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At the Central Fire Station Open House, one is able to get a rare insight into the specialized tools and equipment that firefighters and rescue personnel from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) use to break down barriers and obstacles.

outer shells containing barriers

Le château Barrière est situé à Périgueux (Dordogne) dans le Périgord Blanc.

Origine : Bâtie au XIIIe siècle, cette forteresse joua un rôle essentiel durant la guerre de Cent Ans. Il fut démoli en 1575 par les Protestants.

 

Peterbilt tractor with a flatbed trailer loaded with concrete highway barriers headed for a construction site. Happy Truck Thursday and Happy Telegraph Tuesday.

EXPLORE: Highest position: # 20; February 17, 2009.

 

Scarlet Macaw

Valle Central.

Costa Rica

 

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28 mm equiv.

Exp. Corr. Value: +0.0 EV

Exp. Program: Normal

Metering mode: Pattern

WB Settings: Manual

"Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then; soon, you too, will have peace."

 

Quote by: Johann Wolfgang

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

 

Jalal ad-Din Rumi (Persian Poet and Mystic, 1207-1273)

Protection of the nature reserve at Ouse Valley Park, just outside of Milton Keynes. Whether its to keep undesirables out, or to keep nature in... Who knows?

Lasercut metal, powdercoating

Artist: Tanja Smeets,

www.tanjasmeets.nl/13_br_wh.html

 

Transforming the former anti climb construction into a sculpture.

The Thames Barrier spans 520 metres across the River Thames near Woolwich, and it protects 125 square kilometres of central London from flooding caused by tidal surges. It has 10 steel gates that can be raised into position across the River Thames. When raised, the main gates stand as high as a 5-storey building and as wide as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each main gate weighs 3,300 tonnes.

 

The barrier is closed under storm surge conditions to protect London from flooding from the sea. It may also be closed during periods of high flow over Teddington Weir to reduce the risk of river flooding in some areas of west London including Richmond and Twickenham.

 

The Thames Barrier will then remain closed over high water until the water level downstream of the Thames Barrier has reduced to the same level as upstream. This is a managed process to provide for different circumstances, and takes about 5 hours. The Thames Barrier is then opened, allowing the water upstream to flow out to sea with the outward-bound tide.

 

The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. It has been operational since 1982. When needed, it is closed (raised) during high tide; at low tide, it can be opened to restore the river's flow towards the sea. Built about 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) east of the Isle of Dogs, its northern bank is in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and its southern bank is in the New Charlton area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

 

This view is looking towards the city from the East side of the barrier.

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, GB, January 2021

Gorleston-On-Sea, Norfolk, UK, February 2020

under construction

Vancouver Waterfront, Vancouver, USA

Canon T90 : 28-80mm Soligor f/3.9-4.9 : Kentmere 100 : PMK Pyro

 

Testing a rather rare and unusual Soligor lens, manufacturer unknown, but possibly Tokina.

Thames barrier with the sun trying to make an appearance.

Taken on an all night photography workshop with Charlotte Gilliatt and Terry Gibbins

A month of extreme macro

37800 heads for Wolverton with barrier Coaches

The Thames Barrier is one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world.

 

The barrier spans 520 metres across the River Thames near Woolwich, and it protects 125 square kilometres of central London from flooding caused by tidal surges.

 

It became operational in 1982 and has 10 steel gates that can be raised into position across the River Thames. When raised, the main gates stand as high as a five-storey building and as wide as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each main gate weighs 3,300 tonnes.

I've been down here many times trying to get a good shot, but could never get a good compositon so glad to finally get one.

It was bloody cold, wet and windy but I'm pleased with the result.

 

Aperture: f/16

Exposure: 151 seconds

ISO: 160

Camera: Canon 5D MKII

Lens: Canon 24-105L @ 60mm

Filters: LEE Big Stopper, LEE 0.9H ND Grad, LEE 0.6S ND Grad

Processing: Photoshop CC and Silver Efex Pro 2

 

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1. Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.

2. The choice of tool limits the possibilities.

3. Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.

4. The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...

5. The moment of observation is the real find ...

6. Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.

7. Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.

8. The meaning of all this is the process!

9. Let it be!

 

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The only shot I got yesterday as the wind gust were so bad I couldn't get out of the car!!

A shot for Fence Friday taken in Barrier Park. Unfortunately rejected for being too abstract.

On Explore:Highest position: 111 on Saturday, April 10, 2010

Olympus OM-D E-M1 M2, Olympus 9-18mm, 13 Stop ND filter

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