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The little stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta), is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia.
Its small size, fine dark bill, dark legs and quicker movements distinguish this species from all waders except the other dark-legged stints. It can be distinguished from these in all plumages by its combination of a fine bill tip, unwebbed toes and long primary projection. The call is a sharp "stit".
The breeding adult has an orange wash to the breast, a white throat and a strong white V on its back. In winter plumage identification is difficult. Juveniles have pale crown stripes and a pinkish breast.
An apparent hybrid between this species and Temminck's stint has been reported from the Netherlands.
Taken at my sisters wedding. She is a very happy new bride!
This photo took a lot of photoshop work to get it to this stage. I have the same shot with 4 other combinations. I went back and forth on the one I liked the best. The day was extremely bright, with the only clouds being on the horizon. There are 7 filters on the sky alone, just to get the clouds to show up! There are things I like and dislike about the editing on this photo, but ultimately I wanted my sister, her husband and the emotion of the shot to shine through. I think it does!
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La Festa Primavera 2012
FIAT 1100 TV PININFARINA 1954
Located : The lobby of the Umeda Sky Building, Umeda, Osaka. Apr 21, 2012.
大阪・梅田スカイビル エントランス
Unedited water reflection. Taken with a Sony HX200V. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
As much as I love my hometown Amsterdam, every now and then I have to leave for a couple of days, because being here is an intense, beautiful, challenging and wicked experience that sometimes requires me to step out of my life, go away and come back after a little while. This helps me to see the city with new eyes and a new sense of appreciation, a rather simple yet effective way of rejuvenating the love-love relationship me and A-town have...now I'm back after a long weekend in another country, where luckily they have puddles as well...it's not Amsterdam, but I hope you like them anyway :)
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