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A very recognizable symbol of the Pennsylvania Railroad remains in service today in a location far away from a PRR served location. Union Switch & Signal was able to sell a couple of the H-2 pot signals to the Chicago & Illinois Midland for use with crossing warning indicators. This one is at Shops in Springfield, IL at the North Grand Ave crossing. Another one I recall was in Pekin, IL. ETTS may come one day when North Grand becomes a bridge over the NS and I&M diamond.
The pot is displaying the stop indication. Clear is displayed once the crossing warning devices have been activated. This signal does not appear to convey authority across the interlocking.
11-30-2024
One Year Ago Yesterday
Pennsy Position Light Farewell Tour - Part 5
This is not a new signal location, this is a repeat of the signals seen in this post:
So, after getting our fill of Johnstown and doing a little exploring some new areas John decided it was time to relocate back to Summerhill and the famed Automatic 263.7 signals for another round. The Pittsburgh Line didn't dissapoint as we shot 6 trains in the span of 45 minutes back here!
Nice variety too in both motive power and train types. Alas I don't know the symbols of any of these (if you care about that sort of thing), but here are six shots, one of each train shot in the 45 min span!
Man, the old PRR mainline sure is one hopping railroad!
Train #5 was a little varnish in the form of Amtrak's westbound Pennsylvanian train #43 on Track 3.
Summerhill, Pennsylvania
Saturday May 25, 2019
True North is non-negotiable since a compass will always show where it is relative to your current position. There's a metaphorical significance to this concept somewhere. I just don't know where to begin looking.
Find more metaphorical significance on black.
Nevada County, CA
I started travelling internationally right after finishing college when I took a teaching position in Kuwait. Over the decades of my career, my partner and I have continued to work in or explore different parts of the world. More recently, since taking early retirement, we manage to spend around five months away during Canadian winters.
I kept track of all the places with a blogged list. In 2018, I decided it would be useful to find a single, personal image to represent each country I've visited. I have put these into a single Flickr Album. A photograph may occasionally be updated if we have a return visit.
These are organized alphabetically. You should be able to go forward or background from the image's main page where you can also see the names, and dates. In most cases the EXE date is correct. Some images may have been scanned and dates approximated.
The original position-light signals still stand guard at Maple interlocking in Bedford on the Cleveland Line in June 2001, but the new modern signals behind them with their heads covered will soon replace the PRR-era relics here.
Amtrak 42/NS 04T with P42DC 96 leading passes under the signal bridge in Lilly, PA. These signals have their days numbered as PTC work continues just a few miles down the line.
At last the clouds and rain of the last few days cleared and I was able to take a shot of the Moon. This was taken at 5.30pm just before it got dark. It's a waxing, gibbous Moon 83% illuminated, 4 days away from being full.
Highest position in Explore: 219 on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Normally I wouldn't post Cynder like this but I wanted you to see the position she's resting in with her left paw turned backwards.
Every time I see the word "hospital" embedded into a roadmap of an upcoming trip, my stomach curls itself into fetal position. I’m not the most cooperative exploring partner on such occasions, dragging my feet like a child made to go early to bed. Throwing grim looks towards a grim structure, frowning and distorting my face into that of disgust. Hopeful of a non-existent entry. Everything that thrills me when going into abandonments loses its appeal and turns sour on the slightest mention of a...hospital.
Perhaps part of the reason lies within the fear that the foul stench of death will somehow rub off and stick to me. Perhaps it’s because they seem more alive than any other abandonments, not so different from living hospitals - still coughing, convulsing, decomposing.
I will walk through them in a haze of a fight or flight instinct. Where flight is the preferred choice. One shot and I’m out.
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Same place, (nearly) same time as previous shot - different light and colours. The brand in the frame is accidental, just saw interesting 'cinematic' light on some bright orange bag and took a snap...
"...suffered from the position to which by neglect of nature which, in instituting the division of bodies, did not think to make possible the interpenetration of souls...", Mechanical pencil on drawing paper, 12.5inx9.5in, 2020
Highest Explore Position #123 ~ On August 19th 2008.
Baby European Polecat - British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England - Sunday August 17th 2008.
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European Polecat ~ Mustela putorius ~ A member of the weasel family (Mustelids), polecats were once widespread and common throughout mainland Britain. Relentless persecution by gamekeepers up until the late 1930's resulted in extermination everywhere except for a small population in north Wales. They have since recovered and are now found throughout rural Wales, the Border counties and are spreading across the Midlands, South and into the South-East.
They are solitary in nature and active throughout the year. They favoured habitat is woodland, riverbank and surrounding farmland. They will hunt by night or by day for small rodents, birds and insects using a keen sense of smell to locate their prey.
They emit a pungent musky odour, particularly when threatened. The polecat is the ancestor of the domestic ferret and can interbreed with them.
Origin ~ Native of the United Kingdom.
Size ~ Male length: 55 cm plus 20 cm tail. Female length: 50 cm plus 16 cm tail - about the same size as a ferret.
Description ~ Sexes alike. Fur long, almost black with purple sheen showing buff undercoat. White markings on face and ears.
Habitat ~ Favours lowland country below 500m in woodland, marsh, riverbanks, farmland and farm buildings.
Young ~ One litter of 3 -7 young born May or June after 40 days gestation. Fully grown in 3 months.
Diet ~ Frogs, water voles, trout, eels, rabbits, snakes and ground nesting birds.
Population Pre-breeding season estimated to be 63,000 and increasing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, is a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, weasels and minks. Polecats are dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody fur, a long tail and short legs. They are somewhat larger than weasels, weighing between 0.7 kg for females to 1.7 kg for males, but smaller than otters.
Range, habitat and ecology ~ Polecats are found throughout Europe. They are mainly nocturnal and are found in woodlands, farmlands and wetlands. They often make dens in stream banks or under tree roots. Almost entirely carnivorous, they feed largely on small mammals such as voles and rats and, seasonally, on frogs and toads. Small birds and insects are a much smaller component of their diet. They require a home range of about a square kilometer. The pattern of polecat predation on frogs was found to be sex selective and predation by polecats is found to influence sex ratio, male abundance and sexual conflict in a frog mating system, restricting the opportunity for multiple mating.
Reproduction ~ Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can show polyandry and the sexual conflict aspect of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex.
Hybridisation ~ Polecats (mainly dark phenotype) are able to hybridise with the rare European mink and have fertile hybrids. In some parts of England the abandoning of domestic ferrets has led to ferret-polecat hybrids living in the wild. Often hybrids have a less distinct facial mask, light throat patches and lighter fur especially on the undersides. However there are some hybrids that are almost indistinguishable from pure polecats.
The native polecat has made a recovery across much of central and southern England thanks in part to reintroduction programmes. Recent DNA studies have shown that the pure native polecats have become firmly reestablished and are not becoming greatly hybridised. It has been suggested that the hybrid animals containing domesticated ferret genes are less well adapted to life in the wild than native polecats as the hybrids tend to be distributed near or beyond the main polecat range.
Other species ~ Other species of polecat include the Steppe Polecat (M. eversmanni) and the European Mink (M. lutreola). Most zoologists believe that the domestic ferret (M. putorius furo) is descended from the European Polecat, or possibly from a hybrid of the European and steppe varieties. The Zorilla, also called the striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), lives in subsaharan Africa.
A scene that will soon change when the new year comes in.
BL32 runs around its consist at Hanson Quarry's Kilmore East site, the VHQF wagons to the left would be made redundant in 3 weeks along with the company name Pacific National being in the compound.
From January 1st 2016, QUBE Logistics is expected to take over the Hanson Quarry operations conveying gravel from Kilmore East to either Brooklyn (West) or Westall (East) in Melbourne.
Tuesday 8th December 2015
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I shot this image on my walk down from the mountain I had climbed in the dark and in a whiteout fog without coffee whilst shooting in the vinales valley. The perfection of the light was breathtaking.
I believe that light is the jewel of the photograph and approach light as if it is a solid object. That is to say that the subject is interrupting the light. Pretty light makes even the plainest, simplest thing beautiful.
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Explore Highest position: 225 on Monday, February 7, 2011
Start work tomorrow, you guys continue enjoy your lunar new year holiday.
Thanks for the visits and the compliments...... HUAT LA!
The Esplanade is a waterfront location just north of the mouth of the Singapore River in downtown Singapore. It is primarily occupied by the Esplanade Park, and was the venue where one of Singapore's largest congregation of satay outlets until their relocation to Clarke Quay as a result of the construction of a major performance arts venue, the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, which took its name from this location.
In the 1850s, the Esplanade referred to what is now the Padang, previously known as The Plain, in front of City Hall. It is best captured in John Turnbull Thomson's 1851 painting, "The Esplanade from Scandal Point".
With land reclamation in 1943, the term Esplanade then referred to the area of the present Queen Elizabeth Walk. Both the Esplanade Park and Queen Elizabeth Walk were built on the reclaimed land. In the park are several memorials, including The Cenotaph (completed in 1922), the Former Indian National Army Monument, the Tan Kim Seng Fountain (moved here in 1925 from Fullerton Square), and the Lim Bo Seng Memorial (which was unveiled in 1954).
Highest Explore Position #347 ~ On Saturday August 1st 2009.
Baby Cherry Crowned Mangabey - Colchester Zoo, Colchester, Essex, England - Monday July 27th 2009.
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Well, when this lil guy wasn't eating stuff that disagreed with him, he stuck to the safer option of his Mothers milk, as they say in Little Britain....you can't beat a bit of Bitty....lol...:))
So as I said yesterday, I said goodbye to my old car this morning and took charge of my new VW Golf.....I'm sooooooooo not looking forward to driving that on Sunday, it's a great car, it's just that I hate having to get used to driving something new...it's also a lot smaller then I have been used to and I couldn't even start it, when I got in it for the first time!!!...apparently these days they have new safety features, in that you have to press the clutch pedal whilst turning on the ignition to start it!!!...Hmmmmm, apparently this stops kids and hmmm, me it would appear..lol...from nicking them!!
So hopefully I'll get used to it during the 70 mile journey back to Colchester this weekend...I see a lot of stalling in my future lol
Anyhoo....I hope you all have a wonderful rest of Friday and you also have an awesome Weekend..:))
Mangabeys are some of the most rare and endangered monkeys on Earth. These large, forest-living monkeys are found only in Africa. They look somewhat like guenons but are bigger. Local people call some of them "the ones with the thin waist" or "four-eyed monkeys" because some mangabey species have bright white eyelids. Taxonomists have put mangabeys into two separate genera: white-eyelid mangabeys Cerocebus sp. and crested mangabeys Lophocebus sp., based on physical differences. White-eyelid mangabeys are most closely related to mandrills and drills, and the males are much larger than the females; crested mangabeys are more closely related to baboons and geladas and both males and females are about the same size. All mangabeys have tails that are longer than their bodies, providing balance for them as they scamper through the rain forest canopy.
Depending on the species or subspecies, mangabeys can be golden brown, gray, dark brown, or a soft black, usually with a lighter color on their underbellies. Youngsters are usually darker than the adults. White-collared mangabeys Cerocebus torquatus have reddish hair on their heads, a "beard" on each cheek, and white hair that wraps around their neck like a collar (hence the name!). Black mangabeys Lophocebus atterimus have long, grayish brown whiskers that almost cover their ears and a high crest on their head—a pointy hairdo!
A swingin' home ~
Like most monkeys, mangabeys are very much at home in trees, spending most of their time there. However, white-eyelid mangabeys are also comfortable on the ground, traveling on their hands and feet between patches of forest or to forage in the leaf litter for tasty food items. In some areas of the forest, the ground is swampy, but it’s not a problem for the mangabeys. Webbing between their fingers and toes helps these amazing monkeys to swim! All mangabeys are excellent jumpers, and gray-cheeked mangabeys Lophocebus albigena and white-collared mangabeys have tails that are strong enough to help them hook on to branches as they leap about the forest canopy.
Monkey business ~
Mangabeys live in groups, called troops, of about 10 to 40 individuals, depending on the species and the availability of food and habitat. There is usually one adult male that acts as leader and the troop's defender, but sometimes the larger troops have two or three adult males that split off with their own family units to forage for food. When a male becomes sexually mature he leaves his troop to find another one to join. If he can't find one, he will live alone until he does; single males do not form all-male groups. When there is plenty of food available, mangabey troops will often gather together for a while and even exchange troop members.
A photographic position now regrettably lost due to lineside and adjacent farmland tree growth is this of the twelve-arch Smardale viaduct, the highest such structure on the Settle-Carlisle line at 131 feet, with foundations sunk to 45 feet below the ground. On a wet 13th June 1999 Class 55 'Deltic' D9009 'Alycidon' heads a northbound dining special charter to Appleby.
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Common Snipe / gallinago gallinago. 21/08/19.
One of c9 Common Snipe that eventually flew in for a prolonged feeding fest mid-afternoon.
Once they got going, they probed their beaks into the mud at a rapid rate, reminiscent of a sewing machine's needle action. Snipe are able to detect food hidden deep in the mud using sensitive nerves inside the tips of their flexible beaks.
This bird was captured taking a brief rest to check the surrounding area. The position of it's beautifully large, dark eyes gives it excellent periphery vision.
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Highest Position - Explore #298 | Sept. 04, 2008 Thank you all so very much! :^)
Fishing stage at Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia
At least I think it's a fishing stage? Maybe somebody lives here? :-)
I mentioned driving to the south shore of NS to try to get a decent shot of this place when I posted the Lunenburg photo. This shot was the first time I visited and the tide was all the way out so it doesn't really convey the way this building just seems to float out in the middle of the bay. I think it's a really neat hidden gem of an area that even quite a few Nova Scotians haven't been to. I only found out about this place this year myself and I have lived here my whole life!
I took this shot in early June when the days are long and the skies are great! The sun was just starting to set off to the right and the evening sun really lit up the shack and the seaweed. I have been back a couple times to try and get a higher tide but the sky and light have never been as good. I will keep going back though because I love this spot.
For all you locals Blue Rocks is between Mahone Bay & Lunenburg. Take the lighthouse route and keep you eyes out for the tiny sign:-)
I will place it on the map as well.
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Explore #264 : Highest position 347
Image Details
Camera........: Canon 60D
Lens..............: Sigma 10mm fisheye
Aperture........: f/10
Focal length.: 10mm
ISO Speed....: 100
Exposures.....: -2,0 (13,3.2) and a 30s exposure of the departing train to blend in the lights, see below.
Resolution....: 5184x3456
Photoshop
° Blended the 30s exposure of the departing train into the 2shot HDR to get the lights of the train like this.
° Shadows and highlights.
° Desaturation of the lights outside the station and the ground under the trains ( too greenish ).
° Brightness with luminosity mask.
° Manual didging of the highlights on the train.
° High pass sharpening ( see below ).
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Saturday I spent some quality time with my 12 - Soon 13 - year old daughter Caitlin.
We travelled by train to the station of Liège Guillemins (Luik), this futuristic train station
was designed by the famous Spanish architect Calatrava and it is a photographers dream, anywhere you look you wish to take another shot. Due to it's attractiveness to the camera, this station has quickly become a magnet for photographers, we didn't count the number of photographers we encounters but there sure were a lot.
While I was using my new 60D I let Caitlin use my 'old' 400D, photography is new for her but I'm sensing some talent there ;)
° My photoshop tutorial on Layers, Masks, Selections & Channels.
° Channel mixer tutorial to remove lens flare spots.
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Day 7 (Pupation in Progress). The caterpillar has been hanging in this position for nearly 24 hours and is in the process of shedding it's skin for the final time. It will pump and wriggle until the skin is pushed to the rear end, which where the cremaster is attached to the milkweed leaf by strong silk threads. Once it is free of the skin it will form a soft, wet, green pupa, also called a cocoon. This will harden in a few hours and darken in color from a deep green to black. The process for it to emerge will take about two weeks.
What do a canyon called massacre, a graffiti tunnel, and I, all have in common? Madleigh Twisted!!
This shoot was amazing. Not only did I get to work with beautiful and extremely talented Madleigh Twisted of IFL Models fame, but I had the opportunity to work with the creative minds behind two incredible guys who started came to the middle of nowhere, California didn't find the scene they were looking for so they created one.
IFL is Inner Family Legacy, a multi function model agency, clothing line and Hip Hop group from the mean streets of Hemet. They have incredible models, sic clothes and beats that do not quit with the rhyme style to match. And as if that wasn't enough they are some of the nicest, down to earth, hardworking, driven and talented group of people I have had the pleasure to work with.
This is just the beginning, I am going to start posting the photographs I did with Madleigh, then some of the clothing and fashion. I hope you enjoy this set as much as I enjoyed shooting it.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Rigg
High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge. This separation from its fellows ensures that it is a Marilyn.
Topography
High Rigg is strictly the continuation of the ridge running up the western shore of Thirlmere, whose high point is Raven Crag. This forms the watershed between the Shoulthwaite and Thirlmere/ Vale of St John systems. The depression between High Rigg and Raven Crag to the south — at only around 550 ft (170 m) — is at Smaithwaite, just south of the A591 Keswick to Ambleside road.
High Rigg resembles a model of the Lakeland Fells in miniature, complete with crags, intermediate tops, tarns and even a 'pass' crossing the ridge halfway along, complete with church. The northern and southern aspects of the fell are largely grassed and gently rolling, in contrast to the western and eastern flanks which are steep with numerous rocky outcroppings and cliffs.
Travelling south to north the main features are Wren Crag (1,020 ft), overlooking the Vale of St John, Yew Crag (1,000 ft) facing west and then two tops at 1,125 ft (343 m) and 1,171 ft (357 m) respectively. The ridge then falls to the 'pass' and St John's church, before rising again to Low Rigg (836 ft). Finally comes Tewet Tarn as the ridge falls away to the river Greta. Also known as Tewfit Tarn, this shallow pool stands on a shelf, overlooked by higher rocks.[1][2]
Geology
The geology of the ridge is complex with much small scale faulting. Gravel and scree overlay much of the fell which lies between two branches of the Coniston Fault, with the plagioclase-phyric andesite lavas of the Birker Fell Formation beneath. Low Rigg exhibits intrusions of microgranite to the surface.[3]
Summit and view
The summit has a cairn set on an outcrop and commands a fine view of the surrounding fells. The giants of Skiddaw and Blencathra dominate the view to the north, and Clough Head and the Helvellyn range the view east. Thirlmere is visible to the south and Bleaberry Fell to the west, over which the Scafell group can be seen on a clear day.[4][5]
Ascents
The hill may be climbed in a short twenty-minute walk from the Church of St John's in the Vale. It only involves about 120 m (400 ft) of climb and is one of the shortest ascents in the Lakes. Alternatively, a traverse of the fell's three mile (5 km) long ridge may be made, starting at Tewit Tarn and finishing near Shoulthwaite.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clough_Head
Clough Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the northernmost top of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, standing to the south of Threlkeld and the A66.
Topography
The Helvellyn range runs broadly north to south for about 7 miles (11 km), remaining above 2,000 ft (600 m) throughout its length. To the south of the terminus at Clough Head are Great Dodd, Watson's Dodd and Stybarrow Dodd - collectively 'The Dodds'- before the scenery becomes gradually wilder on the approach to Helvellyn itself.
Clough Head is the lowest of the range, and from some directions it appears as a rounded grassy dome. Alone among the Helvellyns it has smooth slopes to the east, with crags on the west, a reversal of the usual pattern. The crags continue around to the north west above the village of Threlkeld, forming a large natural amphitheatre.
The connecting ridge from Great Dodd begins westerly before swinging north around the head of Mosedale, the boundary between these two fells. The halfway point is marked by Calfhow Pike (2,165 ft), a tor. This would be unremarkable in other parts of the district, but here the lone rocky island in a sea of fell-grass is a landmark for miles around. North of Calfhow Pike is a col at 2,020 ft (620 m) before the broad ridge makes directly for the summit of Clough Head.
The steep drop of Red Screes begins almost immediately to the north west of the summit, falling to the floor of the unnamed amphitheatre at around 1,650 ft (500 m) The outlet of this corrie contains the subsidiary top of Threlkeld Knotts, deflecting the drainage to either side. Gentler slopes lead down from here to the hamlet of Wanthwaite and the remains of Threlkeld Quarry, now Threlkeld Mining Museum. Also nearby are the remains of an ancient Settlement, believed to date from the Romano-British period. Outlines of enclosure walls can still be clearly seen.
North east from the summit of Clough Head is the lesser top of White Pike. From here the ridge descends between Mosedale and Red Screes, gradually broadening into Thelkeld Common before it reaches the River Glenderamackin some two miles (3 km) away.
The western face of Clough Head, looming above the Vale of St John, is uniformly rough. The principal rock features are, from the north, Buck Castle, Wanthwaite Crags and Bram Crag. Rising up between the latter two in a south easterly direction is Fisher's Wife's Rake, the only chink in Clough Head's defences on this side. A (very) steep grassy trod rises up from the scree below Wanthwaite Crags, climbing to the smoother ground above. It is practicable although not for the casual walker. The name comes from the Fisher family of nearby Rake How- the husband cut peat and his wife hauled it down by sled.[1]
Old Coach Road
An old route, marked on maps as "Old Coach Road" crosses the northeastern slopes of Clough Head, reaching a high point of 437 m (1,435 ft) as it crosses from St John's in the Vale to Matterdale. This has suffered damage from use by off-road vehicles in recent years, but such activity is currently prohibited.[1] Near the road summit is Hause Well, a spring issuing from a crevice in the rock.[2]
Geology, Mines and Quarries
The western face of Clough Head is extensively marked by quarrying. In addition to Thelkeld Quarry were Birkett Bank, Hill Top, Wanthwaite and Bram Crag Quarries, all of which were worked for granite. In addition behind Lowthwaite Farm are the remains of Wanthwaite Crag Mine. Several levels were driven here along a system of lead and copper veins, the most recent lease being taken out in 1887.[3] Geologically, the area to the north of the top is characterised by an intrusion of microgranite, while various members of the Borrowdale Volcanic series occur to the south.[4]
Summit and View
The summit is marked by an Ordnance Survey triangulation column and a sprawling cairn-cum-windbreak. It provides a good view of Blencathra to the north, in fact Alfred Wainwright drew himself admiring this view in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Although the higher Great Dodd obstructs, the vista of the high fells to the west is excellent.[1]
Ascents
Clough Head is often climbed as the first step of a traverse of the Helvellyn range. From the northeast (Threlkeld) there is a path avoiding the crags and reaching the summit via White Pike. Alternatively one may follow the Coach Road to its highpoint, before heading southwest to the top. Wanthwaite provides the other main access, either via Fisher's Wife's Rake, or the much easier slopes behind Wanthwaite Quarry. None of these routes have paths throughout, but once the top is reached a clear track leads south towards Great Dodd.
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With its prominent position overlooking the byways skirting the south bank of the Tay, Ormiston Hill overlooking Newburgh in north Fife has been, in ancient times, a natural site for fortification. Both iron age and Roman age forts have been present on the hill in the past. Little evidence of these settlements remain today, largely due to the quarrying activities at Clatchard Craig quarry. A rich source of andesite, the quarry was enlarged to service both road building and rail ballast demand consuming the ancient sites in the process. At one time it was rail served but I believe that current output is not suitable for rail use and the siding has been removed.
In the distance and heading along the single track towards Ladybank, Azuma 800112 forms LNER's 1E17 0940 Inverness to London Kings Cross, diverted through Fife due to engineering works in the Stirling area.
13th December 2020
Artel Gallery, Annual Member's Show
This piece came down today & 2 strange new works (yet to be posted) were entered for the next juried show..... fingers crossed :)
I found this red beauty at the Torquay Motor Show several weeks back!
This model Kombi called a low light (because of the low positioned indicators on the front) was produced from 1968 to 1972. I am not sure what year this one is as I didn't get to meet it's owner, but I thought it was a perfect pairing with these vintage fashion magazines from 1968 which I found at a local antique bazaar! They just happened to be positioned as you see them here amongst red pots and pans and a cream cutlery set!
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C-GMVP, a Beech C90 King Air, getting ready to depart off runway 33 at Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ontario.
The Sudbury, Ontario based beauty was heading north to Dillon Field near Zephyr, Ontario.
Serial number LJ-616 was built in 1974.
Norio and Yuba in their normal positions for the time of day - I think they like this spot because they can hear and see us as well as smell our dinner. They never pester us except when fish is involved, and Yuba only rarely - he never really learned to like human food but Norio adores it.
Highest position #230
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Straight from the camera... except for a square crop...
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Explore Highest Position #97 on November 29th
Last year I also uploaded a shot in the parking glot of San Sebastian, but this one was in black and I thought the coloured one wasn't that bad eather! I really like the low angle and the lines + symmetry in the shot. Normally I do like landscape shots the most, but architecture is becoming more and more a favorite subject within photographing.
Perhaps the quality and sharpness is not that good, but perhaps the fact that I was shooting on Landscape mode, had a big role within this since I just received the camera!
Making dinner at the moment, tonight I will be back to visit your streams, enjoy your evening!
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Explore 208 : Highest position 443
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Went for a 'sunrise' walk in Mispeldonk with my buddy < ~~ IVO ~~ >.
The continuous snowfall left us nothing to do but shelter in a horse shack.
This shot was straight forward looking out the horse shack while the snow was 'falling' horizontally ;-)
The shot
6 second single shot in RAW/ISO100 at f/7,1 using the Sigma 10-20mm lens on a tripod.
Music
You must see this band live to enjoy there music to the fullest, here a live version of halo :
PORCUPINE TREE (Live/HQ) - Halo
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