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James River & Manchester Bridge
From Potterfield Pedestrian Bridge
Richmond, Virginia
T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge opened last month, providing a good vantage point for the river and the Richmond skyline; it is a 1,600-foot pedestrian bridge across the James River from the western tip of Brown's Island just below Tredegar Iron Works (now American Civil War Museum-Historic Tredegar) to the Manchester area on the south side of the river. Seen here are Manchester Bridge (9th Street/US 60), just east of the pedestrian bridge; CSX railroad trestle along the north side of the James, on the left; and buildings on the southern fringe of downtown.
Thursday afternoon my grandson Conner and I met Clyde (Whisle) at the north end of the bridge to get sunset, moonrise, and night skyline photos. We were not alone. Parking was tight, and foot traffic on the bridge made getting clear images a challenge, due to vibrations, especially for time exposures, such as this 30-second shot. Another source of trouble was a rather stiff breeze that at times moved the camera enough that movement could be seen. Still, it was a great evening, helped by temperatures still in the 60s at sunset -- a big change from less than a week ago, when we had snow and three consecutive daytime highs below freezing.
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Cinnamon Teals are such beautiful ducks, and I've taken many shots of them, usually from such a great distance that I haven't posted any of them.
Some ducks were sleeping nearby the pond where I was shooting today, and I was pleasantly surprised to see one was a Cinnamon Teal. I wanted to get some nice shots of him swimming so I decreased my shutter speed to 1/1250 to bring out more detail in the darker colors.
But then he decided to fly. They are so fast that I didn't have time to increase my shutter speed. I just got lucky that this was in focus. He's one pretty duck!
Cinnamon Teal
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Little Blue Heron [Egretta caerulea]
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Collier County, Florida
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I've never really had much luck with Orange Tips until our weekend visit to Cerne Abbas. They were so well behaved in the cool conditions I had time for a few lens changes.
My two sister kittens are getting bigger! Six months old now. They are very closely bonded. This is Tipper (in back) and Cookie (in the front).
Damodara desert camp, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Our Jaisalmer travel blog: travel-pics-tips.blogspot.ch/2015/12/royal-rajasthan.html
After waiting for a bit at the former pig ramp until "Run 33" finishes switching at West Wye, CPKC train YKK24-27 eases up the lead alongside the Hansen-Mueller elevator with a gray KCS GP38-2 and several flat cars with a few strings of welded rail. They'll make a brief stop at West Wye Tower for some paperwork before leaving Knoche for Grandview. It's a pretty underwhelming train, but it's cool to see some KCS "battleship gray" again.
This engine started life on the Toledo, Peoria & Western in May of 1977 as the TPW No. 2001. After the "Tip-Up" merged with the Santa Fe, it became ATSF No. 3561, later renumbered to 2370 and even being repainted into the "Kodachrome" paint scheme in the midst of the ill-fated "SPSF" merger. It was repainted again into the "Yellowbonnet" scheme, and eventually sold as the GMTX No. 2370 before KCS picked it up. It was the KCS No. 4029 before being renumbered as the 1921 as a newly delivered SD70ACe took its number. 9/27/25.
Back Garden - after photographing this guy on Saturday, I watched him go to roost on the Weigela. Knowing it was going to be frosty the next morning I got up early to try to get some images with frost or dew - he was still there, but he must have been sheltered under the leaf, as I can only see the frost on the Weigela.
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The densely packed bundles of fibers are twisted and drawn through an outer jacket to dramatically increase the amount of light that reaches the outlets.
This is a close-up detail... MACRO!!!
They still fascinate me but I am less fond of those that change colours, I prefer mono.
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Victoria Vergara has just walked all the way to the longboard tip. Soon to run back for balance.
This is an infrared shot that's been heavily tweaked to have colors extracted and tuned.
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Yesterday I went out for several hrs to relieve some stress. Just before heading home, sun setting the Tern made a visit at the pond. I stood on bridge and watched this impressive guy fish. Not the best or clearest but they are super fast (no excuses I know)
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This fellow thought that he could put his bike's kickstand down and the massive weight he was moving about wouldn't turn his bike into an ice cream trebuchette...he was wrong.
Martyr's Park (LieShiLingYuan)
Guangzhou, China
Back Garden - couldn't believe my luck when he landed on this dead daffodil (I didn't spot the photobomber at the time)
Also had a Holly Blue land on some blossom, but too high for photos.
There are several peaks south east of Silver Lake, near Hope, BC. In succession, going south, they are Mount Grant, Eaton Peak, Mount Green, and eventually Silver Tip (among others).
I'm struggling to comprehend the seeming speed with which life has transitioned from manageable to the unimaginable. The preoccupation is rightly with the coronavirus itself. But ultimately the psychological aspect of longterm stress and anxiety might prove equally disabling. Each day brings an increased awareness that this is going to be a long term situation with effects that will surely outlast the virus itself. I'm clinging to daily routines in an effort to maintain mental health. But it's deeper than that. I need to feel a sense of self worth; a need to exist. There has to be more to a day than watching endless news coverage. It's important to be dialed into events, but I fear the hypnotic effect of ongoing news feeds. Balance is key right now. It will be a process of discovery for many of us as routines change, perhaps radically, as we find out how exactly we will fit into the new model. It will be a process.
We're on the verge of the vernal equinox; the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere is Thursday. Normally a time of year filled with hope and optimism. Likely to go all but unnoticed this year. I was scrolling through an old email queue yesterday looking for a past communication. There I stumbled upon threads from exactly one year ago. They were filled with discussion of problems and issues with jobs that seemed paramount at the time, but utterly trivial now. How I wished those sorts of problems were the worst thing in life now.
The other day I noticed a very challenging astrological makeup for this week starting tomorrow, March 18. An astounding six planets will cluster in the sign of Capricorn. The indication is one of a tipping point being crossed. Perhaps a big disclosure is in the offing. The tension will remain strong through early next week. Stay safe.