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This competitive black-capped chickadee took offense when I said it wasn't as cute as a chipmunk, so it tried to prove me wrong here.
Cholesbury Common: the scene of many highly competitive village cricket matches.
(Not hdr (still beyond me). Bracketted jpg and mangled as RAW in PSElements6, mainly playing with the Exposure setting)
Overlooking the hills from Redondo town, just outside the castle wall surrounded by agricultural land mostly vineyards and olive trees. Redondo is well known for its wine in the 90s but lost the competitiveness, there are plans to revive to recapture their market share at the moment. Also well known for the street floral show which is held biannually, the best in the country, 2023 will the first since the pandemic.
Nikon F=70-210mm 1:4 Series-E
Redondo, Alentejo, Portugal
November 2022
The Corsa 505 program is focused on developing drivers into accomplished racers by competing in the deepest and most competitive fields in the nation.
To that end, the Spec Racer Ford is the most successful purpose built road racing car in the United States, with fields of over 30 cars at regional SCCA races and over 60 cars at the National Championship Runoffs. Additionally the Spec Racer Ford (SRF/SRF3) rules, stipulate that no performance enhancing modifications can be made to the car and thus the success of any racer in this class, is solely based on his or her own skill and nothing else. These attributes make the SRF3 Class the ideal platform for our Driver Development Program.
We are proud to have MBI Racing as our technical partner, providing full service 'arrive and drive' track support and driver coaching.
Located at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, MBI Racing is a full service race shop. The MBI team primarily races Spec Racer Fords (SRF/SRF3) but has considerable knowledge and experience in racing Formula Mazda, Formula Continental, and Formula F. To date, MBI has won thirteen Regional Championships and four National Championships.
A uncommon maybe rare babbler in our home state, but common in Rajasthan which we visited in Dec 2024. This babbler is something I wanted to spend time with and I had that wish fulfilled in that trip. The habitat is grasslands and dry scrublands. They forage in the bush and ground hopping from bush to bush in small groups.
We sighted almost 200 -300 + birds in our trip much to my delight. The call is a sweet bell like sound unlike some of the other babblers whose call is coarse. The birds were competitively foraging and were quite playful chasing each other or trying on top of each other. As we got closer slowly, they disappeared into a large bush on the roadside and hid there as we started photographing - had to wait for a while for them to come out again. And I am so happy with the results.
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More than a year ago I went to france to shoot those particular finishing huts. When I came back I struggled with the processing as i wanted to keep it a colour version. After several tries here they finally are ready. This one is the first of a serie.
A small alligator trying to hide in the weeds along Horsepen Bayou!!! He's on his own in a very competitive area of the bayou where he could become a meal for one of his relatives in very short order!!!
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Competing in the UNLIMITED Class; "Hi-Tec Oils" #10 with Michael Cunningham driving along with Narelle Grayland during the evening qualifying session at the Penrite V8 Superboats meet at Temora.
New South Wales, Australia.
The Big Nasty Hillclimb is a competitive event that takes place over several days. The climb, by my estimation is appx 300 ft elevation gain on a fairly steep grade. (Big Nasty Hillclimb DSC_0362.jpg)
The Corsa 505 program is focused on developing drivers into accomplished racers by competing in the deepest and most competitive fields in the nation.
To that end, the Spec Racer Ford is the most successful purpose built road racing car in the United States, with fields of over 30 cars at regional SCCA races and over 60 cars at the National Championship Runoffs. Additionally the Spec Racer Ford (SRF/SRF3) rules, stipulate that no performance enhancing modifications can be made to the car and thus the success of any racer in this class, is solely based on his or her own skill and nothing else. These attributes make the SRF3 Class the ideal platform for our Driver Development Program.
We are proud to have MBI Racing as our technical partner, providing full service 'arrive and drive' track support and driver coaching.
Located at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, MBI Racing is a full service race shop. The MBI team primarily races Spec Racer Fords (SRF/SRF3) but has considerable knowledge and experience in racing Formula Mazda, Formula Continental, and Formula F. To date, MBI has won thirteen Regional Championships and four National Championships.
A shot of 82nd St and 5th Avenue that was taken on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.The food at the museum cafeteria can be a little pricey,getting a bite to eat from one the food carts is more economical.
If viewed larger you can see names on the food carts.The vendors appear to be honoring men who served in the military.Perhaps the vendors themselves are veterans.
The corner building on the right side is called the Dukes House.The Beaux Arts mansion was built 1899-1901 with no in mind.Shortly after its completion the mansion was bought by Benjamin Duke,a millionaire in textile,tobacco,and energy industrialism.The Dukes House most recent owner was Mexican telecom magnate and billionaire Carlos Slim,who bought the building for $44 million in 2010.Slim sold it for $80 million,almost twice the amount he paid!You're a billionaire Carlos,for crying out loud!There are many poor millionaires out there who can't afford to pay that much:-)
1951 Cunningham C2R (race), one of three that Briggs built to compete in that year's LeMans.
Very few privateers have been as successful in sportscar racing than Briggs Swift Cunnigham. Born as a rich banker's son in 1907, Cunningham got actively involved in motor racing rather late at the age of 41. He had previously backed others, but he did not drive himself until after his mother died, who very opposed to him racing. His first race was at Watkins Glen and the car was a Buick / Mercedes-Benz hybrid, known as the 'Bumerc', the construction of which Cunningham had backed in 1939. This race really spiked his interest in road racing, in which he actively participated for two decades.
More than anything, Cunnigham was interested in long distance racing and he set his sights on the most legendary of all, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He did not just want to win the event, but he wanted to be the first to do so with an all-American team. After the Duesenbergs and Millers of the 1920s, very few American successes were scored in Europe. Prepared by Phil Walters and Frick and with the help of 1949 winner Luigi Chinetti, two Cadillacs were entered in the 1950 Le Mans race. One of these was fitted with a stock body, but the second was fitted with a custom built, supremely ugly body, which for obvious reasons was nick-named 'Le Monstre' by the French.
Although the cars were not on the pace, the 10th and 11th place finishes ensured that Cunningham's entries for the 1951 race would be accepted by the picky Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), which organized the legendary race. To take on the strong competition Cunnigham bought Walters' and Frick's shop to form B.S. Cunningham Co, which was based out of West Palm Beach, Florida. Over the winter of 1950/51 a prototype racer was constructed, the C-1, powered by a Cadillac engine. Cunningham quickly abandoned the Cadillac engine, because of a complete lack of support from the company. He turned to Chrysler, who were willing to support the development and offer their HEMI engines at a 40% discount.
Dubbed the C-2R, the HEMI powered Cunningham was a sophisticated and well constructed affair. A simple, but effective steel tubular frame chassis formed the basis of the C-2. It was suspended at the front by unequal A-arms and at the rear by an exotic DeDion rear axle. The only gearbox available strong enough to cope with the Chrysler Firepower's enormous torque was a Cadillac three speed 'box. The package was clothed in a simple aluminium barchetta style body. Being very well built and very large, the Cunningham was rather overweight, which made the car very hard on the brakes. This was made even worse by the lack of engine braking by going down the gears compared to other cars fitted with four or five speed 'boxes.
Chrysler modified the Firepower engine to produce around 250 bhp, from the 180 bhp available in stock form. Despite the enormous weight of the car, the C-2Rs proved surprisingly competitive. Three cars were entered livered in white with two blue stripes, the first use of racing stripes ever. Two crashed out, including this car, but the third car held 2nd position when a bearing and valve failure threw it back considerably. It eventually finished in 18th position. Back in North America, Cunningham started to rack up victories with his racers. At the West Palm Beach factory work was started on a new racer for 1952 and a road car, of which the ACO required 25 to be produced to make Cunningham eligible to run as a separate manufacturer.
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One of the Trek-Segafredo riders coming into the finishing straight of the Stage 21 Individual Time Trial at this year's Giro d'Italia.
Held together with duct tape, these books resovled many disputes (except for one of the more competitive sibs who would just tear the page out if it didn't agree).
Score (noun).
1. A usually numerical record of a competitive event;
2. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain;
3. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction;
4. The written form of the composition for orchestral or vocal parts;
5. The music written for a movie or a play;
And many other definitions in our life...
Life is a competition. And in this competition, in this game with a name LIFE everyone has a SCORE.
Sometimes your score is even more important than you. For some individuals your score is only a characteristic of your personality...
Look around and you see what's going on... Here is the mirror. It doesn't like you and says: Get out, don't look at me! Here are the people. They don't like you and say: Get away, you're damaging our landscape! Here is the person. He doesn't know you and not talking to you. He has no any interest to you because he doesn't know your LIFE SCORE...
But somewhere are different mirrors, and different people, and different person. They will be able to see the most important things in your personality. And they will say: How wonderful are you, stay with us... Just find these people - it's not so difficult...
Life... competition... game... numbers... score... What's more important than you, yourself, for yourself, and all around you...
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57mannequins from deviantart.com for this "little man"
thatestock from deviantart.com for the "torso mannequin";
Falln_Stock from deviantart.com for the antique piano from the Texas museum.
The middle mannequin - from last Christmas window decoration of Bergdorf & Goodman store in New York
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The competitive world…
A though-looking Lizard Buzzard confronting a surprised Steppe-Eagle.
O mundo competitivo…
Um falcão comedor-de-lagarto (alguém pode me dizer o nome correto dos pássaros em português?) com um olhar duro, confrontando uma águia-stepe pega de surpresa.
MASAI MARA – KENYA
Camera: Nikon F5
Film Type: Ektachrome Color Reversal Film E100
Lens: AF-S Zoom Nikkor 500mm- with 2x converter=1000mm
Weather Conditions: Clear
Time of Day: morning around 11:30 am
Lighting Techniques: Natural light
I used a tripod, mounted in a 4X4 open jeep
These two Big Boys were not competitive at all, actually they put on quite a display of friendship.
Please view on black!
Blue circular wallpaper based on Jonathan Adler design; George Nelson-style wall clock made of metal ring, foam core circle, push pins and paper cutout hands; Barbie My Scene coffee table, cordless phone and customized floor lamp, Hobby Lobby photo frame chair, RE-MENT teacups, bead lamp; area rug is Jonathan Adler placemat from Bed Bath & Beyond.
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Two trumpeter swans are very excited about taking off! While this appears to be part of a ballet, often it appears as intense competition. It is not uncommon to see the one in the rear squawking loudly at the one in front.
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It is well known that different warblers can inhabit the same ecological niche, and sometimes the same tree. Spend some time in the forest this time of year and even if you never leave one locale, you are likely to encounter more than one species of warbler. This, however, would seem to be an exception to what is known as the “ecological rule of exclusion.” In essence, any two species which inhabit the same ecological niche should not be able to coexist because one will always, eventually, out-compete the other. Close comparative study, however, has demonstrated that although these birds inhabit the same locale, and sometimes even the same tree, they will feed at different portions of the tree. Some birds will feed higher, others will hunt on the interior vs the outer portions of the tree (like this Black-throated Blue feeding at the buds of the tips of branches) and still, others will more commonly hawk insects on the wing. So, by hunting in different areas of the same tree these birds expose themselves to different kinds of food. In essence, the rules of ecology do apply, and perhaps one single tree can represent more than one single biome. #BlackThroatedBlueWarblers
The two sticks hold aloft two strands of thick soft cord soaked in bubble solution, one short and one long. When the sticks are pulled apart a sort of hoop is formed between the two strands, and slight wind or movement can balloon out extremely large long bubbles. I would have liked to see just how long these large sausage shaped bubbles could last, and whether they would separate into a string of bubbles, or simply shrink into one gigantic bubble.
But as usual the competitively destructive children outnumbered the co-operatively scientifically curious :-)
The bubble surfaces shimmered with iridiscent reflections. Very hard to catch in a photograph, not sure why.
Photographed at the western end of the eastern section of Princes Street Gardens, just by the Art Gallery.
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Ever want to know more about the horses boarded at Evergarden Equestrian? Well now you'll be able to learn about these equine residents!
-Meet Gritty-
When I interviewed Gritty's owner, she had this to say about this one-of-a-kind horse - "Gritty is a three strikes horse originally from Oregon state. He has a super grouchy disposition as a gelding and prefers the company of mares and younger horses. I do a lot of hacks and flatwork with him generally as it tends to be what he enjoys the most. He also loves competitive endurance rides, and has enjoyed dressage work at an advanced level these days."
She continued on to say, "Western pursuits in the past have been enjoyable with him, but he 100% dislikes jumping. It's part of why I rarely compete in any jumping classes with him" she said with a laugh.
"He's also named after the mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers, my fav hockey team, and Philly is where we originally come from."
Gritty has been boarded at Evergarden Equestrian for a long time, and we're so glad to have him at the facility!
Sabi Sabi Game Reserve
South Africa
A hyena is more physically like a cat than a dog. Unknown to many people, the hyena spends 95% of its time hunting and not scavenging.
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a species of hyena, currently classed as the sole member of the genus Crocuta, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUCN on account of its widespread range and large numbers estimated between 27,000 and 47,000 individuals. The species is, however, experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching.
The spotted hyena is the most social of the Carnivora in that it has the largest group sizes and most complex social behaviors. Its social organization is unlike that of any other carnivore, bearing closer resemblance to that of cercopithecine primates (baboons and macaques) with respect to group-size, hierarchical structure, and frequency of social interaction among both kin and unrelated group mates.
However, the social system of the spotted hyena is openly competitive rather than cooperative, with access to kills, mating opportunities and the time of dispersal for males depending on the ability to dominate other clan-members. Females provide only for their own cubs rather than assist each other, and males display no paternal care. Spotted hyena society is matriarchal; females are larger than males and dominate them. - Wikipedia.
Porsche Cayman GT4 MR
IMSA - Northeast Grand Prix
Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge
Lime Rock Park
Manthey Racing upgrades bring the Cayman to be competitive in GT4 racing. Sharp livery design too.
Autumn is here, winter is coming... It's time to put down the smartphone and start lifting weights. Let's start with 2.8 kg.
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Mezhyhirya Residence Museum, Kiev, Ukraine.
The Mezhyhirya residence was built in the Soviet period on the site of a monastery that had stood there since the 14th century before being destroyed by the Bolsheviks. The Soviet regime, under which Ukraine lived for 70 years, tried to provide for all its leaders’ needs. Top communists were rewarded with a package that included a house in the country – a so-called ‘dacha’. Mezhyhirya, which was at the disposal of the leader of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, fell into this category.
After Ukrainian independence the building was used to accommodate foreign delegations, but when in 2002 Viktor Yanukovych was appointed Prime Minister and moved to Kiev from industrial Donetsk he decided he would like to live at Mezhyhiriya. Initially he rented it, but the Orange Revolution brought a fall in his living standards – a terrible thing for Post-Soviet Man. The new government, headed by president Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko, evicted him from his home.
But a year later, after the fall of the Orange dream team, Yanukovych returned to the post of Prime Minister and secured the right to Move back into Mezhyhiriya, which was still government property. And another year later, in 2007, when he left his post, he took the house with him.
In Yanukovych’s final weeks as Prime Minister, his government illegally privatised Mezhyhiriya. No money was paid to the state for its sale; instead, a couple of semi- derelict buildings in Kiev were handed over in return (they have continued to fall down ever since).
Mezhyhiriya, meanwhile, was acquired, without any competitive tendering process, by a Donetsk company called ‘MedInvestTraid’, which immediately resold it and a few years later filed for bankruptcy. Was someone covering their tracks?
In 2009, after an unsuccessful bid to create a political alliance with Viktor Yanukovych, Yulia Tymoshenko tried to return Mezhyhiriya to state ownership, but nothing came of it. MPs from Yanukovych’s party removed all the documents relating to the sale from the government departments involved. Yanukovych lived in it from 2002 to 21 February 2014, when he abandoned the estate during the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.
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