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One of the smallest of our warblers, the Northern Parula (Setophaga americana) is equipped for killing...you know...gnats and mosquitoes and such. Only about 4.5" long, this little one flitted into the tree beside me and hunted insects without hesitation or care of my company. Here in the Great Lakes region, these handsome birds are a bit more rare in the summer than they are during migration. Our air pollution has led to declines in the lichens that they use to build their nests. One might say that they're likin' the lichens elsewhere!
Calliope Hummingbird
Colorado Springs, CO
These little golfball shaped birds are fearless, taking on the larger hummingbirds and flying just inches from anyone observing them ...
"Like delicate jewels in motion, hummingbirds grace our world with fleeting beauty, reminding us that true elegance lies in the smallest of details."
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...things take up the most room in your heart.
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Winnie the Pooh
There is nothing more beautiful than taking on an adventure that starts in a dark forest before dawn and ends up in the light.
[Especially with a loyal friend]
Probably less than 0.1% in focus! Taken with a DA 35 Macro, on a windy day. I snapped and snapped until the water drop was in focus.
The tiny Australian Native Bee is a Sugarbag Bee. 4-5 mm in size, a stingless Bee, it stretches along the eastern coast of Australia. Montbretia Flower (Crocosmia Masoniorum) A Native plant to South Africa.
Swimming out towards the ancient Mesolithic Doggerland from
Winterton on the Norfolk coast in the British Isles.
The Goldcrest with its vibrant markings on its head, weighing 6 grams and is the UK’s smallest bird. Seen here in the Laurel hedges as light fades.
The smallest diving duck in my area. Love these beautiful, tiny and always difficult to shoot ducks.
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This tiny, restless jewel of a bird vies with the Goldcrest for the title of the UK's smallest bird. Compared to the Goldcrest, the Firecrest is brighter and 'cleaner' looking, with a green back, white belly, bronze 'collar' and a black and white eye-stripe. They have a yellow and black stripe on their heads, which has a bright orange centre on males. Like Goldcrests, they move through trees and bushes in search of small insects
The lesser yellow-headed vulture is the lightest and smallest of the extant New World vultures despite sometimes measuring at least as long and longer winged than black vultures. It feeds on carrion and locates carcasses by sight and by smell, an ability shared with turkey vultures but which is rare in birds. They locates carrion by detecting the scent of ethyl mercaptan, a gas produced by the beginnings of decay in dead animals. The olfactory lobe of its brain responsible for processing smells is particularly large compared to other animals. This characteristic of New World vultures has been used by humans: ethyl mercaptan is injected into pipelines, and engineers looking for leaks then follow the foraging vultures
It is dependent on larger vultures, such as the king vulture, to open the hides of larger animal carcasses as its bill is not strong enough to do this. Like other New World vultures, the lesser yellow-headed vulture utilizes thermals to stay aloft with minimal effort. It lays its eggs on flat surfaces, such as the floors of caves, or in the hollows of stumps.
From Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_yellow-headed_vulture
This is a tiny mouse lemur of the genus Microcebus ; of which there are a number of species,all native to Madagascar.. They are now acknowledged to be the smallest primates in the world,some weighing a mere 25 g. Being nocturnal they have disproportionately large eyes & I can be seen reflected in them.
The smallest terns to inhabit our shores here in New Jersey are Least Terns. Like so many shorebirds, their breeding grounds are relegated to short stretches of beach that are maintained for endangered birds, and some of the bay islands. It's sometimes hard to believe that any survive at all. It is also very possible that they eventually will not. It is difficult for parents to search for food, protect the chicks from predators, but impossible for them to protect them from the intrusions of humans. Despite this, there is so much to enjoy… watching them carry on their morning activities. As one adult flies away, this chick seems to give chase, as if to say, "Wait for me!" #LeastTerns
Good morning everyone and Happy Dragonfly Thursday. Featured today is the smallest dragonfly found here locally, being the Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera). It also happens to be one of the smallest dragonflies in North America with a body length that varies from only 0.8 - 1.0 inch (22 - 25mm), so keep this in mind when viewing these pics. Concurrently, the scientific name, "tenera", means delicate and alludes to its small size.
As for these photos, they are a combination of both gender and all were taken at the reclaimed strip mine. In spite of it being quite common in its range it tends to get over looked because of its small size. Especially when it comes to being a photo subject by its much larger and showy cousins.
I hope you enjoy this series on this tiny dragonfly and find the text in the comment section informative. As always, don't forget to click on "view previous comments" if you don't see the additional pics in the comment section. Even better, scroll through them by clicking on the arrow thingy to the right of the above pic. And if you want to view any picture in the comment section large all you have to do is click on it.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you're having a truly nice last week of July.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm
So tiny and so cute! This little hummingbird is found in Cuba and this one was seen in a small town near Zapata National Park. This gentleman feeds them in his tiny backyard and welcomes foreign visitors come see them.
With the firecrest, the goldcrest is the UK's smallest bird. They're dull greyish-green with a pale belly and a black and yellow stripe on their heads, which has an orange centre in males. Their thin beak is ideally suited for picking insects out from between pine needles.
U.Ks SMALLEST BIRD, unfortunately the the colourful crown stripe, is only just showing, you do not get second chances with these live wires! always no the move. uttering a thin high-pitched tsee-tsee-tsee. Favors conifers, but can be found in deciduous woodland, especially during the winter months. Difficult to locate, widespread, and resident all year. Was seen and captured at the elder wood, Stodmarsh, Kent UK.
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#MacroMonday
#Reflection
So I seriously debated with myself if I could / should upload this or rather skip... It's the typical "I wasted a sunny Sunday (and half of a free and equally sunny Monday) at home trying to get my MM shot right capture" (arrrrghrrrrrrrr!)...;-) My idea behind this was that there are two sides to every coin, thing, debate, person... The side everyone sees, and, at least when it comes to a person, a more private, sometimes even hidden side. So you see I was getting very philosophical with this - when everything could have been so easy, simple and straightforward. But just like it is with so many other things: they are easy when they aren't required (and I have quite a few nice and easy reflections in my MM gallery). But when they are... I started off with a very simple take on my idea, the "Sun" and "Moon" cards of my tiny Tarot deck of cards (I Tarocchi Più Piccoli del Mondo - The Smallest Tarot in the World by artist Antonio Lupatelli) glued together back to back with modeling clay and then fixated on a small black tile with modeling clay as well at an angle that would allow a nice reflection. So far, so good - or not. The image turned out well, but of course the "La Luna" print on the "dark side" of the card was, you've guessed it, mirror-inverted. Not exactly unexpected, but I think the image didn't work with the "La Luna" label the wrong side round. So what to do? The easy thing would have been to rotate and flip that part of the card in Photoshop back to a readable "La Luna". But that would have been cheating. So I decided to add another reflective surface (an old, scratched pocket mirror - that ugly "line" you can see is the edge of the mirror) and re-reflect the "La Luna" - and by doing so also mirror the "Il Sole". Four sides of a coin, if you like. Before all of it gets too confusing, I'd rather stop (and have I mentioned the dust? I'd rather not...). I don't recall the processing steps, but there were many, because I did a manual focus stack to get both the Sun and reflected Moon card sharp and sort of equally well exposed (which wasn't easy, because the Moon card, reflected by the black tile, was always either too dark or the rest of that single shot was far too bright). One thing: I took the focus-stacked image into Analog Efex and added a very big, dark vignette. I realise that this would have been perfect for Sliders Sunday as well ;-)
For size, please check the image in the second comment. I'd already used these tiny tarot cards for two other MM themes, and in that image you can see how small the cards really are.
Thank you most sincerely for viewing and reading, a Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, and have a relaxed week ahead!
Liebe Flickr-Freunde, da ich mal wieder sehr spät dran bin, würde ich Euch bitten, Euch den obigen Text in DeepL übersetzen zu lassen, falls Interesse besteht. Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Woche :-)
I must say they are so tiny that you more or less can't see them if you aren't looking 😁
They are growing upon pine needles and its a couple of needles you can see in the photo.
Gives you an idea of how tiny they are, doesn't it 🍄
The smallest shells in my collection, which I brought many years ago from Bulgaria. This bigger one is exactly 20mm long :)
Macro Mondays - theme: "Less Than An Inch"
set on a spectacular Pembrokeshire peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic upon the site of an earlier sixth-century monastery built by St David, the patron saint of Wales, St Davids Cathedral has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for more than 800 years.
The present cathedral was begun sometime between 1180 and 1182 and is the culmination of centuries of rebuilding and expansion. Constructed in the Transitional Norman style using fine-grained, purple Cambrian sandstone, it has survived both the collapse of its tower and an earthquake in the 13th century, although today the floor slopes noticeably, the arcades veer from the vertical, and the east and west ends of the building differ in height by about four metres!
St Davids Cathedral as we see it today has been extended and altered over the centuries by many individuals, but its appearance was probably most influenced by Bishop Gower in the 14th century, and later, in the 19th century, by the renowned architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott, who undertook a significant restoration of the fabric of the building. In the 20th century, the ruinous St Mary's Hall was restored for use as a parish hall and in the 21st century the restoration of the cloisters has made our own very significant impact on the appearance of the Cathedral.
The Cathedral’s foundations are still shifting, albeit minutely, but it remains a solid and lasting testament to the glory of God, enthralling and inspiring the many thousands of people who visit it each year.
Summa summarum, Tauntaun was not so easy to use when frosty mist got under the furry coat. In fact, you have to warm it up again for your next ride pretty much the same as they warm up a cars in snowy and frozen territories before the ride.
Luckily, they've found a small cave, where Han left Taun. After that, he had to continue his journey on Hoth by his own foots for a several hours. Weather started to look a much better, too.
This is an continuation to a scene titled as Frost Side Story, where Han Solo were standing next to Tauntaun. Also, they haven't seen Wampa around. It's still inside a small toy box near the mountains. I haven't found a good place in storytelling point of view yet and I may have to skip it using it, until I do find an even a good spot in a scene. But, I'm sure it keeps my mind open about it!
The goldcrest is the smallest European bird, it measures 9cm and weights 5g. In winter this bird looks really different than in summer : he is so big ! The difference is really impressive.
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While not the preferred leader, it was a must have shot nonetheless. After departing from UP's Lesperance Yard, empty UP grain train GEIIB6 passes through our nations smallest National Park which is home to the Gateway Arch in downtown St Louis, MO.
The Downy Woodpecker is the smallest of the North American Woodpeckers.
Salmon Creek, Vancouver, Washington
Smallest species in geochelone family. Famous with its star radiating pattern. One of the lovely tortoise kept by pet lovers, 30 years ago, it used to be one of the most popular pet tortoises in captive. But it is pretty rare.
Carapace black, with yellow areolae from which yellow streaks radiate; these streaks usually narrow and very numerous: plastron likewise with black and yellow radiating streaks. They are mostly herbivorous and feed on grasses, fallen fruit, flowers and leaves of succulent plants, and will occasionally eat carrion. They're mostly found in dry scrub jungles, esp among the cacti, whose flowers are a delicacy for them.
Due to its beautiful patterns n coloraton, it is the real STAR in the Pet industry which gives them the Vulnerable status in the Wilderness.
"Sometimes", said Pooh, "the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
~ Winnie the Pooh
Decided to post another HPPT photo today. Can't resist not posting this one. That look is just so domineering with matching hand on her hip and a slightly raised eyebrow. Never fails to make me smile. =)
HPPT once more to everyone!
The smallest species of Auk breeding in Ireland, a highly marine species which is only found on land in the breeding season. A black and white seabird, with black above and white below. In the breeding season the parrot like multi-coloured bill and large white patch on the face make adults distinctive and easily recognisable at close quarters. The bill is smaller on the adult in winter and much smaller on the juvenile. At a distance can be told from Guillemot by its small size, thicker body, larger, heavier head and darker underwing.
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who commented or mailed me regarding my last series of shots. The time you took and the words you wrote meant a lot to me. They also inspired me to make a commitment to push both my writing and that side of my photography a little more. For now though, this one is for Hazel.
Someone very close to Hazel became very ill over this weekend. The last few days have been a bit of a daze for myself. Only now are the adrenaline visions fading and a hard reality creeping back into view. Selfish worries are giving way to a more human empathy and it’s fair to say that tears are never too far from my eyes. If this is how I feel, I can only imagine how my dearest little friend is feeling right now.
Over the next few days, weeks and months I will help out in every practical way I can but in truth, all you can do at times like these is to be there and hope that for a minute or two that this is enough. There is however, not a word I can say or a gesture to be made that will stop Hazels chest aching or stop her thoughts whirling as she fades to sleep. That is not said to bemoan my lot or draw sympathy towards myself, Hazel is the one truly hurting right now, not me.
What I had hoped as I travelled home tonight was that I would find an image that would somehow help, even in a small way. I scoured the archive for something that seemed appropriate and very predictably, nothing did.
Hazel, I eventually picked this image because for me there is a sadness to it, but also beauty and warmth. For me, time has changed these leaves, the vibrant proud colours of spring may be gone but they are still there to be loved and enjoyed in just the same way as before.
I hope that maybe when I am not around and you need a place to rest your head, you can come here from time to time.