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" My 4000th photo on Flickr :-)
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Pretty spoilt to have these wonderful light shows grace our skies. They were changing really quickly and at times even were even more vibrant than I've caught here. This is cropped a little but other than that no photoshop, the colours really were outrageous! These tight settings help though ... f/16, 1/4000th sec, ISO100 at 70mm.
Thanks for your visit and apologies I'm way behind on thanking you all for your faves and comments.
Wishing you all a fabulous weekend ahead. Cheers Jane :)
Dedicated To Lonniejean3484 For The Infectious Enthusiasm That Radiates From Her Comments On Photo' s ~ ( I would do well to learn from her) !
Explore # 214 ! 06-07-'09 !
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As a follow up to the shot below I have been visiting the pair of swans and their 8 cygnets at least 2/3 times a week trying to obtain shots of the cygnets growth !
I had been feeding them in what would be the near bottom left-hand side of this photo ' when the Cob (Male) Swan just drifted away in the direction of the far side of the dock where they all often either roost, rest or just preen out of the water ! Drifting in the water as he waited for his family the low sun reflecting on the water caught my eye and whilst he is not quite as dark in shadow as I would have liked, I don't think the result is to bad for a 300mm telephoto' shot !
One last Starling shot from last weekend. Not sure why I did not post this one earlieras I think it is one of the best of the set.
This is my 4000th posted here on Flickr and I would like to that all those that have commented on my shots over the last number of years. Your words have always been very much appreciated
G-BISU : Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31M : Instone Air Line
Also with Atlantic Air Transport titles
My 4000th upload on Flickr, it seemed appropriate to make it something special!
At Thursley Common,due to the recent downpours, some dried up ponds, that were dug several years ago, had some water in them, not much....but enough to attract some Dragonflies.
These Black Darters hooked up and cavorted around the pond.
Kathy and I.....well me mostly....had an annoyingly frustrating hour or so trying to catch these tiny dragons in flight....Kathy just yawned...."Seen it all before"
Anyway...managed to get some shots, have a couple more I'll stick up later.....cheers.
Ps...when we had finished walking around,several hours later, we returned to the pond to see if there was anymore activity, and the water had almost gone..filtering down through the sandy soil, and evaporating......nature....Eh..
Chickadees have always been one of my favourite birds, I could watch them fliting around for hours on end.
With this image I'm just experimenting with my new camera and lens pushing the shutter speeds and ISO levels to see the results. This was shot at 1/4000th of a second at ISO 12,800 on what might have been the darkest, most overcast day of the year and was very poor for photography. I would imagine that on a nice, bright day this image would be terrific.
I'm also experimenting with the background bokeh produced by this lens (the smoothness of the background) at different focal lengths and different subject and background distances from the camera. I really like the bokeh here which was not additionally blurred in Photoshop, but came straight out of the camera like this. I'm excited because this gear clearly has the potential to produce some lovely images.
From the hide at Wilstone, Tring yesterday I nabbed this in a bit of a panic moment. I was trying to photograph a spider inside the hide when chaos erupted outside as this peregrine swept in attacking the flock of Lapwing. I started shooting but noticed in the viewfinder my shutter speed was 1/125th so just scrolled the top dial while I shot. Ended up a bit high at 1/4000th as I didn't really have time to think. Got a bit lucky get a few shots as it was all over inside 20 seconds.
This is a 17 image composite of the total solar eclipse taken from Madras, Oregon. All exposures used were taken in short succession during totality and the diamond ring phase.
In addition to the impressive corona and some prominences, the structure of the moon is visible as well. This is possible due to earthshine: reflected sunlight from earth is illuminating the dark side of the moon.
Also visible are two stars: Bright Regulus is obvious in the lower left of the frame and 5th magnitude Nu Leonis is dimly visible on the upper right of the sun.
Canon EOS 6D - Exposures ranging from 1/4000th to 2sec @ ISO100
William Optics Megrez 88 APO Refractor: 500mm f/5.6
iOptron Cube Alt-Azimuth Mount
All processing in Photoshop.
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Bidadari Park, Singapore.
This action is really difficult to see in real time - a really blink-and-you-will-miss-it moment. It was shot at 1/4000th of a second.
Fast you ask?
Why of course!... Shot at f/2 with 1/4000th/s which is generally a rarity for me to shoot with such a quick shutter.
The orange flower caught my attention while having an afternoon Guinness outside The Three Crowns on the Barbican.
A picture taken early on an overcast morning… nothing that I would have thought would work well. Hummingbirds are supposed to be photographed at 1/4000th of a second, right? But the weather was what it was and the bird was kind enough to rest for a second or two so I could take a couple of pictures. Although the berries in the picture might suggest otherwise, this Volcano Hummingbird is no exception to other members of the family - it prefers pollen and nectar and occasionally an insect or two. The range of this species is very limited - it only lives in and around the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica and Panama. Wikipedia lists the elevation range as 900m-2500m but I took this picture at almost 2900m elevation so that article needs a bit of adjustment. The picture title references the German name for the bird which can be translated as Volcano Pixie.
Reminds me of encyclopaedic pictures from my childhood of prehistoric giant dragonflies cruising over a Devonian rain forest....or is that just me..?? Probably.....LOL...!!!
P.s. Black Darters are a tad smaller.....lol...again.
Nikon D500...300mm F4 PF.....1/4000th....iso 400......F 5.6....
Cheers for stopping...looking...sometimes faving...and...commenting....merci...
Another in-flight Black Darter (female) shot from my recent visit to Thursley Common.Flying over a re-envigorated pond a result of the recent downpours.....didn't remain a pond for long.....soon dried up.
Thanks...as always to everyone who stops...looks...favs....and sometimes comments...always appreciated.
....wild blue yonder ! Acrobatic performance at the Salute America Air Show in Paulding County, Georgia..
Hand-held shot @ 1/4000th second, 300mm Nikor Zoom on the Nikon D610.
A busy bee on approach to another lavender flower. Even 1/4000th on mechanical shutter still didn't freeze the bee's wing movement!
female peregrine. i watched her circle past five times, maybe 1/2 a mile of looping travel and never flapped the wings once. she came in low on the last pass just showing off. i got her in the full frame at 1/4000th but i like this detail on her face and eye.
this is 5 shots prior to the next picture. she is all business, all the time. female peregrine. 700mm 1/4000th, she did the rest.
Fluttering wing beats singing out in the spring, erupting in a continuous hum can mean only one thing, the hummingbirds have returned. Soon they will be flicking back and forth, standing guard over their favorite field of flowers, their best feeders, their hidden tea cup sized nests. Fast, furious, and fabulous. The royal guards of the avian world. This is one of my first visitors this year, small fast, and a little skittish, but happy all the same the strange giant remembered to put out the food they need to survive. This one has been working diligently to empty the bottle as soon as it arrived.
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 1000
SS: 1/4000th
Focal: 84mm
Fujinon 50-140mm
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I bought a Pentax KF today. I haven't owned a digital camera since July of 2024 and haven't done much photography since here and there. I wanted to try the Pentax KF (formally known as the K70) because I never owned a Pentax digital and I like the fact that it's a K-Mount so I can use all sorts of vintage glass on it.
It feels weird shooting a DSLR in 2025 and being APS-C when I had a full frame mirrorless, its a huge leap backwards.
I can't say I like the camera much, its a bit too cramped for me but for the money, its an incredible camera with IBIS and full weather sealing and with a max shutter of 1/6000th when most in this price range are maxed out at 1/4000th. Plus it has a flippy screen too which is handy sometimes although the auto focus in live view is nothing to write home about.
The 18-55 kit lens it comes with is OK but its pretty much unusable for me but I've experienced good glass before so its hard to NOT compare it to it. If I keep the camera I might try a better lens and see if it changes how I feel about it.
Anyways this is just my first impressions and the best thing I like about it so far is the colors, they have a different look to them.
I'm pretty rusty with a DSLR, brings me back for sure! Been in a photography funk for almost a year and not sure if its gonna pull me out of it or not but I wanted to give it a try!
19th September at 1920 hours and as the sun sets it is right behind the tower at Manchester Airport. In order not to blow the sun out exposure was 4000th at f8 on 80iso. Any other settings and the sun would be blown out in the photo
Tri-colored Heron - Florida Wetlands
In the Wild - Palm Beach County, Florida
*[left-double-click for a closer-look]
The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the bill. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second! Their chicks have a reddish coat but turn blue with age. The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because
it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, and especially in Florida. ~ A Very Elegant Bird ~ Fun To Observe
A quick splash then off to the treelined for a mid-morning snack.
James River, Richmond VA 5/8/19
Nikon D850 ~ 200-500 f5.6 @ 1/4000th ISO640
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At Myrtle Ave. near Heathrow Airport 🇬🇧
Taken with a smart phone😅
🇬🇧ヒースロー空港近くのマートル・アベニューにて。
スマホ撮り😅
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✨Taken at London Heathrow Airport(LHR) on June 21st, 2023, 18:27
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📷Sony SO-51A
⚙️F1.7・1/4000th・5.11mm・ISO64
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Looking north along Taylors Lagoon Beach to The Gardens. larapuna country, Bay of Fires, Tasmania.
Sony A7Rii, Samyang 24/1.4, 1/4000th sec at f/8, ISO 400
Tri-colored Heron (adult) - Saint Augustine, Florida
Summer 2025 - In the Nest - Northern Florida U.S.A.
In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - morning - 7/4/25
-------Independence Day 2025 ----------U.S.A.!
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - sunlit tri-colored heron adult]
The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the bill. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second! Their chicks have a reddish coat but turn blue with age. The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because
it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, and especially in Florida. - A Very Elegant Bird - Fun to Observe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_Heron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._augustine_florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johns_County,_Florida
Home Page for one Month - Treasures Group - 10/31/25
Back to some feathered wildlife.
Image detail :- Nikon Z9 with Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5 - 5.6 VR S , aperture f/5.6, ISO 640, shutter 1/4000th, focal length 400mm, processed in Lightroom Classic.
Bowhill Road, west of Oatlands in the middle of the island.
The midlands lie in rain shadows from all main directions and most summers the sheep pastures are bare, dusty and barren. Clouds form and threaten but nothing much ever falls. However, the hazy low-contrast light is usually pretty good.
Bow Hill is on the right with Woods Quoin (924m) on the horizon, centre.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3, 1/4000th sec at f/8, ISO 125, ~24mm.
Wandering through the Japan archive to find this colour version of Mt Ena or Ena-san (2191m) from Magome Post Town on the Nakasendo Way. Have previously posted mainly monos of this remarkable view.
Ena-san is but one mountain peak of the Kiso Mountain Range in the Chubu region of Japan and is located on the border between Nakatsugawa, in Gifu Prefecture and Achi, in Nagano Prefecture.
Ena-san is on the top 100 list of Japanese mountains and is part of the very scenic Japanese Alps in central Honshu.
Ricoh GRii, 18.3/2.8 GR Lens, 1/4000th sec at f/8.0, ISO 250.
Looking north from Waubs Bay, Bicheno, Tasmania with the MV 'Waubs Bay' at mooring.
A wonderful day back in May 2018. Calm seas, blue skies and the water still warm for swimming.
A faint smoke haze off to the north over Paddys Head and the boat trapped some useful light and colour. It was mainly that coloured cirrus that caught my eye from memory and that's why I deliberately left this edit a little underexposed.
Shot with a Leica M240-MP that I had for a while but moved on for various reasons - the main one being it just wasn't the camera for me.
EXIF says it was taken with a 50mm 'cron but it was actually my Contax G, Zeiss 45/2 modded to M-mount - AKA Frankenzeiss :-)
Leica M240-MP, Contax G, Zeiss Planar 45mm f/2.0, 1/4000th sec at f/8, ISO 100.
Feel free to make it big :-)
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peregrine falcon adult trying to keep a catch out of the talons of a persistent juvenile. I was pressed down on the shutter at 1/4000th and pics 1,2,3 are a three shot sequence so it’s wild to think the juvenile in the back flips 180 degrees from shot #2 to shot #3 in some very small fraction of a second. Amazing birds.
The centre of the island is generally referred to as the Midlands. This slice of it is the view west from around Oatlands.
The area lies in rain shadows from all major wind directions and during most summers, the sheep pastures are bare, dusty and barren. Clouds form and threaten and hope springs like a break in air raids. But nothing much ever falls except bitter rue. The hazy low-contrast light is usually however, pretty good.
Woods Quoin (924m) on the horizon, centre.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3, 1/4000th sec at f/8, ISO 125, ~24mm.
The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the beak. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second or less!
The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, especially in Florida.
Egretta tricolor, Tricolored Heron
For more, see my set Wetlands and their Inhabitants, www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_mama/sets/72157625997954564/.
Tri-colored Heron (juvenile) - Saint Augustine, Florida
Summer 2025 - In the Nest - Northern Florida U.S.A.
In the Wild - Nesting - Rookery - morning - 7/4/25
-------Independence Day 2025 ----------U.S.A.!
*[left-click for a closer-look - tri-colored heron teenager!]
The Tricolored or Louisiana Heron does not swim but wades in deep water. Audubon called this bird "Lady of the Water" because of its grace and beauty. It resembles the Great Blue Heron but is much smaller and more delicate. Its white belly clearly distinguishes it from all other Herons. It strides briskly through the water, sometimes running after fish and catching them with a thrust of the bill. This action is so fast that it can only be caught with a shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second! Their chicks have a reddish coat but turn blue with age. The name Louisiana Heron is very misleading because
it also lives in coastal states from North Carolina to Texas, and especially in Florida. - A Very Elegant Bird - Fun to Observe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_Heron
Have a great day everyone. Find your own beauty...it is in the strangest places.
This is my 4000th photo on flickr and 250th in Explore.
Many decades ago on our farm as spring would eventually make its way to our part of Minnesota, the inside of our barn would take on the sights and sounds of new arrivals. Barn Swallows would invade the barn, coming in through the upper half of open doors, the crack between the mammoth swinging haymow doors, broken windows or just about any opening large enough for them to squeeze through.
Their hardened mud nests clinging to barn rafters were soon operative as they were repaired and refreshed by a steady stream of these wee ones as they prepared to give life to another generation. Barn swallow nests are built with a base consisting of mud pellets. The mud is collected in their beaks and mixed with grass stems, then carried to the construction site of the nest.
Back then, my main interest in the swallows was learning how to dodge their droppings that could occur anytime when in flight overhead. Little did I realize I was surrounded by flying greatness.
But after observing swallows several days ago swooping around a wetland pond while trying my luck at shooting them in flight, I found my interest piqued to know more about this diminutive flying marvel.
Hard to comprehend but these featherweights migrate to Minnesota from as far south as Argentina. They often fly 5,000 miles or more on their journey and return not only to the exact same nesting sites year after year, but to specific rafters or beams in the same barn.
Bird experts relate a single barn may host multi-generational swallow families.
To their credit, swallows are quite tolerant of humans and will build their nests in many areas where human activity is constant such as road bridges, sheds and piers in city lakes.
Their ability to communicate helps them survive in a world much larger than them. Swallows “talk” with each other constantly with a wide variety of calls including important alarm calls that warn their mates of hawks or other predators.
The barn swallow may be small but it is a flying marvel.
(To anyone interested, I shot this at 1/2000th shutter speed but probably should have been around 1/4000th to enable more detail. However to be honest, I was happy to get this shot after several dozen that showed only a blur in the photo.)
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)