As my Fall Yosemite workshop approached in 2017, I shared the following note with my customers:

"The weather forecast couldn't be better for my Yosemite Fall Colors workshop this coming Wednesday through Sunday! Clear to partly cloudy to light showers and intermittent light snow!

After a clear moonlit night for star trails, the stormy skies can add a lot of dramatic lighting. Moisture can create morning ground fog and mist hanging around the Valley's granite walls."

I couldn't be more pleased that the weather delivered as forecast! To lead people to the best opportunities, it's not enough to know a few good photography sites; it's best to also know weather, and how it'll interact with the local terrain. Had we gone to the typical Tunnel View overlook for sunrise instead, having talked to people who did just that on this morning, we would have missed all this unique drama unfolding at the other end of the Valley.

There were controlled burns in the Valley, as well as some campfires and morning ground fog, so the air often picked up a little sunlight, rendering a painting-like quality to many of the scenes.

Looking back: frosty Holly photo from Christmas Day 1992 & Crepe Myrtle January 2025.

Looking Close... on Friday: Winter Leaves

Yellowhammer

I hope you all had a good start into 2024 - may it be a more peaceful one.

my website: www.uma-wirth.com

Thank you to Fantonella

Schloss Neufreistadt, or Neuschloss -- (Castle) , Neufreistadt (245, 165, 203) - Moderate

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Neufreistadt/245/165/203

is now officially a crime. I dare you guys to do it to this pic. :P

I'm serious. Note rape this pic. Then I'll post it, and again, and again.

Here's a link to actual pic: www.flickr.com/photos/chaoticgood01/3530680431/

i wish that this natural scene can be preserved for future generations to see

Des étais un peu partout, le sol cuisine qui cède.... Cela devient dangereux .

I've been posting a lot of colorful pictures lately =D

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thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments :D

my first on front page!

NOTE: "comment code" graphics will be deleted from comments. Please don't.

Made on 8x10 inch Bergger Pancro 400, exposed at 125 ASA and processed in Pyrocat HD, 21 minutes.

Deardorff camera with the 15" Lerebours et Secretans Petzval lens. Exposure was 5 seconds, using a lens cap.

I need to use this lens more often, but the combination if the Deardorff with the Lerebours lens is damn heavy!

Sorry my friends, I have a little time to dedicate myself to Flickr. I wish everyone all the best and good light.

🎶💜🌌 youtu.be/_HMjOiHqE18 🎶💜🌌

Note train passing Oxenholme in top of pic

Bigger is better *smooch*

youtu.be/KSVKpT4LNTY?si=LzuIrRlxM6Vc3B1m

Thank you so much for the all the heart- warming comments on my previous photo.

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Note: Just so there is no confusion. The vast majority of animals, and birds that I photograph, are taken in the wild. This particular photo, however, was taken in a zoo.

🎵✧🔹TETRA - Delicate Top

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🎵✧🔹TETRA - Delicate Skirt

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🎵✧🔹Jack Spoon. - Corine V2 eyeshadow [EvoX BOM]

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🎵✧🔹TOP1SALON - HD ARTIFICIAL LIPSTICK

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A small cozy cafe' near Hoan Kiem Lake. They serve lovely drinks and pies. Customers can take note papers and write about what ever comes to mind then glue their colourful notes inside the cafe': walls, ceiling, windows ...^_^...

*note:

I will DELETE all those icons and banners without comments.

*a buncha notes added to picture for your entertainment**

Happy Mardi Gras!

And a little birdie told me that it's also Studio d'Xavier's birthday.

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Not sure if it's true, and even though I haven't 'known' him very long online, here as a tribute to him for rocking out the FDT's is the black shirt w/ khaki pants and chucks. :D And of course, at and in front of Fat Tuesday b/c it was the closest thing I could think of when it came to Mardi Gras and New Orleans.

If it is your birthday Xavier, Happy Birthday and if it isn't, then Happy Unbirthday! :D

Explore #21 - 15.05.2009 & Explore Front Page

Sea-ward, white gleaming thro' the busy scud

With arching Wings, the sea-mew o'er my head

Posts on, as bent on speed, now passaging

Edges the stiffer Breeze, now, yielding, drifts,

Now floats upon the air, and sends from far

A wildly-wailing Note.

Fragment 1: Sea-ward, white gleaming thro' the busy scud by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Available exclusively on Getty Images

Hamburg - Moments

Bradford Pear Blooms against an overcast sunrise. Thanks all. Have a Great Day.

🎶 .. Love is a maze, damn, but you is amaze, yeah.. 🎶

Note to whom it may concern: As a member of the Philippine Bus Enthusiasts Society (PhilBES) and its junior and affiliate group, the Philippine Bus Photographers Association (PBPA), both of which are communities/groups of bus and coach enthusiasts and amateur photographers, that focus on bus companies' history, technical specifications of vehicles, and other related subject matter, that is based in the Philippines, I would like inform you that the number plate of the bus on this photo has been blurred out to prevent it being used as evidence by any agencies, whether be it privately-owned or government-owned, to apprehend the said vehicle or the operating company of the vehicle on the photo at times when the said vehicle may be involved in any motoring mishap, incident, or accident. This is to prevent the involvement of myself, and/or any members of the groups stated to any such cases or the hassles and possible dangers presented with being involved at such cases. I would also like to stress out that I am NOT a part nor am I affiliated or connected in any way with any bus companies inside or outside the country. At times when you may experience any of employees of the operating company of the bus on the photo behave in an offensive manner; such that of reckless driving, lack of manners towards the passengers, incorrect and excessive charging of fare, and any other offenses they may commit, I do advise you report them to their respective managements for further action.

However, despite the limitation I stated earlier about the use of my photos, any person is free to download and use any of my photos to any general or civilian use such as advertisement and other promotional use, school works, or personal interests about the subject.

Shot Location: Victory Liner, Inc. Bus Terminal Station, EDSA-Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines

Date Taken: February 25, 2012

Basic Details:

Operator: VICTORY LINER, INC.

Fleet Number: 7

Classification: Air-Conditioned Provincial Operation Bus

Seating Configuration: 2x1 Seats

Seating Capacity: 29 Passengers

Body:

Coachbuilder: Santarosa Philippines Motor Works, Inc.

Body Model: SR NV-Series (SR620)

Air-Conditioning Unit: Dependent Overhead Unit

Chassis:

Chassis Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor Company

Chassis Model: Hyundai KMJRL18CPAC

Layout: Rear-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel Drive (4x2 RR layout)

Suspension: Air-Suspension

Engine Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor Company

Engine Model: Hyundai D6AC (Q340)

Cylinder Displacement: 677.210 cu. inches (11,149 cc / 11.1 Liters)

Cylinder Configuration: Straight-6

Engine Aspiration: Turbocharged and Intercooled

Max. Power Output: 335 bhp (340 PS - metric hp / 250 kW) @ 2,100 rpm

Peak Torque Output: 1,012 lb.ft (1,372 N.m / 140 kg.m) @ 1,400 rpm

Transmission:

Type: Manual Transmission

Gears: 5-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse

* The specifications may be subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice...

🎶 Perimeter walk .. There's a presence here,

I feel could have been ancient,

I could have been mystical 🎶 (-Marillion)

Note snow on mountains - had been cold the few days before.

Model: Carlota

Note the cheek dark patch shape. This helps to distinguish this population from the typical.

From Broadway Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

LAQ Trinity head

Maitreya Mesh Body Lara

LAQ-Evelyn Head Applier 2.0

Yokai Masquerada Victoria mask Rare

Tableau vivant Isa hair Redhead

Yasum Bathing Suit Black

Yasum Knee Protector Black

NOIR Claude Shoes

but haven't.

9/30/08 - ??

- i hate roller bags and fuckin fatties that roll them

- sunbrella!

- fuzzy bikes suck dicks

- i love you

- can we do pictures soon?

- i can't sleep until i hear your voice at night

- i am becoming an insomniac

- fuck you

- temporary license has a brown stripe, i miss pink one :(

- i miss you

- you are probably the most disappointing friend i have ever had

- i love you

- (30 different song clips, because every single one i hear reminds me of you)

- most notably the scientist by coldplay (yeah...)

- the girl sitting next to me keeps making weird, sleepytime grunts and i want to tear her face off

- found you!!

- why am i still awake?! it's 3 am

- i listened to all 32 of your saved messages on speaker phone until i fell asleep

- i miss you

- i just made a lunesta joke, and 3 seconds later a moth landed on me

- 711 election cups: worst idea ever?

- today hurts a lot less than yesterday, which hurt less than the day before

Note the ambulance on the left hand river bank

🎶 I sit and watch as tears go by🎶(-Rolling Stones)

Coyote Hills Regional Park. Fremont, California.