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This shot turned out much better than I anticipated as I was trying to pan with the car... At first I didn't like all the open space in the frame, but now I think it adds to the simplicity of the shot and opens up the space for the car to move into.
Turning the clock back,fifty plus years The Royal Scot 46100,crossing Malltraeth Viaduct.The Crewe to Holyhead Special showing the North Wales Coast at its best
Taken from the fast moving car, Weka Pass, May 31, 2012 on our way back to Christchurch.
Weka Pass Historic Reserve was officially established in 1969. The main feature of Weka Pass Historic Reserve, North Canterbury, is a large limestone overhang shelter, containing examples of rock art. A floor to ceiling fence protects the drawings from vandals. A walkway crossing farmland takes you to the rock art site - 40 minutes walking each way.
Māori first explored the Weka Pass area about 1000 years ago. The area was originally forested, and Māori would visit the area on their seasonal round for mahinga kai - food gathering. Birds were abundant, and included the now extinct moa and koreke / quail, as well as weka, kererū, kākā, kiwi in the forest, and a variety of waterfowl and freshwater fish in the streams.
Māori used the large overhanging limestone shelter as a temporary overnight camp. It was during these stays that they drew on the shelter wall, using charcoal from their fires, and red ochre (haematite) often called kōkōwai.
The subjects of their drawings were simple human figures, fish and dogs. Some drawings are more imaginative; others are little more than scribbles.
Early Pākehā visitors to North Canterbury - shepherds and farmers - also used the limestone overhang for shelter, for themselves and their stock. They bought the drawings to the attention of scientific investigators, but not before many Pākehā visitors had added their own marks to the shelter walls and ceilings.
Taken from: www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/canterbur...
Shot with an Asahi Pentax SV with a Super Takumar 55/2 lens with Kodak Tri-X @200 ISO and processed in Rodinal 1:50.
Frustrated driver speeding away while I try to get the shot with a manual focus lens. I like how it came out looking WW2ish. Shot with a Minolta X570 on Fuji Neopan SS 100 film processed with Ilfosol 3 and digitized with a Canon G12 on macro setting then cropped in Gimp.
Walking the Beijing's Hutongs is a very rewarding experience. Hutongs are narrow throughways, often alleys and very typical for the City of Beijing.
They used to be ubiquitous, most of the civilian part of Beijing was formed by houses around inner courts, joining up one to another leaving nothing but an alley between them, the Hutong.
However, over the last couple of years (or decades)due to the destruction of the old city centre and the rise of new skyscrapers, they are being demolished at a fast rate. Only lately the government realized that they are part of Beijings history and are attracting tourists to the city.
When walking the City the Hutongs were a welcome, quiet retreat form the noisey, bustling and crowded mainroads ... unless you get almost run-over by a bicycle ;-)
btw: Hutong is a Mongolian word (originally hottog) meaning "water well" - people settle in where there is water (source: wikipedia)
Not sure if this is technically called a Tuk Tuk. 'Three-wheeled Thai taxi truck' I'll call it. Shot it in Ayutthaya, the old capitol of Thailand. First panning shot I've done that I've been reasonably satisfied with.
8/1/24. V sets V46 and V?? are seen passing through Meadowbank on a CCN service to Newcastle Interchange.
Female paradise shelduck in flight above the Rakaia Gorge. I think this is what's known as the eclipse plumage, as it's darker than what they usually show. The female's distinctive white head sets them apart from all the other duck species in New Zealand
Irish Rail Class 22000 DMU number 22027 passing through Maynooth with an InterCity service from Dublin Connolly to Sligo.