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Thousands of years ago ...
He lay ...
but not sleep dear ..
His face is staring ...
and his frozen smile as if to say ...
"we are at war ...
we're fighting against the sun ...
For proof that we once existed ... and are on this earth ... "
It's been thousands of years ...
he is lying ..
but not sleep dear ..
a hole in his chest was still burning, like his spirit ...
His face is staring at the sky ...
and his frozen smile seemed to say
"I'm still so young ..."
That day is a day without a hero ...
a day that no one can help him ...
and he made a story
for this world ...
______________________rant 73, July 22.2019
This is the same bull and cow I posted four days ago during their mating act. The flared nostrils don't seem to impress her. His expression here seems more one of anger than amorous.
Near Estes Park, Colorado. I tried several crops for this one and ended up liking this square the best.
I seem to be getting a backlog of photos so to freshen up my feed I thought I'd post this shot from a few months ago.
This was on one of my regular evening trips to see the owls when I came across this gorgeous youngster.
Although the owls don't show there is always plenty of other wildlife about particularly in Spring when this shot was taken.
White/Pied Wagtail - Motacilla Alba
Yorkshire Dales
Many thanks to everyone who takes the time to view and fave my photos and in particular to those kind enough to comment. It is very much appreciated.
It seems only fitting to post a touch of green today. Happy St. Patrick's day everyone !!
Oh yeah, the tree in the way.....I wanted it there :)
While it seems every man and his dog were up the S&C again, I decided on a more local outing. Not being arsed to have a full day out and seeing 419 was allocated to this, there was really only one option in my opinion. Having done my local spots to death with this train and still not succeeding with the sun, I travelled further up the coast for a more scenic, picturesque view. St Bees is the location and running 46 minutes early, 37419 heads north with the usual monthly 1q47 Derby-Carlisle test train. 37423 was on the rear. Had it been on time it would've been touch and go with the sun as a bank of cloud had started to roll in by then.
Now thats just about every 37 nailed on this train, all I need now is 37425 in it's Regional Railway's livery to complete the set!!
Seems a fair few were out for this today. Can't think why....
37419 heads east at Morton Hill, between Worksop and Retford with 3S13 0924 Sheffield to Woodburn Jn via Gainsborough RHTT. This could have been a disaster, as my camera battery failed as soon as I took the shot. Schoolboy error there in not checking. Phew!!
13th October 2020.
Dandelions seem to grow all over North America, and probably the other continents, too. Like the rest of the Asteraceae, they have sterile ray flowers (which look like petals) and fertile disc flowers.
Even if they are common, and often treated as weeds, they have beauty. Isn't God a great artist? Thanks for looking at my photo.
It seems my biggest fear is coming back.
Still alive, always present and now... really back
Musculus tibialis anterior, I wish you to work right, pleeeeease (the nerve, Nervus peroneus communis)
Time to skip flickr for a while, maybe, depends on how it goes on.
Maryland seems to get hammered with snow every 3-4 years. Though no where near Snowmageddon amounts of 2010, we've been doing pretty well this year....it will be interesting to see what the rest of January and February hold for us.
Seems like this little spring cub is manning the lost & found these days. LOL. Spring cubs, much like our own children, they are quite fascinated by the smallest of things ... sometimes it's a box, or a tool, perhaps a branch, or even a camera or a tripod, or in this case a hat that was obviously dropped by an onlooker. Well, it didn't seem to matter as this little one played with that thing non-stop, though honestly I'm not sure who was having more fun ... the cub or the photographer (me) happily clicking away during its antics. LOL. Tucked in closely to its mom, it tossed that hat around, put it in the water, retrieved it from the water ... though it just wouldn't put it on ... guess it wasn't its size or style. ;-). Either way, it was a fantastic encounter for me and great entertainment for the cub. By the way, no one came to claim it from the cub ... smart move I'm sure.
Hope that made you smile, even a fraction of what it did me. Happy Tuesday!
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Saturday morning seems such a long time ago. The tide was out at Caernarvon castle and I had hopes of nice rope and chain lead-ins to some pretty boats. Instead it was rather smelly, dirty and dank....and then it threw it down. I grabbed this five shot handheld pano and promptly headed for the car. You can see the streaks of rain against some of the boats.
But it reminded me. five months ago I would never have taken this shot. It was only mid-March I only started to do what I had been told for so long to do, and started using Light Room. And then I was introduced to the idea of panoramic shots. I've been a useless learner, so slow on the uptake in many things, very much one step forward and two back. Yes, I think so!
Anyhow, here is Caernarfon castle in a composition of greys. Not what I would call a happy photo
Seems like I've been putting on a lot of HDR and buildings this past week, so will start the week with this little song sparrow.
It seemed at first like they were dead, lying on their back and not moving. But with a nudge, they suddenly come to life, start moving their legs and even defiantly raise up their minuscule claws, ready to meet any challenger!
When they are fully grown, it takes two hands to carry them.
...when boats seem to float on clouds and wild dreams in reality.
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Here is a scene from a recent rehearsal play called Ladykillers which was originally a British Black Comedy. The cast in this play were brilliant as as there were twists and turns in the storyline. I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to get some shoots of the play.
seems to have been an excellent year for this species, seeing their webs everywhere. This is on a low box hedge.
These seem to be in every pond, every park, in and out of the city. At Elm Park, if you're quiet, you can shoot them with portrait-length lenses while they take small fish along the shore -- no 500mm needed. This isn't as sharp as it should be, but still...
I hope everyone's having a great weekend. I'm alone with Charlie for most of it, so may or may not get any images out of my brain.
Blakeney is a little nearby conservation area where the river breaks up into distributaries before re-forming again. It's very rocky and the water is quite fast flowing.
I experimented once again with a faux long exposure. I took 4 photos and blended them in Photoshop to create a bit of a long exposure look.
I guessed that I only needed 4 photos to create the look that I was after whereas I had used 20 here in a previous post. I seem to have guessed right in both cases. It would seem to depend on how fast the water is moving in the first place.
I explain the method in that other post if you're interested: flic.kr/p/TKobtA
(also see the other photo in the Comment section and link that way if you wish)
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It seems yellow is the color of the day! ha! Well, it is with my entries anyway! I think perhaps I have my two postings of lilies and dayllies switched! I'm still trying to figure that one out! Please correct me if I'm wrong! Hope y'all enjoy!
Township of Holland
Holmen, Wisconsin
062325
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This silver gull seemed to have the very same expression and look as the Pacific Black duck I posted a few days ago. Silver gulls around Beachport area seem to have exceptionally vivid red legs and bills, and they looked great against the aqua blue sea background. Taken on the foreshore at Beachport in South Australia.
It seems that a few need a break from flowers, so I looked through my archives and found a shot that I was lucky enough to take along with 50 others of this cooperative Bullock's Oriole.
Here's one of my few successes from a decade ago when I was walking the Bluebird nest box trail. Every summer, they would come, mate, and build nests in the deepest part of the lowest branches of a huge oak in the meadow (and on another hill). I had two months to get a good shot, and then, they would be off with their fleglings for the southern part of the state.
Bullock's have an annoying habit of announcing their presence with a ratcheting call. They're like the Belted Kingfishers in that regard. I'm sure they weren't calling to me to announce departures and arrivals at oaks all over Mt. Diablo. I learned early that if you want to get a decent image, you should park yourself adjacent to the meadow where they feed and get stuff for the young.
Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii) is a small New World blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore oriole were considered to be a single species, the northern oriole. This bird is named after William Bullock, an English amateur naturalist. Bullock's orioles are sexually dimorphic, with males being more brightly colored than females. In addition, adult males tend to be slightly larger and heavier than females.
Tomorrow, the start of another miniseries of flowers.
There always seems to be seven to ten of these around with the Mallards and Wood Duck this year. They are very photogenic but they also seem to sense when we are in the observation blinds and motor to the middle of the pond. Not this afternoon... landing mallards seem to drive them down to the east blind where I am sitting quietly… when they are close, I jump up and ambush them! Ha! Thanks Mallards! This one is a very comely female, next I need to capture a handsome male!
These seem to be around in huge numbers at Wilstone this week all keeping the hobbies fed. This male was hunting in front of the hide before it was cut. It is always astonishing to see just how easy they make hunting look. It is very rare for a target to get away.
Taken handheld using manual focus. These tend to hover longer than most other dragons making it a little easier to get a shot.
Seems to be my favorite subject it seems these days, but there sure are a lot of these little orb weaver spiders around at every turn... this one was above me and I found it fascinating to be able to see how translucent and delicate she was against the sun rays...
It seems what's left of my human side is slowly changing in me
will you give it to me?
Looking at my own reflection, when suddenly it changes, violently it changes
Oh, no. There is no turning back now, you've woken up the demon in me.
This Redshank seems to be contemplating his own reflection .
The long beak and the bright legs are distinctive Redshank
features. The long legs are very useful for wading soft mud and the beak is used to dig out insects, worms, mussels and small crustaceans .
..., cried Christmas Bear. Jasper seems to have chosen an unfortunate place to bite Christmas Bear for toting around. That's GOT to hurt! Poor Christmas Bear.
seems to have a top hat :)
Maybe Turreted Wrap-around Spider (Dolophones turrigera) or Cryptic Orb-weaver (Acroaspis species)
Winter seems to be coming to an end with the forecast this week. In the meanwhile the battle continues for railroads in Iowa. Winter the past 7 weeks has been pretty tough on everyone in the Midwest. Last night Canadian Pacific's B-41 local left Mason City around 2am with a wedge plow and 69 cars. Multiple derailments of the plow at iced over crossing changed the plans around noon today. The plow was setout at Britt and onward west B41 went with B42's crew onboard. This is the cleanest the power will be cause the next 70 miles the power will battle thru a fair amount of snow to Spencer. Nice treat today as this section of railroad normally has night time locals.
It seems like most places across the country have some version or other of a balancing rock. Certainly in Kamloops there is the well-known Coyote Balancing Rock. I recall a very large prominent one on the east cost near Peggy’s Cove and one in northern Ontario as well (I think over near Parry Sound). This is the one most noticed on Haida Gwaii. What I find interesting is that rarely do I see comment about the implications of their age. I assume deposited at the time a glacier retreated, it gives me pause to wonder how many generations of kids and eagles have sat with it.