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Spending a lot of time at home can lead to mischief. I've watched some tutorials I've had for a long time and have bought some new ones to keep me occupied. In this image, I used a technique to enlarge the lighthouse in order to counter its miniaturization from having used a wide-angle lens. Going that far I played with some Orton like affects which look pretty to me (today), if a bit unnatural. Feel free to be critical if this isn't your kind of thing. Stay safe.
... little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people. --The Breakfast Club
Spending the night on Max Patch (elev 4,616 ft.), a mountain bald just over the Tennessee state line in North Carolina on the Appalachian Trail.
High winds and some clouds rolling through were an issue but there were still 31 Geminid meteors that graced my camera sensor this night.
3200 phaethon is the 3 mile wide asteroid that made its near-earth encounter this weekend. It is thought to be the source of debris that creates the Geminids every December.
M31 the Andromeda Galaxy is visible just above the center of the image. .
Finally had some uninterrupted time to spend on Flickr. Besides being busy, who isn't, often I'll have 30 minutes or an hour of free time, but feel overwhelmed at the prospect of jumping in, knowing I won't get many visits in. I know, many of you have said don't worry, pickup with latest posts. I hate missing what you've shared. So here's what I'm going to do; hop on the live feed whenever I have just a little time. I think that will help me from falling too far behind.
Also, need to probably unfollow a few folks that have apparently given up on Flickr, haven't posted for more than 6 months and are no longer visiting. Then add some of the folks that have been following my work pretty regularly. If I had time I'd follow a couple of hundred, but I don't. Keeping until retirement to 100 or less is hard enough as is.
Note to people I don't follow, those that visit and just fav, I'll do my best to visit and return the favor, it's only fair. If I'm not currently following you and you'd like me to, please fav and comment on pictures you like, I'll notice that more than favs alone. If you've read this far, you're probably somebody that should be added.
About this picture; took it just over two years ago near the top of Donner Pass. Decided with so many pictures ready to post I'm going to alternate between newer pictures and older pictures. Some of my personal favorites are languishing in digital purgatory waiting to be seen. Gotta help em out.
Finally, thank you to my best Flickr friends. You've encouraged and taught me much. Know I try to return that friendship with every visit.
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I spend quite a large part of my life choosing, testing and repairing photographic equipment. It takes me much more time than creating pictures..
Once I unwittingly overheard a conversation of men drinking alcohol on the river bank.
They talked about fishing and choosing equipment for this.
One of them had a heavy box of various fishing gear. He showed them with pride, laid out and sorted out ... spinners, wobblers, fishing lines, hooks ...
And the other could boast of nothing but a shovel.
But I remember his words well:
".. there are men's magazines about women,
But sometimes it's just a woman.."
After that He dug up worms and went to fish..)
Nice weather and great photos this weekend for all of us
And let the pleasure of the process does not replace the result for us ! ) ) )
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Spending a serene afternoon at one of my favourite spots to visit, Andrew Hayden Park on the Ottawa River.
If you spend enough time chasing birds, you will probably have some interesting and funny moments. This certainly would qualify as one of those for me. All I could think of as this guy flew by me was, for God's sake man, zip your fly. Mallard Drake. Kane County, Illinois
After spending a good bit of time in the grasses, this Grebe ventured across open water. Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware.
Bannack Montana Ghost Town
Founded in 1862 and named after the local Bannock Indians, Bannack was the site of a major gold discovery in 1862, and served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly in 1864, until the capital was moved to Virginia City. Bannack continued as a mining town, though with a dwindling population. The last residents left in the 1970s.
At its peak, Bannack had a population of about ten thousand. Extremely remote, it was connected to the rest of the world only by the Montana Trail. There were three hotels, three bakeries, three blacksmith shops, two stables, two meat markets, a grocery store, a restaurant, a brewery, a billiard hall, and four saloons. Though all of the businesses were built of logs, some had decorative false fronts.
Among the town's founders was Dr. Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, a physician born in Cornish, New Hampshire, who gave up medicine for a time to become a gold miner. Dr. Leavitt arrived in Bannack in 1862, and alternately practiced medicine and mined for gold with pick and shovel.
Bannack's sheriff, Henry Plummer, was accused by some of secretly leading a ruthless band of road agents, with early accounts claiming that this gang was responsible for over a hundred murders in the Virginia City and Bannack gold fields and trails to Salt Lake City. However, because only eight deaths are historically documented, some modern historians have called into question the exact nature of Plummer's gang, while others deny the existence of the gang altogether. In any case, Plummer and two compatriots, both deputies, were hanged, without trial, at Bannack on January 10, 1864. A number of Plummer's associates were lynched and others banished on pain of death if they ever returned. Twenty-two individuals were accused, informally tried, and hanged by the Vigilance Committee (the Montana Vigilantes) of Bannack and Virginia City. Nathaniel Pitt Langford, the first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, was a member of that vigilance committee.
Situated approximately 10 miles from the modern-day town of Dillon, Bannack now operates as a State Park and National Historic Landmark. History buffs will be enamored. While it continued to serve as a mining town for decades, Bannack was fully abandoned as of the 1970s. Today, its history and urban legends make it a spooky ghost town. The town is known as a site for ample paranormal activity. From murder to public executions, Bannack hosted a variety of dark and bizarre events throughout its heyday. Along with the neighboring town of Virginia City, Bannack also served as the site of many prosecutions and public lynchings. Ghosts of these events are said to linger.
Data above a combination of Wiki and Only In Your State.
More photos of The Meade and others of Bannack will follow!
A Misty Morning In Winter
A couple of weeks ago after spending the day in Glen Coe,and not being as tired as I thought I would, I took a drive down to Ullswater for sunrise. What I found when getting to Ullswater was that northern section of the lake was covered with a layer of early morning mist. The water level of the lake was quite low so I was able to get into the water and get this angle on the line of trees, with the jetty beyond leading into the mist.
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Ullswater, Lake District.
© Brian Kerr Photography 2015
I spend an enjoyable time at Bulbjerg beach. It is situated in the north of Denmark and there are some rock formations. A large group of black-legged kittiwake was nestling here, making a lot of noise, arguing all the time for the best nestling sites, and collecting nest material at the beach (seaweed). I have so many nice shots of them that I still can't choose what to post here.
But there was also a nice sunset!
Bee-eaters spend around 10% of their day on comfort activities. These include sunning themselves, dust bathing and water bathing. Sunning behaviour helps warm birds in the morning, reducing the need to use energy to raise their temperature. It also has a social aspect, as multiple birds adopt the same posture. Finally, it may help stimulate parasites in the feathers, making them easier to find and remove.
Due to their hole-nesting lifestyle, bee-eaters accumulate a number of external parasites such as mites and flies. Together with sunning, bouts of dust bathing (or water bathing where available), as well as rigorous preening, keep the feathers and skin in good health. Bathing with water involves making shallow dives into a water body and then returning to a perch to preen
Been spending time in nature photographing pollinators on pretty flowers. It's a way to isolate during Covid times.
This beautiful bee is nectaring on Florida Balm, a rare mint, Dicerandra densiflora. This is a male bee (see the skinny legs.
Females have thick hairy legs), so it does not intentionally collect pollen, but a lot of the precious stuff is stuck to its back and will brush off on the next flower it visits. These bees visit flowers of the mint family. They are a rare species of solitary bees that build their nest under ground in sandy soil.
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I have been spending some late afternoon, early evening time in a pretty secluded spot on the Lake - bugs of many kinds all over me - trying to locate the Pied-billed Grebe, and watching for any other activity. If one sits still enough, long enough, something is bound to happen…
These very young Wood Ducks ambled onshore and were completely oblivious to me, at least initially. The female with them stayed on the water in a supervisory capacity. Eventually a few of them noticed me, and I slowly brought up my camera while going from sitting to lying down, all in an effort not to spook them. The little photo bomber in the bottom right seemed full of beans, and they stayed for a couple of minutes, before re-entering the water.
There are often three or four sets of Wood Duck young on the water at this time of the year. I especially enjoyed the brief interaction with these ones as I had to misfortune to see a similarly-young duck caught by a Snapping Turtle a couple of weeks ago. Initially I didn’t understand the screaming and thrashing, but with binoculars I ended up figuring it out. It took a while to get that out of my head - I know predation is all around in natural settings, but that was a really unpleasant experience. These guys - who I know may suffer the same fate - cheered me up for the few minutes they were there.
People spend hours making these intricate designs on the street only to have them destroyed when religious parades go by. Once the parades have passed by, they immediately begin to create another design for the same thing to happen all over again.
After spending the afternoon and evening in Toronto Islands it was time to go back to the downtown.
In the picture you can see the ferry approaching the pier to bring us back to the city.
Best viewed large.
Happy Monday!
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Después de pasar la tarde y el anochecer en las Islas de Toronto era el momento de regresar a la ciudad.
En la foto puedes ver el ferry aproximándose al muelle para llevarnos de vuelta a la ciudad.
Mejor visualizar en grande.
¡Feliz Lunes!
Taken in the garden today in between spending time on the sun lounger which was taken out of hibernation for a couple of hours. Remarkable, considering it is 1 March. Making the most of it before the temperature drops again at the weekend.
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After spending a day railfaning the remaining meter gauge lines between Dudwa and Pilibhit, it was time to call it a day with a nice cup of tea.
The lad in the center seems to be working against the advice that "a watched pot never boils".
Spending as much time as I can at my favorite place, I watched the seabirds flee, I knew something was up, then this gigantic juvenile flew in front of me, over and around my head. The sun was setting. She gave me a lovely silhouette.
This one is younger than the two we saw on Sunday.
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Jasper sometimes spends an evening down at the Old Kennel Klub. We've warned him that the place seems a bit stuffy and pretentious, but he insists that its not. Yes, they have a dress code and yes, they only serve the finest water, but at the core the members are just a bunch of good dogs. I saw Jasper tip his waiter a big bone so I know he treats the staff well.
We spend so much time in our heads... Analyzing. Wondering. Asking. Planning. STOP... come back to here, now. Where I am it's mid afternoon in late summer. The sunlight is flooding the grass... It feels still. And that's all there is for now. And all is well. {victoria erickson}
Many enjoy spending the day just hanging out at Quincy Market in Boston, Massachusetts either talking with old friends or just spending time together as a couple.
A Savanna Monkeybeetle (Genus Eriesthis) and Eicochrysops messapus ssp. mahallakoaena or Cupreous Blue butterfly on Small Scabious flower (Scabiosa columbaria)
Photo 6 of the Nashville Series
From the Nashville Zoo
Flamingos spend about 15% to 30% of their time during the day preening. This is a large percentage compared to waterfowl, which preen only about 10% of the time. Flamingos preen with their bills. An oil gland near the base of the tail secretes oil that the flamingo distributes throughout its feathers.
Flamingos are filter feeders, and in that respect resemble whales and oysters more than they do most birds. Many complex rows of horny plates line their beaks, plates that, like those of baleen whales, are used to strain food items from the water. The filter of the Greater Flamingo traps crustaceans, mollusks, and insects an inch or so long. The Lesser Flamingo has such a dense filter that it can sift out single-celled plants less than two hundredths of an inch in diameter.
Flamingos feed with their heads down, and their bills are adapted accordingly. In most birds a smaller lower beak works against a larger upper one. In flamingos this is reversed; the lower bill is much larger and stronger, and the fat tongue runs within the bill's deep central groove. To complete the jaw reversal, unlike other birds (and mammals) the upper jaw is not rigidly fixed to the skull. Consequently, with the bird's head upside down during feeding the upper bill moves up and down, permitting the flamingo's jaws to work "normally."
Part of the flamingo's filter feeding is accomplished simply by swinging the head back and forth and letting the water flow through the bill. The tongue also can be used as a pump to pass water through the bill's strainer more efficiently. It moves quickly fore and aft in its groove, sucking water in through the filter as it pulls backward, and expelling it from the beak as it pushes forward. The tongue may repeat its cycle up to four times a second.
Flamingos are not the only avian filter feeders, however. Some penguins and auks have simple structures to help them strain small organisms from water, and one Southern Hemisphere genus of petrels (Pachyptila, prions or whalebirds) and some ducks have filtering devices. The Northern Shoveler, the most highly developed filter feeder among the ducks, has specialized plates lining its long, broad bill. The Mallard also has a broad bill, horny plates, and an enlarged tongue. But the pumping action of the ducks is different, and their tongues are housed in the upper mandible, rather than in the lower as in the flamingos.
The flamingo's marvelously adapted tongue almost became its downfall. Roman emperors considered it a delicacy and were served flamingo tongues in a dish that also included pheasant brains, parrotfish livers, and lamprey guts. Roman poets decried the slaughter of the magnificent birds for their tongues (much as early American conservationists lamented the slaughter of bison for theirs). One poet, Martial, wrote (as Stephen Jay Gould recently translated):
My red wing gives me my name, but epicures regard my tongue as tasty.
But what if my tongue could sing?
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