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I'd been out teaching on Saturday and stayed out for a bit during the evening, shooting around the crossing in Shibuya.
Was playing with zone-focusing the 50mm and doing various other stuff, mainly in monochrome and with the 50mm and the 85mm.
Focused the lens to about 3m, at f/1.2 and headed across the road back towards the station on my way home.
Got a few good ones. Out of about eight shots, five were keepers. Pretty happy with that, given it's all blind faith shooting like this....
I like the way the light, shadow and shallow dof has made the tarmac they are walking on look like grass.....
Nikon D700
Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai @ f/1.2
Mono in-camera
This shot straight out of the camera.
A person in the fog crosses railway tracks.
1936 Leica III with 1948 Summitar 2/50 lens and Fomapan 400 film.
Washington Crossing, PA '25
Washington Crossing Historic Park
Washington's Crossing the Delaware, December 25, 1776
Hall Road crossing being converted into locally controlled barriers on Sunday 6th March 1983.
The PPE of 41 years ago was a world away from today. No hard hats, glasses, full coats or over-trousers - all obligatory stuff whilst working in an engineering environment on the modern railway. Even the HV vests that the P/way blokes are wearing in this shot are of the button up type, superseded by Velcro ones sometime in the late eighties.
Taken in 2006.
I set up a shot down Hanover Street in Boston's North End with St. Stephen's Church (the gold dome) in the background. I used my beanbag and a traffic barrier for a tripod, but the first shot didn't work -- people crossing the street came out blurred (like the guy on the left). I decided to try again as soon as this girl and guy were out of the frame. But the girl -- who had been moving left to right -- suddenly turned and started walking straight toward me. I clicked the shutter.
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Ceremonies on the MS Noordam
The ceremony of Crossing the Line is an initiation rite in the British Merchant Navy, Dutch merchant navy, Royal Navy, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Australian Navy, Russian Navy, and other navies that commemorate a sailor's first crossing of the Equator. The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale, or have been created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long rough times at sea. Sailors who have already crossed the Equator are nicknamed (Trusty/Honorable) Shellbacks, often referred to as Sons of Neptune; those who have not are nicknamed (Slimy) Pollywogs (in 1832 the nickname griffins was noted ).
Equator-crossing ceremonies, typically featuring King Neptune, are also sometimes carried out for passengers' entertainment on civilian ocean liners and cruise ships. They are also performed in the merchant navy and aboard sail training ships.
Crossings
Part of an exhibition @OSCC13 & InWorldz
MetaTrame Project-PralineB.
Photos are taken in Dakar, Senegal & in the metaverse.
Got lucky and caught a train at the crossing up the street from where I live. Some might grumble about having to wait for a train, not this girl:) The set of tracks in the foreground is because there used to be a lumber yard there.
On the 3rd August 2025, the Pennine Heritage Bus Day 2025 took place. I was out with my camera all day, photographing the buses in various locations in and around Halifax. Here, preserved 2006 Volvo B7RLE with Wrightbus Eclipse Urban B43F bodywork, ex-First Bus Hampshire & Dorset, is seen crossing the M62 at Scammonden. 3/8/2025.
Typical wayside crossing on the Jitong Railway. This example is just east of Lindong and seen with typical traffic for the district.
On a warm but cloudy 29 July 2014 crossing Cynghordy Viaduct (between Llandovery and Llandrindod Wells) is an Arriva Trains Wales Class 153 working the 09.15 Swansea to Shrewsbury.
DX 5379 & DFT 7145 on southbound freight train No 935 and the northbound Southerner No 902 crossing at Milton in the 1990s.
Photograph by Paul Stokes
I loved the crazy looks of that little girl, with the huge sunglasses in a completely cloudy day and how they crossed Canal St. when they were not supposed to do it.
East of Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Street, Sai Ying Pun and Mid-Levels area, a single-lane streets, use of the capacity of minibuses and private cars. It is a hillside road, the maximum slope of 1:6. Eastern Street North for the extension of the North part of the Eastern Street in the West Central Reclamation, is located in the Western Harbour Crossing Hong Kong Island near the entrance.
Images from a brief revisit to one of my favourite places, Norwich Cathedral, scene of some of my earliest memories and what inspired my interest in church architecture at an early age. There had been some changes since my last visit, with the new hostry building (an empty ruin previously) to the west of the cloister now serving as the main entry for visitors. The weather/lighting could have been better, alas!
Norwich Cathedral is one of England's finest buildings and greatest cathedrals; It is one of the most complete examples of Romanesque architecture in the country (arguably the least altered Norman cathedral), has the second tallest spire in Britain and it's vaulted ceilings contain the largest collection of carved medieval roof bosses anywhere.
Surprisingly for so grand a building it is relatively inconspicuous from the city itself, standing on low ground and concealed within the old Cathedral Close, an enclave of tradition and relative peace apart from the noise of the city beyond it's gates. It's monastic past is much in evidence, particularly the magnificent cloisters, the largest and some of the finest in the country.
As stated most of the building dates from the 12th century and therefore exudes that solid Norman aesthetic, massively built but still graceful and beautiful. The central tower is unusually designed with arcading and windows beneath a double row of oculi, the tapering spire above it is a 15th century addition, aside from this the only major alterations to the ancient fabric externally are the tall 14th century clerestorey and flying buttresses of the choir and the gothic enlargement of various nave and aisle windows, principally the great perpendicular west window that takes up most of the west facade.
The interior is predominantly Norman too, except for the elaborate gothic vaulted ceilings that cover nave, choir and both transepts with a uniform design (originally these higher celings would have been of wood, stone vaults were added in the late medieval period to protect against fire, a job they performed well when the transept roofs were hit by incendiary bombs in World War II). These vaults display an unrivalled collection of narrative roof bosses, carved and coloured with Old & New Testament scenes (mainly in the nave and transepts, the choir bosses are mostly decorated with the emblem of their donor, Bishop Goldwell).
The cathedral has surprisingly few major monuments and sculptures compared to most of it's peers, but does have more exceptional medieval art in it's 14th & 15th century painted altarpieces, the most important being the Despenser Retable in the south east chapel, a unique survivial, hidden from danger during the Reformation & Civil War by being converted to the underside of a table. Further altarpieces here are formed of salvaged panels from redundant city churches. The medieval choir stalls also survive with a full set of carved misericords.
The stained glass by contrast is mostly Victorian and quite mixed (very little medieval glass survives). Striking modern glass by Keith New and John Hayward was installed in the north transept to commemorate the Millennium.
The cloisters to the south of the nave are one of my favourite places, all four walks are covered by yet more vaulted ceilings with over 400 more carved and repainted bosses (lower down and much easier to study than those inside the main body of the cathedral) spanning the long period of the cloister's construction throughout the 14th & !5th centuries.
Norwich Cathedral is special to me as being the subject of my earliest memories, recalling having been taken around the cathedral and cloisters as a 3 year old, which left a vivid impression on me and lead me to pursue an interest in church art and architecture years later, ultimately towards my present career in stained glass. Norwich Cathedral will always therefore have a touch of that nostalgic magic to me.
For more details see the Cathedral website below:-
www.cathedral.org.uk/historyheritage/Default.aspx
For more images and details see below:-
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichcathedral/norwichcathedr...
Taken and originally posted in 2015.
Crossing the plain to Iceland's Thingvellir (Þingvellir) National Park, where we would visit Almannagjá, a gorge marking the split between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Seen on our Golden Circle tour from Reykjavik.
My greatest beach love of all time, Crossing Currents Island. You can find me soaking up the rays here a lot!
Williamsburg Crossing (136,077 square feet)
5251 John Tyler Highway, Williamsburg, VA
This shopping center was built in 1989..
Former tenants, location unknown:
*A Shade Above (opened January 12th, 1999 564-3568)
*American General (suite 24 2000) 253-1044
*Authentic Guitars (259-9711 suite 42 2000)
*Back to Beds (2002 220-8164)
*Bank of Williamsburg (winter 2000 suite 52 229-5448)
*Comic Cubicle (2002)
*Curtis & Davis Custom Builders (summer 1995 space 59)
*Cuts Fitness for Men (46 645-0845)
*Dairy Queen (2002 259-1108)
*Gourmet Fair (1991, 220-2003)
*GTE Authorized Retailer (1999 suite 57 564-5955)
*Executive Tax Service/H&R Block space 42 220-8972 1995
*First Class Inc (space 29 1997)
*Florimonte's Fine Foods & Deli (2006 suite 61)
*The Framery & Art Gallery (1999 suite 35)
*Hair Essentials (2002 220-0215)
*Mail Boxes Etc. (suite 18 221-0113 1990)
*Merle Norman (2002 220-0053)
*My Favorite Things (229-7673 1998 suite 19)
*Nails Uptown (1996 564-1809 suite 34)
*Naval Weapons Credit Union (1999)
*Nutri Magic (476-6400 May 2003 suite 19)
*Ocean Threads Surf & Skate (220-1228 1997)
*Quality 1 Price Cleaners (259-0202 suite 9 2001)
*Real Bread Co. (April 3rd, 1998 opened 705 sq ft space 49)
*Riverside Fit Shop (4,200 sq ft opened March 31st, 1990) 220-9355 220-WELL- in either Massage/Fantastic Sam space or empty/H&R Block
*Rowe Custom Homes (space 49 1996)
*School Crossing (1994, space 26) 220-8772, Scrapbook Crossing in 1999
*Sensible Alternatives (suite 59 2001 253-7900)
*Suzi's Art Supplies (1992 229-9857) space 17
*Sylvan Learning Center (2002 564-8081) space 27
*Timbleberrys Shoppe (1997 space 52 220-1233)
*Twiddle Realty (220-4663 1995) space 56 2220-HOME
*Walls Alive (space 53 early 1990s) 229-0086
*Williamsburg Coffee & Tea Co (space 27 565-1400) 1997
*Williamsburg Medical Arts (space 17, 1996)
*Williamsburg Photo Center (1997 space 9 564-3335) 890-2917
*Williamsburg Urgent Care (1989, 220-8300)
*Williamaburg Community Urgent Care (space 17 2002 259-6757 next to pharmacy) moved to 15 in 2002
*Dr. William Waschler 229-8660 1996
A large portrait of Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein, the reigning king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is seen as this border crossing near the Jordanian coastal city of Aqaba and the Israeli city of Eilat at the tip of the Red Sea. Abdullah ascended the throne in February, 1999 upon the death of his father, King Hussein. He is the eldest son of King Hussein and the British-born Princess Muna al-Hussein (nee Antoinette Avril Gardiner). It is claimed that Abdullah is the 43rd-generation direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammad. His namesake is King Abdullah I, his great-grandfather who founded modern Jordan in 1946.