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35mm Rollei RPX 400 film.
Nikon F4, 20mm, red filter.
Developed and Scanned at home.
An artistic rendering of a macro view of a Pop It Topper bubble fidget toy. The frame represents a span of two-inches across.
Those who are not familiar with Pop It Toppers can click the below link to a Wikipedia article about them (with pictures). The version I photographed (in its entirety) is a very small topper with only four bubbles on it.
Strobist info:
The scene was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights and a steady LED light. The SB900s were placed CL/CR and fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄32 power through 24" gridded soft boxes and triggered by PocketWizard Plus Xs. The LED was placed @ 11-o'clock.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D(AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro) with 12mm + 20mm extension tubes attached.
I know this is all a bit yuk to some but I have found this incredibly fascinating. This is the Poplar Hawk Moth Caterpillar becoming a chrysalis, it's head and little feet die off first like you can see here and then within a few hours they are totally brown.
Forma parte del "Parque Nacional Bernardo O'Higgins", en la región de Magallanes. Navegando por el fiordo Última Esperanza, se encuentra a 3 horas y media en barco desde (Puerto Natales). Y luego, hay que caminar por un sendero, bordeando la Laguna Serrano, hasta ver la vista de la foto.
Interesting naturally formed loop or naturally formed basketball hoop on some Stag horn sumac trees Duffins trail in Discovery bay , Martin’s photographs , cropped photograph , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , September 28. 2021
Interesting naturally formed loop
naturally formed basketball hoop
Beautiful sky , a view from the Lake Ontario waterfront park on lake driveway West
Waterfront Park
Teasels on the waterfront trail at Lake Ontario
September 2021
Stag horn Sumac tree
Hoop
Flowering succulent
Waterfront park
Sky
Flowering shrubs
Flowers
Large Oak tree
Information plaque
Fallen tree
canoe boat launch
Ontario
Ajax
Canada
Pickering
Martin’s photographs
Discovery Bay
Trees
Tall grasses
Sunset
March 2020
Favourites
IPhone XR
Squires Beach
Duffins Creek
Duffins Marsh
Waterfront Trail
Rotary Park
Lake Ontario
Rod iron fence
Bridge
Bridge across Duffins Creek
Twilight
Sticks
Stones
Fallen trees
Fallen tree
Fungi
Mushrooms
Cropped photograph
Beach
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Tall grasses
River
Duffins marsh
Duffins creek
Duffins trail
IPhone 6s
Homage to my favorite manga series.
"Thoughts and emotions are merely products of minor electric currents... you're no different form your own electronic devices, just a bit more complex."
To gain control of the world of space is certainly one of our tasks. The danger begins when in gaining power in the realm of space we forfeit all aspirations in the realm of time. There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
Nothing is more useful than power, nothing more frightful. We have often suffered from degradation by poverty; now we are threatened with degradation through power. There is happiness in the love of labor; there is misery in the love of gain. Many hearts and pitchers are broken at the fountain of profit. Selling himself into slavery to things, man becomes a utensil that is broken at the fountain.
AS CIVILIZATION ADVANCES, the sense of wonder almost necessarily declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information, but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.
-Thunder in the Soul To Be Known by God, Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Link to Cincinnati Zoo..............Cheetah
Also a new group to join for anyone who has Ohio Zoo pictures!
www.flickr.com/groups/ohio_zoos/
Also check out Zoos Around the World group!
www.flickr.com/groups/zoos_around_the_world/
I don't know how much I'll be able to be on Flickr except to post some photos because my hip surgery is taking place on Feb. 9th and I have a lot of things to do. I'll stop in whenever possible but I know that I will miss a lot of photos. Right now I want to spend time getting things ready, spend time with my family, and my dogs. I hope you all understand. Hopefully I'll have a chance to let everyone know how I'm doing after I get home from the hospital. I'll do that as soon as possible. Obviously it will be awhile before I can come back to Flickr in full force. I wish you all a very nice weekend and want to thank you all for being such great friends here on Flickr. Lots of love and hugs!
I'm sorry that I am posting so many photos. I just have so many and I want to have more on here for the Cincinnati Zoo. You certainly don't have to comment on them because I can't promise that I'll be able to visit your beautiful photostreams consistently for awhile. I'll miss seeing all your beautiful photos and talking with you all. Thanks everyone!
PLEASE NO MULTIPLE INVITATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
Les Fagnes sont de vastes étendues (4 500 ha en Belgique) de tourbières, de landes et de forêts qui présentent une flore et une faune assez exceptionnelles liées au climat froid et humide. Les contreforts au nord du plateau accueillent essentiellement de vastes plantations de conifères.
Les tourbières se sont formées il y a 7500 ans, à la fin de la dernière glaciation. La tourbe résulte de la décomposition des végétaux, notamment les sphaignes, en milieu très humide. Son épaisseur peut atteindre sept mètres. Jusqu'au milieu du XXe siècle, la tourbe constitue pour les habitants des villages proches, une source de chauffage appréciable. La surface des tourbières actives ne représente plus qu'une centaine d'hectares.
Le plateau des Hautes Fagnes est le plus important massif tourbeux en Belgique.
Le climat est anormalement rude par rapport à la faible altitude maximale, et le climat en principe océanique typique du nord de l'Europe occidentale. Diverses espèces de la faune et de la flore y trouvent leur limite de répartition par rapport à la latitude ou l'altitude, dont la chouette de Tengmalm.
Précipitations abondantes (1 400 d'eau par an à Botrange, 850 mm à Bruxelles), brouillard épais, neige persistante.
Quelques records : 1,15 m de neige le 9 février 1953 ; il neige parfois encore au mois de mai.
The Fens are vast expanses (4,500 ha in Belgium) of peat bogs, moors and forests which present a rather exceptional flora and fauna linked to the cold and humid climate. The foothills to the north of the plateau are mainly home to vast plantations of conifers.
Peatlands formed 7,500 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. Peat results from the decomposition of plants, especially sphagnum moss, in a very humid environment. Its thickness can reach seven meters. Until the middle of the 20th century, peat was a significant source of heating for the inhabitants of nearby villages. The surface of the active peat bogs represents only a hundred hectares.
The Hautes Fagnes plateau is the most important peaty massif in Belgium.
The climate is unusually harsh compared to the low maximum altitude, and the generally oceanic climate is typical of northern western Europe. Various species of fauna and flora find their distribution limit in relation to latitude or altitude, including the Tengmalm owl.
Abundant precipitation (1,400 water per year in Botrange, 850 mm in Brussels), thick fog, persistent snow.
Some records: 1.15 m of snow on February 9, 1953; it still snows sometimes in May.
For the challenge to find and photograph something tiny. This wristwatch gearwheel may be small but it's perfectly formed.
After British Railways was first formed in 1948, the original idea for the express passenger train livery was crimson and cream coaches paired with blue steam locomotives. Sadly, this very attractive combination was short lived, however today it was seen once again over the Settle & Carlisle line.
A4 Pacific No. 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' looks fantastic working hard pass Greengates with the return 'Settle & Carlisle Fellsman' charter, running as 1Z47 Carlisle - Crewe.
11 September 2024.
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Fotografiert mit einem durchfahrenden Zug.
Die Bahnhofswände wurden abgeschrägt, um den Flächenverbrauch an der Oberfläche während der Bauarbeiten zu reduzieren. Die unbearbeiteten Bohrpfähle bilden die Hintergleiswände. Die Bahnhofsbeschriftung ist in Rot gehalten, ebenso die Lampenschirme. Eine Aluminiumkonstruktion reflektiert das Licht der Lampen und verteilt es so im Bahnhof. An Gleis 2 ist ein Kunstwerk angebracht, das auf die Mangfall und ihre Funktion als Trinkwasserlieferant für München verweist. Gestaltet wurde der Bahnhof von Paolo Nestler.
Das wusste Wikipedia.
Photographed with a passing train.
The station walls were bevelled to reduce the amount of space used on the surface during construction. The unprocessed bored piles form the back track walls. The station lettering is in red, as are the lampshades. An aluminum construction reflects the light from the lamps and distributes it in the train station. A work of art is attached to track 2, which refers to the Mangfall and its function as a drinking water supplier for Munich. The station was designed by Paolo Nestler.
Wikipedia knew that.
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
NO GROUP INVITES
In our earth-lab, a life form has existed randomly, thanks to the reaction of atoms of the ingredients which were already there, in the lab, for the creation of this life form. It has started to develop and expand on the earth, randomly. Later, after billions of years, it got conscious, randomly , but not all life forms have headed to the same direction. The evolution occurred according "the tree of life”.
Speculation:
Big bang has sealed the fate of our future by creating the atom based universe, like all the necessary ingredients were put in a beaker, in a chemical lab, to become the expected ( not randomly) chemical solution.
A life form is the expected result, depending of the time, of the existence and reaction of ingredients in a beaker.
This scene made me do a double take. Had some alien life form washed ashore? The infrared makes the live matter look ghostly white.
Giant anteaters prey almost exclusively on social insects (i.e. ants and termites). Such dietary focus significantly shapes the physical form and behavior of the species. Giant anteaters do not have teeth; instead, they have tongues can reach as much as 610 mm (2 ft.) in length! As long as the tongue is, it is relatively narrow over the entirety of its length, with its widest point being only 10 to 15 mm (0.4 to 0.6 in.). They use this giant tongue to gather insects for food, extending it up to 150 times per minute.
Their tongues are covered with tiny spines which point toward the back of the throat. Additionally, their tongue is coated with a thick, sticky coat of saliva (which is secreted from relatively enlarged salivary glands). Prior to swallowing, the insect-coated tongue is firmly pressed against the anteater's hard upper palate – crushing their meal and easing ingestion.
The stomachs of anteaters do not secrete hydrochloric acid. Instead, they depend on the formic acid content of their ant-dominated diet to aid in digestion.
They can eat up to 30,000 insects a day.
Despite their coarse fur and thickened skin (particularly about the muzzle), giant anteaters may still be agitated by the large-jawed soldier castes of the ant and termite species upon which they feed. Accordingly, they avoid soldiers both actively and tactically. The anteater's typical feeding profile could be described as a lightening strike - quick feeding action over a short period. Such a clipped feeding incursion generally outpaces a given insect colony's ability to rapidly mount a defense; thus tactically avoiding the aggravation of soldier castes.
Giant anteaters tend to pursue the larger bodied social insects, while tamanduas and silky anteaters tend to prey on smaller insect fare. Such dietary segmentation allows for different anteater species to co-exist in the same region without being in direct predatory competition.
Giant anteaters are terrestrial. Unlike other anteater species, adult giant anteaters only rarely climb trees. Instead, its powerful forearms and prominent claws are used primarily for digging and ripping in the search for food.
While the giant anteater has five digits on each foot, their first digit is reduced and the second and third digits exhibit the long claws.
Anteaters are able to detect insects with their powerful sense of smell, 40 times that of man. If threatened, the typically non-vocal giant anteater may make a bellowing noise. Additionally, they will often rear up on their hind quarters and swipe with their (up to) 10 cm (4 in.) long foreclaws.
Anteaters do not walk on the soles of their forefeet. Rather, they flex the digits upward and turn the forefeet inward, such that the large foreclaws do not come in contact with the ground. Anteaters sleep as much as 15 hours each day.
As an outcome of their diet and lifestyle, anteaters have relatively low metabolic rates. As a stark example, the giant anteater has the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal – 32.7° C (90.9°F).
When observed in regions without a significant human presence, giant eaters are diurnally active. However, giant anteaters appear to adopt a nocturnal lifestyle when living in more disturbed areas subject to human activity.
Giant anteaters, save for mother/young pairs, are generally solitary. Usually only one baby is born at a time. It nurses for 6 months and is carried on the mother's back for up to a year.
I usually find treecreepers really tricky to photograph. They are constantly on the move with erratic jerky movements and quickly disappear around the blind side of a tree trunk. I spotted this one as it landed on the first of a row of trees that form part of a hedgerow on a bridle path near home in West Yorkshire. It then moved along to each tree in turn which happened to be in the same direction I was headed. That's not a bad morning walk I think.
Sweet dreams, form a shade
O'er my lovely infant's head!
Sweet dreams of pleasant streams
By happy, silent, moony beams!
Sweet Sleep, with soft down
Weave thy brows an infant crown
Sweet Sleep, angel mild,
Hover o'er my happy child!
Sweet smiles, in the night
Hover over my delight!
Sweet smiles, mother's smile,
All the livelong night beguile.
Sweet moans, dovelike sighs,
Chase not slumber from thine eyes!
Sweet moan, sweeter smile,
All the dovelike moans beguile.
Sleep, sleep, happy child!
All creation slept and smiled.
Sleep, sleep, happy sleep,
While o'er thee doth mother weep.
Sweet babe, in thy face
Holy image I can trace;
Sweet babe, once like thee
Thy Maker lay, and wept for me:
Wept for me, for thee, for all,
When He was an infant small.
Thou His image ever see,
Heavenly face that smiles on thee!
Smiles on thee, on me, on all,
Who became an infant small;
Infant smiles are his own smiles;
Heaven and earth to peace beguiles.
William Blake
Der Sprinkenhof im Hamburger Kontorviertel. Aufgenommen im Innenhof des Gebäudes. Dieses Motiv wurde schon sehr oft fotografiert. Das motivierte mich, es selbst einmal zu versuchen. Es ist ein Klassiker, der durch seine Symetrie und seine Regelmäßigkeit einen ganz besonderen Reiz ausübt. Eine Symbiose aus Geometrie und Architektur. Um die Symetrie so perfekt wie möglich abbilden zu können, war eine penible und zeitaufwändige Ausrichtung der Kamera bei der Aufnahme nötig. Die Objektivkorrektur in Lightroom und weitere, leichte Anpassungen machten das Bild zu dem, was hier zu sehen ist.
Website: www.heiko-roebke-photography.de
Cityscape – Alcoy, eastern Spain | Beige too ;-) | Flickr Lounge: Two the same - new blocks in the development on the right.
Le pont du Pays de Liège est un pont autoroutier inauguré début juin 2000 lors de l'ouverture de la liaison liaison E40-E25 à la circulation, il permet d'enjamber la Meuse et de relier ainsi Angleur à Cointe. Établi par le bureau d'étude Greisch, il est d'une longueur de 162 mètres.
Le pont est du type à haubans.
En venant de Cointe vers les Ardennes, il se compose successivement :
la culée en rive gauche de la Meuse
d'une travée de 31,5m sur le Quai Banning
d'une travée de 162m sur la Meuse.
du pylône d'une hauteur de 70m
d'une culée contre-poids d'une longueur de 134m.
La travée sur la Meuse et la culée contre-poids sont soutenus par 22 haubans chacun.
La travée sur la Meuse a été réalisée par poussage depuis la rive droite de la Meuse.
La culée contre-poids constitue la première partie du tunnel de Kinkempois.
The Liège Country Bridge is a motorway bridge inaugurated in early June 2000 with the opening of the E40-E25 interchange to traffic. It spans the Meuse River, connecting Angleur to Cointe. Designed by the engineering firm Greisch, it is 162 meters long.
The bridge is a cable-stayed type.
Coming from Cointe towards the Ardennes, it consists of the following sections:
the abutment on the left bank of the Meuse
a 31.5m span on the Quai Banning
a 162m span over the Meuse
a 70m high pylon
a 134m long counterweight abutment.
The span over the Meuse and the counterweight abutment are each supported by 22 cables.
The span over the Meuse was built using the launching method from the right bank of the Meuse.
The counterweight abutment forms the first section of the Kinkempois Tunnel.
Toute rayonnante au coucher du soleil...
Réservoir Beaudet, Victoriaville, Qc.
Merci de vos visites, commentaires et favoris !
Thank you for your visits, comment's and favorites !
Before all the wondrous shows of the widespread space around him, what living, sentient thing loves not the all-joyous light -- with its colors, its rays and undulations, its gentle omnipresence in the form of the wakening Day?
- Novalis (1800)
I`m off for a week...
Enjoy yourselves, give life a smile...
I will miss all of you - `hope you are fine...
Great Blue Heron.
Between 39 to 52 inches long with a wingspan of around 5 feet 10 inches. A common, large mainly grayish heron with a pale or yellowish colored bill. It is often mistaken for a Sandhill Crane but flies with its neck folded and not extended like the Sandhill Crane. In southern Florida an all-white form, the "Great White Heron", differs from the Great Egret in that they are larger with greenish-yellow legs rather than the black legs of the Great Blue Heron.
Their habitat includes lakes, ponds, rivers and marshes.
They breed locally from coastal Alaska, south-central Canada and Nova Scotia south to Mexico and the West Indies. Winters as far north as southern Alaska, central United States and southern New England. Also in the Galapagos Islands.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.