Your R System Images - December 2025

[NGauger101010]

So pretty!

Next time, please share some snow with Virginia. We got a mere dusting.

Thanks! Yeah, it was a small concentrated storm. LOL Next time I'll put a word in for you.

 

[Only RF]

Canadian Museum for Human Rights which was built in our city. You would think something like this would have been placed in our capital. Another dreary day so I decided so decided to visit again but this time with my cam. I did not take any specifics of the displays and there were many, just the architecture. Sorry for the long text at the end. This is what happens when you get bored waiting for a nice day to take your new toy out.

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Seven levels ramps with sides of lit Alabaster and I walked all the way up today.

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View from the tower. The suspension walking bridge has the cities famous million dollar toilet. They thought they would put a high end restaurant in the centre and since it can get to -35 Celsius in the winter the sewage, etc pipes had to be heated. People said no one will want to walk across it in the winter especially with those temps and winds. They were right and it shut down. I ride my over that bridge in the summer.

The platform to the right on the Red River (which comes up from North Dakota/Minnesota) was built for one the popes that visited many years ago. From it a bit to the left and up there is an arch. The St. Boniface Cathedral which burnt in 1968. The kept the front wall. You can't see it but just to the right the right is the Assiniboine river that spills into the Red. That area is called The Forks and they uncovered artifacts dating back over 5,000 years. Once a train maintenance facility it turned into a rough area, was reclaimed and now the old brick buildings have shopping, restaurants, etc. Great place to sit outside and sometimes when I go on one of my long bike rides I stop there for a cold beer.

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I was looking for something else and this was something I didn't know/. The architect was Antoine Predock of Albuquerque, New Mexico was awarded the design of the museum, which he considers his most significant project.

 

[AOC]

Another shot of the Red-shouldered hawk perched on a branch at the woods edge by a wetland

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[MikeZ]

A snowy day in the Hudson Valley.

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[PKM-UK]

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Hi Art,

A series of spectacular images where the blend of movement blur and fine detail combine to give a real sense of the intense action unfolding on the track.

Great stuff - Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Holiday portrait session completed!

Each year our photo club does a Christmas dinner at the church where we meet. I set up a backdrop and lights in an adjacent classroom and do some portraits of anyone in our group who wants one.

I use basic studio lighting patterns, a key light, fill light and a reflector. I have some older studio mono head flash units that still work fine and do the job. I even had someone click the shutter for the last shot of me and my wife who complained we never get a picture of the two of us. OMG, the grey hair!

The point is, I try to keep each portrait different, find an expression or pose that works for that couple. Work with your subject and talk to them, make them feel at ease and that they are the most important thing in front of your camera.
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I encourage everyone to do a Holiday Portrait even with a smart phone and a selfie! We aren't getting any younger!

Hi Chris,

A set of perfectly captured portraits, each shot literally bursting with joy and love - and may we say you’re both looking very well!

Well done indeed - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Canadian Museum for Human Rights which was built in our city. You would think something like this would have been placed in our capital. Another dreary day so I decided so decided to visit again but this time with my cam. I did not take any specifics of the displays and there were many, just the architecture. Sorry for the long text at the end. This is what happens when you get bored waiting for a nice day to take your new toy out.

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Seven levels ramps with sides of lit Alabaster and I walked all the way up today.

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View from the tower. The suspension walking bridge has the cities famous million dollar toilet. They thought they would put a high end restaurant in the centre and since it can get to -35 Celsius in the winter the sewage, etc pipes had to be heated. People said no one will want to walk across it in the winter especially with those temps and winds. They were right and it shut down. I ride my over that bridge in the summer.

The platform to the right on the Red River (which comes up from North Dakota/Minnesota) was built for one the popes that visited many years ago. From it a bit to the left and up there is an arch. The St. Boniface Cathedral which burnt in 1968. The kept the front wall. You can't see it but just to the right the right is the Assiniboine river that spills into the Red. That area is called The Forks and they uncovered artifacts dating back over 5,000 years. Once a train maintenance facility it turned into a rough area, was reclaimed and now the old brick buildings have shopping, restaurants, etc. Great place to sit outside and sometimes when I go on one of my long bike rides I stop there for a cold beer.

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Hi Only RF,

A series of eye-catching images of a fascinating looking building - wonderful geometry and colours - that final shot had us reaching for an extra jumper.

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Summer Visitor …​

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• Bar-tailed Godwit : Limosa lapponica
• Moreton Bay, Australia
• Conservation Status : Near-threatened

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On the map (thanks Wikipedia):

• Red : Breeding
• Blue : Non-breeding

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Hi David,

Another keen eye and steady hand BIF, perfectly captured and presented.

Well done - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Remarkable places, remarkable photographs.

Hi Cemal,

Thank you for your very kind words - very much appreciated!

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Silent beauty above inversion.

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Hi Pavel,

A stunning composition - beautifully captured and presented. Inspirational.

Well done indeed - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

We had an atmospheric river roll through town last week. Dumped nearly 4 inches of rain on my little town in the mountain foothills on Wednesday. I stayed inside mostly. No news-shooter action attempted -- I'm too old for that -- so no picture that tell that story.

We get a lull over the weekend. I went out and made some shots on Friday in places where it was calm.

Meadow elk, still wet
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Football field at the middle school
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A full-up Snoqualmie river
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Hi Ken,

Three very different, but equally eye-catching images - all beautifully captured and presented.

(The magnificent elk just steals the show as our favourite).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Good morning everyone
We received our first Fall snow today. Four inches of the white stuff. This is the earliest storm we have had in many years. Usually we don't get accumulating snows until mid-January. With that said, the R5 called to me to get out of bed early on a Sunday in the 34 degree cold and take a "few" snow pictures. 35 pictures and 90 minutes later, I ended up with 13 that I would like to share. CC Always Welcome!!!

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Hi MIke,

Wow - spectacular scenes, beautifully controlled (and guaranteed to get us turning the heating up).

A sight to behold - well done all-round and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Another shot of the Red-shouldered hawk perched on a branch at the woods edge by a wetland

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Hi Art,

An absolutely sublime capture of a wonderful creature (well, providing you’re not its intended prey!).

Thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

A snowy day in the Hudson Valley.

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Hi MIke,

A wonderful creature captured amid stark, yet beautiful, surroundings.

Well seen and caught - thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Images from our visit to Houghton Mill, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite/ Viewpoint/ Nik Collection and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels. Karen used our Sony RX10 IV on this trip, so you’re stuck with Phil’s images).

You can find out more about Houghton Mill by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


1. There has been a mill on this site for around 1,000 years, with early documents indicating that in the year 974 the manor of Houghton, including a mill, was given to the newly established Ramsey Abbey.

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2. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s the abbey’s lands and mill were taken over by the Crown. Ownership eventually passed to the Earls of Manchester, who leased out the mill as a commercial concern.

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3. Grain arrived from far and wide using barges on the Great River Ouse. The course of the river around Houghton Mill had to be diverted to maximise the amount of waterpower needed to enlarge the mill.

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4. At peak production there were three working waterwheels and 10 pairs of millstones operated by a team of 18 people.

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5. Houghton Mill reached the height of its prosperity around 1850 under the management of successive members of the Brown and Goodman families. At this point the mill was producing a tonne of top-quality flour per hour, which was sold as far away as London.

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6. By the 1920s the mill had been sold several times and was working at a much-reduced rate, probably only for local animal feed. By 1938 the mill had been acquired by the Houghton Mill Restoration Committee, who transferred ownership to the National Trust.

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(Source: National Trust).

 

[MikeZ]

Hi Phil,
another learning experience and a delight to the eyes. Fantastic photos and a great bit of history. Please keep them coming.

 

[PKM-UK]

Hi Phil,
another learning experience and a delight to the eyes. Fantastic photos and a great bit of history. Please keep them coming.

Hi MIke,

Cheers - very much appreciated!

(We stayed in the adjacent camp site, so were able to get our external shots while it was still quiet. We also benefitted by booking onto one of the tours which precede general access - our guide was a charming character who told a beautifully woven tale which both informed and captivated his audience).

P&K

 

[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

I might start a record label...

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[Hali]

Hi again. It’s been a hot minute or so and I’m sorry to have missed so much. Who knew retirement could be so distracting. I hope you all have been well and enjoying life! I’ve been taking a course on Multiple exposures the past few months so here are a few creations.

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[PKM-UK]

I might start a record label...

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Hi Gareth,

We think you may be onto something here...

Thank you for sharing (the image, not the fruit)...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

Hi again. It’s been a hot minute or so and I’m sorry to have missed so much. Who knew retirement could be so distracting. I hope you all have been well and enjoying life! I’ve been taking a course on Multiple exposures the past few months so here are a few creations.

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Hi Hali,

Welcome back! Good to hear you're enjoying retirement (I'm not sure how I ever fitted work in - Karen's the same, but she still works... ).

An inspirational set of creative images - #1 and #6 are our favourites (both are sublime!), but they all hold a wealth of delights for the viewer.

Great stuff - thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[dgphoto8]

When you sit back, catch your breath and slowly realise you may have gotten ever so slightly carried away with things...

Phil


As shot...

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Sucked into the vortex of doom...

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Wow Phil, that looks like something out of Star Trek; the Doomsday Flower Black Hole

 

[dgphoto8]

Another shot of the Red-shouldered hawk perched on a branch at the woods edge by a wetland

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Great photo of a nice looking hawk. We used to have a red-shouldered and a fox visit our yard frequently, which kept the chipmunk population under control. I miss them...

 

[dgphoto8]

The last of our Autumn photos and some other recent photos.

The view from Quill Hill in Rangeley, Maine.

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A photographer (my wife) taking photos of a nice pocket of fall color and the Kennebec River in Moscow, Maine.

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A photo of my niece taking a wrist shot at one of her hockey games.

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Finally, a couple of photos of the The Flour and Grain Exchange Building in Boston, Massachusetts. The building was completed in 1893 in the Romanesque Revival style. The exterior is Milford pink granite, which happened to be extracted from the quarry on which my workplace sits today.
The building is traditionally wrapped with a red ribbon at Christmastime.

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[Bryan Conner]

These are some images from our city's Christmas market.

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[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

These are some images from our city's Christmas market.

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Ah, Kaiserschmarn! One of my favourite skiing foods. That and Germknödel. Best eaten in a chalet on the slopes of an Austrian ski resort. St Anton or Lech being my preference. I met the woman who would become my wife, now known as She Who Must Be Obeyed, in St Anton in 1983...

 

[Bryan Conner]

Ah, Kaiserschmarn! One of my favourite skiing foods. That and Germknödel. Best eaten in a chalet on the slopes of an Austrian ski resort. St Anton or Lech being my preference. I met the woman who would become my wife, now known as She Who Must Be Obeyed, in St Anton in 1983...

You know, as I do, that Kaiserschmarrn is completely sugar and fat-free. The more you eat, the healthier you get.....

 

[PKM-UK]

Wow Phil, that looks like something out of Star Trek; the Doomsday Flower Black Hole

Hi Don,

Yes, one of my wilder edits - but I thought, actually it's kind-of working...

Phil

 

[PKM-UK]

The last of our Autumn photos and some other recent photos.

The view from Quill Hill in Rangeley, Maine.

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A photographer (my wife) taking photos of a nice pocket of fall color and the Kennebec River in Moscow, Maine.
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A photo of my niece taking a wrist shot at one of her hockey games.
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Finally, a couple of photos of the The Flour and Grain Exchange Building in Boston, Massachusetts. The building was completed in 1893 in the Romanesque Revival style. The exterior is Milford pink granite, which happened to be extracted from the quarry on which my workplace sits today.
The building is traditionally wrapped with a red ribbon at Christmastime.

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Hi Don,

A fantastic collection of eye-catching images - each shot being beautifully captured and offering a wealth of interest for the viewer.

(Impossible to pick a favourite, but #1 is absolutely stupendous and we doff our hats to your niece - a tremendous display of skill).

Well done all-round - and thank you for sharing...

P&K

 

[PKM-UK]

These are some images from our city's Christmas market.

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Hi Bryan,

Wonderful examples of expertly captured street photography - colourful and detailed shots leaving the viewer enthralled (and feeling somewhat peckish!).

Well done indeed - and thank you for sharing...

P&K