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... wind driven, spring storm clouds, with sunset light entangled in them, continuing to transform every moment, as they cross the twilight sky ...
A grainy photo showing an Inuit camp at night on an island in lake Tasiujaq (formerly Richmond Gulf and Lac Guillaume-Delisle), Nunavik, Canada.
Lake (lac) Tasiujaq drains several large rivers and is bordered on its west shore by steep cliffs (Hudsonian Cuestas) that are the highest in the province of Quebec.
Lake Tasiujaq is a vast brackish water lake with a narrow opening (called the Goulet) between cuestas to Hudson’s Bay. A large volume of water surges through this bottleneck and is driven by the rise and fall of the tides. The powerful flow ensures that the waters of the Goulet never freeze in winter. Lake Tasiujaq is one of the largest natural lakes in Quebec and is included in the boundaries of Tursujuq national park.
For more information see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tasiujaq
Photo taken 29 August 2018 on a kayaking expedition.
Camera: Olympus EM1 Mark II
Lens: Olympus 12- 40mm f2.8
P8290294
The Highland is a Scottish breed of rustic cattle. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland and has long horns and a long shaggy coat. It is a hardy breed, bred to withstand the intemperate conditions in the region.
Highland cattle descend from the Hamitic Longhorn, which were brought to Britain by Neolithic farmers in the second millennium BC, as the cattle migrated northwards through Africa and Europe. Highland cattle were historically of great importance to the economy, with the cattle being raised for meat primarily and sold in England.
The 1885 herd book describes two distinct types of Highland cattle. One was the West Highland, or Kyloe, originating and living mostly in the Outer Hebrides, which had harsher conditions. These cattle tended to be smaller, to have black coats and, due to their more rugged environment, to have long hair. These cattle were named due to the practice of relocating them. The kyles are narrow straits of water, and the cattle were driven across them to get to market.
The other type was the mainland; these tended to be larger because their pastures provided richer nutrients. They came in a range of colours, most frequently dun or red. These types have now been crossbred so that there is no distinct difference.
Since the early 20th century, breeding stock has been exported to many parts of the world, especially Australia and North America.
It is estimated that there are now around 15,000 Highland cattle in the United Kingdom.
I've only driven through this town a few times, always after picking up a meat load in Gaylord Minnesota. A Michael Farrell, a friend of ours on Flickr mentioned it before, I think he has a relative that lives here. Anyway, decided if I'd try to get a decent picture as I passed through. I was making a right turn and had a green light, but no cars behind, so I stopped in the intersection and took a picture.
Sleepy Eye, Minnesota - Wikipedia
Just the wishful thinking is not enough … but it needs just some positive actions and – who knows – the world could be at our feet …
Wishing you a perfect week-end and that all your dreams come true!!!
ArisAris : Witty Romper (black)
It has 8 different hud driven options.
Photo taken @ Flux Sur Mer
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To the love of my adolescence (rl! lol)
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A 1x1 powered I016 is about to pass from the Keystone State and into Maryland. Next stop is a crew change at Cumberland. The old marker is in need of some help to remain standing as steel rebar has been driven along its cracking base. The cracks I'm guessing from the many winter months of siting in a foot or two of snow weakening the concrete.
'Blow off a little steam'
World's first steam powered clock
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate
Best experienced in full screen.
Colours and light slightly muted due to weather conditions.
Thanks so much for comments and visits
~Christie
Hay Bale demonstration
September 10, 2021
Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association
Boonville, Missouri
Hexham to Gleneagles
No 14 a Vauxhall driven by Charles Bishop co pilot Nellie Bishop both from Great Britian.
As ERA’s blue riband Flying Scotsman event smoothly glides into a second decade of outstanding vintage motoring, timetabling for the 12th edition in 2022 is already at an advanced stage.
Following an enforced absence, the UK’s premier rally designed exclusively for Vintage motorcars returns for 2022 with a Northumberland start. Our route then takes us through the very best scenery and roads that the area has to offer before heading into new territory with an overnight halt at St Andrews. Day 2 sees crews covering some famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ roads as they head into the Cairngorms and a halt in Aviemore. The final day will take a less than direct route to ensure crews are kept busy before arriving at the world famous Gleneagles Hotel for the final control and post event festivities.
Our Route Designers have been busy crafting another first-class journey. This combines scenic Regularities on remote country roads with exciting Special Tests where you can enjoy your fine vintage cars to their full. The competition will be suitable for all levels of experience with three days of exclusive vintage motoring and great camaraderie in prospect.
“It’s one of the best, there is something for everyone” John Lomas, Riley driver
“I love the comradeship between the competitors who gather from all over the world to participate” Willy Van Loon, Bentley driver.
MOTOR DRIVEN SHOT:
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MY FRIENDS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE THIS KIND OF PHOTOS; IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT AND I NEEDED 20 SHOTS IN FOUR DIFFERENTS MOMENTS FOR HAVING THESE TWO...
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THIS IS THE MAGIC OF MY SEA....
TAKEN IN "CALA GINEPRO" (SARDINIA ISLAND - WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN ITALIAN SEA)
World's first steam powered clock
Historic Gastown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate.
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
Happy Clicks
~Christie
As I've driven to and from work down the back country lanes I've noticed just how many dandelion clocks there are right now. And I wondered how I could make something interesting out of them.
Fortunately I may have some genes of a distant genius, as well as his name, and it struck me I could make a Newton's Cradle …...you know those suspended steel balls, and you pull back one and let it swing and the thing goes clack, clack, clack, back and forth for ages. It keeps some people amused: normally bored executives.
Anyhow, here is my less irritating silent version rustled up quickly on a baking tray.
I have driven past this old wooden ruin many times, and finally stopped to look at it more closely. It was well worth the time; what a wonderful assortment of shapes and textures! Although it may stand for a few more years, collapse and total decay seem inevitable.
A midday shot in bright sun... this is something I don't do often... but it can work. The washed out sky is unusual for Saskatchewan; however, we were returning from points north and beginning to encounter a little smoke from forest fires in the western states. This created a very pale blue sky that would not work well for typical nature landscapes, but effectively holds the viewer's attention on the building.
This could be a good one to convert to black and white; I may get around to experimenting with it or other shots from this location.
Photographed near Chamberlain, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
We've driven by this wreck more times then I care to admit and never stopped to grab a photo. On today's occasion we were on our way back from testing our mettle in the extreme cold at Niagara Falls and finally decided to stop. The ice offered a perspective we hadn't seen before and the sun came out for a few minutes to provide some contrast against the snowy sky we were driving back in to.
I believe the ship is known as La Grande Hermine or alternatively, The Big Weasel - although I'm not sure where the latter came from. Like most grand schemes, there is a colorful history to it and if you're interested, check out the link below.
niagarafallscliftonhill.com/blog/abandoned-ship-niagara-l...
It's Dandelion season again and I've been toying with this idea for a few weeks. I took a few water drop refraction shots today, for the first time. I had fun when I worked it out.
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The first mechanical weaving mill stood there in 1851, driven by water power. Since 1879 the new owner gave it its name and the mill was then steam powered. There was a weaving and spinning mill, a dyeing and bleachery. 270 people worked there in its heyday. The mill operated until 2004. The last owner lived alone in his closed factory and died there in 2011.
Found this little dandelion on a walk and just thought to grab an image really quickly! I honestly didn't know dandelions were around in the winter.
Tell me what you think!!
My attempt at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Keychain".
HSS!
Shot with a JSCO Göttingen "Kiptar 50 mm F 1.6" (projection) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
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Ive driven by these trees at work since November 2018, they are at the roadside just off the A9. The bright silver birch bark always seemed to pop in the evening against the dark background. I spent tonight in a woodland after work and didn't overly come up with anything I was happy with... then as I was driving back to the hotel I passed these trees and had to stop! Prob my fave shot of the night and essentially a shot from the car window!
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By now it seemed I could go forever without sleep. Since yesterday morning at home, we’d driven from one side of the country to the other and found the only two empty chairs along the main concourse near the airport’s main entrance. Nothing was conducive to sleep, not the endless stream of arriving passengers, nor the bright lights in a space that was packed with humanity. And despite the long drive to get here, neither of us seemed able to nod off. The endless agitation of the man in the chair on our right did nothing to help, and of course we were both clinging to bags loaded with camera equipment that had taken years of hard work to accumulate. When we boarded the flight for Keflavik at some obscene hour of the morning it was as if we were in a daze. But surely, we’d find some sleep on the plane? I managed an hour at most.
Some time later we were on the roads around the perimeter of Reykjavik, and then heading north towards Snaefellsnes, lost in awe at how imposing the landscape is. Tufts of cloud hung halfway up the near vertical slopes of huge green fingers of high ground that spread from the earth across fjords and towards the sea. The bright ribbon of road sparkled in sunlight as it snaked around the edge of the land, a narrow corridor between the mountains and the sea. There’s just something about the colours and shapes of the land that draw you in and try to steal your attention as you drive. And we hadn’t even got to the good bits yet. After an hour or so we arrived at Borganes, the Bonus supermarket and the café I’d bought a coffee from last time we were here three years earlier. Traditions can evolve from the most mundane of activities sometimes.
After a couple of hours, more or less on time we drove over the narrow causeway across the last fjord towards the small fishing port of Grundarfjordur on the north coast of the Snaefellsnes peninsula, stopping at the viewpoint over the sound to take a few handheld snaps. Inland, clouds hung heavy in cumulus form, racing on the wind across the mountain tops of the interior. But out to sea they were altogether different, smooth edged and cigar shaped, like thousands of strange alien craft that had arrived at the same time as us and were making their way towards a meeting point. Textures that would later make the sky rival a certain location for attention when we pointed our cameras towards it.
We were the first of the new arrivals to an empty hostel, checking into our room with another cup of coffee and hastily assembled ham and tomato deli wraps to celebrate getting there in one piece. Of course, coffee doesn’t go hand in hand with sleep, and nor does the adrenalin generated by the excitement of being in a landscape photographer’s dreamland. And we were only five minutes from the main attraction. Five minutes from Kirkjufell, which dominated the scene from the picture window in our room. We could come here every day if we wanted. Twice a day, three times a day – time couldn’t stop us. In 2019 we only managed the classic shot – a sub standard canvas sits on my wall recording the event – but this time it feels like we observed it from every conceivable angle. Well, every conceivable angle except for the one further up the valley I read about in a book called “Photographing Iceland” that seemed to involve trespassing that is. Amazing how different it looks from each position. From here, the Hogwarts Sorting Hat forever jumps into my imagination.
We’d started on the west side along the empty road behind the marshes. I haven’t shared a shot from there yet, but I’m bound to at some point – it’s only a matter of time. An hour there revealed something different that most of the people a mile away wouldn’t see that day. Watch this space. Then we thought about the obvious view. The one everyone knows. My obsessive planning had already warned us about the new car park that charges visitors one thousand krona to stop at the most well known viewpoint, and for the hard of spending this presented a challenge. But challenges can be overcome you know, and a rough pull in was soon identified at which we ourselves pulled in and made across the bridge for the waterfall view, passing the busy new facility with its number plate recognition cameras and pay machines. Iceland costs enough without throwing bad money after good. Judging by the number of vehicles parked in there, the owners would probably have enough for a luxury holiday in Cornwall by next Thursday.
“That’s a great hat!”
“Thank you”
“Where did you buy it. Over here?”
“No, eBay,” I smiled in return to the young German man. One of the few non photographers among the masses, he seemed to like my bright blue and orange hat, supplied by a well known manufacturer of outdoor clothing and equipment. I returned to the view in front of me. The Great Sorting Hat of Snaefellsnes in all its glory. If you zoom in a bit, you can even see a watchful eye halfway up that all so familiar slope.
The waterfall area was far busier than it had been three years earlier. Mind you, last time we were here it was under the midnight sun. There were still a handful of people here when I thoughtlessly threw on the ten stop filter and lost all definition in the famous waterfalls then, but now the place was chock full of humanity. In fact, I had to wait my turn to line up my shot, this time choosing the slightly less familiar lower falls to share with this story. I hoped my choice of a six stop filter and a speed of a little under a second might deliver something more pleasing. And even though the hour wasn’t golden or blue, those strange cigar shapes in the sky that had gathered here like old friends gave the rugged green landscape an unworldly atmosphere. For a moment I ignored the crowds gathered behind me and pretended I was the only person here. Just me, a sky full of visitors and a giant sorting hat in this remote corner of Europe. Maybe sleep deprivation was starting to kick in after all.