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Ooof! Delaine Buses of Bourne very kindly positioned their brand new ADL Enviro200 MMC 175 AD23DBL for me to snap when I passed their depot today, 01/02/2023. Of course, as this bus has been registered with a 23 mark, it won't be on the road until March 1st. This is their 6th ADL Enviro200 MMC.
Other members of the 40-strong fleet were also noted.
Thanks must go to Delaine Buses for their time! 😍
Antique image of Sto. Rosario. Photo edited that shows correct position of peana.
(From a Private Collection).
I was not expecting to pull a bat out of the water today. This little bat was attacked by seagulls then dropped into the river. While I was looking for something to reach it the bat flipped over and started swimming for the dock. I picked it up, it was pissed, and put in in a bucket until after work. I took it to an abandoned building, in safe spot. It was still pissed when i took it out of the bucket. Seemed to be fine, other than bothered.
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Sarge got hit, so I immediately slid down from my shooting position. Wilson did the same. We agreed to pull back, as we were the only ones left of the squad holding the trench. I told him I'd cover him, so I gave him a nod and he sprinted back towards the cover of the jungle. As soon as he left the trench, Japanese MGs opened up, and he went down. He got hit at least twice in the back.
I kept firing periodically, as to keep the Japanese at a distance. But, with only four clips left, I couldn't keep it up for long. I stopped once I only had two mags. Ten shots between me and death.
Once night fell, it was pretty quiet, until I heard someone yell "Banzai!", and MG rounds started flying over my head. A few seconds later, Japanese soldiers and officers ran past me. They didn't see me, so I didn't move.
"Errgh"
Sarge was still alive, and started groaning. I cursed under my breath, as several Japanese turned around and came to inspect. I knew I would either have to surrender, or open up with my bolt action. They stabbed Sarge multiple times, so I jumped up and yelled "Don't shoot!", with hands high in the air. One of them hit me with his stock, and I went out cold.
The next thing I remember, I was in a POW camp with hundreds of other Americans and Filipinos. I was there until the Japanese surrendered.
-Corporal Stephen K. Nicks
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Explore Highest position # 248 on Friday, May 8, 2009
The Marble Temple, Bangkok, Thailand.
“The Marble Temple” as known to foreigners is most satisfactory architecturally with its symmetry and lovely proportions. The Hall was constructed from Carrara marble from Italy and showing distinct European neo-classical influence. It has been reckoned for its architectural and decorative arts of finest Thai craftsmanship, say, second to none in the world. It attracts the interest of tourists throughout the world to come to visit with a large number each year.
วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม เป็นที่รู้จักของนักท่องเที่ยวทั่วโลกว่า "The Marble Temple" เพราะพระอุโบสถ พระระเบียง ประดับด้วยหินอ่อนที่ดีที่สุดจากประเทศอิตาลี ประกอบกับเป็นวัดที่มีความวิจิตรงดงามด้วยศิลปะสถาปัตยกรรมไทยโบราณ จึงมีนักท่องเที่ยวทั้งชาวไทยและชาวต่างประเทศสนใจเข้าชมจำนวนมากทุกวัน พระอุโบสถวัดเบญจมบพิตรและพระระเบียงที่ประดับตกแต่งแล้ว จึงวิจิตรงดงามสมบูรณ์แบบด้วยศิลปะและสถาปัตยกรรมไทยโบราณ อย่างน่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่ง
Exposure: 1/60, Aperture: f/16, Focal Length: 12 mm, ISO:100
Nikon D80, Nikkor 12-24mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S DX
Three shots HDR, light and color work in PS.
(No multi invitations please.:))
Ocyphaps lophotes
Who doesn't like a crazy bokeh and rim lighting around the subject?
This Crested Pigeon was perched with the sunlight positioned almost directly behind the bird, albeit, on an angle just out of view and being filtered through trees which resulted in beautiful rim-lighting and bokeh.
Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star.
With an apparent magnitude of around 2, it is the brightest star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at night.
The position of the star lies less than 1° away from the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.
The stable position of the star in the Northern Sky makes it useful for astrophotographer in the Northern hemisphere to align our telescopes with the central axis of the Earth. [Wiki]
Imaged over 11 nights in June and July 2024 while waiting for my main target to reach altitude.
I have always wanted to capture the IFN (Integrated Flux Nebula) around our pole star in the Northern hemisphere.
I thought that while I am waiting for my main target to rise in altitude, just sitting on Polaris would be a cool idea.
The main problem is guiding your telescope at the pole. In the end none of the frames were guided, Plate solving was interesting too. I attempted to centre the star but the mount would never end up plate solved and locked on. The solution was to place Polaris off centre. The result was that I obtained a better view of the IFN surrounding the star.
735 x 2 minute images were originally taken without a filter and reduced down to the best 349. This left me with over 11 hours of the best frames to process.
I am very pleased with my first attempt. I must look at either making a mosaic or using a wider FOV telescope to feature more of the surrounding space dust.
A higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/fdzm9m/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 11 Nights in June and July 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 11h 39m
Filters: None
Pixel Scale: 1.4 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
Image Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ 6R Pro
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
Or at least it was blue, until I had a little play with Color Efex!
I had already taken lots of pictures of this wonderful sunset, but there was a biting cold wind so I turned off my camera and went to find Dave. Stood in front of the Lands End Hotel was this couple, and luckily they stayed in position long enough for me to turn my camera back on.
1/12th of a second later, they were gone.
Explored, Highest Position: #4
Back from a self-imposed Artistic snooze
I decided to have a break for two reasons. One, my trip to Iceland spoilt me with the incredible scenery and the weather was so dramatic and extreme that it left me wanting more, and the Summer weather seemed too flat by comparison. Two, the gap between my processing and what I visioned in my head was getting wider, so I decided to close Photoshop and have a rethink. Not that I could stop shooting :)
Back a great trip to Scotland and Isle of Skye, this is the first from that outing.
Looking forward to the Autumn and some experimentation.
Westbound Amtrak train #43, with a P42/P40 pair on the point, passes through CP White in Garfield Heights on a sunny June afternoon in 2001. White featured some unique signals with PRR position-light signals mounted on New York Central-style bracket masts. The train's consist had two baggage cars, four coaches, one MHC, and 15 RoadRailers. It was more of a freight train that a passenger train.
Highest position on Explore: # 385
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Highest Explore Position #414 ~ On November 25th 2008.
Sunset - Longridge, Scotland - Sunday November 2nd 2008.
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Well, the North Wind duff blow...and you know what that means...yup...we are supoosed to have snow here in London tomorrow, here's hoping..:O))))
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, what ever the weather...:O))
It was early in the morning,and a little bit raining.
Many frogs appered at the lotus pond.
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Male Cuckoo on top of a dead tree on the other side of the river.
They adopt this wing and body positon when calling 'Cuckoo!'.
Did a bit of research - one study found that male cuckoos adopted a certain posture, wing drooping, and tended to keep their tails up more frequently in areas with the highest versus lowest host nest densities. This is consistent with these behaviours acting as potential signals (to females) codifying information on nest abundance in the area.
A gull perches atop a riverside pier in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 400, f/6.3, 250mm, 1/250s
Tip: press "L" or click on the photo for the large format!
After Pont-Ste-Maxence, I headed south to the Dijon region. Because I was suffering from quite a heavy (but non-Covid) cold, however, I just went straight to the hotel and did not make use of the evening anymore. The next morning, I drove to the four-track section of the ligne impériale between Les Laumes and Blaisy-Bas. The sun had not quite dispensed with the hilltop shadows as the only freight train passed by. It is headed by BB 27089, with the grey BB 26092 running idle ("en véhicule") in second position. According to Julian (thanks!), the destination is probably Gevrey; it would then have originated at Le Bourget-Triage near Paris. Villotte-St-Seine, 07-09-2021.
One of my bosses left for a new position, and just about everyone else is out for the Fourth holiday, so I decided it was time to take things into my own hands.
Microsoft no longer offers or supports its Groupshot program. In fact, the program has expired and won't even run now. I had to do this with Photoshop, using a "mask and merge" technique. I did this at lunch, and it really didn't take much time at all.
The versions of me on the right were easy to add. The versions of me on the left were more difficult because of overlapping images.
Position: The Villa La Leopolda is a large detached villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera. Villa La Leopolda in its current incarnation was designed and built from 1929 to 1931 by an American architect, Ogden Codman, Jr., on an estate once owned by King Leopold II of Belgium. The villa has had several notable owners and is situated in 18 acres of grounds.
Highest Explore Position #348 ~ On November 16th 2007.
Deer - Richmond Park - London, England - Sunday November 4th 2007.
I would have liked this shot more had it have been totally in focus, but they were quite a way, away, and I didn't have a tripod..:O(
But I liked the way I caught Mother and Child looking like each other and in the same direction...just luck I guess..lol..:O)
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Thank you dear friends for your support, and for your faves and kind comments, very much appreciated - deaR♥‿♥
At this moment and positioning in perfect sunlight there was only the appetizing black walnut and him. He watched the big man with his lens but accepted him in the near.
It takes several minutes and some energy to open a hard black walnut (oh yes, they are able to open them and they do it very often but in winter when they have to save energy). It seems to me that the delicious content is worth the hard work.
However during opening I took a lot of photos and had enough time to play with different settings.
Lucky moment for both, me and him :-)
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EXPLORED!!! Highest position: 163 on Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I haven't been really active these days, I'm sorry!!!
This is my first attempt with infrared and sea. It gives an effect similar to the 10 stops ND, plus some nice tonal shifts if you include greens, such as I did in this one.
Thanx a lot for the great appreciation comments for my previous upload!
The shot
This was shot one the little promontory you can see on my last upload.
The Processing
Camera Raw
- White Balanced in Camera Raw
Photoshop:
- Converted in Black and White with Silver EFEX Pro
- Multiplied the sky and the sea
- Created 4 Overlay layers to adjust light
- Run Neat Image to reduce Noise
- Applied a level layer to improve contrast
- Resized
- Added a slight vignette
- Sharpening (Smart Sharpen + more accurate)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
Have a splendid week, my dear friends!!!
Highest Explore Position #378 ~ On November 28th 2008.
Ducks - London Wetland Centre, Barnes, London, England - Saturday November 22nd 2008.
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I thought this Duck looked more like Turkey in flight then a Duck...he certainly doesn't look very elegant..lol..:O))))
Happy "Turkey Day" to all my American cousins across the pond.....when your giving thanks, just think of us poor English who got left behind lol...:O)))