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Pyrrhuloxia - Los Novios Ranch, La Salle, Texas
This is a better photography of the this species than the one I had previously posted. The previous post was Bird Species (# 42) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/612958904
Philippians 3:13-14
New International Version
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
The ancient scriptural writings say that the wisdom from above is first of all pure. Hmmm, that sounds like a challenge. I want to be pure. Pure in heart, pure in thought, pure in word and deed. I think it is a challenge to be those things. The scriptures help me in my attempt to live this way. Seeing the snow yesterday and today makes me think about my goal to have a pure heart that is white as snow and full of love for God and for people. I hope that everyone has a purely delightful weekend. :)
It was simplicity that was the goal of this shot. A rock, a cloud, and the ocean. "Less is more", they say when it comes to life. Until it was discovered that a very wealthy individual coined the phrase, attempting to convince the less fortunate to accept their lot in life.
However, this simple phrase is true in photography. eliminating clutter does remove distractions. This is what the phrase is meant to illustrate. These are the simple goals that any photographer desires.
I spent two sequential weekends in Eastern Washington during the autumn of 2025. My goals were shooting the end of the 567 powered era on the Columbia Basin Railway, as well as some BNSF action of Providence Hill; my first return since the Burlington Northern era. My initial trip was mostly a bust, with BNSF having a 30 hour maintenance window in Spokane for a the installation of a grade separation, and a family medical emergency back home cutting the trip short before the CBRW's Monday run to Connell.
I returned too late for the 567's, but in time to shoot the second run of the new power on the CBRW, and actually see a few trains on Providence Hill. The inevitable caveat was that there were still several wildfires burning in the region, so most daytime lighting was filtered through a smoky haze. On the plus side though, the haze made for some colourful sunrises and sunsets.
Above, the first of several eastbound trains out of Pasco that evening slowly grinds up the 1% grade on Providence Hill's west slope. The crew only has to endure two more miles of the thunder from the 16 cylinder FDL prime mover of their lead unit before coasting down the shorter east slope of the hill into Lind. At the left side of the image are the grain elevators in Beatrice, WA, adjacent to the mainline, but no longer rail served.
I finally finished, Eastern Hokkaido solo travel ended at Cape-Nosappu. - Nosappu 2017:10:21 05:50:44
Day 68 - Close to Home
Broadoak Park, and this spot is about 10 minutes walk away, although I have to cross a main road which can take ages.
Shooting macro is incredible fun
Suddenly things are popping up
I see a person and a ball
What do you see?
(Obviously not easy to say anything here, as I see comments are coming but they keep disappearing all the time....)
Just a little more Saturday playtime after a couple of cups of coffee.
Jet with contrail through the goal posts. Alviso, California.
Pixie has been bored by all this rain and has had to resort to using her imagination. Here she is, after scoring the winner for Catford FC against Doggenham fc.
One of my primary goals when I shoot these birds to to try and shoot them as low as possible, as if I were another skimmer looking in. Of course I'm quite a distance from them so it's not obtrusive. Here my camera was resting right on the sand. Hopefully it creates a more intimate and relatable image.
Kingsburg, Ca.
I'm no believer in any silly religious crap, so don't take this the wrong way. But this morning when I arose, I was pleased as can be to see that we had had a bit of rain last night. As you know, California has been in drought much too much. Not only that, but the valley in which I live has suffered from wildfires even though they have occurred hundreds of miles from us. The smoke has been miserable, and for that reason I've not gone on a morning walk for awhile, as I feared the inhalation of particulate matter might be doing more damage than the forsaking of exercise. Thus it was a beautiful opportunity to be out and about. So, that's my Thanksgiving story. Merry Thanksgiving to all of you who do that thing.
So here we are... achievement unlocked: 7000 followers. Thank you all, truly, I'm overwhelmed with the love <3.
Some of us have personal goals that we set for ourselves, long ago, I had descided that this was it, and now that I'm here... I'm not really sure what to do with myself.
A few things are coming to mind: Continue blogging for a few of my long-term sponsors and events, possibly get back into creating some new BOM stuff, or straight out retire.
Maybe it's a ten year itch, a Mid-(second)Life-Crisis... who knows, it will likely pass... just know that I have no more expectations of myself or anyone else, it's super empowering.