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Bankers on the rear of a BNSF stack train, the lead locomotives on this train are half way around Kingman Canyon, heading into the Town of Kingman CA.
Another one from my trip to Martin's Beach. This time you can actually see a hint of the arch in the rock.
Photo #1 of my 20 Day Challenge
Daytime Long Exposure in colour
I finished nightshift this morning and headed straight to Muchalls for some 10 stop photography. I previously photographed "The Old Man of Muchalls" sea stack a few months ago so this was a revisit. I knew from my tide times app that the tide would be out which allowed me to do a good bit of exploring in this bay of varying types of rocks boulders and stacks. The Old man was completely out of the water so I will return another evening to get a shot of that stack again. I settled on this smaller stack of which I am unsure of its name. To make it a bit different I mounted the camera on a tiny 6" Manfrotto tripod and the sea was literally lapping in at its feet! Its so rocky down here its hard work getting around its like proper exploring. I am on leave from work for 20 days so I have decided to attempt to do a photo a day whilst im on leave. This of course being photo #1. There is a wealth of information about Muchalls bay and there are many features that will make great photos given the correct conditions of course. A favourite togging location of mine now as it has so much potential.
Photographed while wandering with NJ. The Federal Store Luncheonette & Grocer, East 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver. January 2, 2023.
After meeting a southbound coal train in Page siding, a pair of KCS Belle GEVOs leads a northbound stack train out of Page, headed for Heavener.
I had to try to better extract and blend these fantastic strikes from my earlier attempt: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/36361203994/in/photost...
By cropping the image and selecting the best 7 images of this storm for contrast, I believe I achieved the right balance. Much more dramatic!
This storm was ~37 miles to my west.
Picture of the Day
A better angle on the stacks - with the sun bright due south at noon, I walked further down the coast beyond them and looked back up north instead.
Last night's clear sky forecast coinciding with a new moon meant that it was a perfect night for astrophotography.
I headed to the south Pembrokeshire coast where I bagged quite a few Milky Way images including this one over Elegug Stacks. I got home at 7am this morning and have been basically a zombie all day - worth it for an incredible experience shooting the night sky at one of the most scenic places in Wales. Great to see Dwayne Jones Photography out shooting last night too.
The lower unit of Double Stack Ruin with it's spiffy new heavy-duty fence. Must have been no picnic hauling that all the way in here.
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Up one canyon and down another on Comb Ridge
South Stack, Anglesey, Wales
South Stack is an island situated just off Holy Island on the northwest coast of Anglesey. It is famous as the location of one of Wales' most spectacular South Stack Lighthouse (can be seen in the middle-top of the picture). The cliffs are 130m high in average. Standing here you can see sea traffic in the Irish sea between Belfast and Liverpool and Cardiff. The jagged rocks and monoliths at the base offer a spectacular view with shallow, emerald waters - and are as deadly should you trip and fall.
These Precambrian cliffs are one of my favourite in the whole of UK, and are home to some of the most important sea bird colonies in Wales. During June and July the sea cliffs here are packed with sea birds - mainly auks including Puffin, Razorbill and Guillemot.
From the cliff tops here you can look down and watch the birds swimming, as they fly underwater in search of fish and sand eels.
During the breeding season up to 3,000 Guillemots and 700 Razorbills will nest here, precariously balancing their eggs on the narrow ledges.
You'll also find a small Puffin colony here and predatory Great Blacked-backed gulls swooping down to grab chicks from any unattended nests.
Aside from the bird life, South Stack is also famed for its plant life and one plant in particular, can only found here in the whole of Britain.
The plant in question is known as the Spathulate Fleawort and is a rather plain yellow flower, not dissimilar to a tall daisy with yellow petals. You'll find it growing along the edges of the sea cliffs, so tread carefully.
On the right top of this picture, Ellin's Tower can be seen that offers a grand view for those who come with telescopes and high-powered binoculars.
This 300x2s stacked image was lightened in Photoshop. Fire Skies are one of the best uses of this type of post-processing. In this equivalent 10 minute exposure a passing car looks like several cars as a result of these short two second interval,
Frames taken from: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/48964270637/in/datepos... between 14 and 4 minutes before sunrise.
Today's challenge was a stacked still life. I felt pretty victorious when I got the penny and dime to stand up on the other flat coins without tape or glue. (Insert holding breath forever here).
Stack Rock Fort.
Dai the Drone was with me while I did some work down in West Wales. Took my lunch at the Sandy Haven Beach car park and Dai took a quick flight out to see the Fort just off the shore.
All tied up...
The Artist Shed is participating in Grab & Go a monthly madness event which runs from October 27th, 12 PM SLT until October 27th, 12 AM SLT (ok, 11:59 PM).
You have only 12 hours to come and slap the board and get a free item. The boards have a limit of 100 so you may want to act fast.
South Stack is famous as the location of one of Wales' most spectacular lighthouses, South Stack Lighthouse. It has a height of 41 metres (135 feet). It has a maximum area of 7 acres.
Until 1828 when an iron suspension bridge was built, the only means of crossing the deep water channel on to the island was in a basket which was suspended on a hemp cable. The suspension bridge was replaced in 1964, but by 1983 the bridge had to be closed to the public, due to safety reasons. A new aluminium bridge was built and the lighthouse was reopened for public visits in 1997. Thousands of people flock to the lighthouse every year, thanks to the continued public transport service from Holyhead's town centre.
There are over 390 stone steps down to the footbridge, and 10 metal steps (and not, as local legend suggests, 365), and the descent and ascent provide an opportunity to see some of the 8,000 nesting birds that line the cliffs during the breeding season. The cliffs are part of the RSPB South Stack Cliffs bird reserve, with a visitor centre, and bird hide at Elin's Tower. The tower provides a place to see Choughs, Peregrine falcon, Kestrel and various marine mammals like the Harbour porpoise seen at high tide, Grey seal, Risso's dolphin and Bottlenose dolphin.
It's nearly 40 miles of descending 1.25% grade from Mountainair to Belen, NM on the Belen Cutoff. Near the middle of it, the tracks traverse the narrow confines of Abo Canyon to squeeze through the Manzano Mountains.
Here, a short stack train rolls westward at Scholle as it prepares to enter Abo Canyon behind me. Scholle was the end of double-track from the east prior to BNSF opening a second main through the canyon in 2011.
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BNSF ET44C4 #3802
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #1022
Scholle, NM
May 18th, 2025
Clouds moved very slowly during this 10 minute period. 40x1/60s images taken every 15 seconds were stacked and lightened in Photoshop. The period before sunrise ranged from 15 to 5 minutes. Smokey skies with high clouds provided for a pastel colored fire sky.
Der Sommer ist sicher nicht die Hochsaison der Pilze, aber wenn die Bedingungen stimmen, kann man auch dann schöne Exemplare im Wald entdecken. Diese hier sahen mir noch relativ frisch aus und so versuchte ich sie in ihrem Waldumfeld zu zeigen. Bei etwas größeren Fruchtkörpern ist dies mittlerweile meine Methode der Wahl geworden. Die Schärfenreihe lasse ich dann etwas weiter laufen und entnehme den letzten Fotos einen attraktiven Hintergrund.