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In The Wild ~ Florida Wetlands
Spring 2019 ~ Wood Stork
The wood stork is a large American wading bird in the stork family. It appears all white on the ground, with blackish-gray legs and pink feet. In flight, the trailing edge of the wings is black. The head is dark brown with a bald, black face, and the thick down-curved bill is dusky yellow. Juvenile birds are a duller version of the adult, generally browner on the neck, and with a paler bill. The bare head and the long bill, which can measure up to ten inches in length, render the wood stork distinctive from other large waders in its range.
after 4 years of photo'ing, i'm still having a hard time taking shots of strangers. maybe it's because:
- my natural tendency toward a direct gaze causes people to sense they're being looked at with great (unknown) intent, and that makes them uncomfortable?
- then i have to lift the camera to my face level (i'm only 5' tall, holding it at waist level won't do)?
- the camera is a point/shoot so i don't have this big ol' pro looking thing hanging from my neck, which seems to help others get away with candids more easily?
but i figured the 16th st. BART (transit) plaza at the Mission district of SF would be a good place to experiment - lots of people coming/going all the time; lots of people standing around waiting for busses; lots of street folk passing time/goods; and lots of people doing not much of anything but hanging, waiting/hoping for SOME kinda action to give their day meaning, or at least a story.
i see this guy only when he was about 2ce that far away, so i had to hurry. without thinking, i had to assess whatever of "his story" i could in order to make a decision to go for it or not:
- well-coordinated with attire/color, no cart of goods accompanying him, maybe he wasn't a street dweller? perhaps he had a nice apt. somewhere?
- but there was that traffic cone, with a knit baby cap on top, and a shirt/jacket wrapped around his head & neck, under the cone, in that heat. it was HOT that day.
- maybe this was a gig/gag?
- uhm, nooo ... i could tell in a split second he wasn't foolin around, you know? it was the look on his face and the weighty purpose in his stride. i can't tell you how, in person, his energy just radiated strength, fire ... and as i lifted the camera, i realized, uh-oh, danger!
damn digitals and their delays - it seemed an eternity. but i figured if i went that far, i'd better hold tight and get him right.
he was glaring, and i swear, decidedly coming FOR me at that point. i was turning away even as the camera finished it's series of clicks and whirs. and as i walked away from him as calmly as i could, i noticed the looks on others' faces all around. people weren't just staring at him questioningly, or exchanging tittering laughs with one another. they were looking back-n-forth between him and me, and they were staring at ME with wide eyes, as if to say "what the f ... ?! are YOU nuts?!"
note to self: in these early stages, try for children and laborers first. people who are greatly distracted and unlikely to notice or care, right?!
Inspired by the title of a Tuck & Patti song, this spot, McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, reminds me of the sheer beauty to be experienced here on earth.
This delicately arranged beach cove, complete with an 80-ft waterfall is utterly enchanting. The aqua water really is that color, no foolin'! I arrived here just as the sun was setting and caught the last bit of golden light on the cliff faces.
The lens is an older 35mm f/3.5 on the Pentax 645D. This is a 2-exposure manual blend. I used the Hoya 9-stop ND to achieve a 90-sec exposure to smooth out the water texture. Some Nik color efex for color and contrast.
Hope you like it!
So handsome!
photo by Smithsonian's National Zoo
No foolin’...today is Jack the Prevost squirrel’s birthday! At 19 years young, he is one of the oldest animals in his Species Survival Plan. Join Small Mammal House keepers in celebrating Jack’s birthday at home by brushing up on some seriously amazing squirrel facts! ✏️ STORY: s.si.edu/2NHsX3x.
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Florida Wetlands - Palm Beach County U.S.A.
Large Colony/Flock ~ New Stork City ~ Spring 2019
~~~~~~~~ Big Florida Birds - In The Wild ~~~~~~~~~~
The wood stork is a large American wading bird in the stork family. It appears all white on the ground, with blackish-gray legs and pink feet. In flight, the trailing edge of the wings is black. The head is dark brown with a bald, black face, and the thick down-curved bill is dusky yellow. Juvenile birds are a duller version of the adult, generally browner on the neck, and with a paler bill. The bare head and the long bill, which can measure up to ten inches in length, render the wood stork distinctive from other large waders in its range.
Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They're not foolin' me
These days, climbing around the tracks of Girraween National Park on Queensland's Granite Belt is pretty well beyond us, but we did drive in to the park base. Being the Granite Belt, there are countless granite boulders of every shape and size and I mean, some monolith size. There are also curious shapes and balancing stones are not uncommon.
We passed this one which is about the size of several cars and perhaps 20 feet (7 metres high) on a narrow stretch of the road in so getting a decent shot was not easy. It has a rather ghost like form, perhaps we can call it Casper! If it falls down, it will come this way so run!
Kind of reminded me of Paul Simon's song "Loves Me Like a Rock"
When I was a little boy (When I was just a boy)
And the devil would call my name (When I was just a boy)
I'd say, now who do (Who)
Who do you think you're foolin' (When I was just a boy)
I'm a consecrated boy (When I was just a boy)
I'm a singer in a Sunday choir
Oh, my mama loves me, she loves me
She get down on her knees and hug me
Like she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me
She love me, love me, love me, love me
When I was grown to be a man (Grown to be a man)
And the devil would call my name (Grown to be a man)
I'd say, now who do (Who)
Who do you think you're foolin' (Grown to be a man)
I'm a consummated man (Grown to be a man)
I can snatch a little purity
My mama loves me, she loves me
She get down on her knees and hug me
Like she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages and loves me
She love me, love me, love me, love me
And if I was President (Was the President)
The minute congress call my name (Was the President)
I'd say now, who do (who)
Who do you think you're foolin' (Who do you think you're foolin')
I've got the Presidential seal (Was the President)
I'm up on the Presidential podium
My mama loves me, she loves me
She get down on her knees and hug me
Like she loves me like a rock
She rock me like the rock of ages and loves me
She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock)
She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock)
She love me, love me, love me, love me (Loves me like a rock)
Oh yeah (Loves me like a rock)
Nanananana (Rock me like the rock of ages)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Rock me like the rock of ages)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Loves me like a rock)
Nanananana (Rock me like the rock of ages)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Rock me like the rock of ages)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Rock me like the rock of ages)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Loves me like a rock)
(Rock me like the rock of ages)
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Paul Simon
Loves Me Like a Rock lyrics © Paul Simon Music
I always feel torn when I’m the only one that sees the sky catch on fire. There’s the joy of seeing what no one else saw. But then there’s the realization you don’t have a shared experience — that other people should be able to enjoy the experience. I guess life gets in the way of living.
Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
210mm
F8@1/6th
ISO 50 (foolin’ around)
DSB_6282.JPG
©Don Brown 2025
Dockland, Hamburg... just playing with the newly-discovered LightZone (Open-source digital darkroom software for Windows/Mac/Linux)....
a full eclipse of the moon from a couple weeks ago combined with a partial eclipse of the sun from last thursday...
Just foolin around in between editing photos last night I decided to play with the Nikon Creative Lighting System.
Yeah i'm tired of bein lazy & hopeless .. Time to work , Hope & turn off da laziness
So , Can't-off & Can-On ;)
{Just foolin around with my bag ;p ~
Tears Of A Clown
The Beat Version
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there tryin' to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin' you
Well, now honey, that's quite a different subject
So don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
'Cos really I'm sad, oh, I'm sadder than sad
Well, I'm hurt and I want you so bad
Like a clown, I appear to be glad, ooh, yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around
Say, oh, yeah, baby, baby, baby
Oh, yeah, baby, baby, baby
Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey, to shield my pride, I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you
Decided to go, oh, I need you so
Look, I'm hurt and I want you to know
Just for others I put on a show, ooh, yeah
There's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than tears of a clown
When there's no one around
Sitting in Dublin Airport on my lonesome, after saying goodbye to Family and Friends. Feeling a little lonely, but also looking so forward to seeing my two girls back in Sydney on Sunday morning. This was the first image I took during my Ireland trip. Tork Waterfall, in Killarney. The image is very deceiving. This waterfall is huge, and I got this on the first attempt. Hope you like "Tears Of A Clown". Cheers, Mike
For Happy Sliders Sunday - HSS !
In order to understand the evolution of this image, it does require an explanation.
When foolin' around with my macro lens, I noticed a hole in my jeans where the denim was unraveling at the knee.
I took a shot of it and then quite naturally, one thing led to another.
The Original and Interim images have been posted to the succeeding comment sections below.
The resulting sound was very interesting.
The title "The Sound of Fraying" made me think of "The Sound of Silence". Both have five (5) syllables.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ
HSS !
Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain
Alone in a crowd on a bus after working, I'm dreaming
The guy next to me has a girl in his arms, my arms are empty
How does it feel when the girl next to you says she loves you?
Seems so unfair when there's love everywhere but there's none for me
Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
Someone to take on a walk by the lake Lord, let it be me
Someone who's shy, someone who'd cry at sad movies
I know I would die if I ever found out she was foolin' me
You're just a dream, and as real as it seems, I ain't that lucky
Some guys…
Trophy bike for the "Bounty Hunter" category of LSB Contest '21
(thanks Dan for the awesome photo edit!)
It's baaaack! (NO APRIL FOOLIN'). We know many of you have been eagerly awaiting for a return of the speeder bike contest. Well, here it is, so get to building!
Please note that we are going "Back to Basics" which means:
- Minifig scale only, with a rider shown on the speeder bike,
- Built out of physical bricks, and
- Judging will be largely based on the bike itself (with presentation style used for breaking the ties between close competitors).
- Only one entry per category, per person. Post only one photo into the appropriate category entry discussion here on flickr (you can replace/edit your entries up until the deadline).
More details can be found here:
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and most
Any heart not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain,
take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud, it holds a lot of rain
Love hurts, oh, love hurts
I'm young, i know, but even so
I know a thing or two - i
learned from you
I really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot
Love hurts, oh, love hurts
Some fools
think of happiness, blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools
fool themselves, i guess
They're not foolin' me
I know it isn't true, i know it isn't true
Love is just a lie made to make you blue
Love hurts,
Oh, love hurts
(Damien Rice - Love Hurts)
Just foolin' around in the pool with my sister's new waterproof point and shoot.
I'm going to do a whole set up shoot soon,
But today it was just for fun :D
(It was really hard without some sort of tripod, I was taking these "myspace" style in front of us, under water!)
"I put a spell on you.
Lord! Lord! Lord!
....'Cause you're mine, yeah.
I can't stand the things that you do
When you're foolin' around..."
(from "I Put A Spell On You", Lyrics By Jay Hawkins)
I often meet this young man nearby Nepali ghat along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras) whenever he comes to bath a herd of water buffalos in the end of the afternoon...
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happy new year - this is me.
Straight out of the camera. No croppin' - no foolin'
Of course, I hardly ever seem to do any processing. My software choices are limited so this wasn't much of a stretch for me.
The hard part was knowing that the first picture would be the one I used. I'm used to taking a few dozen and picking the one I like best. Luckily, I liked this one.
Just foolin around with some new ENB settings in FO3. This is PureTone ENB wip for FNV dropped in to FO3 no other changes.
No foolin' here, this dandelion is all set to launch!
BTW, I forgot to mention my alternate title was Step right up to the microphone...
Have a great Wednesday and HBW to you all! Thanks for your best wishes to the Princess. She is still stick but her temperature has moderated. Hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow (or else back to the doctor). The rest of us now have colds but no temperature.
Thanks to for the comments, invites and faves!
Love hurts, love scars,
Love wounds, and marks,
Any heart, not tough,
Or strong, enough
To take a lot of pain,
Take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud
Holds a lot of rain
Love hurts, ooh ooh love hurts
Some fools think of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
Theyre not foolin me
I know it isnt true,
I know it isnt true
Love is just a lie,
Made to make you blue
Love hurts, ooh,ooh love hurts
Ooh,ooh love hurts
- nazareth!
For a challenge (about love) with some great friends!
_________
Love hurts, Love scars
Love wounds and harms
Any heart
Not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud, holds a lot of rain
Love hurts, ooeee-ooeee, Love hurts
'Cause I'm young, I know
But even so
I know a thing or two, that I've learned from you
Really learned a lot, really taught me a lot
Love is like a flame, it burns yourself when it's hot
Love hurts, ooeee-ooeee, Love hurts
Some fools think of happiness, blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves, I guess
They ain't foolin' me
I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true
Love is like a flame, makes your heart so blue
Love hurts, ooeee-ooeee, Love hurts
I really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot
Love hurts, ooeee-ooeee yes, Love hurts
ooeee-ooeee yes, Love hurts
Love hurts
Na na na na na yeah
Love hurts
Na na na na na yeah
Love hurts
Na na na na na yeah
Love hurts
Nazareth or Bon Jovi or Damien Rice + Lisa Hannigan | Love hurts
Good Panda plays a little hide-and-go-seek at the 7th Heaven area of Whistler-Blackcomb ski area. There are 5 Good Pandas here.
Foolin' around with Photoshop for the Good Panda Photo Contest group.
www.facebook.com/christophschwabephotography
Foolin around with my new Fisheye on a Eddy Tsai - Shooting
'Tis Mondyay! Mondyay is here! The world rejoices. Holidays are thrown. Boys propose to girls they have admired from afar. Birds sing. Elephants trumpet. Kangaroos hop. That kid who pushed you over in the mud and called you names when you were seven rings up to apologise. Your parents send an email to let you know that Santa not existing? A lie. Really. Flowers look pinky and purply and glowy in the sun. Someone invents a never-ending fresh pot of coffee. Almond croissants are declared mandatory and free for every person at breakfast. Spam disappears. Pixar release a new movie every day forever and they stay just as good as they are now. Canon realise they made a clerical error and send me every L lens. And take them away from everyone else. I speak in airs as fresh as Shakespeare could pen / And bringeth all the goodneressness as and when. You know, that sort of thing. It is Mondyay, after all. Anything could happen!