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The Prince had fallen in love with this woman, this nymph... But day after day he would leave the castle, on the hunt.
Always hunting the elusive creature with a golden coat, a swift Hind that ran freely through his territory... Always getting away, just out of reach of his arrows...
Then one day, he returned from the hunt to his castle and love... He knelt and asked and vowed everlasting love for her.
"My love," she said, "I beg of you one promise and I am yours. Forever and always."
"Anything. So long as you are my Queen and I your King." He replied.
"End your hunt of that creature. I want you here... with me."
The Prince hesitated.
Long had he hunted the golden creature to the point of obsession. Yet he also yearned for this woman. She was the other half of his heart...
"I will not hunt the Hind any longer..." He lied and she believed him.
Few days passed before, riding through his territory, the Prince caught a glint of gold in the distance. Like a ravenous dog, he salivated.
"Men, one last hunt!" He called to his kinsmen.
On horseback they thundered and surged towards the creature. Caught in surprise, it ran again. Ran swiftly through the trees and brush, but instead of going deeper into the forest... It headed towards the castle.
"Finally!" The Prince thought in triumph as the hounds bayed and howled in close pursuit behind the doe.
Its hooves clamored on the cobbled stone of the courtyard before the palace. The Prince notched an arrow to his bow and let it fly.
It flew straight and true.
It struck the Hind whom collapsed at the foot of the palace steps. As the Prince dismounted from his horse to inspect his kill... The Golden Hind transformed.
No longer a doe with golden coat but his love with her golden hair.
The Prince cried out his anguish.
"How can this be!" He cried and cradled her in his arms.
"I begged you to end the hunt..." she replied weakly. "It is I who you found at the stream so long ago, bathing. And it is I who ran through your territory so often to see my handsome Prince..."
"Father! Please do not punish him! He knew not what he has done!" She cried to the skies as a thunder roared above and dark clouds rolled forth.
With a last shuddering breath she sobbed again, "Please!" But her pleas fell on deaf ears.
For she was the daughter of a God of Nature and she the nymph that protected the palace forest. This God roared a storm above as the Prince held his love close to his chest and wept.
"I will be lenient for my daughters sake but you shall be punished!" The formless voice above rumbled. "You will become what others fear and what you are in your heart!"
And with that, the Prince was cursed and transformed into a hideous Beast...
"East Vows Beacon, a silent sentinel perched upon the rugged coastline, exudes a sense of timeless charm. Standing at this historic beacon during the magical 'blue hour,' I witnessed nature's tranquil beauty unfold. The long exposure capture embraced the ethereal essence of this moment, with soft hues painting the sky and the sea. As the beacon's guiding light pierced through the night, a serene atmosphere enveloped the surroundings. This blend of history, natural splendor, and the captivating allure of the 'blue hour' created an experience beyond words. #EastVowsBeacon
#CoastalCharm #GuidingLight #BlueHourMagic #LongExposure #HistoricLandmarks #Nature'sBeauty #SeasideSerenity #Wanderlust"
East Vows Beacon near Earlsferry in Fife, Scotland. This structure was built to provide a refuge for any shipwrecked sailors.
Will be mostly off than on Flickr for a few weeks. Looking forward to catching up on your work.
Wishing you and yours a Blessed Christmas
Model: Becca
I was upside down
From the outside in
You came to the table
And you went all in
With a single word
And a gentle touch
You turned a moment
Into forever....
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (G-VOWS)
Virgin Atlantic arriving at San Francisco (SFO) from London (LHR)
Aircraft Name : Maid Marian
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G-VOWS
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Virgin Atlantic
"Maid Marian"
Heathrow
Runway 27L
30/01/2022
VS108 from Nassau (NAS)
We seem to find outdoor weddings quite often in our travels.
Lynette spotted this couple standing by their SUV in Valley Of The Gods. I backed up I& took couple shots by the SUV. I then asked if they would move to a prettier background.
I though it was going to be a wedding The bride said they were renewing their vows after a year & half of marriage.
We seen them again down the road. They were hiking up somewhere to do the ceremony thing. I know she must have been wearing hiking boots under her dress.
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"Masterpiece"
Spending so much time at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, one will really begin to appreciate everything in their collection, not to mention the facility itself. Everything from the extraordinary to mundane will find its way into your mind and heart. I must admit that in my years of steam locomotive research and enjoyment, the Nickel Plate 700's did not strike me. For whatever reason, they just didn't click with me. I'm not sure what it was, but obviously, that's changed now.
Cale and I modeled 765 way back in 2017 when we were still figuring out Brick Model Railroader. It took some convincing, but we eventually decided that Nickel Plate Road 765 would be our first collaborative steam locomotive model. We had a running model that needed some adjustment, but quickly became disinterested in the project due to external factors. We were never quite happy with where we left this project, and vowed to each other that we would return to the model some day to do it again, properly.
Several years later, in late October 2021, and on a whim, I laid out a scaled wheelbase in stud.io, just to see what it would look like. I left the file alone for a couple more months until the Holiday season of 2021. I began thinking about a Nickel Plate Berkshire running around a Christmas tree, inspired by the amazing "Travel Refreshed" speculative project:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2mU6jVcv4w&ab_channel=FortWa...
This set my mind racing with thoughts of the late 1940's when large mainline superpower led "hotshot manifest" trains through the heart of America. If there was ever a perfect depiction of postwar steam railroading, it was this, and the Nickel Plate Road was the poster child.
The Nickel Plate Road connected the farms of the Midwest in St. Louis and Chicago to Buffalo in the east. The road took a fast, level route along the southern edge of the great lakes. A direct competitor to the New York Central, it was purchased by the Vanderbilts in an effort to remove competition. As such, the line was never optimized and operated with older and slower equipment. The Nickel Plate was purchased by Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen, brothers from Cleveland who had controlling interests of several other roads including the Chesapeake & Ohio, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Pere Marquette, Erie, and more. The "Vans" would lead efforts to completely transform the Nickel Plate into the powerhouse bridge road it is remembered as today.
One of those efforts included the creation of the Advisory Mechanical Committee (AMC), which served as a design bureau for the roads under control of the Vans. One of the first projects for the AMC was the design of the C&O T-1 class 2-10-4 engines, the largest two cylinder steam locomotives when built. Continuing in efforts to rejuvenate the Nickel Plate, president John Bernet assigned AMC officer William Black the task of designing a super-power locomotive. The result was the Nickel Plate S class of 2-8-4, built by ALCO Schenectady in 1934. The AMC, capitalizing on their winning formula for the T-1, maintained the factor of adhesion just above 4 while scaling down the rest of the locomotive: eliminating the fifth pair of 69" drivers and creating a locomotive with 70% of the tractive effort and 70% of the weight. Unbeknownst to Bernet, Black, and the AMC, they had just captured lightning in a bottle.
To truly appreciate why the 700's were such good locomotives, the operating mentality of the Nickel Plate must be understood. The road was a masterpiece of engineering, maintaining a very flat right of way along the mainline, running shorter but faster trains handling bridge traffic over the line. Operating conditions like these coupled with the high-horsepower 700s, there has hardly been a more perfect match of locomotive and railroad. The Berkshires were so effective and loved, the Nickel Plate laughed away EMD diesel demonstrators multiple times until the end of steam in 1958. Even still, several of these locomotives were stored serviceable in anticipation of a traffic spike that never occurred.
763, part of the third batch of Berkshires in total (S-2 class) and second batch from Lima (Works #8671), was one of these locomotives. Officially retired a few years after the end of steam, it stayed in Conneaut, Ohio until 1966 when it was purchased by the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia. 763 remained in Roanoke for several years until it was towed to New Jersey for inspection to pull the American Freedom Train, but other locomotives were selected., and 763 returned to Roanoke. Ohio Central and Age of Steam founder Jerry Jacobson purchased the locomotive from the museum in 2007, returning the engine home to Ohio. It is currently stored inside the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in stall 4, a regular favorite part of any regular public tour.
All that to say: I never expected to have such a deep, genuine understanding and appreciation for these engines. It says a lot when someone can connect with a piece of machinery in such a way, and gain understanding of its purpose and reason for existing. The 700s were truly magnificent machines.
So, in deciding that I was going to model one of these amazing locomotives, I began working in stud.io, and over the course of several months, I came up with what must have been at least a dozen iterations of the rough shape of the engine solely to achieve "the look." With 765 currently operating and with countless fans of the locomotives, the 700's are well recognized and people are going to be able to pick out the details, so any model of one has to be done properly. Once I had the correct shape and proportions, I filled in gaps and rebuilt section after section until I had a completed digital model in June of this year. By then, I had just seen 765 operate in person for the second time and was feeling inspired, so work on the custom wheels and connecting rods progressed alongside. Refining, trial, failure, adjustment, and testing continued until December 2022 when I completed the physical model. Naturally, I had to model 763 specifically, being the preserved example at Age of Steam.
Under the hood this model is identical to my Mohawk: a pair of Power Functions L motors geared 1:1 driving the third axle, each operating from its own Power Functions IR receiver, and powered by a Tenergy 7.4v 2200 mAh battery. 763 operates smoothly and without issue thanks to the drive train design and high-quality printing of the wheels, rods, and valve gear. Drivers and trailing wheels designed by me and printed by Rob Hendrix, all rods and valve gear designed by me and printed through Shapeways. All artwork was faithfully recreated by Cale Leiphart. Decals printed by OKBrickWorks and UV printed number boards and bearing caps are from Richard Glatter. Thank you all for your help with this project.
Having completed and published Buffalo Creek & Gauley 13, Morehead & North Fork 12, and now Nickel Plate Road 763, my Age of Steam collection grows. Those who know me personally understand that I'm not one to brag about my work. However, I feel I must say that I think I've outdone myself with this model. I would say this is the most new, ground-up design of locomotive I have built in a while. I've achieved detail and accuracy that I haven't seen on even some traditional scale models, and it all works together to make 763 perhaps my best model yet. A masterpiece of a masterpiece, if you will.
As 2022 winds down, I'm elated to publish this locomotive and check it off the list. As I mentioned earlier this year, I've had a lot in progress recently so wrapping something up feels fantastic. There's a bit more in store for the immediate future, but we'll get to that later.
As always, thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone for their support of my work through comments, questions, and compliments. It is always sincerely appreciated and I am thankful to be a part of such a fun community.
Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6utq-QdMlnk&ab_channel=GlennH...
Glenn
Andarilho indo de New Hampshire até a California em voto de silêncio. Passei por ele (ou ele passou por mim) no Grand Canyon. Tentei falar com ele, mas obviamente sem muito sucesso. Para, só então, ele me mostrar a placa e eu entender o motivo pelo qual ele não falou comigo.
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Written in the sign:
I have taken a vow of silence and am walking across America [New Hampshire > California]
I came across him in the Grand Canyon and after trying to chat, he showed me the sign. Took his portrait and waved goodbye.
If you know who he is, please let me know :)
I once vowed never to come here again after the fence went up, several years ago. Tonight I broke that vow, again!
On Thursday the 23rd of August DB Cargo's Class 66/0 #66 020 leads the weekly "Trip Freight" bound for Riverside Yard in Exeter from St. Blazey across the causeway at Cockwood Harbour on the banks of the River Exe estuary just after high tide.
Earlier this evening, shot from the parking area at Verdi Shopping Centre, Northcliff, Johannesburg.
Yeah, I know sunsets are passé and cliché and all the rest, and I have vowed on many occasions to not shoot one again. But then I see a sky like this and I just cannot resist reaching for the camera.
♪♫ Tender - Vow ♪♫
I found a new location a few weeks ago. It is a small baroque garden in a courtyard. It is totally hidden and therefore almost never people are there. I think I'll go there more often in the future because it's just beautiful in there ♥
G-VOWS
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Virgin Atlantic
"named Maid Marian"
Heathrow
Runway 27L
17/02/2018
VS106 from Seattle (SEA)
Tradition considers it the oldest church in Venice, consecrated on March 25, 421. It was begun thanks to the vow of a carpenter, a certain Candioto or Eutinopo, who turned to the titular saint to put out a serious fire. According to the chronicle of the doge Andrea Dandolo, the Paduan community participated in the construction in large numbers and one of the bishops present at the consecration rite, the bishop Severiano dei Dauli, was Paduan. Tradition has it that the people of Rivoalto, to thank Padua, in turn donated the church of San Clemente Papa. Studies have shown, however, that the building is much later: for example, in the donation of the Orio family, a document from 1097, the land on which it stands is described, without mentioning the church. The first certain mention dates back to May 1152, when it speaks of a Henricum Navigaiosum plebanum sancti Johannis et sancti Jacobi de Rivoalto. The construction would therefore date back to the 11th century with the solemn consecration by Pope Alexander III on 25 July 1177, as evidenced by the plaque affixed to the facade of the church with which plenary indulgence is granted.
In 1513 it escaped the serious fire that devastated the adjacent commercial area. It was restored in 1531, as evidenced by the plaque placed next to the portal; in 1601 the doge Marino Grimani ordered a new restoration, during which the floor was raised to face the high water and the original Latin plan was transformed into the current Greek cross plan
During the wedding I shot this new years eve, I had a little bit of non-rushed time. I saw this area in the back of the church before everyone got there and had to shoot my idea before we left it. Luckily, he just so happened to need to go over his vows right before the ceremony so I had a chance.
I spent a good 20 mins in post deciding if I liked the natural coloring of this shot, or the desatured blue hue that you see above. I really just liked the mood the blue set for everything in this shot so went with it.
Strobist:
5d Mark ii
70-200mm F2.8
AB800 shot high left through the window
An abstract from Wikipedia
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Montmartre , called the National Vow , located at the top of the butte Montmartre. The construction of this church, a monument both political and cultural, followed the post- war period of 1870. It was declared of public utility by a law passed on July 24 , 1873 by the National Assembly of 1871; its construction was completed in 1914.