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Diamond Lake is a natural body of water in the southern part of the state. The oblong 3,031-acre lake is the single-most productive and popular trout water in Oregon. It extends northwest to southeast for 3½ miles and is 1½ miles wide. Guardian peaks watch over Diamond Lake—Mount Thielsen (9,182 ft.), a spired lightning rod on the east, and Mount Bailey (8,363 ft.), a shield volcano on the west. Diamond Lake was named for John Diamond, for whom Diamond Peak is also named. He saw the lake in 1852 while on the summit of Diamond Peak. Diamond was a pioneer settler of Coburg, Oregon, and part of a party opening a road between the Middle Fork Willamette River and Idaho as an immigration route.
Diamond Lake is also the host for the Tour de Diamond, a cycling event that happens every summer. It is the biggest event in the North American Cycling Organization calendar. Swimming, horseback riding, and hunting are popular at Diamond Lake in summer and fall. Winter sports include snowmobiling, Nordic and Alpine skiing, inner tubing and sled dog racing.
I shot this very early in the morning with a slow shutter speed. I personally like the soft dreamy look of water.
No, smoking is not productive and doesn't say much about taking care about myself, but... having a glass of red wine is!
Since being back to work full time in RL, my walks at the park and quiet moments on my own are more precious now, even more when is possible to enjoy the afternoon sunshine.
I'm still juggling to get things done at the same time as keeping everything balanced, so I try to remind myself that is not bad to take time for yourself. ♥
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I had a very productive and frantic Saturday and Sunday morning in a couple of favourite local forests... finally me being free and mist came together! I have had a number of compositions awaiting thick mist... and I managed to get a few more shots like this in the time too! The mist could have been thicker at Dalkeith Country Park still... but that was just a function of going there second and it had started to thin by the time I got there. I'll go there first next time... which will prob be in a few years time here as mist like this is soo rare!
First attempt at photographing this elusive Warbler. Turned out to be quite a productive morning.
Like most of us, all I have ever seen is a skulking shadow, and that's if you're lucky in the undergrowth. The song is very distinctive, so once memorized you cant not but hear/identify them. So I followed the call around from bush to shrub to gorse back to scrub. A fleeting glimpse here and there. Seemed like I was wasting my time then I saw the bird call from an exact branch I had previously seen it sing from.
I set up at the this spot and waited. Ignored all the calls around me sometimes very close. Then patience paid off it came back to where I was standing and quite amazingly crept up to where it had been previously. It was too close so I had to step back. I cant believe it was so confiding. It would continue on its rounds flying past me low down within 2m sometimes closer still. It didn't always pop up or to the same branch, however it would return to the same area of scrub/bush.
It seems like you have to dedicate sometime in for this species, observe its movements and try to see where it comes up once it sings. Maybe I just got lucky on this one. However, I will try another one as I think its territory is primarily gorse. To get a shot of that with the yellow flowers would be something special.
It was a special morning this for me....to just wait and the bird to be comfortable with my presence. I was happy for the rest of the day :)
Taken at Swillngton/St Aidens.....I would like to stress no recordings were used as it was reported some photographers on site have been seen using some recording/playback device. This is not my style.
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A productive morning to say the least. A final view of the Three Sisters. It may be sometime before they appear for me again.
A reasonably productive hay field near the beachside township of Port Elliot, about 1hr 15min drive south of Adelaide. A former farming area slowing being built out by the expansion of surrounding suburbs. In a few more years it will be lost forever when the temptation to sell becomes too great.
[There is a solution - the government buys out the farmer, paying the same price the farmer would have received from a developer - the government then declares the land 'farmland in perpetuity' - saving it for future generations - then leases the land back to the farmer who can keep his windfall from the sale and also keep on farming if he/she wishes, or on-sell the lease to someone else for them to farm the land. Win-win-win.]
Hay Bales, Port Elliot, South Australia
Like I said folks yesterday was one of the more productive days in months here in our beautiful wetlands, with things going on that was amazing and a privilege to witness. Here is a Great Egret Chick not yet fledged that has come to defend his nest area by shear intuition, how do they know that at such an early age, just amazing. Again I overshot this series by a ton, and in the few hours I spent I shot 998 images and so the editing continues. Thanks for listening, have a great day and pay visit ( Bonnie come on back, and Bobby also ) there will no regrets.
It's been a while , hope everyone are doing excellent!
Wish you all as always a fun fun fun productive and safe weekend!
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Very early out tomorrow for a very special trip where because of how far it is we leave around 4:30 - 5:00 and hope that it is a very productive trip, will let you know. Here he has his protective eye membrane closed to protect him from any mishaps.
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After a long productive morning at Stone Harbor, we stopped by Forsythe to finally get shots of the Black-Belied Whistling Ducks. This is one of seven there. They really do whistle. Found them at marker 14 right to the right of the big Egret tree. Very cool duck. That is not a shadow on it's belly, it is really black. After they took forever preening, they swam around briefly and took off. They circled the big tree and turned back towards us, the sun was behind us and was a perfect moment. The back side of their wings are even more amazing. There is lots of white that can't be seen unless they are in flight.
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I had a great time in Latvian sea-side with my family. Lots of beautiful moments in nature. Deepness in another level.
I'm glad to see you all have been so productive. See you!:)
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A productive day on the Surrey & Norfolk coast yesterday. Very changeable weather conditions, which means I've come away with quite a range of images to share. A lot to get through, but thought I'd post this first, purely because it was straight forward to process. I managed to get a few locations in, and fortunately I had my preferred conditions for the sea front at Southwold. A good swell on the sea, bright light on the pier, and clouds behind, all combined to give me what I wanted for this image. There is a wider view, which I'll post in due course, but I’ve gone for the square crop first.
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I had once again a slight non productive month in the way of Photography in November 2022.
So I decided to share a capture from a series I took in Decembre 2022 instead.
One of my hardships in life is that I never sleep. Due to chronique pain in my life... I have gone for years without a healthy amount of sleep nightly. An although it plaques me and is reeking havoc to my longterm health.
I did learn to work with and around this issue.
When the moment I picked up a camera and started to teach myself the wonderful (albeit sometimes hard ;-) ) world of photography.
I found an outlet to release my nightime restlessness of never sleeping. And I found a way to get through the pains of my nights.
And although it's not for everyone... Not being able to sleep has it's advantages when it comes to doing photography. I use driving as a form of therapy to calm the nerves and relax the body. And though even if it doesn't help in the way of pain management... it does allow you to go around at night in the cities, towns and country roads and see things so few people ever see or even know about.
When you add being an avid photographer to the mix... You can capture so many unexpected and magical night time scenes. Or see Nature's nocturnal side alive and well and so wonderfully active, all from the window of your car.
With the added bonus of NO traffic and nobody on the roads... It makes for a wonderful relaxing and visual photographic experience, driving around between the hours of 1am to 5am.
For that (and that only..) I and so grateful to be able to occasionally physically drive myself around at night and capture beautiful scenes such as this!!
Although between you and me... I wish I could sleep too! :'(
After many many many grey, rainy weekends, on Sunday we got our first sunny weekend day in months. High on my list was the "Ersatzverkehr" between Hanau and Giessen in Hessen. Due to a shortage of EMUs, DB has hired replacement trains from CentralBahn AG to fill in. The actual rolling stock is leased from DB Gebrauchtzug, the recently created division which offers older locomotives and wagons for sale or lease. A number of locomotives have received retro schemes worn by locomotives of the class in the past or in a few cases semi-fictional schemes. So the stock has been mainly leased to other branches of DB, another creative accounting tricks probably. Anyways.....
After an early 4:40 AM wake up call I headed out by train towards the Main-Wetzlar Bahn. At Frieberg I boarded the replacement train behind the retro 111-174 and got down at Kirch-Göns. After about a 40 minute wait the set returned south in the perfect morning sun light. A great start to what would be a productive day.
A delightfully productive little rural valley near Ashton in the Adelaide Hills, filled with Autumn colours and a dash of sun. The yearly crops include cherries, apples, lemons, pears as well as many other fruits and vegetables, and of course, grapes!
The image is a stitch of 5 separate shots taken on my trusty iPhone 4S and merged using Photoshop CS5.
Autumn, Ashton Valley, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Month and a half into our first lock down last year and no complaints yet on my side. Switched off the news and every day was bearable, productive even beautiful. We were given the gift of time and some great weather. Hold on for one more day??? OK then!
Prestwick, Scotland
Mom has just made her way down an embankment, and this fawn seemed to be watching her with some amazement before following. This is a very quiet road and the fawn is not in imminent danger. I believe this is the same one as in the photo "summer baby."
My one-year sabbatical from work has been very rewarding and productive. I learned so much about photography. Although I was unsuccessful at making a living with it, the experience of attempting it has triggered a lot of growth. As of today, I am returning to my day job and am happy to pursue my photography purely for my own satisfaction. As is the case with so many things in life, it's not really about "either/or" - it's much more about "and/or." I'm keeping my hand in several cookie jars at the same time. However, my Flickr activity will need to slow down a bit and I am sad about that because I so enjoy looking at everyone's fabulous pictures! :) Will be catching up slowly.
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I've been trying to work on new things, but haven't been satisfied yet with how they are coming out. So worked on this image from 2015. That year was a very productive year.
I find I'm distracted often by what's going on in Ukraine.
Very productive (23 species, all counted- 5 warblers) morning hike in Avoca riverside park. Last night the temp was below freezing, so warbler did not migrate and peoples stayed away. i had the place to myself!
Mini Ukulele Souvenir
For Macro Monday - Musical Instrument
A very old souvenir from Fiji. This Ukulele is part of a pen stand that sits on my desk, it has been on my desk 35 years.
The length (on the diagonal) shown here is 45 mm, and yes, I can strum the strings!
I am running very late today, I had a long and productive session with my physiotherapist. While it will be a while until I can pick up the birding lens he has given me clearance to drive again.
Happy Macro Monday!
Let's continue with the trains from my brief but productive morning along the legendary former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. I've already shared a shot from Neabsco and trains 1, 2 and 8 that I shot here crossing Powells Creek at MP 84.7 on modern day CSXT's exceptionally busy RF&P sub.
Here is the third train we lensed here, and probably my favorite shot of the nine. This is CSXT train I032 a high priority intermodal running from Jacksonville, FL to North Bergen, NJ. The 1x1 DPU configured train is solid single stacks and TOFC due to the clearance restriction in Baltimore's Howard Street tunnel.
Leesylvania State Park
Prince William County, Virginia
Thursday April 21, 2022
Productive trip to Derbyshire with the Dippers. Will post a couple of portrait shots when sorted, but I am looking a bit more towards habitat shots as well.
Your comments and faves are much appreciated. Many thanks.
Very productive (23 species) morning hike in Avoca riverside park. Last night the temp was below freezing, so warblers did not migrate and peoples stayed away. i had the place to myself!
Staying hydrated and productive on this Saturday afternoon. Pray you all are having a blessed weekend.
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A couple weeks ago a productive Saturday morning saw me make a chase of a U704 out of Dubuque into Northwest Illinois. I didn't know it until I got down around Galena, but there was a meet setup for Scales Mound, Illinois, which would make for a good chase back towards home as a follow-up.
In this view courtesy the aerial camera device, U704 rolls eastward through the picturesque town of Scales Mound on the main. Led by CN 2379, 2999, and 5469 the trio is working to lift the 98 car train up the grade it has been battling since they left the Mississippi River Valley 16 miles to the west. The former Illinois Central main follows the Galena River and it's forks through the scenic Northwest Illinois countryside as the route gains elevation. In what seemed like a pretty well-timed meet, U705 on the far track with CN 3151, 2236, and 8933 arrived only a few minutes ahead of the U704, just enough time to get locked into the siding and allow the dispatcher to keep the eastbound moving. In just a few minutes with the meet complete the U705 would get the light down the hill to continue west.
Today I start off a series of images that I took on a lucky productive day. Normally in a series I would save the best for last, but could not wait for this one, so I will post in chronological order as taken.
My plan was to head to Elk Island, and if the north gate was closed I would turn around and head into Edmonton. Well, the North Gate (and the north end of the park were still closed) but instead of backtracking I figured I would take the road that borders the north end of the park. Well I am so very happy that I did. Much of the road has trees blocking the view, but driving past a break in the trees, I thought I saw something. I slowed down and backed up and sure enough, a moose. Well my heart started racing. I took a number of shots from within the car, knowing they may be compromised from the heat of the car, but wanted to at least get something. Sure enough they were all on the blurry side.
I then got out of the car and walked away from it and got about a dozen shots.
I am over the moon getting this one (the best of the lot) She (and I hope it is a she) spent most of the time browsing the ground, so did not give many great poses.
The only disappointing part of the encounter was that as she was headed away and when I took the camera down from my eye behind the trees was a male. I wasn't able to get any shots of him, as he immediately disappeared. And to boot, when processing I found at the very edge of two frames the eye and nose of a calf. I have no idea how I could have missed it. I would loved to have got a few captures of it. But hey I am certainly not complaining. To get a clear view and under some pretty nice morning light, well I am still smiling three days later.
The Weekend Is Here: The Battlefield Is Ready! (The Foamy and Sparkly Kind) 🎉
My dear friends, my girls!
The moment we've been waiting for has arrived: T-H-E W-E-E-K-E-N-D! 🙌
But you know as well as I do that before these two days officially enter the dictionary definition of "rest," they require a little... action! The house is literally waiting for me with a stacked to-do list. The moment I walked through the door, the laundry basket (which is the textile version of Mount Everest), the kitchen (as if I'd fed an army all week), and those dust particles... they all shouted "Hello!" in unison.
Agenda items and my current mood:
Doing Laundry: I like this part, I admit! Throw it in the machine, that detergent smell... Wonderful. But the folding part? That's where I switch into "battle-weary" mode.
House Cleaning: Music up full blast! Time for cleaning while dancing. I'm like a modern, sweaty, and heavily caffeinated version of Cinderella. But the result: Sparkling clean! ✨
Cooking: My stomach is growling, the fridge is looking neglected. Time to invent something quick, delicious, and something that won't completely exhaust me before Saturday night couch time.
THAT DREADED CHORE: IRONING! 😩 Confession: I hate ironing. It's practically a type of meditation. A wrong, boring type of meditation. But what can we do, we can't walk around in wrinkled clothes. I guess the best thing is to put on my favorite series and accept ironing as a "brain resting" exercise... Maybe.
When this whole marathon is over, if I'm lucky, I'll finish the day without falling asleep in front of the TV. If it does happen, I'll just accept it as the victory of being completely exhausted! 😉
Well, sleeves up! The rest after all this hustle will be so much sweeter.
What's on your weekend agenda? Are there exhausting chores, or just pure joy? Let's chat in the comments!
Wishing everyone a Happy, productive, and ultimately very restful weekend!
Big hugs!
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Years ago the wind felled this tree, enough roots remained in the earth to keep the tree alive, it is still productive.
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I recently returned from a trip to Olympic National Park that I had looked forward to for a year. I did a good job of picking dates that ended up being the wettest of the year there. And boy does it rain hard. So I wasn't as productive as I hoped, but still had a grand time. Such a unique and special area.
This waterfall isn't visited as much as others in the park. Not marked or as well known. But I liked it's segmented wide form so found it and enjoyed it immensely. The falls is surrounded by trees and shrubbery, limiting one's pov and comp. Liked this first look as I approached it.
"Beaver Creek forms this scenic 28-foot tall waterfall as it plunges over a 70 foot wide ledge of bedrock, splitting into several channels during certain times of the year. During the rainy season Beaver Creek swells to considerable size and overwhelms the entire breadth of the ledge, creating a 70 foot wide wall of water, but once the seasonal rains have subsided and the wetlands which feed the creek further upstream have largely been drained for the season, the volume of water present in the creek is reduced considerably, at which time the creek splits into two or three small channels as it splashes into the pool below the falls."
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Thanks for taking a look! Much appreciated.
January 3rd, 2010
What kills me is that should have finished this project 3 days ago.
w/e w/e.
That's what you get for slacking off, Lorraine.
/rant.
Pretty productive day. I reorganized and retaped my print wall. yeeeeeeee.
A well-armed Arrowshaped Micrathena orbweaver. I went on a very productive outing to Mill Creek Recreational Area in Missouri this last weekend. Caterpillars were our primary subject, but I could not resist this good-sized spider on a nice background. [edited to correct species]
We correctly timed a couple of productive hours trackside this afternoon to nail the TRRA Madison Turn. I'd seen shots from DH from the previous day showing the 3003/3001 powering the transfer to the BNSF. Since the power wye's upon arrival back at Madison, I was hopeful for the 3001 to lead today's train. We were not disappointed.
Learning from my mistakes on the last chase recently, I wanted to make sure we got the overpass shot at Jefferson - provided nothing was parked on any of the Highspeed tracks. The only shadows being thrown were from a UP ACXNP working 12th St Yard.
Terminal T201 rolls west under the St. Louis sykline at Jefferson Ave with a decent sized train for the BNSF at Lindenwood. Both of the older painted SD40 rebuilds 3001 & 3003 looked pretty good chugging along out "on the road" away from the confines of Madison Yard.
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The visual impression of Illinois’ agricultural landscapes is one of expansive openness, where the sky meets the earth in an unbroken line, punctuated only by the occasional farmhouse, silo, or grove of trees along waterways.
It is a landscape dominated by monoculture crops, primarily corn and soybeans, which stretch across the horizon in neat, orderly rows. The area is predominantly flat with gently rolling hills, and the soil is exceptionally rich, thanks to thousands of years of organic matter accumulation from deep-rooted prairie plants. This has made Illinois one of the most productive agricultural states in the United States.