Tugs Taking the Strain
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...for victory.
One final shot from the Dragon Boat Races 2016. Didn't heed my own advice and came back for the finals, luckily brought a longer lens (and didn't schlepp my tripod to there).
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Normally, we like to sleep late on vacation:). This time it was worth getting up early. The light, the fog, the landscape and the fresh morning air rewarded us for our stresses and strains.
The Bastei rock formation in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Saxony, Germany.
Spotted Pardalote straining to see something.
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This view did some very wonky things to my eyes so I figured it would make for an interesting shot. At first glance, the eyes are challenged as they strain to figure out what is being viewed. But, upon further inspection one can tell it is a snow lined shore with colored trees reflecting in the river. The combination of cold and warm colors also contributed to an interesting look.
Butter-butts fill the air. They are so common right now why strain myself to nab a photo? Audubon or Myrtle? At one time they were considered two distinct species then lumped together and might be split again.
How far we have come from the 1800s studies of an Agustinian friar concerning peas.
"One of North America’s most beloved songbirds – the yellow-rumped warbler – may be at least three separate species, says a study published Aug. 24 in The Auk. This discovery contradicts how ornithologists classified the bird for almost five decades.
The new work brings a wealth of genetic evidence to bear on the question and for the first time identifies where in the warblers’ DNA species have diverged from each other. That opens the door to discovering what’s responsible for differences in how the birds look, sound and act, said lead author David Toews, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
“The yellow-rumped warbler – this species that’s familiar to just about every birder in North America – has four distinct forms, and now we have quite compelling evidence that three of them are full species,” said Toews, who began the work while he was a doctoral student with study co-author Darren Irwin at University of British Columbia.
..." Hugh Powell news.cornell.edu
Potentille dressée
(Potentilla recta sulphurea)
La Potentilla recta (synonymes Potentilla adriatica, Potentilla crassa...) appartient à la famille des Rosacées. C'est une plante herbacée vivace par sa souche, originaire des lieux secs d'Europe méridionale et centrale, d'Asie occidentale et d'Algérie. En France, on la rencontre parfois en Corse, dans le Midi et dans le Centre, et jusqu'aux environs de Paris, sur sol pauvre, calcaire ou sableux. Notons que cette espèce semble mieux tolérer la mi-ombre que la plupart des potentilles.
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Potentilla recta (synonyms Potentilla adriatica, Potentilla crassa ...) belongs to the Rosaceae family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant by its strain, native to the dry places of southern and central Europe, western Asia and Algeria. In France, it is sometimes found in Corsica, in the South and in the Center, and as far as Paris, on poor soil, limestone or sandy. Note that this species seems to tolerate partial shade better than most cinquefoils.
Les vinyes de Vilobí. (Vilobí del Penedès - Catalunya).
Los viñedos de Vilobí (Vilobí del Penedés - Cataluña).
The vineyards of Vilobí (Vilobí del Penedés - Catalonia).
Pumped up with testosterone, the Red Deer stag has only one thing on its mind. Forgoing food, it fights off contenders, locking with them in a clash of antlers.
In such a stage of mind its a powerful and unpredictable beast. To photograph it I had to get fairly close, but didn't hang about too long. Seeing it attention was drawn to me, I withdraw to a safer place.
When the autumn rut is over, exhausted and battle weary, they reverts back to their calmer ways, to await another season. And so it is, the next generation is secured. Such is the cycle of life and the need to propagate the species. Long may it continue.
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A rather unproductive week photowise.
Started a new job after being invited to the world of redundancy, found it didn’t quite live up to its part time description...7 to 8hrs per day instead of 4.
Something has triggered another deliciously agonising episode of g**t, so I’m at a bit of a lower ebb than normal...
...in addition our holiday to Spain has been knocked on the head due to a rising spike in Covid...oh the effin joys.
So this pic is an alternative take on an earlier posting for which I do not apologise.
Anyone from the UK and of a certain vintage may well associate the image with Hovis bread and the strains of the New World Symphony.
A Great Blue Heron strains to get some momentum into a strong wind at the Shiawassee NWR on this evening, June, 2022. The "Shiawassee Flats" are a delta where the Flint, Cass, and Shiawassee Rivers converge before joining the Tittabawassee River to form the Saginaw River.
Image Created in Deep Dream Generator.New Background and Lighting effects in Photoshop.What Life may be like with a totally different Bio-Chemistry (not necessarily DNA)
Lake Vyrnwy is a reservoir in Powys, Wales, built 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.
I got the heads up that 1943 ‘The Spirit of Union Pacific’ would be on the point of UP’s daily Lathrop-bound intermodal out of Los Angeles. Due to prior commitments, I made it trackside just in time to see it roll by me, so without a second thought, I gave chase. I was confident that somewhere along the line I would get good sunlight on it, but 100 miles later Mother Nature made sure there’d be no chance of that with high clouds coming into the picture just as the line turned west. Although I was a bit disappointment, I was glad I was able to get out on the road and railfan, even if it was only for 3 hours.
UP 1943 strains against grade as it climbs out of the Mojave Sink and toward Tehachapi summit only a few miles away.
The Straining Tower at Vyrnwy reservoir, Powys, Wales, UK
The Straining Tower at Vyrnwy reservoir is an intake tower built to extract water from the lake. The tower stands on the north shore of Lake Vyrnwy, near the village of Llanwddyn, in Powys, Wales. The Lake Vyrnwy dam project was designed to provide a water supply to the city of Liverpool and work on the dam began in 1881. On its completion 11 years later, the lake was the largest reservoir in Europe and water was drawn from it into the straining tower and carried to Liverpool on a 110km-long aqueduct.
Low-growing evergreen perennial native to subslpine southern Oregon and northern California.
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"Take the strain" is an idiom that generally means to bear the burden or responsibility for something, often a difficult or stressful situation. It implies relieving someone else of pressure or worry by taking on the challenge yourself.
What's the difference between a rope and a cable?
The term cable is often used interchangeably with wire rope. However, in general, wire rope refers to diameters larger than 3/8 inch.
Sizes smaller than this are designated as cable or cords. Two or more wires concentrically laid around a centre wire is called a strand.
Beer, Devon, UK.
Al Steward - Year Of The Cat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQURMs
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow 'til your sense of which direction
Completely disappears
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
"These days," she says, "I feel my life
Just like a river running through
The year of the cat"
While she looks at you so coolly
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting inside
The year of the cat
Well morning comes and you're still with her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket
So you have to stay on
But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
In the rhythm of the newborn day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now, you're gonna stay
In the year of the cat
Mm, year of the cat
I was in Toronto for a few hours in early October. I could have stood here for hours clicking photos of interesting looking people walking/cycling by this gorgous mural. I only took around 10 photos though, because I had plans for the evening (photos to come). Luckily this stylish woman walked by with her bright yellow shoes that match the road sign on the left of the image perfectly. You know that I love when things like this happen! This is my favourite street photo to date. It makes me want to spend more time in the city—almost. ;)
P.S. I’ve been sick in bed for the past several days with COVID. I went so long without contracting the virus, but it got me in the end. I don’t know which strain I have, but it’s particularly nasty, and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Please be safe and take good care. There’s nothing more important than our health and the health of those we hold dear.