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The North Fork of the Shoshone River flows out of the Absaroka Mountains in Shoshone National Forest. On this day, The smoke and haze in the photo probably came from several wildfires burning quite a way off to the west in Idaho, Oregon and California. Due to the western fires in US during the summer of 2021, Wyoming skies were often smoky or hazy. These smoky conditions were often a challenge for photographers like me who are accustomed to beautiful, clear Wyoming skies.
Thamalakane Lodge, Maun, Botswana, 2017.
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AAW November 14 - 21: Shadows
WIT: Got three forks, put them on a white background, and used a maglight to make the shadows.
Oh, I didn't read the brief properly, so should not have included the forks. Oops!
Taken for the Macro Mondays theme of 'Forks'
I used a carving 'fork' for this image together with a nice juicy raspberry to add some colour.
Macro Mondays theme Forks. A fork shot through a scrim. light balance for flash shifted to blue. Flash hand held from behind. HMM ,;-)
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
This drab colored bird is a common resident in the Kruger National Park but you should not be misled by its appearance. The drongo is a highly intelligent bird and has the ability to mimic calls of other animals and it uses this skill to distract them. For example the Dwarf Mongoose has a number of different alarm calls for different predators. The drongo has learnt to imitate these calls. It will sit in trees above the foraging mongoose watching closely and waiting for one of them to catch something. At this point the drongo screeches the mimicked mongoose alarm call, sending the whole colony scattering for cover – leaving behind the food that they have just caught. The drongo then swoops in, picks up the abandoned food and heads back into the trees to enjoy the mongooses’ hard earned meal.
A herd of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) graze on green grass in a pasture in the South Fork Valley southwest of Cody, Wyoming. This view combines the green grass of summer with the snow of winter. This unusual combination resulted from a Labor Day storm that dropped sow and temperatures across Wyoming. Only a temporary snow cover however since temperatures in the 70s and 80s are expected by the weekend.
The field lies the valley along the South Fork of the Shoshone River. The trees in the center of the photo lie along the river. Although this area is within the boundary of the Shoshone National, the field in the photo lies on one of several ranches that are private inholdings within the forest.
The name elk was given to these animals by early European settlers in North America. "Elk" is a word usually used in Europe for a moose. This causes some confusion among some European visitors. The other name used for elk is wapiti, a Shawnee word which means “white-rumped deer" or "white deer". There are 3 subspecies of elaphus recognized currently in the United States. The Rocky Mountain Elk have the largest population and the widest distribution. To make things even more confusing, Cervus elaphus has also been called Cervus canadensis. The name is still in use by some.
The Cliffs that rise above the valley flow consist of stacked lava flows, flow breccias and debris flows that are part of the Absaroka Volcanics Supergroup. This group of igneous rocks are the remnant of a volcanic field that was active in the Eocene between 53 and 43 million years ago.
Für "Smile on Saturday"
Thema "Fork(s) reflected in spoon(s)" am 22.03.2025.
A "Happy Smile on Saturday" 😊
and a pleasant weekend for all of you.
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Carter Mountain, covered with new snow, rises behind a ranch on the South Fork of the Shoshone southwest of Cody,Wyoming
. . . For Macro Mondays theme; "Forks".
Here you see my fork searching for the perfect maraschino cherry to top off my ice cream sundae.
HMM!
Date and Time (Digitized) - 2021:04:22
West Fork is a famous hiking trail in Sedona, Arizona. This trail is 3.3 miles into a canyon and then a return trip out of the canyon. There are 13 stream crossings where you have to jump from rock to rock to get across. That makes 26 stream crossings altogether to get in and out! We took this picture at the very end of the trail where the canyon comes together into these beautiful rock formations. The trek in and out ended up taking longer than expected and we were chasing daylight by the end of our trip. Luckily there was still a hint of light left during our final stream crossing so we were able to keep ourselves and the camera equipment dry!