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This juvenile Eared Grebe gave me a great show flapping and stretching. Perhaps he was exercising his wings for the long flight south for his winter vacation. Taken at Weed Lake, east of Calgary, Alberta. I will catch up with everyone later.
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I've never seen a fish bigger than a match stick in this stream ... but the little one was very persistent :D
As I looked upon the squirrel in utter disbelief, he began to explain to me that the latest craze in staying slim and in top shape is to exercise while eating. Yes, apparently Californians have nothing on him with their stationary surfboards that are mounted on elaborate spring systems that move while you are trying to maintain your balance as you are doing your exercise routine on the board. He has taken it to a whole new level. To say the least, I was somewhat skeptical at first but then he took me thru his whole routine and I began to see the merit in this approach. I had actually wondered for some time how he managed to stay so slim while cleaning me out of my supply of peanuts. The benefits of this approach are obviously manifold, the one, being easy on your pocketbook while avoiding all those costs for fancy equipment and spa charges, immediately impressing me. There may be some setbacks to this such as doing your routine while in a restaurant trying to impress your date may cause some raised eyebrows and end the date prematurely. But as you play your favorite exercise song really loudly so that the rest of the patrons can get into the spirit of this slimness craze, you may be surprised (really surprised) at the reaction and results. So, here to help us get us into the spirit of moving is my favorite exercise song …
This little Warbler is truly very common to see. The birds we saw at the park were hanging around in the tall grasses of the marsh which made it a fun challenge to try to photograph them. We had to find a line of sight through the reeds to get a clear shot of them and then deal with a breeze that gently rocked the birds or waved another blade of grass in front of him again. With the breezes we sometimes had shadows come across the bird intermittently. Thankfully, we had a few days to keep going back to get it right. The front of this bird is quite noticeable with his yellow throat and masked eyes. If he shows his back, he’s not as quick to be noticed. But then he sings and there is not mistaking who he is. This was a good challenge and a real exercise in patience.
The lifeboat is almost in the water here , still 15 feet high in the air. Part of an exercise in sar craft operations , escaping the gas platform.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNEiZhpinY The Animals / We got to get out of this place
"Life would be so sad and boring if there were never any wonderful and sometimes painful and difficult opportunities for growth.
It is in the growing and the changing and the stretching and the soul exercise that the biggest joys come.
So keep your head up...keep sweatin' through the soul lunges.
You are spectacularly fit for the challenge...you really are. You can do this."
~The Universe ♥
"Really...?"
~Me
the orb weaver spiders have constructed millions of small webs on the mountain..hoping to catch what few insects are still active...mostly they are capturing bubbles of dew...
On the East Boulder Trail in Boulder County, Colorado. He's wearing a mask as part of the Covid-19 disaster.
HAPPY TEDDY BEAR TUESDAY
skipping rope || jump rope || touwtjespringen
From a few years ago when we were exercising the ghosts and old paint from an early 1900’s house restoration.
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The Retina IIa adds so much atmosphere especially when it’s an underexposed and slightly out of focus negative.
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Kodak Retina IIa
Schnider Kreuznavh Retina Zenon f:2, 50 mm
Ilford HP-5
Remember your social distancing. Ruby-throated Hummingbird meets a Honey Bee in flight. Now if I could just get them to wear face masks.
75 Squadron, Royal Saudi Air Force, BAe Tornado IDS 7513 arriving at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray 23/08/2007.
I have now taken two photos away from the farm since the beginning of February 2020. Short of coming out of lock-down, I am mainly uploading photos pre-SPNC, from the days of my old Olympus E-1/E-330. Not many are any good but the exercise has given me an opportunity to look back. One thing that has struck me is how limiting the effect of noise was and trying to take (very early) street shots at ISO 800 in relatively dark conditions. I still used zoom lenses quite a lot until SPNC and am glad to have been educated in the use of a wider angle lens.
Victoria Park, Macclesfield.
A small local Park close at hand where one may exercise the daily dispensation from our confinement.
sometimes in the oddest places i see light that needs to be photographed... btw for the past year or so, v goes to a class that uses the exercise ball...
Thanks to the government for our 1 hour exercise.
Following strict distancing guidelines throughout.
Be safe & well good people.
Anna, Alex, Nicolas, Peter and me spent 17 days travelling and shooting in Mumbai, Varanasi and Delhi. See their photos:
Peter on flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/siiemm
Nicolas on flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/baaloul2
Alex on tumbler: alexmagedler.tumblr.com/
Anna on flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/anna_bukhari/
I am looking forward to shooting in Varanasi again in April. Wanna join us? Details: www.maciejdakowicz.com/upcoming-workshops/travel-street-p... There is one last spot available.
CLARK FIELD, Philippines - Cpl. William McDougall, a native of Columbia, Ky. and currently assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 4 (CLB-4), Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan demonstrates the use of the M-203 Grenade Launcher to fellow CLB-4 Marines and members of the Philippine Air Force during a weapons familiarization seminar between U.S. Marines and Philippine Airmen during Exercise Balikatan 2011 on April 7 at Clark Field, Philippines.
Balikatan means "shoulder to shoulderÓ in Tagalog and is an annual Republic of the Philippines and United States bilateral military humanitarian assistance and training exercise that is taking place in the Philippines April 5-15. The training helps maintain readiness and sustain the long-term security assistance relationship shared between the two countries. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)
Not to sound too defensive, but please know that this was a completely staged shot. I certainly do not work out as often as I should, but I never use my exercise bike as a wardrobe. However, that being the cliché, I could not resist the portrayal for today’s photo.
Kiss Is On My List : Voices : Hall & Oates
This is on my playlist of workout songs. It has a great rhythm for bicycling!