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Starting my 100x project with one of my favourite photo subjects. Seagulls. We saw the start of 2020 at the beach, so it seems a good place to start my project.
100x photos I’m happy to post, a photo journal of my year
This is part of an M&S tableware set called Autumn Leaves.
I started collecting it when I got married over 50 years ago and have added to it over the years, often as because it was going out of fashion, but it's timeless to me.
It's stoneware and very long lasting.
An alert Hermit Thrush foraging for its breakfast in my rear yard.
Common migrant. Rare winter resident.
A perfect start to the new year. An early night on Hogmanay meant I was feeling fresh as a daisy yesterday so after a big run and a big walk, I headed out to photograph the wild weather. I have a few shots of big breaking waves going over the breakwater but I just loved the moody atmosphere and colours in the sky in the few minutes before sunset. This moment didn't last long at all so I was glad to have managed to capture it. What a great way to get the cobwebs of 2018 blown out of my system! This is Portknockie harbour in Morayshire, Scotland.
Red deer stag, warming up in the early morning sun.....
This shot was taken about 5 minutes earlier than the other.....light changing rapidly.....
Gear used....Nikon d850...300mm f4 pf.....1/250th sec....f5......iso 320
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From October 20 until 26 I managed to sneak out for a couple of days for some good old railfanning action. Weather forecasts were demotivating, but I decided to try to make the most of it. Letting the weather forecast determine my next destination seemed worth a try. Heading to the unknown was good motivation to eventually head off, after dropping the kids at school. An opening between the clouds would be moving east throughout the day and I decided to follow it, looking for opportunities. Number one was only half an hour from home, as BLS Cargo Nord was heading towards Antwerp withtheir daily Zeebrugge-Antwerp shuttle. On Monday 20/8 it was lead by 475 417. Sun and autumn colors didn't disappoint.
BLS Cargo Nord 475 417, train 60218 Zeebrugge - Antwerpen-Noord. Beervelde, 20/10/2025.
Trying to know better Bend, suddenly start snowing... It was a stunning moment
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Gonna start a series from the Oregon coast.
Nothing quite like the sounds of flying birds and surging waves against a rocky shore. This was taken near Depoe Bay.
Mountains and their ecosystems are my primary passion but I've felt the pull of the surf more recently. Years in the Navy provided some great surf time when younger. I enjoyed a trip to the southern Oregon coast last year, which I'll post soon. Here's some from an earlier trip to the central OR coast.
Have a wonderful week!
My first train of 2005 was this eastbound CN 411 in Caffey not long after sunrise on January 4th. I couldn't think of a better way to start the year. 7638 had to be the coolest SD45 still running on CN. By that time WC units were disappearing fairly fast. CN 9455 and WC 3009 trail along with 88 cars of manifest freight for Sault Ste. Marie.