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Not able to get on Flickr as much these days....i do pop in to see all your amazing pics, even if I dont have time to comment.
Los Angeles, CA
After being open for nearly 100 years, this eastside landmark in the Boyle Heights neighbourhood of LA closed its doors for good earlier this year (2021). I'm so glad I was able to photograph it on our first visit to Los Angeles back in 2014.
The LAist web site reported on this closure back in May:
"At one time, the massive, 2-million-square-foot retail complex at Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street was one of several large Sears distribution centers located around the country. It first opened its doors in 1927.
For the generations of Angelenos whose families shopped there — climbing that long flight of stairs at the entrance, inhaling the smell of popcorn, gazing up at the tower’s green neon glow — the Boyle Heights Sears is more than a piece of history. It's inextricably tied to the experience of growing up on the Eastside. And the memories go back many decades.
It’s still not clear exactly what will replace the old Sears. A developer bought the complex in 2013, and possibilities for the site’s future — as housing, retail and more — have been discussed back and forth for many years."
And The Eastsider had this to say: "The building opened in 1927 as a mail order warehouse for the department store chain, with employees on roller skates racing around the structure to fill orders."
How cool is that?! Sad to see this iconic location close; I sure hope it's preserved somehow.
This unfortunate young Cattle Egret at the rookery is hunkered down with a broken wing. He has been in full sun on these recent 100 degree days and is on the shore opposite of Bird Island. He only appears able to make it to the water's edge for what have been frequent drinks. Sadly, he probably injured his wing on one of his first flights. With a hawk in the area and very aggressive soft-shelled turtles in the water, he is on constant look-out.
The local rescue group requires that an injured or sick animal be brought in to their facility for treatment. This little guy is not likely to be captured as he is quite skittish and is sitting in a rather precarious spot.
Bubulcus ibis
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
FAMILY: ARDEIDAE
Williamson County, Texas, USA; July 11, 2016.
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Shy and Submissive Vera Thomson has never been able to refuse the needs of her lover Megan Bucur, she gets her way, when ever and where ever, even near the dumpsters outside of the punk rock venue Meg drags Vera too once in a while. Taken at Sunny's studio. (pose: Alley Passion) maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Side%20Up/25/40/801
Imaged the Heart Nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. This has been a lower priority target for me in the past but got bumped up once I went mono. I'm glad I was able to get a decent shot of it this year. My camera and scope combo give a good FOV on this faint target. Oiii was extremely faint, but luckily good narrowband processing techniques can mask that well.
Total exposure time for this image is: 29 hours.
Equipment:
- AT65EDQ Scope
- ZWO ASI1600mm-Pro Imaging Camera
- Belt Modded Orion Sirius EQ-G
- QHY miniGuideScope and QHY5L-ii mono guidecam
- Chroma Ha/Oiii/Sii filters
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Software:
- N.I.N.A. for capture
- PHD2 for guiding
- PixInsight for Processing
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Acquisition:
- 175 x 300" Ha - Chroma 5nm
- 69 x 300" Oiii - Chroma 3nm
- 104 x 300" Sii - Chroma 3nm
- 200 gain and 50 offset, -10C
- 20 flats and flat-darks per filter
- 30 darks from library
- Nights: 10/12, 10/14, 11/6, 11/7/20
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Processing:
Each Master Image:
- Calibration, Integration, DrizzleIntegration
- DynamicCrop
- DynamicBackgroundExtraction
- Deconvolution (Ha only)
- TGVDenoise + MMT noise reduction using EZDenoise Script
- Arcsinhstretch (x2) to bring to nonlinear
- HistogramTransformation for further stretch
- CurvesTransformation to bring up background level
- StarAlign Oiii and Sii to Ha
- Starnet to remove stars from each master; duplicate starless Ha and set aside to use as Luminance layer
Combine Starless Masters via PixelMath:
- Duplicate Oiii and rename to 'f'. CurvesTransformation to boost signal of f and lower background
- R: f*Sii + ~f*Ha
- G: f*(0.7*Ha + 0.3*Sii) + ~f*Oiii
- B: Oiii
- Visit thecoldestnights.com/2020/06/pixinsight-dynamic-narrowban... for more information on Dynamic Narrowband Combinations
- CurvesTransformation to slightly reduce green and boost saturation
Starless Ha Luminance Processing:
- CurvesTransformation for contrast
- RangeMask + LocalHistogramEqualization on Melotte 15 to bring back details
- DarkStructureEnhance script at 0.3
- UnsharpMask using a new RangeMask
Combine Luminance and Color:
- LRGBCombination with Luminance at 85% weight and chrominance noise reduction enabled
Add Back Color Stars and Final Processing:
- StarAlign linear Oiii and Sii masters to linear Ha master
- Arcsinhstretch just barely each linear master
- Duplicate each barely stretched master and Starnet each to remove stars
- PixelMath: Master_Stars - Master_Starless to get just the stars for each channel
- PixelMath: Combine the stars of each channel into a color star image:
- R: Ha_stars
- G: Sii_stars
- B: Oiii_stars
- PixelMath: RGB_Stars + RGB_Nebula to add stars into nebula image
- DynamicCrop to remove edges
- Save and Export
Want to give you all a big thank you, for being my friends, it means so much. To be able to travel the world via Flickr, viewing all your beautiful images, admiring your scenery,animals and birds, some of the postings I could only ever dream of seeing, and local birder photographers, with help in locating rare visitors they have seen , thank you. Special thanks to Les Woodward for coaching my camera skills,in the past, and sowing the birding bug! and still a lot to learn, I hear you say.
You are a very friendly and talented lot, and my world would not be the same without you.......God bless you all ..Tomx.
Was vacationing with family at Big Island Hawaii during holidays. It was not really my photography trip , yet was able to squeeze my own me time to catch this gorgeous shot of sunset.
Emil Egger of St. Gallen Mercedes Benz Arocs 4163 SLT 8x6, Goldhofer trailer and a heavy looking Kleemann crusher exiting Weiach Historik 2022.
Oystercatchers always look happy to me, especially when they have just found a mussel.
I was able to climb down the rocks on the jetty to get this shot more at eye level - not an easy task on the del Rey jetty.
Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
© 2013 Patricia Ware - All Rights Reserved
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The Agordino Valley, named after the capital Agordo, is crossed by a single large river, the Cordevole. It rises near the Ladin mountain farming area Buchenstein and stretches, fed by tributaries from the other side valleys of the Agordino, right down to the Piave. Beautiful old villages and a relatively pristine Dolomites landscape without major tourist centres mark the Agordino. High and exceptionally charming mountain passes such as the Passo di Falzarego, the Passo San Pellegrino, Passo Pordoi and the Passo di Campolongo connect with the Agordino with the surrounding valleys.
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS:
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Sometimes I am not able to thank each one separately. But just as you know that I am so grateful to all of you for your faves and comments! Very much appreciated. And have a very nice week ahead my dear supporters...
Greetings from Sweden to all of you!
A photo of Pope Farm from December
I couldn't make it look good in color before because of white balance, but was able to make it look good with Adobe Lightroom
Took my DIY flash diffuser out for a test-run today. Very happy with the soft lighting I was able to achieve.
Was able to grab a nice romp in the rain of these GTLM titans. Winding down to a few races left before these cars no longer compete in IMSA. I'm sure however that they'll show-up in an SVRA race next year :-/
IMSA - Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
I hope you'll enjoy the my images as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Baby swans, or cygnets, hatch covered in a thick down. They're able to run and swim after just hours, but their parents remain very protective over them in the early months of their life. Baby swans are typically dusky grey all over with a soft, fluffy coat and grey-black bill. They have small black feet. All cygnets have this appearance, and the babies of different species can be very hard to tell apart.
Cygnets are covered in white or grayish down, and can swim and dive about 24 hours after hatching. Their mothers and fathers share parental care, frequently carrying the cygnets on their backs, with their wings curled protectively over their babies.
How big is a baby swan?
Baby swans weigh around 250g and are approximately 20cm long. They’re the largest of the baby waterfowl, though they are similarly sized to geese chicks. After six months, they already reach around 6kg, reaching their maximum weight of about 14kg after around 3 to 4 years. Swans are very large and heavy birds - the Trumpeter swan is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world!
How do swans feed their cygnets?
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She will Graze in Shallow Waters with her Cygnets where there are lots of Insects in the Aquatic Plants. and Depend on the Adults to Stir-up the Water around them. The Swan Parents do not Feed their Cygnets.
At what age can cygnets fly?
Cygnets are grey when they hatch with black beaks and gradually turn brown over the first six months at which time they learn to fly. By one year old they are predominantly white but the beak remains grey/pink. Full white plumage and orange beak come with maturity.
Why are some baby swans GREY and some white?
A baby swan or cygnet has a grey feathered coat until it reaches about 20 pounds. Then it too will become snowy white like its parents. The black necked swan is native to South America.
Where do swans go when they leave their parents?
Where do cygnets go when they leave their parents? They normally join the first flock of swans they encounter where they usually stay until they mature when about 4 years old.
Thank you so much for visiting my stream, whether you comments , favorites or just have a look.
I appreciate it very much, wishing the best of luck and good light.
© All rights reserved R.Ertug Please do not use this image without my explicit written permission. Contact me by Flickr mail if you want to buy or use Your comments and critiques are very well appreciated.
Lens - With - hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
Thanks for stopping and looking :)
Needless to say, this is not a photo that was taken in the wild! I would never be able to get such a close shot or even a close view like this, unless the bird was captive for one reason or another.
This particular Bald Eagle resides at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale, southern Alberta. This is a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures,and Golden Eagles. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, including educating the public away from the Centre. Sometimes, a bird is used as a foster parent, too.
I often see Bald Eagles flying wild, both here in the city and in the surrounding areas. Usually when I see one, it is flying or perched far away. Too far away to see any detail at all, which is why I love going to this Centre, to see raptors up close.
"Once a common sight in much of the continent, the bald eagle was severely affected in the mid-20th century by a variety of factors, among them the thinning of egg shells attributed to use of the pesticide DDT. Bald eagles, like many birds of prey, were especially affected by DDT due to biomagnification. DDT itself was not lethal to the adult bird, but it interfered with the bird's calcium metabolism, making the bird either sterile or unable to lay healthy eggs. Female eagles laid eggs that were too brittle to withstand the weight of a brooding adult, making it nearly impossible for the eggs to hatch. It is estimated that in the early 18th century, the bald eagle population was 300,000–500,000,[118] but by the 1950s there were only 412 nesting pairs in the 48 contiguous states of the US. Other factors in bald eagle population reductions were a widespread loss of suitable habitat, as well as both legal and illegal shooting. DDT was completely banned in Canada in 1989, though its use had been highly restricted since the late 1970s." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle
This summer, we had practically no 'normal' summer days. They have been either too hot thanks to our endless heatwave, or too smoky thanks to all the wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. The forecast for this day looked good, sunshine all day, with rain forecast on several of the coming days. I decided to finally do a drive all the way down south to near Lethbridge, so that I could again visit the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale. Last year, I did this drive for the very first time on my own and I wanted to make sure I didn't lose my courage to do it again. During the 511 kms that I drove, I had to ask for help with directions twice - both times in the same small hamlet!
The forecast was for sun all day, but there was no mention of the smoke haze that completely blocked out the mountains and pretty much the foothills, too. Shortly after leaving home, I was almost tempted to turn around and come home, but I had noticed rain in the forecast for some coming days. I reckoned I would still be able to photograph the fairly close birds at the Centre, which worked out fine.
Amazingly, I had managed to make myself get up early on the morning of 3 August 2017, and set off just before 8:30 am. My intention was to drive straight to Coaldale without stopping anywhere en route. Not an easy thing for me to do, as I much prefer driving the backroads rather than the highways. However, I knew it would take me a few hours to get there and I wanted to have as much time as possible down there. On the way home, I drove just one dusty, gravel road, but saw nothing but a couple of Horned Larks perched on fence posts. A couple of old barns (that I had seen before) and a few scenic shots, were more or less all I took.
Twelve hours later, I finally arrived home, at 8:30 pm, totally tired out, and my car was just about out of gas. For the first time in the year that I had had this vehicle, the gas level warning light came on. A great day.
Was able to approach quite close to this fellow before he scampered into the bayou. Avery Island, LA. Sony A6300 and FE70300G.
we weren't able to travel down to blythe fest in sydney this year, so we took mim to the brisbane doll and bear show this afternoon and had a wonderful time shopping for little dolly things.
mim was allowed to choose one of the party dresses at this lovely stall and she finally decided that the blue dress just to her left was her favourite.
it seems that most of the doll people at this annual event have never heard of a blythe doll, but the lady who makes and sells these pretty dresses comes from melbourne and knew about blythe and bjd's.
it was so great to be able to chat to someone who is familiar with the kind of dolls that I love.
I hope you'll enjoy the my images as much as I enjoyed taking them.
Baby swans, or cygnets, hatch covered in a thick down. They're able to run and swim after just hours, but their parents remain very protective over them in the early months of their life. Baby swans are typically dusky grey all over with a soft, fluffy coat and grey-black bill. They have small black feet. All cygnets have this appearance, and the babies of different species can be very hard to tell apart.
Cygnets are covered in white or grayish down, and can swim and dive about 24 hours after hatching. Their mothers and fathers share parental care, frequently carrying the cygnets on their backs, with their wings curled protectively over their babies.
How big is a baby swan?
Baby swans weigh around 250g and are approximately 20cm long. They’re the largest of the baby waterfowl, though they are similarly sized to geese chicks. After six months, they already reach around 6kg, reaching their maximum weight of about 14kg after around 3 to 4 years. Swans are very large and heavy birds - the Trumpeter swan is one of the heaviest flying birds in the world!
How do swans feed their cygnets?
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She will Graze in Shallow Waters with her Cygnets where there are lots of Insects in the Aquatic Plants. and Depend on the Adults to Stir-up the Water around them. The Swan Parents do not Feed their Cygnets.
At what age can cygnets fly?
Cygnets are grey when they hatch with black beaks and gradually turn brown over the first six months at which time they learn to fly. By one year old they are predominantly white but the beak remains grey/pink. Full white plumage and orange beak come with maturity.
Why are some baby swans GREY and some white?
A baby swan or cygnet has a grey feathered coat until it reaches about 20 pounds. Then it too will become snowy white like its parents. The black necked swan is native to South America.
Where do swans go when they leave their parents?
Where do cygnets go when they leave their parents? They normally join the first flock of swans they encounter where they usually stay until they mature when about 4 years old.
Thank you so much for visiting my stream, whether you comments , favorites or just have a look.
I appreciate it very much, wishing the best of luck and good light.
© All rights reserved R.Ertug Please do not use this image without my explicit written permission. Contact me by Flickr mail if you want to buy or use Your comments and critiques are very well appreciated.
Lens - With - hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
Thanks for stopping and looking :)
We were able to walk along the road until we reached those cute farmer's houses from the photo and then we met his cows. They retreated further along the road, but one of the bulls stopped and, looking in my direction, growled several times, and then we realized that it was not safe to go further. The bull clearly made it clear to us that he is not happy with strangers and that we had better leave him and his cows, one of which is shyly peeking over his shoulder. And we had to interrupt our journey and move back to the car.
You can see the reflection of me in Flynn's eyes here & you may be able to make out that I had one hand up over my head. I was clutching a teeny tiny clump of red dirt... & Flynn thought that was HIGHLY exciting, hence the wide-eyed look of anticipation! A second later, I threw the precious dirt & Flynn vanished back off into the long grass, chasing after it.
Flynn never tries to catch, or pick up mud, or pebbles - which I also sometimes use as "toys" - but he loves chasing them... His willingness to run after literally anything you can throw comes in handy especially handy during this time of year, when it's so easy to lose balls etc, in waist-high meadow grass, or, even worse, in the crops. Flynn is actually pretty good at sniffing out lost toys. He likes using his nose & can be directed into a roughly the right area to search but still, it's all too easy for toys to get dropped & then disappear beneath the tangle of plants, or, in farmland, to simply be inaccessible!
There's nothing more annoying than knowing where a toy landed or was dropped, but not being able to persuade Flynn to find it & not being able to get it myself, because that would involve trampling all over the crops! Flynn is free to go prancing off through the wheat fields but unless I want an irate farmer to come chase me off their land, I, as the clumsy, stompy human, have to stick to the paths! So, yes, currently, Flynn is doing a lot of mud & pebble chasing :)
It was such an incredible experience being able to walk through Antelope Canyon. The first thing I noticed is how much cooler it is in the underground rock crevasse as opposed to being in the sun at ground level. The rock walls twist and weave in a way that can't be found anywhere else. I spent hours here because around every corner reveals something different than the last!
Antelope Canyon really puts your camera's capabilities to the test because of the different exposures of light. The bottom is extremely dark while the harsh light pours in from above.
Utilizing the my camera's excellent dynamic range allowed me to capture all the various levels of light found at this location.
Yellow-legged Honeycreeper, female
I have rarely been able to shoot a little bird up close, perhaps because I look too threatening to them. Not this little darling at the Butterfly Haven in the Nature Museum in Lincoln Park. I am so happy to take a portrait of her without scaring her away. What a stunning beauty!
Judy Istock Butterfly Haven, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park, Chicago
这只美丽的小鸟是在蝴蝶园拍的。在野外是不可能的。
Able to land vertically on bodies with gravitational pull of 1/3 Earth G or less . Sits on struts that extend out from the back, next to the engine nozzles.
Built for SHIPtember 2025. 148 Studs with landing gear extended.
Took a lot of design cues from the ships from The Expanse, and my color choices were inspired by the Lamborghini Huracan STO set Lego released earlier this year. So i guess this is kind of like a Speed Champions MCRN Light Cruiser.
Couple more pics to come. Cut it REAL close yet again this year. You'd think I'd learn my lesson and manage my time a little better but i guess it's all part of the SHIPtember experience
Haven't been able to get out with the camera in nearly a month, so this morning when I got up and looked out the window to see what's happening in the sky (as I do every morning) and I could see there was a very good chance of a colourful sunrise I took the executive decision to go to work a bit late.
Worlds End Sri Lanka. We was lucky to be able to watch out from the high mountain to the other side in few minutes 3 times
Unexpectedly we were able to experience a natural spectacle up close.
On a bike tour on the German North Sea coast between Büsum and the Eider barrage.
Huge crowds of oystercatchers gathered in the salt marshes on the Wadden Sea beach.
A great spectacle of these beautiful birds on the beach: red beaks, red legs and a striking plumage in black and white, plus a deafening piercing whistling and trilling.
And constantly new flocks of birds drew near. The sky was full of them.
A very special experience.
Finally I was able to control the Earwigs, they have been eating the petals of the Dahlias and Echinacea,
All the Dahlias are in pots, some Impatiens growing in the same pots, the Garden Balsam have been on our other home that my Mother in law grew them, I love the way they pop when you squeeze the seedpod,
Énouement: The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.
HP5 in my Nikon FE with 35-70 f3.5 AI lens; stand developed; digital scan with self-made light table/enlarger stand/Nikon /macro lens.
I was able to track down a flock of these birds in the Wasatch mountains this morning. This was the first time I had seen this species. It was also the first time I had seen a bird reported in an area and was able to track it down on a later day. Unfortunately a raven interrupted our photo session and scared them all off but I was running late anyway so it was probably for the best. They were eating some red wild berries and I wish I had gotten some pictures of that before they were scared off. Maybe next time.
Years of training to be able to do that!
HelaMiyo :: Poses :: Rock
Outfit: Lapointe & BastChild L&B MadPea "Survivor Moto" Set (previous gift)
Boots: JU - Kboots- black
Helmet: SA Quartermaster mesh retro pilot helmet
Hair: TRUTH VIP - Bangs Collection (group gift)
Bike: UHHO TYPE C (vintage gift)
This courthouse was built in 1936 by Joseph W Radotinsky. I wasn't able to get a decent shot of the actual courthouse. I love these small details
Able to locate 2 White-faced Barbets feeding in this beautifully flowered tree outside our hotel room in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Love this shot and angle of this guy is giving to me.
“To be able to see every side of every question;
To be on every side, to be everything, to be nothing long;
To pervert truth, to ride it for a purpose,
To use great feelings and passions of the human family
For base designs, for cunning ends,
To wear a mask like the Greek actors—
Your eight-page paper—behind which you huddle,
Bawling through the megaphone of big type:
"This is I, the giant."
Thereby also living the life of a sneak-thief,
Poisoned with the anonymous words
Of your clandestine soul.
To scratch dirt over scandal for money,
And exhume it to the winds for revenge,
Or to sell papers,
Crushing reputations, or bodies, if need be,
To win at any cost, save your own life.
To glory in demoniac power, ditching civilization,
As a paranoiac boy puts a log on the track
And derails the express train.
To be an editor, as I was.
Then to lie here close by the river over the place
Where the sewage flows from the village,
And the empty cans and garbage are dumped,
And abortions are hidden.”
Passi di: Edgar Lee Masters. “Spoon River Anthology”. iBooks.
...how about not being able to see the tree for the twigs :)
My Korean Dwarf Lilac is showing signs of life, that must mean that spring is around the corner. And that's something to smile about :)
Was able to collect roughly 1.5h of RGB data. Combined that with the Ha which I got a good month ago. Looks pomising so far...
All shot with a William Optics ZS61 on an iOptron iEQ45pro mount. EOS 700Da.
Excerpt from peilighthousesociety.ca:
"The classical theme of this lighthouse is reflected in the pleasing proportions and the graceful transition from tower to lantern." Quoted from FHBRO
This square pyramidal tower, 12.4m, 40'.7" high, is clad in cedar shingles and painted white. The octagonal lantern is surrounded by a red metal railing and supported by a curved cornice. The deck floor edge has a highly molded fascia. Under this cornice is another molding painted red.
The door and windows have a simple classical pediment over them.
Historic Data:
The Legislature granted the sum of $1,695 for Laurent Perry to build the Cape Egmont Lighthouse in 1881. Due to difficulties obtaining the parcel of land, it was not able to begin construction until 1883. In September, 1884, the Lighthouse was completed and was first lit under the supervision of the first lighthouse keeper, Bruno Perry, whose annual salary was $200.00. This is the only coastal light on the 46-mile coast between the lighthouses at West Point and Seacow Head.
"The light in the tower’s octagonal iron lantern was initially fixed red, exhibited from a focal plane of 22 metres (72 feet), and could be seen, in clear weather, at a distance of ten miles from all points seaward. In 1891, the lamps, which had been suspended from a central shaft in the lantern room, were placed on shelves close to the lantern glass to reduce the interference to the light caused by the lantern sash bars. The array of lamps was replaced in 1906 by a single flashing fourth-order Fresnel lens, manufactured in Paris by Barbier, Benard & Turenne and consisting of six panels, each subtending sixty degrees in the horizontal plane."
Quoted from www.lighthousefriends.com
The Cape Egmont 1906 lens was installed at Point Prim in 1958 and replaced by the current 4th order drum lens.
The interior of the tower in the Cape Egmont Lighthouse has been stripped. The interior was originally covered with lath and plaster, The dwelling was removed when the lighthouse was electrified in 1958.
Severe erosion caused the lighthouse to be relocated a short distance inland in April 2000. It now stands closer to the tall telecommunications tower and associated building overlooking Fishing Cove Harbour.
This tower design is very similar to that of the Cape Bear Lighthouse.
Yesterday, I was able to see my 304th Saskatchewan bird, looking for owls in the Boreal forest North East of the Province.
Finally able to tick the Giant off my list of pax 744s to catch. With my flight on Ryanair from "Frankfurt-Hahn" to Stansted coinciding with the arrival of this AMC charter, was lucky enough to get it arriving into the former US Air Force Base in beautiful spring morning sunlight.
Melianthus Major. Second day of not being able to upload so sent my photos by email to myself and then uploaded using my phone
Last weekend I was able to attend the 17th annual Burrowing Owl Festival in Cape Coral, Florida. Florida has a subspecies while all the rest are in the western states. The Florida subspecies is the only species that digs its own nest. Burrowing Owls out west use prairie dog holes and other holes in ground made by animals. The city of Cape Coral consist of 120 square miles with over 400 miles of canal and a population of 154,000 people. In 2017 a count was conducted and 2,800 nest were located with a total of 3100 owls. The Burrowing Owl is the official Bird of Cape Coral. All nest have a PVC pipe at the four corners approximate 3 feet from the nest indicating a no trespassing area. There is also a wooden perch provided by the city for the bird to perch on. They are year-round residents and are 9 1/2 inches in length.
Following close alongside the Lakefront line, the similarly named Lakefront trail gives local residents and visitors a close view of the Northshore Scenic Railroad’s operations. The trail was somewhat quiet but that was made up for by the hum of DSS&A 101 and ILSX 320 making their short trip up the railroad for testing purposes. She doesn’t get out much, but that only makes it better that I was able to chase her first run after the shop period.
For the Luv-able Hug-able 2011 show at gallery hanahou in NYC. The opening reception will be on December 1st.
I was disappointed not to be able to capture the full, long distance, view of Lowther Castle because there was a huge marquee in front of it when I visited, set up for a children's Halloween party. I had to make do with this shot of part of the central core of the building, which doesn't give any idea of the enormous scale of this place.
Lowther Castle was built in the early 19th century for William Lowther, the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. It has had a complicated history, which would be too long to include here. The important part, which explains why it looks the way it does today, is that after the Second World War death duties of £25 million made it impossible to maintain. The roof was taken off, the insides were demolished and the gardens decayed. It remained in that sad state for decades, but in recent years a huge amount of work has been done to preserve it and turn it into a visitor attraction. It's a fascinating place and very well worth a visit if you find yourself anywhere near Penrith.