Awkwardly
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A beautiful tree that I have long admired over the years when passing this spot but never tried to photograph until yesterday. It is in a very awkward location, surrounded by sheep pens, fences and walls - rather looking like a deliberate attempt to stop any photography of it from any angle. I only decided to try it as there suddenly appeared light on the mountain in the background, but composition was a problem as I wanted the tree 'separated' from the mountain - a struggle to do from behind a stone wall.
Even though they both tried to maintain their composure, it was now painfully obvious to Carl the cormorant that when he told his new mate to find a nest to raise their young near other shags, he should have been more specific.
Such is the life at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
I saw this Heron last weekend at Ham Wall nature reserve. He was trying to land on his nest. Unfortunately, there were a lot of reeds in the way. He did get there in the end though.
I believe that this is a nearly mature male common merganser (might also be molting, but the body feathers make me think otherwise). The mix of the green and the brown in the head feathers is interesting to me, and makes me not as sure...
This is another from the barges along the A100 in Berlin. I like how the top most stem of the rope is not aligned with the rest, as if to suggest that rebels rise to the top by being so awkward to rule, which I really appreciate! There is also, so often, something so timeless about this kind of monochrome render, but when we see ropes, tools and materials done in such a way, the common image is of historical and timeless labouring, hard work and real men!
Years ago, I was once a farm labourer in North Wales (Tremorfa Farm) and I absolutely loved manual labour; more so that I am reminded I feel by today's generations that Generation X, were the last of the muck and muscle labourers of men who behaved like men and weren't offended by everything, we just got on with it!
I hope everyone is well and so as it's Friday tomorrow we've made it, so as always, thank you! :)
Immature California Scrub Jay appears to be watching the sunset. In reality it was keeping a wary eye on the nearby Acorn Woodpeckers (they REALLY don't get along - both consider themselves the tallest hog in the trough)
Wow! I'm always floored when an image of mine is selected for a cover. thank you so much; it is truly an honor.
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California Scrub (Aphelocoma californica) Jay in that awkward molting period before getting its striking blue head plumage.
Jackson County - Oregon - USA
The fact that there is no "Danger overhead live wires" warning would make me assume that there was never an access ladder fitted, there was one on the other side, and i couldn't see any wagons with others missing/not fitted.......
PCA 10643
While not the prettiest bird (can you say ugly?), there is a bit of awkward grace as this wood stork comes in for a landing. A face only a mother could love? Gotta love those pink feet!
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A Green Heron executes an awkward turn to see what the hubbub is about when a Snowy Egret starts fussing at a Tricolored Heron.
Like a high school yearbook photo, that awkward age for a mōlī must be in between the cute downy fuzziness of a hatchling and a magnificent, resilient flight-feathered, full-fledged bird. The brown down within reach of its bill seems to be plucked out by the albatross as feathers emerge until only the inaccessible down on the head remains resulting in variously patterned, humorous-looking coiffures. This bird is only a week or two from heading out over the Pacific on a solitary journey of several years until returning to the colony to find a life-long monogamous mate.
This young buck really didn't want to have his picture taken. Someday, though, he'll see this picture and have good laugh.
From the Chehalis Western Trail (Lacey, WA portion)
Robert Rauschenburg
1925-2008
Pantomime
1961
oil,enamel,paper,fabric,wood,metal, rubber wheel,and electric fans on canvas
Movement-Pop art
By including two fans-which were originally functional-in this work, Rauschenburg's was exporting the way a painting can effect the space it occupies.He would later describe the fans as a way of "keeping the (painting) fresh and in constant relation to the atmosphere of the room"Rauschenburg incorporated increasingly unwieldy everyday objects into his paintings,and as a result they became,in his words,"awkward physically" reaching into the space of the room.
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This male wood duck was a bit agitated because an Anhinga was sitting on the top of the palm where the Wood Ducks had established their nest. He began to fly toward the nest, apparently hoping to drive the Anhinga away, but gauged its size and thought better of it. This image shows his decision to turn away. There’s nothing like a strong maternal instinct. The hen, after waiting for what seemed an interminable period of time, finally had the courage to fly right under the Anhinga, straight into the next. That was no small feat. The opening of the palm was small and when she entered it when it wasn’t encumbered by a big old Anhinga, she would awkwardly land on the lip of the palm and sometimes fall when getting inside. Good Mom! Just to give the Anhinga’s side of the equation, this palm was its normal perch used to dry off its wings, long before these annoying Wood Ducks showed up. Why should he leave, he was there first! Anyway, the whole episode gave me and several other photographers a lot of entertainment as we watched the nesting play out. In the end, as I previously posted, a mixed brood of Wood Ducks and Black-bellied Whistling Ducks made it into the world. Small chicks lead a perilous existence and have hopefully survived. Momma Wood Duck has kept them secreted away and to my knowledge they’ve been out of sight since the hatching. Good luck little guys! (Aix sponsa) (Sony a1, 70-200 lens with a 1.4 extender shot at 269mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 second, ISO 1600)
One hand offers presence.
The other clings to a screen.
Between them, connection stalls.
한 손은 닿으려 하고,
다른 손은 화면을 붙잡고 있다.
그 사이에서 관계는 멈춘다.
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In the geometry of the street,
our gestures are quietly rewritten —
even between two hands reaching for each other.
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Street Social Engineering —
how the street programs our gestures,
even when we try to connect.
All fingers and thumbs.
British: extremely awkward or clumsy.
An un-posted image from a few years ago.
Blythe a Day - Awkward Moments 3/18/23
Drusilla felt a little awkward laying there in the snow. At least she fell gracefully and got right back up.
An outtake from a snow scene post from January.
Daunting Drusilla Blythe
Hat and coat - Etsy
Mittens and pants - made by me
Vintage Barbie dog
In my yard
How appropriate the word awkward is in terms of its description. It doesn't even look as if it is spelled correctly with two "w" in the same word.
Does this image seem awkward to you? Take a moment because it is. We tend to read from left to right and this image is right to left. I have the same image in the other direction but chose this one because of the subliminal feeling it leaves.