Camera: Black Magic Ursa Mini 4K cinema camera

Lens: Samyang 35 MM

Codec: 2K Proress 444

Grading done in Premiere Pro

This photograph was published in an online article in BEAR GRYLLS OUTDOORS+ magazine on 2nd May 2025 by Bethanie H, titled:

'' Wait for It: Great Blue Heron Snatches VERY Unexpected Prey ''

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Two metres at 11.19am on Monday 29th May 2014 off 2903 Ocean Boulevard, Victoria, on the Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary, on the Juan De Fuca Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The Lagoon is one of seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia, and an important stopover for birds journeying between North and South America. Visitors include geese and Swans, Bald Eagles and Great Blue Herons, plus many other species of birds.

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) is a wading bird in the Heron family Ardeidae and found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Galapagos Islands. One of the largest of Herons, it has a head to tail length of 01-137 centimetres (36-54 inches) and a wingspan of 187-201 centimetres (66-79 inches).

They are found where my family live, and naturally very wary of mankind, flying off as soon as you are within fifty to one hundred yards of them.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/2500s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/8.0 iso500 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Focus mode: AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled AF-Focus area: 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering Active D-Lighting: Normal Vignette control: Normal White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (6030K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 25m 35.10s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 27m 46.00s

ALTITUDE: 2.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.2MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 27.60MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

www.twitter.com/Memoire2cite #recherche #archives #Banlieue #socialhousing #logement #Collectif #Copropriété #Habitation #Habitat #HLM #Quartier #Béton #immeuble #Cité #Moderne #Europe #World #Mémoire2Cité #Mémoire2Ville @ Les 30 Glorieuses . com l' #Urbanisme d'Antan, Liste du 95 @ le Val d OISE @ ARGENTEUIL: => "TEUTEUIL"

. Val d'Argenteuil Nord => "Val Nord" ou "VNF / Val Nord Favelas": (Val d'Argenteuil => "La ZUP")

--. St Just (La Dalle)

--. Diderot (La Dalle)

--. Canuts (La Dalle)

--. Berionne (La Dalle)

--. Maurice Thorez (La Dalle)

--. Dessau (La Dalle)

--. Alessendria (La Dalle)

--. Berlioz (Les Musiciens => "CDM")

--. Beethoven (Les Musiciens => "CDM")

--. Mozart (Les Musiciens => "CDM")

--. La Haie Normande => "La Hie"

--. Fernand Leger => "FLG"

--. Les 4 Tours

--. Coudray

--. Sisley

--. Clémenceau

--. Romain Rolland

--. Ecureuils

--. Henri Wallon

. Val D'Argenteuil Sud => "Val Sud": (Val d'Argenteuil => "La ZUP")

--. Cité Jaune => "CJ" (Broca, Tarnier, Mondor, Charcot)

--. Cité Carter

--. Poirier Fourrier => "PF"

--. La Marche

--. Le Square Anjou => "SA"

--. Cité Bretagne

--. La Poste

--. Cité Bleue

--. Cité Marron

--. Le City

--. L'Emmaüs

--. Cité des Roses => "Cité Rose"

--. Boulevard Lenine

--. La Rethondes

. Centre Ville:

--. L'Esplanade Salvadore Allende => "L'Esplanade"

--. Pierre Joly

--. Jean Borderel

--. Liberté

--. Léon Félix

--. Gabriel Péri

--. Henri Dunant

. Joliot Curie

. Rue D'Arras => "RDA"

. Krüger

. Balmont

. Cité Jardin

. Le Tronc

. Gode

. Bellevue

. Le Prunet (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Les Violettes (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Les Lilas (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Le Chateau (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Les Champioux (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. 11 Novembre (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Saint Exupery (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Le Perreux (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Tour Billy (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Les Peupliers (Val Notre Dame => "VND")

. Champagne + Roussillon + Bordelais

. Martin Luther King => "MLK"

ARNOUVILLE:

. Le Plateau

. La Vallée

. La Fontaine

. La Gare

BEAUCHAMP:

. Residence du Stade

. Residence Nungesser et Coli

BEAUMONT:

. Boyenval

. Le RAC

BESSANCOURT:

. Les Brosses

BEZONS:

. Tête de Pont => "Pont de Beuz"

--. Camille Desmoulins

--. Le Moulin Vert

--. Jean Carasso

--. Robert Branchard

. Le Plateau (Val Notre Dame):

--. Les Sycomores

--. Belles Vues

--. Cité Marron (Cité de l'Ogif)

--. La Paix => "M2LP"

--. La Berthie

--. Albert 1er

--. Mirabeau

--. Joliot Curie

--. Les Chenes

--. Denis Papin

--. Cité Blanche

--. Cité du Parc

--. R D Val

. Les Brigadières (L'Agriculture)

. Roger Masson (L'Agriculture)

. Les Lilas (L'Agriculture)

. Victor Hugo (L'Agriculture)

. Auguste Delaune (L'Agriculture)

. Colonel Fabien (L'Agriculture)

. Le Square de la Grenouillère (L'Agriculture)

. Claude Monet (L'Agriculture)

. Grand Cerf + Phoenix

. Franz Listz

BOUFFEMONT:

. Les Hauts Champs => "HC"

. Le Village => "VLG" (Rue de la Reovlution Française)

BRUYERES SUR OISE:

. La Placette => "Pla7"

. Emmaüs

. La Croix Dorée

CERGY: => "CRJ" ou "GYCER"

. La Prefecture => "La Pref"

--. La Croix Petit => "CP" + Les Chênes d'Or

--. La Justice

--. Les Linandes => "LBC / Linandes Beige City"

--. Le Ponceau => "PC"

--. Les Touleuses => "2Leuz"

--. Les Plants

--. Les Chateaux Saint Sylvere

--. Square Du Diapason => "Le Square"

--. Les Heuruelles

--. Les Paradis

. Saint Chistophe => "Stophe"

--. La Place (La Bastide + L'Horloge) (Place du Marché + Place du Gardien)

--. Les Genottes => "BGA / Brigade Genottes Armée"

--. La Colombie (Le Verger)

--. Le Pommier (Axe Majeur)

--. Le Gros Caillou => "Le Gros Kay" ou "Secteur G"

--. La Sebille => "C-by"

--. Le Chat Perché => "CHP"

--. Le Square de L'Echiquier

--. Lanterne

--. La Belle Epine

--. Les Terrasses

--. L'Embellie

. Cergy Le Haut => "CLH"

--. Le Bontemps => "BTP" + Point du Jour => "PDJ"

--. Le Terroir => "TMC4"

--. L'Enclos

CHAMPAGNE SUR OISE => "CSO":

. Place de l'Europe

CORMEILLES EN PARISIS:

. La Carrière

. La Cité Rose

DEUIL LA BARRE: => "DLB"

. La Galathée => "Gala-T" ou "GCK / Galath' City Krew"

. Les Mortefontaines => "Les Mortes"

. La Sourde => "La 2-Sour"

DOMONT:

. Cité De La Gare => "CDLG"

. Les Fossettes => "Fo7"

. Les Essarts

. Les Coquelicots

. La Coopération

EAUBONNE:

. Mont d'Eaubonne => "MDE"

. Les Dures Terres => "DT"

. Mirabeau + Bussys

. Cité Bleue => "CB"

. Bois Jacques => "BJ"

. Gabriel Peri

. Sablière (236 Rue du General Leclerc)

. CGC

. CVC

. PMD

. PDC

. Centre

. HPE

. ?? (Rue Pierre Brossolette)

ERAGNY:

. Les 10 Arpents => "Les X Arpents"

. La Challe

. L'Ourcq

. La Ronière

. Les Pinsons

. Le Grillon

. La Danne

ERMONT: => "MON-R"

. Les Chênes => "CS / Chênes Starz":

--. La Tour

--. La Bite

--. Balzac

--. Bapaumes

--. Rossignaux => "Courbet"

. Les Esperances

. Les Loges (avec SANNOIS)

. Les Carreaux

. Centre Ville:

--. Sablière

--. Le Village

--. Saint Flaive

--. Renaissance

EZANVILLE:

. Rû de Vaux

. La Justice

FOSSES:

. Le Plateau

. La Cabine

FRANCONVILLE:

. Chicago (La Fontaine Bertin)

. Les Bucherêts

. Montedour

. Anne Frank

. Mare Des Noues

. L'Orme Saint Edme => "OSE"

. Bel Air

. Pack City

. L'Epine Guyon

GARGES LES GONESSE: => "GEGAR" ou "GARGESALE"

. Zone 4 => "Z4" (Les Peintres) (La Dame Blanche Nord)

. West Park => "WP" (Les Ecrivains Est): (La Dame Blanche Ouest)

--. Lamartine

--. Peupliers

--. Voltaire

--. Jean Jacques Rousseau => "JJR"

--. Ronsard

. Cité des Indous => "CDI" (Les Ecrivains Ouest) (La Dame Blanche Ouest)

. Bel Air (La Dame Blanche Ouest)

. La Muette

. Cité Blanche => "CB" (Barbusse)

. La Commune => "Com1" (Centre Ville)

. Les Corbusiers => "Corbu" (Les Basses Bauves)

. Les Doucettes => "Dou7"

. Résidence du Clos de L'Epine

. La Pinsonne

. Cité Gounod

. Clos Bousselin

. Rue D'Albert => "RDA"

. La Cité du Parc => "CDP" + Rue Duvivier => "RDV"

. L'Antenne => "ADM" + L'Antenne du Font => "ADM2 Font"

. Vieux Peps

. Rond Point => "RDP"

. Pépiniere

. Argentière

GONESSE:

. La Fauconnière ou "La Fauco":

--. Square de la Garenne => "SQG"

--. Square du Nord => "SQN"

--. Square des Sports => "SQS"

. Les Marronniers ou "Les Marros" ou "ACG"

--. La Placette

--. La Boulangerie

--. Les Platanes => "La Colline"

. Orly Park => "OPG / Orly Park Gost" (Saint Blin)

. Orgemont

. Le Toit et Joie

GOUSSAINVILLE: => "GOUSS"

. Les Grandes Bornes => "GBC / Grandes Bornes City":

--. Place Descartes

--. Place Danielle Casanova

--. Place Voltaire (détuit)

--. Maurice Ravel

--. Rue du Marché

--. Henri Dunant

--. Cité Perdue

. Ampère

. Les Buttes aux Oies => "La Scic"

. 6 Juin 1944 => "Cité de la Gare"

. La DD

GROSLAY:

. Les Glaisières => "GSR"

HERBLAY => "R-BLAY" ou "BLE-R":

. Les Naquettes => "Ketna"

. La Tournade (Centre Ville)

. Les Marronniers (Centre Ville)

. Le Village (Centre Ville)

. Place du Marché => "PDM"

. Butte Blanche

. Caillou Gris

. Bournouvier

. Courlain

. Madefoyer

JOUY LE MOUTIER: => "JLM"

. La Hayette

. Le Noyer => "CN"

. Les Merisiers

. Le Bas Quartier => "BK":

--. Poteaux Roses => "PR"

--. Eguerets

--. Les Jouannes

. Quartier des Tremblays

LOUVRES: => "LVS"

. Diago (Corot)

L'ISLE ADAM

. La Garenne

. L'Abbé Breuil

LUZARCHES:

. Le Clos du Poncel

. Le Clos de la Pomeraie

MERY SUR OISE => "MSO":

. La Bonneville => "La Bonvil" ou "LBV" (Rue des Nations)

. Vaux (Zone Pavillionaire)

. Résidence Le Bel Air => "BLR"

. Le Plateau (Résidence des Toits)

MONTIGNY LES CORMEILLES => "MLC":

. Les Frances (Les Frances)

. 24 Dag-R (Les Vingt-Quatre Arpents => "24" + Daguerre => "Dag-R") (Les Frances)

. Les Aubepines (Les Frances)

. Aristide Maillol => "Tunisbar" (Les Frances)

. 6t d Gwere (Les Frances)

. 6t d Pakate (Les Frances)

. La Gare => "La Rega"

. L'Esperance

. Les Tuiles

MONTMAGNY: => "MONTMANE"

. Le Centre => "Central Park" ou "La 100trale" (Le Chateau)

. Les Vergers => "Ver-G" ou "Zone 6"

. Les Lévriers

. Les Acacias

. Pintar => "Pat-7" ou "Patrouille"

. Les Carrières => "K-rier"

MONTMORENCY:

. La Chenée => "CGS"

. Les Peupliers

. Allée Floriant

. Fontaine Renée

. Centre

. Les Champeaux

MONTSOULT:

. Les Charmilles

OSNY:

. Le Moulinard => "MSP"

. La Raviniere => "La Rav"

. Le Vauvarois

. Le Clos de Fleurance => "Le Clos"

PERSAN: => "100PER"

. Le Village => "VLG"

. Les 2F (Les Fresnoys + Le Foyer)

. Pierre Semard

PIERRELAYE:

. Clos Saint Pierre => "CSP"

. Le Petit Bois

. Les Grouettes

PONTOISE: => "PTS"

. Les Louvrais => "MDL / Mafia des Louvrais"

--. Piste Rouge

--. Terrain Vert

--. Rue de Bourgogne => "RDB"

--. Rue de Gascogne => "RDG"

--. Place de Flandre => "PDF"

--. Pepinière => "PEP"

--. Place Joseph de Guignes => "PJG"

. Les Cordeliers => "CZS / Cordeliers Zone Sensible"

. Marcouville => "TSM"

. Les Larris

. Les Maradas

. Citadelle

. Le Nigloo

. Plateau Saint Martin

SAINT BRICE:

. Le Village

SAINT GRATIEN:

. Les Raguenets => "RAG"

. Les Marrais

. Le Forum

. La Cité Blanche (Albert Camus) (avec EPINAY 93)

SAINT LEU LA FORêT:

. Les Diablots

SAINT OUEN L'AUMôNE: => "SOA"

. Les Brouillards => "CDB / Cité Des Brouillards" ou "Ghetto Rouge" (Chennevieres)

. Parc Le Notre => "PLN"

. Clos Du Roi => "CDR"

. La Cité Blanche de Castille

. Cité Jaune (Cité Jules Cesar)

. Cité Rose (Liesse (Rue Michel de l'Hospital)

. Le Mail (Chemin du Marquis)

. Residence Giono

SAINT PRIX:

. La Vallée => "LV"

SANNOIS:

. Les Loges => "GDL" (avec ERMONT)

. Les Carreaux

. Les Maraichers

. Les Vignerons

. Le Poirier Baron

. Le Petit Prince => "Cité Verte"

. Les Templiers

. Les Toboggans

. Centre Ville / Bel Air => "100tre"

--. La Plaine (Rue du 8 Mai 1945)

--. Biblioteque

--. Jules Ferry

--. Pouk

--. Anne Frank

. Les Buissons

. Le Moulin => "CDM"

. Gaston Ramon

. Les Tournesols => "Cité Soleil"

SARCELLES: => "CELLESAR"

. La Secte Äbdoulaye => "SÄ" (St-Exupery-Anatole France / Les Lochères)

. Cam City (St-Exupery-Anatole France / Les Lochères)

. C4 (St-Exupery-Anatole France / Les Lochères)

. Coop Killer (Watteau-Jaurès / Les Lochères)

. MJC (Joliot Curie / Les Lochères)

. SDÄ (Joliot Curie / Les Lochères)

. 4 Murs (Joliot Curie / Les Lochères)

. Afro Cartel (Joliot Curie / Les Lochères)

. La Douane (Joliot Curie / Les Lochères)

. Charcot (Les Cholettes)

. Quartier Feuj (Les Cholettes)

. Alfred de Vigny => "Le S" (Les Cholettes)

. La Cité Rose => "CR Thug": (avec PIERREFITTE 93)

--partie SARCELLES:

--. Place Saint Saens => "Codec Pss 187" (Les Vignes Blanches)

--. Place André Gide => "PAG" (Les Vignes Blanches)

--. Sable Rouge (Les Vignes Blanches)

--. Le K-ré (Les Vignes Blanches)

--. Le Creen Shaw (Les Vignes Blanches)

--. Allée Vincent D'Indy => "AVD" (Les Vignes Blanches)

. Place Jean Moulin => "PJM" (Les Vignes Blanches)

. Les 7 Tours (8 Mai 1945) (Les Vignes Blanches)

. Yalap City => "YC" (Les Vignes Blanches)

. Les Sablons => "Les Blon's": (Sablons-Pasteur)

--. West Negro

--. Cartel

--. Central Parc

--. Dom

--. T49

--. C1

--. La Pyramide

--. West Arabe

--. La Tour All Star

--. Valadon

--. Le Camp de Boby

. Les Flanades

. RCM Zoo:

--. Rosiers

--. Chantepie

--. Merisiers

. Les Chardonnerettes => "Les Chardos"

. La Pepiniere => "La Pep"

. Le Mont de Gif => "MDG"

. Mozart

. Malesherbes

. C2

. C5

. Zone 7

. Les Chaldéens

. PPS

. Les Castors

. Les Panoramiques

. Tox Land

SOISY SOUS MONTMORENCY:

-.Les Noëls => "NG / Noëls Gang"

. Le Noyer Crapaud => "Les Craps" + Claude Monet => "CM" + Edgar Degas => "Harlem"

. Clos Renaud => "CRS" + Mirabeau

. Sablière

. Dures Terres

SURVILLIERS:

. Les Grands Prés

. Le Colombier

TAVERNY:

. Les Pins

. Les Sarments => "SNT"

. Jean Bouin => "JB"

. Jean Mermoz

. Brosso

VAUREAL: => "VOVO"

. Les Toupets => "TPC / Toupets City" ou "Toup's"

. La Bussie

. Boulingrin => "BLG" (Zone Pavillonaire)

. 4 Chemins => "4C" (Zone Pavillonaire)

. La Siaule (Zone Pavillonaire)

. Harlem => "HLB" ou "HSC" (Zone Pavillonaire)

. La Côte des Carrières => "La Cote" ou "CDC" (Administrativement sur Jouy)

. Quartier des Longues Terres

VILLIERS LE BEL: => "VLB" ou "VILLIERS LE ZBEUL"

. Les Carreaux => "K-ro"

. Puits La Marlière => "PLM"

--. Place Berlioz => "La Grotte"

--. Square Chabrier => "Secteur Rakly"

--. Les 8 Mai

--. Les Terrasses

--. Les Briques Rouges => "BRLG"

--. Rue Gounod

--. Les Galopins

. Derrière Les Murs De Monseingeur => "La Zac" ou "Zac La Man"

--. Le Bois Joli

--. Presmane

--. 9 Arpents

--. La Traverse

--. Les Commerces

--. ]DLM

--. Place du Midi

--. Le Carré

--. Le Clos Baptiste

--. Les Buttes

- 6ème Chaudron => "6Cho" (La Cerisaie)

- Les Cascades => "K-scades"

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.589+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Monday 27th June 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1499099241 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,127th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Five metres at 07:58am on Monday 15th May 2023 off Lone Cone Road and Campbell Street where I was staying in an old house in Tofino, British Columbia.

The Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos),is the most widely distributed species of Eagle, and large specimens have been recorded with a wingspan in excess of Eight feet and males weighing fourteen pounds. They have been know to maintain home territories of up to 200 kilometres and can dive at speeds of two hundred Miles per hour.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/100s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso640 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4060k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening +1.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 9m 3.10s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 39.20s

ALTITUDE: 5.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.8MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 47.40MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

In fact this is almost usual station locomotive. There was the international division of a labor in Communist block. And Czech built ChKD Praha of 3o-3o

(or Co-Co) layout Diesel locomotive has been chosen as standard station/shunting locomotive for Soviet Railroads and for other Communist countries. In Soviet Union it was named ChME-3 (Czech-built, station, with electric transmission). It has recommended itself from the best side and circa 7500 pieces have been built. It was best Czechs' business for all their history. And now ChME-3 are carrying almost all station works in all post-Soviet countries, also being frequentely used in suburban traffic.

But this piece is unique simulteniously being 'named' locomotive. Named locomotives are not rare all over the world. But in this special case term 'named' means that this is a kind of award or moral stimulation. This practice is still kept since 1920 when for some locomotives names of war and revolution heroes have been given. Such 'named' locomotives were credited for best crews for combat heroism and labour achievements - as a sort of award, apart of honor badges, medals, etc. It was considered as a great honor for locomotives. But nobless obligee! And locomotive staff (or 'brigade' as it is called here) had to keep such locomotive in excellent technical state. And also to fulfil combat or labour feats equal to those of a hero to give his name.

Locomotive brigades were usually 'attached' to the one and the same locomotive for years and decades. It became a real second house for a staff. Therefore locomotives were beloved and pampered by crew. Locomotive shining by fresh painting and polished brass details was the subject of pride of a staff - it belongs to railroaders 'Codecs of honor'. At the steam age such cases were often when locomotive staff was unsatisfied by standard paint given by a railroad. And a crew bought some 'special' paint from it's personal funds.

We may see from these shots that nothing changed at this branch despite the change of political system. And 'named' locomotives tradition is kept almost a century.

And this locomotive is named in honor of N.E. Kalinichenko, the full Knight of Soldier fame order, receiving during the WWII the stars of all three degreess. Apropos the Soldier fame is rare award being given only for privates or sergeants and only for combat feats carried in specially hard and dangerous conditions. From 15 millions men and women who served in Red Army during WWII only 2656 became full Knights of this order - including four women.

This award system repeates exectly the Soldier's St Georgian Cross - the highest and most valuable soldier's award of Russian Empire. Both orders - Empire and Soviet were carried on the same insignia band with orange-n-black strips. So called Georgian or Guardian colors. It's well depicted on shields on both sides of locomotive.

Kahrkov-Passenger station, Juzhnaya (Southern) railroad, Kharkov. Ukraine

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 47.751+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Monday 7th August 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1591381314 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,451st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Seven metres at 07:48am on Wednesday 17th May 2023 off Lone Cone Road from the front garden of a seventy year old house I was renting in Campbell Street, Tofino in British Columbia in Canada.

Eastern Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are native to the southern BC mainland, one of many different sub species of Raccoon, but are an introduced invasive species on Haida Gwaii. They were introduced in the 1940s to enhance the local fur trade, but they represent a significant threat to ground-nesting marine birds. My family refer to them as 'Trash Panda's', but I love them. They are also known as Racoons, Coons or Common Racoons

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/200s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/8.0 iso1250 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held withy Tamron VC control enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (6020k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 9m 1.5s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 36.30s

ALTITUDE: 7.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.9MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 25.10MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.344+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 6th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1510646331 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,059th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Zero metres at 06:45am on Monday 8th May 2023 off Vancouver Street and Cleveland Avenue in Squamish, British Columbia in Canada.

I was staying for one night in the Howe Sound Inn & Brewing, and crept out early hours around sunrise to walk around and take some photographs.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 150mm Shutter speed: 1/125s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/14.0 iso2500 Hand held with Tamron VC Vibration Control enabled. Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4870K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 41m 50.10s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 9m 13.5s

ALTITUDE: 0.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 49.80MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

New application Camera & Gallery > PocketPix for Android.

PocketPix allows you to reduce the size of all the photos on your mobile by up to 90X - the idea is to never have to delete photos from your device again. Really.

Of course we'd be very happy for you to take a look, have a play with the app, and maybe, let us know what you think.

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ices.pocketpix

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 49.442+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Monday 14th August 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1612053528 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,961st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Eighteen metres at 12:37pm on Sunday 14th May 2023 off Craig Drive and Madrona Drive in Parksville, Nanaimo in British Columbia.

Here, I am standing on the upper terrace of a property owned by some of our family members, and looking out towards Nanoose Bay and the Beachcomber Regional Park and Sunshine Beach Marina across the bay.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 32mm Shutter speed: 1/200s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso80 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration reduction Vibration set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5700k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening +1.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 18m 17.10s

LONGITUDE: W 124d 13m 41.00s

ALTITUDE: 21.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.8MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 44.60MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.881+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Tuesday 18th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1550080315 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,212th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Fourteen metres at 20:48pm on Friday 26th May 2023 around sunset (Sunset was at 20.59pm), off Qwuc Chus Lane and Patricia Bay Highway 17 on Tsawout First Nation land, East Saanich Indian Reserve No. 2 (a 241 hectares site), on Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada.

A beautiful sunset as the light began to fade away, and from the horizon behind trees an aeroplane climbed the sky, leaving behind some wonderful contrails in the evening sky.

The Tsawout people are a member of the Sencot'en Alliance and one of five bands of the Saanich Nation, along with Tsartlip, Tseycum, Malahat and Pauquachin. In the 1850s they were signatories to the Douglas Treaties and they speak the SENĆOŦEN language. Nick Claxton was chief until April 2021 when Harvey Underwood was elected as his replacement. In January 2023 there qwer around 1600 inhabitants of which one third were Tsawout First Nations people.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 150mm Shutter speed: 1/100s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/9.0 iso64 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4760k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Manfrotto MT057C3-G Carbon fiber Geared tripod 3 sections. Neewer 9750 Gimbal tripod head with Arca Swiss standard quick release plate. Jessops Tripod bag. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 35m 23.70s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 59.60s

ALTITUDE: 14.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 40.20MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.870+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Tuesday 18th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1550068963 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,210th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Four hundred and thirty two metres at 15:02pm on Wednesday 10th May 2023 overlooking LakeView Heights from a vantage point at the Indigenous World Winery at 2218 Horizon Drive in West Kelowna, British Columbia.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 24mm Shutter speed: 1/200s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso64 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5870k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 52m 30.80s

LONGITUDE: W 119d 32m 39.60s

ALTITUDE: 432.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.5MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 41.50MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 49.331+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Tuesday 23rd January 2024

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1856918131 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,935th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Three metres at 11.14am on Monday 29th May 2014 off 2903 Ocean Boulevard, Victoria, on the Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary, on the Juan De Fuca Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The Lagoon is one of seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia, and an important stopover for birds journeying between North and South America. Visitors include geese and Swans, Bald Eagles and Great Blue Herons, plus many other species of birds.

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) is a wading bird in the Heron family Ardeidae and found in North America, Central Ameria, the Caribean and Galapagos Islands. One of the largest of Herons, it has a head to tail length of 01-137 centimtres (36-54 inches) and a wingspan of 187-201 centimtres (66-79 inches). They are found where my family live, and naturally very wary of mankind, flying off as soon as you are within fifty to one hundred yards of them.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/800s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso500 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Focus mode: AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled AF-Focus area: 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering Active D-Lighting: Normal Vignette control: Nortmal White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5220K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 25m 34.50s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 27m 46.30s

ALTITUDE: 3.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 27.70MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/defaultExhibOnline.asp

www.odisea2008.com

Referencia post:

www.odisea2008.com/2012/02/el-libro-de-horas-negro.html

Im Internet diskutieren sie ja wie die Kesselflicker die Systemfrage aus, nämlich welche(r) Hersteller überhaupt oder nur in Frage kommt(/-en), ob es ohne FF einfach mal gar nicht geht oder ob man sogar mit m4/3 sehr gute Ergebnisse hinkommen kann und ob man überhaupt nur bei abnehmendem Vollmond und mit Zustimmung des Medizinmannes fotografieren darf. Ich hatte phasenweise und aus Lust an der Freude oder aus Langeweile bzw. Frustration sehr leidenschaftlich und provokativ den Canon-Antagonisten-Troll gegeben und tue es im Grunde noch heute. Ich reduziere mich dabei gar nicht mal zum Sony-Fanboy, nicht nur weil mich da auch einiges stört, sondern weil ich meine, dass in Abhängigkeit des fotografischen Ziels und unter Berücksichtung des Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnisses nicht nur Nikon, sondern vor allem auch Pentax und Fuji mit sehr überzeugenden Produkten, ziemlich sahnig aufgestellt sind. Pana und Oly hab ich nicht auf dem Schirm, aber für die mag das natürlich auch gelten.

Ich wollte und will einfach ein gleichermaßen polemisches und ätzendes Gegengewicht zum lange Zeit erdrückend und zu selbstgerecht gewesen seienden Narrativ der Anhänger des Marktführers repräsentieren, weil gerade nicht nur 'Colours', Linsenauswahl, 'Menues' und Service valide Argumente sein dürfen, Argumente die - nur am Rande bemerkt - eh sehr oft jeden Gegenstandes entbehren oder schlicht vernachlässigbar sind und z.T. sogar den Vergleich bzw. die Überprüfung scheuen sollten, wie der Teufel das Weihwasser scheut.

Darüber war ich als Hobbyfotograf immer über die Dysstandpunkte mancher Disputanten im Netz erbost. Was interessiert es die Leute, die - beruflich oder privat - eh nicht mit f2,8er Ofenrohren hinter weit entfernten Dämmerungstieren, scheuen Promis oder schnellen Sportlern her schießen werden, ob ihr Hersteller die entspr. kleinwagenteuren, -großen und -schweren Linsen vorhält oder eben nicht? Nach der Logik könne man keinen 'kleinen', Vierzylinder, Mittelklasse BMW fahren, weil Walter Röhrl nun mal mit einem S1 den Pikes Peak rauf ist, den es doch nur bei Audi gab, oder weil nur Mercedes ein sehr komfortables oder sicheres Gimmick für die S-Klasse anbietet, das BMW für seinen - eh uninteressanten, weil weit außerhalb des möglichen Preisfensters liegenden - Siebener gar nicht listet.

Noch mehr als die Dysstandpunkte, hat mich aber die selektive Ausblendung von wirklich vitalen und kritischen Qualitäten aufgeregt. Wenn ein Hersteller nicht gut in Basis-Dynamik ist, wovon man nachts in der Stadt oder an sonnigen Tagen im Wald eben nie genug kriegen kann, dann hatte das auf Marktführerseite einfach nicht wichtig zu sein, dann zählte eben nur die High-ISO-Performance, was unter Hobby-, Landschafts- und touristischen Fotografen ja - wie einen Absatz weiter oben erwähnt - von aller kritischster Bedeutung ist. Und ein Schwenkmonitor, der kann doch auch nur kaputt gehen, also wozu den Murks. Die Postproductiongängigkeit aber, für mich als Rohdaten-Tratzer unter anderem DAS wichtigste Qualitätskriterium überhaupt, kam sehr spät und auch erst mit dem ISO-Invariance-Tool und den entspr. Vergleichstests der DPReview-Redaktion auf den Schirm der jew. Fangemeinden. Die eine hatten dieses Attribut eh selbstverständlich an- und hingenommen gehabt, während die anderen einfach jahrelang, unter der Ignoranzglocke des Primates ihres Markenkultes, keine Ahnung hatten, dass Belichtungsreihen und /oder Verlaufsfilter für die einen, auch in dynamisch anspruchsvollen Landschaftssituationen, schon seit mindestens einer Kamerageneration Anachronismen waren.

Da gab es dann siebengescheite, promovierte Hufschmiede, die sich auf ihrer Homepage halbe Doktorarbeiten aus dem Ärmel schüttelten, in denen sie das rhetorische und technische Kunststück vollbrachten, auf dem Boden eines peinlichen, von Vermutungen und den üblichen Nachplappereien geflickten Halbwissens, zwar eine halbe Seite lang zähneknirschend die Vorteile iso-invarianter Sensoren und ihrer Reserven für den Workflow (Post-, aber natürlich nicht 'Production' selbst, also mit einer limitierten Menge Licht, resp. Zeit, resp. Belichtungen bald doppelt soviel an Dynamik, also aufbereitbarer Information aus dem Sensor heraus bzw. in die Rohdatei(ein) hinein zu holen) anzuschneiden und runterzumurmeln, aber nur, um dann weitere 17 Seiten lang die Bedeutung dieses revolutionären Qualitätskriteriums für viele Bereiche der Fotografie gleich wieder zu relativieren. Wir sind ja eh alle nur Hochzeit oder so und da hat Canon einfach den besseren Spritzwasserschutz, wegen dem Sekt oder weil der Bräutigam zu früh kommt, oder so eben!

Darüber kollidieren bei Streits oder Fanboyismen im Netz die eigenen Argumente, die persönlichen fotografischen Bedürfnisse und die entspr. Standpunkte schon mal kognitiv dissonant miteinander, widersprechen sich bzw. kürzen sich aus oder besonders witzig, sie verzerren und verwaschen sich mit der Zeit, entspr. der herrschenden, ideologischen Großwettelage im eigenen Hause gegeneinander. Manch ein FF-Apologet aus der alten Mk-II und MK-III Schule/Ära will heute eh nicht mehr filmen oder überhaupt je gefilmt haben, obwohl er gerade dieses Argument seinerzeit als Rammbock gegen den anderen großen Hersteller einzusetzen wusste. So ein FF-Priester der Marktführerideologie-Kaderschmiede kann darüber durchaus selektiv ausblenden, dass der eigene Hersteller in den Sensor-Nettoleistungen, zumindest in der bezahlbaren Mittel-/Ambitionieren-/Berufsfotografenklasse- und bei den interessanteren Brot&Butter Modellen (wären sie nicht zu allem Übel auch noch künstlich im Funktionsumfang beschnitten) einen ganzen Lichtwert bzw. mindestens anderthalb Generationen oder eben tatsächlich schon eine ganze Sensorformatklasse hinter dem Wettbewerb her hinkt, was vl. am nackten, akademischen Signalrauschabstand nicht ganz so offensichtlich zu Tage tritt, was sich aber schon dergestalt auffällig zeigt, dass ein kleinerer Newcomer (oder nur der alte Hauptfeind) mit Cropsensoren und weniger Megapixeln auf vergleichbar detaillierte und feine Nettoauflösungen, Details und Zeilenpaare kommt, wie das - angeblich immer das Tempo unter den Papiertaschentüchern, die Nutella unter den Nussnougatcremes, die Pampers und den Windeln gewesen seiende - FF-Flaggschiff, mit seinen brutto immerhin sechs Millionen Bildpunkten mehr, Pixel, die schlicht in hoher Defektdichte oder schlechter Bildprozessierung regelrecht zu verrau(s)chen scheinen. Überhaupt scheint der Texas-Instruments Bastard mit seinen Hartplasikbatzen mit großen Informationsmengen resp. Auflösungen, Seriebbildraten oder Codes nicht so gut umgehen zu können. Ein schwacher Opel nur, der sich wie ein besser motorisierter Benz feiern und bezahlen ließ.

Eine sich selbst verstärkende Ressonanzkatastrophe oder eine ideologische bzw. quasireligiöse Runawaysituation, etwa dass unzeitgemäßes, langsames, an mangelnden Funktionen und überholter Sensortechnologie krankendes Gerät wie die sittenwidrig überteuerte 5 Douche Reihe es zur begehrtesten Referenzkamera schaffen kann, ist eine schlichte Funktion der Massenhysterie, des Fankultes, des Marketings, korrupter bzw. feiger oder unqualifizierter JPG-Only Redaktionen und der Psychologie, mal abgesehen vom Trägheitsmoment noch vorhandener, aber oft eh veralteter und deswegen zumindest anteilig matschiger Linsenparks, die den Hersteller vielleicht noch fort tragen, oder schlimmer, über die er seine Opfer glaubt erpressen zu können. Das ist ein bisschen wie mit Apple (Wo sich im Falle eines nötigen Batteriewechsels oder einer ersehnten Speichererweiterung der ein oder andere schon mal ins Knie biss) oder anderen, gemessen am lächerlichen Mehrpreis und den Folgekosten oder Beschränkungen, eigentlich gar nicht konkurrenzfähigen Modemarken. Dafür liefern Kleidungslabels ein viel besseres Beispiel als Technik, welche ja mit objektivierbaren und dämpfenden, weil kaum zu schönenden Kennzahlen (u.a. DXO) leben muss. Man zahlt im Feld aber trotzdem nicht nur bei Kleidung freiwillig die Deppensteuer viel zu gerne (um dann auch noch als lebende Werbetafel für Ralph Lauren, für North Face, für Lacoste und andere herumzulaufen, obwohl es doch genau anders herum sein müsste). Nur wenn etwas richtig teuer ist, ganz gleich ob die Qualität und der Funktionsumfang den Mehrpreis überhaupt rechtfertigen, kann es auch gut sein und dann will man auch damit gesehen und als ein entspr. materieller Gewinner gehandelt werden. Das gilt dann auch für Technik und das ist nur eine Facette der psychologischen Krux, die durch eine mögliche Scham, vielleicht am Ende richtig verarscht worden zu sein (vgl. iPhone/iPod), auch gar nicht kurierbar ist. Viel schlimmer wiegt nämlich - und das wurde in Forschungsreihen verschiedener Disziplinen (Soziologie, Psychologie, Kognitionsforschung, Politikwissenschaften, Kommunikationswissenschaften etc. pp.) immer wieder unabhängig voneinander herausgefunden - wenn sich im Netz und auch sonst (Politik, Hochschule, Wirtschaft), eine Meinung ungeachtet ihres Wahrheitsgehaltes nur oft und lange genug ausdauernd wiederholt, dann wird sie irgendwann schließlich geglaubt und dann ist auch nix mehr mit Scham. Letzteres ist wohl der eigentliche Grund für Canons Marktführerschaft und den Apple-Hype. Mode-Jpg-Colours oder unaufgeräumte, unstrukturierte, ja willkürliche, jeder Logik entbehrende, aber ach so viel intuitivere und angeblich überlegenere Canonmenüs, mit denen wirklich kein Fremdshooter von Sony/Nikon/Fuji auf Anhieb zurecht käme, sind dann bestenfalls Rechtfertigungen, die ebenfalls dank der netzaktiven Wiederholung und Verstärkung einfach zu echten Dogmen und hinzunehmenden Wahrheiten werden, genau wie ihre entspr. Umkehrung, etwa dass Sony Menüs oder EVF einfach mal gar nicht gingen. Natürlich nicht, wenn man sich über viele Jahre an was anderes gewöhnt hat und sich ziert.

Am Schluss dieser meist kindischen, aber spaßigen und energetisierenden Auseinandersetzungen einigt man sich dann vernünftigerweise doch darauf, dass eh der Fotograf das Foto macht und man sogar mit kleinen Sensoren oder älterem Gerät und den Produkten eigentlich eines jeden Herstellers (außer Sony natürlich, weil Sony-Shooter fressen bekanntlich Kinder und sind sowieso kulturlose Wilde (neben der augenkrebsigen Unmöglichkeit eines revolutionär-fortschrittlichen EVF)) gut schießen könne und das stimmt ja auch. Darüber müssen Canikon Leute doch am Ende auch zusammen halten - seien die D500, die D7200er, die D750iger und die D8**er nun Kameras, die nicht nur preislich mindestens einen Kilometer vor ihren Canon Pendants herrennen (was sie tun, eigentlich sind es sogar zwei Kilometer), oder eben nicht - wo nun auch noch Fuji in den Markt drängt und Pentax mit seinen Kampfpreisen in Relation zu den gebotenen 1A-Referenz-Bildqualitäten und seinen interessanten Innovationen wie Pixelshift die Platzhirsche und Dinos wirklich beschämen kann. Viele Dinge sind aber tatsächlich reine Pedanterie und irrelevante Erbsenzählerei, die im Alltag kaum Niederschlag finden sollte, obwohl es mich persönlich schon stört, dass die Postproduktion(in)toleranz/ -gängigkeit uva. die Hotpixelanfälligkeit in Relation zur Belichtungszeit so gar keinen Eingang in die, ansonsten durchaus objektivierbaren DXO-Charts findet. Danach würde der Marktführer zwar nochmal schlechter abschneiden, als er es eh schon tut, aber auch das würde die netzaktive, nach wie vor bestehende Übermacht seiner Fans nicht dran hindern, hinter dem Sensormarktführer herzutreten, weil dessen Bodies beim Filmen in UHD überhitzen, etwas das - genau wie ein Readout über die ganze Sensordiagonale, sowie ein angemessener, zeitgemäßer Codec - dort zumindest schon mal möglich ist, wenn auch nur minutenweise.

Bei der Wahl und der Notwendigkeit bestimmter Objektivklassen kann den Streit um das Für und Wider und die Notwendigkeit oder Unsinnigkeit natürlich nochmal und oft viel heftiger an ganz anderer Front aufflackern lassen und da haben Fussballplatz-Ronny, Hochzeits-Horst, Alpenglüh-Fonsi bzw. Arktis-Sven natürlich jeweils ganz eigene Standpunkte. Da war ich dann immer entspannt und bin es noch heute, weil ich mir keinen professionellen Linsenpark aus zeitgemäßen und schnellen Festbrennweiten leisten kann, weil Sigma darüber eh oft schönere und preiswertere Töchter als die Kamerahersteller selbst hat und weil sich in meinem Interessen- und Preisbereich (eben die üblichen f4-langsamen, aber tragbaren Brot&Butter Zooms: UWW-Zoom, Immerdrauf und Tele-Zoom) das Argument "Jibet keine Linsen für" unlängst qualitativ genau ins Gegenteil verkehrt hat (zumindest seit Erscheinen der ersehnten FE 24-105er und 70-200er) und der Marktführer auch da, also nicht nur im Funktionsumfang, der Preisleistung, bei den Sensoren und eben den kürzeren und mittleren Festbrennweiten, mittlerweile mess- und merkbar abgehängt ist. Natürlich kann man sich hier wie da mit superschnellen 50/85/135er Linsen den theoretisch möglichen Sensorpixeln nicht nur nähern, sondern diese sogar erreichen. Tatsächlich können sogar meine alten Rokkors in ihrem Zentrum einen wesentlich dichter gepackten APS-C Sensor noch ausnutzen und sogar herausfordern. Aber sonst dürfte bei diesen wohl meist in der Portrait-, Mode- (also Werbe-) und Peoplefotografie eingesetzten, superschnellen ~85iger +/- Linsen eh mehr das Bokeh und damit der cremige Bildeindruck einer weit offenen Blende mehr zählen, als das Pixelpeeping bis ins Eck hinein. Wenn man wie ich, als Landschafts- und Architekturfutzi und -autist, eh auf das Stilmittel der gezielt eingesetzten Unschärfe/Bokeh verzichtet, dann kann man ob der verwendeten, förderlichen Blendenzahlen gleich das Zoom drauf lassen, immerdrauf eben. Ob man dafür dann allerdings einen so hoch auflösenden Sensor bräuchte oder ob dann nicht doch und auch sonst 24MP in die Haut rein reichen würden, das ist ein weiterer Streitpunkt.

As promised, the "long photo" version of the previous photos.

This is 328 frames with a 5-minute interval between shots, taken over a period of about 27 hours.

There's a flash of light about halfway through: My room faces east, and I'm in a canyon. I get about 30 minutes of direct sunlight in the morning after the sun clears the canyon on the east side and before it goes above the eaves (forgot to close the shades before I left for work). It was otherwise lit with 2 color-correct studio lights with umbrellas.

I've been having a devil of a time figuring out which video codecs work with flickr (this is the fifth time I've tried to upload this). I think I've got it sorted now.

A shame I can't post the full-resolution version of this (it's really stunning), but it's about twice the size that flickr allows.

Type: Entry-level DSLR

Announced: Oct. 2013

Indicative price (USD): 800

Sensor type: CMOS

Resolution: 6016 x 4016

Sensor photo detectors (Mpix): 24.16 Sensor size (mm): 15.6 x 23.5

Color filter array: RGB Pixel pitch (µm)

Bits per pixel: 14.0

Focal length multiplier: 1.5

Aspect Ratio: 3:2

ISO latitude: 100 - 25600

Shutter type: Mechanical

Fastest - Slowest speed (s): 1/4000 - 30.0

Frame rate (fps): 5.0

Live view: Yes

Dust cleaning: Yes

Mount type: Nikon F DX

Battery type: Li-ion, EN-EL14a or EN-EL14, 7.4V, 1030mAh

Camera material: Plastic

Mount material: Metal

View finder type: Optical

View finder magnification: 0.82

View finder coverage: 95

Mirror lockup: Yes

View finder diopter: -1.7 to +1

Monitor type: LCD

Monitor size: 3.2

Monitor pixel: 1037000

Autofocus modes: Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A) Number of autofocus points39 Exposure bracketing3 frames in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV Exposure compensation+/-5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

Drive modes: Single-frame [S] mode; Continuous low-speed [CL] mode (1-3 frames per second); Continuous high-speed [CH] mode (1-5 frames per second); Delayed remote (ML-L3); Interval timer photography supported; Quick-response remote (ML-L3); Quiet shutter-release; Sel Buffer size

Recording medium: SD, SDHC, SDXC

Image format: JPEG, RAW (NEF)

White balance bracketing: 3 shots in steps of 1

Connectivity: USB 2.0, HDMI (Type C mini-pin HDMI connector)

Sound recording: Yes

External micro: Yes

GPS: Yes

Maximum format image video: 1920 x 1080 / 60 fps

Full HD: Yes

Live autofocus: Yes

Video file format: MOV

Video codec: H.264/MPEG-4

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 47.119+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 20th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1555095847 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,274th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of One thousand twelve hundred and forty two metres at 14:15pm on Thursday 11th May 2023 off Lightning Lake Loop at Lightning Lake in E.C Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia in Canada.

The Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is the second largest member of the rodent family Urocitellus, common in parts of Northwest United States of America and Canada.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/400s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/6.3 iso80 Hand held with Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4680k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (LS) Landscape (Sharpening +4.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.

LATITUDE: N 49d 3m 44.70s

LONGITUDE: W 120d 49m 41.50s

ALTITUDE: 1242.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.6MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 33.80MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Two hundred and ninety four metres at 18.23pm on Thursday May 9th 2024 off B4569 in Trefeglwys, Caersws, Mid Wales.

In an adjoining meadow a Suffolk Ewe and two of her three lambs came up to take a look at me as I strolled around in the natural beauty and tranquility.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Hand held Focal length: 400mm Shutter speed: 1/125s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/6.0 iso80 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Focus mode: AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled AF-Focus area: 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Centre weighted metering Active D-Lighting: Normal White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 52d 31m 18.30s

LONGITUDE: W 3d 31m 8.50s

ALTITUDE: 294.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.6MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 30.70MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 50.026+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Monday 30th September 2024

CREATIVE RF gty.im/ MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 7,102nd frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Twenty four metres at 17:47pm on Tuesday 16th May 2023 off Lone Cone Road and Campbell Street where I was staying in an old house in Tofino, British Columbia.

This is a view taken from the wooden balcony on the second floor looking out towards distance mountains and trees where a lone Bald Eagle rested for a while.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/1250s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture : f/13.0 iso64 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5710k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening +1.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 8m 58.50s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 45.90s

ALTITUDE: 24.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.6MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 47.40MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Codeçais, na Linha do Tua.

alinhaetua.blogspot.com

© 2020 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

The Canon EOS R5 is Canon's most advanced, complete camera in a long, long time. It has a few flaws (most notably a tendency to overheat when shooting the most demanding video codecs), but it has a very long list of virtues, including high resolution (45Mpx), great high ISO performance and dynamic range, fast burst rates (12 FPS mechanical and 20 FPS Electronic), deep buffers, great IBIS (sensor stabilization), and a truly awesome focus system. Add an amazing amount of video options and great ergonomics, and this is a camera that I simply love using. Bottom line: I bought one. Here's my review coverage:

Text Review: bit.ly/EOSR5review

Definitive Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5def

Standard Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5stan

Image Gallery: bit.ly/EOSR5images

#photodujour #dustinabbott #dustinabbott.net #photography #2020 #canon #EOSR5 #canonR5 #canoneosr5 #RF15_35L #shawwoods #forest #autumn #foliage #oldgrowthforest

Technical Info | Canon EOS R5 + Lenses | Check me out on:  My Patreon  | Dustin's Website |  Instagram |  YouTube Channel

via Instagram bit.ly/1TAu9Ce

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 48.807+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 11th April 2024

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2047412612 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,781st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Seven metres at 19:53pm on Friday 26th May 2023 around sunset (Sunset was at 20.59pm), off Qwuc Chus Lane and Patricia Bay Highway 17 on Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 150mm Shutter speed: 1/80s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/11.0 iso64 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4850k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Manfrotto MT057C3-G Carbon fiber Geared tripod 3 sections. Neewer 9750 Gimbal tripod head with Arca Swiss standard quick release plate. Jessops Tripod bag. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 35m 23.10s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 59.60s

ALTITUDE: 7.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 89.6MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 40.80MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

© 2020 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

The Canon EOS R5 is Canon's most advanced, complete camera in a long, long time. It has a few flaws (most notably a tendency to overheat when shooting the most demanding video codecs), but it has a very long list of virtues, including high resolution (45Mpx), great high ISO performance and dynamic range, fast burst rates (12 FPS mechanical and 20 FPS Electronic), deep buffers, great IBIS (sensor stabilization), and a truly awesome focus system. Add an amazing amount of video options and great ergonomics, and this is a camera that I simply love using. Bottom line: I bought one. Here's my review coverage:

Text Review: bit.ly/EOSR5review

Definitive Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5def

Standard Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5stan

Image Gallery: bit.ly/EOSR5images

#photodujour #dustinabbott #dustinabbott.net #photography #2020 #canon #EOSR5 #canonR5 #canoneosr5 #RF15_35L #shawwoods #forest #autumn #foliage #oldgrowthforest

Technical Info | Canon EOS R5 + Lenses | Check me out on:  My Patreon  | Dustin's Website |  Instagram |  YouTube Channel

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.689+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 13th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1536278857 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,158th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Two metres (Sea level) at 19:08pm on Wednesday 17th May 2023 on an unamed and uninhabited by mankind wilderness, some distance from Dawley Passage Provincial Park and Meares Island in the Alberni-Clayoquot region of British Columbia in Canada.

I was stationed in a seventy year old house I was renting in Campbell Street, Tofino in British Columbia in Canada and booked a place on a twenty three feet long Zodiac inflatable in full life saving gear with Remote Passages Marine Excursions at 51 Wharf Street in Tofino.

This is a magnifcicent full grown adult American Black Bear (Ursus Americanus), medium sized bears native to North America, and found in abundance in the Yukon territory and Alaska and remote island in British Columbia such as this. Black bears have a small tail, up to nine inches long foot length and males can weigh up to 250kgs. They have poor long distance vision but excellent smell, and this adult knew we were away in the water before we ever saw it.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/1600s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso2000 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held with Tamron VC control enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4610k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 10m 7.0s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 44m 37.30s

ALTITUDE: 2.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.7MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 29.20MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

© 2020 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

The Canon EOS R5 is Canon's most advanced, complete camera in a long, long time. It has a few flaws (most notably a tendency to overheat when shooting the most demanding video codecs), but it has a very long list of virtues, including high resolution (45Mpx), great high ISO performance and dynamic range, fast burst rates (12 FPS mechanical and 20 FPS Electronic), deep buffers, great IBIS (sensor stabilization), and a truly awesome focus system. Add an amazing amount of video options and great ergonomics, and this is a camera that I simply love using. Bottom line: I bought one. Here's my review coverage:

Text Review: bit.ly/EOSR5review

Definitive Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5def

Standard Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5stan

Image Gallery: bit.ly/EOSR5images

#photodujour #dustinabbott #dustinabbott.net #photography #2020 #canon #EOSR5 #canonR5 #canoneosr5 #RF15_35L #shawwoods #forest #autumn #foliage #oldgrowthforest

Technical Info | Canon EOS R5 + Lenses | Check me out on:  My Patreon  | Dustin's Website |  Instagram |  YouTube Channel

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 47.171+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Friday 28th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1572283553 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,289th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Thirteen metres at 07:44am on Tuesday 16th May 2023 off Lone Cone Road and Campbell Street, close to the shoreline in Tofino in British Columbia in Canada.

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory bird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family. It is named after the European robin because of its reddish-orange breast, though the two species are not closely related. It has roughly a two year lifespan.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 350mm Shutter speed: 1/25s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/7.1 iso640 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held withy Tamron VC control enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5240K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 9m 0.5s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 44.90s

ALTITUDE: 13.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.9MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 49.10MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 49.119+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Tuesday 24th September 2024

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2173324949 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,874th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Two hundred and forty one metres at 15.08pm on Tuesday May 7th 2024 off South Street in Rhayader, Mid-Wales from the Low level professional photography hide at Gigrin Farm feeding station.

The Red Kite (Milvus Milvus) is a medium sized bird of prey (Raptor) in the Accipitridae family, and was saved from national extinction by a long running protection programme. It has now been successfully re-introduced into England and Scotland, and Wales, and they are listed under schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside act, currently with a green status. They can reach 66cms in length with up to a 195cms wingspan, and there around 4,600 breeding pairs in the UK in 2024.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Hand held Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/2000s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/9.0 Auto iso360 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Focus mode: AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled AF-Focus area: 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Centre weighted metering Active D-Lighting: Normal White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 52d 17m 49.60s

LONGITUDE: W 3d 29m 42.00s

ALTITUDE: 241.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.3MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 23.30MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.502+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Friday 28th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1573571633 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,331st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred and ninety six metres at 15:16pm on Sunday 14th May 2023 at Englishman River Falls Park in Nanaimo, British Columbia in Canada. This section of forest sits at the centre of the lower and upper waterfalls.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 66mm Shutter speed: 1/50s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/14.0 ISO250 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4 Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4550k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR/Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4.0G IF ED VR. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 14m 43.3s

LONGITUDE: W 124d 20m 57.3s

ALTITUDE: 196.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 50.00MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 50.575+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Saturday 5th April 2025

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2208320590 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 7,255th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at 10:35am on Thursday 3rd April 2025 at an altitude of eighty nine metres in the grounds of Scadbury Park nature reserve, located off Old Perry St, Chislehurst BR7 6P, in the borough of Bromley.

It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. It is over 300 acres, and is part of an extensive wildlife corridor together with Petts Wood and the Jubilee Country Park.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 27mm Shutter speed: 1/50s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 Iso160 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration reduction enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (8680K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity A+1.00) Active D-Lighting: Low

Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4 G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 51d 24m 40.2s

LONGITUDE: E 0d 5m 55.30s

ALTITUDE: 89.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.3MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 41.30MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

© 2020 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

The Canon EOS R5 is Canon's most advanced, complete camera in a long, long time. It has a few flaws (most notably a tendency to overheat when shooting the most demanding video codecs), but it has a very long list of virtues, including high resolution (45Mpx), great high ISO performance and dynamic range, fast burst rates (12 FPS mechanical and 20 FPS Electronic), deep buffers, great IBIS (sensor stabilization), and a truly awesome focus system. Add an amazing amount of video options and great ergonomics, and this is a camera that I simply love using. Bottom line: I bought one. Here's my review coverage:

Text Review: bit.ly/EOSR5review

Definitive Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5def

Standard Video Review: bit.ly/EOSR5stan

Image Gallery: bit.ly/EOSR5images

#photodujour #dustinabbott #dustinabbott.net #photography #2020 #canon #EOSR5 #canonR5 #canoneosr5 #RF15_35L #shawwoods #forest #autumn #foliage #oldgrowthforest

Technical Info | Canon EOS R5 + Lenses | Check me out on:  My Patreon  | Dustin's Website |  Instagram |  YouTube Channel

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.733+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 13th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1536373992 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,170th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Four metres at 10:16am on Sunday 3rd 2023 off Lochside Drive and Ferguson Road at Saanichton Bay Park in Central Saanich area of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 24mm Shutter speed: 1/100s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/14.0 iso80 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural light Auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 35m 44.40s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 23m 26.30s

ALTITUDE: 4.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.4MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 32.50MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 50.016+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Saturday 5th April 2025

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2208321123 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 7,099th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at 10:31am on Thursday 3rd April 2025 at an altitude of eighty nine metres in the grounds of Scadbury Park nature reserve, located off Old Perry St, Chislehurst BR7 6P, in the borough of Bromley.

It is also a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. It is over 300 acres, and is part of an extensive wildlife corridor together with Petts Wood and the Jubilee Country Park.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 35mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/4.5 Iso64 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration reduction enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5370K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity A+1.00) Active D-Lighting: Low

Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4 G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 51d 24m 40.2s

LONGITUDE: E 0d 5m 55.30s

ALTITUDE: 89.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.3MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 55.40MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 49.192+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Wednesday 2nd August 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1585252428 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,991st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Four hundred and forty eight metres at 11:05am on Wednesday 10th May at 5932 Old Vernon Road at Kangaroo Creek Farm in Kelowna V1X 7V2, British Columbia.

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) is a large Neotropical parrot native to humid evergreen forests of the Americas. Its range extends from southeastern Mexico to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil in lowlands, the Caribbean island of Trinidad, as well as the Pacific island of Coiba. They can measure up to 32 inches in length and weigh around 2ibs.They can live up to seventy five years.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 120mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/11.0 iso320 Hand held with Nikon VR Vibration reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.24 (4550K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 58m 9.1s

LONGITUDE: W 119d 22m 19.70s

ALTITUDE: 448.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 35.50MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Type: Entry-level DSLR

Announced: Oct. 2013

Indicative price (USD): 800

Sensor type: CMOS

Resolution: 6016 x 4016

Sensor photo detectors (Mpix): 24.16 Sensor size (mm): 15.6 x 23.5

Color filter array: RGB Pixel pitch (µm)

Bits per pixel: 14.0

Focal length multiplier: 1.5

Aspect Ratio: 3:2

ISO latitude: 100 - 25600

Shutter type: Mechanical

Fastest - Slowest speed (s): 1/4000 - 30.0

Frame rate (fps): 5.0

Live view: Yes

Dust cleaning: Yes

Mount type: Nikon F DX

Battery type: Li-ion, EN-EL14a or EN-EL14, 7.4V, 1030mAh

Camera material: Plastic

Mount material: Metal

View finder type: Optical

View finder magnification: 0.82

View finder coverage: 95

Mirror lockup: Yes

View finder diopter: -1.7 to +1

Monitor type: LCD

Monitor size: 3.2

Monitor pixel: 1037000

Autofocus modes: Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A) Number of autofocus points39 Exposure bracketing3 frames in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV Exposure compensation+/-5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

Drive modes: Single-frame [S] mode; Continuous low-speed [CL] mode (1-3 frames per second); Continuous high-speed [CH] mode (1-5 frames per second); Delayed remote (ML-L3); Interval timer photography supported; Quick-response remote (ML-L3); Quiet shutter-release; Sel Buffer size

Recording medium: SD, SDHC, SDXC

Image format: JPEG, RAW (NEF)

White balance bracketing: 3 shots in steps of 1

Connectivity: USB 2.0, HDMI (Type C mini-pin HDMI connector)

Sound recording: Yes

External micro: Yes

GPS: Yes

Maximum format image video: 1920 x 1080 / 60 fps

Full HD: Yes

Live autofocus: Yes

Video file format: MOV

Video codec: H.264/MPEG-4

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 48.171+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Wednesday 22nd May 2024

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2153964894 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,581st frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Two hundred and twenty eight metres at 15.06pm on Thursday May 9th 2024, off the A470 on the banks of the river Afon Marteg at Gilfach Nature Reserve in Rhayader, Mid Wales.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Hand held Focal length: 52mm Shutter speed: 1/80s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso320 Nikon VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Focus mode: AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled AF-Focus area: 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Centre weighted metering Active D-Lighting: Normal White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikon AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 52d 19m 52.20s

LONGITUDE: W 3d 32m 14.20s

ALTITUDE: 228.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 36.90MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 47.083+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 20th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1555070029 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,264th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Eight metres at 14:19pm on Tuesday 30th May 2023 off the Botanical Beach loop trail at Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Botanical beach has two hundred and fifty one hectares of upland habitat and an abundance of intertidal life and is part of the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 24mm Shutter speed: 1/200s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso80 Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction set to normal Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 31m 36.10s

LONGITUDE: W 124d 26m 48.2s

ALTITUDE: 8.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.1MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 34.80MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 47.737+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Monday 7th August 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1591367631 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,446th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of One thousand two hundred and forty one metres at 14:41pm on Thursday 11th May 2023 off Lightning Lake Loop at Lightning Lake in E.C Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia in Canada.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 150mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso80 Hand held with Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5950k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (LS) Landscape (Sharpening +4.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Nikon EN-EL15a battery. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.

LATITUDE: N 49d 3m 45.80s

LONGITUDE: W 120d 49m 49.60s

ALTITUDE: 1241.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.7MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 41.70MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 50.990+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Wednesday 18th June 2025

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2216232297 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 7,359th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at 11:50am on Monday 20th May 2025 at an altitude of Sixty two metres in the Grounds of Warnham Nature Reserve in Horsham, West Sussex. Here we see a Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), in flight. Found in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, these birds can stand a metre tall and weigh up to 4.4ibs.

The Millpond dates back to the 16th Century and parts of the woodland dates back even further to the 13th Century. A beautiful location for a walk, or to sit amongst nature and so see birds and butterflies in their natural habitat.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/800s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/9.0 Iso800 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held with Tamron VC control enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (5140K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity A+1.00) Active D-Lighting: Low

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 51d 4m 48.0s

LONGITUDE: W 0d 19m 52.90s

ALTITUDE: 62.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 95.0MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 34.80MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

Ever since SEGA teased Sonic Forces last year I have been eager to see what this game has to offer, especially with premise, and after playing through enough of the game, I would like to share my thoughts, keep in mind I don’t consider this a review, and apologize in advance if I mention any other games/shows outside of this game, you’ll know why, by the way there might be spoilers.

Now the main story of this game follows the idea: “what if after all these years, Dr. Eggman finally was able to take over the world?” This is an interesting concept, and only has been done in the Sonic SatAM, Sonic Underground, and to some extent the Comic Book series, and to the games credit it tries to fulfill that, succeeds in some way, especially how Sonic, and Co. handle the situation, and Eggman is treated as an actual threat this time around, and I do like how the new character Infinite reminds me of some of the Eggbosses from the recent Sonic comic, you know a evil Mobian character teaming with the mad scientist to fulfill his malevolent goal in taking over the world, kind of a pity that he’s not fleshed out like Clove the Pronghorn, and Beauregard Rabbot where they have reasons for working with Eggman, whereas Infinite (reviled in a comic prequel that was released prior to the game’s release), was part of a mercenary squad that was hired by Eggman, and wants to get even with Shadow, then take out Sonic with a dangerous power (power that I’ll explain later in gameplay)

There are ideas in this game that aren’t fully implemented, or needed. For Starters Sonic is shown to be beaten by Infinite at the beginning of the game, captured, and nearly exiled into SPACE, while that is about dire it gets for the Blue Blur, there isn’t any build up to his defeat, or any serious repercussions after, it just happens, SEGA just doesn’t want to focus on hurting their mascot for long periods of time, and it hurts the story in my opinion, speaking of which Classic Sonic makes a return, not only he did reappeared, and apparently he is from another dimension. Even though Sonic Generations specifically mentioned that he’s from the earlier part of Modern Sonic’s heroic career. Another problem I have with Classic Sonic’s reappearance is his interactions with Tails, while he was distraught over losing his older brother figure, and failing to fix a damaged E-123 Omega, it did make some sense that seeing another “Sonic” to help boost his moral, I do find it odd that he got attached the other Sonic, even after reuniting with his Sonic. I really don’t think that Classic Sonic being in the story was unnecessary, and again holds the story back, it also doesn’t help that he might make another appearance in a future game, seriously he should’ve only been in Sonic Generations, it only worked there.

Lastly my biggest grip is the Resistance, or at least the named members who are part of it, while we see a majority of the characters that have appeared in the last few games (minus Blaze, Cream n Cheese, and Big are MIA for whatever reason), and we even see Omega make a reappearance even if his screentime is limited, and shows up at the last minute. The weirdest thing about the whole thing is that the leader of the Resistance, is Knuckles the Echidna, granted this isn’t his Sonic Boom counterpart where his intelligence is similar to Caboose from Red vs Blue, but I really can’t see him leading an entire Army even if its shown that he’s handling the position well, now I feel like SEGA missed an opportunity to introduce the characters from the SatAM cartoon cause in their series they usually fight against a tyrannical Eggman, or any other similar threat, it would’ve have made more sense for Sally Acorn to lead the resistance than Knuckles, saying that’s what she does. Seriously I would love to see the Freedom Fighters interacting with the game cast in a mainseries Sonic game, but for whatever stupid reason they’re not, and it just makes me very bitter about the whole thing (well more cause I’m already bitter about Archie canceling the Sonic Comic as is).

While the main plot was water downed in a sense, I still think it’s a solid tale and I’m kind of glad that SEGA tried it in some cases I fill like it does a relatively good job, and I was invested during my play through course I would mind if we revisit elements of this game in future projects.

Moving onto the other part of Sonic Forces, the gameplay I feel works, and I enjoyed it, even if the five modes do feel identical.

Starting with Sonic, he returns to the gameplay that was established in Sonic Unleashed, where you try race to the end of the level, boosting, and homing attacking your way through enemy robots to reach the goal as fast as you can, it’s also similar to Shadow’s were after completing the Shadow Episode DLC you can play as him in some of the levels once you have a beaten them, outside of his running, and boosting animation he’s just a reskin of Sonic, the only thing that differentiates Shadow is that he can chain enemies in a single homing attack, weirdly enough the only thing not in this game is the ability to drift around corners, and it can lead to some cheap deaths if you aren’t prepared, and other than that it still playable, and enjoyed going through the levels with them.

Since Classic Sonic is back that means the focus of side scrolling gameplay returns as well even though there are moments in Modern Sonic’s levels, clearly SEGA doesn’t know the meaning of redundant, yeah he still plays like he did on the Genesis, and in Sonic Generations. Don’t get me wrong it still fun to play as Sonic’s classic version, but the novelty of him returning has dried out since Generation, and it takes away the chance for another character to be used.

New for any installment the Sonic series, well officially is the Custom Avatar function were you can make your own playable character to play in the game, and to tell the truth I thought this was an interesting inclusion I wouldn’t mind seeing this return in the future, and do like a good chunk of customizable options, and I like how you can see your character in the cut scenes, and wearing the gear you give them reminds me of Halo Reach with the Spartan character. While I still want to see my favorite characters in the games, you could make the avatar look like the Comic characters if you desire.

Moving on how they play, it’s a tweaked variation of Modern Sonic’s, you still run around, still grind, and can perform a homing attack in the same vain, the difference comes from the avatar’s weapon, and Spiderman-like grappling hook, were they can swing to different areas, and can pull themselves to the enemies, but your main method of attack is the Wispon Device, that utilizes the Wisps introduced in Sonic Colors, and the type of attack varies on what type you are currently using in the level, for example the Burst Wispon is a Flamethrower, while the Cube immobilize enemies close by then turn them into rings, also if you pick a capsule of Wisps that correlate to the Wispon that you’re using it can activate a secondary function, with the Burst shooting you upwards, and the Cube creating a platform for you to stand on. I actually like this type of gameplay the most and I would like to see this comeback in a future game with more refinement.

The last bit of gameplay is how Sonic and your Avatar teaming up in a stage, or boss fight. The level has them going through the stage, and you also use the character’s attacks just by using the same button layout if you were playing them separately, for example if you were to use Sonic’s homing attack he’ll do it, same thing goes for the Avatar character, you don’t have to use a button to switch between them, and I find that welcoming weirdly enough, and at a certain place in the level Sonic, and your Avatar are required to quick time in order for a team up boost, while visually interesting I find this aspect to be unnecessary. I’m split down the middle with this type of combined gameplay, and while it’s fun to play through, I find it mostly pointless.

Another recurring staple for Sonic games are the boss fights, again I have mixed feeling towards which boss you go against, If you’re going against Infinite chances are you’re going to enjoy it the most considering that if you touch the cubes he creates with his powers, you’ll have to deal with extra obstacles that can hinder your progress, so it’s can be an interesting challenge while trying to deal damage to him, with Eggman one fight is weird to play through, and the second fight is a bit more interesting. The Metal Sonic and Zavok fights were the most underwhelming, and in Metal Sonic’s case underutilized considering its involvement in the plot.

The last bits of gameplay I feel like addressing is the ranking system, the Avatar Rental, collecting, S.O.S. missions, and unlocking gear, and accessories. The Ranking system to me is very straight forward, it works on a point system depend on how many enemies you destroy, the ring you collect, and importantly how fast you beaten the level in a certain time limit, its feels similar to past games, if chosen you can summon another person’s Avatar that you can swap out during the stage, it’s a okay system it can be fun even if I don’t use that function. While playing through the game you can collect Red Star Rings, yet another staple since Sonic Colors, as of my play through I don’t know if they unlock anything like music or concept art so sadly I cannot comment any further, speaking of rings, the ring counter does not go past one hundred, and doesn’t count past that, I find that weird.

The S.O.S. Missions are kinda weird depending on what you have to do, they crop up on the levels you have beaten, it’s not really interesting, and I do get confused on what you need to accomplish. Luckily there are bonus mission that can be completed, and are easier to understand.

As you complete the levels you can unlock gear to even further your Avatar looks, my only problem I find is there isn’t a clear indication on what you can unlock, same goes for the Wispons. I would’ve preferred that they implemented a store where you can buy whatever you want with the rings you collected in the levels, like in Sonic Chronicles.

As far as visuals go, I find them to very pleasing even if it looks like a war zone, the cutscenes are very well animated, although I wish they used them in place of the Metal Gear like radio codecs that appear in between the levels, the music I find is a little underwhelming, outside Fist bump, and Infinite’s theme do work for what they are, and the one song they play during the credits is done well too, but most most of the other soundtracks just fall into the background, and I find the lyrics used for the Avatar Stages to be unnecessary.

All in all I did get some enjoyment playing through Sonic Forces, and I look forward to completing it, I highly recommend it especially considering how it cost thirty bucks (forty if it’s the bonus edition). I hope that I was able to show my thoughts on this game.

By the way I’m trying something new, so any feedback would be appreciated because I would like to do more of these.

It's sunday, it's summer and of course that means rain showers and rare sunlight in the UK! No matter, a sunflower always makes us happy, so here is one in our garden.....

Photograph taken at an altitude of Sixty two metres at 09:36am on Sunday 13th August 2023 off Hythe Avenue in Chessington Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent.

The Common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant with a daisy-like flower face. Its scientific name comes from the Greek words helios (“sun”) and anthos (“flower”). The flowers come in many colours (yellow, red, orange, maroon, brown), but they are commonly bright yellow with brown centres that ripen into heavy heads filled with seeds. Sunflowers make excellent cut flowers, and many attract bees, birds, and butterflies.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 120mm Shutter speed: 1/640s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/8.0 iso80 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural Light Auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 28.30s

LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.40s

ALTITUDE: 62.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.7MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 41.60MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.30 (21/07/2023) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.896+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Tuesday 18th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1550235677 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,217th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Five metres at 07:28am on Wednesday 17th May 2023 off Lone Cone Road, and Campbell Street on the shoreline close to the marina in Tofino, British Columbia in Canada.

The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus), derives it's name from the Greek for 'Sea eagle', and the 'bald' denotation actually derives from an older meaning of 'white headed'.Bald Eagles can be up to forty inches in length with a wingspan up to seven and a half feet and can weigh up to 6.3kgs. The females are generally 25% larger than the males.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 600mm Shutter speed: 1/400s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/6.3 iso4000 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (7140k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 9m 3.10s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 38.30s

ALTITUDE: 5.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 93.6MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 20.80MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.797+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Friday 14th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1539682975 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,186th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Seventy nine metres at 10:12am on Friday 26th May 2023 off Malahat Drive 1, within the grounds of Goldstream Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada.

Niagara Falls or Golden Niagara Falls is a waterfall in Niagara Canyon, part of Niagara Creek in Goldstream Park near Langford, British Columbia, Canada. It drops 47.5 metres (156 ft) down a narrow gully into a pool and a flowing creek and is roughly the same height as it's more famous namesake.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 150mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso1250 Tamron Vibration Control set to position 1 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (6800K) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Manfrotto MT057C3-G Carbon fiber Geared tripod 3 sections. Neewer 9750 Gimbal tripod head with Arca Swiss standard quick release plate. Jessops Tripod bag. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 48d 28m 59.80s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 33m 11.50s

ALTITUDE: 79.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 94.6MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 46.30MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

View On Black

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 46.710+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Thursday 13th July 2023

CREATIVE RF gty.im/1536354805 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 6,164th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Eleven metres at 08:42am on Monday 15th May 2023 off Campbell Street, opposite the marina in Tofino in British Columbia in Canada.

I was renting a fabulous seventy year old private house here for five days and every morning got up early to shoot scenes around sunset across the road.

The garden was full of different types and coloured Azaleas which looked beautiful in the morning sunlight.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 55mm Shutter speed: 1/125s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/4.0 iso64 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed Hand held withy Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4210k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 8m 58.3s

LONGITUDE: W 125d 53m 46.10s

ALTITUDE: 21.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 90.2MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 33.50MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.

©All photographs on this site are copyright: ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams) 2011 – 2021 & GETTY IMAGES ®

No license is given nor granted in respect of the use of any copyrighted material on this site other than with the express written agreement of ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams). No image may be used as source material for paintings, drawings, sculptures, or any other art form without permission and/or compensation to ©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 50.744+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.

***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on Monday 27th October 2025

CREATIVE RF gty.im/2243364214 MOMENT ROYALTY FREE COLLECTION**

This photograph became my 7,299th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.

©DESPITE STRAIGHT LINES (Paul Williams)

.

.

Photograph taken at an altitude of Six metres at 09:00am on Thursday 4th May 2023 off Stanley Park Seawall Path and Stanley Park Drive, on a patch of sandy beach looking towards Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, British Columbia.

It was Completed in 1938, and spans the First Narrows of Burrard Inlet, connecting the City of Vancouver to the North Shore municipalities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver. It's named after the Lions, two mountain peaks visible from the city, and is also known as the First Narrows Bridge.

Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length 82mm Shutter speed: 1/60s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/13.0 iso64 Handheld with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Natural light auto, 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (SD) Standard (Sharpening +3.00/Clarity +1.00)

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.

LATITUDE: N 49d 18m 12.70s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 7m 51.10s

ALTITUDE: 6.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.7MB

PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 46.90MB

PROCESSING POWER:

Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.21 (8/12/2022) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (16/01/20) LF 1.00 Nikon Codec Full version 1.31.2 (09/11/2021)

HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.