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White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli, native to the dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa. San Diego Zoo's Africa Rocks aviary. Conservation status: least concern
Dang! Where does this twig fit? This DIY thing seems to be a bad idea. Next time I'll hire a contractor.
Just about every small town in the Midwest has one or more of these…an empty lot caused by the removal of one of the old buildings in a commercial row. Looking a bit like a missing tooth, what can you do with it? The days of commercial prosperity have flown the coop and about all you have now that is viable is a Casey’s gas station and a Dollar Store. These old commercial rows present a challenging situation for a bold entrepreneur who can think outside the box. Maybe we should just order dentures.
Cill Chriosd Manse House, Nr Broardford, Isle of Skye
I'll give you a break from Valencia for a while!
Back to March and my trip up to Skye. I met up with Skyeweasel and although the weather/tides meant Elgol was pretty pointless she was kind enough to show me a few locations I'd not shot before on the Broadford to Elgol road.
I'd seen this old manse house on a map and aerial photo and had it in mind to try to find but Louise took me straight there and we must have spent 90mins at least trying different povs and portrait v Landscape orientations. The snow on the mountains added a different feel. Several areas of rock existed to create leading lines and this was one of them.
Have to say I really enjoyed this location so once again my sincere thanks to Louise for her help and guidance on the day. Check out her channel if you haven't already www.flickr.com/photos/95388056@N02
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Some time before I shot the previous photo, the Black-shouldered Kite male was carrying this twig and landed in the tree where the nest should be. I suppose this was just some small addition to the already completed construction because I had observed the nest building process at lest a month ago. I wonder about the strength of his beak holding the twig so precisely at its very tip during the fast flight.
This house looked so sad for a very long time. The area at the front was overgrown and full to bursting with three cornered leeks.
It took the new owners a bit of time, but it's now looking lovely. You can just see the Welcome sign I took a photo of on the left hand wall - www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/50176710771/in/album-7...
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
'twas great fun watching a pair shore up their nest in anticipation of little ones this morning.
Northern VA
Highest Position - Explore #1 | 17.03.2009 (Thank u all very very much!)
This is another old shot reprocessed recently to how i feel it should be all along :) Thanks again for your wonderful support all these while. I'm still trying to keep the flow going therefore thank you all so much :D & good night from down under!
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About
The Adelaide General Post Office, South Australia
The shot
Standard 3 exposures shots (-2..0..+2EV) with tripod using the Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens and a polarized light filter
Photomatix
- Tonemapped with 3 exposure shots
Photoshop
- Added a layer effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added a layer effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to decrease the tone for the building
- Added a layer effect of 'saturation' (greens) to enhance the grass
- Used 'unsharp mask' ( as always ) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome
Music
Joshua Kadison - Beautiful in My Eyes
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After a winter sunning in California or Mexico, the Ospreys return to find their nests full of grasses, or even worse, that another species has been using it on the sly! Time to add branches and soft stuff to the nest, and make it ready for the little ones they are expecting!
The Little Old Woman finally found a cobbler to add on to her shoe. Of course, now there is room for more children.
Created by blending elements from several Wombo images.
Thanks to Cindy Mc for the idea
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) perched on a dead tree branch with a bunch of nest building material in its mouth.
Wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) siedząca na gałęzi martwego drzewa z porcją materiału do budowy gniazda w pyszczku.
7DWF Thursdays / Jueves : B&W
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." -Benjamin Franklin
A Network Rail test train passes Capenwray on the Little North Western line between Settle Junction and Carnforth working 1Q17, the 09:42 Leicester LIP – Darlington on 10 May 2026.
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Some of my old 1/72 were pretty rushed and all getting a good revisit. Much improved Mig-29 and now working on some camo versions.
a wetlands muskrat selected some new greenery from the opposite side of the pond to add to his shoreside home
I did manage to get out in the leaves in between canning and home improvements. Hope everyone is staying safe and warm.
I last stopped to photograph this small ruined building near Elphin back in 2014 ('Des Res'). It sits atop a small 'hill' with stunning views to Cul More and Suilven at left and right. The skies on this visit were particularly 'angry', rendering the mountains as almost black. I was pleased to see that perhaps this is not quite as abandoned as I thought; there was some additional, unexpected garden furniture added since my last visit.
. . . this shot bigger (on black) . . . Via Fluidr . . . bigger stream . . . via Fluidr . . .
. . . thanx to boccacino for this great texture . . . www.flickr.com/photos/boccacino/6775333365/
CN and BNSF GE C44-9Ws roll past through the construction zone at Prairie View in 2005.
Soon this will be double track with an interlocking installed. The cell phone towers will remain.
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me
Song - WAR
Looks to be an advertising gimmick for a lifestyle improvement business.
A CSX West Olive coal train turns the corner toward Grand Rapids in Plymouth, Michigan with a much improved yellow nose scheme. I hated the all grey and blue/grey schemes, this was an improvement but far from what could have been considering all the classy schemes that disappeared into Family Lines and CSX. April 1990
Created for
New challenge for December - Inclement Weather
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Texture by TCP
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This shot made Explore many years ago, but I wasn't happy with it. I took this with my first digital camera, a little Kodak point and shoot, that took great pics for what it was, but wasn't good at all for low light shots, which this was because of the storm rolling in. Also, at only 7.1 megapixels, it had about half the detail or less that some of my other point and shoots have, and a whole lot less definition than my DSLR! That said, I caught shots with it that I haven't been able to since, like the three or four lightning shots I managed to capture that day!
This was taken at Veteran's Memorial Riverfront Park in South Daytona, FL, right on the Halifax River. The storm was a nasty one, but it took a long time to actually drop any rain. Meanwhile, I was all over town capturing some spectacular shots that I only wish I could have gotten with a better camera! This was my favorite of the day. I was that close to the egret, and it seemed to be watching the water as if to decide what to do while I was watching it. I loved the moodiness of the shot, and though I might have cropped it more to be more in keeping with the rule of thirds, doing so would have cut off the bottom of that cloud ridge that gives dimension to the sky. Some rules just have to be broken! I did crop it some, and I think it was effective.
Some of the post processing tools that I use now were unavailable to me when I first processed the shot. I think this is an improvement over the original edit, which is below under the original.
Featured in HDRlabs.com - Top 99 most popular HDR images for June 2008
I just happened to come across this weir when i was walking along a section of the park which i have never been before. It was fairly steep to go down & of coz, i gotta do it! :P i slided down the soil on my bum with my cam & tripod. That's pretty hilarious if any of you were to witness that :D I actually leap from 1 stone platform to another to get to the middle of the dam, just to get this shot. If i slip & fall, i guess i would be pretty screwed big time haha!
This HDR shot does look like a painting to me :P However to prove that the original shots are already pretty surreal. I've posted another original shot pretty much direct from the memory card (except for just a small amount of increase in overall saturation) -
Come Flow With Me II | Non-HDR
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About
The Weir at Linear Park
The shot
Standard 3 exposures shots (-2..0..+2EV) with tripod using the Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens and a polarized light filter
Photoshop
- Added a layer effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added a layer effect of 'saturation' of yellows & blues for the splash effect
- Used 'unsharp mask' ( as always ) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
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A view of Bridalvail Fall with the Cathedral Rocks in the background. Taken from Tunnelview in the west end of Yosemite Valley.
Cathedral Rocks and Spires form the eastern side of the canyon through which Bridalveil Creek flows. Some people think these rocks, just opposite of El Capitan, are even more impressive than El Capitan!
There are three main summits to Cathedral Rocks dubbed Higher, Middle, and Lower Cathedral Rocks. Adjacent to Higher Cathedral Rock are the Higher and Lower Cathedral Spires (not visible in ths photo), the most impressive spires in all of Yosemite NP. Higher Cathedral Rock is the highpoint of this group.
These rock features were the scene of some of the first serious rock climbing done in the Sierra during the 1930s. All of the main peaks in and around Yosemite Valley were climbed by the 1870s with the exception of the two Cathedral Spires. It would take over 50 years for equipment and technique improvements before these would also be climbed. The first aid climbing in the Sierra was done in 1933-1934 on Higher Cathedral Spire by a Sierra Club party made up of Jules Eichorn, Bestor Robinson, and Richard Leonard. In their first attempt they ran out of what they had supposed was an ample supply of pitons. With a fresh supply ordered from overseas during the winter, they were successful on their second attempt the following spring. Before the era of Big Wall climbing in the late 1950s, Cathedral Rocks saw a great deal of attention and was used to develop techniques that Robbins, Harding and others would then start to apply to Sentinel Rock, Half Dome's NW Face, El Cap, the Leaning Tower, and other Big Wall routes in Yosemite Valley.