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This is the closest I've been to one of my favorite birds. Growing up they seemed far more common and far more bold. When I was a child I knew a couple families that viewed Stellar Jays as pests and killed dozens every year. I think fewer people are killing them nowadays. Hopefully we'll see a lot more around our bird feeders in the future.
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I feel the landscape visible from the Cadin della Neve (Dolomites) as truly exceptional. There is such a wide opening toward the Wundt Tower and the south walls of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo! ... One of those visions that take you back in time...
Facing such a primordial beauty helps to remember that we are only passing on this planet and our lives are but a blink of an eye in the geological and, even more, universal scale.
Therefore, it has been my duty to fix at least two good night shots, obviously presenting different characteristics.
A picture previously posted "Dolomites in Ténebris" concerned primarily about the sense of oppressive darkness, proper of a landscape like this under a temporarily clouded sky.
This shot, instead, takes advantage of an opening. Low bands of clouds are giving way to the stars above, shining high in the night sky. Light trails are visible, due to the long exposure and Earth's rotation to the east. I've decided not to run into the classic startrail, with the usual concentric lines that have always bored me. I have rather tryed to accomplish something definitely less invading: an impalpable, subtle atmosphere, symbolically representing a sort of "stellar wind" silently watching over thousands of years of geological history.
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A rare sight today - Stellar Sea Lions, including a young member, near the San Juan Islands, Washington. Endangered.
2021.08.21
Bremen
Name STELLAR MAESTRO
General cargo vessel
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda
IMO 9549566
MMSI 305869000
Callsign V2QK8
Year Built 2012
Length 146 m
Width 20 m
Draught Avg 7.0 m / ...
Speed Avg/Max 20.4 kn
Deadweight 13523 tons
Gross Tonnage 9963
AIS Class A
Milky way panorama (first attempt) seen from Langis (Central Switzerland) during the Perseid night.
The yellow glow on the left is light pollution from the city of Lucerne (about 15 km away).
24 verticals stacked together and processed in Photoshop.
I do love these big birds a lot.... This is a "Steller Eagle" and I took this one in an animal park.
When I visit California, I hope to see some of these predators in real life...
Like the" Bald Eagle" or a " Golden Eagle"...! And perhaps I can get a good shot....that would be awesome!
Have a wondeful weekend everyone!
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EN - Lesser Stitchwort
FI - Heinätähtimö
Canon EOS M50
Canon FD 50mm f/3.5 macro
ISO 200 - F3.5 - 1/640
EN - Lesser Stitchwort
FI - Heinätähtimö
Canon EOS M50
Canon FD 50mm f/3.5 macro
25mm extension tube
ISO 800 - F5.6 - 1/1600
EN - Lesser Stitchwort
FI - Heinätähtimö
Canon EOS M50
Canon FD 50mm f/3.5 macro
25mm extension tube
ISO 400 - F3.5 - 1/1600
Milky Way rise over Mount Shasta made it appear like an eruption of stars..
Tree separated Mars and Saturn in the night sky
A desert is an extraordinary place for night photography, especially here at some 2000 ft in elevation and nearly dry air. You can liken the light across the New York Mountains there to Alpenglow, though at this elevation I'm calling it Desertglow.
Alpenglow is defined as the reddish light on the summits of mountain peaks at sunset or sunrise, though here, possibly due to the dry air conditions, it doesn't appear as red. There, you've learned a new word for that stuff you've been shooting for some time now.
The reason for the "Desertglow" is also the reason so much detail is evident in the landscape... what little light there was from a quarter-moon (out of frame, overhead) was enough to show the character of Mojave's iconic Joshua trees.
Taken while so early in spring and only some 30-minutes after sunset, the Milky Way isn't evident here, but the planet Venus shines like a new penny, aligned directed below one of my favorite constellations, the star cluster Pleiades. Just a little aside to allow my ADD to kick in, for any of you Subaru owners out there, as I am, you'll notice the Subaru badge shows a group of stars... turns out "Subaru" is the Japanese name for the Pleiades. See, you're just a bit smarter for having stopped by. You're welcome!
On this trip of just a week, we spent most of our time at Death Valley. The Mojave was more of an afterthought, mainly a cruise on our last full day with stops only along a few highlights... we've got to get back here when there's time to take in the true beauty of this foreboding place.
A beautiful brilliant blue Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) perched in the backyard Garry Oak tree.
The official provincial bird of British Columbia, Steller’s Jays are year-round residents in British Columbia and not normally migratory. Native to western North America, Steller’s Jays are members of the Corvid family which include crows, ravens and magpies—and are considered some of the most intelligent birds in the world.
Cool fact: Steller’s Jays exhibit intelligent behaviour and have the ability to mimic the calls of raptors such as the Red-Tailed Hawk in order to scare other birds from feeders.