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For the ones who have been following for a long time, you know how much I like experiencing with blur effect in a natural way, meaning not in photoshop but only by the way I positioned myself. Yesterday I had the chance to photograph this gorgeous Morning Dove at a very close range. It took me at least 45 minutes to get to that range just a bit at a time. She or he was sitting on a log covered by snow and at times, looking for food through the snow. Going through all my images helped me analyzed how I can do it better and found a few things I had not noticed in the past. So in the future, I will position myself that way for a lighter background which gives you the impression of a fog all around the subject. If I had not tried different things, I would have never found this.
When you're an Anna's Hummingbird with several other rivals around, it's best to check your surroundings and be ready to do battle on half a moment's notice. In our back yard in one of our grapefruit trees - a favorite perching spot this guy
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In a cornflower inflorescence
TWU Butterfly Garden, Denton, Texas
Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe. In the past it often grew as a weed in cornfields (in the broad sense of "corn", referring to grains, such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats), hence its name. It is now endangered in its native habitat by agricultural intensification, particularly over-use of herbicides, destroying its habitat. It is also, however, through introduction as an ornamental plant in gardens and a seed contaminant in crop seeds, now naturalised in many other parts of the world, including North America and parts of Australia. (Wikipedia)
Checking its catch
Young eagle checking its very impressive catch at Conowingo Dam
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There were some check dams on Torigoe river. I was impressed by an engineering work of them.
鳥越川にはいくつかの砂防ダムがありました。それらの作りに感銘を受けました。
I think I remember checking in.
Her skinny arm stretches out to me, pale and blue-skinned with fragile veins, pointing straight at me. In her hand, palm facing up, is a beautiful assortment of pills - all shapes and sizes, colorful like candy.
Candy? hmmm....
My blurry eyes try to focus on her name tag. I THINK it reads "Candy." Fumbling, I reach out and grab a few and swallow them dry. She smiles...a slow, sinister smile, but in a wretched way, approvingly.
"Come this way," she guides me behind the front desk. "I assure you, you'll feel much better once they take effect." Her jagged, red fingernails scratch the skin on my arm as she grips me tightly, half-dragging me down the corridor. I have no idea where she's taking me, and I don't care.
Moments later, they take effect, and I sigh dreamily.....slipping off into nothingness.
Ahh........I like candy.
Taxi: Rosewood Hills
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from January 2020. Enjoy!
The driver of 90008 with 90015 behind checks the paper work before heading north at 06:30 on Wednesday morning.
03:52 Crewe Basford Hall to Coatbridge.
Model: Cub Smit
Photographer: Tempest Rosca
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