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'I'm the mighty one'. The powerful Male Greenfinch in prime breeding plumage, West Yorkshire. So Sad to see the Greenfinch added to our UK RED LIST of our most endangered bird species December 1st 2021.
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Greenfinch Notes:-
The greenfinch is one of Europe’s most widely distributed birds, breeding from the Mediterranean to the arctic, but absent from Iceland.
Since the 1950s it has become increasingly common in towns and villages, nesting in parks and gardens.
It has spread north in Scandinavia in recent years, a move thought to be due to the increasing popularity of garden bird feeding.
Few birds show as much enthusiasm for feeders as this finch, and peanuts, sunflowers and other seeds readily attract it.
Though it generally feeds in groups or small flocks, large autumn gatherings of several hundred birds are not uncommon.
Ringing has shown that individual birds will move 2000km, but British breeding birds seldom move more than 20km from their birthplace.
Ringing has also proved that numbers of greenfinch from the Norwegian population move to British in the winter.
Greenfinches are sociable birds, and often feed in company with other ground-foraging species, including tree sparrows, linnets, yellowhammers and reed buntings.
The song flight of the cock is distinctive: he flies with slow deep wing beats, singing continuously.
British birds generally start breeding in early April, with their first clutches complete by the end of the month.
The clutch consists of four to six eggs, and incubation takes 11-15 days, with fledging taking place 14-18 days later.
Two broods are usually attempted by each pair.
Young greenfinches can be confusing to identify as they lack the distinctive yellow on their primaries and tail that the adults show.
The plumage of adult male greenfinches from northern Europe is olive-green and yellow, and only looks bright in sunlight. Birds from south-eastern Europe tends to be distinctively brighter.
In Victorian times considerable numbers used to be caught for the cage-bird trade by trappers using clap nets, but they were never as popular as goldfinches or linnets.
These finches have been widely introduced to other countries, and today they are well established in south-east Australia, including Tasmania, both the North and South Islands of New Zealand and in Uruguay and Argentina.
There has been a marked decline in the British population since 2006 due to Trichomonosis. This is the name given to a disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas gallinae.
Birds suffering from Trichomonosis appear lethargic and puffed-up and have difficulty swallowing food. Death can take days, but sometimes weeks.
Trichomonosis is spread by birds sharing dirty feeders or drinking water; strict hygiene, including regular cleaning of feeders and disinfecting the ground under feeders, will help prevent outbreaks of the disease.
There are four closely related species of greenfinch found in south-east Asia: the oriental, Himalayan, Vietnamese and black-headed.
Nearly all the local names for the greenfinch refer to its colour. They include green linnet and green grosbeak. Living with birds notes.
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Dug this old Pentax prime lens out of storage for this shot. I would love to get this back to work on my Sony A77m2, but I have not been able to find a suitable adaptor.
E vennero a trovarci le prime luci del mattino come se fossero le prime parole di una storia d’amore.
(Emily Dickinson) Caltabellotta (AG)
At the Mont Beuvray
Olympus OM-1 and Zuiko 50mm f/1.8, Kodak Gold 200 developped by Foto Express on the Schweitzer Straße and digitalized using kit zoom and extension tubes.
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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Medium rare prime rib at Co Co's
As much as I like baked potatos; tonight I decided to substitute sweet potato fries.
It turned out to be a good choice and unless you're one of those people who hates sweet potatoes, I reccomend that you give them a try.
(The flavor combination of prime rib, vegies, and fries reminded me of picking equidistant colors around a color wheel.)
#267/365 Since I didn't feel very creative, I thought I'd show you my Prime lens collection and go thru them. What's nice about my collection is most my lens are budget ($300 or less). Sorry for the unsharp image..I had to use a Sigma zoom lens since all of my primes were busy modeling.
From Left to right:
Nikon 135mm F2.8 AI-S (Manual Focus): I love that you can buy these older manual focus lens and use them with Nikon DSLRs. These old primes are sharp and cheap. I picked this one up for $140. Really nice focal length for portraits Sample Pic
Nikon 100mm F2.8 E-Series (Manual Focus): Not only is this lens sharp...look how small it is. It is about the same size as a 50mm. Fantastic Portrait lens$98 Sample Pic
Nikon 50mm 1.4D AF: I am unhappy about this lense the most. Horrible wide open in sunlight. It's also one of the few lens we purchased new for $315. Not worth it IMO. The bokeh is nice if you can avoid sunlight. Sample Pic
Nikon 50mm 1.8D AF: One of the best bargins ever. Only $100 bucks new (I paid $75). This is a no brainer if you are starting out. People complain about the bokeh pattern, but you can use it to your advantage. Sample Pic
Nikon 35mm F2 AF: My most used lens. I love this focal length on a full frame body. This also has a really close focus point. Great for 1/2 and full body portraits. Fun to use as close up for kids. $285. Sample Pic
Nikon 35mm F1.8 AF-S DX: This is a newer lens from nikon. This is a must get lens if you own a D40/D60/D3000/D5000 as it has a AF motor. It is about 45mm on a cropped body. I have used this on my D3 but I mainly got this for my small d40. Does really good, I still prefer my F2 over this. Sample Pic
Sigma 28mm F1.8 AF: This is an older sigma made back in the SLR days. This was a bargain as I picked this up for $135 bucks. Sigmas are a little iffy. The focus was off on this lens, but luckily the D300 and above has a AF fine tune feature so I was able to correct this. Sample Pic
Nikon 24mm F2.8D: This was my widest prime for the longest time. I used this lens for most of my architectural shots. $215 Sample Pic
Sigma 14mm F2.8: This is my most expensive lens. This is the wides full frame non-fish eye lens I could find without breaking the bank...$550. As you can see from my recent shot I'm really getting a kick out of it. I bought this for Architectural shots, but the extremly close focal range makes it fun for all sorts of things. Sample Pic
There you have it. My next lens is probalby something between 85mm-105mm auto focus. I love my 2 manual focus lens, but it is not idea when you have to capture moving subjects. (I'll proof read all I just wrote in the morning to correct any errors as I know there are many)
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L’ape italiana (Apis mellifera ligustica SPINOLA, 1806) è la sottospecie più diffusa al mondo tra le api mellifere. Originaria dell'Italia e del nord della Sicilia si è formata sopravvivendo all'era delle glaciazioni. È un’ape molto apprezzata dagli apicoltori in quanto ha dimostrato di essere adattabile alla maggior parte dei climi dal subtropicale al temperato, anche se ha dimostrato meno adattamento ai climi umidi tropicali.
The Italian bee (Apis mellifera ligustica SPINOLA, 1806) is the world's most popular subspecies of honey bees. Originally from northern Italy and Sicily was formed by surviving the era of glaciation.
It is a bee much appreciated by beekeepers because it has proven to be adaptable to most climates from subtropical to temperate, even though it has proved less suitable for humid tropical climates.
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Like Prime's truck mode, this isn't transformable in anyway. It's just a box on wheels, really. But is sure does help the truck mode feel more complete.
A roe deer buck in its prime years. I saw him standing in a field very close to the backroad i was driving on. So i approached him slowly and came to stop only some couple yards away, surprised to see me he stood still for some seconds before jumping away, enough time to get some nice shots, the warm evening light adds some extra mood! Nordfriesland, Germany
SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50mm Prime - 3 (of 29) - Canon EOS M (2012) and Fotodiox EOS-EOS M adapter with SMC Pentax-M 1:2 50mm Prime (PK mount) with Fotodiox PK-EOS Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
The theme of the week is "Prime" and since the moderators gave us some latitude on how to define the theme - I took it. This is the first time we've gone camping as a family (hence the PRIME-ary camping trip).
Interesting degree of difficulty here... its our first time camping (as I mentioned) in a brand new large 10-man tent (which I didn't bother to heed advice of other campers and have a trial set-up at home) in a downpour of rain in the mountains. That being said - we got it done and the four of us high-fived our accomplishment. (took us about an hour)
I also brought a tall pop up tent so we could put it over the fire-pit and still have a raging fire in the rain - gotta have a fire..
I took this picture of Myra, Zack and Drew (you can see them in the tent) after the rain slowed down in the night..
A Clan Jade Falcon Timberwolf Prime.
Design based primarily off the cover of TRO: 3050
LDD Files for Complete Battletech Designs available in my Google Drive:
Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC Fish-eye
2010's | 6 blades aperture | Canon EF mount
Paris | 2018
RAW to Jpeg via Lightroom
A couple of times per year we have this phantastic atmosphere in zurich. Then, I cannot resist taking the tripod to my favourite viewpoint.
Some good light seen on my way to work. It looks Photoshopped but all I did is converted the RAW and cropped to web size. About 30 seconds work. The back lighting on the sheep does it all. In the background a farmer on his tractor working the fields probably for many hours. Such are the true men in New Zealand.
Have a good weekend!