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One site in my labyrinth of Japan shots has slipped my mind for a while now, but I have an excuse. While I was at Gotokuji it started raining and I haven't made a habit of wiping my lens with a dedicated cloth or something similar, I was using my sleeve (novice mistake in every way, seriously, if you're getting into photography, NEVER wipe your lens with your clothing). So a lot of the stuff is either uninteresting cause I couldn't even get my tripod out, or simply because there was visible water on the lens the whole time.
But there are still some outliers, and this was one of them. This was either a staff building or a merchandise store (incase it was the former I didn't go in) And it's a very beautiful residence, sizeable lot, multiple stories, has the traditional appeal, and Japan is having a housing surplus right now anyways (though understandably a stance against immigration/integration).
So the sky wasn't really blown out this time so to speak, but I was still unhappy. In editing I turned the brightness down as much as possible, I brought the saturation up on the roof and the vegetation, and the rest of the photo remains untapped from the original image. So what do you think? Good first impression? Put this image on zillow and see who bites first
Looking back to the starting point of our walk. Hill is relative I suppose - a feature of that size would not be named elsewhere
How l'd love to be there today kite flying.
Anyway, l hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and that Santa bought you everything you wished for.....he certainly did for me, a severe chest infection two days before Christmas and 2 Asthma attacks before 5am on Christmas day with the promise of an Ambulance ride to the Worcester A&E before lunch...which was nice...What a wheeze...who could have asked for more?...Oh!!! l also got some Socks, a Satsuma and Nuts and the promise of going to see the Rag'n'Bone Man in Wales in June....Grrrreeeaat.
Well, time to have more tablets...So l wish you all an awesome and very very Happy New Year...(Always assuming the homicidal maniacs Putin & Trump allow us to have one.)...Keep smiling all :-)
42073 alongside the River Leven at Fell Foot shortly after sunrise on Thurs 4th November 2021.
A Peter VC charter.
The moment when, after many years
of hard work and a long voyage
you stand in the centre of your room,
house, half-acre, square mile, island, country,
knowing at last how you got there,
and say, I own this,
is the same moment when the trees unloose
their soft arms from around you,
the birds take back their language,
the air moves back from you like a wave
and you can't breathe.
No, they whisper. You own nothing.
You were a visitor, time after time
climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming.
We never belonged to you.
You never found us.
It was always the other way round.
- Margaret Atwood
Photographed south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2017 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
I visit Monrepos not only because of the squirrels but because of the birds there too. This Great Tit looks as if he posed nicely but they never sit still for more than a second, even if I bribe them with birdseed. :)
Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) female
I popped down to to see the Hobby Family today, there was a lot of flying going on, Mum seemed to be teaching the young to hunt. One of the young is very confident, one is till very much learning (see tomorrow).
These twelve images, out of about 150 frame sequence I captured, shows the basics of a great grey owl as it eats a dietary staple, a vole.
1. This great grey owl has a vole trapped in its talons down in the grass and is now looking around for anything threatening.
2. Proof that it has indeed captured the vole.
3. Giving the rodent a little squeeze to damage it sufficiently so that it dies or becomes otherwise inert.
4. Next is to reposition the vole so it can be swallowed headfirst.
5. The first part of swallowing smaller prey whole is to lean over, quickly open the beak, and thrust the head down over it.
6. Typically, this motion is done two to three times.
7. Once about halfway in, the owl will typically tip its head back a bit, and open wide.
8. Between gravity and swallowing actions, the prey is pulled fully into the throat.
9. Well, except for the tail and possibly a leg, as in this case.
10. Job done! But what to do with that dried grass?
11. Open wide, give the head a shake and swallow a few more times to try to ingest or dislodge the grass.
12. Finally, give a satisfied smirk to the photographer. That last bit of grass can be dealt with later.
And that, my Flickr Friends, is how it is done. You are now fully versed in the process, so feel free to try this at your convenience at home.
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If there was only some way of telling how fast I should be going down these curves ---
There is great comfort in knowing that if you do fall off the mountain, at least you'll fall into a river....
If you do happen to make it all the way down safely, go ahead and check out the gorgeous road ahead in the top right hand corner.
We were exploring a little village whose name I forget now when we saw this gushing water and a long low building, really no more than a roof built on the ground. We were puzzled as to what this could be and Anita wondered if the water was cold. It was.
A bit later the owner of the little "Mom and Pop" store told us it was a spring and that people came from all over to get water from it. I was happy to learn it Was a spring and not... you know something to do with sewage~ LOL
Tarn Hows is situated in between Coniston Water and Lake Windermere and well worth a visit. I took five shots and then back home stitched them together using the Affinity Photo Software my first attempt at this type of shot. We had an enjoyable walk around the Tarn in some fabulous light.
Thursday 17th October Copyright Simon Lathlane
Y101 had a rail roll over under their train Sunday morning, as they came off the Holliston Industrial Track back onto the main. Murphy's Law dictated that this happened in downtown Framingham with the train of placarded hazmat cars strung across normally-busy Waverly Street; fortunately, everything stayed upright and they had it cleared up in time for the Monday morning commute.
How Tomorrow Moves, indeed.
This is another shot from my very rushed effort to capture a great Adelaide sunset a couple of nights ago.
Essentially by the time I made my mind up to go take some shots the sun was nearly down. (See my previous photo post for the full story).
This was one of my first shots of the short session and you can just see the last bit of the sun over the horizon.
I was on my knees taking pictures of the toad lilies and all of the sudden this face was in my lens!
Last picture of the first day as the light was dying. I saw these two men on the rocky point a little further away and took the picture even if I tought the light was getting too low but fortunately it came out OK and with a little bit of PhotoShop adjustment it is fine...at least in my opinion!!!
They are looking so small compared to the immensity of the Grand Canyon.
Explored #186
This is how Evan eats Oreos....who needs to take bites? Nah, just shove the whole thing in. ;)
I wanted to do this in color, but the lighting sucked because there wasn't much available light from the window, so I had to turn on the kitchen lights. It was that or crank up my ISO to 1600 lol. Anyway, it looks much better with this conversion. ;)
How Many Rabbits in a Rabbyte? by Jason Curtis
From the website: How many Rabbits in a Rabbyte? Have a look at the design to find out, or jog your memory!
There is a new art trail in Southampton and Winchester this summer. For ten weeks Hares of Hampshire will bring thirty-two large hares and forty-two leverets to the streets, parks, galleries and shops of the two cities.
All money raised by donations and by the auction of the hares at the end of the summer will go to the Murray Parish Trust.
One of my favorite photo in this trip. I took this shot with fisheye so that can present what i feel when i walked under these giant trees.
The tallest known redwood is about 600 years old and was measured at 367.8 feet.The seed is no bigger than one from a tomato,
Lady Bird Johnson Grove,Redwood,California.
About the tree: