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actually this is just a word play, since the plate is from the series Manufacture Rock from Villeroy und Boch.
Same plate differnt day , different light, light shaped by the railings of my balcony, one photo with an addidional reflector zebra gold and silver.
Was actually attracted to the green lichen on the rock to the right and hoped for a great sunset. Alas it fizzled out soon after this picture was taken.
4-shot vertical pano.
Actually, I’m not a expert photographer for bird shots, but I never thought to see one of those. The planets were aligned when I was getting off the car with my camera in hand.
I only have a 150mm lens, so I had to come really closer to took this pic.
Enjoy ^^.
Puyehue, Chile.
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (M)
(Double click)
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
I actually took this photo as a backup one morning, but didn't use it in the end.
Our Cape daisy has a flower. However since then, it has wilted but another one bloomed. We seem to get one flower at a time, whereas the main plant it came from flowers non stop.
Better viewed large and thank you for our favourites.
....actually, I should be playing it again. Unfortunately, it's just been gathering dust the last couple of years.
Posted for Window Wednesday
This actually wan't taken in Fall but the colours of these leaves reminded me of the season. Fall is most definitely my favourite time of year. Wool hats, boots, crunchy leaves, cool crisp air .... whats not to love!
Like most parrots Rainbow Lorikeets generally mate for life, and if conditions allow can reproduce three times annually!
Actually its not and it wouldn't be right to say, that it's just a hotel.
i like how the leading lines are crooked and give some weird dimension to the photo.
we're all mad here.
Much more of a drastic description than what actually happened. I never really searched for this engine while passing through Orizaba - it found me, twice.
Once on the highway out of town, and then a couple of nights later taking the slow way towards our Hotel. The conductor, or brakeman was waving a flashing on the back of the rear hopper. I had no idea what it was at first, then it became apparent it was train time. A mile or so east of Patio Orizaba this local goes about its duties for the evening.
Actually no weather to take pictures in the Värmland's snowy woods in Sweden. Too cloudy, dark and too much snowfall. And then it became foggy, too. And suddenly the mood became a kind of mystical. It was worth just a trial.
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With 4 inches of fresh snow greeting me this morning, I actually went out early to shoot a few photos but it all looked too familiar to me...scenes I've shot many times before...so I returned to a more colorful autumn day on the lake. Plenty of snow pics ahead.
It was a particularly good year for these berries, soon to vanish as the birds seem to relish them. The birds are particularly active today with the woodpeckers, nuthatches, and chickadees at the feeders, and a large group of juncos pecking in the snow beneath. The flock of robins which makes its appearance annually about this time of the first snows is busy eating the rowan berries out front. It's always a pleasant surprise to see them now, gorging on these and other berries, before they make the trip south. Interestingly, the entire band is always composed of males, their red breasts prominent. I assume it's because the females have already departed.
Actually it was a sunny day but the words just popped into my head.
Saw this lovely flower at Felbrigg Hall and thought it would look good with a bit of sliding and a texture courtesy of Kerstin Frank: www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/6295672180/in/a...
I'm away for a few days with sketchy internet, will try to catch up a bit later or when back. HSS
Actually I was waiting for the light to become green - exceptionally for St. Patrick´s day. But the operator didn´t know how to do it and he had to call another guy from outside. When this one got the lights set to green, it was pitch dark already.
actually there are many many more
'Roid Week spring 2019,day 1 photo 2
polaroid SLR 680, Polaroid 600 film
Actually an impounded vessel as it was used for people smuggling,I believe the boats captain is a guest of the PNG govt behind bars
It actually snowed here overnight, but now the sun is shining. The dream of a white Christmas could come true after many years.
Wish you a Merry Christmas and pleasant holidays!
Thank you also for the many visits to my site!
Über Nacht hat es doch bei uns tatsächlich geschneit, inzwischen scheint die Sonne. Da könnte der Traum von einer weißen Weihnacht nach vielen Jahren wahr werden.
Wünsche euch eine Frohe Weihnacht und angenehme Feiertage!
Danke auch für die vielen Besuche auf meiner Seite!
……. A ‘Merrthought’ actually!! Home of the famous handmade Teddy Bears in Ironbridge - pity they didn’t turn every other head the other way around, they are looking over towards the river, behind me is the car park hence me taking it this way!! HFF to all on Flickr. Taken on my phone in Apple RAW & edited in Lightroom. Alan:-)……
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 126 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
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Actually it's a little spider in our living room which rather looks like a moonscape. This one posed quite nicely for me before moving on. Any ID would be welcome as I'm not that good on spiders.
Actually Grasmere Lake (NT) in 'The Lake District National Park' in Cumbria, UK - 'The Daffodil Hotel' in the distance.
Actually it's a Reeve (female name). Ruffs hail from Eurasia. This one's vacationing in sunny Florida.
Geschüttelt. Nicht gerührt.
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Actually one should translate the catchphrase in German like this: Erschüttert, nicht gerührt ... which makes a completely different sense ;-)
I found the following a little interesting:
No other drink in book and film history is as famous as Bond's Vodka Martini. The agent licensed to kill has a very precise idea of how to mix this cocktail. The saying "Shaken, not stirred" is one of the most famous movie catchphrases of all time. Bond reaches for the glass on various occasions and in changing company. He drinks his vodka martini ice-cold, but without ice. So ice is put in the shaker, the vodka martini is shaken and finally the ice is filtered off. The name of the drink also causes further confusion: Martini is a very well-known vermouth brand, but Bond drinks his vodka martini entirely without this wine-containing ingredient. And James Bond wouldn't be James Bond if he didn't have an ace up his sleeve: Biochemists from the University of Western Ontario have found that the shaken variant with wormwood is healthier. In addition to the additional oxygen, it also contains more antioxidants that protect the body from free radicals.
- - - Well then ... cheers ;-)
I think my two virtual living room lights are having fun. And the mood goes with a drink, right?
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Eigentlich müsste man das Zitat im Deutschen so übersetzen: Erschüttert, nicht gerührt ... was einen ganz anderen Sinn ergibt ;-)
Ich fand folgendes ganz interessant:
Kein anderer Drink der Buch- und Film-Geschichte ist so bekannt wie Bonds Wodka Martini. Der Agent mit der Lizenz zum Töten hat eine ganz genaue Vorstellung davon, wie dieser Cocktail zu mixen ist. Der Spruch "Geschüttelt, nicht gerührt" ist eines der berühmtesten Filmzitate aller Zeiten. Bond greift zu den verschiedensten Anlässen und in wechselnder Gesellschaft zum Glas. Er trinkt seinen Wodka Martini eisgekühlt, aber ohne Eis. In den Shaker wird also Eis getan, der Wodka Martini wird geschüttelt und schließlich das Eis abgefiltert. Der Name des Getränks sorgt zudem für weitere Verwirrung: Martini ist zwar eine sehr bekannte Wermut-Marke, dennoch trinkt Bond seinen Wodka Martini ganz ohne diese weinhaltige Zutat. Und James Bond wäre nicht James Bond, wenn er nicht noch ein Ass im Ärmel hätte: Biochemiker der Universität Western Ontario haben festgestellt, dass die geschüttelte Variante mit Wermut gesünder ist. Sie enthält neben dem zusätzlichen Sauerstoff auch mehr Antioxidantien, die den Körper vor freien Radikalen schützt.
- - - Na denn ... Prost ;-)
Meine beiden virtuellen Wohnzimmerleuchten haben Spaß, glaube ich. Und die Stimmung passt zu einem Drink, oder?
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maybe the beginning of a series:
Actually if you look closely there are 5, counting the 2 lifeboats by the cruise ship. There is a tour excursion boat in the foreground, a tender lifeboat on the right, and the Royal Princess. If you take a good look at the Royal Princess you will see that a movie is being shown on the big screen on the pool deck.
Actually, this Egret was merely preening when Mike caught a head-on shot. The water reflections on its forehead add to the sense of hot-headedness😊
Tony & I thought we might go over to the second-hand record store in Saltash this morning, it's very good, and we decided to take our cameras and have a look at the foreshore there as we passed. We're glad we did as, on our approach, we could see that the estuary was shrouded in mist. By the time we actually got down to the river the mist was already lifting however we both managed to fire off a few before we lost it completely. This is the last I took before the mist thinned to nothing. Glorious!
actually both parents stuck very close to their offspring - geese are much better at this than ducks I think
I am actually turning 18 next Sunday and I really don't know what to feel! HAHAHA
&& MY 50mm IS NOW WORKING AGAIN! YEYYY!
Was actually slightly grey
Darker around the edges
A definite tinge
A flirtatious curve at the bottom
As if daring you to imagine something
Transform it into a different existence
It’s texture was surprising
Smooth and soft like the very top
Of a snowy slope
But hung indoors
It reflected onto the black linoleum floor that was speckled
With unpredictable dashes of white
When you looked down
You imagined
You were floating in a
Modern art galaxy very far away
From everything and everyone
You know
When you looked up you realized
It wasn’t a blank canvas at all.
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In May, I went to a doctor's appointment that was very difficult for me. Most of the time, I try to forget about my biology but my heart will often skip beats and I keep spending more money to get no answers, making me wonder if it's just in my head.
I have been living in Chicago for over 20 years but I had never come across The Arts Club of Chicago even though it is located very central downtown near a couple of doctor's offices. It was a dreary day and I spent some time wandering around and happened upon this gallery featuring the exhibit by Huguette Caland: Bribes de corps. It's amazing how art finds you when you least expect it. I found myself staring at canvases and writing poems to calm my nervous system.
This exhibit is ending very soon but I revisited this weekend. The bottom section is the actual canvas. The top portion is a multiple exposure of the canvas and a photograph of a woman passing by from the window opposite of the painting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguette_Caland
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