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Canon FD lens adapted via Metabones
South Pond, Lincoln Park - Chicago, IL
July 2021
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Presented here is a highly cropped portion of Gulf Fritillary butterflies mating. Morgan County, Alabama - 2019
Macro Mondays
Theme: Goes Together Like
(Mating Gulf Fritillaries go together like male and female)
August 26, 2019 (UTC)
I do like Crested Grebes and this fabulous couple decided to do a full on dance in front of me. Right place, right time !!
Biyernes Santo 2012
Parokya ni San Martin ng Tours
Dambana ng Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa
Bocaue, Bulacan
Photo Credits --- Noy Viudez
I had hoped that I would see this huge bull again this fall.
He has a fantastic set of antlers and was easy to work with.
Yes, his ears were back, but, there were some other moose behind him in the brush and he was tracking their movements.
So, I wasn't worried about being in close proximity to him.
Camera Settings: f/5 - 1/160 - 254mm - ISO 640
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City Soul Mates by Daniel Arrhakis (2019 / 2021)
A creative Pop Abstract with a urban intriguing mood.
With the music : Sam Smith, Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (Official Video)
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My apologies, I'll have to be away for a few days but I'll be back on Tuesday, November 23.
A wonderful Weekend and Week dear Friends ! : )
When I return I will try to catching up on comments, challenges and groups.
This pair of Great Blue Herons was caught in flagrante delicto and very courteously posed for the camera. Normally, the male holds the back of the neck of his mate with his beak and pushes her head down, causing leaves to get in the way. I think it’s to help him balance as he’s in what looks like an awkward position to me. (Ardea herodias) (Sony a9M3, 400mm lens, f/2.8, 1/4000 second, ISO 250)
Our most famous park resident... " Mable " the Tawny Owl.
This is taken the morning after the annual fireworks display set in the grounds of Christchurch Park, Ipswich.
Right beneath Mable is the last of the fairground attractions and there vans and trucks making all sorts of noise and mayhem...and still she justs sits there sunbathing in the Autumn sun.
A wonderful bird who poses for all :-)
Taken with my 150mm macro lens... yes really !
Exif:
Nikon D750
Sigma 150.0mm
@ƒ/4.0
1/200th
iso 100
I think these are Lime Swallowtails. They chose a poor background, so I cropped out some of the bright light.At Butterfly World, in Stockton, yesterday.
In Guelph Ontario it is mating season for Bufflehead ducks. This shot taken in early evening provided a nice golden light and allowed for the subtle iridescent colours of the male to come into play.
Vandaele M © 2017
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission
These two lilies looked so pretty joined together by their petals.. They reminded me of two soul mates ; )
Have a nice day !
A pair of Caspian Terns mating on the beach at Rollover Pass. Bolivar Peninsula, Texas coast. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
NS 1073, the Penn Central Heritage Unit shows off the "mating worms" emblem of the PC, heading up train 13Q (Bellevue, OH, to Elkhart, IN, manifest) as he flies through downtown Wawaka, Indiana NS' ex-LS&MS/NYC/PC/CR Chicago Line on a nice spring day.
NS 1073 is an SD70Ace and was built by EMD for NS in May of 2012 as one of their original heritage units.
Our starling population fell through the floor a decade ago. I seldom see one except Billy. Billy turned up two years ago at this time of year and took residence in the starling box that adjoins our bedroom window, singing remorselessly for a mate. That year and along with last year, all his efforts over a three week period were in vain. This year Billy has once more returned and gone for it big time. He arrived six weeks ago, crazily early and has sang from the box for usually about a hour, both early morning and late afternoon besides smaller sessions in between. I watched him last week while in full flow notice another starling flying high above him. He immediately flew to the chimney pot, sat arrow shaped, head tilted upwards, singing his head off with his wings aquiver. I'm not sure who's heart sank the more with the ensuing result. So, this year I hope to fare well with the foxes, snakes, voles etc in the garden but I would trade them all for this starling to find a mate. I love the little fella. He comes crashing into the box every morning without fail and starts serenading all and sundry and myself as I lie in bed. He did briefly have a visitor today around the box and set about collecting nesting material. Talk about scaring them off. This could well be his very last chance of finding happiness. Fingers crossed, Billy. Fingers crossed.
Every time I cast a shadow over this mating pair of Ladybugs the female would start running. So I had top keep letting the sun hit her so she'd stop and then rapidly frame, focus, and take the shot before she started moving. I got six frames before she moved to a spot where I couldn't photograph her and only two of them are usable.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/50, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-26EX RT (E-TTL metering with -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order. I dragged the shutter to expose for the natural light in the background and used the flash to expose the subject (and to freeze motion).
Seaboard System MATE 5211 at Corbin, Kentucky on April 4, 1985, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Built by GE in September 1972 ( c/n 38492 ). A MATE differs from ordinary slugs in three ways: their 65,413 to 67,588 pounds of added tractive effort surpassed that of most slugs, they were designed to operate at road speeds ( they were equipped with Blomberg trucks with GE 752 traction motors ), and they also served as fuel tenders. Each MATE carried 3250 gallons of fuel that the modified U36B could draw on while under way. These remain the only road slugs constructed by a major builder, but that could change. The first 10 MATE's ( originally SCL # 3200-3209, later SBD # 5200-5209 ) were single ended, and could only take power from the mother at one end. The second batch ( SCL # 3210-3224, SBD # 5210-5224 ) were double ended, and could take power from either end, or in a third mode of operation, could be placed between two mothers and draw power from both. The double-ended MATE's had headlights and numberboards at both ends, the single-ended MATE's had a headlight and numberboards at one end only.
Sony A7r
Sony/Zeiss 16-35 F4 ZA OSS
ISO 400 | 17mm | F8 | 1/25 sec
Mates looking out for each other during some big swell at Avalon Beach.
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Todos los hombres de todos los tiempos
aprendieron a hablar con esta palabra,
las luces de los cielos se encendían oyéndola,
los árboles de la tierra florecieron escuchándola,
y los pájaros la cantaron en sus nidos
y en el bramido de las fieras retumbaba.
Cuando nació la vida, todo dijo:
¡Madre luz!,
¡Madre tierra!,
¡Madre agua!
y se prendieron los fuegos de los sacrificios
en las cimas broncas de las montañas.
(Antonio Mediz Bolio)
Not easy doing macro with a 100-400mm lens, but that's what happened here! A pair of mating Damselflies perched upon a fence!