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There was a good showing of these Rough legged Hawks this year. I took full advantage of the different morphs. I finally nailed a dark morph on this trip as well.
A bunch of these Norther Rough-Winged Swallows were flitting about the other day. So called "rough winged" because the feathers on the leading edge of their wings have little barbs that make them rough to the touch. Apparently no one has ever figured out the purpose (if any) of these rough wings
The White Rim sandstone cap limits the chaos of erosion in the underlying less resistant, though wonderfully layered Organ Rock formation of red sandstone in Canyonlands National Park. Gooseberry Creek has cut a canyon here through the White Rim, hastening the movement of all rock layers toward the Colorado River and Lake Powell, where it will stay until Glen Canyon Dam disappears. As they weather and erode away the caps and underlying rock may form hoodoo monuments due to the cracking patterns in the White Rims. It is hard to gauge scale here, but there is around a 100-200 foot drop from the White Rim into the bottom of the canyon.
In the distance the La Sal Mountains are covered by a recent snow, which the wind is blowing off of the summits as seen in the faint plumes.
Big Sur, California
Vigorous surf stirs up sea mist along a rocky coast in the late afternoon.
Rough times, like rough surf conditions, don't last forever.
The rough brickwork parts the smooth water flow.
Horstead mill, Norfolk uk.
Eos6D - ISO 320 - 1/50sec - EF 70 -300mm F4-5.6 IS II uso @ f/11 & 70mm
I saw an opportunity here as the tide was coming in to make contrasting foregrounds, as the water was flowing up underneath the wooden groyne so I put on my little stopper for a longer exposure to smooth out the water. The rough area was nice and lumpy but very soft under my tripod which kept sinking so I had to move around a bit to find a firm spot. I ought to carry some old CDs to put under the legs but there is a limit to how much you can carry, yes I need an assistant lol.
The low sun provided some nice warm light to bounce off the groyne and put some colour in the clouds for me .
Heavy seas at the South Gare this morning. Ships had to ride the storm though. The ship Embla is just about visible.
The need for an image to post weekly on the blog motivates me to pick up the camera even when life seems busy and full with other things as it is now. With bright sun and wind on Hay Bay, I tried some in-camera double exposure ICM images using the darks blend mode.
blogged here: djenglandphotography.blogspot.com/2024/09/photo-of-week-2...
A Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) rests on an old fencepost post on the prairie landscape during its migration south though Alberta, Canada.
29 December, 2011.
Slide # GWB_20111229_5624.CR2
In Explore April 18, 2024.
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Little known fact: The Tatooine sand was super abrasive and very bad for any hardware that wasn't specially protected from it. The X-wings weren't. Sometimes, after prolonged use, the engines began to oscillate near ground and rough landings ensued.
This was photographed exclusively for my "Small Scenes from a Big Galaxy" book.
Photo prise sur la plage de Porto en Corse un jour de baignade interdite..
picture taken by the sea side in Corsica, swimming was prohibited this day..
Should be viewed on the Black stuff
Most interesting by Jerimias Quadil can be found here
Tech note: 5 X HDR to bring out the shadows, 3 partially blended at bush to rock extended line to water (also above the water to horizon) to remove artifacts and to get better white cap effect. Unfortunately, on white caps it is VERY easy to get "white out" artifacts (which is annoying!!!) but with careful blending one can usually get it out. I also ran into problems getting the right tone balance between the rocks and the sky but I ended up working on them separate and then layer it back to make it match properly.
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
ORDER: Accipitriformes
FAMILY: Accipitridae
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rough-legged_Hawk/overview
Monte Vista NWR, Monte Vista, CO
A long exposure, landscape image of waves hitting the jagged rocks on the shores of Sandend in Moray, Scotland.
I saw this bird sitting on a fence post ahead as I was driving a country road. I pulled off to the side, but could not see, because the sun was setting and shining right into my eyes. I lifted the camera to see what it was, and saw this beautiful Rough-legged hawk. It allowed me to get a few photos of it and then it decided to fly off into the sunset.