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What causes a squirrel to be white?
White Squirrels | Coastal and Marine Laboratory
The white squirrel is actually a genetic anomaly due to a mutated gene from the common Eastern Gray Squirrel. It is called leucism, which is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals caused by a recessive allele. Unlike albinism, it is a reduction in all types of skin pigment, not just melanin.
What is the difference between leucistic and albino?
Leucism vs. Albinism in the Animal Kingdom
Leucism and albinism are often difficult to tell apart in animals since the conditions share some of the same characteristics. While albinism refers to the complete lack of melanin—the natural pigment that gives skin, feathers, hair, and eyes their color—leucism involves a partial loss of pigmentation.
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Today there were beautiful weather conditions in the area Waterland, February 24, 2016.
The rain clouds were enormous while the sun was shining at the locations where I took these pictures. I was happy that I came home on my bike without becoming too wet.
This picture is taken on the Uitdammerdijk with left the Kinselmeer and right the IJmeer and Monnickendam at the horizon under the dark hail cloud.
See my album Project: Sea dike.
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Since many photographers are in Tuscany at the moment, I was reminded that I also have many unedited images from our trip last October. Even though there were no wildflowers or grass on the rolling hills at this time of year, we were lucky enough to have something even more important: Fog and fantastic light! At least on one morning, which happened to be the very morning we decided to visit the Podere Belvedere viewpoint. Starting from the blue hour, we photographed until an hour after sunrise, when the fog began to lift and the light became too harsh. We took quite a few images in those two hours, but my favorite ones were taken just before and during sunrise, when the light was at its best and there was still a lot of fog floating around in the valley, like in this image. Here I stopped down my lens, hoping to create a nice sun star on the right to balance out the Podere Belvedere on the left. However, the foggy conditions resulted in a rather diffuse sunrise, which probably suits the dreamy look of this image better anyway. I hope you like it!
Just to give some idea of the standard operating procedure of our 12 days on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Viking Polaris would find a sheltered spot at the location we had arranged to land at with IAATO.
Once positioned the ship would unload the assets, its zodiacs, Special Ops Boats, Kayaks and the two submarines. Providing the climatic conditions were suitable we would then get out to enjoy the surrounding area and its wildlife.
Here at Danco Island we had a walk around the Gentoo Penguin Colony and also spotted a Chinstrap Penguin and many of the birds that thrive here. The bay was also busy with many Humpback Whales and the odd seal.
This is a blended two image shot with the 100-400 lens. One shot for the foreground Penguins and one for the background.
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Since my very first visit to the Niagara Falls many years ago I've been captivated by the trees living literally on the edge in the most inhospitable conditions I can imagine. A tiny island barely accommodating a ... #etbtsy
Das Konik (aus dem Polnischen: Pferdchen, kleines Pferd) ist eine Ponyrasse aus dem mittel- und osteuropäischen Raum. Die Ponys sind sehr robust und finden Verwendung sowohl in der Landwirtschaft als auch bei der Erhaltung von zahlreichen Naturschutzgebieten wie Geltinger Birk (Ostsee), Schmidtenhöhe (Koblenz) oder dem Brönnhof bei Schweinfurt und im polnischen Białowieża-Nationalpark, wo sie in extensiver Landwirtschaft gehalten werden. Die größte Population lebt in Oostvaardersplassen in den Niederlanden unter nahezu wilden Bedingungen.
The Konik (from Polish: horse, small horse) is a pony breed from Central and Eastern Europe. The ponies are very robust and are used both in agriculture and in the preservation of numerous nature reserves such as Geltinger Birk (Baltic Sea), Schmidtenhöhe (Koblenz) or the Brönnhof near Schweinfurt and in the Polish Białowieża National Park, where they are kept in extensive agriculture . The largest population lives in Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands in almost wild conditions.
Stunning conditions with heavy hoar frost, mist and sunrise light.
High Peak, Derbyshire, UK.
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Then there are days that are not really suitable for photography. A photo should be able to show these conditions clearly.
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
What goes up, must come down... Sometimes their landings are smooth and sometimes they sort of crash land, it's always a joy to watch,
So many obstacles to adjust to in nature photography, lighting conditions being just one..... Work with what is available or go home!
CONDITIONS - FORECASTS
The stone is wet - rain
The stone is dry - it does not rain
The stone casts a shadow - the sun is out
Above the stone there is white - snow
The stone is not seen - fog
The stone sways - wind
The stone jumps up and down - earthquake
The stone is gone - whirlwind
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10th December 2002 and in superb conditions 6233 Duchess of Sutherland is seen on the approach to Clapham Junction. I had discounted this shot due to the modern unit, 450003, but decided to process as it shows the old and the new of transport at the time
When conditions are right, nature puts on a great show - link to short video of the shoot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkD-4k-GTU
In horrendous wet weather conditions on 07/Dec/21 caused by storm Barra,rescue engine 67013 passes Oakley with 66148"Maritime Intermodal Seven" ,which had failed between Bramley and Basingstoke with 4O43 03.59 Wakefield Europort to Southampton inter-modal,and now 4 hours late
Conditions de prises de vue extrêmes, peu de luminosité des installations, pas de pied, vent, je pense que le résulat n'est pas trop mal!
Le parc est créé dans le cadre de l'exposition internationale Emscher Park. Localisé sur le site d'une ancienne sidérurgie, le parc paysager est l'un des points d'ancrage de la Route européenne de la culture industrielle et de la Route de la culture industrielle (de) de la Ruhr. Le quotidien britannique The Guardian classe le parc parmi les dix meilleurs parcs urbains du monde aux côtés du High Line (New York), des Buttes-Chaumont (Paris), de Hampstead Heath (Londres) et du Parc Güell (Barcelone)1. En 2016, le parc accueille 1 019 391 visiteurs et plus de 800 événements.
Les installations industrielles sont mises en scène tous les jours à la tombée de la nuit jusqu'à 1 h avec un éclairage coloré par Jonathan Park.
Extreme shooting conditions, little light from the installations, no feet, wind, I think the result isn't too bad!
The park is created within the framework of the international exhibition Emscher Park. Located on the site of a former steelworks, the landscape park is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Culture and the Ruhr Route of Industrial Culture. The British daily The Guardian ranks the park among the ten best urban parks in the world alongside the High Line (New York), Buttes-Chaumont (Paris), Hampstead Heath (London) and Parc Güell (Barcelona)1. In 2016, the park hosted 1,019,391 visitors and over 800 events.
Industrial facilities are staged daily from dusk until 1 a.m. with colored lighting by Jonathan Park.
Given the right conditions, these mushrooms have been around for a few weeks now. I was there at the right time with some nice light behind them. It made focusing with this camera and longer lens easier. Taken with a 30 image stack otherwise the stock would have been blurred. Why don't I use my Z9, it's too proud off the ground (too high). The Z7II hugs the ground nicely for these Mushroom images.
Kebler Pass, Crested Butte, CO
Spectacular conditions from Kebler Pass last weekend made for some great images. After about an hour of shooting in a light rain, the skies began to clear off. As the storm moved out, the landscape was left with pockets of fog floating across the mountains. We drove back and forth along Kebler finding incredible scenes everywhere we looked. I broke out the 70-200 as this patch of fog began rising from behind the stands of aspen. While it had been raining in the lower elevations, the clouds cleared to reveal that it had been snowing in the higher elevations, you can see the trees in the background have been dusted with a light snow. This was certainly my most productive photography outing, and I'm thrilled. Lots more to come from Crested Butte.
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The conditions in Saith Michel L'Observatoire were 'changeable' ... one minute it was blue skies and sunshine, the next it was grey skies and rain.
Luckily I managed to catch the transition between the two, which created a rather striking image.
Leash Fen, Peak District, UK
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A quick stop on the way home last Sunday in fabulous foggy conditions that lasted all day.
A really should have put my wellies back on.
Texturas y detalles de un leño.
Primer intento con la Tecnica de Ultra Resolucion (Foto Stacking): 10 tomas secuenciales bajo las mismas condiciones de luz, enfoque y apertura a mano alzada, apiladas en PS para obtner una imagen magnificada al 150%.
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Textures and details of a log.
First try with the Hyper Resolution technique (Photo Stacking ): 10 sequential shots under the same lighting conditions , focus and aperture hand held stacked on PS to get a 150% magnified image.
Storms create such beautiful conditions for visual artists. My camera in this case was struggling to record the dim light at dusk. I planned to give up processing this image since it's not as perfect as all the macho cameras now available that can produce effortlessly.
But I still love the scene and wanted to find a way to process it so that it remained true to the special mood of that February evening. I love storms and hope that climate change won't mean an end to them in this part of the world, but sadly we have had less rainfall in the last few years.
So here it is: another image I worked on while Sheltering in Place. Stay safe and healthy everyone!
Stormy conditions on Millstone Edge. It was great to see cloud inversions forming over in Derwent and Hope Valley as the sun had set. The heather this year looks the best I've seen it since 2017
wednesday evening in Ersfjordbotn,
perfect conditions in the fjord with a great and strong aurora in the nightsky.
This photo was taken during the last week of September, in Val Pusteria (Alto Adige / SudTyrol). We were aghast by the conditions of extreme drought and poverty of fungal births.
Conditions de prises de vue extrêmes, peu de luminosité des installations, pas de pied, vent, je pense que le résulat n'est pas trop mal!
Le parc est créé dans le cadre de l'exposition internationale Emscher Park. Localisé sur le site d'une ancienne sidérurgie, le parc paysager est l'un des points d'ancrage de la Route européenne de la culture industrielle et de la Route de la culture industrielle (de) de la Ruhr. Le quotidien britannique The Guardian classe le parc parmi les dix meilleurs parcs urbains du monde aux côtés du High Line (New York), des Buttes-Chaumont (Paris), de Hampstead Heath (Londres) et du Parc Güell (Barcelone)1. En 2016, le parc accueille 1 019 391 visiteurs et plus de 800 événements.
Les installations industrielles sont mises en scène tous les jours à la tombée de la nuit jusqu'à 1 h avec un éclairage coloré par Jonathan Park.
Extreme shooting conditions, little light from the installations, no feet, wind, I think the result isn't too bad!
The park is created within the framework of the international exhibition Emscher Park. Located on the site of a former steelworks, the landscape park is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Culture and the Ruhr Route of Industrial Culture. The British daily The Guardian ranks the park among the ten best urban parks in the world alongside the High Line (New York), Buttes-Chaumont (Paris), Hampstead Heath (London) and Parc Güell (Barcelona)1. In 2016, the park hosted 1,019,391 visitors and over 800 events.
Industrial facilities are staged daily from dusk until 1 a.m. with colored lighting by Jonathan Park.
The conditions were favourable for the first time for a while out on the Malverns. Low cloud was coming in and out, with the sun breaking through in between. That led to the sun shining its rays through the foggy trees on the hillside above Wynd's Point, and fogbeams are always good to see!
Fighting harsh winter conditions deep into Quebec's countryside, CN 324 is Vermont-bound with 73 cars, opening the way, snowdrift after snowdrifts as locomotive engineer P.V laying on the horn in order to keep it clear of any packed white stuff.
The wind at this point was terrific and thanks to my scanner, I only waited in those awful conditions less than 15 minutes.
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Looking out over the horizon we discussed World conditions, the economy and where to go for a quick or not so quick ice cream. We had made many decisions that afternoon and we happily changed all of them. Gratitude and Kindness are everywhere. As evident on a short walk to the ice cream stand where we found laughter to go along with our ice cream treat. I wonder what could I have done that day that would have given me any more joy than I had received from hanging out with my grandson and enjoying his love, laughter and some ice cream.
Calm conditions and the third version of this shot both film and digital.
Bronica ETRS 40mm
Kodak Portra 160.
Processed and scanned by Filmdev.
The conditions were perfect and constantly changing, when the light broke through the clouds you could hear an audible gasp from all the photographers occupying space at Oxbow Bend.
It does not matter how many times you visit Sconey Castle (National Trust) the views around the castle are amazing. Each time they are different, according to the time of day and light conditions and the change of colours to the time of year.
And for me, it makes a welcome change to birds, butterflies and insects.
Another 7 to 10 days will see the extensive gardens in full bloom.
Amidst some visibly mixed conditions, the MRVHK 24 curves through Cruzatte on its way north and down the hill. With southbounds on the hill now being DP'd, the extra units are set out in Klamath Falls and must be taken back to Eugene by northbounds (Or sometimes in large light moves), hence the hefty consist of 9 GEs on the head end, probably only 2 or 3 of which are under power. A waste of time and assets compared to running 2 helper sets if you ask me, but I guess I don't see the "Big picture." As this northbound was approaching Oakridge, the dispatcher was making a plan for it to donate one of its 9 units to a southbound which had lost a unit and was unable to make the hill. However, this plan was called off in favor of the southbound setting out cars until it was light enough to make the hill with the reduced power, apparently because the master plan called for the crew of this NB to get to Eugene ASAP in order to be called on their rest for the next Z. The type of things that you can expect on a railroad operated with too few crews, too little maintenance, and too little equipment, or equipment that could be used more efficiently if they didn't hate their workforce.
What appear to be icebergs here are rock shelves that have frozen over by the waves during last week's 10 below zero weather.
It was -25 F. with the windchill when I ventured out and took this picture. I was dressed appropriately, but I still could only manage 45 minutes before having to get back into my warm car and go home.
The ducks apparently didn't get the memo :)
The sunset colors created this lovely color palette.
Wintery conditions, snow, freezing temperatures: No problem for some plants, as for the bamboo shown in the picture.
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Brown Falcon
Falco berigora
Description: Brown Falcons are small to medium-sized raptors (birds of prey). The female is larger than the male. The Brown Falcon has a range of plumage colours, from very dark brown to light brown above and off-white below. Generally, the upperparts are dark brown and the underparts are pale buff or cream. The sides of the head are brown with a characteristic tear-stripe below the eye. Birds from the tropical north are very dark, with a paler face and undertail, while those from central Australia are paler all over. Younger birds resemble dark adults, but have less obvious barring on the tail, and a buff-yellow colour on the face, throat and nape of the neck.
Similar species: Paler birds may often be confused with a related raptor (bird of prey), the Nankeen Kestrel, F. cenchroides, which is quite a bit smaller and has a more rufous crown. Dark Brown Falcons may be mistaken for slightly larger Black Falcon, F. subniger. The Black Falcon has longer legs and lacks barring on the tail. The Black Falcon also appears sleeker in shape and movements.
Distribution: The Brown Falcon ranges throughout Australia, and north to New Guinea.
Habitat: The Brown Falcon is found in all but the densest forests and is locally common throughout its range. The preferred habitat is open grassland and agricultural areas, with scattered trees or structures such as telegraph poles which it uses for perching. Around outback towns, the birds become quite tame and will allow quite close approach. Birds may stay within the same areas throughout the year or may move around locally in response to changes in conditions. Paler birds are usually associated with inland areas, but all the colour varieties are fairly scattered throughout the range.
Feeding: Brown Falcons are usually seen alone, searching for food from an exposed perch. When prey is sighted, the bird swoops down and grasps it in its claws (talons), killing the prey with a bite to the spine. The powerful bill has specialised 'tomial' teeth and matching notches for this purpose. Less often the species will hunt by hovering or gliding over the ground, often at great heights. Brown Falcons feed on small mammals, insects, reptiles and, less often, small birds.
Breeding: The nest used by the Brown Falcon is normally an old nest from another hawk species, but the species may build its own stick nest in a tree. Occasionally birds nest in open tree hollows. Both sexes share the incubation of the eggs, and both care for the young, although the female performs the bulk of these duties, while the male supplies most of the food.
Calls: Normally silent at rest, but gives some cackling and screeching notes when in flight.
Minimum Size: 41cm
Maximum Size: 51cm
Average size: 46cm
Average weight: 530g
Breeding season: June to November in the south; November to April in the north.
Clutch Size: 2 to 6 (usually 3)
Incubation: 30 days
Nestling Period: 45 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net; and Pizzey & Night, The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia)
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Straight from work, I was not going to miss this rare Saturday working in such lovely conditions. I took a total gamble having no info on what was working it, what the load was or if it was top 'n' tail so I headed here to Holme Island crossing near Meathop. I knew 007 had worked the 6C53 nukes in the morning so my hope was it would trail here, and my gamble paid off swimmingly.
This is the 6C44 Sellafield-Kingmoor conveying one of the mega KUA flasks. 68005 is leading. This slotted in just nicely on my way over to Shap for a brace of 90's.