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...with whatever these spiky green things are...anyways, an early HGGT to you all! ( I got's to get up way early and work way late tomorrow!!)
It was a pretty good morning chasing some trains on the UP as they actually ran some eastbounds with clean paint back to back. I was going to go longer west but a quick check of the parked train at Linwood forced me back east in a hurry. I've been wanting to catch one of these new image units for a while now and I have been out of town the other times they came through.
New image UP 8366 rolling east at MP 24.25 on the UP Kansas Sub this AM shortly after sunrise with a loaded coal bucket. I'm still not sure what I think of this scheme so far. I like the look of the 'medium' sized shield on this one vs. the larger shield on some of the others. Kinda reminds be of the endless fleet of SD40-2's back in the 1980's.
My load today out of Phoenix fell through, and nothing else ready today. Anyway, used some of my time catching up a little on Flickr and a little on editing a few pictures.
I like how this Upper Antelope Slot Canyon shot came out, at least when viewing on my laptop, on the phone not so much.
Took a lot of pictures this day back in October of 2016, but haven't really posted that many of them, so guess I've got enough to spread out over the next few years.
Trying a new edit program, Luminar 3. Happy with Light Room, in fact used it some with this as well as the Luminar. Love Topaz, especially AI Clear, but nice to have options.
The sun needs to be directly over head to get sun rays in the canyons, and then it only lasts for a short time, plus the sun is only directly overhead a couple of months a year, May and June I believe. Well this was taken in October, no direct overhead sunlight. That's where Luminar comes in. It's got a really neat sun rays tool, very versatile and lots of control. Once I got the sun rays the way I wanted, I worked on the bottom area to make them look like they were hitting the sand directly below. That was the hardest part. If you're a purist, sorry to disappoint, but I'm trying to make mostly realistic looking images, but don't feel guilty about how I get there. I want to make my pictures unique and hopefully beautiful or at least interesting. So for me it's about artistic license, not a SOOC documentary of scenes. I could do that with my phone.
Well, gonna post this, go get some dinner, then more catching up on Flickr, then beddie bye.
Streching as she wakes up
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 12.01.2025
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Brittany yells for her cousin to come to bed.
"I'd love to," Whitney says, "but these papers have to be ready to be filed in the morning, and Mr. Buzzle didn't make it any faster for me with his inventing words like 'deceivery.' Thank heavens for spell check!"
To catch up on the legal document Whitney is working on, you can find Part I of this weekend's story here: www.flickr.com/photos/bogostick/48283365286/in/dateposted/
And Part II beginning here: www.flickr.com/photos/bogostick/48301779407/in/dateposted/
This is a further (probably final) post from a set of photos I took at Studland following a high tide and strong winds which resulted in hundreds of molluscs being thrown unceremoiously onto the beach with many creatures like this cockle desperate to open up and find firm ground to make their way back to the sea before being eaten by opportunistic gulls and others.
Thank you all for your kind responses.
The sun sets on another day in the Cienega Creek Preserve southeast of Tucson AZ.
UP 7435, on main 1, leads a stack westbound across the The Cienega Creek bridge that was built by the El Paso & Southwestern in 1912. Seen in the foreground is main 2 , the original ESPEE alignment that follows the creek.
My love is not one that will lose it’s worth
my speed is like that one you knew
when you lit
Up the sky
Up the sky
Your light is that of my sweet breath when weaving
I am the iris of your pathway leading
To the sky
As the sky
Come back to senses in the space between us
The small blue of your open eyes is as vast
As the sky
As the sky “
Sandrayati.
As weather blows in from the west a trio of AC44s try to out run it with an eastbound grain empty. In the foreground the remains of UP's Encampment Branch lead away from the busy Overland mainlines and towards its namesake.
UP 6489 ~ GSEEMI ~ Walcott, Wyoming
Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision
04.08.2017
66761 stands at the Arcow quarry. This should have formed the 6M38 11.25 Arcow Quarry to Bredbury Tilcon, but the driver was ill and the train didn't leave until the following day. Looking at all those young trees planted I doubt if this shot will be on in a few years time.
A westbound North Platte, Nebraska to Roseville, California manifest struggles up the east side of the Pequops with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas heritage locomotive leading. The MNPRV's EOT is still in Utah with the UT/NV state line just around the curve in the distance.
UP 1988 ~ MNPRV ~ Tecoma, Nevada
Union Pacific's Lakeside Subdivision
02.10.2025
The inner yard of Palazzo Brunasso in Via Toledo, Naples. A kind woman invited me in, so I was able to take some shots. Following I will upload a photograph of the entrance to the building that is very interesting by itself. Naples, Italy.
I have a good number of Willughby's leafcutter bees going about their busy bee lives in my garden in the summer, but I met this lovely female nectaring on common restharrow at St Cyrus NNR. I love the distinctive pose that leafcutters adopt when nectaring, pointing their (often pollen-laden) bottom up! ... so Bottoms Up for a happy weekend everyone!
Sort of a mixed bag of results from this AM. Drove way too far for some decent shots but in the end it's worth it when you can get a clean one on the point.
Probably the only train worth shooting on the whole subdivision this morning was this loaded coal train with the UP 8522 leading with on of the new repaints with the large shield on the nose.
This shot is between Midland and Lawrence on the UP Kansas Sub as it makes the bend around the curve to head south towards Lawrence.
This Carolina Wren was bouncing around in the flowerbed and went into the cone flowers. I thought it was cute how it popped out in the middle. My backyard, Central Bucks PA.
CP H23 returns to Lambton with a totally random UP SD70ACe leading away, this certainly caught me off guard.
This abandoned building is just outside the Wall, SD entrance to Badlands National Park. The graffiti on the side says Bondo MLS. Wall Drug signs are everywhere so it isn't surprising to find one here. Wall Drug still offers coffee for 5 cents and free water.
Sabina Lang et Daniel Baumann, sculpture de béton (2017), 12 m. X 10 m de haut, plage du Havre, Normandie.
The Lighthouse in Glasgow is Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture
The Lighthouse was the first public commission completed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The mechanical loaders make short work of filling up 66006 at Cwmbargoed, the train will later work out as 6C94 15:45 Cwmbargoed Opencast Colliery to Margam Terminal Complex.
Canon Sureshot 90u
Ilford XP2 400 super @ 400
Home developed in Tetenal C41, Epson V 850 scanned.
My German Shepard Marco, on a walk with the Canon sureshot 90u point & shoot,& some XP2
1111 and 1979 are the power on the Valley Turn running West on the UP Omaha Subdivision.
For sure standing where we weren't supposed to be, the crew didn't seem to mind.