View allAll Photos Tagged forward
234 blasts up the hill under the Webster cantilever signal. With two back-to-back eastbounds at this location, I got to try something different for what otherwise would have been a throwaway angle on the close track.
Avocet - Recurvirostra Avosetta
Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve
Many thanks as always to all those kind enough to comment and fave my pics, or even stop by for a look. Although I am unable to always respond, your feedback is very much appreciated.
DSC_6773
Hoover Wilderness, California. Flanked by Buckeye Ridge and Sawteeth Ridge, I hiked forward towards a map point. Hunawill Peak and Cirque Mountain towered 11,000 feet up, drawing me towards the lake cradled below them. Fit and strong from a week of hiking, my head was clear. Looking back at a sequence of routes and images, the days were filled with hope and confidence, goals and success. I carried a pack and a camera into the silver brightness of granite peaks, and no other baggage. Would that our journey through life were as simple. I wish I could say, with the certainty I knew that day, what lies ahead.
I'm looking forward to heading back to Reading and Northern country soon. You never know what you might see. Here's one that's been sitting around a while. The light is far from ideal but the subject is pretty cool so it's perfect for a middle of the night posting!
Reading and Northern train NRRB (North Reading roustabout) has five cars trailing three classic EMD end cab switchers, RBMN 1548, 803, and 1542. SW1500 1548 in the lead is right at home here at MP 76 on the old Reading mainline. It was built in Aug. 1969 as RDG 2768, trailing 803 is an SW8 blt. Sep. 1951 as LV 270, and 1542 is an MP15 blt. Apr. 1982 as SOU 2426.
They are on track 2 and track 1 in the foreground is relatively new, having been installed in conjunction with the CTC installation and new interlocking they are rolling through that is named MULLER after RBMN founder, owner, and CEO. They paused for a few minutes waiting for permission to proceed north to work in Port Clinton. Engineer Chip Allen graciously put on a show accelerating from the stop for the few of us trackside fans!
West Tilden Township, Pennsylvania
Saturday November 14, 2020
The closest approach of a Great Egret on Horsepen Bayou before my panning got out of sync with autofocus.
The only time I've ever been to Mt. St. Helens was when I was a kid and the entire area was consumed by fog. I never was able to see the peak. I knew I was missing something, I just didn't know exactly what.
Fast forward 15 years later, my friend and I find ourselves arriving at the same exact conditions I was plagued with years back. I was sure that we weren't going to see the mountain that morning, but when it finally revealed itself, I felt like a kid in a candy store. Everything around us was breathtaking.
There is something about Mt. St. Helens that can't be explained. Ok, so the missing chunk can be scientifically explained, but there is an intangible feeling that sets this mountain apart for me and I can finally fully appreciate it.
This barred owl was photographed with it's wings forward while in flight in rural Osceola County near Kenansville, Florida.
Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting.
Like and follow me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thomasclaudphotography and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/thomasclaudphotography.
My photos are copy right protected with all rights reserved.
A Green Heron does some scouting for baitfish on Horsepen Bayou. Could it extend to the water from this height? Stay tuned.
It's been a while since I posted a fence shot. This is the wooden green fence at the Elizabeth Gamble garden in Palo Alto, CA. I just loved all of the new white blossoms against that green, with a bit of rain thrown in for good measure.
I hope everyone has a great weekend. HFF
better in the light box
thanks to SkeletalMess square-10
www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/4675621581/in/set-7215...
Looking forward to going back to the Caribbean in January — taking a fun family trip there! Oh, and if you have any questions about travel blogging, I’m about to do a live show in an hour on Facebook Live with Liz Carlson — should be a fun one! via Trey Ratcliff on FB at ift.tt/1v05hWZ Snapchat: treyratcliff ift.tt/1qx3iMJ Instagram: treyratcliff ift.tt/1c7s6Uy
In the forests collected all the magic, once you visit you want to return again and walk there all day
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney
“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
Closeup view of dried mud in a wash near Hanksville, Utah. Note to self; "When walking forward, always look down and back!"
Formations of the "Garden of Eden" as seen from the primitive loop trail in the Windows District of Arches National Park.
It's time again to change our clocks forward 1 hour tonight before we go to bed. More daylight - Yea!
From the looks these Snowflakes, the garden is already springing forward.
Just a little something I was thinking about last night. I never seem to have time to keep in touch with everyone so putting what I want to say into a picture is so much easier sometimes. The image of the glass was one of my uploads titled 'Always Half Full' so this composition has a double meaning. Enjoy and don't forget to pass it on....Happy Wednesday!
2 textures ~ Playing with brushes (thanks Renee!)
The rest ~ by me! (my husband the 'hand model' wasn't around so this is my hand instead!)
Happy spring. Beautiful season but beware of pollens. Poppy blossom from the backyard few years past.
The helicopter is ready to take off, waiting for the mission to get the green light.
He has been uneasy since the moment he reached this forward operating base.
Something about this joint operation disturbs him.
He is all for joint operations. He is not so sure about the ones involving secretive organizations with no definite chain of command.
He is always suspicious about secretive organizations, especially when they claim to act in the “exclusive” interest of humanity. It often turns out they have some different agenda.
However his orders are to cooperate until the mission objectives remain the same and so he will do. Until the mission objectives remain the same.
The communicator integrated in his helmet activates and he get the Command’s message: “Mission is a go.”
He grabs his gear and moves to the helicopter.
It’s time to put the bad guys out of business, while keeping a eye on the new “friends”, just in case.
I realized I never used the Ultra Agents UltraCopter I bought for the villain Minfigure and so I decided to make a little test, bringing the Series 13 Galaxy Trooper Minifigure into the scene :)
I hope you like this photo :)