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God save the Queen (?). Well, this picture has been taken with special mobile lens, Olloclip Macro Lens. Despite I am not keen on the idea of countries with monarchy, it's true that the Queen Elizabeth is one of the most emblematic member of royal families in Europe. How about you? What is your opinion about the monarchies? HMM everyone!
Café Prag Mannheim
Ein Eiskalter Wind fegt durch Mannheim, da werden die Stühle zusammen gestellt. Man sitzt lieber im Warmen
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With no less than two Lighthouses in one scene, captured from Keet car park, Dale. Skokholm light is situated on the Western edges of Skokholm island at a distance of 3.5 nautical miles from Keet, the other Lighthouse is only visible with exceptionally good visibility in the West, as above with a distant view of the Smalls pictured to the right of the setting sun, the Smalls is 20 nautical miles from this location.
A pair of former Rio Grande GP40s, 302 and 303 sit too far away for a decent roster shot in Canton Yard.
Scuderia Hanseat October 2011,
Nordschleife, Bünnchen
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A ranch road winds its way through rugged country.
As we bounced along over rocks in a truck with air-filled tires and shock absorbers, it was easy to understand how much harder on a body this must have been in the days of stage coaches and wagons with metal-rimmed wooden wheels.
60057 'Adam Smith' crossing the river Usk at Newport with 6H05 1135 Llanwern - Margam steel empties 30/08/03.
I am currently scanning my 35mm slides and i plan upload a selection from different parts of the country while 'photting' is more or less on hold at the moment. For the next few days i will be moving further south into the west country.
at a point in life where ending it seems to be a relieving option, it needs people who make life worth living again.
Whilst it's often tempting to include the whole of an interesting tree, filling the frame with the details can also work well. Sometimes less is more!
Taken in the freezing fog back in January (21/01/2023)
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I received this wonderful outfit from Denise and couldn't have been more happy.
I captured the two images that make up this Vertorama on Thursday last week… less than a minute before I got totally drenched by the most incredible thunderstorm that I have seen in years!!
As soon as I heard the first thunderclap and noticed the rapidly darkening sky… I was in my car and driving like a lunatic towards Melkbos Strand… where I hoped that I would find some nice compositions to accompany this amazing weather. I arrived at the beach just as the first drop of rain hit my windscreen… and I judged that I’d have no more than about five minutes of shooting before the heavens opened up.
Except for some fishermen a few hundred meters away… and this father and daughter enjoying the water… the beach was completely deserted. It was so hot and humid that I was considering going for a swim myself… I’m glad that I decided to shoot rather than swim though… I got so completely soaked by the rain… that I certainly didn’t need to go for a swim to cool down. :)
The sky in this Vertorama might look like I darkened it and boosted the contrast… but this was exactly how it looked… very dark… and very oppressive… a month’s worth of clouds all packed into one sky… it was totally awesome… more than I could have wished for!!
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 15mm, aperture of f10, with a 1/500th second exposure.
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Later, around 4:00 pm, it has just started RAINING!!! Thank goodness! Hopefully, it will rain and rain, so that it will help with fighting the wildfires. Less importantly, it might just be enough to start a few mushrooms growing. Unfortunately, this is a long weekend (Civic holiday on Monday), so many people will have outdoor plans. Well, we had about 30 minutes of rain, that's all.
I will quickly add that this photo of a little Burrowing Owl was taken in captivity and not in the wild. I'm not sure if this is the female who is a foster mother to several babies who were brought into the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. Only once have I ever seen Burrowing Owls in the wild, way down in south-eastern Alberta. What a thrill that was - many birders never get such a chance, so I know I'm very lucky. I have added a previously posted photo of a wild one in a comment box below.
""As a result of its ENDANGERED Species status in 1995, it has the focus of a variety of conservation efforts. Operation Burrowing Owl and other projects involving habitat preservation with landowners have been created. Populations are monitored by Fish and Wildlife departments. They have been reintroduced into the British Columbia interior, where it was extirpated. Outlook would improve if larger areas of habitat were preserved and harmful pesticides were banned in all areas of their range. Numbers could increase if an increased tolerance to burrowing mammals develops (i.e. badgers) – provides homes for the Burrowing Owl. Outlook: perilous." From burrowingowl.com.
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This summer, we have had practically no 'normal' summer days. They have been either too hot thanks to our endless heatwave, or too smoky thanks to all the wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. The weather forecast for two days ago looked good; sunshine all day, with rain forecast on several of the coming days. I decided to finally do a drive all the way down south to near Lethbridge, so that I could again visit the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale. Last year, I did this drive for the very first time on my own and I wanted to make sure I didn't lose my courage to do it again. During the 511 kms that I drove, I had to ask for help with directions twice - both times in the same small hamlet! It was a hot day, with a temperature of 31C when I was at the Centre.
The forecast was for sun all day, but there was no mention of the smoke haze that completely blocked out the mountains and pretty much the foothills, too. Very quickly, I was almost tempted to turn around and come home, but I had noticed rain in the forecast for some coming days. I reckoned I would still be able to photograph the fairly close birds at the Centre, which worked out fine.
Amazingly, I managed to make myself get up early that morning, 3 August 2017, and set off just before 8:30 am. My intention was to drive straight to Coaldale without stopping anywhere en route. Not an easy thing for me to do, as I much prefer driving slowly along the backroads rather than the less interesting highways. However, I knew it would take me a few hours to get there and I wanted to have as much time as possible down there. On the way home, I drove one dusty, gravel road, but saw nothing but a couple of Horned Larks perched on fence posts. A couple of old barns (that I had seen before) and a few scenic shots, were more or less all I took.
Twelve hours later, I finally arrived home, at 8:30 pm, totally tired out, and my car was just about out of gas. For the first time in the year that I have had this vehicle, the gas level warning light came on. Also, it surprises me that the oil change light has never come on, as I have done 8,500 km in just under 12 months. I was given free oil changes for the life of the car, but was told that I can't get them done until the light comes on, on the dashboard. Think I'd better contact the dealership and ask about this. Almost a year sounds far too long to not have an oil change.
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
The Texas panhandle was the last stop on our recent chicken run and the target bird was the Lesser Prairie Chicken. We were definitely not disappointed as there were close to 20 males and at least three females on the lek putting on one heck of a show, often at such close range that I wasn’t able to even focus on the bird. It was a great way to wrap things up.
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