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Vincent Kompany, manager of Burnley Football Club, addresses the crowd from the balcony of Burnley Town Hall during the trophy parade celebrating the club winning the Championship title and a swift return to the Premier League.
An American White Pelican flying by during the morning hours at the pond.
This image won 3rd place in the Wildlife Category at the Mill Valley Click Off 2023 Photo Competition.
Diese Züge sind genau wie Containerzüge immer ein wenig Glücksache für den Fotografen, von voll beladen bis leere Tragwagen ist alles möglich.
Am 26. April 2022 war dieser KLV-Zug bei Winningen an der Mosel sehr dünn beladen, aber immerhin waren die ersten 3 Waggons hinter der 186 304 von Euro Cargo Rail mit Wechselpritschen bestückt.
Ok, maybe the colors inside the cave are not natural. I am so pleased with the many places that LED technology is changing our lives. This revolution in lighting is not getting the credit it deserves! Here they can add more lighting with no heat or other complications that lighting a cave can bring.
My family are suckers for a cave. We actually visited Great Basin National Park largely to see these caves. These are Lehman Caves. Normally a cave is far less interesting or even fun if it has to be a tour (as opposed to roaming free within the cave). This is especially true for photography, where everything needs to be by tripod. A tour is simply not that conducive to stopping and taking your time with an image. So this set of caves already had a long way to go to win our love. But, WOW. These ended up winning our hearts for sure. This cave system was second only to Carlsbad Cavers for us. At least as far as walkway-lighted-mass-of-people caves were concerned (we still have a soft spot for un-named natural caves too). The tour went slow enough to allow some slow photography, which was great. But the cool part was the narrow walkways that weaved between stalagmites, stalactites, columns, cave straws, cave bacon, cave popcorn, and unique to this cave, cave shields. You can see one of these just above the blue area in this image. Nerds? Yes, but excited to see cave shields? YES.
This image is a blend to tame the highlights. Always a problem with lit caves. I will be posting more form this cave for certain. Stay tuned.
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A picturesque tall white-harled house on the north side of the junction between Back Causeway and The Cross in Culross (W FIfe), The Study dates from c.1610. This is said to be where Bishop Leighton of Dunblane (1611-84), who lived nearby in Bishop Leighton's House, composed his sermons. Built as a merchant's house, next to Culross Palace one of the finest in Culross, the building was acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in the 1930s. It was renovated by Ian G. Lindsay and Partners in 1959, winning a Civic Trust Award in 1962. The Study is now A-listed and is open to the public for guided tours.
The building is L-plan and comprises a three-storey main block, with a tower facing the street which rises higher. This contains a turnpike stair, with the upper stage corbelled out and containing the actual study. The orange pantiled roofs feature crow-stepped gables and catslide dormers. The windows to the front feature lattice leadwork and wooden shutters below, allowing the windows to open. Inside there are original fireplaces and timber panelling, while the beamed ceiling of the first-floor room is a reconstruction of the 1960s, brightly painted with fruit and flowers in homage to its 17th century forerunner.
The Second George Room
Burghley House is a grand 16th-century English country house near Stamford on the Cambrigeshire/Lincolnshire border, built by William Cecil. The estate features magnificent State Rooms, art collections and grounds designed by Capability Brown.
William Cecil (later the 1st Baron Burghley) began building the house as a demonstration of his wealth and power and to establish a dynastic family seat, contruction began in 1555 and the house mostly comple by 1587. He was heavily involved in its design, which was intended to impress the Queen (Elizabeth I) and her court.
While the exterior largely retains its original Elizabethan look, the interiors were extensively remodeled in the Baroque style by the 5th Earl of Exeter in the late 17th century. This included commissioning the famous "Heaven Room" and "Hell Staircase" ceiling paintings by the Italian artist Antonio Verrio.
In the 18th century, the renowned landscape architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was employed by the 9th Earl to redesign the gardens and parkland. Brown created the sweeping vistas, the lake, and the Lion Bridge, even altering the house's structure to enhance the views.
The 6th Marquess of Exeter, a gold-medal-winning Olympic athlete immortalized in the film Chariots of Fire, oversaw significant modernization of the house, including the introduction of electricity. In 1961, he established the Burghley House Preservation Trust, a charitable trust that now owns and maintains the house, its contents, and the surrounding estate for the public's enjoyment.
One of the strangest and most memorable things I've lived through is being in Paris when France won the World Cup. The streets were absolutely transformed and I have many photos of people rejoicing (some that I have posted previously).
But, I also tend to be drawn to that opposite feeling and the bipolar sense that happens in reality. Because, it's such a strong current of collective consciousness when that many people are rooting for something that you actually forget it's about sports at all and it feels more about the collective spirit of France or even of humanity.
I could tell that this girl wanted to be a part of that with the way she had decorated her face and with the French flag she was holding but I think she didn't quite know how and that's an interesting thing to capture...maybe even more intriguing for me than all the wild dancing and singing. We are all young and awkward once and some of us know very intrinsically (even when we're older) precisely how this girl felt.
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I am finally home from an absolutely magical sixteen days in Iceland. I was shooting solo for the first eight days followed by leading a workshop for eight wonderful clients the remaining eight days with my good friend and award winning landscape photographer Tony Higginson.
This image of the hugely photogenic triangular emergency shelter in Iceland was photographed on my first night in Iceland. I had just captured an inspiring shot of the nearby iconic black and white Budir Church when I decided to make a detour en-route back to the guesthouse at midnight to this location.
It is located high up on a mountain pass which is affected by much heavier snowfall than the surrounding roads. Sadly I managed to ditch the car in a snowbank when parking up which rendered me immobile for nine hours until the recovery vehicle arrived meaning that I had a rather uncomfortable night in the car until 9am. The temperature was -11 and I can vouch that it was extremely cold. I ran the engine continuously from 3am onwards to keep me from freezing, literally. A vehicle did not pass me between 12.30am and 7am, this place is pretty remote.
Still, the things we do for our art. I will confess that the sunrise was lovely but it was the aurora that once again took my breath away. Standing on your own on top of a mountain pass with a volcano looming large over you in the dark is a sobering experience but one to be savoured. Mind you, I was less enthusiastic about hearing what I thought were footprints in the snow behind me prompting me to spin around with my head torch feverishly scanning the landscape for signs of life, be it human or animal. Nothing could be found but it certainly keeps you on your toes that's for sure.
Anyhow, I have so many many more photos to share with you over the coming fortnight but for now, I must finish my Powerpoint presentation that I will be delivering tomorrow morning at 11am on the Fotospeed paper stand at The Photography Show. Come along and heckle if you wish, I'm sure that you will not be alone.
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Force of Nature - Steam Rocket Bike
Steam Rocket Bike
Steam Rocket Bike
'Force of Nature' is a steam powered 'Rocket' motorcycle built for drag racing, record breaking, exhibitions and events. It uses the latent energy of super-heated pressurised water released through De laval nozzles, where it turns to steam and creates the thrust to propel the bike forwards.
The design brief was to create a Rocket bike like no other: Build quality to rival THE BEST, as well as unique green credentials. No proprietary motorcycle parts were to be used unless they were deemed un-improvable! The idea was to build a steam powered Rocket bike with a potential speed of 200+mph, which had never been achieved before.
Chief designer and engineer Graham Sykes has been involved in straight-line motorsport since 1979. Graham has worked on many prestigious projects including six years as race engineer for Vauxhall's championship winning British and European Touring Car Team, engineer and key team member for the 'Firestorm' jet powered dragster and is currently part of the engineering team working on '52 Express', a world land speed record motorcycle.
I'm quite sure many award winning togs do this sort of thing, a wee tweek and a bit of added pazzazz. It makes a prettier picture and that's what we try to do isn't it? No matter what Loch Shiel looks pretty special a lot of the time. Best loch in Scotland! It's not always grey here.
Visiting MET1 heads for Bitton in the setting sun with the last service of the day. Avon Valley Railway, 25/10/2015
The photo was entered into YTL's 2015 Photo competition and was narrowed down to the finalist stage where it was awarded a Merit Prize at YTL's Leadership Conference in Kuala Lumpur in December 2015
Easter weekend gets off to a good start, with fine weather forecast all weekend and even a little mainline steam for breakfast.
60009 Union of South Africa leans into the curves north of Morpeth station with the 1Z10 York to Edinburgh. "Edinburgh Flyer" on the 20th April 2019.
No, not this photo, but if I had managed to get there for the sunrise, who knows, it could have been award winning. If you follow Lynne Berry (and if you don't, why not?) then you will know that I agreed to met her and her donkey at this location for sunrise. The coloured light that morning was spectacular. I know because I viewed it for the whole journey from Craster to Lindisfarne. I just got there too late.But still, always fun capturing these upturned boat sheds and that castle.
an Oxeye daisy fights its way through the reddened iron ore water at an old iron ore mine. She's winning!
Arranged for the Macro Monday theme "Four" this might be a winning hand ... or not.
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On 17 August 1988, 37320 passes Winning Junction on the Lynemouth - North Blyth alumina empties. Taken by invitation from the signalbox.