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We traveled to Sequoia National Park in winter. It's a challenging time to visit this location, even when there isn't a federal government shutdown reducing the staff to only the essential rangers required for safety.
Unfortunately, though near the entrance the skies were relatively clear, and the temperatures were in the 50s, the conditions at elevation were thick fog with ice covered roads. Worse, many people were taking advantage of the free entry to the park and ignoring the posted signs for snow chains. So, getting to the Sequoia groves proved impossible, and we returned to our hotel, but not before seeing these beautiful gnarled old oak trees near the entrance in the soft warm setting sunlight.
Visit Sequoia National Park; but, be advised, winter travel can be difficult, and give the rangers their due - especially when they are working at skeleton levels with no pay during a government shutdown!
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Change is never easy to adapt for who is used to live always the same.
❤️
...::: Don't dream it's over :::...
There is freedom within
There is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead
Many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me
Hey now,
Don't dream it's over
Hey now,
When the world comes in
They come,
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I'm towing my car
There's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today
Tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the T.V. page
Hey now,
Don't dream it's over
When the world comes in
They come,
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I'm walking again
To the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead
Barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and release
Hey now,
Don't dream it's over
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida
USA
Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Laxmi lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often refers to members of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Lotus plants are adapted to grow in the flood plains of slow-moving rivers and delta areas. Stands of lotus drop hundreds of thousands of seeds every year to the bottom of the pond. During flood conditions, sediments containing these seeds are broken open, and the dormant seeds rehydrate and begin a new lotus colony.
It has a very wide native distribution. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. - Wikipedia
Some say that Nature adapts to cohabitation with our human species. We instead, should realize that We are the ones who have to react, adapt and accept. Nature has the real power and providence over the earth, sky and earth. And water always wins.
~Tom Cousteau Handy from "Deep Thoughts About Sandbars"
A great musical example of reacting to changes in tempo, tone and atmosphere.
Free form and beautiful flute imaginations from Nicole Mitchell~ "Adaptability"
song~ youtu.be/0IbLGeQC5CY
One photo. All images and art by me, Tom. Textures are naturally occurring.
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A cockatoo is any of the 21 parrot species belonging to the family Cacatuidae, the only family in the superfamily Cacatuoidea. Along with the Psittacoidea (true parrots) and the Strigopoidea (large New Zealand parrots), they make up the order Psittaciformes. The family has a mainly Australasian distribution, ranging from the Philippines and the eastern Indonesian islands of Wallacea to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia. Cockatoos are recognisable by the prominent crests and curved bills. Their plumage is generally less colourful than that of other parrots, being mainly white, grey or black and often with coloured features in the crest, cheeks or tail. On average they are larger than other parrots; however, the cockatiel, the smallest cockatoo species, is a small bird. Cockatoos prefer to eat seeds, tubers, corms, fruit, flowers and insects. They often feed in large flocks, particularly when ground-feeding. Cockatoos are monogamous and nest in tree hollows. Some cockatoo species have been adversely affected by habitat loss, particularly from a shortage of suitable nesting hollows after large mature trees are cleared; conversely, some species have adapted well to human changes and are considered agricultural pests. 9123
... sunken in extreme bokeh ... taken with a Zenit Helios lens
Germany. Macro of optical fibers. Inside Illumination with bright white light. The cylindrical fibers seam to be constricted due to extreme bokeh. Sony A7II (ILCE-7M2) with e-mount adapted multicoated (MC) lens Helios 44M-4 58/2. Sony full-frame in body image stabilization ON. ISO 400. f/2. 1/60s. Wide-open shot. Manual mode.
If you are interested in an image with this camera/lens combination ... here it is --> Sony A7II - ZENIT MC HELIOS-44M4 58mm1:2 . Additional equipment used for this image of the optical fibers: Teleconverter C-AF 2x Teleplus MC7 and a focussing helicoid.
Feel free to visit my albums. All my old lenses can be found there.
(adapted from Spooky, Atlanta Rhythm Section)
In the cool of the evening
When my silly self is gettin' kinda goofy
I bark you up and ask you
If you'd like to walk with me to Mer Bleue (Blue Sea)
First you say, "Hmmm, I've got some plans for the night"
But then you stop, and say, "Alright!"
Love is kinda kooky with a groovy daddio like you
But you rarely keep me guessin'
I always seem to know what you are thinkin'
And if I ask you something weird
You can be sure your little eye will be a-twinklin'
Never confused, I always know where I stand
'Cause you da man, I understand
Love is kinda kooky with a groovy daddio like you
("Groovy daddio?"
Whatya expect, I'm older than you!)
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Prescott-Russell Trail, Ottawa, Ontario
556 Clancy 10yrs 11wks
Clancy's Yearbook 11: www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72177720303800967
This Tri-colored Heron would normally be cruising the shallow waters and scooping up fish as he goes, but when the tides are high, they can adapt to a different technique and use an old branch over the water to help with the process. Photo taken on Horsepen Bayou.
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Germany. City of Würzburg, Bavaria. Main River. The mighty Marienberg Fortress on the right is surrounded by vineyards. PTGUI stiching of several images to panorama. They were taken standing on the "Alte Mainbrücke". Late afternoon shot.
SONY A7II with lens Carl Zeiss Skoparex 1:3.4/35mm. Sony full-frame in body image stabilization ON. ISO 100. 1/2000. f11. The e-mount adaption of this lens was realized with two adapters: ICAREX/EOS and EOS/NEX. Manual mode. If you are interested in an image of this camera/lens combination ... here it is --> SONY A7II - Carl Zeiss Skoparex 1:3.4/35mm.
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This highly social and intelligent species is well adapted to a semi-aquatic life-style. Male and female California sea lions differ significantly in appearance. Males are substantially bigger than females and have an enlarged sagittal crest, which is usually topped with white fur.
Germany. In the woods called "Schönbuch" nearby the City of Stuttgart.
SONY A7II (ILCE-7M2) with e-mount adapted old projection lens Leitz COLORPLAN CF 2.5/90. Sony full-frame in body image stabilization ON. ISO 100. 1/200s. Self made round aperture of about f/4.5 placed in the light beam. Manual mode. The lens (in this case on a Sony a6000) can be seen here --> Colorplan lens.
More photos of this mini sequence with this camera/lens combination can be found here: ---> In The Woods (1) and In The Woods (2).
Feel free to visit my albums. All my old lenses can be found there.
This shot was taken with the same old Leica lens that I used for the shot of St Paul's Cathedral that I posted a few days back. It's a 90mm lens but when I adapt it to use on my Olympus Micro 4/3s camera, with it's crop sensor, it effectively becomes a 180mm lens. Using a telephoto lens that long will inevitably introduce a lot of compression into an image and you see that phenomenon very clearly here. The chimney tower on the right, which stands on top of the Tate Modern museum, is approximately 250 meters away. Meanwhile the slightly taller Shard building on the left is approximately 1100 meters away (distances measured in Google maps). The Shard is 306 meters high, the Tate chimney tower is 99 meters high.
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shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and fujinon 55mm f2.2 screw-mount lens, with helicoid adapter
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my review of this lens: www.aarondesigns.org/Fujinon55mmf22Review/
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En la imagen un momento de la emergencia de un macho de Orthetrum cancellatum, está en la fase de sacar el abdomen de la exuvia.. Son las 7:48 am y eligió su sitio en esa planta cerca del muro y a 25 cms del suelo por lo que hice tumbing,
Fotograma completo y adaptado a formato panorámico
En el Coto. Villena (Alicante) España
In the image a moment of the emergence of a male Orthetrum cancellatum, he is in the phase of removing the abdomen from the exuvia. It is 7:48 am and he chose his place on that plant near the wall and 25 cm from the ground by what I did tumbling,
Full frame and adapted to panoramic format
In the Coto. Villena (Alicante) Spain
Perfectamente adaptado al perfil que dibuja el cerro sobre el que se asienta, el Cerco de Artajona te ofrecerá la oportunidad de disfrutar de la fortificación popular medieval más importante de la Zona Media de Navarra.
Un paseo por su interior te descubrirá un conjunto amurallado del siglo XI que originariamente tuvo catorce torreones almenados, de los que sólo quedan nueve, unidos por el camino de ronda. Accede al recinto por cualquiera de los dos primitivos portales que se conservan, el de San Miguel y el de Remahua y retrocede en el tiempo hasta la Edad Media.
Imagina el espacio habitado por reyes, nobles a caballo, juglares, obispos y labriegos vestidos con pesados ropajes. Recrea épocas pasadas y trata de imaginar cómo se vivió en este recinto coronado por la iglesia-fortaleza de San Saturnino, un sólido e imponente edificio del siglo XIII, declarada Monumento Histórico Artístico.
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This small tuft of grass really caught my eye. Just randomly sticking out of the water but quite clearly learnt to adapt and live amphibiously amongst the rocks!!!
- H. G. Wells.
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The Yellow-crowned Night Heron often surprises me in the field. It's excellent at remaining still and blending into the background. Almost every time I spotted one in the field, it was while tracking another species. I photographed this at Bolsa Chica Wetlands while tracking a cattle egret in flight. I followed the egret until it was out of sight, removed my camera, and noticed the Heron sitting on a log just a few yards in front of me. I had a bit of cover from a few plants between me and the Heron, allowing me a moment to compose myself. I wasn't too thrilled with the gray background, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the option to move for a better backdrop, so I focused on capturing the sharpness and detail of the bird instead.
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As the land becomes saltier, nature adapts with salt-tolerant plants surviving in the conditions,
Holland Track by Fatbike – September 2016 - #Holland 28
This tree was amazing to see as it has been growing at a 90 degree angle with its 2 limbs. The limb going off to the right gets better anchorage farther away from the water and in less of a sandy environment.
The Urban Fox
Wild foxes have learned to adapt to the urban environment in order to survive. By nature, foxes are nocturnal and hunt at night, whereas the urban fox has adapted its behavior to survive and can be seen during daylight hours.
Locally, a fox vixen has located her den in the foundational remains of a razed building complex along the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. She has six Kits, which can be seen frolicking in the debris and along the dunes during the day. The fox family has become local celebrities and unfortunately people have begun feeding them. Never feed wild animals. Although you may feel as if you’re helping them survive, you are actually harming them. Feeding foxes can alter their natural behavior and they may lose its fear of humans.
“Wildlife that is fed by people become less experienced at forging for their natural food and may become dependent on handouts that are not a part of their natural diets. This is especially true in juvenile animals that have not yet developed their own foraging skills and have little ability to fend for themselves once handouts cease.” ~ Julie King, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Please Do Not Feed the Wildlife!
Red Fox
The Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant wild member of the Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species".
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox
Spine flower
There are many species of spine flowers that are normally very small tiny flowers adapted to hot dry climates. This is a brittle spine flower.
The interest to me is the modern building designed in sympathy to the existing road bridge to Hatfield House. To me it looks like riding stables adapted for modern day use but I’m sure they are a built recently. The road bridge that carry’s you on into the estate looks very much Victorian of the railway age which would fit in with the incredible Digswell Viaduct finished in 1850.
Wild South Africa
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Northen Cape Province
These lions can be distinguished from others in the rest of Africa in having lighter fur overall, longer legs, and larger paws – physiological traits that are also found in other mammals adapted to desert living.
The Kalahari lions, famed for many magnificent black-maned individuals, cling tenaciously to the outer edge of the species' distribution range. These super-fit, desert-adapted animals lure photographers and other wildlife enthusiasts year after year on a pilgrimage to the red dunes of the southern Kalahari Desert, which includes the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
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I have my Dad's Praktica camera and lens for years now and somehow only realised I should get an adapter and use them on my fujifilm, it arrived this morning.
1959 Leitz (Canada) Telyt Visoflex lens adapted to Sony A7R2. Minimal post production on iPhone with Snapseed.
The Urban Fox
Wild foxes have learned to adapt to the urban environment in order to survive. By nature, foxes are nocturnal and hunt at night, whereas the urban fox has adapted its behavior to survive and can be seen during daylight hours.
Locally, a fox vixen has located her den in the foundational remains of a razed building complex along the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. She has six Kits, which can be seen frolicking in the debris and along the dunes during the day. The fox family has become local celebrities and unfortunately people have begun feeding them. Never feed wild animals. Although you may feel as if you’re helping them survive, you are actually harming them. Feeding foxes can alter their natural behavior and they may lose its fear of humans.
“Wildlife that is fed by people become less experienced at forging for their natural food and may become dependent on handouts that are not a part of their natural diets. This is especially true in juvenile animals that have not yet developed their own foraging skills and have little ability to fend for themselves once handouts cease.” ~ Julie King, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Please Do Not Feed the Wildlife!
Red Fox
The Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant wild member of the Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species".
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox