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I watched what I believe to be a Northern Harrier torment the ducks. No birds were harmed in the process. : )
Approximately 8% to 10% of the world's population has blue eyes. This makes blue eyes the second most common eye colour globally.
Blue eyes evolved due to a genetic mutation that reduced melanin production in the iris, causing a blue appearance due to light scattering. This mutation likely occurred in a single individual in Europe or the Near East, and blue eyes became more prevalent due to a combination of factors, including sexual selection (where blue eyes were perceived as attractive) and reduced need for high melanin levels in colder climates with less intense sunlight.
Bright eyes don't have an optical advantage, the iris always blocks light, no matter the colour. Maybe after the first bright eyes appeared, there was some sexual selection because they were outstanding, or it made communication easier because the pupil increase due to arousal is much easier to see in bright eyes.
Even though the colour of your eyes should not affect how clearly you see, it may affect your eyes' sensitivity to the sun and high glare.
The early morning peace and quiet of Troutdale was shattered by the arrival of this westbound manifest. As this line runs on the south bank of the Columbia River the service is operated by Union Pacific with GE built AC44CW 6745 on point. The location is Troutdale which declares itself as the "Gateway to the Columbia Gorge".
seasons end and seasons begin ... I love to watch the seeds on their voyage to new beginnings, who knows where they will plant themselves.
It was a beautiful summer at the family camp, and now it is back to work, and sharing all the images from the past couple of months.
It was a travel day, but I couldn't resist one more sunrise out on these dunes. It's so dry the air feels soft on your lungs, so quiet your ears feel tickled.
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a scattering of mini wildflower blooms that were gathered by a neighbors children and sold to us at our doorway for 20 cents......captured with a rock from my collection
Autumn dawn on the lake.
Kursk district, end of October, 2019.
From the photo project “Discovering the Stavropol Territory”.
Here’s another Vertorama that’s so bright… that you’ll probably need sunglasses to fully appreciate it! LOL!!!
I’m a real sucker for foam… in my cappuccinos… in the bath… and at the beach! So when I saw this small patch of foam lying on the rocks at Maiden’s Cove a couple of weeks ago… I just knew that I would be taking a couple of shots of that when the light was right. Although the sun was still quite a few minutes from setting… the wind was so strong that the clouds were literally disintegrating before my eyes! As bright as the sun was at this stage… I had to shoot this scene immediately… or shoot it later without any clouds!
If you knew how much I love clouds in my compositions… then you’ll also know that the second option was not really an option for me! :)
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm, aperture of f11, with a 1/100th second exposure.
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No matter how involved the gulls are eating horseshoe crab eggs, as soon as you walk near, they scatter, complaining all the way.
Glass ashtray being hit by yellow and blue light from the sides (used cellphone flashligths and color gels) and the bounced light from a glitter-covered table ornament from behind. Macro mondays - translucent.
Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) juvenile strikes fast and deep in Currumbin Creek wildly scattering prey above and below the surface. Some fish even become airborne in formation in the flurry to escape. The light was tricky but there was plenty of action to be seen.
The orb web is horizontal and lit by sunlight in one area only. The colours are due to forward scattering (the sun was directly in front of the camera and about 10 degrees above the plane of the web. Typical sticky horizontal strands of web are covered with a glue that collects in tiny droplets some 5-10 microns in diameter. Wavelength dependent interference and diffraction as the scattered sunlight recombines produces the colours: more pronounced in slightly out of focus images as here. Colours in one particular direction vary as the spacings of semi-regular lines of droplets vary along the threads.