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autumn has finally come bringing colors and pumpkins and lots of fun
soon it will be a time for joyful celebrations across all the nations
the great divides of oceans and lands
made smaller by people reaching hands
bring the small up with the tall
make the tall stoop low to help us all.
fairy tales of santa and elves
can hopefully empty the shelves
of toys for girls and boys
one thing for sure with Covid near
the fear
the pushy
the demanding pleas
will be silenced for a while
the trial
of Truth always wins
it's about Love above all
not the small
human men
but the heavenly amen
of angels on high.
CN 322's head end and CP 112's rear DPU are pacing each other as they approach a pedestrian overpass in Beaconsfield. CN 322 has 160 cars and weighs in at nearly 20,000 tons, with most of the train consisting of grain cars for Montreal. Power is CN 8101 and IC 2465 up front and CN 2288 and CN 2441 mid-train, CN 2441 being one of the few CN cowls currently in service.
The lowest place in the United States...Badwater in Death Valley, and we made it there right at sunset, perfect timing!
Getting a decently-lit shot of this train (Amtrak 66, at Neabsco, Virginia) at this location can only be done for a few weeks each year, and that requires that the train is operating on-time.
Of course, being this close to sunset does provide the potential for interesting "last light" conditions, but the time window for this is also fairly narrow.
On June 30, 2018, the timing was good, as you can see here. The planned composition was to have placed the broadside view of the train somewhat higher in the frame, but it was hard to resist showing more of the pretty pink clouds produced by the almost-set sun.
Memo to self: do what the light lets you, and be prepared to modify your plans at the last minute.
CPKC 241 continues its charge northward on the Detroit Lakes Subdivision, originally the Soo Line's Winnipeg mainline, toward Thief River Falls and later Noyes at the international border seen here south of Winger in Polk County. Winger has a gravel road underpass at this location, which I had intended to include in the scene. However, the timing was tight, so I opted for this framing with the various prairie grasses and snow. Next time.
Toothed belts /timing belts are available in different sizes even in loops (which sometimes can be of corrrect length for tinkering).
While driving around Galesburg, I noticed a train that was starting to head down the connection to the Peoria Sub. I hit the gas and got to the S Chambers St crossing just in time to catch BNSF 1882 heading under the CB&Q cantilever at Knox interlocking. The cantilever has since been replaced.
Yes, I am a tourist. But I found out how much I needed to be. I needed to get out of the same old same old and just SEE something new. 6 days of not just "going through the motions" really helped.
Walking around Universal wasn't just fun, it was amazing. A lot of respect goes out to them for the thought, the technology, the money, and everything else that they put into this park. I've never even seen a Harry Potter movie, but it didn't mean I wasn't blown away by this environment.
And I didn't "add a fireball" in post. It's crazy how much heat that thing generates, even standing on the street on a hot day.
I was going to take a photo of the Grossmünster when I saw this bird approaching... This was the only frame I took with the bird, so I am more than happy with it. Straightened, no other editing. Explore 2017-12-24, highest rating spotted: #160. Thanks for all the faves and comments, and merry Christmas to you all.
Ferrari 458 in the rainy streets of Ginza. S-Klasse in the back.
"The timing was right.
The pleasure was mine."
NS G70/72 times a C102 on Old Main 3 as they prepare to cut away from part of their Industry Yard inbound cut at East Point, Georgia. NS GP38-2 5230 does the honors on the southbound move. January 2023
Good time at the fundraiser at Lagunitas Brewery. Cool place, but you can only take so much of the soundtrack from Willy Wonka before you say "peace out". Thanks to Holly - dear friend and she never has a problem when I say "I need to get a picture!"
A rural country light that caught my eye because of the contrasting colours... this is straight from the camera!
The end of an eastbound stacker clears just in time for a westbound to pass. I'll post the video of this sometime
Foto tirada junto ao farol da Foz também conhecido como farol de Felgueiras.
Photo taken near Foz lighthouse also known as beacon of Felgueiras.
While out for a brief period this morning I heard UP's twice-weekly Duluth transfer calling from Tower Avenue in Superior to come across Grassy Point Draw. At roughly the same time a CN light power move called RTC for authority to come down Proctor Hill to Missabe Junction.
I thought there might be an outside chance of seeing both at the Junction given the distances each needed to travel were similar. While waiting for them to show up the UP train called BNSF's Duluth remote job asking what their status was. They said they were about done at Rices Point and would be using the westbound to the paper mill. Hum...
As I stood on the 27th Avenue West overpass next to the sewage plant I watched as the UP train slowly worked toward my position and the CN light power set eased down the ramp into the Junction yard. The CN crew got off to switch ends before heading down the hole track just as the UP train came around the curve. Over my shoulder I could hear the BNSF job rolling west. The stars aligned perfectly with a rolling meet between the UP and BNSF immediately west of the bridge and the CN power still in the shot directly above.
The smell from the sewage plant was ripe, but this meet was refreshingly sweet.
Salt print on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag 8x10".
Salted with 0,8% gelatin, 1,8% sodium citrate and 2,0% sodium chloride.
Sensitized with 10 % silver nitrate.
Digital negative with Easy Digital Negatives (Peter Mrhar) gradient map, exposed for 9,5 min in UV-box.
Cleared in citric acid/seasalt, fixed in hypo and rinsed in HCA.
If alternative/historic photographic processes need patience, so does water drop photography...
Better than before calibrating with HPR, but still haven't found that "oomph" contrast with salt prints. To be continued. :-)
I surprised myself with this one! I was trying to sneak up on a Bald Eagle through the crunchy snow. No easy task. He heard me coming and leapt from his perch. I followed him through the trees and snapped quick when I saw an opening. I really thought I missed the shot but lo and behold I got it! LOL! Pretty fast for an old guy!
We were pleased with this first snow of the season back in November, but we have not been pleased with the recent April dustings. It snowed a bit overnight, and there is the possibility of more in the forecast. . So far, April has not been kind to us.
© AnvilcloudPhotography
Hitting the notes, ringing the change / It's clipped phrasing and dry ice in summer / Straining against the rhythm, speeding it up / Loping forward and looping back, finding the curl / In the wave, the modd in the air. It's / Splintered tones and furious double timing / It's leaving the other instruments on stage (Sofia Salvo & Lorena Izquierdo, poem by Edward Hirsch)
© Sofia Salvo & Lorena Izquierdo, Berlin, 2025, Florian Fritsch