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"Bylines" Solo Exhibition,
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Auchenflower, Brisbane
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Morus bassanus - Northern gannet. We were lucky enough to see this beautiful gannet taking off from the sea as we went out from Ulva on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, in search of white-tailed eagles.
yes, the hill is as steep as it looks!
EDIT: Made No.24 in Explore on August 6th 2010 - my highest yet!
a group of about 70ish golden plovers in a field this morning, i missed them taking off because i turned my back to change a battery & they were up!
A medium-sized plover with a distinctive gold and black summer plumage. In winter the black in replaced by buff and white. They typically stand upright and run in short bursts. Very wary on the breeding grounds. In winter they form large flocks which fly in fairly tight formation with rapid, twinkling wingbeats.
Cranes flocking at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge starting to take off. This is probably the only open water near Roswell NM for 50 miles in any direction.
Ladybird taking off.
Haven't taken a decent ladybird shot for a while, so quite pleased with this one.
Usually it takes hours of trying to get a shot like this, but this one worked first time! :D
The yellow background is just a group of yellow flowers (not been edited)
'One Bubble Off' is a term Ironworkers use for things that are not quite level. When big things are not level they can tip or fall when being hoisted. Iron and steel things that tip or fall generally lead to stuff getting crushed. That is frowned upon.
After being awake for over 24 hours, driving from Sault Ste.Marie to Proctor, going out for drinks and driving a round trip of 104 miles from Proctor to Fairlane in the middle of the night. This was my first useable-ish shot, as the empty train rounds the curve at Munger, MN. Nearly at the end of their trip at 07:10.
The next logical thing to do would've been to, go to sleep right? Yeah...
Length overall: ....................................75.60 m.
Length between pp: .............................64.40 m.
Breadth moulded: ................................18.00 m.
Depth main deck: ..................................8.00 m.
Deadweight (approx) at 6.00 m draft: .1,580 t.
(approx) at 6.60 m draft: .2,240 t.
Bollard Pull: ……………………..154 t/165 t (max.)
Gross tonnage: …...…………………..3,360
This is another shot from my weekend trip to the hills. It was a very warm day, and late in the afternoon there was a bush fire. There was this beautiful orange hazy light, and the ground still green from winter. What I love are the little patches of orange light on the green plants in the foreground. But, you have to look closely.
I would like to ask a favour - please leave a comment, even just one word. What do you think? Be honest. When it comes to landscape I can rarely translate what I see to a photo. Whilst I appreciate your faves I want to know what works and what doesn't. My husband thinks I have whackadoo taste in photos, well I think his words were 'not mainstream'!
On our last morning in Anchorage, we decided to pass some time planespotting out at Point Woronzof, before we returned the rental car. I was pschyed to see a Coast Guard HC-130J squeeze in between the parade of 747s and depart off runway 33, presumably returning home to the air station on Kodiak Island.
Based on where this and a similar plane were parked on the ramp, I suspect they were ferried to Anchorage for heavy maintenance that couldn't be done at Kodiak.