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This Austrian Air Force C-130 took on the role as enemy infiltrator to RAF Fairford and was quickly dispatched by two AAF Typhoons. Great display at RIAT 2022.
HEY, quick question for everyone. To date, I've avoided uploading renders of models that I design digitally, instead opting to wait until I have the completed build to photograph and post. Problem is, I've been unemployed for months due to Covid-19, so I can't afford to build these much. As a result, I'm about 6 cars behind. Would y'all be interested in me uploading the renders, or would you prefer to wait and see the finished deal like I've been doing?
Anyway! I don't know if this is the best car in the world to try to translate to the classic 6-wide Speed Champions scale, but dang it, it's what I wanted. I'm particularly happy with the rear wide window shaping and cleanliness. It's on Rebrickable, of course.
Beyer Patton photo
As one 0 Series set pauses for passengers, another streaks by at Odawara. Notable in the stopped train is the set's food service car.
Odawara, Japan
1983
Train of the Day
7/7/23
Oil-based ink on Japanese paper, about A4 in size.
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A quick snapshot of what's being tinkered on on my work desk at the moment. Obviously, you know what's being worked on in the background. On the left, in case it obvious as well, is my little L&Y 0-4-0ST Pug project. This engine has always been charming to me, and seeing as it's so small, it can be worked on periodically when the mood strikes me.
On the right, we have a half-completed 1928 Renault 6CV Torpedo in dark grey. This is one of several vehicle MOCs in the works, but this one boasts a more original design and detail than the other two, which is why I wanted to briefly show it and then the others will all be photographed in due time. Mind you, this is one of two Renaults I have built, but more on that later.
I'm also working on a couple buildings, but those were too large to include in the photo. You'll just have to take my word that they're coming along just as well as these are :)
You can expect some more photos of other various projects to come soon. I thought it's good to show projects in the works just as I like to show the finished ones. Stay tuned!
Catching a launch shot is fun after spending much time with my lens aimed at perched eagles. They can sit in a spot for hours between fish. I was locked on to this baldie when he made his move, which was just a quick drop and then off.
It all happens so fast.
He/she must have exhaled strongly as there is some nostril spray.
A follow-up shot milleseconds later in comments.
They are so impressive to watch.
The Weekend is here. Hope your weekend is special!
It’s been a while since I've uploaded to Flickr, but with the FlickrFriday Bokeh theme this week, it’s was too tempting not to quickly grab something.
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
Aristophanes
Hadn't seen them in a long time. They grabbed a little water, a little suet, posed for a photo and were off again.
Titmouse
Young Living Essential Oils Farm, Mona, Utah, USA. 2018 Fall Festival and Draft Horse Show. Competition for two, four, six and the unusual eight horse hitch classic series using Clydesdale/Shire, Belgian and Percheron breeds. This is a four day event that includes rodeo, jousting, concerts, dancing Friesians, and a western shootout.
Ein Fischbrötchen und eine Pommes-Spezial an der Landungsbrücke in Hamburg ist inzwischen bei jedem Besuch der Hansestadt Tradition. Der eigentliche Hochwasser Schutzdeich wurde hier neu gestaltet. Bietet den Straßenkünstlern eine groß Bühne, lädt ein zum Flanieren, sowie zum Fotografieren. Die beiden DT5 Einheiten 417/418 mit Vollwerbung überraschten mich völlig und konnten nur noch in letzter Sekunde mit dem Handy aufgenommen werden. Sie werben für die App des Hamburger Verkehrs Verbund HVV.
Quick Shot …
A fish sandwich and a fries special at the Landungsbrücken in Hamburg has now become a tradition every time you visit the Hanseatic city. The actual flood protection dike was redesigned here. Offers street artists a large stage and invites you to stroll and take photos. The two DT5 units 417/418 with full advertising completely surprised me and could only be recorded with my cell phone at the last second. You are advertising the app from the Hamburger Verkehrs Association HVV.
This morning began at Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands, but the high clouds and low fog layer that looked so promising at moonset quickly diffused to create the usual "zero visibility soup" so common around the Golden Gate Bridge. After a couple of back and forths up Hawk Hill and down to Ft. Baker, Rob split off and hiked up Slacker Hill hoping for a different story. It was not to be. Peter and Caroline departed to get on with their day, and as I drove north on 101, the view below toward Sausalito was a completely different story. The marina and bay were clear, adorned with narrow fog banks over Angel Island and Tiburon. A couple of text messages later, and we were back at it, this time in the warm serenity and golden glow of the Sausalito Yacht Harbor.
Lens is the A75mm f/2.8 on the 645Z. This is a single frame, single exposure. Thanks for looking!
Back to NYC briefly. Or at least tonight's post will be brief. I was going through my most recent New York images again today and was reminded that I had made several that I had liked but had already sort of forgotten about. I have written about this before, how so much of my attention turns away from my images after I have gotten them developed and scanned. My focus is always seeming to look ahead to the next images I have not yet made but can only imagine I will. One of these days I tell myself I will settle down a bit and spend more time "doing something" with all these made photos. Other than recollecting, I guess. But in truth that is probably what I most enjoy them for: the recollecting. Each one is a visual bookmark in my life - a quick and easy way to thumb to that favored page to reread (relive) past adventures or emotions.
This image reminds me of the night of the first full day in New York. Having met up with my friend Chris for a very interesting Chinese dinner celebrating three February birthdays. Then the three of us all walking down to the river together and, after picking our way across an icy boardwalk, stopping and being caught by the giant rising moon. That same moon was bouncing brilliantly off the sleek buildings across the river. So despite the wind and my not-complete-trust in my light but flimsy tripod, I set up and made this long exposure. I huddled over my camera, doing my best to block it from that constant and bitter wind with my body and I seem to have done a reasonable job. That was a cold night, but it was beautiful. And the dinner is not one I will soon forget. This image ties me even more strongly to it, even though it is not included in this image. But that is kind of what I mean. These are so much more than photos. And I already "do" so much more with them, just not in the traditional sense of what one "does" with a photo.
Hasselblad 500C/M
Kodak Tri-X
Quick Jessica update from earlier in the year. Exactly the kind of shot the 35mm f/1.4ii delivers, if you can tolerate the sheer weight of the thing!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week.
Quick fruit salad piece on the Millennium Boardwalk hoarding, Cardiff. Shout out to big Newz for chilling with us and busting jokes all day! Noice wan fella
Quick, cimple one, made in about half an hour while doing nothing in college =P
Credit to SPW Team for Workspace and Epicsunrise for his charging handles. Enjoy it!!
Kiss me quick, while we still have this feeling
Hold me close and never let me go
'Cause tomorrows can be so uncertain
Love can fly and leave just hurting
Kiss me quick because I love you so
(Elvis Presley)
The Bates Manufacturing Company was established in Lewiston, Maine in 1850 by Benjamin Bates. It quickly became one of the largest textile manufacturers in New England and transformed Lewiston from a struggling agricultural town into a booming industrial city. By 1857, the Bates Mill in Lewiston ran 36,000 spindles, employed 1,000 hands, and annually turned out 5.7 million yards of the best quality of cotton goods. Even after winning multiple achievements and awards for his textiles, including “Best Pantaloon Stuffs” and “Best Plain and Fancy Cotton Fabrics”, Bates wanted more. Accordingly, in 1858 the Bates Manufacturing Company wove the first Bates bedspread.
Upon the start of the Civil War, most New England mills started selling their cotton stock, assuming that the war would only last 90 days. Instead, Benjamin Bates bought as much cotton as he could find (despite the skyrocketing prices) and became the main supplier of Union textiles during the 4 year war. Even afterward, despite post-war depression, the Bates Manufacturing Company prospered and continued to expand. It was at this time that the French-Canadian population began to immigrate to Lewiston for work; even today the city of Lewiston continues to have a great French-Canadian influence (and many of the current mill workers have French-Canadian ancestors that began their American lives as mill workers).[Company website].
Lewiston is also the home of Bates College co-founded by Benjamin Bates.