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It’s been dark outside and I’ve been (finally) cleaning my studio. No time, space, or daylight for fresh doll photos!
Here’s a quick costume test for Out Of This World Poppy Parker as Barbarella! I need a better belt and either leggings or boots to finish the look!
N456 gets provisioned in the Dry Creek MPC quick fix centre after working the Overland in that morning and will work it back to Melbourne that night on 16-4-92.
869 is stabled on 6 rd in the background
A glass, with different coloured gels on the light, with a fizzing vitamin suppliment tablet fizzing in the bottom. I promise I did try the drink afterwards, but being 3 years out of date it wasn't very palatable.
124 Pictures in 2024, theme # 36 Fizzy
Three F-15E Strike Eagles during "Quick Climb Friday" from the end of runway 23 at RAF Lakenheath.
Inspired/copied from Mark Ranger Image: flic.kr/p/2mSXdgW
Visiting Aberdeen Harbour 9th August 2018 this little ottor swam past as I stood on the North Pier below the Marine Operations Centre, a crowd quickly gathered and enjoyed a brief minute or so watching this little one swim towards Abercrombie Jetty , climb on to its base for a brief few seconds before disappearing into the River Dee .
I only managed a few shots though enough to capture the moment.
Ottors
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae.
The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, honey badgers, martens, minks, polecats, and wolverines.
Etymology
The word otter derives from the Old English word otor or oter. This, and cognate words in other Indo-European languages, ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European language root *wódr̥, which also gave rise to the English word "water".
Terminology
An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars, females are called bitches or sows, and their offspring are called pups.
The collective nouns for otters are bevy, family, lodge, romp (being descriptive of their often playful nature) or, when in water, raft.
The feces of otters are typically identified by their distinctive aroma, the smell of which has been described as ranging from freshly mown hay to putrefied fish;these are known as spraints.
Life cycle
The gestation period in otters is about 60 to 86 days. The newborn pup is cared for by the bitch, dog and older offspring. Bitch otters reach sexual maturity at approximately two years of age and males at approximately three years. The holt is built under tree roots or a rocky cairn, more common in Scotland. It is lined with moss and grass.
After one month, the pup can leave the holt and after two months, it is able to swim. The pup lives with its family for approximately one year. Otters live up to 16 years; they are by nature playful, and frolic in the water with their pups. Its usual source of food is fish, and further downriver, eels, but it may sample frogs and birds.
Characteristics
Otters have long, slim bodies and relatively short limbs. Their most striking anatomical features are the powerful webbed feet used to swim, and their seal-like abilities holding breath underwater. Most have sharp claws on their feet and all except the sea otter have long, muscular tails. The 13 species range in adult size from 0.6 to 1.8 m (2.0 to 5.9 ft) in length and 1 to 45 kg (2.2 to 99.2 lb) in weight. The Asian small-clawed otter is the smallest otter species and the giant otter and sea otter are the largest. They have very soft, insulated underfur, which is protected by an outer layer of long guard hairs. This traps a layer of air which keeps them dry, warm, and somewhat buoyant under water.
Several otter species live in cold waters and have high metabolic rates to help keep them warm. European otters must eat 15% of their body weight each day, and sea otters 20 to 25%, depending on the temperature. In water as warm as 10 °C (50 °F), an otter needs to catch 100 g (3.5 oz) of fish per hour to survive. Most species hunt for three to five hours each day and nursing mothers up to eight hours each day.
For most otters, fish is the staple of their diet. This is often supplemented by frogs, crayfish and crabs. Some otters are experts at opening shellfish, and others will feed on available small mammals or birds. Prey-dependence leaves otters very vulnerable to prey depletion. Sea otters are hunters of clams, sea urchins and other shelled creatures.
They are notable for their ability to use stones to break open shellfish on their stomachs. This skill must be learned by the young.
Otters are active hunters, chasing prey in the water or searching the beds of rivers, lakes or the seas. Most species live beside water, but river otters usually enter it only to hunt or travel, otherwise spending much of their time on land to prevent their fur becoming waterlogged. Sea otters are considerably more aquatic and live in the ocean for most of their lives.
Otters are playful animals and appear to engage in various behaviours for sheer enjoyment, such as making waterslides and then sliding on them into the water.
They may also find and play with small stones. Different species vary in their social structure, with some being largely solitary, while others live in groups – in a few species these groups may be fairly large.
The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts of Asia, and parts of northern Africa. The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial. It is endangered in parts of its range, but recovering in others.
Description
The Eurasian otter is a typical species of the otter subfamily. Brown above and cream below, these long, slender creatures are well-equipped for their aquatic habits. Their bones show osteosclerosis, increasing their density to reduce buoyancy.
This otter differs from the North American river otter by its shorter neck, broader visage, the greater space between the ears and its longer tail.
However, the Eurasian otter is the only otter in much of its range, so it is rarely confused for any other animal. Normally, this species is 57 to 95 cm (22.5 to 37.5 in) long, not counting a tail of 35–45 cm (14–17.5 in). The female is shorter than the male.[4] The otter's average body weight is 7 to 12 kg (15 to 26 lb), although occasionally a large old male may reach up to 17 kg (37 lb). The record-sized specimen, reported by a reliable source but not verified, weighed over 24 kg (53 lb).
Range and habitat
The Eurasian otter is the most widely distributed otter species, its range including parts of Asia and Africa, as well as being spread across Europe, south to Israel.
Though currently believed to be extinct in Liechtenstein and Switzerland, they are now very common in Latvia, along the coast of Norway, in the western regions of Spain and Portugal and across Great Britain, especially Shetland, where 12% of the UK breeding population exists.
Ireland has the highest density of Eurasian otters in Europe.[citation needed] In Italy, they can be found in southern parts of the peninsula. The South Korean population is endangered. In India, the species is distributed in the Himalayan foothills, southern Western Ghats and the central Indian landscape.
In general, their varied and adaptable diets mean they may inhabit any unpolluted body of fresh water, including lakes, streams, rivers, and ponds, as long as the food supply is adequate. In Andalusia the golf courses became part of their habitat.
Eurasian otters may also live along the coast, in salt water, but require regular access to fresh water to clean their fur. When living in the sea, individuals of this species are sometimes referred to as "sea otters", but they should not be confused with the true sea otter, a North Pacific species much more strongly adapted to a marine existence.
This Black-headed Grosbeak gave a brief pose for a moment to let me snap a few photos before he continued eating - thanks!!
In winter the suet is the most popular food. High energy, high fat food that helps them build insulation and keep warm in cold weather.
Female Red-bellied Woodpecker (melanerpes carolinus)
Garland, Tx
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Quick sketch from the VanDerPoel book, if you can still find an ediiton. The challenge was no corrections, and all construction marks are in the final.
My eldest daughter here attended a friend's wedding today, so just as she was heading out for it, asked for me to take a couple quick portraits. Captured here where she was in the shade on the sunny day, with some far off trees for creating the colorful yet smooth bokeh.
A quick test this morning of my four 50mm lenses. Tripod mounted, all at f4. Included the Maxxum for comparison, old to older. Added exposure to the three older lenses.
I have let the LBA get in the way of actually evaluating the lenses side by side. How many 50's does one really need? Which do you like best?
I had just travelled from Newcastle to York on 1V93, the 09:50 Edinburgh to Plymouth service hauled by 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier on 4th September 1981 and managed to grab a couple of quick shots before the Deltic was uncoupled, the Class 47/4 in the adjacent road would take the train forward from York. The Deltic is showing evidence of the run along the racing stretch from Northallerton with an insect graveyard on the front of the loco.
Scan from a 35mm negative on Ilford FP4 film, Olympus OM1n camera with 50mm lens.
Max Joseph, founder and lead instructor of Direct Action Group, teaches U.S. and Canadian military combat camera photographers full team approach and house clearing tactics during the Quick Shot 2015 combined joint field training exercise in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa, California, on August 5, 2015.
Photo: Joan E. Jennings, U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class
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Max Joseph, fondateur et instructeur en chef du groupe Action directe, enseigne les techniques d’approche en équipe et de nettoyage de maisons aux photographes des équipes de caméra de combat des forces armées du Canada et des États Unis lors de l’exercice d’entraînement de campagne interarmées Quick Shot 2015 dans la forêt nationale d’Angeles, près d’Azusa, en Californie, le 5 août 2015.
Photo : Joan E. Jennings, spécialiste des communications de masse de 1re classe de la marine américaine
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I imagined this rebel pilot having crash landed on a remote planet in his X-wing, and fashioning one of the engines into a speeder bike to get around.
This is a quick study based on a seat connection using a hinge brick that I hadn't seen before.
The Transfăgărăşan (trans (over, across) + Făgăraş) or DN7C is the most dramatic and second-highest paved road in Romania. Built as a strategic military route, the 90 km of twists and turns run north to south across the tallest sections of the Southern Carpathians, between the highest peak in the country, Moldoveanu, and the second highest, Negoiu. The road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Piteşti.
The road was constructed between 1970 and 1974, during the rule of Nicolae Ceauşescu. It came as a response to the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union. Ceauşescu wanted to ensure quick military access across the mountains in the event the Soviets attempted a similar move into Romania. Consequently, the road was built mainly with military forces, at a high cost both financially and from a human standpoint—roughly 6 million kilograms of dynamite were used on the northern face, and the official records mention that about 40 soldiers lost their lives in building accidents
The road climbs to 2,034 metres altitude. The most spectacular route is from the North. It is a winding road, dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S-curves, and sharp descents. The Transfăgărăşan is both an attraction and a challenge for hikers, cyclists, drivers and motorcycle enthusiasts alike. Due to the topography, the average speed is around 40 km/h. The road also provides access to Bâlea Lake and Bâlea Waterfall.