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I don't know how these Blue Jays find out so quickly that peanuts have been tossed out for them. They show up immediately to snatch them up and within minutes, the peanuts are gone. You have to be quick with your snap because they fly away quickly after the pick up.
This photo was taken through my patio door window on one of our colder mornings. You can see some frost that has formed around his eye. The temps have been dipping down to -18°F (-28°C) on/off with windchills at -35°F.
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Last few days to get the amazing gift from Lelutka
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I was photographing these "Lucifer" buds the other day right after the rain stopped. When I uploaded this image, I saw these awesome green rays behind the bud, and realized that they must have been leaves. I love surprises!
The Herring Gull picked off this unsuspecting Atlantic Puffin and tried to make off with the tasty meal. But to no avail. The puffin, you all will be glad to know, escaped the wily clutches of the ferocious gull.
Steingrab - vorgeschichtliches, aus großen Steinen weitläufig angelegtes, ursprünglich von einem Steinhügel bedecktes Grab!
Mausoleen sind große, oberirdische Bauwerke, oft aus Stein oder Beton, die mehreren Personen als Ruhestätte dienen können. Sie sind in der Regel aufwendiger gestaltet als Krypten und bieten einen besseren Schutz vor Umwelteinflüssen wie Überschwemmungen.
Stone tomb – a prehistoric grave, extensively constructed from large stones and originally covered by a mound of stones!
Mausoleums are large, above-ground structures, often made of stone or concrete, that can serve as the final resting place of several people. They are generally more elaborately designed than crypts and offer better protection against environmental influences such as flooding.
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The shot was taken at 59th and Central Park North in Manhattan.Those people were running out of one of the Time Warner Center towers flic.kr/p/NEKVWt
as I was trying to take a shot of the skyline.59th St is one of the few locations in Manhattan where one can catch a view of the skyline from the street.Most of the buildings shown here are residential,a few are hotels.Central Park is just across the street from them.The small white building (far right) is an art and design museum,and one of the few museums in the city that allows visitors to take photos.I took the shot as I was walking to a nearby subway station to go home,I had a loooong day 😩
After dropping off a cut of loaded centerbeams, Quincy 12 makes its way down the steep hill that connects the UP interchange to the American Valley. After getting to the bottom of the hill, the crew would take another cut or two of loads to the interchange before heading back to the Sierra Pacific facility in East Quincy to tie down for the day.
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In Switzerland, when you park your bike in a forbidden zone, huge hands emerge from the ground and drag your bike underground to be melted in magma. Once in a while, an unlucky driver is sucked down with it.
Whilst bouncing up and down on the boat and returning to the mainland this cormorant (I think) came swooping down. Rather than duck (no pun intended) I grabbed this one shot and even though it is clearly out of focus it has a certain something that I find quite likeable.
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The Grab
Eagle fishing on the Susquehanna River. Normally I like to show the eagle with the fish but in this case the eagle missed the fish
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A green heron grabs a small fish as it prowls the shore of the Arboretum Pond at the For-Mar Nature Preserve and Arboretum, July, 2021.
"Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons."
Art Hirschfeld
Painting this Blue Spotted Coral Reef fish was such a pleasure. I found myself smiling as it found its way onto the watercolor paper.
Gräber des jüdischen Friedhofs im Heidelberger Bergfriedhof
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Graves at the Jewish cemetery in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery (Bergfriedhof)
I usually have a feeder underneath my porch awning every winter. I was watching this Carolina wren as it emerged with a peanut in its beak. They love peanuts and usually get them to go.
I granchi blu non si possono contenere??
Gabbiano reale (Larus michaellis) con granchio blu (Callinectes sapidus) nella sacca degli scardovari (RO)
Blue crabs can't be contained??
Yellow-legged gull (Larus michaellis) with blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the scardovari pouch (RO)
Ruddy Darter dragonflies mating. The male is blood-red, the female ochre-yellow.
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum).
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(Warning: this is a long one, so grab some popcorn and settle in.)
Photographing landscapes has provided me with countless opportunities to have my mind blown over the past few years. From summits in the Canadian Rockies, to countless sunrises in the Sierras to spectacular night skies in remote corners of Utah to beautiful coastlines in Oregon....so many incredible moments. Of all of these experiences, the one I endured last Friday was truly special. It was a personal triumph and one that I have literally been working toward for the past two years.
Tom Bricker was the first one to mention the Diving Board to me. I had seen the shot by Ansel Adams, of course, and had always wondered where he took that shot from, but I figured you would just...you know. Get closer. I was sure that the location must be just beyond Curry Village. What was the big deal?
The big deal is that the diving board is a location in Yosemite that cannot be reached by taking one of the major, well maintained trails. Back in Ansel's day you just took some ropes and charged up the Leconte Gully. But the gully has long been deemed unstable due to frequent rockfalls. The standard route nowadays begins on the mist trail and winds around behind Lost Lake before heading steeply straight up the side of base of Half Dome. From what we were able to gather from scouting online, this would be a 16 mile round trip hike and the word "strenuous" was being thrown around by some very hard core hikers and climbers. My heart sank as I first heard these reports. After all, the hike up the Upper Falls trail had nearly finished me off a few years before. How in the world could I expect to haul my camera gear up the Mist Trail let alone the nearly vertical sections of this crazy trail to the foot of Half Dome?
But I really wanted that shot. I hit the treadmill and began building up my endurance. (Of course the first night was only 10 minutes, but hey. It was a start.) I also began challenging myself with some more difficult hikes, the most recent of which was up to the Fern Ledge in Yosemite. As the Summer drew to a close, we finally had a chance of thunderstorms and the promise of a possible sunset, and I sent Tom an urgent message: Can we go for it on Friday?
So last Friday, Tom and I took off at 4 AM for Yosemite. By 10:30 AM we were taking off from the Mist Trail parking area. Man I was feeling good! No stops at all on the way up to the first bridge. I was blowing past old people and asian tourists like they were standing still. Then the REAL climbing began. By the time we made it to the top of Nevada Fall, I was wiped. But we hadn't started the tough section yet. Tom and I had found a short cut up from Emerald Pool and we had a GPS map with us on Gaia. We were all set. What could go wrong?
So up we went.
The trip from Emerald Pool to the regular bush trail junction was easily the hardest climbing I've ever done. The nearly 30 pounds on my back turned out to be a huge mistake as I nearly gave up several times. Between the steep terrain and the bushwhacking, I was toast. When we hit the junction, things only got worse. I was having to stop almost every 100 feet and poor Tom just sat there waiting for me. After clawing my way up another 700 feet or so, I finally collapsed, unable to continue. I told Tom to head up without me, but he refused. After a long break, it finally hit me: I could dump whatever I wasn't going to use at the top and grab it on the way down! So out came my 24-70 lens (way too hazy for a valley shot), the tripod, almost all of my food, two jackets and over a liter of water. I dropped by stuff in a neat little pile behind a tree reminding myself that it would be a bad idea to forget those items on the way down.
Suddenly the backpack was WAY lighter and even though it hurt, I continued to force my way up. For the final 500 feet, I hung back and sent Tom up ahead. After another 1/2 hour break, I lurched back onto my feet and with the soundtrack of Rocky playing in my head, I charged up the last 500 feet to the Diving Board...some EIGHT hours after leaving the parking lot.
The view was absolutely spectacular as Half Dome rose far more majestically than I could have ever imagined. Although we didn't get quite the epic sunset we were hoping for, we did get some color during the last few minutes, just enough to give some atmosphere. A goal I had set two years prior had just been achieved. I had made it all the way to the diving board!
Our smiles began to fade as it dawned on us that it was getting dark in a real hurry and my car was still 8 miles away. There would be no "short cut" on the way down as we were pretty sure we would not survive a hike back down the sketchy ravine we had just clambered up. So down we went on the long, normal route around past Lost Lake. About 45 minutes later, I said something like "Hey Tom....where's my stuff?" Both of us were convinced that it must still be below us, so we plowed on. After we had gone another 1/2 hour or so, it dawned on us that we must have passed it. We were both beyond exhausted and nearly out of water. But Tom, being the hero that he is, charged back up to look for it. But didn't find it. He had a quarter of a liter of water left and I had maybe a half. I wasn't even sure if I could make the hike out, so I took a deep breath and told Tom we just needed to leave my lens...and all of my other stuff up there, which would have been roughly $2500 to replace.
Ouch.
Okay...this is taking way to long. I'll skip to the end.
After we passed Lost Lake on the way down, we found water in a creek and used my filter to keep from dying on the way back. Tom made it back to the car around 2:30 AM and very kindly drove the car around to the trailhead as I had some severe blisters. I didn't make it back to the trailhead until 3:30 AM.
Fast forward to last Monday when I drove back to Yosemite to find my stuff. I stayed overnight in El Portal and set off the next morning, this time without the 30 pounds taking only water and food. I left at 4 AM and by 8 AM I found my stuff exactly where I had left it! I made it up there in HALF the time! My lens and gear were undamaged and I breathed a huge sigh of relief before heading back down.
For those of you who might be interested taking this hike, I'll have much more details for you including maps, etc on my blog in the very near future. Sorry for the ridiculously long story and THANK YOU for reading the whole thing if you are still with me! The Diving Board was truly a once in a lifetime trip for me....at least for now. I MIGHT try it again, but if I do, it will be with MUCH less gear and more water!
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