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Always fun to look for monarch caterpillars amongst the milkweed. So sad that their population has been dwindling due to the loss of their habitat. Very special to see a monarch butterfly these days.
There's a single meteor in this image that I didn't notice until I got back and began working on the image. Of course there were a few plane trails to remove as well, I don't like them, they feel like graffiti in the sky to me. This was a beautiful place to view the stars, with natural dunes at my feet and trees silhouetting the horizon. Needless to say images like this humble me. I can't help to wonder what's out there.
This is a fifteen shot blend with seven shots to bring out the foreground detail. It's taken me some years to get to this point in Astro processing. The funny part is this particular image is an example of what not to do. I'm not here to point out it's flaws, but I know what they are. The bottom line is, astro photography is one of the most challenging mediums left in the photography field. There's a combination of factors at play that make a shot like this an extreme challenge. I find myself failing quite frequently.
Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are renowned for their large, showy flowers and those species are commonly known simply as hibiscus, or less widely known as rose mallow. Other names include hardy hibiscus, rose of sharon, and tropical hibiscus. Several species are native to China. But due to hybridising activities of growers world wide there is now a magnificent range of available flower colours. It loves sun, warm climate and have a couple of flowering flushes, usually in spring and autumn. 21402
A beautiful tegu that I think I saw at a reptile expo several years ago going by the date and if memory serves, this is an Argentinian tegu, Salvator merianae.
These are the largest of the tegu lizards, an omnivorous species which live in tropical rain forests, savannas and semi-deserts of eastern and central South America.
I learned that males can reach around 1 m in length, but larger sizes have been noted. Also that they are intelligent animals and that they have become popular as pets.
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Paphiopedilum at the 2017 San Francisco Orchid Show, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park. Although there were beautiful orchids at the show this year, overall it was a big disappointment. Loss of a sponsor and move to a new venue significantly limited the number of displays, and many growers from Asia and Hawaii did not participate.
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Connecticut Southern CSO-5 builds it’s train in Hartford Yard with what is widely considered the best possible lashup to get on this railroad by buffs in the area. Former LMX B39-8E #8530 leading, and then after that P&W B23-7R “Super 7” #2215 trailing second, 2215 is the only Super 7 operational outside of Ohio as well (8/17/22).
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Sky full of colors after the sunset in Canberra.
*Note: More pics of Sky and Scenery in my Sky and Scenery Album.