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St. Petersburg, Florida...
Watched this little wader employ a bunch of cool techniques while hunting. Here you can see it purposefully disturbing the sand with its foot to scare up prey.
In addition to painting the splendor of North American scenery,Frederic Edwin Church traveled through South America in the 1850s and created dramatic Andean landscapes that were inspired by the German scientist Alexander von Humboldt's 1849 travel accounts.Humboldt urged artists to paint South America in order to study and represent the earth in its most original state.The soft outlines and suffused golden light of this placid Ecuadorian landscape,however lend it a nostalgic air.Altered perhaps by the veil of memory or the mellowing that comes with age,Church's later renderings of area relinquished the scientific purposefulness of his earlier paintings in favor of more generalized views and quieter moods.
โAlmost all creativity involves purposeful play.โ - Abraham Maslow.
This is another attempt at three exposures done in camera of a Black Eyed Susan. I love playing with an idea to see where it goes and being pleasantly surprised.
ยฉ Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from May 2016. Enjoy!
Species: Turdus pilaris.
Fieldfares are large, colourful thrushes, much like a mistle thrush in general size, shape and behaviour. They stand very upright and move forward with purposeful hops. They are very social birds, spending the winter in flocks of anything from a dozen or two to several hundred strong. These straggling, chuckling flocks which roam the UK's countryside are a delightful and attractive part of the winter scene.
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Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Virginia, USA
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The Greater Yellowlegs strides purposefully across mudflats and marshes with a distinctive high-stepping gait, occasionally breaking into a run to chase aquatic prey. Flight is strong and swift, with legs extending well beyond the tail, often accompanied by its strident chirpy call.
Nikon Z9 camera with Nikon Z600mm f 6.3 PF lens.
1/2500 F6.3 ISO 280
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.โ
John 16:33
While I was taking pictures of the mallard, this jackdaw came walking and disturbed the peaceful photo session.
It paced purposefully back and forth seeking attention,
clearly the boss of the place with its determined expression.
Connecticut...
Had a magical time watching this snowy preen and stretch on a rock out on the marsh. The bird barely registered my presence, and I kept a healthy distance (This shot is cropped down from a 500mm photo already shot on a crop sensor). The owl was sleeping peacefully when I took my leave. I've heard some reports of photographers purposefully disturbing these owls in order to get "flight shots." I hope, and suspect, that many of these accounts are fabricated. Still, any who do this are giving the rest of us holding cameras a bad name.
Cathedral Falls
Cane Branch
New River Gorge
My drive home yesterday purposefully brought me by this beautiful spot along the road.
I had just enough light left in the day and the rains held off briefly to allow me to shoot a few frames before heading home . . .
Die fรผrsorgliche Neema war zu meinem Besuch in der Mara im September 2021 rund um die Uhr damit beschรคftigt, ihren dreifachen Nachwuchs nicht nur aufgrund stรคndig lauernder Gefahren um sich zu scharren, sondern ihm auch das gezielte Jagen beizubringen.
Diese Mutter habe ich bewundert!
Und schรถn war es jedesmal anzusehen, die kleinen regelmรครig mit prall gefรผllten Bรคuchen anzutreffen.
Masai Mara - Kenia
Neema the proud cheetah
The caring Neema was busy around the clock during my visit to the Mara in September 2021, not only keeping her triple offspring around because of constantly lurking dangers, but also teaching them how to hunt purposefully.
I admired this mother!
And it was nice to see the little ones regularly with full bellies.
Maasai Mara - Kenya
All rights reserved. ยฉ Uli Assmann
This moth is native to Eurasia but has been purposefully released here in Northwest America a number of times since the 1960s, to control the noxious weed, Tansy Ragwort, (also called just plain 'Ragwort'), also a Eurasian plant. The Ragwort showed up here first in the 1920s. Tansy Ragwort can cause liver failure in livestock. The livestock don't purposefully eat it - they tend to avoid it, but can accidentally nibble it while grazing, or it can contaminate hay. The moth is glorious with wings spread, but so far, I can't get one to sit still long enough to get that shot!
The Fire Wave has recently been made more accessible by the park rangers. In the past they have given only vague directions to its location which has been purposeful, they would rather not see people getting lost in the desert trying to look for one particular rock. However they provide more clear directions to the wave these days to keep the human impact minimum. There exists a faint route marked only by two signs.
Elbow - The Bones of You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiIijxMA5xI
So I'm there,
Charging around
with a juggernaut brow
Overdraft speeches
and deadlines to make
Cramming commitments
like cats in a sack
Telephone burn
and a purposeful gait
When out of a doorway the tentacles stretch
Of a song that I know
and the world moves in slow-mo
Straight to my head
like the first cigarette of the day
And it's you and it's May
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Do I have time?
A man of my calibre?
Stood in the street
like a sleepwalking teenager?
No. And I dealt with this years ago
I took a hammer
to every memento
But image on image
like beads on a rosary
Pull through my head
as the music takes hold
And the sickener hits,
I could work till I break
But I love the bones of you,
that I will never escape
And it's you, and it's May
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I can't move my arm
For the fear that you will wake
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Photo taken at Mitsumi-Town In Tokyo, Second Life
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/f/fieldfare/index...
Fieldfares are large, colourful thrushes, much like a mistle thrush in general size, shape and behaviour. They stand very upright and move forward with purposeful hops. They are very social birds, spending the winter in flocks of anything from a dozen or two to several hundred strong. These straggling, chuckling flocks that roam the UK's countryside are a delightful and attractive part of the winter scene.
Overview
Latin name
Turdus pilaris
Family
Chats and thrushes (Turdidae)
Where to see them
Best looked for in the countryside, along hedges and in fields. Hawthorn hedges with berries are a favourite feeding area. In late winter grass fields, playing fields and arable fields with nearby trees and hedges are a favourite place. May come into gardens in severe winters when snow covers the countryside.
When to see them
They begin to arrive from October and numbers build up as the winter progresses. Birds start to return in March and some may stay into May.
What they eat
Insects, worms and berries.
Population
UK Breeding:- 1-2 pairs
UK Wintering:- 720,000 birds
This guy had no chance to mate with any of the cows in the Fishercap Lake area of Glacier National Park. But here he is striding rather purposefully toward a female about 50 yards away. I didn't get to see the rejection as the cow disappeared in some tall willows and he followed her.
The Matter of Time (Richard Serra, 1994โ2005), Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Paรญs Vasco, Espaรฑa.
La materia del tiempo (The Matter of Time, 1994โ2005) permite al espectador percibir la evoluciรณn de las formas escultรณricas del artista, desde la relativa sencillez de una elipse doble hasta la complejidad de una espiral. Las dos รบltimas piezas de este desarrollo estรกn creadas a partir de secciones de toros y esferas que generan diferentes efectos en el movimiento y la percepciรณn del espectador. Estas se transforman de forma inesperada a medida que el visitante las recorre y las rodea, creando una vertiginosa e inolvidable sensaciรณn de espacio en movimiento. La totalidad de la sala es parte del campo escultural: como ocurre en otras de sus esculturas compuestas por muchas piezas, el artista organiza las obras con determinaciรณn para mover al espectador a travรฉs de ellas y del espacio que las rodea. La distribuciรณn de las obras a lo largo de la galerรญa crea pasillos de diferentes proporciones (anchos, estrechos, alargados, comprimidos, altos, bajos) y siempre imprevistos. En la instalaciรณn tambiรฉn hay una progresiรณn del tiempo. Por un lado, el tiempo cronolรณgico que se tarda en recorrerla y observarla de inicio a fin; por otro, el tiempo de la experiencia en el que los fragmentos del recuerdo visual y fรญsico permanecen, se combinan y se reexperimentan.
The Matter of Time (1994โ2005) allows the viewer to perceive the evolution of the artist's sculptural forms, from the relative simplicity of a double ellipse to the complexity of a spiral. The last two pieces in this development are created from sections of tori and spheres that generate different effects on the viewer's movement and perception. These transform unexpectedly as the visitor walks through and around them, creating a dizzying and unforgettable sense of space in motion. The entire gallery is part of the sculptural field: as with his other multi-piece sculptures, the artist purposefully arranges the works to move the viewer through them and the space around them. The distribution of the works throughout the gallery creates aisles of different proportions (wide, narrow, elongated, compressed, tall, short) and always unexpected. The installation also features a progression of time. On the one hand, the chronological time it takes to explore and observe it from beginning to end; on the other, the time of the experience in which the fragments of visual and physical memory remain, combine, and are re-experienced.
And the delightful seed pod of an Aquilegia.
Mum bought me the cactus more than a decade ago. So cool to see these relatively new cuttings (about 2 years old) put out 3 beautifully exquisite flowers. They spend about 4 months growing then bloom for 48 hours before drooping. Such a delight for the eyes. So intricate and purposeful.
Species: Turdus pilaris.
Fieldfares are large, colourful thrushes, much like a mistle thrush in general size, shape and behaviour. They stand very upright and move forward with purposeful hops. They are very social birds, spending the winter in flocks of anything from a dozen or two to several hundred strong. These straggling, chuckling flocks which roam the UK's countryside are a delightful and attractive part of the winter scene.
Info:RSPB.
Many thanks to people who view or comment on my photos
Image taken over at Ogwen Valley (Snowdonia National Park, Wales) last weekend. Its a particular spot I've not photographed from there before, but really glad I did. A purposeful long exposure to have the smooth foreground with the rough terrain in the background
I encountered the above as a description of the Eurasian Coot's flight. This male was swimming towards me in the same manner. His purpose could be the female teaching a youngster how to dive for food close by.
Macro creating the suggestion of a person walking purposefully and leaving a trail so they can bactrack, if they go wrong.
One of the glories of the Commedia is the effortless sense it gives of its authorโs panoramic view of human history as a single, purposeful sequence of events. That history is an intelligible narrative, the acting out of a providential divine plan for the human race.
-Prue Shaw, Reading Dante from Here to Eternity
If you were to ask me when my best years, photographically speaking, were since I got my first digital cameras were, I'd say 2010 to 2014. In 2010, my SX10 was the first to give me some distance, say a bird 15 feet away. What made me successful was perseverence and determination under tough summertime conditions on the mountain. I actually did better at the Alhambra Slough with wading birds that didn't all take off when a twig snapped.
But, back to the mountain. I had started with the Bluebird Restoration Project, so naturally I went after bluebirds as I did my three mile nestbox trail(s). But in the process, I found swallows, and wrens, and woodpeckers... You get the idea. My ancillary subjects became easier (except for the Violet-green Swallow, and the Belted Kingfisher with the latter being a purposeful nemesis that teased for three years). In the process of going after the House Wren, I probably took as many as 300 shots of the Bewick's Wren. I didn't focus on the House wren until one day I heard one sing, and then I would check out their known hiding places before and after the nest boxes. And here's one of my "later" House wrens which, btw, rarely perched on barbed wire. (I used to check barbed wire for the Loggerhead Shrike, but in six years, never found one. I'd just find remnants of its meals on the wire.)
So, here, from 2013 in my first weeks with the SX40 camera, is one of my better House Wrens.
Oh, btw, the messiest nest builders of any bird is the House wren. The male will place six, even 10 sticks in a nest box or a hole in the side of an old hen house, and the female will pick one. Does he ever come back to clean out the sticks left behind. Of course not! Always cleaning up after the kids so that the bluebirds could nest...
For more photos of the five species of wrens on the mountain(s), see my album on Wrens and Song Birds. I believe there are 10 of House wrens in song, but you'll have to google for the prettiest songs in birddom.
an older Southland landscape picture from 2014 that I have reviewed and re-processed.
and a new article on the website's blog about using Flickr in a purposeful personal way. Flickr as an experimentation field for a restless photographer.
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Not sure where it had come from with its dirty face but it seemed to be intent on getting somewhere!
A purposeful Badger strides through a snowy prairie dog town in today's instalment of "Wildlife in Winter". This is an older image, shot with the Nikon D300 and recently reprocessed.
I photographed this Badger on multiple occasions in November, 2011, as it hunted in the dogtown. I didn't see it catch anything, but it was a well-fed Badger. They are born to dig. Short, powerful legs, huge claws, and a nasty temperament: you don't want to tangle with this large mustelid. (Mustelids are carnivores and include species such as mink, otters, weasels, martens, and wolverines.)
I had a couple of sessions with this individual during which I was able to get out into the dogtown while it was digging, lie flat, and shoot hundreds of close ups. On this day, however, I shot sequences from my rolling blind - not the current red Corolla, but a silver 2004 Echo, one of Toyota's not-so-well-known vehicles but possibly my favourite car of all time. Maybe I should do a "Cars in Winter" series next...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ยฉ2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Decided to take Usedfilm's GOYA idea to heart and stayed in Friday night to shoot. I also thought it might make an interesting addition to the most recent Strobist Challenge, not quite sure if it fits the bill or not though. 1 Sb-25 about 20 degrees off of camera center, up high and gelled to give a fluorescent tint (purposeful) at full power. A second sits below and is gridded at half power and throws a little light on the wall. Also about 40 different takes to get the the magnifying glass centered and focused properly.
NOTE: The powers that be at Flickr placed this photo into Flickr's "Explore" as one of the top 500 most interesting photos on a given day.
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OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY, US.
Like all herons, the yellow-crowned night heron flies with long, slow purposeful wing beats. It can be found gliding over water with its legs easily visible.
Nikon Z9 and Nikon 500mm 5.6E PF Lens ISO 720 f/5.6 1/3200
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Should I ever get more free time I would like to expand my photography to include purposeful birding. Ha just noticed that I never set the date on my new camera!
Nature gives it. Nature takes it.
All is purposefully designed.
Space, time, depth and whoever knows....
Pantha Rei - All flows
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C1 - Three Arch Bridge 11-09-1993 R2095
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Bluebell Railway
Autumn Gala
C1 - Lindfield Wood 16-05-1993 R1910
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
Bluebell Railway
Spring Steam Gala
Small Eggar Moth Caterpillar / eriogaster lanestris. Swaddywell Pit, Cambridgeshire. 07/06/22.
'GOING IT ALONE.'
I was really pleased to encounter this not so small, Small Eggar Moth caterpillar during my time photographing orchids. It's always gratifying to find an additional, attractive subject to point the lens at!
I originally noticed it crawling purposefully over my photography mat and after making a few images, I carefully transferred it back among the grasses. It was a good size and I'm pretty sure, fully developed. It will have started its life living gregariously in a silken 'tent' with others. Now it was ready to disperse, go it alone and find somewhere to pupate in dense vegetation.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Five Greylag Geese in flight.
Seen in the nature-sanctuary "Tister Bauernmoor" near Sittensen (between Bremen and Hamburg) - Niedersachsen - Germany.
Fรผnf Graugรคnse im Flug.
Gesehen im Naturschutzgebiet "Tister Bauernmoor" bei Sittensen (zwischen Bremen und Hamburg) - Niedersachsen.
Storms and torrential downpours sounds like a perfect opportunity to go out and do some photography around town, right? I headed out again with a purposeful shot but the rain detoured my plans yet again. I stopped by several spots waiting for it to let up and finally found myself here. I was thinking there might be a fun reflection puddle around the Kauffman Center and I brought my umbrella as to not get completely soaked. While waiting for it to clear, I decided to take a selfie.
Mike D.
I remember still dozing in bed
One morning that crisp spring
Early sunlight shone on the floorboards
While the wind played with the drapes
I opened my eyes to the strident creak
Of the old French doors being pushed open
Blurry-eyed I caught a glimpse of her silhouette
Dashing out of the bedroom onto the porch, her hair tousled
She ran barefoot, her gait purposeful, the grass wet with dew
"Where ya going?" I managed to grumble
Without looking back nor breaking step
She teased in her alluringly nonchalant way
"Follow me"
Hiking through Utah's Paradise Canyon recently, I observed and photographed this fence, while at the same time questioning its purpose.
A quality built 1932 Ford hotrod from the 1950's still shines as it did when newly done! I couldn't resist taking this shot highlighting the obvious craftsmanship of the builder. Simple, purposeful, and attention to details, quite elegant with it's tastefully done, tri color pinstripe, IMO. Here, in an earlier view, is more of the car: