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I'm sure you've bumped into those bright yellow "Photoshop for Dummies" books in your favourite book store's photography section. They cover a range of drastic subjects. I recently did at a Chapter's in Lethbridge, AB.
That same day I enjoyed reading Maggie Tayor's amazing portfolio in Silvershotz Magazine. Earlier I was window browsing while practicing the always challenging "Street shooting" and noticed a remarkably detailed ceramic bunny set.
It was inevitable I would have this photographic stew circling in my imagination. Spring is in full swing in Southern Alberta, as Easter week approaches, wishing you a most prosperous beginning to April, may your 'inspiration well' remain overflowing and meaningful.
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Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream G-VI (G650) msn6218 de 2016
aéroport de Avignon Provence
11/05/2022
N618GA, VQ-BAH, N618X, PR-CSE.
Stagecoach Manchester: 20940 (R940 XVM) an Alexander PS-type bodied Volvo B10M, painted in North Western Road Car Compay heritage livery. This training vehicle is captured here parked up in Princess Road Garage.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 22nd May 2008.
Ref No: CL/016980D.
Good morning everyone and I hope you had a nice weekend. As the title indicates, featured once again for Butterfly Monday is a female Checkered White (Pontia protodice) seen here in this short series feeding on Fleabane.
I apologize for another series on this butterfly so soon, but as the drought continues here, butterflies in general have become quite scarce with even less photo opportunities. Took a field trip on Saturday and I saw only three. Not even one of the always abundant Orange Sulphur could be found. Wildflowers are doing just as poorly and I'm hoping if and when the thistle blooms it will attract what few butterflies are managing to survive in these extremely dry conditions. Until then my butterfly offerings will be pretty meager and limited.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly nice day and week.
Lacey
PS...the good news is there is a chance of storms/showers over the next couple of days and dragonflies continue to hold their own in spite of most wetlands doing poorly, and in some case totally drying out.
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .002 seconds (1/500) focal length 300mm
The lovely PS Waverley was sadly in the news recently when it was in a collision with a shore installation, I believe.
I remembered that I had re-worked an image I had taken back in September 2017 when PS Waverley visited Harwich.
This is the re-worked image I made in January 2018.
PS Waverley making her approach to Keppel Pier near Millport on the Island of Cumbrae, for her PSPS evening cruise round the island of Bute.
St Phillans Shore lies on the West Coast of Scotland at North Ayrshire. This is such an idyllic place to relax for a few hours allowing the day to pass and sometimes you get an interesting sunset and other times you may have an nteresting historic boat passing by just like this evening with the PS Waverly.
Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.
Lofoten (Norse Lófót) was originally the old name of the island Vestvågøya. The first element is ló (i.e., "lynx") and the last element is derived from Norse fótr (i.e., "foot"), as the shape of the island must have been compared with a foot of a lynx. (The old name of the neighbouring island Flakstadøya was Vargfót, "the foot of a wolf", from vargr "wolf". See also Ofoten.)
"There is evidence of human settlement extending back at least 11,000[ yrs in Lofoten, and] the earliest archaeological sites ... are only about 5,500 yrs old, at the transition from the early to late Stone Age." Iron Age agriculture, livestock, and significant human habitation can be traced back to ~250 BC.
The town of Vågan (Norse Vágar) is the first known town formation in northern Norway. It existed in the early Viking Age, maybe earlier, and was located on the southern coast on eastern Lofoten, near today's village Kabelvåg in Vågan municipality. However, the Lofotr Viking Museum with the reconstructed 83-meter-long longhouse (the largest known) is located near Borg on Vestvågøy, which have many archeological finds from the Iron Age and Viking Age.
The islands have for more than 1,000 years been the centre of great cod fisheries, especially in winter, when the cod migrates south from the Barents Sea and gathers in Lofoten to spawn. Bergen in southwestern Norway was for a long time the hub for further export south to large parts of Europe, particularly so when trade was controlled by the Hanseatic League. In the lowland areas, particularly Vestvågøy, agriculture plays a significant role, as it has done since the Bronze Age.
Lofotr was originally the name of the island of Vestvågøy only. Later it became the name of the chain of islands. The chain of islands with its pointed peaks looks like a lynx foot from the mainland. In Norwegian, it is always a singular. Another name one might come across, is "Lofotveggen" or the Lofoten wall. The archipelago looks like a closed wall when seen from elevated points around Bodø or when arriving from the sea, some 100 km long, and 800-1,000 m. high.
In 1941 the islands were raided by British Commandos during Operation Claymore in March and a subsequent diversionary attack to support the Vaagso raid in December.
Lofoten is located at the 68th and 69th parallels north of the Arctic Circle in North Norway. It is well known for its natural beauty within Norway. Lofoten encompasses the municipalities of Vågan, Vestvågøy, Flakstad, Moskenes, Værøy, and Røst. The principal islands, running from north to south, are
Southern tip of Hinnøya.
Southern 60% (approx.) of Austvågøy (526.7 km² in total 68°20′N 14°40′E),
Gimsøy (46.4 km² 68°18′N 14°11′E),
Vestvågøy (411.1 km² 68°10′N 13°45′E),
Flakstadøya (109.8 km² 68°5′N 13°20′E),
Moskenesøya (185.9 km² 67°55′N 13°0′E),
whilst further to the south are the small and isolated islands of Værøy (67°40′N 12°40′E) and Røst (67°37′N 12°7′E). The total land area amounts to 1,227 km², and the population totals 24,500. Many will argue that Hinnøya, the northern part of Austvågøy and several hundred smaller islands, skerries and rocks to the east of Austvågøy are also part of the Lofoten complex. Historically the territorial definition of Lofoten has changed significantly. Between the mainland and the Lofoten archipelago lies the vast, open Vestfjorden, and to the north is Vesterålen. The principal towns in Lofoten are Leknes in Vestvågøy and Svolvær in Vågan. The Lofoten Islands are characterised by their mountains and peaks, sheltered inlets, stretches of seashore and large virgin areas. The highest mountain in Lofoten is Higravstinden (1,161 m / 3,800 ft) in Austvågøy; the Møysalen National Park just northeast of Lofoten has mountains reaching 1,262 meters. The famous Moskstraumen (Malstrøm) system of tidal eddies is located in western Lofoten, and is indeed the root of the term maelstrom.
The sea is rich with life, and the world's largest deep water coral reefis located west of Røst. Lofoten has a very high density of sea eagles and cormorants, and millions of other sea birds, among them the colourful puffin. Otters are common, and there are moose on the largest islands. There are some woodlands with Downy birch and Rowan. There are no native conifer forests in Lofoten, but some small areas with private spruce plantations. Sorbus hybrida ("Rowan whitebeam") and Malus sylvestris occur in Lofoten, but not further north.
The animals mistaken as the extinct Great Auk turned out to be some of the nine King penguins released around Norway’s Lofoten Islands in August 1936, there until at least 1944.
Winter temperatures in Lofoten are very mild considering their location north of the Arctic Circle – Lofoten has the largest positive temperature anomaly in the world relative to latitude. This is a result of the Gulf Stream and its extensions: the North Atlantic Current and the Norwegian Current. Røst and Værøy are the most northerly locations in the world where average temperatures are above freezing all year. May and June are the driest months, while October has three times as much precipitation. The warmest recording in Svolvær is 30.4°C (87°F).
Strong winds can occur in late autumn and winter. Snow and sleet are not uncommon in winter, the mountains can have substantial amounts of snow, and in some winters, avalanches might come down from steep mountain slopes. Two of the top ten deadliest rainstorms ever recorded passed through Lofoten.
In Svolvær, the sun is above the horizon continuously ("midnight sun") from 25 May to 17 July, and in winter the sun does not rise from 4 December to 7 January. In Leknes, the sun is above the horizon from 26 May to 17 July, and in winter the sun does not rise from 9 December to 4 January.
The temperature in the sea has been recorded since 1935. At 1 m depth in the sea near Skrova, water temperatures varies from a low of 3°C in March to 14°C in August. Some years peaking above 17°C. November is around 7-8°C. At a depth of 200 m the temperature is near 8°C all year.
Mountaineering and rock climbing
Lofoten offers many rock climbing and mountaineering opportunities. It has 24 hours of daylight in the summer and has Alpine-style ridges, summits and glaciers, but at a height of less than 1,200 metres. The main centre for rock climbing is Henningsvær on Austvågøya.
The main areas for mountaineering and climbing are on Austvågøya and Moskenesøya. Moskenesøya is the most complete area for climbing. For more information, see the books by Dyer and Webster.
Surfing
Unstad is one of its better known locations for surfing.
Cycling
There is a well marked cycling route that goes from Å in the south and continues past Fiskebøl in the north. The route is part public road, part cycle-path with the option to bypass all of the tunnels by either cycle-path (tunnels through mountains) or boat. Traffic is generally light, although in July there may be a lot of campervans. Some of the more remote sections are on gravel roads. There is a dedicated cycling ferry which sails between Ballstad and Nusfjord, allowing cyclists to avoid the long, steep Nappstraum tunnel. The route hugs the coastline for most of its length where it is generally flat. As it turns inland through the mountain passes there are a couple of 3-400 meter climbs.
The Lofoten Insomnia Cycling Race takes place every year around midsummer, possible in the midnight sun, but surely in 24-hr daylight, along the whole Lofoten archipelago.
The paddlesteamer Pyap was built at Mannum in South Australia in 1896.
Despite her great size – she is almost 30 metres long and 4.8 metres wide – she has a very shallow draft which means she can float in less than a metre of water.
In her early days she was used a floating general store. She travelled the lower Murray River, stopping at small towns and farm stations along the way. Inside, she had a serving counter, a store section and a separate drapery at the rear of her lower deck. The crew slept on the upper deck.
The PS Pyap travelled 500 kilometres each week selling goods to settlers at over 60 settlements and landing places along the river.
www.pioneersettlement.com.au/experiences/rides-cruises/
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PS Lance Martin. From the 1990’s Lance Otto has had a dream to build a steam powered paddle boat. A dream inspired by his love of steam power, traditional river boats and engineering. Now 79 years old, Lance’s dream is coming together. His son Paul Otto (a Murray River skipper with some boat building experience) was the designer/builder.
The vessel was computer designed and the cutting detail sent electronically to One Steel in Perth, Western Australia who used a computer guided cutting machine. Yarrow Style Steam Boiler
The owner-designer purchased the material for the boiler from Walkley, together with the two cylinder double acting winch engine in 2002. He then fabricated the components and tack welded them together. In 2004 Pressure Welding Services Wingfield SA 5013 welded the components together and they were tested and accepted by Inspector J. B. Dickinson of MARBERN Pty Ltd on 20-05-04.
The vessel was launched on November 20 2009 as Swan Reach.
She is a traditional work boat with minimal accommodation and will be used for general maintenance and towing work on the Murray River.
Murray River, South Australia.