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The outer facades of the Taj Mahls and the tombs inside are decorated with reliefs and, above all, with multi-coloured marble inlays of the greatest fineness and with various semi-precious stones. There are colorful floral motifs, but also inscriptions with passages from the Koran in black marble on a white background
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Die Außenfassaden des Taj Mahlsund auch die Grabmäler im Inneren sind mit Reliefs und vor allem mit vielfarbigen Marmor Einlegearbeiten von größter Feinheit und mit verschiedenen Halbedelsteinen verziert. Dabei finden sich bunte florale Motive, aber auch Inschriften mit Passagen aus dem Koran in schwarzem Marmor auf weißem Grund
I took this photo in 1987 with my classic analogue Nikon FE camera, and Nikkor lens 24mm, f2.8 and 35mm Kodachrome slide film. Later I digitalised the til material, using a Nikon Coolscan LS 40ED film scanner the edited in Photoshop Lr
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Sacred Kingfisher
Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus
Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.
Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.
Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.
Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.
Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.
Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.
Minimum Size: 19cm
Maximum Size: 24cm
Average size: 21cm
Average weight: 45g
Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.
Clutch Size: 3 to 6
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 26 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")
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They may look like normal size leaves, but these are miniature Oak leaves growing off of that single little stem that has broken out from the trunk of the tree.
This tree is in my landscape and these triplet beauties caught my eye as I was cutting the grass yesterday.
In the house I went, grabbed my macro lens, and captured them from several angles. Here is the result.
What is it about autumn leaves that are so beautiful?!
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests. 35904
The Red-winged Blackbirds at Font Hill are quite the aggressive toward the Great Blue Herons. I know the Herons will eat their chicks. It's still amazing to watch them attack such a larger bird.
Le Parc national des Grands-Jardins/
National Park
Charlevoix, Québec
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evasive agaric
Striegeliges Stummelfüßchen
[Crepidotus versutus]
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Another take on Douglas C-124C Globemaster II 51-0089 seen in preservation at the Warner-Robins Air Force Museum in Georgia, USA
With nothing visible to give scale to her she actually looks relatively small but in fact she's over 130 feet long with a wingspan of 174 feet and is just under 50 feet high
First flown in 1949 the 'Globies' could carry 200 troops and load vehicles and equipment via those under-nose clamshell doors
This one was once with the USAF's Air Materiel Command and is one of about half a dozen that still exist out of the 447 that were built
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Stunning Eyes of the Eurasian Eagle Owl
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It is only once you are out at Nigg you see the size of this industrial harbour. It is quite an amazing facility and there are plenty old oil rigs parked on the Cromarty Firth.
The finest hour has come for Kyiv chestnuts.
Aesculus × carnea, or red horse-chestnut, a medium-sized tree, an artificial hybrid between Aesculus pavilion (red buckeye) and Aesculus hippocastanum (horse-chestnut). Its origin uncertain, probably appearing in Germany before 1820. It is a popular tree in large gardens and parks.
Aesculus × carnea's features are typically intermediate between the parent species, but it inherits the red flower color from Aesculus pavia. Its showy flowers are borne in plumes on branch ends, blooming in spring and producing leathery fruit capsules in fall. It grows up to 40 feet tall and 30 feet wide, with a round head that casts dense shade when mature. Its leaves are dark green, palmately compound, and deciduous, each leaf divided into five large, toothed leaflets.
I'm really not happy that my camera froze when all the fireworks were in the air together so I don't have multiple fireworks in one shot. I guess this is close I will get for now. And ince I thought that all of them were kind of similar and didn't make sense to upload them separately, just decided to do a collage and show all in one shot together. Maybe I could make 1 more collage. But I believe these are the best shots of them all.
POP Quiz, All of them are SOC except one.Make a guess which one it is.Hint, I used Nik color efex for processing.
You Definitely gotta see it Large though
Also if you view the Original size you can see the details of the original pics!!!
Best to be viewed in large size format.
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For me a much better day today less bright sunshine !
Really DOES POP here on Black.....View On Black
While out for a drive yesterday I found this Male and Female Osprey tucked down in the low ground seeking a break from a windy day. It is a crappy distant shot, I had problems trying to keep the camera steady as it was windy, but I figured I should take a shot anyways because with them both in the same tree I could clearly see the size difference between the male and the female. Female is above, also the females have speckled brown necklace (but I have read so do some of the males) In this case size tells who is who!
Are you questioning your size? If you do, let me tell you that it is not good for your heart and soul!
When I discovered this rock during my last trip to the Californian desert, I simply couldn't resist, even if the alignment required some artistic leeway... 😜
EXIF
Canon EOS Ra
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70mm
IDAS NBZ filter
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
Sky:
Stack of 26 x 30s @ ISO800, unfiltered +
Stack of 26 x 60s @ ISO6400, filtered for H-alpha data
Foreground:
Single exposure of 10s @ ISO400 during blue hour
Shot taken by floating hide immersed in water
CHIURLO MAGGIORE
Scatto eseguito con capanno galleggiante immerso in acqua
IN HD 5K...
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