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Star trail, single exposure lasted 1 hour, which replaces two other photographs of mine taken in previous years in this exact spot.
For various reasons I think this one is better.
This is in fact the third time I take a star trail in this exact place! A fair dose of perseverance is important in these things :-)
By the way, you are looking to the otherworldly area below the Freney, southwest face of Mont Blanc massif, Italian side. One of the most geometric locations of the Alps, because of the harmonious relationship between peaks, stars (the Polaris is exactly above the Aiguille Noire) and Earth's rotation.
From left to right: Mont Blanc de Courmayeur, Aiguille Croux, Aiguille Blanche, Aiguille Noire, Mont Rouge de Peuterey.
Above: Polaris
Faint light from west: moon (33%) just set
Light from east: the area of Courmayeur, many km far away but present in the form of light pollution.
One of the main reasons that lead me to continue this photographic activity is the joy of discovery. Sometimes I deliberately prefer to plan less in order to don't lose the ability to be surprised by something different and unexpected.
I guess this is why I'm also starting to appreciate more and more the star trails... yes, for the "tale of the unexpected" within this photographic genre.
Of course, knowing the cardinal point I'm directing my camera I can easily predict the shape that the trails of stars will assume (due to the Earth's rotation)... also, I can carefully choose the focus, composition, white balance, estimate according to the conditions of non-light the various settings, yes I can do this - I have to - although in pitch dark is rather tricky... nevertheless, just ask any sincere photographer, the end result of a star trail is always an enigma. A most pleasant one! :-)
It's amazing, in fact, to note the amount of light & colour a camera manages to capture at night, in the dark, just continuing to "observe" for an hour, constantly and relentlessly, the spot we have carefully chosen!
Well, this is indeed something that our eyes could never do, our eyes can look only frame by frame, we are technically not able to make the sum of light in time.
So, what to say, except "thanks to the cameras for this!" :-) ... for the chance to discover new things and also for helping us to think in a not too anthropocentric way, reflecting on the fact that there is not only our human way to see. Actually the way we see is only one possible reading of the "reality", so, let's discover the others!
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©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Replaced the 3x7 drivetrain with a 2x10. I already had the parts, plus I have multiple wheelsets that will work on all my 2x10 rim brake bikes.
Irlanda - Blarney - Jardines del castillo
ENGLISH:
Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland, and the River Martin. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of the Kings of Desmond, and dates from 1446. The Blarney Stone is among the machicolations of the castle.
The castle originally dates from before 1200, when a timber house was believed to have been built on the site, although no evidence remains of this. Around 1210 this was replaced by a stone fortification. It was destroyed in 1446, but subsequently rebuilt by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, Lord of Muscry, who also built castles at Kilcrea and Carrignamuck.
The castle was besieged during the Irish Confederate Wars and was seized in 1646 by Parliamentarian forces under Lord Broghill. However, after the Restoration the castle was restored to Donough MacCarty, who was made 1st Earl of Clancarty.
During the Williamite War in Ireland in the 1690s, the then 4th Earl of Clancarty (also named Donough MacCarty) was captured and his lands (including Blarney Castle) were confiscated by the Williamites.
The castle was sold and changed hands a number of times — Sir Richard Pyne, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, owned it briefly — before being purchased in the early 1700s by Sir James St John Jefferyes, then governor of Cork City.
Members of the Jefferyes family would later build a mansion near the keep. This house was destroyed by fire, and in 1874 a replacement baronial mansion, known as Blarney House, was built overlooking the nearby lake.
In the mid 19th century the Jefferyes and Colthurst families were joined by marriage, and the Colthurst family still occupy the demesne. In May 2008, the present estate owner, Sir Charles St John Colthurst, Baronet, succeeded in a court action to eject a man who had lived on his land for 44 years. The man's great-grandfather had been the first to occupy the estate cottage.
The castle is now a partial ruin with some accessible rooms and battlements. At the top of the castle lies the Stone of Eloquence, better known as the Blarney Stone. Tourists visiting Blarney Castle may hang upside-down over a sheer drop to kiss the stone, which is said to give the gift of eloquence. There are many versions of the origin of the stone, including a claim that it was the Lia Fáil — a numinous stone upon which Irish kings were crowned.
Surrounding the castle are extensive gardens. There are paths touring the grounds with signs pointing out the various attractions such as several natural rock formations with fanciful names such as Druid's Circle, Witch's Cave and the Wishing Steps. The grounds include a poison garden with a number of poisonous plants, including wolfsbane, mandrake, ricin and opium, as well as cannabis. Blarney House, also open to the public and within the estate grounds, is a Scottish baronial-style mansion that was built in 1874.
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ESPAÑOL:
El castillo de Blarney es una fortaleza medieval situada en la localidad de Blarney, cerca de Cork, en Irlanda. En la ribera del río Martin.
El castillo fue fundado a principios del siglo XIII, destruido en 1446, y posteriormente reconstruido por Dermot McCarthy, rey de Munster. Está parcialmente destruido quedando la torre del homenaje y algunas habitaciones. En la parte superior de se encuentra la piedra de la elocuencia o piedra de Blarney. Los visitantes deben besar la piedra por la parte de abajo estando suspendido en el vacío y obtendrán el don de la elocuencia.
Rodeando el castillo se encuentran los jardines que contienen diferentes puntos interesantes como Druid's Circle, Witch's Cave y las Wishing Steps. En los alrededores se encuentra la Blarney House, una mansión reformada en 1874 en estilo señorial escocés residencia de la familia Colthurst desde el siglo XV.
This is one of Teddy's latest favourites ;) He has tons of toys but since buying this for his Birthday earlier this year he has become rather obsessed! After a good session of play he'll flop down and rest with the Starfish still in his mouth...... he even falls asleep like it!
Oh and yes it really is like double the size of him!
With a Night Creeper arrowhead replacing the pair of spike knuckled trench knifes on his chest, Snake Eyes falls to the ground. Lt. Falcon grabs him and lifts him back to his feet. He throws off Snake Eyes' lengthy and cumbersome nunchuku and helps Snake Eyes rush over to the HISS tank.
Injured himself, Tripwire sees that they are followed by two BATs and he quickly destroys them as they emerge from the foxhole.
This replaces an earlier posting: a Rock Island SW1 (537) heads an eastbound local over Santa Fe Ave. In a little more than three years I'd work for two months as a switchman out of Harter Yard, to which this crew is probably headed to tie up. We had two jobs that headed west out of Harter in the morning, went by here and past Union Station, and then worked industries to the west of downtown OKC. The "West Yard" headed into an area that contained spurs off of what must have been the Rock's original mainline through OKC, before Union Station was built in 1931. The "OK Rail" went further west and then switched into a spur that went north to NW39th Street, and then headed east along 39th to industries including a lumber yard. I never asked about the origin of the name "OK Rail", but it appears from what I can find that those tracks were along the remains of the Oklahoma Railway, an interurban that had a pretty extensive reach in central Oklahoma into the '30s. And that nifty little Nash "Rambler" was an attempt by the Kenosha (Wisconsin) based auto manufacturer to break into - or more likely to INVENT - the compact car market. I believe this is about a 1950-model, and like many other older cars down there it was in great shape - no road salt in use.
To replace my old Movado that was stolen last week, I bought this one today. It's the "Movado SE Extreme". It's a rather larger face - 48mm - with a larger bracelet. I really like it. I was looking at two different watches, this one and the "Cartier Rondo Solo." I think I made the right choice. This large watch looks great on my wrist.
Not seen here is the back plate; it's a "skeleton" style with tourbillion (Literally: "whirlwind") mechanism to compensate for the effects of gravity.
(Re-edited & replaced November 2011)
day three hundred and sixty five.
Explored.
Three hundred and sixty five—what it is to me; it’s planning my day around my self portrait instead of trying to fit time to shoot into my day, it’s loving my camera like a friend, it’s creativity ruts as well as shots I’m still proud of, it’s a journal of my thoughts, it’s a new obsession with my favorite friend, it’s learning to not care what you look like, it’s the joy of finding music lyrics to suit whatever mood you're trying to portray, it’s what forces you to see every single thing as beautiful (and never be able to undo that), it’s rushing to take a photo at 11:50 at night and waking up before the sun, it’s finding motivation in everyone else’s project, it’s truly understanding how simultaneously lasting and fleeting a year really is.
Kaleigh, thank you, thank you. A thousand times over. For getting me started, for keeping me going, thank you.
this is the end,
you gentle friend.
this is the end, my only friend, the end
of our elaborate plans, the end
of everything that stands, the end
no safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes
again.
this is the end,
you gentle friend.
this is the end, my only friend, the end.
it hurts to set you free
but you'll never follow me
the end of laughter
and soft lies
the end of nights we tried to die;
PS: this shot was insane. I had to climb up 50 feet of almost vertical rock in the blazing sun all the while trying not to slip on sea water or get pelted with ginormous waves. I also had to wear a long sleeved shirt in the tropics.
PPS: good luck Adriana. :)
5305 was built by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1936. It spent most of its career based in North-West England. After nationalisation in 1948, British Railways renumbered it as 45305.
45305 survived to the last month of steam on British Railways 1n August 1968 and was planned to be used on the Fifteen Guinea Special (1T57) which ran on 11 August 1968 but on the night before the trip it was failed with a collapsed firebox brick arch and had to be replaced by engine 45110.
45305 was sold to scrap merchants Albert Drapers and Sons Ltd. of Hull.
45305 became the last locomotive on the scrap line of Drapers of Hull, who broke up 742 former BR locomotives and the owner decided to preserve the locomotive.
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/45305-lms-5305-br-45...
Autumns browns slowly replace the green
On the trees that are seen
In the fields where they stand
Looking down on the changing land
Where gold meets green, dances with the brown
As the Autumn light shines down
On the trees ready to shed their cloak
To reveal the wood of the ash, birch and oak
That in the fields now are seen
As Autumn browns replace the green
After photographing the DATS overhead line test train making its way back to base at Rectory Junction I started to walk home. However, a fellow photographer I passed informed me that new celebrity HST power car 43102 was on the rear of 1B63, 16:45 Nottingham – St Pancras due in about fifteen minutes. Despite the rapidly failing light I decided to wait for it and this is the result, 2nd March 2021.
Locomotive History
43102 was built at Crewe Works and entered service in October 1978. It was one of a batch of sixty six power cars built to power thirty two, eight coach HST sets for Eastern Region services and was initially formed as part of set 254024. Following the completion of ECML electrification 43102 was one of twenty eight class 43 power cars allocated to Western Region although it was allocated to the pool for West Coast Main Line services between Euston and Holyhead. The HST sets for these West Coast services were supplied by the Western Region and the services commenced in September 1991. In April 1992 it transferred into the general Western Region power car pool and this was followed by a transfer into the Cross Country pool in May 1995 allocated to Laira. In September 2003 it was placed in store at MOD Bicester and remained in store until the summer of 2004 when it transferred to the Great North Eastern Railway fleet and returned to East Coast Main Line duties. It was admitted to the Brush works, Loughborough in January 2008 to be “re-engineered” and has had its original Paxman Valenta engine replaced by a MTU unit. It re-entered service on the East Coast Main Line in April 2008 re-numbered 43302. It is of course the world speed record holder for diesel traction having reached a speed of 148mph during bogie tests in November 1987.
.Following withdrawal in May 2021 it has been acquired by the National Railway Museum and is currently (April 2025) at Locomotion, Shildon.
Facts:
Overview:
Lost bascule bridge over Intracoastal Waterway on FL 704 in West Palm Beach
Location:
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
Status:
Replaced by a new bridge
History:
Built 1929; reconstructed 1959; replaced 2005
Design:
Bascule
Dimensions:
Length of largest span: 113.9 ft.
Total length: 1,237.9 ft.
Deck width: 27.9 ft.
Also called:
Intracoastal Waterway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude:
+26.70602, -80.04645 (decimal degrees)
26°42'22" N, 80°02'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates:
17/594853/2954229 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palm Beach
Inventory numbers:
FDOT 930505 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
FDOT 930022 (Florida Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
BH 12466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection: (as of 04/1998)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 15.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic: (as of 1996)
11,000
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
Replaces the Carrion Crow in the Scottish Highlands and Islands also the Isle of Man but scare in South West Scotland.Also hybrids occur.This bird was carvorting with other Corvids on the roof of various houses in the town.
The Jaguar XJ series was introduced in September 1968 to replace the Jaguar 240 and 340 series.
The XJ series was designed by William Heynes (UK, 1903-1989) and William Lyons (co-founder of Jaguar, UK, 1901-1985).
The Jaguar XJ series was redesigned in Autumn 1973 by William Heynes, and subtly again in April 1979. This time by Leonardo Fioravanti (Milano, 1938) and Lorenzo Ramaciotti (Modena, 1948) at Studio Pininfarina (note the black rubber bumpers and the 'Hofmeister kink' at the C-pillar).
The Jaguar XJ series was related to the 1966-1983 Daimler Sovereign series.
4235 cc L6 patrol engine.
169/205 bhp.
1720 kg.
Production Jaguar XJ series: Sept. 1968-2019.
Production Jaguar XJ series Mk3: April 1979-1992.
Production Jaguar XJ6 this 4.2 version: April 1979-early 1987.
Original first reg. number: Jan. 1, 1981 (estimated).
New Dutch reg. number: May 6, 2009 (private import)..
Still with first Dutch owner since import.
Photo taken by © Mees.
Near Serooskerke (Zeeland), Sept. 4, 2022.
© 2022 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
Dr16s 2817 & 2815 wait to depart Kolari in the Arctic circle with train P262 15:00 to Helsinki which they will haul to Oulu before being replaced by electric traction for the overnight run south to Helsinki
Replacing 60163 'Tornado', WCRC 37706 slows into Peterborough with 1Z52, returning the Steam Dreams Cathedrals Express back to London
Nearly full, but waning gibbous (99%) moon behind the cross atop Battle Mountain on a hazy night.
Shot on November 13, 2019 with a Canon 6D and Sigma 150-600mm lens at 1/60 sec f/6/3 ISO 800 600mm.
Battle Mountain got its name from a battle that was held at a mountain nearby called Mule Hill in 1846. Mule Hill/Starvation Mountain got its name after the battle when the soldiers ran out of food and had to kill some of the mules in order to eat. In 1966, a group of local churchgoers put the cross on the mountain. In the 80’s the cross fell down and was replaced by a man named Jack Templeton who built it in his backyard. He lived below the trailhead and would frequent the hill regularly. The cross was actually funded by a Jack in the Box nearby.
-- Thanks to Hidden San Diego for the above history lesson.
While the mountain was once private property, the developer of the newer subdivision below the mountain donated the land to the county and it's now a public park. To satisfy the constitutional separation of church and state requirement, the land immediately below the cross belongs to a non-profit organization. The non-profit also maintains the lighting for the cross.
Built in 1842 to replace an earlier one, the freestanding Town Hall stands at the southern end of the large sloping market place. The ground floor was once open and used for markets.
Magnification loupe used for replacing tiny eyeglass screws was used to represent magnifying glass for inspection of evidence "clues" as per the detective, Sherlock Holmes. The "evidence" pieces are 3/16 inch. The entire image is under 2 and 3/4 inches. Photo taken on black vinyl covered card table with most difficult part being to achieve focus and avoid reflection. Back to original: flic.kr/p/JwQgqX
Situated in the Centre Val de Loire region in the town of Amboise, the medieval fortress of Amboise was replaced by a royal residence during the reigns of Kings Charles VIII and François I (late 15th - early 16th century). A number of men and women of letters from Europe as well as artists stayed at the Court of Amboise at the sovereigns’ invitation, for example, Leonardo da Vinci who was buried in the château’s chapel.
An early inn operated at this site in the 1818's. In 1860 a hotel replaced the tavern. This burned and a third building was rebuilt. Named the Phoenix Hotel as it rose from the ashes in 1898. A pharmacy used to occupy the bottom, left, storefront. It is now the Visitor's Bureau. Vevay was settled by wine makers from Switzerland in the early 18th century. Vevay lies in the Ohio River Valley, about halfway between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky. Vevay's population was 1,777 in 2023.
The PL 17 replaced the Dyna Z and was presented on June 29, 1959. For model year 1961 a cabriolet was added followed by an estate version in April 1963.
Late 1963 the PL 17 range underwent a minor facelift for the 1964 model year.
Responsible for the avant garde design of the PL 17 and his predecessor Dyna Z was Louis Bionier (1898-1973) in cooperation with André Jouan.
In 1965 Citroën became full owner of Panhard. In the same year production of the PL 17 has ceased.
I came across with this old Panhard on a car park of a GB Supermarché during our trip back home. It's obviously a daily driver.
848 cc 2 cylinder air-cooled boxer engine.
840 kg.
Production Panhard PL 17: July 1959-May 1965.
Production PL 17 this version: July 1959-late 1963.
Old Belgian reg. number.
Gent (B.), Car Park Grand Bazaar, Aug. 16, 1986.
© 1986 Sander Toonen Amsterdam/Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
CSXT 1776 "Spirit of our Armed Forces / Honoring our Veterans" leads O823 past the just replaced signals at Palm River HO.
Sadly my shot of the old signal is in a hard drive with a jammed connection, hope to save it.
The current hall was built in 1867 to replace the original, which was burnt down during the Japanese invasion of 1592.
Nova Scotia
Boy, was it windy on this evening. I was really risking my equipment in the salt spray. I ended up replacing my UV filter, everything else fared OK.
One more great info is gone.
And no need for the misery who already owned the link. (John 7)
Marron bitch you have everything I have nothing.
And yet a mystery
I shot this picture during my workshop in Toronto. We had a bit of fun (okay, a TON of fun) throwing flour and baby powder all over the model. I only got 3 shots from it, as it should be given that I was teaching, but I was morning the fact that the shots were looking aaamazing and I wanted one. So later on I took what I had, which really was just to demo the scene, and I decided to look at it in a unique way. I decided to edit the picture to be drastically different from what it looked like in my camera and I came out with something that I'm proud of.
Model is Richelle Coomey.
:)
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