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Usually in winter, I photograph birds outside, but the kowhai tree flowering last spring was incredible... and the best view is from inside, where it's elevated and I can photograph straight into the tree. So I spent some time photographing through double glazing! Not my favourite glass... but... the glimpse into birdworld was too strong to resist :-)
Silvereyes are very communal birds, often visiting in small family groups and pairs. Some preening pairs are family, some couples, and some just dating ;-) If one preens too roughly the moment is soon over!
I glimpsed this pair through my lcd quite far back in the tree... I didn't see them at all with my bare eyes. They were there maybe only a minute, but seeing minutes like these makes a lot of happiness :-)
Here's to the world beyond the window...
and to moments of joy 🌼
whether quiet or aloud
my thanks for being here
on the other side of the glass!! :-)
This is a Giant Swallowtail, the largest North American butterfly species. with a wingspan range of 86-140mm (3-3/8" to 5-1/2"). It flitted about my yard for a few minutes, but always returned to this mass planting of phlox.
taken 5 minutes after another shot posted below...makes me think of the cold winter blowing autumn away
Blue Ringtail Damselfly (Austrolestes annulosus)
This one stayed for a few minutes.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
38 minutes of movement...
while on my last camping trip...in Arizona, I decided to do a very long exposure. one exposure, nothing stacked..
Although titles may seem like a countdown to sunrise, I simply wanted to post in chronological order. When I get to the shot taken at official time of sunrise, it will actually be looking away from the sun. I will also be including images taken after sunrise.
I can not resist taking shots of grasses, and although I found the bit of frozen water interesting, my main focus was on the grasses and the western sky which had more clouds than looking east. In hindsight I wish I would have zoomed in to the frozen water as an extra shot, but I was trying to work quickly as the light, and especially the skies were changing very rapidly.
Is all we had with this little owl after searching for him for hours.
It was a long drive there and back and the owl has a large treed area in which to hunt/sleep. He finally showed up at a private property in the late afternoon and was actively searching for food. He didn't stay perched in this fir for more than 2 minutes, then he flew down and disappeared.
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Renews, NL
[coro a bocca chiusa da"Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini]
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Autumn is in the air, in the trees, and on my mind. And like others, in their cameras by now. Trout Lake is only about 20 minutes away and unveils itself in different ways depending on the season. With the sun now lower in the sky, and winds barely present, the mirror-like surface can provide terrific reflections.
Fall colors also present themselves for view, while Lillie Pads suddenly appear. The shadow that split the scene nicely framed the two distinctly different elements. This too created depth and a polarizing filter both removed glare, and released those vivid colors.
In order to get this shot, it was necessary to prop up against a Birch tree that was leaning about 45 degrees toward the lake. There was nowhere to place my tripod and achieve the same shot, short of submersing it and settling for something different. For me, that is just not an option; be nice to your equipment.
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The sun is really blinding after a storm - and the sky was as 'unnaturally' blue as you see it...
Including the source image for the diptych posted earlier, for anyone into pixel-peeping :)
After the lovely meal it was time to leave Vik and drive to our next cabin at Höfn. It is a few hour drive and the way the landscape keeps changing as you follow the main road to the east is absolutely beautiful. This has a lot to do with Vatnajökull, the biggest glacier in Europe, which you already see from miles and miles ahead, and where you end up driving with the impressive formations of ice and rocks constantly on your left side.
The first stop however came a lot quicker then I thought. I guess around a 3 minute drive actually. In Iceland goes the famous saying: “If you don’t like the weather, just wait for 5 minutes.” And indeed after the storm, the skies suddenly started to open again and created really interesting clouds and light. This little church with the heavy clouds above it and a bit of soft light coming from the side just begged to be photographed. A lot of churches in Iceland have these white walls with a red roof, which makes them really photogenetic. So I quickly pulled the car over, jumped out and made this shot before continuing the journey in the also amazing south-eastern part of Iceland.
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Long exposure that is several minutes long during the beginning of Blue Hour.
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
Minutes before sunset on the 1st April 2019, Greater Anglia’s 156407 gingerly crossed Reedham Swing Bridge with the 1848 Lowestoft to Norwich service.
By the end of 2019 these 1980s-era multiple units had been replaced in the Norwich area by brand new Stadler-built trains.
This image was taken 10 minutes after my previous Mam Tor sunrise again sunrise/sunset filter with .09 grad firecrest filters stacked.
Again took bracket images of varying light and only working on a single image and not the need to blend images.
If I'd thought about it an open gate may have made for better composition still a great morning and worth getting up after 3.00am..
Processed in Lightroom!!!
Ten minutes after I took this photo, we were driving back to the hotel and suddenly three moose came out of the woods and began running alongside the van. It was such a surprise. I have seen many moose in Ontario but never so close. Didn't get a shot though!
40 minutes before sunset on a January afternoon, the bare trees, disturbed sky and sodden countryside provide a typical mid-winter frame for a westbound train.
During the last winter of HST operation on London trains from the west of England, power-car 43022 trails 1C86, the 1503 from Paddington to Penzance away from Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire.
About 20 minutes before sunrise, I was walking to a site where I photograph eagles when I saw this great horned owl. I am sure it was looking back for its mate as I saw both the morning before. However, it didn't wait and soon flew off.
Photographed in Pasco County, Florida, USA.
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About 30 minutes prior to my last post from Kaw Point. Snowflake crop circles floating down the Missouri River. The wall in the water is actually where the Kansas and Missouri Rivers meet. A boundary/divide of two states in the chilly waters.
Mike D.
Taken about 15 minutes later and a few steps down the beach from the last post. The blue light colors are beginning to fade. I particularly like this view because it includes Artists' Point to the right.
Five minutes out of its scheduled stop in nearby Helper, Utah, the Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 17 passes ABS 6295E, between Utah Railway Junction and Castle Gate in Price Canyon on July 25, 1977. This perspective includes several D&RGW trackside elements including a steel signal bridge, a pole line, dragging equipment detector, dispatcher's telephone booth, and an electric switch lock to access a coal hopper storage track.
I have been spending some late afternoon, early evening time in a pretty secluded spot on the Lake - bugs of many kinds all over me - trying to locate the Pied-billed Grebe, and watching for any other activity. If one sits still enough, long enough, something is bound to happen…
These very young Wood Ducks ambled onshore and were completely oblivious to me, at least initially. The female with them stayed on the water in a supervisory capacity. Eventually a few of them noticed me, and I slowly brought up my camera while going from sitting to lying down, all in an effort not to spook them. The little photo bomber in the bottom right seemed full of beans, and they stayed for a couple of minutes, before re-entering the water.
There are often three or four sets of Wood Duck young on the water at this time of the year. I especially enjoyed the brief interaction with these ones as I had to misfortune to see a similarly-young duck caught by a Snapping Turtle a couple of weeks ago. Initially I didn’t understand the screaming and thrashing, but with binoculars I ended up figuring it out. It took a while to get that out of my head - I know predation is all around in natural settings, but that was a really unpleasant experience. These guys - who I know may suffer the same fate - cheered me up for the few minutes they were there.
It’s about twenty-five minutes to walk to the very nice suburb of Winthorpe, on the northern edge of Newark but here you really feel out in the country. This pub, the Lord Nelson was our destination for an early evening meal. Very nice old place with meals and accommodation if wanted.
LVRR1 crosses over the Susquehanna River just a few minutes before 9PM. They had left Williamsport over two hours prior, but a stop to switch out the Koppers tie plant in Muncy foiled any chances to shoot them heading south of here in daylight. But after waiting here for an hour and a half, I naturally had to jack up the ISO and try something when they finally appeared. A prior shot at this bridge in better light (and with better power!) can be seen in my Buffalo Line album.
30 minutes later that same morning. A magical moment at a magical location, when the golden light of the first sun rays slowly crawls down the peaks of the "Tre Cime".
Gorgeous sunset, somewere near Breb, Romania.
Caught some smome from the village too... ah, some fog would have mede this incredible. Maybe next time :)
Less than 10 minutes up the path from the more well known Russell Falls in Tasmania is Horseshoe Falls, which is a much smaller waterfall with two drops and the ability to get very close to the action.
I visited on a near freezing morning in late October and was amazed by the colour and composition of both the waterfall and the rainforest itself.
I went out early in the morning, looking for large wildlife to photograph. In June, grizzly bear is the primary target, but I'll gladly settle for moose, elk or wolf.
It was another of those frustrating days, where you see fresh bear scat everywhere but no bears. A solitary elk crossing the road, too far in the distance for photos and a moose that was just teasing me but I knew I would have to be lucky to get a photo.
I had stopped a couple hundred meters from the moose and was down in the ditch, hoping that he would keep moving in my direction. Alas, he trotted off into the trees and although I took some photos, none was worth keeping. I just sat there thinking what a frustrating morning it had been.
Then I looked over and saw this young red squirrel on the ground, enjoying a snack. I am sure that out here, in the middle of nowhere, this squirrel had never seen a human before. I did this nonchalant thing that works with some animals, where you look the other way but leisurely creep towards them. Surprisingly, she didn't run away, even as I laid in the grass just a couple of meters away and slowly swung the camera her way.
We spent a few minutes together, so the morning wasn't wasted after all. I wonder what story the squirrel told when she went back to the trees.
I saw something today, it reminded me of you.
Everything fucking reminds me of you.
I saw a picture of a cat. An ad for a bath.
There was this one time, I think it was like
something we once laughed at.
The worst is when it's a song, I can't shut it off
when it's one of those. It gets stuck in a loop,
or is that just me, where for those three minutes
and twenty seven seconds, there's someone else
that I swear is inside of my head. Or even worse, yours.
I stare at your name in those moments,
once or twice I've slipped up and said something stupid.
Just to get over the space, until I can crawl along.`
I let it take my breath, let the tears fall all over again,
then I remember that meme I saw again.
Never let someone tell you twice, that they don't want you.
I swear I can hear your voices laughing at me, as I read it again.
Love is deaf, dumb, and blind, and some nights.. I'm the queen of it all.
Otter family fishing., Camera ready., but with one little problem., the sun wasn't up for another 25 minutes and it was extremely low light
On top of that the 7DMKII is a notoriously poor performer in those condition
Like most you I didn't want to miss the opportunity., so opened the lens aperture., let the ISO off the leash., slowed the shutter as far as I dare for a moving object., and clicked away
Not for a moment did I think any of the shots would be uploaded
But later I got to think.. what am I uploading to Flickr for?
Surely it's to share with those people who kindly come to our page what we have been doing and seeing
And we saw an Otter family fishing before dawn
And it was fantastic
So of course it was right to upload and share this shot., even with an ISO of 16,000!
Sunrise from Pukekohe hill. Cloud cover disappeared about 20 minutes earlier for a cloudless sunrise.