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A number of years ago, before the mega-flood of '08, there were lots of Bald Eagles at the lake during the winter. The water stayed open through the cold weather, and the eagles fished at will.
I took lots of photos -- hundreds -- of these eagles. It was, though, pretty much on the front end of my wildlife photography, the winter sky was gray and unforgiving, and I didn't know my gear all that well. Plus, of course, I lacked the processing skill to salvage marginal images.
Some of the eagle shots back there were uploaded, but most have just sat in an old folder. I decided to trot one out, play with it a bit, and see what appeared. Here is a pretty decent high key shot.
Sadly, as a result of the flood, the lake freezes over in winter now, and the tall dead trees used for perching have fallen. I seldom get to see and eagle using the lake as a fishing hole now.
Saturday night at "Isla Morada", nice evening. Dedicated to my good friend Mike Sierra, a fan of Key West.
The Cosgrove House
Le capitaine Phillip L.Cosgrove, père, commandait le mangrove américain, le premier navire de sauvetage pour venir en aide aux victimes de l'explosion de l'U.S.S. en 1898. Maine dans le port de La Havane. Cette maison, acquise par Cosgrove en 1871, comprend des vestiges de la résidence d'un étage du juge fédéral James Locke. Afin d'accommoder sa famille grandissante, Cosgrove a payé 1 600 $ pour agrandir la maison à 2 1/2 étages. Rénové dans le style néo-grec, il présente un toit à pignon avec des balustres en gabarit et des volutes décoratives au sommet des colonnes carrées. Des adaptations au climat de Key West ont également été incorporées, notamment une citerne sous le plancher avec du poisson pour aider à garder l'eau fraîche et à éloigner les moustiques. Cosgrove a servi dans le service des phares jusqu'en 1906, lorsque son fils, Phillip, Jr., a pris ses fonctions. Trois générations de la famille Cosgrove ont occupé la maison jusqu'en 1947, date à laquelle la maison a été acquise par William Gamble (1916-1976), un bijoutier local et commissaire de la ville de Key West. Après la mort de Gamble, la maison a été transformée en 1978 en complexe hôtelier. La maison Cosgrove reflète le style architectural unique de Conch de Key West et a été inscrite au registre national des lieux historiques dans le cadre du quartier historique de Key West.
Captain Phillip L. Cosgrove, Sr., commanded the U.S. lighthouse tender Mangrove, the first rescue ship to aid victims of the 1898 explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor. This house, acquired by Cosgrove in 1871, incorporates remnants of federal judge James Locke's one-story residence. In order to accommodate his growing family, Cosgrove paid $1,600 to enlarge the house to 2 1/2-stories. Remodeled in the Greek Revival style, it features a gabled roof with jig-cut balusters and decorative scrolls at the tops of the square columns. Adaptations to the Key West climate were also incorporated, including a cistern under the floor with fish to help keep water fresh and keep out mosquitos. Cosgrove served in the Lighthouse Service until 1906, when his son, Phillip, Jr., took over his command. Three generations of the Cosgrove family occupied the house until 1947, when the house was acquired by William Gamble (1916-1976), a local jeweler and Key West city commissioner. Following Gamble's death, the house was converted in 1978 into a resort. The Cosgrove House reflects Key West's unique Conch architectural style, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Key West Historic District.
… Let Me Go.
Er… a bunch of keys.
Well this isn’t going to win any prizes is it? But an interesting experiment….
This is for the Macro Mondays group’s theme Look Up.
The way I interpreted the theme was that you needed to take an image of something you could only see from underneath. Most things I reckoned you could simply turn upside down and photograph from above, so they didn’t count.
And I didn't want to do anything organic because I thought that space would be well-filled by others.
What was left? Hmmm…
One possibility was things that orient themselves according to gravity, and so from underneath would present a particular arrangement or shape that you could only see from down there - like the bottom of a water-filled balloon for example, or a water droplet.
… Or a bunch of keys that hang in a particular arrangement depending on gravity.
So here we have it. A bunch of keys from underneath. It would take some effort and a lot of glue to get them lined up like this any other way.
Talk about overthink!!! I do make it hard for myself sometimes.
Most of the rest about this escapade is wrong, a case of wouldn’t start from here… ever again :) (That’s called learning I suppose :) ).
Some while later I was lying under a bunch of keys suspended from a clear plastic ruler (no the keys, not me [sighs]), pointing the camera upwards handheld, brightly lit sideways from the window in my study room at home.
And in walked my wife…
She smiled - “Have you had another relapse, Dear?” (Well, she didn’t actually say it out loud but I knew what she was thinking…)
So this is a focus stack of nineteen shots handheld (I'm not kidding) in very contrasty light. Just don’t, OK? Not ever….
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image with its wonderful focus-stacking artefacts, noise and lack of contrast because of the push-processing - all totally intentional of course [cough] :) Happy Macro Mondays!
The light is about 100 ft above sea level. Originally built in 1825, but subsequently raised and upgraded.
A door key from the World Trade Center's "men's" facilities from when I worked in there...until Mid-September, 2001...
SUNSET - Key West Harbor - 11/30/24
Key West, Florida U.S.A. - Florida Keys
Autumn Light '24 - Atlantic Ocean - Gulf
----- Moody Harbor - Dusky Harbor - Moody Harbor at Dusk ----
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - taken from Fort Zachary Taylor]
*[a bit more ocean reflection on this one - pretty intense glow]
---------Key West: Far from Normal - Close to Perfect----------
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
"A Pirate Looks At Forty" - Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0W7gXEEbqo
"Margaritaville" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XtBiWgXLE
"It's Five-Oclock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU
RIP Jimmy Buffett - Passed 9/1/23
My 2024 Key West Slideshow: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBUfUL
L’imposante bâtisse qui a survécu aux ouragans et tempêtes de Floride est presque totalement enveloppée dans un environnement tropical. Les jardins entourant la maison sont luxuriants, un véritable havre de paix. Au milieu de ceux-ci on peut prendre le temps de se promener le long de la piscine et de profiter du parfum des gardénias qui fleurissent au bord de l'eau. Construite vers 1937-1938 pour la somme mirobolante de 20 000 dollars de l’époque (250.000$ actuels). C’était la première piscine enterrée de Key West et la seule et unique piscine de 100 miles. La piscine a une capacité gigantesque de 80 784 gallons alors qu’il n'y avait pas d'eau courante à Key West au moment de la mise en service. La construction de la piscine impliqua de forer jusqu'à la nappe phréatique et d'installer une pompe à eau pour récupérer l'eau salée afin de remplir la piscine. Il fallait deux à trois jours pour remplir complètement la piscine. En blaguant à propos du coût exorbitant de sa construction, Hemingway, un jour, sortit de sa poche une pièce d’un penny, l’enfonça dans le ciment encore frais du patio et annonça an riant, "Voilà mon dernier penny!" Les touristes peuvent encore voir cette pièce de monnaie, encastrée dans le dallage, dans le coin nord-est de la piscine.
The imposing building that survived Florida hurricanes and storms is almost completely wrapped in tropical surroundings. The gardens surrounding the house are lush, a real haven of peace. In the middle of these you can take the time to stroll along the pool and enjoy the scent of gardenias that bloom at the water's edge. Built around 1937-1938 for the staggering sum of $ 20,000 of the time (current $ 250,000). It was the first in-ground pool in Key West and the one and only 100-mile pool. The pool has a gigantic capacity of 80,784 gallons when there was no running water in Key West at the time of commissioning. The construction of the pool involved drilling down to the water table and installing a water pump to recover the salt water to fill the pool. It took two to three days to completely fill the pool. Joking about the exorbitant cost of building it, Hemingway one day pulled out a penny from his pocket, stuck it in the still cool cement on the patio and laughed, "This is my last penny!" Tourists can still see this coin, embedded in the paving, in the northeast corner of the pool.
I participate in a weekly challenge, first was high key, then low key.......the challenge within the challenge was to use the same subject for both techniques. That explains why you're seeing my stack of tea cups yet again.
TGIF ❤️
Kye Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India. It is the biggest monastery of Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for Lamas.
Twenty years of abuse to my front door lock and key. Black and White to make it look even more abused.
I knew that this would be my subject as soon as I read the theme for this week. This collection of antique keys in a vintage frame hangs in my office beside my computer. I had to take it off the wall to take the photograph because of glare reflecting off the glass.
The driver of the notoriously early running 1Q45 2100 Crewe - Derby RTC has left the cab of 37116 as the working reverses at Sheffield . The working would leave an hour early...
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The famous Key West and the special Highway 1 that hops from island to island all the way south. The US Navy base is remarkable with its star-shaped airfield.
Certains noms ont un parfum d’évasion ou de tropiques, et Key West en fait partie. A l’extrémité de la Route 1 qui court le long de l’archipel des Keys, presque toujours par l’eau des deux côtés, on y trouve une base majeure de l’US Navy, et le plus souvent une atmosphère de fête et de vacances.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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These are the keys to my formerly slave thomas‘ chastity device. He was unfaithful, I will not wear them again .
Das sind die Schlüssel zum Keuschheitsgürtel meines ehemaligen subs thomas. Er war sehr böse, Ich werde sie nicht mehr tragen.