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I had no plan to shoot any Union Pacific on a trip to the Pacific Northwest wine country but decided to take a quick look at the railroad along the Columbia Valley on the way back to the hotel in Walla Walla. When UP ran a train, I felt obliged to find a shot. This is in a scenic section just east of Wallula Junction where the railroad and highway curve along the edge of Lake Wallula. With all the hydroelectric dams, the river is really just a series of controlled lakes. The railroad does curve around in the front of the shot and the pole is part of the railroad;s code line.
Greater Roadrunner (adult breeding), Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Henderson, Nevada. During the breeding season the adult can show bright red and blue facial skin.
A westbound Union Pacific double stack train approaches Norden as the dense Sierra fog begins to roll in. Looming over the scene and above the fog bank is Mount Judah, under which Union Pacific's Sierra crossing tunnels under the mountain by way of the 10,365' tunnel #41.
UP 6839 ~ IOGOA ~ Norden, California
Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision
01.15.2017
Looking up at the sky from the marina area at Llandanwg beach.
Llandanwg Beach sits between the towns of Barmouth and Harlech on the southern side of Tremadog Bay. It is also part of the wider Snowdonia National Park and situated close to the pretty Afon Dwyryd estuary.
The sand dunes to the back of the beach conceal the tiny church of Saint Tanwg which dates from the 13th century. A small path winds through the dunes and leads you to the beach from the central car park area or you can take a trail from Cardigan Bay. As you sit on the pristine sands you will also be able to enjoy vistas of the rugged Rhinog Mountains in the distance.
The beach here shelves gently into the sea making this a good place to swim, although there is no lifeguard so care should be taken. When the tide is low, it reveals a causeway out to pretty Mochras which is also known by its local nickname of Shell Island due to the plethora of different hued shells found on the its beach.
Due to its strategic position, Llandanwg Beach is shielded from the well known Welsh winds which can be a little fresh at times meaning that you can enjoy this area even in the off-season. The beach is also well-loved by locals including fisherman who come here for the plentiful supplies of bass, mackerel, flatfish, and dogfish. With that in mind keen anglers will find plenty to do here, or you can explore dainty rock pools or simply go for a stroll on the soft, pristine sand.
Amenities at Traeth Llandanwg include disabled access and the village is also home to the quaint Y Maes Cafe close to the beach which operates from June to October.
Image taken near Mata-mata
Before sunset we stayed to shot a raptor that we particularly liked. We worry on our way back to find the entry to the camp closed ! A few kilometers only from our destination and near a waterhole where apparently he just drink in, a cheetah was showing off before some admirers.At first lying on the ground, the animal roll sideways, seeming very calm, enjoying himself, ignoring us. Then he stand up and left us without hurry, coming back a few times, one or two bushes away, letting us admiring his feline beauty before leaving ...The wildlife photographer knows well this intense emotion which we never tires when wild nature offers us such a gift!
Image prise près de Mata-mata
Avant le coucher du soleil nous sommes restΓ©s pour photographier un rapace que nous aimons particuliΓ¨rement. Nous nous inquiΓ©tons en revenant de trouver l'entrΓ©e du camp fermΓ©e! A quelques kilomΓ¨tres seulement de notre destination , prΓ¨s d'un point d'eau oΓΉ il venait certainement de boire, ce guΓ©pard est allongΓ© et roule sur lui mΓͺme devant quelques admirateurs !Le photographe animalier connait bien cette Γ©motion intense qui nous envahit et dont on ne se lasse jamais lorsque la nature sauvage nous offre un pareil cadeau !
Puis le guΓ©pard va s'en aller ,allant d'un buisson Γ l'autre ,nous permettant d'admirer sa beautΓ© fΓ©line !
Il est temps pour nous de rentrer , encore Γ©mervveillΓ©s des moments que nous venons de vivre ..
Explore 70 πJuly 12, 2024
The Union Pacific classic E unit, UP 949 shines even on a cloudy day.
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With the meet complete at Chaska, UP 1943 has no trouble hauling empties west to Buffalo Lake. You know its spring when there are lost of puddles around, and some make for reflections, seen here in the foreground.
Fog was the name of the game this AM and it was crazy thick in spots and in other places like here at 26.5 there was a sucker hole that you could shoot through.
AC4460CW convertible leading a train into the bright morning sun over on main 1 as the rear of the train is still socked in the pea soup fog along the Kansas River.
This was a super cool wire sculpture in a glass case. I added some photoshop trickery, and to be honest, I'm may have overcooked it. It still looks cool though, however, I may post the unprocessed image as well. Anyway, the reflection from the top of the glass case is all swirly and looks very similar to the "Beam Up" effect in the newest Star Trek movies...thus, the title.
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Ballast train putting on an impressive show of climbing up the hill with a snoot tunnel motor in the lead.
Still hate that pole line.
3-11-07
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The DPUs of a UP trackage rights train pass another UP trackage rights train at Halls on the BNSF Saint Joe Sub.
A monochrome image featuring a row of bicycles parked at a rental station. There are about 30 stations with 200 bikes to rent in the greater Des Moines metro area, but at a brisk 20Β°F this morning, the demand is very low. All the bikes are here, all lined up. This rental station was photographed at E Grand Avenue and Robert D Ray Drive in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
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The Canada Goose is a species a lot of people take for granted, but they actually have lots of interesting traits that are appealing. They help each other when flying together in formation by drafting off each other and taking turns doing the hard work at the front. Two or three adults will work cooperatively to look after the young of many goose families, allowing the other adults to feed or rest. It is cool to see 20 or 30 goslings following single file behind an adult across a pond. They can get a bit feisty when they feel threatened, but mostly they prefer to relax and just get on with enjoying life and raising their young.
This photo was taken at a popular urban park when a pair of big geese (some subspecies are much smaller) were taking off to carry on with their migration and were cooperative enough to fly low right past me. They gave me, a fellow Canadian, a friendly 'honk' as they passed. LOL
After doubling its train FCCA 1027 waits while the brakeros reconnect the airhoses and releases the handbrakes before proceeding up the Cacray switchbacks in San Mateo, Peru.
This one's for Russ Barnes (www.russbarnes.co.uk)
I was lucky enough to be shooting with him a couple of weekends ago (on an excellent Greg Whitton workshop). We were climbing Moelwyn Mawr in Snowdonia, Wales, watching some incredible weather moving across the landscape. I'd started packing up my gear up at this point, eager to climb further but Russ (the wily fox) had seen this cloud developing and waited... and waited.. and waited just a bit more, until we got this shot. Respect, Russ - great lesson!
Y Garn is the hill in the middle distance, with the long ridge of Cadair Idris behind (about 20 miles away).
A cement-mixing truck stops for gas as dramatic clouds roll by. [DSC01850_lr_3000]
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The daily MEWFP-17 passes under US 59 and through the crossover at CP Nance on the West Belt, beginning its run down to Freeport.
Houston, TX 1/17/2022
With a thumbs up from the friendly hogger, also a friend of mine, repainted blue devil IC 2458 leads train 406, as they approach Passekeag, New Brunswick on a beautiful Fall afternoon.
November 12, 2018.