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Slightly different to previous postings as this one includes Fotheringhay church in the background.
I was hoping to be able to have some more African wildlife photos in a couple of weeks but due to the travel ban we have had to reschedule for October.
Fotheringhay
Northamptonshire
England
UK
As mentioned previously, the Nicola Valley is a wonder for photographers. Minutes from Kamloops, there are many and various landscapes to capture. On this rather overcast day, I decided to once again try my hand a B&W image.
The sky that day was stark white, and a few dark clouds flew by at a much lower level. While the rain there has created green fields, the light was also delineating the edges of gently rolling hills. So, I figured I would work with the harsh light instead of against it.
Following on a previous post of a raven, I wanted to give some attention to the coyote in Native American tradition. I saw this individual on a recent trip to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, patrolling the marshes among the flooded fields filled with sandhill cranes, snow and Canada geese, and several species of dabbling ducks.
Like ravens coyotes are often given credit for being wise and clever, though their roles in Native American traditions vary considerably, including tricksters, creators (e.g. stars, fire, and daylight), healers, and omens of major events. In the Diné/ Navajo culture of the southwestern U.S. coyotes play major roles in traditional stories, including the creation story of Earth (along with badger) and makers of mountains. They have been described as princes of chaos, troublemakers, and exponents of irresponsibility as well.
Coyotes are truly adaptable, with a life history well suited to taking advantage of human development. They are omnivores, consuming everything from small mammals, insects, seeds and fruit, to old boots. My favorite story of their ability to live with humans involves the coyote who walked into a Quiznos sandwich shop in Chicago on a hot day, heading over to a refrigerator of drinks to cool down. The police showed up and escorted him to less urban surroundings, but not before the workers at the Quiznos named him Adrien.
As I mentioned previously while commenting on some of my photos, my artistic approach is a dynamic process and it will likely last forever. I keep redefining my landscape photography vision simply because I constantly develop in the field and switch sources of inspiration. The same compositions, identical photographic styles, non-changing photographic gurus, screaming colours or static photo locations don’t satisfy my artistic desire. So I am in a constant photographic search. My way of landscape photography execution doesn’t involve going to places and shooting the first appealing composition. Instead I like to take risks and come up with new approaches. Before I start shooting, firstly I need to feel the place. And I mean in it in a holistic approach. Each of my photos is a combination of composition, technical skills and deeper connection with the photographed location. One doesn’t exist with the other. I would never go to the place just to take couple photos, but I frequently go to places and explore them even if I don’t shoot. This photo features Brandywine Falls in BC, near Whistler. Every time when I look at this waterfall I reassure myself that it looks more interesting from its very edge than from the bottom. It was a thrilling and adrenaline boosting experience to shoot there again. By the way, it is 70 metres of that plunge.
RKO_2773. Same image as previous upload but now without frame.
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"In the seed of the darkness
a six-winged dragon sobs...."*
- From the poem Estrangement by the Macedonian author Bogomi Gjuzel
Created for Artistic Manipulation Group's Mixmaster Challenge #13 - current, presiding Chef: Beth Rosengard.
This collaboration with Beth was done differently than the ones previous. Instead of going back and forth until we arrived at a single final image, Beth provided the initial starter and then we both expanded on it separately. We are posting at the same time without knowing what each has done with it.
Viewing Large for this is suggested.
HERE is Beth's version for anyone interested.
Instead of her more flamboyant partner, featured in my previous post. The iridescence of her head and wing plumage is not lacking relative to the drake. This amorous couple was lovely to watch as they took turns preening each other in a large crowd of Mallards. At the Pool, Central Park, New York.
Taken in 2021 with Leica CL on Ilford Delta 400
The same building as in the previous picture, only 3 years later.
Die Lauenburger Elbbrücke. Fotografiert von der Elbpromenade Lauenburger Altstadt.
Der erste Bau einer Brücke über die Elbe bei Lauenburg erfolgte 1878. Dieser wurde Ende des 2. Weltkrieges von den eigenen Truppen gesprengt, um den Vormarsch der Britischen Truppen zu verhindern.
Der Wiederaufbau als kombinierte Straßen- und Eisenbahnbrücke erfolgte bis 1951. Das Bauwerk verbindet Niedersachsen und Schleswig-Holstein im Zuge der B 209, die ihrerseits in Lauenburg an der Brücke über den Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal in die B 5 mündet. Der Brückenzug ist mit einer Länge von 517 Metern länger als der vorherige. Er besitzt acht Öffnungen, wobei die Stromrinne mit einem zweifeldrigen Strebenfachwerkträger mit je 104,61 Meter Stützweite überspannt wird. Die Vorlandbrücken sind stählerne Vollwandträgerkonstruktionen mit Stützweiten von rund 53 Meter.
Eine weitere Straßenbrücke über die Elbe zwischen Schleswig-Holstein und Niedersachsen ist die Elbbrücke Geesthacht. Sie befindet sich ebenfalls östlich von Hamburg bei der Staustufe von Geesthacht im Zuge der B 404.
Quelle: wikipedia
HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70 mm F2.8ED SDM WR
The first construction of a bridge over the Elbe near Lauenburg took place in 1878. This was blown up by the company's own troops at the end of World War II to prevent the advance of British troops.
The reconstruction as a combined road and rail bridge took place until 1951. The structure connects Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in the course of the B 209, which in turn joins the B 5 in Lauenburg on the bridge over the Elbe-Lübeck Canal. With a length of 517 meters, the bridge is longer than the previous one. It has eight openings, with the flow channel being spanned with a two-field strut lattice girder with a span of 104.61 meters each. The approach bridges are steel solid wall girder constructions with spans of around 53 meters.
Another road bridge over the Elbe between Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony is the Geesthacht Elbe Bridge. It is also located east of Hamburg at the Geesthacht barrage on the B 404.
Source: wikipedia
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I previously posted a pic of an E/B Southern Pacific TOFC train passing the water plug at Black Butte. Here's what the rear looked like three minutes later. SD40R-7375. Did SP call them helpers, pushers or something else? I've been told helpers is correct.
„The small on the big, the new on the old. But be careful, two knives - equally sharp - whether small or large, whether new or old..."
„Das kleine auf dem großen, das neue auf dem alten. Doch Vorsicht, zwei Messer - gleich scharf - egal ob klein oder groß, egal ob neu oder alt…“
„I would like to take this opportunity to thank all followers, all new followers, and all those who just stop by. I say thank you for all previous and for all the new fav's and comments. 🙏“
„Ich danke an dieser Stelle allen Followern, allen neuen Followern, und all jenen die einfach so mal vorbeischauen. Ich sage Danke für alle bisherigen und für all die neu hinzukommenden Fav‘s und Kommentare. 🙏“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
During my previous, brief stay in Second Life, I had access to a small white chapel. One of my fondest memories of that time was that chapel.
“We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind.”
― A. W. Tozer
In the previous photo, the Little Egret was quite a distance away, but I decided I'd have to be patient and hope that he moved closer.
As it turned out, I didn't have long to wait. Less than five minutes later, the bird was on the move. The tide was dropping fast, and he clearly wanted something to eat before the waterway he was monitoring drained away to Nothing...
And as it turned out, the Little Egret didn't have long to wait either...! But most importantly for me, his search for lunch brought him very close to where I was perched precariously on a very unstable boulder!
Sometimes we Photographers really do get lucky...!!!
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There was just a small slot across the Lake to the south. I was thinking that the clouds that were moving in would slide over and block off the gap before sunrise. That seems to be what often happens. On Tuesday, the clouds took their time and the sun was able to shine through the slot for the sunrise.
Lake levels are low enough (about 7 inches less than last year) to walk the shoreline in places where it previously was very difficult to do without getting wet.
We have had no extended period of cold weather at the south end of Lake Michigan this winter. The only places with ice seem to be up in the quiet water parts of Green Bay.
Thanks for looking!
As I said previously, I have a few more images of the Copper Coast and all of them show how wonderful this designated UNESCO Geopark Site is. I will be certainly visiting it a lot more in the future and it is not too far to travel.
While we are at home in Northamptonshire I enjoy looking back through pictures that I have taken, but not previously posted on Flickr. This is Lerryn, a delightful little village in south-east Cornwall that must be one of the prettiest in the county. The River Lerryn runs through it and joins the River Fowey a short distance away. At low tide, the river drains away leaving mostly mudbanks. Here, I've caught it just in time.
Taken in the early hours of this morning (approx. 3.00am) no wonder I feel tired!
Alarm was set for 1.30 - cloud obscured the skies, but then started to clear. I had already set the equipment up in the garage and then just had to open the door and avoid knocking it all over in the dark.
Not the ideal location as there is quite a lot of light pollution locally, but couldn't face driving to the coast after having been on the road all day. Also wanted to have a decent point of reference in the shots.
This is a composite of about 10 shots and there are at least 5 shooting star trails emanating from the North East Perseids atmosphere entry point. If you zoom in you can see a hint of the green / red colouring (green from Magnesium traces in the debris, red from it burning Nitrogen and Oxygen in the atmosphere).
There was also a very spectacular 'fireball' - of course not where the camera was pointing but low to the east it was very bright, reminded me of that Russian dash cam video.
Great to see - and did seem to be more frequent that previous occasions. Counted about 70 over a 2 and a half hour period.
If you want to try it, the settings over are a good starting point. To work out your exposure use the 600 rule - divide 600 by the true focal length of your lens (so 35mm on full frame 17 seconds, on crop sensor 10 seconds). This will avoid you introducing star trails on individual shots.
Sturdy tripod and shutter release locked down - or interval timer if you camera has one (my 7D Mk II does but would have also introduced more noise and captured less light with the shorter exposure).
This previously unused shot was taken in February 2025. There are over 160 tors - major granite outcrops - in Dartmoor National Park. This one, Combestone Tor, is high on a hill (1,167 feet above sea level) overlooking the valley of the River Dart. It is within the Holne Woodlands area of Special Scientific Interest. Combestone Tor is my personal favourite because of the stunning views and the fact that there is a small car park just a few feet away. My days of climbing are long behind me!
Tramlink, previously Croydon Tramlink and presently branded as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It is the first operational tram system serving the London region since 1952. Tramlink is presently managed by London Trams, a public body part of Transport for London (TfL), and has been operated by FirstGroup since 2017. It is one of two light rail networks in Greater London, the other being the Docklands Light Railway. Tramlink is the fourth-busiest light rail network in the UK behind the Docklands Light Railway, Manchester Metrolink and Tyne and Wear Metro.
Cape Penguin (Previously called the Jackass Penguin because of the noise they make.)losing its fluffy baby coat at Boulders Beach Simons Town near Cape Town. The birds nest among the bushes at the top of the beach and wander down to the water to swim, catch fish and preen.
As seen in the previous photograph, this chair has needed a new seat cover for a long time. I thought I'd show the cute fabric print and give a shoot-out to Spoonflower.com. You choose a pattern and then they print it on the type of fabric you select. I think the sturdy cotton I picked gives it a feeling of vintage barkcloth.
After I filled the holes in the seat, I added "elbow patches" of linen over the areas the cats liked scratching the best--to slow down future damage--before the final fabric covering.
In my previous post, a snowy egret had struck at a tiny fish as it flew by the water’s surface hoping for a fly-by catch. It was indeed successful and after gulping this tiny minnow down it continued its search for more.
On this particular morning, the tide was coming in and there was a feeding frenzy like I had not witnessed before. Literally a hundred or more birds were feeding in the shallow water feasting on the bounty of small fish. There were snowy egrets, great egrets, reddish egrets, great blue herons and white ibis to name a few. There was also a pod of baby tarpon feeding nearby, although they definitely didn’t fit the bill of “small fish!”
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Previously named Baird Court after zoologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887).
The building still houses rhinoceroses.
Conti Chivalry (previously known as Ever Chivalry) (IMO: 9293791) is a container ship registered and sailing under the flag of Liberia. Her gross tonnage is 90,449, her overall length (loa) is 334 m and her container capacity is 8,084 TEU. She was built in 2006 and is operated by NSB Niederelbe Schiffahtsges of Germany.
I photographed the Conti Chivalry as she passed through the mouth of the Swan River heading into the Fremantle Inner Harbour on 30 April 2021. Her last port of call was Adelaide and her next port of call is Singapore. She was assisted by four tugs, Svitzer Albatross and Svitzer Eagle Svitzer Falcon and Svitzer Redhead most likely due to both her size and the tide. I did notice one of the tugs was working hard to keep her speed down.
Waves hitting the coastline of Miraflores, Lima, Peru.
An edit of the previously uploaded image. Taken with a Canon 5D4 and the Sigma Art lens 135mm, edited with Lightroom.
Here is a blog I wrote on how to take ocean abstracts.
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I previously posted this photo after doing a pretty sloppy touch up in Lightroom. I decided to use it as my Best Shot of 2024 entry but wanted to clean up the Lightroom edits first. So, if it looks familiar, there is a reason for that.
previous title: "kitschy picture?"
was #5 in Explore (highest position so far) on March 8, 2007, thank you!!!
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from January 2019.
Sadly I was unable to get out with or without my camera over the weekend. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an unpredictable beast that hijacks your plans and life. It is a disorder that also tends towards self-blame but, in a positive step from previously, I am not blaming myself for not getting out. Small wins are just as important as the large ones.
I'll try to take some photographs in the garden this week as I prepare and plan my vegetable garden for the coming spring. No pressure upon myself to do so though. Baby steps.
Take care everyone, whatever you love to take pictures of in this world.
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As a record to myself this is re-upload number 2 before appearing in your update feeds due to an ongoing Flickr issue.
For those who so much wanted to see a photo of a wild boar after I published the previous photo :-) Must to confess, this is not taken in wilderness...these lovely piglets and their mom were enjoying a sunny afternoon in a pasture next to Viking museum in Lofoten islands, Norway. But I never was so lucky to take a photo of a wild boar in real wilderness. The only time I met a boar very closely was when I was 10 year old and had summer work getting weeds away from the field of sugar beets. It was away from civilisation, in the corner of forest, and we were only two girls working there when suddenly a big and angry boar appeared out of the trees and was running straight towards us. We dropped the weeding tools and hurried to the other edge of forest and climbed up the trees to not let the boar attack us... of course, I don't have a photo from that accident :-)
The pier where I was standing when I took the picture in my previous post of the sun setting over the water.
Going to a seaside resort like Eastbourne on a frigid winter's day is such a different experience from visiting in the height of summer when that beach in front of me would be packed with people. A winter visit certainly has it's pros and cons - the pros include lovely low light, an absence of people to clog up an environmental picture like this, and the general unhurried atmosphere of the place. The cons include it's bloody cold and if there is any kind of wind it is almost unbearable to take pictures as one's hands turn slowly into blocks of ice!
Medium format film photography
Rolleiflex 3.5F
Schneider Kreuznach Xenotar 75mm f3.5
Potsdam 100 B&W film
...considering my previous post...
Always surrounded by nature and especially by greens. A big flamboyant in front of the house offers that green frame and once in a year the greens give place to intense reds.
It is beautiful.
The front end view of the previous image, the BT62 in Aussie Racing Colors. Save your pennies.....a lot of pennies and you too......
addendum: Sir Jack Brabham, father of the current head of Brabham motors in Australia, won the Formula One world championship in 1959 and 1960. " In 1962 he established his own Brabham marque with fellow Australian Ron Tauranac, which in the 1960s became the largest manufacturer of customer racing cars in the world. In the 1966 Formula One season Brabham became the first – and still, the only – man to win the Formula One world championship driving one of his own cars." wiki...
Pretty impressive combination of driving skills and engineering excellence! Youngest son, David Brabham drove the outrignt winner of the 2009 LeMans 24 hour race, the premier race in the world.
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Revisited the route from previously this autumn.
Even if the autumn colors are nice, I ended up with a mono on this.
Our incredible canine companion gifted to us by his previous owner seen here keeping a close eye on me while taking photos.
We are fortunate to have been given this thoughtful creature who had saved John (his previous owner).
This dog was John's PTSD dog and watched over John so that he could now feel safe and relax after his traumatic military service having lost three friends during one Christmas period from his military unit.
John was understandably after this experience struggling with the loss of his Australian brothers in arms.
John's commanding officer wisely advised John after this experience to get a dog as a companion as he feared he may end up dead.
So a few months after this advice John went to a dog rescue center and was not sure what sort of dog he needed when a little nine month old Boofy came over to John with his then tortured soul.
Boofy looked into John's eyes, wrapped his little front puppy legs around his arm and would not let go and John realized he had found the right dog and canine soul brother and left with young Boofy after paying some veterinary fees and doing the new ownership paperwork.
9 years later John collapsed from an infection in his house. Boofy refused to let John go to sleep as he sensed he would possibly not wake up again.
Boofy ended up jumping on John as he lay on the floor to stop him falling asleep and finally John realized in his daze that he had to phone for an ambulance for help and he then passed out.
The ambulance guys had to break into John's house and Boofy led these guys to John.
Subsequently when John woke up in hospital
he was very aware that he had been asked in effect to phone for help before being allowed to pass out as the Doctors had told John he was definitely about to die from sepsis.
This dog is an Australian cattle dog X German boxer cross.
You may notice the Bentley star on his forehead.
My son and nephew are proud to call this wonderful creature their wolf brother.
Boofy can now relax with our family where he just wanders around the garden at will and bothers the birds and lizards, just doing doggy things in his later years now and enjoys our family outings.
John, his previous owner phones up regularly to ask how Boofy is going and we send John photos.
He is very happy that Boofy can just be a dog and relax and not feel obligated to care for John now and that in itself is a sign of incredible strength and compassion on John's behalf.
Soligor 105mm f2.8 at f2.8 P9091656
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Having uploaded a shot of 76031 (previously 76044) and 76032 heading towards Wath a couple of images ago, this is a shot of the same pair later in the day, seen here departing Wombwell Main Exchange Sidings with a loaded MGR train to Fiddlers Ferry PS.
I'm stood at the very foot of the Worsborough Incline, a gruelling seven mile rise, three miles of which are at a nominal gradient of 1 in 40. In fact legend has it that some sections were much steeper as a result of coal mining subsidence in the area. I took this from a public foot-crossing about one hundred yards from the Exchange Sidings.
Above the locomotives can be seen Swaithe Viaduct carrying the Sheffield to Leeds line. Wombwell station, my point of arrival earlier in the day, lies a mile or so down the line to the left.
In the distance you can just about make out the home and distant signals. With both currently 'on', these control progress over Lewden Crossing and, to a lesser extent, the crossing beyond.
Given the full train-load of coal, the two locomotives on the front will be supported by a pair of bankers, also class 76s. These will drop off at the top of the incline and return back down here to await their next turn of duty.
Having 'discovered' this area the previous week, I was lucky enough to be able to get time off work and make a swift return with the trusty OS Map for a bit more exploring. This trip saw me start the day at Mitchells Main, walk on towards Wombwell Main Exchange Sidings and this foot-crossing, before following another footpath and ending up at Lewden Crossing. These weren't particularly long days seeing as the train back from Wombwell station left sometime around 4pm - you could never leave it too late because trains from Sheffield back south to Nottingham were quite thin on the ground after 6pm as I recall. Despite the shortish day it still proved a decent enough circular walk carrying a couple of cameras plus lenses - happy days when the stamina was a bit better!
As mentioned before, this freight line has long since disappeared and the route is now part of the Trans Pennine Trail.
An image uploaded for curiosity value, and in portrait format too so it might look better on a tablet or smartphone! Commenting off, thanks.
Ilford FP4 rated at 160asa, developed in Acutol.
1st July 1977