(couldn't resist posting another prairie chicken sparring shot)

This was from the morning gathering at the lek* - these are Lesser Prairie Chickens (they don't have as much brown in them). They share territory in some areas.

*A Lek is a hill/or rise area where birds and animals gather to do their courting and sparking!

Run through the Photoshop gallery for a very subtle effect.

Re-edited 2022

OLYMPUS EM-1 Mark II

View On Black

I kind of miss my hardcore hdrs. So, I decided to produce this one. Back to my old self where I feel happiness.

See one of the 5 photos used in producing this HDR.

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On devine sur la gauche l'Odéon (recouvert d'herbes) et le théâtre antique

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Shaw Harrison Sabre 620 camera with flipped lens

Northern Harrier

Direct Rail Services Class. 88 No 88003 ‘Genesis’ + Class. 68 No 68003 ‘Astute’ passes Spittal on April the 2nd working 4Z43 the diverted 06:39hrs Daventry DRS (Dirft2) - Mossend Euroterminal.

Literally happening in as I stared in disbelief. Didn't happen with every plane, just seemingly random ones.

I had to while away two hours at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, waiting for my flight to Adelaide after flying over from Hobart. A month later, they announced direct flight between Adelaide and Hobart. Yippee!

The South Downs Way above Steyning in Sussex

Direct Rail Services (DRS) 66424 'Driver Paul Scrivens' and BR Green 37032 (D6732) lead the 2C11 1119 Holt to Sheringham service out of Weyborune. Taken during the North Norfolk Railway Mixed Traction 2023 event.

potatoes from the forest quarter

Calla Lily's drenching up the sun's rays.

Re-edited 2022

Direct Rail Services (DRS) 37069 and BR Large Logo 37424 pass through Ely working the 3S01 0922 Stowmarket D.G.L. to Stowmarket D.G.L. RHTT.

Direct Rail Services (DRS) 37069 and 37424 stand at Great Yarmouth, ready to depart with the 3S01 0922 Stowmarket DGL to Stowmarket DGL Anglia RHTT.

DRS 37401 + 37422 are seen stopped in Carlisle Station for a crew change working 6X12 West Ealing - Tyne S.S. on January 9th, 2023.

DIRECT. Après un décollage réussi, Thomas Pesquet et ses coéquipiers sont en orbite pour rejoindre l'ISS

Le Français a décollé vendredi pour la Station spatiale internationale. Il doit y passer environ 6 mois.

2023 postage stamp edition

Sometimes you need to get out of the way.

The weasel was looking directly at me and then proceeded with its own doings, as if i don't exist.

Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area, AB

The Great Horned Owl – large, powerful, and long-lived – is adapted by its anatomy, physiology, and behavior to survive in any climate but arctic-alpine regions. Equally at home in desert, grassland, suburban, and forest habitats, north to the tree line, it has a diverse prey base and the most extensive range with the most variation in nesting sites of any American owl. Its large eyes are equipped with many rods for night vision and pupils that open widely in the dark. Although its eyes do not move, flexibility in the atlanto-occipital joint enables this owl to swivel its head more than 180° and to look in any direction. Its hearing is acute, assisted by facial disc feathers that direct sound waves to its ears. Wild - at Pantanal - Brasil.

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Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Enjoy!

montée à la cabane des Aiguilles Rouges.

Arolla

Direct capture

A frosty start to a rare sunny day at the British Wildlife Centre.

direction le lac Léman tout au fond...

De nuevo Atxabiribil, Sopelana (Bizkaia), en esa tarde de nubes grises potentes, viendo otro angulo de los posibles. Utilice un filtro ND 1.2 de Tiffen y un degradado 0.9 de Lee para dar ese aire de "fin del mundo" en el cielo. Con Photoshop aumente contraste y toque los niveles un pelin ya que estaba bastante bien de luz para mi gusto. Aumento de nitidez y filtro ruido para el cielo.

Rotterdam Central station

Direct Rail Services Class 68 diesel locomotives 68018 "Vigilant" and 68008

6X37 12.30 High Marnham Texas Utility to Fairwater Yard

Catholme, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

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