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The Tower of Refuge is a stone-built castellated structure which was erected on St Mary's Isle (also known as the Conister Rock) in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man, in order to afford shelter to mariners wrecked on the rock. The tower was constructed through the endeavours of Sir William Hillary, who had been instrumental in several rescues of sailors stranded on the rock, and which culminated in the heroic rescue of the crew of the Saint George Steam Packet Company steamer RMS St George, when it foundered on the rock in the early hours of November 20, 1830. Sir William personally contributed a high proportion of the costs and secured a substantial number of public contributions for funding the structure. [Wikipedia]
A deserted hut near the Manorburn Dam. It was probably once a musterer's hut or raceman's hut and would have provided welcome shelter from the elements. Nowday's it is a refuge for animals and birds -we saw a rabbit disappear underneath it as we arrived and when we looked inside there was evidence of many birds.
Thanks especially to Jason/Audrey's Dad for your help with this one :-)
8-10-16 View of the Tower of Refuge from the ferry terminal at Douglas, Isle of Man
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Ayodar Parque natural de la Sierra de Espadan en el Pais Valencia, mi refugio tiempo de pandemia, pueblo con 110 habitantes.
Ayodar Natural Park of the Sierra de Espadan in Valencia, my refuge at the time of a pandemic, a town with 110 inhabitants.
Ayodar Naturpark der Sierra de Espadan in Valencia, meine Zuflucht zur Zeit einer Pandemie, eine Stadt mit 110 Einwohnern.
Leica M-P & Elmarit-M 28mm
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Image 99 in this fun series of the capturing of the BULB capture. This capture is taken at the Blackwater National Wildlife Reuge showing the smoothed out clouds and water surface. The LCD screen is photoshopped in from the long exposure capture being taken at this time.
Ms. Krach and I are back from our trip to the eastern Maryland shore. On the way back we spent the night in Cambridge and visited the Refuge. I went back in the morning today before sunrise, and was able to get into the park after 6am. It was moody and cloudy. Had to take a couple really long exposures with all those clouds around :))
Here I am showing the capture withing the capture, the full frame long exposure taken with the horizon split at 50/50 on purpose. I did this as taking the capture for several minutes takes time ... and taking two captures takes even longer, so by splitting the composition I am able to get two frames in the wider landscape format each split 1/3 by 2/3 at the horizon. All of these are shown in this quadtych.
This series allows the viewer to see conditions as they were during the shot, and then the resulting long exposure effect on the water and clouds. It also shows how people moving about 'vanish' from the long exposure.
Other images in this series can be seen in The Album "If They Could See What We Can See"
After an evening meal in the Refuge des Cortelets with my new found French and Spanish friends I took the opportunity to to take a wonder and catch some late light.
playing with a funny santa bag in snowy refuge...sorry for the bad quality of the pic,its very small size...:D
WISHING EVERYBODY HAPPY HAPPY 2009!!!
Anyone who frequents popular wildlife refuges, like Nisqually, knows there's a different crowd on weekends.
There are people taking photos for wedding invitations, others on pleasant family strolls, city-folk daring to rough it for a couple hours -- a whole mix of humanity.
It's time's like these when someone asks me what kind of little bird is that, when I say, "No idea."
Early morning on the refuge area located on Maryland's eastern shore.
It was fun taking this capture and also listening to the all the eagles and osprey that were waking up and starting to fly around.
Not quite as solemn a sky as on my previous couple of shots from Northumberland, though the wider shot would reveal a mass of cloud. However, I actually saw a glimmer of sunlight on this particular morning on my visit to Lindisfarne.
I’d gone to the island for sunrise but this particular shot was taken on my way back across the causeway, which is susceptible to flooding at high tide. The refuge hut is there just in case people haven’t heeded the tide warnings that are displayed at each end of the causeway.
I decided to strap on my 100-400 lens and shoot close the the ground with the R8 in order to compress the view, and to get the slither of light between the grey clouds and the road. This was my first real landscape outing with the R8. I also had my R5 with me with a wider lens attached, but I wanted to test out the R8’s abilities; it didn’t disappoint😁.
at Refuge - a lush and enchanting rainforest sim, where nature’s beauty unfolds in every detail. Towering trees draped in vines create a canopy of mystery, while the soft mist weaves through the air, giving the scene an ethereal touch.
Avatar sits still,
heartless shell in pixel glow -
user fells it all.
picture taken on Refuge
Down close to the marshlands there in the Blackwater Refuge. A moody morning sky being reflected on the water's surface. Stark beauty there.
Actual photograph of mine enhanced a bit ti make it look more painterly. The Plum Island Wildlife Refuge is really a wonderful place for landscapes.
Ink black sillhoutte glides into the high desert grasses during golden hour.
Against the backdrop of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, a raven lands in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge.
Ravens are the largest of the Corvid family, and extremely intelligent, able to solve problems no other animal species can solve, except for humans. Scavengers, they are known to have called wolves to the site of dead animals in order for the wolves to open the carcasses making it easier for the ravens to feed. At times, they will pretend to cache food to misdirect other ravens from the actual food cache location!
Beginning in the early 1990s, sandhill cranes began stopping at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge on their way to and from their wintering grounds in Georgia and Florida. Today, as many as 12,000 spend the entire winter there.
“Sandhill cranes use the Tennessee River as a travel corridor,” says Kirk Miles, Region 3 wildlife manager with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. “We average, at least for the last five years, about 15,000 sandhill cranes using the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. However, more and more, the birds are using other fields along the Tennessee River as well.”
Greater sandhill cranes are the largest sub-species of crane, and average six to seven pounds and close to five feet tall with a wingspan stretching more than six feet wide. Their feathers are varying shades of gray, and the forehead and crown are covered with red skin. Adults have a white cheek patch.
Sandhill cranes mate for life — which can be two decades or more — and remain with their mates year-round. Cranes nest on the ground and often have two eggs, which the pair tends together.
Particularly during spring mating season, but also throughout the year, sandhill cranes will “dance,” which can include bowing, jumping, running, wing flapping and even throwing sticks and grass into the air.
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