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We only saw two specimen of the sabine gull while in Barrow. I felt really privileged to have the chance to see them up close and photograph them.
I chose the title for today’s photo because of how blessed I feel to be able to photograph scenes like this, and for the opportunities that I get to try to pass on that thrill to others.
The time was a little after 4:15 am, one Saturday morning in July, as I sat on the sand at the edge of Tuross Lake (Australia), taking in the serenity and doing my best to capture the scene with my camera, to enjoy again when I like.
Bioluminescent marine organisms in the shallow, sandy water gave away their positions by their telltale blue glow, seen as a stripe near the bottom of my photo. The king of all planets, the gas-giant Jupiter makes two appearances in this image, dominating the sky with its bright orb, as well by its stretched reflection atop the lake. The Milky Way’s stars, nebulae, gas clouds and dust lanes stain the sky above the horizon as well as the water below, with each apparition heading for the other as the Earth turned on its axis. Above and to the right of Jupiter, you can see our Solar System’s next-biggest planet, Saturn, standing out against the stars.
To create the image that you’re viewing, I shot nine overlapping photos that I then stitched together in software. For each of those original individual images, I used a Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens @ f/1.8, with an exposure time of 13 seconds @ ISO 6400.
All present were privileged to see Mr and Mrs Bittern gradually appear, check out the world and slowly walk off into the sunset. Not perfect shots but a good day none the less :)
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For those who don't know me, my name is Clancy (Pants) Donnelly.
For the past few months Dad and I have been privileged to bring you in chronological order what we considered best represented the photographically captured moments of my life to this point, and this new photo opens a third album on that journey: For on this day, Nov 16 2014, I turned two years old.
Thank you...
Over the next month or two we will be posting images covering the beginning of my third year of life, until you are fully up to date and sharing 'real-time' photos of our adventure walks, just in time for the wonders of late spring and the beauty of the new summer year of 2015.
Thank you for making this such an enjoyable experience. We have had a wonderful time sharing your at times touching, at times comical, but always heartfelt and inspiring photos of your best friends.
Finally, allow me to add our proof that dogs really are a human's best friend: I have been barking this entire speech, and I bet you've understood every woof!
See you round the next bend, and keep in mind that we dogs are ALL good boys and girls.
Clancy and Dad Donnelly
P.S. If two dog years represents about fourteen human years, then I'm into my rebellious youth. In keeping with this spirit, I have shortened my title to Clancy. Dropped my 'Pants', so to speak.
Yours for about the next ten years (though I hope longer), Clancy.
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Costa Vicentina (Portugal)
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Some of nature's creations that we are privileged to see while travelling this beautiful planet ... some of which are fairly permanent and some, like this, which are quite transitory ... rival anything created by the most talented artist.
Would you agree?
This was created by very high winds, drifting snow, and extremely cold temperatures acting together in the barren upper levels of the Annieopsquotch Mountains.
Perhaps the only thing better than being able to observe it now would be watching while it was created. However, I don't think it would be quite as pleasant standing around at that time. :-)
NEW YORK, USA
Despite an overcast October day, I was privileged to take a Helitour over one of the most beautiful and significant cities in the world, New York.
The tour was highlighted by flying along the magnificent monuments of the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty, New Jersey City, Manhattan, Empire State Building, World Trade Centre Site, New York, & Brooklyn Bridge.
The size of Manhattan & New York cannot be underestimated, both in size of area and population. I was in total awe & fulfilled one of my life ambitions to visit the most recognisable and vibrant cities on earth.
An experience I will forever remember, especially after the significant events of 911.
To me America is the centre of the world & to visit it's heartbeat city, will have a special place in my memory.
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Hands of art.
I was very privileged to have been invited to the opening of the Baker Boys Exhibition at the Alan Baker Gallery or as it is also known Macaria.
My brief was simple and that was to create my interpretation of the opening and also capture the feel of the artists and those in attendance.
When I look at artists I am immediately drawn to their hands as that is where their skills with a brush or pencil are created and so I decided to focus on the hands of art.
Alan Baker Gallery.
Camden.
New South Wales.
Australia.
One of the finest I have been privileged to witness for a long time!Just out of Kausani, Uttarakhand
I was privileged to attend trials on the Magny-Cours ring. It was my first time on a race ring, and I must say I had a blast, despite the cold and rainy weather. Hope you will enjoy the pictures.
I was privileged to be the official photographer for the Cherrylane May Horse Trials event this past weekend. Many thanks to Virginia Knox and the rest of the Knox family for hosting another great event!
Lighting conditions like this with no wind are rare, so I feel truly privaleged to have been at Loch More under these conditions.
Loch More, Caithness, Scotland.
The final image from my Bournemouth Bunker collection, simply recording and showing you the make up of this bunker. As I have mentioned, it was an eerie feel stepping down into this bunker imagining how those people must have been feeling seeking refuge from war. Adding to this, were the original items contained within, such as the benches, the bed and out of shot here, 3 buckets which were used as toilets.
I feel massively privileged to have been invited down here by the awesome Lamps + Amps and something that has given me more drive to go urban exploring. There are a few places in Bournemouth I'd like to go and investigate now! so watch this space!
I felt privileged to observe the Central Coast Dragon Boat Association and SurviveOars in a traditional ceremony--which drew from over 2,000 years--that shows respect to the boats, officially names the boats, officially awakens the dragon by painting eyes, tongue and horns, and introduces the boats to the public.
28 May 2022,
Tidelands Park, Morro Bay, California
Top left--part of the participants & crowd; top boats--new dragon heads and tail, with names obscured before the official naming ceremony; lower left two--Cal Poly Lion Dance Team performing; lower center boat--as the Dragon Dancer takes to the water for the first time after the Awakening, with members of the SurviveOars; lower right--the two new boats, Rosana's Ride and Dragon Dancer, bowing to the audience. Quite a moving experience!
This bird will never end up on a platter at Thanksgiving dinner. Behold his magnificent plumage and bright red caruncle, wattle, and snood (the fleshy appendages on a turkey's head.) "Chief" is a star at the Children's Zoo, where he struts freely among the visitors, basking in their attention and admiration. He has a human zoo employee watching over him at all times, so that no one touches him. Chief likes to be looked at, but don't touch!
On another visit, before COVID, I was sitting on a nearby bench, taking shot after shot of him with my camera, trying to capture the texture and details of his head and feathers in the sunlight. The shutter's clicks seemed to attract him, and he strutted past me, closer and closer. I thought to myself, he's enjoying this! Then he stopped, bunched back his feather and started to shake and thrust. I asked his attendant what he was doing. Embarrassed, the young man said, "He's mating with the air." Oh!
It occurred to me that this fancy bird had imprinted on humans, probably right after hatching at the zoo. I also learned that he cannot be kept in a pen with the other turkeys, because the other males attack him. In fact, as he strutted around among the humans, the penned, male turkeys were squawking and taunting him, looking to fight. Chief may think he is a human, and has the most coddled, privileged life a turkey can have, but he does not fit in with other turkeys: a strange and stunted life for a wild turkey.
I thought Chief must have passed on by now, but there he was, looking better than ever when I returned recently. It seems turkeys can live for more than 15 years when cared for and protected. When I mentioned my theory about him being imprinted on humans, the female zookeeper who was watching him agreed, saying he loves the attention, and that he follows her around when there aren't any visitors, in a perpetual state of arousal. Chief is an exhibitionist.
This isn't the most original or creative of photos, but I wanted to show all of Chief, and it's more about the story. This is turkey eye contact: their eyes are on the side of their heads, and they can only look at one side at a time. Zoom in close to see the beautiful detail he is so proud and vain about.
Children's Zoo, The Bronx Zoo, World Wildlife Federation, the Bronx, NYC -- June 17, 2023
In Explore June 28, 2023 for Flickr Social Takeover: Birds
Tidemills
According to the RSPB there are only circa 250 birds on passage annually through the UK. Privileged or what?
Was privileged enough to get to see the Aston Matin headquarters and factory over the weekend! Very impressive collection of cars on display, and got to have a proper look around the DBX and DB11. And was greeted by this stunning Vanquish!
This privileged encounter of a very friendly robin was taken early this morning 29.04.22 in my local ancient woodland as he surveyed his woodland territory
“A garden should make you feel you've entered privileged space -- a place not just set apart but reverberant -- and it seems to me that, to achieve this, the gardener must put some kind of twist on the existing landscape, turn its prose into something nearer poetry.”
― Michael Pollan
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This shot was taken at Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens & Nursery, Fallbrook - home to acres of nursery grounds filled with an extensive variety of flowers, shrubs and trees specifically suited to the Southern California climate.
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The Privileged Lovers
The moon has become a dancer
at this festival of love.
This dance of light,
This sacred blessing,
This divine love,
beckons us
to a world beyond
only lovers can see
with their eyes of fiery passion.
They are the chosen ones
who have surrendered.
Once they were particles of light
now they are the radiant sun.
They have left behind
the world of deceitful games.
They are the privileged lovers
who create a new world
with their eyes of fiery passion.
Rumi
Hope everybody is doing good. Blessings to you all!
The "Ulster American Folk Park" in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
When I stood here capturing this image I looked at the bed in the corner with zero privacy, the sticks & straw roof and cold hard clay floor. It suddenly struck me that in this day & age no matter how bad times may get or what happens that we should still be thankful of what we have nowadays compared to our poor ancestors in the times of the great Famine, starving & sick in these conditions.
Don't get me wrong as I personally still think its a beautiful little house with so much detail & character but its easier to look at a photograph than to actually live like this many years ago...
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Another photo of my Special Newly Discovered, and BEAUTIFUL "Bantum's White Privileged Redwing Blackbird. Personally I believe this birds father may have been an American Bald Eagle? Ya don't get any more American than that. 🇺🇸 😛
I wanted to make sure I actually got a photo of him this time so as soon as I had take a few shots with my Z7, I put it down and picked up my favorite camera, can you imagine, the D7200. Yes, it's a DX and I actually still think that series of camera's are the best wildlife camera's you can buy. I know the D850 is probably everybody dream camera, as well as the D800 and D500. But look at the detail in some of my earlier photo's here on Flickr and you can see for yourself.
You can get more bang for your buck, if you pick up a D7000 - D7500. They're so cheap you could afford to have a half dozen with you on your next wildlife shoot with the money you'll save trying to get the ultimate Nikon, which of course is the Z7 or Z7 II which are really the same camera but with an extra card slot, or the ever popular D850. But when you've had the dream team, and your older photo's that pre-date those wonderful technological masterpieces, still knock your socks off, think of the money you'd of saved had we just listened to the Lord, "about being satisfied with what we have". "The grass is always greener somewhere else." I guess that's what drives the economy. The number one thing in my humble opinion is the glass in front of those high-tech camera's. Do yourself a favor and buy one you can actually pick up without hiring a "Crane Operator" to hold it up for you, or mortgaging the family home so you can purchase one, if you have a family home that. :^D
As a wise man once said, "Confession is good for the sole, but not so good on the reputation." I digress.
This bird just knocked my socks off when I first clapt eyes on him. I've been trying to get a glimpse of him again ever since. Nothing can out do an in-person sighting justice, photo's can't compete with the picture you have in your own mind once having seen it, that drives you still deeper into the "Wondrous World of Photography"... Keep up your quest for excellence.
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Feel very privileged to have a pair of nesting Flycatchers in the backyard, and more importantly to be able to observe them from a very close range, from the deck, or the screened in back porch, or even from the backyard. They are somewhat accustomed to our presence, but still very wary. They are very protective of their birdhouse now and chase away any birds in close proximity to it. I am pretty sure the eggs are laid now, so hoping for success.
Over a week ago I was privileged to witness a Mule deer give birth to the last of her triplets. Never thought the the next day I would witness a White-tailed deer give birth to twins! This was the first one out which had a rather ungraceful entry to the world but within minutes took it's first steps!
This was mom resting with her newborn twins!
I stood in awe of this magnificent Great Grey Owl. We looked at each other in silence and I felt privileged that she allowed me be so close for a few minutes. When she decided to continue her hunting, she spread her wings and with one downward wing motion, she silently glided away.
I had no idea that owls were such graceful fliers. It was amazing how slowly and effortlessly she flew and... most astonishing to me... how silently.
I've seen eagles up close and there is no comparison between the flight of a Great Grey Owl and a Bald Eagle. At take-off, eagles expend much effort and flapping of wings to get going, while owls just seem to barely flap a wing and they glide away with no wasted energy.
Of course, being a light bird with a 150 cm wingspan helps but owls also have quite unique wings and feathers. The leading edge of the owl's primary feathers is comb like, while the opposite edge has soft fringes. The fringing breaks up the turbulence and reduces sound, making owl flight near silent.
Eagles dive at their prey at high speed, making it difficult for the prey to escape. Owls, on the other hand, silently glide in on their prey.
It is a beautiful thing to see an owl in flight.
Felt rather privileged to stumble across this mating pair while searching for emerging damselflies on my local pond. I watched and photographed them for 15 mins before they separated.
Paved and laid out as a privileged road 1584-85 connecting the castles Frederiksborg and Kronborg, and was reserved for the king, his entourage and nobles. If unauthorized persons were caught using it, they were severely punished.
Ol Pejeta Nature Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
White Rhino at Ol Pejeta Nature Conservancy in Kenya. I was privileged to be able to see two of the Northern white rhinos before their extinction. Another image in first comment section.
On December 20th, 2009, four of the world’s last remaining seven northern white rhinos arrived at Ol Pejeta. Najin, Fatu, Sudan and Suni had been living in Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic. All previous breeding attempts in the Zoo had been futile, and the hope was that the climate and rich grasslands of Ol Pejeta, a native habitat for the animals, would provide them with more favourable breeding conditions.
To keep the northern white rhinos safe and in good health, Ol Pejeta dedicated 24hr armed security, a 700-acre enclosure, and a nutritious diet supplemented with fresh vegetables. Expectations were raised when Suni was seen mating with Najin in 2012, but as the gestation period of 16 months wore on, it was clear that Najin was not pregnant. With so few northern whites remaining, it was decided that a southern white male would be introduced to Fatu and Najin in the hope of producing offspring that would at least preserve some of the northern white genes. Again, this proved unsuccessful.
For more about the white rhinos at Ol Pejeta – Check out the white rhino in the first comment section.
The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. – Wikipedia
A privileged cloud observing the Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco at sunset.
And of course me observing the lucky cloud and the Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco at sunset :)
Okavango Delta, Botswana
While on a photo safari in the Okavango Delta, I was privileged to spend about eight minutes with three members of a pack of African Painted Wolves. The wolves seemed unbothered by our presence but did move through the area quickly to rejoin the larger pack.
The African wild dog is known by many names, including Cape hunting dog or painted dog. Its scientific name, Lycaon pictus, means “painted wolf,” referring to the animal's irregular, mottled coat, which features patches of red, black, brown, white, and yellow fur. Each animal has its own unique coat pattern, and all have big, rounded ears.
Though they were once found throughout the continent—from desert to mountain habitats—African wild dogs have disappeared from most of their geographic range. These days, African wild dogs typically roam the open plains and sparse woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. Their largest populations can be found in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique.
African wild dogs live in packs that are usually dominated by a monogamous breeding pair. The female has a litter of two to 20 pups, which are cared for by the entire pack. These dogs are very social, and packs have been known to share food and to assist weak or ill members. Social interactions are common, and the dogs communicate by touch, actions, and vocalizations.
African wild dogs hunt in formidable, cooperative packs of six to 20 (or more) animals. Larger packs were more common before the dogs became endangered. Packs hunt antelopes and will also tackle much larger prey, such as wildebeests, particularly if their quarry is ill or injured.
Unfortunately, African wild dogs are often hunted and killed by farmers who fear for their livestock. They are also threatened by shrinking space to roam in their African home as well as their susceptibility to diseases like rabies and canine distemper. The International Union for Conservation of Nature reports that the population level of African wild dogs fluctuates but is in a likely irreversible decline, which is why it considers this species to be endangered.
(From National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/african-... on 07.15.2022)
We were privileged to meet Cheetah, an immature Peregrine Falcon, last weekend during a 'Migratory Bird Day' function at Beaver Lake, BC. This was his second stay away from home.
Bred and raised in captivity by the Northwest Raptor Center, in Duncan, he is a working bird. They are used as an environmentally friendly method to clear airports, farmland, etc., of unwanted birds; birds that would endanger military and civilian planes during take-offs and landings, or pest birds endangering a farmer's livelihood near harvest time.
His older brother, for example, recently caught a duck at Vancouver International Airport. What I found intriguing, was the fine balance between keeping the bird happy and healthy, and getting the job done. Raptors get excited to feel the warm body of their catch, and love plucking the feathers off. This is their reward, and important for training purposes, to keep the bird wanting to hunt in the future. Waterfowl though, may carry influenza. Therefore a very careful switch needs to be made...the duck for some safely raised quail.
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In 2011 I was privileged enough to be able to spend some hundred hours with this kestrel family from copulation to flight. These are the two survivors of a brood of three, the third being less well developed, and disappeared a couple of days after leaving the nest.
Here Mum seems satisfied that delivering the spider was all she needed to do, the chicks could sort out the rest themselves.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, 2011.
With Knottingley Depot's future under review I was privileged to be invited to an evening photoshoot in case the depot does close or change hands in the coming months.
A rather nice touch to see resplendent Royal 67 005 on shed with the more usual inhabitants but the livery line up spanning the privatisation era for class 66/0's did go slightly wrong when Colas hired 66 099 for a ballast working only to find it wasnt fueled so took authentic 66 154 in full EWS markings instead thus leaving DB stickered 66 099 to represent the first chapter.
From left to right are 67 005, 66 099, 66 051, 66 107 and 66 074.
(Cyclura lewisi) We felt privileged to see these Cayman Blue Iguanas on a recent trip to the Caribbean. In 2002, only 10 - 25 blue iguanas remained in the wild. Today, there are 750. By incubating eggs in his home office and gathering plants to feed the baby blues, Fred Burton and his team have brought back a species that was nearly extinct.
Privileged location for this work of art by the sea :)
Localização privilegiada para esta obra de arte junto ao mar :)
Cascais - Portugal
We were privileged to see several faeries today on our walk along the Bluffs, which is good luck in itself but this one allowed us to see his face and waistcoat which is truly remarkable
Very privileged to be granted access to the recently this vacated church in Portsmouth, lots of images which may appear in due course, so for now, here's a couple of this beautiful & rather mournful space
Last week I was privileged to help a few state park employees and 4 other volunteers do some clean up of Shays Run in Blackwater Falls State Park. Most of the time was spent on the second waterfall, but we did spend a little time on the first waterfall. As you can see, those two pesky trees that were in the stream are now gone. Before I took this photo, I should have removed a few twigs and such, but this was captured at the end of the day - I was too tired, wet and cold to move one more thing! Thanks again to Rob and Matt w/ Blackwater Falls State Park for allowing us to help them with the clean up.
I have every reason to be happy...
I am privileged to live in PEACE !
How beautiful is that?
Ordinarily, flower-baskets are round and for hanging up...
Gathered all the cyclamens in one basket, I decided to photograph the whole scene instead of an 'isolated' few.I just love those colours...
The name Cyclamen is presumed to come from Greek 'kyclos', a circle referring to the round tubers, or leaves.
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