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The catkins of the birch are the first to make a late spring appearance this year, edging out the maples who are following closely behind, these generally the first two trees to flower. And yes, some are surprised to find that all trees "flower" though not in the more commonly interpreted and traditional sense of the word. With the very late spring, one gets a distinct sense of a great energy just waiting to explode in both flora and fauna. While the lake is very slow to thaw, the snow is gone, and everything is rejoicing with the warmth of the sun.
The wetlands have opened up and the remarkable sandhill cranes have returned...based on their calling, in greater numbers than ever. I first actually saw them last year and have been looking again the last few days unsuccessfully. But their calls are unmistakable, remarkably and startlingly loud, and echo across the lake often during the course of the day. Here's a sample, tho there is no way this adequately conveys the actual volume... www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandhill_Crane/sounds
So along with the myriad of loon calls which can be heard throughout the night, the area is blessed with some of the more dramatic avian vocalizations to be heard in addition to the trilling of the songbirds.
First Manchester BF63HDO 69539 seen on High Street, Manchester on service 59 to Oldham Mumps Interchange
First Leicester 33728 (SN12 ALO) on Prospect Way, Daventry, with an inbound BHX3 service to Amazon.
3rd April 2023.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWPmsn2E4w&NR=1 - "The First Noel" - Allison Crowe
One of the few shots I captured out shopping before the sales clerk told me to stop taking pictures. ;-(
Have a great weekend everybody!
First Scotland East Enviro 400MMC SN66WGK 33438 is seen in Livingston town centre operating a service 28 to Edinburgh, 21st November
Here it is in the final wash.
Here I'm following the Christopher James instructions for warmer tone.
Paper is coated and dried, then is prehumidified. I'm doing mine for 7mins 30 seconds (as a middle figure), aiming for a warm brown colour.
Then the paper - placed in a crystal seal envelope to preserve the humidity and protect the neg - is exposed - I ended up doing this first one for 37 minutes this morning (!!) and even then I'm not really sure it's fully exposed.
Then wash in acidified water, fixed with hypo, then washed.
The neg for this was exposed for scanning but has worked ok. Next one will have been shot specifically for argyrotype. Let's see if there's a difference.
New blogpost on subject:
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First wave of young baby Fowler's toads coming out of the old closed swimming pool. Barely 6mm - 8mm in size, they have a huge task ahead of them, not only getting up the sides and out of the pool, but surviving all the perils that lie ahead of them as they wander out and about the large hostile world which surrounds them in every direction !!!
With the colors in the sunrise it's easy to miss the mountains in the back ground. The mountains are 10,000 feet in elevation,and are about 8 miles from where I took the photo.....LOOKS BEST ENLARGED ON BLACK (push L)
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First Manchester (Oldham Depot) X367VWT 30936 seen on Lever Street, Manchester on service 181 to Shaw, Wren's Nest
First Manchester 'Free Bus: Around the City' (Queens Road depot) YJ60KDO 49109 & YJ14BJZ 49922 seen on Station Approach, Manchester Piccadilly on Free Bus 1