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2022.08.20
Rotterdam
AIS Name WIND OSPREY
Typ Errichterschiff
Flagge Denmark
IMO 9621704
MMSI 219029785
Rufzeichen OZPA5
Baujahr 2012
Länge 160 m
Breite 49 m
Tiefgang 5.6 m / 0.1 m / 11.7 m Avg/Min/Max
Geschwindigkeit 7.7 kn / 14.0 kn Avg/Max
Eigengewicht 13174 to.
Bruttotonnage 24586
AIS-Klasse -
I'm posting 2 versions of this shot to see which one is better received.
This, more dramatic, but way noisier and too sharp (in my opinion), is from Nik's Silver Effects, and results from using one of the filters they have.
Wochenthema der 2. Woche war das Thema Eyes / Augen. Hier meine Interpretation dieses Themas.
Das Foto ist aus der Hand geschossen worden, also ohne zuhilfenahme eines Stativs
28th February 2016 - A long exposure shot of ripples from a thrown stone in Waterloo Marina in Liverpool.
Día de los Difuntos. Hoy, no ayer, día de Todos los Santos, que es otra cosa muy distinta.
La gente anda confundida con el puñetero Halloween, cosa germano-americana, y ahora el Samain, exclusivamente irlandesa, celta gaélico. En Galicia se hablaba celta galaico, bastante diferente. El Galaico es lengua muerta; el Gaélico todavía se habla en Irlanda, Escocia, Gales y Bretaña.
Aquí siempre fue "A Noite de Difuntos", con calabazas, sí, pero sin disfraces, la madrugada del día 2. Las familias se reunían a cenar en recuerdo de sus antepasados. Sin caralladas carnavalescas.
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Animosity - Rico Pose Pack
"Kitten: (def.) A small homicidal muffin on legs; affects human sensibilities to the point of endowing the most wanton and ruthless acts of destruction with near-mythical overtones of cuteness. Not recommended for beginners. Get at least 2."
For the Caturday theme "2"
I love sunflowers and each year I grow them in my front garden to cheer up passers-by. This year they grew to over 12ft tall. This is one of the smaller sunflower seed head, which has now been placed out for the birds.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and Sony FE 2.8/90 len.
Airbus A330 - MSN 1613
Status : Active
Registration : 7T-VJA
Airline Air Algerie
Country : Algeria
Date : 1962 -
Codes AH DAH
Callsign : Air Algerie
Web site : www.airalgerie.dz
Serial number1613
Type330-202
First flight date11/03/2015
Test registrationF-WWCZ
Plane age4.7 years
Seat configurationC18 W14 Y219
Engines2 x GE CF6-80E1A4
02/04/2015Air Algerie7T-VJA
view from the hostel window in Reykjavík at 2.39 am, between "sunset" and "sunrise". was quite unbelievable.
1/100 of the 100 project where 100 is going to be "still life'. I like to choose the 100 to challenge me technically. I did mono urban architecture last year and didn't enjoy it as much as I wished, so let us hope this one is more fun.
83/119 - Pot Plants.
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Once again, the notion for my personal challenge is to make something interesting out of what is there and not depend on the colors of the setting sun. This is the third of my attempt.
We are about 2/3 of the way through winter. I crafted this shot so that two thirds of the land mass would show winter and represent that notion. The sky in the image was 90 degrees from the sun so my polarizing filter worked its magic and made the clouds pop on the horizon.
Photographed December 2016 / Werra 3 rangefinder 35mm Film Camera with Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm/2.8 lens. The film was FOMAPAN 400 metered ASA 200 developed in ADOX ATOMAL-49.
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
EF600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x III
The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare.
The common starling has about a dozen subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia, and it has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, South Africa and Fiji. This bird is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter within the breeding range and also further south to Iberia and North Africa. The common starling builds an untidy nest in a natural or artificial cavity in which four or five glossy, pale blue eggs are laid. These take two weeks to hatch and the young remain in the nest for another three weeks. There are normally one or two breeding attempts each year. This species is omnivorous, taking a wide range of invertebrates, as well as seeds and fruit. It is hunted by various mammals and birds of prey, and is host to a range of external and internal parasites.
Large flocks typical of this species can be beneficial to agriculture by controlling invertebrate pests; however, starlings can also be pests themselves when they feed on fruit and sprouting crops. Common starlings may also be a nuisance through the noise and mess caused by their large urban roosts. Introduced populations in particular have been subjected to a range of controls, including culling, but these have had limited success except in preventing the colonisation of Western Australia. The species has declined in numbers in parts of northern and western Europe since the 1980s due to fewer grassland invertebrates being available as food for growing chicks. Despite this, its huge global population is not thought to be declining significantly, so the common starling is classified as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The common starling is 19–23 cm (7.5–9.1 in) long, with a wingspan of 31–44 cm (12–17 in) and a weight of 58–101 g (2.0–3.6 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 11.8 to 13.8 cm (4.6 to 5.4 in), the tail is 5.8 to 6.8 cm (2.3 to 2.7 in), the culmen is 2.5 to 3.2 cm (0.98 to 1.26 in) and the tarsus is 2.7 to 3.2 cm The plumage is iridescent black, glossed purple or green, and spangled with white, especially in winter. The underparts of adult male common starlings are less spotted than those of adult females at a given time of year. The throat feathers of males are long and loose and are used in display while those of females are smaller and more pointed. The legs are stout and pinkish- or greyish-red. The bill is narrow and conical with a sharp tip; in the winter it is brownish-black but in summer, females have lemon yellow beaks while males have yellow bills with blue-grey bases. Moulting occurs once a year- in late summer after the breeding season has finished; the fresh feathers are prominently tipped white (breast feathers) or buff (wing and back feathers), which gives the bird a speckled appearance. The reduction in the spotting in the breeding season is achieved through the white feather tips largely wearing off. Juveniles are grey-brown and by their first winter resemble adults though often retaining some brown juvenile feathering, especially on the head. They can usually be sexed by the colour of the irises, rich brown in males, mouse-brown or grey in females. Estimating the contrast between an iris and the central always-dark pupil is 97% accurate in determining sex, rising to 98% if the length of the throat feathers is also considered. The common starling is mid-sized by both starling standards and passerine standards. It is readily distinguished from other mid-sized passerines, such as thrushes, icterids or small corvids, by its relatively short tail, sharp, blade-like bill, round-bellied shape and strong, sizeable (and rufous-coloured) legs. In flight, its strongly pointed wings and dark colouration are distinctive, while on the ground its strange, somewhat waddling gait is also characteristic. The colouring and build usually distinguish this bird from other starlings, although the closely related spotless starling may be physically distinguished by the lack of iridescent spots in adult breeding plumage.
Like most terrestrial starlings the common starling moves by walking or running, rather than hopping. Their flight is quite strong and direct; their triangular-shaped wings beat very rapidly, and periodically the birds glide for a short way without losing much height before resuming powered flight. When in a flock, the birds take off almost simultaneously, wheel and turn in unison, form a compact mass or trail off into a wispy stream, bunch up again and land in a coordinated fashion. Common starling on migration can fly at 60–80 km/h (37–50 mph) and cover up to 1,000–1,500 km (620–930 mi).
Several terrestrial starlings, including those in the genus Sturnus, have adaptations of the skull and muscles that help with feeding by probing. This adaptation is most strongly developed in the common starling (along with the spotless and white-cheeked starlings), where the protractor muscles responsible for opening the jaw are enlarged and the skull is narrow, allowing the eye to be moved forward to peer down the length of the bill. This technique involves inserting the bill into the ground and opening it as a way of searching for hidden food items. Common starlings have the physical traits that enable them to use this feeding technique, which has undoubtedly helped the species spread far and wide.
In Iberia, the western Mediterranean and northwest Africa, the common starling may be confused with the closely related spotless starling, the plumage of which, as its name implies, has a more uniform colour. At close range it can be seen that the latter has longer throat feathers, a fact particularly noticeable when it sings.
The common starling is a noisy bird. Its song consists of a wide variety of both melodic and mechanical-sounding noises as part of a ritual succession of sounds. The male is the main songster and engages in bouts of song lasting for a minute or more. Each of these typically includes four varieties of song type, which follow each other in a regular order without pause. The bout starts with a series of pure-tone whistles and these are followed by the main part of the song, a number of variable sequences that often incorporate snatches of song mimicked from other species of bird and various naturally occurring or man-made noises. The structure and simplicity of the sound mimicked is of greater importance than the frequency with which it occurs. Each sound clip is repeated several times before the bird moves on to the next. After this variable section comes a number of types of repeated clicks followed by a final burst of high-frequency song, again formed of several types. Each bird has its own repertoire with more proficient birds having a range of up to 35 variable song types and as many as 14 types of clicks.
Sony A6000 - Fujinon 55mm f/2.2 M42
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