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Oakland docks, shot using the iPhone's panorama mode from the SF Bay Ferry from Pier 41 to Jack London Square.
It might have been slightly better if I'd been outside, but on the other hand being inside let me wedge the phone against the glass, so perhaps it's more stable this way.
This dock was located at the Jackson County Park in Scottsboro Alabama. I was a bit annoyed when a car randomly stopped at the dock just before i began taking htis photo and sit there the whole time. In the end the headlights actually made the colors of the wood more pronounced and added a little something to the photo.
Curly dock (Rumex crispus), also known as sour dock, yellow dock, narrowleaf dock, or curled dock, is a perennial weed native to Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa. Curly dock was introduced into the U.S., possibly arriving as a seed contaminant in the early 1600’s when the British brought crops and cattle to New England. The weed has spread to every U.S. state and Canadian province, and is now considered one of the most widely distributed weeds in the world. Curly dock seed can remain dormant in the soil for 80 years and germinates at various times throughout the year.
Photographed along Austin Walk Trail in Waitsfield, Vermont.
Ely Dock Junction signal box was located in the v of the junction between the Soham branch from Newmarket and the Cambridge to King's Lynn line (in front of the signal box). Thursday 14th November 1991
Ely Dock Junction signal box was a London & North Eastern Railway Company type 11a design that opened in 1928 fitted with an 82 lever Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company Limited A2 frame (frame number 10007) replacing an earlier signal box located on the down side of the line a short distance closer Ely railway station. A British Railways Eastern Region individual function switch signalling console was scheduled to be commissioned on 19th January 1985 in conjunction with the closure of Waterbeach signal box but the resignalling was postponed, it was commissioned on 2nd February 1985 controlling emergency replacement of 245, 246, 248, 249 and 252 signals. The signal box closed on 11th April 1992 and was demolished in late April 1992 with signalling between Hiams level crossing and Ely Station North passing to Cambridge signal box on 4th May 1992 after remodelling of the Ely station area
The signal box carries a Network South-East printed nameplate which replaced British Railways corporate identity printed nameplates in the late 1980s. On the front of the signal box is a Network South-East printed sign announcing ← Ely 1 mile which replaced a British Railways Eastern Region blue enamel sign which announced ← Ely ½ mile
Behind the signal box is what looks like a McKenzie & Holland three doll balanced bracket with wooden dolls on a lattice main stem carrying (left to right) Ely Dock Junction signal box 55 signal (down soham to single line) with Ely Station North signal box's Single Line fixed distant signal below it, Ely Dock Junction signal box 58 signal (down soham to down main) with Ely Station North signal box 39 signal (Down Main Distant) below it and Ely Dock Junction signal box 57 signal (down soham to down siding)
57 signal was a full size arm until the down goods line was reduced to a down siding, possibly on 29th June 1985 when Ely Station South signal box closed
The distant arms were formerly Ely Station South signal box's down distant signals. The arm beneath 58 signal was formerly Ely Station South signal box 59 signal (Down Main Distant) until Ely Station South signal box closed on 29th June 1985 and the absolute block section was extended to between Ely Dock Junction and Ely Station North signal boxes
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More of the Rollei R3. Picked up some in 35mm today... not expecting it to be any different visually from the old Cube 400C I've been shooting with, but it should be a lot easier to scan.
Ocean Dock, Southhampton on 29th October 2013.
From left to right are preserved steamship "Shieldhall", the general cargo vessel "Huelin Dispatch", an unudentified Svitzer tug and the car carrier "Hoegh Africa".
The Titanic departed from the quay on the right where the "Hoegh Africa" is berthed.
A green dock beetle chews its favorite food, the weed called dock. Dock refers to a large genus, Rumex, of about 200 species, some of which are weeds in pastures and agricultural fields. This green dock beetle, Gastrophysa viridula, is working with a host of others to defoliate dock growing at Lower Church Lake, one of the sections of Boulder County Open Space and Mountain Parks.
The beetle is native to Europe and introduced to North America. In the last century, in England, the beetles were collected for their iridescent green elytra (wing covers) which were used to adorn women's hats.
A MOC I built a few months back but never really posted properly.
This is the Docking ring version, which features an outer-space scene with planets and stars.
The subjects in this series of photos are the leaves of prairie dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) in late autumn condition. Throughout its annual growth cycle, prairie dock is a large, distinctive plant. It has towering flower stalks often reaching upward six to eight feet that are topped off with clusters of sunflower-like yellow flowers, each three to four inches across. The leaves are huge with long petioles that can be up to foot in length, and upon which is attached an oval leaf the size and shape of a large serving platter. They are coarse, tough leaves that are uncharacteristically thick compared to those of most plants, and they feel like sandpaper and are heavily veined. Those leaves have character oozing from every pore! Once common in midwestern prairies, prairie dock became scarce due to the near-total destruction of the prairies for farmland and towns. It is also found in some rarer natural communities such as barrens, glades and fens, and those habitats were heavily persecuted, too. The plant is becoming more well known today since it is frequently used in large prairie restoration projects, small scale prairie plantings and in general landscaping situations.
I think prairie dock leaves make great photographic subject material. Their shape, form, and venation lend them well to artistic ideas and applications. The heavy venation looks great when backlit from the low rays of morning or evening sunlight. And the massive leaves can be used effectively in broader landscapes as foreground subject material in prairie settings. I particularly like the color, shape and texture of old, dry prairie dock leaves in late autumn. They take on a character not unlike the leathery, weathered skin of an old man who has spent a lifetime making a living outdoors at sea or on the farm. As the leaves turn from green to brown, they begin to contort, taking on interesting sweeps and curves of topography. By then, they are very brittle, and when walking through a dense patch of the leaves you will hear and feel their crunching protests.
I have a few prairie dock plants in my little prairie planting in the “Back 40” of my yard. Every fall I look at those leaves and think about possibilities and know there are interesting photos in there somewhere. This past fall, I decided to make a special effort at trying to tease some artsy photos from those leaves. Gosh, it turned out much harder than I expected! With all the inherent character emanating from those leaves, why was I having so much trouble finding what I was looking for? What were my eyes and my brain failing to see? I would find myself thinking of Flickr friends whose work I so admire. What would Mark do? What would Fran do?
In this series of five photographs, you see a condensed version of efforts from three different mornings of time spent with my prairie dock leaves. All the photos have some light frost in them. And you will notice they all have small white dots on the leaves. Although those dots may be somewhat enhanced by the frost, they are not just frost, but the plant material that makes prairie dock leaves so rough and sandpapery. I’m not certain what it is, but I think it is silica, the material that adds roughness to the stems of the fern relatives we call scouring rushes. Whatever the case, I think those white dots contribute to the character that makes prairie dock leaves so interesting to both photographer and camera. As for these photos, I think they turned out well enough, yet I wish for something more. There is something else there that I was unable to capture. I feel it. I know it. I will try again next fall.
Yesterday I picked up the new Sony A7RII that I had pre-ordered months ago from a local dealer. Photographed this fishing boat at the dock located at Joe Patti;s Seafood & Market in Pensacola, Florida.
Camber Dock in Old Portsmouth England dates back to 1180 and was built by Jean de Gisors the owner of a fleet of merchant ships so he could trade with Normandy. Now the home to a fleet of inshore fishing boats and a marina for leisure craft
66172 trundles its way down the single track branch line to Barry docks working the once daily 6B06 Newport ADJ chemicals container train to Dow Corning. The containers brought in from Newport ADJ originate from various locations including Southampton, Tilbury, Portbury and London Gateway. Acrylonitrile is one of main chemicals transported, an important monomer used in the manufacture of plastics. In the past silica sand has also been brought in from France.
Dow Corning's Plant at Barry is one of the most modern and technically advanced chemicals facilities in the world, and the company’s single largest European plant. Container traffic to the Docks was introduced in 1998, which meant that the quayside lines at No2 Dock were brought back into use, the first time since grain traffic ceased in the early 1970's. Hence, the Docks now has an inter-modal railway facility for container transportation by rail to UK deep-sea hub ports.
the sidewalk ledge and the nature at the is at the outdoors of outside of more stunned and amazing of the outdoors need is looking sharp of the scenery
I have adjusted the contrast, dehaze and black points in these few images simply to achieve the impression of what I saw at the time.
We were on a cruise around the British Isles and our first port of call was Liverpool. I couldn't believe that this beautiful scene was immediately next to where the ship berthed. I had so many plans of places I wanted to visit and photograph, but ended up staying here for most of the day. Beautiful place.