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Pakistan is Beautiful & Peaceful : First Drag race by TDCP at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Details:Nikon D90 ( ISO Speed: 800 )
Photography + PS work
Immature red-tailed hawk, dragging the remains of his freshly killed squirrel. He dragged it a few inches then dropped it, then dragged it a few more inches, dropped it, dragged it and dropped it. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Chernivtsi (Czernowitz), Ukraine
SLR Camera: Minolta Maxxum 9 Ti
Lens: Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f1.7 RS
Film: Bergger Pancro 400
Filter: Ж-2x (Yellow)
Developed at home in Kodak D-76, 1+1, 20°C, 17 min.
(The negatives are very sluggish as the developer solution has oxidized and decomposed).
Film was scanned by Vasyl Salyga in Chernivtsi.
I am happy with the results. Thank you!
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Thank you for your comments and Fav's.
Emphasis on the "drag" part.
Took nearly two days to catch this bad boy, I was hoping for a late afternoon chase around the east side of Cima Hill. Instead I got this in rather non-shootable mid morning lighting, pacing it was really the best option given the time of day.
Here's how it all fell apart, in rather non spectacular fashion as always. Union Pacific's Loaded Coal from West Elk, Colorado to Long Beach, California (Pier G) hit a rather unexpected snag in transit on the Caliente Subdivision, after its rear DPU (UP 8454) died while the train was dropping out of the Meadow Valley Wash. While this wasn't world ending going downhill and into the short uphill stretch Farrier, it did cause some problems when the train hit the one percent grade at Moapa and promptly stalled it. Now here's where it got ugly fast, there was only one train that had a donatable unit to give to the coal train. An eastbound Ogden had to setout a unit at Milford the two trains had actually met at Islen on Thursday the 24th. That required a Milford, Utah to Moapa, Nevada engine move that took just about a whole calendar day with positioning crews, fuel checks, etc. to accomplish the end goal (getting this thing moving again).
That all started on Thursday around seven in the morning, it's now Saturday just before nine o'clock. As Union Pacific 2602 and 8035 are pulling hard across the Ivanpah Valley on their way to the bottom of Cima Hill. There the train will slug it out over the mountain grade on it's way to Yermo, where more it will be held for booster unit to get over the Santa Fe. It wouldn't make it into Long Beach until Sunday just after twelve in the afternoon....
Moapa, Nevada to Long Beach, California total distance: three hundred ninety-six miles with seventy-eight hours to get there, average speed was five miles an hour.
Sighhh wish it wasn't like this.....
Marbella is well known through the world as a luxury holiday destination in the “Costa del Sol”, in the South of Spain. From 7 to 8 figures Villas, Ferrari, Porsche, RR, Hermés, Louis Vuitton and Rolex in gold with gold overload in option as well as paying 3,000 Euros/Dollars for a bottle of Möet & Chandon in a disco at night. Plenty of beautiful young and not so young girls available. You name it. Soon you start to ask yourself, as Henry-Cartier Bresson once did: “where the money came from”?
I’m not interested in that vision of Marbella. With my Leica I’m much more intrigued in how the authentic people from Marbella lives. And when we speak about living in Marbella we should observe how people behaves in the beaches. The true treasure of Marbella is neither on champagne nor in fine dresses. The jewel of Marbella is the sun itself. The authentic people from Marbella knows it perfectly well. They know people come and go and they know too the sun is the only thing that remains.
My “Marbella Collection” tries to gather the ambiance in the beach. I usually arrive with my Leica inside a discrete black bag. No space for more than an M body and a 50mm Summicron with a 10 stops neutral density filter. I take seat below my sun-umbrella everyday and the Leica goes out the bag to see light. In less than five minutes I take three or four shots, no more. No need for being in a hurry. Everything is calm as are the tiny waves from the Alboran’s Sea. I take the pictures and then the Leica goes back inside the black sand-proof bag. Next comes the solar protection cream and the sunbath. The Leica knows that she can rest until next morning.
US Air Force 305AMW Boeing KC-46A Pegasus 11-46057 & 19-46061 parked up at RAF Lakenheath
This pair and a third plus a trio positioned over at Mildenhall were involved in the 'drag' of a dozen Alaskan based F-22 Raptors that were in transit through Lakenheath recently, all on their way to somewhere hot
A pair of KC135s, along with two supporting C-17s were in the mix too
The KC-46 will ultimately replace the KC-135
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Douglas Dakota N473DC Drag ‘em oot
The aircraft was delivered to the USAAF in December 1943 as a C-47A Skytrain, with serial number 42-100882. Assigned to 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command in the European Theatre of Operations, the aircraft flew to the United Kingdom in February 1944.
On arrival in Europe, the aircraft was assigned to 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, IX Troop Carrier Command at RAF Greenham Common. The 438th provided the four lead squadrons on D-Day transporting the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, to their drop zone located near Carentan. Later on the evening of 6th June the unit took part in Operation ELMIRA, the glider borne reinforcement of the earlier drops by elements of the 82nd Airborne Division. The towed force consisted of 14 Waco CG-4A Hadrian and 36 Airspeed Horsa gliders, these being released at a landing zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise.
Although a large number of the Hadrian assault gliders deposited at landing grounds across Normandy were too badly damaged for further use, a sizeable number could be recovered for further use. A limited number of C-47s serving with the 438th TCG were fitted with ‘Model 80’ glider pick up gear to snatch the stranded gliders, Drag ‘em oot was one such aircraft. The snatch gear winch was located in the forward fuselage with an arrester hook fitted beneath the fuselage in the general area of the cargo door. This fitment resulted in Drag ‘em oot not being used for parachute drops during D-Day; instead she towed gliders and carried out re-supply sorties.
The glider recovery sorties continued during July and August and almost certainly carried on into September despite the aircraft’s transfer to the RAF as Dakota III TS422. Drag ‘em oot joined No.1 Heavy Glider Servicing Unit, based at Netheravon, and saw much use recovering Hadrian and Horsa gliders back to the UK.
During Operation MARKET GARDEN, the Arnhem landings in September 1944, Drag ‘em oot served in the re-supply role and sustained battle damage. The aircraft’s lower wing surfaces and rear fuselage were hit by ground fire and flak whilst an attack by a German fighter aircraft resulted in the cockpit being sprayed with bullets, one even passed through the back of the Pilot’s seat although there are no records of any fatalities or injuries – around forty bullet strikes have been counted in total.
Drag ‘em oot returned to the glider snatch role and continued sorties throughout the lead up to Operation VARSITY, the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945. With the war over, Drag ‘em oot was transferred to 435 (RCAF) Squadron at Down Ampney, in August 1945. Remaining under RAF control she carried out freight duties and troop movements throughout Europe and Scandinavia until April 1946, including returning Allied Prisoners of War.
37611 dragging Crossrail unit 345039 at Harrowden junction on the 5q72 1400 Old Dalby - Wembley yard. 66623 was sat in a engineers possession 24/6/18.
We had our first snow of the season yesterday, with a little more overnight. This shot is from this morning with the draggers out for scallops (and maybe urchins?).
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Strong winds, heavy seas, incoming tide and sunshine made for an exhilarating walk along the beach yesterday... I tried long exposures amongst the rocks but couldn't keep the camera steady, so I went for 1/4 second on the beach using Lee Pro Glass .9 ND filter.
I got very wet indeed and it was cold walking back to the car, parked where you can see buildings in the distance.... it was fun though :o)
This photo was taken at the 2018 BC Annual Dance Festival in Prince Rupert. Mostly I was shooting to capture movement but I took the occasional long exposure for a more abstract look.
Plenty more photos (and I do mean plenty) at the proofing gallery online here.
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The 65' steel fishing vessel Japara (R & G Wisby) in a drag race with us to the wharf across Georges Bay, St. Helens, Tasmania. Circa 1987.
Fairly stiff breeze of westerly here and we had been chased out of the scallop beds in Banks Strait several hours steaming to the north.
First to the wharf were first to unload and first to the pub!
They lost...
Nikon F2A, Nikkor 35-70, f/3.3-4.5 AIS, ~125th sec at f/11, Kodacolor ISO 400
SL's New Premier Drag Experience--DRAG IDOL @ Velvet Rose!
Amazing performances every 1st and 3rd Friday @ 700pm SLT!
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DISCLAIMER: I hereby declare that I do not own the rights to this music/song. All rights belong to the owner. No Copyright Infringement Intended.
Drag queen dragging a dragon.
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Created for the Toy Sunday theme, DRAG, inspired by the infamous “Bad Panda” photo.
Read about the history of the drag-strip at www.bigalslist.com/pictures/neighborhood/Magnolia/Magnoli...
Good things to think about when life feels "like a drag" :
1. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. “ ~ Roosevelt
2. “There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” ~ Robert Kennedy
3. “If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” Van Gogh
4. “I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star, I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.” Milton Berle
5. “It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.” Vince Lombardi
6. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” Helen Keller
7. “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.” Clara Barton
8. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. “ Harriet B Stowe
9. “If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Mary Pickford
10. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
11. “The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.” Shakespeare
12. “When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
13. “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” Solomon; Proverbs 12:25
14. “… fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” God; Isaiah 41:10
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