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Decided to scout along the River Severn on the south eastern side.
Not knowing this part,as i always headed down the otherside,i came across this place of Sharpness.
It has a dock, this wooden structure being the entrance to it via a tidal basin.
The actual docks had an entrance with notices of no entry to the public,but i was able to get to this part as it had a picnic area.
Le using Lee Big Stopper ( 10 ND )
I wasn't going to upload more photos today but this hawk showed up and let me get a few photos. It moved around so I am posting 3 shots from different positions. This is in my backyard, Yakima County, Washington. This adult bird has now stopped by 3 consecutive days. IMG_6971
Built in the 18th century at the north end of Bamburgh Castle by a Dr Sharp.
Bamburgh, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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Yesterday I had an opportunity to spend the morning out at Smith Point for the hawk watch and it ended up being a great experience with plenty of raptors seen and photographed. This young Sharp-shinned Hawk flew right over us at close range and definitely checked us out.
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Accipiter striatus
I don't have any family in the area, so decided to go hiking on Thanksgiving Day and was rewarded with a flyover by this impressive bird.
Calidris acuminata, with Least Sandpiper in foreground.
Morro Bay salt marsh as a 6.2 ft. tide was receding,
Seen from marina boardwalk,
Morro Bay, California
The bird had been found the previous day at about high tide by Kilian Hampl and identified by Will Knowlton. This species breeds in northeast Asia and after a long migration, winters in southeast Asia and Australasia. A few birds migrate down the other side of the Pacific Ocean and it is considered a rare autumn migrant in North America.
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And I don't know where I am goin' to
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I don't need a reason why-hy-hy
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man
Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger,
but a heart as soft as tofu.
(Chinese Proverb)
Weekly Theme Challenge - Something Fluffy
Looking close... on Friday! - Combination of Soft & Sharp
(photo by Freya, edit by me)
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The box bulges. Facets joined by sharp creases protrude outwards. Angular chocolates cast shadows. A wonderful piece of trompe-l'œil - an illusion of 3D where there is only flatness.
You guessed - We have already broken into the Christmas chocolates and this now empty box caught my eye.
A disheveled looking Sharp-shinned Hawk at Britannia Conservation Area in Ottawa. Tuesday February 25 2025.
Sharpness.
The Common Sandpiper is a smallish wader with contrasting brown upperparts and white underparts. It bobs up and down, known as 'teetering', and has a distinctive flight with stiff, bowed wings. The three-note call it gives as it flies off may be your first sign that a Common Sandpiper is nearby. (RSPB).
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shot with an olympus om-d e-m10 mark ii—720nm infrared converted—and the 14-42mm electric zoom (ez) kit lens--with a raynox dcr-250 close-focusing diopter
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
A visitor to my back yard early this past fall. I think it sees me, I am lucky to have not spooked it.
So, Sharpie or Coop? The top blocks of the retaining wall it landed on are about three inches thick, putting the bird at roughly 12-14 inches head to tail. The tail appears to be rather squared off, plus the streaking looks more like Sharp-shinned rather than Cooper's. All things considered I'm calling it a Sharpie. What do you think?
CORRECTION: A couple sharp-eyed Flickr friends provided evidence that this hawk is a Cooper's, not a Sharp-shinned. See the comments below. I stand corrected.
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Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Hidden Pond Trail. Carter's Lake. North Georgia.
9/30/2017.
A bit 'twiggy' but I like the pose and fall colors. This view shows the field marks well, notably the white under tail coverts. In Tennessees the undertail , even if not white, will always be lighter than the rest of the underside. The face shows the eye-line and lighter supercilium (stripe above eye), and the beak is noticeably sharp. In all fall plumages for this species, in contrast to in the Spring, the primary feathers (longest wing feathers) show white tips.
2 more species to post for the 37 eastern warbler sweep for 2017, a feat that I probably won't ever accomplish in one year again.
Photographed at my home in Yakima County, Washington. This bird was here at my house at least 3 times yesterday, probably more. IMG_4513
La réserve naturelle domaniale d'Orti est localisée en Ardenne centrale, dans la vallée du ruisseau de Laval, à proximité de sa confluence avec l'Ourthe occidentale, au sud du village de Lavacherie, sur le territoire communal de Sainte-Ode. L'essentiel de ses quelque 6,5 hectares est occupé par une mosaïque de mégaphorbiaies et de prairies humides acidophiles à reine des prés (Filipendula ulmaria), jonc à tépales aigus (Juncus acutiflorus), comaret (Comarum palustre), succise des prés (Succisa pratensis), bistorte (Persicaria bistorta), valériane officinale (Valeriana officinalis), lysimaque commune (Lysimachia vulgaris) et bien d'autres plantes encore. Des massifs arbustifs se sont progressivement installés suite à l'abandon du site comme pré de fauche. Il s'agit souvent de saussaies marécageuses à saule à oreillettes (Salix aurita) là où le sol est le plus gorgé d'eau. A d'autres endroits, une jeune forêt feuillue évolue librement, notamment sous l'aspect d'une aulnaie-frênaie le long du cours d'eau. Un étang mésotrophe complète la palette d'habitats présents sur cette belle zone humide. Ce fond de vallée est fréquenté par une faune particulièrement remarquable, assez comparable à ce qu'on observe dans les autres sites encore bien préservés de la région. Une autre zone protégée, la ZHIB d'Orti, s'étale sur près de 4 ha juste à l'est, sur la rive opposée du ruisseau de Laval. Cette réserve domaniale est inscrite en presque totalité au réseau Natura 2000 dans le site BE34031 "Bassin moyen de l'Ourthe occidentale". Elle est aussi entièrement englobée dans les limites du Parc Naturel des Deux Ourthes.
The national nature reserve of Orti is located in the central Ardennes, in the valley of the Laval stream, near its confluence with the western Ourthe, south of the village of Lavacherie, in the municipal territory of Sainte-Ode. Most of its approximately 6.5 hectares is occupied by a mosaic of megaphorbiaia and acidophilous wet meadows with meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), sharp-tepaled rush (Juncus acutiflorus), comaret (Comarum palustre), meadow succise ( Succisa pratensis), bistort (Persicaria bistorta), valerian (Valeriana officinalis), common loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) and many other plants. Shrub beds have gradually settled in following the abandonment of the site as a mowing meadow. It is often swamp sassai with auricle willow (Salix aurita) where the soil is most waterlogged. In other places, a young deciduous forest evolves freely, notably in the aspect of an alder-ash forest along the watercourse. A mesotrophic pond completes the range of habitats present in this beautiful wetland. This valley bottom is frequented by a particularly remarkable fauna, quite comparable to what can be observed in the other still well-preserved sites in the region. Another protected area, the ZHIB d'Orti, extends over almost 4 ha just to the east, on the opposite bank of the Laval stream. This state reserve is almost entirely included in the Natura 2000 network in the BE34031 site "Middle basin of the western Ourthe". It is also entirely encompassed within the limits of the Deux Ourthes Natural Park.
This Sharp-shinned Hawk likes to hide in our Spruce tree waiting for any unsuspecting bird visiting our bird feeders...
This photo gives a dorsal view of Sharp-shinned Hawk, and highlights the focused gaze of this raptor and the long banded tail — an adaptation that gives it excellent maneuverability as it flies between branches while hunting small birds. This individual was observed in the western Canadian province of Alberta, at Carburn Park in the city of Calgary.
for the Macro Mondays challenge “Sweet Spot Squared” (September 19th 2016)
I like a little sharp and tangy taste with my sugar, so I chose raspberries ;o)
Finding and shooting the sweet spot!
I've got 3 macro 1:1 lenses now - but when I started out there was only one to fit my new Sony NEX-6, and it was Sony's eMount 30mm/3.5. That was March 2013, and I learned macro work through that lens for the next 2 years. So that was the lens I chose for this challenge.
I shoot macro in Manual, and have never explored the 'sweet spot' before - so I followed Janet's directions and used Aperture mode and shot all 17 F stop settings the lens has on two 2cm raspberries. I scattered sugar granules of various sizes both in front and behind the raspberries, to give me an idea of just how the overall image sharpness changes with the F/stop change.
Comparing the shots I used Janet's direction again: "You will be looking for the shot that has the sharpest details with as little blurring as possible". I thought it would be simple - F22 is the inevitable choice to offer minimal blurring, while keeping the subject in focus.
But I found a puzzling oddity. From F16 through to F22 the sharpness of the background elements increased, but the sharpness of the 'in focus' elements fell off. I repeated the experiment with a strawberry (a much larger subject) and the same result emerged - past F16 the 'in focus' elements of the shot suffered!
I went online to see if I could find an explanation. And the trusty B&H website came through with an article:
www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/content/rules-thumb-finding-...
I needed to compromise and take 2 or 3 stops back from F22 to find the best balance. There was little to choose between F16 and F18. This shot uses F16. And yes - I did then crop the original shot I used, to highlight the main raspberry, and leaving out most of the background sugar 'scatter'.
I hope it hits the sweet spot with you too :o)
Following on from the discussion Where do you draw the line? I've taken an old credit card as my guide, which is 3"x2" and added measures in cm too. I do SO hope that this will become the standard for Macro Mondays! My 2 raspberries are set on this 'new' format for my regular establishing shot in the first comment field
My 2016 Macro Mondays set: 2016 Macro Mondays
My Food and drink set: Food and Drink
I found this bird in my backyard yesterday (10/31) eating a Halloween treat. The prey may have been a Dark-eyed Junco. Unfortunate for the junco but the hawk has to eat. Although it is hard to tell from the photo the hawk was under the canopy of a shrub on a dark mostly cloudy day so the shutter speed was slow and the photos are not as sharp as I would like. Yakima County, Washington. IMG_9526
Watched this Sharpie as it consumed a robin it had just caught. You can see the tail, wing, and a little of the orange breast feathers of the robin. Spotted it from my home office window. Made a nice break from work.