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Description on previous image. Thanks for the inspiration to "frame" this from the gorgeous works of Katherine (www.flickr.com/photos/blue-spirit/25059213732/in/faves-86...) and Holly (www.flickr.com/photos/hollycawfield/25138398171/in/datepo...)
~ previously posted in colour as 'close encounter' .. something about this particular image fills my heart with joy. I love images that express freedom.
~ look at it on black.
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On a previous post of Cape Espichel - “Gateway To Heaven” (www.flickr.com/photos/142581467@N05/49885571788/in/datepo...) I’ve presented a view of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo Church, namely of its façade and the lateral accommodation wings.
This view here is taken from the other side (after crossing the “magic gate” mentioned in that post), on the area immediately preceding the sea (on my back as I was taking this shot) that was also the subject of a previous post here covering the nearby lighthouse (www.flickr.com/photos/142581467@N05/49912818718/in/datepo...).
The buildings here are simple but beautiful and blend harmoniously with the raw and wild, desolate place, where giant waves crash against sheer, towering cliffs. Whom could ask for a more inspiring view?
From the 13th century onwards this spot has been a place of pilgrimage. Legend tells that Virgin Mary was seen there, riding a giant mule. The church – “Nossa Senhora do Cabo Church” (Our Lady of the Cape, protectress of fishermen) – was built in 1701 and is worth a visit, to admire the ornately finished interior, beautifully painted ceiling and experience the tranquillity of the place.
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Cabo Espichel, Portugal
© All rights reserved Rui Baptista. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
These Red Avadavats (Previously were also known as Strawberry finches) are in their peak breeding season. The males look superb - bright red with white spots on the body and are hard to miss.
They nest in small dry bushes dotting the countryside and once the bush is selected, they start collecting nesting materials for the build. Here the male is picking up a roadside shrub for some materials. He was quite fussy, picked up several of these long strands before tossing them away. He moved up and down the branch checking out various strands and seemed unhappy. I am not sure of specific criteria since they all looked the same to me. He did select one finally and flew away with that to a nearby perch first. The bird took a minute and scanned the surroundings for predators before flying to his nesting bush.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
Please see the video of the waterfall in my previous post. Thanks
The waterfall is an amazing sight. Brandywine Falls tumbles 70 m straight down into a massive canyon which has been carved out over the passing of time. It is located just 20 minutes south of Whistler and 30 minutes north of Squamish. Brandywine Falls is an iconic landmark along the Sea to Sky Highway, located in Brandywine Falls Provincial Park. After parking, cross the covered bridge over the tumbling Cheakamus Creek and turn right and follow the short trail to the viewing platform.
I decided to post this as a less “faded” companion to my previous image, Shadow to my Light. This photo was taken in my neighborhood, on one of those winter days when the weather is cloudy and dreary all day and then the sky suddenly lightens along the horizon and the sun makes an appearance just in time to illuminate a beautiful afternoon sunset.
These unexpected sunsets, in a time of year marked by long nights and skies seemingly perpetually arrayed in endless shades of gray, always spark a sense of joy for me. And I can feel a lightness rising in my heart as I watch the sun determinedly burn its way through the clouds and thread the sky with ribbons of light and color in a triumphant celebration of victory over winter’s gloom.
Taken two hours and ten minutes before the previous shot. Further back in my photo stream there are some LE shots taken on the same afternoon once the tide was in and on the turn. There is only one thing you do when faced with an ocean like this and that is stick your camera on a tripod and use a remote release and hang on tight to the tripod then just stand and stare. Even now I remember it vividly because not being primarily a landscape photographer and only getting shots when away on holiday I can truthfully say that I personally have never witnessed anything like this before or since........
Truly unforgettable, even if for many it is not particularly remarkable...
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After I captured the previous photo and was about to leave, I heard a magic word. Next to me stood two photographers, speaking in Hindi except for the words "Milky Way".
I asked "What about the Milky Way?" and was told it would be rising over the lake starting about 9pm.
Ahhhhh, we should stay, but yike, we were not dressed for the cold nor we ate dinner yet!
No matter, Milky Way rules!
Good thing I still have the note for Night Sky Photography on my phone (no cell signal) so I knew what settings to use.
PS: The photogs were brother and sister, their parents were sitting on the bench patiently waiting for them to finish their Milky Way photoshoot. They were visiting Canada from Australia for two weeks.
Our free-styling road trip is still going strong, we left Jasper/Banff and are heading west.
Wishing everyone a great day ahead, thanks for your visit!
In my previous post I showed the Greater spotted woodpecker seeing off Starlings at breakfast time.
Today it came as I was starting my breakfast and the woodpecker became breakfast for the Sparrowhawk!
Tried hard not to burn my toast under the grill as I dashed upstairs to get the camera and change the lens.
Taken through the patio door.
After finish the previous photo another wasp was flying around the stem and perch in front of the first. After 30 minutes where they dont stop to move his antennas and his abdomens they relax a little and try to do a decent stack.
Late afternoon natural light fieldstack . 12 photos taken with a 1000d + Tamron90mm at v=2seg ; f 6.3 and iso 200.
Pd: Unfortunelly this was the last pictures that i did with the 1000D . Internal problems in the mirror not make it usable.
My three previous posts have shown views of the south side of Virginia's Courthouse Square as seen from the southwest corner of the block. This photograph shows the first four buildings on the block's southeast corner. Although I took this photo in 2015, the buildings are basically unchanged today.
The most interesting of these structures is the old drugstore, which cleverly had been repurposed as a cafe and live entertainment venue known as Dr. Ugs. Sadly, Dr. Ugs closed earlier this year (2021).
The "drugstore" building was constructed in 1897, replacing an earlier structure consumed in the same fire on the south side of the square that destroyed the Farmers National Bank Building, which preceded the Robertson "Tower" Building shown in my three previous posts. The new "drugstore" building was constructed for a furniture store that expanded into selling caskets, along with providing undertaking services for local funeral homes. While this may sound a bit odd today, it was not unusual for furniture stores in the late 19th and early 20th century to sell caskets, and even provide undertaking services.
In 1939, the furniture store was repurposed as the first of three drug stores to occupy these premises. Later on, the building became the home of two bars and the now shuttered Dr. Ugs. The building is currently (September 2021) up for sale.
Virginia, the seat of Cass County, is located in West Central Illinois. The estimated population of Virginia in 2019 was 1,435.
In previous years I often spent the Christmas holidays in Egypt on the Sinai Peninsula. In the meantime, this area is no longer safe enough for me, actually a shame, because it was always very relaxed there.
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I gave this shot from a previous visit to South Devon the nostalgic treatment as our aim to go back this year just didn't happen because of the severe weather conditions. I don't even know if the tractor was running but the tide was right in when we nipped over to Challaborough Bay and I was frozen anyway ......
I've previously posted a static shot of this 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Spyder with its bright blue and yellow Argentina Racing Colours livery, so I thought I'd upload a panning shot that goes some way to showing off the cars lovely Pinin Farina designed curves.
Originally S/N 0374AM and then renumbered as S/N 0362AM when the car was rebuilt following a crash on its debut race, before being fitted with the engine from S/N 0376AM.
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The previous image was taken by the parking lot strip. After a few shots I changed lens and walked down to the shore to take some wide angle images.
During our stay in Banff, we went by this lake several times however, only once we were able to see the breathtaking reflection of the mountains, because we came at the right time, when the water was still and clear.
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My Previous post was a male Red Crossbill. This is a male White-winged Crossbill taken at the same location three days later.
Sturgeon County Alberta.
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In the previous photograph I explained the physical law of entropy. It is actually the most fundamental law in the universe. The only way entropy can be overcome is with an additional input of energy, i.e. work.
Here we see a once workable hut reduced to a ruin by the law of entropy. All things must return to their natural state. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. You get the idea. So here we see the old hut's iron roof rusting away, its wooden boards rotten, and within a few short years (perhaps less) it will collapse with only the brick chimney left standing.
Already the trees are starting to grow inside and twist the building around on its axis. I didn't go inside because I'll wager there were one or two snakes in there too. And all Tasmanian snakes are venomous.
No! Not taken this Autumn, but a previously unposted shot from January this year. I don't normally go back in the archives too much but in tribute to the forthcoming Short Eared Owl season (and the fact it has rained or been miserable weather for at least 2 weeks) I have included a shot of my closest encounter to date with a perched bird.
I had spent a few hours at the site when one of the group decided they needed to go home. As this owl was perched on a post which they would have to walk past I decided to go along too and see how far we got before it flew off. Foolishly didn't take my tripod so had to struggle hand holding the 600mm - but I think the fact he/she didn't fly until we were quite close gave me extra strength.
Taken during the golden hour.
Although we do have a year round population, with some breeding in the North, numbers are swelled in the winter with migrants from Scandanavia, Russia and Iceland. I think this is one of them.
The previous picture I posted was the mother deer. She kept them completely hidden for about a month. Then, one day I looked out the kitchen window and mama doe ran across the field followed by these two little beauties. Afterwards, I started to see them regularly. However, once winter started they have made their range bigger and I do not see them as much but they are around. A trail camera on back of my shed gets a lot of night images.
MV Syntan, an ex-working barge previously operated by Richard Hodgson’s Tannery to carry hides and other tanning materials from Hull docks to the Beverley Beck, and then by road to the Tannery which was situated in Flemingate.
Syntan now acts as a museum, heritage centre and community resource for meetings, parties and so on. Seen on the Humber during The Queen Platinum Jubllee Celebrations .
Exactly a month after my previous visit to Stourhead, I returned to see the trees changing colour, as the days get shorter. The House at Stourhead is on higher ground than the landscaped gardens. Since the COVID restrictions the route to the gardens is via the higher level and a long walk down through woodland. We were rewarded with this beautiful view over the treetops. The Autumn colours in the trees were beginning to show.
In our previous neighbourhood, Smaro' had been feeding all the cats, that is how we first met! Among them Mavroula and her children- I had named them the 3 "masks"! In this photo she has one of her 3 children Kampili.
More specifically, the names Oksia, Amvlia and Kampili came out of the shape and the kind of the angle on their head! Thus, acute angle, obtuse angle and Curve!
This is the close-up shot for my previous photo.
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