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Living in Florida, there are pockets of storms, but running to the sunshine is usually not far away.
The two immature Bald Eagles left the ice on the surface of the Mongaup Reservoir together and came close to colliding while doing so.
We give them less importance because of what they do.But they contributed the most in our liberation war.They are farmers.That time they were huge in number.These people are very humble and kind.The most beautiful thing about them is they don't want lot more.They want least foods and clothings to live a miserable war.We only value those who are whealthier than us.Actually we make people feel they are not like us.
Real thing in Ireland, farmers won't remove these old tree circles as they were know as Fairy Forts. When in fact there the remnants of old Ring Forts....have a look at the link
The gosling in front was taking evasive action to keep from getting rammed by its sibling on the grass in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland.
With the northbound M6 at a complete standstill 66044 breezes past with 4O43 03.59 Wakefield Europort to Southampton Western Docks.
Dry Creek Trail to Horsetail Falls; Lone Peak Wilderness, Utah; May 2017
Here's another one I took in May a little closer to Horsetail Falls, staying just outside of the mist spray so I didn't freeze and the camera lens didn't get gummed up.
The water from the waves that buffeted South Pier froze and created a very hazardous walking situation. A wise walker would avoid the experience .
I avoided the graffiti by not including much of the graffiti-laden bridge (or most of the falls.)
NO INVITES OR ICONS PLEASE
Bob took us shopping to the village market this morning at 8am to avoid the worst of the heat (& the tourists). The stall you see on the left sells all things Provençal (soap, table cloths, tea towels, lavender, etc.). I was standing at this spot for almost 30 minutes with Bob while my partner was queueing to the left of the shot at the cheese stall. It always takes an age buying cheese from that particular seller as it's so popular; she takes her time in explaining the cheeses and how to keep them and when to eat them and then packages them up very daintily. Her prices are the best of the market. Such top service but oh, the queueing....especially when you have a very fidgety puppy who still hasn't fully understood the meaning of the word 'SIT!'. The word 'bio' on the board for the olive stand is the equivalent to 'organic' in the UK. A.O.P. is a specific marque for products that are produced with a knowhow specific for the region, which gives them their characteristics in the same geographical area (or something like that!).
Happy Tuesdays all round!
This is a nice composition, but it's even better when you see it onsite, because the rock is 3X - 4X larger than the tree. I've seen quite a few versions of this composition over the years, the first one I can recall from Steve Sieren. I avoided capturing it for a few years, there are infinite possibilities and compositions out there, and the time you spend copying one only takes away form the time you have to do your own work. But one day it was staring me in the face so on a whim I grabbed a quick picture of it. I didn't upload it right away... people take "tribute photographs" of Ansel Adams photos all the time and play "covers" of popular songs... but at what point do tributes become ripoffs? I didn't return to this spot in better light... I'm sure that there are some unique possibilities possible, but I'm not trying to compete with the original.
I may see Steve this morning for sunrise, so it would be an interesting conversation to have with him, and I'll ask him if he was (to his knowledge) the first to capture a composition like this here. Ironically I was in the area to explore some rocks shot by Ansel Adams. I wasn't familiar with Ansel's take on the spot, so it would be interesting to see what he had seen vs. what I found.
One of the things I respect about Steve is that he is discreet about locations, so they're less likely to get over-shot. So far photographers seem to be respecting that precedent here, and I hope that the practice continues.
Location disclosure can be detrimental in direct impact on the site, in the effect of increased visitation on wildlife, but conceptual copies can either support the value of the original work (by advertising and referring to it) or they can subtract from its value (by masquerading as original discoveries or creative works, with no attribution to the original). At some point if there are too many copies without attribution, the identity of the original gets lost. That's unfortunate.
So with this rock and juniper photo, I thought it might be interesting to collect tribute photos and post them in the comments below. If you've taken one, post the Flickr URL surrounded by bracket symbols, or feel free to reference one that way as well. Hopefully they'll draw a clear path to the original.
It should go without saying, but if you are inspired by someone else's photo and produce a similar one, whether the shared element in yours is a distinctive composition or whether it's a creative concept such as creative lighting, at the very least please have the courtesy to credit them. It may also be required by copyright law, but in this case the law simply reflects common sense and common courtesy. Thank you if this is, or becomes, your common practice.
I do my best to avoid them, events that is, but found these two and couldn't resist...
SKIN: FIORE Aria Catwa Applier SPF25 [District20 event until December 12]. Worn here on CATWA Catya 3.0 using Aria shape also available at event.
HAIR: ENTWINED Sura [No21 event until December 19]
Here’s a small patch of Pickwick Dutch Crocus that I found at Buxton Park (Indianola, Iowa). These purple and white striped crocus with bright-orange stamens are the first spring flowers that I have seen this year. I photographed these earlier this afternoon in full-sun, but under an umbrella to avoid hard shadows.
Developed with Darktable 4.8.0.
I came across an interesting article on rules of photography composition and why they work.
"Avoid The Middle" is one of these rules….which I attempted to break…just this once. ;-)
Taken for Macro Mondays and this week's theme: Rule
Here is the link to the article:
www.digitalcameraworld.com/2012/04/12/10-rules-of-photo-c...
Have a great day and week, everyone! 😊
A rhinoceros, from Greek rhinokerōs, meaning 'nose-horned', from rhis, meaning 'nose', and keras, meaning 'horn'), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species therein. Two of the extant species are native to Africa, and three to Southern Asia. The term rhinoceros is often more broadly applied to now extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea. Members of the rhinoceros family are some of the largest remaining megafauna, with all species able to reach or exceed one tonne in weight. They have a herbivorous diet, small brains (400–600 g) for mammals of their size, one or two horns, and a thick (1.5–5 cm) protective skin formed from layers of collagen positioned in a lattice structure. They generally eat leafy material, although their ability to ferment food in their hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter when necessary. Unlike other perissodactyls, the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths, relying instead on their lips to pluck food.
The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose (Chenonetta jubata) is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus Chenonetta. This 45–51 cm duck looks like a small goose, and feeds mostly by grazing in flocks. The male is grey with a dark brown head and mottled breast. The female has white stripes above and below the eye and mottled underparts. Both sexes have grey wings with black primaries and a white speculum. Juveniles are similar to adult females, but lighter and with a more streaky breast. The Australian wood duck is widespread in Australia, including Tasmania. The Australian wood duck is found in grasslands, open woodlands, wetlands, flooded pastures and along the coast in inlets and bays. It is also common on farmland with dams, as well as around rice fields, sewage ponds and in urban parks. It will often be found around deeper lakes that may be unsuitable for other waterbirds' foraging, as it prefers to forage on land. S20N_1281
I tend to avoid visiting Dinorwic quarry in summer. I feel that under blue skies it just doesn't have the same atmosphere. A light dusting of snow illuminates traces of earth works, the different levels, ruins, inclines and tracks. It's always a different experience every time I come here, but my favourite is in misty conditions.
We took a walk into Weymouth a couple of days ago and went through the public gardens to avoid the mass of people that converge on Weymouth during the summer. Of course the Fuji came with me and I got a couple of decent shots of some naturey crap - I've no idea what this flower is but it looked purty so I set the camera to super macro and hit the shutter.
Very surprised how it came out - this shot is almost SOOC apart from adjusting the clarity and adding the vignette. This never happens, which is why most of my shots are Photoshopped to oblivion. And also because I love Photoshop.
So yeah! I guess I'm uploading this because it's 99% as shot, which is a rare thing.
You can see the other uploaded shot here or you can view this one big on black here.
I noticed that I was avoiding using the thermos I usually keep tea in because it was affecting the flavor of anything I kept in it. Time for a cleaning. I use a product called dip-it, which contains sodium perborate, sodium carbonate, and sodium silicate. It does a great job and is fun to watch as well. It's an entirely different kind of tempest in the tea ware.
Here's the next in this series of never seen photos from 7 years ago of the slow process of pulling in the wings to carefully avoid lineside hardware while plowing snow.
In the last week of 2017 which was my very last week as a full time resident of Alaska I had the rare gift of an opportunity to shoot the 'snow fleet'. This time it was far up north in the interior as the ARRC dispatched a pair of geeps with Spreader 9 to work north winging out sidings over the course of several days. Frank Keller and I got an early start out of Anchorage and headed north on the desolate Parks Highway to meet up with the train just south of this point. We'd spend the entire day shooting the train working in subzero temps, although on the day after winter solstice a 'full day' only amounts to just over 4 1/2 hrs between sunrise and sunset here at about 63 degreees north latitude!
The 'fleet' is seen here winging out the north end of Broad Pass siding at MP 305. In just about 7 miles distant at aptly named Summit they will crest the highest point on the entire Alaska Railroad at the Northern Continental Divide (the watershed between the Arctic and Pacific Oceans). Considering that this wide valley (hence the name) is where the railroad crosses the Alaska Range, home of 20,310 ft Denali only 60 miles distant, it is utterly remarkable that the crest is only 2363 ft above sea level!
Broad Pass, Alaska
Friday December 22, 2017
In the middle of a heatwave we’re walking the dog early in the morning in the beautiful shady woods of the Ashridge Estate.
Edited phone shot from this morning’s cool hike.
I know that I really do try and avoid Princes Street but I am having to make an exception this time around. These single deckers at 10 years old have started to become rather unreliable to say the least with each one now having their own wee fault. This is why they are expected to be exiting Lothian in the coming weeks.
However, this time last month I had only four of the 10 that are in imminent departure risk. So, I have been trying to catch them which has not exactly been easy as many of them are already not out much at all (6 & 7) This one here though was the one most wanted as I remember the first time I rode on it back in the summer of 2013 as a rather young enthusiast.
So, here we see Lothian Buses 2 finally off my list and quite pleased as it has not returned to service since on a service 1 is main route from its first day on Princes Street on a day where the sun was shining perfectly in this direction, on the way to Clermiston.
The Iowa Northern's North Crew is back on the move at Plymouth after a brief stop for the CP Owatonna Sub diamond. Stop signs still control train movements for this diamond in far northern Iowa. CP light power coming back from spotting Mona is on the approach from the north, but will have to wait for this IANR to pass. Old ex-Rock Island signals are still in a few spots along the IANR. The switch to the right is the connection track that CP uses mainly to run trains from the Owatonna Sub to the Mason City Sub to avoid a runaround in Mason City.
A raised footpath to avoid the often-flooded road by the River Trent at Aston-by-Stone, Staffordshire
I usually try to avoid photos of the night sky with huge amounts of light pollution in them, but sometimes we all need to be reminded that we will not see the night sky if we can't find more efficient and responsible ways of lighting at night.
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SD60 # 6709 is one of the SD60 units that some how managed to avoid becoming an SD60E. For now she is safe and continues to move freight.
Avoiding the dust trail on approach to Druids, competitor No 10. looks like support or part of the British Army. Beautifully turned out bike.
Kalbarri coastline in Western Australia - it is a wonderful place with steep cliffs as well as plenty of other interesting rocks formations... this is a seascape taken on the rocky shelves near Jakes Point... the waves were quite big and i had to be on a constant look out for a stray one heading my way... a couple of times they got pretty close but i was able to avoid them and the photos i took make that risk worth taking...
ISO 100 | f/16 | 1 sec | 24mm | Reverse GND Filter
Cub is keeping close to mom with a number of spotted hyenas and wild dogs in the area. They took to the trees several times to avoid contact with other predators.
Click in twice to see their tails intertwined..
Everyone is concerned. This is not the time to lose control. Emotions are running high. Take the time to relax at home and avoid feeling obligated to do anything at all. There is food, there is shelter, and there is safety in giving everyone a little distance. Read a book. Sit on the porch. Take a walk around the neighborhood or in your favorite woods. Sit on a quiet beach. Sleep late. Dance naked in your living room. Sing in the shower. Paint the ceiling. Bake cookies and eat them. Take a long bath. Take the time to enjoy your favorite pet. Reconnect with friends and loved ones by phone. Splash in the water or simply sit back and enjoy it. Bear with me friends. We can and will get through this. Let’s turn this around and let the best of mankind show through. #BrownBears
It's difficult to get out of London these days so we try our best to enjoy the best of what's around us. These days that's Regent's Park. While busy on the weekends, the sporting fields are nicely quiet on weekdays. WFH means that we have more flex on time, so can do our walks earlier in the afternoon and avoid the "rush", such as it is.
A bit of spider web on this leaf - pretty common this time of year when spiders are holing up and leaving webs to overwinter lower down.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Milepost 176.2, Elevation 2,855 feet
Floyd County, Virginia
For our late April trip to the mountains of North Carolina, Ruth Ann and I avoided the interstates; the round trip included about 550 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and we made short stops at Mabry Mill on each leg of the journey. Although it was too early for the rhododendrons at this location, there were some spring blossoms among the mostly-bare trees, signaling the change of seasons. Unfortunately, most things along the Parkway do not open until May 1, including restrooms.
Located about a mile north of US 58 at Meadows of Dan, the mill was built in stages by Ed Mabry (1867-1936), starting in 1903; it served as sawmill, grist mill, and blacksmith shop. After the Parkway was built in the 1930s, National Park Service restored the sawmill and grist mill, which still operates; its products are sold on premises. Mabry mill is one of the most popular attractions on the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway and is much-photographed. What Virginia county the mill is in seems rather unclear; the GPS coordinates on the photo place it in Floyd County (see map), and the DeLorme Virginia Atlas and Gazeteer also places it in Floyd, but some sources say it is in Patrick; in truth, it is very close to the county line, so I've included tags for both counties.
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