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A beautiful bird of the forests, this is quite a loud bird that is easily heard and maybe seen, but very hard to photograph since they hide in the canopy. The bird is endemic to South and Central India and always found on the slopes of forest hills. It does fly up and down the slopes in search of food though. It is a photographers favorite and a very hard one to get as such - especially in our region.
These are social birds always seen in flocks - usually of 4-6 or more. They keep flying from tree to tree in search of insects on the tree trunks. The birds were out in the open on the edge of a forest and flying from tree to tree. There was a tree stump that the birds stopped briefly and then took off - managed a few flight shots much to my delight!
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Actually it is the reflection, in late afternoon, of a pendant lamp on the window's glass... The impression of a blurred image on either size of the lamp is actually a deformation by the glass. This can be verified by closer look, as the lines that form the skeleton run all around the paper lamp drawing the real size of it!
- En plein air ou ...
En fait, c’est le reflet, en fin d’après-midi, d’une lampe à suspension sur la vitre de la fenêtre ... L’impression d’une image floue sur l’un ou l’autre coté de la lampe est en réalité une déformation par la vitre. Cela peut être vérifié en regardant de plus près, car les lignes qui forment le squelette tout autour de la lampe en papier en dessinent la taille réelle!
A Green Anole peaking over the foliage and keeping his or her eyes open for insects to consume. I am sure he saw me too and so I carefully kept still while taking a few pics of him/her.
While on Kauai, i was in awe with the various Anoles I saw as they could be seen hanging out in the sunshine.
The Green Anole is slenderly built with a long tail. They reach 15.2- 19 centimeters (6-7.5 inches) in length.
The Green Anole is native to the USA. They are found from southern North Carolina west to eastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma and south to the Florida Keys. They also live in the Bahamas, Grand Cayman Island, Anruilla and Cuba. There are distinct populations in Mexico.
Green Anoles have been introduced to Belize, southern Japan and Hawaii, and have established breeding populations in those areas.
They inhabit woodland edges, pine-palmetto scrub, cypress swamps, open forests, overgrown fields, farms, parks, bakyards and gardens; highly arboreal.
Photographed three years ago in the fall, this Bald eagle posed nicely for me.
I can't remember if the open beak here was a yawn or one of their plaintive and distinctive cries. Either way, I was pleased that I was able to capture it just at the right moment.
The thick layer of red autumn leaves made for a striking backdrop!
Enjoy...
I shot this on the second of two nights featuring Aurora borealis displays earlier this month. Geomagnetic storm intensity was projected to peak on the second night, but it started off a little disappointing, with moderate cloud cover blocking most of what was happening above. I went out anyway, and gradually it dispersed.
I stopped at a little bridge over the Frenchman River. Some colour was showing, but it lacked structure. The clouds were thinning. Although less dramatic than the previous night, the scene was nonetheless memorable. I shot a bunch, and then continued my drive, hoping for better definition as the night show continued to unfold...
Admittedly some of this rather amorphous blob-like sky detail (or lack thereof) is from the 20 second exposure. As the Aurora got stronger and brighter, I was able to use faster shutter speeds, which helped. I could have boosted the ISO significantly for this shot, and opened my lens wide to f/2.8... however, I chose to reduce digital noise a bit and add a little more depth of field. Maybe the wrong choices, but I can live with them.
Photographed from a bridge over the Frenchman River on the former Dixon Ranch, now part of Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A portrait of a smallest damselfly that I know, an Ischnura Genei, a beautiful tiny odonata measuring about 2,5cm/3cm maximum. It live only in Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily and Elba.
I'm very glad to had taken a stack-portrait of it with open mouth and I hope you like it! ;o)
Handheld stack with Canon MP-E and flash Neewer JY-610-II with handmade diffuser.