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I have so many recent shots of the coast, macros of Lillies and Sunflowers, but just felt compelled to revisit and share some of magnificent Tasmania. It is such a beautiful natural place, the whole state. This is Dove Lake, north-west inland. It also boasts the most photographed boat shed in Australia, the only manmade construction in the place. (not in this photo though, have included a link to an older pic in the comments if interested)
This path is impossible to resist heading down, even if it's heading counterclockwise around the lake and the walkers generally go clockwise. Cradle Mountain frames the lake and is a world-class walking track of 5-6 days surrounded by untouched landscapes and full of wildlife.
This was a while ago now, with my first Olympus M4/3 camera and had me reflecting. There is probably a pun in there about mirrorless cameras and reflections, but I'll leave that alone, might reflect poorly on me. Actually, now I think about, I wouldn't mind a job cleaning mirrors, it's something I could see myself doing.
Hope everyone is well as we approach the end of another year hurtling around space on this fantastic planet of ours :)
The recent wildfires in northern Portugal got relatively little coverage in the UK but were a tragedy for the country, not least because lives were lost.
While Porto was not in imminent danger, the drifting smoke from fires several miles away to the east did make for an uncomfortable experience where you could literally taste the burning wood in the air. This shot, taken at 9.30am and capturing the orange hue in the atmosphere, is straight from the phone camera without any processing other than adding a frame.
Thirty minutes later, after checking the satellite images with our Tour Agent, we set off on a 6 day ride down towards Lisbon. I can't say the first day was anything other than a tad uncomfortable - but nowhere near as challenging as it was for the firefighting teams at the heart of things gradually getting on top of the problem. Obrigado aos bravos bombeiros.
iPhone13 mini
9.30am, 17th September 2024
Due to recent events at Bridge 631 in Whiting, IN with boat vs drawbridge, CSX is now using their B and C Yard on the north side of their Pegasus Yard in East Chicago, IN for all traffic for the BP Refinery. Once again shutting out the South Shore from interchange, only a matter of time until CSX rejects them until further notice, making all traffic go via the Belt.
With that being said, it’s a beautiful sunny Easter Sunday and we have the AF-11 with their 48 car train for the CSX, only this time they’re running west of Miller for interchange with the Belt Railway of Chicago via Commercial Avenue Yard. Making the mad dash through Gary, IN is a four pack of CSS Traction Orange GP38-2s (2004/2001/2000/2007) as they thunder up the hill in run 8 over the former EJ&E Main of the CN Matteson Sub, keeping the cliché of the “Flat & Forgiving South Shore.” This was a rare opportunity to see freight going the correct way of light on the west end, as it’s not as easy as it once was in recent years with new OD times.
You absolutely have to love the domino effect of railroading in Northwest Indiana, also with the help of a “Nice Guy” running the CSS show yesterday, if it also wasn’t for a negligent boat captain, this would’ve never happened! Taken: 4-5-26
A friend was promoted last year and received a "new" office, filled with stuff left behind by a now retired professor. This Hermes 3000 typewriter was left in that office and needed a new home, so after a stopover for a cleaning and mechanical overhaul, it now lives with me. It was made in 1964, in Switzerland.
Been a minute since I’ve shared on here. I’ve been busy workin on the railroad and don’t have a big slot to photograph anymore.
Vestrahorn, Iceland.
Recent rain and cold temperatures froze black dunes at Vestrahorn in south of Iceland. But on this calm and sunny evening there is a promise of spring for a clump of dune grasses.
After the recent rain showers, this blue and yellow pansy looked lovely in the sunlight with tiny water droplets, so I grabbed my camera and took this floral image.
'Pansy'
Oh thy beauty must be told,
It's true, it's true, look behold,
oh, pretty pansy, don't you cry,
until you shrivel up or die,
so yellow crowned with blue,
you're not crying it's only dew!
Original poetry:
by Sean.
Thank you, everyone, for viewing, favouring, or commenting on my little image today .... Cheers! 😊 Sean x
Still in Kootenay, but a much more recent shot (only ten years old!). The Vermillion River runs parallel with Highway 93, the park's only highway and the route that connects it with Banff, in Alberta. One afternoon I found a pullout, and after a short walk, this view along the shoreline, looking north.
It was late August, sublime weather - these were the years when forest fire smoke was not a huge factor - and although I was on my way to the west coast to visit a sick friend, I camped in the park for two nights and hiked a couple of the shorter trails. That brought back memories. A few years earlier, I used Kootenay as the starting point for a fairly long backpacking trip into Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. It's the most physically challenging way to access this spectacular area, but the up side was pretty special: nobody uses this route. So I had a couple nights of very quiet camping at increasingly dramatic locations as I got up out of the forest and into the high country. I hiked this trail three times, in 1979, 1988, and 1990, and made it all the way twice. In 1988 a massive early snowfall forced me to turn back. These were my glory days, and every time I drive Highway 93 through this park, I get to relive them!
I used my trusty old (from 1981) manual focus Nikon 24mm lens for this, with a polarizing filter to intensify the colours a little. It's a great lens; I still use it occasionally.
Photographed in Kootenay National Park, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2013 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
This photo shows one of the more recent eruptions (black lava) from Haleakala, emanating from cone on the far right.
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Hi here I am again....my recent absence was due to a sudden visit to hospital for a short stay due to gall stones, a very painful experience I don't mind saying.. never mind out in the garden today while recuperating and enjoying the sunshine and flowers..this gerbera is growing in my garden.
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Recent host to the FIFA World Cup, SoFi Stadium opened in 2020, home to the L.A. Rams and Chargers. Only after completion of the $5.5 billion NFL stadium, was it determined that the playing field was too small for FIFA matches. This was corrected by removing whole seating sections and substantially raising the pitch.
Vrijdag 11 augustus werd er heerlijk afgetrapt in Obernjesa waar onder andere Netzwerkbahn Sachsen voorbij kwam met de ingevlogen Retrack 159 221 voor de kaliloogtrein naar Bokeloh. Later op de ochtend passeerde daar ook nog de donkerblauwe SEL 181 204 met een lege autotrein, die foto volgt later nog. De bedoeling was nog om HVLE met haar kaliloogtrein in Obernjesa vast te leggen, maar deze bleef maar hangen in Bebra waardoor die hoop op een gegeven moment opgegeven werd.
Vanuit het zuiden zou SETG ook nog komen met een hele fraaie trein, namelijk de Mercer Schnitholzzug welke vandaag getrokken werd door een bestickerde Vectron, iets wat nog altijd ontbrak in mijn collectie. Hoewel de zon in het Leinetal overal fout ging staan voor treinen vanuit het zuiden, kon deze trein ten westen van Eichenberg wel vastgelegd worden. Er zijn tussen Eichenberg en Bebra twee mogelijkheden om van noord naar zuid en andersom te rijden. De snelste en drukste route is die over Sontra, en de langzamere en vanzelfsprekend veel rustigere route is die over Kassel. Omdat de route over Sontra een aantal flinke heuvels heeft, rijden treinen met een hoog treingewicht standaard over Kassel heen, en laat nou net deze trein van SETG een zware jongen zijn. Dit kwam perfect uit, want waar alle treinen vanuit Sontra op dat moment dus overal fout voor de zon reden, kon deze trein vanuit Kassel wel vastgelegd worden.
Echter is de lijn over Kassel totaal niet populair bij de fotografen omdat nagenoeg alles over Sontra rijdt. Een dag van tevoren had ik het traject al onder de loep genomen maar de conclusie was dat deze spoorlijn inderdaad een schaarste had in leuke locaties. Pal achter Eichenberg, zo'n 2 kilometer na de splitsing met de lijn naar Sontra, vond ik ter hoogte van Witzenhausen wel een mogelijke locatie. Aangezien ik de kans erg klein achtte dat het noodzakelijk was deze stek te bezoeken had ik verder niet gekeken naar recente cabinerit video's. Echter veranderde die gedachte dus snel toen we van SETG hoorden, en dus werd er tijdens het wachten op SEL in Obernjesa gekeken of er nog recent beeldmateriaal was. Na wat beelden concludeerden we dat het best wel eens leuk kon zijn, en dus werd er na de klikjes in Obernjesa richting het gebied tusen Eichenberg en Witzenhausen gereden alwaar het geoogste veld werd ingelopen. Nadat dan de hoogstatieven stonden wisten we het zeker, we hadden vrij onverwachts wel een hele leuke locatie gevonden. Zo kon na de vondst van Vince in Obernjesa, deze ochtend de tweede zelf gevonden stek, nu namens mijzelf, afgestreept worden. Eens wat anders dan de dertien in een dozijn bekende stekken in het Leinetal!
Het is 8:46 als de volgende Bomber van de dag voor de lens verschijnt in de vorm van de SETG 193 219 "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" met haar blauwe muur. Als Mercer houtsnippertrein 88936 laat het geheel hier net Witzenhausen achter zich onderweg vanuit Ingolstadt naar Borstel. Zo kon er eindelijk eens een bestickerde Vectron van SETG gefotografeerd worden met zo'n fraaie blauwe muur op een zelf gevonden stek, dat voelt goed :D
NB: een aantal graffitikunstwerkjes werden digitaal van de blauwe containers gepoetst
Several of my photographs, some dating back to 1981 are included in a recent publication from the Athabasca University Press.
Memory and Landscape:
Indigenous Responses to a Changing North
edited by Kenneth L. Pratt and Scott A. Heyes. October 2022.
The AUP is an open access press based in Alberta Canada . Publications may be read on-line or downloaded for free, and are also available for purchase. This is a beautiful book to browse, read and hold in one’s hands. I feel privileged to be included. I also contributed a chapter – it’s rather esoteric reading.
The publication can be accessed here:
Taken from where we live. One thing I really like on this photo is how the shadow on the beach of one of the pilings appears misplaced. It's something I noticed after I shot it.
Hello! Something I built during the recent polar vortex while daydreaming about places where I don't have to leave faucets running for fear of water pipes bursting inside my home. Thanks for looking!
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7. Man of Concious, 8. 73*366/*, 9. day 109 : 365 march 11 • moody, 10. Buddhadharma Magazine, 11. can birds have a dog fight?, 12. sigh
13. peep tight, 14. Untitled, 15. Camera camera case "Degi-came" spring green, 16. day 103 : 365 march 5 • peeps, love and yellow, 17. just another peep in the wall, 18. HBW 3-5
19. The Legend Prevails, 20. Hangin' With My Peeps, 21. Oh, but what is this?, 22. Wall-field, 23. ems working woman after car crash, 24. kiss me with your mouth
25. 50*366/Glass Bokeh, 26. Quince Flowers, 27. day 98 : 365 feb 29 • leap day, 28. There's no place like home, 29. #34: BOC*, 30. Ghost trees. (360/365)
31. Park Chairs, 32. hi there, 33. red berries, 34. PMS : the holy trinity, 35. I Love These - Day287/365, 36. and two red chairs
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Whilst this area recovers from recent flooding I went for a walk along the Dandenong Creek after a routine medical test. On the way back to my car I noticed the rainbow heralding perhaps the end of the rain. Unfortunately, this was misleading as I soon became wet again with a passing shower.