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My Dad, bless his soul, actually watched roller derby on Sundays on WOR in New York when I was a kid. I always found it a fascinating part of his persona. Kansas City has this interesting fascination with roller derby and has an active group of teams and a vocal following. I have never been. I ask the Kansas city Roller Warriors marketing director -- Baby Buster 5000, a/k/a Rachel Herring if I could photograph the event and she graciously allowed me to be on the floor of the flat track as the ladies did their thing. Lighting was a challenge so I used an SB900 on the camera and let the TTL do its thing. Quite a lot of experimenting with ISO, speed, and aperture combinations. Unlike my Dad's roller derby, this was real, no fights, just spirited skating, jams, and a raucous crowd. It is a bit of a departure for me but it was both sport and competition and quite a fun evening. These are some of the skaters for the Dreadnought Dorothys.
Nikon D4 | ISO 1600 | 70-200mm lens at 155mm | f / 22 | 1/ 20 second lit by an SB900 on camera.
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Bird ID : “INDIAN ROLLER”
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Description:
A brightly colored bird with various shades of blue on the wings, tails, and belly that are often more prominent in flight. Note the longitudinal white streaks on the throat and breast. Indochinese Roller has a purple-blue breast, a darker olive back, and is generally darker blue. Generally silent, but more vocal in breeding season with harsh calls. Prefers open areas, including agricultural landscapes, sitting on exposed perches including electric wires, occasionally pumping its tail slowly. Practically a resident roller with some movements in the western parts of its range.(GOOGLE)
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Credit:@_manoj__photography_
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@nikonofficialindia
Nikon Z6 + FTZ adapter
Nikkor 200-500mm
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Exif:
ISO:1600
f-Stop: f/8.00
Shutter speed:1/1250
Focal length 500mm
Location: Kakinada, Kakinada district @incredibleandhrapradesh , India
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India Tiger safari trip.
Our second park, Pench.
An impeccable place to walk down the memory lanes of your childhood days of the famous story ‘The Jungle Book’.
In the heart of India, Madhya Pradesh, Pench National Park is located in the districts of Seoni and Chhindwara. Named after the pristine River Pence which flows through the park, Pench National Park is one of the most popular wildlife reserves in India. The park also has its mention in the famous story of 1894, ‘The Jungle Book’, penned down by the renowned English Author Rudyard Kipling. The story was worldwide applauded, and hence, the national park became one of the popular national parks in the world in the 1970s and also a prominent tourist attraction in India. Since then, every year oodles of wildlife buffs flock to this place just to spot the famous characters of the book, Akela (The Indian Wolf), Raksha (the female Wolf), Baloo (Sloth Bear), and the vicious Shere Khan (Royal Bengal Tiger).
Sprawls over a massive area of 758 sq km, including the core area, Pench National Park has a rich wildlife which proffers visitors an opportunity to indulge into one of the finest wildlife experiences in India. Since its inception in 1965 as a wildlife sanctuary, the park has serving as the cosy nest of numerous wild creatures including the Royal Bengal tiger, jackal, peafowl, wild dog, wild boar, sloth bear, Indian leopard, fox, striped hyena, monkey, gaur, barking deer, four-horned antelope, Indian wolf, and more such enthralling species. However, later in the year 1975 and 1992, the sanctuary got the recognition of national park and tiger reserve, respectively.
The Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) is a member of the roller family. It occurs widely from West Asia to the Indian Subcontinent.
It is best known for its aerobatic displays of males during the breeding season. It is often seen perched along roadside trees and wires and are commonly seen in open grassland and scrub forest habitats. The largest population occurs in India, and several states in India have chosen it as their state bird.
Belgium.
Antwerp National Zoo
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African member of the roller (or Coraciidae) family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula
There's a lot of hoarding goes on in my garage, none of it mine. However it has provided a subject for my photo for today. My OH's roller skates hanging by their laces from the beams, c1970's/early 1980's. The wheels have probably not turned for over 30 years, yet still they hang there!
Using this for photo No. 82 Nostalgia for the 115 Pictures in 2015 Challenge, and
Photo 12/31 for the October Picture a Day Challenge.
On the road to Pirang
The Gambia
My second visit to The Gambia, this time to photograph the wildlife.
They were a good few days spent with Isidro and my friend Rosa Gambóias
High Roller is a 550-foot tall (167.6 m), 520-foot (158.5 m) diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States of America. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, it opened to the public on March 31, 2014 and is currently the world's tallest Ferris wheel. world's tallest Ferris wheel.
The Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis) is a very common bird that is seen perched on vantage points like high wires and posts alongside the highways and busy roads.
This bird was checking at me from behind while shooting it. Then it turned to a comfortable situation and started to pose like a pro!
The hair-like feathers at the end of its beak is to know if the insects are close enough to the mouth to gobble them up. These also help the bird to assess the direction and speed of wind, so as to enable it to perform aerial maneuvers while catching insects. The tip of it's tongue is protruding slightly out of the beak in this image.
The beautifully colored bird is filled with lots of hues of blues, greens and browns; and, to nobody's surprise, is the state bird of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Odisha (erstwhile Orissa).
Mala Mala Game Reserve
South Africa
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The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches conspicuously at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, lizards, scorpions, snails, small birds and rodents moving about at ground level. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to great heights, descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries.
The sexes are alike in coloration. Juveniles do not have the long tail feathers that adults do.
This species is the national bird of Kenya.