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Tally Ho Corner, Finchley, London, in the 1940s. A Feltham tram terminates on the road behind the Tally Ho Pub.
I used to live near here in the 1970s and the pub remains one of my most pleasant memories. And the girls who we used to meet there.
Fineliner pen on cartridge paper. 200 x 130mm. I dashed this off during half time in the football.
Black 5 45231 coasts towards its planned stop at Leigh on Sea this morning, skirting the Thames Estuary at Chalkwell. Steam Dreams tour from Southend Central to Winchester. I had planned to overtake this tour on the service train following the charter, however this was not to be. I made it to Chalkwell in time to board, but the train did not move. The driver informed us all that we were being held up by a steam train which had stopped for water and was blocking the points ahead! We were delayed and the charter allowed out first, presumably to allow the stopping service train to actually access Leigh on Sea. Don't know if the water stop was planned, the ECS from Southall ran very late and went straight into Southend instead of the planned path to go to Shoeburyness with a break there. In any case, my hopes of trying a glint shot at Benfleet with the loco working were dashed!
The squirrels in my backyard forest have been remarkably lively, captivatingly displaying nature's wonders. I've captured video footage of a vibrant red squirrel energetically stuffing fluffy material into its mouth to build its nest. Meanwhile, other squirrels are busy gathering cones, while some are playfully chasing one another. I was especially charmed when one squirrel dashed before me, stopping as if to say, "I bet you can't see me!" I seized the moment to engage with him in my best squirrel mimicry as he graciously posed for some photos before racing up the nearest spruce tree. It's a powerful reminder of the beauty and vitality of the natural world, as even the wildlife exudes joy and anticipation for the arrival of spring.
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, was yet another hot, smoky day. I have been wanting to drive SE of the city to call in at a farm to drop off a couple of photos for weeks now, but kept running out of time. This day, I was determined to reach my destination, though the smoke from the British Columbia wildfires was really unpleasant. Travelling south on the highway, it was very tempting to turn around and try on a different day. However, I suspect we might be getting this smoke for the rest of the summer, so I decided I might as well continue my drive. Much of the landscape had disappeared, shrouded in toxic smoke.
There are two barns that I love down in this area, and I took just a few photos of each one before calling in at the farm to give the photos to the lady who owns the smaller of the two barns. We had spoken whilst on the back road near her barn on maybe three of my visits to the area other years and this time, we sat and chatted outside on her porch. It was so enjoyable!
Leaving the area, my drive took me back exactly the way I had come, as there was an old homestead that I had missed on the drive to the farm. Perhaps it had been removed, but I was really hoping that was not the case. I just hadn't been looking in the right place.
This was definitely a barn day, which was my intention, but there were so few birds to be seen. anyway. My drive was quick, as I didn't want to be out for a full day in the heat and smoke, even though I was driving, not walking. I did call in at the Saskatoon Farm on the way home, though. My hopes of buying some nice, fresh fruit and vegetables were dashed, as no fruit was left, bought by earlier visitors. Enjoyed a meal there, so that I wouldn't have to make supper when I got home. I had been hoping to get to the farm for the last few days, but avoided going, as it was a long weekend here. Why would I go on a busy holiday weekend, anyway, when I can go during the week?
Can't wait to see blue sky again, and our beautiful foothills and mountains in the distance. Compared to all those people who live much closer to the wildfires, we are lucky. How I feel for them, having to breathe in all the toxic smoke particles, not to mention the losses that many people are having to deal with.
EP07-339 is ready to leave Katowice station with TLK 53172, the 20:13 Hel to Kraków on the morning of July the 22nd 2022. Just before it does so, the guard walks over to a nearby gravel dashed bin to sharpen his knife! Best to have the correct ticket on this train..
Indiana Jones knew this had to be where the hidden treasure was buried -- the map said so. But something was not right: it was too simple, too obvious. There had to be a trap, but what was it?
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Created for the Toy Sunday group's theme, "Hidden Treasure". I couldn't resist making the dashed red line and the X literal.
August 16, 2021: A Canadian Pacific AC4400CW GE engine, along with a Norfolk Southern ES44DC GE engine, lead 3 company motors, as they bring empty CSX ethanol train K442 (Lawrenceville, GA-Bensenville, IL) through downtown Cartersville, GA on the CSX W&A Sub. The rain from Tropical Storm Fred had began, yet it lightened up just enough for us to film it underneath the Church Street Bridge. This train contained two K442 trains combined in to one,, and it stretched to over 12 thousand feet long! Thanks to my rail-friend Travis for sending me a heads up; I immediately dashed out the door an arrived just as the train approached. Talk about perfect timing LOL!
As of 5/6 August 2021, Alberta has 46 wildfires, BC (next province to our west) has 291, and Saskatchewan (our neighbour to the east) has 129. Everywhere is SO dry.
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, was yet another hot, smoky day. I had been wanting to drive SE of the city to call in at a farm to drop off a couple of photos for weeks now, but kept running out of time. This day, I was determined to reach my destination, though the smoke from the British Columbia wildfires was really unpleasant. Travelling south on the highway, it was very tempting to turn around and try on a different day. However, I suspect we might be getting this smoke for the rest of the summer, so I decided I might as well continue my drive. Much of the landscape had disappeared, shrouded in toxic smoke.
There are two barns that I love down in this area, and I took just a few photos of each one before calling in at the farm to give the photos to the lady who owns the smaller of the two barns. We had spoken whilst on the back road near her barn on maybe three of my visits to the area other years and this time, we sat and chatted outside on her porch. It was so enjoyable!
Leaving the area, my drive took me back exactly the way I had come, as there was an old homestead that I had missed on the drive to the farm. Perhaps it had been removed, but I was really hoping that was not the case. I just hadn't been looking in the right place.
This was definitely a barn day, which was my intention, but there were so few birds to be seen. anyway. My drive was quick, as I didn't want to be out for a full day in the heat and smoke, even though I was driving, not walking. I did call in at the Saskatoon Farm on the way home, though. My hopes of buying some nice, fresh fruit and vegetables were dashed, as no fruit was left, bought by earlier visitors. Enjoyed a meal there, so that I wouldn't have to make supper when I got home. I had been hoping to get to the Saskatoon Farm for the last few days, but avoided going, as it was a long weekend here. Why would I go on a busy holiday weekend, anyway, when I can go during the week?
Can't wait to see blue sky again, and our beautiful foothills and mountains in the distance. Compared to all those people who live much closer to the wildfires, we are lucky. How I feel for them, having to breathe in all the toxic smoke particles, not to mention the devastating losses that many people are having to deal with.
While on a short hike in the Sierra foothills, I happened upon butterflies flitting about in a tiny wildflower patch, so I dashed to the car to grab my telephoto and capture some springtime images.
I noticed from my balcony that the aurora was visible, so I dashed out in my PJ's and crocs to capture the aurora. The moonlight and mist were a bit of a challenge - but it was great fun. The yellow light that can be seen is from the Coquille River Lighthouse.
I was at Walmart yesterday at 6 AM, getting a friend a birthday card and when I exited the store, a beautiful sunrise was lingering! I dashed to the car and grabbed the camera just as the colors were starting to fade! Had I not taken quite so long to pick out a card, you'd be seeing its full glory!
Here’s one from my recent Eastern Sierras boot camp trip with Alan. This one is from the sand tufas located by Mono Lake. Having scouted out this area last winter, I wanted to come back in the summer to shoot these tufas with the south Milky Way.
Luckily the smoke from the Rim Fire stayed towards the north and gave us clear conditions to the south. The only minor downside was the longer and windier drive through Sonora pass rather than a shorter route through Yosemite High Country.
I’ll admit that we were a bit late in getting over to Mono Lake after spending too much time chowing on our burgers. With little time to spare we dashed towards the tufas with Alan still sporting shorts and flip flops. I looked around at all the tufas and I ultimately settled on this one as it most resembled a castle. Specifically, it reminded me of the black gate from LOTR with its tall base columns topped off with multiple spires. Though only a few feet tall, I wanted to get close to these tufas and have an upward perspective to make the tufas appear larger and more daunting.
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Male Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca). The Smooth snake is the United Kingdom's rarest native reptile; it is totally harmless to man. In the UK, the Smooth snake is a specialist of heathland, and native populations can be found only in the south of England; in the counties of Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex. Like most snakes, the Smooth snake will eat almost anything that it can catch and swallow, however; they are mostly associated with a reptilian diet. Smooth snakes grow to a length of about 60-70cm (exceptionally up to 80cm), and appear slimmer than our other native snakes. The Smooth snake is so named because it lacks the central keels, or ridges on its scales, unlike our native Adder and Grass snake. This adaptation means that it is not as swift as our other snakes, but is well suited to navigating dense vegetation. Due to this name, the very smooth Slow worm is often misreported as being a Smooth snake. Exceptional individuals have reached an age of almost 30 years in the wild. Although usually considered mute, Smooth snakes can emit a quiet short hiss when stressed, which is usually associated with a strike or sudden jerk of the fore-body. They do not emit prolonged warning hisses like the Adder and Grass snake. The Smooth snake is usually of a matt colouration; usually a dark grey or dull brown, although brick-red specimens are not uncommon. The dark, almost black dorsal markings are not immediately apparent, and are arranged along the back, from neck to tail, as pairs of dots, bars or dashed lines. There is usually a second pair of lines, one of each running along the flanks of the body, although these are frequently even less obvious than the dorsal markings.The top of the head always features a large dark heart-shaped marking, which is sometimes described as a 'butterfly'. There is a characteristic dark line on the side of the head, that runs across the eye. Unlike the venomous Adder, the Smooth snake has round pupils. Copy courtesy of Surrey ARG. Specimen and handled photographed by Nick Dobbs in Dorset under license as part of an official survey 13-06-20
Maybe a week ago, my daughter and a friend went to the Calgary Farmyard for a visit. My intention had been to do this for the last few years, but somehow it just never happened. I tend to think of it as a place to visit around Halloween. Until I saw my daughter's photos, I didn't realize that the farm also has a sunflower area as well as a Corn Maze, which I knew about. Nothing would ever get me into a Corn Maze - with no sense of direction, I would never find my way out.
Two nights ago, on 29 August 2020, I took another look at their website and saw that yesterday was going to be their last day being open in summer. So, on the spur of the moment, I dashed out east of the city, found the farm, and luckily found an empty parking spot. Tons of people with young kids, but still plenty of space to be distanced from everyone. All sorts of thing for kids to climb in and on. Farm animals and the sunflowers were what I headed for. The sunflowers had mostly passed their prime, so photos looking over a field of flower heads resulted in very colourless, uninspiring images. The plants that still had bright yellow flowers were being enjoyed by endless bees.
Llamas are one of my favourite farm animals to see and photograph, though these ones were not being very cooperative. Nearby goats were entertaining and offered a few photo opportunities.
After I left the farm. there was still plenty of time to drive the backroads. A couple of beautiful Hawks - one a Swainson's and the other a Red-tailed Hawk, I think - made the drive worthwhile.
This scan of a Dannimac PU funnel-necked mac from 2005 is a favourite of mine, but hasn’t only been included for that reason.
2003, I think, and I was idly passing time by looking at the rainwear in the various stores and came across an off-white Dannimac in exactly this style, but it was the fabric that intrigued me. The cloth was black on the inside, indicating that it was two bonded layers like a . . . double textured . . ?
My hopes were dashed when I found that the layers were bonded with some sort of glue that had no aroma to it at all, but it looked and felt like a double textured mac.
“Well, that’s an oddity!” I thought as I walked into the James Howell store, Cardiff’s Harrods and took the escalator, the head of which was at the entrance doors to the department marked ‘Ladies Outerwear’. There, I noticed the same type of coat and was rechecking the labels when I noticed that theirs was branded ‘House of Fraser’ rather than Dannimac. “Even odder!” was the thought that flashed by, to be instantly eclipsed when I noticed the tag.
The priciest shop in the city was selling the same coat as the other stores under their house brand for less than half the price!
Who was I to complain? and it only took a seconds thought before I asked one of their assistants to model it for me (always a highlight in Howell’s or the adjacent David Morgan store), plastic at the ready. Ann didn’t complain either.
I guess I’ll never sort that one out, nor what prompted Dannimac to produce a polyurethane coated version a few years later.
This image shows the possible shot available before tree intervened on the A513 into Alrewas. Having taken a shot at Wichnor Junction, the late great Paul Higgins and I dashed here to get a second shot, when it was still possible.
Homestead, The Dalles, OR.
This abandoned homestead was the main reason that I dashed off last weekend to The Dalles area. I loved the way the freshness of the green wheat field melded with the blue sky! We did not stay there long enough for the golden hour light, but instead I was happy to just capture a couple of pictures quickly!
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As it started to get dark, the roe deer emerged from the long grass. These youngsters dashed around, playing in the field. Throop, Dorset, UK.
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Christmas tree. Plus six clicks.
It’s Sunday. It’s Sliders Sunday. It’s time to create some modern fine art…
No I don’t really take myself that seriously, but I do try and have a little fun :)
In January I took around 40 ICM shots of the lights on our Christmas tree, mainly rotating the camera around its lens axis to get circular patterns.
The results are interesting because rather than a solid streak that you might expect from a light the LED produces a set of dashed lines: lacking in a hot filament the bulb oscillates in brightness with the voltage.
This is image and the other two very different variants today are all based on a stack of around eight of these images combined using the outlier operator.
Although they can sound advanced stacks are easy and quick to produce if you have the right software (I was using the low cost Affinity Photo).
Once you have built the stack you can scroll through the options for the operator that controls the combination and quickly see what each looks like. They are totally unpredictable in my experience so you need to just try them all.
This is my favourite variant, for today anyway. I just like the glass ball effect and the curves. Doubtless I’ll have changed my mind by morning :)
Yet it was the simplest to make. All I did was convert it from Rectangular co-ordinates to Polar co-ordinates and that was it.
Being the sad case that I am I went back and counted the mouse clicks from having selected which images to stack to the final look: six clicks and there you are.
Actually that’s not quite what I did, because as you might imagine for me there was a bit of messing about with the colours and the contrast and sharpness, but the basic look was there in six clicks.
I’ll post links to the stacked image and a typical in-camera ICM from the collection in the first comment.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday :)
[Around eight ICM shots stacked in Affinity Photo with the Outlier operator.
Upped the black level in Levels to get rid of some of the residual ambient light. Clarity adjustment for sharpening.
Rectangular to Polar transformation.
Changed the colours a bit using hues shift in an HSL adjustment and Curves in LAB mode, to get a pleasing balance between red and blue.
Sharpened using High Pass and Linear blend to thicken the lines. Brightness and Contrast to balance the tones. Frame and drop shadow.]
Chapter 7
The Parting Game
I had been watching the two flirting on the dance floor, and was becoming a bit bored by their smitten lovey-dovey actions.
But then the music stopped, and the orchestra took a break, finally!
I followed them out and saw him seat her on one of the private terraces that overlooked the large, hedged in gardens!
I saw my opening as soon as I saw him heading off to fetch drinks, leaving the girl alone.
Time to move in.
Time to try and change the winds of fate to my favor.
I went down another set of stairs and walked over to the bar set up on the front lawns, spying my man as he was waiting in line.
I went up and demurely touched him upon the shoulder.
He turned and looked me the eyes, smiling pleasantly.
“I remember you!” he said as I saw him then look me up and down, as he reminded me that I had bumped into him earlier.
It was a nice feeling having his roving grey eyes look me over.
Though I will admit that blue is my colour, and a tight-fitting satin gown usually begs notice to the gents.
Which is precisely why I had worn it out this evening!
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“Please sir, I really don’t know anyone here, and I could use some help.” I pleaded.
“Certainly miss, if I can” he answered and I saw his eyes go off to the whelp in white taffeta sitting as she straightened that lovely gown of hers while waiting for his return.
“Well,” I stammered, “ It is really quite embarrassing, and I don’t want anyone else to know.”
He looked intrigued.
So, I lowered my voice and quickly spun my tail of inability to get my car to start, and could he come and look at it? I was sure, I told him, that it was only a loosed terminal on the battery. At least that was what my husband was having troubles with.
“I wish he was here with me!” I said this last bit with a trembling lip!
Falling for my lie, he agreed and said he had to tell a friend that he would be right back.
“Please!” I appealed, grasping his arm, and looking pleadingly into his eyes
My acting lessons really paying for themselves at that moment,
“Don’t tell your friend about my car, just tell ‘em you need to help a friend in need, one who you owe a favour?”
He willingly agreed and with a touch to my chin for assurance, went off to talk to the lady in taffeta.
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She was compliant to his request, and he soon came back to me and I led him off to the lot opposite lot of the one where my Italian sports coupe was parked.
We walked up to silver rolls I randomly selected, and I fumbled in my purse.
“Oh no I said, I dropped my bloody keys!”
We both looked around on the ground.
“Here I said, try the doors, I may have dropped them in the lady’s room. I will go and check.”
I gave him a huge enveloping hug for being such a dear, lifting his long thin billfold out of his tux coat pocket in the process.
I left him, as the sap was trying the doors!
So if anything else, I told myself, I had a watch and wallet to show for my efforts this evening!
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Walking back inside I approached a young male servant.
“Look here my lad,” I said, leaning up against him like a co-conspirator, making sure he copped a good feel of my dress, and a look at what it was covering, in the bargain!
“I think someone is tryin to break into a Rolls outside!”
I led him to the door and pointed to where the gent was now trying to pry down a window of the silver Roll Royce.
The servant turned and fetched the butler, a rather stout ex para military-looking bloke!
They both dashed out.
I chuckled as I kept on going inside the house, to head through the ballroom to the private terrace where my victim was vulnerably waiting.
With no ID on him, it would be some time before her new boyfriend was set free!
The dashboard (I just learned) pre-dates the automobile. It was originally a leather apron or wooden board on a horse drawn carriage, protecting the passengers from mud and whatnot that might be "dashed" against the carriage by the horses' hooves.
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Just relocated this baby rattlesnake. It fell off my snake hook, then dashed into the rocks. Wish I had got the one button rattle in this Capture
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I'm strongly convicted we are in the Breaking of the 2nd Seal which is the Revelation 6: 3 - 4 where Peace on Earth will be taken away or now on the path of no return leading to mass destruction. The 3rd seal will be great Famine on earth and surely we can understand why. Billions will be annihilated as in prophecy in a short space of time. So prepare your hearts and minds of what is to come.
The door of SALVATION in Jesus of Nazareth is still open. Accept Him, we should come to repentance daily, be right with Him. He is the coming King of Kings on new Kingdom on earth renewed. It's not heaven yet after all these things, it'll be new government under Yahusha who will lead with an iron rod spoken in Revelation 2: 25- 29
"25 But hold fast what you have till I come. 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—
27 ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron;
They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—
as I also have received from My Father; 28 and I will give him the morning star.
29 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’
Don't fear of these things come to pass, rather be excited as the King of Kings coming is very close. Don't fear death, as death of a believer is victory! ( Philippians 1:21)
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Moby Dick: "Know ye now, Bulkington? Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore?
But as in landlessness alone resides the highest truth, shoreless, indefinite as God—so better is it to perish in that howling infinite, than be ingloriously dashed upon the lee, even if that were safety! For worm-like, then, oh! who would craven crawl to land! Terrors of the terrible! is all this agony so vain? Take heart, take heart, O Bulkington! Bear thee grimly, demigod! Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing—straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!"
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca: On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!
John Muir: All the wild world is beautiful, and it matters but little where we go, to highlands or lowlands, woods or plains, on the sea or land or down among the crystals of waves or high in a balloon in the sky; through all the climates, hot or cold, storms and calms, everywhere and always we are in God's eternal beauty and love. So universally true is this, the spot where we chance to be always seems the best.
I saw the sky looked promising so I dashed off to Christchurch Harbour to get this shot just after sundown. Lee 1.2 Nd with .9 and .6 grads. No colour or saturation added in Photoshop.
My plans of swimming in Jackson Lake next summer appear to be dashed now that the lake drawdown has turned the swim beach at Colter Bay into a “walk beach”. Oh, well.
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Sunset searching in the Channel Islands! These are the 14th Century ruins of Grosnez Castle on the North West corner of Jersey. The sun was just going down to the horizon and I was off to the Lighthouse at Corbiere, but I couldn't resist taking this shot as a dashed off back to my car. The name Grosnez is an old Norse word meaning "grey headland" which probably was true when seen by the ships from the sea, but on this evening it was anything but grey.
On 12 October 2021, I stayed home in the morning to wait for a landscaper who had arranged to come and look at my tiny backyard late morning and give me an estimate for putting down desperately needed new grass that I want putting down from fence to fence. A last minute phone call let me know that he had been called out on something urgent, so had to cancel So, I got ready as fast as I could and dashed out east of the city in hopes of finding the Snow Geese that people have been reporting. I was in luck, though the maybe 300 or so birds were a long way off. I don't often go out looking for birds that are reported, but I thought it would be nice to see some Snow Geese, that I rarely see. Not a good spot for parking/pulling over, but I was either the only person there or just one other. These really are beautiful birds - and very vocal. I managed to take one video of them noisily in flight, taken from inside my car and looking across the passenger seat. Not the best video, as I kept getting the edge of the door included. However, it was so windy that I stayed inside.
After spending some time watching these beautiful, migrating birds, I drove a few mainly familiar roads before heading home. Just enough time to find a few, previously photographed barns.
In the quiet time at the ocean, the waves whisper in my ears and bid me to be motionless and breathe in the cool salt air. At low tide, there is so much to explore beneath the ocean and play in the tide pools. This little girl was finding treasures from nature under the sea floor and realized she needed a bucket for them. I loved her excitement as she dashed through the stream of water splashing with the quickness of her feet as she ran, her shadow ahead of her.
"Watching huge flocks of Snow Geese swirl down from the sky, amid a cacophony of honking, is a little like standing inside a snow globe. These loud, white-and-black geese can cover the ground in a snowy blanket as they eat their way across fallow cornfields or wetlands. Among them, you might see a dark form with a white head—a color variant called the “Blue Goose.” Snow Geese have skyrocketed in numbers and are now among the most abundant waterfowl on the continent.
The dark color of the blue morph Snow Goose is controlled by a single gene, with dark being partially dominant over white. If a pure dark goose mates with a white goose, the offspring will all be dark (possibly with white bellies). If two white geese mate, they have only white offspring. If two dark geese mate, they will have mostly dark offspring, but might have a few white ones too." From AllAboutBirds.
Yesterday, 12 October 2021, I stayed home in the morning to wait for a landscaper who had arranged to come and look at my tiny backyard late morning and give me an estimate for putting down desperately needed new grass that I want putting down from fence to fence. A last minute phone call let me know that he had been called out on something urgent, so had to cancel So, I got ready as fast as I could and dashed out east of the city in hopes of finding the Snow Geese that people have been reporting. I was in luck, though the maybe 300 or so birds were a long way off. I don't often go out looking for birds that are reported, but I thought it would be nice to see some Snow Geese, that I rarely see. Not a good spot for parking/pulling over, but I was either the only person there or just one other. These really are beautiful birds - and very vocal. I managed to take one video of them noisily in flight, taken from inside my car and looking across the passenger seat. Not the best video, as I kept getting the edge of the door included. However, it was so windy that I stayed inside.
After spending some time watching these beautiful, migrating birds, I drove a few mainly familiar roads before heading home. Just enough time to find a few, previously photographed barns.
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I keep a bag of cat feed in my car nowadays so I can do this when I see a stray, which I did today.
This was the closest I got. The next moment, she dashed away.
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Norway. Continuing on from where I made the previous image the coastline turns from sandy beach and flat rock shelf, interspersed with boulders, to just large boulders. Clambering over these was quite a challenge, as was finding a non-slippery rock from which to see a satisfactory vantage point to achieve a composition that combined the elements in such a way that showed the place for what it is; beautiful, wild and rugged. With my back to the majority of the sea spray I saved myself the frustration of wiping filters after every shutter click (been there, done that!) whilst simultaeously managing to get some catchlight on the foreground rocks. Andy was somewhere in this boulder field...at 100% I think the bobble of his hat is just visible (an Andy-orama!).
technical note: I went with an average exposure time to get the motion of the waves in, and no one was dashed upon the rocks...though I almost was.
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A scarred GEVO pulls IOANP through a lovely tunnel of trees flanked by greens of a golf course on either side. My railfan buddy and I started in the morning by driving to San Leandro in hopes of capturing the Mulford local in some grimy industrial spurs, but those were soon dashed when we realized that it leaped us and was almost done with it's work. While looking for our subject in Hayward, we saw this train fly by on the Little Coast and hightailed it all the way here. This wasn't at all what the plan was, but that's ok.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Pairs of eyes stared back at me as I made my way through the forest at 3AM. Three elk dashed away along the unmarked path to Shoshoni Point. This was the one Grand Canyon overlook I could find with a view to the southeast. The south rim is not the ideal place to photograph the milky way because it's located in the southern sky while most of the viewpoints look north. Once I got to the edge the galaxy was shining brilliantly above, but below it was a black abyss. Neither my eyes or my camera could see any detail in the canyon, it was just too dark. But after shooting the milky way I left my camera in position and waited for morning twilight to brighten the sky. This helped to fill in the shadows and I combined the images later. The majority of the canyon is out of the frame to the left. Someday I'll have to return to the north rim for a better view when it's not closed. Three planets are visible in this image if you know where to look.
With the Erie heritage unit leading, NS 22A rolls northward toward Burnside as it dashed through the rain at Pemberton
I'd been meaning to get out my little Helios lens for a while and with golden light outside (and half time in the World Cup Semi!) I dashed out with these sunflowers.
The distance I can use it at is very limited and I'd forgotten how tricky it is to focus, but oh...that bokeh...what fun!
Colorado Springs, CO - Most of my hopes for pretty sunrise scenery were dashed on this particular morning but I did manage a few keepers including this very unexpected view of sunrise behind our local Marriott Hotel ...
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Maybe one can see this kind of sky show once or twice a year in big cities. Today Japan had terrible heat after the storm passed through and dashed to the north. But the nature in return left us this heavenly panoramic show to end the day. The pictures were taken from my balcony. I feel rewarded (no?) !!
Knorle treaded up the narrow path. A mile away, the fortress of Bodus Minor rose out of the darkness. Up ahead he could hear heavy footsteps. Swearing under his breath, he scanned for cover adjoining the path. The only object readily available was a large tree. Ducking beneath it’s shadow, Knorle waited with baited breath. The tread of booted feet grew nearer. Would they miss him in the dark, or should he deploy a distraction? Deciding that the latter option was safer, he drew a small sack from one of the pouches on his belt. He quickly tossed it to the far side of the path where it exploded with a bang of fire and smoke. The dwarves, for dwarves they were indeed, rushed over to inspect the charred remains of the bag. As soon as they were fully occupied, Knorle sprinted towards the gates. The dwarves soon dashed after him, but their short legs could not keep up. Knorle was safe and sound behind the wall before they came to be half a mile from the gate.
So, I definitely had fun with this build! As you can see, the tree is the highlight. There's not much to say though :/
Anyway, does anyone know how to change a Lego electronic gift card from Euros into dollars? I'm rather stuck :P
A New Game of Tag!
Part 1
The awaking(sexual pleasure) to act out such role-play came to light one afternoon when a rainy thunderstorm crept up along the moors and began threatening to rage outside.
We had been sent outside to play while mum was getting ready for something papa teasingly called ‘Mums high tea’, an afternoon tea held monthly with her chatty friends
The tea had already started in the sunroom when the dark clouds rolled in.
We had been playing our usual cops and robbers in the woods but had to stop when the first drops came.
I had had my hair done up the day before when mum did, and she warned about my curls falling out if it got wet.
So we reluctantly went indoors.
My brother wanted to watch the telly; an old BW model that took a long static filled while to come on!
While waiting I had gone to spy on mum.
High tea meant that the ladies there were wearing the type of party frocks and pretty jewellery one usually only sees in the evening!
One lady was wearing a very shiny dress and small diamonds, which I imagined to be real!
Seeing how pretty she, and the other ladies looked, took away my interest in watching telly, and instead put me in a mind to play dress up in my room
Leaving my brother alone to watch his show downstairs, I dashed upstairs.
Going to my room I put on one of the old soft gowns mum had given up for me to play in.
This one was shiny and had diamonds around its neckline and a large sparkly pin in the waist sash. Mum said they were rhinestone which at that age I thought meant they were real diamonds!
I went into mums sewing room where we kept toys and soon had my tea going with teddi, several Victorian dressed dolls and my twin’s toy doll army men.
The rain kept coming down and then the lightning started up.
Feeling too scared to be up here alone I deserted my tea party and ran downstairs to join my brother on the couch.
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A recent visit to the wonderful capital city of Hungary was the inspiration to get my camera out from its hiding place, dust it off and try to capture some wonderful images from Budapest.
Prior to arriving, I planned my shots as best I could whilst I hoped that the weather conditions would be on my side.
The first morning I eagerly woke up at around 4am with the intention of heading across the River Danube via the Chain Bridge up a vantage point close to Buda Castle to take some early morning sunrise shots of the Chain Bridge and the beautiful Parliament buildings all lit up.
Sadly, whilst I walked across the bridge, it quickly became apparent that the lights would not be on for these landmarks and my hopes of achieving my shots were quickly dashed. I kept my fingers crossed for a glorious sunrise as I climbed the hill to Buda Castle and again was disappointed with a no show of a decent sunrise.
After taking some not so great images, I returned to my hotel to enjoy a well-earned breakfast. Consulting with the hotel concierge, it was confirmed that the lights on the landmarks were limited due to the high energy costs and would be turned on early evening and would be switched off at 10pm precisely.
The next evening I ventured out again to try my luck at shooting the Parliament buildings bathed in lights from across the River Danube. I arrived at my chosen location approximately 45 minutes before sunset and waited patiently for the lights to come on.
I think my patience was rewarded as I was able to come away with several images taken at slightly different times. This is one of those images.
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The road that leads through what was once a neighbourhood, and is now in the middle of overgrown meadows and forest, is a centre of insect activity, and as a result, of insectivore activity. My early morning walks gave me a chance to observe all sorts of butterfly and dragonfly species, for example, but also several migrant bird species, many of whom were breeding locally along the edges of the forest.
The Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were abundant and very active hunters this summer. This mother was feeding three fledglings along a stretch of the road and hunting insects in the wildflowers growing at the road’s edges. She had the young hidden one layer of trees away from the road while she dashed out into the open - wise and protective behaviour, given the abundance of Hawks. The fledgling seems to be in the midst of a mouthful of caterpillar but is still looking for a top-up.
As the French name indicates, this Grosbeak is in the Cardinalidae family, along with Northern Cardinals, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings and Dickcissels, among others.
This shot is very much déjà vu for me. This scene was the first shot I took when I decided to take photography more seriously and produce quality images. Being around this holiday season I decided again to take advantage of the holiday skyline and to cross this shot off my list with the Transamerica Pyramid lit in the background.
First off, the s-curve exit from I-280 resembles a vein (superior vena cava or inferior vena cava) to the heart of the city (hence the name). I absolutely love how the highway just curves around and produces one of the most photogenic light streams during the dark hours.
As always I wanted to capture this scene during the several minute window of blue hour when details of the buildings can still be made out and when the city lights are not too harsh to overexpose. I was pleasantly surprised to find other holiday decorations in the skyline besides the Transamerica light. In total there were 6 photographers capturing this scene tonight. In this shot I managed to capture a car exiting with its turn signal blinking creating a different orange dashed light stream. On top of that Caltrain just happened to whiz by under the highway creating yet another light stream. All this in one shot; I could not be more pleased. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the holidays!
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II