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Regular viewers may recall that I am trying to banish the winter blues (or greys, to be more precise) by painting my way through the orchids I was lucky enough to see in the flesh over the past spring and summer. After completing around half of them, I believe I have hit the equivalent of the marathon runner's 'wall', when the fatigue really begins to kick in and the finish line seems a long way off. The remaining species are mostly the same sort (eg 'marsh orchids', 'fragrant orchids', 'Epipactis helleborines') or impossibly difficult such as the multi-flowered lizard orchid. So to make it a bit more appealing I decided to paint what remains in a taxonomic jumble, which explains the juxtaposition of the species above, namely from left to right Dactylorhiza incarnata ssp pulchella, Epipactis palustris and Neottia nidus-avis.
Making these tetrahedrons from folding sheets of paper is addictive play for me. I am so into it these days. My wife said: "I'm afraid that you'll litter throughout with them."
One of the features of the Sk8 Park in Grimsby, Ontario is a group of small billboard-style panels specifically intended to host the artistic expressions of those visiting the site. As a result, graffiti is encouraged in places that are acceptable. Furthermore, periodic cleanup of the panels by town staff ensures regular refreshment of the subject matter. This image was taken in mid-February, the dead of Winter, so the snow-covered park was not in regular use and had not been for several months. The last round of painting had been ignored, likely waiting for Spring to get a refresh, with the consequence being the multiple layers of paint had weathered and flaked off leaving colourful abstracts when viewed up close. This section features and area with yellow and green patches. - JW
Date Taken: 2019-02-21
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF-S DX Nikkor 12-24mm 1:4 lense set to 12mm, Daylight WB, ISO100, Program mode, f/8.0, 1/250 sec. PP in free open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image width to 9000px, adjust Tone Curve 2 in parametric mode by darkening the ‘Darks’ and ‘Lights’ slightly, enable HDR Tone Mapping and apply a light amount of HDR, enable Shadows/Highlights and recover highlights just enough that the ‘white’ areas of paint show detail/texture, boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, set White Balance to Daylight (5300K), boost Vibrance, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: increase overall contrast, fine tune overall tonality using the Tone Curves tool, sharpen, save, scale image to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048px wide for posting online, sharpen slightly, save.
Peregrine Falcon PEFA (Falco peregrinus)
Saanichton Spit
aka
Cordova Spit
aka
TI̸X̱EN 'the Spit" ( Tsawout First Nation )
Central Saanich
Greater Victoria BC
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TIXEN
with shorebird migration & a nightly gathering of starlings,there is a PEFA present almost certainly every afternoon-evening at the Spit, in recent weeks.
One time recently 2 were skirmishing as the birds were nervously flying around.This included herons & gulls
An interesting obs was at one point peep flock was circling quite high above the water in Saanichton Bay,with Barn Swallows loosely joining in.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Les càmeres Sanderson foren un seguit de models de càmeresde plaques d'inicisdel s. XX, molt britàniques.
Aquesta és una Sanderson Regular en fromat 1/4 de placa, força tardà, per diverses característiques. Segurament data dels anys 20, però fou encara modernitzada amb un obturador "rim-set" Compur dels anys 30. L'objectiu és un Ross Xpress f4.5.
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/sanderson.html
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Sanderson cameras were a series of camera models from the beginning of the twentieth century, very British in style.
This is a Sanderson Regular in 1/4 plate format, quite later model, for several features. It probably dates back to the 1920s, but was still modernized with a Compur "rim-set" shutter from the 1930s. The lens is a Ross Xpress f4.5.
An unidentified Class 60 loco makes its way south along the River Severn working the 6B47 Westerleigh Robeston empty tanks.
Operator | Victory Liner, Inc.
Fleet Number | 8175
Area of Operation | Provincial Operation
Seating Configuration | 2x2
Seating Capacity | 49+1
Manufacturer | Hyundai Motor Company
Model | Hyundai Universe Xpress Noble
Chassis | Monocoque Chassis (KMJKL18TP7CXXXXXX)
Engine | Hyundai D6CB Powertec
Suspension | Air Suspension
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**The registration plate, conduction sticker and the
vehicle tag of the bus pictured above has been intentionally
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Royal train regular 67005 Queens Messenger passes Hungerford Common working as 0Z72, the 08:29 - Didcot - Didcot light engine move.
I presume this was a crew training turn
This brown dragonfly is my regular guest to my garden.. I see it for years maybe they are generations to generations. I wish to see some other colorful dragonfly.. However as they keep coming so regular, I prefer seeing this one too..
If I don't find it but after I spray water to the orchids, I often find this color dragonfly as if it was the same dragonfly. It sometimes fly around the water spray in the air. I take photo of it several occasion and once I use to move my finger slowly to make it change location for better shot. Is this a kind of outdoor studio ? It gave good cooperation, moved as I wanted and didn't fly away..
This is no setting... It was just hanging on the leaf in front of my house and made me not getting into the car but taking phot instead..
In my front yard garden
Nonthaburi, Thailand
NIKOND50 + TOKINA MACRO LEN (All borrowed)
Gremlin Hog Mounts:
Gremlins are fast creatures, able to skitter across the ground upright like humans or low to the ground on all fours like a dog. They weave in between the legs of their enemies in battle, jabbing and stabbing to weaken their foe. However, these devious creatures will take any opportunity to raise themselves up, both literally and figuratively.
A group of gremlins are able, albeit with many injuries, to capture the rank and stubborn wild pigs that roam the Burnlands. They chain these feral hogs in their camps and prod and jab them until they become subservient. They then attempt to mount these bristly creatures and ride them into battle. If a gremlin can successfully stay on the pig, then he has an excellent height advantage over his fellows. If not, then he will quickly become the next meal for the creature.
Charging into battle in a herd of short, snorting dust, tongues lolling out and flies buzzing around, the Gremlin Hog Mounts weave in and out of battle lines, striking and biting their enemy’s legs to weaken them for their fellow orcs and goblins to do the brunt of the work.
If a group of Gremlin Hog Mounts can isolate a single enemy then they all may muster enough courage to outright attack the foe, shrieking and stabbing as their bristly mounts snort and bite until the foe is nothing but a mangled mess strewn on the ground.
Just like most of the rag-tag units in the Horde, alone, a single herd of pig riders is hardly an issue for the proper battle unit. However, when numbered in the hundreds, this small cavalry can become a large problem for the forces of good.
Little Grebe on Tunstall Park Lake,Staffordshire,they overwinter every year,then disappear in Spring.
We've done well with class 68s on the 6K97 Toton North Yard to Crewe Basford Hall trip recently, with at least 5 different examples in 3 different liveries (DRS, Chiltern & TPE) over the past couple of weeks. On the gorgeous evening of 26/05/20, it was again the turn of Trans-Pennine Express livery 68022 'Resolution', seen having been given a green light to go straight past Watson's Bridge and on to Stenson Junction. This shot required the pole at full 7m, which can just be made out as a faint shadow in the shot, showing how low the sun was!
The second day in service for Stagecoach Devon's Hop 12 Scanias, and the frequent sight of a pair of them togther, as traffic and tight scheduling do their thing! 15317-YN67YKA and an unidentified sister bus stand at Torquay Fleet Street stop bound for Brixham.
Company: Stagecoach Devon
Registration: YN67YKA
Fleet Number: 15317
New: 2017
Chassis: Scania N250UD
Bodywork: Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC H74F
Route: 12 (Newton Abbot, Sherborne Road-Brixham, Town Square)
Location: Fleet Street, Torquay
Exposure: 1/13 @ f4 500ISO
Date: 9 November 2017
SAUDI ARABIA AIRLINES
Registration No: HZ-AK13
Manufacturer: The Boeing Company
Model: Boeing 777-368(ER)
Shot Taken: Ninoy Aquino International Airport (RPLL), Philippines
Linea regular Córdoba > Villafranca de Córdoba.
3/11/2019 - Estación de autobuses de Córdoba, Andalucía, España.
A regular around these parts - either on call or as here carrying out some crew currency work, HM Coast Guard 'Rescue' Leonardo (Agusta-Westland) AW.189 G-MCGO, aka 'Coast Guard 175' tracks overhead Shoreham Airport before returning to home base at Lee-on-Solent
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GV FLORIDA
Bus no: F63
Manufacturer: Partex Auto Body (rebodied)
Model: PHI-Inspired Grandeza
Shot Taken: GV Florida Sampaloc Terminal, Manila
A regular pre-brunch Sunday walk takes us down to Osmington Mills 'harbour'. That is a rather grandiose word for what was essentially a tiny sheltered patch of inshore water. Maybe one or two boats, barely bigger than a rowing boat would come in along that narrow channel visible middle-left of the photo. Out of sight in this shot, there are still some crumbling remains of a slipway down to that channel.
I guess it may have been used by a local fisherman. However, the main use back in history will have been smuggling which apparently was a very common activity right along the Dorset coast.
Taken in Ecuador near Tandayapa,
A regular visitor to the feeders at the lodge where we stayed.
Baryphthengus martii
The Rufous Motmot prefers humid lowland and hill forest where it consumes a large variety of food items ranging from various fruits to invertebrates and even small vertebrates, sometimes in the company of army ants. When foraging, it is a typical low energy specialist sitting quietly on a shaded horizontal branch for long periods of time from which it suddenly darts out after passing insects.
QBX004, QBX003, 8030 and 8044 work 7MC1 North through Glenrowan bound for Junee.
Saturday 7th October 2017
Pangasinan Five Star Bus Co. 1114
Route : Dagupan - Cubao Via Gerona Paniqui Carmen
Shot Locate : Cubao Quezo City
Can strangers be regular passers-by? I guess so. This orange cat visits our garden on a regular basis, and every time he does so, he is welcomed by our hissing ladies. He is the gentlest of cats, so he accepts whatever welcome he gets and can easily be cuddled if we want to. If it weren't for the dislike of our resident ladies, he would probably live in our house by now.
Pump island sitting in front of an empty lot that used to house a convience store. Notice the overhang only keeps water off of the pumps and that on this end of the island there is a basketball hoop. Gas was priced just over a dollar a gallon at the pump.
Night, near full moon, 120 second exposure, handheld light producing device set to blue & natural white.
Click on the image, because it's best BIG on BLACK!!!