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So, I am certainly not affraid of heights, but for some reason this one seemed too much.
This required a precarious transition from a balcony, under a canopy to a ladder that came down to just above the railing of the balcony. The ladder was only like 3-4" off the wall, which means that I had to climb on my toes. On ladders you stand square on the middle of your shoe, but only having room for your toes on a small, smooth steel bar is not a secure footing.
So, going up was one thing. Going down was a whole other story. After going up/down/up/down... I had enough.
vestirse para olvidar,
desayunar para olvidar,
ir al trabajo para olvidar,
y cuantas mas cosas para olvidarlo haces,
mas presente esta.
Yes, me again!
Tommy Flockton's
Kiveton Park
Pennyholme Marsh, known to locals as Tommy Flockton's, is an area of low-lying wetland straddled between the Norwood Tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal and the old Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (later Great Central) to the east of the village of Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire - Tommy Flockton being a local farmer (circa 1833) who once owned the land.
Lying to the east of Hard Lane, a public footpath passes over the marsh to join up with the Chesterfield Canal by the east portal of the Norwood Tunnel. This path is part of the over-land section of the Cuckoo Way, the 46-mile Long Distance Path following the route of the canal from Chesterfield to West Stockwith where the canal joins the River Trent. The tunnel itself passes under the marsh and the line of the tunnel is marked by a succession of spoil mounds from the construction shafts. Many horses graze the wetland. These are said to be the descendants of the old pit ponies that once worked down Kiveton Park Colliery which, until its closure in 1994, stood across the road on the other side of Hard Lane.
When crossing the marsh, particularly if you stand still for a few minutes to take in the scene, you may get one of these horses come to greet you (they are very friendly). Make friends, talk to it, stroke it, and you may well end up with a companion who will insist on walking with you to the end of the field.
One more shot from yesterdays flock. Couldn't fit them all in at 70mm (I wasn't expecting to need a wide angle for birds), but this was about half of the flock that was in the air.
I tried again with the eye folds, this time in black. They look a bit messy in pictures but irl you can't notice it so bad. I think it looks better.
Chloe had to run out to see what was up in spite of the cold and snow. She was smart enough not to stay long though!
I feel like it's a little redundant now that I've kept an eye out for Timmins graffiti to continue this little photoproject. Just simply cos it's the same guy over and over. Wow, there's a Fect tag again, and again, and again. So really, until this dude pulls out something more impressive than his tag on absolutely everything (tho he does mix it up), I think I'll pass. Or until someone else does something more than poorly scrawl a name on something... (Cos, other than this guy, most (not all) styles here are pretty sketchy).
*sigh* And here I had such hopes for my little photodiary. Heh. I feel like it'll just turn into a Fect exhibit instead, and that wasn't my original intention.
Let's see some real art, boys.
Lake in Autumn again.
Few more of those. Still not realistic at all. Whatever realistic is ...
Some photos are really soft, that is because the barrel of my Minolta Rokkor MC 3.5/200mm got loose somehow. I didn't realize immediately. Thanks god I could fix it at home, later.
NOOOOOOOOT !!!!!! OMG ! Again !!!!!
To be continue ................
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ZZ Top - La Grange on a show
I am aware now that everything's going to be fine. One day, till then, I'm in hell. I am prepared now, seems everyone's gonna be fine. One day, till then, just as well... - Seether - Fine Again
Strobist Info: Canon 430ex with snoot and 1/2 CTO filter front just above camera 1/16 power.
We loved Movie World so much, we took the kids again. Here they are meeting Flash Gordon and ummm..... I can't think of the man in green's name. Can anybody else remember????
Again the beautiful station of Antwerp - I had 20 minutes between trains but got so many cool shots. One of the cooler stations with old and new architecture combined perfectly.
Bergseeli (again).
Possibly I should visit different places, but I somewhat like this little lake in the mountains, although, probably there're hundreds like them. I was very lucky with the wheather here, but as you can see, the photos are a bit „flat“, not in the usual sense, but because the very clear air somehow spoils the feeling of distance. But of course good view in the mointains is still nice, so I show this.
On a walk around the earthquake damaged City, Christchurch, New Zealand, January 4, 2012.
A magnitude 5.8 followed by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Lyttelton on Friday afternoon the 23rd December, 2011, causing liquefaction to once again erupt from the earth and leaving sewerage, water and power out of action in pockets of eastern Christchurch.
A series of intense aftershocks have followed, and hundreds and hundreds were recorded by GNS in the 24 hours following the two major quakes, said seismologist Bill Fry.)
Taken from the New Zealand Herald New paper
The February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 (ML) earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 pm on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 local time (23:51 21 February UTC), The earthquake was centred 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous city. It followed nearly six months after the magnitude 7.1 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, which caused significant damage to Christchurch and the central Canterbury region, but no direct fatalities.
The earthquake caused widespread damage across Christchurch, especially in the central city and eastern suburbs, with damage exacerbated by buildings and infrastructure already being weakened by the 4 September 2010 earthquake and its aftershocks. Significant liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. The earthquake was reported to be felt across the South Island and the lower and central North Island.
In total, 182 people were killed in the earthquake, making the earthquake the second-deadliest natural disaster recorded in New Zealand (after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake), and fourth-deadliest disaster of any kind recorded in New Zealand, with nationals from more than 20 countries among the victims. Over half of the deaths occurred in the six-storey Canterbury Television (CTV) Building, which collapsed and caught fire in the quake. The government declared a state of national emergency, which stayed in force until 30 April 2011.
It has been estimated that the total cost of rebuilding to insurers to be around NZ$15–16 billion, making it by far New Zealand's costliest natural disaster, and the third-costliest earthquake (nominally) worldwide.
The earthquake would ultimately be one of three major earthquakes in a year-long earthquake swarm affecting the Christchurch area, and was followed by a large aftershock on 13 June 2011, which caused considerable additional damage.