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...thanks to a parent that sent her child to class, knowing full well he woke with a fever that morning. There should be some kind of test before people are allowed to procreate! ("I gave him medicine and he seemed fine, but i felt guilty and decided to pick him up early." she told us.) Gee, thanks!! What a sport...
Upslope condition east of the Front Range of the Rockies means fog. Here we call it upslop.
This weather persisted 48 hours. The following day, the high temperature only reached 39F (4/25). However, on 4/26 the high reached 70F.
Picture of the day x 2
A small craft returns from an unsuccessful fishing expedition on a wet day earlier this year. It is just entering the entrance to the Scarborough (Redcliffe, Qld) Marina come boat harbour.
The storm last week really made these little ponies miserable. There was mud all over their stable. Felt sorry for them when I passed over to Morgan Territory. I was in a hurry when I took this shot. Didn't realize I previously had set my camera to ISO 6400!! I 'm amazed how little noise there is while the details are still there.
Lens: Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm F/4 OSS Zeiss lens
When I took this photo a man came by and asked if I knew that this swan was alone? I said no. He continued; The wife (he said wife) was killed for some time ago, he said.
- I looked him in the eyes to trace any reason to make fun. There were none. He said; She was beaten to the death by some kids with sticks.
He shrugged and turned around, said; you just witnessed a miserable story..
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What can I say? I had been chasing the light all day and I was cold, tired and hungry – and the sun was in the wrong place!
THE HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S OVER THE AREA. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE INCREASE IN HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.
c'mon people, it's hot.
too. hot.
my multiplying freckles have even taken to sweating.
...sure wish the a.c. in my car would work like its supposed to.
i was told to find a photo of someone "working outside and sweating," but i think this photo just grossed everyone out too much. oh well. (gimme a little credit, i got looser shots). this feller was trimming weeds in his lawn in the midday, scorching, miserable sun. i asked him why not do the yardwork earlier in the morning when it's a tad cooler--y'know, out of sympathy for his insanity--he said the heat didn't bother him and he always works outside at this time of day.
well then.
i'm not sure if the goggles were for safety, or just to keep from becoming blinded by his sweat.
Danbo Commercial Photography Project
One from a commercial project I did a few months ago, love doing a bit of Danbo photography here and there. If memory serves I lit this with a 580EXII through a lumiquest big bounce to camera left. Water was added by a hose pipe as it was actually quite a nice day but I was after a sad, miserable look. Taken with my 50mm f1.4 (f/2 1/500 - I must have had high speed sync on) Thanks for looking.
If anyone is interested in how the shots for this project were used, they are at www.boxxcomms.co.uk/index.php
Gary looking totally fed up with the glorious British spring weather !
A brief break in the rain as the mixed freight crosses the Crescent Marina swing bridge over the Nicomekl River headed to New Westminster.
INSIDE IRISH MAGDALENE LAUNDRY INTERNMENT CAMP DUBLIN IRELAND
Magdalene Laundries, also known as Magdalene asylums, were institutions from the 18th to the late 20th centuries ostensibly to house "fallen women", a term used to imply female sexual promiscuity or work in prostitution. However, most women entering these such laundries were in fact unmarried mothers and in many cases these women were forced into such institutions by the powers of the Church and even family members who did not want to live with the 'shame' of having a female in their home with a baby born outside of wedlock. Many of these "laundries" were effectively operated as penitentiary work-houses. Laundries such as this operated throughout Europe and North America for much of the nineteenth and well into the twentieth century, the last one closing in 1996. The institutions were named after the Biblical figure Mary Magdalene, in earlier centuries characterised as a reformed prostitute.
As our epic annual tour came to a close we had one final day to spend on the KCS. But in reality it was only a half day since John needed to get headed home and would have to leave Frank and me on our own for a final evening in Kansas City and one last morning before we had to head toward Alaska and Rhode Island respectively.
Anyway, this last day was not planned and since we found ourselves way down on the Shreveport Sub at sunset we thought the wise move was to spend the night in Mena so we could be in position at daylight for a chase north over Rich Mountain. But this last minute plan on the Memorial Day long weekend meant rooms were hard to come by so we had to settle for the only place available...it was a bargain at $45 but was also as nice, clean, and comfortable as you'd expect for that price! But it wasn't THE worst (maybe second!) I've ever stayed as the reigning champion horror show night was the Rodeway Inn in Modesto, CA...but that's a story for another time.
After securing our lodging we headed for dinner and let's just say our restaurant experience made the motel seem like the Ritz Carlton! Do NOT ever go to the Branding Iron BBQ and Steakhouse. Trust me on this please. To describe the horrors we experienced would require far too long a caption, even for me! Let's just say our waitress looked like a character out of the old HBO series True Blood and when we finally escaped pale with disgust the woman at the register seemed to know what we were thinking when she said to us completely unprompted: "I promise that there are good people in this town." Although to be honest I'm not sure I have any interest in ever returning to find out.
Finally Sunday morning "dawned" with a miserable deluge befitting our experience in this methed out toothless horror show of a place. So we snoozed in the truck as the rain came down waiting for a northbound to show. When it finally did a bit before 9 AM you'd have thought it was still 6 as dark as it was out. Shooting conditions were quite challenging with the rain coming down hard but I was determined to get something before we high tailed it out of this god forsaken town in pursuit of this train.
As it goes sometime the weather was pretty gloomy this day but the railroad was exceptionally busy and in the span of about 5 1/2 hrs we'd shoot six trains and miss one more. If we'd been able to stay a full day it would easily have been a ten train day on Rich Mountain in daylight which is an impressive showing!
After the head end passed I walked to the south end of the depot to capture this view of the DP motor on the rear of MSHKC05 hustling through town running 2x1 DPU with a GE/EMD duo on the point and this lone EMD on the hind end. The Shreveport to Kansas City manifest is at about MP 379.8 on the Shreveport Sub passing the gorgeous 1920 built depot designed by company architect, T. C. Horstmann with Mediterranean styling. It saw the last Southern Belle call in November 1969 but somehow has been one of very few KCS depots to survive. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 it is now owned by the city, and houses a local history museum and the chamber of commerce.
I wanted one shot with the sign in case I ever forget the name of this god forsaken place so I remember never to return!
Mena, Arkansas
Sunday September 5, 2021
A worn copy of Les Miserables found on a table in a B&B in Norfolk, CT. I looked for a copyright date in it but I could not find one. Taken with a Canon 35mm f/2 lens. Type L for a better view.
Our Daily Challenge - Aged -3/6/11
this is a quick edit of a shot from a photo shoot i did with the Miserable Rich yesterday. putting it up here to see if you think it works as i can't see the picture know without seeing it from the angle it was shot from.
EOS1-n, Portra 160VC, 50mm 1.8
Another pest of a bird. I really don't like these birds at all and rarely even look at them but this one caught my eye because of it's young feathers and the row of dots around it's eye. It looks as if no one likes it, looking particularly miserable. When we were kids they were always called Indian Mynas. I notice now they are called Common Mynas.
(Peter)