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Couldn't quite believe this shot when I got home, it looks like I have just cut and paste the Carrion Crow on top of the juvenile Female Marsh Harrier. She looks pretty surprised too. A huge crop unfortunately as they were quite distant.
They are flying just a few inches apart - as the crow is trying to chase the harrier from what it sees as crow territory - a bit like West Side Story but set in a Norfolk reed bed.
They both like to use a prominent bush in the middle of the fen as a perching point.
I am sure Matt Hancock would have something to say about this type of behaviour!
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Quite a little flock of bluebirds with yellow-rumped warblers, must have been assembling before migration
Quite a few redwings, fieldfares, song thrushes, and blackbirds had landed in a hawthorn tree to snack on the berries. They were very shy and easily startled; getting very close was impossible.
Koperwiek - redwing (Turdus iliacus)
A few samples of GE's locomotives at IRM on Aug 10, 2019.
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“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.”
― Rumi
For Poetography, the weekly inspiration. Week#155 Word is "Heart"
Quite possibly the most photographed spot in West Virginia -- the Glade Creek Mill in Babcock State Park. From October, 2018.
Quite a fun sequence, this small unsuspecting bee was enjoying a little pollen gathering when a bumble bee came along and literally knocked him off his feet, The shutter speed was that fast that I caught quite a few frames as the poor 'wee one' skidded off and tumbled to the petals below. Ironically with one cursory look at this particular echinacea the bumble bee was off again, all that drama for nothing!
Quite a few of these too yesterday!
Not the best detail, due to lack of light! Pics below viewable large. Has to be one of my fave species!
Brown Moss - Shropshire
Myself quite chilled, I came upon our Common Carder Bumblebee clinging to - perhaps pleonastically - Beautiful Calaminth - καλαμίνθα - on its footstool - κλινοπόδιον (but in the photo you can hardly see the hairy sepals from which the really very tiny flower arises).
Bombus was utterly wet and cold. Though she tried to move whirring her wings, nothing came of it. She just hadn't the energy to whir fast enough. For that nectar is needed or the Sun to provide enough warmth for her thorax to get a temperature of above ca. 30 C. So I took her in my cupped hand and breathed into them; slowly she revived and when a bit of Sun came out I put her back on Lesser Calaminth. She didn't stay long but slowly and a bit stiffly, I thought, bumbled away right into another rain shower. Coward for rainy wetness that I am, I gave up and fled into the Tropical Glasshouse for my own warmth.
There is another number 10 than might be more important than this one, but they do not have such an impressive and beautiful door.
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Olympus OM-D E-M10 MKII, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f4-5.6 R
Augusta National Golf Course is the most beautiful course in the world. Famous for its garden-like appearance, it is truly Georgia's crowning glory. It is also the place where the US Masters is played every April (until this year). So that explains my title. This scene in the setting sun is pretty, but it's not quite the same as Augusta in the Spring. I wonder if Bobby Jones would have liked this course in south eastern Melbourne.
If I'm right (but I'm no botanist), there's even some Magnolia trees right behind the flag on this green.
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Quite a few comments on the Great Ocean Road photos so am just adding a few more. Tomorrow is Australia Day so it's a celebration day for us.
I have become quite fond of The Rock since living in Castle Rock this past year. I confess I am terrible with directions and have the worst time learning new places. It takes me forever to learn new routes and memorize a new city. We live very close to The Rock, within walking distance and whenever I would get lost or misplaced while driving I could look up and see it and at least always know my way home. I'm pretty familiar with the town now but still enjoy seeing The Rock from pretty much any vantage point! I love going down to these train tracks on warm days. I've recently gained some inspiration from a great train photographer here on Flickr - Curt at Trains & Trails. He has an awesome variety of trains and it's made me interested in getting closer to the ones around me. His page is definitely worth looking through. If you look in the far distance the train is coming 'round the bend. I get nervous when a train is coming at me so I moved pretty quick after this shot :-D Hope you are all having an amazing week so far!!
Before exploring Lüderitz and Kolmanskop, we drove all the way south to the second largest canyon in the world: Fishriver Canyon. I didn't even know about this canyon before this trip, and since we still had a few days left after our initial rough planning, we both agreed to go there. We looked at the possible accommodations and found a government-run campground on the south side and a lodge on the north rim. As we hadn't read the best things about government-run campsites and were planning to camp most of the time anyway, we opted for the lodge and didn't regret it.
The drive there changed from paved roads to gravel roads, which had some sandy sections the further we got. At one point, we had to drive up a small hill and back down a steeper section that led to a narrow gravel road that crossed a dried up river a few times. We drove on and on, wondering if we were still on the right 'road', but a glance at the offline GPS map showed that we were heading in the right direction. After driving through some really impressive wide open landscapes, we crossed an “airfield” (which was basically a flat gravel field) before finally reaching the parking lot of Fishriver Lodge after a little over 3 hours of driving. As we entered the main building, we noticed the really beautiful glass façade which gave a breathtaking view of the canyon as the lodge is situated right on the canyon rim. We were then asked onto the terrace where we were given a welcome drink, enjoyed the view and thought about using the pool, but we both felt it wasn't quite warm enough (as it was winter there, the temperatures were moderate).
We then checked in, got the keys to our cabin right next to the rim and carried all our stuff from the car to our room (which was quite funny as we had all our stuff in cardboard boxes covered with plastic bags to protect it a bit from the sand that got into the back of our car during the drive, unlike all the other guests who arrived in fancy clothes and with normal suitcases). We then made ourselves a coffee and enjoyed it on our terrace while taking in the stunning views. I then wandered around the area a bit looking for possible sunset compositions, but as the sun got lower, I realized that its angle was far from optimal as the sidelight left most of the canyon in shadow and only illuminated a small upper portion.
At a certain point, I noticed that the colors on the side facing away from the canyon began to explode. I quickly ran to our cabin and told my girlfriend to get her camera. In the rush, we even forgot our tripods, ran around like headless chickens (as Mads Peter Iversen would put it) looking for compositions and found this lone quiver tree. The colors became more and more intense, and I can tell you: I have never seen colors like these before. Apart from one cloud that I cloned out as it was right behind the tree, I didn't edit this image at all (which is quite rare as raw files are usually very flat and require some contrast adjustments). The show went on for quite a long time as there were no mountains in the distance that could block the sunlight, but eventually we went to dinner and enjoyed one of the best meals we had on this trip. After dinner, we went back to our room and realized that the curtains were different than when we left. We thought that someone might have broken into our room, but when we went to bed we realized that the staff had brought warm water bottles as it can get chilly at night (which they hadn't told us). With that, we ended our day and couldn't be happier as we stood right on the edge of the second largest canyon in the world and witnessed one of the most colorful sunsets we had ever seen. I hope you like it!
Of course a red barn will stand out in late autumn when most of the colours are quite muted. This is a pretty modern farming operation with many silos and often the harvesting is contracted to custom operators. Quite often the corn crops are not harvested until the fields are frozen to allow better access to the fields!
Oh, and the actual shutter speed was 1/800, with a +2/3 bias:)
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Thanks for looking, etc.:)
Even the anhinga, during mating and breeding season, wear their colors well. The male adorns that trademark gorgeous eye ring of bluish-green, their beak gets more brightly colored, and that "hairdo" becomes even more stunning. Yes, there's something really special about this time of year in the south. This guy was contemplating which branch he wanted to retrieve to take back to its nest.
Happy Saturday everyone!! Thanks for taking the time to view.
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Quite a nice change to see three freight trains at once on the British network. From left to right, DB Cargo 60011 heads towards Immingham with empty tanks form Kingsbury, DB Cargo 66004 leads a loaded Iron Ore rake towards Scunthorpe Steelworks and on the right a GBRF coal rake waits while the crew chanegs for the journey to West Burton PS.
Quite a bit of fog around at Southend-On-Sea today, making for some atmospheric shots! Due to the effect of the light and the fog this shot of part of the pier naturally came out mono - no colour adjustment needed!
quite some time since I've made an attempt at a time lapse, and processing this one was long overdue.
150 six-second exposures
Quite the focus that this Red-tailed Hawk has... must be some little rodent or something we couldn't see that he could.
Quite a chunky looking member of the agamid lizard family, the central, or inland bearded dragon (pogona vitticeps) is a native of Australia. I photographed this specimen at Entopia Butterfly Farm, on Penang island, in Malaysia.
Just turned 18 today, quite excited. I decided to start uploading images without a border now.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian flickr friends out there! Hope you have a wonderful day!
This picture looks harder than it is because the word was soo long. I had to do it a couple times. By the 6th time, I was able to write the words faster and nicer.
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The railfan coveted three scheme lashup is a true treat and quite the rare event on the Alaska Railroad. In the decade I lived in Alaska I can count on one hand the number of times I got to photograph it happening. By this late date there were only three GP40-2s in the old 1970s black and gold scheme with the rest of the fleet wearing the current 'Baby Mac' paint and the only units left liveried in the 1980s 'Alaska Bold' scheme were GP38-2s that were mostly relegated to yard service in Anchorage and Fairbanks. But once in a while one would get out on the road such as happened on this picture perfect late winter day.
The geep trio are leading a 120N from Whittier to Anchorage seen emerging from the north end of the 13,338 ft long Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel at MP F5.6 on the Alaska Railroad's Whittier Branch.
The tunnel which is the only land based access to the important port community of Whittier on Prince William Sound is a marvel of engineering. Originally built by the US Army and opened in 1943 it was converted to dual use more than two decades ago and is the longest shared highway/rail tunnel in North America and is essentially a 2.5 mile long grade crossing.
For those of you interested in learning more about this fascinating tunnel click here to visit the Alaska state DOT's official web site on the tunnel:
www.dot.state.ak.us/creg/whittiertunnel/history.shtml
Bear Valley, Alaska
Sunday March 12, 2017
“This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas, everybody invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend’s house once for a week. Nothing could be pleasanter.“ – Jane Austen, Emma
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Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.
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Witherwood Thicket
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Frogmore
Quite chuffed to have had my image of the Falkirk Wheel, Commended in the 2016 Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition.
Many congratulations to anyone who has been commended in this years competition, and huge congratulations to the overall winner Matthew Cattell.
All the winning images can be viewed on the 'Take a View' website:
www.take-a-view.co.uk/2016-award-winners/
and there is a book ' Landscape Photographer of the Year 10', and an exhibition at London Waterloo Station starting on the 21st of November running until 5th February 2016, then on tour throughout the UK.
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As seems to happen over and over, I quite literally stumbled upon this scene the other evening. I was working a local car show that was nearing its conclusion. The setting sun was providing magnificent shadows and backlighting. As the sun was on the verge of disappearing behind the roof of the background building, I happened upon this gentleman standing in the bed of a monster pickup truck as he was furling his flags. I asked him to hold the flag aloft and wave it around. Shooting directly into the sun I really couldn't see much, I just locked in the focus and exposure and let the shutter go on continuous mode for several frames. I thanked him and moved on, unaware of what I had captured until the following day. This was the takeaway image. The gesture and flag position, the rays overhead and the sun glowing like an orb. Doubt I could have posed this any better had I planned for it.