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I noticed this beautiful-unique clock just outside of Palmer House Hotel in Chicago and had to get a shot of it. Used several apps (Stackables, Enlight to name a few) to obtain this textured look. Hope you like it!
A male Ruffed Grouse displaying for three hens perched up in a Balsam Fir Tree in the Hersey Lake Conservation Area located in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Description
The scientific name for the Ruffed Grouse is Bonasa umbellus. Both terms are from the Latin: Bonasa means good when roasted and umbellus, a sunshade. This refers to the ruff or dark-coloured neck feathers that are particularly large in the male. When he is in display before the female, these are erected and surround his head almost like an umbrella. By nodding his head and ruffs, and spreading his tail and strutting, the male identifies himself to the female and encourages her advances.
The male Ruffed Grouse is about the size of a bantam chicken and weighs about 500 g. The females are smaller. Unlike the chicken, the grouse has a broad flat tail that is usually held down but that may be erected and spread into a half circle.
The dappled and barred plumage ranges in colour from pale grey through sombre red to rich mahogany. In the east, most grouse are predominantly grey, although some are red. Greys are in the majority in the central parts of the continent, and on the west coast most grouse are reddish brown.
The colours worn by the grouse are related to their habitat: the dark-coloured grouse inhabit dark forest, as on the coast; grey grouse live in lighter bush. This camouflage helps protect the grouse from their predators.
Males are hard to tell from females at a distance, but they are larger with larger ruffs and a longer tail. In the male the broad band of dark colour in the tail is usually unbroken.
The Ruffed Grouse is frequently called the “partridge.” This leads to confusion with the Gray, or Hungarian, Partridge, which was introduced to Canada from Europe. The Ruffed Grouse is only distantly related to the Gray Partridge, which is a bird of open areas, not woodlands.
Source: Hinterlands Who's Who
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DAZZLING - Sophie platforms [FATPACK] Avaialble at Kustom9!
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BELANTTI - Lelutka Evo x Cosmetics Pack(Eye makeup, lips, blush)
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Nails: Alme - Mesh Ballerina Nails
Hair: Kuni - Hanna
Notice that these custom made mini-sandwiches are a little bit bigger than normal ... Yeh he and his buddies can handle them.
Something to make you laugh
When we first started getting into wildlife photography (and still struggling to tell the difference between a chicken and an Eagle) we noticed this 'brownish' bird occasionally exploding from the long grass., then flying off at high speed
Urmm.. was that a small raptor!?
Well no., it's actually a Skylark! durrr! well you have to learn these things!
Noticed that most of the Warbler Pictures were Male Warblers.
Need to post more of the Female warblers from this Spring Migration.
Found this Shoveler trying to land in a tiny pond and it came flying in to land about 4 or 5 times before eventually landing in this spot here, Awesome birds and I don 't really think I have noticed seeing one before even though I think they are common here : )
After a long day working ... noticed that after two days of 50 MPH and then 30 MPH winds and sunny days, that clouds rolled in as the day was nearing an end and the winds died down to nothing.
Checked the radar and the passing front left behind a band of clouds over the Baltimore region ... and it was slowly dissipating.
I called my Dad about 40 minutes before sunset and asked if the river was smoothed out. He said it was nearly a mirror.
So I grabbed the camera gear and made a quick trip down to Middle River to see if Election Night would have some fireworks.
The conditions were great with the two days of strong winds out of the northwest resulted in a real low tide, so was able to get under some of the piers.
Here just as the sun set, the colors were golden and just beginning. The fireworks followed for about 20 minutes or more, so I ended up taking 75 captures from all kinds of perspectives given the reflections, clouds and low tide conditions.
Bento set of 9 poses, with original mesh letter prop.
texture change with hud (4 texture options)
New for *Ota.Con* - anime/game/pop-culture inspired event.
event opens on September 1st.
URL to my Booth: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Enchanted%20Haven/132/152/23
The colors peaked on my absolute favorite trail last weekend. Needless to say I went back twice that weekend.
Mike
As I waited for the Oklahoma sunset over Lake Hefner, I noticed multiple family/friend experiences unfolding in front of me during an unusually warm winter day. This was my favorite.
I noticed Terry had posted an excellent old photo of Haystack's summit tarn.. it got me thinking, so this one of my old shots..
I was still working when I suddenly noticed that we had a nice sunset for a change. So I grabbed the camera and took a few quick photos before the sun disappeared and the colours faded. This was one of the moment when I always wish I could see that sunset in a nicer place, at a lake or even better at the seaside. As this wasn't possible I can only offer the view from study, from the same window where the Dragon sat in the other photo I post today.
This lady died in 1911....when I was there today I noticed that 97 years on someone is still leaving fresh flowers.
I noticed that I didn´t post any shots of Pascha lately. So I took some shots of him sitting on the back of the sofa, close to me.
Ich habe festgestellt, dass ich in letzter Zeit wenig Fotos von Pascha gepostet habe. Hier sind deshalb 2 Fotos, wie er auf der Rückenlehne vom Sofa nahe bei mir sitzt.
2019 Spartan ERV Pumper Unit 51 Timmins Fire Dept parked in the Canadian Tire parking lot in Mountjoy Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada
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It seems like most places across the country have some version or other of a balancing rock. Certainly in Kamloops there is the well-known Coyote Balancing Rock. I recall a very large prominent one on the east cost near Peggy’s Cove and one in northern Ontario as well (I think over near Parry Sound). This is the one most noticed on Haida Gwaii. What I find interesting is that rarely do I see comment about the implications of their age. I assume deposited at the time a glacier retreated, it gives me pause to wonder how many generations of kids and eagles have sat with it.
Noticed this pretty, colorful collection of items and vegetation by the edge of our lake as I walked down to the dock. Laid down to snap a shot for a from the ground view.
When I awoke I noticed my neighbor was running their sprinklers this morning and I knew I wanted the misty magic in my image somehow. I had to patiently wait until the sun and water cooperated but the wind kept knocking over my bottle. I am sure it was funny to watch me sitting in the sprinklers getting soaked and waiting, moving, recomposing, hitching up my pants, picking up my bottle, pacing. Though not technically perfect in any way I really love so much about it I had to keep it.
I’d noticed the striking white building with its handsome blue roof as we’d passed this way a day earlier, mustering our spirits as best we could under a grey, leaky sky that gave no hint of the beautiful evening we’d later enjoy by the side of the lake at Kirkjufell. I’d also spotted the rough pull in where the road snaked gently upwards through a patch of rocky scrub. “That might make for a shot,” was only the vaguest of thoughts as we passed through this remote area, heading for Arnarstapi and Dritvik Beach beyond. At this stage, the only thing we were certain of was that we’d passed the road that led to the Black Church of Budir and not taken it. And as we were following a circuit on the lonely road of West Snaefellsnes, we knew we’d need to be back this way the following day. That black church screams for attention you see. One of the most impossible to ignore hotspots on a peninsula that offers all sorts of possibilities.
So now we were here again, this time travelling anticlockwise on the most fantastic of coastal roads. Coming from a densely populated country where the sound of the internal combustion engine dominates almost every waking moment, driving here is an unrelenting joy. The Útnesvegur takes you through a brutal and dramatic landscape, where the story of Iceland’s violent volcanic birth is forever on show. In the far western reaches, we drove for miles, flanked by moss filled lava fields, roughly hewn and worn by the rages of a thousand winter storms, barely seeing any other vehicles at all. At times only the bulk of the ice clad Snaefellsjokull, rising mightily above everything else here seemed to anchor us to the land as if by some gravitational pull. A harsh elemental landscape in a time and place that has crept in under my skin and stayed there to settle into a contented glow that burns slowly within, forever calling me back. Having more time to explore on this, our second Icelandic adventure, was enabling us to see gems we’d had no time for on that dash around the ring road three summers earlier. You could easily fill an entire visit to Iceland with Snaefellsnes alone.
By now I was in a particularly fine mood. We’d already bagged compositions at half a dozen spots on this amazingly productive day as we made our way around the circuit. To add to the internal satisfaction levels, I’d also visited the fish and chip van at Arnarstapi. Let’s face it, if your stomach’s rumbling it’s game over on the photography front. Hunger is a big distraction when you’re trying to take epic photos. And now, a few minutes later after a spell in gastronomy heaven, here we were, pulled in at that patch of scrub and gazing at another epic vista, filled with more of those moss covered lava flows. And a handsome blue roofed building. And some other interesting stuff, I hope you’ll agree.
It was another Super Saturday moment, grabbed in a five minute roadside stop in the grand space between Arnarstapi and Budir. Well maybe a ten minute stop for a second layer to complete the twelve exposures for this handheld panoramic view that filled the space, tailing off into a hinterland of mountains rising from the red sands of the Snaefellsnes south coast under a huge gathering of heavy clouds that promised so much, and later delivered even more. It seems that wherever you stop - when you can stop - the chances are there will be something to fill the viewfinder with. Something that you perhaps didn’t see in a million other images when you planned your own adventures. Just like so many others, I love visiting the hotspots and trying to grab those memorable moments and record them forever. That’s what we were doing for most of our two weeks here, but I also find satisfaction in those impromptu moments when I see something else. And this is definitely an image I’d urge you to look at on the big screen if you can. “Best viewed large,” I sometimes read as I enjoy your stories. And you’re always right of course.
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Amaryllis 'Giant Amadeus' (Hippeastrum)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2023
On my way back from Vic Uni I noticed that Bill's Hippeastrum is flowering.
As you've probably noticed by now, I'm a big fan of sunrises.
I often leave very early to photograph these. In the summer it can happen that I don't even go to bed one night because I'm already on my way at half past one in the morning.
My plan is always to reach my destination an hour before sunrise so that I can experience this magical atmosphere before the day begins.
And in rare cases I manage to get a shot like the one you see here. When the full moon hovers over the mist-covered Elbe valley.
In terms of composition, the photo is certainly not a masterpiece. After all, you can't choose where the moon sets, but when I look at the photo, I remember that moment up there on mount Rauenstein in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and my joy at having captured this scene (It was my first photo that morning and I was already satisfied).
And this memory makes the photo something special for me and I hope I was able to pass a little bit of it on to you.
Wie Ihr inzwischen sicher schon bemerkt habt, bin ich ein großer Fan von Sonnenaufgängen.
Um diese zu fotografieren bin ich häufig sehr früh unterwegs. Im Sommer kann das schonmal passieren, dass ich eine Nacht garnicht erst ins Bett gehe, weil ich mich morgens halb zwei schon auf den Weg mache.
Mein Plan ist immer, eine Stunde vor Sonnenaufgang an meinem Ziel zu sein, damit ich diese magische Stimmung vor Tagesbeginn noch miterleben kann.
Und in seltenen Fällen gelingt mir dann auch so eine Aufnahme wie die, die Ihr hier seht. Wenn der Vollmond über dem nebelbedeckten Elbtal schwebt.
Hinsichtlich der Komposition ist das Foto sicher kein Meisterwerk. Schließlich kann man sich ja nicht aussuchen, wo der Mond unter geht, Doch wenn ich das Foto betrachte, erinnere ich mich wieder an diesen Moment dort oben auf dem Rauenstein im Elbsandsteingebirge und an meine Freude diese Szene eingefangen zu haben (Es war mein erstes Foto an diesem Morgen und ich war schon zufrieden).
Und diese Erinnerung macht das Foto zu etwas Besonderem für mich und ich hoffe, ich konnte ein bisschen was davon an Euch weiter geben.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
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Saint Louis des Invalides– Eglise du dôme - Paris 7°
Mille mercis à mon adorable ami Guyscoop qui a gentiment et magnifiquement post-traité ma petite photo. On forme une association fructueuse, Guy, tu ne trouves pas ? ;-))
J’essaie de répondre à tous les commentaires que j’ai reçus depuis deux mois et de visiter les streams de mes amis. Ca va prendre « un peu » (lol) de temps et j’espère que vous comprendrez :-)
Thousands of thanks to my sweet friend Guyscoop who kindly and greatly processed my little shot. We have a very fruitful partnership Guy, don’t you think so ;-))
I’m now trying to answer all the comments I received since two months, and to visit my friends streams. It will take a “little” (lol) time and I hope you’ll understand :-)
I noticed this boat ramp area when I went to my son's baseball game Wednesday and thought there might be a good sunset view. It was too cloudy on Wednesday to tell for sure, so I drove by there last night and this is what I saw.
Not too bad, but I'm still on the search for a fabulous sunset location in this general area.
Looking out the back door I saw the moon rising and then noticed that it was coming "up" into the flight path of airliners on final approach to DIA. So I set up my shot and I waited and waited and waited...
Yeah this went on for a bit. Finally I got one that was close.
Keep an eye on the moon and sky this month as there is a lot of cool things happening! Most of the planets are in wonderful alignment and are basically on parade as they are in conjunction with each other and the moon.
Later this year there will be a combination of Jupiter over a crescent moon and Venus underneath. That should be spectacular!
Shot using a Canon EF 70-200 f4 L and a Canon EF 1.4X extender.