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Frigid. Clear. Blue.
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We want the spring to come and the winter to pass. We want
whoever to call or not call, a letter, a kiss - we want more and more and then more of it.
But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass,
say, the window of the corner video store, and I’m gripped by a cherishing so deep
for my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I’m speechless:
I am living…
–Marie Howe
Another session this afternoon. I was able to get a fair bit closer today. I will spend a bit of time with this guy over the weekend.
Well I went looking for the tiny bees I found in the park the other day, couldn't see them anywhere, but I did find this pretty fly that alighted on a leaf for a few seconds for me to catch a shot. It is so shiny my outline is reflected in the blue of its back.....also, the blue sky, the green behind me, not very clear I know but still that is what it is!...hope someone can ID it. Little yellow face and great red eyes......PS. Wishing everybody a really Happy Christmas and New Year Season from our house to yours!!!
CANON EOS 700D
my portulaca
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2 Honda Hornet 600s in Blue
Front bike is the newer version and the back bike is the last of the 2006 versions (and mine)
OK, vandaag is het volgens de populaire wetenschap (en een reclamebureau) dus 'Blue Monday', de meest depressieve dag van het jaar. Speciaal voor de gelegenheid hierbij een foto met veel 'blue'. Ik heb jaren geleden al eens een soortgelijke foto gemaakt, maar wilde het weer eens proberen. En nu dreef er fijn veel troep in het water op de voorgrond! :-)
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For something a little different I headed for a local pond a couple of weeks back looking for damselflies. I found plenty and had a very enjoyable couple of hours getting rather soggy kneeeling in the morning dew.
The name may say it all but a beautiful little creature none the less.
Although I am now reliably informed it's not a Common Blue but a Blue-tailed Damselfly (thanks Chris) and I have duly changed the title.
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Twightlight on Commencement Bay in Tacoma WA. Long exposure shot. The streak low on the horizon is a plane leaving SeaTac Airport. The lighhouse is Browns Point Lighthouse. There has been a light at that point since 1887.
Blue Tit. taken at 7.45 this morning in my garden ,not good light, no sun, all cloud ,is it not going to get any better lol
I got a new imperfection machine. I took a picture with my sharpest lens, and got myself a nice picture that was tack sharp. I then put it in this machine and started turning the crank. A bunch of cross-processing, and tinting, and vignetting, and grain-adding, and cropping, and framing later out came this thing whose beauty is all about the imperfection! Go figure!
A shot from the Plano Balloon Festival 2006 (see set).
Solar spectrum taken 2003-03-17 with spectrograph through 6" refractor at Ryerson Observatory, University of Chicago.
Blue-winged Warblers are perplexing to me because it's often June before I hear or see one. That's much later than other warblers that typically arrive in early to mid-May. But, I think my perception on their timing might be incorrect. What I actually think is that this particular species just rarely shows up in urban areas, even during migration. In the 17 years I've been birding, I've only encountered one near home. Every other Blue-winged I've encountered has been at least 20 miles from home, on the outskirts of the Twin Cities metro area. Often, I see them in larger, regional parks. I'm typically not visiting these particular area until later in the season, so I think I'm just not crossing paths with them when they first arrive.
Regardless, I LOVE seeing this particular warbler, and their "wet buzzy" call is another that I associate with good habitat. I can't explain why, but to me, their call is reminiscent of Daffy Duck from Disney. There's a "wet" aspect to it that makes it distinct from other warbler calls. They are also quite beautiful, as you can see.
But capturing good photos of them has been a constant challenge for me. I see them with regularity now every spring/summer, but man, I have struggled to capture them well in photos. Even though I've approached them closely, they just never seem to be fully in good lighting. Usually a third or a half of the bird is in bright light, while the remainder is in dark shade. I guess that tells you a bit about where you'll see them -always tucked away in a tree or shrub.
I had the rare opportunity TWICE, on both this Saturday, and the previous Saturday, to watch a Blue-winged Warbler foraging on the very outer edges of a tree. In both cases, it was dangling upside down, holding onto the last few inches of a thin branch, while poking around at the last 3 or 4 leaves at the tip. In both cases, I captured the bird finding larva to eat. The lighting in both observations wasn't great, so the pics are dark. But, I may try to save them because it's pretty interesting behavior.
Pine Point Regional Park, Washington County, MN 06/20/26