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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
~Rainer Maria Rilke
there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night :-)
Rainer Maria Rilke
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many petalled star magnolia, 'Chrysanthemumiflora', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Heather in our back yard, shot with Helios 44-2 f2 and 20mm extension tube.
Sea Anemones and Crabs were my Companions on a Delightful visit to the Tide Pools at Corona Del Mar, California.
As excited children scurried from one pool to another shrieking at the sight of colorful sea life, this old guy was practically on hands and knees scrambling back to safety from the advancing tide. Do it while you can... Life is Good : )
(Nikon Z6, 14-30/4.0, 8 sec @ f4, ISO 200, edited to taste)
Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper is a striking and distinctive species. It was described to science in 1849 as Nasica bridgesii and was originally placed in the same genus as Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris). Because Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper differs in morphology from Long-billed Woodcreeper, in 1852 the genus Drymornis was erected for Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper and Greater Scythebill (Drymotoxeres pucheranii). However, due to its distinctiveness, in 1925 Drymornis became a monospecific genus.
This woodcreeper is found over a relatively large area of south-central South America, from southeastern Bolivia and extreme southern Brazil to central Argentina. It inhabits the Chaco woodlands, scrub, and espinal forests. Unlike other woodcreepers, it feeds on the ground where it forages for arthropods, although it also climbs trees like other woodcreepers. Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper is a mostly brown bird with a white supercilium and malar stripe, and with heavily streaked underparts; these streaks are broad and white with black edges. The bill is long and slightly curved. It also emits long and loud shrieking vocalizations that are quite distinctive. This species' scientific name commemorates Thomas Charles Bridges, an English botanist, zoologist, and collector who traveled widely in South America in the mid-1800s. doi.org/10.2173/bow.scbwoo4.02
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What were they thinking? The Bentley Continental GT Speed shown in a shrieking frog green metallic colour at the Shanghai Auto Show 2015.
In my humble opinion the more subdued and classic "British Racing Green" (as on this Jaguar D-Type) would have been way more appropriate for this car.
At least it is an eye catcher - and that may have been the reason why....
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Eine Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl in schönem Licht
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Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiereule
Die Schleiereule (Tyto alba) ist eine Vogelart aus der Ordnung der Eulen (Strigiformes) und der Familie der Schleiereulen (Tytonidae). Die Schleiereule ist eine sehr helle, langbeinige Eule, die keine Federohren aufweist. Zu ihren auffälligsten Erkennungsmerkmalen gehören das herzförmige Gesicht sowie die verhältnismäßig kleinen, schwarzen Augen. Sie ist nachtaktiv und am Tage nur an ihren Ruheplätzen sowie am Brutplatz zu beobachten.
Die Schleiereule kommt als Brutvogel in vielen Regionen der Welt vor. Sie fehlt in der Tundra, den tropischen Regenwäldern sowie großen Teilen Asiens und in den Wüsten. In Mitteleuropa ist sie ein verbreiteter und häufiger Brutvogel, der vor allem in baumarmen Siedlungsgebieten im Tiefland vorkommt.
Beschreibung
Die 33–35 Zentimeter lange, hell gefärbte, langflügelige und langbeinige Eule erreicht eine Flügelspannweite von 85 bis zu 95 Zentimeter und hat recht kurze Schwanzfedern. Männchen und Weibchen ähneln einander sehr, Weibchen sind im Allgemeinen jedoch etwas größer als das Männchen und etwas dunkler gefärbt. Das Gewicht reicht von etwa 200 Gramm bei den kleinsten Formen (etwa auf den Galápagos-Inseln) bis zu über 500 Gramm etwa bei der Nordamerikanischen Schleiereule, europäische Schleiereulen wiegen zwischen 300 Gramm (Männchen) bis etwa 400 Gramm (Weibchen).
Der namensgebende, ausgeprägte herzförmige Gesichtsschleier ist sehr hell, je nach Unterart ist er weiß bis hellgrau oder leicht rostrot. Die Oberseite des Körpers ist meist goldbraun mit einer feinen grauen Fleckenzeichnung. Die Unterseite kann von einem sehr reinen Weiß bis zu einem hellen Braun variieren, außerdem unterscheiden sich die Zeichnungen und Fleckungen der einzelnen Unterarten sehr deutlich voneinander. Der Schnabel ist blassgelb, die Krallen sind hornfarben, die Iris der Augen ist dunkelbraun bis schwarz. Die Zehen sind fast unbefiedert und dunkelgraubraun.
Die Nestlinge weisen im Unterschied zu anderen Eulen zwei aufeinanderfolgende Dunenkleider auf: Das erste Dunenkleid ist weiß und kurz. An den Halsseiten fehlt es fast ganz. Nach etwa zwölf Tagen folgt ein dichteres und längeres Dunenkleid, das an der Körperoberseite grau und an der Körperunterseite gelblich getönt ist. Die Augen öffnen sich ab dem achten Tag. Die Iris ist anfänglich blau und färbt im Verlauf von vier Wochen in ein Dunkelbraun um. Der Schnabel ist beim Schlupf weißlichrosa, nimmt aber sehr schnell eine graue Färbung an. Die Zehen sind anfangs rosagelb und haben bis zum Flüggewerden der Jungeulen eine dunkelgraue Farbe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, in Asia north of the Himalaya, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific islands.[2]
Phylogenetic evidence shows that there are at least three major lineages of barn owl, one in Europe, western Asia and Africa, one in southeast Asia and Australasia, and one in the Americas, and some highly divergent taxa on islands. Accordingly, some authorities split the group into the western barn owl for the group in Europe, western Asia and Africa, the American barn owl for the group in the Americas, and the eastern barn owl for the group in southeast Asia and Australasia. Some taxonomic authorities further split the group, recognising up to five species, and further research needs to be done to clarify the position. There is a considerable variation between the sizes and colour of the approximately 28 subspecies but most are between 33 and 39 cm (13 and 15 in) in length with wingspans ranging from 80 to 95 cm (31 to 37 in). The plumage on head and back is a mottled shade of grey or brown, the underparts vary from white to brown and are sometimes speckled with dark markings. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white in most subspecies. This owl does not hoot, but utters an eerie, drawn-out shriek.
The barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in Britain and some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. Barn owls specialise in hunting animals on the ground and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They usually mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, when a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a hollow tree, old building or fissure in a cliff. The female does all the incubation, and she and the young chicks are reliant on the male for food. When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly, and globally the bird is considered to be of least conservation concern. Some subspecies with restricted ranges are more threatened.
Dark waterhen with white edges to the under tail. Bill and forehead shield are primarily red with a yellow tip. Juvenile and non-breeding adult may be confused with other species due to their less colorful bills, which may appear primarily dark. Occurs in a wide variety of wetland habitats and is a common sight in urban parks. Typically fairly vocal, produces a wide array of shrieking sounds. (eBird)
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Seen occasionally. Based on the description above, I am glad we did not hear them "shrieking". There were plenty of other birds that liked to do that.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. September 2022.
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Pivot. PivOT! PIVOT!!! **shrieks** PIVOT!!!
Always there to help any way I can. So when my best friend Lexi Grayson asked me to help her move. How could I say no?
I can't tell you how many times I've seeing this episode of the show Friends.
I laugh hard to the point of my eyes tearing every single time. One of the million shared likes between Lexi and I.
Thank you for putting this together Lexi.
Here is her version.. something about me being a pain
"X Marks the Spot"
Wikipedia: The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus). The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific cristatus is Latin for "crested", used in a broader sense than in English. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.
Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye and is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. They are sometimes found as vagrants in Europe and North America.
Conservation status: Least Conern
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Eine Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl in schönem Licht
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Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiereule
Die Schleiereule (Tyto alba) ist eine Vogelart aus der Ordnung der Eulen (Strigiformes) und der Familie der Schleiereulen (Tytonidae). Die Schleiereule ist eine sehr helle, langbeinige Eule, die keine Federohren aufweist. Zu ihren auffälligsten Erkennungsmerkmalen gehören das herzförmige Gesicht sowie die verhältnismäßig kleinen, schwarzen Augen. Sie ist nachtaktiv und am Tage nur an ihren Ruheplätzen sowie am Brutplatz zu beobachten.
Die Schleiereule kommt als Brutvogel in vielen Regionen der Welt vor. Sie fehlt in der Tundra, den tropischen Regenwäldern sowie großen Teilen Asiens und in den Wüsten. In Mitteleuropa ist sie ein verbreiteter und häufiger Brutvogel, der vor allem in baumarmen Siedlungsgebieten im Tiefland vorkommt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, in Asia north of the Himalaya, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific islands.[2]
Phylogenetic evidence shows that there are at least three major lineages of barn owl, one in Europe, western Asia and Africa, one in southeast Asia and Australasia, and one in the Americas, and some highly divergent taxa on islands. Accordingly, some authorities split the group into the western barn owl for the group in Europe, western Asia and Africa, the American barn owl for the group in the Americas, and the eastern barn owl for the group in southeast Asia and Australasia. Some taxonomic authorities further split the group, recognising up to five species, and further research needs to be done to clarify the position. There is a considerable variation between the sizes and colour of the approximately 28 subspecies but most are between 33 and 39 cm (13 and 15 in) in length with wingspans ranging from 80 to 95 cm (31 to 37 in). The plumage on head and back is a mottled shade of grey or brown, the underparts vary from white to brown and are sometimes speckled with dark markings. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white in most subspecies. This owl does not hoot, but utters an eerie, drawn-out shriek.
Le poil du Lièvre est de couleur fauve plus ou moins brun et roux avec des poils noirs et même jaunâtres particulièrement en été, mais son ventre est blanc crème. Ses poils de bourre sont blancs. Une mue se fait à l'automne et à la sortie de l'hiver, avant l'été.
Il porte de longues oreilles (9 à 13 cm) à l'extrémité desquelles se dessine une tache noire vaguement en forme de triangle. Lorsqu'il mange, il les replie sur son dos. Sa petite queue (6 à 13 cm) est noire mais blanche sur le dessous. Ses pattes postérieures ont une longueur et une puissance importante ce qui lui permet, lorsqu'il les déploie, de bondir fortement (jusqu'à 2 m de haut, 3 m de long) et de se déplacer à une vitesse impressionnante (jusqu'à 80km/h). D'ailleurs, le lièvre est aussi nageur, il peut traverser une rivière si besoin.
Sa grande taille est l'une de ses caractéristiques : entre 50 et 70 cm de long pour un poids qui peut atteindre 7 kg. L'absence de dimorphisme sexuel rend difficile de distinguer les femelles qu'on appelle hases, des mâles, en dehors des périodes de rut durant lesquelles les comportements diffèrent.
Outre sa dentition qui compte 28 dents, son odorat et son ouïe sont excellents, ce qui compense sa myopie oculaire malgré des yeux qui offrent une vision à 360°. Le lièvre ne pousse des cris qu'en cas de danger mortel sinon il est silencieux, ainsi que solitaire. Il peut vivre une bonne dizaine d'année, voire douze ans, dans la nature, où il vit de façon sédentaire et sauvage (le lièvre ne s'apprivoise pas).
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The hair of the Hare is tawny more or less brown and red with black hairs and even yellowish especially in summer, but its belly is creamy white. His hairs are white. A moult is done in the fall and at the end of the winter, before the summer.
He wears long ears (9 to 13 cm) at the end of which is outlined a vaguely black spot in the shape of a triangle. When he eats, he folds them on his back. Its small tail (6 to 13 cm) is black but white on the underside. Its hind legs have a length and power that allows it, when deployed, to jump strongly (up to 2 m high, 3 m long) and move at an impressive speed (until 80km / h). Moreover, the hare is also a swimmer, he can cross a river if necessary.
Its large size is one of its characteristics: between 50 and 70 cm long for a weight that can reach 7 kg. The absence of sexual dimorphism makes it difficult to distinguish females known as hases, males, from periods of rut during which behaviors differ.
In addition to her 28-tooth dentition, her sense of smell and hearing are excellent, which compensates for her ocular myopia despite eyes that offer 360 ° vision. The hare shrieks only in case of mortal danger, otherwise it is silent, as well as solitary. He can live a good ten years or twelve years in the wild, where he lives in a sedentary and wild (the hare does not tame).
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my mind is
a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and
taste and smell and hearing and sight keep hitting and
chipping with sharp fatal tools
in an agony of sensual chisels i perform squirms of
chrome and execute strides of cobalt
nevertheless i
feel that i cleverly am being altered that i slightly am
becoming something a little different, in fact
myself
hereupon helpless i utter lilac shrieks and scarlet
bellowings
| e. e. cummings
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Starts 14th November
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never hesitate...
I don't care if Monday's black
Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack
Thursday never looking back
It's Friday I'm in love
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday watch the walls instead
It's Friday I'm in love
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never hesitate...
Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday
I'm in love
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
Wikipedia: The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (L. collurio) and isabelline shrike (L. isabellinus). The genus name, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for "butcher", and some shrikes are also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits. The specific cristatus is Latin for "crested", used in a broader sense than in English. The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.
Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye and is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. They are sometimes found as vagrants in Europe and North America.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_shrike
Conservation status: Least Concern
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
The Grey Lourie is a plain grey bird who lives in the bushveld, savannah or riverine woodlands in Zululand, Angola and Tanzania. Although it may be dull in color, this bird more than makes up for it with its distinctive call. If you hear the Grey Lourie calling you will immediately make out the remarkable go-away shriek. Not only does the bird’s call sound like it’s saying go-away, but it will also become highly vocal when disturbed thus alerting any nearby animals to avoid danger and go-away too. Despite their call they are actually quite social birds and can live in small groups and gather in larger groups of up to 60 birds to drink.
Le poil du Lièvre est de couleur fauve plus ou moins brun et roux avec des poils noirs et même jaunâtres particulièrement en été, mais son ventre est blanc crème. Ses poils de bourre sont blancs. Une mue se fait à l'automne et à la sortie de l'hiver, avant l'été.
Il porte de longues oreilles (9 à 13 cm) à l'extrémité desquelles se dessine une tache noire vaguement en forme de triangle. Lorsqu'il mange, il les replie sur son dos. Sa petite queue (6 à 13 cm) est noire mais blanche sur le dessous. Ses pattes postérieures ont une longueur et une puissance importante ce qui lui permet, lorsqu'il les déploie, de bondir fortement (jusqu'à 2 m de haut, 3 m de long) et de se déplacer à une vitesse impressionnante (jusqu'à 80km/h). D'ailleurs, le lièvre est aussi nageur, il peut traverser une rivière si besoin.
Sa grande taille est l'une de ses caractéristiques : entre 50 et 70 cm de long pour un poids qui peut atteindre 7 kg. L'absence de dimorphisme sexuel rend difficile de distinguer les femelles qu'on appelle hases, des mâles, en dehors des périodes de rut durant lesquelles les comportements diffèrent.
Outre sa dentition qui compte 28 dents, son odorat et son ouïe sont excellents, ce qui compense sa myopie oculaire malgré des yeux qui offrent une vision à 360°. Le lièvre ne pousse des cris qu'en cas de danger mortel sinon il est silencieux, ainsi que solitaire. Il peut vivre une bonne dizaine d'année, voire douze ans, dans la nature, où il vit de façon sédentaire et sauvage (le lièvre ne s'apprivoise pas).
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The hair of the Hare is tawny more or less brown and red with black hairs and even yellowish especially in summer, but its belly is creamy white. His hairs are white. A moult is done in the fall and at the end of the winter, before the summer.
He wears long ears (9 to 13 cm) at the end of which is outlined a vaguely black spot in the shape of a triangle. When he eats, he folds them on his back. Its small tail (6 to 13 cm) is black but white on the underside. Its hind legs have a length and power that allows it, when deployed, to jump strongly (up to 2 m high, 3 m long) and move at an impressive speed (until 80km / h). Moreover, the hare is also a swimmer, he can cross a river if necessary.
Its large size is one of its characteristics: between 50 and 70 cm long for a weight that can reach 7 kg. The absence of sexual dimorphism makes it difficult to distinguish females known as hases, males, from periods of rut during which behaviors differ.
In addition to her 28-tooth dentition, her sense of smell and hearing are excellent, which compensates for her ocular myopia despite eyes that offer 360 ° vision. The hare shrieks only in case of mortal danger, otherwise it is silent, as well as solitary. He can live a good ten years or twelve years in the wild, where he lives in a sedentary and wild (the hare does not tame).
The White Room of Castle Rising, Norfolk. Part of the 12th Century keep. It is one of the finest Norman keeps remaining.
Isabella, daughter of Phillip IV of France, was married to England's Edward II at the age of 12. The marriage deteriorated and she returned to France in 1325 where she raised a small army that sucessfully overthrew Edward and replaced him by her son Edward III with Isabella as Regent.
The yound Edward eventually became impatient of her as Regent and she was exiled to Castle Rising.
Her stay was comfortable and tranquil with servants, luxuries and visits from her family. The White Room is reputed to be the favourite of her quarters.
Notwithstanding this, folklore has it that she haunts the keep with maniacal laughter and shrieks echoing across the Norfolk countryside.
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I didn't think it was possible to get any more excited about butterflies than I already do, but with the coronavirus lockdown this brief visitor to the garden has just made my week 😍
It's my first butterfly photo of 2020 and my first orange tip sighting too :)
I'm sure our neighbours wondered what all the shrieking and jumping up and down was for!
Little Richard, a founding father of rock & roll whose fervent shrieks, flamboyant garb, and joyful, gender-bending persona embodied the spirit and sound of that new art form, died Saturday. He was 87. Bone Cancer
Le poil du Lièvre est de couleur fauve plus ou moins brun et roux avec des poils noirs et même jaunâtres particulièrement en été, mais son ventre est blanc crème. Ses poils de bourre sont blancs. Une mue se fait à l'automne et à la sortie de l'hiver, avant l'été.
Il porte de longues oreilles (9 à 13 cm) à l'extrémité desquelles se dessine une tache noire vaguement en forme de triangle. Lorsqu'il mange, il les replie sur son dos. Sa petite queue (6 à 13 cm) est noire mais blanche sur le dessous. Ses pattes postérieures ont une longueur et une puissance importante ce qui lui permet, lorsqu'il les déploie, de bondir fortement (jusqu'à 2 m de haut, 3 m de long) et de se déplacer à une vitesse impressionnante (jusqu'à 80km/h). D'ailleurs, le lièvre est aussi nageur, il peut traverser une rivière si besoin.
Sa grande taille est l'une de ses caractéristiques : entre 50 et 70 cm de long pour un poids qui peut atteindre 7 kg. L'absence de dimorphisme sexuel rend difficile de distinguer les femelles qu'on appelle hases, des mâles, en dehors des périodes de rut durant lesquelles les comportements diffèrent.
Outre sa dentition qui compte 28 dents, son odorat et son ouïe sont excellents, ce qui compense sa myopie oculaire malgré des yeux qui offrent une vision à 360°. Le lièvre ne pousse des cris qu'en cas de danger mortel sinon il est silencieux, ainsi que solitaire. Il peut vivre une bonne dizaine d'année, voire douze ans, dans la nature, où il vit de façon sédentaire et sauvage (le lièvre ne s'apprivoise pas).
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The hair of the Hare is tawny more or less brown and red with black hairs and even yellowish especially in summer, but its belly is creamy white. His hairs are white. A moult is done in the fall and at the end of the winter, before the summer.
He wears long ears (9 to 13 cm) at the end of which is outlined a vaguely black spot in the shape of a triangle. When he eats, he folds them on his back. Its small tail (6 to 13 cm) is black but white on the underside. Its hind legs have a length and power that allows it, when deployed, to jump strongly (up to 2 m high, 3 m long) and move at an impressive speed (until 80km / h). Moreover, the hare is also a swimmer, he can cross a river if necessary.
Its large size is one of its characteristics: between 50 and 70 cm long for a weight that can reach 7 kg. The absence of sexual dimorphism makes it difficult to distinguish females known as hases, males, from periods of rut during which behaviors differ.
In addition to her 28-tooth dentition, her sense of smell and hearing are excellent, which compensates for her ocular myopia despite eyes that offer 360 ° vision. The hare shrieks only in case of mortal danger, otherwise it is silent, as well as solitary. He can live a good ten years or twelve years in the wild, where he lives in a sedentary and wild (the hare does not tame).
No moon tonight. Wind rustles the trees. A bird shrieks.
Another. I probed my way along the presumed path,
afraid to step on some small, fuzzy life form. You never
know. Small steps go a long way. My feet are my eyes.
I softly call my horse. A soft whinnying.
KHOP - Moon.
Location: @BBBB SL
Artwork: Thea
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Crosses - Bloody Crosses
M.Vijars
Markers, white, in far flung fields -
anger's harvest lined in rows;
depict the effort to hold peace
as precious, shattered I suppose.
Flowers of white, resulting wrath
of wanton bullies on World's stage -
a bigger sandbox for their play.
Yields them scorn in history's page.
Sometimes we learn from past mistakes
but all too quick the battle-cry
is "Crush the foe, forget concord!"
… I watch the crosses multiply …
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Eine Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl in schönem Licht
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Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiereule
Die Schleiereule (Tyto alba) ist eine Vogelart aus der Ordnung der Eulen (Strigiformes) und der Familie der Schleiereulen (Tytonidae). Die Schleiereule ist eine sehr helle, langbeinige Eule, die keine Federohren aufweist. Zu ihren auffälligsten Erkennungsmerkmalen gehören das herzförmige Gesicht sowie die verhältnismäßig kleinen, schwarzen Augen. Sie ist nachtaktiv und am Tage nur an ihren Ruheplätzen sowie am Brutplatz zu beobachten.
Die Schleiereule kommt als Brutvogel in vielen Regionen der Welt vor. Sie fehlt in der Tundra, den tropischen Regenwäldern sowie großen Teilen Asiens und in den Wüsten. In Mitteleuropa ist sie ein verbreiteter und häufiger Brutvogel, der vor allem in baumarmen Siedlungsgebieten im Tiefland vorkommt.
Beschreibung
Die 33–35 Zentimeter lange, hell gefärbte, langflügelige und langbeinige Eule erreicht eine Flügelspannweite von 85 bis zu 95 Zentimeter und hat recht kurze Schwanzfedern. Männchen und Weibchen ähneln einander sehr, Weibchen sind im Allgemeinen jedoch etwas größer als das Männchen und etwas dunkler gefärbt. Das Gewicht reicht von etwa 200 Gramm bei den kleinsten Formen (etwa auf den Galápagos-Inseln) bis zu über 500 Gramm etwa bei der Nordamerikanischen Schleiereule, europäische Schleiereulen wiegen zwischen 300 Gramm (Männchen) bis etwa 400 Gramm (Weibchen).
Der namensgebende, ausgeprägte herzförmige Gesichtsschleier ist sehr hell, je nach Unterart ist er weiß bis hellgrau oder leicht rostrot. Die Oberseite des Körpers ist meist goldbraun mit einer feinen grauen Fleckenzeichnung. Die Unterseite kann von einem sehr reinen Weiß bis zu einem hellen Braun variieren, außerdem unterscheiden sich die Zeichnungen und Fleckungen der einzelnen Unterarten sehr deutlich voneinander. Der Schnabel ist blassgelb, die Krallen sind hornfarben, die Iris der Augen ist dunkelbraun bis schwarz. Die Zehen sind fast unbefiedert und dunkelgraubraun.
Die Nestlinge weisen im Unterschied zu anderen Eulen zwei aufeinanderfolgende Dunenkleider auf: Das erste Dunenkleid ist weiß und kurz. An den Halsseiten fehlt es fast ganz. Nach etwa zwölf Tagen folgt ein dichteres und längeres Dunenkleid, das an der Körperoberseite grau und an der Körperunterseite gelblich getönt ist. Die Augen öffnen sich ab dem achten Tag. Die Iris ist anfänglich blau und färbt im Verlauf von vier Wochen in ein Dunkelbraun um. Der Schnabel ist beim Schlupf weißlichrosa, nimmt aber sehr schnell eine graue Färbung an. Die Zehen sind anfangs rosagelb und haben bis zum Flüggewerden der Jungeulen eine dunkelgraue Farbe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, in Asia north of the Himalaya, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific islands.[2]
Phylogenetic evidence shows that there are at least three major lineages of barn owl, one in Europe, western Asia and Africa, one in southeast Asia and Australasia, and one in the Americas, and some highly divergent taxa on islands. Accordingly, some authorities split the group into the western barn owl for the group in Europe, western Asia and Africa, the American barn owl for the group in the Americas, and the eastern barn owl for the group in southeast Asia and Australasia. Some taxonomic authorities further split the group, recognising up to five species, and further research needs to be done to clarify the position. There is a considerable variation between the sizes and colour of the approximately 28 subspecies but most are between 33 and 39 cm (13 and 15 in) in length with wingspans ranging from 80 to 95 cm (31 to 37 in). The plumage on head and back is a mottled shade of grey or brown, the underparts vary from white to brown and are sometimes speckled with dark markings. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white in most subspecies. This owl does not hoot, but utters an eerie, drawn-out shriek.
The barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in Britain and some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. Barn owls specialise in hunting animals on the ground and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They usually mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, when a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a hollow tree, old building or fissure in a cliff. The female does all the incubation, and she and the young chicks are reliant on the male for food. When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly, and globally the bird is considered to be of least conservation concern. Some subspecies with restricted ranges are more threatened.
When a dog was let loose and scared away the Snow Geese, I could hear them shrieking as they took to the air crying, ""DOG". Thousands took to flight circling the area when an owner thought it would be fun to scare them off. Thank goodness for my motor drive as I burst off a dozen to get one good shot.
Of course what the owner did not realize until later, is that a $5,000. fine accompanies such a disturbance, with a further fine since they are also on the endangered species list. I also mentioned to the gentleman next to me that he, "might want to close his mouth while looking up", as the geese flew over.
there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night :-)
Rainer Maria Rilke
prunus, mexican plum, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
We know our local owl is around whenever we hear the blue jays shrieking- they seem to delight in harassing it. This great horned owl has been a regular visitor this summer, with a notable decline in cottontail rabbit sightings. I suspect there are also fewer prairie dogs nearby due to the owl's predation and the periodic visitation by a bobcat.
Photo Taken @ Pemberley
The Old Windmill
by Clarence Albert Murch
Battered windmill, old and gray,
Swinging there athwart the sky,
Sport of every idle breeze
That may chance to wander by.
Blow they fair or blow they foul,
Still you wag your dingy cowl
Through the livelong night and day,
Weather-beaten, old and gray.
Is that endless monotone—
Half a shriek and half a groan—
That in dreary cadence drones
From your old rheumatic bones,
Echo of some sylvan tune,
Or forgotten forest rune
From the aisles of long ago,
Calling, calling, soft and low
Through the banished years that creep
Back to some old forest dim,
Where the woodland zephyrs sweep
Dancing leaf and swaying limb?
As the lazy breezes blow
All your gaunt arms to and fro,
Swinging ever round and round,
To that weird, unearthly sound,
Do you ever wish that some
Wandering Don Quixote of wind
With its stormy lance might come—
End that weary, ceaseless grind?
Life is like a windmill gray,
Swinging ’twixt the earth and sky;
Sport of every passing breeze
That may chance to wander by.
Still we grind with smile or scowl,
Blow they fair or blow they foul;
Sure that we shall be some day,
Weather-beaten, old and gray.
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Eine Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl
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Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiereule
Die Schleiereule (Tyto alba) ist eine Vogelart aus der Ordnung der Eulen (Strigiformes) und der Familie der Schleiereulen (Tytonidae). Die Schleiereule ist eine sehr helle, langbeinige Eule, die keine Federohren aufweist. Zu ihren auffälligsten Erkennungsmerkmalen gehören das herzförmige Gesicht sowie die verhältnismäßig kleinen, schwarzen Augen. Sie ist nachtaktiv und am Tage nur an ihren Ruheplätzen sowie am Brutplatz zu beobachten.
Die Schleiereule kommt als Brutvogel in vielen Regionen der Welt vor. Sie fehlt in der Tundra, den tropischen Regenwäldern sowie großen Teilen Asiens und in den Wüsten. In Mitteleuropa ist sie ein verbreiteter und häufiger Brutvogel, der vor allem in baumarmen Siedlungsgebieten im Tiefland vorkommt.
Beschreibung
Die 33–35 Zentimeter lange, hell gefärbte, langflügelige und langbeinige Eule erreicht eine Flügelspannweite von 85 bis zu 95 Zentimeter und hat recht kurze Schwanzfedern. Männchen und Weibchen ähneln einander sehr, Weibchen sind im Allgemeinen jedoch etwas größer als das Männchen und etwas dunkler gefärbt. Das Gewicht reicht von etwa 200 Gramm bei den kleinsten Formen (etwa auf den Galápagos-Inseln) bis zu über 500 Gramm etwa bei der Nordamerikanischen Schleiereule, europäische Schleiereulen wiegen zwischen 300 Gramm (Männchen) bis etwa 400 Gramm (Weibchen).
Der namensgebende, ausgeprägte herzförmige Gesichtsschleier ist sehr hell, je nach Unterart ist er weiß bis hellgrau oder leicht rostrot. Die Oberseite des Körpers ist meist goldbraun mit einer feinen grauen Fleckenzeichnung. Die Unterseite kann von einem sehr reinen Weiß bis zu einem hellen Braun variieren, außerdem unterscheiden sich die Zeichnungen und Fleckungen der einzelnen Unterarten sehr deutlich voneinander. Der Schnabel ist blassgelb, die Krallen sind hornfarben, die Iris der Augen ist dunkelbraun bis schwarz. Die Zehen sind fast unbefiedert und dunkelgraubraun.
Die Nestlinge weisen im Unterschied zu anderen Eulen zwei aufeinanderfolgende Dunenkleider auf: Das erste Dunenkleid ist weiß und kurz. An den Halsseiten fehlt es fast ganz. Nach etwa zwölf Tagen folgt ein dichteres und längeres Dunenkleid, das an der Körperoberseite grau und an der Körperunterseite gelblich getönt ist. Die Augen öffnen sich ab dem achten Tag. Die Iris ist anfänglich blau und färbt im Verlauf von vier Wochen in ein Dunkelbraun um. Der Schnabel ist beim Schlupf weißlichrosa, nimmt aber sehr schnell eine graue Färbung an. Die Zehen sind anfangs rosagelb und haben bis zum Flüggewerden der Jungeulen eine dunkelgraue Farbe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, in Asia north of the Himalaya, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific islands.[2]
Phylogenetic evidence shows that there are at least three major lineages of barn owl, one in Europe, western Asia and Africa, one in southeast Asia and Australasia, and one in the Americas, and some highly divergent taxa on islands. Accordingly, some authorities split the group into the western barn owl for the group in Europe, western Asia and Africa, the American barn owl for the group in the Americas, and the eastern barn owl for the group in southeast Asia and Australasia. Some taxonomic authorities further split the group, recognising up to five species, and further research needs to be done to clarify the position. There is a considerable variation between the sizes and colour of the approximately 28 subspecies but most are between 33 and 39 cm (13 and 15 in) in length with wingspans ranging from 80 to 95 cm (31 to 37 in). The plumage on head and back is a mottled shade of grey or brown, the underparts vary from white to brown and are sometimes speckled with dark markings. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white in most subspecies. This owl does not hoot, but utters an eerie, drawn-out shriek.
The barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in Britain and some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. Barn owls specialise in hunting animals on the ground and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They usually mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, when a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a hollow tree, old building or fissure in a cliff. The female does all the incubation, and she and the young chicks are reliant on the male for food. When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly, and globally the bird is considered to be of least conservation concern. Some subspecies with restricted ranges are more threatened.
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Eine Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl in schönem Licht
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Schleiereule (Tyto alba) - White barn owl
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleiereule
Die Schleiereule (Tyto alba) ist eine Vogelart aus der Ordnung der Eulen (Strigiformes) und der Familie der Schleiereulen (Tytonidae). Die Schleiereule ist eine sehr helle, langbeinige Eule, die keine Federohren aufweist. Zu ihren auffälligsten Erkennungsmerkmalen gehören das herzförmige Gesicht sowie die verhältnismäßig kleinen, schwarzen Augen. Sie ist nachtaktiv und am Tage nur an ihren Ruheplätzen sowie am Brutplatz zu beobachten.
Die Schleiereule kommt als Brutvogel in vielen Regionen der Welt vor. Sie fehlt in der Tundra, den tropischen Regenwäldern sowie großen Teilen Asiens und in den Wüsten. In Mitteleuropa ist sie ein verbreiteter und häufiger Brutvogel, der vor allem in baumarmen Siedlungsgebieten im Tiefland vorkommt.
Beschreibung
Die 33–35 Zentimeter lange, hell gefärbte, langflügelige und langbeinige Eule erreicht eine Flügelspannweite von 85 bis zu 95 Zentimeter und hat recht kurze Schwanzfedern. Männchen und Weibchen ähneln einander sehr, Weibchen sind im Allgemeinen jedoch etwas größer als das Männchen und etwas dunkler gefärbt. Das Gewicht reicht von etwa 200 Gramm bei den kleinsten Formen (etwa auf den Galápagos-Inseln) bis zu über 500 Gramm etwa bei der Nordamerikanischen Schleiereule, europäische Schleiereulen wiegen zwischen 300 Gramm (Männchen) bis etwa 400 Gramm (Weibchen).
Der namensgebende, ausgeprägte herzförmige Gesichtsschleier ist sehr hell, je nach Unterart ist er weiß bis hellgrau oder leicht rostrot. Die Oberseite des Körpers ist meist goldbraun mit einer feinen grauen Fleckenzeichnung. Die Unterseite kann von einem sehr reinen Weiß bis zu einem hellen Braun variieren, außerdem unterscheiden sich die Zeichnungen und Fleckungen der einzelnen Unterarten sehr deutlich voneinander. Der Schnabel ist blassgelb, die Krallen sind hornfarben, die Iris der Augen ist dunkelbraun bis schwarz. Die Zehen sind fast unbefiedert und dunkelgraubraun.
Die Nestlinge weisen im Unterschied zu anderen Eulen zwei aufeinanderfolgende Dunenkleider auf: Das erste Dunenkleid ist weiß und kurz. An den Halsseiten fehlt es fast ganz. Nach etwa zwölf Tagen folgt ein dichteres und längeres Dunenkleid, das an der Körperoberseite grau und an der Körperunterseite gelblich getönt ist. Die Augen öffnen sich ab dem achten Tag. Die Iris ist anfänglich blau und färbt im Verlauf von vier Wochen in ein Dunkelbraun um. Der Schnabel ist beim Schlupf weißlichrosa, nimmt aber sehr schnell eine graue Färbung an. Die Zehen sind anfangs rosagelb und haben bis zum Flüggewerden der Jungeulen eine dunkelgraue Farbe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, in Asia north of the Himalaya, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific islands.[2]
Phylogenetic evidence shows that there are at least three major lineages of barn owl, one in Europe, western Asia and Africa, one in southeast Asia and Australasia, and one in the Americas, and some highly divergent taxa on islands. Accordingly, some authorities split the group into the western barn owl for the group in Europe, western Asia and Africa, the American barn owl for the group in the Americas, and the eastern barn owl for the group in southeast Asia and Australasia. Some taxonomic authorities further split the group, recognising up to five species, and further research needs to be done to clarify the position. There is a considerable variation between the sizes and colour of the approximately 28 subspecies but most are between 33 and 39 cm (13 and 15 in) in length with wingspans ranging from 80 to 95 cm (31 to 37 in). The plumage on head and back is a mottled shade of grey or brown, the underparts vary from white to brown and are sometimes speckled with dark markings. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white in most subspecies. This owl does not hoot, but utters an eerie, drawn-out shriek.
The barn owl is nocturnal over most of its range, but in Britain and some Pacific islands, it also hunts by day. Barn owls specialise in hunting animals on the ground and nearly all of their food consists of small mammals which they locate by sound, their hearing being very acute. They usually mate for life unless one of the pair is killed, when a new pair bond may be formed. Breeding takes place at varying times of year according to locality, with a clutch, averaging about four eggs, being laid in a nest in a hollow tree, old building or fissure in a cliff. The female does all the incubation, and she and the young chicks are reliant on the male for food. When large numbers of small prey are readily available, barn owl populations can expand rapidly, and globally the bird is considered to be of least conservation concern. Some subspecies with restricted ranges are more threatened.
walking through my local shops today and i heard shrieks from all the little kids.then i saw thia amazing dinosaur coming towards me and i felt like a little kid again myself..
For some reason I am always excited to hear these birds call out in the forest. They are so loud that it is impossible to miss them as their shriek call breaks the silence of the forest! Here is one of a pair that appeared to be playing in the light rain.
Fingertips are scored
Arms extend over
Voices muffled
Truth vague
Naveed fallen
His voice high, words unambiguous
But thick is this wall
Befallen it a night
Oh, such a night for owls to shriek
And owls shriek
Mothers shriek
A Night torn as veins of pines
I fall
A beast in my throat
Inflamed
Restless
Absorbed in the tissues of time
Wistful for tears
Partial to flames
I burst at the birth
Tattered corpses of soldiers, tin, hollowed, bent
I scratch the soil and there they are
Drawing nigh
The petals you promised.
"I know you've heard it's over now and war must surely come,
The cities they are broke in half and the middle men are gone.
But let me ask you one more time, O children of the dusk,
All these hunters who are shrieking now oh do they speak for us"
- Leonard Cohen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H63dZKnlu_I
Taken on North
PS: A great exhibit at Norden Art on North by oyo
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting—
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
Verse from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven."
Photo taken on Pendle Hill Sim in SL.
Fancy-looking, vaguely chicken-like bird of freshwater marshes, lakes, and ponds in tropical lowlands, locally in highlands. Walks with high-stepping gait, often on top of floating vegetation (note its very long toes!). Adult is chestnut overall with black head and neck; immature looks very different, with creamy-white face, neck, and underparts. Bright yellow wings striking in flight, when birds usually give shrieks and other raucous calls. Flies with stiff wingbeats and glides, the long feet trailing out behind. (eBird)
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize. January 2011.
The reason the GGOs have been so active lately. My first time seeing juveniles though I’ve heard them shrieking for food deep in the woods before. 2 came out into the open, the 3rd stayed hidden.
#sliderssunday
Title borrowed from the 7th album of British doom metal legend Cathedral
Berlin dwellers, beware... because tonight is not like any other night. Tonight the creatures of the night will meet for their first World Congress, the WCDCEN (World Congress of the Dark Creatures of the Eternal Night) held in – Berlin. So better stay at home, lock your doors, close your windows, draw the curtains, and make absolutely sure that the lights will never go out in your house this night... For the harsh, ear-splitting shriek you've heard above you in the sky on your hasty walk home didn't belong to a crow. And the enormous, hunched, ragged and shaggy shadow you've spotted from the corner of your eye wasn't your sloppy neighbour walking his dog...
OK, a clumsy attempt at writing a scary introduction to this image ;) I simply started too late with writing it today, and I wanted to upload this image before midnight CET (and originally I'd only wanted to describe the sliding steps for this image – as far as I remember them – anyway). Just that much: The hotel the WCDCEN has booked for this special night is no other than the seat of the German Government, the Reichstag building in Berlin's Tiergarten (=animal garden) district. One of Germany's largest public gardens of the same name, the Tiergarten park, lies right across the famous "hotel" – and that park is a place one should avoid at night by all means even during normal nights. Well, as I've learned from insider circles, there were some quarrels among the participants beforehand,
because Count Dracula, for instance, is said to have claimed the entire west wing for himself ("This hovel is smaller than the doghouse in front of my castle!") and the vampires allegedly had refused to move into the same floor as the werewolves ("Their bloodcurdling screeching is poison for our sensitive ears!" vs. "Their enormous shedding during their transformation is abominable, the hair is simply everywhere!"). As it seems, creatures of the night are merely humans, too.
This is an image that simply had to be slid for Sliderssunday. Because on the day I had taken it there only had been a boring blue, blue, nothing but blue sky, and my POV had not been exactly aligned, either, it was slightly off-centre. I still liked it, somehow, but never quite knew how to present it in an interesting way; until a few weeks ago, when I stumbled upon it in LR once again, and decided to see how I could jazz it up with all those nice tools that Luminar 4 offers, such as "Sky Replacement" (the clouds), or "Augmented Sky" (the moon and the birds). I also added some drama in ON1 with a texture ("Dirty Screen"), some "Grunge", and cranked up the LR sliders for structure and clarity. Slid to the Max for Halloween :)
Happy Halloween to those of you who celebrate, and Happy Sliders Sunday, too! Stay safe, wear a mask, wash hands, take care!
Berliner, nehmt Euch in Acht... denn heute Nacht ist keine Nacht wie jede andere. Denn das hohe Kreischen, das Ihr auf dem eiligen Heimweg über Euch am Abendhimmel gehört habt, stammte nicht von einer Krähe. Und der gekrümmte, zottelige Schatten, den Ihr aus dem Augenwinkel wahrgenommen habt, war nicht Euer Nachbar, der den Hund ausgeführt hat... Heute Nacht treffen sich im Zentrum der Stadt die Kreaturen der Nacht zum WKDKEN (dem "Ersten Weltkongress der dunklen Kreaturen der Ewigen Nacht"). Bleibt also besser daheim, verrammelt die Haustüren, schließt Eure Fenster, zieht die Vorhänge zu und passt auf, dass die gesamte Nacht über das Licht an ist. Der WKDKEN findet natürlich nicht in irgendeinem Business-Hotel statt, sondern im repräsentativsten "Hotel" der Stadt, dem Reichstagsgebäude. Wie aus Insider-Kreisen zu erfahren war, soll es allerdings bereits im Vorfeld einige Querelen gegeben haben, weil Graf Dracula partout den gesamten Westflügel für sich beansprucht haben soll ("Diese Bruchbude ist ja kleiner als die Hundehütte vor meinem Schloss!") und die Vampire sich geweigert haben sollen, dasselbe Stockwerk wie die Werwölfe zu beziehen ("Ihr markerschütterndes Gekreische ist Gift für unsere empfindlichen Ohren!" vs. "Die haaren immer so fürchterlich während ihrer Verwandlung, diese Flusen sind einfach überall!"). Wie es scheint, sind die Kreaturen der Nacht eben auch bloß Menschen.
Dieses Foto war ein klarer Fall für den Sliders Sunday. Am Tag der Aufnahme war der Himmel ausschließlich: blau. Langweilig. Und das Foto von der Seite des Reichstagsgebäudes war auch nicht sauber ausgerichtet. Trotzdem mochte ich das Bild irgendwie und habe immer auf eine Idee gehofft, wie ich es präsentieren könnte. Kürzlich bin ich mal wieder über das Foto gestolpert und habe gleich an die schönen kleinen "Helferlein" in Luminar 4 gedacht :) Langweiliger Himmel? Da gibt es doch das "Sky Replacement". Ein bisschen Zusatzstimmung gefällig? Man nehme den Mond und die Vögel (nein, das sind Vampire) vom "Augmented Sky". In ON1 habe ich dann noch den "Grunge"-Filter angepasst, eine Textur ("Dirty Screen") hinzugefügt und in LR die Regler für Struktur und Klarheit auf Anschlag gedreht – fertig war das "Gruselbild" für Halloween.
Falls Ihr tatsächlich heute feiert, wünsche ich Euch viel Spaß dabei, ansonsten wünsche ich Euch einen geruhsamen Sonntag. Und wie immer: Passt auf Euch auf!
“Hello, I must be going
I cannot stay
I came to say
I must be going
I'm glad I came
But just the same
I must be going,
I'll stay a week or two
I'll stay the summer through
But I am telling you
I must be – going”
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A red-tailed hawk takes to heart the sentiment expressed by the explorer Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding and heads south, taking the time to blink and shriek as it flies away.
This snowy egret, annoyed with my efforts to get a little action out of him, turned tail and flew across the bay, shrieking, "Errrrk! Errrrrrrk! Errrk!" Matanzas Bay, St. Augustine, Fla. c.2022 John M. Hudson