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Potholes formed by water spinning rocks around in an initial small depression and eventually carving out these towering cylindrical holes as the canyon forms over the millennia.
Only a tiny cocktail umbrella, so maybe I'll avoid the bad luck that opening an umbrella indoors will bring ;o)
For the Macro Mondays challenge "superstition" (May 27th 2019)
"The origins of the superstition are not totally agreed on, but some say it can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians. The umbrellas protected people (mostly nobles and priests) from the heat of the sun - and were thought to ward off spirits who might do them harm. To open one inside or even in the shade would offend the God of the Sun. It was also believed that the Egyptian goddess Nut (Nuit) enveloped the sky like a huge umbrella. The beautiful man-made umbrellas were fashioned with peacock feathers and papyrus and represented the goddess."
[from psychiclibrary.com/beyondBooks/umbrella-superstition/ - where you can find more about this]
There's a shot of the whole parasol/umbrella in the first comment field, along with the the size-guide I use for MM.
HMM to everyone, and have a great week ;o)
My 2019 Macro Mondays set: Here
and previous years of the challenge:
My 2018 set: 2018 Macro Mondays
My 2017 set: 2017 Macro Mondays
My 2016 set: 2016 Macro Mondays
My 2015 set: 2015 Macro Mondays
My 2014 set: 2014 Macro Mondays
My 2013 set: 2013 Macro Mondays
As a child, I always felt extra special when one of these pinkish/coral colored Ladybugs visited me. I loved their color. I’m not even certain they are the same type of beneficial bug, but I always considered them an omen of good luck.
That's how I feel when I hang out with this guy. He's such a keeper and I'm so happy he found me. It's crazy how fast a year has flown. Our 1 year anniversary is next month. ❤❤
Photography inspired by beautiful Chang'an.
With the morning's 112/114/421 gone, the plan was to hike up the bluff on the east approach to Pog and find a clearing for the dependable mid-morning westbound 103. Nothing was expected eastbound until late afternoon at the earliest.
We found a perfect spot with the Spanish River in the background for the westbound and waited, and waited, and waited some more (later finding out it was cancelled that day for reasons unknown). To make matters worse, it started raining and the black flies had found us.
About to abandon hope and head back to camp for supplies, the detector at Sheahan about 5 miles west piped up on the radio with a short axle count, puzzling at best.
With no eastbound views initially uncovered and densely forested terrain, an immediate scramble through the thick branches, deadwood, and uneven granite took place and this makeshift view was found within seconds of this "slot machine" empty ballast train showing up. What started as an unlucky morning had turned into a good one - MP 19 CPKC Nemegos Sub.
With the temperature well above 0 C.(+5) it was nice to be out.The solidified snow on branches started to melt and drops were falling. No skill involved with this shot, just luck.Handheld ofcourse.Somewhere in Lois Hole prov.pk, AB.
Blown away by the beauty that revealed itself yesterday! Conditions and situations lined up for a special day and I was not disappointed. Right when I snapped this shot I yelled like I was at a sporting event. I'm still buzzing from the emotion that I felt during this session.
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Picking up where I left off with my previous two posts, Gregg, Ryan and I arrived just after 4 AM at Mono Lake. Gregg and Ryan opted to stay behind at the car and catch some ZZ's as they were going to be driving home, but I had only been down next to the lake for about 10 minutes before both of them came down with their tripods. The sky looked very promising and it looked like out luck was about to change after a tough night of getting shut out at Glacier Point and a four hour delay in trying to get across the Tioga Pass.
This was my fourth time trying to shoot Mono Lake. On my previous three attempts I had either gotten up at 3:30 to make the drive over from Yosemite or had driven down from Reno and on all three tries, I had NO clouds whatsoever when I arrived, so I was more than a little excited to finally see partly cloudy skies above the lake when I arrived.
After shooting the Milky Way for a bit, I turned the camera on the lake and shot for about 90 minutes before the sun finally broke through the clouds. There were about 20 of us at that point, and we shot right up to 7 AM which was the time I had set as a deadline as I needed to get back for a birthday party. We then set off for the six hour drive back to Gregg's house, arriving exactly at 1 PM, 25 hours after we had set off the day before. All three of us were exhausted but had a great time shooting. I told the guys as we were leaving that I was hoping for a great sunset, good Milky Way shots, and a great sunrise. Two out of three ain't bad. We are already looking forward to our next excursion.
I turned 40 years old today. I usually try to see a train on my birthday. Fortunately, I had to be in the Sanborn and Lamberton area for work today, so after my meetings concluded, I headed to Tracy to see if anything was moving on the CP or RCPE. There was some grungy Canadian Pacific GE's sitting in Tracy and a grain train with BNSF power getting ready to depart the elevator at Walnut Grove, but it looked like I was going to strike out on seeing anything moving. With cloudy conditions, I wasn't going to bother taking pictures of either of those targets. So, I resigned myself to a trainphotoless birthday and pointed my vehicle in the direction of Redwood Falls and an evening of church meetings. As I approached Lamberton, though, the westbound RCPE train from Mankato appeared behind four SD40-2's! This would be worth a picture, cloudy weather or not. After a quick U-turn, I noticed a few small openings in the clouds back toward Walnut Grove. It would still be incredibly lucky to get any kind of sunlight on the train, but hey, it's my birthday, right? I did my best to guess where the sun might pop out and find the front of the train, but it wasn't going to be much. As the train approached, I thought it just wasn't going to happen. Then, less than 10 seconds before I took this picture, a beam of light shot through the clouds right to the crossing I was standing at. In another 45 seconds, it would be gone. I just stood there laughing and smiling from ear to ear at my incredible luck. Happy birthday to me!
I didn't have a lot of luck with the more exotic birds on this particular visit to Ham Wall, with great white egrets and marsh harriers seen but too far away, and water rails frequently heard but not seen. But the ever-present black-headed gulls provided great subjects for the camera in the lovely morning light.
Fotografiar limícolas en vuelo es un reto, pero hacerlo además mientras realizan giros y piruetas es casi una cuestión de suerte.
Chorlito gris ( Pluvialis squatarola) girando en vuelo sin perderme de vista
Photographing waders in flight is a challenge, but doing it while doing turns and pirouettes is almost a matter of luck.
Black bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) turning in flight without losing sight of me.
Saturday night was elegant night on the cruise. We all dressed up and had a lobster and steak dinner. As we were getting ready to go to the dinining room, this stairway reminded me of the seen int he movie Titanic when Rose walks down to meet Jack. It kind of makes me think of how I'm very much like Leonardo Dicaprio's character. How I got really lucky to find such an amazing woman. Not only is she goregous, but she's intelligent, talented, kind-hearted and ambitious. She's beautiful from the inside out and she is elegant in every way. I feel so blessed to have found her, out of all the fish in the sea.
Was it luck or is it love?
Pattern: Good Luck Cowl
Designer: Christianne Gerstner
Yarn: Blue Sky Alpacas, Alpaca Silk - teal
Needles: US #5 Addi Turbos
Made for: Mrs. P
Level of Love: happy camper
This past Saturday I left Miami in the morning and started a mini-road trip to Chicago for my move with my new airline I'll be working for. I had a few stops planned along the way with a stops in Nashville & Louisville to see some friends, what I didn't expect was this. I had no buffing planned except for the Lucas Oil Railroad - that will come soon.
Saturday I got to Nashville late, woke up around 9am Sunday, and checked my phone and found a text from a friend saying CSX 4568 is heading to Nashville on I14105, nothing more, so I did some quick research of an area I had no idea about and determined it was the Mainline Sub and I did some asking to some friends back home with good source technology and was able to determine a location.
I scrambled to leave the hotel and made my way to Franklin, KY, while I was hoping to get a shot with the intown Feed Elevator, I140 was coming north so the sun turned before I could, so I settle for a little side road just on the outskirts of town and this was the result after waiting about 2 hours of sitting around and watching I140 come through.
Seen is CSX I14105 running through Franklin, KY with CSXT 4568 (OLS) about to knock down the 134.9 Intermediate Signal after rolling through town.
To quote my good friend Tolga "you have some fucking good luck buffing" my reply “I just take pictures”.
It's interesting what appears in long exposures that is completely ordinary with the naked eye....
More coolness with an LED hula hoop (and a circus performer to wield it)
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Bourke's Luck Potholes.
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Macro Mondays Theme: Heart - HMM - MM
Sweet Candy with dutch text meaning "good luck"
I hope you all have a Happy Valentine's Day and good luck with the search to your sweet Valentine
Thank you very much for stopping by and taking the time to fave and comment.
Now if you're gonna leave me
You better run far away
I'd hate for you to leave me a chance
Khalid - Bad Luck
Small elephant (about 3 cm. tall), with its trunk raised up. I received it from a friend, when my daughter was born, to bring us good luck :)
Macro Mondays - theme: "Superstition"
Hope it is a sign o good luck - at iceland
To see more photos of this gorgeous place, please click below
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Clearly a railroad about out of time, this eastbound Dead Freight looks its name, a motley collection of low-priority loads but mostly empties pulled by a clapped-out collection of oil-leaking, smoke-belching locomotives years past their prime. On November 10, 1979, this 85-car train passes the salvaged siding of Corfu, west of Othello, Washington, behind U28B 5511, U30B 5609, U25B 5056, GP9s 280 and 285, and GP35 1500.
3rd time trying to shoot something decent, such as a nonexistant sunset, at Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Strike three, and I'm out. I never seem to have any luck at this spot with the weather, either too many or not enough clouds. I guess I haven't uploaded strike two yet, it's coming. This remote spot is reached by the busiest and narrowest f'ing road I've ever driven along, I'm guessing there are 4 cars for every house along the road, and then..... there's the dreaded bus, pray you don't meet it along the way.
Si después de estar esperando en la orilla de la marisma casi una hora, por fin llega un chorlitejo grande ( Charadrius hiaticula), es que estás de suerte, muy pronto llegarán otros pequeños limícolas.
If after waiting on the edge of the marsh for almost an hour, a common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) finally arrives, you are in luck, other small waders will arrive very soon.
Boulevard Of Ghosts presents you an image from collection "Stills". A group of cinematic still photographs of existent and non existent movies. This particular image is from non existent surreal Noir motion picture "Rotten Luck". Please view large in lightbox.
I had been out early to meet a few friends but ended up finding my way around the Missabe sub on my own before work. I had made the mistake of letting my Trainmon 5 run overnight - now it was all out of sync; on a different planet than what was reality on the CN, and I had missed a train because of it. I was about to do a U turn at Munger when I noticed another railfan parked there, standing trackside with a camera slung over their shoulder, so I pulled up behind and asked what they were waiting for.
"Ore loads, should be the last thing for a while."
Okay then. So, I myself get up and stand there with them. About three minutes later, a horn is heard in the distance, and in the frost, pellets steaming, an IC Deathstar leads two orange BLE motors southbound towards Proctor.
With a little luck, you can photograph beautiful reflections on the Vestrahorn. It has been my dream for a long time to photograph a reflection of the northern lights there. So far I've never been lucky: when I was at Vestrahorn, it was either cloudy or there were simply no northern lights. This time I was at least a little lucky: there were northern lights (albeit weak ones) and the sand was so icy that there was a reflection. An increase would now be a completely snow-covered mountain (that was the case the next day, but then it was also cloudy) and more active northern lights, who also dance ... The culmination of it all would be a full moon, the brightens the landscape more. But you should to have goals...