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I had a quick look at our weather and as you can see we are in for a cold Saturday and a snowy Sunday, we are above 1000m so it's going to snow here right in Oberon, I have to see it to believe it. It sure would be nice if it did, Photo opportunities.
The good news: our beautiful rolling hills are vibrant, verdant and lush with emerald green grasses and wildflowers.
The bad news: more rain on the way - all week.
Looking across the Bay, from the edge of the Westpoint Slough in Redwood City, ~6 miles to the foothills in Union CIty.
This is a single RAW image tonemapped in Photomatix. The clouds have that overly dramatic "HDRish" look which I'm not totally enamored with.
It's quite interesting how many different looks you can get from an image depending on the processing decisions...
With good weather forecast in the capital in mid-June 2021, the opportunity was taken to photo the buses at Marble Arch and along Park Lane. Five of us enjoyed catching up and snapping the comings and goings in a near normal busy London.
The four major open top tour operators were out in force and carrying good loads throughout the day. Big Bus, Golden Tours, TOOT bus (The Original Open Tour) and newcomer Julia Travel (City Sightseeing / Stagecoach) brightened up the scene. A single London Bus example was spotted all alone at Victoria.
today's forecast was for rain. So to throw back the curtains this morning and see sun and misty conditions was a welcome bonus! 8-)
Well, hello again, winter! Got up this morning, 24 April 2017, to find it's snowing. Actually, the weather forecast for this week is for rain and snow.
Late last night, I posted the first few photos from Day 5 (of 8 days) of our trip to Trinidad & Tobago. This photo was taken on 20 March 2017, at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the island of Trinidad. It was raining, which is why this tiny Hummingbird is looking rather dishevelled, rather than its usual sleek self.
This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - flights (we were so very lucky to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!), accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was just enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
Even after one month, I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
"Check your weather forecast, because here comes BLACK RAIN! Yeah!!"
...
"Did you hear me?? There's a storm coming but your umbrellas won't help you because I'm BLACK RAIN!"
...umbrellas popping open...
"Eh... you all actually have umbrellas? It's not even raining outside."
It's a longstanding Planks tradition.
You wouldn't understand.
But, please proceed with your introduction.
You should know though, so far your mic skills are lacking.
"Lacking, huh? Well then, get this! I'm BLACK RAIN and I'm part of the BLACK ARMY!"
Still nothing.
Are you a minor character?
*sputter* "A minor character?? Let me fill you in on the Black Army!"
Oh, I hope this isn't an 'origin' level talk.
Just in case, I'm head to the concessions.
Bring me a popcorn.
Get your own popcorn.
"The mighty Horumon clan have been rivals of the Kinniku Clan for years, but today they are nearly extinct."
Is that who you are? Part of the nearly extinct Horumon clan?
It would explain much.
"NO! See, the last daughter of the Horumon Clan fell in love with Kinnikuman during her mission to assassinate him."
Is Kinnikuman secretly the producer of all this? He's not attractive, but girls keep falling for him?
Oh, like a vanity project?
Well Chun Li fell for him.*
That was an ad!
"Listen!! Okay, so her father, Horumon Yaki, called on Shishkeba Boo of the Barbecue Clan-"
I'm sorry, who??
"Shishkeba Boo of the Barbecue Clan! Pay attention! Okay, so Horuman Yaki promised him Bibinba's hand in marriage. Shishkeba Boo was all for that and joined forces with the "Dark Monarch" Black Emperor, who looks to destroy Kinnikuman. Two-"
So the 'Black Emperor' is also known as the 'Dark Monarch'?
Those mean exactly the same thing.
"Why do you keep interrupting!? Listen! So, two of his spies, which were actually series creators Yudetamago in a cameo... see it's not Kinnikuman behind all this, it's Yudetamago... wait, where was I?"
Dark Black Monarch Emperor had two spies?
"Yeah! Okay, so they found out Kinnikuman was on Earth and they headed there. Now at that time Kinnikuman was whining as usual about not being interviewed on the Chojin Hour with the rest of the popular Chojin so-"
The Chojin Hour?
"Yeah! The Chojin Hour!"
Is that like a show?
"You don't know the Chojin Hour?? Yeah, it's a real popular show featuring Chojin!"
Right, of course it is.
Carry on.
"Well, I'm trying! So Chairman Harabote arrived with a letter of challenge from Shishkeba Boo! So Kinnikuman headed to Mount Fuji for the fight! But here's the thing, Black Emperor sent out his Black Army, or the ブラック軍団, or the Burakku Gundan, to attack the Idol Chojin! Hah!"
Who is Chairman Harabote?
We met him! **
Really?
Yes, he was really stupid and spoke nonsense?
Oh, like that narrows it down.
"Stop talking and listen! Here's where it gets great. As Kinnikuman's fight continued, Great Ukon arrived with his minions to help Shishkeba Boo. However, Shishkeba Boo is outraged by this cowardly tactic and fights off the minions while Kinnikuman defeats Great Ukon with a Kinniku Buster.
Black Emperor then arrives and challenges Kinnikuman. When Kinnikuman refuses, Black Emperor places Bibinba and her father on a large boulder and surrounded them with a lake of fire. Kinnikuman tried to walk through the flames, but only got halfway through before almost passing out.
Suddenly, Terryman and Warsman arrived and pulled him out while Robin Mask and Rikishiman saved Bibinba and her father. With the popular Chojin all there, the real fight began.
Kinnikuman tried to fight the Black Satan corps but was easily dominated by them. Black Emperor thought he won and started to take off but, suddenly, Buffaloman arrived and volunteered to take on the Black Satans while Kinnikuman fought Black Emperor.
At first, Kinnikuman had trouble even catching Black Emperor, but as soon as he did Black Emperor begins using his Devil Fire technique. Meanwhile, the popular Chojin were all winning their fights with their trademark techniques. Kinnikuman eventually defeated Black Emperor with his own version of the Devil Fire followed by his new finishing move, the Kinniku Driver.
Bibinba ran to Kinnikuman and was like hugging all over him, but he suggested that she go to Shishkeba Boo, who, although misguided, gave his best to fight for her honor. He then said that he already has Mari-san, and at that point she suddenly popped up out of nowhere all like, 'That's MY MAN!' and the two were reunited."
...
That's it??
Where were you? I never even heard your name!
"I was one of the Black Army! I fought Brocken Jr.*** during all that."
Sooo... you got beat by Brocken Jr.
"Yeah, but I was having an off day. Anyone could lose to Brocken Jr!"
Okay, well that was certainly something.
And now it's over so you can go.
"No, now I gotta tell you about-"
NEXT!!
💪M💪U💪S💪C💪L💪E💪
A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
M.U.S.C.L.E. No. 167, "Black Rain"
Painted by Paprika, thus losing all collectible value forever.
* As seen in 'I Was A .98 Ounce Weakling'!
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** They met him in BP 2022 Day 214!
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*** Brocken Jr. seen both in the Planks in BP 2020 Day 35!
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And in the Paprihaven story, such as in issue 1351!
The weather forecast for today's train as a whole looked bleak, but I would play it well by ear at Miami... Train gods were merciful for this photo op in Lance Mindheim land at East 10th Avenue of FEC Train 141 arriving into Hialeah with GP40-2 #432 and GP40-2 #421 at 2:20 PM... with waves from the conductor and people onboard... but no bearded lady.
The weather forecast was not good and any sensitive soul would not disagree with that outlook but the conditions looked OK in the short term. We ventured out early to the beach for an hour or two and returned home just as the heavy rain and high winds started.
The weather forecast was for very high winds in the mountains, and so we settled on exploring Brown-Lowery Provincial Park once again. A lovely walk in the woods and out of the wind!
Violent weather, 5 days forecast
Storm and hurricane winds hit Denmark from Thursday afternoon and night to Friday
Wednesday 4th December 2013
Sunrise / Sunset: 8:46 / 15:48, length of the day 7:02, diminished 10:40
Moon up: 9:50 / Moon sets: 17:49
Central and Western Jutland
Cloudy with rain during the morning clearing but with showers.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013.
Weather in force until Thursday morning, sent pm. 05:00.
For the morning and in the morning cloudy and misty and rainy and then. Otherwise, doing it up from the northwest with any or part sun, but also from noon showers. Temp. about 8 degrees, and easy to fresh, local strong wind from the west and northwest. In the evening and at night partly clear weather, but also continue to dominate. Temp. down between 3 and 7 degrees. It blows up, the wind increases to strong winds to gale from the southwest and west.
The weather forecast the night before looked promising but on arrival at Mam Tor, it looked less so. Heavy rain the night before had left the ground very wet and lots of clouds remained in the sky. I waited and twenty minutes after the sun appeared at the horizon, it broke through the clouds to start to light up the hazy valley and the fields around Castleton and Hope. This is the path descending from Mam Tor towards Hollins Cross and Lose Hill
With decent weather forecast for today I set the alarm and headed down to Jervis Bay to catch the sunrise. I started off at Shark Net Beach in Huskisson and then went to Moona Moona Creek, but couldn't fly the drone there as they were setting up for the creek-side markets. So instead, on the way home I decided to stop off at the top of the hill and take some shots towards the bay. You can see the heads of Jervis Bay in the distance, with Booderee National Park on the right of the image. The road here leads down the hill to Hyams Beach. If you'd like to see more, along with some of my random ramblings this morning in my Instagram stories feed (instagram.com/sublimesouth). Cheers team, till next time.
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Adding on the morning of 19 May 2021: just had a quick look at our weather forecast and I see that snow flurries are expected tonight, with scattered flurries tomorrow and wet snow for Friday. All my windows and door are being removed and reinstalled on Friday! If the snow does arrive, I wonder if the repair work will still continue. Typical Calgary, our high just four days ago was 24C. This morning, our temperature is 6C (windchill 3C). Sunrise is at 5:40 am and sunset is at 9:25 pm.
Tuesday, 18 May 2021: our temperature was PLUS 15C (windchill PLUS 13C) at 3:00 pm. Sunrise is at 5:42 am, and sunset is at 9:23 pm. Very windy today.
On 15 May 2021, I finally did a long drive that I had wanted to do the last few years, but never really been brave enough to do it. So glad I made myself do this, and it was a great day.
Much of the driving was on backroads that had a thick layer of loose, chunky gravel, making driving very unpleasant. It tends to push the wheels towards the side of the road, so one has to concentrate on trying to drive in a straight line. My arms and wrists ached like crazy from gripping the steering wheel.,
It looked a good day to go for a long drive to take my mind off all the repair work that has to be done. The forecast looked good, though it made no mention of the haze which made scenic shots useless. It felt so good to see quite a few birds for a change. The highlight of my day was briefly seeing a Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence post. I took a couple of shots, which had to be through my windshield. The hawk put its head down and that is when I realized that it had a snake held in its talons. It took a couple of pecks at the snake while I was watching (and taking a few seconds of video), and then off it flew. I wonder if it had a nest with babies in it nearby.
Another highlight for me, was to come across a beautiful female Merlin, also perched on a fence post. It had been quite a while since I last saw a Merlin.
At the beginning of my drive, I would have liked to call in for breakfast at the Saskatoon Farm, but I knew it would be really busy on a Saturday. Likewise at the end of the day, I would have liked to call in at Frank Lake, but I always try and avoid busy places. Makes no sense when someone has the weekdays in which to visit places like city parks. Some people are still working, so I prefer to usually leave the parks for them at the weekends.
I did call in at one of my favourite sloughs on the way home and enjoyed watching quite a few White-faced Ibis feeding and preening. So peaceful in a place with no other cars or people.
Of course, no day would be complete without spotting an old barn or two. These included one of my absolute favourite barns, photographed and posted previously, too.
The next two days, I have to get all sorts of things done because I know the repairmen will be taking out all my windows and putting them back, along with new frames on Friday, 21 May. I will have to be home, as they will need to have access to inside my place. It has now been just over six weeks that they have been replacing all sorts of rotten, wooden beams outside and adding two (?) layers of whatever material they use, before they eventually install new siding.
Weather forecasting has come on a lot since I was a kid! Last Sunday, BBC weather's cloud maps showed the miserable weather we'd had all day breaking up around Heddon at 6pm. I left the house in the pouring rain thinking "this doesn't look promising"...even my normally accepting other half gave me a look of "you must be mad" when I told her it was supposed to clear up.
As it happens, I turned up to a field near Heddon (cheers to Reason for the location tip), got rained on for 5 minutes and then the skies cleared and the storm clouds lit up.
10 minutes later it was all gone.
EOS 50D / Sigma 10-20mm / Hitech 0.6 Reverse Grad
With fine sunny weather forecast, I decided to head out to East Sussex today in search of the increasingly rare Wall Brown butterfly. Until meeting a Sussex friend on saturday, I thought there were so few left in the south of England that it was probably better to head north. But no, there are spots on the South Downs where they do reside.
Mill Hill near Shoreham is one such place, but since I've already been there I though I'd aim for 'High and Over' just north of Seaford.
Not really knowing exactly where they'd be, I headed towards the Litlington White Horse which is exposed white chalk, thinking this may be favoured by the insect.
I was right and the footpath does brush past the head of the 'horse', but being fenced off you have to be patient to get a good shot or two. It is certainly fortunate you do not have go further down the footpath as it does get pretty steep!
This was a life tick for me, but this is another case of probably having seen one before without knowing so. For I was last at this spot 50 years ago this month, on a school trip where we used the Youth Hostel at Alfriston.
High and Over, Alfriston, East Sussex
29th July 2019
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Used the 23mm Fuji lens which gives you the 35mm view then I set the camera into the sports mode thus giving an appropriate 40mm view. The best thing is that you still get a RAW file. Bit of a guess because I’m editing on my phone with this picture.
Weather forecast says it is going to be 12°C today so why not publish some snow photos?
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What an evening today....
Weather forecast looked everything but promising, but I decided to drive down to Crawley, UK. After checking CalSky website I knew where the centerline was, made my life easier for sure.
This was a particularly good transit, because Io was casing its shadow onto the visible disk of Jupiter.
Unfortunately I'm not completely happy, I was too shy with cutting the exposure time in Fire Capture so the station isn't as nice and sharp as expected to be - always room for improvement :)
But for my biggest joy it went right across Jupiter, just like with Saturn in January. And funny enough the ASI camera dropped one frame just before the actual transit happens. Just like with Saturn, seems like a special thing with this ASI 120MC...
The image processing really gave me a hard time, on the video frames everything is grainy and blurry. So I placed all the raw ISS frames in line with layering in Photoshop. Just before the transit I managed to capture a 90 second long video with the same settings, so I stacked it and nicely processed it. That's the upper photo with the Galilean moon names.
Than I combined the nice stacked photo with the one with the many unprocessed ISS frames on it gave me the bottom one.
All the effort is to make you see the Io shadow on Jupiter as well accompanied with the International Space Station.
Equipment:
Skywatcher 127/1500 MC
Zwo ASI120 MC color camera
Movie of the event:
With good weather forecast in the capital in mid-June 2021, the opportunity was taken to photo the buses at Marble Arch and along Park Lane. Five of us enjoyed catching up and snapping the comings and goings in a near normal busy London.
The four major open top tour operators were out in force and carrying good loads throughout the day. Big Bus, Golden Tours, TOOT bus (The Original Open Tour) and newcomer Julia Travel (City Sightseeing / Stagecoach) brightened up the scene. A single London Bus example was spotted all alone at Victoria.
Our weather forecast for the next couple of days is calling for anywhere from 7 to 11 inches of snow with the added winter problem of sleet. We haven't had snowfall anywhere near that amount in over two years, so if it actually happens, it will be most welcome as we badly need the moisture. So keep your fingers crossed for us in the Midwest that the weatherman is right on with his forecast.
Clinton Lake,
Lawrence (Douglas County), KS.
How much does the weather forecast influence your upcoming trips?
I'm not sure why I check the weather before I take off on a portaging trip. Seriously. The most obvious reason is that it always seems to be wrong. I'm not sure whether it's just my observation, but it seems like weather is being predicted way too sensationally lately. (How many "Storms of the Century can there really be?.) Thunderstorms, heavy rain, or even tornadoes on the screen with big red warning graphics, sometimes with silly-ominous animations. And so we bunker down, get the emergency supplies out and even cancel trips, only to have a bit of rain show up.
I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry. Giving yourself a lot of extra time wait out whatever weather might happen is the most productive thing you can do. And obviously you want to bring the right gear and be prepared for the worse, just in case. Better to bring it and not need it than want for it. I often have to remind myself of that when I'm carrying all that extra bad-weather gear over a portage on a beautiful hot day. Rain gear, for example, is scientifically proven to be much heavier when exposed to the sun.
But what's worse, tragic really, is when we see that bad weather forecast and thoughts of staying home creep into our heads. I'll fully admit that it happens to me. "Do I really want to deal with all that [insert troublesome weather]?"
Don't let that happen. (Well, maybe for the extreme stuff, like tornadoes or volcanic eruptions and such.)
Some really interesting stuff happens, even if the bad weather does come. (Again, as long as you're ready for it.) The first thing you'll realize is that you'll often have the place to yourself. Then you'll discover new interesting aspects of being outdoors. With rain often comes moody fog, sometimes fantastic light shows in the sky, but definitely some great colours before and after the rain comes. At least you can enjoy the red-in-the-morning before the sailor-take-warning.
When it's cold, especially with some wetness, it can make things really inconvenient. But then again, with a couple of layers, a nice warm fire, it's like a power-up to experiencing a warm cup of coffee.
And then there's the stories. Sure you might get a little wet or a little cold or muddy or whatever, but when was the last time you didn't come back with a great memory to share under those conditions?
When I need to convince myself I should take that trip even though the weather might be bad, I think of all those things put together. With cold keeping all the people away, the rain bringing cool fog and enhancing the lighting, the possible colour shows in the sky, I just know I'm going to come home with some great photos.
Once I think of the photos (like this one) and the stories I might come home with, I don't entertain those thoughts of staying home for one more second.
(Well maybe Volcanoes. I think volcanoes would keep me home. Especially if they were predicted here in Ontario.)
near Richmond, MO
The weather forecast deteriorated overnight and we were confronted with a 99% likelihood of cloud cover near our intended viewing location of Wilber, NE (about 45 mins south of Lincoln). We chose Lincoln as our base of operations partly because it offered easy interstate access along the path of totality in both directions, but it ended up being right in the middle of a large area of projected cloud cover.
We opted to travel SE towards Kansas City and then east into rural Missouri to try to outrun the clouds, as the nearest area west of Lincoln projected to be free of clouds was six hours away. The trip SE was depressing as the clouds got thicker and then the torrential rain began. But the radar apps on our phones indicated that if we could just push down towards the southern edge of the totality path we might just make it through the storm. It was literally a race against the weather to get to the one clear spot we could find--and we made it! We set up along the side of a rural road between Richmond and Excelsior Springs, MO, with the sun in a tiny pocket of blue sky, just before totality.
The eclipse failed to disappoint. It was a deeply surreal experience that I have a hard time describing, only to say that photos (particularly this soft one) don't do it justice at all.
Shortly after totality, the sun went back behind storm clouds and it rained on us some more as we drove the 3.5 hours back to Lincoln.
By the time we got back to our hotel, the weather was completely clear and sunny.
It was an anxious emotional roller coaster getting into position for this eclipse, but somehow the journey heightened the experience.
The weather forecast said the wind was going to blow like crazy today, so I took a few shots yesterday. Our tree is loaded and gorgeous this year. No fruit from this ornamental, which is a shame--I love crabapple jelly--but it's still a great little tree.
With good weather forecast in the capital in mid-June 2021, the opportunity was taken to photo the buses at Marble Arch and along Park Lane. Five of us enjoyed catching up and snapping the comings and goings in a near normal busy London.
The four major open top tour operators were out in force and carrying good loads throughout the day. Big Bus, Golden Tours, TOOT bus (The Original Open Tour) and newcomer Julia Travel (City Sightseeing / Stagecoach) brightened up the scene. A single London Bus example was spotted all alone at Victoria.
Snow, snow, go away - don't come back another day! The weather forecast was right - snow today (so far only very light), with more to come for four more days. Our temperature just before noon is -3C (windchill -10C). Yesterday, we had rain, which was a shame because it was time for kids to go out trick-or-treating. I didn't see or hear a single child.
All three photos posted this morning were taken the day before yesterday, 30 October 2017. They show what a varied day I had - everything from Alpacas to Artichokes! Several Alpacas, including this very cute, very curious one, were seen early on, during my drive.
I spent the day driving mostly roads that I had been along before (a round trip of 230 km). I still find a few roads in this area so confusing! My destination was partly to check on two old barns that I have only seen and photographed once before. Having been there with my daughter in January 2015, I knew that there were several other old barns and homesteads en route. This day was definitely a barn day, not a bird or wildlife day.
The large barn in a photo I posted yesterday was one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the first time, which I finally did in January 2015, with my daughter. I would love to have been able to get photos from both sides of it, but it was in a farmer's field that was, of course, private property.
The second old barn that I saw in this area is in far worse condition, but I love it. It was funny, because I was standing in the road two days ago and had already taken a handful of photos of this crumbling, weathered structure, when I noticed someone walking towards me in the distance. Talk about deja vu! I started walking towards her and it turned out that she lived at the farm just down the road, but had previously lived in the house next to this decaying barn and it was her property. She told me to wander wherever I wished, take as many photos as I wanted. I laughed and said that in January 2015, when my daughter and I had been standing right there in the road, a lady came by on her horse and told us the very same story - it must have been the same person! Felt so good!
Another place I stopped at was a farmyard full of old barns, sheds and vehicles. I pulled over and got out to take a quick shot of an old, blue truck from across the road. A person happened to just appear, walking across his farmyard, so I called out to him and we had a delightful chat. I think he was very amused at my passion for old things and told me to walk around and take whatever photos I wanted. Which I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! The blue truck in a photo posted yesterday was just one of several old vehicles, mainly cars. I told him what an amazing place he had, full of interesting things. I got the impression that he saw things very differently - lots of old things that needed fixing or tidying up : ) I told him to just leave everything as it is - a photographer's dream : )
On the way home, I called in at the Saskatoon Farm to see if the restaurant was still open, but it had just closed (3:30 pm). I realized I had been enjoying myself so much that I had totally forgotten to eat anything all day. Managed to get a much-needed cup of coffee, though, and I did buy a box of frozen, uncooked Saskatoon Berry and White Chocolate scones. I bought some of these last time I was there and they are SO good, piping hot, straight out of the oven.
The weather forecast for this past weekend said there might be storms on the eastern side of the Sierras, so I headed over there early Saturday morning with the idea of trying to get some interesting shots of Mono Lake.
By about noon on Saturday I had my tent set up at the Silver Lake campground just south of Lee Vining. The sky wasn’t doing anything interesting so I hiked up to Gem Lake and then headed back down as the weather began to pick up. When I arrived at Mono Lake the clouds started a show that lasted until sunset, giving me a few solid hours to experiment with different combinations of tufa, sky, wildflowers, and lake.
I hadn’t been there in a while and was surprised to find that the water level has dropped noticeably. I’m not sure how much of that is seasonal and how much is part of the lowering that’s been going on for years now.
I always leave Mono Lake thinking I got some good shots, but then I make the mistake of looking at other Mono photos here on Flickr and quickly realize how poor my stuff looks by comparison. If you haven’t tried this already, do a general Flickr search on “Mono Lake” and sort the results by interestingness. There’s some truly amazing work out there.
British vehicles on display at the 2015 UK Car Day on August 9th at Genesee Valley Park in Rochester NY.
Yesterday evening the sky was crystal clear. The weather forecast indicated that clouds would be moving overhead in 2 or 3 hours. For a couple of hours, after sunset, the sky was as good as it gets over my house. When testing the 155mm refractor to see if it had adjusted to the outside temperature, I pointed it to the Orion Nebula Trapezium. To my surprise the 4+2 stars snapped into view with ease, indicating a fine sky for observing. With limited time before the predicted clouds were to move in, I moved the telescope to Cassiopeia to see if the tight Open Cluster threesome of NGC 7788, NGC 7790 and Berkeley 58 were good enough to draw. These are small (4.0, 5.0 and 8.0 arcminutes respectively) and reasonably dim (magnification 9.4, 8.5 and 9.7 respectively). Not easy visual targets under suburban skies in a 6” telescope and objects that I had more than once failed to get good views of from my backyard deck.
They did not disappoint. I used a low power eyepiece to place all three clusters in the same eyepiece and a moderate-power eyepiece to tease out the dimmer stars in each of the clusters (especially Berkeley 58).
The clouds were kind enough to stay a bay until I finished the drawing. Once done, I still had time to observe for an extra hour before the sky became milky with high moving clouds coming in from the west. Good skies are not common where I live. They may manifest themselves for only short periods in-between long periods of clouds. One must always be on the lookout.
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The weather forecast pointed towards a good opportunity to have the Polar Express run by Vintage Trains for the first time this year. The ever developing city centre skyline in Birmingham is evident here and may not be on the same scale as London for example. For comparison's sake please take a look at the link below showing an image I took of the same train six years earlier.
When I set off for this there was no danger of cloud interfering when this was due. A large bank of cloud came over some ten minutes prior but passed over before this came into view.
Also note how vegetation has been cleared for the spur into Caledonia Yard since the uploaded image on the link below.
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Rain, rain and more rain....
Since I woke up this morning the sky is a nice blue/gray and water pours out of it like there's no tomorrow.
I really feel like going into hibernation.
The weather forecast for this day was uncertain, but when I arrived and felt the wind, I knew the sea would be dancing.
Terrible weather forecast for this morning in Assynt with wind gusts up to 40mph. And indeed it was very wavy on the loch. So I put a big yellow wet Mayfly (of my Corrib's and Mask's time) on my line (see next picture). Strangely enough at one moment I saw a fish snatching something in the wave just a few yards in front of me. So I cast in his direction, retrieved and had a take after a few seconds. That was that very powerful 21-inches trout.
Safely released like all the covered fish of this gallery.
The weather forecast was for heavy overnight rain which is a good opportunity for a nice walk in Waterfall Country. Sgwd Gwladus is about a half hour from the lower parking area at Pont Nedd Fechan. Plenty of rain had fallen overnight and thus river was high. Always good news.
Spot readings taken from mid tones within the scene using Sekonic L-508 zoom master meter to calculate exposure values.
Fuji GX617 and 90mm f5.6
Fuji Velvia 50 120 Film
Scan on Epson V750 pro
Wet scan with fuji velvia 50 icc profile
Taken 21st May 2016