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During my return home during Thanksgiving break, I had an opportunity to railfan for a day in Ohio once again. Having made the 2 hour trek to the buckeye state before sun up, set me up to intercept M212 enroute to Willard,OH with an apparent GP40 on lead. At first I thought this was a hoax, but after catching up to the train just north of Fostoria,OH it was indeed true after all. Here we see CSXT #4411 GP40-2 leading M212 just outside of Republic,OH on its final miles of it journey to Willard.
SOOC
What's not to love about this spontaneous old, gritty window sill which I quickly stopped to shoot on my walk the other day!
“The surface of Venice is constantly metamorphosing
and painting Venice is almost like being a restorer,
peeling off the layers to find the picture after picture underneath.”
~ Arbit Blatas ~
Its the first time Ive been within touching distance of the Northsea. One of the most treturous and unforgiving bodies of water in the world, yet still manages to have undeniable beauty and character.
Checking me out for any opportunity......
Black-headed gull
Scientific name: Chroicocephalus ridibundus
The black-headed gull is actually a chocolate-brown headed gull! And for much of the year, it's head even turns white. Look out for it in large, noisy flocks on a variety of habitats.
Title: A window of opportunity
Hudson and I headed out with no expectations this morning as it was chilly, large cloud cover and rain.... a window of opportunity
Sunrise
Year: 2015
Location: Lone Pine, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
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Having fallen right into the Church Pond just 15 minutes earlier, I was dripping wet and feeling very cold, but very determined to carry on making images, as the light was the best it had been for several weekends. I thought about all the times in previous weeks when I had left my house expecting a glorious sunrise, only to be scuppered every time by banks of cloud on the eastern horizon. So this was, quite literally, a golden opportunity to make some attractive autumn images. This composition, however, was made in a hurry and definitely not one that I had planned beforehand. I cropped the image in order to lose some very ugly overhead wires.
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GM37 races away from Mallala with a lightly loaded 4172 SCT transfer train from Port Augusta to Adelaide.
Traditionally this train was operated by a solo GM class on a Thursday afternoon and this was no exception!
This has now ceased now from late January 2015 SCT Logistics are now self crewing their own train, rather than contracting it out to GWA.
Thursday 3rd July 2014
Leaving Kingshouse in rain and fog..but still, the landscape was worth stopping to snap photographs.
The first long walk and railway shots of 2023 - the appropriately named 390121 'Opportunity' passes Ladywood on its way into Birmingham New Street.
Fluke opportunity would be more appropriate as the shot was largely unplanned - the Pendolino turned up while I was taking a shot of the graffiti and very nice, gnarly tree.
This month I've been given the opportunity to go up to the roof of Fort Dunlop as many times as I like as part of their 100th birthday celebrations. I went up expecting some lovely views back across Birmingham, but found instead that most of those views were blocked by pylons, so I had to get creative.
I made it up a little late in the day, but there was some lovely sunset light emanating from the clear sky, and the planes taking off from BHX would occasionally bank, cutting across the circular structure in the middle.
The processing is somewhat inspired by the likes of Neil Burnell, whose clean monochrome images really resonate in me. I had to work out how to get the best out of this, but it's really fun to do something a little different.
This bird chased all the other birds away and waited to see how close I would come, but then ignored me as long as I did not get too close!! Daytona Beach, Florida
I take photos literally every day, and trains are included in the frames most days. Despite shooting railroad operations whenever I can, it's actually very rare for me to take photos outside of Pennsylvania. Family and work keeps me busy and mostly local, so getting a chance like I did here in the Fall of 2017 to leave my home state behind for a dedicated rail photography trip was a treasured opportunity. It's why I took every single photo I could (about 5,000 frames.) I wasn't sure when I could shoot these subjects in this scenery again, so I fired away with reckless abandon.
As I drove along US Route 20 into Lusk, WY we (Philip, Mike and I) spotted a headlight approaching. The leader was a dime-a-dozen GE, faded and grimy while running under thick clouds that moved daylight right into the Blue Hour. I asked to give chase anyway; I was taking every opportunity I could.
Angels Missed Opportunity he has been on the deck all morning and the birds and squirrels have been feeding, he decided to go after the two squirrels but had no luck, they are above him on the fence really annoyed, funny to watch, shot in North Carolina.
This image is of a life size Museum model of the now silent Rover “Opportunity.” Very cool exhibit… lands in 2003 for a 90-day mission and stays active for almost 15 years.
Duke of Portland boathouse, early morning.
Pooley Bridge, Ullswater.
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