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This praying mantis has lost half of it’s right arm and his left wing, and is keeping in it’s effort to survive.
Ephesians 6:10-12
New International Version
The Armor of God
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Persistent poor weather/light and uncooperative wildlife are combining to make an unhappy photographer. So another dip into images from Yellowstone proved good for the morale !!
This late day storm traveled over 100 miles from northwest of me over a 3 hour period and still had some punch left. Luckily, it passed south of me.
Nothing can withstand the ocean. It is patient and persistent. Sooner or later, it will go over you, under you, or through you.
This rock reminds me of a fallen tree lying in the forest, continuing to support all surrounding life, and slowly giving itself back to the forest in a beautiful surrender. The wise old rock has already journeyed through many eons.
Every so often, big waves come surging in. I’m standing well back from the edge of a crumbly cliff, apprehensive, watching the deafening turmoil below. The sea is going wild and baring her big white teeth. Only seagulls can frolic here.
Until today, I had not known about this particular arch. It’s somewhat hidden. I found it by following some footprints that made me curious. When I unexpectedly laid eyes on it, I think that for a moment, like in some kind of dream, I stepped into an experiential echo. The same awe I felt on discovering this arch has been repeating itself through countless generations of human coastal dwellers.
After persistent drought in Australia we had some of the worst bush fires in history starting in the summer of 2019. This carpeted the skies in thick smoke for many weeks. The skies where ruby red from the fires. The sunrise was so defused you can see it as a perfect red circle.
A small part of a wall between 2 shopwindows of a shop for interior design painted and sculpted in bronze.
A persistent pattern of extremely warm and dry weather has suddenly given way frequent downpours. Rain seems to materialize out of nowhere and without warning. Air temperature drops ten or more degrees in just minutes, only to rebound once the storms move on. This morning brought another round of storms. Unlike the stealthy ones of the past few days, the arrival of this completes was heralded by ominously dark skies that actually caused the streetlights to illuminate. Thunder rumbled seemingly for miles creating the 'bowling alley' effect where the sound emanates from one point of the compass clear across to the opposite. Lightning split the sky open several times, impossibly bright even in daylight. I winced instinctively timely several times in response to the intense flashes of light. The storm churned north of the village for some time, creating stunning visuals but without precipitation. These are the moments I live for, experiencing the wrath of Mother Nature but at a reasonable safe distance. Finally I began to get peppered with ice cold droplets of rain. Not a soft summer rain that you don't mind being in. This was hard rain, stinging to the touch. Rain like this serves as a warning of what's ahead and I've learned to heed it. This forlorn pair of figurines, a Madonna and Virgin Mary, stand lonely vigil over a grave about to get blasted. You can almost sense the resignation of the distant figure: 'oh not again.' The head had broken off of the other figure, but had been reattached (as if no one would notice). Even the gash across the neck could not quell the look of defiance; unbowed even by the intensity of the impending storm.
This little cutie persistently accompanied us during the hike into the depths of Grand Canyon and many of his sisters and brothers were a common sight begging for food along the rim too. He looks innocent but don't let the looks deceive you. This is a harmless appearing critter that actually causes the MOST wildlife related injuries in Grand Canyon. Not an elk. Not a mountain lion. Not a rattle snake. But a squirrel.
Rock squirrels have become habituated to human food because people have been feeding them. These people think they are doing the right thing, but this behavior will spread diseases and cause injuries ultimately leading to an animal's demise. It is prohibited to feed wild animals in all National Parks, and they stay healthier when people do not feed them!
Due to getting used to human foods rock squirrels will beg, get aggressive and have been known to steal it directly from people's pockets, hands and backpacks!
Thanks to persistent tendonitis in my left foot, I've had to take a break from climbing mountains. So, over the past few weeks, I've been exploring places where the terrain is more or less flat.
That's what led me to this row of lime trees, which stood between the towns of Gohrisch and Pfaffendorf, next to a bright yellow rapeseed field. The trees are still there, of course, only the field is no longer bright.
By the way, my foot is almost fully functional again. So I can slowly start planning the next hike.
Dank einer hartnäckigen Sehnenscheidenentzündung in meinem linken Fuß musste ich mit dem auf die Berge kraxeln etwas pausieren. Darum habe ich in den letzten paar Wochen eher die Orte erkundet, an denen es mehr oder weniger eben zu geht.
Das hat mich auch hier an diese Reihe Lindenbäume geführt, welche zwischen den Ortschaften Gohrisch und Pfaffendorf an einem leuchtend gelben Rapsfeld standen. Die Bäume stehen natürlich noch immer dort, nur das Feld leuchtet nicht mehr.
Inzwischen ist mein Fuß übrigens fast wieder voll einsatzfähig. Ich kann also schon mal anfangen, die nächste Wanderung zu planen.
Thymus serpyllum L., Tregurà de Dalt, Vilallonga de Ter, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
CATALÀ: Serpoll, Farigola negra.
ENGLISH: Breckland thyme, Breckland wild thyme, Wild thyme.
Serpoll és una espècie de planta del gènere de la farigola o timó (Thymus). És originari d'Europa. És un subarbust prostrat d'uns 2 cm d'alt i uns 10 cm de llarg. Les fulles són persistent i ovals d'uns 3 a 8 mm de llargada. Les flors són menudes i flairoses de color rosa porpra. S'utilitza sobretot per a fer infusions.
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The Persistent Inversion - Todd Crag, Lake District, Cumbria - 54°25'34.47" N 2°58'46.158" W
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A persistent haze filtered out nearly all of the colour in this backlit panorama. This is a full colour rendition--no desaturation. In fact, besides stitching, the only processing I've done was to cranking up the contrast considerably and sharpen a touch. Out of curiousity, I tried maximizing saturation, but that had virtually no impact.
M1 is commonly known as the Crab Nebula and is located in the constellation of Taurus. It's roughly 6500 light years away and about 11 light years in diameter. It is the remnant of a supernova that was recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD and was said to be so brilliant, that it was visible in the daytime sky for over a month. In the center is what remains of the star gone supernova...a small 30km diameter neutron star spinning at 30 revolutions per second and is the brightest persistent gamma-ray source in the sky. The filaments seen here are pieces that remain of the star gone supernova embedded in the ever expanding gas bubble.
The lenticular cloud near the horizon lasted for over 12 hours and was seen on weather satellite as an isolated cloud just south of the Wyoming-Colorado border. The other clouds depicted are cirro-cumulus lenticular and contrail at right.
Taken 6 minutes after sunset.
Picture of the Day
Mysterious persistent blemishes in pristine dunes. Cracks in the Earth's crust. Dorsal fins of extinct sand fish. Regal profile. Name your impression of this in comments below.
Persistent rain all day, miserable and overcast. But plenty of water made for a full waterfall. Every cloud has a silver lining...!
Since I am in a persistent low ebb state of mind, my friends, I feel rather poor in words lately. I would leave the image and its title the task of conveying everything they can to you. I was thinking of this scene autobiographically in terms of quantum physics - something about low energy states and quantum tunneling effect... - deeply beautiful stuff for my mind, but arguably a bit challenging and, above all, apparently arid for most of you. However you have been lucky enough that a recent comment to one of my photos from my friend Amanda happened to include an expression that immediately struck me as being the perfect title for this scene (just a minor adaptation, from plural to singular). So here we are: just a photo with its title - and a negligible text you could quite safely avoid reading (although, well, if you are reading these words then...) ;-)
I have been working on this shot for months - trying, trashing, trying anew, and so on... Multiple ebbs and flows of ungratifying post-processing. Moments of enthusiastic work interposed with long intervals of neglet. I had (and still have) a problem with the foreground: while I loved the sea and the sky (I cannot begin telling how many different flavours of this scenery have come out of my forge during this long gestational process), the foreground stubbornly resisted every new post-proc assault. At last I have found an almost decent tradeoff between what I would like to get and what I have really got, so I have decided to upload the image, hoping for some comment/criticism helping me to get a better result than the present one.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-1.3/0/+1.3 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot), then I added some final touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and a bit of denoising with Dfine 2.
Explored on 2016/12/16, ended n* 49
Reflections in a water lilies pond ( An apartment building is reflected on the right )
PS : This is Music for my eyes :-)
North Park
Gentle persistent rain. At first it feels OK but you gradually get soaking wet.
A bit like a "frog in hot water".
Urban myth has it that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water it will instantly leap out. But if you put it in a pot filled with pleasantly tepid water and gradually heat it, the frog will remain in the water until it boils to death. Allegedly, the frog is not able to detect the gradual increase in temperature until it's too late.
The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.
According to modern biologists the premise is false: changing location is a natural thermoregulation strategy for frogs and other ectotherms, and is necessary for survival in the wild. A frog that is gradually heated will jump out. Furthermore, a frog placed into already boiling water will die immediately, not jump out.
Wellington Somerset,UK.
A small Persistent waxcap seeking shelter under it's "mothers" bonnet
Hygrocybe acutoconica
Persistent Waxcap
Puntmutswasplaat
A persistent, blustery spring wind tousles the lupine and balsam root blooms that decorate the hillsides of Dalles Mountain Ranch, Washington.
After successfully surprising my mother with an unannounced visit for Mother's Day, we enjoyed the task of determining what to do with our time together. The timing was perfect for the balsam root in the Columbia River Gorge, and the range of mother's electric vehicle looked just about right for making it to the Ranch and back again with a few miles to spare. The Gorge has a more famous balsam root population further west on the Oregon side of the river, but it was delightful to explore some place a bit less popular. The Ranch itself once supported several homesteading families and numerous sheep. The odd patch of non-native trees, out of place amongst the natives and in unexpected locations on the landscape, are testaments to the homesteaders' efforts to shape the place to their tastes.
Technical notes: Hand-held focus stack of three images.
Persistent snow is now just a matter of waiting for the next storm. The wood shed is full and the snow blower is ready.
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I have this persistent fantasy where a) I have my shit together and b) I get up early in the morning and c) I go out shooting, just to see what I can see.
Yesterday I almost made it happen.
The day dawned foggy and misty but warm... and I knew that, when the sun broke out, I'd have opportunities to shoot some moist dewy dropletty things in the woods. So I grabbed my camera (for the first time in ages) and leashed up Echo and headed out before Mike had even left for work.
The spiders were ready for us. Holy smokaroleys. There were whole trees hung with glistening webs... and bushes and grasses and even broom and gorse. Those enterprising spiders don't miss a trick. They'd webbed up pretty much everything they could. And every single web was glistening with drops. And I got there just in time.
See... until the sun busts out, the droplets look like nothing. And... not long after the sun busts out, the droplets evaporate... and are nothing. So yesterday I had the timing absolutely down. Too bad I had so much trouble with focus. It's hard to get close enough to shoot the individual drops without breathing on the webs, or touching something they're hooked onto, or otherwise getting them swinging. The slightest bit of breeze can fuck you up completely, as can the slightest shake of hands or move of head.
But hey. I was out there. I got off my ass and actually pointed and clicked.
I'd like to say I'm back but... I don't think so. It's gonna take more than a few dewy webs to restore my photomania.
I started this hydrangea as a cutting from the original shrub, which had brilliant blue flowers. But my new plant doesn't want to be blue, it's persistently (six years) pink.
I've tried every trick in the gardener's handbook: burying old rusting bits of metal around the roots, digging in coffee grounds, applying aluminum sulfate three times in the spring...and each year my efforts are foiled and its blooms are pink.
The latest opinion from an old gardener is that a plant made from a cutting reverts back to its original colour. And if I want a blue hydrangea, his advice is to buy one.
Well. I think pink fading to cream is just lovely, don't you? :-)
Project 365-228
Let me start by stating that this is a single shot,
The moon was not added later?!?!?!
However the light trail leading to the moon was added.
Apart from that minor addition the rest of the PP is fairly standard
The idea for this shot was conceived about a month ago, it is by far the most technical /difficult photo I have ever attempted/taken.
Didn’t start all that well, got to the location without a CF card, round trip back home.
1 hour later, take 2
Then when pushing my tripod into the sand I snapped one of the legs off.
Took around 6-7 attempts to get it just right, very happy with the result.
That’s all im going to give away for now, I will fill you in on the technique in the next few days.
Any ideas??????
About time I revealed my technique.
100-400 at a fraction of a sec using the lens cap and a piece of sticky tape (hinge) to drop the cap as I clicked and locked the shutter release.
Throw a dark towel over the camera and lens, under the towel switch the 100-400 for the 17-40 with lens caps on
Remove the towel, check focal length, check focus dial. When all good remove the lens cap for the pre-determined exposure, in this case it was 360sec @ F7.1.
Have fun, flick me an email if you have any Q's
Thanks for all the kind comments
Adam
PP is a little rough, but I was a bit excited and wanted to post it
Alien skin
Couple of curves masks
Sharpening to moon
Sharpening to foreground