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Green Door, Evening. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
A weathered green door, a green wall, a sidewalk — evening light.
First, a brief description of the photography, and then another reason that I am posting it today. I made the photograph on one of my daily walks — I try to get out and cover various routes in a radius of a couple of miles or so that add up to between 3 and 5 miles on a typical day. I always carry a camera, even though I don’t take it out on most of the walks. I’ve been past this old building quite a few times, but today I saw this door for the first time, so I stopped to photograph its worn and tilting form.
The other reason this photograph is here is that it comes from what is for me a photography tradition: the process of getting up to speed on a new camera. I usually avoid upgrading cameras too frequently. There are many reasons, but one is that I depend upon knowing a camera’s interface to the point where operation is intuitive. But eventually I do get new cameras. This was the first walk with the new Fujifilm XT5, which is going to replace the (fine) XPro2 that I’ve been using since that camera was introduced. I won’t go into the technical details at this point, but so far I’m liking the camera a lot.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
once again (and this is not the last one) a photo from the Plitvicer Lakes National Park. I think it looks like a perfect, peaceful idyll.
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.~Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Sandwich, Kent, England.
The green sandpiper is a very contrasting wader which looks like a large house martin in flight. Its dark, almost black upperparts, pale underparts and white rump are distinctive. It frequently bobs up and down when standing. It often appears nervous and will fly off with a low zig-zagging flight when disturbed.
Length:22cm
Population:
UK breeding:1-2 pairs
UK wintering:910 birds
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
This is indeed another pretty Xinjiang woman who just happened to walk past us. Too bad I couldn't get her face this time. You'll have to trust me on that then... :-)
Like other species in the genus, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and ants, which are caught in the air by sorties from an open perch. Before swallowing prey, a bee-eater removes stings and breaks the exoskeleton of the prey by repeatedly thrashing it on the perch. Migration is not known but they make seasonal movements in response to rainfall. These birds are somewhat sluggish in the mornings and may be found huddled next to each other on wires sometimes with their bills tucked in their backs well after sunrise. They sand-bathe more frequently than other bee-eater species and will sometimes bathe in water by dipping into water in flight. They are usually seen in small groups and often roost communally in large numbers (200-300). The birds move excitedly at the roost site and call loudly, often explosively dispersing before settling back to the roost tree. The little green bee-eater is also becoming common in urban and sub-urban neighborhoods, and has been observed perching on television antennae, only to launch into a brief, zig-zag flight formation to catch an insect, then return to the same perch and consume the meal. This behaviour is generally observed between the hours of 7:00 and 8:00am, and after 4:00pm.
The breeding season is from March to June. Unlike many bee-eaters, these are often solitary nesters, making a tunnel in a sandy bank. The breeding pairs are often joined by helpers. They nest in hollows in vertical mud banks. The nest tunnel that they construct can run as much as 5 feet long and the 3-5 eggs are laid on the bare ground in the cavity at the end of the tunnel. The eggs are very spherical and glossy white. Clutch size varies with rainfall and insect food density. Both sexes incubate. The eggs hatch asynchronously with an incubation period of about 14 days and the chicks grow fledge in 3 to 4 weeks and in the fledging stage show a reduction in body weight.
A study suggested that green bee-eaters may be capable of interpreting the behaviour of human observers. They showed an ability to predict whether a human at a particular location would be capable of spotting the nest entrance and then behaved appropriately to avoid giving away the nest location. The ability to look at a situation from another's point of view was previously believed to be possessed only by primates.
They feed on flying insects and can sometimes be nuisance to bee-keepers.The preferred prey was mostly beetles followed by hymenopterans. Orthopterans appear to be avoided. They are sometimes known to take crabs. Like most other birds they regurgitate the hard parts of their prey as pellets
An endoparasitic nematode (Torquatoides balanocephala) sometimes infects their gizzard.
Explored - #199 on Dec 15, 2014
Waking up early in the morning has its advantages - in this case, I managed to meet this charming Green Vine Snake before the dew drops on its head evaporated.
Canon EOS 5DM3/Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
f/3.5, 1/250, ISO 5000
No flash
Along the Sangamon River in Riverside Park. The same river Abraham Lincoln guided a flat-bottom boat towards New Salem, Illinois.
The old trees reach out over the river, as if slowly ready to give up, like it's fallen brethren in the muddy river bank below it.
There's all the tall trees along the riverbank. All of them sprouting green.
Spring brings new growth. The cycle of life begins anew.
Spring brings green.
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I hope you all have a lovely weekend and you all enjoy your free time. I'm learning and doing university preparations all the time at the moment. The last exams for my studies are upcoming and it really stresses me out. I will be so happy when this is over.
Nonetheless, I have another shot for you out there. This is a shot I took in the botanical garden of my university. One of my favourite spots to go to. Especially in summer with all the gorgeous plants flowering and insects flying around. So this is also a throwback to summer kind of photo. I hope you like the reduced look with lots of green tones. :)
- Shot with Nikon D5100 -
f/3.5
105.0 mm
1/800 sec
ISO 200
Edited in PS Lightroom 5, PS Elements 12 and Color Efex Pro 4.
Feel free to also visit me on Instagram, where I upload a photo mostly every day and give you more insights into my life (www.instagram.com/meepeachii).
Passing Edinburgh Zoo, new 'Green Arrow' Volvo B8R / Plaxton Interurban 'Leopard' number 9205 (SB19 GKK) is one of eight new buses for the Lothian Country express services to and from Linlithgow and Bathgate.
These are 49-seat coaches and the two new routes from Linlithgow and Bathgate will provide residents and commuters with a direct express coach service to and from Edinburgh’s West End.
The new route diagrams are for EX1 and EX2 services:
EX1: Bathgate Town Centre, Boghall, DIRECT VIA M8, Maybury, Haymarket and The Exchange every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday and hourly on a Sunday
EX2: Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow Town Centre, Springfield, DIRECT VIA M9, RBS Gogarburn, Maybury, Haymarket, and The Exchange every 30 minutes, Monday to Saturday and hourly on a Sunday.