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I twiddled by thumbs all morning. It was a blue/gray day with clouds everywhere (except to the west, behind the forest) and almost no contrast in the sky. It was too windy to work on my blue-morning project (it’s a surprise) so I just sat there.
I only knew sunrise had happened because I looked at my watch. But I sat there talking to some friends until, suddenly, God-beams started shooting out into the valley. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I wasn’t expecting that.
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
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©Don Brown 2023
again, somewhere in Florence... but I do know where I was; it was simply a 'walk-by'... just don't know the name of the church or the artist of the fresco...
“Some people expect things to fall into their lap. Oh, they might work a bit for it. I'll just shake this tree, and if I shake it long enough that pretty red apple will plop right into my hand. Never occurs to them that they might have to climb the damn tree, fall out a couple times, get some scrapes and bruises before they get to that apple. Because if the apple's worth wanting, it's worth risking a broken neck.”
- Nora Roberts
The Jarod Kintz quote made me smile :)
So I looked for an apple pic lol
For a city girl living in a concrete LA world, apples growing in the wild, and strew all over the ground, was a sight to behold :D
I had my driver Adam take me to Stowe
I was told that was where the color was
On the way, Adam told me about his two little boys, and the "fantastic" new word they had learned
Its a thing and starts with a "d"
LOL I told him not to worry
They were saying it because they wanted to get a rise out of him
(Pun clearly unintended here :))))
As a mom of two teens, I told him, I knew they would grow out of it, when it stops getting the attention he was giving it :)
So I ask him to pull over beside some water so I could take a few pics
I decide I wanted to cross over to the other side the see what was over the hill
Being from LA, we never jaywalk LOL...never, unless we have a death wish :D
But Adam says to go ahead and cross, the drivers were very friendly
And sure enough, it was easy-peasy :D
They slowed down, and I did not hear a single horn ;)
I get behind a slope and I see this spot
An apple tree with apples on the ground everywhere
And seriously in the middle of nowhere....at least thats what I thought
And I look up...and voila....
I turn to Adam and yell if it was safe to photograph
I just wanted to be sure I would not be looking down the barrel of a gun, and be told I was trespassing, and to get the hell off their property
Adam yells back that it was ok
So I am alive and I share :)))
Another delicious memory from my trip :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=74_DlNAcrZ8
Have an absolutely delicious day <3
Thank you for your kind support
xxxx
Not a car you expect to see near your house in a university area of accommodation! Most of the cars here are your typical 10 year old Fiestas and Clios, so I was rather happy to see a student, or a friend or visitor of a student owns one of these! I far prefer these over the way more common 2CVs, and this colour is just great. I think the only other green car like this I've spotted was the very rare Subaru Leone in Greece. Stood out a mile, so even though I was going to work, I had to make a beeline to photograph this beauty.
I believe the weekend is the more basic trim level, which makes this even more attractive to me. Same owner since 2013.
Registration number: ATR 380V
✔ Taxed
Tax due: 01 June 2015
✔ MOT
Expires: 01 May 2015
One thing I didn't expect during totality was sunset in every direction. We had totality for 2 minutes and 11 seconds. Wow, what an expierence. Crazy light to photograph in. Since I did not bring the solar filter I could only take photos of the eclipse itself during totality.
Interesting to find two scenes with strong similarities in two places you would never expect to find such things. I like looking for spots like this.
I expected more from this dress. I even wore red petticoats to get a fully co-ordinated feel but for some reason that I can't put my finger on it's not delivering on what I hoped. It's a feeling I'm sure most of us have experienced at one time or another. Of course, in this case, the problem may not not be one of fashion but rather of articulation.
I was expecting to experiment this top down angle approach a while ago, but I never really took the change to do it. Few weeks ago I finally got the opportunity. Shooting exclusively in the street is always challenging, especially when we are looking to bring something totally different from what we are use to create (I'm not talking about subject). I was lucky to find a bridge with a kind of geometric ground then I just needed to wait people to come into my frame.
This is China~~
I never really expected to see an SA Aperta, but one made a surprise visit at cars and coffee today.
Here is a video of it starting up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhhwv2zxcOk
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Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey
TASTING NOTES
Expect vanilla, anise, tobacco, caramel and crème brûlée, with hints of oak on a smooth, medium finish. Underneath it all is a spicy rye backbone that raises the standard of what Tennessee Whiskey can be.
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Blue Note Crossroads
Finished with two types of toasted French oak staves, Crossroads sips like a lower proof bourbon but sits at a respectable 100 proof. Try it for yourself to see what’s so special about this offering.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Product Type: Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Finish: Toasted French Oak
Proof & Filtration: 100 proof, unfiltered
Availability: Nationwide, Crafted in Memphis
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Belle Meade Straight Bourbon Whiskey
TASTING NOTES
Nose: Maple syrup and caramel with floral fragrances and a citrus zest.
Palate: Caramel and vanilla with bold rye spice and hints of apricot.
Finish: Long, smooth finish with mellow cherry and plum notes accented by cinnamon, all without the burn found in other 90-proof bourbons.
www.bellemeadebourbon.com/products/belle-meade-bourbon
Whiskey day, 07/25/2023, Nashville, TN
Canon EOS-1DS
EF 35.0 mm ƒ/1.4 L
ƒ/1.4 35.0 mm 1/125 250
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Some welcome investment for The West Coast Group in 2015 adds four Optare Solo SR's to the fleet. The Fairline subsidiary has not been forgotten and expects three new Scania Coaches in March too.
I was expecting this to be a 1600 or 2-litre, but I'd forgotten about the different engine sizes Capris had outside of the UK.
More photos to come from this garage - they appear to specialise in Italian cars but had a number of other older things around the place.....
While walking to class this morning I glanced up the street to see Via 70 arriving at Brantford with P42 907 on the point.
I wandered a couple blocks past campus to snap a few shots on my cell phone, no hell but not bad either!
Dear friends,
Summer is a busy season and it looks like that I will have time to upload new images but not always comment on your beautiful photos. I hope you forgive me. Short winter days and long nights are coming sooner than one expects! We should all enjoy summer and sunshine and be creative in photography!
Really wasn't expecting to get stuck behind this in Sutton Valence near Maidstone Today!, and this ex FirstGroup Buses vehicle from down in Bristol!, is now used by W.B. Chambers Farms to transport Farm workers around Sutton Valence and Langley Heath, and is used along with many other vehicles, including many ex Stagecoach Vehicles, and acording to Google Maps Satalite Imagery many other Farm Workers Buses can be found around Five Wents, Langley, Sutton Valence, Coxheath and Mereworth, all near Maidstone in Kent.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw This Week!!
'Expect the unexpected' is what I have learned from three of years of landscape photography, especially on Dartmoor where the weather can be so unpredictable. Today there was no obvious sign of what was about to happen and I almost wondered if I’d sacrificed my sleep yet again. However, I had my suspicions that the early sun would provide some light and colour but perhaps not quite as impressive as this. Thank you for taking a look. Mk
The weather has been poor; we have had lots of rain, but this gent is obviously expecting things to get even worse!
Hello winter - again! Our temperature this morning is -16C (windchill -25C), and it snowed again yesterday. This deep dive in temperature is due to an Arctic airmass that is flooding into Alberta. Tomorrow morning is expected to be -22C (windchill -30C). The forecast is for this bitterly cold weather to continue for the next couple of weeks.
This photo was taken late in the day, towards the end of a great day of birding. A day that I look forward to each year.
Some years, the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the town of Nanton is held late in December. Other years, it ends up being held early January, sometimes delayed because of really bad weather. The Count that took place on 3 January 2016, was part of the 2015 Bird Count.
The weather was bright and sunny for us this day. What you can't see was that it was very cold for the first part of the day, then warming up to a more pleasant cold later on! I think it was -21C when we started. I remember that on the January 2014 trip for the 2013 Count, on the hour-long drive south of Calgary, we hit -34C (-29.2F)!!!!! Again, this year, there was no or very little wind, which makes all the difference. Also, the only walking we had to do was when we called in at various farms and acreages.
We drove through such beautiful scenery when we were covering the SW quadrant of the Christmas Bird Count circle that centered on the town of Nanton, Alberta. A landscape over which the occasional Golden Eagle soars (we saw 5!) and in which some years - but definitely not this day! - numerous Sharp-tailed Grouse wander on the ground or perch in trees. I absolutely love this area SW of Nanton! Some of these backroads are extremely steep and almost look vertical when seen from a distance. Some years, the whole area is white, covered in deep snow, so that you can't tell where the roadside ends and the ditch begins. This Count, it wasn't too bad, thank goodness, though I might have felt differently if I had been one of the two drivers for our group! This year, my small group had 5 people, in two cars.
Around lunch time, we returned to the Truch family's place as we happened to be very nearby, and ate our lunch in the warmth of their cosy home.
After driving (being driven, for me, which is always pure luxury) the backroads from about 8:00 a.m. till around 3:30 p.m., we returned to the wonderful home of the Truch family. Not only do Bill and Leah Truch and their son, Mike, always welcome everyone with open arms, they also provide a much-appreciated breakfast snack for us and then, at the end of the day, a delicious supper. Have to say that I love travelling these scenic backroads, but I also really enjoy getting together with everyone afterwards. This is one of my favourite Bird Counts, and perhaps the most favourite.
Just before leaving for Calgary at the end of the day, we were shown the family's Llamas, two Donkeys, Peacocks, and several tiny white Quail. I should have taken photos of these animals when it was daylight - but maybe I can do it on the next Count.
Thanks so much for doing all the driving, Tony and Andrew, and thanks, Leah, Bill and Mike for all the effort and time you put into your warm welcome! It was another well-organized Count, Mike, as usual - thanks. Can't wait for the upcoming Count in about three and a half weeks!
I'm expecting to receive a new fridge/freezer to the officially (taxman) 'free time residence' and more clearly said 'summer cottage'. It is an important device to store some slices of nice summer days:)
This photo was shot in/on my kitchen table studio using a single ceiling lamp and a rather long exposure time.
Expecting a fine day with clear skies, I got up early to set up a long exposure star trails photograph. Ten steps out the front door of our apartment block, I looked up, only to see almost complete cloud cover. Oh well, I'm up now so I may as well head down to the lake and see what photographic possibilities present themselves.
The NightCap Pro camera replacement app on my Phone 6s Plus has become my favorite app for taking long exposure photographs over the past few months, supplanting Slow Shutter Cam. This image was the product of using NightCap Pro in "Long Exposure" mode to stack (i.e., average) the many individual frames that were acquired with an exposure length of 1/3 seconds over a total period of 93.93 seconds. This stacking process had 3 obvious benefits when I look at this image - (1) to dramatically reduce the level of high ISO (i.e., an ISO of 5000) random speckle noise, (2) to give the water surface a satin smooth appearance, and (3) to produce a lovely sense of movement for the clouds.
I felt a deep sense of satisfaction to have overcome my initial disappointment at seeing clouds in the sky, for still heading outside, and for coming back with a shot that actually benefitted from the overcast conditions!
Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
iPhone 6s Plus - Photograph taken with the back-facing camera on an iPhone 6s Plus.
NightCap Pro - This camera replacement app was used in Light Trails mode, with a total exposure length of 93.93 seconds, a manual white balance of 3400K, an aperture of f2.2, a frame exposure length of 1/3 seconds, and an ISO of 5000. The output image had 4032 x 3024 pixels (12MP).
Snapseed - Cropped the image to 16:9 (panoramic) aspect ratio. Output an image with 4032 x 2268 pixels.
Photoshop Express - Applied the Sharpen filter.
ExifEditor - Transferred the EXIF data from the original photograph to the final image.
2 pictures about chimneys in Montreal, which I intend to enter in a challenge here on Flickr. The details about these can be found here:
www.ticklebear4u.com/2013/10/channeling-mary-poppins-3003...
:)
Waiting to photograph a train at Norman's Bay station the last thing I expected to see was this fine Morris 8. The car, still on the road, dates from 31/05/1937. It was a good job the car did turn up, the train was cancelled...
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I didn't expect Granny's collection would get so much attention!
I'm happy my Flickr friends have an appreciation for antiques :-D
The box that Bonita has here is a powder box, people in olden times used to powder their nose (and their wigs too) quite a lot I think.
I didn´t expect her to come today. On Amazon they said she will arrive on Thursday so when I got the package I was like...what the hell did I buy again but yay she´s really cute. I love her smile but her shin colour looks a bit weird to me
Little did I expect that following the Humko local back into Champaign would lead me to a triplet of IC SD70s that were set to take off in just a few minutes. My earlier temptation to leave the house had certainly paid off nicely...
IC1022/IC1000/IC1036 took off from Champaign and barreled through Tolono and Pesotum both plenty quickly thanks to the still semi-recent manifest speed increase (up to 50mph now!). Here at the latter village, the trio is found racing past the old Illinois Central depot in town, one that has been very nicely kept up. It and the rest of Pesotum offer fine views of trains like A408 as they book it down the original Mainline of Mid-America.
An IC trio to close out the year was about the perfect way to do it, I reckon. Not to mention, starting my year with the IC1000 and ending it with it? Sorta perfect, even if it wasn't up front. At least 1022 is home from the Bessemer at last! You could almost believe CN hadn't taken over here if it weren't for the yellow sill, stolen and replaced numberboards, and the second batch of SD70s cheap nose logos done during the transition. Still, close enough for me!
This was not something I was expecting to catch today but thanks to a tip off from TugForty, I was fortunate enough to be in a position to be able to head out for shot.
With full sun both sides of the photo, a covering of cloud was obviously the order of the 30 seconds when the train was in-front of the lens....
You wait for two 86/6s and four of them turn up at once, making all of my christmases come together.
Freightliner class 86 no. 86628 leads classmate no. 86639 and further dead pair of 86/6s nos. 86614 and 86637 south on the slow line past Westwood Road, Atherstone with 4A96 Crewe Basford Hall- Wembley Wheel Lathe freightliner on 13th June 2020.
I presume that this is a way of getting two pairs of 86/6s in position for Monday morning's workings north as the two southbound liners from Trafford Park were worked by 66s today and following the cross county route to Ipswich.
The Class 86 locomotives built upon the Class 81-5 however they included some improved features such as quieter fans.
The locos were initially notorious for causing track damage due to a large amount of unsprung mass however, after modifications which led to the fitting of large flexicoil springs, the problems diminished. The initial class 86/0 subclass was limited to 85 mph due to the track-wear issue, those which were fitted with flexicoil springs were renumbered into the 86/2 series and were 100mph capable. 3 test bed class 87s were numbered 86101-103 and were 110mph locos.
Many locomotives have been exported to operator Floyd in Hungary and are used on freight trains over there.
The 86/7 subclass of two locomotives was 110mph capable however they were withdrawn in early 2013 due to lack of GSMR fitment. After several unsuccessful attempts to find work for 86701 and 86702, both locomotives were exported.
The 86/6 subclass is limited to 75mph and are used on Freightliner trains on a daily basis as working pairs.
From 2015 to 2019, 86101, 86401 and 87002 were hired in by GBRf in order to work ECS moves between London Euston and Wembley ICD for the Caledonian Sleeper. After the arrival of mk5 stock to the Caledonian Sleeper, 87002, 86101 and 86401 came off lease. 86101 and 87002 were sold to Locomotive Services Limited in Crewe and 86401 was sold to the West Coast Railway Company and is currently based at Carnforth.
After 50 years of service, 16 locos remain in service with Freightliner, one with Locomotive Services Limited, one with WRC and one with a private owner.