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Everything I said about the previous photograph applies here too. Shooting street scenes requires us being aware of more than just the subject in front of us. Here the light and shade, textures on the wall, and especially the colour, are the key elements. Here there's a nod to the late Canadian photographer Fred Herzog (1930-2019).
Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye
I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!
Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.
I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.
Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02
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This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.
It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...
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The Little Old Woman finally found a cobbler to add on to her shoe. Of course, now there is room for more children.
Created by blending elements from several Wombo images.
Thanks to Cindy Mc for the idea
Some of my old 1/72 were pretty rushed and all getting a good revisit. Much improved Mig-29 and now working on some camo versions.
I last stopped to photograph this small ruined building near Elphin back in 2014 ('Des Res'). It sits atop a small 'hill' with stunning views to Cul More and Suilven at left and right. The skies on this visit were particularly 'angry', rendering the mountains as almost black. I was pleased to see that perhaps this is not quite as abandoned as I thought; there was some additional, unexpected garden furniture added since my last visit.
CSXT has been wasting no time going to work on their former Pan Am property with active work happening from Worcester to Mattawamkeag including major improvements to Rigby Yard and countless trains of new continuous welded rail (cwr). In fact at one point recently there were three different rail trains on the property.
While much of the work is wholly CSXT funded to support their freight operations and simply to pull the PAR property liberally out of the mud this project is different. This train is laying out welded rail for six miles of new (well rebuilt anyway!) double track that will stretch from CPF228 in Wells to just east of the Elm St. crossing in North Berwick. This nearly $33 million project is funded 73% by the Federal Government, 20% by the state, and about 7% by CSXT (ex Pan Am). To read about this project and follow along for updates check out the website of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority (NNEPRA) that is the state of Maine's public transportation agency overseeing and funding the Downeaster service. The project link is here: www.nnepra.com/project/wells-area-improvement-project-2/
This view is from behind the little historic cemetary just east of the Wells St. / Maine Route 9 overpass at about MP 232.7 on CSXT's ex Pan Am District 2 mainline, the former Boston and Maine Railroad's Portland Division that was formerly all double tracked until being cut back during the early Guilford years. The train belongs to A&K railroad Materials and carries the VSR reporting marks of one of their subsidiaries. The contractors are operating the train and are handling the unloading process in conjunction with CSXT engineering department employees and the CSXT crew aboard CSXT 2548, a GP38-2 blt. Nov. 1973 as SCL 548 and delivered in black and yellow.
North Berwick, Maine
Friday January 6, 2023
CN and BNSF GE C44-9Ws roll past through the construction zone at Prairie View in 2005.
Soon this will be double track with an interlocking installed. The cell phone towers will remain.
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A Red-eyed Vireo returns to the nest with plant fiber that will be woven into the nest. It was fascinating to watch numerous trips in which the bird would return with a variety of natural materials to shore up the home front.
Shenandoah National Park
I would welcome any comments, criticisms or suggestions for improvement. Thanks. :)
Delighted that you made it your favourite.
Crete, Greece, 2016
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Through the hilly landscape some roads lead as serpentines, since you have to overcome the heights. The island is anything but not flat. In itself you need only to drive around and you will get a lot of beautiful views. Each curve holds new perspectives and it is fun to watch the sun from a little further up when she sets over the sea.
Weiter zu den Straßen Kretas:
durch die hügelige Landschaft führen einige Straßen als Serpentinen, da man hier sehr schnell einige Höhenmeter überwinden muss. Die Insel ist alles andere als flach. An sich braucht man hier nur etwas Auto fahren und man erhält dabei sehr viele schöne Ausblicke. Jede Kurve hält teilweise neue Perspektiven bereit und es macht Spaß der Sonne von etwas weiter oben beim Untergehen über dem Meer zuzuschauen.
Norfolk Southern A25 pulls up to work Scruggs Blending & Packaging. Normally, this job has ugly ass, PoS SD60E, like it does in this case. However, for a short stint in 2023, it was also given an SD40E that was leading the eastbound trip, so I made the effort to go out & get it here one day. 10-24-23
pardon the crappy photo quality, but hooray for the heroic electrical crew, who worked all of christmas day and night, often in driving rain, to get our power restored — the lights came back on at 12:18am, the house is slowly warming up, I'm able to do dishes/take a shower again, and the rain has changed over to snow (temporarily)
Shot processed with Darktable from RAW. Improvements like Tone Curve, Highpass filters, Lowpass filters, Channel Mixer and others were managed also with Darktable. Haida Neutral filter of 6 steps was used.
Finally, an Orton effect was applied, keeping the first rocks well focused while an incremental and progressive blur is applied to the most distant.