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I had come back to look for the White Admiral in our local wood, which I had seen only fleetingly this summer, when I noticed this unusual butterfly - different from anything I had ever seen before. My thanks to Tim Melling for enlightening me on it being an exceedingly rare female Silver-washed Fritillary extreme Aberration Ocellata. To quote the Teddy Bear Picnic song,"If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise ...."
Had a go at trying for a macro shot of one of these amazing little creatures. It was sitting outside my window ledge. I had good natural light which helped. I think I got as close to the spider as my lens would allow (which is 295 mm from my subject to the sensor of my camera). Worth enlarging.
Had a beautiful day with a flock of Evening Grosbeaks today. These birds are declining and are now listed as a species of special concern under COSEWIC in Canada. Since the 1970's these birds have experiences 77-90% declines across their range. They are mostly declining due to loss of their habitat (mature and old-growth forests), road collisions (when they feed on grit in winter) and window strikes.
Take me back in time
Maybe I can forget
Turn a different corner
And we never would have met
Would you care?
I don't understand it
For you it's a breeze
Little by little
You've brought me to my knees
Don't you care?
Had seen multiple mute swans flying over at Shotley but had always caught me by surprise until a group of 3 came over just as I was leaving
She had been waiting for him…
She saw him. She knew.
With long strides, she drew closer — could it be him?
She paused for a moment, careful not to scare him…
Then she sat beside him, with quiet gravity,
And from that moment on, she never left his side.
Had a real nice day with Chas en Rems! Wandering around some old abandoned factory with a lot of great spots! This was my part! Check the blog report on the LL-Blog! loveletterscollective.blogspot.com/2011/09/writers-paradi...
I had expected a fine morning but didn't expect the mist. Otherwise I would have got out of the house even faster. But this was the almost weird sight as I headed over from Biddulph Moor towards Rudyard. Strangely beautiful.
I was in two minds to crop the foreground out. What do you think?
We had a wander around the back roads of Dorset yesterday and I had to stop and take a few shots of the very photogenic barn at Sixpenny Handley. It used to be surrounded by flowering rapeseed but still looks pretty good now the flowering has finished..
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We had such strong wind in the last couple of days that most of the snow blew away, so that the fields are bare. Most of it blew until it filled in roads and then turned brown as gritters covered it. So I had to search hard this morning to find some white stuff in an interesting form. Fortunately I wandered towards the higher locks at Bosley to discover that where the snow had been blown off the fields it had curled over the top of the lock side creating a lovely overhang
Had the opportunity to spend a couple of days in the Davis, WV area. The falls were very pretty with the fall color.
I had two different ones, fake ice cream and this one a tiny bowl of real ice cream, I thought I had it all set up but this was the first click and by the third click it was flat and running over the bowl. I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream.
(Had to do something different with the cage)
Big thanks to Susy for being so willing to see me locked up and hose me clean.
We had heard that the coast path to Kimmeridge Bay had reopened so we decided so give it a go. There seems to have been a lot of landslides over the last 9 months or so and the path is quite distorted in some places. Portland is off to the left in the distance.
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It had been a beautiful day in the northern bay on Mallorca. Far cry from the heavy downpours that we’ve had today in Cardiff. Considerably warmer there too, with having to decide which pudding (not) to have for the evening meal being the most taxing decision in the day.
With a cold front due from the arctic over the next few days I might have to try to get this as a screen saver in work ( if only!!!!)
Thanks for stopping, stay dry fellow UK’ers!
I had to go higher and higher to find virgin snow. I hate it when the snow is all tracked up by humans, but I sure love critter tracks. Stay tuned for the pine marten pic. I waited an hour for him to come out.
had a drive around locally today and it started well with the kingfisher coming in within 10 mins at lackford
We had a withered past. We had some wonderful, joyful times, we've had some dark and bitter times. You loved people very important to me, you've hurt people very important to me. Despite how things were at the end Domino.. you are a part of my life. I truly wish things could of been different but, doesn't change the fact when I was informed of your passing I was hurt. The good inside you, there was so much good underneath your hardheadedness and temper, will live on forever.
Rest in Peace, Brother.
Thank you, for the good 💖
Had a grand day with my good Friend Izzy at Gigrin, trying to capture some Kites in the light...
A very pale, Red Kite.
HAD SECOND VACCINE SHOT YESTERDAY . IT KNOCKED ME OUT AS IN SLEEPINESS. GOING TO BED SOON.ZZZZZ SEE YOU TOMORROW!!
After hearing that Q303 had one of the five remaining un-rebuilt MAC’s, I made the hour long drive to Augusta. After waiting for about five minutes I could see a headlight off in the distance. So I laid down and shot a few pictures of it before making the chase back west.
This American Goldfinch had been perched atop the bird feeder holder and is seen here just as it flew away. I am calling this a Sunday Slider, due to a few minor tweaks, including cleaning up the top of the feeder, if you know what I mean. 😊
HSS and Our Daily Challenge: "Square"
I had never seen anything like it. She said to me, “I really love this photographer.” So, I said to myself, “If I could take pictures like this guy maybe she will love me too.” So, I went out and spent all my monthly allowance on a used Leica. I actually tried to imitate the imagery of Cartier-Bresson. Of course, it didn’t work. The young female student ran off with a history professor, and I was left with Cartier-Bresson. That’s what started me off. I began to take street photographs :-)
Bruce Davidson
HPPT!! Character Matters!
japanese camellia, 'Jacks', our yard, cary, north carolina