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During loading, the small multi-purpose ship HAMMER began listing to starboard. Loading was immediately interrupted and measures were taken to stabilise the vessel.
Cleo was enjoying a peaceful time in the garden until the neighbour's dogs appeared at the fence. She is slightly hard of hearing now but she still hears barking dogs and I wondered why this look on her face didn't silence the noisy neighbours immediately. As they had several painful encounters with Cleo they would stop barking and disappear as soon as she approaches the fence, though.
Sint Nicholaskerk is the most seen and at the same time overlooked church in Amsterdam as well as being one its most recent constructions, no one can miss this iconic structure upon arrival to the city walking from Centraal Station your eye is immediately drawn to it at 58 m in height it towers over the city skyline.
This Roman Catholic Church was designed by Architect Adrianus Bleijs and is a nod to the past combining elements of neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance styles, completed in 1887 it was made a minor Basilica in 2012.
The church is dedicated to the 4th century charitable patron saint of children that became our Santa Claus as well as the patron saint of sailors and prostitutes, another winning combination.
In the Netherlands Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas and a feast has been celebrated for over 700 years in his name and adopted in the early part of 20th century the tradition of leaving small gifts in children’s shoes was practiced on Dec 6th which has evolved now to become a Dec 5th evening tradition of gathering of family and friends to exchange gifts and laughter.
While Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations are mainly for the children its adult component is an annual grievance poem written to the recipient that must rhyme and be read out loud by the subject at the evening party all in good fun but beware you may get as good as you give.
I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 15 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Another shot of this beauty
When I first spotted this I knew it was something different and interesting but could not identify immediately as to what it was (Binoculars left in the car) I thought maybe a Hobby, when I looked at the screen shots I realised it was definitely a Honey Buzzard !
A first for me.
Note: There is some front R/H wing damage to this bird ?
Nottinghamshire
When was outside in the garden with Tofu yesterday to take my Happy Caturday photo, Sethi joined us for a while and surprisingly didn't disappear immediately when he saw the camera. 😄
The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a scenic dry lake feature with "sailing stones" that inscribe linear "racetrack" imprints. It is located above the northwestern side of Death Valley, in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, U.S.A.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_Playa
For my friend Vladislav:
Thank you very much, Vladislav - it's great that you recognized it - it's really something for insiders - but when I saw this stone on the ice surface, Racetrack Playa immediately came to mind - which seems to me to be quite unreachable - you can pretty much forget about the Yuppi SUVs and the other options are ridiculously expensive...
And so I tried to implement my idea of the RT P in this picture - so that you don't see at first glance that it's the Eibsee :-)
Then the Barkley James Harvest song came to my mind: Poor Man's Moody Blues youtu.be/BpbSIyXXIOk
They have always been overshadowed by the Moody Blues... just like the Eibsee and this stone cannot be compared to the original racetrack...
You see, for me there were more personal thoughts behind it than you can only see on this photo :-)
A mama gator hangs by her brood and will immediately come to their aid if she hears their distress call. Best not to mess with Mother Gator! Here’s a bucket-list image from the past of a little hatchling climbing aboard it’s mother’s head. (Alligator mississippiensis) (Sony a1, 200-600mm at 365mm, 1/200 second, f/10, ISO 1600)
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"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
.... Abraham Lincoln
Is it just me or does everyone immediately see/hear Woody Woodpecker when they look at these plants?
When I see Musk Oxen, I immediately think I am looking at a living dinosaur. Their look is prehistoric, like they have been alive since the world was formed. They look aggressive, however, if left alone, they are very passive.
When I first spotted this herd, they were about a half-mile away. Walked a bit towards them, then settled down on a small hill and waited. Sure enough, in time, they walked very near to where I was seated. Not once did either myself nor the Musk Oxen feel any threat from each another.
I was talking to another photographer one day about Musk Oxen, and he shared a story with me. His father was amazed by Musk Oxen and had never seen one. He brought his Dad up to Alaska to see a herd of Musk Oxen first hand. While talking to an expert on the Musk Oxen, he found out they were in the sheep family. The father was disgusted that they were mere "sheep" and lost all interest in them. I guess we all have different outlooks on wildlife.
Robyn - Send To Robin Immediately
I’ll just say this here, as a reminder, I never like my images. They are not ever finished. There’s always something more to do, something to improve/correct/change about them the next day or 2 or 20. I do this constantly until I end up hating them and ultimately delete. What makes me make one image after another is this: I do what I don’t know how to, so I’m forced to learn, hands-on. They’re challenges to me and also curiously related to some song/feeling, marking a moment I do not wish to forget. Which IS more important to me than the final result. Hence, un upload.
I’ll just say this here, I never like my images. But I’m thankful for your every like, every invitation to your group and/or to your awesome galleries.
I’ll just say this here: THANK YOU.
When I spotted this Egret, I immediately thought of bad boy Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) on the TV Series “The Sopranos” and that somehow brought to mind Jim Croce's 1972 recording, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"
You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim…
Thanks for the Music, Jim Croce
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The Snowy Egret:
A beautiful, graceful small egret, very active in its feeding behavior in shallow waters. Known by its contrasting yellow feet, could be said to dance in the shallows on golden slippers. The species was slaughtered for its plumes in the 19th century, but protection brought a rapid recovery of numbers, and the Snowy Egret is now more widespread and common than ever. Its delicate appearance is belied by its harsh and raucous calls around its nesting colonies.
Adult Snowy Egrets are all white with a black bill, black legs, and yellow feet. They have a patch of yellow skin at the base of the bill. Immature Snowy Egrets have duller, greenish legs.
Snowy Egrets wade in shallow water to spear fish and other small aquatic animals. While they may employ a sit-and-wait technique to capture their food, sometimes they are much more animated, running back and forth through the water with their wings spread, chasing their prey.
Snowy Egrets nest colonially, usually on protected islands, and often with other small herons. They concentrate on mudflats, beaches, and wetlands, but also forage in wet agricultural fields and along the edges of rivers and lakes.
(Nikon D7200, 300/2.8 +TC 1.4, 1/1600 @ f/10, ISO 400, edited to taste)
Howe Sound, BC.
Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, actually a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver.
The cathedral was founded in 642 on a site immediately to the north of the present one. This building became known as the Old Minster. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971. Saint Swithun was buried near the Old Minster and then in it, before being moved to the new Norman cathedral. So-called mortuary chests said to contain the remains of Saxon kings such as King Eadwig of England, first buried in the Old Minster, and his wife Ælfgifu, are in the present cathedral. The Old Minster was demolished in 1093, immediately after the consecration of its successor.
...And immediately
Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:
The sun-comprehending glass,
And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows
Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.
(Philip Larkin)
Location: Dyrholaey
every day, immediately after breakfast, I came to enjoy the sun and the sea of the packed Patong beach
ogni giorno, subito dopo la colazione, venivo a godermi il sole e il mare della affollata spiaggia di Patong
For those that don’t recognize this scene immediately it is of the Kingston Ontario waterfront during an evening promise of a great tomorrow. Kingston has always been about the water sitting on the Eastern side of Lake Ontario at the convergence of the St Lawrence river and the Cataraqui river (now the Rideau canal). Also captured in this shot is the Island Queen, a Mississippi paddlewheel triple decked tourist boat that sails a 3-hour route through the many islands that surround the nearby waterways.
I took this on Sept 28th, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70 f2.8 G2 Lens at 32mm, 1s, f16 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
I am sure this is something that happens to other people, not just me. You see something and immediately a song pops up in your mind. I was wandering in the streets of Chora in Serifos and as I took a turn and walked in this alley I felt a strong wind gust from behind. The closed windows of the 2 houses started creaking and I instantly remembered the lyrics of this Greek old song where the singer says that he feels like the wind passing through the city's streets making the closed windows creak . It was so quiet and so peaceful on that mid September evening in Chora. Its streets were empty and the sound of the windows didn't bother me at all. I stayed there to enjoy that moment and absorb everything through my eyes and ears. White walls, colorful windows, the sound of creaking and a nice and refreshing breeze. Perfection. Happy Window Wednesday everybody.
Αύρα εσπερινή - Δημήτρης Παναγόπουλος
www.youtube.com/watch?v=prXZENGUzZY
And here are the lyrics in English:
As I walk out of your door
I will see the round sun
wearing your beautiful last smile
I will wish you good morning
then I will leave, I will be lost
and maybe you will only see me again in your dreams
Because I am the air that passes
in the city's alleys
and makes the closed windows creak
Because I am an evening aura
I am a breath clean and alive
which makes the tilted window shutters rustle
I am leaving to go high on the mountain
and then I will fall off the cliff
as I sway in the depths and the heights
And in silence I carry
an unruly cry
and some unspeakable hope that you have hidden
I immediately thought of the Mother Goose rhyme "There was a Crooked Man" when I saw this abandoned house near Quinn, South Dakota.
A harmless Mother Goose rhyme?
Apparently not..
The rhyme has been analyzed for deeper meaning and deemed to be illustrative of a social situation in which a person finds they are different from others and struggles to find an identity.
Further a poem has been written in which the crooked man is a demon that will appear and unleash an unstoppable curse of death upon anyone who recites the poem.
Sometimes I'm glad I'm old.
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Someone hurts you, and you take on the pain,
And when you hurt someone, you immediately start running.
Even if you are blown around by the severe cruel wind,
You still keep those feelings you won't give up hidden in your heart.
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My clever Bella decided to pose to get attention, so my Caturday song choices were made to match her choice of pose! Perhaps she knows more about music than I realised...
"Lazing on a Sunday afternoon" - Queen
This photo was taken on Sunday afternoon, almost immediately after Lana posted the theme.
Happy Caturday!
On seeing the descent down I immediately uttered the immortal words “ f**k that for a game of soldiers “ Jonathan my very cultured husband hadn’t heard that particular phrase but caught my drift.
(From the urban dictionary = f**k this/that for a game of soldiers
dated rude slang. An exclamation of utter disdain for and rejection of something. Originally used in the military. Primarily heard in UK )
If I lived along the coast right now I’m sure I would be tempted to go and take photos of the waves just seen splashed ( forgive the pun ) repeatedly over and over again on TV whilst warning everyone else NOT to do so. 25 minutes the BBC have done nothing else but show the waves around the West Coast. I would only say my dear Flickr friends I hope that if you are tempted to do so, that you use a very long lens from a place of complete safety….I am from inner city Nottingham which bred many cultured individuals but I am not one of them…my hearts in the right place I hope though 😊 ❤️
In case you ask, I'm sorry but I do not participate in commenting groups, but I'm always grateful for your visit and I try to visit as many of your photo streams as I can when you have taken the time to visit mine and really appreciate
your time - which in my own case is almost always of the essence..Sue ;)
Phupha Waree Floating Bungalows, Cheow Lan Lake, Surat Thani, Thailand.
These bungalows are located in Klong Wong, immediately adjacent to Klong Yee at the old tree tops floating bungalows location, but is now under new management. This raft house is about one hour and fifteen minutes from the pier by longtail boat. Klong Wong is an area of the lake known for having wide open spaces great for seeing sunrise and having many small islands.
Halt mich fest. Auch wenn Du ein bisschen verdreht bist.
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When I read the topic, I immediately remembered the rabbit lattice that I had stowed behind the pile of stones – when tidying up in the garden. Good that I had not cleaned it. No, it's not contaminated with rabbit's gut. We had no rabbits at all ;-) Lastly, it served to make it difficult for the marten to get into the engine of our car. Whether that helped, I do not know exactly – luckily there were no gnawed cables any more ... And a few tiny plant remains stuck obstinately at the grid. Perfect for a macro ;-)
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Als ich das Thema las, erinnerte ich mich doch gleich an das Kaninchengitter, das ich neulich hinter dem Steinhaufen verstaut hatte – beim Aufräumen im Garten. Gut, dass ich es nicht sauber gemacht hatte. Nein, es ist nicht mit Kaninchendreck verunreinigt. Wir hatten überhaupt keine Kaninchen ;-) Zuletzt diente es dazu, es dem Marder schwer zu machen, in den Motor unseres Autos zu gelangen. Ob das geholfen hat, weiß ich nicht so genau – es gab zum Glück keine angenagten Kabel mehr ... Und ein paar winzig kleine Pflanzenreste hielten sich hartnäckig am Gitter fest. Perfekt für ein Makro ;-)
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Ingredients: rabbit wire mesh, dried plant remains, wooden facade, daylight. Width: 1.3 inches
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Zutaten: Kaninchendrahtgitter, vertrocknete Pflanzenreste, Holzfassade, Tageslicht. Breite: 3,2 cm.
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Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P / 1:3.5 / 55 mm / added Nikkor M2 1:1
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#MacroMondays 2019 / October 14 / #Wire / HMM to everyone!
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the second / das Zweite: flic.kr/p/2huVrUc
Immediately following its repainting by NS and delivery to the Museum of Transportation, and before it was moved such that good photographs were no longer possible, UP DDA40X 6944 basks in beautiful, unobstructed sun at St. Louis, MO.
For the past three weeks, this LIEG seems to enjoy the company of one of the Glossy Ibises that flies back and forth between the three ponds at the AWR. Whenever the GLIB flies back to her pond, she will immediately fly over to where the GLIB is fishing or foraging and trail very closely behind... The GLIB doesn't seem to mind and they walk around together while the GLIB is poking and digging for food... I wonder if there is a name for this behavior? I have seen it before with other wader and shore birds as well... not to mention people...
Immediately after leaving the nest, this young kingfisher dives straight into the undergrowth.
Again very happy to be able to witness the fledgling of young kingfishers. This is a very nice and interesting experience every time. Exciting too, because you have to stay more than one hundred percent focused on the nest entrance in order not to miss anything. The young kingfisher is very fast and can hardly be followed when he or she leaves the nest. The light conditions leave much to be desired, it was again very early - 06:00 - to not miss anything.
My thanks again go to Hennie Hoefakker who, due to all his special knowledge and love for the kingfisher, has once again been perfectly able to determine the exact fledging-date ...... hats off man and thank you !!
After putting my camera back into my bag, I spotted this beautiful butterfly, used my phone camera immediately to capture this really closeup photo, this butterfly was not in a hurry and let me focus on it for the longest time. It’s my best model ever. Love it.
I immediately removed the offending screen after he flew away. Next time, I'll be ready!!
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Immediately below Federation Peak in Tasmania’s Southwest National Park. Kodak Ektar 100. Helicopter skid in the right of frame.
In 1990, Archaeological Survey of India discovered a sunken apsidal stepped well along with few sculptures inside it. This stepped well is located immediately to the north of the Shore Temple, its south edge abutting the northern wall of the Shore Temple. On the extreme south of this newly discovered shrine is placed a monolith statue of Varaha (Boar)in its zoomorphic form. This image is carved in round from a single boulder. The statue was found severely damaged, however, with efforts from ASI restorers, we now see this image in its near original glory. The other element of this stepped well is a slender cylindrical shrine constructed partly in rock and partly in stone. Beyond this cylindrical shrine, further northward, is a circular cistern or mini-well. This is cut downwards with a circular rim-like stone placed at the ground level.
ASI report mentions that this well provides potable water though situated near the ocean. Though Rabe accepts these sockets for the capstones of a well, however, he suggests that these might be constructed to hold the ‘pillar of victory’ taken by Narasimhavarman I from Vatapi (Badami) which probably was installed here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rabe2 tries to explain political reason behind the systematic destruction of this Varaha image. Rabe suggests that this Varaha monolith was severely and systematically butchered when the Chalukya king Vikramaditya I invaded the Pallava kingdom. The rationale behind this destruction was the submissive and prostrated attitude of the Varaha (Boar) Varaha was the dynastic crest of the Chalukyas. This specific posture of Varaha might be taken as a reference to the subjugation of the Chalukyas by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I. And to take revenge, the Chalukyan army destroyed this Varaha image while marching forward into the Pallava kingdom.
Inscriptions On the Varaha (boar) monolith –
The Varaha sculpture is carved out of the mother rock like the three other animal sculptures in the Five Rathas nearby. It has four birudas (titles) of Rajasimha Pallava, some of his favorites, inscribed upon the base, in Sanskrit in the Pallava Grantha script. The birudas on the side are “Sri RajasimhaH” “Sri RanajayaH” and “Sri BharaH”. The biruda on the rear, under the varaha’s tail, is “Sri Citra KaarmukaH”. Between the legs of the boar on both the and under its tail, leaves of acquatic plants are sculpted. These are similar to those at the base of the Varaha and Gajalakshmi panels in the Varaha Mandapam. These indicate that the boar which represents Vishnu, is diving under water, not merely digging.
However, how to explain the engraved titles of Rajasimha, as the Chalukyan attacked the Pallava kingdom before the reign of Rajasimha. To explain it, Rabe tells that it was most possible that like other monoliths, this Varaha was also executed during the period of Narasimhavarman I(630–668 AD). Therefore, when the Chalukyas attacked the Pallavas, during the reign of Narasimhavarman I and Parameshvaravarman I, this monolith was present in the temple complex. As the Varaha was destroyed before the reign of Rajasimha (695 to 722 AD), it was Rajasimha who restored it and that’s how we find his titles engraved on it. (Above description source Internet). Location - Mada Koil St, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu 603104, India
Singing Honeyeater, Gavicalis virescens
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I had followed this bird for a couple of mintues as it worked through some pine branches. Impossible to get a clear shot.
It dropped onto the bush below, paused, gave a shrill call, and immediately dived into the depths of the lignum.
At the beginning of the climb, immediately after the first bend, he appeared to me up there, one step away from the sky. He was the Great Buddha thath, with its big size, dominates the entire island of Phuket. That enormous statue is one of the major tourist attractions, but I was going there for another reason: the maid who cleaned my room daily had told me that the Great Buddha granted wishes, especially those of a sentimental nature. You knelt under him, mentally made your request and inserted a coin into the slot of a small box located nearby and you could be sure that the enchantment would come true. Your beloved was shot as if the Buddha were our Cupid and shot her arrow. ::
I was interested in it because on the day of my first arrival on Patong beach I had seen a free sunbed near the one that supported the graces of a beautiful oriental girl with bewitching eyes and a tempting smile. After the first chat, she had finally agreed to a meeting for the evening. So I went to the great Buddha hoping for a pleasant evening and a crackling night.
Do you want to know how it ended?
Things went so well that we soon went to her house. But at the end, as I give her the last kiss and say goodbye she says to me: "hey dear, you forget something: you owe me 200 dollars"
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Ad inizio salita, subito dopo la prima curva, mi apparve lassù, ad un passo dal cielo. Era il Grande Buddha che, con la sua mole, sovrasta tutta l'isola di Phuket. Quell'enorme statua è uno dei punti di maggior attrazione turistica, ma io ci stavo andando per un altro motivo: la cameriera che giornalmente ripuliva le mia camera mi aveva raccontato che il grande Buddha esaudiva i desideri, in particolare quelli di natura sentimentale. Tu t'inginocchiavi sotto di lui, mentalmente facevi la tua richiesta e inserivi una moneta nella fessura di una cassettina situata là vicino e potevi star sicuro che l'incanto si avverava. La tua amata veniva colpita come se il Buddha fosse il nostro Cupido e lanciasse la sua freccia. ::
Ne ero interessato perché il giorno del mio primo arrivo sulla spiaggia di Patong avevo adocchiato un lettino libero vicino a quello che sorreggeva le grazie di una bella orientale dagli occhi ammalianti e dal sorriso tentatore. Dopo le prime chiacchiere, finalmente aveva accettato un incontro per quella sera. Così andavo dal grande Buddha confidando in una simpatica serata e una scoppiettante nottata.
Volete sapere com'è finita?
Le cose si sono messe così bene che presto siamo andati a casa sua. Ma alla fine, mentre le dò l'ultimo bacino e la saluto lei mi fa: "ehi carino, dimentichi qualcosa: mi devi 200 dollari"
An Oystercatcher coming in for a landing - - we had just had lunch at a brewery in Iceland when I noticed a pair of these landing in a park across the road from us.
I walked over with my camera and was able to get a few quick shots before the rain; and I found their nest pretty much immediately
Eurasian Oystercatcher - Olverk, Iceland
Redstarts are immediately identifiable by their bright orange-red tails, which they often quiver. Breeding males look smart, with slate grey upper parts, black faces and wings and an orange rump and chest. Females and young are duller. Redstarts 'bob' in a very robin-like manner, but spend little time at ground level. It is included on the Amber List of species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe where it is declining. From the RSPB website.
IMAGINE VAN GOGH-VANCOUVER.
The experience of seeing a show like "Imagine Van Gogh" during the COVID-19 pandemic immediately creates a more user-friendly atmosphere, ironically, at least when it comes to getting to enjoy the show without crowds.
Van Gogh has described with joy his visit to the Mediterranean shore near Arles at the fishing village of Sainte-Maries, where he painted and drew for several days. It was a new world for him, and he responded to it with his usual eagerness and excitement.
L'expérience de voir un spectacle comme "Imagine Van Gogh" pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 crée immédiatement une atmosphère plus conviviale, ironiquement, du moins lorsqu'il s'agit de profiter du spectacle sans foule.
Van Gogh a décrit avec joie sa visite au bord de la Méditerranée près d'Arles au village de pêcheurs de Sainte-Maries, où il a peint et dessiné pendant plusieurs jours. C'était un nouveau monde pour lui, et il y a répondu avec son empressement et son excitation habituels.
Redstarts are immediately identifiable by their bright orange-red tails, which they often quiver. Breeding males look smart, with slate grey upper parts, black faces and wings and an orange rump and chest. Females and young are duller. Redstarts 'bob' in a very robin-like manner, but spend little time at ground level. It is included on the Amber List of species with unfavourable conservation status in Europe where it is declining. From the RSPB website.
Dock in Chincoteage... There's more to this story than meets the eye. Later in the day, fifty feet further down this dock, I was setting up my camera on a tripod when boom, it became detached, fell, rolled along the dock, and splashed into the water, salt water mind you. I watched it slowly settle to the bottom, emitting a few bubbles as water displaced the air inside the camera. I found an older gentlemen who helped me by going home and getting a net that I used to 'rescue' the camera from the denizens of the deep. I immediately removed the battery and placed it in fresh water and changed it dozens of times each day for several days. And in the end I have a few salvaged parts and my two media cards. I placed the cards in rice and let them dry for several days. And when done, the cards performed flawlessly to this day. Thus the above image was once under salt water before being rescued. Those rescued images were set aside and forgotten, only to be rediscovered a few days ago. What a surprise, but yet also a reminder of the loss of a Canon 5D MIV + lens. I never trusted that cheap old tripod again. It was "repurposed" and replaced with a most sturdy and reliable Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod. One of the lessons learned that day was to always buy good gear and don't trust a good camera to a marginal tripod. Even at that, I've equipped all my cameras with a 'tether' that attaches to a tripod, so that I'll never again be able to have a camera become completely detached from a tripod. If so, it falls at most 10 or 12 inches. They say that the best lessons in life are those that cost you something...
When I was thinking of World Wildlife Day I immediately thought of elephants and their struggles. Then I remembered a particular elephant, a Big Tusker, I saw on my last trip. He had the biggest tusks I have ever seen. I had my 500mm lens on when I saw him so this was all I could get in the frame. (Always too much or too little, right!)
I was reading about Big Tuskers and it said there were only about 25 left in the world!! That is so sad. I love elephants so much, they are truly exceptional animals. This year's theme for WWD is “Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation”. I hope everyone will take a minute to read about it.
I couldn’t believe my luck when I pulled up and immediately saw this beautiful Five-striped Sparrow right on the side of the road next to the car! That NEVER happens. Usually I only find them after a long and difficult search.
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Amphispiza quinquestriata
The trees immediately south of the Canada/US border were covered in a fresh sticky snow. I was heading further south, but stopped to take this photo in a country region just south of the border and off Baie Missisquoi. As I expected, this fresh snow was only in the northern end of the state. In general, there is not a lot of snow in Northern Vermont. This is a mere dusting, when there should be a few feet of snow.
The moment I saw this scene of sheep grazing in a wild paddock, with a very moody sky and those iconic gum trees, I was excited. My mind immediately reflected on the school of nationalist Australian Impressionists, and in particular Tom Roberts (1856-1931) who is buried near Longford in Tasmania.
It was almost like I'd seen this scene before. Well not quite, but the painting that came immediately to mind (I am very grateful for my art education) was Tom Roberts' "Breakway" (1891). www.ngv.vic.gov.au/australianimpressionism/education/insi...
Now it is not the actual scene that makes me think of Roberts, but the spirit of the work. I believe this photograph catches a glimpse of the inner world of the Australia landscape (if there can be such a thing): The spirit of place. In short, I am saying this photograph could only ever be taken in Australia.
Black and white photography and Australian Impressionist colour. Is there a link? Well let me say that over the next few days you'll get plenty of naturalist colour from me in my rural landscapes. And I have taken my cue for that from the Australian colonialist painters a generation before the Australian Impressionists.
But this one shot for the moment is my tribute to Roberts, Streeton, McCubbin, Condor, Withers www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3252/ , and let's not forget (although he was a generation later), the South Australian Hans Heysen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Heysen
When the Impressionists applied colour to the canvas it was in ways that reminded you of the natural landscape, but more particularly conveyed something of the verve and drama lying beneath the surface of the image.
Colour photography is wonderful, but its greatest drawback is that it often robs us of distance from the work. We see a colour picture and we immediately think "snapshot". We are so used to it we are conditioned by it. When our brain thinks "snapshot" it takes the easy way out and says, "That's nice." But we don't really see!
Black and white photography is so great for dramatic landscapes - that's why we remember Ansel Adams' photographs of Yosemite and not the myriad of beautiful colour photographs of the same vistas. Black and white engages our brains because we have to decode the scene without our usual (expected) colour.
So we actually take more time examining a black and white photograph. It means we also notice the subtly of shades in the clouds, the structure of those trees, and the attitude of the grazing sheep. That's why a monochrome is more memorable.
In this case the "most interesting things" were the neighbour's rabbits. Fynn introduced the rabbits to his little brother and Tofu the Dragon immediately fell in love with them. He will probably spend a lot of time at that fence. Happy Fence Friday ! :)
Otter, un bellissimo Setter irlandese - "Sentivo i suoi passi, dietro di me, come quelli di un bambino; mi raggiunse mi toccò lievemente col muso per avvertirmi ch'era lì, e come per chiedere il permesso di accompagnarmi. Mi volsi e gli accarezzai la testa di velluto; e subito ho sentito che finalmente anch'io avevo nel mondo un amico".(Grazia Deledda)
Otter, a beautiful Irish Setter - "I could hear his footsteps behind me, like those of a child; he reached me and touched me lightly to warn me he was there, and as if to ask permission to accompany me. and I stroked his velvet head, and immediately felt that I too had a friend in the world ". (Grazia Deledda)
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I saw her sitting on a bench in the midst of the Market Square and immediately thought of a painting you can find in churches or museums.
She was doing what everybody seems to be doing when they are sitting on a bench, no matter where: texting someone on a smart phone. In my mind's eye, I saw a completely different thing: A Renaissance lady in a brocade dress, writing a love letter to her beloved.
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Immediately below the Cora Lynn Falls, located on a tributary of the Armstrong Creek near Marysville in Victoria, Australia, the seed of a fern, bush, or tree had taken root on this very small rock and a new life had begun. I wondered how long it would survive before a flood washed it away and, when I visited the area six years later, this rock was no longer in place. . . . . .Tamron 55-200mm f4 -5.6 Di II LD Macro