*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2026.08.15 ***

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ChrisOly
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Aug. 16, 2026, 7:59 p.m. Aug. 16, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
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@cpm has written:

Excellent photos on the thread. Very interesting, all of them. I am going to take a closer look! Here is shot from last week along the tracks of a local rail yard... under smoky skies from the wild fires across the mountains in Eastern Washington:

Fab, fab colours.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:06 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

Going through my old slides, it is striking how the things have changed here in my part of Italy, Maybe some of the traditional boats on the Po survive, but I have not seen anybody fishing with a net for years. The farmers and agents doing deals in the the town square are a thing of the past and "leisure wear" has replaced the suit and hat for the very few that still gather in the piazza.

Outstanding. It would be wonderful if THAT was a scene from OUR little town today! Also... your e-book... great eye and very thought-provoking. The "late eighties" doesn't seem that long ago, but maybe it is.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:07 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:07 p.m.
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@Daneland has written:

IR camera BWs

Cool. The pattern is mysterious.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:08 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:08 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

Beasts

B-b-b-beasts are in the city! And not in just any city, but capital!

Hey! Are YOU talking to ME? LOL.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:10 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

t'Mill

Yesterday I had a tour of the Stott Park Bobbin Mill with a group of friends. This was one of hundreds of bobbin mills throughout the north of England that supplied the Lancashire cotton industry with the essential parts for cotton manufacture. Originally driven by a water wheel in 1835, then a steam engine, before finally converting to an electric motor in 1941, and finally closing in 1971.

The steam engine installed in the 1880s

Very interesting and a fun excursion/tour. I like the "color" in this one.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:13 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:13 p.m.
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@FloridaNature has written:

The assignment for this month for my Camera Club was "Breaking a Pattern". These are my two submissions...

The color, waves, the gravel/stones and the "big guy" come together nicely.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:15 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
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@SteveMonks has written:

A Recent Round Up

It's been way too hot here in the UK for me to get out much over recent weeks, although I did manage to drag myself out at the last minute to make some underwhelming pictures of the partial eclipse, so I've bulked this set out with a collection of other images from the last few weeks.

Sunset At Black Coppice

I shot a number of variants of sunset from the southern quarry but I think this one is my favourite from that evening.

This one is excellent. The soft tones and depth. Your shot variety is impressive and always interesting.
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:26 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:26 p.m.
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@Vahur has written:

@cpm has written:

Excellent photos on the thread. Very interesting, all of them. I am going to take a closer look! Here is shot from last week along the tracks of a local rail yard... under smoky skies from the wild fires across the mountains in Eastern Washington:

I guess these tanks are empty, that's allowing to have so many of them attached to locomotives. And they seem to be different from ones used here, with shape, where center seems to be lower than edges, here tanks are quite uniformly cylindrical.

Thank-you for the comment. You are very observant! Which is not surprising based on the photos you post. :-) These oil trains typically run in a push-pull configuration (there are probably two locomotives at the other end). Regarding the tank car shape... as I understand it, there are a couple of complementary reasons for the slight "dip" in the center. To increase capacity (within a fixed car length) the tank diameter was enlarged but the overall height needed to be maintained due to clearance constraints (tunnels and bridges). Also, with the slightly "depressed" fill valve and work platform at the center/top, this "shape" creates an airspace above the load at each end of the tank that allows for thermal expansion. I suppose... if the tank train sits here in Seattle, that's one thing, If it sits under the sun in Arizona or Texas, that's another!
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cpm
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Aug. 17, 2026, 4:29 p.m. Aug. 17, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
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@Wormsmeat has written:

@cpm has written:

Excellent photos on the thread. Very interesting, all of them. I am going to take a closer look! Here is shot from last week along the tracks of a local rail yard... under smoky skies from the wild fires across the mountains in Eastern Washington:

Fantastic. The level of detail is tremendous and you always do vanishing point so well.

Thank-you, Sir! Pull over on the side of the road and take a picture!