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Beautiful burnt orange spotty butterfly on lilac bush 😀 I captured it today, very happy with the sunny weather outside!
What an incredible year!
For me Nature has been a life saver.
From the nesting blue tits and robins to badgers and deer, all appearing because of the strange quietness brought about by various lockdowns, particularly the first.
Here you see my wild fox who will now take food from my hand without taking my fingers as well. A trust has built up between us. Nature is truly supreme, we tamper with it at our peril.
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How can I leave you in limbo like that!
The Robin Chick is one day out of the nest and still with us!!
Sitting very still in the middle of our front lawn.
I must admit we are anxious for it.........foxes, jays, crows, magpies, squirrels.........all are in the offing.
Fingers crossed.
I try to treat all creatures with respect.
The rewards are not only a contentment in my life.
I can take photographs with ease which might otherwise be impossible.
This is a full frame photo taken at 0.5m.
A superb historical monument in Switzerland.
About which Lord Byron wrote his famous poem,
'The Prisoner of Chillon' A fascinating story.
At last, after 11 years I put on FLICKR the original image I have used, and still use, as the 'Nom de Plume' for my FLICKR site.
This photo is as shot, no additions or 'monkey business'!
It was taken in the back alleys of Dubai. The man sitting alone in contemplation had a strange effect on me as I walked past the entrance to the alley. It is almost surreal in the juxtaposition of the water butt, the Man and the Mosque in the background. Strange to say, but in many ways I feel it is a mirror image of myself, both mentally and philosophically................
Taken 1 hour ago for a Lockdown Virtual Competition at 'Photocraft of Wallington Camera Club', theme, 'Up Close'.
400mm at 4 meters.
A morning at Malvern Priory. What a wonderful place to visit and photograph!
Hardly any restrictions and good Friendly people to speak to.
I had set up my tripod for a view of the Altar area when a father & son approached and stood looking at the Altar and then moved off to a toddler’s area. I kicked myself for missing the shot.
After a few moments I walked after them, spoke to the father and he cooperated by taking his son back.
I got my shot.
The interpretation is up to you!
I think this is just about as good as I can get it. I have been trying to get the very best focus and detail of a blue tit in flight. This is normally almost impossible because we do not know where a subject will be at a specific moment and camera controls are not, in my opinion, as fast and accurate enough to give what I would regard as ultimate quality to such a small object moving so fast. I know that is a contentious statement!
So I expect a few Informative replies!
Each of my images is an individual press of the shutter.
Everything on the camera is set to manual....focus, aperture, speed and ISO.
I use a main flash on the camera and 2 small slave flashes nearer to reduce shadows. It’s quite a challenge!
Wisley Flower Show can be an eye opener………
But in this case, an eye closure steals the day…………
Ughhh………..
Keep smiling……it’s good for us all !!
towards the end of the last few days snowy period, this little fellow, puffed-up against the cold, eventually flew into my sights!
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Just returned from my latest trip to Ras al Khaimah 40 miles north of Dubai in the UAE.
The camel race track is in the desert 10 miles south of the town. It starts at first light so it means a 5am start.
The camels are trained to become acustomised to the events. Car horns are sounded to encourage the camels and let them know they must run.
An exciting atmospheric trip. Friendly locals and erratic behaviour from the camels make an intersting time for all, before returning home for breakfast.
The fantastic Landwasser Viaduct on the 'Glacier Express' route from St Moritz/Davos - Zermatt.
If you want to learn how to run a railway ...... go to Switzerland!
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Note the absence of rowlocks, the manner of securing the oars to the posts is incredible but very effective! He can let go of the oars at any time and not loose them - simple!
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The lockdown fades from my mind .......
I dwell in a minute World of thoughts and actions........
The f Number or ISO become paramount decisions.........
I wonder at the completeness of Nature’s Supremacy.......
As I feel, and see, the devotion instilled.......
in one small part of it’s domain .........
Peace, for a time, consoles my enforced isolation.
Liwa Oasis is on the northern edge of the Empty Quarter, the largest sand desert in the world, or should i say "On the Planet!"
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Can one build trust with a wild annimal? This fine annimal was 1m away, there is still a wild look in his eye, slightly disturbing..........
Nikon D800E 105mm f2.8 macro
Lucky shot with the mauve background to the proboscis making it stand out better.
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I try to treat all creatures with respect and here I have built up an understanding which is based on the trust we have for each other.
I can now offer just half a small sausage and he will take it from between my fingers in a most careful, delicate manner. We can then sit for a while in each other’s company. He yawning, scratching and relaxing; me talking gently and reassuringly.
The rewards to my patience are not only a form of friendship, but surprisingly, an added contentment in my life.
I can also take photographs with ease which might otherwise be very difficult, if not impossible to obtain.
In the New Forest, Hampshire, UK. Early morning, is a majical time. Visitors are few and peace reigns - it is so quiet and still...........
Judean Desert Around Masada. Looking north. Dead Sea on the right.
aged 20 I volunteered to help excavate Masada. I had a 35mm camera with me, although it was not allowed!
Now aged 77yrs, I think I can start to show you them. Including Yigael Yadin, David Ben Gurion and many of my fellow workers. WATCH THIS GROUP I will have to scan them in as they are 35mm Kodachrome film.
I know what you are thinking. Newtown Isle of Wight, not exactly Ascot or Cowes or the Tate or Wimbledon is it?
To which I would say, “Exactly, thank God - it is simply a piece of heaven” - no cars or traffic, no biased TV coverage, no personalities posing with inflated egos and opinions, no playing for the upper hand, no contest, just perfect tranquility and nature restoring sanity in a crazy world. Oh, by the way, how are the Japanese elections going?
His story is one of the most interesting.
I Met him in Musandam, in a quiet hamlet off the road.
Sitting in his boat he could not offer me coffee and dates as is hospitably done by Omanis, so I went back to my 4x4, got out the gas ring and made him my excuse for coffee. I took it, with dates, back to him and we both sat enjoying the sunrise over the Straits of Hormuz. No conversation, just a contented peace........ I took this photo just as I was leaving.
I believe this is one of the best portraits I have ever taken.
"Memories abound throughout our Land,
our days as a Child, as a Youth, as a Man,
Store them now as joyful days unfold,
They will feed our lives when the nights draw cold"
David Harford.
Mubarak, a Bedu friend took me to meet others in the desert where they had started to train camels for racing before selling them to rich arabs in UAE, Saudi & Oman. A new venture with them to make a living. He told me I was the first westerner to see and photograph this, I was to tell the World about it!
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