Reflections from the 2016 Snowmass balloon festival.

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Libelle

For Macro Mondays - Small and Smaller

Two precision driver bits - 4mm and 6mm.

Happy Macro Monday

One of 3 Great Grey Owls we watched hunting last Sunday.

Monkton Bluefriars Quad racing on the River Avon

For Macro Mondays - Five.

The ends of five precision screwdrivers.

Happy Macro Monday!

Flickr Friday - #Precision. Fly fishing reel, Hardy.

103. Mechanical - 116 pictures in 2016

Das Innenleben des "Universal-Mavometers" (wobei das Kürzel "Mavometer" für Multi-Ampere-Volt-Meter steht) der Firma Gossen, Erlangen, dürfte interessant und anregend sein. Immerhin ist es durch mindestens ein Deutsches Reichspatent (D. R. P.) geschützt...

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The inner workings of the “Universal-Mavometer” (with the acronym “Mavometer” standing for Multi-Ampere-Volt-Meter) by Gossen, Erlangen, Germany, should be interesting and inspiring. After all, it is protected by at least one Patent of the German Empire (D. R. P., Deutsches Reichspatent)…

Although the last weeks offered quite poor conditions for hiking and photography at least one day of the weekends provided a little bit of sunshine. Costedt, Ostwestfalen, Germany

This is my 1960 Fender Precision Bass. It was originally a sunburst finish, but was already pretty beat up when I got it in 1968. So I decided to refinish it...I was 14 at the time. As I look on it now, I'm amazed that I was so bold as to completely dissemble, strip down, and refinish my my most prized possession at the time. But with my father's help, everything turned out fine. Today it serves as a reminder of intrepid youth, a father's love, the thrill of performance, and of days gone by.

Press L to dig the bass....

Local farming.

my vintage Fender electric bass

Club de tiro con arco "Los Cerros" (Úbeda)

Looking Close... on Friday: Three

Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus

The Hooded Vulture is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Necrosyrtes, which is sister to the larger Gyps genus, both of which are a part of the Aegypiinae subfamily of Old World vultures. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it has a widespread distribution with populations in southern, East and West Africa.

This image was captured in the Grumeti River area, Serengeti, Tanzania while on photo safari with CNP Safaris. www.cnpsafaris.com

©2016 Duncan Blackburn

Macroglossum stellatarum

Taubenschwänzchen

Buddleja davidii

Sommerflieder

Cappuccino showing Cooper how to go full Superman

Northern Gannet

Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland

I purposely left the gannets in the right hand corner in the photo. Every inch of space is at a premium at this nesting site. It takes much precision to find a small space in which to land.

EL PADRE picture (french touch)

D610 & 80/200 NIKKOR °3501°

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my thoughts on the laowa 65mm:

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shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a venus optics laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x macro lens

Innenleben eines Diktiergeräts «GRUNDIG STENORETTE 2060»

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Internal workings of a dictaphone "GRUNDIG STENORETTE 2060"

For Roofer and Knut....men of the soil.....

A Great Blue Heron catching fish at sunset, surrounded by a thick blanket of lotus leaves.

Buizerd landing 270521(1xxxxx)

Canadian Forces Snowbirds with their 9-aircraft diamond formation. Precision flying at its best.

Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper

Guy making Pottery (Khutruke - Traditional vessel to collect money) at Bhaktapur Pottery Square.

digital art

digital art

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Alexander

I'm not always a fan of air shows, but this one I liked. A talented group of pilots...

Seen in Virginia Beach, Sunday June 1st.

Red Kite

Harewood

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on the nectar of a Cactus-flowered Zinnia.

Buzzard on migration taking a break to feed. Seen here in the hills of Bulgaria

Ever since Niqui's glasses broke while away travelling, I always carry this small handy pen-like precision screwdriver set, with various heads for various tasks.

A pair of F/A-18A++ Hornets from VMFA-112 'Cowboys' packing live GPS and laser-guided bombs over 29 Palms, California.

Shot for an article I wrote on VMFA-112 for Combat Aircraft Journal a while back.