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Yellowstone/ the colder the morning , the more astonishing the beauty of Yellowstone. Imagine hoarfrost covering every tiny twig, every pinecone and every tree trunk.The thermal features allow a fine vapor to float through the air, and in the very early morning , the sun hasn't had the chance to melt any of the frost. The air itself is scattered with glistening specks of frost that catch the sunlight, as if someone has tossed glitter through the air.
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
New Hampshire
During the winter and non breeding seasons they travel in large groups in search of fruit.
Supposedly the original "Bohemians" were travelers or refuges from central Europe. This species is therefore true to it's name and was in fact well named.
The information below is from a "Cool Green Science" web page and the Nature Conservancy
"Waxwings Really Have Wax Wings" BY Matthew L. Miller
"Waxwings really have wax wing tips. The bright red, visible on the wing feathers of some waxwings, is actually waxy red secretions. The red wax tips are appendages on the bird’s secondary feathers. They’re colored by astaxanthin, a carotenoid pigment.
While it was originally thought that the red tips functioned to protect the feathers from wear and tear, there is little to no evidence for this hypothesis.
Rather, the red secondary tips appear to be status signals that function in mate selection.
Interestingly, the red appendages of both Waxwing species increase in number and size with a bird’s age: individuals with zero to five waxy tips are thought to be more immature birds, while those with greater than nine are thought to be older.
Individuals within these two categories tend to associate as mates. Pairs of older birds (those with greater than nine waxy tips) nest earlier and raise more young than do immature birds, suggesting that this plumage characteristic is an important signal in mate choice and social organization.
Most of this information comes from a wonderfully informative article..... By Matt Miller I've enclosed the link below and it's a wonderful read for anyone who has interest in both Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings."
Here is a link if your interested in more...
blog.nature.org/science/2017/02/27/waxwings-really-have-w...
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Foto presa amb una Folmer & Schwing Graflex Auto 5x7, made c.1911-1915; objectiu Kodak Projection Anastigmat f6.3; Fomapan 100 revelat amb Rodinal 1+50.
El Pont de la Ginebrosa creua la Ribera Salada al Solsonès. Data del s. XVII-XVIII, tot i la seva aparença descuidada.
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Picture taken with a Folmer & Schwing Graflex Auto 5x7, made c. 1911-1915; Kodak Projection Anastigmat f6.3 lens; Fomapan 100 film developed in Rodinal 1+50.
La Ginebrosa bridge, over the Ribera Salada river, in central Catalonia. It was built in the XVII to XVIII centuries.
Shot at Osmania Landscape Garden!
Explored #Nov 4, 2008 #28!!! This is my highest in Explore so far!!!
Thanks to all of you!!!
SUNSET - Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A.
Autumn 2021 - Florida Everglades
South County Regional Community Park
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - stormy sky - sky-wave]
*[Sometimes it's all about the light. It was beautiful on this night]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
"Catch A Wave" - The Beach Boys
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast. When the castle was founded is uncertain: traditionally its construction has been ascribed to Prince Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria, in the mid-12th century, but it may have been built by King Henry II of England when he took control of England's northern counties. Warkworth Castle was first documented in a charter of 1157–1164 when Henry II granted it to Roger fitz Richard. The timber castle was considered "feeble", and was left undefended when the Scots invaded in 1173.
Roger's son Robert inherited and improved the castle. Robert was a favourite of King John, and hosted him at Warkworth Castle in 1213. The castle remained in the family line, with periods of guardianship when heirs were too young to control their estates. King Edward I stayed overnight in 1292 and John de Clavering, descendant of Roger fitz Richard, made the Crown his inheritor. With the outbreak of the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Edward II invested in castles, including Warkworth, where he funded the strengthening of the garrison in 1319. Twice in 1327 the Scots besieged the castle without success.
John de Clavering died in 1332 and his widow in 1345, at which point The 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick took control of Warkworth Castle, having been promised Clavering's property by Edward III. Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, added the imposing keep overlooking the village of Warkworth in the late 14th century. The fourth earl remodelled the buildings in the bailey and began the construction of a collegiate church within the castle, but work on the latter was abandoned after his death. Although The 10th Earl of Northumberland supported Parliament during the English Civil War, the castle was damaged during the conflict. The last Percy earl died in 1670. In the mid-18th century the castle found its way into the hands of Hugh Smithson, who married the indirect Percy heiress. He adopted the surname "Percy" and founded the dynasty of the Dukes of Northumberland, through whom possession of the castle descended.
In the late 19th century, the dukes refurbished Warkworth Castle and Anthony Salvin was commissioned to restore the keep. The 8th Duke of Northumberland gave custody of the castle to the Office of Works in 1922. Since 1984 English Heritage has cared for the site, which is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The road in the valley below is the one we would take to our next destination. From here we would make our way to the Rain Forest of Costa Rica and walk the paths leading to the hanging bridges.
If you look closely, you will see that the road below is little more than a dirt path that is barely two lanes. It was a slow and bumpy ride into Monteverde, it might as well be a slow and bumpy one out. As well, the distant waters are those of the Caribbean.
Norway Maple | Acer platanoides - 'Crimson King' | Sapindaceae
Explored on 17th May 2018 #14
Samsung NX1 & Carl Zeiss Jena 'Pancolar' 50mm f/1.8
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2018.
It must be tough for smaller mammals and fish to keep a constant lookout for the dangers that lurk overhead, such as this Red-shouldered Hawk looking for prey.
Taken 15 April 2019 at Circle B Bar Reserves, Lakeland, Florida
Here is an image of my friend Miles Morgan on the edges of a cliff looking down into the crater of a volcano where a massive lake of lava churns, bubbles and explodes. While looking at this image please keep in mind the willpower and mental fortitude it took for me to not shove his ass over the edge.
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I love bees ... my prayer is:
Please let our buzzing friends grow in numbers and bring joy to our lives, and life too our gardens. 🐝🐝🐝
Now where would we Bee without our little insect friends buzzing here and there pollinating plants?
Furthermore, tiny yellow bundles of bizziness darting too & fro busy collecting the pollen to make delicious honey for us to enjoy.
Without our tiny stripped buzzing friends the world would certainly be a sadder place to live, if indeed we could without their help.
"ON A WING AND A PRAYER"
Lend me your wings buzzy bee,
let me sample the floral delight,
with these wings I'm buzzing and free,
and buzzed on my inaugural flight.
Poetry by Sean.
Just a little poem to accompany my little image, hope you like it.
'Background information'
Actually this honey bee hit my kitchen window and fell to the path, it seemed stunned so I helped it onto a cape daisy flower to recuperate.
Popped inside grabbed my camera and there we have it, good news the bee flew off minutes later. 👍🐝😇
Love and Peace everyone!
Keep safe and well.
White-Tailed Deer.
From between 27 to 45 inches tall and 6 to 7 feet long and weighing 150-310 pounds (male) and 90 to 211 pounds (female). Tan or reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter. Belly, throat, nose band, eye ring and inside of ears are white. Tail brown and edged with white above often with a dark stripe down the center and white below. Black spots on side of chin. Buck's antlers can spread to 3 feet. Does rarely have antlers. Fawns are spotted.
The White-Tailed Deer inhabits farmlands, brushy areas, woods, suburbs and gardens.
They range throughtout the southern half of the southern tier of Canadian provinces and through most of the United States except for the Southwest.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.
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La petita església romànica de Santa Eulalia d'Alendo es troba en un carena al mig de la Coma de Burg, vall molt ampla del Pallars Sobirà. Tot i que a Alendo quasi no hi viu ningú, l'església està força restaurada i té unes fantàstiques vistes. En tenim noticies des del 1073.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Eul%C3%A0lia_d%27Alendo
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This is the small romanesque church of Santa Eulalia d'Alendo, in a ridge that holds also the tiny village of Alendo, still inhabited. This church dates from the XI Century and it has been restored some 20 years ago. The cemetery stands in front of it.
Paalwoningen, Blaakoverbouwing / Cube Houses, Blaak Heights
Rotterdam, by Architect Piet Blom, 1978-84
Above & Below
A couple of weeks ago I stood at Big Barwhanny Loch near Palnackie for about an hour just watching the way the combination of light, wind and clouds affected the submerged lily pads. It was fascinating to see the change, with sunlight hitting the pads, the clouds reflecting in the surface and then add in a little wind to create movement on the loch surface.
A little bit different for me, but I quite enjoyed the task of capturing the view.
Big Barwhinny Loch, Palnackie, Dumfries and Galloway.
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Camera - Sony A7RII
Lens - Sony FE70-200mm f4
Focal Length 200mm
Fstop - f5.6
Exposure Time - 1/250 second
ISOspeed - ISO250
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© Brian Kerr Photography 2016
The Under-The-Hill Historic District along Silver Street lies just below the Natchez Bluffs in Natchez Mississippi. This area was frequented by gamblers, river pirates, highwaymen and prostitutes in the early 19th century and was once described as "the most licentious spot on the Mississippi River." Natchez is a port city located on the lower Mississippi River in Mississippi. Print Size 13x19 inches.
I planed this type of shot in my head for long time, and the first snow this year in Madison, WI provided me the excellent opportunity to finally make it. The temperature was below zero outside. I used a speedlite (SB600, 1/16 power, on camera) to lighten the snow, while still kept the background relatively dark. In the postprocessing, I used luminosity mask to add blue tone into the sky and the shadow of the state capitol, while increased the color temperature of the light from the building.