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... moisture laden summer clouds, seemingly on fire with the intensity of the light, when a plume of rain drops... ...maybe falls on someone, it will be notated " a sudden, intense yet brief storm at sunset. " true, but where's the poetry in that ...
I was playing with some motion blur which I haven't done in a while. This is my teeny tiny garden next to one of my basement windows and the laundry vent. They seem to do really well here because of the added heat and moisture. They actually stay green all Winter. Now I'm rambling. I added some accent flowers to get more color. I liked the blur in this one it almost looks like a smudged painting. OK I'm done I think ;-)
Simply the best time to photograph bokeh - after the rain and in the sunshine AND through my Tamarisk tree.
Late day sunlight sneaks into the scene just before sunset captured there from Cadillac Mountain in Maine. Liked the exposed water on the rocks that was reflecting that sunlight. The mix of that light on the rocks, textures, and lichen was pretty amazing to take all in.
As a photographer you take photos because you are recording what your eye is seeing at the time and for me I use this medium as an art form, and from time to time I get goose bumps when I look through the view finder and see something out of the ordinary, and this is one of those shots.
I took this one this morning at around 7.00am my first sunrise outing for some time and to come back with this kind of shot made it all worth while, it even shows up some cobweb strands, and I just LOVE that water droplet at the tip of that thorn! Please let me know what you think of it!!
Distribution
Geography
CONTINENTS
Africa
SUBCONTINENTS
Sub-Saharan Africa
COUNTRIES
Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REALMS
Afrotropical
Common elands inhabit southern Africa and the foothills in the great southern African plateau, as well as Ethiopia and most of the arid zones in South Sudan, as well as western Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. They prefer to live in semi-arid areas that contain many shrub-like bushes, and often inhabit woodlands, bush, and mountaintops. Elands typically avoid forests, swamps, deserts, and open grasslands but do occur in grassland with good herb cover.
Common elands are crepuscular and are most often found feeding at night, when vegetation has taken in moisture from the air, thus providing a higher water content. When it is hot during the day, they will often be found resting in areas of shade. Common elands are social animals, often found in herds of 25-60, occasionally gathering in groups of more than 1,000, especially during the rainy season. Typically, mature males form herds, and mature females do as well, with the young congregating in nursery herds. A hierarchy exists within these herds, which determines, for a male, access to breeding females, and to feeding sites for a female. Common elands are nomadic creatures. Males are not territorial, though will become possessive with regard to breeding females. The home range of a female, which makes extensive movements in the wet season, is much bigger than that of a male. Male territories are mostly in wooded areas. If a predator is seen, the bull of a group will bark and start walking back and forth to warn other elands of danger. They also use the odors in their urine to communicate.
Dark orange & yellow crocosmia
plant.Crocosmia
Crocosmia, or Montbretias as they are colloquially known, are really valuable for adding warm red and orange tones into the summer border, a contrast in shape and form to the wealth of summer daisies in flower at that time. Given conditions where they are happy they can be rewarding and long lived. They retreat each winter to a corm – a swollen stem – each year producing new bulb like structure. Over the years these annual corms can pile up to form lengthy strings with the older corms having some role in providing nutrition to the youngest active corm. It is on account of this that the old practice of annual lifting of corms can be detrimental. Also old wisdom had you lift and replant corms late in the year, a practice that didn’t give the corms enough time to settle before winter.
Crocosmia are relatively easy to grow and it might seem that all Crocosmia are similar and require the same treatment. There is a universal desire for a warm spot in sun or dappled shade and a soil that is neither excessively heavy, nor boggy. However, a little study of the parent species can lead to a greater understanding of the condition individual varieties would really like. Several of the species are to be found growing in light woodland in the wild (C.aurea and C.potsii) or in damp grassland (C.paniculata). As a generalisation they come from environments which are moist for the growing season.
The varying hardiness of Crocosia cultivars can be attributed to the contribution the parents make to their makup. Varieties of Crocosmia potsii are considered the most cold hardy, with those of Crocosmia aurea being the least. Cold isn’t the only hardiness issue, Winter wet is also a factor, with Crocosmia potsii being exposed to a fair degree of moisture all year around in its native environment whilst other species such as Crocosmia pearsei needing a lot more exposure to warm dry conditions to be happy.
In the growing season, Crocosmia masoniorum likes it on the warm and dry side, tending to decline in rich moist soils. This contrasts with the requirement of Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora for a moist, rich warm spot to produce of its best. Cultivars of Crocosmia paniculata tend to be shy to flower in dry conditions.
If you live in an area where you need to lift Crocosmia corms against the winter cold, it is essential to keep them from drying out over winter. Store them in peat or shaving over winter to prevent them dessicating and when it comes to Spring plant them in cool conditions to allow them to rehydrate before shooting. Planting warm from a dry corm is a recipe for disaster.
The name comes from the Greek ‘krokos’ = saffron and ‘osme’ = smell, referring to the strong smell of saffron given off by the dried flowers when immersed in water.
Who knew?
Aconitum (/ˌækəˈnaɪtəm/),[2] commonly known as aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, queen of poisons, or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. These herbaceous perennial plants are chiefly native to the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere,[3] growing in the moisture-retentive but well-draining soils of mountain meadows. Most species are extremely poisonous[4] and must be dealt with very carefully. ~Wikipedia
Macro Mondays 6/02/17 theme Say Cheese!
This wasn't my idea for what I wanted but I needed to grill my cheese first anyway,then I thought I would try to photograph it while it was cooking....NOT the best idea I have had.I needed to get the camera lens close in which at first was ok but as it started to get hot I notice moisture starting to build up on the inside of the lens which made me panic and think I had damaged it.So left it to cool down and set up for the shots I was going to do.Went back to the lens to find it was now clear thank god.So in future I will not take my lens from a cold room and start taking photo's of hot items.Lesson learnt.
Spring arrives but Tom departs this Earth - Another sad loss to covid-19 (Shame about what happened in 2023)
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana.
The steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the steinbuck or steinbok.
There are two distinct clusters in steenbok distribution. In East Africa, it occurs in central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. In Southern Africa, it occurs in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and probably Lesotho.
Steenbok typically browse on low-level vegetation (they cannot reach above 0.9 m) but are also adept at scraping up roots and tubers. In central Kruger National Park, Steenbok show a distinct preference for forbs, and then woody plants (especially Flueggea virosa) when few forbs are available. They will also take fruits and only very rarely graze on grass. They are almost entirely independent of drinking water, gaining the moisture they need from their food.
Steenbok are active during the day and the night; however, during hotter periods, they rest under shade during the heat of the day. The time spent feeding at night increases in the dry season. While resting, they may be busy grooming, ruminating or taking brief spells of sleep. – Wikipedia
Found in an abandoned hotel somewhere in Germany. Since the roof is completely demolished there is water all over the place. The building is literally covered in mold and all types of funghi. Even the doorframes are dripping wet. An amazing experience for man and machine (the air moisture is a trial for your camera and lenses).
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botswana.
The steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the steinbuck or steinbok.
There are two distinct clusters in steenbok distribution. In East Africa, it occurs in central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. In Southern Africa, it occurs in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and probably Lesotho.
Steenbok typically browse on low-level vegetation (they cannot reach above 0.9 m), but are also adept at scraping up roots and tubers. In central Kruger National Park, Steenbok show a distinct preference for forbs, and then woody plants (especially Flueggea virosa) when few forbs are available. They will also take fruits and only very rarely graze on grass. They are almost entirely independent of drinking water, gaining the moisture they need from their food.
Steenbok are active during the day and the night; however, during hotter periods, they rest under shade during the heat of the day. The time spent feeding at night increases in the dry season. While resting, they may be busy grooming, ruminating or taking brief spells of sleep. - Wikipedia
M=Moisture for the third in this series, Texture & begins with M.
7DOS Beginning with M Texture Tuesday
Smile on Saturday / Ring the bell
While outside with my road trip souvenir bell, I was trying to decide where to place it for a photograph. Then this lovely male monarch landed on one of the pavers and began sipping moisture from it. Male monarchs and other butterflies often participate in an activity known as puddling. That is where they go to the ground where it's damp and sip the nutrients. Although I have yet to see it in person, multiple males will often gather and participate in this activity. I have never seen more than one at a time do this.
Anyway, he was so busy he wasn't paying a bit of attention to much else around. I couldn't resist the temptation to try and sneak in and place the bell to see if I could get a photo opportunity. After placing the bell, I stepped back and snapped a couple of shots, then off he went.
As the monarch flew away, I noticed that he is one of three males that have been in the yard fighting hard for a female's attention despite being rather tattered and torn. It always amazes me how strong butterflies actually are. You might be surprised but I have noticed that it's not always the most handsome monarch that wins the lady. Instead, it's the one that fights the hardest for her.
I took other images of the bell, but this one suites my personality more than the others so this is the one I chose for the theme. This bell is the only one I have other than a few Christmas decorations that are in the attic.
Here's to hoping that you smile a lot today, happy snapping.
Capturing the winter roses along the Rose District in Broken Arrow. Yes, captured on 12/21/2021 and that is a lot of 2s and 1s in a date hand.
Amidst the evergreen, a treasure is found,
A pine cone hanging, with raindrops all around.
Its intricate scales, a natural design, Glistening with moisture, a sight so divine.
The dark bark a backdrop, the needles so green,
A tiny world captured, a peaceful scene.
Nature's detail in every drop and line,
A quiet beauty, this moment in time
The forest grows lush along Pescadero Creek in Portola Redwoods State Park. The moisture loving Coastal Redwoods, thick ferns, redwood sorrel, and huckleberry thrive in the moist climate here. Growing up, I was not as fortunate as I am now, to live in the watershed of a major Sierra Nevada River. Instead my water adventures were focused on the small creeks and streams that flow out of the California Coastal Range and Hills. They're not large in volume, but they aren't chopped liver either. Ask any water bug.
San Mateo County CA