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This was taken on Feb. 14th when this little one was a week old. Happy to report that it's doing fine.
Thanks so much for the visit!
The weather reports for our area are finally predicting true winter weather this weekend. But... with the possibility of a snow/frozen rain mix which is rare for the deep south.
So with that in mind, I am posting this Gulf Fritillary and thinking warm, sunny, happy summer thoughts with the hopes the weather reports are wrong - at least for the snow/ice part.
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Maybe wider by the minute . . . We knew when we rescued her that it was likely kittens were on the way. Holly is thriving and very happy to be safe here with us! We love her and can manage whatever comes! ❤️
Please help others spay/neuter and assist the cat population from despair.
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For the non-Australian's the Royal Commission investigating the Federal Robodebt Scheme handed down it's final, damning report. The report covers the politicians, public servants and architects of the automated debt collection scheme that was fundamentally illegal and mathematically flawed. It targeted approx 500,000 of the nations poorest people. Finally there is hope of justice with a sealed section being sent to the newly commissioned National Anti-Corruption Commission. If you want to read how ideology got in the way of good public policy see here: robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au/system/files/2023-07/repo.... Here's hoping politicians on all sides take heed. As to truth in politics, I'm still being disappointed by much of the debates on a whole range of important topics.
WWT Slimbridge.
The Glossy Ibis has become more familiar to birdwatchers following a series of mass arrivals in the 2000s. Increasing numbers of reports since then mirror an increase in the breeding population located in the south-west of Europe. There have been a number of breeding attempts here in the UK. It is likely that more regular breeding will be a feature in the future.
Climate change is thought to have supported the growth in visiting Glossy Ibis to Britain, with milder winters aiding their survival and enabling individuals to attempt breeding attempts the following year. (BTO).
Not as large as I thought it might be. About the size of a Curlew (which surprised me). This Glossy Ibis was in a field north of the entrance road into WWT Slimbridge. Not actually in the main reserve. I believe this is a juvenile bird, it didn’t seem to mind people at all.
By the time I got to it, the sun was already much higher in the sky than I would normally like and there was already a small crowd of people, birders and others watching it. It has been hanging around WWT Slimbridge for a few days now.
This shot is a little bit over-exposed where there’s some water on the beak and a little on the right leg, but I’m ok with that considering! For me this is a first, I’ve never seen one before!
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A View seen only by those with extraordinary vision... I would name it "The Golden Bay of Singapore...
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A photoshop manipulation from 4 archive images at different viewpoints blended to one.
The trail lights of the boat was added to exaggerate depth of perspective. Created with warping and layer blending in photoshop before finishing off with Topazlab Adjust plug-ins.
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Another picture of the supercell over Aduard on 5 June, 2015. Unfortunately the quality of the photograph is subpar due to the variations in lighting levels along the length of the panorama.
Clearly visible is a mesocyclone in the form of a rotating wall cloud in the centre, which minutes previously had been much more prominent and, according to reports, reached about 70% to the ground.
Also clearly visible is an inflow tail and an RFD to the right, as well as a general inflow cloud, here coming in from the north/the right side of the picture. You can also see what is possible a sattelite rotation here.
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At the end of Sandbotnen Bay near Fredvang in Lofoten there is a grassy plain behind the beach. In this plain, the "sandy river" Sandelva forms some narrow river bends.
Cold, and gray, windy and rainy...... this barred owl didn't seem to mind too much. So sorry to have been away, we went to our daughter's for a week at Thanksgiving (and also celebrated our 40th anniversary!), and for whatever reason I haven't gotten back in the groove. Hope all are well!
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The terrace of a Rorbu cabin afforded a wonderful view west across Offersøystraumen to Leknes. The Space Weather App had predicted favorable conditions for aurora sightings, and just after 8 p.m. a green band stretched across the sky. In the excitement we didn't have time to turn off the cabin light and so the rocks in the foreground - partly submerged - are illuminated by the light from the Rorbu cabin.
The shot didn't require any special editing tricks in post-processing. I basically just used my default raw processing settings in Lightroom with a small increase in brightness and clarity (although the rocks in the foreground required special attention to bring out the details). There was no change of colors.
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Spectacular multi-colored aurora seen from the beach of Uttakleiv, Lofoten, Norway.
I am often asked if this image of the aurora is what it actually looks like. The answer is no. But the reason is not that the image is manipulated in any way. The reason lies in the lack of color sensitivity of the receptors (cone cells) in the human retina. This is why we perceive the colors less well at night, our vision concentrates on the brightness contrasts. The optical impression of the northern lights is therefore dominated by the relatively bright green stripes, the red areas are hardly noticed and at least don't appear as strong as in this picture. However, with the long-term exposure, the camera sensor is very well able to record the actually existing color tones. As a side note, you can also see far fewer stars with the naked eye than in this shot.
The image was captured with the Nikon Z 9 in camera-raw format (".nef") and therefore needed post-processing (this is done in-camera when shooting in jpeg format). I basically applied my standard post-processing in Lightroom that I would also apply to "normal" daylight photos. Apart from that, color temperature was set to be a little cooler than recorded by the camera. Furthermore, I corrected the exposure up by about two stops to reveal the details of the cliffs. (I had chosen relatively short exposure times for night shots so that the northern lights do not show any motion blur and the stars remain points. In my experience, the exposure correction in post-processing essentially has the same effect on image noise as increasing the ISO value when taking the picture.)
(ISO 1250, 8 s, f/2,8)
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The Blue-Green Bingo Hall is a former entertainment venue in England. Over the decades it has been used as a cinema, bingo hall, and casino.
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Yesterday we were awakened at 5am with a very loud and bright lightning/rain storm. The storms rolled in and out all day, a welcome relief from the summer heat. : )
Winter close to Bromma Airport on January 11, 2021.
"A picture says more than a thousand words" and you can all see how shitty the winter weather was mid-afternoon yesterday...
In recent times the incidents reported on ivory poaching in various games parks through out Africa have increased alot and this has put the gentle giants,the Elephants,coming very close to be classified as an endangered species.Although poaching of elephants is a very serious menace to the survival of the species, lets hope that the new Wildlife Act which has just been enacted by the Kenyan Parliament acts as a deterrent to the poachers. .
Lets pray and hope that our future generations get to see and enjoy the lovely sights we get to see in our National Parks.
This head shot was captured during my recent visit to Masai Mara,Sept 2017, driving away from Keekorok Lodge saw this young elephant peacefully grazing.....what a pleasing sight to see the beautiful tusks on the animal instead of some shops in the Far East......
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SFRD 12246 on display at the Shafter Depot Museum, 150 Central Valley Hwy / CA 43 ~ Shafter, CA
Note - The Santa Fé Refrigerator Despatch [reporting mark SFRD] was a railroad refrigerator car line established as a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway in 1884 to carry perishable commodities. Though the line started out with a mere 25 ventilated fruit cars and 8 ice-cooled refrigerator cars, by 1910 its roster had swollen to 6,055 total units [compared to the 8,100 units its largest competitor, the Pacific Fruit Express, operated].
As of 1929 the line was carrying some 43 percent of California's citrus crop, most of which travelled aboard its "Green Fruit Express" refrigerator car special. Some 100,000 produce loads were shipped from the fields of Arizona and California to East Coast markets each growing season.
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SHAFTER DEPOT: This building originally located 4 blocks southeast of this site and was opened for use and dedicated October 11, 1917. Until it closed in 1978, this building served as Shafter’s gateway to the world as the Mail, Western Union Telegraph, Express, Freight and Rail passengers passed through it’s doors. The concern for preservation of this building resulted in the formation of the Shafter Historical Society in July of 1979. In March 1980, the society accepted the gift of the depot from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Co. and moved it to this site donated by the Harlan Wilson Family and by the S.A. Camp Ginning Co. with much public support, the society restored the building to it’s original format and dedicated it for many more years of service as the Shafter Museum October 9th, 1982.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior.