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~Final pics of lady bugs, frogs and insects for the year! . We're having an unusually warm October so they have been sticking around.....but will disappear soon.
More pics below.
This is a photo I took back in October at the beach “Fontane Bianche” in Sicily. On such a cold November day it is nice to remember this warm day at the beach with the nice sand and the calm water.
This mockingbird loves to sit at the corner of the roof. The bird feeders are nearby and it watches all of the comings and goings.
A beautiful manicure perhaps?
View At The Spa Large On Black
Some time off around the house, reading, playing more games and having more adventures with Gracie. Spent two days with a Flickr contact from New Jersey who quickly became family, thruthelookingglass www.flickr.com/photos/20699305@N07/ (more on that soon).
In the famous words of GrammyandPoppyk: www.flickr.com/photos/bunnykasper/, alot of hours in the day one finds when not Flickr-ing. My Flickr Rehab program is in place, and yes, I did miss Flickr-ville.
A female reed bunting (I think) seen at Wicken Fen Nature Reserve near Cambridge... but after a suggestion from Philip Male I think it could well be a whinchat...
HFF!
Apparently, when a robin or any other bird from what I've been told drops it's wings like this, it's totally at ease in it's surroundings. That makes it much easier to photograph and get close to.
At the seaside village of Kala Nera on the Pelion peninsula in Greece, there takes place an annual event on Ascension Day, where horses from nearby villages arrive to be dipped in the sea and to be blessed by the priest.
The road from Hobart, Tasmania down to the notorious convict prison and hell of Port Arthur* on the Tasman Peninsula passes through some very pretty land and seascapes. One special spot is the town of Dunalley which sits on one of the two very narrow necks of the Peninsula where you can see the sea both sides. In fact, at Dunalley, they have cut the Denison Canal through one isthmus to shorten what would otherwise be a rather long alternative sea route right around the Tasman Peninsula and the Forestier Peninsula. It's an extremely lovely area especially on the eastern side which is called East Bay (of course)! It has a marina and mooring for fishing boats, some of which can be seen here in the early winter sun. The road crosses the canal on an unusual swing bridge to allow boat traffic to cross from the Tasman Sea in the east to the bays that surround Hobart.
As it happens, a boat passed through the canal when we were there. A link below takes you to a shot where you can see the canal and swing bridge. Google earth tells me that the inner side of the canal and associated coastline form a wide and sandy beach.
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Tasmania
Denison Canal
at the bird bath
shot taken through the window
Baby Eichhörnchen an der Vogeltränke - Aufnahme durch das Fenster
mini-garden
NOT A COMPOSITE!
The greatest lightship on earth has returned to Sydney :-)
I haven’t been to Taronga Zoo in decades so a meet up group was the perfect excuse to visit as Vivid had light installations there for the first time as part of the festival.
taronga.org.au/100-years/centenary-events/vivid-at-taronga
The giraffes were the only animals out at that time and with mum, dad and 2 kids grew a big crowd to watch them with the lights of Sydney behind them. Very tricky to get the giraffe’s face sharp in the difficult light nicely, with the coloured lights in the background. ISO12800 was needed. I couldn’t bring up the shadows at that level but the blacks are good enough for this composition I think.
Thanks to Paul and Helen for organising it
Place: Radio Kootwijk [NL] Date: 11 juli 2016 Time: around 15:00
Designed by Amsterdam architect J.M. Luthmann.
The main transmission building, building A. Also known as the Cathedral.
During WWI, an independent radio link with the Dutch Indies (former Indonesia) became increasingly important. For example all messages via the sea cable, were censured by the British during the war. To obtain independence in these communications, a large transmitter station was built in 1917, in the Malabar Gorge near Bandung on the island of Java. For the Dutch counterpart of this radio link, a suitable location was found on the sand dunes near the village of Kootwijk. Architect Luthmann made a complete design for this establishment. In 1920 the construction started for the actual transmitter building, which is entirely constructed from armoured concrete, a novelty in those days.
It is at the same time, in the early 1920’s, that the actual village “Radio Kootwijk” developed, involving a hotel, administrative buildings and some 40 residential houses for employees. At the present day this unique village with its 120 inhabitants looks back at a history of about 90 years.
The State owned Postal and Telegraph company (PTT) began utilising Radio Kootwijk in 1923 for long wave telegraph transmissions. The equipment was installed in Building A, which is also dubbed as “The Cathedral”. Within about five years, short wave radio signals were used for these transmissions because these were less vulnerable to atmospheric noise. The first actual radio communication with the Dutch Indies, started in 1928, with the historical words: “Hello Bandung, here Kootwijk”. These historical words. are still iconic for many Dutchmen nowadays.
After WWII, the gradually improving quality of sea cable connections saw a decline in the role of Radio Kootwijk as cornerstone for intercontinental telephone and telegraph communications. From 1970, Radio Kootwijk supported maritime communications for the “Radio Scheveningen” station, in particular for long-distance communication with vessels at large. Because of later technological developments such as satellite communication, Radio Kootwijk further lost its significance. Transmission stopped entirely in 1998.
Source: radiokootwijk.free.fr/index.php?file=uk_information.php
Birmingham Electric:
Daybreak at Snettisham sees the spectacle of thousands of birds catching the first light as they swirl and curl, twist and turn between each graceful rise and fall.
Thank you all for your kind rersponses.
Once upon a time in a blue pond,
there was a beauteous young swan
with a grey colored head…….
Hlif at the Pond,Tjörnin in Reykjavik.
Press "L" for better view.
Myczkowieckie Rocks (at background), seen from the meadow :)
Myczkowieckie Rocks - they rise almost 30 m above the old riverbed of the San River. This natural monument is located about 1000 m below the dam forming the artificial Lake Myczkowieckie. It is a unique rock wall approx. 600 m long and approx. 25 m high at the highest point, overgrown with rare thermophilic rock vegetation in these areas. Numerous species of birds nest in the rock crevices, which establish breeding nests in this safe place for them and give great concerts for almost a year. A magnificent panorama of Myczkowce and surroundings.
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Skała Myczkowiecka (potocznie: Myczkowieckie skałki) widziana z poziomu okolicznych łąk :)
Skała Myczkowiecka - wznosi się ona blisko 30 m ponad stare koryto rzeki San, który płynął tędy przed powstaniem zapory w Myczkowcach. Ten pomnik przyrody znajduje się ok. 1000 m poniżej zapory tworzącej sztuczne Jezioro Myczkowieckie. Jest to unikalna ściana skalna długości ok. 600 m i wysokości w najwyższym punkcie ok. 25-30 metrów, porośnięta rzadko w tych stronach spotykaną ciepłolubną roślinnością naskalną. W szczelinach skalnych gnieżdżą się liczne gatunki ptaków, które zakładają w tym bezpiecznym dla nich miejscu gniazda lęgowe i przez cały niemal rok wspaniale koncertują. Rozciąga się z nich wspaniała panorama na Myczkowce i okolice.
At last, the light I'd been hoping for before autumn's over. This is my favourite little beech copse again, and the Photoshop process was the same as before, viz:
Add duplicate layer in photoshop.
Add motion blur at 90 degrees, about 600 px.
Add layer mask.
Use the brush tool to remove blur from foreground (100% at the front, a bit less as you go back).
The purpose of the layer mask is so that if you remove the wrong amount of blur you can reverse the action by putting the black on top instead of the white and using the brush tool again.
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Nightly photo session at the ferry harbour of Constance (Staad).