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Le Dassault Rafale C du Rafale Solo Display (RSD) de l'Armée de l'Air et de l'Espace française, piloté par "Rocky", photographié lors d'un passage à basse altitude et à grande vitesse. L'importante condensation atmosphérique (cône de vapeur) visible autour du fuselage et de la voilure témoigne des conditions aérodynamiques extrêmes subies par la machine. Cliché pris avec des arbres en amorce lors du meeting aérien du centenaire de la force aérienne suédoise (Flygvapnet 100) sur la base de Malmen à Linköping, Suède. The Dassault Rafale C of the French Air and Space Force Rafale Solo Display (RSD), piloted by "Rocky", photographed during a high-speed, low-altitude pass. The significant atmospheric condensation (vapor cone) visible around the fuselage and wings highlights the extreme aerodynamic conditions the aircraft is undergoing. Shot with trees in the foreground during the airshow celebrating the centenary of the Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet 100) at Malmen Air Base in Linkoping, Sweden.

US army M5 13-ton high-speed tractor seen at the 2026 Welland steam rally

Taken with a Nikon D7000

6.5m sailboat Calabis upwind on lake Léman, Switzerland.

Shot with Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC (=600mm f/5.6) on Sony A900 DSLR.

Podalonia affinis (?)
Eastern Sand Wasp
Kurzstiel-Sandwespe
Sandhveps
Gewone Aardrupsendoder

flying a left turn --- fliegt eine Linkskurve

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s

High Speed 1:43 scale

High Speed 1:43 scale

Optimist sailboats for young mariners.

Shot with Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC (=600mm f/5.6) on Sony A900 DSLR.

High Speed.
1:43 scale

High Speed.
1:43 scale

High Speed.
1:43 scale

Platycnemis pennipes ♂
Blue Featherleg (White-legged Damselfly)
Blaue Federlibelle
Fjerbenet Vandnymfe
Blauwe Breedscheenjuffer

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s

Platycnemis pennipes ♂
Blue Featherleg (White-legged Damselfly)
Blaue Federlibelle
Fjerbenet Vandnymfe
Blauwe Breedscheenjuffer

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s

Après avoir consciencieusement frappé sa prise contre le perchoir pour en briser l'arête et en faciliter la digestion, cet Alcyon pie exécute le geste parfait : un lancer précis pour repositionner le poisson dans le bon sens et l'engloutir d'un trait. Une démonstration de technique et d'adresse, où la stratégie de chasse rencontre la beauté du mouvement.

After conscientiously striking its catch against the perch to break the spine and facilitate digestion, this Pied Kingfisher executes the perfect move: a precise toss to reposition the fish the right way around and swallow it whole. It is a display of technique and skill, where hunting strategy meets the beauty of movement.

Classic fleet, steam engine paddleboat on lake Léman, Switzerland.

Shot with Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC (=600mm f/5.6) on Sony A900 DSLR.

R 980 Vysočina, 30.7.2026

Graphocephala fennahi
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Rhododendron-Zikade
Rododendroncikade

Body length 8 mm

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s

Phasia aurigera ♂ (Diptera, Tachinidae)
Yellow-winged Phasia, Tachinid Fly
Goldschild-Wanzenfliege
Gylden Praktsnylteflue
Sluipvliege

Body length 11 mm

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s

This catamaran ferry is the Shen Long, (Chinese: 神龍, "Divine Dragon"), a 1,167-seat, 65 m long highspeed ship.
Power: 4 x MTU 16V 4000 M70 diesels, delivering 2,320 kW @ 2,000 rpm each, top speed 38 kts (70 km/h).
Built as HSC hull no. 189 by Marinteknik Shipbuilders (Singapore) for "Macao Dragon" (巨龍, lit. actually "Giant Dragon") an at that time new start-up ferry company.

Since well over a year I have seen this boat - always either moored in the Rambler Channel or at the shipyards on Tsing Yi Island - but never in operation. Here she takes over some personnel in the Rambler Channel - arriving by a traditional water taxi.
While the Hong Kong government had given its permission to Macao Dragon to begin the service, the launch of service was long delayed after a wrangle involving existing operators and the Macau government.
Final update: Actual operations began in 2010 and already in 2011 the company folded up for good.

Shot done from the Nina Tower. An archive shot from the back of my stream, originally uploaded on January 20, 2010.

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Shot with Minolta High-Speed AF HS APO 300mm f/2.8 G with 2x TC (=600mm f/5.6) on Sony A900 DSLR.

An old sloop still stylish to this day:
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Phasia aurigera ♂ (Diptera, Tachinidae)
Yellow-winged Phasia, Tachinid Fly
Goldschild-Wanzenfliege
Gylden Praktsnylteflue
Sluipvliege

at Glebionis segetum (Corn Marigold, Saat-Wucherblume)

Body length 11 mm

Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s