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It was really cold, about 10 degrees, and the sun was just starting to rise. There was diamond dust floating in the air and a couple of sundogs appeared along the river. Here is one of our new pelican friends with a sundog.
"Sundogs are made commonly of plate-shaped hexagonal ice crystals in high and cold cirrus clouds or, during very cold weather, by ice crystals called diamond dust drifting in the air at low levels. These crystals act as prisms, bending the light rays passing through them with a minimum deflection of 22°. If the crystals are randomly oriented, a complete ring around the sun is seen — a halo. But often, as the crystals sink through the air they become vertically aligned, so sunlight is refracted horizontally — in this case, sundogs are seen."
Sundog info from Wikipedia
Cold, cold water surrounds me now
And all I've got is your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?
Love one's daughter
Allow me that
And I can't let go of your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?
Cold, cold water surrounds me now
And all I've got is your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?
Walked down town this morning. Can't believe I didn't take a camera!
Fortunately I had my phone in my pocket...
During a particularly cold stretch of winter weather in February 2004, I discovered a pair of Carolina Wrens spending the night in my garage in a state of seeming torpor. The birds can enter the garage (and have nested on shelves there in the past) through a hole chewed by mice or chipmunks through the rubber seal in a bottom corner of the overhead door.
I originally discovered the wrens completely by accident when a "puff" of feathers with a tail was seen in the scrunched-up, twist-tied end of a black plastic bag covering a piece of luggage. They were seen there several nights, but later moved to a sweatshirt loosely piled on an open shelf. Normally, the back of a Carolina Wren appears to be a plain rusty color. As you can see in these photos, their puffed up feathers have white spots that give them an entirely different appearance. When in this state, there were completely "dead to the world" and did not move or fly at all, and did not react to lights or noise. I could move around and work in the garage, and they would stay in this motionless state.
I saw them in the garage like this several times over a period of about two weeks. During that time, overnight temperatures outdoors were around zero. Our furnace is in the garage, and it never gets below the 40's in there at night. So even in this relatively "warm" place, the wrens went into a deep state of sleep or torpor. I wonder if they do this year around or only when it gets very cold.
This photo is a scan from a slide taken during February 2004.
Finally monsoon has arrived. So i thought to do some indoor activity. I had this cold drink in my fridge, so was trying to do some product photography. I did some basic level PP on it. and here it is.
Suggesstions and advise are most welcome to such kind of photography.. It will help me to improve more.
Project 365, #019 - 18th March 2012
Finally some time to chill (literally).
It’s a lovely sunny day here in the UK, so I thought this click of an ice cube, in the shape of a butterfly, serves well to remember the day and also fits nicely for the ODC topic: ‘Cool’.
These were really easy to create, with the right tray of course. Just added a little food colouring to each ‘cube’ to make various colours.
By the way, it looks like the ice cube is melting in this photo but in actual fact the surface I placed this on (a glass garden table), had dew on it hence the surrounding water. This worked out quite nicely, especially with the reflection I think.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone, I’m off to bask in the sun.
Our Daily Challenge (ODC): COOL
I found this snowy scene so pretty in this little neighborhood park (Fauntleroy Community park), in Seattle.
The heavy snow-covered chains at the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard's old Marine Railway led into a black doorway in a building.
It was only when I got home and started processing the shots that I noticed that the metal plate and framing in the building had facial features. I brightened it up a bit in photoshop to make it more apparent. Very cool!!