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On my way home the road was closed for the horse racing across the downs. I took the opportunity to park the car and try my hand and a few shots. I didn't get very far as a race course official appeared and asked me to move on....... private land.
Golden-back Woodpecker - a.k.a Black-rumped Flameback foraging on a tree in Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
Popular belief is that woodpeckers are always pecking on trees just by habit, and sometimes to make a nest. In reality, they peck trees to forage for insects and worms. Here, the bird is pulling out a worm after pecking a hole in the bark of the tree
As a judge would say 'Someone else's art'. So I waited for a passer by to add my own artwork. I did wait for her to get to the centre of the frame and I was fortunate that she took an interest in the bike, always good in a photo.
Portrait of a boy in a village near Ludhiana, Punjab.
This boy walked up to me when I was clicking birds at the village pond and told me that he wanted his photo clicked. When I said that he won't be able to get the photo even if I clicked one, he said that it didn't matter. Then I understood that he was interested in the experience of getting clicked, not the result. Lesson learnt. Glad I was able to add joy and smiles to his day.
MG 7011 displayed at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield.
I see that on the DVLA website that this car is listed as having a 2388cc engine.
In Labworth Car Park, Canvey Island, Essex. These very fine buses were taking part in the Big Wheels 2018 event held by Canvey Island Transport Museum.
NTW 942C
AVX 975G
XVX 19
Photo taken in October 2018.
Thumbs Up - I never asked them to put their thumbs up and never noticed they had till I uploaded the images.
Brighton's Run2Music was a great opportunity for me to get out and practice with my new gear. Runners could do 5k, 10k or a half Marathon and the musical course with disco was a circular route around the end of Madeira Drive. So I was in the centre and able to capture runners over and over again. I thought I'd practice my over-exposures, double exposures and a few normal shots.
Z7015 preparing for take off whist the Red Arrows perform in the skies above. The Sea Hurricane developed a fault after taxiing to the holding area before take off and remained on the ground.
This was at the Flying Festival 2019 at Old Warden Airfield held by the Shuttleworth Collection.
1942 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc.
This was at the Flying Festival 2019 held at Old Warden Airfield by the Shuttleworth Collection.
AR501 saw wartime sevice with 310 (Czech) Squadron. She also featured in the film Battle of Britain ( with elliptical wing tips fitted).
Two restorations seem to have taken place since then. The first one resulting in a return to the skies during 1975. The second done over very many years saw AR501 fly again in 2018. I was lucky enough to see some of this restoration in progress over a couple of much earlier vists to the Shuttleworth Collection hangers.
At Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill W11.
This is one of 13 remaining Cabmen's Shelters out of a total of 61 built between 1875 and 1914.
In the background is Kensington Temple. Originally a Congregational Church with the foundation stone laid in 1848.
Photo taken in 2019.
An old Kumaoni villager on a roadside near Ranikhet, Uttarakhand.
I saw him sitting next to the highway, maybe resting his tired legs. When he saw me raising my camera, he gave a puzzled look and then looked away. As he turned back around to see if I was still there, I was waiting, ready to take the shot. Street photographer's strategy at work!
This years theme was Folk Tales From Around the World. This one, by Patcham Infants School, represented 'How the Zebra got its Stripes'.
I liked the composition in this frame with the red and blue panels and shapes around the black and white zebra.
Brighton Photographers Group - 52 week challenge
week 18: Lines
My view of Castle Riechenstein as I sailed in the River Empress along the upper middle Rhine Valley Germany
Displayed at the Imperial War Museum, London.
I had previously taken a photo of this vehicle back in September 2012 when it was at IWM Duxford.
Reuters Press Agency vehicle damaged during an Israeli rocket strike on Gaza in 2006.
Plans have recently been made public to turn this two hundred year old derelict pub in to a small hotel / restaurant.l. Must be good news.
Held at Purleigh, Essex on the Dengie Peninsula,
Bad weather conditions curtailed some of the planned entertainment on the Saturday, including the flying display. The show was run by the Essex HMVA.
The very lovely EYE 599 taking part in the Ensignbus Vintage Running Day 2018.
In the background is LJ59 AEK Arriva London's DW238, Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2.
TPK 841 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham.
Powered by a 933cc side valve engine this version was made from 1949 to 1953. A revamp of the model that had beed around since the 1930's. this basic design continued until 1959 in the form of the Ford Popular.
On board the ground displayed WR982 at Gatwick Aviation Museum. There are a pair of these positions with an opening porthole, one on either side of the aircraft. No insulation at this end of the aircraft. Must have been very cold keeping watch on Soviet warships in the North Atlantic regions.
A female Baya Weaver bird perched on a Sorghum plant in a field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
Sorghum (Jowar) is a leading cereal crop worldwide that is especially important in India, and other developing and underdeveloped countries. It is an important fodder for cattle as well as a staple grain among poor rural populations.
WR982 at Gatwick Aviation Museum.
The Avro Shackleton made a maiden flight in 1949 and was in production from 1951 until 1958. The later Shackletons were much heavier than the early versions. They had a pair of jet engines for take off assistance, but that also added additional weight. A nose wheel was another feature not seen on earlier types.
Car 21 currently residing in the former Lynn Tait Gallery building, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex.
Good that a few of these much loved carriages have survived.
Migrants on the Ludhiana-Delhi Highway (NH-44) near Ludhiana, Punjab, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Despondency drove many migrants to head to the highways to find a way home. Some without a family to take along chose to ride bicycles on the journey to their faraway home states. Many even spent on new bicycles the little money that they had left after weeks of no gainful work. The migrants on bicycles zipped past as those on foot waited around for some form of transportation. It is easy to imagine how the parameters of privilege must have shifted for the latter as they would've watched the cyclists go by while they continued to wait in despair.
MXX 315 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
This rather old fashioned looking bus for even the early 1950's was purpose built for a specfic need. 84 of the Guy Special's were produced from 1952 for a London Transport requirement to service outlying areas that were reach by small winding roads. The Guy Special seated 26 passengers and was one man operated at a time when there were restrictions on one man operated buses. Although by the time the last Guy Special entered service in January 1956 legislation was starting to change. The last of this model was not withdrawn until 1972.
Lovely model of bus. Good that so many are still around, over thirty I think.
The 1949 Bristol K5G now restored to its Eastern Naional livery by the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society.
ONO 59 set off from The Elms, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex in 1967 for a round the world trip that lasted about 2 years. Back at The Elms for a couple of days visit.
Photo taken in 2019.
DM 2583 having a break from a hard days work on an event day at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire. Surprisingly large bus with a 40 seat capacity which was well used giving tourist rides.
This bus spent a far amount of time in a farmers field used as accommodation. Now in safe hands with the Shuttleworth Collection.
Brighton Festival - Children's Parade 2019
The theme this year is Folk Tales from around the World. This tale is 'The Polar Bear Son' by Fairlight Primary and Nursery School.
A K6 telephone kiosk that has been renovated and forms the major structure of the Clifftown Museum, Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
Support staff working near the dining area of BOBMC Rider Mania 2019 event near Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Feeding a congregation of thousands of motorcycling enthusiasts is a herculean task, and it requires the combined efforts of hundreds of workers in the background. Most - like this woman - remain unnoticed and often unappreciated.
I firmly believe that only when we choose to begin seeing the most disadvantaged among us, will we be able to comprehend the alarming economic disparity in our society and perceive the fallacies of our public policies.