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A few minutes after rising over the horizon, the Flower Moon shines behind a thin layer of clouds, making a nice spooky look.
Handheld picture taken from home, dreaming of a happier world and more balance between human life and other kinds of life.
Have a nice weekend and enjoy!
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Luna llena de las Flores, Madrid, España
Algunos minutos después de su salida sobre el horizonte, la Luna de las Flores brilla detrás de una fina capa de nubes, ofreciendo un agradable y espeluznante aspecto.
Tomada a mano desde casa, soñando con un mundo más feliz y más equilibrio entre la vida humana y otros tipos de vida.
¡Que tengáis un buen fin de semana y disfrutad!
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A few of the millions of bats that emerge from underneath the Congress Avenue Bridge at sunset in downtown Austin. www.batcon.org/index.php/our-work/regions/usa-canada/prot...
The past few weeks I have been going through old files and found this image that was taken on our trip to Newfoundland. Cape St Mary is famous for the wonderful Gannet colony that is found there . This image was taken as I spotted one solo gannet who was resting on the edge. Amazing to see and so beautiful !!
Have a beautiful day !
A few weeks ago I was exploring the bokeh from the buds and catkins on some riverside trees as they were caught by the sun, when I realised that a heron was perched on a tree on the far bank. I don’t photograph birds, but I couldn’t resist this one.
Still few and far between here at the moment but it won't be long before they are everywhere, spotted this one on a walk around a spot were they are each year.
few years before a young man died there during an accident...
saw it that morning on my way to work...
think about your life...enjoy it....
song: the doors..the end...
Few days back I took my Mavic Pro and head to the nearby lake to test this drone. I took good number of test photos and went home to check how Mavic's camera performs. I would say it's good enough. It's not the best, but good enough.
When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Those wonderful gifts are what has inspired me to create this series of "Embroider my World" images featuring my vintage bobbin collection. In this case, the beautifully embroidered floral ribbon with sequin detailing was a recent acquisition from an up-market design shop. I have accessorised it on a 1930s embroidered doily with two Dewhurst's Sylko reels of cotton, one Solent Blue and the other Coral Pink which date from between 1938 and 1954 and two smaller Edwardian reels: a thin Coats cotton spool of lilac and an Anchor russet cotton spool.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
The Anchor brand can trace its history back to 1866 when the Clark family adopted the Anchor brand for their embroidery threads manufactured in Paisley, Scotland. Embroidery threads came into being circa 1812 when supplies of silk became unobtainable in the UK due to a blockade by Napoleon. Two weavers, James and Patrick Clark, turned their attention to cotton and managed to produce yarn which was sufficiently fine, smooth and strong to be used instead of silk for weaving. Sewing thread was primarily silk or linen at the time and the Clark brothers developed their cotton yarn into the first cotton sewing thread.
In 1802 James Coats set up a weaving business in Paisley. In 1826 he opened a cotton mill at Ferguslie to produce his own thread and, when he retired in 1830, his sons, James & Peter, took up the business under the name of J. & P. Coats. In 1952 J. & P. Coats and the Clark Thread Co. merged to become Coats & Clark's. Today, the business is known as the Coats Group.
A few boats, a few birds, a few flutters here and there; a few ripples interjecting the calm spread around. An evening enchanting, an escape from the city chaos.
Few of us can say we truly 'love' Brutalist architecture, but it does have its moments. This science museum for children, attached to UC Berkeley, is a case in point. I love it; my son enjoyed its programs in his youth, so I have fond memories. Built in the 1960s.
My second pass at this object. Captured a few more hours of data to add to the first set. I used very short exposures with the rgb camera to avoid the bright star nearby (Gamma Cassiopeiae) from over saturating the surrounding area.
"Cassiopeia's Ghost Nebula is a reflection and emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is often referred to as "Cassiopeia’s Ghost" due to its wispy, ghostly appearance. Here is an overview of its key characteristics:
Location and Distance: Cassiopeia’s Ghost Nebula lies approximately 550 light-years away from Earth. It is located near the bright star Gamma Cassiopeiae, a variable star that plays a critical role in illuminating the nebula.
Appearance and Structure: The nebula appears as a faint, ghostly cloud, with delicate, wispy features that resemble spectral forms. It has a combination of emission and reflection characteristics:
Emission Features: The red hue of the nebula comes from the ionization of hydrogen gas caused by the ultraviolet radiation from Gamma Cassiopeiae.
Reflection Features: The blue tones in the nebula are the result of starlight from Gamma Cassiopeiae being reflected off the surrounding dust particles.
Illuminating Star: Gamma Cassiopeiae, a massive and highly energetic Be-type star, is the primary source of radiation that influences the nebula. The intense radiation from this star causes the hydrogen gas in the nebula to glow and the dust to scatter the light.
Visibility and Observing: Cassiopeia’s Ghost Nebula is relatively faint and best observed through long-exposure astrophotography. It can be challenging to see with small telescopes but becomes more apparent with the use of filters and under dark sky conditions.
Scientific Interest: The nebula is of significant interest to astronomers studying the effects of stellar radiation on interstellar matter. It serves as an example of how nearby massive stars can shape and alter the appearance of nebulae."
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4, ASI533MM : Ha 36x5m , Sii 34x5m
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4, ASI533MC : rgb 821@15s
Nikon 70-200mm 200mm f/2.8, ASI533MM : Oiii 56@5m
Guided on ZWO AM5
Captured with N.I.N.A. processed with PixInsight, Ps
More than a few people have recently asked me why I'm so obsessed with photographing Table Mountain... and why I'm not shooting anything else?
That is a very fair question. The answer is fairly complex... but we can boil it down to the following 5 motivating factors.
1. Table Mountain is an instantly recognisable natural icon, and thus a perfect subject for a landscape photo.
2. Depending on the tide, the rocks and beach at this location offer an endless supply of interesting foregrounds.
3. Capturing moving water allows for more creative/artistic interpretations... fast or slow... both are interesting.
4. I have a whole headful of ideas for potentially interesting images here... for when the conditions are perfect.
5. I'm essentially a very lazy person... I can be on the beach within 5 minutes of leaving my house. :)
But there is one serious downside to this single-subject strategy of mine.
I am becoming very reluctant to process and post images which are inferior (in my eyes) to the photos of Table Mountain that I've already posted.
Despite shooting here regularly... and as much as I am able to plan and tweak my compositions... a huge part of the success of an image is purely based on luck!
The waves are either going to break perfectly into your composition... just when the clouds and light are at their most interesting... or they're not!
In this photo I managed to capture the perfect wave at the perfect moment... but it was only after the best light had come and gone. :)
I wasn't intending to process and post this shot... but I haven't posted anything in a while now... so I decided to try to make this image look as good as possible.
So... is it possible to put lipstick on a pig? I'll let you be the judge of that. :)
Nikon D800, Nikkor 24 - 70 mm at 24 mm, ISO of 100, aperture of f/11 with a 0.8 second exposure.
A few weeks ago, I ended up spending about 8 hours total sitting in traffic between morning and evening commute in the Washington, DC area which--depending on your source--has the worst traffic in the US. After failing to get anyone to let me over in the left lane, I got stuck in on a different route that added 44 MORE minutes to my drive home. The splitting headache I had was enough to make me pull over. I ended up in a little shopping center parked in front of a little stream. This spot was completely surrounded by trash and run off from the stores and restaurants that ran parallel to it. I guess you can find beauty in anything if you look hard enough.
Timonium, Maryland
November 24th, 2015
50F at 5:10 pm
SETTINGS:
Canon T4i
EF-S18-135mm IS STM
@85mm
ISO 100
f/14
5 seconds
CPL
A few years back I had a unique photographic experience. I came across 2 foxes that were running along the side of the road. They did not seem to mind my presence, and so I walked with them for about an hour, before they decided to split up and wonder down different trails in the park. I went with one of the foxes, and we walked down and back along a marsh trail for over an hour, he hunting for voles while I tried to capture the moments. During that hour he caught 14 voles (hungry fellow) and provided me with over 500 pictures during the 2 1/2 hours I spent in total with the two of them...
To see more pics from this day and other fox photos please check out my album entitled "foxes" at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721577...
All comments regarding this picture, subject, composition, etc are welcome and appreciated. TIA.
A few Canada Geese and their youngsters were getting some drinking water and also bathining in the fresh water coming in from the stream around our local area. This young gosling decided to shake off the excess water.
A few sample landscape photos from the last trip to Snowdonia North Wales using... a Panasonic Lumix LX100 compact camera.
I have been always used a Nikon DSLR camera, start from the Nikon D50 in 2005, D300, D700 and ending with the D800 a few years ago.
To be honest I was loving all of it ;)
In the last few years, I have been more focused on mountain photography, been walking a Snowdon, Glyders, Pen yr Ole Wen plenty of time with my full set up in all of the possible weather condition ;) and now I know how to have the pleasure walking the mountains.
A few years back I had a unique photographic experience. I came across 2 foxes that were running along the side of the road. They did not seem to mind my presence, and so I walked with them for about an hour, before they decided to split up and wonder down different trails in the park. I went with one of the foxes, and we walked down and back along a marsh trail for over an hour, he hunting for voles while I tried to capture the moments. During that hour he caught 14 voles (hungry fellow) and provided me with over 500 pictures during the 2 1/2 hours I spent in total with the two of them...
In this particular photo, after a good run, this fox lied down in the grass not far from where I was and took a bit of a breather..
This photo also represents the 3,000 photo I have shared on Flickr.
TIA for all comments.
A few Buzzards joined in the feeding frenzy at at Llanddeusant feeding station. Unlike the Red Kites, who didn't land, the Buzzards were happy to eat their fill on the ground with a few Crows, Magpies, etc.
A couple more shots below.
A few local photographers got out last night to witness the Missouri River crest near Kaw Point. For reference, the Lewis and Clark statue is something people can normally walk another 10 yards or so past before hitting the banks of the river.
Mike d.
I remember a few years back when I had seen a bunch of photos of these beautiful spiders, but never an actual one. I thought they must be some exotic species from another country. Then I read that they were around, but found that hard to believe. After all, I've been poking around in nature taking pictures of all kinds of arthropods for YEARS, but had never come across one.
And then they started showing up right in my own yard. One, then another, and then more. Now I find them at every size - tiny to adult - and almost all through the year. Occasionally one will turn up inside the house.
Yet I still find them special. So bright and sleek! This lovely lady volunteered herself for a photoshoot, appearing right on my door. I obliged, and now you get to admire her with me.
15 Arachtober 2022
Magnolia Green Jumping Spider, Lyssomanes viridis
Alexandria, VA • 30 July 2022
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
Common Wild Rose.
I transplanted a few of these Common Wild Roses I found growing beside the road into a bed that runs along our front stonewall years ago now and they are thriving there.
The blooms have gotten bigger and we now have many flowers when they bloom as compared to the first years that they where in the bed.
I'm actually impressed at how well they have done..
There are few places that rival the Majesty of Mulvey Basin, in Valhalla Provincial Park. Tucked away in behind Mt. Gimli, most visitors to the park never make it down here. For those that do, the reward is a spectacular open alpine basin, sprawling meadows, snow-melt streams, waterfalls, all surrounded by incredible rocky spires that inspire climber and hiker alike.
I cannot wait to return here this summer to roam through these meadows once more...
A few weeks ago I met up with Alexa who came up all the way from London to shoot with me! She is the loveliest model you could ever wish to meet! I've wanted to do an angel picture for a while now and my great friend Rosie let me use her angel wings, THANK YOU!! Also a thank you to steph for assisting with the feathers and finally thanks to Sarah for doing an amazing job on makeup yet again! I'm so lucky to be able to work with such great people!
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A few shots from the archives. I haven't been out for a good while with the camera so lots of time spent searching through my back catalogues.
Thanks to all who view and comment on my images, much appreciated :)
A few years back I had a unique photographic experience. I came across 2 foxes that were running along the side of the road. They did not seem to mind my presence, and so I walked with them for about an hour, before they decided to split up and wonder down different trails in the park. I went with one of the foxes, and we walked down and back along a marsh trail for over an hour, he hunting for voles while I tried to capture the moments. During that hour he caught 14 voles (hungry fellow) and provided me with over 500 pictures during the 2 1/2 hours I spent in total with the two of them...
To see more pics from this day and other fox photos please check out my album entitled "foxes" at www.flickr.com/photos/black_cat_photography/albums/721577...
All comments regarding this picture, subject, composition, etc are welcome and appreciated. TIA.
"When the noise of the city settles and the fog finally lifts, we realize we cannot carry everything with us. Most of the struggle, the cold, and the confusion will wash away. Only a few memories stick—the sharpest shadows, the warmest glows, and the quietest realizations. We are, in the end, a collection of these singular, stubborn silhouettes."
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There are a few more photos of the photographer in the first comment box below.
The Konica Minolta Dimage A2 was way, way ahead of its time ... wonderful camera with a plethora of innovations that no other camera of the day had at that time and all of it incorporated into one body with a great lens to boot. I have only felt this way about 3 cameras of the many, many cameras that I have owned. 1. Konica Minolta Dimage A2 __ 2. The Sony NEX-7 __ 3. my current camera, the Sony A7RV. A point of pride for me is that I told my many fellow photographer friends in 2012 that mirrorless cameras would supplant DSLR's one day; they scoffed and mocked me at the thought. Although I'm not typically an 'early adopter' of any technology I was one of the very first to embrace mirrorless camera technology.
- Timmins, Ontario, Canada -
Spent a few hours at Sefton Park early on Saturday morning hoping for a great sunrise ,sadly the sunrise was a bit half-hearted and a touch overcast, still, an enjoyable few hours spent in the good company of my brother-in-law and fellow Tog, Steve.
It's said that witnessing comet NEOWISE is a once in 6,800 year event, however, what does it mean if you can see it multiple times over the course of a month? Is it still "once in a..."???? Willie and I went out on multiple occasions to photograph the comet, both when it was visible at sunrise and when it was visible at sunset.
The comet NEOWISE was first discovered on March 27, 2020 by the WISE space telescope. It consists of 2 tails, one of which is blue and made of of gas and ions (called the "ion tail") and the second, which is made up of dust (the "dust tail"). Apparently a third tail was observed, which is a sodium tail. The first 2 tails (ion and dust) are visible here.
We made a few sunset attempts to see the comet but we were flustered by smoky skies from a fire a few hours south. A few friends had taken some amazing photos from Marin and we decided we would shlep up there one evening.... but I had an idea that we might be able to see it from Windy Hill Open Space Preserve in Portola Valley, so the night before our Marin outing, we set off to see if we could skip driving 2 hours north. Sure enough we were in for a treat. At sunset the fog came in and created a beautiful foreground for witnessing the comet descend. The fog also blanketed the Bay Area, reducing some of the light pollution that would have washed out the comet. Instead we got a beautiful view of the sky. I strapped on a new 105mm f/1.4 lens so I could get the most amount of light in, and we were treated to this stunner.
This is a combination of an ~85mm foreground photo with the 105mm sky photo. Yes, this is a composite (I'm not a lier or a hider of the truth).
Nikon D850 w/Sigma 105mm f/1.4 and Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8:
Foreground: 80mm, f/8, 30 sec, ISO 400
Sky: 105mm, f/1.6, 3.0 sec, ISO 3200
Viewed best nice and large
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Photographed in natural daylight on a branch in the garden few days ago when they were around 40 days old. Still babies, still needing lots of cares and handfeeding. The Mom, Luce, was particularly stressed, could take care of these first two but the 2 smaller ones were too much for her: the older ones were very demanding and she renounced to raise the smallest who, unfortunatelly could not make it.
Parrots have differtent personalities and moods like the human beings and can get stressed and tired from hatching which leasts 25 days (in the case of lovebirds) and then there is further engagement for the parents with incessant feeding, warming and cleaning the puppies. The parents may stay anchored inside the nest even 45 days up to 2 months, without ever getting out to see the light. It can be enormously engaging & tiring, although they are always happy with the puppies.
I think Luce, the Mom, had a lil accident after laying the first two eggs, she had a stop and laid the last two eggs after more than one week which made the whole procedure way too long and finally she had become so tired and aggressive that we have needed to separate her from her hubby for some days until she calmed down. Females are very jealous of the puppies and in certain moments they can see their partner as a hostile presence, although, usually males are very collaborative and it's them who mainly feed the female during the whole hatching and brood time, so they actually need to eat for themselves, the female and the puppies. More rarelly the female exits the nest, usually just to drink and rapidly eat some seeds but with the puppies the food is never enough, they simply can't produce big quantities...
And if there is a long time lapse between the births, it may happen that the older and bigger ones demand a lot, are always the first to be willing to eat and can also prevaricate the smaller ones.
Last come, last served, so the smaller ones not always catch up with a correct growing, they can be undernourished and fail in the first week or so. In the case there is a delay in growth, if the bigger ones have reached at least the 2 weeks of age, the best way is to take them out from the nest and begin the handfeeding, leaving to the parents the smaller ones. But if the older one/ones are not 2 weeks old yet, at least, there is very few that can be done... Human beings can't supply the birdy parents in the first 15 days while the puppies are still too fragile and delicate, also for their immune system.
Coming back to this portrait, I notice in the one to the right a certain (strong) ressemblance with Blu, the Daddy... Same typical expression to me :-)
Ref.PAPPAGALLI 2022\Pappagalli up-dates\in the yard 020 ok def VM (Canon EOS 250D in manual modality)
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life has not been easy lately... too much to do, always to little time to do everything. I have been abandoning friends, a lot of people turned their backs on me just because I didn't have time for them. But kids always go first, no matter how much I have to do. My husband is amazing lately, really taking a lot on his back and trying to help as much as he can. But I still have so many things not done and that bad luck following me lately...
I just wanted to say friends- I still really really appreciate your comments and read and remember all, just too busy to find those 10 minutes to reply to you all and say THANK YOU!
I took some pictures, then got a few steps closer, took a few more, got closer... repeat until he was filling the frame.
Toppenish NWR
One of the few good things to come from the past two years has been my better-late-than-never "discovery" of the local water treatment ponds. These overlooked ponds are the secret treasure of the local birders – a haven for wood ducks and mallards in the summer, and during spring and fall migration the ponds teem with every imaginable waterbird, stopping over for an hour or a week on their long migration.
I haven't posted many duck images, as I am not a great bird photographer (I see so many really really good bird photographers on these pages). And I am not a birder either, but I enjoy the ducks and find them amusing and entertaining.
But I have come to realize that while the ducks are my subject, what truly draws me is the light that illuminates their environment... the light that creates the rich colours of the reflections, the abstract patterns of the ripples, and the constantly changing textures of the watery world they inhabit.
So a few images from the duck ponds...
Took a few backlit shots this morning of the barn owl hunting as the sun was just rising. This barn owl is not shy it even ended up sitting eight feet away from me to my left, and on a lot of occasions was to close for my lens to take any shots. The good news the Owl is eating very well.
A few days before this picture was taken, a bad wind and rain storm occurred which knocked the original owl nest (and the 2 kids) out of trees onto the ground. Thanks to the efforts of 2 fellow photographers (Dennis & Ken) they found a wicker basket and used cable ties to secure a make shift nest back in place. Fortunately the owls took to the nest and grew up as normal, with no ill affect from their ordeal.
TIA for any/all comments.
“These are the few ways we can practice humility:
To speak as little as possible of one's self.
To mind one's own business.
Not to want to manage other people's affairs.
To avoid curiosity.
To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully.
To pass over the mistakes of others.
To accept insults and injuries.
To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.
To be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Never to stand on one's dignity.
To choose always the hardest.”
― Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living
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