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Spent a few hours in the mud at Mistley yesterday, which made me realise that my water resistant trousers aren’t as resistant as first thought! Mistley Quay is known for the swans that gather there, so it was nice to get this shot. Well worth a soggy bottom!!😂
We spent the night at a real nice RV park and we had it all to ourselves because it was out of season to see the birds after visiting the Bosque del Apache, National Wildlife Reserve. It stormed all night and we slept very little because of the heavy rain and noise. This is the remains of the storm in the morning. It was very scary :) The RV park owner called us in the middle of the night and even drove out to check on us he was so worried about us in the storm. It was a long night I will never forget :)
these Wildebeest had spent the night in the woodlands and were heading towards the Ndutu Marsh area (in the south east of the Serengeti, Tanzania )
The south east of the Serengeti is the most southern part of the annual Great Migration . It is the area where most of the Wildebeest calves are born.
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Spent a lovely few days travelling the Great Ocean Road with my grandson.
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I spent two days in Heather Meadows enjoying fall colors in North Cascades. The first morning was amazing. Before the sun came up from behind the mountains the sky was so colorful. With the sun everything turned into golden yellow.
We spent a week walking the coast of Cornwall last year and managed to visit the beach at Crantock before it got busy.
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I spent a few days last week exploring a beautiful part of the Scottish East coast. Many lovely fishing villages and fantastic shoreline geology to explore.
I awoke early one morning to look at this fascinating harbour breakwater. It felt like I should have been catching zzzzs instead of look at them. The sun eventually rose and lit up one side of the harbour wall whilst also painting the clouds for a few minutes.
This five minute exposure used a Haida 15 stop ND and a Lee 3 stop hard grad for the sky. Very little editing here, just some noise reduction was needed.
I really like how the high breakwater casts a long shadow, with warm tones and cold tones either side.
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We spent last Sunday on a guest ranch/farm stay 50km from Lages. It is a very interesting place, with very unique activities for guests.
I'd like to share some photos of the place with you... and I've decided to start with a "gate series".
Hope you guys like it!
I spent the past week in the Muskoka area north of Huntsville Ontario on Clam Lake outside of Kearney. At the cottage we stayed at there were several of these beautiful hummingbirds close by and they loved feeding on these bright red flowers the owners had in their garden. This is a shot of a female which does not have the red markings around the throat and upper chest area.
I spent most of yesterday looking for some autumn color to shoot. Well, that's not quite right. I didn't have to look very far to find something to shoot because right now here in western Newfoundland it looks like we're living on top of a giant pumpkin! Seriously.
What I meant was, I was looking for something different ... or somewhere different ... I hadn't shot before. And, I did manage to do that, but I still couldn't resist going back and shooting some of the old familiar stuff as well ... but, tried to shoot it from a slightly different point of view.
After having spent the winter months somewhere else the mute swan and his mate are back at the Egelsee in the Inner city of Bern. While the female was sleeping on the nest her partner made a little trip on the lake looking for food. Perhaps they become parents again?
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is native to much of Eurosiberia, and (as a rare winter visitor) the far north of Africa. It is the largest and heaviest swimming bird of all. A full-grown specimen can weigh up to thirteen kg (28.6 lbs). With a length of 125 to 160 cm (49 to 63 in) and a wingspan of 240 centimeters (94.5 in), this large swan is wholly white in plumage with an orange beak bordered with black. It is recognizable by its pronounced knob atop the beak. The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Swans usually mate for life, although "divorce" sometimes occurs, particularly following nesting failure, and if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight.
We spent a few days in Jasper National Park to see the Elk rut. We were last there for the rut 4 years ago and saw quite a few more Elk. But I was very happy with what we did see. We only saw 1 other bull in the forest. When we stopped by the roadside, security told us that he had a habit of ramming cars so, when he started walking toward us, we made a hasty retreat.
I read a very interesting article that states during the rut, the bull opens a slit near the eye to reveal a gland which secretes pheromones to attract a mate. I believe this photo shows that eye slit.
www.rmef.org/elk-network/why-do-bull-elk-grow-an-eye-crat...
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Spent a few enjoyable days on the hunt for Toadstools in the woods around Dartmoor, not sure of the names but I think this is a Bonnet
Spent the night by the lake in a lowland, got out an hour before dawn from the tent. The fog is so dense that even the fingers on an outstretched hand are not visible, just gray nothing. Condensate flows down from the tent in a stream, the cold is terrible. I made tea and sat down to wait for dawn, hoping that the sun would disperse the fog. How wrong I was ... The fog was there almost until 11 o'clock in the afternoon.
Nothing special in the photo, just the fog
Spent a couple days this last summer camping on Storm Mountain, Colorado and was able to enjoy this tremendous view. Being on a hillside without trees led to a generally windy time; luckily, however, the wind was at least cooperative on this day!
Spent the last couple of days in Leipzig/Germany. Woke up early on this day....stay healthy/safe and good weekend ahead! Thanks,
Udo
Spent a few mornings trying to get a decent surfing shot with my Q2. Struck it lucky when early one morning they were in close to the harbour. Do love this wee town with it's unique surfer chic.
Having spent most of the summer taking a break from landscape photography, I decided that the only way of getting my mojo back would be to get back out there, have a drive around and see what comes up....
Thankfully the morning rewarded me with a bit of mist and lovely soft light.
Spent the day getting up very very early to head up to Ricketts Glen State Park to do some waterfall captures with the Fall colors. It is a 3.5 hour drive, so left the house around 3:15 in the morning to get to the park at daybreak to explore into the Glen. On the drive back into Maryland I was watching the cloud front that brought showers to the area (which was perfect for waterfall shooting), slowly clearing to the west.
I called my Dad I said if I can get back into Maryland soon enough, the sunset could be pretty. So I did make it down there just in time as the sun dropped below the clouds and started to color them up.
Now my bed is calling to me ... though I might look at some of the waterfall captures and post one before hitting the sack.
I spent Saturday out photographing birds with [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickwilhoit] and a visiting birder from South Africa. Aside from the pleasure of finally meeting one of my Flickr friends in person, it was a terrific day and we had a nice set of representative local birds, but one of the more interesting things we saw was this Eastern Towhee being driven off by a Pipevine Swallowtail. I've never seen a butterfly acting territorially before, but he definitely did not want the towhee there... Weldon Spring Conservation Area
I spent 5 days in Denali Park hoping to see the highest peak on the continent, which was one of the primary reasons for my trip to Alaska. Alas this was the best I got. Fortunately when I headed south for the Kenai the Alaska Range and Denali came forth in all their glory (below).
Friday is here. Enjoy a wonderful day and Super weekend!
Spent the day playing with this one, making subtle changes to tone and texture, thought I'd better upload it so I can get something else done :-)
Spent a delightful couple of days down the coast with the gorgeous [https://www.flickr.com/photos/thevixen]
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Spent yesterday afternoon on the hunt for Snowy Owls. After a couple hours I was about to call it quits when I happened upon this fine feathered friend sitting up on top of a telelphone pole. She was kind enough to give me a glance while surveying the surrounding area.
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I spent a few hours in my hide in the garden early this morning to try and take advantage of the nice light. About 20 to 30 adult and fledgling Starlings descended and began to make short work of the food I had put out for them. The noise they made was unbelievable and one of the fledges even perched on the end of my lens. Even the cat joined me in the hide and went to sleep so at least I knew where he was.
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Spent a wonderful day at the Butterfly Pavilion with my good friend Theresa Finley. We had a great time photographing the butterflies and flowers.
I spent some time today witnessing one of the most remarkable waterfowl sights in the whole world. Somewhere between 10,000 - 15,000 tundra swans are staging right here in the Upper Mississippi River before heading east to Chesapeake Bay for the winter. I took video footage on my smartphone to add some sound, which is sensational, but then I wasn't smart enough to get it on Flickr. Sorry.
I spent 20 days in Iceland, and during this 20 day trip, me and my students observed the best sunrise/sunset clouds for 9 days straight, and then we experienced rainy and overcast days. In front of this well known waterfall in Iceland, I was speechless, watching the space between clouds and waterfall, and it seems the whole sky was going to fall, and our planet will be covered by darkness forever after.
Spent couple of hours last Sunday at nearby animal shelter with these beautiful sentient beings who'd end up in a slaughterhouse if it wasn't for a young lady and her mother who decided to save the lives instead of have them on their plate.
Spent a fun day at Bill's Backyard Bird Blind sitting in a comfy chair, 15 feet from a flower bed yesterday. Saw three of these little guys. This one looks like a juvenile male. A fill flash was used.
Somewhere in PA.
Spent a few early hours trying to get some shots of these guys. But even at relatively high focal lenghts, it was difficult to get close enough. The fact that the location is essentially a large open field (and they see you coming a long way off) doesn't help either :)
But as that usually goes, patience eventually paid off and this one came to pose on a fence post within acceptable distance.
Just spent the last two days in western Maryland and West Virginia ... up in the mountains. Here near Savage Mountain in Western Maryland ... the hoarfrost here was nearly 3/4 inch thick on the trees. The fog that covered the peaks in the mountains added to the wintry scene.
Spent another wonderful day down on the Bellarine Peninsula with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group today, the weather was perfect. Thanks for a wonderful day :))
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I spent a very cold but bright day at Garons Park Golf Club with my camera instead of my clubs.
I spent most of the time in the woodland areas mainly to capture a Green Woodpecker which I was fortunate to do.
The Blue Tit, Wren and Robin were a very welcome bonus the light and clarity was the best it has been for a while.
Had spent much of the day fishing for Salmon on the magnificent River Tay & couldn't resist getting my camera out to photograph this pool which holds at certain times of the year some of the biggest Salmon in the UK - just love the Ghillies hut and how Moray looks after you when you are a guest.
www.fishdalguise.co.uk/salmon-fishing/
Used a 5 bracketed set of exposures with 2 stops between them & then ran them through Aurora HDR. Used a polarised filter as well - mounted on my new Tripod a Manfrotto Be Free which I'm finding to be relatively light and easy to use.
Having spent so much time away this year it is a pleasure to get back to our garden and see what surprises it has in store for us. Just inside the gate is an ornamental cherry tree which is bursting into bloom, and I thought I would catch the last colourful buds before they all open up.
We spent a few glorious hours at the Avenal Ranch wildflower hotspot straddling Shell Creek Road in eastern SLO County. A well-known early spot for flowers, and it was busy yesterday (Sunday).
Here we have: Baby Blue Eyes! are one of the highlights @Shell Creek, and here are a few. Sadly, my DOF wasn't quite up to getting them all in focus in the photo plane, but a later photo will make up for that. Goldfields are the little golden-yellow guys, and Tidy-tips always put on a good show here. More Filaree than I recall in previous good years. One Calif gold-poppy, partly open (as were most, cool day for them, around 50 F), and a cheerful "yellow composite" between two Baby Blues, that I should know but don't recall.
Here's our local Native Plant society's checklist for the whole county. Scroll down to find Shell Creek:
all day I spent with my photo camera in the saddle in a strong piercing wind. But along with patches of sunlight in the late afternoon comes hope..
the lower we go down the slopes of the mountains on the way into the valley, the more often we meet Kazakhs and herds of cattle - yaks (sarlyks), and camels, horses, sheeps
here is just an illustration to the story in the previous photo
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I can’t find a continuation of this negative film yet, but as a continuation of the story in the previous photo, I scanned test photographs printed 10x15 from paper.
filmed on 135 fujicolor 400
M42 CarlZeiss Jena DDR lens on Canon or Praktica camera
Canon MG3200 scanned
I spent an hour on Sunday looking for things that might make an interesting texture shot for this week's Macro Mondays theme. Dead flower heads, a snail shell, a leaf... nothing really worked. I then had a look in my garage which is stacked full of stuff and came up with this filthy old oil can and I thought - why not? It's certainly got some texture to it.
An interesting story regarding the lens I used here - a manual focus 90mm f2.8 Sigma Macro - which I got as part of a job lot of old camera gear which I purchased because I saw two other old lenses in the lot that I thought might be interesting. This is actually the first time I've actually used this Sigma and I was more than pleasantly surprised by the results. I put a short extension tube on it in order to get in closer than the 1:2 capability of the lens. I stopped down to something like f5.6 so I would expect reasonable depth of field, which it produced, but I wasn't expecting how fantastically sharp it is.
This was shot hand held on my Sony A7ii at 1/60th of a second and ISO 500.