粋 Iki (The Fantastic In The Familiar)
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Grimpereau des bois (Certhia familiaris), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
Le Grimpereau des bois a le dessus brun strié de fines touches de blanc et de jaune, de roux et de sépia, dessinant un superbe motif dans le plumage. Il a le dessous blanchâtre, le croupion brun-roux et la queue un peu roussâtre. Il porte un large sourcil. Il est doté d’un long et fin bec arqué, ainsi que d'une longue queue rigide sur laquelle il peut s’appuyer comme le pic épeiche. Ce petit oiseau ausculte les troncs à la recherche d’insectes et d’araignées dans les fissures de l’écorce. Arrivé au sommet d’un arbre, il plonge au pied de l'arbre suivant pour recommencer son exploration toujours à la quête de sa nourriture. Il se rencontre dans les bois et forêts de feuillus, de conifères ou mixte Il est présent plus rarement dans les parcs et les jardins peuplés plutôt par son cousin, le Grimpereau des jardins. Le Grimpereau des bois a une prédilection pour les forêts de conifères situées en montagne. Il Niche en Eurasie, de l'Irlande au Japon, toutefois il est absent d’une grande partie de la péninsule Ibérique, d'une bonne partie de la France, du Benelux et de l'Italie. En Europe il habite principalement dans les Ardennes en Belgique, dans le Jura et les Alpes en Suisse, en Corse, en Normandie et quelques autres endroits dispersées en France.
Off the water and back to the woods to soak up some of the remaining color which is holding fairly well, especially given the strong winds we've had the last few days. I went out specifically to take a bunch of photos to upload into my "new friend," with the single and not unrealistic (I thought) hope of being able to find them...which I did, but not until after numerous wrong guesses as to where I thought they seemingly should be...like "Pictures."
By the way, I appreciate your support and tips re: my new desk top (not a laptop as some seem to have guessed), and it progresses slowly. I really don't use a computer for much other than my photos so I haven't even begun to tap the capabilities of this one...and am uncertain as to whether I will even try or not. What I would like to find is the 90% of my photos which did not appear with the others when I transferred them from the flash drive to the new computer. 10% are in fancy new folders...the rest unpleasantly invisible. Everything sees very hit and miss...mostly miss for now causing me to simply walk away from the computer and find other occupations. My learning curve and patience have both suffered with old age.
[Larger puts you on the path]
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@Warehouse Sale
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Triggered Mainstore
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LVL9 Bohemian Seals Male [swallow]
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I had always loved seeing a photo of this tree in many of my contacts photostreams. I had never known where it was until James and I were wondering around Steptoe one night. I was so happy when I saw it even though I knew I couldn't do it justice. So here is my first attempt, and I am looking forward to photographing this tree next spring.
I recently bought this for the garden and learned they can grow into shrubs here in the tropics. Hopefully this one will thrive and make lots of flowers.
Take a good look at this photograph. Do you feel you recognise it? From this angle I was struck immediately by how strangely familiar it was. Now look at this painting: artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-church-in-auvers-sur-...
It doesn't have the twisted "aliveness" or colour of Vincent's great work (one of the last he produced), but the basic shape is there. I deliberately chose monochrome here, because frankly, how can anyone compete with Vincent's colour sense?
Back in familiar ground and getting re-aquainted with old friends. Empress Falls with a Super-Takumar 24/3.5
“Even in the familiar there can be the surprise and wonder.”
― Tierney Gearon
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"Happy Friday Photo"
Daily Photo: 27 May 2022 (Fri)
Located: Highfields Park Boating Lake,Nottingham,England
Filmed and edited by Kelvin Ho
The Familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris), is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara in rocky and mountainous habitat and around human habitation. This cheeky little bird came to join us for morning tea and happily accepted small offerings of food.
And everyone has to have a silhouette of a boat against a brilliant sunset, amiright?
Jordan Lake, North Carolina, USA
Happy Halloween and or Blessed Samhain.
Head: LeLutka, GREER
Skin: Lara Hurley, Becca Midtone
Eyes: Izzie's, Demon Eyes
Eyelashes: ARTE, Beauty Lashes
Eyeshadow: Alaskametro, Wytch
Lipstick: Izzie's, Halloween Lipstick
Body: Maitreya, Lara
Hair: Truth, Makena
Necklace: Season of the Witch, Pentacle
Rings: Kibitz, Nightmare Ring Set
Earrings: Reign, Pentagram Earrings
Dress: Decoy, Miss Grim Gacha, Blue
Cloak: Decoy, Miss Grim Gacha, BLue
Pose and set: Come Soon Poses, Brida
Macro Mondays theme: Familiar
Christmas beads and bells supply the bokeh! 3 angles of light. Less than 5cm / 2in.
Thank you for your kind comments and favs. All are greatly appreciated. HMM
With all the excitement of the new spring birds arriving, it is easy to take the familiar faces for granted. I truly enjoy watching the Cardinal couple in our backyard. Although I have not put a feeder out this spring, they still come to nibble on my suet that I had left over and they bathe in the bird bath under the budding Lilac tree. They whiz through the yard with such expertise. When they fly in, they fly low and barely skim the hedge. My husband wondered if they stay low because of their bright color. It may make them less visible to predators and give them quick access to cover if they need it. I just get ready to duck out of the way when they come.
Familiar is a track by Agnes Obel, and this is a familiar scene. Go down to the beach, slow down and watch the sky perform. It usually does. This strange curl of cloud was in a line and came straight towards me up the channel. The only problem with changing skies is that if they're good, you can take so many shots , saying that , it's a nice problem to have.
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Pitaya - Floating Market - Boat YELLOW
Pitaya - Floating Market - Boat GREEN
Pitaya - Floating Market - Boat&Flowers RARE
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Pitaya Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Atelier/43/69/21
Pitaya flickr:
{anc} bathtime / water poppy (white) 2Li
{anc} bathtime / water poppy (cream) 2Li
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{anc} Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rigi/43/101/3799
{anc} Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2kN515
Misc:
Heart - Wild Flowers - Queen Ann's Lace
HISA - Flora wildflower grass - Mixed Greens
8f8 - Make Believe - Bush GREEN
FINCA - Willow Tree Burned
Jinx : Ickle Nelly Animesh Companion
{vespertine} - gardening clutter. - garden accessories
{vespertine} - gardening clutter. - soil & water
{vespertine} - gardening clutter. - planters A
{vespertine} - gardening clutter. - planters B
{vespertine} - gardening clutter. - toolbag.
{vespertine} - gardening clutter. - twine holder.
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I look at this and smile, in that ever bit of fellside and top, every bit of woodland you can see I've wandered or traversed ... still I seek out perhaps the odd carbuncle perhaps where I haven't been .. but struggle :))
Ex SOO 4422 heads up the Minot wayfreight as it rumbles back towards Minot along US 52. It was nice not seeing a GP20ECO leading it this direction.
An image first uploaded 9 years ago and which has now been through the virtual darkroom once again for some up-to-date grain reduction work. The original upload has been deleted.
Exhaust fumes and leaking steam add to the atmosphere in the wee small hours of a cold winter's night at York station, as class 47 no. 47410 waits time with a rake of Mark 1 carriages on a down East Coast Mainline service.
The somewhat dodgy Zodel CDS Light Meter I was using at the time (a hand-me-down from my Dad) would likely have given me an indicative reading of 15 secs at F5.6.
But after factoring in the 1.6 stop adjustment of the 80B filter I was using for colour correction, then adding 50% for reciprocity failure (film reactivity being non-linear at low light levels), I got a final exposure of 23 seconds at F4-2.8. All a bit finger in the air but, with a couple of additional bracketed exposures, I generally managed to get a keeper.
As suggested above, the Zodel meter wasn't the most competent one on the block, but being familiar with its traits was a real help. In fact I see one is currently available on eBay for just £13 plus postage - perhaps an investment beckons for old times sake!
Agfa CT18
4th February 1978