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Something I was going to use for Macro Mondays 'Wire' theme but didn't get the time to finish before now.
Reminds me of the film 'The Andromeda Strain' here at Bank Station walking from the Central Line to connect with the Docklands Light Railway
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This is a shot of a Hellebore that is currently growing in a pot in my garden, the flower was picked and shot indoors as there was a brisk breeze blowing.
Straining to gain altitude, CP #8109 and friends struggle to overcome gravity. Cathedral on the Laggan Subdivision October 6, 2018
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This sketch has been around for a long time. I have many versions of it - some have bulging veins and lots of sweat.
Whooper Swan
The whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), also known as the common swan, pronounced hooper swan, is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan, and the type species for the genus Cygnus. Francis Willughby and John Ray's Ornithology of 1676 referred to this swan as "the Elk, Hooper, or wild Swan". The scientific name is from cygnus, the Latin for "swan".
Whooper swans require large areas of water to live in, especially when they are still growing, because their body weight cannot be supported by their legs for extended periods of time. The whooper swan spends much of its time swimming, straining the water for food, or eating plants that grow on the bottom.
Whooper swans pair for life, and their cygnets stay with them all winter; they are sometimes joined by offspring from previous years. Their preferred breeding habitat is wetland, but semi-domesticated birds will build a nest anywhere close to water. Both the male and female help build the nest, and the male will stand guard over the nest while the female incubates. The female will usually lay 4–7 eggs (exceptionally 12). The cygnets hatch after about 36 days and have a grey or brown plumage. The cygnets can fly at an age of 120 to 150 days.
When whooper swans prepare to go on a flight as a flock, they use a variety of signaling movements to communicate with each other. These movements include head bobs, head shakes, and wing flaps and influence whether the flock will take flight and if so, which individual will take the lead.
They are very noisy; the calls are strident, similar to those of Bewick's swan but more resonant and lower-pitched on average: kloo-kloo-kloo in groups of three or four.
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The Dutch tug ISA, towing the Ugland UR3 barge off Cromer.
For the last 24hrs. she has been back and forth between Cromer and Sheringham at around 2 knots, probably waiting for the wind and seas to improve before continuing on it's haul to Holland.
The barge, owned by the Norwegian Co.Ugland was built in 1995 at the Sevmash yard, Severodvinsk, Russia.
91.4 mtrs long, and 27.4 mtrs. wide.
Possibly the largest semaphore operation remaining on the Indian metre gauge lines is Pilibhit East Signal Box. Located at the "business" end of the station and controlling routes out to Tanakpur, Mailani Junction and Shajahanpur, as well as a level crossing and access to the carriage sidings and maintenance area, there's rarely an idle moment during the day.
In comparison to boxes in the UK these are pretty rudimentary regards additional technology and what you see is pretty well what you get. Throwing the levers takes some effort too and here the signalman is giving some welly (or rather sandal) returning lever 56 to its normal position.
Catch this while you can - the scene will change forever in a few months when gauge conversion starts in earnest.
12th October 2015
This week's Macro Mondays effort, on the theme of 'Mesh',brings us a close up of what I call a tea strainer, but since the advent of teabags is now probably just known as a small sieve, Anyhoo, HMM y'all!
Snapped with a Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Domiplan 50mm f2.8 and one extension tube.
I took this photo for a new YouTube video on "Best Worst" lenses posted yesterday on YouTube.
The video included a mini review of the Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Primotar 135mm f3.5 I used recently, if you're interested:
“We can expect more pandemics to come, owing to factors like climate change, mass migration, globalization, and human encroachment on wildlife habitats. As temperatures change, people are moving around the world more rapidly than ever before … and intruding into ecosystems that used to be made up entirely of animals or insects. This, in turn, creates opportunities for humans to get infected by new diseases and disease strains.”
Tom Inglesby - Department of Health and Human Services -2025
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“You are a light that will always guide me, a whisper I’ll always strain to hear.” Lora Leigh.
On the south coast of the town of Wicklow, you will find one of the most incredible lighthouses in Ireland. Although there were two other active lighthouses at this headland in the past, it was decided to build a third on the lower part of the cliffs, as the other two often lacked visibility due to the fog. Today, one of the original lighthouses conserves only its tower (which is used as a hotel) and the other is in ruins, so only the most modern, built in 1818, is still in operation.
There are many photographic possibilities with this lighthouse, but in my opinion the most interesting option is to photograph it in the month of September at sunrise, since the position of the sun is ideal to complement the composition if you opt for a view of the lighthouse from the top of the cliffs.
After walking 15 minutes at night from my hotel and waiting patiently lying on the rocks to reduce the effects of the strong wind, the twilight and the first moments of sunrise were not very photogenic for me. However, when the sun rose high enough above the horizon it struck with its golden light the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the lighthouse and the cliffs. It was the time for our great guide of light to take over from the beautiful stone guide located under my feet.
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"Tú eres una luz que siempre me guiará, un suspiro que siempre me esforzaré por escuchar." Lora Leigh.
En la costa sur del pueblo de Wicklow, se encuentra uno de los faros más increíbles de Irlanda. Aunque en el pasado hubo otros dos faros activos en este cabo, se decidió construir un tercero en la parte más baja de los acantilados, ya que los otros dos a menudo carecían de visibilidad por la niebla. Hoy en día, uno de los faros originales conserva sólo su torre (que se utiliza como hotel) y el otro está en ruinas, por lo que sólo el más moderno, construido en 1818, está aún en funcionamiento.
Son muchas las posibilidades fotográficas que ofrece este faro, pero en mi opinión la opción más interesante es fotografiarlo en el mes de septiembre al amanecer, ya que la posición del sol es ideal para complementar la composición si se opta por una vista del faro desde la parte de arriba de los acantilados.
Tras caminar 15 minutos a oscuras desde mi hotel y esperar pacientemente tumbado en las rocas para reducir los efectos del fuerte viento, el crepúsculo y los primeros momentos de la salida del sol no fueron muy fotogénicos para mí. Sin embargo, cuando el sol subió lo suficiente sobre el horizonte golpeó con su luz dorada las aguas del Océano Atlántico, así como el faro y los acantilados. Había llegado el momento para que nuestro gran guía de luz tomara el relevo del bello guía de piedra situado bajo mis pies.
Raccontami una storia
e se ci riesci stancami.
"Toccami e guardami a fondo
non lasciarmi mai
ti guardo negli occhi mentre te ne vai..."
The Straining Tower built it Gothic Revival style is a Grade I listed building designed by George Frederick Deacon. Photographed here in on April 24, 1987.
Camera: Contax 137 + Carl Zeiss 28mm f2.8 Distagon Lens
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Lake Vyrnwy (Llyn Efyrnwy) is a reservoir constructed in the 1880s for Liverpool Corporation Waterworks to supply Liverpool with fresh water. It flooded the head of the Vyrnwy valley and submerged the village of Llanwddyn.
The Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate that surrounds the lake is jointly managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Hafren Dyfrdwy.
When the reservoir is full, it is 26 metres (84 ft) deep, contains 59.7 gigalitres, and covers an area of 4.54 square kilometres (1,121 acres), the lake has a perimeter of 19 kilometres (12 mi) with a road that goes all the way around it. Its length is 7.64 kilometres (4.75 mi).
High flying Red Kite, near Clough, Co Down - straining its neck to spot prey below!
(My first Red Kite photo in Northern Ireland)
Covered in verdigris and rusty, one wonders how much longer this link in the chain will last - even though it is quite thick.
The Valiant Strain, by Kenneth E. Shiflet
Dell First Edition B126, 1959
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Cover art was not credited anywhere in this book; confirmed as McGinnis in The Paperback Covers of Robert McGinnis by Art Scott & Dr. Wallace Maynard.
If you strain your eyes you may just be able to spot a Heron sitting on what looks like the remains of an old jetty or slipway in the upper reaches of Portsmouth Harbour.
Obviously not intended as a wildlife image but as a seascape, I like the glorious sunset along with the silhouette of the historic Portchester Castle. A nice backdrop to this bit of night fishing.
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