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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
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.
Everything I said about the previous photograph applies here too. Shooting street scenes requires us being aware of more than just the subject in front of us. Here the light and shade, textures on the wall, and especially the colour, are the key elements. Here there's a nod to the late Canadian photographer Fred Herzog (1930-2019).
Piazza del Dumo (central square) in San Gimignano, Italy
(a pano stitch of 5 shots, using the Image Composite Editor software on the recommendation of our fellow Flickerite Hrvoje Šašek :-)) ; in my eyes, this is a considerable improvement over the smartphone pano I published earlier today, and now removed from the gallery)
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
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Always makes me think of that Everly Brothers song "The Price of Love" also covered by Bryan Ferry. I was out practicing my handheld nighttime photography & was really pleased at the result. Probably not the greatest photo but I see some improvement on what I've been doing.
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.
Highest Position - Explore #3 | 02.11.2008 (Thank you! :D)
Way to the start of the week once again! Monday blues as always but i'm trying s0o0o hard to be happy & smiley :D my colleague just told me i've a poker face.. can't tell whether i'm sad or happy LOL! Hope that's a good thing :P Nonetheless let's enjoy a great week ahead & catch u around!
View LARGE On Black to feel the sand ;)
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About
The Route to a Beautiful Sunset at West Beach
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows & blues) to tone up part of the sky
- Applied slight dodging on the dark area of the sand dunes
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome
Music
Backstreet Boys - Shape of My Heart
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This Red-necked Grebe pair is working side by side to improve the nest with floating materials gathered nearby. Here they are moving the materials with their beaks to where they like them.
Taken 14 June 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska.
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.
Struggled with the lighting on this one! Wanted to to show the edge of the bit the measuring tape was on whilst trying to keep the background as black as possible. But to achieve some highlights on the tape I had to do the opposite. Anyway, kind of turned out how I wanted it!
'twas great fun watching a pair shore up their nest in anticipation of little ones this morning.
Northern VA
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.
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
Grey heron, partially back lit, working on home improvements.
Thank you for stopping by to look at my images. Any comments and faves are always appreciated. Have a great day!
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.
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.
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
Number 135 of my 365 photo challenge - Another macro image of a Dandelion fruit.
I know I have used this subject already, but this was just too much of an improvement from my point of view, not to be used for today's picture.
Bald Eagle taking another offering home to the nest, maybe this one will pass its partner's approval.
Check out this picture to see what he brought 1st! www.flickr.com/photos/137525873@N08/51953549437/in/datepo...