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Taken in Northwest Leicestershire at one of my local patch sites, always nice to see, but never expected.
A cold white and foggy Wednesday January morning
On day 3 of the snow I took a very slow drive to Alstonefield (the roads were marginal at best). Less sunshine than expected, but compensated by a lot of fog making for some good photography
One does not expect to find such a grand home, let alone a castle in the middle of rural Western Illinois.
Acompañado de mi amigo Dario y con el horizonte a flor de piel, nos decantamos por bajar un poco más abajo con la finalidad de dar una entrada más limpia a la imagen.
Nos decantamos por una larga exposición para dar una mayor sensación de calma a la imagen, la marea alta nos había dejado el escenario preparado para disparar.
El sol comenzaba a calentar el ambiente, las estrellas nos habían dicho adiós, el espectáculo de la luz comenzaba; así que sólo nos quedaba disfrutar e inmortalizar el momento.
So, the least likely thing I expected for this project has, in fact, happened. I finished. It took 15 months - two dead cameras, one stolen, and various life events conspired to draw this out. Whatever.
I learned a little about photography, and I learned a lot about paying attention. This last was my primary goal, and I'm satisfied that I came away with a heightened awareness of the world around me. And in the course of it all, I managed to take a few self-portraits I don't actually hate :-)
But mostly, I've learned about you. I've met people from all over the world, seen their art, tasted their culture, and experienced their generosity and friendship. I can't possibly express how meaningful this year has been to me.
Thank you, all of you, for the comments, encouragement, suggestions and laughter. For caring.
I'll be spending my flickr time in the near future catching up with your streams. I have so much yet to see, and I want to see it all! :-)
Preston
After sitting in storage at Northtown Yard for around two years, BNSF 558 is back in service.
I thought it was rather unlikely that I'd ever see it turn a wheel with its own power, but never say never!
Here it is seen leading SUPNTW through Kerrick, Minnesota on the Hinckley sub.
At long last I can say I've shot a bonnet B40-8W in the lead!.
There's a big broadleaf maple like the one in the background here behind our house. I couldn't guess its dimensions, but it is enormous. Technically it is in our neighbor's yard, but since it towers over and is much older than all of us it's more like we belong to it, a feeling I particularly experience in the fall, when it creates the most epic cleanup responsibilities. We often hear barred owls in it at night. Somehow we have never laid eyes on them, but I expect it is just a matter of time. We see all other kinds of daytime birds in it, of course. Cooper's hawks like to hunt in it and it is a popular place for racoons to spend the day before raiding our pond at night. All of the other very big trees nearby are firs, and I think the combination of evergreen and deciduous habitat, as well as the nearby greenbelt and wetlands, all play a role in the extraordinary suburban birding around here. This is from the owl family down the bicycle path. Barred owl, Olympia, WA.
Most yellow-rumped warblers will be departing the Driftless Region this week as we are expecting temperatures to plummet after tomorrow and that's not the kind of weather these warblers like.
Brian Lescher Ravens
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La vita è una straordinaria avventura nell'ignoto... e spesso le cose più belle sono proprio quelle inattese, come un arcobaleno che spunta, improvviso, in mezzo al cielo
Foto vicino casa, qualche mese fa
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(43 years ago for this...one of the best albums of all time..Alas, where has the music gone?)
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I wasn't sure what to expect out of our first trip to Sand Dunes National Park. I knew I wanted to beat the crowds and I knew I wanted the light to be special. Driving at night was a plus as well in missing most all traffic! So from Castle Rock to the Sand Dunes was about 3 1/2 hours. We got to the Dunes at around 4, 4:30ish with an hour to go for Sunrise. We overestimated a little haha! But we'd rather be early than too late and planned some flexibility in there. Having never been there I had no idea where to go from the parking lot lol it was pitch black still! Gradually as the light starting seeping in, I could see the beautiful outlines of the dunes. Surprisingly it was pretty cold! Going out into the water I opted to take my shoes off because I didn't want to get my shoes all muddy. Stepping into this creek felt like I put my feet into an icy bucket of water lol. By the end of our time here my feet were literally numb. SOOOOOO worth it though. I have so many different takes but wanted to share this one because of the sunrise colors on the Medano Creek surge. There was just so much beauty going on while trying to compose my frames. I'm sure you know that giddy feeling when the magic is happening and its like a kid in a candy shop - where do I began??! I DID calm myself down lol and I worked through the views I most wanted to compose. I took some with a much lower exposure but honestly just didn't like them as much. The churning, chunky waves of this water are called a "surge flow". It's a rare phenomena when the creek water flows in waves across the sand just like an ocean. The LE frames don't show this beautiful sight as well although they are beautiful. Then you have the Sangre de Cristo mountains with snow still on the peaks towering above the silky sand dunes. Do you see what I mean?! I opted to try and include all of it in this one frame... I'm not sure how well it worked. I'm not 100% happy with it compositionally speaking... but I love it for my own memories sake because it captures the best parts of this experience. My 3 yo who is an early bird went out with me and is standing right next to me for this shot. :) Eventually my other sleepy heads got up and we walked this shore as a family with the golden and pink light coming up over the horizon. Over the sand dunes on the left the sky changed to a brilliant purple hue that transitioned into this pink. It still leaves me breathless as I type. So backstory is that I never wanted to go to the Dunes before (haha!) I'd seen other pictures of them and I just wasn't impressed... it looked hot... boring. I take it all back ;) Also out of our entire trip to Durango the kids all say the Dunes were the best part. We ended up stopping again on our way home which landed us there about noon. It was a completely different place with hundreds of people on the shores and packed out parking lots. Thankfully the space is huge and it's not hard to walk off and find a quiet spot. We played in the water which was 100% warmer in the heat of the day than it had been for this picture at 5:30 in the morning. We climbed some of the dunes but by that time the heat was enough to make us call it a day and pack up for the next 3 1/2 hours home. I also have pictures of it during the day.... I think I may write a blog post for the trip so I can include different aspects ... What do you think? Well I just scrolled up and saw this is a book already. Thank you for those who have left such positive and engaging comments on my last picture. It means so much to me. Thank you as always for listening to me :)
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Rachel
June 16, 2017 - Hwy 30 East of Schuyler Nebraska US
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Not many chase days in the month of June 2017, as this day turned out way better than expected. You never know what you might encounter on a decent moderate risk day which was mostly on the eastern side of Nebraska and Western Iowa.
These first cells were moving from the north to the south as I encountered them just to the east of Schuyler Nebraska. I didn't have to to travel to western Iowa as all the action stayed in eastern Nebraska that day. It was mostly an HP mess for most of the ride till then.
Some decent structure out in front of this cell, so you know I what I was doing!
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This is the view of the top floor of the structure next to Wind Tree in the Winyard Quarter on Auckland's waterfront.
It is a strange structure but certainly has some nice lines. I watched the Matariki lights on the bridge from up here. I totally expected there to be lots of people, I was mistaken.
Bloody Foreland - Brinlack, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland
Sometimes I get the feeling that no matter where in Donegal I travel to capture photos….. I’m carefully being watched 👀 Being followed by cows, sheep, goats & birds has become the norm for me. So expected that if I travel to a landscape and there are no animals gazing at me, I feel like there is something wrong or there’s a wolf hiding in the field or something 😂
After this photo was captured, I gave the cows a good auld pat on the nose and a hand full of freshly pulled grass as a thank you 🐮
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Blue Hour
Early morning and i kind of expected the castle to be lit up. Or maybe thats just for the evenings?
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I'm never quite sure what to expect these days as I hop on my bicycle for an evening ride. Riding gives me a much greater appreciation of the space in which I live. Makes me recall having the same feelings in my younger teens as I traversed the streets of my town by bike. I got to know every detail on every street. It's a much more intimate knowledge than you can ever develop driving in a car. Riding the bike, I slow down or stop wherever and whenever I please. I get to know the houses and yards that I pass, and the people I see out walking. It's all quite enriching. And if it stopped there, I would be fully content. But it does not stop there. At any moment, the familiarity of my surroundings can get upended by some jaw-dropping scene or situation. And it's almost always something that I would have been blissfully unaware of had I remained at home. This has become one of my photographer's mantras over the years. I've simply never taken a memorable photo from my easy chair.
The bike ride last evening is a case in point. Routine at first, but as I neared the local cemetery, this incredible sky came into view. For the umpteenth time this summer, I was faced with a scene that seemed completely implausible. One of those moments when I can't completely believe what I am seeing. I rode out into an open area, dismounted, and simply stood and gawked at the sky. Sunsets like this are dependent on the clouds to reflect sunlight even after the sun is below the horizon. It's a highly dynamic process as the clouds move as the sun dips ever lower. The colors actually deepen as the sky darkens. There is always a key moment when everything is in perfect balance. Last evening, this was that moment.
I was not expecting to see any birds in the Oceanario de Lisboa but there were several interesting exhibits. This is an Atlantic Puffin in winter plumage, something we are unlikely to see in their normal UK breeding habits as we only see them there in full breeding plumage
don't expect me to help you up again
whoo, the second image in mine and Korinne's 5-part collab! each week, we take a picture based on one of each other's old concepts. this is inspired by this image of Korinne's.
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today was really hard. i have so much schoolwork hanging over my head it's overwhelming. wasting 2 hours editing a picture always helps haha.
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Über Weltausstellungen / EXPOS-exklusiv-Expositions / World's Fairs
Alle Weltausstellungen von 1851 bis heute
All expos and world’s fairs from 1851 till today
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Hier sind Fotos und Videos zu sehen vom Beginn der Idee einer
Weltausstellung 1851 in London bis heute 2010 in Shanghai.
2012 in Suedkorea, 2015 in Italien.....
Diese einmalige Idee das eigene Land der ganzen Welt zu praesentieren und gleichzeitig , die ganze Welt auf einigen
Quadratkilometern zu besuchen, ist einzigartig und zu bewundern.
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here you can be seen photographic pictures from all expositions
and world's fairs. from 1851 in london till today 2010 in shanghai.
this unique idea, to show your own country to the whole world and
at the same time you can visit the world on few square kilometers,
that is great and wonderful.
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2012 in south korea, 2015 in italy....
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die weltausstellung findet im jahre 2010 in der aufstrebenen metropole shanghai statt .
shanghai hat mittlerweile ueber 18 millionen registrierte einwohner.
Die bedeutung der grossen veranstaltung ist sehr wichtig und alles laeuft auf vollen touren.
Das motto der weltausstellung heisst “bessere stadt, besseres leben” . ein schoeneres leben fuer die in shanghai in einer sauberen umwelt.
Die umgebung von ca. 5,28 quadratkilometern, werden die veranstaltung abdecken
Dauer
01.mai bis zum 31.oktober 2010
erwartete besucherzahl
70.000.000 aus dem aus-und inland
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the world fair takes place in the year 2010 in the ongoing metropolis shanghai. shanghai meanwhile registered inhabitants have over 18 million. The meaning of the large meeting is very important and everything runs on full routes. The slogan of the world fair is called “better city, better lives”. a more beautiful live for in shanghai in a clean environment. The environment of approx. 5.28 square kilometers, the meeting will cover Duration 01. May up to the 31.oktober 2010 expected number of visitors 70.000.000 from foreign coutries and domestics
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Winter Returns
We weren't expecting snow this morning, but were pleasantly surprised to see it falling on the Hartside Pass and over towards Alston.
Hartside Pass, Cumbria
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Camera - Sony A7RII
Lens - Sony FE70-200mm f4
Focal Length 104mm
Fstop - f5.6
Exposure Time - 1/200 second
ISOspeed - ISO100
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