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These two were cavorting in my backyard. The picture isn't great, as I didn't want to disturb whatever they were up to, but I wanted a shot of the "snuggling". Since I see blue coloration on the lower lizard I THOUGHT was the female, this behavior could possibly just be dominance behavior by a male over another male
Male greater prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) of the grouse family vying for dominance in the mating lek in a managed prairie in south-central Illinois.
Once common on the Great Plains, the population of the greater prairie chicken is declining and the species is considered vulnerable. Numerous initiatives are attempting to provide suitable habitat and increase populations.
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En descendant sur le lac d'Ayous , la vue sur le troupeau de vaches et brebis qui viennent de monter en alpage .
Dominance fighting of Impala rams / Schwarzfersenantilopen (Aepyceros melampus)
South Luangwa N.P., Zambia
I watched these beautiful chicks from birth and one showed more strength and dominance than the others, and of course it was the one on the left of the frame.
The Packman Nebula NGC 281 in a bicolor version. The blue tones represent areas with dominance of OIII emission colors while the golden tones represent H-alpha dominance. The image was made with an unmodified Pentax K3ii. The luminace was shot with a 12nm Omegon Ha-filter. RGB colors were blended in from an old RGB image of mine. The narrowband effect was achieved with a software filter in Photoshop that was applied on the final Ha-RGB image.
Explored April 9th 2008
Look at these two Anole Lizards,
"gettin after it". There was a female Anole Lizard close-bye, watching this amazing spectacle unfold. the lizard on the left finally won the fight.
Hope Ya'll like it: Lol: Gasssman
Fight for dominance in the Northern Serengeti, Tanzania
the Masai Giraffe, the largest species of giraffe, lives in Tanzania and central and southern Kenya. Historically their population was the largest of all species but in the last decade their numbers have decreased significantly mainly due to poaching
giraffa tippelskirchi
Masaaigiraffe
girafe Masaï
Massai-Giraffe
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Two bison position themselves for a dominance display, just after crossing the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park. My wife Mary pointed them out to me just in time to capture this image. After a few seconds, they broke off, happy with the stare down and not yet ready to do real battle.
Mala Mala Game Reserve
South Africa
A sparring match between two adult male giraffes called necking. The giraffe swinging his neck into the knee of the other one is two or three feet taller than the one taking the brunt of the jab. Unlike a battle between two males for the right to breed with a female which could end in serious injury, this is a lighter fight for dominance between the two males.
Island Of Madagascar
Off The East Coast Of Africa
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
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The Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and Mayotte.
The common brown lemur lives in western Madagascar north of the Betsiboka River and eastern Madagascar between the Mangoro River and Tsaratanana, as well as in inland Madagascar connecting the eastern and western ranges.
The common brown lemur's diet consists primarily of fruits, young leaves, and flowers. In some locations it eats invertebrates, such as cicadas, spiders and millipedes. It also eats bark, sap, soil and red clay.
Consistent with its large range, the common brown lemur occupies a variety of forest types, including lowland rainforests, montane rainforests, moist evergreen forests and dry deciduous forests.
They normally live in groups of 5 to 12. Groups occupy home ranges of 1 to 9 hectares in the west, but more than 20 hectares in the east. Groups include members of both sexes, including juveniles, and there are no discernible dominance hierarchies.
They are primarily active during the day but can exhibit cathemeral activity and continue into the night, especially during full moons and during the dry season. – Wikipedia
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Zebras are generally thought of as peaceful animals but fights for dominance between stallions can be savage, with tails being bitten off, bones broken and some fights even going to the death. A male zebra walking around with only a stump for a tail may well be presumed to have lost it to a large predator, but the most likely culprit is in fact another zebra. They have fiercely sharp teeth, and a well-placed nip from a strong jaw can easily result in the loss of a tail, or at least a portion of it.
The two seen her were probably testing each other as a prelude to striking out and attempting to win females of their own.
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Insect photographer can be sometimes more cooperative than his models. My old car is used so rarely that it serves mainly as an unusual (but photogenic) environment for several wasp families/nests last years.
Here 2 of them are cooling the nest located beneath with their wings - in the gap between the back door and the rooftop (Fiat Stilo, 2004 model).
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Two Burchell's Zebra huer stallions (Equus quagga burchellii) rise and bite with forelegs flailing in a brutal dominance fight on a grass covered veld in Etosh National Park of Namibia.
Each bear at Brooks Falls seems to know its place in the hierarchy, but sometimes a reminder is necessary.
The dominance of oak trees in Lower Hixon Forest is evident in this forest floor image and the log with all the turkeytail fungus is an old fallen oak.
I wanted to build just a little scene with a bunch of layering again, but after I built the tree I had the idea to do a grown over outpost from WW1. The tree is growing out of a pillbox and the grass is swarming over the barbed wire. In the back is a field. I wanted to do a series of these for Brickworld (yes, I'm going to that) and bring some tanks. Thoughts?
Elephant bulls (Loxodonta africana) push and shove in dominance behavior as they act out this chapter on the flood plain of the Zambezi River in Mana Pools National Park of Zimbabwe.
Fight for dominance in the Northern Serengeti, Tanzania
the Masai Giraffe, the largest species of giraffe, lives in Tanzania and central and southern Kenya. Historically their population was the largest of all species but in the last decade their numbers have decreased significantly mainly due to poaching
giraffa tippelskirchi
Masaaigiraffe
girafe Masaï
Massai-Giraffe
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Please do not use these photos on websites, blogs or in any other media without receiving our explicit permission.
Male elephant shows dominance while an other group of elephants arrived at the waterhole
Addo Elephant National Park; South Africa
GBRf dominance at Ribblehead on 11th June 2024, as 66732 'GBRf The First Decade 1999-2009 John Smith - MD' heading 6M38 11:25 Arcow Quarry to Bredbury Tilcon loaded stone passes GBRF (former Colas) 60047 'Scafell Pike' waiting to depart with 6F69 12:54 Ribblehead Virtual Quarry to Tuebrook Sidings.
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A shot I took last year in DC. I like how the light blows out in the oculus, looks heavenly (this is the WWII memorial on the mall).... 5 exp
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I discovered this collection of classical French Citroëns at the yard of an oldtimer specialist. I don't know if they are for sale.
L➔R:
1969-1980 Peugeot 304 Berline.
1971-1975 Citroën DS Break.
1971 Citroën DS Berline.
1971-1975 Citroën DS/ID Berline.
1971-1975 Citroën DS/ID Berline.
1973 Citroën ID/DS Berline.
1980s Citroën 2CV6 Berline.
1964-1969 CITROËN Ami 6 Break.
Moissac (Occitanie), Route de la Mégère, D927, Aug. 23, 2017.
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The Château de Hautefort and the village of the same name, seen from a distance, Dordogne, France
Some background information:
The Château de Hautefort (in English: "Hautefort Castle") is situated on a plateau in the northern part of the French department of Dordogne. It overlooks the village of Hautefort and is located approximately 34 kilometers (21 miles) northeast of the town of Périgueux. The building complex is the largest Baroque castle in southwestern France and one of the most significant castles in the Périgord region. Located in the far eastern part of the White Périgord (in French: "Périgord blanc"), the castle was classified as a historic monument in 1958. Since 1967, its French formal gardens and the landscaped park have also been listed as historic monuments.
As early as the 9th century, a fortress was located at the site of the present-day Hautefort Castle, belonging to the viscounts of Limoges. In 1030, the castle became the property of Guy de Lastours after he defeated the rebellious viscounts at Arnac on behalf of the Count of Périgord. Following his death in 1046, his sole daughter Aloaarz brought the property into her marriage with Aymar de Laron, who adopted the Lastours name.
Through the marriage of Agnes de Lastours in 1160, the castle passed to the family of her husband, Constantin de Born. Constantin and his brother Bertran de Born, quarreled over the castle, as they supported opposing factions of the English princes Henry the Young King and Richard the Lionheart. Bertran sided with Prince Henry, while Constantin aligned himself with Richard's camp. In 1182, Bertran managed to expel Constantin from the castle, but in the following year, after Henry's death, Richard the Lionheart laid siege to the fortress. After eight days, he captured it, took Bertran prisoner, and demolished the fortifications.
However, King Henry II of England granted Bertran his freedom and even restored the castle to him. In 1184, the rebuilding of the castle began. By 1196, Bertran retired to the Cistercian Abbey of Dalon and became a monk, while the grounds passed to his son. At that time, the structure consisted of a large donjon and several smaller towers connected by curtain walls and battlements.
In the course of the Hundred Years' War, English soldiers occupied the castle in 1355 and forced its owners to recognize the English king as their liege lord. However, in 1406, the castle returned to French control. Shortly before, the last male representative of the family, Bertrand, had died, and the property passed to his sole daughter, Marthe. Her son Antoine, from her second marriage to Hélie de Gontaut, adopted the name of the Hautefort lordship when he became the new lord of the castle. In 1588, the northwestern entrance wing of the castle was altered and fortified – perhaps influenced by the French Wars of Religion. This renovation likely replaced a less defensible Renaissance-style structure.
In 1614, under François de Hautefort, the seigneurie was elevated to a marquisate. Accordingly, he sought to replace the outdated structure with a representative château. In 1633, the marquis commissioned Nicolas Rambourg, an architect from Périgueux, to undertake a major renovation of the estate. When François passed away in 1640, the work was far from complete, leaving the task of continuing the project to his successor, his grandson Jacques-François. Jacques-François' sister, Marie, gained fame at the Parisian royal court as the platonic companion of King Louis XIII.
The death of Nicolas Rambourg in 1649 temporarily halted construction, but in 1651, the inauguration of a château chapel on the ground floor of the new logis was celebrated. In 1669, the marquis resumed the renovation project, enlisting the Parisian architect Jean Maigret. Maigret completed the château as a symmetrical three-wing complex in the style of classical Baroque, adding the current south tower and relocating the chapel there in 1670. Although the second marquis died in 1680, Maigret's work on the château continued until 1695. During the renovations, the defensive elements that had still been present at the beginning of the 17th century were gradually dismantled.
During the French Revolution, the citizens of Hautefort prevented the château's destruction. From 1793 to 1795, the estate was used as a prison. But after the revolutionary period, Sigismonde Charlotte Louise de Hautefort, the daughter of the last marquis, Louis Frédéric Emmanuel, regained control of the family seat. In 1853, the redesign of the château's gardens was commissioned and the plans were drawn up by Paul de Lavenne, one of the most renowned landscape architects in France at the time. He reimagined the baroque gardens on the terraces surrounding the château and designed a large English landscape garden with broad sightlines into the surrounding countryside.
After the death of Maxence de Hautefort in 1887, his second wife sold the estate in 1890 to wealthy industrialist Bertrand Artigues. Artigues undertook various restoration projects and demolished the old outbuildings to the northwest of the château. Despite these efforts, the structural condition of the château remained poor. After Bertrand Artigues passed away in 1908, his heirs sold the château in 1913 to a real estate speculator. Between then and 1925, the speculator sold off all the furnishings and interior elements, including paneling and parquet floors. Subsequently, the parceled estate was sold off piece by piece.
In 1929, Baron Henry de Bastard and his wife Simone, the daughter of banker and patron David David-Weill, purchased the château. They began extensive restoration work in 1930, which continued until 1965. The couple undertook a complete restoration of both the interior and exterior of the buildings and also worked to restore the baroque garden parterres based on historical plans. While the flowerbeds were replanted, the design created by Paul de Lavenne was preserved.
After the death of the baron in 1957, his widow opened the château to the public. However, this decision proved disastrous for the estate. In 1968, a major fire broke out, caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette butt from a visitor. The fire devastated the main northeastern wing, including its interiors and furnishings. Only the side wings with their round towers at the ends remained intact. But the baroness wasted no time and began restoration work as early as September of the same year. Using old photographs, the destroyed wing and its rooms were faithfully reconstructed and refurnished.
Today, the Château de Hautefort, along with its park and large sections of the French gardens, can be visited for an admission fee. Visitors can explore the interior rooms, including the grand reception hall, the château lord’s bedroom, Marie de Hautefort’s room in the Louis Quinze style, the chapel, and the kitchen. Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that the palace has also served as a film location for several productions. The last one was the movie "Ever After" from 1998, starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston.
Excerpt from thestar.com:
By Jason Miller Staff Reporter
Fri., Aug. 16, 2019
If the point of public art is to stir debate, then a new piece by a St. Clair W. condo development is a resounding success.
The 25-foot bronze and stainless steel sculpture, which depicts a towering man in a white button-up shirt holding up a tall condo building while standing on a foundation of multicoloured blocks, lit up Twitterverse this week, with users debating: what does it mean?
One user mused the statue was a dig at condo developers, another tweeting that it represented “a certain class’ dominance over the society that is supposed to be diverse and multicultural.” Added another, “Never has Toronto been captured so perfectly.” One user called the display “a public art sham,” with “no public benefit.” While some saw getting such a high-profile artists as a coup, and others expressed shock about the sheer size of the towering structure.
Others just called it ugly.
“One can never anticipate how people will respond,” said David Moos, lead consultant for the installation, commissioned through the city’s Percent for Public Art program, which encourages developers to contribute 1 per cent of their gross construction costs towards art dedicated for the public realm.
The piece, by revered contemporary German artist Stephan Balkenhol, was assembled in Europe before shipped to Toronto where it was unveiled Aug. 10, part of the development being built at the former home of the Imperial Oil building.
Moos, a former curator of modern and contemporary art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, says his own personal impression is that the subject is standing on an unstable foundation that “might support him or shift,” while holding a “tower that’s heavy and might topple.”
Moos said Balkenhol received zero esthetic input or direction from the selection team, in what Moos called a free creative process.
“He has ideas about Toronto and he proposed this work,” Moos said.
According to the Percent for Public Art Program website, “The privately-owned art is intended to make buildings and open spaces more attractive and interesting and to improve the quality of the public realm.”
In its bid to grow the city’s collection of public art, the program uses a clause in Ontario’s Planning Act known as Section 37, which lets developers trade community benefits for zoning variances.
It is the first of two works to be incorporated into the Imperial Plaza development spearheaded by Camrost Felcorp Inc. City documents about the project from 2014 suggest the estimated budget for the work was $675,000 — of which about 85 per cent was to go directly to the creation of the artwork.
Imperial Plaza is already home to other works of art.
Last year, Camrost Felcorp hired Toronto artist Anthony Ricciardi to create seven murals splattered with bright paint and a rainbow of drip marks for the lobby of the One o One condos in midtown.
Balkenhol was selected over five other artist invited to submit proposals. A note posted near the statue indicates the committee selected the piece as it embodies the “present moment in the city’s evolution and invites deep contemplation.”