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Taken the same day as my last post. They seemed very happy to greet each other. This went on for a minute or two. The female was already on the rocks with her ducklings when the drake arrived. He greeted the ducklings too, although not as enthusiastically. I suppose it could have been a adult child returning to visit its mother, I've seen juvenile, almost adult males do that. But I'd guess it was her mate. In any case, they definitely shared some affection. I felt double lucky to see it. It's my favorite thing to photograph. I know people who refuse to believe birds feel emotions, even though its plain as day that they do. And I just love to see them show it.
Ceci est une galerie personnelle. Si vous vous reconnaissez sur une photo et que vous ne désirez pas que celle-ci reste publiée, faites le moi savoir et elle sera retirée.
This is a personal gallery. If you recognize yourself in a picture of this gallery and if you don’t want it to be published, let me know and the picture will be removed.
As a car enthusiast I do like it when I see a shiny bodywork on a classic car. That means, well kept, well maintained and it usually shows that the owner actually likes what he's doing. However, some times, the old timers need to be seen with the touch of time on them. I found this old truck parked on the yard of a winery at the Finger Lakes in NY. It quickly drew my attention, sitting there like an old rusty fella having proudly served its cause by hauling loads of grapes and crates of good wines.
Farming yesteryear enthusiast's keenly ploughing as in olden days
A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows.
He (enthusiastically): Hey, Babe!
She (less so): Hello...
He: Ahhhhh, finally Spring...that magical time of year!
She: For what?
He: Well...you know. I was thinking we could get together
and renew acquaintenances. It's been a long winter.
She: Really? And what's in it for me but another summer of drugery of nonstop watching the kids while you and your drake buddies are out goofing off?
He: That was last year...
She: Actually, every year that I can remember!
He: Hey! A guy can change, can't he? I think this year it can be different.
She: What makes you think that?
He: I can feel it.
She: I know you're feeling something, but I don't think it's a new found interest in parental responsibility.
Farming yesteryear enthusiast's keenly ploughing as in olden days
A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows
Here I was less enthusiastic about the train. It is the cloud cover. It gives the effect as if it were a "time tunnel".
Hier hat mich weniger der Zug begeistert. Die Wolkendecke ist es. Sie bringt den Effekt, als wäre es ein "Timetunnel".
黃冑 Huang Zhou 1925-1997
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Tokyo old photos revived in color
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FREDERICA VON STADE - RUSALKA (MOON SONG)
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Songs My Mother Taught Me : Manca Izmajlova
This wasp-like falsehorn is cousin to the black-spotted falsehorn (Temnostoma excentrica) that I've previously posted to Flickr but there are some minor differences in the two species. One thing they both have in common besides having basic wasp colors is the way they like to wave those long black front legs in front of their face to look like wasp antennae since their own antennae are just tiny orange blobs. These big bulky flies pose no danger to people since they have no stinger and only drink flower nectar. Females lay eggs in rotting wood and their larvae eat that decaying wood for their food source. This particular fly proved to be the first record of a wasp-like falsehorn reported to BugGuide - a bible for insect enthusiasts here in the States - from Iowa.
As part of the anniversary celebrations to celebrate 150 years since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 252001 crawls past the crowds between Heighington and Shildon.
The striking aspect of this image are the crowds: perhaps there are rail enthusiasts here, but it seems very much as though the general public were very much in attendance. No doubt the National Railway Museum at Shildon will celebrate the 200th anniversay of the opening in 2025, though I hear that even if such a calvacade could be arranged, the public would not be so interested.
The other striking aspect of course is the mass trespass: of course, this was another age, but the presence of families with childen next to and on the running line seems alien to a 21st century viewer.
Taken by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.
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Die Markthal in Rotterdam ist ein architektonisches Highlight und ein beliebter Treffpunkt für Feinschmecker und Architekturbegeisterte gleichermaßen. Das hufeisenförmige Gebäude wurde vom renommierten Architekturbüro MVRDV entworfen und am 1. Oktober 2014 von Königin Máxima eröffnet. Es kombiniert auf einzigartige Weise einen überdachten Lebensmittelmarkt mit Wohnungen, Gastronomie, Einzelhandel und einer Tiefgarage.
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The Markthal in Rotterdam is an architectural landmark and a popular meeting point for food lovers and architecture enthusiasts alike. The horseshoe-shaped building was designed by the renowned architectural firm MVRDV and officially opened by Queen Máxima on October 1, 2014. It uniquely combines an indoor food market with residential apartments, restaurants, retail spaces, and an underground parking garage.(Quelle/source: Internet)
Wadden Sea off the southern coast of the island of Juist
District of Aurich, East Frisia
Lower Saxony, Germany 10.01.2008
Copyright for the unedited photo by Pia
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Wattenmeer vor der südliche Küste der Insel Juist
Landkreis Aurich, Ostfriesland
Niedersachsen, Deutschland 10.01.2008
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Hi, Me again...
In April 2021, I received my first 35mm as a gift from a fellow photography enthusiast. I seriously had no idea what I was doing but I immeditely knew I enjoyed it. The sound alone was enough to give me shivers!! Since then, I have shot a few rolls of film, find myself in possession of 5 new cameras, managed to process 2 rolls at home, 'scan', and now I'm ready to put them out there.
I don't ever profess to be a perfect photographer. If fact, I'm usually incredibly insecure. Digital photography always had me seeking perfection. It is silly because life isn't perfect, but regardless, I feared things like proper exposure and unconventional subjects. (Yes....insert eye roll here!)
The thing about film though, it has given me freedom it be imperfect, appreciate 'flaws' and embrace everyday life in an authentic and unpolished way. Film has given me permission to love the imperfect and see it for all its beauty. Also, the fact that my hands are on it from start to finish....well that... that alone gives me immense satisfaction.
So.....I'm saying be ready for the perfectly imperfect. And just to prove it...I resisted the urge to edit out my chicken pox scars. :-) I'm going to be brave and start sharing what I've been working on and what I love.
Here goes....
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Nikon FM10 | Ilford HP5 400
Digitized with Sony A7riii | Skier Sunray Copy Box 3 | 135 Skier Sunray Film Holder
Home developed in Cinestill Monobath | 3 min, 80 F
Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: B+W | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: LAB - Standard | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: Frontier
Enthusiasts line the platforms of Goatland station as Lambton Colliery Railway 0-6-2 tank engine No. 29 'Peggy' arrives with a demonstration freight train during North Yorkshire Moors Railway steam gala on 24th September 2021. Built in 1904 by Kitson of Leeds, No. 29 is a preserved 0-6-2 steam tank locomotive having been made redundant in 1969.
This properly dressed and appropriately tipsy guy was eager to celebrate St. Patricks Day and take part in all parts of the parade. And did not mind at all when security pushed him back to the sidelines
With the sun rapidly going down, the last shot of the day catches GBRf Shed 66769 crossing the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Skipton as it heads along the Rylstone branch with the 11.32 ex Hull Dairycoates (6D72).
It's unlikely a train enthusiast inhabits the rather nice dwelling between the canal and Keighley Road - if so, the dining room would surely be facing the other way?
23rd November 2016
Leica M10 / Carl Zeiss Planar ZM 2/50 mm
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As photography enthusiasts we are each drawn to a specific genre. Granted we admire all sorts of pictures, but there is a certain class of images we particularly are drawn to. Some like portraiture, some still-life, others formal landscape photography, and some street...
It was a while before I found myself admiring New Topographics photos. I found my admiration was in their honesty and utilization of space. I found that I related to their aesthetic because I was immersed in that type of scenario all around me. Intentionally regular and bland and not necessarily "pretty" I found them quite worthy of my attention.
I found myself being a more honest photographer when I adapted the New Topographics style and followed their tenets. Then one day I went back through my SD cards and found that I had been taking such pictures on many occasions without knowing it.
There is quite some overlap between New Topographics and Uncommon Places picture making, but at their cores they are very distinct.
With this particular scene I tried to push the envelope and present a landscape far beyond the aesthetics of 'calendar' pictures.
Leica M-E / Carl Zeiss Planar ZM 2/50 mm
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Hey Opa ! Can you believe there's a 1954 Ford F100 parked across from my day care center ? ~ Hyde Park, NY
One pleasant evening recently saw me giving a pole demonstration to highlight the advantages of aerial photography to a fellow enthusiast. The location was the urban sprawl and former Bronze Age village of Longforth Farm in Wellington, and the target for the evening was the daily 2C87 18.00 Cardiff Central-Penzance GWR 'Castle' hauled service. On the evening of 19 July, the service was in the hands of 43097 "Castle Drogo" and 43009 Nunney Castle", sandwiching set GW16.
Taken with the assistance of a pole.
This is Muralt Bluff Prairie State Natural Area where I do volunteer work to restore and maintain this and several other State Natural Areas and Prairie Enthusiast properties. Fresh air, camaraderie and photo ops are my payback. I don't need "weed, whites or wine" as the song suggests, but a cold beer after a prescribed burn is always nice.
Yellow warbler, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 29, 2016.
Another of the warblers that have enjoyed our little stream over the years.
Setophaga petechia
Life can be dangerous for a small bird. Yellow Warblers have occasionally been found caught in the strands of an orb weaver spider’s web.
Specialist Transport Publications publish spotting books for a variety of rail stock, road vehicles, aircraft and sea vessels.
These books give you up to date fleet lists of Railway Locomotives, Coaching and Wagon stock, Trams, and Metros, Ships, aircraft and road vehicles as appropriate. We cover the current, historic and preserved eras, and many of our books cover Europe as well as Britain.
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Although the Great Gray Owl chicks were still relatively small, their appetites were voracious. The parent owls were hunting constantly in the grassy meadows at the edge of the forest. When the mother flew in with this vole, the response from the chicks was instantaneous and enthusiastic. Within a minute, she had flown off again in search of more food.
I came across this chap (leaning on the column) in St. Peter’s Square, Manchester along with two of ‘Helpers’. I asked him if his ‘full plate camera’ was in use or just for show. He said it was but had been adapted to take film. I also asked if his hat was an Ansel Adams statement; he just smiled and said “It might be”. I never saw him use the camera but saw him later in the afternoon and he had moved to another area; so maybe he had taken some photos.