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The alluvial plain about a mile south of Markyate in Hertfordshire. The River Ver is on its way south and here, just three miles from its source, still dependent on heavy rainfall. If there is, a few local roads will be flooded, if there is none, there will also be no river. At this point, the River Ver is almost seasonal and dependent on the willingness of the limestone hills to let go of its waters.
Thought I'd give everyone a break from fall pics. Since we've had some crappy weather, I've been indoors more. That's usually when I turn to Photoshop.
This was inspired by a sketch of an American Indian I did back in my collage daze. I had scanned it years ago then pretty much forgot about it. When I rediscovered it, I went into overdrive with it!! There were a few versions before it morphed into this.
This photo is part of a series within a series. In my post of the female bighorn sheep yesterday, I mentioned that the males of some ungulate species aren't the only ones with horns or antlers. So within my horns and antlers set, I'm posting some ladies with horns.
Here, a Plains Bison cow makes her way across the grasslands of Custer State Park, South Dakota.
Posbank bezeichnet ein Naturdenkmal, das immerhin eine Höhe von 90 Metern erreicht - und einen Ausblick bis nach Deutschland ermöglicht. Es handelt sich bei der Erhebung um eine eiszeitliche Endmoräne, die mit Heide und Wald bewachsen ist und zu entspannten Radtouren und Wanderungen einlädt.
An diesem Tag war das Wetter sehr wechselhaft. Es war regnerisch, aber die Sonne kam dann auch noch durch.
Explorer Aug 26, 2014
Elk Island National Park
There were 2 fellows coming our way and Tabby, my dog, and I going the other way with this bison in between. It took 20 minutes to coax her/him off the trail.
The slaughter of the buffalo on the plains, being the main source of food and clothing for indigenous people contributed to their plight of hunger.
There are approximately 400 bison in Elk Island park
camera Zenit ET, lens Helios-44M 2/58, film Rollei RPX 100, dev in Fomadon Excel W27 for 9½ min.
Yes, it's my absolute favorite barn. When I get a new camera in my hands I usually test it on this barn. I hope it will stand against wind, snow and rain for several more years. It stands on a plain formed by a meteorite crater for about 560 million years ago. The plain is 6 km in diameter. It is one of the last barns on the plain, in the 1940s there were over 3000 barns here. Modern agriculture has no use for the barns and therefore only a few remain. It's a pity.
The herd of Plains Bison that reside near Delta Junction Alaska came from Montana back in 1928. As of the last count, there are around 900 Plains Bison that roam Alaska in the wild. The biggest herd is the one near Delta Junction Alaska. There are smaller herds located in Chitna Alaska, Copper River Alaska and Farewell Alaska.
The male bison can weigh up to 2000 lbs and stand 6 feet tall while the females can weigh up to 1000 lbs and stand up to 5 feet tall.
Commonly, Bison are referred to as Buffalo. The word buffalo is derived from the French “bœuf,” a name given to bison when French fur trappers working in the US in the early 1600s saw the animals. The word bœuf came from what the French knew as true buffalo, animals living in Africa and Asia, and bison comes from the Greek word for beef animal or ox.
Almost all of my images from Tombstone come from a small number of places along an outstanding hike, however the park does have a number of other spots to see beyond the crazy and massive jagged peaks. The park goes from these vertical peaks to almost plains where from the right vantage point you can see for what seems to be ages. This year, I made sure to try at least one hike that wasn’t the well-known one.
These images were from a relatively easy hike which my friend and I did when we first arrived in Tombstone. The vantage points along this hike were really something. You could get up onto these spires and almost feel like you’re flying - it gave a completely unobstructed view of a really dynamic landscape. I couldn’t get over the changes in textures and patterns through the landscape, with some passing clouds, rain, and sunny spots really making the scene change by the minute. Neat!
With the old searchlights standing strong the night gas heads back to Missoula knocking down Plains on the way back.
camera Praktica B 100, lens Pentacon Prakticar 1:2.4 f=50 mm MC, film Astrum 100 Black&White film, developed in Fomadon Excel W27 for 11 min
Plains, Georgia
For more info on this church and other historic rural churches in Georgia go to: www.hrcga.org/church/plains-baptist/
The eastbound Day Gas peels around the sweeping curve at Weeksville with the ever present Clark Fork alongside.
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Plains-wanderer (female)
Pedionomus torquatus
Critically Endangered in Victoria & Australia
Winter 2019
Patho Plains of Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens
Canon 600EX II-RT flash
One from a very memorable (and cold!) encounter with a couple of Plains-wanderers out on the native grasslands of Northern Victoria. Absolutely stunning little birds.
Les bruants des plaines sont des purs migrateurs, c'est à dire que leur aire de nidification est totalement différente de leur aire d'hivernage. A l'automne, les oiseaux partent en bandes vers le Texas et le Mexique, mais des errants sont trouvés à la fois sur la côte Atlantique et sur le littoral Pacifique. Un petit oiseau rare au Québec.