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This photograph was made at the north of Hunterston just outside of Fairlie, North Ayrshire. I like this area because if you get the timing right, you can see the Heron Gulls fishing for food, unfortuneately, they are rather shy and not a bird that wants me to photograph it though I will keep trying. Maybe I need one of those huge birding nature lenses where you can shoot your subjects crystal clear from 5 miles away.
Luckily the Short Eared Owls (only 2) waited until 20 minutes after I got to the site to show themselves. Normally you either wait all day for a brief glimpse - or turn up just after the action.
I think my timing was a little off this last fall to catch all the excitement of the rut. In terms of the duel, this was about as good as it got for me. Seriously, doesn't this sort of look like a gentlemanly exchange before the action takes off? And actually, it seemed a little whimsical - I have no idea what the poor guy on the left thought he was going to do with half his spikes broken off. (Check it large.) Maybe he's getting more instruction from big brother. And big brother seemed to be gentle and thoughtful - like, "ok, we'll take it slower this time." They did finally tangle a little, very politely, with just a touch of push and shove... Tule Elk, Pt. Reyes National Seashore.
This Garter snake was enjoying the hot summer weather after it had just finished moulting/shedding its skin that was still right beside it. Clearly it had outgrown its old skin and it was time for a newer model.
After watching an eastbound pass by in Durand where the sun started to come out after a couple of isolated storms skirted the area to the north, I saw that L514 was ready to leave Flint after the eastbound got past them in Flint. I went east hoping the cloud line would keep moving east and let that sky work for the afternoon westbound. After a lot of waiting, and anxiously watching the train slowly get closer, the cloud line and blue skies were slowly coming, but it was going to be close. With about 45 seconds to spare, the clouds cleared out, the sky opened up, and the sun cast a warm glow on the land and blackened the sky.
"After despair, many hopes flourish just as after darkness thousands of suns open and start to shine." Rumi
Seen from the Magic Attic the other night - always a glorious view.
Enjoy the music of Loreena McKennitt and the words of Rumi - just ... relax.
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Hope you are all having a Sunny Sunday. It's cloudy and blowy here - refreshing nonetheless LOL.
Earlier this year CP ran a CWR train along the Galt Sub dropping rail in various locations before continuing south down the Hamilton Sub. While working their way east, the consist was left tied down on the Killean Storage Track on Galt's east side one evening giving local photographers the opportunity for night shots of the London-built SD40-2.
With the time change 'springing ahead' during the night, I was afforded an extra hour of darkness in the morning, with just enough time to grab a few shots after work before the sun came up.
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CP Galt Sub - Killean Storage Track
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CSX Geometry train W003 rolls past the 10th Street interlocking beginning its trip to Montgomery, AL as a trio of KCS Belles shove NS 24E past 'Howell' and into Norfolk Southerns Inman Yard.
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Perfect timing: It was the end of a long hiking day and it was near to the carpark. The trip could not have ended better. Awesome time with a friend I haven't meet for quite some time.
CP 6018 leads CP 244 by Orrs Lake amid a pocket of sunlight.
I literally came to a stop as the train got to this spot. I had enough time to hop out and quickly compose the shot, no setting check or anything.
Five Blue Angels punch into the sky like a patriotic exclamation mark the kind of formation that feels less like flight and more like a national signature. On Independence Day, this image hits different: precision, discipline, and raw American engineering carving upward into a cloudless July sky.
The jets rise in a perfect fan, vapor trails streaking behind them like fireworks drawn in daylight. The symmetry is surgical. The timing is flawless. It’s the aviation equivalent of a national anthem, loud, proud, and impossible to ignore.
And with you shooting this on July 4, the whole frame becomes a celebration: the blue of the sky, the blue of the jets, the gold accents flashing like sparks from a firework shell. It’s America’s birthday rendered in thrust and geometry.
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I spotted this Osprey and the moon behind it. At first the moon was to the right, took some pics, repositioned myself and waited a bit to get this shot. Central Bucks PA.
After a solidly cloudy day, the sun finally found a sucker hole to shine through right before sunset and the timing was perfect. NS 15T came rolling through Shippensburg with a sandblasted Spartan Cab leader.
Tuesday was the warmest day of the year so far in the UK with temperatures up 33C or 91F in some parts. It was also full moon with the moon rising 30 minutes before sunset. The clear skies and timing make ideal conditions for mixing scenery with the moon without too much difference in exposure. A check of the Photographers Ephemeris online also revealed that the moonrise lined up perfectly with the local pier when viewed from the west. This also gave me a perfect chance to try out my new (second hand) 75-300 Minolta zoom lens for some moon shots.. When the tide is in there are always fishermen operating from the end of the pier in the evening.
The picture was taken with a tripod with a Sony A550 with a Minolta 75-300 zoom at 300mm. Processing was limited to adjustments in RAW and Topaz Clarity was also used.
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I was glad I was able to get focused on the female Belted Kingfisher as it flew by the female Common Merganser. Central Bucks, PA.
I only made it to Bedford, Indiana a couple of times. The second time, I managed to photograph a train in the street. However, being February this northbound was coming right out of the sun. At least I was able to view and photograph this interesting operation once.
February 09, 1992
You could call this a miracle shot, and fellow buffs Torice and Henry can attest to that! I flew into Norfolk, VA on the morning of the 29th, right around 2 AM. Knowing 97 had this duo, I scheduled the first flight out at 0530, with a scheduled arrival time of 0935 in JAX. The problem: 97's departure from Jacksonville is 0934. Luckily, the flight was a few minutes early, and with superb coordination I was able to meet the getaway drivers at the airport door before flying over to McGirts Creek Bridge, where we had about five seconds to spare. This makes for the craziest example of perfect timing I've ever experienced in this hobby. If a single thing within the last 12 hours had taken 30 seconds longer, this would not have been a shot.
Good timing for me that these Epiphyllum Hookeri -- Hooker's Orchid Cactus are blooming so much! Two blossoms at once (and a little creative composite editing) were a blessing for me. They don't even last a day opened ... so I had been watching the double ones that had appeared and was blessed they opened on the right day for SoS!
This is what they look like before opening up!
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Happy Smile on Saturday!
Photo taken on January 10, 2025, at 19:21:11 p.m.
LET GO and TRUST LIFE again (Official Music Video Trust Your Timing) Fearless Soul
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Yesterday I went to Whittier Narrows Regional Park (Legg Lake) Frisby Golf Course to photograph the Vermilion Flycatcher nest that was reported on July 5, 2020, but when I looked for them in their nest.. they had fledged and were no longer in the area so I went back to my archives and found this.
Another 20 minutes and the light would have gone kaput, luckily everything worked out because I've been wanting this photo for a while. SLR train 393 lead by RM-1 804 pours it on climbing into Gilead, Maine, leaving a fog of rich smelling diesel exhaust behind as they roll west into the setting sun.
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Neon lights and colourful menus brighten the night at Good Timing Food Village, a lively hub of street food and local flavours.
D&SNG 480 drifts around the oft-photographed S-curve above Rockwood.
This location is about a 15-minute hike from Rockwood; I had planned to get there in time to deploy the other camera on the tripod on the left where the other photographer is. Alas, a buckle on my camera bag broke during the hike and so I didn't quite get there in time to do two cameras.
As they say, timing is everything.
Picturesque framing of a magnificent cloud over the temple of Luxor. Shot with a Canon EOS 700D from the west bank of the River Nile
Had timing been just slightly different, this would have been a perfect over-under, oh well. Just after sunset and a couple minutes out of Chicago Union Station, an outbound Amtrak Hiawatha Service train scoots under the approaches to Ogilvie Transportation Center, where a UP GP15 shoves a string of bilevels into the station.
Amesbury, Wiltshire
A weekend trip down to Alton to visit some friends with a detour to Salisbury and Stonehenge on the Friday. Didn't quite go according to plan, timing wise, since it took us 5 1/2 hours to get there! Not the conditions I hoped for and didn't expect several thousand visitors on a late afternoon but I sure as hell was going to take some pictures come what may after that journey!
The Pendulum Staircase at The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Franklin Institute is an interactive museum that aims to present scientific and technological principles through exhibits that you can touch and feel, as well as view.
The Pendulum Staircase has a row of pins around the compass rose. As the Earth rotates, the pendulum swings and knocks down each of the pins in turn.
Day 2 of 2025 saw sun and clouds. When this train to Gent passed me, I saw mostly clouds. It wasn't as bad as a few hundred meters more towards Lokeren. There, sun and rain added some spectacle to the photo.
Timing is everything, as a few minutes earlier the foreground scene was also lit by the sun. And a few minutes after this shot, I had to run and seek shelter for the rain.