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From time to time its very helpful to leave Your well known paths. This photograph is an evidence for that. I've been walking through the valley of Seiferdorf many times and I found some nice spots here. But never I walked so far like I did on that morning. And so I passed this nice cascades I didn't know that they exist. I know, I will come back here to see, how this place looks in different seasons and I know, I will follow the river further the next time. We will see, what is awaiting me there.
Von Zeit zu Zeit ist es sehr zu empfehlen, die gewohnten Pfade zu verlassen. Dieses Foto ist ein Beleg dafür. Ich war schon oft hier im Seifersdorfer Tal unterwegs und habe auch schon einige schöne Stellen gefunden. Doch noch nie bin ich so weit gelaufen, wie an diesem Morgen. Und so kam ich zu erstem mal an diesen schönen Kaskaden vorbei von deren Existenz ich keine Ahnung hatte. Ich weiß, ich werde hierher zurück kehren und sehen, wie der Ort zu anderen Jahreszeiten aussieht und ich weiß, ich werde dem Fluß beim nächsten mal noch ein Stück weiter folgen. Mal schauen, was mich dort erwartet.
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) - 20230511-01
A large duck, generally common and familiar within its extensive range. Males are distinctive with iridescent green head, yellow bill, chestnut breast, and gray body. Females are mottled brown with orange and black splotches on the bill. Found anywhere with water, including city parks, backyard creeks, and various wetland habitats. Often in flocks, and frequently mixes with other duck species. In North America, females can be tricky to distinguish from American Black Duck, Mottled Duck, and Mexican Duck where ranges overlap. Those species are all darker-bodied than Mallard. A good view of the wing can be helpful, too: white wingbars on the leading and trailing edges of the blue wing patch are bolder on Mallard. Frequently hybridizes with those species, which can be even more confusing. Any bird with extensive white in the tail or curled feathers above the tail has some Mallard genes. (eBird)
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I had the distinct feeling that I was being watched, even though I could not see another soul along the wide open trail, except for my husband. Scanning the reeds and shrubs for a bear or other mammal, I finally locked eyes with this well-hidden mallard. He never moved - just watched us with a rather unnerving intensity :-)
Trans-Canada Trail, Stittlsville, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.
My friend, Mario Scattoloni, asked me to upload 10 works of mine with the goal of promoting positivity, passion, and attention to our love of art on Facebook for 10 days and this is my second creation. It is based upon my painting called "Save the Family" which is about my own family.
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
42° C minus hatten wir dort übrigens.❄
Diese Gehhilfen für Jedermann in jedem Alter gibt es in Lappland.
Hätte ich die letzten Tage gerne auch hier in Deutschland gehabt *lach*
42 °C minus we have had there ❄
These walking aids for everyone of all ages are available in Lapland.
I would like having them the last few days also here in Germany *lol*
Apples are a folk remedy, and are thought by some to be helpful for many maladies, from hay fever to cancer.
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This is a least sandpiper. It takes the title of being the smallest shorebird in the world, being just a little larger than a sparrow. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, while probing damp mud with their bills, the least sandpipers use the surface tension of the water to transport prey quickly from their bill tips into their mouths. This was taken on Pond 5 of the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch if you're taking notes at home. Helpfully labeled as Congressional District 5 by Flickr.
This is my first attempt for HDR.
There still is much room for improvement.
But I am happy to learn these new techniques.
I thank my son Robert for teaching me and DanielKHC for helpful links.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Star".
This week we would like to pay tribute to Hans (flic.kr/ps/2bpyNi) and his wonderful macro photography by posting one of his past themes.
Hans gave us many great themes over the years and it was hard for us to choose. We have decided on the theme Star . Chosen because he was a person who had a profound influence on others and was a source of inspiration. Indeed, he was a Star.
Shot with a Noritsu "45 mm F 4" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
This little triangle has been helpful in getting curtains hung, 4 inch up, 3 inch over, just one of its many useful applications.
From the passenger seat on a stormy day, while driving through some road construction.
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This is one of many photos I’ve taken from the passenger seat as we drive twice each week to my neurofeedback appointments. This practice of seeing, appreciating and capturing my surroundings from the moving car can sometimes be very helpful for me.
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Been cleaning my school bag.
I keep all the pencils I find and lend them to students who have lost theirs... Recycling
Homage to all teachers and people who keep helping kids and parents navigating these dark days.
Even the most damaged and smallest pencil is helpful.
This may look like a studio or composite shot but it isn't! This photo was taken out in the field from a pop up hide and spot metered on the kingfisher. The mid morning sun has helpfully provided a catchlight in the kingfisher's eye. I have dropped exposure of the shady dark green background in post processing to create a greater contrast for the kingfisher. This is part of a trio of 'portrait' style shots of the same bird in different poses.
What got me out in the first place on this day was catching this EMD Tier IV leader rolling over Santa Fe Junction on the Virtual Railcam feed. Thanks to some helpful mid-day updates from the rest of the Kansas Sub intel gang, along with an assist by the MOW who were effectively single-tracking the line, the train didn't leave Topeka until after my work hours.
With work being particularly stressful for me on Wednesday, it was great to be able to get out to photograph some trains, providing a few hours of mindlessness; something completely divorced from work. It sure was nice for the Railfan Gods to present me with not just one, but TWO good looking leaders on back-to-back afternoon westbounds. Thanks, world.
Regarding the train itself, the 3076 is leading a cut of Schneider 53' double stack containers on the IG1LC, indicative of the shipping company's recent traffic shift to the UP from the BNSF. The switch was to be finalized by January 1, 2023. More on this move can be found here: www.up.com/media/releases/schneider-intermodal-service-nr...
Ok, having a go at the wine glass shot is definitely good for your health! I haven't caught the perfect image but it is so much fun trying!
I need to get a flashgun, any suggestions would be helpful.
Another restoration of a slide from about 1959 to 1962. This was in a pile of fluff and dust, and although the first part of restoration involves film cleaner, where it has been stored it has got hot and cold over the years and some of the dust is baked into the film emulsion.
Aside from that, the cardboard mount had got mouldy and had to be cut away and I've just been able to work out from the writing that it was Sidmouth; there was more on the mount but too far gone to read.
I may spend some more time on this and put it up on my own website (under construction).
Thanks to 'Sidmouth Ian' (see his most helpful comments below) this is not Sidmouth, but Lyme Regis on what is now the A3052 approaching Broad Street.
fox arrived this morning and struck lucky, cat food leftovers caught the eye. nose markings confirm this is a different fox to that photographed in january flic.kr/p/2occ43k
references
Sarcoptic Mange / Canine Mange in the Red Fox
www.national-fox-welfare.com/sarcoptic-mange-information
Red Fox Parasites & Diseases
www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/article/red-fox-parasite....
Disease & Aggresion
foxproject.org.uk/fox-facts/disease-aggression/
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
life in my garden (plant and animal) www.flickr.com/groups/14805891@N24/ (9)
Another wonderful day out exploring the back roads! We met some very lovely and helpful people and saw the waterfall we had intended to see. (this isn't it!) The waterfall, called Stanton Creek waterfall, was beautiful but hard to photograph as I could only look down on it and could not get a good perspective. There was a path that went straight down, but it was inches deep in mud and didn't look the least bit safe! I could see Anita eyeballing it wistfully though! This photo was taken upstream where there were a series of smaller cascades, this being the first of a series of about three small drops. We found another swinging bridge and walked a little while on the Appalachian Trail. (This trail is 2,200 miles long! ) So many new sights and experiences added up to a truly stand out day.
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Hank came out to help dead head the rosebush but I had already finished.. He said he was sorry he was late but I assured him I was able to handle the job just fine and I appreciated the nice thought... Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday, Everybody!!
Was out yesterday doing some shooting, ( there was not rain ) and will tell you that the Summer doldrums has really set in here, with photography being very slow and the birds not cooperating very much, but di manage a few which you will see in the next few days.
Here I need an explanation of why this Cardinal has no tail, he appeared for a few seconds and was gone, but managed 3 shots and he was gone, a little help here would be helpful about the tail.
Have a great day everyone and as always thank you for visiting.
The joys of finding new things to explore & playing with everything.
Bella is very inquisitive & playful. In the photo she’s checking a box of Christmas baubles that I bought. She’ll get involved even more when I get out the other decorations!
Happy Caturday.
CN's White Pine Local works slowly east over the Presque Isle River trestle just east of Tula, MI on the beautiful morning of August 1, 2003. WC 2002 East has a short train boxcars for the copper refinery at White Pine. We're into the second year of CN ownership of the WC lines in the U.P., but so far pretty much everything looked and felt the same.
The White Pine Local would run east three days a week out of North Ironwood, MI and would be the perfect target on the way over from the Twin Ports on the deadhead to the Upper Peninsula to railfan the E&LS, LS&I, or WC/CN.
The Mellenheads that ran this line in late-WC and early-CN were some of the friendliest railroaders I even encountered. They were always helpful with intel and offered numerous cab rides. Not sure it was more the all-day 10 MPH or my preference for photos, but I never took them up on the latter.
During this time, the ex-Algoma Central GP38-2s were common on the former WC lines and they looked great with their relatively recent maroon paint applied.
All good things come to an end. The ex-AC 2000s were eventually banished to Canada and this ex-DSS&A line would see its last train east of Marengo Jct. in 2010. The ex-Soo line that it connected with hasn't fared much better. Good memories though of these photos and also of the friendly railroaders that ran these trains.
Great crop of Blueberries this year, now all safely in the freezer, thankfully spotted this little lady before I froze! Have a great day ;0)
CP 7026 hauls the 243 out of South Haven siding after meeting 240 which ironically also had a red SD70ACU leading. I saw this 243 first at Plymouth with a great looking leader and the sky clearing up gradually, I gave chase. Fortunately he had this meet at South Haven as gave me ample time to make the hike to this curve just west of the Clearwater River.
[Please enlarge this collage as we discuss the rocks.]
Here is the rock from my previous shot in the top right hand corner. I hope that allows a geologist to make an identification. By now you are familiar with the orange lichen we can see here on the bottom two rocks. These rocks are also igneous, but at this stage in the rock cycle (let me explain in a moment) although they probably originated out of volcanic activity in the early Jurassic period about 200 million years ago, they are now being weathered and broken down. So we see the cracks appearing and the various layers (strata?) are coming apart. The brown coffee stained rock layers almost look like rusted iron, but I simply have no idea. So if you know, please tell us.
When I mentioned the early Jurassic, it is helpful to know that it wasn't until about 160 million years ago that the supercontinent of Gondwana broke apart, and the tectonic plates began shaping the continents as we know them now.
We'll continue specifically on Tasmanian rocks in the next photo, but here let me give you some valuable information about rock formation in general. The best way for those who wish to educate themselves on this is to listen to an expert. So here I will give you a short presentation on the three basic types of rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. These three are formed in an actual cycle of activity where volcanism is the centre of the action. Volcanoes are the bearers of new geological formations, and in fact have created the entirety of the terrestrial world as we know it.
The Rock Cycle | Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous
That September it was a warm Indian Summer!! After a long rainy and cold Summer had passed here in Belgium!! That September it was a present from Above!
So I took my Agape, my dog, and went to stay at Oostende for a while, right by the sea front, up close to that huge sandy beach! Oostende is situated in the Northern Belgium by the sea. It is a very modern and beautiful Flemish city, with helpful and kind people. The seafront promenade fills with life and joy , like in any other similar seafront area of the world.
During sunny days , and slightly windy ones, Oostende offers to us indescribably beautiful sunsets!! Its sandy beach offers a million shadows and forms glittering under the peaceful sunset hours, becoming either inflamed or multicoloured, copying the skies’ attitudes and moods of those heavenly sunset moments.
When visiting the Shuswap area many will also take in Margaret Falls. Each year I try to come up with a very different image and this one fits the bill. This bridge covered stream leads up to the Falls. It is a freezing cold, Glacier fed, torrent of water, and a delight to witness.
One of the Park Rangers named Joleen, contributed her time to generate this shot. These Park Rangers offer a multitude of functions. They keep visitors safe, clean debris, offer information as guides, and in this case serve, as my model. Thanks Joleen.
...they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.
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CheerNo of NXS has been really hitting it out of the park recently with his weekend items, eh? My previous picture was his face and body glitter; this one is a Face Plastic and the Icon body paint in white. This is from December '21 but I think you can still get it. I bought it in every damn colour then so it's about time I used it.
Veechi has recently started doing stiletto nails for men and I have been ALL OVER THAT SHIT TOO. Thank you for including us! <3
This is a older Sintiklia hair named Bloom, I'm not entirely sure if its still for sale but go check it out. I couldn't do that for you, I've got no pants on.
I'm wrapping up (in plastic) with a quote from Wandavision that I love. It's relevant to me at the moment, because oh friends, I am grieving the fuck out of my beloved kitty Dexter who I lost very recently at the incredible-for-a-cat age of 21. Yeah I know I know; posting shirtless pics of my avatar again like wtf Jefferson, but its helpful to have had a different focus while I try scramble myself back together. Judge away. Go for it.
Vision: Because it can't be all sorrow, can it? I've always been alone so I don't feel the lack. It's all I've ever known. I've never experienced loss because I've never had a loved one to lose. But what is grief, if not love persevering?
Most part of the hike was easy! Once you got closer to the last 2-3 km, it became very windy with hail and snow. I put all my layers, was still totally wet when I reached the viewpoint although I wore GORE-TEX shell. Took photos quickly and climbed down. Crampons and poles were very helpful in this situation. The Crampons and poles really helped me through the mud while lots of people were slippering down.
Canon EOS R5, RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM
ISO100, 24mm, f/11, 1/13s
Beaver Pond, along the Vloman Kill, at the end of winter in the town of Bethlehem, located in upstate New York. Image taken with a Hasselblad Stellar (a pocket point-and-shoot camera, not a full-fledged Hasselblad) -- essentially a Sony RX100 with a fancy (but helpful) grip and Hasselblad branding. Very useful as a lightweight camera.
This kind egret took the small fish there in its mouth from one area of this pond to another ... being helpful ... ;)
I've found that running the sprinkler is helpful in brining warblers in closer in the yard... Black-throated Green Warbler in Glendale, MO
Passengers aboard LNER's 5.30pm Thursdays-only service from London Kings Cross - Edinburgh Waverley (1S27), in the hands of Azuma unit 801203, get the opportunity to spend an evening south of the border instead seeing as the train has been terminated at Newcastle.
Helpfully it's still well before closing time and, with plentiful vibrant bars and clubs within a short walk of the station, a 'night on the toon' might not be such a bad alternative.
8.37pm, 23rd March 2023
Helpfully weeding someone's nature strip, with a dozen friends.
Cacatua galerita in Streeton Views, Lower Plenty in Melbourne
Your comments and faves are greatly appreciated.
(Macropus giganteus)
The Eastern Grey Kangaroo's fur is woolly and grey-brown in colour, and they have a small head with big ears. Their tail can grow up to 4 feet long which is very helpful for balancing and standing up straight. An Eastern Grey Kangaroo can live anywhere from 15-20 years of age in the wild. A big male can measure up to 2.8 meters from his nose to the tip of his tail, and can weigh up to 66kg. Females are much smaller only reaching approximately 32kg.
Habitat:Eastern Grey Kangaroos can be found living on the open grassland, open woodland and forested coastal areas of eastern Australia and Tasmania.
Diet: Eastern Grey Kangaroos are herbivores and predominately a grazing animal eating mainly shrubs and grass. They feed mostly at night and early in the morning. During the day, Eastern Grey Kangaroos lie under shaded trees or in scrapes they have dug. This is also where they sleep.
Breeding: Breeding occurs throughout the year but more births occur in the warmer summer months. A baby kangaroo is called a joey. A joey is born 33-38 days after his/her parents mate. The tiny embryonic kangaroo emerges from its mother's body and slowly climbs up her abdomen and into her pouch. When the joey is first born it weighs under a gram and is as tiny as 15 millimetres. Once born the joey will stay in its Mum's pouch for up to 8 months. (Source: www.australiazoo.com.au )
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I had one shot at trying to find a clear day devoid of fire smoke in the Denali Park area. After looking at the weather forecast and the wind direction I decided July 2 was the day. I made the 4 hour trip from my house in Anchorage to Denali Park with the hopes I would arrive before the Star departed the depot. I had some specific goals in mind this shot being one of the them. The Star departs the Park about 20 minutes late account of Red Flag, hot conditions, warnings in the interior. Train speed would be limited to 40. This would be helpful as summer is road construction season in Alaska and I would have a number of delays to contend with. While I was able to check a few shots off my wish list I missed several others account of the afore mentioned road construction. I suppose another trip will be in order.