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It was definitely worth getting up for sunrise that morning. Thankfully I didn’t need to climb the 199 steps for this capture, we were staying at the YHA next to Whitby Abbey 😂 Not a chance in hell of managing those steps before lunch time!
Heading back to Whitby this weekend for a much needed week away. Managed to find a late booking still available, thankfully.
This will be my last post until we return, hopefully with some half decent images and in a better place, mentally. Thank you all for your support during a very difficult few months.
Happy Easter, dear friends. 🐑🐰❤️
On a decent day, this view across Gruinard Bay in Wester Ross rarely disappoints.
The scenery does all the hard work for you.
Many thanks as always for your welcome views and comments.
Took a gamble of a decent sunrise this morning and came away with a few decent shots down at St Mary's Lighthouse
On my way to Tuscola from Tolono last night, there was a decent storm rolling in with plenty of lightning. I stopped on a country road to get some lightning shots out the window of my truck because it was raining. None of them came out as the rain kept getting on the lens. I knew I had to wait on this storm to clear before I could really try anything. I also realized that I needed some sort of subject in the shot and not just a boring field. I moved down to the Hayes elevator and had to get the camera set up again, luckily it was now done raining. After a lot of trial and error of getting the angle and focus correct, I just had to keep firing until I got something that worked. This shot finally came out after about the 50th try!
Looking east towards the Hayes elevator, some lightning fills the sky behind it during this 72 second exposure. There was some nice light coming from the FS plant to my left that illuminated the elevator.
A female demoiselle, still in decent condition, perched on a knotweed leaf by the banks of the River Don in Rotherham.
Hoping for a good sunset that never quite materialized. Still, such a beautiful location it's hard to not get a decent shot.
Leica M-P & Summilux-M 35mm
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A beautiful sunrise at Sawley yet again last weekend and for a change I decided to do a long exposure shot whilst the sky looked decent...really pleased with how it came out
Nice and quiet in Chester first thing with some decent clouds and reflections. Certainly felt the wind chill.
Since the last time I was here there have been a few additions and a few subtractions. The council have cut back most of the trees which has caused more than a bit of a stir. Selfishly I prefer it this way as it opens up the river views and offers different compositions, not that I've gone for one here!
Okay the additions. And these have caused probably more of a stir on social media than the trees being cut back.
The first thing I noticed was the sparkly new houseboat moored just below the gothic building. I've been looking a lot on Rightmove recently and one of these popped up in Maryport Harbour. £180k and it was near identical. If you look at the riverside garden of the home it belongs to further additions have been made, namely the Italianate terraces with classical statues and wait what? Rhinos!
Not sure what to make of them but each to there own......
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At Pretty -- Starts 2/7!
Dress - -[ Phy.Ka ]- For Pretty - Dress Queen of Hearts
Finger hearts - ::OOPS:: Sally Hearts - (FATPACK)
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Eyeshadow - CAZIMI: Sprite Eyeshadow (Omega & BOM)
Sunrise at Kelly Hall Tarn, nestled above Coniston last Friday.
The tarn was frozen solid, with a few areas of broken ice creating these awesome patterns that made for decent foreground.
sim: Whimberly
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Les Films du Poisson
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A Twain Orfan Film:
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The Critics Have Spoken:
'I haven't had much time to see Twain's movies lately, .. but this one really got to me. I was with a friend of mine, trying to eat pop corn, ya know ? ..and, .. I could barely chew it .. tears were just streaming down my face. It was really an emotional experience for me... One of his best films to date I'd have to say. [Gwyneth Evergarden / New York Times / Flickr Artist ]
'So, Lobo and me went to see this movie and we were like, ya know, the acting of the main star, Mollie. She was like .. 'Wow'. I guess Twain's directing skills have improved quite a bit. He'll never be a musician like my Lobo is. And this windlight he uses has got to go ! But, .. yeh. Great movie ! I kept pulling Lobo's arm around me for comfort. It was sad .. and touching. Bravo Twain ! [Carisa Franizzi / Baby Girl Times / Flickr Artist ]
'I don't really know Twain at all. So I thought I'd check out one of his movies and, ..well, .. the
cinematography was awesome ! It just hit me in my gut ! The lead actor, Mollie, she projected such emotion ... I felt her isolation. I just wanted to get up from my theater seat and give her a hug, ya know? It was a solid movie. [Betta B. / Chicago Times / Flickr Artist ]
'I finally had the time to see this movie of Twain's. It is definitely moody, sad, and pulls at your heart strings. It hits all the right notes. The Production behind the movie by both Claire Danes
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000132/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm and also by Reese Witherspoons Production Company 'Hello Sunshine' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Sunshine_(company) insured the quality of the Production would be top notch !! Twain as the Director .. yes. He did seem to work with Mollie well. I can feel through out the film this constant searching for something 'more' .. the missing element. It is sad and touching. I admit .. I loved it.
[》Sιℛι《 Amblack 《 / Independent World Association / Flickr Artist ]
'I am on the same sim as Twain is ..I'm working near by on the MGM Studio lot. I am dressed in only a rather skimpy swimsuit. Twain comes up to me and asks me if I could help him out and be in this photo for him. Now .. I had heard that Twain is a bit of a caution. Actually .. insane ! Here I am in the middle of a photo shoot ..almost naked. I was ready to turn him down ..then he tells me. 'You'll need to put more clothes on for this movie.' .. Well? I've never had a Director tell me I'd need more clothes ! So I thought that was a good sign. So I walk off the MGM studio lot and go with Twain to this remote area. I sit down on these pillows, all comfy. Twain tells me.. 'No! No pillows ! ' Twain throws out the pillows .. ? So I'm sitting there on the bare wood. He asks me to tell him a sad story .. and I start to tell him about when I was much younger, and how I had this puppy .. how it suddenly took ill, .. and .. and .. [waves her hands in front of her face ],... sorry, .. I , ... I just can't ... go there ... Anyways, .. I just felt so sad and isolated. Alone. Twain really knew how to draw out my emotions. The funny thing is most Directors are really very talky .. talk a lot. Twain was really very quiet. It must have taken about an hour to do this one scene alone. But he seemed rather 'normal' ? I'd work with him again. The pay wasn't that great. But he seemed a good Director and he gave me a coupon that has a $35.00 Linden value at any Perkins Restaurant. He let me watch the dailies of the filming as it proceeded which no other Director had ever let me do before. Seemed like a decent fellow. So .. yeh .. I'd work with him again. What else can I say?
He dresses in a formal suit on set everyday .. that's a bit much. Other than that no complaints.
[Mollie Pop / Lead Actress / Flickr Artist ]
Before starting on my Canada 2017 shots, a Norwegian shot that I still want to share. Taken one day after Jotunheimen, in fact it is in the Jotunheimen area, early in the morning. Weather predictions were very bad, but here it still was decent. but soon after this picture it was game over.
Lovely valleys, bare mountains and cold winds, snow packs, glaciers, beautiful lakes, and then there are the enchanting fjords that never stop to amaze. The most beautiful country of Europe, for me no doubt about that, with only one minor aspect, which is the weather. During my month of traveling I only had 4 really nice days, the rest of the time clouds, rain, and very changeable! Still no regret, and I will go back to make even more than the 3500 pictures that I took this time.
Another very active
vacation that took me to the south west up to Trondheim in a sort of triangle between Oslo- Trondheim and Bergen with the whole route visible here (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153668247101759&set...).
Poor photo quality sorry, i struggle to take decent photos at night.
but one of the best wildlife experiences of my life, to see so many together.
Wonderful animals.
HMM the theme for today, 6/10, is childhood toys. this little jointed doll represents me and my quest to get some decent sleep (spring/summer cold with hacky cough). her head, much more nicely coiffed than my bedhead, is about 7/8th inch.
Another sparrow image today. Yesterday's post featured a White-crowned Sparrow, today's species is the White-throated Sparrow.
Normally this species has a much whiter throat than the picture above shows, and that is because this one is of the 'tan-striped' variants, having a buff-on-brown face pattern instead of the typical white-on-black coloration.
White-throated Sparrows also have a yellow patch between their eyes and their beak, often seen quite clearly and is a key marker of this species. But again, the yellow on the bird above is hard to see.
They are usually found on the ground, feeding among the leaves and debris, and flitting through the bushes and ground cover.
I found this one hopping around in the mulch. It paused for two seconds to look at me, giving me a chance to fire off a couple of decent shots.
Once the mist had lifted we made a stop at the end of Loch Beannacharan. Initially very flat, the light briefly improved with some patchy sunlight on the background mountains adding some decent contrast.
Looking across Deception Pass through the underside of the bridge. The bridge connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island in Washington State.
Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum - The landing runway flight path is very close to the museum. Air Lingus jet landing seen through the Ascent sculpture.
Yesterday I had a day on the Somerset Coast with Louis Goldman, on the way, we stopped off at Cheddar Gorge for a quick visit.
It's such a stunning view up here, my previous visit was marred by low cloud and fog so I didn't really get a great shot. This time though, we had some decent cloud and after a short while, we managed to get some lovely side light on the gorge.
I still want to get up here for sunset one evening, but I think I'll have to wait until later in the year as the sun is setting too far to the south at the moment.
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Man könnte es understatement nennen. Menschen machen gern auf "Dicke Hose". In der Natur ist das unnötig.
Even subtle can be attractive.
While the stormy clouds building in the distance look good, it does not compete to what I saw when I arrived, and that was brilliant sun that made the good looking clouds absolutely spectacular. Regardless, the SD40-2W working hard on the home stretch back to Flint was worth it as it brings L514 back from Moterm with a decent size train.
I popped home to Weston to check this out. Its a decommissioned oil rig which has been transformed into an art installation. In a couple of weeks it will be dismantled and recycled.
It makes a great photo subject both inside and out. Visiting at low tide is recommended if you want shots from the beach; its great for blue hour as it's lit up.
You need to go in to get decent shots of the waterfall and obviously a wide angled lens helps. This is a hand held shot.
It's free and the considering it's half term the queue was really quick!
This shot was taken 5 months ago along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It shows the early stages of a cloud inversion, mist condensing into the lowest points, clouds rolling down the sides of mountains, eventually it will fill this whole area. I really do like the look, though I would have preferred a bit more light in the area. I stopped before the tunnel to Devils Courthouse to grab this shot after my shoot at graveyard fields. I decided to go with a small landscape, with a big sky in this composition, dark in the valley against a fiery sky above.
ISO: 160
Aperture: f16
SS: 2.5 Sec
Focal: 27mm
No filters this time, the light was fading so fast i didn't want to hassle with them.
Two SD70Ms bring MEWOL-26 down the Angleton Sub, having just come off the BNSF at Algoa.
This daily manifest for Brownsville, TX is great to shoot during the winter months on its way out of Houston, typically running in good light and quite often featuring decent power.
Sunset trip to the Beacons but unfortunately lots of low lying cloud. Still managed to get a few decent shots.
A very energetic and delightful little bird, size of a kids palm maybe. The birds breed during rains and are usually seen after the first rains. These birds have a very nice and easy to remember two noted call "Chirp Chirp" which is very easy to hear and id, but the bird itself is very hard to sight in the grass / natural habitat.
There are only a handful times where I got decent shots of this bird since they always stick to the grass. They are easy to hear and last season in a grassland, we heard 100's of them bursting with energy at the same time and it was a truly memorable experience. There was a swathe of green grass till the land meets the sky, and calls of this quail were everywhere.
We sighted several over the past few days and some walked across a small mound giving us these shots!
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
With a decent amount of cars for Relief, H731 heads up the street running of Harmar Street in Marietta.
This was one place I had wanted to visit for probably 4 years. I have seen videos on it but could never find it. I stumbled upon a guy who was obsessed as I was at finding locations such as this and together we were able to get there. This is the cave entrance and you can see our rope ladder hanging just to the right of the waterfall we had to cross to get into the cave. Stay tuned for what's acutely in th cave!!!! Kris....
LA&L 433 & 428 are Northbound with 12 cars, approaching Littleville Road in Avon, NY on December 27, 2022. This will probably be the only train I get during my 4 week December vacation as we just can't seem to get any decent amount of snow in LA&L land, and I just could not get motivated to go out in brown stick season..