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Another of these giant dishes, with the Orion constellation right in front of it. View direction is about W, which avoids the light pollution from the city of Weilheim to the south.
30 seconds exposure at ISO 3200.
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Still escaping to my garden to avoid the ubiquitous and ever-disgusting "orange menace" currently in the White House" ...
"Your life will always be better off when you concentrate on the simplest joys of life like drinking a cup of coffee."
~ Mehmet Murat ildan
"It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them." ~Paul Coehlo
Many, many thanks to all my Flickr friends for your visits, faves, and kind comments - you are always an inspiration and source of encouragement to me!
While showing some visitors from Europe around where I live, we happened upon this Koala in a tree. Usually they are sleeping, but this one was wide awake and anxious to avoid our cameras.
Cleo still likes to play but she would NEVER run after a toy. As she is an energy efficient creature she prefers to play while she is comfortably lying on a cushion and only has to lift the paw to catch the toy. Cleo has always tried to avoid any waste of energy, even 16 years ago when she was a kitten....
Posted for the Happy Caturday theme "My cat is ...".
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☀July 2017 rush☀
Summer came!!!
Here is the coast of MINAMI land🌊️🌊
There is an ice cream shop next to the beach.🍦🍦🍦
Avoid the hot sun,
Take a break here •.¸¸◟(˘͈ᵕ ˘͈●)
🐶”Give me an ice cream！
Bow-wowwwwww
During the day at Bamburgh I got the longer lens on and decided to shoot the waiders which where feeding at the shore. There was a mix of turnstone, sanderling, oyster catcher and this bird a redshank. I got a good few shots of them feeding so I decided to try and do something a little out the box and catch one flying. I wanted a little movement in the wings which beat very fast so I went for a slower shutter than usual for a wee bird flying! I then waited till the waves splashed in disturbing the birds and tried to get one in flight which was not easy at all... but then its not a challenge if its easy! I liked the atmosphere the wave splashing created also as it was quite soft!
This has lingered in my 'Flickr possibles' folder since it was taken in Dec 2016, I've toyed with uploading it a number of times but never did so. It's high time it either saw the light of day or be rejected re Flickr once and for all, so I went for the former (obviously!).
The road up to Sywell Grange - a 19th century period farmhouse which you can hire as a wedding venue or rent cottages according to their website. I've never been up there but I drive past it on my "avoid all conurbations" route to & from the M1/Coventry.
Bird photography sounds peaceful. You picture me quietly communing with nature, sipping coffee while majestic creatures flutter by, posing politely like they’re in a Disney movie. That’s a lie. The truth involves hauling lawn chairs, tripods, and a camera bag that weighs more than a third grader across the desert before sunrise—all to sit motionless next to a glorified livestock trough filled with water I wouldn’t let my enemies drink.
This cattle tank, which I have gentrified into a “desert oasis” (by tossing in a stick), is now a fine-dining establishment for birds. The stick is important. I found it on the ground, which makes it natural, and I chose one with bark and lichen because birds don’t like muddy feet—and I like a pretty perch.
Birds don’t just fly in, though. First, they land about twenty-five feet away in what I call the staging area, where they scope things out and decide if it’s safe to drink. Just as I know birds come here for water, they know hawks come here for birds. If it seems risky, they vanish into the brush to post angry tweets about predator privilege.
This time, an American Robin decided to play along. He glided down to the branch, dipped his beak into the water, then raised his head to swallow—because robins, like most birds, can’t gulp. They rely on gravity to get the water down. No swallow muscles. No peristalsis. Just tip and pray.
As he tilted his head back, water spilled from his beak. I fired off a burst of photos. In this frame, he’s in perfect profile, water spilling from his bill, with a few droplets stopped in mid-air and a few reached the surface, sending delicate ripples across the pond.
His reflection was beautiful and haunting, like a bird pondering the mysteries of hydration—or maybe just wondering why some guy shoved a branch in his drinking fountain.
In the desert, water is liquid gold. To birds, cattle tanks are survival. To me, they’re proof that lugging heavy gear into the wilderness to photograph a robin mid-sip is a perfectly reasonable way to spend retirement.
Especially if you're trying to avoid housework.
He lifts his head to the sky—a gravity feed,
’Cause evolution said, “Nah—gulping’s not a need.
Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure into a fine country house to be the seat of his earldom. The castle was built in stages between 1777 and 1792. It incorporates a large drum tower with a circular saloon inside (which overlooks the sea), a grand oval staircase and a suite of well-appointed apartments.
In 1945, the Kennedy family gave the castle and its grounds to the National Trust for Scotland (thus avoiding inheritance tax). In doing so, they stipulated that the apartment at the top of the castle be given to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in recognition of his role as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during the Second World War. The General first visited Culzean Castle in 1946 and stayed there four times, including once while President of the United States.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished archive shot from February 2019.
The blown out background sometimes impossible to avoid in a city grid at higher latitudes and perhaps why this shot was left in the archive so long. Enjoy.
Heading in from the beach early to avoid an incoming storm, I heard this very musical songbird in the parking lot to my mother's condo. In this case, I was lucky that it rained.
[Well the trick of the trouble
Is avoiding the blame
But the point of the struggle
Is in owning the shame
And nobody tells you
'Til you go up in flames
You can't live like a devil,
Then die like saint…]
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Planned a route today that avoided the muddy trails through the woods! Part of the ride was on bicycle paths next to the road, or else on quiet country roads, out to Unterbrunn, Oberbrunn, Hausen and Königswiesen. A nice loop. Temperature around 4°C.
Usually we only visit seaside places in the winter and spring avoiding the summer altogether . After a brief evening visit to Whitby a couple of weeks ago i am even more convinced to avoid them during the holiday period . Whitby town was packed with folks and not really that enjoyable . Fortunately the beach was fairly quiet and apart from these Gulls we had a pleasant walk . Whitby is a superb town but I shall not be there again till November
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WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .
Spend your days happy and grateful
Avoid the taste of wanting and wasteful
Every good thing will come in moderation
Envy and greed will only lead to frustration
Choose your friends, carefree and kindly
Choose your words, careful and wisely
Always be there to lend a comforting shoulder
One will be there to share a day when you're older (a day when you're older)
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This rather noticeable U shape in the mainline near Andover, SD is the result of the Milwaukee Road regrading the line to avoid the sharp rise up Coteau des Prairies. It is a rather sharp change in elevation, so much so that towns that sit on it get more snowfall on average than towns below. Your ears usually pop driving on US 12.
Anyway, the infamous 661 rolls west approaching Andover, SD.
Regno Unito, Londra, Battersea, Estate 2020
L'Albert Bridge è un ponte stradale sul fiume Tamigi che collega Chelsea a Battersea e fu completato nel 1873. In origine era un ponte a pedaggio, ma perché commercialmente senza successo, sei anni dopo la sua apertura fu dichiarato pubblico. I caselli sono rimasti sul posto e sono gli unici esempi ancora esistenti in città. Soprannominato "La signora tremolante" a causa della sua tendenza a vibrare quando un gran numero di persone vi camminavano, il ponte ha ancora cartelli al suo ingresso che chiedono alle truppe di rompere passo mentre attraversano il ponte. Nel 1992, è stato dipinto con colori insoliti al fine di renderlo più visibile, ed evitare di essere danneggiato dalle imbarcazioni. Di notte è illuminato da 4.000 lampadine, che lo rendono uno dei monumenti più suggestivi della West London. Il suo attuale aspetto caratteristico e suggestivo ha portato al suo uso come ambientazione per numerosi film ambientati nella zona di Chelsea come Sliding Doors.
The Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea to Battersea and it was completed in 1873. Originally it was a toll bridge but because commercially unsuccessful, six years after its opening it was taken into public ownership. The tollbooths remained in place and are the only surviving examples in London. Nicknamed "The Trembling Lady" because of its tendency to vibrate when large numbers of people walked over it, the bridge has signs at its entrances that warned troops to break step whilst crossing the bridge. In 1992, the Albert Bridge was rewired and painted in an unusual colour scheme designed to make it more conspicuous in poor visibility, and avoid being damaged by ships. At night it is illuminated by 4,000 bulbs, making it one of West London's most striking landmarks. Its distinctive and striking current appearance has led to its use as a backdrop for numerous films set in the Chelsea area like Sliding Doors.
― Helen Keller
Our maiden voyage with our new UTV. It is something I have always wanted and constantly made up a reason not to get. With a recent health scare, I decided we were put here not to be afraid of taking risks, but to live life to the fullest. I always thought it was the things in life that we did that we eventually regretted. I soon realized that it is actually the things we didn't do, out of fear or anxiety, that we end up regretting. We only get one chance at life. There are no reset buttons, only a game over. I am going to try and get my one chance right.
P.S. I always have to name my vehicles. Just like a boat, everything must be named. Meet Tempy (Temperamental). :)
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What’s up guys? Can’t believe I’m saying this but it looks like this year winter is avoiding Chicago! If you miss this here is one from a year ago. What do you think?
Not a fan of having sky as background. However, I was missing all the action in trying to avoid the crowd.
From the vantage point there are opportunities to photograph the action with a better background, but I missed one such moment as my camera lost focus.
So for documentation purpose, I settled with this one. Between all the noise, chaos and people running up and down, at least I enjoyed the moment.
Penarth Pier Pavilion
Newly restored it boasts a 70 seater cinema, book early to avoid disappointment.
Seaford.
I found this young Drinker moth larva in the Autumn on a warm late afternoon. The larva was getting the last of the warmth as it prepared for hibernation. Even at this young age it raised its head as it sensed my presence, this is its defense mode.
Next Spring when it comes out of hibernation it will have to avoid the Cuckoo. Drinker larva is a favourite food of this bird.
From memory, this was a moonlit night which I normally avoided whenever I received an aurora alert, but it made it interesting combined with the clouds and the soft colours of the mild aurora. Thankfully, there were enough gaps in the cloud for some stars to show up. Taken around midnight, facing due south at my favourite dark sky location just north of the Grampians National Park in Victoria and showing the silhouetted outline of the Grampians Range.
This was a stitched panorama taken with my Canon 6D and 40mm pancake lens. Original exposures were around 20 seconds.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
"They're called thestrals, people avoid them because. they're a bit... different."
The Scene:
• hair - doux - paty (out now at Tres Chic)
• coat - tetra - klee anorak jacket
• hat - kore - zaira's hat (coming soon to Wizarding Faire!)
• fire- lulub- lux (coming soon to Wizarding Faire!)
• thestrals - hopscotch - spooky horse (coming soon to Wizarding Faire!)
Wizarding Faire opens July 23rd at 12pm and runs until August 6th for you to come get all your wizarding world bits and bobs, and explore the amazing world created at the Mischief Managed sim. ♥
A cairn on the ascending trail to the Mont Jacques Cartier summit (Parc National de la Gaspésie, Québec, Canada)
On our trip last September to observe the last of the woodland caribous in Gaspésie, we stopped next to a stone cairn to take a peak at the surrounding landscape through the dissipating fog.
The sight is a reminder of what the caribous have to endure to avoid predators, reaching the cold summit to find food. It was disappointing not to see any caribou on that part of the trail, but we were expecting this; the ones living here are the only herd of this species still living south of the St. Lawrence River, and in spite of the protection measures in place across the park, their survival is threatened.
A caribou we did manage to see on the path down, on a car path surrounded by thick woods; it stared at us but quickly vanished among the trees before we could even lift the cameras. We could not snap any pictures, but were happy witnesses nevertheless!
Amsterdam is highly walkable just avoid walking on anything looking like a bike path and instantly freeze when you hear the ominous sound of the bike bell, an even easier and faster way to get around is to bike if you have the courage to join the fray but be warned the Dutch suffer no fools on their bikeways.
For those faint of heart the city also has one of the best public transportation systems in Europe though no underground exists trams, buses and trains make their way overland in a very efficient and orderly manner at a very reasonable cost.
After many many visits I discovered on my last trip the OV-Chipkart, an anonymous reloadable plastic card that can be found at the train station, at a newsagent or at a supermarket just look for the pink OV-chipkaart logo and best place to purchase one is at the start of your journey at Schiphol Airport.
The initial purchase price is 7,50 euro and can be loaded or reloaded at terminals with the logo but beware that not all terminals use credit cards, once you have loaded what you feel is enough for your use the card is ready to go not just in Amsterdam but all of the Netherlands on public transport, here ends the PSA.
This shot was taken on the evening tour with the Dam Boat Guys and is a good illustration of urban life on the move and also that some of your better shots come from lesser subject matter.
I took this on Sept 9th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 32mm 1/60 sec f/11 ISO2000 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
A smallish hawker dragonfly that can be seen flying well into the Autumn. Breeds in gravel pits, lakes, reservoirs, canals and will even tolerate brackish water but will avoid acidic water. Males can sometimes be seen flying low over the water in numbers along marginal vegetation in search of females. Before the 1940's this dragonfly was a migrant visitor to the UK but is now classified as a British species hence the name Migrant Hawker. When dragonflies mate the male will grasp the female by her front end of her thorax (pronotum) if she is willing which is called the 'mating wheel' and will then fly off together over the water with the female laying her eggs just below the surface with the male clasping her by the neck, who said romance was dead, lol.
Wegen der Hitzewelle wurde der Computer zur Vermeidung von noch mehr Hitze nach dem Hochladen ausgeschaltet !
Due to the heat-wave, the computer has been turned off after uploading to avoid more heat !
dog-walk Monday June 29th
SONY NEX-7 & SEL18200
134mm _ f/6.3 _ 1/1600s _ ISO200
29.06.2015 12:14 27°C
A sunset panorama by Albert Wirtz here on Flickr recently inspired me to come here to the Moselle. Since we had a full moon at that time and the sky cleared late at night, I took the opportunity to visit this place.
Panorama consists of two rows, each with seven pictures.
The next time I make a multi-row panorama and clouds move slowly in the sky, I take the pictures with the zig zag method to avoid differences in reflection.
Der DGS 59904 von Regensburg Ost nach Imsumer Deich wurde am 20. Februar 2021 von 193 878 über seinen gesammten Laufweg hinweg befördert. Der Feuer-Vectron von TXLogistik vor den geschlossenen ARS-Autotransportwagen setzte in der kahlen vorfrühlingshaften Landschaft bei Sinngrün in der Oberpfalz einen kräftigen Farbakzent. Ursprünglich war eine andere Umsetzung des Motivs geplant - allerdings zeigten sich die untenstehenden Personen äußerst unkooperativ und wollten nicht, dass man sich zu ihnen stellt. Nicht etwa, um eine Ansteckungsgefahr zu vermeiden - dafür hätte ich absolutes Verständnis gehabt. Nein, es ging nur darum, dass man im Vorfeld ein paar Äste weggeschnitten habe und nun ein alleiniges Anrecht auf ein Foto des Zuges hätte. Die Hobby-Kollegen konnten sich glücklicherweise noch mit ihren Leitern behelfen, ich hatte keine Lust auf Diskussionen und wechselte den Standort. Dort wurde mir dann allerdings der Zug auch noch von einem Gegenzug zugefahren, so dass sich nur dieser Notschuss ausging. Letztlich zeige ich dieses mißglückte Bild als Apell für ein besseres Miteinander - mit den allermeisten Fotografen klappt das ja durchaus gut.
DGS 59904 from Regensburg Ost to Imsumer Deich was hauled along its entire route by 193 878 on 20 February 2021. The fire Vectron of TXLogistik in front of the closed ARS car transport wagons set a strong colour accent in the bare early spring landscape near Sinngrün in the Upper Palatinate. Originally, a different realisation of the motif was planned - however, the people below were extremely uncooperative and did not want anyone to join them. Not in order to avoid a risk of infection - I would have had absolute understanding for that. No, it was just that they had cut away a few branches in advance and now had - in their opinion - a sole right to a photo of the train. Fortunately, my hobby colleagues were able to help themselves with their ladders, but I didn't feel like discussing it and moved to another location. There, however, the train was hit by a counter-train, so that only this snapshot turned out to be possible. In the end, I show this unsuccessful picture as an appeal for better cooperation - with the vast majority of photographers, this works out quite well.
To avoid predators a lot of caterpillars rely on camourflage, but some, like this Grey Dagger Moth caterpillar, advertise warning signs. Apart from the obvious dagger, by its striking red and yellow colouration it also signals it's poisonous to eat. This one appeared on a blackthorn bush in my garden, one of its host plants.
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San Pedro River, seen from the Malihue bridge near Los Lagos, Chile. In May 1960, the river was dammed in this area by landslides triggered by the 9.5 magnitude Great Valdivia Earthquake. The dam was then artificially lowered to avoid catastrophic failure, but the resulting, controlled flood still had considerable destructive power.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with GIMP.