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A job as a labourer on the Wulong Mine spoil tip is not a happy one in western eyes, but these workers are not only bemused at visitors but friendly beyond belief, apparently quite used to the many photographers that now appear from all corners of the globe to visit this most inhospitable of places. Fuxin city in Liaoning Province unfolds below as Fuxin Mining Railway 'SY' class 2-8-2 No.1195 waits for its spoil train to be dealt with in a 21st century manner, more traditional tools still being relied upon to add those final finishing touches to the mountain of waste material created over decades of deep and opencast mining. A traditional 'tuc-tuc' vehicle has found its way to the top of the tip to transport a labourer home, such vehicles being quite rare now in the Fuxin area, being replaced widespread by electric-powered vehicles, but still having the added luxury of coal-fired stoves for keeping passengers warm!. This scene, quite incredible for 2016, can surely not last for much longer in the ever-evolving China of the 21st century.
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Antwerpen 12-11-2011
Foto's genomen tijdens een bezoek aan het Antwerpen van Lie.
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TIP: Press L to view in light box
No private group or multiple group invites please!
Friction Bouldering Competition at Sportrock II in Alexandria, VA.
Camera :: Nikon D200
Lens :: Nikkor AF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 DX
The chick fell off the adults back and tumbled into the water. It carried on trying to get the fish down its throat. In the end the adult ate it. The Arches, Carr Mill Dam, St.Helens, Merseyside.
Tip
Sometimes natural light is more than enough.
So always also shoot some images with the available light it might be that you don't need the strobes ;)
There was some sun when I set off for my usual walk and I saw a few butterflies on the roadside as I headed for the reserve. However by the time I got there it was overcast, so I headed back.
This was one of those seen - all were either female orange tips or other whites.
It was worth a few nettle stings to get this shot of mating Orange Tips. The male on the left, the female on the right.
Garston Wood, Cranborne Chase, Dorset
Orange-tip (male) [Anthocharis cardamines]
LEPIDOPTERA > Papilionoidea (Butterflies) >
Pieridae (Pierids) > Pierinae (Whites) > Anthocharini
NEX-6 + Meyer Trioplan 1:3.5 F = 2,5cm (1933; Minifex)
The Trioplan 25/3.5 was used on the subminiature Minifex, a camera made in the 1930s by Fotofex Kameras in Berlin. The camera took 36 13x18mm photos on special 16mm film. Surprisingly, the lens has no problem with the APS-C sensor.
For more information see here:
www.submin.com/16mm/collection/minifex/index.htm
and here:
Orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines seen here on a Dead Nettle, Lamium purpureum, known as red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, purple archangel, or velikdenche, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. Wikipedia
DMC-G80 - ISO 200 - 1/1600sec - Lumix G Vario 12-60/D3.5-5.6 @ f/8
Sovell Down, Dorset
Orange-tip [Anthocharis cardamines]
LEPIDOPTERA > Papilionoidea (Butterflies) >
Pieridae (Pierids) > Pierinae (Whites) > Anthocharini
This musical phenomenon comes to Theatr Clwyd for the first time thanks to Tip Top Productions.
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot. “Prologue – Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” additional material written by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe; ”Memory” additional material written by Trevor Nunn.
The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year—the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories to Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life. Among the candidates are the aging theatre cat, Gus; the rocker, Rum Tum Tugger; and the once-glamorous Grizabella, now but a faded memory of her former self.
Boasting a score that includes Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats, Mr. Mistoffelees and Memory, this compelling fable takes audiences to a fantastical world that can only exist in the theatre. Cats has been performed worldwide and translated into over 20 languages. The original West End production ran for 21 years and the original Broadway production ran for 18 years
For tickets and more info see:
White-tipped Dove was another Texas specialty I wanted to find on my research trips there over the last couple months.
11-12-15_MG_4330 It was a treat to find one of these again, several years ago I had my only other one of this species and barely got any usable photos of it at that time.
'Anthocharis cardamines' 'Orange tip' Butterflies ( Female at the front and her Male admirer behind.)
It's always a good idea to check the closet for creepy old men with a camera. They are usually harmless but can be a bit of a nuisance when you are trying to get to sleep.
Late May to July. Widespread and frequent throughout Britain, although more local in Scotland. An unmistakable moth which closely resembles a twig from a Silver Birch when at rest.
When at rest, the wings are held almost vertically against the body with two buff areas at the front of the thorax and at the tips of the forewings which look very like the pale wood of the birch. The rest of the wings are the same mottled grey colour of the birch bark.
Occasionally the adults can be found resting in the day on a twig or the ground. They fly at night and comes to light, usually after midnight.
Of all the abundant flowers in the Allan Gardens conservatory in Toronto, this pink tipped plant produced the most interesting photo.
Tipping of waste from a slag ladle at TATA's Lackenby works in October 2012.
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission
Toledo Peoria & Western eastbound freight crosses the Mississippi on Santa Fe rails at Fort Madison, Iowa, March 11, 1969, with TP&W 700-600-900 and Santa Fe 1118. The train will use the Santa Fe to Lomax, Illinois, where it will curve onto home trails for the journey to East Peoria.
One of the 'new' Royal Navy Agusta-Westland Merlins seemingly 'tips a wink' to an outgoing Commando HC.4 as they take the salute from the crowd during after participating in the RNAS Yeovilton's annual Air Day's set-piece 'Airfield Assault'.
Most of the HC.4's have been retired - sold off for spares and scrap to be replaced by the larger and more capable ex RAF Merlin which have a door both sides of the cabin along with a rear loading ramp.
The incredible sight and sound of these huge helicopters in such close proximity certainly brings home what it must be like to be at the 'sharp' end of Royal Marine operations!
Fantastic!
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