I got my computer back from the fix-it guys yesterday and restored over a thousand photos from the iPhotos backups on my external drive. Oh bliss. I have now got a replacement copy of Lightroom 5.7.1 and am now adding in over 4,000 RAW photos.

This was taken last September, processed then and stored on my external drive.

Zürich, Bürkliplatz, Switzerland

L to R: Otis, Muse, Batman

(series of three)

Dark clouds above harvested fields nearby my hometown.

Abgeerntete Felder am Westberg oberhalb Hofgeismar

Somewhere inspo

Casual

Sunset storm. Los Lunas, New Mexico USA

Eyes that sparkle.

L to R: Otis, Muse, Batman

(series of three)

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backup

You get two of almost everything, 2 eyes, 2 hands, 2 legs but only one of the most important things...one brain, one heart. Seems like there should be a backup if hearts can break and minds can get lost.

ODC is studying symmetry

Hereios is having a parade of cameras

Rapid response team in place on the Trans Mongolian Railway.

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If you believe fully in yourself you won't even think about having a backup plan If you really know in your heart that you are doing the right thing, there will be no doubt. If there is doubt, then either it is the wrong path or you are not ready. Your fear is what makes you doubt yourself, and it is this fear that you must overcome first. This fear makes you look for security. The need of a safety net says that you don't believe that you can make it. That creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. If there's no question in your mind then you will proceed as though you've already made it.

Matt Guest

Wuhan Museum of Modern Art: Hercules in trouble

Backup

We really dodged a bullet with our recent winter storm. They had predicted an ice storm with up to a half an inch of ice. But we ended up getting mostly sleet and a couple of inches of snow. The last time we had ice at a half inch, our power was out for almost four days....and we spent the first three in our bitterly cold house, desperately wishing we had a backup option. Every space heater in the area had been snapped up by the time we could get to the store, but on day four we managed to find this kerosene heater. And wouldn't you know, about four hours after we set it up and finally got warm....the power came back on.

At any rate, we didn't take any chances this time, and had our heater set up and ready for action before the event. I'm pleased to say we didn't need it, but as there is another storm on the horizon for the end of the week....this thing is staying right where it is for now. 😊

One of Nyíregyháza's, and pretty much north-eastern Hungary's only two Ikarus 415s, EWS-831 leaving Halmosbokor hamlet behind in the last rays of the early-winter sun.

These two units (the other being EWS-834) are only used as backups now, so it's not that easy to bump into them. During the summer both of them were replacing some Volvos and Credos under maintenance for a solid week or so, but unfortunately we just missed them with Michał (we had more luck with 200 series in the area).

This picture would've been possible without the help of Tamás, I hope that he will also reveal some hits from this rather pleasant day very soon! :)

Clearances in front of the Geislergruppe after some snowfall on the higher parts.

Sorry, I didn’t get out this morning. It’s a good thing I keep backups.

The sky above the Golan Heights lights up on the last day in September. Photographed from the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

116mm

F8@1/30th

(DOL_7238)

©Don Brown 2021

The Blade Runner Sim, Cloud Lake

Always good to have a backup....

Well, I picked the wrong spot this morning. I went to Madison County Lake instead of Monte Sano State Park. Mostly because I was able to sleep a little longer. It was a beautiful sunrise on the drive to the lake.

But there was nothing happening on the lake. That’s twice I’ve seen it like that. It’s like all the critters have a secret rhythm and decided they’re all sleeping in today. Who knows.

It’s a good thing I have a backup plan. Here’s the sunrise on Monte Sano from yesterday.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

62mm

F8@1/50th

GND filter

(DOL_1208)

©Don Brown 2021

Commander Krik is forced to have backup on his mission. There is a possibility that clone commander Spark might be held captive, which would lead Krik into a trap. Because of the dense foliage speeders and turbo tanks wouldn't be able to make it. The danger is high. No time for errors...

Train delay at the station provided for some nice subjects.

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I'm not gonna lie: I've enjoyed taking the Flickr app off my phone and not feeling the pressure of trying to constantly keep up on my feed. But, I've quietly checked in at times on my laptop, favorited a few photos here and there, and then gone back to great times with the family amidst a busy season at work.

But, on the flipside, I always figured I'd post something again at some point. It was just a matter of feeling inspired to do so.

Well, that inspiration has come from two, whirlwind trips to Western New York. With me having a work-related meeting on Saturday, October 1st, followed by plans to spend the balance of the weekend doing a brief, overnight railroad photography trip with a couple old chase buddies, my wife wisely decided it was a good time to head up to Potsdam with our 4-year-old son to visit her parents for a long weekend.

With my wife and son planning to leave Thursday morning, I realized I had an unusual chance to make a quick, two-day trip before getting home in time to go to my work-related meeting on Saturday morning. A last-minute check with an old friend from seminary who lives in East Rochester, I confirmed I had a place to crash Thursday night.

So, after seeing my wife and son off on Thursday morning, I was headed west. The ultimate goal? The Falls Road out of Lockport, NY, which was a bucket list item I wanted to check. Unfortunately--thanks to CSX not dropping for them--all they did on Friday was spot cars in the yard with their RS-32 facing long-hood forward. Definitely a bummer.

What saved the trip, though, was cleaning up on the Finger Lakes Railway. I've done a little with the Finger Lakes before (including having the chance to ride a good portion of the railroad in a speeder on a NARCOA trip years ago), but I always wanted to do more. Well, this trip provided the chance.

While Friday the Finger Lakes was the backup plan, on Thursday it was the plan on the way out. I knew that Train GC-2 worked the Canandaigua line on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but I also knew it generally ran against the light with leaving Geneva westbound in the morning and returning eastbound in the afternoon. But, the line turns back south on its approach to Geneva, so I figured there'd be an angle or two.

I found the eastbound return train just east of the Village of Phelps, and boy was I happy to see what the power was: Lehigh Valley-inspired U23B #2201! After getting an OK shot at one crossing, I found this spot with perfect side light just after the Carter Road grade crossing in the Town of Phelps. After quietly walking back to the car, once inside I assure you there was some celebrating!

FGLK Train GC-2

Phelps, NY

September 29, 2022

yours is better and that's final! hahaha :D

Caves Beach NSW

"There's nothing you have to do alone, Lord Zerkah."

I was originally going to take this picture inside my Chancellor's Office MOC, but realized that there wasn't enough space for it.

Agen Kolar played by Eeth Koth.

Königsstein von der anderen Seite der Elbe

Königsstein from across the river Elbe

After unloading, the engineer on 6501 makes a backup move into a siding east of the Sarnia depot.