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The immediate thought is .. where's it gone?
Here's how it came to be .. with a rather nice picture too!
High River, AB
Although this male looks dark when sitting he would be classified as an Intermediate morph, brown bibbed type. This is the same hawk as yesterday's post. I will include several follow up photos of their young as the nest was low enough for me to use my telephoto lens and document them.
It's been a while since I posted a monochrome image so here is one of my favourite subjects in a high key format.
I had originally aimed to catch the Belhaven Bridge in bad weather with heavy skies and stormy waters but the forecast was so far off that I was met with sunbathers and the flattest seascape I think I've ever seen. Not a ripple!
Still, I alway say that you need to make the most of what is available so instead of mean and moody skies we have a bright light image of soft clouds and smooth milky water.
Swift
Martinet
Apodidae
Five final shots of a sky filled with swallows. The interesting thing is that after the photomerge, the program removed half of the swallows, so I had to go back to the original shots and re paste the birds into layers :-) It must be said that when doing this I did enlarge two, to give the photo a hint of drama to its space...
AJ
Sunrise over the Cat Mts, located along the southern tip of the Tucson Mountain range, west of Tucson Arizona.
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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things....
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Where in this wide world can man find
nobility without pride,
Friendship without envy,
Or beauty without vanity?
Here, where grace is served with muscle
And strength by gentleness confined
He serves without servility;
he has fought without enmity
. There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent.
There is nothing so quick, nothing more patient.
~Ronald Duncan, "The Horse," 1954
All is relative: the Black-shouldered Kite flew low, yet the bee danced far above.
(Elanus axillaris)
(Apis mellifera)
High Brown Fritillary - Argynnis adippe
This large, powerful butterfly is usually seen flying swiftly over the tops of bracken or low vegetation in woodland clearings. In flight, the males are almost impossible to separate from those of the Dark Green Fritillary, which often share the same habitats. However, both species frequently visit flowers such as thistles and Bramble where it is possible to see their distinctive underside wing markings. The Dark Green lacks the orange ringed 'pearls' on the underside of the hindwing.
The High Brown Fritillary was once widespread in England and Wales but since the 1950s has undergone a dramatic decline. It is now reduced to around 50 sites where conservationists are working to save it from extinction.
Size and Family
Family: Fritillaries
Size: Large
Wing Span Range (male to female): 60-67mm
Conservation status
Section 41 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in England
Section 42 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in Wales
UK BAP: Priority Species
Butterfly Conservation priority: High
European status: Not threatened
Fully protected in Great Britain under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act
Caterpillar Foodplants
Common Dog-violet (Viola riviniana) is used in all habitats, but Hairy Violet (V. hirta) is also used in limestone areas. It may occasionally use Heath Dog-violet (V. canina) and Pale Dog-violet (V. lactea).
Polylepis or Paper Tree
Parque Nacional Cajas
3900m (12,800ft)
near Cuenca, Ecuador
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Breakwater
Jan 12, 2010 16:49
Camera: Sony DSLR-A350
Color Mode: Sunset
Color Temperature: 5500°K
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: -0.3 EV
Lens Type: Sony DT 11-18mm F4.5-5.6
With warmer temperatures these past several days, this wildflower was able to make an appearance...... just barely breaking through the snow cover.
Another capture I took on our local golf course. It was noon but I tried to take some photos against the bright sunlight. That's something I do quite often although many people tell me that I shouldn't. That may even be one of the reasons why I do it, I'm afraid, and I do it because it is tricky. If there is an easy way and a complicated one I often find myself choosing the latter as everything else would be too boring. :)