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ALMOST FORGOTEN HISTORY. Lifta is small village near the holy town of Jerusalem in Israel. His original Arabic inhabitants were sent away in 1948 during the establishing of state Israel. Old buildings remain here and this side is one of the last ones remembered how the Palestine look before the Israeli War of Independence. But in these times local business men are trying to demolish it and built new houses for the Jewish people. After this step, par of the history of country which was once by British called Palestine, will be forgotten.
Sunset shot taken from a small hill next to the Howwood Trout fishery. The last glimmer of sun before nightfall :-)
Almost Half Moon...
[ Dec. 13th 2014, about h. 00:40 SLT ]
CANON EOS 70 D + Tamron SP 150-600 VC USD
© Alessandro Lo Piccolo - all rights reserved
Sometimes autumn light looks pretty awesome. Those leaves dropped within a week of this shot. Poof, gone.
All of Wren almost out, her head is stuck momentarily, requiring the doctors to do a little extra work. She was born May 4, 2010, 3 pounds, 9 ounces, 8 weeks early.
Dauntless almost down the slipway.
HMS Dauntless
Type 45 Destroyer
Builder:BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions
Yard number: 1062
Pennant number: D33
International callsign: GPLB
IMO number: 4907751
Shot with Canon EF 85mm f1.8 USM lens. I got the focus right on her eyelashes. Pretty much SOC; just a couple of spot corrections.
this is all for hoggheff-aka-"hank ashby" and his wonderful choice for his day :)
The joy of trains at Christmas. My sister and I grew up with Lionel around the tree. My dad decided to buy a train the grand kids could play with - almost teenagers now.
The ribbon cutting for the new Bow Creek Community Recreation Center is swiftly approaching. Get an idea of what to expect with this behind-the-scenes look at the facility’s progress.
Photography by Craig McClure
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Fotografando a Lua ... dia 18 de Setembro.
Primeiras experiências na Lua com a nova Nikon P100, com zoom 28x.
Completamente amadora! Improvisei um apoio no muro da minha varanda :-))
Capturing the moon... September 18th.
First attempts with my new Nikon P100, zoom 28x, and with 2 second self-timer .
Without a tripod, I used the wall of my balcony as platform :-))
Almost traditional looking Max Canyon. I had ran out of black saddle hackles and used a black pheasant rump instead.
Continuing on with John Newbury's "Time Machine Fly Box" collection of steelhead flies. See flyfishnw.com for more info.
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
― Maya Angelou, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
These were taken on the evening of March 10. Sorry for so many snaps, but these images take my breath away.
this little guy almost died - thankfully Christof wasnt far and was able to swoop him out of the wave before it carried him away!
Central Station. Milan, Italy, 2002.
[Agfa Silette LK Sensor with homemade warming filter. Film used: Kodak TMAX 400 BW]
I don't know if anyone ever reads my descriptions, but I write them anyway, so there!!
Was out today (August 20th 2021) on a forced vacation day, from 9:30AM til' almost 4PM. 80F today but it felt like 100F. This is a very active line and I probably flicked 20 freights today. 750+ flicks. By the time I get rid of a few duplicates, and bad ones, I'm guessing it'll be about 700 +/-. 700 to straighten, fix any color issues, upload, and also ID the writers. It's lots of time and as you can imagine, it's a lot of work, but so far it's been fun. I'm trying to not rush myself to post before I'm ready. I already have the flicks, and they're timeless. So getting them posted ASAP!!!!!! is not really my concern. Duh..
Had an interesting interaction with a guy while out there. Guy with backpack had walked back and forth across the tracks a few times. The lat time I saw him he was on the other side of a set, about 100 yards away. Next thing you know he's coming closer..... Closer..... And I'm like WTF? I'm way out here minding my own business. He walks within' like 10 ft. of me and I say "How ya' doin'?" he says something, and then says "Trains?" and I say "Yep." and he says "Oh.." and walks away. I think he was feelin' me out, as there's a small population of people who's homes are shall I say, mobile. I've talked to a few of them, and have never had a bad interaction, I just don't like people walkin' up on me when I'm trying to get away from the rest of the world out by the tracks. I go out there to get away from people, not to interact.
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I follow some other amazing photographers on flickr, but for this I will talk about the ones who flick the freights. There are a few that I really love. Some it's because of the great locations they shoot at, and others it's the amazing little details they manage to capture. For me (right now) I don't have the luxury of walking the lines and seeing pieces static. 99.999% of my flicks the freight is rolling by at 10-50 mph and sometimes I don't really even know what I have until I get home, dump the memory cards and go through the photos. Because of this, most of my flicks are just straight on shots and documenting what I saw and where. I saw this freight here, on this date, here's what was on it, and i captured it. Buffed or scraped next week, well I have it on "film" for future generations (sounds corny, I know). There are times when a freight will stop in-front of me, and I'll walk up and get some shots of monikers, but it's rare.
Obviously in any area there are sidings where freights park for extended periods, I know a few spots, but as I get older, and older, do I really want to leave my car parked on the side of the road and walk 2 miles to capture some little details I might normally miss? I'd love to, but it's just not practical for me at this time, any many other people do it better than I could. Retirement is getting closer every day, maybe then, when my weekdays are free. :-)
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During the Covid lockdown, I was working from home, and I was getting out benching like 2 & 3 times a month. Back at work, I'm lucky to have the energy to get out once a month. Every time I do manage to get out, I come home and my batteries feel re-charged. It's been so f-ing hot here in SoCal though, I can't wait for cooler weather and some clouds in the sky.
As always, thanks to the writers!
To see the rest of my freight graffiti flicks click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/siamesepuppy/collections/7215771678...
For freight graffiti slideshows/videos hit up my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/SilenceSeven
Almost........like missing something you held in your grasp, but it fled it away. If only...............
A scene from the February 2012 production of the play 'Almost Maine' by the Wellesley College Upstage Productions group.
Photo by Annie Wang, 2014
Last week I received the first fabrics I designed for the wonderful Kathi Kunterbunt. She ownes a fabric shop in Germany and ask me to design a fall collection for her, I called it 'Almost Autumn' and it comes with ribbon and nice postcards. You can buy it here:
www.kathikunterbunt.de/epages/64420217.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPa...