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I quite liked the dark green background on this photo, which makes the bird standout well. Taken in Oxfordshire
Generally quite dark compared to other orb web spiders and can be found close to water where their webs are spun on fencing, buildings and bridges and rarely on vegetation. Close to a river near me where I live a river flows under a road in a tunnel these Orbweb spiders can be found and seen in their webs close to the lights that help to light up the pathway where they have the best of both worlds, warmth from the lights where I have even seen the adults spiders here in February with snow outside and plus their prey such as moths and flies are attracted to the lights also. Its amazing to see their webs so close together and not eating each other, nature can be truly amazing at times.
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There's nothing quite like a male Wood Duck that's dressed up in its breeding plumage. I just love its red eye!
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Festive tree on our rainy North Vancouver Waterfront. Quite the contrast to our snowy, sub-zero weather a few days ago.
Lower Lonsdale
Location:Corfu/Greece. (Only crop/720mm)
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This is quite a busy intersection. Tsuen Wan Road and Kwai Chung Road run parallel at ground level before they split to different directions. The overpasses on the right belong to three MTR lines: Airport Express, Tsuen Wan Line and Tung Chung Line. In the left background the flyovers to Tsing Kwai Highway. Shot from the footbridge beside the Lai King MTR station.
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A view of the castle and landmark stone in Oban.
While sailing on any of the ferries, from Oban, Scotland, you will pass the Dog Stone, which is quite amazing as it was once a huge sea stack, but now it seems to be growing out of the land with trees protruding from its summit. Science tells us that this is made from rock known as Conglomerate, deposited about 415 million years ago, but I like the following story about this ancient stone.
The Dog Stone – Its name is derived from a legend that relates that this is where the giant, Fingal, tied up his dog, Bran, when he went hunting in the Hebrides. As Bran circled and struggled, he wore a groove around the base of the stone with its colossal chain and they say you can still hear its ghostly howls.
By blosslyn May 2016 - Echoes of the Past - blosslynspage.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/the-dog-stone-scot...
Dunollie Castle - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunollie_Castle
Scottish Music - Vale of Wishes
Fantasy & World Music by the Fiechters
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At the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. This cemetery was in use from around the early 15th century up to the late 19th - then the area was completely full and a new cemetery was needed.
It is estimated that some 100 000 persons have been buried here, and there are around 12 000 tombstones preserved.
I made a brief trip to Cape Cod yesterday. I had hoped to get some photos of the sunset in Eastham. It didn't quite go as planned, since the heavy clouds failed to dissipate. Interestingly, for quite a long time, all you could see on the horizon was this narrow band of light from the descending sun. Magic in its own right.
Fagradalsfjall started erupting on the 19 March 2021.
Fortunately it is currently only threatening a road and Internet connection in the area and there is no imminent threat to live or villages.
The weather in Iceland is highly variable and on the day we planned to see the vulcano, the fog was so heavy you could not see it from a hill opposite. In the evening with the fog lifting we did follow a well established trail taking you to a hill with impressive views opposite the vulcano. The view was something out of the Lord of the Rings. Dark large lava fields with in the middle the vulcano erupting every 20 minutes or so surrounded by smoke. Seeing this around midnight at blue hour was particularly impressive with the dark oranges and reds.
it is thought that the eruption may continue for quite some time and if possible it is quite a sight to visit if you are in Iceland.
Sighted quite by accident while it was flying far away. The bird flew right to nearby reeds and landed there briefly giving me this lovely shot and flew away to a far away larger reed area. Named after the rich cinnamon color of the body, this is a resident bird in India, but migratory for short distances within the country though. They are also found outside of India.
I think this one is a female as noted by the spotted plumage, while the male bitterns are more plain without much markings on the body.
The bird is quite shy, expert at camouflage and there are several times when its flew right from under my feet. Its preferred habitat is reed beds on the edges of shallow lakes, wet rice / paddy fields, swamps and marshy areas surrounded by reeds. They are hard to spot among the reeds and while not a rare sighting here, tough to get a clear shot.
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Found this spiky little beauty in my garden today right during the hour of sunset. I've noticed these caterpillars(Unknown ID) quite a few times now and they seem to be very fond of the flower buds. Spotted two of these guys today and took some snaps and this was one of the decent ones.
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Standing quite alone, far in the forest, while the wind is shaking down snow from the trees, and leaving the only human tracks behind us, we find our reflections of a richer variety than the life of cities.
- Henry David Thoreau
Photo taken @ Solus
There is nothing quite like standing on a beach in the Artic circle surrounded with incredible mountains, golden sunshine, blue skies, turquoise water, gale force winds, frozen ice, sand and snow. We were greeted with ever changing conditions on our morning at Haukland beach.
I absolutely loved the colours here and my intention was to capture the snow as it was thrown across the beach the tricky thing here was just trying to keep the camera and tripod on the ground with the powerful winds.
Despite this being one of the most famous beaches in Lofoten we were lucky enough to have this amazing place all to ourselves.
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it's always difficult to come up with something different, when you have photographed a bird many times. This pose however fitted the bill perfectly if you'll excuse the pun.
A beach regular and a very welcome one albeit not seen in usual numbers this summer.
Ringed Plover - Charadrius Hiaticula - adult
Ardmucknish Bay - Scotland
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Yeah, I've been gone on business
I've gotta make some money
I really feel the distance
And I quite miss home
And I miss you telling me
To leave my shoes at the door
'Cause you just swept the floor and the dirt drives you crazy
Yeah, I quite miss home
'Cause it feels like poetry
When the rain falls down on the window
While you're in my arms and we're watching the TV
Yeah, I quite miss home
Yeah, I quite miss home
I smell you cooking from the living room
And then I tell you that I love your food
I know it doesn't come easy
But you know it reminds me where I'm from
Quite windy and these delicate Garas looked as if they were having a good time swaying and dancing to the rhythm of the wind.
A large non-parasitic cuckoo endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. The bird is pretty large - maybe 40-45 cms and is quite famous for its beauty. This is also known as "Lipstick bird" for its reddish beak and beautiful eyelashes.
It habitat is the dry scrub land, forest edges and is often sighted on the ground hunting for insects. The birds are quite shy and behaviours are hard to predict - so it is tough to sight them at the same location again and again. On this day though, we hit the jackpot - spent an hour roughly with 2 birds and at times they got too close to get a full length shot. Luckily they were flying perch to perch continuously, so managed to get a few good flight shots.
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It was completely foggy and smoggy in Beijing this day, then suddenly it started to rain. After the rain, it was refreshing and clear so I immediately rushed out to get some photos.
Blue hour at SOHO Galaxy Beijing. The lights, architectures and the reflections look quite futuristic thus inspiring the title :).
Cheers! Hope you like it
Grey, wet and windy day here so a look back to last September and much warmer weather.
I've posted similar shots from here and never quite been happy with them. I think this is as close as it was on this beautiful morning and the dog hasn't photo bombed this one. I think the attentions of a handsome Weimaraner were more important!
Barred Owl with blurred texture
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After spending quite a few wonderful minutes in this dramatic landscape getting beautiful sunrise shots, I couldn't resist walking down the slopes to catch the sunlight through the holes in the pinnacles.
Can you please crawl out your window is a. Bob Dylan song sung by Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey on my playlist. I think the generally wild and windy week had made these special moments just dazzle.
Well not quite the Savanna, it’s North Lincolnshire, but I thought it looked Savanna..ish.
I actually wanted to shoot with the sun nearer to the tree, or even behind it, but they were working on the field lifting the potatoes, and so I couldn’t get to my preferred position. However, given the strung out flight of the birds, it hasn’t worked out too badly.
A three shot panorama, stitched in Lightroom. Normally I would shoot panoramas with the camera in portrait orientation, but with the moving birds I needed to work fast and so stuck with landscape orientation.
Canon EOS R
Canon EF 70-200 (f2.8) + adapter
Quite an unusual Spring. Nearly everything bloomed early here in the south and this was one of the last redbuds to be found anywhere.
Little, lone sprout on the edge of a cliffside. This is at the very top of the mountain and the little guy admittedly has quite the view.
A beautiful and enjoyable hike, highly recommend!
Storm Castle Peak/Mountain
Gallatin National Forest, Southwestern Montana
August 2019
Keel billed Toucan, (Ramphastos sulfuratus ), seen in the cloud forest of Costa Rica
The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan, keel toucan, or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize. The species is found in tropical jungles from southern Mexico to Colombia. It is an omnivorous forest bird that feeds on fruits, seeds, insects, invertebrates, lizards, snakes, and small birds and their eggs.
Car ferry 兴信 (Xing Xin) crossing the Yangzi River towards Chongming Island. These Ferries are quite slow, about 20 km/h (11 knots) only.
Click here to see a high speed ferry on the same route.
Taken while doing a dead cheap 2-hour Yangzi River cruise using one of these slow ferries (total cost, ferry only: 24 CNY, about 3 EUR or 3.50 USD) with the purpose to take some ship photos on the way.
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Glasgow University, established in 1451, is magnificent. Many of the old stone building are stunning and quite awe-inspiring.
I would say the above photo of an empty glass jug on my kitchen windowsill a fair estimation of what my brain feels like. It is reeling and fizzing and making me feel quite sick. Never the best mentally I feel awful because of the unfolding tragedy in Ukraine. I have noticed some people I follow either officially or unofficially (only because I struggle with great numbers) are not commenting on my shots and may be feeling offended by my lack of comments. I am not always seeing everyones photography and that is the truth... I went to bed crying last night and got up crying this morning. I do not bury my head in the sand. If s**t is happening I face up to it. If there is something I can do, I do it. When I feel helpless that is just me because my mentality may not be the same as yours..that doesn't make you bad or me bad - just different. If I like your photography and come across it I hopefully will comment on it. Meanwhile there may be some delay because I don't feel too good. I know it doesn't help anyone, least of all me but we are what we are....unless of course we are not actually human - as in the case of someone who to all intents and purposes appears human but actually cannot be - surely..?