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I have not managed yet to do a current "time" challenge, however, when the challenge was set I thought about this image which is where my family used to live when I was aged 2-5. It is one of those places that becomes etched in your soul. My parents owned the local store in Pigeon Bay and they were the happiest of days which our family can remember. I visited it a few years back just to get a photo in time. I am sitting on the veranda of the shop.
managed to catch up with 2 Wood Sandpiper's in poor grey misty conditions this morning. Should have waited untill afternoon when the sun came out. Passage migrants who stop off to feed after their long flight. Usually get a few every year but not that common
Managed to get out once while in Newcastle over Christmas (annoying 2 beautiful sunrises which I missed due to Christmas Day and a flight to Southampton!) and headed to my favourite local spot, St Mary's Lighthouse. For once got the tide height and sunrise pretty bang on for a nice level of water over the causeway.
St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay
Nikon D750 / Nikon 16-35 @ 20mm / f/8 5s / LEEfilters 0.6nd Hard Grad
I don't often photograph mornings but I'm glad that I was up early enough to take this winter morning shot of Loch Eck.
Managed to sort of save this one after ruining the whole roll by not loading the tank correctly !!!! Won't be making that mistake again.
This week I managed to photograph both Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler at close quarters. This one is a Chiffchaff and I'll post the similar Willow Warbler later. Most years the Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) is the first spring migrant that I see and this year was no exception as I saw a couple of singing birds on 28 February. This coincided with some unusually warm, fine weather. Chiffchaffs do overwinter in Britain but they tend to occur at lower altitudes, so living in the Pennines I rarely see them in winter, and assume that singing birds in my area are genuine migrants. The early migrants like Chiffchaff mainly winter around the Mediterranean, so do not have as far to travel as sub-Saharan migrants. They can also make use of good migrating weather systems in Europe whereas the weather in sub-Saharan Africa has little relevance to the weather in Europe.
Chiffchaffs are very closely related to Willow Warblers and it was Gilbert White (author of the Natural History of Selborne) who first realised they were separate species by listening to their distinctive songs. He also separated Wood Warbler at the same time. This was in 1768 in correspondence with Thomas Pennant, twenty one years before he published the Natural History of Selborne. It isn't just the song that distinguishes them, Chiffchaffs are duller than Willow Warblers, with shorter wings and distinctive dark legs, all visible here. They also have a more ptominent white crescent below the eye and have a habit of down-pumping their tails. Willow Warblers are similar, except Willow Warbler is a little brighter with longer wings, and paler legs. That eye crescent is less obvious, and they don't habitually pump their tail. But if spring the song is the best way to distinguish them. Here is Chiffchaff song on Xeno Canto: www.xeno-canto.org/466006 (By Andrew Harrop at Rutland Water). For comparison here's a Willow Warbler www.xeno-canto.org/621080
The scientific name Phylloscopus means leaf-gleaner from its habit of searching leaves for insects. Collybita means money-counter which refers to the song; chiff-chaff, chiff-chaff, chiff-chiff-chiff-chaff. This really does sound like someone counting coins from a table top. And for me that coin-counting repetitive song will always herald the arrival of spring.
Managed to catch this hummingbird hovering next to the chili petin bush. I think it's probably a female black-chinned hummingbird.
Montell, Uvalde County, Texas
Managed to get a short break from the chaos in my life. But only a short break, another 1-2 months of hell.
Looking at beauty in the faces of stone models is the perfect cure of for this old man.
I managed to see three different species of owl on my bike ride this morning, but Short-eared was not one of them. I took this one from the car on Mull in the morning sunshine. You can see that the pupil in the shade is dilated compared to the eye in the sun. You can also see the short ear tufts that give rise to its name, though of course these are just feather tufts. The real ears are located asymmetrically either side of the facial disc. According to the BTO there were only 620 breeding pairs in Britain (2007-2011), though the breeding population varies massively in synch with the Field Vole cycle.
This photo was taken standing midstream in the Corarsik Burn in Glen Massan, Argyll, Scotland.
It was the first "real" photo taken with my new Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 VR.
Highest position: 402 on Sunday, October 11, 2020
I managed to capture a few shots of this beautiful Blue Headed Tree Agama. Size: Length - ±15 inches. Its head, particularly in males, is large and triangular. The head and body are distinctly separate. The ear openings are larger than the eyes, and the tympanums (eardrums) are visible.
He then quickly climbing a few meters up in a tree, where he sat bobbing his blue head at me!
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Managed to find my special Mimosa tree yesterday, but sadly it had a good prune at the end of last year and all the lovely low branches have gone. So used a bit of zoom instead.
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I managed three visits to the Mjällådalen nature reserve during our July trip to my mother-in-law in Härnösand, Sweden.
As on the previous two, my son joined me and proved an invaluable photography assistant and beetle herder.
My favourite find on this visit - and possibly of the entire trip - was this red morph of the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius). That's right, this is the very same species as this one: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53022438739/in/album-721...
This is the smallest peacock beetle in Sweden at 5-7 mm (.24") and quite variable in colour although this hue has to be considered quite extreme.
As before, Daniel turned out to be invaluable and we came up with a process where he put his hands down on the sand with his thumbs ands index fingers formed a diamond shape around the beetle so it couldn't run away and I then stuck the camera down close over it and took a shot whenever it took a little break in running around like it was on crack.
I've seen small groups of stone stacks in Pucks Glen before, but on this day there was a whole crop of them.
Highest position: 375 on Friday, August 20, 2021
So despite the pandemic my wife and I managed a little get away to the Lake District.
Wasdale is our favorite area in the lakes.
In this shot we see the view down the lake to Great Gable in the center with Yewbarrow on the left and Lingmell and the Scafells on the right.
Taken with my X-T2 and Samyang 12mm F2 @ F5.6 with 91sec exposure and ISO200
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Managed to see a pair of Grey (English) Partridges this morning. Getting rather short supply now & on the endangered list now. I have been looking hard & was beginning to think I might not see them this year
This is the only shot I've so far managed to process from my trip to New York back in November. I was there for 6 days and had a long list of locations to visit. Of course this was near the top of my list of places to visit - a pilgrimage almost. I remember being there 15 years ago and loving it - I took a few snaps thats all - I remember it being incredibly busy. Nothings changed - its still a fabulous sinuous piece of architecture, and its still packed - not helped by a monsoonal downpour outside.
After a load of dark pictures I thought now was the right time to get back to my fist love, hence a high key shot once again. When I finally get around to processing and when I'm able to their should be some more too.
This is a 5 landscape shot stitched vertically of course no tripods allowed so all handheld, luckily it was quite light anyway, even with the inclement weather outside
Technical Details
Fuji XT-2
Fuji 18-135mm @ 18mm
F5.6
1/250 second
ISO 400
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After the storms a couple of months ago this is one of the many large branches and trees left floating in the loch.
Managed to put the birds aside for a day to look for Autumn colors. We did some searching in Western Iowa and found this beautiful spot. What a wonderful time of the year.
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I managed to squeeze in between the raindrops today in the Columbia Gorge to get in a waterfall picture today. I have struggled over the years to find a way to present this waterfall. I'm getting closer.
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You won't find this forest on any tourist information map or a National Park Map as it's a forest managed for logging.
This planted forest is one of England's biggest managed forests and spans several miles in all directions, there's no road, no foot path, no bridleways, no car parks, no toilets, nothing, just miles and miles of dense forest, this picture was taken from roughly the middle of the forest.
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having managed to pull myself out of bed with only 3 hours sleep, i drove to buttermere in the lke district uk. its a place i frequent but havent had a walk round it for a few months.sunrise wasnt anything special but there was some interesting driftwood laying around and the low water levels made the usual shot of the lone tree a bit unpleasant on my eye.
this old branch on the other hand stuck out like a sore thumb. i really like how its twists and the textures on it really appeal. it made an excellent foreground subject.
Managed to get a brief glimpse of this lovely cuckoo probably about a week or two before it migrated
Finally managed to get this shot, had been planning it since November.
This was shot during the past full moon and had to scout the place the evening before. When I was hiking to the mountaintop I crossed paths with a rattlesnake, thanks to it's advice I took my distance and the shoot went all right.
Picture is a stack of 18 shots at 300mm, making it a huge file.
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Después de planear esta toma desde Noviembre, por fin la obtuve.
La foto la tomé la última luna llena y tuve que caminar al lugar adecuado desde una tarde anterior para asegurarme de la toma. Mientras subía a la montaña me crucé con una víbora de cascabel, pero gracias a su aviso, me separé y todo salió bien.
La imagen está compuesta de 18 fotos a 300mm, haciéndola una imagen bastante grande.
One of the many paths meandering through the Glenbranter woodland.
Highest position: 84 on Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Gus' mate, Forbes, managed to salvage a few parts from another 5 Series he fell out of up on Quiraing Road and improve his own aquisition from Murchison's Garage. Mind he only got a mile or two up the road to Drumbuie before he stuffed it through some whin bushes at the side of the road. "Ice" he said as he explained to the local bobby without mentioning he almost managed to hit 100 mph on the short straight before the brow on the hill
Managed to grab a quick shot before if flitted off. never seem to stay still long. This little fella is exploring some mossy branches . Lovely little birds can be quite confiding so when one strikes A pose for the camera I grab it !!
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"Her words are like her plays. Dangerous and hard to fly pass" ~ Gossiping Hufflepuff
I will be starting an Album of Slytherin Quidditch Players and hopefully other house team players.
Just when got her prefect badge, lol!
Meh edits and all that jazz. I just needed a picture for the profile on her wikia... So here it is! <.<
Walking back from West Loch Eck I was lucky enough to catch this lovely sunset over The Holy Loch and Sandbank.
Highest position: 383 on Saturday, December 17, 2022
Managed to get a few shots before a man on his tractor arrived to see what was going on, the Owl bobbed down out of sight, had a chat to the man but the owl did not re-appear again.
Wollaton Park
...we managed to catch a bit of the sun before it was too late. Lucille isn't entirely thrilled with the flares on her face! :D Rebecca (glamourfae) was in Denver...fun dinner with her!
After seeing Laura's (plastic_fashion) gorgeous GR today, I was in the mood to photograph Lucille! Lucille is wearing a darling dress from Sugar Baby Love. Thanks so much! We love this dress set!
I managed to get out and about for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon during the frequent snow storms we where having. I have been meaning to visit this location alongside the A1 road for a while as it looked very favourable for a sunset location.
This was one of only a few shots I managed before the snow closed in again.
This image is a combination of two exposures, one exposed for the foreground and one exposed for the sky. The two images where combined manually in Photoshop Elements 9 using layers and masks before boosting contrast slightly then resizing and a slight sharpening.
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Managed to get a shot of this little mouse who is regular visitor to the bird feeders in the garden.
Managed to get a photo of the new pilot boat "Pacific Guardian." The 19.9 meter (65 ft) craft was built in Campbell River. Designed by Camarc in Scotland, the vessel has a refined double chine hull and a resiliently mounted wheelhouse to optimise noise and vibration for crew comfort. A pair of 1,000 hp diesels ensures a speed of 25 to 28 knots.