train rolled onto the bridge and stopped exactly where we hoped it would. This was the result. Though I can take credit for finding where to stand and the composition, I wouldn't have been able to do it without Kevin providing the flash.
After this, the story of the night was not through, however. Though Batten Kill owner Bill Taber had helped run the train north, he had swapped out with someone else to flag crossings on the southbound trip. I knew Bill wasn't as familiar with the crossing locations as I was, so I checked in with him at one of the crossings south of town. I asked how things were going, to which he responded, "Disorienting." So, I offered to help guide him and the other flagger to the rest of the crossings. As we were on our way to the next crossing, the crew started giving Bill directions to the next crossing when he radioed them back that he had an "escort" now (haha). Having never worked for a railroad, to me it was a fun way to "join the crew" and help make sure the 5019 safely reached its destination. After flagging the final crossing, Bill thanked me and said I was a big help. That made my night. As cool as this shot was, memories like that are why I'll remember this chase for the rest of my life.
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Former D&H Alco RS-36 #5019
Hadley, NY
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA
April 13th, 2014
The little ones were adorable. Yacking up a storm and running around like little kids.
Some info on them:
"Gulf Coast Native/Merino Cross: This breed looks most like the Merinos that were around in the 19th century. Since then, the breed has been modified so much that they no longer look the same. The 19th-century Merino sheep was an "improved" breed with very fine wool, important to the growing textile industry. These are the sheep and lambs visitors see running down the Common each afternoon as they move from their pasture area at the Fenno Barn to their "home" at the Towne Barn. There are currently 13 sheep in this flock, including 5 lambs, 5 ewes, and 3 weathers (neutered males)."
SOURCE: www.osv.org/animals
for those of us who live within an short drive of this world wonder, we should consider looking at it again. this morning after a staff breakfast, i had a little time to kill before my class started so i took my camera down to the falls.
there were a few hundred tourists at 8am on an april morning. by the time i left (around 9:30) the sidewalks were filling up. just wait until the summer. these people come to see something nearly unbelievable. the amount of water over these falls every second is incredible. and we who live here just avoid the area most of the time because the tourist traffic is so bad...
by the way, this is the original shot (other than painstakingly removing sensor dust marks). the painted look comes from using a longish shutterspeed on fast moving water. i had to stack my polarizing filter and a three-stop neutral density filter on the lens to get it slow enough to blur properly.
best viewed large. (click on all sizes)
PLUG for a great underexposed photographer: Boss_Pedro has only a small number of pictures up, but he's got a fantastic eye. You should definitely check out his photostream.
All photography & textured effects by Hal Halli.
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Those fern trees are what I expect to grow in a land populated with dinosaurus. Fortunately or unfortunately, there were not there. Just the fern trees. But they made my day anyway.
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For my clouds set, near the auditorium of chemical deparment.. where President may come and convocate in a few days.
My Cottage Garden is full of 'Blooming Beautiful Blues' a small meadow full of 'Glorious Grape Hyacinths'. Have a wonderful Sunny Spring Sunday :)
those pictures were taken at Fuck Monday at the Continental.
A good way to be informed about the fuck mondy events is to follow Maya Snowfield on Primfeed www.primfeed.com/maya.snowfield
For those out there accustomed to having a yard and some bit of private, self-owned grass consider your great fortune. Nature isn’t always so readily available for everyone. In NYC, the ‘box’ you call home is usually housed in a bigger ‘box’. And that big box holds all the little ones, containing together without prejudice the good, the bad, and the ugly. From within our boxes we listen to the other box-dwellers coming and going. We become accustomed to the thuds and footsteps, and door slams, as well as the variety of languages. But we all go out the same front door, and are all free to then proceed on foot, by taxi, subway, or bicycle somewhere where we can relish the magic of the soft crunch and elastic swish of grass beneath our steps.
Not those Coppers. Copper in color, I mean.
Here's another: www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/9002463205/
My hobby is photography.
CTV Regional Contact gave me 3 minutes on the local CTV News here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2U_01ajdw
Mikey G Ottawa's 100 most interesting images as per Flickriver HERE: www.flickriver.com/photos/mikeygottawa/popular-interesting/
See Mikey G Ottawa's most popular Flickr Photo Albums HERE:
www.flickr.com/photos/mikeygottawa/albums
CBC Radio 1 gave me almost eight minutes. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=253iqLH82oA
Rogers Cable TV gave me 10 minutes on Camera Talk HERE:
The fishermen's family sculpture by Elizabeth MacQueen is dedicated to and titled "Those Who Wait," the families of all mariners.
At the base of Morro Rock, situated so as to be seen by boaters entering and leaving Morro Bay.
Morro Bay, California
One of my favorite pieces of public art, the name of the sculpture seems appropriate to so many of us in this year of Covid. And I appreciate whoever decorated it for the season.
Those are crooked cleomes in the background. Like many of the plants, they grow to the southwest, chasing the sun.