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Thopha saccate, the largest Australian species of cicada and said to be the loudest insect in the world. It's at its teneral stage, when it has recently molted and its exoskeleton is yet to harden and get its final colouration. It’s on a Scribbly-gum tree (Eucalyptus haemastoma).
Focus stack using Zerene Stacker
Double CN C44-9Ws 2541 and 2658 race through Spruce Grove with a westbound grain train. It was cool to see these two in amongst the sea of GE Evolution units.
We did not get that much sun lately. Nature probably wants to make it up with us and gives us not one but two suns at the end of this lovely day.
Once T001 completed the see-saw maneuver at Cragin/A5 and parked themselves on M3, the waiting game began. I naively hoped they would run behind Amtrak 339. But after they passed, no lineup appeared. T001 toned up the tower and confirmed that they would run behind Metra 2617.
After 2617 cleared, T001 was off to the races, sorta. Dimensional steel forced their 5000-ft train through the 10-mph cross-overs. And then UP lined an inbound in front of them at Mayfair. All the while the cloud line kept inching north. It would be close and I needed T001 to be nipping the heels of 2617.
Fortunately, the engineer ran on approaches, keeping it tight. About 4 minutes after 2617 passed below, with the sun dipping into the diffuse fringes of clouds, T001's headlight popped around the corner and passed below about 6 minutes later at 1823. When I got back to my car, the clouds had pretty much taken over. Every minute mattered here. Big thanks to all those who provided the assist this day. I'm grateful to finally have some daylight WSOR coverage in the Chicago region.
The Bisti Badlands have always been a location I've wanted to visit. Particularly for it's night photography. I only had 2 quick nights in the Badlands, and all I could think about were clear skies. Luckily both nights provided us with some of the clearest skies for milky way photography and the locations in the badlands provided amazing images.
This is a double shot panorama + blue hour frame. Bottom half of the image was shot during the blue hour for full focus and sharpness. With the second shot being a full milky way shot for the bright night sky.
Shot on the Sony a7r II with the Laowa 15mm f/2.
Cracked Eggs
Bisti Badlands, New Mexico
I saw a bunch of these birds while walking one day. Went back with the camera and couldn't find them. Then I found them at another location and only had my 35mm lens on. Went back with the big lens one day and couldn't find them.
Success today! They're so tiny, so cute, and so quick!
Taken for Macro Monday theme - Glaze. This tiny leaf frog was stuck onto my glass door this morning when I first went to go outside, it was only once I'd taken his photo that I realised I had two reflections caused by the double glazed door. HMM all!
Double blues, double blues
Perfection comes in twos
I love them double blues
37264 & 20189 head away from Levisham with the 15.31 Pickering - Grosmont on Sun 16th June 2024.
Day 3 of the NYMR summer diesel gala.
Brussel
De Kathedraal van Sint-Michiel en Sint-Goedele is een kerkgebouw in het oude centrum van Brussel. De bouw van de kathedraal werd in het begin van de 13de eeuw aangevat onder de leiding van Hendrik I, hertog van Brabant. Tot aan de opsplitsing van het bisdom Mechelen in 1961 was het een collegiale kerk die gewijd was aan Sint-Michiel en waarin in 1047 een kapittel ter ere van Sint-Goedele werd gesticht.
The Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula (French: Co-Cathédrale collégiale des Ss-Michel et Gudule, Dutch: Collegiale Sint-Michiels- en Sint-Goedele-co-kathedraal[1]) is a Roman Catholic church in Brussels, Belgium. The church was given cathedral status in 1962 and has since been the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels, together with St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen.[1]
En Rechts een kantoorgebouw met Twee torens
I am delighted to have won a first and second in this years Annual Photography Competition at my local RSPB reserve at Lochwinnoch.
Many thanks to all those that voted for my entries.
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( Featured in the Irvine Herald and Kilwinning Chronicle – October 13, 2017 )
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My Facebook page.
I was thrilled to see not one but two of these Paper Kites flying around together, and actually pausing to share different flowers on multiple occasions. Needless to say, I grabbed tons of photos of these beauties, as they are my favorite butterfly here in the Cecil B Day Butterfly Center!
In this particular shot, a lovely little Zebra Longwing happened to wander close enough to be included, too! Not sure what particular flower/plant this is because I could not find the ID placard, but it was a definite favorite of a lot of the butterflies here.
If you ever make it to Callaway Gardens, this butterfly center should be on your "to do" list of attractions to visit. It's open year-round, and never disappoints.
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Viewing large is always fun. Just click on the image.
A pair of Double-crested Cormorants taking a break from fishing at the edge of Presque Isle Bay, at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. October 2019.
Daylily from my garden. Painterly & textured FX in Topaz Studio.
Double daylilies feature extra layers of petals, giving them a rich, ruffled appearance similar to peonies or dahlias. They come in almost every color except blue and thrive in full sun to partial shade. Popular varieties suited for Southern California gardens range from vibrant golds to soft pinks and deep reds.
Nikon D810 Nikon 105mm Macro.
Not Ai Generated.
Watch out, a crocodile has crawled up the beach! Cairns's suburbs extend out along the beaches to the north on the road to the Daintree. Each beachside suburb extends of an easterly side road and is isolated from the next, often with unusual names like Yorkey's Knob. They have pleasant beaches, sometimes visited by crocodiles, the beaches being bordered by pleasant tropical parks and lined with palm trees.
The most northerly is Palm Cove, formerly known as Buchan and it has developed in more recent years to become a little like Port Douglas. The esplanade faces a beautiful beach on the eastern side, while crossing the road takes you to a long line of expensive resorts and restaurants.
Gigantic and ancient Melaleuca trees shade almost the entire length of Palm Cove. These native Australian trees are over 500 years old and infuse unique character to the cove. Buildings in the area are built around the trees according to strict rules that enforce their preservation. Despite the modern resorts, this is an area for quiet relaxation and the trees provide a visual canopy and outlook to Double Island which can be seen in this shot that is hard to resist.
Our first evening at the Hyatt Tamaya in Bernalillo, New Mexico -- we were eating supper on the patio and there was a short rain shower, followed by a beautiful double rainbow. Wish I had my Leica with me, but had to make do with my cell phone. It was the most vivid rainbow I ever remember seeing in my life.
Day 188 of my 366 Project
These wild boar piglets choosed a hard time to start their lifes. Summer would have been a better choice.. But they are safe together with their mom in a wildlife park with a lot of boars around.
I fell in love with these cute faces.. :-D
---amazing how turtles will sit like this :)
In the water, you can see a turtle that swam up and 'conversed' with the 'bottom' turtle for a moment or 2. You could tell that they were communicating, and I had to wonder how---- and what they were saying...
I figured that the turtle in the water wanted to join the stack, and the bottom turtle told him it just wouldn't work this time... :)
(or maybe it was saying to dump the one on top and join him/her in a swim..... :)
The top turtle was actually 'dumped' a few minutes later....
worth a look in large :)
Double FUTAB (me and Viki) covered with Cretian sand and Factor 40 sun block (what a waste of money that was!!!)
Amtrak 98 rounds the bend at Crystal City with 2 Amtrak Heritage units powering the train. Me and a close friend were so glad VRE was out of the way but unfortunately the sun wasn’t shining as much as I wish it was. I’m glad that we got it though. This was our first double heritage of the day we still had one more duo to get later in the day.