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Belo-sur-Mer (Madagascar) - Plage de Belo-sur-Mer commune de la côte Ouest malgache réputée pour ses charpentiers de marine de l’ethnie Vézo capables de construire une goélette à la main avec des outils traditionnels et des poutres et planches de récupération. La photo en est un bel exemple. Ce boutre est pratiquement terminé et sera prochainement livré pour faire du cabotage le long des côtes de Madagascar.
Au-delà de ses chantiers navals, pour moi, Belo-sur-Mer est l’un de ces bouts du monde isolés de tout. Pour venir de Morondava (on prononce Morondav), j’ai pris une pirogue à voile extrêmement inconfortable. Durée du trajet : 10 h. Si le vent vient du Sud, la pirogue à voile ne sera pas envisageable. Il est possible de venir en taxi de brousse à la saison sèche, mais dans un inconfort total et tassé comme des sardines pendant au moins 6 heures. Les plus fortunés peuvent louer un 4X4 qui mettra 3 heures à la saison sèche. Lors de la saison des pluies, seuls les 4X4 sont en mesure de prendre la piste, mais là, les prix grimpent et le temps de voyage est doublé.
A feeling of the end of the world
Belo-sur-Mer (Madagascar) - Belo-sur-Mer, a town on the west coast of Madagascar, is renowned for its marine carpenters from the Vézo ethnic group, capable of building a schooner by hand with traditional tools and beams and planks. recovery. The photo is a good example. This dhow is almost finished and will soon be delivered to do coastal shipping along the coasts of Madagascar.
Beyond its shipyards, for me, Belo-sur-Mer is one of those ends of the world isolated from everything. To come from Morondava (pronounced Morondav), I took an extremely uncomfortable sailing pirogue. Journey time: 10 hours. If the wind is coming from the South, the sailing pirogue will not be an option. It is possible to come by bush taxi in the dry season, but in total discomfort and packed like sardines for at least 6 hours. The wealthiest can rent a 4X4 which will take 3 hours in the dry season. During the rainy season, only 4X4s are able to take the track, but there, prices rise and travel time is doubled.
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.… A universal love is not only psychologically possible; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love…. Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come into being. (PM, 264–67)
-The Phenomenon of Man, Harper and Row, 1959, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,
Happy Is Who Knows How To Love - Herman Hesse//
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy." After many years of introspection and self-reflection, Hesse came to this beautiful conclusion. There"s nothing like love to help you experience happiness.
p.s. 3. "At her first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, all the secrets that slept within me, came awake, everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense." - Herman Hesse
Dance Me To The End Of Love - Leonard Cohen
At a time when getting out and about has been temporarily restricted I've been scanning 70s stuff or surfing the digital files for potential candidates that may have gotten missed first time around.
This shot, a personal favourite, was originally uploaded some four years ago, but with the acquisition of new skills and more capable software in the interim, I've reworked the image into something more satisfying - to me at least. The original image has been deleted.
Taken at Brierlow Bar in the High Peak it catches DBS Tug 60063 passing the remains of the long-disused Buxton Quarry with the 11.08 Tunstead Quarry - Briggs ICI sidings (6H22) on a typical downbeat north Derbyshire weather day.
The train is carrying coarsely cut limestone quarried at Tunstead. At its destination (about a mile or so further up the track) the limestone will be crushed further so meeting the needs of construction industry.
7th August 2014
10th October 2013 - A pair of Mirage 2000N's of the French Airforce led by 125 BU-345 taxi out for a sortie during Exercise Capable Eagle at RAF Leeming.
Do we truly know what another person is capable of becoming once they have been pushed past their limits?
I was challenged by Vin Aydin Raven-Mysterious with this song and look. It hit me hard and I knew the kind of representation to bring. So this is what came of it. I present to you: Control by Halsey.
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They send me away to find them a fortune
A chest filled with diamonds and gold
The house was awake
With shadows and monsters
The hallways they echoed and groaned
I sat alone, in bed 'til the morning
I'm crying, "They're coming for me"
And I tried to hold these secrets inside me
My mind's like a deadly disease
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
I paced around for hours on empty
I jumped at the slightest of sounds
And I couldn't stand the person inside me
I turned all the mirrors around
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
I'm well acquainted
With villains that live in my bed
They beg me to write them
So they'll never die when I'm dead
And I've grown familiar
With villains that live in my head
They beg me to write them
So I'll never die when I'm dead
I'm bigger than my body
I'm colder than this home
I'm meaner than my demons
I'm bigger than these bones
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
And all the kids cried out
"Please stop, you're scaring me"
I can't help this awful energy
Goddamn right, you should be scared of me
Who is in control?
~Halsey - Control
Important to know: Iguanas are capable of severely injuring people, other animals and themselves when their body language signals are not recognized. Most iguanas clearly sign that trouble is ahead. They nod their head and wave their dewlap side to side. The dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, such as a cow.
Iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. First, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting, away to say hello to another creature during mating but most generally as a territorial sign. Second, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Third, an extended dewlap may be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching more sun to warm up or a breeze to cool off. So it's important to see "the big picture" when reading Iguana body language.
Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...
At Fairchild, we call the large orange iguanas Ottos and they live up to the title!
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Capable of transformation she epitomised the beauty of heavenly desires and pleasures of the feminine form
A newborn zebra foal is capable of standing almost immediately and starts to eat grass within a week. At the moment of birth, a mother zebra keeps any other zebra away from her foal, including the stallion, the other mares, and even the previous offspring. Later, though, they all bond. Within the group, a foal has the same rank as its mother. The stallion is generally intolerant of foals that are not his and zebras may practice infanticide and feticide. Mortality for foals is high in their first year of life and is usually caused by predation. However, zebra young are afforded more protection than those of species like wildebeest and hartebeest.
Info sourced from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plains_zebra
Photo capture date & Location: 2014-01 Mabula Private Game Reserve
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest land animal, capable of reaching speeds of 93–104 km/h (58–65 mph) in short bursts. Its speed is enabled by a lightweight build, long limbs, and a balancing tail.
Cheetahs form three social groups: solitary males, male coalitions (often siblings), and females with cubs. Females roam widely in search of prey, while males defend smaller territories. They are diurnal, most active at dawn and dusk.
Major threats include habitat loss, human conflict, poaching, and disease. As of 2021, the global population was estimated at 6,517, and the species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
The cheetah symbolizes both speed and ecological fragility, with its survival dependent on continued conservation efforts.
Photographed in the wild whilst on a visit to Dinokeng Game Reserve, South Africa.
See more from this trip at
www.nickhoare.photography/For-Public-Viewing/General-Phot...
Gazing at 'The Mountain', as Washington Residents think of our highest state mountain, capable of virtually flattening our state...yet, is of incredible beauty, awe, humbling and inspiring.
This is a close up of the constellation Scorpius taken from Oak Flat picnic ground in New Mexico. Until this year, I mostly stuck with my 14mm f2.8 lens which enabled good night sky detail with my circa 2014 APS-C CMOS DLSR. But that combo didn't do much for the detail of deep sky objects, even at the modest scale in this image.
This was shot with a 50mm at f2.8 (capable of f1.4) Canon lens. This required tracking...my upgrade for this season. Even this modest increase in focal length produces so much more detail than the 14mm lens, it really has shifted my thinking about where to take this night sky adventure of mine. While the images require much more technical knowledge to capture, until I shot this, I didn't realize how much composition is still very much a critical element of the product.
This was shot as part of an ensemble of this section of the sky. While I was successful in the capture, the composition isn't what I want (yet?). But on its own, this image is one I'm pretty pleased with.
Keep the ideal vision, but don't be afraid to share the beautiful intermediate products when you've got them. We all need beauty to inspire us to be better.
Peace and cheers!
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
The versatile airframe has found uses in other roles, including as a gunship (AC-130), for airborne assault, search and rescue, scientific research support, weather reconnaissance, aerial refueling, maritime patrol, and aerial firefighting. It is now the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. More than 40 variants of the Hercules, including civilian versions marketed as the Lockheed L-100, operate in more than 60 nations.
The C-130 entered service with the U.S. in 1956, followed by Australia and many other nations. During its years of service, the Hercules has participated in numerous military, civilian and humanitarian aid operations. In 2007, the transport became the fifth aircraft to mark 50 years of continuous service with its original primary customer, which for the C-130 is the United States Air Force. The C-130 is the longest continuously produced military aircraft at more than 60 years, with the updated Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules being produced as of 2023.
C-130H Identical to the Echo variant but with more powerful Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines. Introduced in Jun. 1974 with 308 ordered.
I guess I’m getting lazy, but I’m so thrilled over this tiny tiny camera. The Ricoh GRIII fit’s in ANY pocket and is so capable.
Love it !!!
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southern Florida
USA
The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico.
Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
The red-shouldered hawk is a member of the genus Buteo, a group of medium-sized raptors with robust bodies and broad wings. Members of this genus are known as buzzards in Europe, but hawks in North America.
Five subspecies of Buteo lineatus are recognized, which vary in range and in coloration:
Red-shouldered hawks typically migrate alone, although they sometimes form small flocks of three or more birds. The species usually avoids crossing large bodies of water. While migrating, red-shouldered hawks are observed in soaring, gliding, and flapping flight.
Red-shouldered hawks search for prey while perched on a treetop or soaring over woodlands. When they sight prey, they kill it by dropping directly onto it from the air. They may cache food near their nest for later consumption. When in clearings, they sometimes fly low to surprise prey. Red-shouldered hawks, like most raptors, have very sharp vision and reasonably good hearing, with talons capable of killing animals at least equal to their own size.
Small mammals are typically the most important prey, especially rodents. Voles, gophers, mice, moles and chipmunks may locally be favored based on abundance. Slightly larger mammals, such as rabbits and tree squirrels, are also occasionally preyed on. Other prey can include amphibians, reptiles (especially small snakes), birds, fish, and large insects.
I love cats. It is the only animal capable of treating the human being as it deserves: with contempt.
Amazing how these Ospreys are capable of fishing for something that can be heavier in weight than these beautiful birds. Early morning photography session in challenging light but just a privilege to be watching.
Nikon 500mm lens full frame slightly cropped
Sparrowhawk - Accipiter Nisus
Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
"Todos sabemos que el arte no es realidad. El arte es una mentira que nos hace darnos cuenta de la realidad, al menos de la realidad que somos capaces de comprender" Pablo Picasso
"We all know that art is not reality. Art is a lie that makes us realize reality, at least the reality that we are capable of understanding" Pablo Picasso
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Pakistani galactic capable transport that will take you to worlds further away than your imagination can even imagine.
boogeyman again... sorry I'm Bored. I actually have 32 shots in this light that are just perfect of the lil fella! I won't post anymore though, promise. I don't want to look like a crazy-cat chick... I am capable of shooting lots of other things!
Kalmia latifolia or
mountain-laurel is a flowering plant in the heather family and is native to the eastern United States.It's the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (for those of you,who like myself,don't know all their state flowers).Although the flower colors usually range from light pink to white some of today's cultivars have shades that are a darker pink,near red to maroon.What's notable about this flowering plant is the way it dispenses its pollen
When the flower grows the filament of its stamen are bent and brought into tension.When an insect lands on the flower,the tension is released catapulting the pollen forcefully onto the insect (covering it).Some lab experiments have shown the flower capable of flinging it's pollen as high as 15cm (5.906 inches).What a fascinating phenomenon,indeed!en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmia_latifolia
New Pavilion at the Chinese Garden.
Like the Phase I elements of Liu Fang Yuan, the garden’s three newest areas are richly layered with artisan details evoking intertwined metaphors and centuries of Chinese literary tradition. For example, the cracked-ice-and-flower patterns repeated in stone-inlaid pathways and visible in hand-carved lattice in the Clear and Transcendent pavilion are meant to conjure the signs of early spring in China, when frozen lakes begin to melt and the plum blossoms start to bloom. The hand-made roof tiles (produced with clay from the Yangzi river delta) along the drip line of the Clear and Transcendent pavilion are imprinted with a symbol of the peony, a reference to The Peony Pavilion, a famous epic (more than 20 hours long) play by poet Tang Xianzu (1550–1616). The Peony Pavilion was performed as Kun opera—an ancient opera form from the Suzhou region.
The Clear and Transcendent pavilion is also ornamented with carved panels of blond ginkgo wood depicting Chinese musical instruments (another reference to the performances that will take place there), auspicious symbols such as the mushroom (representing longevity), and exquisitely worked scenes from The Peony Pavilion. Specially commissioned calligraphic panels of memorable couplets from The Peony Pavilion also adorn the structure. The Waveless Boat pavilion is equally rich in unique carvings and calligraphic panels. Eleven calligraphers contributed to the project—two from Suzhou, four from Hong Kong, and five from Los Angeles.
Clear and Transcendent pavilion (Qing Yue Tai 清越臺)
This intricately designed pavilion with an elegant roof structure is located on the north bank of the Lake of Reflected Fragrance. Its open sides are designed as a stage for music and other performances. To the south, the pavilion faces the lake. To the north, it ultimately will overlook the Court of Assembled Worthies, capable of seating 350 people for performances and other events. The simple name Clear and Transcendent evokes the crystal pureness of music gently floating over the water, permeating the other structures around the lake.
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. San Marino. California.
Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) the largest bird capable of a true hover in still air, it is also the only kingfisher with all black and white plumage.
[Topaz Studio 2}
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Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
The giraffe has her eye on some of the vegetation.
The Masai giraffe, also spelled Maasai giraffe, or the Kilimanjaro giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), is the largest subspecies of giraffe and the tallest land mammal. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.
The Masai giraffe has jagged spots on its body. It also has a short tassel of hair on its tail. The bony outgrowths of the male's skull superficially provide the appearance of up to five ossicones. The dominant male's spots tend to be darker in colour than those of other members of its herd.
Adult males usually reach around 5.5 m in height—although they have been recorded at reaching heights of up to 6 m—and females tend to be a bit shorter at around 5–5.5 m (16–18 ft) tall. Their legs and necks are both about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long, and their heart has a mass of roughly 12 kg (26 lb).
No breeding season is noted for the Masai giraffe. Females typically can breed from the age of 4. They give birth standing up. Giraffes give birth after 2–6 hours of labor. About 50–75% of the calves die in their first few months due to predation. Though many calves die, the mothers stab predators such as hyenas or lions with their sharp hooves. This can critically injure or kill a predator quickly; the Masai giraffe's kick is strong and is capable of crushing a lion's skull or shattering its spine. – Wikipedia
Weighing in at 532,000 pounds and capable of speeds well over 100 mph, Milwaukee Road F6 Baltic number 136 takes a breather on the point of train 46 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on an unknown date. Train 46 will depart Milwaukee at 4 PM and make the 85 mile run to Chicago Union Station in 80 minutes. The 136 is one of 22 Baltic locomotives owned by the road, that were purchased from Baldwin Locomotive Works, beginning in January 1930. The 136 is an F6 Class locomotive built in January 1930 as MILW 6411, then renumbered in 1938 to MILW 136. In it's final years, the 136 will be pressed into commuter service in the Chicago area and have an exhaust pipe added to the firemans side front of the boiler. The end for this great Baltic would come on November 24, 1954 when it was scrapped.
MILW 136
Train 46
Milwaukee, WI.
Unknown Photographer,
Unknown Date
D.A.Longley Collection
These guys are capable of taking prey many times larger than they are, and that is pretty much everything in the garden!
This is to be done by one skilled in aims
who wants to break through to the state of peace:
Be capable, upright, & straightforward,
easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited,
content & easy to support,
with few duties, living lightly,
with peaceful faculties, masterful,
modest, & no greed for supporters.
Do not do the slightest thing
that the wise would later censure.
Sutta Nipāta 1.143, 1.144, 1.145
tipitaka.org/romn/cscd/s0505m.mul0.xml#para143
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Frampton Lakes.
Young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. The adults teach these skills to their young by carrying them on their back and diving, leaving the chicks to float on the surface; they then re-emerge a few feet away so that the chicks may swim back onto them. (Wikipedia).
My thanks to anyone who clicks or comments on this photo. It is much appreciated.
Comments are off because I dislike my own shots but the sun setting had already thrown my intended woodland pathway into shade. I made the most of what was there and my pleasure using the Tair 11a remains and i hope these few shots give you a flavour of what is is capable of in poor light and hand held. I tried to vary the bokeh and hope I succeeded. The downside is that lens is very heavy for me... Sue :)
“Il faut admirer les gens capables d’être heureux.”
Amélie Nothomb
Thank you very much for your comments and for your faves.
(Please do not use without my written permission.)
The Brown Snake-Eagle is a fearless bird capable of killing and carrying off a ± 2 metre long snake. When it sees a snake, it swoops down, seizes the reptile behind the head and crushes the spine with its talons and beak.
size: Adult Height: 71-76cm Weight: 2kg Wingspan: 1.64m
(Kruger National Park, RSA).
Many thanks to everyone who chooses to leave a comment or add this image to their favorites, it is much appreciated.
©Elsie van der Walt, all rights reserved. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. If you are interested in using one of my images, please send me an E-mail (elsie.vdwalt@gmail.com).
Les Torajas vivent vouent un culte au buffle d’eau, seul animal capable de transporter l’âme des défunts sur le chemin de leurs ancêtres.....
En pays Toraja le buffle d'eau est considéré comme des animal sacrificiel dans plusieurs festivals.( à l'occasion de grande fêtes familiales ( funéraires par exemple). Des combats de buffles sont organisés......A leur issue ,des bêtes pourront être abattues pour nourrir les partiicipants...
Les buffles d'eau sont souvent le bien le plus précieux des agriculteurs pauvres .Ils sont traités comme un membre de la famille . Ils les nourrissent de beaucoup d'herbe et ils travaillent laborieusement pour les hommes..
Ce sont les amis des enfants qui les cajolent et jouent avec eux
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At the shower ... and it's not a bluff....but a buffalo
The Toraja people worship the water buffalo, the only animal capable of transporting the souls of the deceased to their ancestors.....
In Toraja country, the water buffalo is considered as a sacrificial animal in several festivals (on the occasion of big family celebrations (funerals for example). Buffalo fights are organised...... At the end of these fights, animals may be slaughtered to feed the participants...
Water buffaloes are often the most precious asset of poor farmers and are treated as a member of the family. They feed them lots of grass and they work hard for the men.
They are the children's friends who cuddle them and play with them
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Los Toraja adoran al búfalo de agua, el único animal capaz de transportar las almas de los difuntos a sus ancestros.....
En el país toraja, el búfalo de agua se considera un animal de sacrificio en varias fiestas (con motivo de grandes celebraciones familiares (funerales, por ejemplo). Las peleas de búfalos se organizan...... Al final de estas peleas, los animales pueden ser sacrificados para alimentar a los participantes...
Los búfalos de agua suelen ser el bien más preciado de los agricultores pobres y son tratados como un miembro más de la familia. Los alimentan con mucha hierba y trabajan duro para los hombres.
Son los amigos de los niños que los abrazan y juegan con ellos
"Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. This is a fact of daily existence. At what moment do lovers come into the most complete possession of themselves if not when they say they are lost in each other?"
-Teilhard de Chardin "The Phenomenon of Man pp 265
Sparrowhawk - Accipiter Nisus
Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
Colonial Neptunian Rover - Yellow version for general use with extra subtime communication beacon which is capable of cobtacting any other reciever across all dimensions of all multiverses. You just need to know their exact ressonance frequency.
A few months ago, on one of my occasional weekend space-trips, I had picked up a magic lens that was capable of time-travel and simultaneous thematic image capture across multiple time-windows ;-) Since then this magic lens has received multiple automatic software-upgrades transmitted via the medium of sun-rays ;-) It seems to me that the upgraded lens has now begun to exhibit early signs of appreciating human speech and emotions :-O This realization dawned on me during my recent stay in Pondicherry (Paris of the East).
One evening in Pondicherry I had set up my camera with the magic lens, on a tripod, near the old pier hoping to capture a few interesting blue-hour photos. Out of the blue, an old friend of mine, who I had not met for a while, spotted me there on his evening walk. Soon we were totally engrossed in a deep conversation about one of our favorite subjects - visual arts - and dwelt quite a bit on the first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent. After my friend departed I turned to my camera to discover that (and this is a bit of a guesswork on my part) - the magic lens had felt badly neglected and utterly bored during the time I was talking to my friend :-( and since I had left the camera switched on, the magic lens had decided to make a definitive point to me by clicking, on its own, a bunch of 'art-like' photos ( à la Vincent van Gogh paintings) >:-{
By the time I got back to the camera, I was left with a completely drained camera battery and a whole lot of art-like photos taken by the magic lens! This is one of the better ones, in my opinion, from that lot. Hope you all like it :-)
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"The human being never knows what he is capable of until he tries it." Charles Dickens.
After the show that the fog gave me, it seemed that the sunrise had little to offer me. The sun did not dare to rise and the clouds presaged more rain than clarity. The minutes passed and I started to think about leaving without the photo that I was looking for. Maybe next time...
In a few seconds everything changed and the sun filtered through the clouds. A divine light appeared projected on the landscape. I took several bracketed shots (7 exposures) and this blending of 4 of them is the result of an unforgettable moment.
Next time that common sense tells you to desist, perhaps it is better you do the opposite (at least if you want to take haunting pictures).
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"El ser humano nunca sabe de lo que es capaz hasta que lo intenta." Charles Dickens.
Después del espectáculo que me dio la niebla, parecía que el amanecer tenía ya poco que ofrecer. El sol no se atrevía a salir y las nubes presagiaban más lluvia que claridad. Los minutos pasaban y ya empezaba a plantearme abandonar sin la foto que venía buscando. Otra vez sería...
En unos segundos todo cambió y el sol se filtró entre las nubes. Una luz que parecía divina se proyectó en el paisaje. Tiré ráfagas de 7 exposiciones y esta mezcla de 4 de ellas es el resultado de un momento inolvidable.
La próxima vez que el sentido común os diga que desistáis, quizás es mejor que le llevéis la contraria (al menos si queréis hacer fotografías inolvidables).
They look a little different this side of the pond. Doesn't stop them from being complete bastards though. Very aggressive species. This is the only thing I'm scared of! you should see me run like a child when one starts buzzing around me.
This guy is covered in pollen, must have been feeding on nectar recently. Look at those mega jaws! Perfectly capable of tearing wood from trees to build nests.
Stacked from 23 images with the El-Nikkor 50mm f/2.8
Hallmen style beauty dish with a Nikon SB24 for lighting.
Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities. At least, this is how the film "Jungle Book" presents it. When it comes to photography, I found that older cameras and lenses can do an excellent job. A 10 Mega Pixel camera (such as this one, Leica M8) won't produce the resolution newer cameras have, but it is well capable of getting a visual message or an emotional content across. It really depends on what we want. Lenses have been brilliant for the last five or more decades (this one is over 60 years old, Elmar 90/4). In other words, the bare necessities can be had for comparatively little money. As the song, mentioned in the beginning, has it - "Forget about your worries and your strife", just pick up some second-hand gear and take pictures.
Fully fledged and quite capable of escaping any danger by just flying away. This guy came down to give us a closer look for a while before returning to his siblings in a near by snag.
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The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae.
After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest extant artiodactyl. The closest living relatives of the Hippopotamidae are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago.
Adults average 1,500 kg (3,310 lb) and 1,300 kg (2,870 lb) for males and females respectively. Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it is capable of running 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances.
The common hippopotamus inhabits rivers, lakes and mangrove swamps, where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of five to thirty females and young. During the day, they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water.
They emerge at dusk to graze on grasses. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land. They are threatened by habitat loss and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth. - Source Wikipedia
As mankind endeavors to assert dominion over the natural world, we are but pretenders to the throne, wrapped in our illusions of mastery. The intricate machinery and towering edifices that we construct belie our vulnerability, for, in truth, nature remains the ultimate arbiter of our fate. We may harness her forces, summon her bounties, and ply her secrets for our advancement, but let us not forget that she is a capricious sovereign, capable of wrath as swift and terrible as her favors. The relentless flow of time reveals our fragility, and, as with the fickle tides, nature can, with the subtlest gesture or tempestuous roar, erase the grandest marks of our ambition, returning us to the humbling recognition of our place in her eternal tableau.
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