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Inspired by Larry's hot rod.
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You're probably wondering what's with the white walled tires – they were heavily used, dirty and dented old style tires. After ignoring them for a long time, I decided to try give them a new life. The process turned out better results than I anticipated and so far, I've managed to recover three complete sets. Not to mention, they are even.. credible.
The Large Red Damselfly(Pyrrhosoma nymphula) is Britain's most common red damselfly. It can be found in
most wetland habitats living around the edges of ponds, lakes, ditches and canals, and also be found away from breeding sites in grassland and woodland, but it avoids fast flowing water. The earliest damselfly to emerge, it is on the wing from the end of April through to August.
The Large Red Damselfly has black legs and dark pterostigma (wing spots)The male has a red abdomen with black markings and the thorax is black with red antehumeral stripes. The female has three colour forms ranging from mostly red to mostly black with small yellow markings. Some colour forms have red antehumeral stripes on the thorax, some have yellow stripes.
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis). This little wader only weighs ~25-30 g, and despite their small size, they complete an incredible ~25,000 km migration every year, travelling between their breeding grounds in the arctic (e.g. north-eastern Siberia), to feeding grounds in Australia.
Still hanging around to the delight of many. Such a beautiful woodpecker. Fox Chase Pond and Wetlands, Howard County, Maryland.
I shot this beautiful bird last sunday. Being a tiny thumb sized bird it was quite shy...had to squat on the ground amid reeds and ankle deep muck for about 15 minutes before they planned to settle down again and then gave me these shots. It was a real treat...they are smaller than sparrows and very brightly colored. In the breeding season the male becomes completely red.
This photograph made it to explore on Apr 28, 2008 #464
This image was taken in 2017, during ArtPrize 9. I like how the people were evenly spaced. The guy on the left photographing the dirt rug, is my son. As you can see, two security guards were present. The attached link is from the artist website.
"Red Dirt Rug Monument"
Artist: Rena Ditrixhe
www.renadetrixhe.com/red-dirt-rug-monument
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52weeks2020: The Letter R, for Red
Playing with some new Light Painting tools from LightPaintingBrushes in the New Year
The day I shot this image of Red1 of the RAF Red Arrows transiting back to RAF Scampton through the Mach Loop from RAF Valley after essential simulator training - was a very sad one indeed. When I arrived home I received the news that Red3 had crashed at RAF Valley. Thankfully the pilot continues to make a full recovery but tragically, my thoughts go out to the family, friends & colleagues of the brave engineer (Blue) that was in the back seat.
It was a poignant reminder that whether Our airmen & women are training or on operations they risk their lives daily and for myself, it certainly put the hobby into perspective.
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Red Dead Nettle / lamium purpureum. Stanton Canal, Derbyshire. 10/04/20.
Red Dead Nettle is usually a low growing, sprawling sort of plant, but it will readily use taller neighbouring wildflowers for support when it can. If that happens, RDN can grow up to 40cms tall.
Easy to dismiss, it actually has very attractive flowers and is worthy of a closer look, particularly in Spring when it's at it's best. It is much beloved by bees as a nectar source.
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