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Auckland, New Zealand
I have not before been able to get this close to a wild Pheasant. I tried to stalk it and got reasonably close but it was turned and walking away, while keeping watch. It was heading toward where my wife was waiting for me and moved closer to her than it was to me. I thought I would try sitting motionless and asked Annette to slowly approach the bird, and the strategy worked. It slowly walked towards me, seeing Annette, who was the one moving, as the threat.
I know that is not so polite to overlook or overhear the conversation of some strangers... actually I was interested in shooting this beautiful small fountain near Via Babuino but “the laws of street photography” and very “speakable” poses of those men made me break the rules of politeness, especially it was “the time of closing arguments”...
Georgina is featured in this clip, she doesn't appear to like tour helicopter noise, they run up and down the coast. She did come rather close to me I was prepared with bear spray, fortunatley not required. This day I was shooting by myself so I'm sure she was a little more comforatble than pervious days.
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Anna's Hummingbird
Henderson, Nevada
The Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a dazzling, jewel-like bird native to the western United States, Mexico, and parts of Canada. Known for their iridescent plumage, the males sport brilliant metallic pink or red throats, known as gorgets, which shimmer in sunlight. Their heads can also display a vibrant pink crown, while the rest of their plumage is primarily green and gray. Females and juveniles lack the vivid head coloring but still have hints of iridescence on their throats.
These birds are small, measuring about 4 inches (10 cm) long with a wingspan of 4.7 inches (12 cm), yet their energy and agility are extraordinary. Anna's Hummingbirds are famed for their high-speed flight, including acrobatic dives during courtship, where males can reach speeds of nearly 50 mph (80 km/h).
Adaptable and vocal, they emit a sharp, metallic "chip" and a high-pitched whistle. They are frequent visitors to flowers, feeders, and gardens, sipping nectar with their long, specialized beaks and tongues, while also preying on tiny insects for protein. Unlike many hummingbirds, Anna’s Hummingbirds can stay in one area year-round, even in cooler climates, thanks to their ability to enter torpor—a state similar to hibernation—on cold nights.
CSX train Q371-19 barrels down the Philadelphia sub as they are a few miles out from Bayview yard. I got to the crossing with about 10 seconds to set up and take picture, luck was on my side. On this day CSXT 8908 is leading with two other locomotives in tow. It’s nice to see an EMD product leading every now and then around here.
Last Thursday was my 57th birthday and my wife, Jean, got me a 1.4x teleconverter for my "bird lens". This gets me 1.4x closer to my subject, turning my 600mm lens into an 840mm lens. I lose one stop of light, but in sunny Arizona, I can deal with that. I haven't really run it through its paces yet, but I did go into the backyard seek out some hummingbirds. This male Anna's was sitting in our grapefruit tree. Doesn't feel like I lost any sharpness, or focus speed. I'm giving the teleconverter a thumbs up.
A view down Elmslac Close into the Market Place in Helmsley complete with the wonderful example of electrical wiring.
The building on the right is the Black Swan Hotel so beware there are no ghosts looking out of the windows. I think this is the Elizabethan section but overall the hotel has a history dating back more than 500 years.. So it's unsurprising there's a few resident spooks too
If you zoom into the market square the detail is quite clear I always think of this as the distant past looking in at today's so called better life as we rush from here to there
Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Rye Dale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of Pickering. (wiki)
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Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
This summer we enjoyed having some Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Herons visit Wildwood Lake
Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, PA.
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This is how it looks like with 10mm focal length on APS-C at 68cm distance, measured from senor to the cows eyes. ;-)
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A new little cat has moved into the street. Dusty has not been enjoying this weather, so he's spent plenty of time sitting up at the bedroom window watching what happens on the street outside. On this particular evening he stepped onto our front balcony and his long fur was being blown all over the place.
I heard a little noise and stepped outside to see what was going on. Nothing dramatic or indicating a cat fight, but some rather muted exchanges of cats' cries. Dusty is a big tall cat as the photos I post below indicate. But he was hunched down very low as you can see here (rather strange for a cat that bosses the street). And there sheltering from the wind behind a large terracotta pot was a beautiful creature with the most beguiling eyes.
I'm not sure the little cat knew what to expect next, and as I brought my camera up for the shot it looked at me as if to say, "How can I get out of this mess?" Everything ended well. Dusty was on his best behaviour, and the little cat was seen again with Dusty the next morning. There is a distinct hierarchy among the cats and Dusty was making sure the new kid on the block understood its place.
Close-up of a female Bluebird. I have been away for a bit, our power was out for awhile during almost 0 degree f weather and it took me awhile to recover lol!
Looking Close... on Friday: Between
After picking Henrietta up from school I told her what the "challenge" was for this week: she had lots of ideas! This worked best😊
ATSH: #5 Eats
Look closely at the thousands of tiny black seeds these colorful stalks contain. They mean Celosia will easily spread.
Celosia /siːˈloʊʃiə/ is a small genus of edible and ornamental plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word κήλεος (keleos), meaning "burned," and refers to the flame-like flower heads. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The plants are well known in East Africa’s highlands and are used under their Swahili name, mfungu
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
TENDER - Outside
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPdJM_7CgU8
Hold on a minute
I don't want to go outside
I don't want to face my pride
There's a limit to how long I can wait
To how long I can take before I start to show
How close I am to letting go of myself
I've been waiting so, so long
But here we are now
Here we are now
I will judge myself
Guilty of loving you too much
I will smother you just to feel your touch
I will offer you my whole self, not just my best
You can take me as I come or discard me like the rest
Take me by the hand
And show me to the world
I am nothing but a man
You are nothing but a girl
Oh, how long can I take before I start to show
How close I am to letting go of myself
Hold on a minute
I don't want to go outside
I don't want to face my pride
There's a limit to how long I can wait
To how long I can take before I start to show
How close I am to letting go of myself
Sand Pipers in close formation during take off at Blackie Spit
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