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Just a bit of an update. I had planned to be back earlier, but I managed to hurt my back over the weekend and have been trying to get everything back in sync. I’ve had my old back brace on for the past two days trying to get my spine back into alignment and it appears to have been successful. I am feeling much better and having no pain at the moment. I took the brace off this afternoon and went for a slow walk, and everything seems to be back in alignment. Only time will tell. I’m not going to spend much time in front of the computer this evening, but I did want to let everyone know what is going on. Best wishes to everyone for a great finish to this week. Enjoy it to the fullest and enjoy the journey.
Had a great time at the birthday celebration and got to spend some time with my family over the weekend as well before I hurt my back. Comments are turned off as this is just to let every that I am doing fine and should be back in a couple of days. Cheers.
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Das ist ein Panorama aus 6 Einzelbildern, das ich in Lightroom CC verrechnet habe. Anschließend habe ich es noch ein bißchen in Photoshop aufgewertet, aber eigentlich war da nicht mehr viel zu machen.
Beleuchtet wurde das ganze mit 3 entfesselten Blitzen.
This is a panorama from 6 single images, merged in Lightroom CC and just a little bit improved in Photoshop CC.
Strobist Info for every single image:
Yongnuo Speedlite YN-565 EX II with a Rogue FlashBender from 7 o'clock
A bare Canon Speedlite 430 EX II from 4 o'clock
Yongnuo YN 460 from about 9 o'clock.
Triggerd with 2 Yongnuo YN-622C and a Yongnuo YN-622C-TX and the YN 460 is a optical slave.
The camera saw many examples of buildings like this one in Le Plateau borough - one complete wall cladding removed then covered with the orange spray on material. Our guess - adding insulation to improve energy use for winter heating.
This building looks more like its a tear down.
The recently completed redeveloped Greenwich Point ferry wharf at sunset on Sydney harbour. Shot on Cammeraygal country.
A moral-licensing-motivated improved rebuild of an old MOC out of the goodness of my heart for an online nagger pressing me for instrukshuns.
This was and is the last time I try to be nice to randos.
Great Central Railway class 11F Improved Director, 4-4-0 506 Butler Henderson stands in the yard at Loughborough Central some time in 1974.
Locomotive History
506 was the first of thirty five engines built between December 1919 and November 1924 and were classified as class D11 by the London and North Eastern Railway. Withdrawals commenced in September 1958 and the last D11 was withdrawn in 1962. The prototype engine, Butler-Henderson was built at the Great Central Railway works at Gorton and entered traffic in December 1919. It was renumbered 5506 in 1924 and 2660 in 1946 by the London and North Eastern Railway and became 62660 under British Railways. 62660 was withdrawn in November 1960 and as the only surviving Great Central Railway passenger locomotive it was restored to Great Central Railway condition for static display at the British Transport Commission Museum at Clapham. With the demise of the museum at Clapham in 1975 506 entered the National Collection and was loaned to the Main Line Steam Trust (now The Great Central Railway). Restoration to running condition started in 1981, and 506 returned to steam in 1982. 506 was moved to the National Railway Museum at York after its boiler certificate expired in 1992 and is currently (April 2014) located at Barrow Hill.
Rescanned and re-edited from original negative 4th November 2018.
Hanimex Compact, Ilford FP4
This is my fourth time shooting the Balloon Fiesta. They say that this is the most photographed event in the world. That being the case… They should try consulting with some photographers for some tips on how to improve the festival. I've had the same gripes every time.
I won't even mention how ugly the foreground is from every angle. Parking lots. Fences. Concessions tents, and porta potties. I guess there's nothing they can do about that. They need all that stuff. And. Albuquerque is just ugly. So… That is the foreground.
Anyway… The problem is… They do everything about a half hour too early.
Most mornings start with the "Dawn Patrol". They launch a dozen or so balloons at 5:45 AM to light up the night sky. Cool concept, BUT, the sky is still completely black then. So. Photographing it is impossible. Just blown out, overexposed white blobs against black. Wouldn't it be cool if they waited a half hour, when dawn actually happens? Balloons glowing against the purple glow of a dawn sky would be awesome!
Problem #2… They start the mass balloon launch at 7:00 AM. This is a MASSIVE, HUGE problem! There is a big mountain just east of the balloon field. The Sandia Peak. The sun doesn't come up over the top of that mountain until 7:45. Soooooooo… That means that there is absolutely no light on the balloons for the first 45 minutes of the festival. I have tried and tried to get some photos of the first 45 minutes of the event. They are all just complete crap, and end up going in the trash. On some of the slower days, all the balloons are long gone by 7:45. And… THEN the sun comes up……
Then, on the big nights, they have a balloon glow. It starts around 6:00. IT'S NOT EVEN DARK YET! How can they glow if it's not dark??? So… The balloon glow goes for a while, and then they deflate. 15 minutes later, the fireworks start.
So… If you try to shoot the fireworks, the foreground is just… A big field of deflated balloons. Trucks. Trailers. And… Thousands of blurry people standing around. Oh yeah. And... Porta potties.
So. This is a composite of two shots. I got a nice clear shot of all the balloons glowing at the tail end of the balloon glow. Then… About 15 minutes later I got this fireworks shot from the same spot. This is a merge of the two.
This is the shot I could get if they timed this thing right.
I improved the fruit tart base :)
Quite happy with it ^^
I also blogged about it petitplatbysk.blogspot.com/2012/03/improved-fruit-tart-je...
Bow I'm tired, so much work right now! I hope you're all fine :)
xx
Stéphanie
Posting a new, improved version of this photo. It was taken with a Samsung digital camera. We were visiting Donna’s Aunt Glenna Mae and made the trip to the National Cemetery to pay our respects to her late husband, Donna’s uncle.
Using Snapseed I was able to brighten up the cemetery and make Lookout Mountain, in the distance, stand out more clearly.
Another “Mining my Camera Roll®” adventure!
Seneca Improved View 5x7 + 4x5 reducing back, Bausch & Lomb 5x7 Tessar 1c f/4.5, New Guy Positive collodion (fresh)
f/4.5, 10 seconds
Concerned that this was my first plate after heavy silver bath maintenance. Sure no pinholes but despite a ton of filtering there are small specs all over if you look close on the scan.
Also concerned about the solvent streaks. I bet it was just too cold for any of the alcohol in the bath to actually evaporate. I even added less alcohol and acid to my developer than usual.
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Improved re-upload, will sort out the potentially redundant versions later, at some point (apologies for the sluggish latency). Well, I can create albums for each month in China and then will be able to track and delete double-posts easier.
A pivotal milestone in railship development, the Storm was among the first series of double-gauge rail vessels designed specifically to form a train.
Previous double-gauge vessels were less structurally complex and operated individually. Since these retronymically-termed “rigid” shoulder-less railships were more constrained in their length, (and therefore their volume) by track geometry, the capacity taken up by their internal engines and fuel storage was particularly burdensome.
The improved efficiency of dedicated locomotives within a double-gauge train permitted any non-motive vessel to allocate more of its capacity to weaponry, often resulting in an immense turret spanning nearly its entire beam. The addition of swiveling shoulders between the trucks and body allowed these vessels to grow to sizes far beyond those of rigids.
The first non-rigid double-gauge vessels saw action in the latter stage of the Great Steam War, but remained effective long into the era of internal combustion.
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Hadrian's Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of Great Britain. It was the second of three such fortifications built across Great Britain, the first being Gask Ridge and the last the Antonine Wall. All three were built to prevent military raids by the Pictish tribes (ancient inhabitants of Scotland) to the north, to improve economic stability and provide peaceful conditions in the Roman province of Britannia to the south, and to physically mark the frontier of the Empire. Hadrian's Wall is the best known of the three because it remains the most physically preserved and evident today.
The wall was the northern border of the Empire in Britain for much of the Roman Empire's rule, and also the most heavily fortified border in the Empire. In addition to its use as a military fortification, it is thought that the gates through the wall would also have served as customs posts to allow trade taxation.
A significant portion of the wall still exists, particularly the mid-section, and for much of its length the wall can be followed on foot. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern England, where it is often known simply as the Roman Wall. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. English Heritage, a government organization in charge of managing the historic environment of England, describes it as "the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain".[1]
Sections of Hadrian's Wall remain near Greenhead and along the route, though other large sections have been dismantled over the years to use the stones for various nearby construction projects.
Sections of Hadrian's Wall remain near Greenhead and along the route, though other large sections have been dismantled over the years to use the stones for various nearby construction projects.
The Roman name of the Wall
No stone inscription survives to confirm what the Wall was called in antiquity, and no historical source gives it a name. However, the discovery of a small enamelled bronze Roman cup in Staffordshire in 2003 has provided a clue. The cup is inscribed with a series of names of Roman forts (see also the botrom of this page) along the western sector of the Wall, together with a personal name and a phrase:
MAIS COGGABATA VXELODVNVM CAMBOGLANNA RIGORE VALI AELI DRACONIS
Here we have Bowness (MAIS, followed by what must be the correct name for Drumburgh-by-Sands (COGGABATA) until now known only as CONGAVATA from the late Roman document, the Notitia Dignitatum. Next comes Stanwix (VXELODVNVM), then Castlesteads (CAMBOGLANNA), before we get to the most tantalizing part.
RIGORE seems to be the ablative form of the Latin word rigor. This can mean several things, but one of its less well-known meanings is ‘straight line’, ‘course’ or ‘direction’. This was used by Roman surveyors and appears on a number of inscriptions to indicate a line between places. So the meaning could be ‘from the course’, or better in English 'according to the course'.
The Staffordshire Moorlands cup, which provides the ancient name of Hadrian's Wall.
The Staffordshire Moorlands cup, which provides the ancient name of Hadrian's Wall.
There is no such word as vali, but in antiquity Hadrian’s Wall was known as the Vallum, the Latin word for a frontier which is today incorrectly applied to the ditch and mounds dug by the Roman army just south of the Wall. The genitive form of Vallum is Valli, so one of the most likely meanings is VAL[L]I, ‘of the frontier’. Omitting one of a pair of double consonants is common on Roman inscriptions, and transcribing an inscription from a written note is the easiest way to miss out letters. Another similar bronze vessel, known as the Rudge Cup (found in Wiltshire in the 18th century) has VN missing from the name VXELODVNVM, for example, although the letters appear on the Staffordshire cup. The Rudge Cup only bears fort names.
The name AELI is also in the genitive. This was Hadrian's nomen, his main family name and we know that the Roman bridge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne was called Pons Aelius.
Finally we have the name DRACONIS, which can be translated as ‘[by the hand – or property] of Aelius Draco’. It was normal for Roman manufacturers to give their names in the genitive (‘of’), and ‘by the hand’ would be understood. The form is common, for example, on samian pottery.
The translation, therefore, could be:
‘Mais, Coggabata, Uxelodunum, Camboglanna, according to the line of the Aelian frontier. [By the hand or The property] of Draco’.
This would mean the Romans knew Hadrian's Wall as Vallum Aeli, 'the Aelian frontier'.
Dimensions
Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 English miles or 117 kilometres) long, its width and height dependent on the construction materials which were available nearby: east of River Irthing the wall was made from squared stone and measured 3 m (9.7 ft) wide and 5 to 6 metres (16–20 ft) tall; west of the river the wall was made from turf and measured 6 metres (20 ft) wide and 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) high. This does not include the wall's ditches, berms, and forts. The central section measured 8 Roman feet wide (7.8 ft or 2.4 m) on a 10 foot base.
Route
Map showing the location of Hadrian's Wall.
Map showing the location of Hadrian's Wall.
Hadrian's Wall extended west Segedunum at Wallsend on the River Tyne to the shore of the Solway Firth. The A69 and B6318 roads follow the course of the wall as it starts in Newcastle upon Tyne to Carlisle, then on round the northern coast of Cumbria. The Wall is entirely in England and south of the border with Scotland by 15 kilometres (9 mi) in the west and 110 kilometres (68 mi) in the east.
Hadrian
Hadrian's Wall was built following a visit by Roman emperor Hadrian (AD 76–138) in AD 122. Hadrian was experiencing military difficulties in Britain, and from the peoples of various conquered lands across the Empire, including Egypt, Judea, Libya, Mauretania, and many of the peoples conquered by his predecessor Trajan, so he was keen to impose order. However the construction of such an impressive wall was probably also a symbol of Roman power, both in occupied Britain and in Rome. Frontiers in the early empire were based more on natural features or fortified zones with a heavy military presence. Military roads or limes often marked the border, with forts and signal towers spread along them and it was not until the reign of Domitian that the first solid frontier was constructed, in Germania Superior, using a simple fence. Hadrian expanded on this idea, redesigning the German border by ordering a continuous timber palisade supported by forts behind it. Although such defences would not have held back any concerted invasion effort, they did physically mark the edge of Roman territory and went some way to providing a degree of control over who crossed the border and where.
Hadrian reduced Roman military presence in the territory of the Brigantes and concentrated on building a more solid linear fortification to the north of them. This was intended to replace the Stanegate road which is generally thought to have served as the limes (the boundary of the Roman Empire) until then.
Construction
Construction probably started in 122 AD and was largely completed within eight years, with soldiers from all three of the occupying Roman legions participating in the work. The route chosen largely paralleled the nearby Stanegate road from Luguvalium (Carlisle) to Coria (Corbridge), which was already defended by a system of forts, including Vindolanda. The Wall in part follows the outcrop of a harder, more resistant igneous dolerite rock escarpment, known as the Great Whin Sill.
The initial plan called for a ditch and wall with 80 small, gated milecastle fortlets every Roman mile holding a few dozen troops each, and pairs of evenly spaced intermediate turrets used for observation and signalling. The wall was initially designed to a width of 3 metres (10 ft) (the so-called "Broad Wall"). The height is estimated to have been around 5 or 6 metres (16–20 ft). Local limestone was used in the construction, except for the section to the west of Irthing where turf was used instead as there were no useful outcrops nearby. The turf wall was 6 metres wide (20 ft) and around 3.5 metres (11.5 ft) high. Milecastles in this area were also built from timber and earth rather than stone but turrets were always stone. The Broad Wall was initially built with a clay-bonded rubble core and mortared dressed rubble facing stones, but this seems to have made it vulnerable to collapse and repair with a mortared core was sometimes necessary.
Roman fort at Corstopitum.
Roman fort at Corstopitum.
The milecastles were of three different designs, depending on which Roman legion built them — the Second, Sixth, and Twentieth Legions, whose inscriptions tell us were all involved in the construction. Similarly there are three different turret designs along the route. All were about 493 metres (539 yd) apart and measured 4.27 metres square (46.0 sq ft) internally.
Construction was divided into lengths of about 5 miles (8 km). One group of each legion would create the foundations and build the milecastles and turrets and then other cohorts would follow, building the wall itself.
Early in its construction, just after reaching the North Tyne (construction worked from east to west), the width of the wall was narrowed to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) or even less (sometimes 1.8m) (the "Narrow Wall"). However, Broad Wall foundations had already been laid as far as the river Irthing, where the Turf Wall began, and many turrets and milecastles were optimistically provided with stub 'wing walls' in preparation for joining to the Broad Wall; a handy reference for archaeologists trying to piece together the construction chronology.
Within a few years it was decided to add a total of 14 to 17 (sources disagree) full-sized forts along the length of the wall, including Vercovicium (Housesteads) and Banna (Birdoswald), each holding between 500 and 1,000 auxiliary troops (no legions were posted to the wall). The eastern end of the wall was extended further east from Pons Aelius (Newcastle) to Segedunum (Wallsend) on the Tyne estuary. Some of the larger forts along the wall, such as Cilurnum (Chesters) and Vercovicium (Housesteads), were built on top of the footings of milecastles or turrets, showing the change of plan. An inscription mentioning early governor Aulus Platorius Nepos indicates that the change of plans took place early on. Also some time still during Hadrian's reign (i.e., before AD 138) the wall west of the Irthing was rebuilt in sandstone to basically the same dimensions as the limestone section to the east.
Vallum at Hadrian's Wall near milecastle 42
Vallum at Hadrian's Wall near milecastle 42
After the forts had been added (or possibly at the same time), the so-called Vallum was built on the southern side. It consisted of a large, flat-bottomed ditch 6 metres (20 ft) wide at the top and 3 metres (10 ft) deep bounded by a berm on each side 10 metres (33 ft) wide. Beyond the berms were earth banks 6 metres (20 ft) wide and 2 metres (6.5 ft) high. Causeways crossed the ditch at regular intervals. Initially the berm appears to have been the main route for transportation along the wall. The Vallum probably delineated a military zone rather than intending to be a major fortification, though the British tribes to the south were also sometimes a military problem.
The Wall was thus part of a defensive system which, from north to south included:
* a glacis and a deep ditch
* a berm with rows of pits holding entanglements
* the curtain wall itself
* a later military road (the "Military Way")
* a north mound, a ditch and a south mound to prevent or slow down any raids from a rebelling southern tribe.
Roman-period names
The remains of milecastle 39, near Steel Rigg
The remains of milecastle 39, near Steel Rigg
The Roman-period names of some of the Hadrian's Wall forts are known, from the Notitia Dignitatum and other evidence:
* Segedunum (Wallsend)
* Pons Aelius (Newcastle on Tyne)
* Condercum (Benwell Hill)
* Vindobala (Halton Chesters)[2]
* Hunnum (Rudchester)[2]
* Cilurnum (Chesters aka Walwick Chesters)[2]
* Procolita (Carrowburgh)
* Vercovicium (Housesteads)
* Aesica (Great Chesters)[2]
* Magnis (Carvoran)
* Banna (Birdoswald)
* Camboglanna (Castlesteads)
* Uxelodunum (Stanwix. Also known as Petriana)
* Aballava (Burgh-by-Sands)
* Coggabata (Drumburgh)
* Mais (Bowness)
Outpost forts beyond the Wall include:
* Habitancum (Risingham)
* Bremenium (Rochester)[2]
* Ad Fines (Chew Green) [1]
Supply forts behind the wall include:
* Alauna (Maryport)
* Arbeia (South Shields)
* Coria (Corbridge)
* Vindolanda (Little Chesters)[2]
* Vindomora (Ebchester)[2]
Garrison
The wall was garrisoned by auxiliary (i.e., non-legionary) units of the army (non-citizens). Their numbers fluctuated throughout the occupation, but may have been around 9,000 strong in general, including infantry and cavalry. The new forts could hold garrisons of 500 men while cavalry units of 1,000 troops were stationed at either end. The total number of soldiers manning the early wall was probably greater than 10,000.
They suffered serious attacks in 180, and especially between 196 and 197 when the garrison had been seriously weakened, following which major reconstruction had to be carried out under Septimius Severus. The region near the wall remained peaceful for most of the rest of the 3rd century. It is thought that many in the garrison may have married and integrated into the local community.
Part of Hadrian's wall near Housesteads.
Part of Hadrian's wall near Housesteads.
After Hadrian
In the years after Hadrian's death in 138, the new emperor, Antoninus Pius essentially abandoned the wall, though leaving it occupied in a support role, and began building a new wall in Scotland proper, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north, the Antonine Wall. This turf wall ran 40 Roman miles (about 37.8 mi or 61 km) and had significantly more forts than Hadrian's Wall. Antonine was unable to conquer the northern tribes and so when Marcus Aurelius became emperor, he abandoned the Antonine Wall and occupied Hadrian's Wall once again in 164. It remained occupied by Roman troops until their withdrawal from Britain.
In the late 4th century, barbarian invasions, economic decline, and military coups loosened the Empire's hold on Britain. By 410, the Roman administration and its legions were gone, and Britain was left to look to its own defences and government. The garrisons, by now probably made up mostly of local Britons who had nowhere else to go, probably lingered on in some form for generations. Archaeology is beginning to reveal that some parts of the Wall remained occupied well into the 5th century. Enough also survived in the 8th century for spolia from it to find its way into the construction of Jarrow Priory, and for Bede to see and describe the Wall thus in Historia Ecclesiastica 1.5, although he misidentified it as being built by Septimius Severus:
“ after many great and dangerous battles, he thought fit to divide that part of the island, which he had recovered from the other unconquered nations, not with a wall, as some imagine, but with a rampart. For a wall is made of stones, but a rampart, with which camps are fortified to repel the assaults of enemies, is made of sods, cut out of the earth, and raised above the ground all round like a wall, having in front of it the ditch whence the sods were taken, and strong stakes of wood fixed upon its top. ”
But in time the wall was abandoned and fell into ruin. Over the centuries and even into the 20th century a large proportion of the stone was reused in other local buildings.
In fiction
Sycamore Gap (the "Robin Hood Tree")
Sycamore Gap (the "Robin Hood Tree")
* Hadrian's Wall was featured extensively in the movie King Arthur (which depicted the story of the people the Arthurian legends were supposedly based on). The one kilometre (0.6 mi) long replica, located in County Kildare, Ireland, was the largest movie set ever built in that country, and took a crew of 300 construction workers four and a half months to build. The fort in the movie where Arthur and his Sarmatian "knights" were garrisoned was based on the Roman fort named Vindolanda, which was built around AD 80 just south of Hadrian's Wall in what is now called Chesterholm, in Northern England. In the movie, the fort is attached to the wall.
* Sycamore Gap, a section of the wall between two crests just west of milecastle 38, is locally known as the "Robin Hood Tree". This location was used in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, as the setting for an interlude during Robin's journey from the White Cliffs (actually shot at the Seven Sisters Hills) to Nottingham via Aysgarth Falls.
Seneca Improved View 5x7, Buhl Optical 9" (229mm) f/3.6, UVP-X collodion (23 months old)
f/3.6, 20 seconds
My silver bath needs an overhaul. I know I've always been against it but it might be time for a boil.
An improving image, both in vehicle representation and service quality/reliability, can be clearly shown in this photo by Redditch's only double decker. There were a few days where it wasn't on the service last week, but this was due to overhanging trees between Alcester and Evesham (Redditch to Alcester is fine because Stagecoach run double deckers on their route).
Diamond's BJ14 KTC (40625) is seen parked opposite the Alcester Police Station while operating the 247 towards Evesham. The 247 operates up to every hour between Redditch and Evesham Bus Stations. Around the school times, the frequency drops, with certain journeys calling in at local schools, which is why the Gemini was acquired by Redditch because of the termination of the 301 (Redditch-Alcester Schools). BJ14KTC was new in April 2014 as one of two Geminis for use with the Rotala PLC's Wessex operation. Soon after, it gained branding for use on the 51, a service Wessex stepped in to save that First West of England had axed. Sister BJ14KTA was also branded for the service. KTA (40626) has remained at Hounslow in a white livery for the Royal Holloway University, whereas in July 2019, KTC was transferred up to Diamond Bus North West (DBNW/DNW), for use at their newly taken over (from First Manchester) Bolton depot. However, September has seen it transfer down to Diamond Bus West Midlands for use at Redditch on the 247 (Redditch-Evesham) to provide extra capacity on the service following the withdrawing of the 301 (Alcester Schools-Redditch), which ran infront of the service. 40625 is a Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2.
Flynn's manners have improved somewhat over the years but he isn't quite civilised enough for public transport ;-) It is hard to say whether he'd be very excited, or very upset by the experience of travelling by train but I DO suspect he would feel strongly about it one way or the other. Flynn tends to expresses his emotions clearly - & loudly! Either way, I rather suspect we'd end up getting thrown off by a very angry train guard & then have to walk back home in sad disgrace! So, no train rides for Flynnie!
However, our local station is really tiny - just 2 platforms & only a couple of trains depart each hour. As it's not too big, or generally very busy (at least, not when we're there), Flynn sometimes gets to come & sit at the station, to meet a friend off the train. When I took this, the train we were waiting for was running a little late. Flynn now knows which direction it comes from, so he just sat in quivering silence & stared fixedly down the tracks for about 10 minutes straight, listening & watching intently.
He always very kindly lets any & all waiting hoomans know when their train is about to arrive - by barking his head off the second he hears the rumble of the engine & sees the glow of lights, as it exits the final tunnel (which is under where the trees dip down). He doesn't stop yelling & jumping around, until he'd sees the person we're waiting for is on the platform - then I get dragged off to greet them. He barks so loudly that my friend has said she can hear him from inside the carriage, as it comes to a halt, which is quite an achievement! Flynn's wild over excitement about the train arriving often makes other departing passengers smile & laugh... he is ridiculously over the top. (Haha, although of course this sort of reaction is exactly why Flynn isn't getting on the train himself - what is amusing for 2 minutes isn't as fun if you're trapped in a rattling, moving box with no escape until the next station! Life is certainly very exciting when you're a border collie!!
Seneca Improved View 5x7 + 4x5 reducing back, Osaka 120mm f/6.3, New Guy Negative Collodion (~2 months old)
f/11, 8 seconds
Improved Seneca View Camera (1906), Carl Zeiss f4.5 210mm, DRP, Tessar lens (1914), Thornton Pickard wooden shutter (1905), 5x7, X-ray film
Seneca Improved View 5x7, Bausch & Lomb 5x7 Tessar 1c f/4.5, Old Workhorse Collodion (with a touch of red New Guy negative for contrast), 5x7 tintype
f/32, 8 seconds
It's amazing how quick the weather and lighting can change. The below image was shot just a matter of two hours earlier.
(p.s. this is Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park. There's a gazillion photos of this jetty on Flickr!)
this shot was originally taken by mundaylaura.
edited and posted with the permission from mundaylaura for the new and improved group.
please visit the original picture here and mundaylaura's photostream here
improved variant of the classic soviet KVZ-TsNII type I/II (КВЗ ЦНИИ) bogie for carriages built by the Tver Carriage Works (ТВЗ) - the leading Russian carriage producer (when the sovetised city name Kalinin were renamed back to historical Tver, Kalinin Carriage Works was renamed too and their bogie model changed name from KVZ to TVZ)
Over the River Mynach, the lowest bridge is medieval. The next was built in 1753 and improved in 1777 and 1814. The top one was built in 1901 and strengthened and renovated in 1971.
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One of my luckier shot this year. A near full frame image of this NORTHERN PARULA warbler hovering. I thought I would release this image just before my 2 weeks West Coast Tour in search for more N.American species. Thanks for dropping by and hope you like this.
Improved version of a previously uploaded photo. Taken with a 400mm telephoto lens; this train was travelling at very high speed!
Somewhat OTT signage in Shoreditch, East London. Of course I couldn’t see anyone actually working...
Developed by the Union States and adapted from the mechanized prairie schooners that carried settlers across the vast western frontier, the Light Steam Transport Vehicle is highly versatile and exceptionally reliable; easily receptive of improvised repairs. This vehicle is extremely lightweight and sports wide treads to navigate sand, swamps, etc. It is relativity unarmored vehicle and is designed to operate within occupied territory or in areas without expected resistance. This simple, yet robust vehicle was adopted by several other nations following its success in the Great Steam War. Crew consists of driver, stoker, and up to five passengers.
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The new improved version... sorry for the repetition, but this one's different. I've been umming and aaahhhing about whether to post this version for ages, knowing that you've already seen the beginning… so I have to, just to get it out of my system. The original one was incomplete really, but I was just so excited to make a successful timelapse video at all that I rushed it. Typical me.
(The forestry work in this video is part of a program to try to prevent the spread of a tree disease.)
BTW, if you think you've had a bad day, take a look at this (after you've watched my video of course ;o)):