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Shot in Wilmington, Vermont with the Olympus E-M1 during the annual Blueberry Festival. Antique blue cars were featured.
In contrast to my previous image of abstract form,or is it really? What means abstract? Is reality maybe all abstract too? b.mikic
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. [...]. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. [...].www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
We took a trip to Las Gallinas Marsh at the water treatment plant in San Rafael, CA. It was a nice sunny day and because we arrived at the morning golden hour, we were able to get one of the few parking spaces available there. This Common Merganser was on the prowl looking for a bite to eat and maybe a mate. Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill.
Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
SNCB autorail 654.02 DMU, built 1936 by "Baume et Marpent", at a side track in Leuven/Belgium. Often called "Orientexpress", but it isn't ;-)
The Great Blue Heron's streamline profile and wing strength allow them to travel at 30MPH - this is the previous heron before dropping out of flying mode and "stalling". A depiction of grace and power.
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests. 66462
A cage is a cage is a cage, no matter how luxurious or relaxed or maybe streamlined it is presenting itself.
Most of those cages, maybe even all of them, were built by it's inmates themselves and were constantly nourished, cherished and if necessary more enhanced. And unexceptional all of them have good and absolutely understandable reasons to do so.
Sometimes for sure it's the wealth what is offered to them here, the supposedly easier life. But for most of them it's simply a matter of security. In that case, the cages don't even have to be golden. You can't get out, but what is frightening You can't get in either, hopefully.
But in the end, there is one thing, what never can exist in a cage, real liberty.
And like Benjamin Franklin used to say: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." It has seldom been as relevant as it is today.
Ein Käfig ist ein Käfig ist ein Käfig, ganz gleich wie luxuriös oder entspannt oder auch stromlinienförmig er sich selbst präsentiert.
Die meisten dieser Käfige, wenn nicht sogar alle, wurden von ihren Insassen selbst erbaut und werden regelmäßig gehegt, gepflegt und wenn es sein muss auch weiter verstärkt. Und ausnahmslos alle haben sie dafür gute und absolut nachvollziehbare Gründe.
Manchmal ist es sicherlich der Wohlstand, der ihnen hier geboten wird, das vermeintlich leichtere Leben. Doch meist geht es einfach nur um Sicherheit. Und da muss der Käfig nicht einmal golden sein. Man kommt nicht heraus, doch das, was Angst macht kommt auch nicht herein, hoffentlich. Doch da ist eine Sache, welche in einem Käfig nie existieren kann, wirkliche Freiheit.
Und wie Benjamin Franklin schon sagte: "Die, welche bereit sind grundlegende Freiheiten aufzugeben, um sich ein wenig vorübergehende Sicherheit zu kaufen, verdienen weder Freiheit noch Sicherheit.". Es war selten so aktuell wie heute.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
A streamlined Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) flying past a rather fed up looking angler! Cormorants are experts at fishing and could probably show this human a thing or two!
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The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish. A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the Prussian carp and the crucian carp), the goldfish is native to East Asia. It was first selectively bred in ancient China more than 1,000 years ago, and several distinct breeds have since been developed. Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body shape, fin configuration and coloration (various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black are known). Goldfish have strong associative learning abilities, as well as social learning skills. Goldfish are gregarious, displaying schooling behavior, as well as displaying the same types of feeding behaviors. 2073
Tree Swallows are streamlined small songbirds with long, pointed wings and a short, squared or slightly notched tail. Their bills are very short and flat. Swallows feed on small, aerial insects that they catch in their mouths during acrobatic flight. After breeding, Tree Swallows gather in large flocks to molt and migrate. In the nonbreeding season, they form huge communal roosts.
Northern gannets have streamlined bodies adapted for plunge-diving at high speed, including powerful neck muscles, and a spongy bone plate at the base of the bill. The nostrils are inside the bill and can be closed to prevent water entry; the eyes are protected by strong nictitating membranes. There are subcutaneous air sacs in the lower body and along the sides. Other air sacs are located between the sternum and the pectoral muscles and between the ribs and the intercostal muscles. These sacs are connected to the lungs and are filled with air when the bird breathes in. The air can be returned to the lungs by muscle contractions.
Scientific name: Mergus merganser.
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter. Info: The Wildlife Trusts.
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This beautiful streamlined model was designed as a racing car, but however Alfa Romeo build 188 cars for road use.
One of these cars is sold in 2007 for a price of € 1.656.189,00
The 8 cylinder 2300 CC produces 180 HP and a top speed from 225 KM per hour.
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
Spotted in Porteau Cove, BC, Canada
Sandwich tern.
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A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand, and deflation which is the removal of loose material by wind turbulence. Yardangs become elongated features typically three or more times longer than wide, and when viewed from above, resemble the hull of a boat. Facing the wind is a steep, blunt face that gradually gets lower and narrower toward the lee end.[2] Yardangs are formed by wind erosion, typically of an originally flat surface formed from areas of harder and softer material. The soft material is eroded and removed by the wind, and the harder material remains. The resulting pattern of yardangs is therefore a combination of the original rock distribution, and the fluid mechanics of the air flow and resulting pattern of erosion.
The musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) is a lorikeet, now the only species in the genus Glossopsitta. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The little lorikeet and the purple-crowned lorikeet were previously included in the genus. The musk lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as Psittacus concinnus, from a collection in the vicinity of Port Jackson in what is now Sydney. John Latham described it as Psittacus australis. Its specific epithet is the Latin concinna elegant. Other common names include red-eared lorikeet, and green keet, and formerly a local Sydney indigenous term coolich. The names green leek and king parrot have been incorrectly applied to this species in the past. 56331
The Rio Grande Zephyr, train No. 18, emerges from the confines of the small town of Thistle, Utah the morning of April 29, 1979. The green foothills of Loafer Mountain rise to meet the clear blue sky above Spanish Fork Canyon.
"Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water."
13/52: The weekly/monthly challenge - Knobs and handles
This is one of my kitchen drawer handles. Like handles across the globe, it's being wiped within an inch of its life with antibacterial!
I hope you are all holding up okay and keeping safe from this wretched virus.
A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however, the cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. Cockatoos prefer to eat seeds, tubers, corms, fruit, flowers and insects. They often feed in large flocks, particularly when ground-feeding. Cockatoos are monogamous and nest in tree hollows. Some cockatoo species have been adversely affected by habitat loss, particularly from a shortage of suitable nesting hollows after large mature trees are cleared; conversely, some species have adapted well to human changes and are considered agricultural pests. R_7015
Last year I flew up to Spokane, Wa. and headed over to Coeur d'Alene with my daughter. When we entered town we came across a car show. It was an interesting scene, everybody that arrived to view the show were crammed into all the stores along the street due to the torrential downpour outside. I was very upset at this because I was hoping to find a car show to shoot with my new camera as I had yet to get the chance up to this point and this quaint little town was the perfect setting. We went into a little burger place that was standing room only and had lunch, I noticed as we where leaving that the rain had stopped, just long enough to grab a few shots from under my umbrella.
As it turned out the water drops on this hood ornament of a 1954 Chevrolet looked quite interesting beaded up and reflecting the trees and sky above. I cropped in tighter to bring out the reflections in the chrome.
Fortunately I had my trusty reflector/umbrella in my camera pack. The title "Like A Streamlined Butterfly" is a line spoken by Robert Duvall in the movie Gone In 60 Seconds. This is a reedit and crop of a prior post. :)
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Nicknamed the Silver Streak, the Pioneer Zephyr was an ultimately failed attempt to save the passenger rail industry as Americans moved to individual motor vehicles. With its streamlined body and Art Deco style, it offered a new level of speed and comfort when it began service in 1934. Using new diesel-electric engine technology, innovative construction to reduce weight, and a lower center of gravity, it was able to complete a speed run from Denver to Chicago in 13 hours; the famous "Dawn-to-Dusk" speed run of May 26, 1934.
This wonderfully restored train is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois where you can go on the cars and see all of the luxury finishes.
Common Merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
This is a captive bird at Slimbridge WWT
Common Merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant, gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks’ nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
B61, C507, 4911, GM22 and 48s34 approach Springwood with 8944 loaded grain train from Nevertire to Port Kembla.
Owing to flooding at Forbes, several trains were divided via the Blue Mountains to access Sydney.
Thursday 18th November 2021
Having swapped over with 3801 at Picton, 4201 and 4916 make the charge north across the Menangle bridge as 6L66 to Sydney Terminal with the Southern Highlander from Moss Vale.
Sunday 18th September 2022