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Compare with my "Blue construction site fence" photo.
(cellphone camera shot, Dec. 2013)
C. J.R. Devaney
Compared to the the long, heavy pulp trains of the Otways which it was built to haul, the passenger trains on Puffing Billy are easy work for the sole surviving Victorian Railways garratt G42. Assigned to the longer and heavier luncheon trains, G42 is photographed climbing into Emerald with one such luncheon train in tow.
There are tens and hundreds of reeds on the water. None of them is in exactly the same length or shape compared to the others.
There is the beauty of diversity. We are all different.
Whatever you name it i.e. diversity, multiplicity, pluralism. All these do not create conflict.
On the other hand it is the opposing force that is trying to enforce the same standard on people, asking them to buy the same product, to worship the same God, to have same kinds of habit etc, will cause troubles and issues in the world.
And we will not forget diversity is the basis of evolution process in our life system. Let’s celebrate the diversity!
Have a great Thursday!
This is another minimalism shot in Steveston on Chinese New Year’s Day.
Black Hill on the Malvern Hills ridge which runs along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droitwich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of extensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills. Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
"Inspired by the McLaren F1 GTR ‘Longtail’, the 675LT features striking carbon fibre bodywork that increases downforce by an astonishing 40 percent over any other model in the Super Series.
Performance is similarly striking. The re-engineered M838TL V8 twin-turbocharged engine produces 675PS (666bhp) and 700Nm (516lb ft) – increases of 25PS (25bhp) and 22Nm (16lb ft) – and the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox is now twice as fast.
The carbon fibre MonoCell provides the 675LT with an unrivalled combination of lightness, safety and stiffness, in common with all models in the McLaren Super Series. But an obsessive weight-saving strategy unlocks a further 100kg reduction compared with the 650S. From lightweight carbon fibre racing seats to a 1mm thinner windscreen, no opportunity to save weight has been overlooked.
Ultra lightweight forged alloy wheels and Pirelli P-ZERO™ Trofeo R tyres, carbon ceramic brakes and an uprated suspension system that embraces technology from the McLaren P1™ also contribute to the radical specification...."
~McLaren
Photographed driving around Monaco during Top Marques Monaco 2016.
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Got a new iPod! Compared to my other 3 year old one, the camera on this is amazing. So I spent some time yesterday in the mirror taking pics of me in pretty dresses. Exams just finished and it's warm outside yesss things are good.
Quite surprised when I saw Elandra had a bigger head mold. Specially considering that Merina's head is quite big for her body, so I though it would work properly in a bigger body. The jaw part is the same though.
This area is formally known as Ascot, however this is about three miles West of Honey Creek. This spot has always been a favorite of mine. It seems pretty plain, but compared to the rest of the line this is decent.
impossible to not compare with the british "gherkin", seeing close they are so much different, both has their own peculiarities and beauties where the catalan is more beautiful at night and the british is better at daylight.
Compare it to the first rendition from a half-year ago: www.flickr.com/photos/origami-artist-galen/5650389322/in/...
You can see that I modified the back and neck to mostly close the seams; I also widened the neck and totally changed the body region. It's more refined, but it also looks more like a tyrannosaur now...
Designed by Shuki Kato
Folded from: one 15" square of Origamido
Size: 12" from nose to tail
Night time light up of the Wisteria Creeper tree at Ashikaga Flower Park. Full story and pictures at experiencetokyo.net/fusion-of-culture-and-nature-ashikaga...
BNSF SD40-2s 1725 and 1882 work pulldowns in Galesburg, IL. The 1725 is a standard nose and very faded, while 1882 is a snoot and looking nice.
Gadwall GADW (Anas strepera)
Drakes (right to left )
2,1 & rump of 3
see below
Helmcken Centennial Park
Portage Inlet
Saanich
Greater Victoria BC
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This small park at times idss loaded with ducks,geese and gulls.
I don't recall anywhere else in Greater Victoria one can have prolonged views of Gadwall out of the water.
Some "Gadwall-ogy" follows
:)
So the trio of males in this Park showcased something i found very interesting.
#1 bird has dark grey underparts - no white
#3 bird has most white underparts up to and including area around vent (butt hole)
#2 bird is intermediate ,with lighter grey from rear to mid point of belly - then going white towards breast
I am not sure if this is a colour variation within the species , or if the 1st bird represents "Full" breeding plumage and the other 2 are emergent sub adults or are still transitioning from eclipse
One would have thought we would be in full breeding plumage by now...yet GWTE have many (sub adults ? i think mostly ) working on it
A visit to The Isle of Eight Zoo. As to be expected, most animals, especially the lions and tigers, were behind safety fencing, making even a reasonable shot almost impossible! However, the Meerkats were at least game........... This one is on the lookout for possible predators.
27th August 2018.
I have not seen many Red-tailed Hawks this fall compared to other years. I came across this one at Willband Creek Park.
Compare this shot, if you like, with the Winter Wren shot I got a few days ago, when the light was good. Obviously better detail in that one. I used a tripod for both shots.
yesterday shown with trousers today the top is shown with a faux leather dress. A diiferent look me thinks
(Yes I know, I said I wouldn’t post yet, but maybe there’s exceptions because I don’t have shifts today and on Monday. I hope you enjoy the prequel/prelude.)
The bloody feeling of shite smogs never felt great. May’s never been that cold. Backburners. Or that’s what they call it now.
Man: “Fancy some fun tonight? It’ll be worth your while…”
Rowena: “Piss off.”
Sentimentally, that’s what I’m doing, walking down the streets of London. Last two years were a tough cookie trying to help some damn clients fix things. When they didn’t pay me enough I worked as the bondswoman. I’d add hitwoman up the list given my skills—if I did I’d be interrogating a oil tycoon in a bar in Liverpool.
And now it’s full of scum. My last trip to France didn’t fare well on me, I should have chosen Hong Kong. That’s where ol’ gran was from. Love me some Cantonese too.
Second man: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,”
Rowena: And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, and often is his gold complexion dimm’d;—“
Second man: “Alright, stop there. Pass. Ironic isn’t it, Rowie? The weather...”
Rowena: “Stop calling me Rowie, Jones. I didn’t like Shakespeare much...”
Jones: “Heh, Rowan. I prefer Row but Rowie sounds great.”
Rowena: “How’s it going with the lad over there?”
Jones: “Mate’s high on acid. Beware he might shoot some lasers outta his fingers.”
Within 30 minutes I’ve already met three different kinds of men on the street. There’s the drunkard, and recently the trippy one. Jones however, is someone different. A hacker for sure, he likes reciting poems and blabbering in riddles. Kinda like that DC villain.
Rowena: “Don’t call the cops. Be steady. We’ll let him lash out then stop him. By the way, you gonna upload that art right?”
Jones: “Sure fam. I got a hot minute. Might be against the rules, but people can see what she did at least.”
Rowena: “She’ll sue us for the painting...”
Jones: “C’mon Rowie, copyright’s not a big thing these days anymore. Kinda irrelevant. Least we’ll be labelled like Robin Hoods...”
Rowena: “Doing it for the charity fund then? She’s clincally braindead, no shite we can do either....”
Jones: “There we go. Bollocks our culture’s going downhill these years. I’ll click that button and share the art.”
If I knew it’s the best internet, it couldn’t be Flickr. Way to know that’s a shite site. Probably a online delivery to the Louvre gets it spread and her wife gets the rest from the testimony.
But anyways, I can’t be too sure if that guy’s a vamp. Or a lycan, but people call em lucans cos of the banned words. Government’s idiocracy slides through the textbooks too.
Not too soon. I think I sensed the fucker through my heat vision. He seems startled by Jones’ clock which shouldn’t have rang at this point. Fuck. We’re compromised. Now the bar is turning into the bloody fight.
Might like the sound of it even if he pulls out a gun, but I don’t care if the patron gets hurt. Lad owes me money too.
Jones: “You brought anything to the table yet?”
Rowena: “Absolutely. One of em owes me rent. I’m chuffed to see him here.”
Jones: “What are you waiting for? You got the axe ready yet?!”
Rowena: “Never say never.”
Then it’s gonna be a blast.
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Ticaz - my mom suggested this name, "Chicas" but I exchanged the "ch" and the "s", remains the same pronunciation, at least for us....
Fashionistas - lets say that they stole some things from Barbie "fashionistas" can you guess what? hehehe
I already found loooots of typos in all the kinds of knock off dolls, so I did a "little" tribute for those typos, read the notes!
all of them have barbie feets and some variants as Scarlet, comes with broken heels. isn't is awesome??
"we are not responsible for any damage to your PS2 console"
high fashion (oh, very!!!!), tons of "accessorEIs" (like Andressa's glasses that are much smaller than her head?) Jointed dolls (at least they didn't lie here)
exclusive limited edition- have done a few dolls that will have people killing just to get one, they are terribly hard to find!! only 1000000000000000000000000 dolls!!!
advice:never try to removed bratz smile / theeth, you will need some work to don't end up doing an epic fail!
I put some black and white effect to make Scarlet stand out a bit more, let me know if you want me to upload the version without this effect
need to say more??
oh, yes, this is the back of the box :P
17 January 2021, final stage of the Tour of New Zealand, the Wellington Criterion, Wellington, New Zealand. Held on the streets of Wellington City in wet conditions.
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Compare the markings with the Black morph in the previous frame. These are both female Tigers with a kind of color change.
One of a series of shots I was using to compare processing of JPEGs in Elements 11 and RAW files in Lightroom 5. I purposely shot this with difficult lighting conditions.
Most of the time the automatic white balance works very well on my camera, but on this one the ability to change the white balance in Lightroom to exactly daylight helped the image. Lightroom also has a very nice way to remove unwanted distractions and I removed a bright, out-of-focus twig on the lower left here.
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It shows up in a lot of my surf photos too!
Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Sports Photography With New Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon!
Beautiful athletic swimsuit bikini wetsuit model goddesses!
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography! New Instagram!
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Nikon D810 Photos Pro Women's Surfing Van's US Open Sports Photography Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD !
I shot in DX mode which crops away the extra pixels and takes me 1.5X closer while allowing for up to 7 FPS with the Nikon D810's Nikon MB-D12 Battery Grip using the 8 AA battery option! 8 Duracles took me through around 3,000 shots no problem--maybe more! I was shooting at the equivalent of 900mm with the 1.5x crop factor! Pretty close! Had I gone with the Nikon D4s, I would have gotten 12 fps, but no DX crop factor, as the sensor has only around 14mp, compared to the d810's 36 megapixels! Sure the larger pixel size on the Nikon D4s full frame sensor comes in handy indoors or at night, but in the brigth sun, there's more than enough light for the smaller pixels in crop mode! Sure we lose some pixels from the outer edges when shooting in DX crop mode, but most of those pixels would be cropped away in lightroom anyway. And the smaller files make the memory cards last longer, while also upping the FPS to 7 shots per second! Not quite 12 FPS< but still awesome and enough I felt!
What a beautiful way to test the Nikon D810 and Tamron 150-600mm zoom lens for sports photography!
Athletic graceful girl goddesses! Tall, thin, fit and in shape! Pro women's surfers form the van's us open wearing both long wetsuits and bikini bottoms with shorty wetsuit tops/summer wetsuits. Sexy, beautiful beach babes and water goddesses all! Many are professional swimsuit bikini / surf lifestyle models too!
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD Autofocus lens for Nikon AF-D Cameras.
The new Nikon D810 rocks for sports photography New Instagram!
Beautiful athletic swimsuit bikini wetsuit model goddesses!
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All the best on your epic hero's odyssey! :)
Been hard at work on my books--my physics books on Dynamic Dimensions Theory (dx4/dt=ic) celebrating the hitherto unsung reality of the fourth expanding dimension which all the photons surf across the universe en route to making a photograph! Also working on an art, mythology, and photography book titled The Golden Hero's Odyssey! All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey! Always love hearing from y'all! :)
Crow or more likely Raven patrolling River Valley
All of these "crow" / raven shots dated 05-Apr-14 were taken Saturday morning when it was 0 C and my fingers were getting stiffer by the moment. I was on a steep incline and worried that I might take a tumble down, so I actually took most of these shots lying on my back. :-)
By the look of his feathers, he's been thru a few battles.
Crow or Raven: You be the judge.
Addendum Easter 2014
Christine Moor (by the way, she's the ultimate crow whisperer, go check her site, superb crow and raven pictures) has been kind enough to bring to my attention some of my "crows" may in fact be ravens. After poring over various references for the last couple of days and looking at I don't know how many pictures and comparing bill, wings and tail structures, I think she has a strong case.
The point of most confusion for me is the tail which for a crow is fan like and for a raven wedge like. Having become hypersensitive to the issue, I took a look at the tails of the birds that I see in the neighborhood and see them be a wedge at one moment and at the next moment as they make a turn or slow down, the tail changes to a fan.
Raven is much bigger and has a bigger bill that's kind of bowie knife shaped and covered with more hair. Even at that when I look at pictures, and knowing which is which, I sometimes cannot easily tell the difference by only looking at the bill.
Crow has five fingers (we don't count the most forward one) vs a raven's four. These fingers (outer edge of wing) on the raven are longer, skinnier and further apart.
Ravens have longer wings that are more swept back. Ravens have shaggy elongated feathers on their throats.
Ravens like to soar for extended periods of time over cliff like surroundings and also enjoy aerial flips which crows don't do. All my pictures were taken on top of the river valley which at that location is very cliff like.
Ravens stay year round and crows migrate to warmer climes in the winter.
I used to be under the impression that if it's in the city and you see more than two, it's a crow. Christine has thoroughly crushed these pre-conceived and perhaps somewhat dated notions by pointing out that ravens indeed do very well in the city and are known to hang out in groups of more than two.
Ok, so let's turn to this pic. Finally an easy one, I think. Huge bill bowie knife like, wedge shape tail and four fingers, I guess we'll give this one to the ravens.
You be the final judge.
Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U (video oficial)
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Nikon AF DC-NIKKOR 105mm f/2 D
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DC : +2R
The strongest of all the African flag-carriers, Ethiopian Airlines is currently undergoing major international expansion at present. Compared to South African Airways which is downsizing and trying to cut down their losses; Ethiopian operates a modern fleet of airliners, but also doesn't suffer from the hot-and-high altitude of Johannesburg, instead at a lower terrain at Addis Ababa.
Currently, Ethiopian operates a daily flight between Addis Ababa and London Heathrow utilising Airbus A350-900s (although Boeing 777-200LRs and Boeing 787-8s occasionally appear). ET700 operates 6 times weekly except Monday whereby the flight arrives in the early morning, whilst ET710 operates Mondays only but arrives in the mid-afternoon. ET701 is the evening return flight and operates daily.
From 2nd June 2018, Ethiopian Airlines is increasing the number of flights from daily to 10 times a week. ET718/719 will operate Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday only, and will arrive into London Heathrow in the early evening before flying back out in the morning (it is likely that the ET700 will work the ET719 leg back to Addis Ababa on certain days). The flights will be operated by Airbus A350-900s.
Currently, Ethiopian Airlines operates 7 Airbus A350-900s, with 17 more on-order.
Alpha Uniform Bravo is one of 7 Airbus A350-900s in service with Ethiopian Airlines, delivered new to the flag-carrier in June 2017 on lease from PAAL and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines. She is named after the Gheralta Mountains located in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia.
Airbus A350-941 ET-AUB 'Gheralta Mountains' on final approach into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on ET710 from Addis Ababa-Bole (ADD).