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“Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It's all about timing.”
Stacey Charter
And maybe soon there'll come a day
When no more tears will fall
We each forgive a little bit
And we both look back on it
It's just bad timing that's all
~ Blue Rodeo
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Not far off the coast of Ventura, the boat went through a pod of dolphins. I've never photographed dolphins before, but I found it very tricky to get the timing and focus right.
A spectacular sunset greeted us during a dawn photoshoot at Mount Mee, after some decidedly wet and uncertain weather.
Bad weather can bring great results if the timing is right.
The rest of the day was dull and rainy.
In a rare moment of good timing, a westbound NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line train passes the hind end of a slowly moving NS 18N at Hillside, NJ.
NJTR 4129 F40PH-2CAT
I find taking night shots of the boardwalk amusement rides to be both fun and challenging. There are several things to take into consideration. The boardwalk is crowded with onlookers and riders. This makes it difficult to find a spot with enough room to set a tripod, which is in alignment of the ride, and with limited onlookers and line waiters.
For years I have watched these rides spin, swirl, twist and turn upside down. Now I find I watch with the sole purpose of timing them. At which point will the ride flip, creating a full circle? Once I have the found the proper settings and place with the best angle, I am ready to press the shutter release. This is generally the exact moment someone decisions to walk directly in front of the camera and stop to say, “oh sorry”.
Yes, timing is everything.
submitted to ODC/ topic ~ timing is everything
Einstein predicted that time slows down the faster you travel and the time-dilation hypothesis has since been proven by flying atomic clocks on aircraft.
The three fastest human beings at the moment are NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques (pictured) and Roscosmos astronaut Oleg Kononenko who are orbiting Earth on the International Space Station at a speed of around 28 800 km/h.
They are travelling so fast that they will return home to Earth after their six-month spaceflight 0.007 seconds younger than if they had stayed with their feet on the ground.
But how do astronauts perceive time in space? Space Station crew report that time seems to speed up in microgravity so European researchers are trying to find out more by immersing astronauts in virtual reality and testing their reaction times.
A virtual reality headset is used to block external visual cues that could influence the results. The experiment focuses on how astronauts estimate time duration as well as their reaction times. They are asked gauge how long a visual target appears on screen. Their reaction times to these prompts are recorded to process speed and attention.
The astronauts run the experiment before flight, on the International Space Station and again when they land to compare results. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst was the first test subject to take part in this experiment in 2018. Anne and David did a session in February in ESA’s Columbus laboratory.
Understanding how time is perceived in space is important as astronauts are often required to conduct precision work where timing is everything. This research in microgravity will help reveal clues as to what helps keep our brains ticking the seconds accurately.
Credits: NASA
When I'm running late, I usually blame my "tardying angel" for throwing obstacles in my way, but maybe should blame Murphy's Law from my Murphy bed for bed timing.
This is a spring from the retracted bed, for FlickrFriday's "Timing" and Macro Mondays' "Spiral" challenges.
Also see HERE.
And, GOTTA go LARGE
Driving along down I-15 south towards St. George, Utah, I hoped to be able to get some good shots of the sunset. At the time I mentioned this out loud, there were thunderstorm clouds overhead, and so I didn't know if the sun would ever peek out. Luckily, we went to get some gas (and ended up not), but when turning back realized that the side road we were on offered the perfect view of a truly serendipitous moment for us; the sun had dropped below the ceiling of thunderheads and shot its last rays of the day through the gap between the clouds above and the mountains and horizon below. Lucky us.
Sometimes timing is everything. Like when the playful spooks are up to no good and it stops the ride right in front of the Hatbox Ghost. Actually Kyle was right in front of it but I still had a pretty good angle from the buggy next to him.
Instead choosing which photo to use, head on or in box, I decided on both.
We were at a spot where the guide was talking about bats.
"There aren't any here right now, but many overwinter in this section of the cave."
She went on to talk of the first explorer of the cave who when he came to this section in the gloom was suddenly touching soft fur instead of wet rock.
And then a bat flew by us to the amusement of some and the consternation of others.
© AnvilcloudPhotography
On Friday 5/8/2022, 2M41s (ARTC rail train) is seen approaching Pinera station (Adelaide) with Rail First locos EL53-EL56 in charge. On an otherwise cold, wet & gloomy day, a lucky burst of sun came out when it mattered.
After the L091, the four of us out there set up for a EB Intermodal. (Like L091), a WB Intermodal beats the EB to the crossing by about 5-10 seconds, which was good except for the one guy who stayed on the other side...
... and I just missed it.
For this weeks challenge, I have used 4 subjects that have previously been seen in other Flickr Friday challenges.. The reflected ceiling, the carpet, the camera and the clock... and rather than hide the camera and tripod... lets make it part of the image... it is after all 5 o'clock and I have other things to do...
I was trying to capture the sunlight glistening on the waters of Loch Lomond when suddenly a swan drifted into my view – I didn’t hear it coming as I was concentrating hard on the sunlight as it bounced over the water but I caught the, almost silent, movement as it unhurriedly floated into the scene.
You don’t get a second chance at a photo like this – I could have missed it by just a millisecond (a bit of an exaggeration but you know what I mean).
They say “Time waits for no man” but the bible says – “God is the same yesterday, today and forever”.
In a hurry but will get back tomorrow to comment on your photos. Sandra
Nikon D7100 _70-200mm f/4_
Trying to take an image of the acorn cap and a chickadee landed on it.....twist of the camera and I got a cool image.
(C) 2014 Gerard Blacklock, all rights reserved
I waited pretty well all year to get this shot, at this time of the year the sun is at its most southerly point (when rising off the eastern horizon) and it just lines up with this channel at Little Bay NSW.
A colourful building in Montreal that I stumbled upon recently. It is the new Convention Centre. At a certain time in the afternoon, if the light is just right, the colour from the windows is reflected onto the street.
Many of my trips to the former Boston & Maine’s East Deerfield Yard in west-central Massachusetts were not without a stop at my other favorite spot of Millers Falls. Here the north-south Central Vermont Railway and the east-west B&M would meet and the tracks of both railroads ran side-by-side for a bit. The CV southbound job to Palmer crosses the Millers River and I somehow snapped the shutter right before shadow engulfed the lead engine.