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My very first sighting and very first photo of a red-bellied woodpecker. I've been feeding the birds again since the cold weather came back and was shooting in my backyard today. Just too cold and windy to go anywhere else :-) . We got lucky though and escaped the deep snow predicted and only got a dusting.
A group of Sandhill Cranes and a single Whooping Crane fly over the Horicon Marsh after the first snowfall of the winter season. Fall migration is happening right now!
With the first snow of the season finally sticking I went out trackside close to home to shoot the Seaview Transportation working down in Quonset-Davisville. A plow truck on Davisville Road is ready but not needed for the two inches of powder that fell, just enough to make everything pretty, but not enough to necessitate any cleanup work.
The Seaview crew is doing a bit of switching in the east end of the Ocean State Yard near MP 2 on the Davisville Branch side of the railroad, and after gathering up their cars they will back west to the junction and then down the Quonset side to work mainstay customer, Toray Plastics.
SVTX GP10 1855 was built as a GP9 in Aug. 1956 for the Baltimore and Ohio as their #6467. Later rebuilt by ICG's Paducah Shop she bounced around on different shortlines until coming to Rhode Island in 2006 where she was given this snappy paint job.
To learn more about this railroad check out the longer caption with this shot: flic.kr/p/2nNXfxP
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Monday December 12, 2022
The first Poppy to flower in our new garden. Martin grew them from seed. I do like the dark maroon colour of this one HFF! Continuing my 100 Flowers 2017 project
First of the 3 Barn Owlets to leave the nest box - there is a big world out there! Thankfully it looked like the adults were still bringing in food for this youngster - handing it over in a nearby tree.
Filmed in Norfolk (120 fps slo-mo) with Canon EOS R5 + 600mm F4 II & 1.4 Mk III extender. Fluid video head.
A magical morning I witnessed post snowfall in the vicinity of Great Himalayan National Park, India.
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First Manchester: 69572 (BD13 OHL) a Wright Eclipse 2 bodied Volvo B7RLE, painted in corporate livery but with hardly any names applied and just a couple of smallish First logos. This vehicle is captured here on the stand in Shudehill Interchange waiting to operate a journey on Service 92 to Bury.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date 2nd February 2014.
Ref No. 0035271.
First time out testing my new Tamron 35mm Æ’1.8 lens :) have to say I am pretty happy with it so far.
Pros:
• Vibration control
• Sharp from ƒ1.8
• Even sharper from ƒ2.0
• Very little vignetting – LR profile over compensates it too!
• Easy to focus
• Weather sealed
Cons:
• Coma in the corners at ƒ1.8-ƒ2.5
• CA is apparent up to ƒ2.8
:)
First South Yorkshire YN08LCL 37231 seen on Flat Street, Sheffield on service A1 to Amazon LBA4 iPort
I wasn't expecting this one. The overcast suddenly ended when my apartment turned bright red and I ran to the window.
First South Yorkshire: 35137 (SM65 LNC) a Wright Streetdeck, painted in this two tone blue and silver version of corporate livery. It is captrured here inside Midland Road depot in Rotherham on the occasion of an enthusiast's visit.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 7th August 2016.
Ref No: DSC_12689/PJ.
First Leicester SN65OKE 35153 seen coming into Leicester Haymarket bus station on service 14 to Beaumont Leys
Not too shabby of a spot for our first Hawaiian sunset.
Shark's Cove, Oahu
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I have never been more ready to smack a founding father Lord help me
Photos taken during a break at work as a key worker. Social distance and face covering guidance kept to at all times.
First York 49903 on service 12 to Monks Cross. 18th March 2021.
Ben Lomond (known to the original indigenous inhabitants as "turapina") is Tasmania's second highest mountain. It has a huge central massif with high plateau above 1,200 metres (3,900 feet). "The highest feature on the plateau is the unimposing summit of Legges Tor, at 1572 metres (5,157 ft), on the northern aspect of the plateau. The southern end of the plateau is dominated by Stacks Bluff, 1,527 metres (5,010 ft), which is an imposing feature that drops away to a cliffline 600 metres (2,000 ft) above the surrounding foothills." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lomond_(Tasmania)
That's doesn't seem very high by world standards, or even the Australian Alps (dominated by Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 metres (7,310 ft), but given the lower degree of Latitude it is a very real cold and alpine world, especially in winter.
This series of photographs over the next couple of weeks will introduce you to the mountain's spectacular scenery and fascinating ancient geology. I have tagged on the photograph exactly where we are heading for today's photographs as an introduction to the mountain environment.
This is the last of my Skye shots from my latest trip, and I think I may have a rest from Skye for next year (probably, never say never though!)
I toyed with the idea of the northwest highlands again, but have decided that I'm going to have a crack at the Cairngorms, I've only shot there a couple of times (very briefly) before so I think that's good enough for me.
First trip will be for a couple of days in February - I'll be camping as I want to save my cash for the big trip next year - back to Florida for my third anniversary! I'm sure it will be brutally cold but it'll be worth it with any luck.
I've got 10 or 12 shots dreamed up already for the Sarasota area - can't wait to get there!
Canon Eos 5D, 70-200 f4, not sure if I used filters or not.
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This is what I miss about First no longer operating in Plymouth, the random variety thrown up, well before 'bustimes.org' existed you never quite knew what might appear while waiting with the camera!
There were a few not so well presented buses but on the whole I always thought the Plymouth fleet was well turned out and the drivers friendly on the whole.
A none standard type vehicle within the group at this late stage it came to Devon with 3 others via Glasgow when First took over Hutchinson Coaches, Overtown.
Of course with First long gone from here the 2 services continues in the hands of Stagecoach but you won't find anything this rare operating on it these days!