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Tamar Wetlands in Legana, near Launceston, Tasmania.
It was very low tide when we were there, and this mud plain usually has water flowing along it. The tracks you can see in the mud are all from swans - this swan ran, flew and landed with a splat on the small embankment on the left - it slid a little, then waddled up to join another two swans in some sort of loud conversation (probably about the weather).
Starting it's flight with a dive off a thin branch, this Osprey makes haste to somewhere better stocked.
Well not quite
He has wings., he's fed., and he's on his way
And he's keeping his eye's open for the Blue Tit who keeps attacking him!
Cute not counting for anything the BT really doesn't want the Long Tailed around
Perhaps it's because of the chick's it has in a bird-box in the garden?
Although I can't imagine what this bundle of fluff could do to threaten that situation
Sometimes that's just what you need to do, have a little faith and leap into the unknown :) Cheers everyone.
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Portugal - Oeiras
Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)
Garça Real (Ardea Cinerea)
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The athleticism, agility and flexibility of the leopard is really amazing. We got to witness it first hand during our tour. Earlier in the morning the leopard had jumped in the opposite direction after savoring a wildebeest kill. So we waited for it to jump again to go back to its kill once it felt hungry again. I decided to record a video this time around. Here I present a frame from a video I recorded.
The angled red butte in the center the photo, Devil’s Leap, sits on the northwest side of Red Basin southwest of Shell Wyoming. The red siltstone, shales and sandstones belong to a series of Triassic rock geologists call the Chugwater Formation. The Bighorn Mountain rise in the background. The canyon on the right side of the photo is Shell Canyon. This view can be found along the Red Gulch/Alkali National Backcountry Byway in Bighorn County.
I have always enjoyed out of frame images..... We have caught the Action, that was seen at Bolesworth Castle Horse Events.
June 30th of this year we will live a second longer
A leap in time due to a change in the Astronomical Time
caused by slowing down the Earth's rotation.
The first "leap second", occurred in 1972 and, since then, was followed by others 25. A phenomenon that is due to the unpredictable nature of events, such as earthquakes, tides and weather, that is, all those elements that change the Earth's rotation and Consequently, the "flow" of time.
June 30th watches in the world will mark the 11:59:60 pm instead of the classic 11:59:59 pm. To this day, there will be 86401 seconds instead of 86400. The length of the day for all of us on Earth will have a second longer.
So we were able to lengthen the time!?!
And how come we can make things so difficult and we can not do other things much easier, how to stop these stupid wars ....
Many thanks to Lenabem Anna J. for beautiful moon :))
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freebie pose
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Dragging out an oldie for 7 Days with Flickr, Crazy Tuesday Theme: Sculptures/Statues
Photo was taken outside the Hunter Museum of Art, Chatt.,Tn. on the bank of the Tn. River.
A small cascade in the tranquil upper reaches of the Liffey River known as the Leap or Spout Falls (also called Albert Falls). It is the third in a series of five cascades on the upper river. Liffey river was originally known as Tellerpangger by the aboriginal inhabitants of the area, the Panninher tribe. The initial British settlers named it Penny Royal Creek after a plant that grew profusely on its banks, and the Panninher became known as the Pennyroyal Creek Tribe. Subsequently, William Bryan, an early settler in the area used his influence to rename the river to its current name during the early 19th century, after the River Liffey in his homeland Ireland. Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Great Western Tiers. Tasmania, Australia
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Yes......I photographed these sea lions on "Porpoise"!!
During our trip to the Oregon coast, we spent 2 mornings in one of my favorite places to find sea lions. Usually, they are either on floating docks barking, or out on the rocks sleeping , arguing and barking. However, on these two mornings, it was coincidentally high tide, numerous California sea lions were out in the open water frolicking, hunting and jumping right out of the water! Sea lions often ' Porpoise", that is, they leap out of the water while swimming and re-enter head first. I had never seen this behavior before and was absolutely thrilled to witness it for hours on end. Just when I thought I had photographed the most challenging wildlife subject, thus far for me....these guys came along. It was like playing "Whack a mole"...or in this case whack a sea lion with my camera. There was no way to know where or when they would launch out of the water. It was incredibly challenging and rewarding at the same time.
All images captured with Nikon Z9 and nikkor 500mm5.6 PF lens with 1.4TC attached for a focal length of 700mm, F8, 1/1250sec-1/1600sec, various ISO's. All handheld and cropped.
Some water left in Witch's Leap, Katoomba courtesy of recent rain. Main reason for the shoot was to test out my new tripod and new NiSi filters. My first long exposure in two years.
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