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Whimper Wonderland Run,
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
The Jensen GT is a British sports car. It was introduced by Jensen Motors in 1975 as the shooting-brake version of the Jensen-Healey. The new configuration was a 2+2 design with a very limited back seat. Aside from the body shape and seating, relatively little differed from the roadster. Acceleration and top speed were slightly reduced due to the increased weight and additional smog control components on the engine.
Engine 1973 cc Lotus 907 I4
During its short production run from September 1975 to May 1976, 511 Jensen GTs were built before Jensen Motors went into receivership.
I'm fond of 'editing' my shots very often adding a little more depth or saturation or 'increasing' the light but these are straight out of the camera - it really does look like this on a bright day!
The air-cooled horizontally opposed Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine was located in the rear of the vehicle under a slightly raised cargo floor. It was similar in principle to the 4-cylinder engine of the Volkswagen, but unusual for most contemporary cars. The 145 cu in (2,375 cc) engine developed 80 hp (60 kW) at 4,400 rpm. Engine size was increased to 164 cu in (2,683 cc) for the 1964 model year, raising output to 95 hp
On a rainy evening, the "Popradské Pleso" lake in the Tatras mountains, Slovakia.
This shot was taken with a mobile phone, as my camera broke down at the very beginning of this trip. I locked the ISO setting of the phone to 100 ISO to try to get as much as possible out of the camera phone, and then resorted to post-processing to try to get a quality image.
For post-processing, I used darktable. I used non-local means denoising, and adjusted the tone curves to have a strong highlight in the center of the image. I use both the equalizer filter (in clarity mode) and the local contrast filter, with masks selecting the center of the image, to increase the contrast gradually toward the center. My goal was to make more visible the different layers of mountains.
Then, I worked a lot on the lower part of the image, the lake, to enhance the highlights in the reflection. For this, I started with a strong modification of the tone curves. However, this created a lot of noise as the sensor of the phone is not too good in the shadows. To fight this noise, applied a set of filters only on the lower part of the image: I used a stronger non-local means that I combined with a wavelet-based denoising (using the "profiled" denoising filter of darktables) as these have different types of artifacts. To cancel out the artifacts, I added to these a low-pass filter that smooths out the image. On top of this, I added artificial grain, to restore the grain of the image destroyed while smoothing.
Finally, I worked a bit on the clouds. I wanted to crop the top of the image, in order to focus more on the horizon line, but I was interested in the shapes of the cloud. So I used a liquify filter to warp these clouds down. Last, in a minor and classic trick, I created a vignetting-like effect by making the top and left clouds darker with a tone-curve filter.
En una de mis visitas al Torcal de antequera, aproveche para quedarme por la noche ya que el cielo se mostraba despejado. Al ser mi primera visita no conté con la desorbitada contaminación lumínica de Málaga en verano. Aún así es un sitio digno de visitar por la noche, ya que si de por sí es mágico, de noche se incrementa esa magia.
In one of my visits to the Torcal de Antequera, take the opportunity to stay at night as the sky was clear. Being my first visit did not count on the exorbitant light pollution of Malaga in summer. Still, it is a place worth visiting at night, since if it is magical in itself, at night that magic increases.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty nine metres at 09:36am on Saturday 20th February 2021 off Blackheath Avenue and Charlton Way in the grounds of Greenwich Park, one of the Royal Parks of London situated in Greenwich, South East London.
Here we see, Sciurus Carolinensis (Eastern Gray Squirrel or Grey Squirrel), a tree squirrel native to North America and first introduced to the UK in the 1870's. Though it was largely responsible for the decimation of our own native red squirrel population, those are now on the increase and found in certain parts of the UK including Scotland. The Greys are still an ecologically essential natural forester regenerator.
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Nikon D850 Hand held with Sigma OS Optical Stabilization enabled on normal setting. Focal length 380mm Shutter speed: 1/500s Aperture f/6.0 ISO800 Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504). NEF RAW L (14 bit uncompressed) Focus mode AF-C focus. AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. Auto ISO 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points.AF-Area mode single point & 73 point switchable. Exposure mode: Shutter priority mode. Matrix metering. White balance on: Auto1 (4370K). Colour space: RGB. Vignette control: Normal. Picture control: Auto (Sharpening A +1/Clarity A+1)
Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3DG OS HSM SPORTS. Lee SW150 MKI filter holder with MK2 light shield and custom made velcro fitting for the Sigma lens. Lee SW150 circular polariser glass filter.Lee SW150 Filters field pouch.Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 29.35s
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Nikon D850 Firmware versions C 1.10 (9/05/2019) LD Distortion Data 2.018 (18/02/20) LF 1.00
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit Version 1.4.1 (18/02/2020). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.13.5. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
My increasing interest in wildlife is bringing about some lovely moments recently.
A location almost on our doorstep, not the remote isles of Scotland. So you can gather my excitement when I found out about the otters
We spent several hours, watching their behaviour, speedily motoring through the water, watching as they dived and following the trail of bubbles
I watched numerous times, as one firstly caught a fish, then brought back an eel for the kit, waiting on the bankside
Sadly the young kit, although quite agile in the water, seems to have a very bad eye problem with her/his left eye, which bulges significantly.
I wasn't sure which image to post but this one of the otter creating some wonderful ripples as it glides effortlessly through the water appealed
Today post obviously about climate change , just reminding of the reasons by Burning or cutting down trees reverses the effects of carbon sequestration and releases greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. Furthermore, deforestation changes the landscape and reflectivity of earth's surface, Global warming may increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in many areas, creating more intense and frequent wildfires.
Photographed from Eastcheap, opposite Rood Lane, with the massive building at 20 Fenchurch Street looming over St Margaret Pattens church.
The 38 storey 20 Fenchurch Street, also known as the "walkie talkie" building, is 525 feet tall. Construction was completed in spring 2014, and the three-floor "sky garden" was opened in January 2015.
The building gets it's "walkie talkie" nickname because of it's shape and is not without some controversy. It won the Carbuncle Cup in 2015, awarded by Building Design magazine to the worst new building in the UK during the previous year.
During the building's construction, it was discovered that for a period of up to two hours each day if the sun shines directly onto the building, it acts as a concave mirror and focuses light onto the streets to the south. Spot temperature readings at street-level including up to 91 °C (196 °F) and 117 °C (243 °F) were observed during summer 2013, when the reflection of a beam of light up to six times brighter than direct sunlight shining onto the streets beneath damaged parked vehicles.
In July 2015, the building was criticised in having an unexpected impact on wind strength at street-level. The City of London Corporation received an increased number of complaints about draughts around 20 Fenchurch Street following its completion.
St Margaret Pattens church was first recorded in 1067, at which time the church was probably built from wood. It was then rebuilt in stone but fell into disrepair and had to be demolished in 1530. It was rebuilt again in 1538 but was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The present church was built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1687. It is one of only a few City churches to have escaped significant damage in the Second World War.
According to Venetian official statistics approximately 16 million people visited the province of Venice in 2011, with increases projected for 2012-13. Most if not all visitors, come to visit the central island Venezia in order to see and be in the heart of the city. Geographically the city center which includes St. Mark’s Basilica, St Mark’s Square, the Doge’s Palace, the Rialto Bridge, as well as the homes and businesses of Venetians exists on a land mass that is roughly six square miles. These six square miles are criss-crossed by the Grand and the not-so-grand canals which invite tourists to explore the nooks and crannies of a medieval powerhouse that still displays its heritage.
However, as a frame of reference, visitors should do the math. Public access to the six square miles of the central part of Venice is reduced by the areas occupied by private housing, businesses and by canals. Effectively the 80,000 to 100,000 daily visitors and the 40,000 to 60,000 local residents or business employers and employees are competing for approximately one to two square miles of open space. Regardless of the crowds it should be noted that while tourists may travel stem to stern in seemingly endless lines of gondolas, on Venice’s solid ground no car, bus or motor scooter challenges a visitor’s right to live long and prosper. In Venice the trucks, cars, and buses come with keels and rudders. All vie for space on and in the canals. Gondoliers weave their boats and passengers through the Grand Canal water traffic much like carriage driver guide their clip-clopping horse drawn carriages through any busy city’s tourist center. To paraphrase Shakespeare, in Venice all the water’s a stage,
To increase adhesion between wheel and rail, Infrabel daily sprays sandite paste on the rails of line 124, 50, 60 and 26 during autumn.
On 19/10/2020 two TUC Rail 55's were assigned with this job.
This is the turn from Denderleeuw to Jette via line 50.
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Should keep this pretty short tonight as my eyes & I need more rest according to my Dr :)) I can feel i am on my way to recovery so let's hope it can only get better over the weekend. Trust everyone is looking forward to the end of 'TGIF'!
I will not post anything from my archive tonight so here's one from my recent trip to Bangkok! Do rest & relax & don't be sick like me!
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Prasat Phra Debidorn in the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
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' (blues) to enhance the sky
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to slightly tone up the golden tiles
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'levels' to enhance the area between pillars
- Blended in a tonemapped single tonemapped (0 EV) shot to remove ppl in front of me
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
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Despite the increasing adversities encountered getting to White Pocket at Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness I keep going back to this magical place.
Increasing adversities were two cars, which never should attempted getting there and obviously got stuck in the deep sand. An overwhelming amount of people and tents brought in by local guide companies and their guides behaving like this is THEIR place. One of these guides had the nerve to harass me as I was there with two friends of mine, new to White Pocket, and I was showing them around. She thought she could scare me that BLM rangers will penalize me for taking friends to the White Pocket and ‘guiding’ them around. Last but not least, a helicopter showed up in the late afternoon to rescue one of the many people roaming around and who injured herself to the point that she was not able to get back to the car and drive to the closest health care center.
The secret is trying to blend all this out, knowing exactly what you want to shoot and just wait until everybody is gone and use the low light.
Nikon D810
Nikon T&S 19mm f/4.0
10s at f/8.0
RAW ISO 100
05/18/2018
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44 x 4-minute ISO 1600 auto-guided exposures, taken over 2 nights.
Modified EOS 600D & Revelation 12" f/4 Newtonian reflector telescope.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise, adjust overall colour balance and reduce colour gradients caused by light pollution.
Autumn, also known as Fall in North American English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere). Autumn is the season when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools considerably. Day length decreases and night length increases as the season progresses until the Winter Solstice in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere). One of its main features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed.
Although colour change in leaves occurs wherever deciduous trees are found, coloured autumn foliage is noted in various regions of the world: most of North America, Eastern Asia (including China, Korea, and Japan), Europe, southeast, south and part of the midwest of Brazil, the forest of Patagonia, eastern Australia and New Zealand's South Island.
Eastern Canada and New England are famous for their autumnal foliage, and this attracts major tourism (worth billions of US dollars) for the regions.
There’s something to be said for small cameras and macro photography. The perceived increase in magnification from a micro 4/3rds sensor offers a lot of flexibility when it comes to tiny subjects, like water droplets and their refracted images.
This image was created with a Lumix GX9, still my favourite “small camera”. I spent roughly a year shooting with it exclusively in the past and it never let me down. It’s a perfect travel camera, but the proof is in the pudding: it handles macro work exceptionally well too. Shot with the Laowa 50mm F/2.8 2x macro lens, that’s where things get interesting.
Don’t get me wrong, I am in love with the Leica 45mm F/2.8 macro lens. Incredible sharpness, image stabilization, great autofocus, and no distortion. Sometimes your budget might not extend that far, or you might need higher magnification. The Laowa 50mm 2x macro lens is manual focus only, but you get twice the magnification in a small package – the equivalent of 4x magnification compared to a full-frame camera setup. That puts you into the realm of snowflakes, but also makes it easy to fill the frame with water droplets.
This is a tendril from a cucumber vine. Before planting the seedlings outside, I saw these tendrils and anticipated that they would make a good “ingredient” in a water droplet image; curves and spirals in nature are always a winner. In behind is placed a Gerbera Daisy, carefully positioned such that the yellow center of the flower was directly behind the spiral. Alignment of these ingredients is key.
The water droplets were set in place with a hypodermic needle. The tip of the needle is hydrophobic, meaning that water wants to get away from it and not stick to it. This makes it easy to place water droplets on other surfaces. The more spherical a droplet, the better it acts like a lens, refracting an image of the flower placed behind. You can see that with the bottom droplet well. The “internal” droplet inside the spiral is anything but spherical, so it’s heavily distorted… but it also creates shapes and colours that accent the image nicely.
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There’s always more to explore and discover in the universe at our feet. :)
The increased height of the new sea defences on Black Rock has been questioned by quite a few in Brighton including me. The comments were mainly about it being unnecessarily high. I took this photo around lunch time and before Storm Barra had arrived. I'm not sure it's high enough now ;-(((
In recent times the incidents reported on ivory poaching in various games parks through out Africa have increased alot and this has put the gentle giants,the Elephants,coming very close to be classified as an endangered species.Although poaching of elephants is a very serious menace to the survival of the species, lets hope that the new Wildlife Act which has just been enacted by the Kenyan Parliament acts as a deterrent to the poachers. .
Lets pray and hope that our future generations get to see and enjoy the lovely sights we get to see in our National Parks.
This head shot was captured during my recent visit to Masai Mara,Sept 2017, driving away from Keekorok Lodge saw this young elephant peacefully grazing.....what a pleasing sight to see the beautiful tusks on the animal instead of some shops in the Far East......
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Winslow Homer was among the first artists to paint the modern American woman enjoying the physical liberation and social independence of leisure life.Here,Homer depicts four unaccompanied female hikers on a steep slope in the Adirondacks.This work demonstrates his interest in both dynamic asymmetrical compositions influenced by Japanese woodblock prints,which were becoming increasing popular in the West,and the color effects of bright outdoor light.
Sony Alpha 6000, 1/125 sec, ca. 600.0mm, ISO 100
AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 80.0-400.0mm f/4.5-5.6
Nikon FX auf Sony APS-C
I like GWGUs for some reason. It was fun being able to increase contrast a lot too; the bird is just that pale!
A few more tweaks - changed lens to Nikon 50mm f1.4 but big gain has been arranging some left over York paving stones with gaps between to hide the food snippets and badger & fox nuts. This allowed longer visits to the focus area.
But a new issue has been getting a clearly focussed shot of the cubs because they dart around quickly are pretty small and their fur is very soft anyway.
But I have a limited around 500mm depth of field and have to fix the focus before each session so don't have the luxury of auto-focus.
Gazza kindly pointed this out in the previous shot the cub moved too quickly and as is a bit soft in focus.
Catch 22 is I cannot increase the shutter speed as the Yongnuo triggers for the flash are fine for 1/200 but not so good at 1/250 shutter speed, but it might be worth a try. Do not want to increase the ISO really from 1600 to 2000 but these are both options. Increasing the flash output might disturb the foxes is also not feasible.
Camera info:-
Nikon D750 at 1.8 metres from subject {on manual}
Nikon 50mm f/1.4 @ f/6.3,
ISO 1600,
Shutter 1/200,
Focal length 50 mm.
Camera shutter triggered by very long cable release.
Nikon SB900 flash lights, Yongnuo 602's to fire Nikon strobes.
A. Nikon SB900 flash light "A" bare head, 8 metres at 45 degrees to the right of shed, on 1/16 power and 1.8 metres high on light stand to light shed and greenery.
B. Nikon SB 900 "B" key light, on the right at 1 metre high, 3.6 metres from subject and at 45 degrees on 1/32 power with a fine grid on front.
C. Nikon SB900 "C" fill light on the left at 45 degrees to fill in light - low setting of 1/64 power, fine grid on front, on manual, 3metres from subject.
The monarchs are now numbering above 20,000, a wonderful increase though still far below historic numbers ten times that. Pismo Beach, CA, USA
The Human Family
As we left the car at Southsea today, I thought I saw a lady feeding swans at one end of the Canoe Lake. As we approached on our walk, it was obvious that she was feeding a group of seven swans by hand.
We said hello and I asked if I could take photos. This was no problem for the 'swan lady' and I took a few shots, then of course wondering if she would participate in my strangers' project. Mary was quite happy with this too.
On the Lake the swans eat weed, including very tiny prawns, and grass. Mary feeds them special swan pellets which have a fishy smell and contain molluscs. Her visits are now restricted to every 3 or 4 days rather than every day because of the increased cost of the pellets.
The swan peering over the back of the seat is named 'Youhoo', a bit of a character. Mary names each one and amazingly can tell one from another. She told us that this is her 'happy place' which began with a swan she called Charlie but who was unfortunately attacked by a dog.
I wondered if Mary has ever had any problems with the swans. She said 'never' and went on to say that she prefers swans to people. It's obvious that she knows how to treat them: an alpha male was once domineering but Mary stood up to him, however also affording him respect in the feeding queue.
Swans congregate at different ends of the Lake depending on the wind direction, peferring to fly into the wind rather than have it at their backs.
They spend good amounts of time preening and at this time of the year, will remove large feathers from their plumage, and in addition use their beaks to access a gland in their bodies which produces a substance to waterproof all their feathers.
Such an unexpected encounter as we had changed our minds about visiting a National Trust property and taken a late decision to go to the sea and have our breakfast.
We said our goodbyes; I've sent Mary some photos and cannot help reflecting on the variety of passions we humans embrace.
I did comment to Mary that I liked the purple shade in her hair; she told me it should really be pink but that she bought the wrong dye............
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Tinside Lido, arguably the jewel in Plymouths seafront crown, is a gloriously Art Deco swimming pool and bathing area beloved of Plymothians and visitors alike.
This abstract was polarised 'to the max' on exposure with subsequent editing to further increase contrast.
IC #6252 and company are almost finished dumping their fresh loads of taconite on Dock 6 as the sky's pinks and purples fade to dark blues and the lights across the harbor in Superior begin to twinkle. The dock loads ships via a conveyor belt system or gravity-feed; the conveyor belt system can load 10,000 tons of iron ore pellets onto a ship per hour. With marine shipping closed for the winter season though, the taconite will get added to the massive stockpiles (frame left) and get shipped out in the spring when the harbor opens up again.
Of the six docks, the first was originally built on the Superior side of the harbor in 1892. The Duluth Mesabi & Northern Railway built their first wooden ore dock here the next year in 1893. As ore mining exploded on the Mesabi Iron Range into the next decade, the railroad built larger and more advanced ore docks to accommodate the steam freighters that were increasing in size.
By World War One, there were four ore docks almost a half-mile long operating here alongside smaller docks for receiving coal and limestone. The adjacent and inactive Dock 5 was built back 1914 while Dock 6 was indeed the sixth and final dock built at this location in 1918. Over time, the smaller, wooden ore docks were retired and deconstructed while the steel docks remained.
To the very far right is CN's Hallett Dock, used for both outgoing and incoming cargos. Various products are handled here from bentonite clay and limestone, both used in the taconite production process.
More on the Duluth Docks and the harbor history can be read where this is sourced from:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4ac782082b9147b79a76b689de89...
Time to practice with some "dragonflies in flight". There were a few at the Albuquerque Botanic Gardens but will only increase in numbers as it starts to warm up.
Il Bikini è un complesso turistico che sorge nel comune di Vico Equense, incastonato come un diamante in una delle baie più suggestive dell’intera Penisola Sorrentina.
Da oltre cinquant’anni la storia della famiglia Scarselli si identifica con la baia del Bikini, all’insegna del continuo miglioramento e rinnovamento delle strutture, nonchè dell’ampliamento dei servizi, sempre finalizzati alla cura compiuta ed affettuosa degli ospiti.
Dal piccolo accogliente stabilimento originario organizzato per un gruppo di amici, e subito segnalato da una immagine divenuta poi nota in tutto il mondo - le due palme sull’atollo che segna il confine della rada - si è via via affermata quella che è oggi una forte e dinamica tradizione familiare. In modi e livelli di sempre maggiore professionalità, la vocazione innata all’ospitalità ha sviluppato infatti il gusto antico dello stare-bene-insieme, entro lo sfondo di una natura splendida, amorevolmente protetta e messa in luce, di un parco arboreo all’italiana e di un paesaggio marino che configurano un’isola di agio e serenità.
Nato più di cinquant’anni fa come semplice stabilimento balneare, oggi Il Bikini presenta un’offerta completa di relax e divertimento, che parte dal mattino e può spingersi fino a notte inoltrata. Il complesso, infatti, mette a disposizione della clientela una spiaggia attrezzata con tutti i servizi necessari, con uno scenario paesaggistico unico al mondo a fare da cornice e un mare cristallino in cui immergersi piacevolmente.
Nel ristorante, inoltre, si possono gustare le specialità tipiche del Golfo di Napoli e della Costiera Amalfitana, nonché organizzare eventi e cerimonie per le occasioni speciali. Infine, per gli amanti della movida e del by night, la discoteca sarà il luogo ideale per farsi travolgere dal fascino seducente di una notte all’insegna del divertimento, fino alle prime luci dell’alba.
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Translation performed by the translator of google. I apologize for the imperfections
The Bikini is a tourist complex is located in the town of Vico Equense, set like a diamond in one of the most beautiful bays in the whole of Sorrento.
For over fifty years the family history Scarselli is identified with the Bay of Bikini, dedicated to continuous improvement and upgrading of facilities, as well as enlargement of services, always aiming to complete and loving care of the guests.
Originating from small friendly establishment for a group of friends, and now reported from an image that became known around the world - the two palm trees on the atoll, which marks the boundary of the harbor - has gradually established what is now a strong and dynamic family tradition. In various ways and increasing levels of professionalism and innate vocation of hospitality it has developed a taste of being old-well-set within the backdrop of a beautiful nature, lovingly protected and brought to light, a park tree Italian and a seascape that constitute an island of comfort and serenity.
Born more than fifty years ago as a simple bathhouse, today The Bikini has a full range of relaxation and fun, which starts in the morning and can go up into the night. The complex, in fact, offers guest a beach with all the necessary services with a unique scenery in the world as a frame and clear blue sea to immerse nicely.
In restaurant, also you can taste the specialties of the Gulf of Naples and the Amalfi Coast, and to organize events and ceremonies for special occasions. Finally, for lovers of nightlife and by night, our club will be the place to be overwhelmed by the seductive charm of a night of fun until dawn.
Red Fox
The Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant wild member of the Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species".
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox
In a rush tonight so gonna post a pre-edited shot. No time to edit and upload a new photo.
WTF is going on with flickr at the moment, people? No views, no comments, no faves. It's not just my account, everyone is all suffering. Assuming you're all still out and about photographing cars, where's the activity here gone? The community's been on the decline for quite a while and I'm seriously just bewildered as to what's happened. Have you all moved to another site, or is everyone busy with something else? lol. really don't know.
Flickr's a great community, especially for us car people. Let's try and keep it that way and steadily increase activity once again if at all possible...
The view from Liverpool Lime Street station up towards Edge Hill station shows the incline,
As built this line utilized rope haulage, and today, in a manner of speaking, it still does, the wire rope still provides the energy to lift trains up the incline, the difference being that the wire rope conducts electricity today.
The two holds significance, as this was P3 prior to remodeling of the station, they extended platforms to increase capacity, and..... removed a platform ?. from what i am lead to believe the original P1 is to be utilized for retail usage, then re opened as P0....
The sceptic in me thinks all this work has been done, not for passengers but for money....
Although the argument would be that, passengers can take advantage of the retail outlets on offer....
This raises more questions however,
Firstly i should say that i'm no retail marketing analyst, but....
This side of the station is predominantly Northern Rail in it's operations, along with the Newcastle and Scarborough Trans Pennine services.
It is auto ticket barrier accessed, and most of the services are relatively short haul and commuter focused...
The other side of the station operates Virgin West Coast, LNW and East Midland services and is open access...
I would have thought that these travelers would be more likely to spend prior to making a journey,
Whilst people on the other side, going to Blackpool or Scarborough are more likely to save their cash to spend at their destinations. that is my logic anyhow,
Along with all of this, the Northern side being auto ticket barrier controlled, says a little about Northern's determination to remove train crew, whilst the other side being open access may be saying something about the need for train crew on longer distance journey's.... Or more customer focused operators ! any how you catch my drift i hope..
After the recent Blacktron attacks on Deep Space Outpost Arcturus earlier this year, the Federation decided it would be prudent to increase the security forces on the station. Here we have General Petra Pantheon during an inspection tour of her Marine Corp. Pantheon, a decorated officer with tactical experiences spanning the last 3 decades, fought in the original war with Blacktron, affording her firsthand knowledge of the enemy. She is a formidable warrior and the perfect person to lead the security forces out here in the frontiers of space.
To learn more about Nova Team's other adventures visit their album: flic.kr/s/aHskpavQh5
For those who are interested, unfortunately I am unable to sell the Nova Team minifigures or designs due to the use of the "Classic Space" logo which is owned and trademarked by The LEGO Group. My custom designed figures and use of the official "Classic Space" logo is for personal use only in my MOCs and photography. By the same token, I will not give away the design files and source material either. Thank you for understanding! Trust me, if I could legally sell these, I would.
I hope you don't get sick of me posting these telephone boxes.
Sometimes in my head I think that I might be repeating myself. But I have an ever-increasing fascination with what happens in these telephone boxes, that deepens with every such image I create and ponder on.
Cottonopolis (May, 2024)
Dev & Scanned by @comethroughlab
There is an increasing amount of foreign registered cars on our roads now, but not very often I find something worth photographing. I'd have taken a picture of this even if it was a UK car as it appears to me it's a pre facelift model, maybe a 1992?
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Also known as the peewit in imitation of its display calls, its proper name describes its wavering flight. Its black and white appearance and round-winged shape in flight make it distinctive, even without its splendid crest. This familiar farmland bird has suffered significant declines recently and is now an Red List species.
Overview
Latin name
Vanellus vanellus
Family
Plovers and lapwings (Charadriidae)
Where to see them
Lapwings are found on farmland throughout the UK particularly in lowland areas of northern England, the Borders and eastern Scotland. In the breeding season prefer spring sown cereals, root crops, permanent unimproved pasture, meadows and fallow fields. They can also be found on wetlands with short vegetation. In winter they flock on pasture and ploughed fields. The highest known winter concentrations of lapwings are found at the Somerset Levels, Humber and Ribble estuaries, Breydon Water/Berney Marshes, the Wash, and Morecambe Bay.
When to see them
All year round. Leaves upland areas after the breeding season and moves to lowland fields for the winter. Large numbers of N European birds arrive in autumn for the winter.
What they eat
Worms and insects
Population
UK Breeding:- 140,000 pairs
UK Wintering:- 650,000 birds
Breeding
The winter flocks begin to break up in February, when the birds will start to return to their breeding grounds.
The lapwing has a spectacular songflight. The male wobbles, zigzags, rolls and dives while calling to advertise his presence to rival males and potential mates. The birds tend to nest in loose groups. Individual territories are small about 0.4-0.8 ha and are only held until the chicks hatch.
In the breeding season, lapwings need a mosaic of habitats, because they need different conditions for nesting and for chick rearing.
The nest is a scrape in the ground, lined with a variable amount of plant material. The birds need a good all round view from the nest to spot predators, and nest either on bare ground or in short vegetation. They often choose rough or broken ground to aid concealment of the nest. Spring sown crops and rough grazing are ideal.
They lay clutches of four cryptically coloured eggs from late March to early June, and chicks hatch 3-4 weeks later. They are covered in down when they hatch, and are able to walk about and feed within hours.
Soon after hatching, the parents will lead them to suitable feeding areas, where the supply of surface invertebrates is good and the vegetation low. They particularly need to have nearby grassland, especially if it contains flood pools and damp patches.
The transfer between the nesting and chick-rearing habitats can be hazardous, and chick survival often depends on how far they have to travel. The families stay in the chick-rearing habitat until the young are ready to fly at 5-6 weeks old. Lapwings only rear one brood a year, but may lay up to four replacement clutches if the eggs are lost.
Legal status
The lapwing is fully protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; it an offence to kill, injure or take an adult lapwing, or to take, damage or destroy an active nest or its contents.
The only exception is legitimate farming practices that cannot be reasonably delayed, although farming methods can often be modified to reduce the impact on the lapwings.
Population trends
Lapwing numbers have decreased in Britain since the middle of the 19th century. The early declines were caused by large scale collection of eggs for food. Introduction of the Lapwing Act in 1926 prohibited this, and was followed by a considerable recovery in bird numbers.
Since the 1940s lapwing declines have been driven by large-scale changes to farming. Large areas of grassland were converted to arable, marginal land was drained and improved, and chemicals were introduced for fertilisers and pest control with increasing reliance on them. By 1960 the lapwing population had stabilised at a lower level.
Another sharp and sustained decline started in the mid-1980s, with range contractions in south-west England and in parts of Wales. This followed further intensification and specialisation - abandonment of rotations, switch from spring to autumn sown crops, increased drainage, increased use of agrochemicals. Such changes have resulted in much of the arable land becoming unsuitable for nesting by April because the crop grows too high. Tillage, drainage and pesticides have also caused a reduction in food availability.
As pasture land is improved, the resulting increased risk of trampling by livestock, earlier cutting for silage and lower food availability have affected lapwings adversely. Phasing out of rotational farming and shift of arable to the east of England and pastureland to the west of England has removed the habitat mosaic that is essential for successful chick rearing.
Mosaic where grass and spring tillage fields are close together has declined significantly in recent years, and the loss of this prime habitat has resulted in a decline in lapwing numbers.
Nest failures on arable land come from egg losses during cultivation and from predation, and poor chick survival due to crop growth. Crop growth can also shorten the laying season.
The declines in lapwing population have been greatest in southern England and Wales, where the farming changes have been greatest and farmland is the only suitable habitat for the lapwing. Between 1987 and 1998 lapwing numbers dropped by 49% in England and Wales. Since 1960 the numbers dropped by 80%.
The birds have fared better in Scotland, where the crucial changes to farming were introduced later than in England and Wales. However, even there the numbers have dropped by 29% since 1987.
Lapwings have to fledge at least 0.6 young per pair each year to maintain the population. They usually can achieve this in rough grazing and unimproved pastures, but often not on arable land or improved grassland. Since the birds cannot produce enough chicks to offset the natural mortality of adults, population declines.
It is possible to halt and reverse the decline in lapwing numbers with sympathetic farming methods, which include creation of a mosaic of spring sown crops and grassland, managing grazing pressure and maintaining damp areas on unimproved grassland. Agri-environment schemes in each part of the UK provide grants to help land-owners manage their land to help lapwings.
Survival
Egg survival and hatching success varies depending on the habitat, and appears to have declined in some habitats over the past decade.
Main causes of nest failure are predation, agricultural activity and desertion. While the birds often re-lay, changes in cropping practices often result in the habitat being unsuitable for replacement clutches because the vegetation has grown too tall, thus shortening the potential breeding season.
Only about 25-40% of chicks survive to fledging. Most of the chick mortality occurs in the first few days after hatching, when chicks are most vulnerable to cold or wet weather, and when they may be undertaking hazardous journeys from nesting to feeding areas. The further chicks have to go, the lower their survival.
Once the birds have reached adulthood, they can expect to live a further 4-5 years. The oldest known individual was about 20 years. Lapwings normally breed one year after fledging.
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Captured this with three RAW shots at -2..0..+2 EV using an ND8 filter. Digital blending in Photoshop CS6. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. 1 layer mask in soft light mode at 50% gray, using brush tool to lighten and darken some areas of the image, to bring out details. Topaz DeNoise to reduce noise.
It was a nice day yesterday. Joe McLaughlin and I went to check out the tulips at Wooden Shoe. After that we left for Abiqua Falls since Joe has never been. Have a Happy Waterfall Wednesday!
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Maybe the only benefit of being so cold out here is that you have to move around and do something or else you'll keep thinking about your freezing hands more than finding your next photograph. It puts you in survival mode, makes you move and allows you to cover more ground in a short amount of time, increasing your chances of finding interesting scenes.
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In recent times the incidents reported on ivory poaching in various games parks through out Africa have increased alot and this has put the gentle giants,the Elephants,coming very close to be classified as an endangered species.Although poaching of elephants is a very serious menace to the survival of the species, lets hope that the new Wildlife Act which has just been enacted by the Kenyan Parliament acts as a deterrent to the poachers. .
Lets pray and hope that our future generations get to see and enjoy the lovely sights we get to see in our National Parks.
This head shot was captured during my recent visit to Masai Mara,Sept 2018, driving away from Keekorok Lodge saw this young elephant peacefully grazing.....what a pleasing sight to see the beautiful tusks on the animal instead of some shops in the Far East......
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