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Gull in Whitby
UPDATE MAY 2011 - #37 on Explore for 25.05.2011 - thank you very much everybody! :-)
Had a visit to Whitby few weeks ago, I forgot how nice this place is having not been there in a while but plan to have a revisit to get a photo of the harbour and pier hopefully when it s a bit quieter.
Anyway, whilst walking back off the pier noticed this chap just sitting on the wall. He was sitting there quite nicely and some nice person decided to give him their left over chips, he looked at them and just turned his nose up at it which I thought is very unusual, maybe the Gulls in Whitby must be well fed. Anyway, the Gull you see in the background flying away was sitting with him and then just flew off which he didn't seem happy about and then promptly started squawking and this photo was the result, he was almost playing up to the camera :-)
Hope everyone's week is going well.
Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
f/6.3
50mm
ISO200
1/1250s exposure
Software Used
Lightroom 3.0
Information
Gulls (often informally called seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until recently most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Gull species range in size from the Little Gull, at 120 g (4.2 oz) and 29 cm (11.5 inches), to the Great Black-backed Gull, at 1.75 kg (3.8 lbs) and 76 cm (30 inches).
Explored February 9, 2009, #496.
Re-dedicated to all my Flickr friends who share my sense of humor. Thanks for your comments and your laughter!!!!
Speedo bathing suits can be just right. But most of the time, they are just wrong.
This shot is dedicated to all those guys with "high hopes."
this is out front in our landscaping. The color always amazes me and it looked so pretty last night as the sun was fading. there is a purplish shrub behind it and i just thought these colors looked really pretty together.
Explore #367 October 9, 2012
Nature Quote of the Day
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Samuel Johnson mentioned:)
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Best regards & hugs,
Sunny
1. __TAPAS DE REGISTROS URBANOS__, 2. __PASEANDO POR PARIS__, 3. __PASEANDO POR PARIS__, 4. __IGLESIA DE STA. MARIA DEL MONTE__, 5. __LOS PUENTES DE PARIS__, 6. __LOS PUENTES DE PARIS__, 7. ___PATOS, EN EL PARQUE DE FUENTES BLANCAS - BURGOS__, 8. __MANUALIDADES (Bordados)__, 9. __EL HERRERO__, 10. __MURALLA DEL CASTILLO DE MORELLA__, 11. __ESCALERAS Y MOSAICO EN EL PAIS VASCO__, 12. __MIS ÁRBOLES Y LA NUBES__, 13. ___ " PLATERO " ___, 14. __RUINAS DE POMPEYA__, 15. __CALLES DE SOS DEL REY CATÓLICO__
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American Avocet chicks are the cutest little critters. All legs and a puff of feathers. I was fortunate to spend some time with them in a park in down town Denver Colorado.
Explorers are we, intrepid and bold,
Out in the wild, amongst wonders untold.
Equipped wit our wits, a map, and a snack,
We’re searching for fun and we’re on the right track
-Bill Watterson
1. Abstract Condensation!, 2. Browned Off....?, 3. The Long and the Short of It...., 4. Life on Mars, 5. Ghost Chair!, 6. Black Curve, White Light, 7. Red Sky at Night..., 8. Ball-istique!,
9. Along the Right Lines?, 10. Catching the Light - An East Sussex Landscape, 11. Lone Tree, Big Sky, 12. A Tearful Pinkerton Agent!, 13. I Could Only Stop and Stair!, 14. Incandescenza Dorata sul Mediterraneo!, 15. A Nice Little Orangement 3, 16. Leading You Up the Garden Path Again at Great Dixter!,
17. Seeing Double at Great Dixter!, 18. Givng Topiary the Bird at Great Dixter!, 19. An 'Arrowing Experience at Bodiam Castle, 20. Bodium Castle Inside Out!, 21. The Way Into Bodiam Castle, 22. Who Killed Mickey Mouse?, 23. Reflecting on a Brassy World...., 24. Out of the Blue at Great Comp Garden!,
25. Bubble Bath!, 26. "Hi Buddy" Said the Water Lily to Her Neighbour!, 27. Zig Zag, 28. A Little More than Level Pegging!, 29. Dahlia Smith!, 30. "To rid ourselves of our shadows - who we are - we must step into either total light or total darkness” Jeremy Preston Johnson, 31. Along the Right Lines, 32. Preparing for Take Off!,
33. Sailing into Dover as Viewed from St Margaret-at-Cliffe, 34. Tears from Heaven, 35. To Bee or Not to Bee, That Is the Question?, 36. Pink Rose in the Frame, 37. The Eyes Have It!, 38. Rediance!, 39. Stepping Up to Great Dixter!, 40. Oast House, Twisted Tree, Hedges & Border at Great Dixter,
41. A Veritable Flood of Tulips at Great Dixter!, 42. More of the Gardens & Back View of Great Dixter, 43. Red, White and Blue (+ a Little Yellow) at Great Dixter, 44. In the Pink at Great Dixter!, 45. A First Look at the Manor House at Great Dixter, 46. Leading You Down the Garden Path at Great Dixter!, 47. Bordering on Genius at Great Dixter!, 48. A Sideways View of a Part of Great Dixter,
49. Vainglorious Green?, 50. Our Bonny Lass!, 51. The Final Setting of the Sun at Bexhill-on-Sea, 52. Another Look Out to Sea at Bexhill-on-Sea, 53. Backlit Beauty!, 54. Looking Towards the Seven Sisters, 55. Reaching for the Sky in Gillham Wood!, 56. The Mysterious Disappearing Pathway in Gillham Wood!,
57. Looking Through a Glass Darkly..., 58. Knole Gardens in the Frame!, 59. The Inner Courtyard at Knole, 60. A Sideways View from Knole, 61. Bambi at Knole!, 62. Rediant Beauty at Bexhill-on-Sea, 63. The Beth Chatto Gardens - Almost a Final Pond Look!, 64. The Beth Chatto Gardens - Blueming Beauty in a Sea of Green!,
65. The Beth Chatto Gardens - Red Hot Pokers!, 66. The Beth Chatto Gardens - (S)weeping into Pink!, 67. The Beth Chatto Gardens Float My Boat!, 68. The Beth Chatto Gardens - On Reflection, 69. Majestic Ickworth House, Park and Garden, 70. Willy Lott's House in Constable Country 2, 71. Bridge Cottage in Constable Country, 72. In the Pink of Condition at Lovely Lavenham!
These are the most recent and many thanks for over 74,000 visits, it is much appreciated!
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seen in Explore April 16, 2016
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...three weeks later (following "Striving 1")
After several inches of snow that managed to stick when all of our mini snowfalls didn't, and freezing temperatures halting the emerging plants, we finally have flowers on the trees and the grey palette is beginning to lift.
(See 3 weeks earlier in first comment below)
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Explore page 40
While there’s a life, there’s a hope
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تمنيآتي لكمـ بحياة ملؤها التفائل والأمل
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*model : my sis [Deema] ..
*No Edit ..
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Explore-#72(Highest Position)
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Taken with my Sony a300 with my Tamron SP AF60mm f/2 DI II LD (IF) 1:1 Macro Lens
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