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...it really is everything. I'll explain. It's almost impossible to tell here, but that's Nickel Plate 765 crossing the Cal-Sag Channel bridge in Blue Island, Illinois. My grand plan for the last run of Nickel Plate 765 on the Rock Island District of the weekend- the deadhead move to the 47th Street shops- was to show up at Western Avenue right after sunset and grab a twilight view of the steamer emerging from the Cal-Sag bridge. The railroad being the railroad though, delays cropped up, meaning it was awfully dark by the time 765 showed up here. Okay, no biggie, I'll get artsy and try a 1/20th or so long-exposure, giving what I hoped would be a dramatic blur of smoke pierced by the twin headlight beams. Well, the crew had the throttle to the ceiling, going through here and across Vermont Street faster than anything I'd ever seen in Blue Island. So on the next click of the shutter, that dramatic blur was halfway under the Western Avenue bridge, and the whole scene was out of focus.
So this is the shot you get. I wish I had recorded some video, as it truly was a spectacular sight.
It was a beautiful day in the Napa Valley on the day before Thanksgiving.
A cold Winter storm from the north came in that weekend early Saturday morning and blew all the leaves off the trees and the vines. Looks like I got lucky with the timing on my photo adventure.
This is my Throwback Thursday shot for this week. I took this shot in the early moring hours at Lake Redman this past fall. It was a crisp September morning with a fog that had settled over the lake. Nikon D7000 with a Nikkor 35 f/1.8 prime lens.
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Timing is everything. This image is over 40 years old and has been processed to remove noise and sharpen
British Claasic competing in the Group Sb class at the Winton Festival of Speed.
(1 of 3) #60 - Michael Byrne - Lotus Seven S4.
(2 of 3) #43 - Don Bartley - Austin Healy Sprite.
(3 of 3) #78 - Gordon Bunyan - Triumph Spitfire.
Winton Raceway, Victoria, Australia.
Thanks to JQ and MM, I knew that NS 8098 (Conrail Heritage Unit) was leading train 112 westbound from Louisville to St. Louis. Originally estimated into the Lou for 0715, I had hoped they would fall down. After checking my work schedule, I learned I had a meeting at 0900! Then I hoped the train wouldn't fall down too much...
Listening to the feed while getting ready for work found the Southern West District was really busy around 0700. 239 was holding the main at New Baden. 168 was coming west behind 239. 167 was heading east to clear up at New Baden. 112 was getting permission from the CN at Centralia and D76 wanted to enter Centralia Yard Limits and also head west. Whew!
112 took a short delay from the BNSF at Centralia so I figured my only hope was for 167 to meet the first two at New Baden then run east to Shattuc for 112 and D76. That was not to be as 112 got a warrant west to catch up to 239 and 168.
I went to work continuing to listen to the feed and anxiously listening for 112 to call signals. Eventually, 0830 rolled around and I left the warehouse to spend 15 minutes trackside. Luckily, everything kept moving and by 0845 I heard 112 call "Clear MP 19". Within a quick moment, the 8098 popped around the corner and under the former L&N (now Metrolink) and passed the platform for the long gone Southern depot in Belleville. 112 was clearly forwarding some power west but Big Blue certainly stood out from the 8 normally dressed sisters.
Got the shot and back to work in time for the 0900 meeting!
01-27-2016
Higham 29-4-26 V81 ran early last night so our intrepid explorer decided to venture into one of the more remote and seldom visited valleys of Derbyshire in search of the soon to be extinct PCA. After a long trek through many fields and mobbed by a herd of teenage herbivores, he arrived to find the shot was too tight off the bridge, the trees were all too far away and the train was 3 signal sections south of him. In desperation he stood on his steps to gain more height and held on. 70007 passes through Higham on 6H61 Walsall-Earles Sidings empty cement-still using 2 axle PGAs. Yes, 2 axle PCAs work out of Ketton as well but not for too much longer it seems. My apologies to the driver for not returning your friendly wave. I never saw it till I processed the picture as I was concentrating on not falling and timing the shot correctly! TAKEN FROM STEPS. I will be back as somebody famous once said-when the days are a little longer!
Pladda and Ailsa Craig from above Kildonan on the Isle of Arran, at dusk.
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Timing the evening walk along the River bank to catch some colour. Orange mostly.
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Surely this shot must represent some inner portion of my psyche. The way I engineered every wave to behave according to my plan, The vision I had for years to capture this shot. How it fits into my body of work. Should I press the shutter or is that not enjoying the moment??
Nah... I decided to stop photographing rocks for a moment and point the camera directly out to sea...was timing for the wave and was pretty happy with the result...it was one of those fun ones to shoot...would the sea swallow me, would the tripod sink in the soft sand, and should I get out the bug spray? Those were the rumblings of my psyche! : )
Timing and camera control SplashArt Water Drop Kit
SplashArt Kit Video on youtube
Graduated blue / pink acetate background timing SplashArt MKII
After seeing the sunrise at Maebongsan mountain park, I looked around Namsan mountain where one of Seoul's landmark, and rooftop park in downtown.
Timing and camera control SplashArt Water Drop Kit
SplashArt Kit Video on youtube
Canon 7D 1/250 f/20 iso 100 100mm f/2.8 L macro.
Strobist info 4 YN560 Blue Yellow Gels at white background. Mounted left right 1/32 Power 12 inches inches in front of background.
Liquid - Water Xanthan Gum and a touch of Dettol Power and Pure Multi Purpose Kitchen
Base liquid water yellow dye
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my timing was off this afternoon, we had sunshine, but I managed to get caught in a Hailstone Shower and Gales ... it was horrid ;(
Watched the first dragon boat race of the day at the Arundel festival. As can be seen the paddlers were inexperienced and had difficult keeping time.
I finally got a shot that I have wanted to get for a long time. One on the list you can say. The difficulty has always been that if you are a very early morning commuter you know that a 5-10 minute delay could really mean 30 plus minutes of congestion later along with finding safe parking around train tracks. This morning I lucked out. The sunrise was coming up, the light was on the rails and I had a camera with me, well an iPad. I still envision getting this shot differently but for now I'm happy that I still can chase that light.
The sky erupts in shades of pink, coral, and deep blue as dawn breaks over San Francisco, captured from the iconic Twin Peaks viewpoint. This elevated perspective—nearly 1,000 feet above sea level—offers one of the city's most breathtaking panoramas, showing the urban grid stretching toward the bay while the sky performs its daily color spectacular.
The timing is perfect. That brief window when artificial lights still glow across the cityscape while natural light begins painting the eastern sky creates a magical duality. Street lamps trace the city's arterial roads through residential neighborhoods, their orange sodium vapor lights creating warm pools against the cool predawn darkness. Larger commercial districts shine brighter—likely the Bayview industrial corridor and Candlestick Point area catching early morning activity. Across the bay, the East Bay cities of Oakland, Berkeley, and beyond create a continuous necklace of lights along the far shore.
The sky itself demands attention. Wispy clouds catch and scatter the sunrise in layers of pink and salmon, creating horizontal bands of color that gradiate from deep navy blue overhead through purple and rose toward that brilliant peachy-orange glow near the horizon. It's the kind of sunrise that stops people mid-commute, that gets shared across social media, that reminds San Franciscans why they tolerate the city's challenges. The atmospheric conditions—likely some marine layer influence creating those striated clouds—turn an ordinary sunrise into something spectacular.
Looking at the urban fabric below, you can read San Francisco's residential character. The dense grid of houses and low-rise buildings filling the foreground represents neighborhoods like Noe Valley, Glen Park, or Bernal Heights—communities of single-family homes, small apartment buildings, and tree-lined streets that give San Francisco its human scale despite being a major city. The brighter commercial zones punctuate the residential sea, marking neighborhood business districts and larger employers that anchor local economies.
The bay itself provides the ultimate backdrop. That dark band of water stretching across the middle distance separates San Francisco from the East Bay, its surface barely distinguishable from land at this twilight hour. The Bay Bridge would be visible from this vantage during full daylight, connecting the city to Oakland and beyond. During World War II, this bay teemed with military vessels. During the Gold Rush, it was choked with abandoned ships as crews deserted to seek fortune in the Sierra foothills. Now it's a commuter corridor, environmental restoration zone, and recreational playground—always central to Bay Area identity.
Twin Peaks itself holds special significance in San Francisco's geography and culture. These two hills—remnants of the ancient Franciscan Formation that forms much of the city's bedrock—were called "Los Pechos de la Chola" (Breasts of the Indian Maiden) by early Spanish settlers. The Ohlone people who inhabited these lands for thousands of years before European contact knew them by different names lost to history. Now they're preserved parkland offering 360-degree views that help residents and visitors understand San Francisco's unique topography—a city built on dozens of hills jutting up from a peninsula barely seven miles square.
The residential development pattern visible here tells stories about San Francisco's growth. Those tightly packed homes spreading across every available hillside represent waves of expansion—post-earthquake reconstruction, post-war suburban development, and continuous infill that's made San Francisco one of America's densest cities. The preservation of Twin Peaks as open space rather than building site represents hard-won victories by conservation advocates who understood that cities need breathing room, viewpoints, and preserved natural areas as much as they need housing and commerce.
This view also reveals what you can't see from street level—the sheer scale of the city's lighting infrastructure, the energy consumption represented by thousands of glowing windows and street lights, the environmental footprint of urban density. Yet density has advantages. These compact neighborhoods support public transit, walkable amenities, and lower per-capita resource use than sprawling suburbs. San Francisco's environmental contradictions—progressive values meeting high consumption reality—play out in scenes like this.
Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is considered the world's most beautiful spring gardens with more than seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths filling over 32 hectares with incredible colors. Timing your visit is a must if you are going to avoid the big crowds!
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An outbound LIRR train climbs out from the tunnel and up onto the elevated structure of the Atlantic Branch. In the background, a two-car Franklin Avenue Shuttle train crosses Atlantic Ave. I had literally just been talking with my friend about how I'd probably have to scour the timetables to get the over/under here, but it turned out that I got it on the next train!
M7 (Bombardier, 1999-2006)
R68 (S) (Westinghouse-Amrail, 1986-1988)
Nostrand Avenue Station
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Sunrise at South Era beach, in the Royal National Park south of Sydney, Australia.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm, ProGrey 1.2 GND filter. PP in PS CC using Nik Software and luminosity masks.