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Great egret (Ardea alba), in...
St. Augustine Beach (Crescent Beach), Florida, USA.
3 July 2021.
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Arthur's Seat (Scottish Gaelic: Suidhe Artair, IPA: ['sui.ǝ'arthari]) is an ancient volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".[¹] It is situated just to the east of the city centre, about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Edinburgh Castle. The hill rises above the city to a height of 250.5 m (822 ft), provides excellent panoramic views of the city and beyond, is relatively easy to climb, and is popular for hillwalking. Though it can be climbed from almost any direction, the easiest and simplest ascent is from the east, where a grassy slope rises above Dunsapie Loch. At a spur of the hill, Salisbury Crags has historically been a rock climbing venue with routes of various degrees of difficulty, but due to hazards, rock climbing is now restricted to the South Quarry and a permit is required.
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Winter at the farm, sunrise, western Oregon.
Maypop and bombus (aka purple passionflower and bumblebee)!
On the shores of Postal Pond in Legacy Park
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
6 August 2024.
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To close this miniseries of Geese, I bring you a nominal Goose that is more related to Shelducks despite its name. Such a spectacular plumage requires upkeep. Admired at the historic Jardin Public, Bordeaux.
Les stromatolites sont des structures rocheuses formées par des communautés microbiennes (surtout des cyanobactéries) qui piègent et cimentent des sédiments en couches. Elles figurent parmi les plus anciens témoignages de vie sur Terre.
Sur le lit de la rivière des Outaouais, on trouve des stromatolites là où affleurent des calcaires et où l’eau favorise la précipitation de carbonate ; ces formations, d’intérêt scientifique et patrimonial, nécessitent protection contre le dragage, la pollution et l’achalandage nautique.
Stromatolites are rock structures formed by microbial communities (mainly cyanobacteria) that trap and cement sediments into layers. They are among the oldest evidence of life on Earth.
In the Ottawa River, stromatolites are found where limestone outcrops and where the water promotes carbonate precipitation; these formations, of scientific and heritage interest, require protection from dredging, pollution, and boat traffic.
First of all to all my friends, its good to sit here FINALLY. On 3/17 i met my new doctor. On 3/18 i was rushed to the ER i have no recollection other than what i have been told. Took several days to stabilize me to do the surgeries required. Pancreatitis and Gall Bladder. I was in the Trauma Unit for just over 2 weeks and now home but can't sit at pc. My apologies for missing your beautiful and inspiring works. I am still recovering and still experience pain. If you would keep me in your thoughts and prayers I would be most grateful. My love to you all <3
Wow......what a gorgeous day at the beach.I actually had to remove my jacket, the sun was just so warm and comforting....I could feel tingling on my head...and that is a really cool thing..... ;-)
Puente de cinco tramos roblonados de celosía metálica tipo Cruz de San Andrés, con 253 m de longitud total,apoyados sobre pilas de fábrica.
Obra del ingeniero Prudencio Guadalajara, fue construido a finales del siglo XIX, momento en el que el deficiente estado del único puente existente en el momento, el puente de piedra, el crecimiento urbano, un incipiente tráfico rodado y la prosperidad de los últimos años, así lo requerían.
El proyecto fue iniciado en 1882, y las obras en 1892, siendo inaugurado en el 1900.
Bridge with five riveted sections of metal latticework, St. Andrew's Cross type, with a total length of 253 m, supported on factory piles.
A work by engineer Prudencio Guadalajara, it was built at the end of the 19th century, when the poor condition of the only existing bridge at the time, the stone bridge, urban growth, incipient road traffic and the prosperity of recent years, so required.
The project was started in 1882, and the works in 1892, being inaugurated in 1900.
Newel & Wright Transport livered GBRf 66747 'Made in Sheffield' was the traction once again for the 'as required' Tuebrook - Ashton-in-Makerfield Hanson stone train.
I decide to record the afternoon inbound working but only just made it. Its a long walk, no road near, this is a location that we would visit on a regular basis from steam days to the early 70's.
According to my phone 7.8 Km round trip and 12,297 steps.
Pole @ 6m.
More what I had in mind for here than the previous pano, but getting things right is proving difficult. Just a little too much light to shoot a long exposure without a ND and my nodal rail will not accommodate my filter system for this lens (I will be hacking off the section not required post haste). More to the point, in order to use the ND I had to remove the nodal rail and this image does have a slight amount of parallax in the river current left of center. And since I know where the bones are buried I will notice it every time I look at it. Maybe next time.
Das Record Rapid ist eines der Papiere, die keinen, oder nur wenig Verzögerer im Lithentwickler benötigen. Easy Lith FT Special enthält jedoch eine größere Menge Kaliumbromid. Dennoch kann dieser Entwickler verwendet werden, das Papier benötigt dann jedoch eine erheblich längere Belichtungszeit. Unabhängig von der Entwicklerabstimmung liegt der Snatch-Point normalerweise bei etwa 10 Minuten. Auch bei einer längeren Belichtungszeit kommen dann die Lichter nicht wesentlich farbiger, es sei denn, es wird ein zweiter Entwickler für die Lichter eingesetzt. Nach der üblichen langen Entwicklungszeit im Lith, bringt der zweite Entwickler allerdings nur wenig Effekt, weil die Lichter schon ausentwickelt sind. Soll ein anderer Ton für die Lichter erzeugt werden, muß die Entwicklungszeit im Lith verkürzt werden, damit der zweite Entwickler noch ausreichend unentwickeltes Silbersalz vorfindet. Allerdings würde dann das, für dieses Papier übliche tiefe Schwarz fehlen. Deshalb braucht es eine kurze Behandlung mit einem Nachbrenner (mit B oder Omega) nach dem Lith. Sobald sich ein tiefes Schwarz in den Schatten zeigt, wird zweimal kurz gespült, bevor im Siena die noch fehlenden Lichter entwickelt werden. Das mag kompliziert klingen, doch erfahrene Lithprinter werden dies nachvollziehen können.
Record Rapid is one of the papers that require little or no restrainer in the lith developer. Easy Lith FT Special, however, contains a larger amount of potassium bromide. Nevertheless, this developer can be used, but the paper then needs a considerably longer exposure time. Regardless of the developer adjustment, the snatch point is usually around 10 minutes. Even with a longer exposure time, the highlights then do not come out much more coloured, unless a second developer is used for the highlights. After the usual long development time in the lith, however, the second developer brings little effect because the highlights are already developed out. If a different tone is to be produced for the highlights, the development time in the lith must be shortened so that the second developer still finds sufficient undeveloped silver salt. However, the deep black that is usual for this paper would then be missing. Therefore, it needs a short treatment with an afterburner (with B or Omega) after the lith. As soon as a deep black appears in the shadows, a short rinse is done twice before the still missing highlights are developed in the Siena developer. This may sound complicated, but experienced lith printers will be able to follow this.
Put down your phone!
Open a book!
Read!,
The bicycle rack gently chides.
Decatur (Decatur Square), Georgia, USA.
11 December 2022.
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The Lions are iconic twin peaks on Vancouver's North Shore Mountains, visible across Metro Vancouver, resembling seated lions and named by settlers after London's Trafalgar Square statues. They include the higher West Lion (around 1646m) and East Lion (around 1606m), offering challenging hikes, particularly the West Lion via the popular Binkert Trail from Lions Bay, with the East Lion requiring advanced mountaineering skills. The peaks are a significant local landmark, inspiring the Lions Gate Bridge and the BC Lions CFL team.
A little later on our bus trip, just as the sky was starting to lighten, we stopped on Westminster Bridge, so I (and most of the others) took some shots of the bus with the Houses of Parliament in the background.
Being Westminster Bridge, of course, there was other traffic around, but that has simply produced a fairly dramatic light trail, due to the long exposure time required.
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This Royal Tern is a winter bird with white forecrown.
{I had recorded this in my notes from 2010 as a Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia), but with the caveat that the ID required confirmation. A reconsideration suggested to me that it was actually a Royal Tern, and I put this image to the Bird Identification Help Group here on Flickr which verified that.}
This sighting was during a kayak excursion at the Laguna de Potosí south of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero State, Mexico, on February 23rd, 2010.
Freshly painted 6008 leads older liveried units 5034 and 5004 towards Wambo colliery as JW969 empty Aurizon coal train.
Sunday 19th January 2019
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot of a juxtaposition that caught my attention - captured in January 2018.
The current 'cost of living crisis' is just the tip of the iceberg of coming problems for our society. Ukraine is basically the breadbasket of Europe and together with grain from the invading nation, Russia, we will be seeing massive shortages of staple crops and increasing food prices for all. Millions will be choosing between food and shelter or warmth. The top six energy companies in the UK made £1bn in profits last year and yet energy prices are going through the roof - my own energy bill has risen by 124% and I already strictly keep my energy use down for the sake of our planet!
There is enough wealth in this world to end poverty on this scale. When should a humane society consider that food, water, shelter and warmth are basic human necessities that everyone ought to be entitled to? Instead of taxing wealth, however, we take from the ordinary folks and the poorest suffer. I'm not expressing my politics here and you can draw no conclusions from my thoughts on that, but I am expressing my basic humanity. We are one species sharing one tiny planet in the vastness of space. Why do we not care more about our fellow humankind? When do we consider that we actually need to help each other?
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La peppermint camellia — a colorful hybrid of a camellia shrub — blooming in winter, on the...
Decatur (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
1 March 2026.
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One of those "required" shots if visiting in Chicago … and maybe over photographed for those living here. With so many miles of options, it's not a hard shot to find. Getting one without too many cars - maybe you have to look a little longer.
It was a pretty spring afternoon out at the lookout in Alta. I was hoping to get a decent sunset later that day with the balsomroot in bloom, that that wasn't to be. The afternoon, on the other hand, had some nice clouds over the peaks. I wanted to compress the view with a longer focal length. To to that required making a focus stack and vertorama (vertical panorama) with five different frames and manually blending them in Photoshop after post processing each frame. It took a while, but the result is pretty good. Alta Wyoming, USA, May 2025
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High water, flood stage, requires two push boats to travel on the windy Ohio River's narrow stretch past the 7 bridges that link Cincinnati with northern Kentucky.
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Valdorcia - April 2005
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There's a whole world out there but it's shrinking fast.
You want to take it all and make it last forever,
Or maybe just a lifetime.
There's less and less to see on the mainline in 2026, with more effort required to seek out anything of interest. So it was a day out by train to Shrewsbury for skips and tractors on Saturday.
97303 and 37424 run into Shrewsbury on the Down Main with 6C56, the 09.50 Aberystwyth to Chirk logs.
It was then a quick about turn and sprint down platform 3 to join the rear door of the imminently departing 1D14 to Chester for a leap frog move.
I say sprint, but anyone observing probably wouldn't have defined it as a sprint.
After watching a storm go by, I had a feeling the sunset would be dramatic, so off I went and found something suitable to be placed in the foreground, and then waited, and waited, and just when I was about to call it quits, the red started to show and I started to shoot.
Miðfell Mountain, overlooking the small Icelandic town of Flúðir. Flúðir is the home of the Secret Lagoon, a natural geothermal spring where you can bathe. This shot required a polarising filter, ND Grad, and a LEE Big Stopper.
Rufous Hummingbird
Colorado Springs, CO
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"Red Birds in a Tree"
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It was turning into one of those indecisive mornings. “Shall we go and lounge by the pool and read until lunchtime, and then head down to the beach? Or will we get in the car and head off for the day?” Neither of us could make our minds up. It’s often like this, and until we close the front door, we could be heading anywhere between fifty yards away and the other end of the island. It’s part of what makes us so fascinating, and no doubt would drive anyone else unfortunate enough to end up in a long term relationship with either of us to the edge of their senses. All things considered, it’s a good job Ali and I found each other. Neither of us seems to mind when one asks the other what we’re going to do today, only to draw a distant gaze and a blank response.
If anything, I’m a little more driven than she is, and so I made the call. “Right, we’ll go back to that place in Femes for lunch, then we’ll go and visit one of the bodegas at La Geria, and after that I want to go and walk up the red mountain for sunset” – that’s Montana Colorada by the way. “Ok,” came the predictable response. And so we had a plan; a nice simple one that didn’t require too much thought or too much driving. We’d drive up the mountain pass from Playa Blanca to the village of Femes that sits on the saddle, and the rest of the day would follow as planned.
Except that it didn’t. 12:30 we agreed was a bit early for lunch, and so we drove in the other direction and headed for a menu del dia at the place we’d stumbled across in Teguise a few days earlier. And just to make things interesting, we decided to go along the main road rather than the wine route, just to have a bit of a test run for that inevitable drive to the airport just over a week later. “It’ll be faster” I reasoned. It wasn’t, especially after a couple of wrong turns, one of which almost had us heading into the jams of Arrecife, the island capital. Eventually, we arrived at a dinner table to be served by a very harassed looking waiter, whom it seemed was working solo through the busy lunch hour. As he unceremoniously thumped our drinks onto the table and feigned no interest whatsoever in our opposing views on the inclusion of tuna in our ensaladas mixtas, we wondered who’d thrown a sickie and left him in the lurch. After the meal I was too frightened to ask for coffee as well, and spent the next twenty-five minutes looking for another establishment to replenish the caffeine deficit. The first such attempt found us hastily evacuating our seats, scarpering around a corner and tracing an elaborate circuit of the town after Ali had seen the price list. Six euros for a scoop of ice cream? Not on your Nellie!
Some time later, happily refuelled with coffee and ice cream we sat at a bench in the church square. By now it was some time after 4pm, and with less than two hours until sunset we considered the options. At the far end of the island, just another twelve miles or so away lay the Mirador del Rio, offering a classic view of the three small islands that fan away from the northeast corner of Lanzarote, while retracing our tyre treads down to the coast would bring us to the wreck of the Telamon, a long exposure magnet that lies a few yards out to see between Costa Teguise and Arrecife. Tentatively, we set course for the former, where the road rides up to its highest point on the island between Los Valles and Haria. And still several miles short of our target, as we sat at a layby gazing down at the white coastal villages of Punta Mujeres and Arrieta far below, we changed our minds again – and then furthered the endless mystery of our final destination by missing the turn without signpost that was supposed to take us to the Mirador del Risco de Famara.
As you can see, the error turned into what Bob Ross would call a happy accident. Finally, somewhere around five, we ended up here, at the lonely and altitudinous Ermita de las Nieves. Quite how often there’s ever been snow here, even at this distance above sea level I’m not sure, although I did need to put my long sleeved top on over my tee shirt to brave the last hour of daylight on this late November afternoon, as a fellow visitor from France told me his wife was very jealous of my telephoto lens. The view across the volcanoes that dominate the landscape over to the west from where we’d come was, well you can see for yourself can’t you? Even before the golden hour, it seemed evident that we were going to be in for a show, as layers of cloud allowed sunbeams to filter through and light up the spaces in between the distant cones. For an hour I watched from behind the long lens transfixed, as the colours deepened and the sunbeams bounced and weaved their way into ever more epic frames. As the sunbeams moved, I continually followed the drama, recomposing and focussing as quickly as I could keep up. It’s not often that I get to spend time in a landscape like this, and certainly I’d never seen a sunset sky such as the one we were witnessing now in the mountains. Eventually, the sun having disappeared for the day and the magic leaving centre stage almost instantaneously, I headed back to the car with an enormous grin on my face. The day of sliding door decisions had given us the best possible outcome with a sunset we’d never forget. It’s a good job we’re not that great at making our minds up, or we’d have probably missed it.
Doug Harrop Photography • July 1989
Engineer Harrop's train is paused at the east end of Lakeside, Utah for quartet of Southern Pacific GP9E locomotives to clear the main.
Asystasia gangetica is a plant native to India. It is an herbaceous flowering plant and can be used as ground cover in gardens and borders due to its low growing size of 2ft. This plant requires full sun, semi-shade and regular watering to thrive in any soil, but with an extra boost from compost. When it blooms, its flowers can be shades of pink, white, off-white, blue, lavender and purple. This stunning display often also attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.