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Taken for a friend's band, using my tilt shift lens. Discovered that I've lost one of my wireless remotes that made this a bit trickier than it should have been to take!
*disclaimer, nobody was run over by a train for this photo:)
Sorry guys I won´t be around for some time - next 4 weeks will be just about exams.... I have a lot of work ahead :´(
But hey in less than month and half I am gonna be in the USA - cannot wait for that ;-)
Have a great time everybody!!!
Ring billed gull
This gull had enjoyed a nice long bath and general clean-up in the river. Then it stepped out and began to shake its wings vigorously to dry them off.
One of the first to be released to traffic of what will eventually be sixteen members of GBRf's class 69 conversions, unit 69002 'Bob Tiller CM&EE'; stands at Tonbridge West Yard awaiting its next turn of duty.
Converted by Progress Rail at their Longport facility in Staffordshire, each locomotive is a substantial rebuild from a class 56 unit (aka 'Grid') released to traffic in the period 1976-1984.
The story behind the conversions is that GBRf, the owners, were looking for more locomotives offering similar performance to the class 66s which, since 2010, could no longer be purchased as they were deemed non-compliant with National Technical Specification Notices. As a consequence it was determined that converting an existing locomotive would prove to be more cost effective than designing and buying something completely new. The 69s include many similar control systems, as well as the same power plant, as that used in the class 66s.
In the case of 69002, the rebuild was from 'Grid' 56311 which was released to traffic in 1979 as unit 56057 fresh out of Doncaster Works.
Rather than take this shot over the footbridge rail, I opted to take it through the grid mesh as a spin on the narrative. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but........
4.10pm, 25th March 2024
Background info courtesy of Wiki
With the cut of cement empties off the Sioux Valley line on the head end, 13 motors head back to Huron with a long train of mixed freight.
Occasionally the birds set down on these wires before they hit the feeders, as this White-breasted Nuthatch has. It certainly makes for an easy capture. New Jersey, 2015.
It is hard to describe just how thrilling a Snow/Ross's goose blast off is when you experience it in person. The sheer number of birds and the cacophony of wings and geese calling to each other is almost deafening. My heart beats a little bit faster just remembering this incredible moment.
In the battle-grounds of life only strong will survive. After a fight, a male Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) was sending the defeated rival with a hard chase in style. In the peak of actions they were frozen in their natural habitat. Interestingly, the vast natural grassland was the battle ground for the males and they were huge in numbers, trying their strengths to establish the dominance hierarchy. Pics was taken from Tal Chhapar Sanctuary in Rajasthan, India.
This is the look off in Canning Nova Scotia, most people visit here on a sunny warm day, not me I do it the day after a snow storm.
Will be around to visit everyone's photos later today, this morning I find it difficult to sit, my new hip is really acting up this morning. Been bothering me for the last four days but this morning I am sure someone is inside the hip with a pneumatic nail gun
Some north island beaches are a bit like main highways. This is Himatangi Beach just to the north of Foxton.
Spring flypaper processing.