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We're expecting a bit of weather. Predictions are for between 15-20 cm before morning. Maybe. I'll not hold my breath.
Here in the city, we rarely get the severe weather that is predicted. But just a few km outside and it could be havoc.
I'd gone for lunch with an old friend and as we finished the snow started. I thought it very pretty and took my time before getting on the streetcar home.
Not a great composition, objects are too near the border of the image .... but I like the color here and the idea !!!
Inspired by Sylvain Latouche, a great photographer ..I greatly encourage you to visit his stream
Setup:
Camera Canon 5DIII | Exposure 1/160 sec | Aperture f/5.6| Focal Length 85 mm | ISO Speed 100
One bottle of '' PINK CHAMPAGNE"
One flash 430 EXII with a home-made snoot for the background
One flash 580 EXII with a softbox @8h00
and another flash (but i don't remember where is it ).
Wasn't expecting to see this vehicle in Dover today, and this vehicle had just dropped off a large student group for "Student Group Day" which is every Wednesday afternoon and can sometimes bring up to 15! vehicles from all Local Operators, and I saw at least 10 vehicles here today.
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Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
Youghal, Cork
Fuji GW670III camera
(after repair of the shutter)
Ilford Delta 3200 film
Red25 filter attached, but not too sure
Developed in TMAX (20%, 20 C, 8.5')
fomabrom 111
4x5 Efke PL 100 M
4 stops over
5 min HC-110 dil B
Black pussy willow, no kidding, there even is a pink pussy willow.
I expect some extra views and not particularly from people with an interest in analog photography.
Hi. Not having a Pro account is the worst feeling. I wasn't expecting to get one, but I just thought someone would purchase me one 'cause I've done it for other's in the past. I'm not saying that I bought them for Olivia and Juliana just so other people would buy me one, but ugh, I just want one :(
-This is old, I don't love it, but I don't hate it(: School and cross country is great!(: I wish I could see all six-hundred of my pictures here again...My first meet is this Saturday!! :D I cannot wait to wear my flats againnnn(: I hope who ever reads this is doing great!!<3
-You know what I'm really sick and tired of though? When girls take pictures that I took the same exact things of, the same idea, the same, UGH everything! And they take a picture, edit it just like one of mine, and then post it without saying anything that it was inspired. I mean, OHMYGOSH. I just can't even take it sometimes. Its the exact same picture!!!!!!
My youth group leader-I've mentioned him here before- Mike is leaving...He won't be my leader any more. I can't explain what I feel other than happy and sad at the same time, but isn't that pretty obvious?
When Jaimie and I went to Youth Week rather than going to Young Life summer camp, it was sad we wouldn't be with our friends, but we grew in God more. Mike hasn't had his own leader so to speak, no one has been filling him up with Jesus, you could say. He hasn't had a church for a long time. So, even though it is terribly sad that he won't be my leader anymore, I'm happy that he'll be going on mission trips to do bigger and better things and be more of a solider for our Lord.
I mean, yes its awesome that he's Asian, but he's so much more than that. I find it so much easier to follow his lesson's at bible study rather than anyone else's, honestly. He can explain things like Jaimie can, in a way that you would have never thought of but when you hear it, you're blown away and become excited because you would have never thought of to look at a verse like that before, or something. When Mike found out that I had a "thing" with this boy named James, he told Lisa, my other leader to make sure I didn't date him because Mike new he wasn't a Christian. He thought of me instantly when Shannon was coming to Long Island and needed a photographer's assistant and helped me out so much. He's just...He rock's so much. Two of my Young Life leaders have now left while I've been in Young Life, my two favorites.
Maybe you think its weird that I'm talking about my youth group leader, especially since he's a guy, but I don't really care because countless times, he's amazed me, surprised me, said incredible things. He's going to save more unsaved people, and I cannot wait to hear about it; he's changed me life and I'm just so grateful and blessed to having known him.
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Ante las pobres expectativas de poder realizar fotos de algún mercante digno (como duele ver por ahí ese tren de cenizas), fijé mi atención, durante los escasos días de vacaciones, en inmortalizar algunos de los servicios extra de este verano.
Así, pues, el jueves a mediodía hice el Talgo Mare Nostrum con su refuerzo de tres coches y hoy viernes, última oportunidad de cerrar el círculo, he ido a por el Talgo Barcelona - Alcázar de San Juan (10697) al puente de Alfafar - Massanassa. Por la tarde iría a por el que cerraba la lista, el Intercity 33104 Madrid - Gandía (lo que viene a ser un 449 mas feo que Picio)
¿Y por qué hacer esta foto aquí de un tren que ya tenía fotografiado? Pues por una razón muy sencilla: Desde este punto, en la que hay luz buena por la mañana, un Talgo es difícil de cazar porque el resto del año no hay.
La suerte (relativa) ha estado de mi lado, puesto que me ha venido con la 252-070 que parece últimamente abonada al corredor Mediterráneo ya que en apenas una semana la he visto hasta tres veces.
Lo dicho. En la imagen el Talgo Barcelona - Alcázar de San Juan pasando por el famoso campo de coles alfafareño.
Really wasn't expecting to see this in Dover today!, and this vehicle had brought School Groups to Dover Castle, which in winter still opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays for School Groups, and a thank you to Regents Coaches Bus Driver Mark Smith for the tip off that this was up here.
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Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
Life is still busy and nervous.Wanna have a cup of coffee at a quiet coffee shop.
Expect our next trip.
I miss those days we walked together in Tokyo, shared everything, books, music, every great view, and happy moment with each other!
I bought an amazing biography of a female artist, will share with you later.
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Wasn't expecting to see this in Dover tonight!, and this vehicle was on SouthEastern Trains Emergency Rail Replacement Service to Ramsgate, and had also driven past my house in Dover about 12:15AM, and so yeah I went out for a shot again, and this was the best I could do in the light rain and winds, but still not that bad considering the conditions I had to work with, plus the fact that vehicles interior lighting didn't help in my opinion, and besides I've done worse night shots right?
But yes your probably still thinking I'm crazy for going out at night like this, especially when John Lee Hooker sang that "Night Time is the Right Time to be with the Woman You Love!", however I still don't have any of that...
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As you might expect, ATL's "North Cargo" Ramp handled mostly freighter aircraft. However, some passenger movements, including charters, military/VIP, sports teams, etc., utilized the cargo facility for operational reasons, including the fact that it was relatively easy to exit the ramp onto the local highway system.
During the political primary season of 1988, there were numerous charters for candidates that used North Cargo; as the season progressed, charters for accompanying press personnel sometimes used the facility as well.
On both February 26 and 27, 1988, the then-Vice President, George H.W. Bush, visited ATL, utilizing military/VIP aircraft.
My friends at Lockheed Air Terminal asked me to take this photograph of GHWB as he descended the air stairs, with the company logo on prominent display.
To do this, I was briefed thoroughly by the Secret Service agent in charge about where I needed to be, and what I was to do (which included being advised, that, in the event anything out of the ordinary occurred, I should drop to the ground, and remain there until advised further).
In the event, all went well. I got the photo, and was able to stay on the ramp until Mr. Bush's motorcade departed.
(For a better look at the aircraft, see www.flickr.com/photos/georgehamlin/45283631105)
Expecting to fly
While I laughed, I wondered whether
I could wave goodbye
Knowin' that you'd gone
Bella strikes a strong pose. She is amazing in all ways, both physically and personally.
Lyrics: Expecting to Fly by Buffalo Springfield
Rain stopped play today, so here is a shot from the end of April taken @ home on a similar sort of day :-)
BTW - my macro lens does not have IS, which explains why I sometimes use q high ISO numbers when shooting handheld :-) The lower, more expected ones = tripod used.
Sincere thanks to all who view, comment upon or make a favourite of any of my shots, for they are a help and pleasure in equal measure. Phil
Monday, 2 September 2024: we are back to hot weather after a few cooler days, 30C today. Water restrictions outdoor and indoor ongoing and expected to end on 23 September. People are still using too much water and if it doesn't improve, boil-water may result!
Another five images taken on 22 August 2024, when I drove a long way SE of Calgary, to visit a familiar old ghost town.
This ghost town is only tiny. You can walk anywhere, right up to each building. There is usually information posted about what you are seeing. I never go inside these old structures (only the restored church), but you can look through the windows.
On 22 August 2024, I made a long trip SE of Calgary. My destination was a small, almost-ghost town that I had visited three (?) times before. If I remember correctly, this was my fourth visit - the others were in July 2020, August 2022 and 18 September 2023.
Basically, my day was pretty much similar to the day I last went out there, on 18 September 2023, so I am going to use the description I wrote under last year's photos, with a few changes.
On 22 August 2024, the weather forecast was pretty good and turned out to be unusually correct. Sunny, blue sky, and puffy, white clouds.
Most of my driving was on the main roads, in order to get to my destination as quickly as possible. The total drive of 489 kms took me just over 9 and a half hours, between 8:35 am and 6:00 pm. Much as I would have loved to check out a few back roads, I knew I absolutely had to get home before my car ran out of gas. The only time I left the highway was to quickly keep an eye open for any Common Nighthawks - none.
Last year, the small ghost town, that I was so keen to revisit yet again, had to be seen from my car, because it was too windy to walk, which was a shame. A challenge to take photos, sitting in a car that is being rocked by the extreme wind.
Once I reached the ghost town, I was the only person there. It is only a small place with a handful of old buildings, but very nicely kept. One of its main buildings is a small, country United Church, kept in great condition both inside and out. I had read online beforehand that people can go inside the church and sign their Guest Book, otherwise I probably would not have gone in. Really like the door knobs to the front door. The link below gives a very interesting, detailed history, including an old photo of the church in 1980, before restoration. I would love to have seen it back then.
www.facebook.com/LethbridgeHistoricalSociety/posts/retlaw...
As well as the old ghost town, I also wanted to check on a favourite abandoned house - simple, old and leaning. It was a relief to find that it was still standing. When I had slowed down to take a few photos, a truck came from the opposite direction and stopped. I was delighted when the driver said she was the owner of the old house! So interesting. She gave me permission to go closer, with a warning that there are pit holes, so to be careful. I thanked her, but told her that I always take photos of old barns/houses from the road, anyway.
From there, I took more or less the same route home. Rather late in the season for wildflowers, but I was happy to spot one little cluster of Chicory growing at a road edge. Very few birds to be seen, too, apart from a few hawks, Horned Larks, and a Vesper Sparrow. Fortunately, I still had a little gas left in the gas tank. Always a concern when I do a long drive.
It was a great day. and my timing was good, as the other evening, we had a huge storm! Lots of rain, thunder, continuous lightning in all directions for quite a while. I have rarely seen a lightning storm like that.
Adding on the morning of 19 May 2021: just had a quick look at our weather forecast and I see that snow flurries are expected tonight, with scattered flurries tomorrow and wet snow for Friday. All my windows and door are being removed and reinstalled on Friday! If the snow does arrive, I wonder if the repair work will still continue. Typical Calgary, our high just four days ago was 24C. This morning, our temperature is 6C (windchill 3C). Sunrise is at 5:40 am and sunset is at 9:25 pm.
Tuesday, 18 May 2021: our temperature was PLUS 15C (windchill PLUS 13C) at 3:00 pm. Sunrise is at 5:42 am, and sunset is at 9:23 pm. Very windy today.
On 15 May 2021, I finally did a long drive that I had wanted to do the last few years, but never really been brave enough to do it. So glad I made myself do this, and it was a great day.
Much of the driving was on backroads that had a thick layer of loose, chunky gravel, making driving very unpleasant. It tends to push the wheels towards the side of the road, so one has to concentrate on trying to drive in a straight line. My arms and wrists ached like crazy from gripping the steering wheel.,
It looked a good day to go for a long drive to take my mind off all the repair work that has to be done. The forecast looked good, though it made no mention of the haze which made scenic shots useless. It felt so good to see quite a few birds for a change. The highlight of my day was briefly seeing a Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence post. I took a couple of shots, which had to be through my windshield. The hawk put its head down and that is when I realized that it had a snake held in its talons. It took a couple of pecks at the snake while I was watching (and taking a few seconds of video), and then off it flew. I wonder if it had a nest with babies in it nearby.
Another highlight for me, was to come across a beautiful female Merlin, also perched on a fence post. It had been quite a while since I last saw a Merlin.
At the beginning of my drive, I would have liked to call in for breakfast at the Saskatoon Farm, but I knew it would be really busy on a Saturday. Likewise at the end of the day, I would have liked to call in at Frank Lake, but I always try and avoid busy places. Makes no sense when someone has the weekdays in which to visit places like city parks. Some people are still working, so I prefer to usually leave the parks for them at the weekends.
I did call in at one of my favourite sloughs on the way home and enjoyed watching quite a few White-faced Ibis feeding and preening. So peaceful in a place with no other cars or people.
Of course, no day would be complete without spotting an old barn or two. These included one of my absolute favourite barns, photographed and posted previously, too.
The next two days, I have to get all sorts of things done because I know the repairmen will be taking out all my windows and putting them back, along with new frames on Friday, 21 May. I will have to be home, as they will need to have access to inside my place. It has now been just over six weeks that they have been replacing all sorts of rotten, wooden beams outside and adding two (?) layers of whatever material they use, before they eventually install new siding.
Expect the unexpected. The day after the gerewol; i visited the local market at Poli. Knowing that alot of the Mbororo were still in the bush or underway to their homes... i didn't have high expectations of visiting the market. But all of a sudden there were 2 incredible Mbororo girls shopping for clothes. With the colorful backdrop of shirts; it made it for me a wonderful shot.
Taken with the Canon R6 + RF 50mm F1.2
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Wasnt Expecting to see a Milwaukee Road 4750 on this trip but it was found in the middle of an insane cut of hoppers in Milan, MN. On the return trip of 261 we set up next to the hopper. After we ditched the trailing steam instead opting to take detailed photos of all the TCWR hoppers.
[A few minutes after finishing the table the doorbell rings. As expected it's Pocahontas's father and Leila. Pocahontas can't help but feel a little annoyed at this mysterious woman. Vincent senses it and breaks the ice.]
V: Hey there, Chief! I haven't seen you in awhile! Welcome to our home.
C: Thank you. It's a lovely home, but not as lovely as my daughter.
P: Hi, Daddy. I've missed you.
C: I've missed you too. I want you to meet my fiance Leila.
[Leila walks from behind Chief and smiles at Pocahontas. She opens up her arms for a hug, but Pocahontas instead shakes her hand and backs away.]
P: Nice to meet you. I'm sure you're both starving. The restroom is to the left if you want to clean yourselves up.
[Pocahontas quickly walks into the kitchen to grab the food. She's serving steak and salad with a few different sides. When she finished putting the last dish on the table Vincent and the others entered the dining room.]
P: I hope you both like steak.
C: Oh...um...
P: What's wrong, dad?
C: Leila is a vegetarian...I'm sorry I should have called ahead and told you.
L: No, no, don't make a fuss over me! That salad looks wonderful I'll just eat that and the sides.
[Everyone sits down at the table and grace is said before anyone eats. The two couples chat and make conversation. Pocahontas is still feeling some kind of way and barley contributes to the table talk leaving Vincent to do the bulk of it. Soon the chatting dies down into an awkward silence until Leila speaks up.]
L: Pocahontas you seem a little quiet. Do you have any questions you want to ask me? Or how I met your father?
P: I didn't really think it mattered since today is the first time I found out about you.
L: Oh, well your father and I met in a grocery store. And wel--
P: When are you getting married?
L: Huh... oh...well...um
C: This weekend.
P: [she stands up fully enraged] WHAT!?
C: Calm down, please. Let me explain.
P: You're telling me you haven't see me in over five years, and the first time I see you not only do you have a finance, but your marrying her this weekend!? Why bother coming?
C: We were passing through the state and...
P: "Passing through"! I don't even get a personal visit? Just a passing through!?
L: We have a wedding and honeymoon paid for in Vegas.
P: Well isn't that fantastic!
V: 'Tas, try and relax...
P: I most certainly will not! My father didn't come to see us, the kids, the new house, not even to show us Leila, but just passing by on his way to get married! How would you feel if your mother treated you with that much lack of respect?
V:....
L: Honey, please just---
P: Don't "honey" me! Don't "sweetie", "darling", "dear", or anything me! I--
[She hears the twins crying. Her yelling must have woken them up.]
P: I want you both gone by the time I come back downstairs.
C: Pocahontas!
P: Thanks for the visit, dad.
[Pocahontas goes upstairs to tend to the babies. Vincent is struck with silence and feels as if he has been glued to his chair. Chief and Leila both look hurt. They quietly get up and leave. Vincent hears the door shut softly and deeply exhales. He slowly gets out of his chair and begins to clear the table.]
I never expected to see the day flying Chimney Sweeper moth in my garden as their larval foodplant is "PIgnut" which is only found a 1000mts away from my garden. But research reading says that larvae have been observed feeding on "Cow Parsley" of which there is plenty, only 50mts away from my garden. So maybe this species may become a regular visitor to my garden in Empingham in the future.
Unfortunately only two grab shots of this moth before it took off.
"A monastery? You expect me to learn to fight in a place of peace?"
"Not fight - train."
The Monastery of Spinjitzu is arguably the most iconic location in all of Ninjago, so I knew I'd have to dedicate a large slice of the collab for it! This was the last section I finished, and that hexagonal shape was definitely not easy! Yes, the mountain's only about a fourth of the height it should be... but there's only so much rock a body can possibly have, haha! This contends with Four Weapons for my favorite section I built for the collab, and weighs a good 9 pounds - I have no idea how many bricks went into it, but I sure didn't have too many left after the whole collab was all done! Some more action shots to come soon, enjoy!
Scroll on through my photostream for more closeups and interior pictures, and be sure to check out all the sections I've uploaded
here, and don't miss Kai's in this album! I've got a bunch of overview and closeup shots of the whole collab together too, and should be uploading those sometime this week or next!
Thanks for viewing, C&C welcome as always!
Shakespeare said :
“ I always feel happy ..
You know why ?!
Because I don't expect anything
from anyone ..
Expectations always hurt ..!! "
in my island this type of moth is called ''kantilasvestis'' and in local tradition it is said that whenever one of them flies in your home you should be expecting visitors
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"if you expect nothing from anybody, you're never disappointed." -Sylvia Plath ("The Bell Jar")
You know, maybe having an overactive mind isn't a bad thing, seeing things the way others don't. I was playing around with lights in my room and trying to see things from a new angle. I think it worked
I was not expecting to see Mount Rainier from Mount St Helens, but I guess it is so massive that it is unlikely to be obscured by other mountains in the area.
Mount Rainier, Mount Tacoma, or Mount Tahoma is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) south-southeast of Seattle, in the Mount Rainier National Park. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m).
Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, and it is on the Decade Volcano list. Because of its large amount of glacial ice, Mt. Rainier could produce massive lahars that could threaten the entire Puyallup River valley, and poses a grave threat to the southern sections of the Seattle metropolitan area, a city of over 650,000 people with more than 3.7 million living in its metropolitan area.
Never expected to see one of these masterpieces in Bottrop! The Ferrari FXX is Number 29, so it is the last FXX which was sold to private persons!
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