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Common in varied wooded and forested habitats, parks, gardens, farmland with hedges and scattered trees. Forms flocks in winter; often visits garden feeders. Handsome, brightly colored male is distinctive, with bluish cowl, pink face and breast, black-and-white wing pattern (colors muted in winter). Female much drabber but shares male pattern; especially note the complex wing pattern. Both sexes have white outer tail feathers, often striking in flight such as when flushed. (eBird)
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We encountered chaffinchs (another introduced species) over much of the country, but did not stop to photograph them too often since our focus was on native birds. This female, though, was in a parking area so I took advantage of the opportunity.
Victoria Domain Road, Marlborough, NZ. March 2024.
Roadrunner Birding Tours.
In France we say: "La fonction fait la forme". Here, one could say: "The form generates the function".
A male western Pacific slope form of Variable Seedeater seen in Panama.
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Sastrugi
Sastrugi, or zastrugi, are features formed by erosion of snow by wind. They are found in polar regions, and in snowy, wind-swept areas of temperate regions, such as frozen lakes or mountain ridges. Sastrugi are distinguished by upwind-facing points, resembling anvils, which move downwind as the surface erodes. These points usually lie along ridges parallel to the prevailing wind; they are steep on the windward side and sloping to the leeward side. Smaller irregularities of this type are known as ripples (small, ~10 mm high) or wind ridges.
Large sastrugi are troublesome to skiers and snowboarders. Traveling on the irregular surface of sastrugi can be very tiring, and can risk breaking equipment—ripples and waves are often undercut and the surface is hard and unforgiving, with constant minor topographic changes between ridge and trough.
Etymology
The words sastrugi and zastrugi are Russian-language plurals; the singular is zastruga. The form sastruga started as the German-language transliteration of the Russian word заструга (plural: заструги).
A Latin-type analogical singular sastrugus is used in various writings on exploration of the South Pole, including Robert Falcon Scott's expedition's diaries and Ernest Shackleton's The Heart of the Antarctic.
Formation mechanism
White and black colors on sastrugi are not lights and shadows, they demonstrate difference in radioreflectivity of snow deposits on the windward and leeward sides of a sastruga.
Under the action of steady wind, free snow particles accumulate and drift like the sand grains in barchan dunes, and the resulting drifting snow shapes are also popularly referred to as barchans. Inuit of Canada call them kalutoqaniq. When winds slacken, the drifted formations consolidate via sublimation and recrystallization. Subsequent winds erode kalutoqaniq into the sculptured forms of sastrugi. Inuit call large sculpturings kaioqlaq and small ripples tumarinyiq. Further erosion may turn kaioqlaq back into drifting kalutoqaniq. An intermediate stage of erosion is mapsuk, an overhanging shape. On the windward side of a ridge, the base erodes faster than the top, producing a shape like an anvil tip pointing upwind.
On sea ice
Sastrugi are more likely to form on first-year sea ice than on multiyear ice. First-year ice is smoother than multiyear ice, which allows the wind to pass uniformly over the surface without topographic obstructions. Except during the melt season, snow is dry and light in climates cold enough for sea ice, allowing the snow to be easily blown and create sastrugi parallel to the wind direction. The locations of sastrugi are fixed by March in the northern hemisphere and may be linked to the formation of melt ponds. Melt ponds are more likely to form in the depressions between sastrugi on first-year ice.
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More two tone green brush action in the form of Riviera's 47812+47815 approaching Penmaenmawr working 1Z43 Carlisle -Holyhead 'The Ynys Mon Express' after taking over from 86101 at Crewe 24/03/07. Scanned slide.
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Golden hour photography uses the soft, warm, diffused light just after sunrise or before sunset, creating a magical, flattering glow with long shadows and rich red/gold tones due to the low sun angle filtering light through more atmosphere.
It's ideal for portraits and landscapes, adding depth and a dreamy quality.
Not quite the same in black and white.
Shooting in black and white during the golden hour
shifts focus from warm colours to light, shadow, texture, and mood, creating dramatic, high-contrast images with long shadows and ethereal light, emphasising form and emotion over hue, and often revealing timeless, classic compositions.
The river Tone. Taunton, Somerset, UK.
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Apostlebird (one of about twenty that landed in a tree within 5 metres from where I was sitting. They are unbelievably noisy! Not the most attractive bird, but they are real characters of the bush and always scruffy and grubby. They are also a very social bird. They went about their business as if I was not there.)
Scientific Name: Struthidea cinerea
Description: The Apostlebird is a medium-sized dark grey bird with a short strong bill, brown wings and black tail. It is normally seen in groups of six to ten birds, and is usally seen on the ground. It belongs to the group of birds known as 'mud-nesters', the Family Corcoracidae, noted for their communal life style and their bowl nests constructed of mud and plant fibres.
Similar species: The Apostlebird is often found in association with the White-winged Chough, which belongs to the same family and has similar habits (communal living, mud nests, ground-foraging). However the White-winged Chough is quite distinctive, being black with white wing panels visible in flight, as well as having a long curved beak and a bright red eye.
Distribution: The Apostlebird is found in eastern Australia in inland areas from lower Cape York Peninsula, Queensland to northern Victoria and from Naracoorte to Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. There is also an isolated population in the Elliott and Katherine areas, Northern Territory.
Habitat: The Apostlebird is found in open dry forests and woodlands near water. It may also be found in farmlands with trees, as well as along roadsides, in orchards and on golf courses
Seasonal movements: Sedentary, with some local movements to more open areas in autumn and winter.
Feeding: The Apostlebird usually eats seeds and vegetable matter, insects and other invertebrates and, sometimes, small vertebrates. In autumn and winter, it will move to more open country, where seeds become the more important part of its diet. The Apostlebird forages on the ground in groups, often in association with the White-winged Chough. The Apostlebird can also be known as the 'Grey Jumper', for its hopping gait and, because it lives in groups, it can be known collectively as the 'Happy Family' or the 'Twelve Apostles'.
Breeding: Apostlebirds form a 'breeding unit' of around ten related birds - a dominant male and several females plus immature birds (the previous season's young) that act as helpers. The nest is a large mud bowl, placed on a horizontal branch 3 - 20 m high, and reinforced and lined with grass. All members of a group assist with nest building, as well as feeding of nestlings, while only the adults usually incubate the eggs. More than one female may lay eggs in the same nest. While many eggs may be laid usually only four nestlings will survive to fledge, with numbers possibly restricted by the size of the nest. Two broods may be raised in a season.
Calls: Rough, scratchy, discordant: 'ch-kew ch-kew'; also: nasal 'git-out' when disturbed.
Minimum Size: 29cm
Maximum Size: 33cm
Average size: 31cm
Average weight: 128g
Breeding season: August to March
Clutch Size: Two to five; more when more than one female lays
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 18 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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"Amo la fotografia e, soprattutto, amo la fotografia di strada, per questo motivo fotografo spesso nei luoghi pubblici in cui appaiono le persone. Nella maggior parte dei casi non chiedo il permesso di fotografare perché probabilmente cambierei le immagini che cerco di ottenere. Queste foto obbediscono sempre ad un intento culturale, estetico, artistico e / o documentaristico e in nessun caso hanno lo scopo di mostrare a nessuno una situazione che potrebbe lederne l'immagine, minacciare la loro dignità o ottenere un beneficio economico. Tutto questo non significa affatto che non mi interessi delle persone che appaiono nelle mie immagini, quindi se ti riconosci in una delle mie fotografie e questo ti infastidisce, devi solo farmelo sapere e la ritirerò immediatamente . Allo stesso modo se vuoi una copia della tua immagine su carta o in un formato che ti permetta di stamparla tu stesso , ovviamente è tua. Grazie."
Sand Forms No.25
I'm always excited to see what new shore scapes the new tidal change has left behind.
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Eindhoven, Vlokhovenseweg (NL) 20-08-2024
Voormalige Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Lourdeskerk met pastorie.
Former Church of Our Lady of Lourdes with rectory.
Ehemalige Kirche Unserer Lieben Frau von Lourdes mit Pfarrhaus.
Ancienne église Notre-Dame de Lourdes avec presbytère.
Antigua Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes con rectoría.
Ex chiesa di Nostra Signora di Lourdes con canonica.
Antiga Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes com casa paroquial.
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The Fusiliers' Arch is a monument which forms part of the Grafton Street entrance to St Stephen's Green park, in Dublin, Ireland. Erected in 1907, it was dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fought and died in the Second Boer War (1899–1902).
View form the Carfax Tower
Carfax is the junction of St Aldate's (south), Cornmarket Street (north), Queen Street (west) and the High Street (east) in Oxford, England. It is considered to be the center of the city. The name "Carfax" derives from the Latin quadrifurcus via the French carrefour, both of which mean "crossroads". The Carfax Tower, also known as St. Martin's Tower (it is the remaining part of what was the City Church of St. Martin of Tours) is a prominent landmark and provides a look-out over the town. (Wikipedia)
2017 has already brought us a mish-mash of snow, rain, ice, warm & now cold temperatures!!! Looked like one of my bird feeders was turning into a little prison with the icicles getting longer & longer by the minute! Poor little birds! (Best viewed Large"
Silfra is a rift formed in the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates and is located in the Þingvallavatn Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in Iceland.
The plates drift about 2 cm (0.79 in) farther apart every year, building up tension between the plates and the earth mass above. This tension is relieved through periodic major earthquakes at approximately ten year intervals, which have caused cracks and fissures to form in Þingvellir valley; Silfra lies at the rim of the Þingvallavatn Lake and is one of the largest and deepest of these fissures.
The Silfra fissure intercepts a major aquifer, which feeds multiple springs at its base. Boulders and rocks falling into the widening cracks have formed caves within the fissures.
Of flattery is imitation. I was looking through a Banksy book and this image was one of the ones that stuck with me. If you squint your eyes, or maybe drink a lot it looks better ;)
The arm and feet are a bit off but they are as close as I could get in this style.
I still have these nail forms after all these years. Lol. I retired from my 25 years of creating nails in 2011. I’m too shaky to even polish my own nails. Why can’t I let go of my old supplies?🙈. I’m thankful for your visit, faves and comments. I am so far behind with my thank you’s I’m drowning in an ocean of poor manners. My mom raised me better than this. If she were alive she’d smack me. My only consolation is that I see some people give no thanks at all. So THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND KINDNESS. 🙏 FOR YOUR VISIT,FAVES AND COMMENTS!😁
Allestito all’interno dell’Ex Palestra della Gioventù Italiana del Littorio, il Museo della Forma Urbis custodisce i frammenti superstiti di una grande planimetria di Roma incisa su 150 lastre di marmo tra il 203 e il 211 d.C., originariamente esposta sulla parete di un’aula nel Tempio della Pace, in seguito inglobata nel complesso dei SS. Cosma e Damiano. Si tratta di uno dei più rari documenti giunto a noi dall’antichità, che restituisce un panorama unico del paesaggio urbano di Roma antica. Nella sua integrità, su di una superficie di 18x13m circa erano rappresentati almeno 13.550.000 m2 di città attraverso una moltitudine di sottili incisioni che raffiguravano le planimetrie degli edifici di Roma, a una scala media di circa 1:240. Considerata la posizione, la difficile leggibilità e la generale assenza di dettagli, è probabile che la pianta marmorea avesse, più che una finalità pratica, una funzione di propaganda e di celebrazione del potere, fornendo all’osservatore una visione generale della città e dei suoi grandiosi monumenti, le cui sagome erano facilmente individuabili anche grazie all’uso del colore.
Anche se rinvenuti a centinaia, a partire dal 1562 e fino ai pezzi scoperti più di recente, i frammenti della Forma Urbis costituiscono circa un decimo della pianta originale, in uno stato di conservazione che varia da piccole schegge a settori di lastra con interi quartieri, case, portici, templi e botteghe. Solamente per circa 200 frammenti circa è stato finora possibile raggiungere un’identificazione e un’ideale collocazione sulla topografia moderna.
In perfect form, CP281-08 banks around the old depot at Brookfield, WI during the late hours of the day, in a 3 train afternoon procession that had both mains in use for westbound trains. Special thanks to the birds for this one, I owe you a beer!
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So many beautiful orchid varieties in Singapore's Botanic Gardens.
HD PENTAX-DA 55-300mm f4.5-6.3 PLM
An English Heritage Building built around 1750-60. It was never a real chapel but probably used as a summerhouse. Roughcast brick; plain tile roofs. Gothic revival building in the form of a church with cylindrical west tower and 2-bay 'nave'. Tower has 3 pointed windows with cast iron frames, each side of the nave has a panelled and nail studded door with 4-centred arch, and a mural cupboard with acutely pointed arch and boarded door; full-height pointed eastern entrance with double door, nail studded and formerly half-glazed. Pointed arch to apsidal chamber within the tower.
Erected in memory of William Shenstone who worked on the landscaping of the grounds during the 1750s and 60s.
When it was time to setup for an evening shot, the sun was teasing me with light. Although present and to my left, it was timidly hiding behind a low cloud. It seemed to mock me with its faint glow, provoking a shot, then just as quickly hiding, as if playing some game.
However, I knew the chance for side lighting would come because the clouds had vacated the horizon. I composed the shot with the use of tiny puddles in the mud. They appear disproportionate to the scene with the lens inches away. But lead the viewer in. Then for a moment the canceled becomes the revealed, and the side lighting changes the scene, helping shapes take form.
Cosenza has been occupied for over twenty-five hundred years in one form or another, it is a city rich in history, culture and ritual, it is beautifully spread across seven hills much like its grander larger 2nd cousin twice removed Rome. The seven hills of Cosenza are named Crati, Pancrazio, Torrevetere, Guarassano, Triglio, Venneri, Gramazio, and Mussano they not only form the geographical heart of Cosenza but they are also form the city’s coat of arms. This city's appeal transcends its monuments, churches and museums, the true essence of a place and its people is captured through its many culinary delights, enduring traditions, warm hospitality, and breathtaking city views around every corner.
I took this on Sept 26th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 31mm, 1/30s, f11 ISO 110 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
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Localidad que se encuentra al Oeste del Partido de Bragado a unos 21 km. de la ciudad cabecera, en la traza del Ferrocarril ex-línea D. F. Sarm...iento. Se accede por camino de tierra desde la Ruta Provincial N° 46 desde el este o por la 65 desde el oeste. Recuerda a Don Máximo Fernández, donante de las tierras donde se construyó la estación ferroviaria.
El señor Máximo Fernández compró al Fisco seis leguas cuadradas de campo en dos mil pesos oro. Allí construyó la Estancia “La Matilde”, uno de los mejores establecimientos agrícola-ganaderos del Oeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. En septiembre de 1893 el Ferrocarril del Oeste inaugura la estación. Por esta época se comienza la producción tambera, cremería y criadero de cerdos, contribuyendo así al desarrollo económico del pueblo formado a su alrededor. Luego por problemas económicos vende la estancia y se marcha hacia el exterior del país.
La Estancia es comprada por los Salaberry-Bercetche en 1904 , quienes levantan la estancia introduciendo forestales, aserradero, usina, una escuela propia, una capilla Neogótica, Panadería y un zoológico con animales exóticos. Cuenta la leyenda que la hija del cuidador de los leones fue decapitada de un zarpazo por una leona y el fantasma anda apareciendo por la capilla…
En 1942 venden la estancia a Don Francisco Suárez Zabala (el inventor del conocido producto medicinal “Geniol”). A partir de ese momento la propiedad empezó a llamarse “Montelén”. Tuvo éxito en su inicio con la instalación del vivero más importante del país, pero al fallecer su dueño la situación económica decae y la estancia se reduce. Actualmente, la principal actividad es la agricultura y ganadería.
En la década del 70 un tornado hizo desastres en la capilla del Sagrado Corazón y en la escuela dejando sus ruinas en un espeso monte. Había un hotel que también quedo destruido y abandonado.
En cuanto a la estación de Máximo Fernández corresponde al Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento de la red ferroviaria argentina y se encuentra a 232 kilómetros al oeste de la estación Once. Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria presta servicio de pasajeros una vez por semana entre Bragado, Realicó y General Pico, teniendo parada en esta estación sólo en forma facultativa, es decir, el tren sólo para si hay algún pasajero que desea subir o bajar. La estación se encuentra en ruinas, no siendo jurisdicción de la empresa de transporte. Se ubica entre las estaciones de La Limpia y San Emilio.
La localidad Contaba con 4 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un gran descenso del 90% frente a los 43 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. En mi visita del 2015 pude observar que el almacén se encuentra funcionando, que la panadería abandonada fue ocupada por una persona que estaba realizando labores de huerta y a unas personas construyendo un par de viviendas, La escuela N° 2 está funcionando y se encuentra en perfecto estado.
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RVYC was formed in 1903 as the Vancouver Yacht Club, receiving its Royal Warrant in 1906.
[...]. Our Coal Harbour home port is nestled into the shores of Stanley Park, a stone's throw from the cycling path, park trails, and downtown Vancouver - our floating restaurant there, the Mermaid Inn serves breakfast and lunch daily. The vistas over the bay from the Star & Dragon patio or the Marine Lounge's Upper Deck have given us the nickname of having the best view in Vancouver. www.royalvan.com/about