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Post by peterob on Sept 13, 2023 16:21:14 GMT
Either this site and Flickr are both slow or our internet is playing up again. Have space - build a block of flats - seems to have been the ethic in Chester these last few years. No infrastructure to speak of. Telford's warehouse presumably does well.  DSCF0787.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by peterob on Sept 13, 2023 16:25:36 GMT
A window on the sky. Someone went to a lot of trouble with their decking. Quite a few house gardens back onto the canal and the most has been made of it. The true state of the canal water can be seen in the vignette! Amazing that it will still provide a reflection if conditions are right.  DSCF0792.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by zx9 on Sept 14, 2023 7:56:54 GMT
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Post by peterob on Sept 14, 2023 9:07:52 GMT
A bit ugly at low tide - former hydro-electric power station on the Dee at Chester  DSCF0021.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by kate on Sept 14, 2023 9:16:22 GMT
What we rely on in winter, when the power connection to the mainland fails. Co-incidentally it is at Battery Point. Powered by oil, so hope it continues into the future!  Power Station by Kate Ferris, on Flickr |
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Post by petrochemist on Sept 14, 2023 10:34:20 GMT
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Post by El Sid on Sept 14, 2023 11:13:33 GMT
Think this is about the best I can do... 
P1080146-a by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr We have 3rd rail electric trains round here... |
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Post by zx9 on Sept 14, 2023 13:09:03 GMT
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Post by petrochemist on Sept 14, 2023 13:09:24 GMT
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Post by zx9 on Sept 14, 2023 13:15:55 GMT
That is a great shot, we had a half hour lightning show on Sunday night when I was in Wales, there was no thunder and no rain so it was all a bit odd. I tried taking pictures but mostly all I got was back lit clouds which was a bit disappointing, the little bit of video I shot looks more impressive than any of the photos. |
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Post by peterob on Sept 14, 2023 13:31:56 GMT
I reworked an old one. The original was taken on a walk, I think aimed to get an APForum contribution, back in November 2020 but I forget what the subject was. It was hissing down, so possibly "rain". On the other hand the camera was new and I was playing with it so the AP connection could have been a coincidence.  DSCF0035.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by zx9 on Sept 14, 2023 13:40:39 GMT
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Post by peterob on Sept 14, 2023 13:52:12 GMT
I remembered this old favourite but not where it was (on the same railway - next station along). I've reprocessed it just now so it looks a little different to how it did 20 mins ago,  274A2767.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by peterob on Sept 14, 2023 15:24:40 GMT
Looks like I uploaded this 18 months ago for a theme on APForum but that much wasn't obvious until I came to update Flickr. I reworked the processing from scratch and, by comparison, I've chosen a darker implementation. It was a very wet day. I'd not noticed the flag poles sticking out of the tower before. At least that's what they probably are, I can't think of another reason to stick a pole out horizontally. Overhead tram-lines at a junction outside the Cathedral in Ghent.  IMG_0001.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by petrochemist on Sept 14, 2023 19:02:22 GMT
That is a great shot, we had a half hour lightning show on Sunday night when I was in Wales, there was no thunder and no rain so it was all a bit odd. I tried taking pictures but mostly all I got was back lit clouds which was a bit disappointing, the little bit of video I shot looks more impressive than any of the photos. This was from a particularly dramatic storm (One of the cats kindly woke me so I didn't miss it) I had two cameras taking it in turns to do 60s exposures (handheld from the bedroom windows) about 80% of them came out black. My two favorites where both with the converted camera, the above with an IR filter fitted & a full spectrum one which turned the night to day:  ultra flashgun by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr (bang goes one of mu song shots) a little known song with the lines 'the lightning striking constantly, transformed the night to day'  Lightning at daytime is a waste of time IMO. When it's black the flash comes into it's own. |
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