It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog. Today's image goes back to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. This is locomotive 6765 Mountain type built in 1930 and retired in 1957 and was one that could scoop water into the tender on the fly. I felt like a B&W treatment for this image today. Steam locomotives make great B&W subjects I think.
I recently bought a drone and Have been practicing flying it and learning what it can do. I want to eventually use it for train photography. I was out at our new high school because I needed an open area to test some flight features. The sky was quite interesting to the west as it was approaching sunset.
It's Friday, TGIF! The Surprise Lilies are up and blooming for the last couple weeks. I captured this group with some lovely lighting and bokeh and I am sharing this image today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
On a recent bike ride I went looking for Jewel-wing Damselflies and I was not disappointed. I captured this one on a leaf over a stream with another coming in to land.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is one that has been blooming rather profusely the past month. This is Showy Partridge Pea. It blooms July through September and is a member of the Bean family. The leaves are touch sensitive and fold when touched like Cat's Claw Sensitive Briar.
This was a new bird for me this year. I was able to capture them at a few different times when I knew what to look for. This is a pair of males that I captured one day while on a bike ride. I was wondering if one was a female but they both have black eye masks and females don't have that.
Happy Monday! It's a double digit day today! 😀 Starting off the week with a lovely flower from my garden. This is one of my peppermint striped Zinnias.
