View allAll Photos Tagged Discretization
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest bird in the world and the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. According to one study, it has the fastest visual processing speed of any animal tested so far, and can register discrete changes up to 129 Hz or cycles per second. As an analogy, film is a series of still images projected onto a screen. Those still images need to be changing at roughly 25 frames per second before humans see them as fluid and no longer as individual, discrete pictures. The film would have to be refreshing at 129 frames per second before peregrine falcons stopped seeing flashing, still images and started seeing fluid motion. 16017
This is a different approach to creating star trails than a single long exposure (see flic.kr/p/2nfPqSS). Here, 15 images (8 seconds, f/5.0, ISO 3200), were taken at regular intervals, and stacked together to produce a single image where the "trails" are composed of 15 discrete points of light.
Battle Of Britain light pacific 34067 "Tangmere" makes a discrete departure from Derby :-) with the return leg of the "Excalibur Express" to Paddington on 22nd of March 2003.
( Rescan and process )
Spécial pareil. J'ai fait un détour cette journée et je me suis égaré dans l'arrière pays. Après avoir retrouvé mon chemin, je suis revenu ici pour prendre cette photo. Spécialement et discrètement, nous pouvons voir à l'arrière au travers des montagnes, la tempête de neige qui vient de l'ouest. Si je ne m'étais pas égaré, rien de cela ne serait sur cette photo. Une preuve que la photo a en partie un peu de hasard :-)
Special like. I made a detour that day and I lost my way in the back country. After finding my way, I came back here to take this picture. Specially and discreetly, we can see in the back through the mountains, the snowstorm coming from the west. If I had not gone astray, nothing of that would be on this picture. A proof that the photo has a bit of luck :-)
American Oystercatcher
The American Oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the Polar Regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exception to this is the Eurasian Oystercatcher and the South Island Oystercatcher, both of which breed inland, far inland in some cases. In the past there has been a great deal of confusion as to the species limits, with discrete populations of all black oystercatchers being afforded specific status but pied oystercatchers being considered one single species.
The name Oystercatcher was coined by Mark Catesby in 1731 as a common name for the North American species H. Palliatus, described as eating oysters. Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older name Sea Pie.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oystercatcher
This is the former home of 'Notch' who seems to have left the premises. Notch was much more discrete about the hole he put in our front lawn. It was just a round hole .. like a golf hole.. and camouflaged with the grass that surrounded it.
This little chipmunk took over the space and proceeded to make a very deep angled hole and shot a huge mound of sand all over the grass. I hope he realizes that it can now be easily spotted by every hawk that flies over!
Note: This it the first image I took after I carefully took apart my 100-400mm zoom lens and cleaned the dust from behind the front lens. Where I was focused seems pretty sharp, so mission accomplished.
Lac du Salagou, le 07 Août 2014. Nous sommes un jeudi. Fin de journée.
Avec une envie forte de se rafraichir par un bain dans le lac du Salagou
pour clore cette journée sur les chemins d'écoliers du haut Languedoc.
Paysages presque lunaire à cette heure
où seul un vent léger nous accompagne.
Vous ne verrez pas le lac mais les éléments de sa proximité,traités comme au couteau pour en trancher chaque détail.
Il fait doux, le soleil commence sa chute vertigineuse alors que, blanche et discrète, la lune s'est déjà installée dans ses quartiers.
...
Lake Salagou, August 7, 2014. We are a Thursday. End of day.
With a strong desire to refresh with a dip in the lake Salagou
to end the day on the roads of pupils of high Languedoc.
Almost lunar landscape at this time
where only a light wind with us.
You will not see the lake but the elements of its proximity, treated like a knife to slice each detail.
The weather is mild, the sun begins its steep decline while white and discreet, the moon is already installed in its neighborhoods.
Parana, Brazil
(Ramphocelus bresilius)
This bird is endemic in the coastal region of eastern Brazil and the extreme northeast of Argentina. The female is more discreet with a grey-brown back and a reddish-brown belly. Photo taken in the atlantic tropical rainforest near Paraty.
Cet oiseau est endémique dans la région côtière à l'est du Brésil et à l'extrême nord-est de l'Argentine. La femelle est plus discrète avec un dos gris-brun et un ventre brun-rouge. Photo prise dans la forêt tropicale humide atlantique près de Paraty.
🇬🇧 A walk under the arcades of Bologna, where the geometry of the vaults meets the warm hues of terracotta. The lantern bearing the cross of Saint George, glowing like a quiet beacon, reminds us that every corner of Italy whispers stories of beauty and history.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
👇www.flickr.com/photos/201798544@N06/albums/72177720326047246
🇫🇷 Sous les arcades de Bologne, la géométrie des voûtes épouse les teintes chaudes de la terre cuite. La lanterne ornée de la croix de Saint-Georges, telle une discrète balise lumineuse, nous rappelle que chaque recoin d’Italie murmure ses récits de beauté et d’histoire.
🇫🇷 Il passe la plupart de son temps à la cime des arbres, où il peut boire, se nourrir et éviter les prédateurs. Ses caractéristiques sont assez curieuses : il a une peau extrêmement épaisse et protectrice, et une fourrure brun-vert qui le camoufle. Il utilise sa bouche pour attraper la nourriture ou déchirer les feuilles. Il se déplace lentement dans son habitat, sa taille discrète l’aide. C’est un excellent nageur .Il se déplace surtout la nuit .
Nous verrons des "paresseux à gorge brune ",3 doigts ….. dans les parcs suivants.
🇬🇧 It spends most of its time in the treetops, where it can drink, feed and avoid predators. Its characteristics are quite curious: it has an extremely thick and protective skin, and a greenish-brown fur that camouflages it. It uses its mouth to catch food or tear leaves. It moves slowly in its habitat, its discreet size helping it. It is an excellent swimmer and moves mostly at night.
We will see brown-throated sloths, 3 fingers ..... in the following parks.
🇪🇸 Pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en las copas de los árboles, donde puede beber, alimentarse y evitar a los depredadores. Sus características son bastante curiosas: tiene una piel extremadamente gruesa y protectora, y un pelaje marrón verdoso que lo camufla. Utiliza la boca para coger comida o arrancar hojas. Se mueve lentamente en su hábitat, a lo que ayuda su discreto tamaño. Es un excelente nadador y se desplaza sobre todo de noche.
Veremos perezosos de garganta marrón, 3 dedos ..... en los siguientes parques.
🇩🇪 Er verbringt die meiste Zeit in den Baumkronen, wo er trinken, sich ernähren und Raubtieren ausweichen kann. Seine Merkmale sind recht kurios: Er hat eine extrem dicke, schützende Haut und ein braungrünes Fell, das ihn tarnt. Mit dem Mund schnappt er nach Nahrung oder zerreißt Blätter. In seinem Lebensraum bewegt er sich langsam, wobei ihm seine unauffällige Größe hilft. Er ist ein ausgezeichneter Schwimmer, der vor allem nachts unterwegs ist.
In den folgenden Parks sehen wir das Braunkehlfaultier, 3 Finger ......
🇮🇹 Trascorre la maggior parte del tempo sulle cime degli alberi, dove può bere, nutrirsi ed evitare i predatori. Le sue caratteristiche sono piuttosto curiose: ha una pelle estremamente spessa e protettiva e una pelliccia marrone-verdastra che lo mimetizza. Usa la bocca per catturare il cibo o strappare le foglie. Si muove lentamente nel suo habitat, aiutato dalle sue dimensioni discrete. È un ottimo nuotatore e si muove soprattutto di notte.
Potremo vedere i bradipi dalla gola marrone, 3 dita ..... nei seguenti parchi.
A very strang phenomenon seen by the Etang de Gruère : the water was full of humus and the snow started fall. So the water started to be gorged with snow. I cannot understand why, however it created these marble-like patterns. Unfortunately, the weather was not perfect to take pictures ( with, an easy to burn sky), but I had no choice : on the afternoon, the water was totally covered with snow. An unperfect picture, but a very astonishing phenomenon ...
This picture made a discrete apparition on Flickr's Explore on the 21 jan 2015.
🇬🇧 Beneath the arcades of La Spezia, a woman walks away with effortless elegance — her feline coat dancing with each step. The geometry of the colonnades frames her silhouette, while the luminous green cross of the pharmacy adds a discreet touch of irony. A scene both urban and intimate, where perspective meets personality.
Part of the ongoing series: Città Viva – Fragments of Italian Urban Life
👇www.flickr.com/photos/201798544@N06/albums/72177720326047246
🇫🇷 Sous les arcades de La Spezia, une femme s’éloigne avec une élégance décontractée — son manteau félin dansant à chaque pas. La géométrie de la colonnade encadre sa silhouette, tandis que la croix verte de la pharmacie ajoute une discrète note d’ironie. Une scène à la fois urbaine et intime, où la perspective rencontre la personnalité.
American Oystercatcher
The American Oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the Polar Regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The exception to this is the Eurasian Oystercatcher and the South Island Oystercatcher, both of which breed inland, far inland in some cases. In the past there has been a great deal of confusion as to the species limits, with discrete populations of all black oystercatchers being afforded specific status but pied oystercatchers being considered one single species.
The name Oystercatcher was coined by Mark Catesby in 1731 as a common name for the North American species H. Palliatus, described as eating oysters. Yarrell in 1843 established this as the preferred term, replacing the older name Sea Pie.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oystercatcher
Shots taken in Kevin Robsons Tawney Hide in Cambridgeshire UK, between 21.45-23.15pm so utilising some discrete LED lighting as you can tell from the catchlight in the eyes :-)
Wedding in Llandeilo.
I was invited as a guest to the wedding of the daughter of one of my good photographer friends. He asked me and a couple of others to take some unofficial photographs. I chose to use my RX100 to be more discrete and give me a chance to take some photos without the other guest having a huge camera in their face. This way I got some shots I doubt I would have gotten with my other camera.
It was at this wedding I decided to propose to my wife, which I also did the next year and the year after that my friend got to attend our wedding.
New Urbanist communities, Rosemary Beach is an architectural treasure trove, boasting influences from the West Indies, New Orleans, Charleston and St. Augustine, among others.
The grand homes (many with adjoining carriage houses that are just as extraordinary) are interconnected by a discrete network of pedestrian paths and boardwalks, which become even more charming at night, basked in the soft flicker of gas-lit lanterns.
Like most Traditional Neighborhood Developments (TNDs), the best way to explore Rosemary Beach is on foot (or on a beach cruiser). Wood-plank pathways meander through the town’s striking architecture, often revealing hidden amenities such as playgrounds, bubbling fountains, tennis courts or one of the community’s several cosmopolitan swimming pools.
Seeing me, three young vicuñas run out of the Rio Putana to catch up with their parents...
Vicuñas and guanacos are the two wild species of South American camelids. They are herbivores and live in the high mountains of the Andes.
Vicuñas are smaller, have a light-brown head, a more discrete tail, and live at altitudes of 3,200 to 4,800 m (10,500–15,700 ft); while guanacos are larger, have a gray head, a coma-shaped tail, and live at lower altitudes (up to 4,000 m, 13,000 ft).
This photo was taken in the wild at a place called Vado del Rio Putana (ford of the River Putana), located about 55 km (35 miles) north of San Pedro de Atacama, in the Chilean Atacama Desert.
© 2021 Jacques de Selliers. All rights reserved.
For reproduction rights, see www.deselliers.info/en/copyright.htm.
Photo ref: j8e_28663-ps2-Atacama
P:17:39, 0.5hF=1.9h, 1hF=5.9h, 1.5hF=20h, 2hF=53h
#WPD24Animals
A bird bathing in the late afternoon sunshine. Hurried “discretely” before my dog would see the bird and scare it off 😊
Le magnifique lagopède des saules arborant sa plus belle tenue hivernale. Avec l’arrivée de l’été, son plumage changera complètement et deviendra brun marbré avec une teinte rougeâtre au cou et à la poitrine, une queue noire et des ailes et parties inférieures blanches. Il possède aussi deux caroncules discrètes au-dessus des yeux, qui deviennent rouges et proéminentes pendant la saison de reproduction.
The magnificent willow ptarmigan in its winter best. With the arrival of summer, its plumage will change completely, becoming mottled brown with a reddish tinge to the neck and chest, a black tail and white wings and underparts. It also has two discreet wattles above the eyes, which become red and prominent during the breeding season.
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest bird in the world and the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. According to one study, it has the fastest visual processing speed of any animal tested so far, and can register discrete changes up to 129 Hz or cycles per second. As an analogy, film is a series of still images projected onto a screen. Those still images need to be changing at roughly 25 frames per second before humans see them as fluid and no longer as individual, discrete pictures. The film would have to be refreshing at 129 frames per second before peregrine falcons stopped seeing flashing, still images and started seeing fluid motion. 16012
we men aren't all mind readers,
comment what you believe she's thinking.
Because I was just a fella heading to work...
...down on [DISCRETE] whore street.
When I bumped into this lady in'a lil' red dress... oOohhh Yes!
This purple agate ( purple passion) from Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico, is sometimes referred to as amethystine agate. Varieties such as Purple Passion and other Laguna agates originate from the Sierra Tarahumara region of the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains where the nodules occur in andesitic volcanic rocks.
Agate is a variety of cryptocrystalline quartz that typically contains 1–20% of the mineral moganite. Both quartz and moganite are forms of silicon dioxide (SiO₂) but differ in crystal structure—a phenomenon known as polymorphism. Because the crystals are too small to be seen without powerful magnification, agate is described as cryptocrystalline, meaning “hidden crystals.”
In this specimen, discrete purple crystals are visible in some bands—these are macrocrystals of a quartz variety known as amethyst. Amethyst, both macrocrystalline and cryptocrystalline, owes its violet color to irradiation from nearby radioactive minerals, along with impurities of iron (Fe³⁺) and, in some cases, other transition metals.
This specimen was photographed at the 2025 Wyoming State Gem and Mineral Show in Gillette, Wyoming.
The Red-Crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae ) is a small parrot (c. 25cm) with a large tail. Once widespread throughout both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, it now occurs in more discrete populations throughout the country, but is not Endangered. Photographed at Orana Wildlife Park, Harewood, Christchurch.
HD PENTAX-DA 55-300mm f4.5-6.3 PLM
One of the most sacred place in Inca/Quechua mythology. This Island - and especially the "Roca Sagrada" - is supposed to be the birth place of Manco Capa and Mama Ocllo, sons of the Sun God and founders of Cuzco and all the andean civilisation.
This picture was taken at the very end of the Island with the (unperfect) sweep-panorama mode, which simulate a wide-angle.
This picture made a discrete apparition on Explore on the 1st of February 2015.
This is a woodland sanctuary, which features a stunning library with stained glass elements and one of Second Life's best spas.
Owned by Dizzy Kiyori and featuring the design and landscaping magic of Megan Prumier, with the spa created by Piper Adarien and Mako Voxel-Petlyakov.
Perfect for photography and exploration. Moderate rated with discrete adult features.
Location: Visit Friendship Grove
#secondlife #sl #slblogger #sldestinations #slphotography #virtualworlds #sllandscapes #secondlifephotography #slexploration #slspaces"
Parana, Brazil
(Ramphocelus bresilius)
This bird is endemic in the coastal region of eastern Brazil and the extreme northeast of Argentina. The female is more discreet with a grey-brown back and a reddish-brown belly. Photo taken in the atlantic tropical rainforest near Paraty.
Cet oiseau est endémique dans la région côtière à l'est du Brésil et à l'extrême nord-est de l'Argentine. La femelle est plus discrète avec un dos gris-brun et un ventre brun-rouge. Photo prise dans la forêt tropicale humide atlantique près de Paraty.
"Le corps se ferme quand il a trop à porter, s'en va discrètement dedans, attendant un temps meilleur..."
— Jeanette Winterson
_______________
"The body shuts down when it has too much to bear, goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time...."
— Jeanette Winterson
Despite its name, the Small Heath is not confined to heathland and can be found in a wide variety of habitats. The main distinguishing feature of this species is that this is the smallest of our 'browns' and is closer in size to a skipper, Common Blue or Brown Argus than its relatives, such as the Meadow Brown. However, its fluttering flight is quite different from that of the skippers and blues and is relatively-easy to identify in the field. This charming little butterfly always settles with its wings closed, where the eye spot on the underside of the forewing is usually visible, acting as a decoy to any predator. The forewings are tucked behind the hindwings when roosting for long periods, or in dull weather, the butterfly looking quite inconspicuous as the browns and greys of the underside of the hindwing blend in with their surroundings.
This is a widespread butterfly and can be found over most of the British Isles, with the exception of Orkney and Shetland and mountainous regions. It lives in discrete colonies and adults rarely venture far from the colony. However, the odd adult will venture further afield and will colonise nearby habitat if it is suitable.
GWT Coombe Hill.
When not too abundant, roe deer are an important participant in woodland life, creating discrete, small-scale disturbances and sculpting the development of open shrublands and the woodland understory. They habitually beat well-worn paths, loved by feeding song thrushes and dunnocks. Their faeces attract various invertebrates. They create small scrapes of disturbed soil with their hooves, which invertebrates dig at and bask in. (Rewilding Britain).
A mother Roe Deer (Doe) with two of her three fawns. Taken earlier in the summer.
My thanks to anyone who clicks or comments. It is much appreciated.
Cliché réalisé dans le Vallon des Étançons dans le Parc National des Ecrins (Oisans). Leucanthème des Alpes - Leucanthemopsis alpina (Asteraceae).
Elfie Semotan, an Austrian artist, is one of the most prominent photographers on the scene today. Her work has revolutionized fashion and advertising photography since the 1960s. Like no other, Semotan has mastered the art of photographic storytelling, producing images that look like film stills, telling a story that goes beyond what can be seen, or else creating relationships to icons or art history. Her portraits of prominent personalities from the fields of art, film, and theater, and last—but not least— her collaboration and friendship with Helmut Lang made her world-famous.
On the occasion of her 80th birthday, KUNST HAUS WIEN is paying tribute to Elfie Semotan with a comprehensive retrospective. The exhibition Position and Pose spans six decades of her diverse artistic oeuvre and offers an opportunity to experience Semotan’s photographic universe as a multi-layered meshwork of discrete approaches to the medium of photography. On show are some 150 works, ranging from her well-known fashion and advertising shots to haunting portraits, poetic landscapes, and still lifes.
I took this pic, when I visited this interesting and great exhibition.
🇭🇷 Vrtna strnadica – skromni pjevač naših krajeva
U sjeni mediteranske šume, na borovoj grani, zatekao sam šarenog malog pjevača – vrtnog strnada (Emberiza hortulana). Njegovo perju kao da nosi boje kasnog proljeća: maslinasto, žućkasto, smeđe i crvenkaste nijanse. Njegova pjesma je blaga, gotovo sjetna – i nekoć ju je narod tumačio kao najavu mira i ljeta. Nekada čest stanovnik naših krajeva, danas je vrtni strnad sve rjeđa pojava, i podsjeća nas koliko je važno čuvati tišinu prirode. Snimljeno na otoku Krku | Canon EOS 77D + Tamron 150–600 mm G2
🇬🇧 The Ortolan Bunting – a modest voice of the wild
In the shade of Mediterranean pines, perched quietly on a branch, I met this colorful little singer – the Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana). Its plumage carries the tones of late spring: olive, yellow, chestnut, and rust. Its song is soft, almost melancholic – once believed to herald peace and summer. Once common, now increasingly rare, this small bird reminds us how fragile and precious the silence of nature truly is. Captured on the island of Krk | Canon EOS 77D + Tamron 150–600 mm G2
🇫🇷 Bruant ortolan – la voix discrète de la nature
À l’ombre des pins méditerranéens, posé sur une branche rugueuse, j’ai surpris ce petit chanteur coloré – le bruant ortolan (Emberiza hortulana). Son plumage évoque les teintes du printemps tardif : olive, jaune, brun et rouille. Son chant est doux, presque nostalgique – autrefois considéré comme un présage de paix et d’été. Espèce autrefois commune, il devient rare aujourd’hui, nous rappelant la beauté fragile du silence naturel. Photographie prise sur l’île de Krk | Canon EOS 77D + Tamron 150–600 mm G2
🇩🇪 Ortolan – leiser Sänger im Schatten der Kiefern
Im Schatten mediterraner Kiefern, auf einem Ast sitzend, traf ich diesen kleinen, farbenfrohen Sänger – den Ortolan (Emberiza hortulana). Sein Gefieder trägt die Farben des späten Frühlings: Oliv, Gelb, Kastanie und Rostrot. Sein Gesang ist sanft, beinahe wehmütig – einst galt er als Vorbote des Friedens und des Sommers. Einst häufig, heute selten geworden, erinnert er uns daran, wie zerbrechlich und kostbar die Stille der Natur ist. Aufgenommen auf der Insel Krk | Canon EOS 77D + Tamron 150–600 mm G2
🇪🇸 Escribano hortelano – una voz modesta entre las ramas
A la sombra de los pinos mediterráneos, sobre una rama rugosa, encontré a este pequeño cantante lleno de color – el escribano hortelano (Emberiza hortulana). Su plumaje refleja los tonos de la primavera tardía: verde oliva, amarillo, castaño y óxido.
Su canto es suave, casi melancólico – antaño considerado un anuncio de paz y verano. Antes común, ahora cada vez más escaso, esta pequeña ave nos recuerda cuán frágil y valioso es el silencio de la naturaleza. Tomada en la isla de Krk | Canon EOS 77D + Tamron 150–600 mm G2
After 6 months in rehab, Maid Snookums has give up drinking Sherry, so I've let her open a Tearoom in my Stately home ;-(
You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation
that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read
about it the next morning in the newspaper
So maid Snookums is very discrete ;-)
If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, go and see Maid Snookums ;-(
We don't have Wi-Fi so please talk to each other ;-)
Please try Snookums Yorkshire Sherry Tea.
Snookums Menu.
STARTER
Pan-fried kidneys with Madeira with Sherry sauce.
toasted and salad.
Scallops with oloroso Sherry, oyster mushrooms and migas
SOUP OF THE DAY
Sherry.
MAIN COURSE
Chickpea and chorizo stew cooked in Sherry Sauce.
Spicy lamb albondigas (meatballs) cooked in Sherry Sauce.
Leftover turkey and ham pie, from last week, cooked in Sherry sauce.
Dessert.
Sherry Trifle.
Summer berry trifle soaked in Sherry.
Cakes.
Old-fashioned sweet Sherry mince pies.
Eccles Sherry cakes.
All the Sherry used in my recipes comes from Richard's cellar.
I'm so pleased Snookums give up drinking Sherry, mind you she looked a bit wobbly at the end of the day ;-(
Snookums has dedicated this video to her friend Eileen, whose nickname is little Sneezy, who she met in rehab ;-) who has managed to get a small part in Snow White, when I say a small part, I mean a very small part ;-)
The video is called silence ;-)
Small Heath:-
Despite its name, the Small Heath is not confined to heathland and can be found in a wide variety of habitats. The main distinguishing feature of this species is that this is the smallest of our 'browns' and is closer in size to a skipper, Common Blue or Brown Argus than its relatives, such as the Meadow Brown. However, its fluttering flight is quite different from that of the skippers and blues and is relatively-easy to identify in the field. This charming little butterfly always settles with its wings closed, where the eye spot on the underside of the forewing is usually visible, acting as a decoy to any predator. The forewings are tucked behind the hindwings when roosting for long periods, or in dull weather, the butterfly looking quite inconspicuous as the browns and greys of the underside of the hindwing blend in with their surroundings.
This is a widespread butterfly and can be found over most of the British Isles, with the exception of Orkney and Shetland and mountainous regions. It lives in discrete colonies and adults rarely venture far from the colony. However, the odd adult will venture further afield and will colonise nearby habitat if it is suitable.
Courtesy of UK Butterflies website
I was exploring the wild dunes during one of my sunrise sessions in Rosolina Mare (see my What a meaningful world... for information about that peculiar location). This was sort of a discovery for me - a whole new world I had previously seen only through the work of several of my Flickr friends, mainly from Northern Europe.
The dunes were graced by a gentle touch of Mediterranean scrub - a tamarisk on the left, some sea hollies (Eryngium maritimum), and a lot of sparse creeping vines sporting graceful rosy flowers that I think are, quite aptly, called Beach morning glory (Convolvulus soldanella or Ipomoea pes-caprae), here caught as they were beginning to open. It is well known that the seeds of this plant, unaffected by salt water, can float for long distances.
It was an exciting discovery: the place could have been two light-years far from the nearest touristic beach! And as I was enjoying (and capturing as well) the silent miracle of the sunrise my soul was singing. The sun was wrestling his way between the clouds and the world was bathed in a soft, golden light. And as the rosy lips of the flowers were gently opening I was wondering where the seeds of those plants came from. As I was keeping shooting I could almost hear their thin voices greeting the first lights of the day by whispering stories from distant countries.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.7/0/+1.7 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
I have had some unexpected luminance noise here, so I tried hard to clean up; Dfine made a discrete job, but left here and there artifacts I was not able to avoid. In the end I found that the better job was done by Noiseware Community Edition.
I''ll Take Care Of You ~ Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa (LIVE)
********* youtu.be/I9bKdIH6Nbc *********
Merci pour votre visite et commentaires.
Thanks for your visit and comments.
Il a un immense pouvoir de passer inaperçu,
arrive en vol piqué sans aucun bruit,
se pose sur une branche bien précise,
afin de se fondre dans l'environnement choisi.
Derrière la fenêtre, je l'ai vu arrivé par hasard, j'ai ainsi vu où il s'était posé,
heureusement j'avais l' appareil photo pas loin, discrètement derrière le rideau,
j'ai cherché à le voir, j'ai mis bien 10 secondes à le trouver (il a légèrement bougé dans ce fouillis de branches et m'avait surement déjà vu) après un rapide réglage, me suis décalé afin de l'apercevoir, le focus a eu du mal lui aussi à faire une mise au point relative, (trop de teintes similaires l'entouraient), un 1° clique, un 2°, n'ai pas eu le temps d'en faire un 3° qu'il s'envolait, m'ayant déjà repéré dés que je me suis décalé...!
cette oiseau une vue perçante incroyable..
cela fait que la 2° fois que je vois cet oiseau sur mon terrain
mais qu'il est beau et majestueux
-----------------------------------------------------------------
He has immense power to go unnoticed,
arrives in dive flight without any noise,
arises on a specific branch,
in order to blend into the chosen environment.
Behind the window, I saw him arrive by chance, so I saw where he had landed,
Fortunately I had the camera not far away, discreetly behind the curtain,
I tried to see it, I took 10 seconds to find it (it moved slightly in this jumble of branches and had probably already seen me) after a quick adjustment, shifted to see it, the focus also had trouble making a relative focus, (too many similar shades surrounded it), A 1° click, a 2°, did not have time to make a 3° that it flew away, having already spotted me as soon as I shifted ...!
This bird an incredible piercing view.
This makes that the 2nd time I see this bird on my land
but that it is beautiful and majestic,
It's
the European sparrowhawk,
(Accipiter nisus - Eurasian Sparrowhawk)...
Height: 38 cm and +
Wingspan: 60 to 75 cm.
Weight: 185 to 350 g
Longevity: 16 years
Thank you for your visits, compliments and stars..!
Merci à vous pour vos visites, compliments et étoiles..