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I spent 36+ hours over 3 sessions waiting for this bird, which appeared just the once for less than half an hour, mostly in the rain. Worth it though!
Spent a few hours in the mud at Mistley yesterday, which made me realise that my water resistant trousers aren’t as resistant as first thought! Mistley Quay is known for the swans that gather there, so it was nice to get this shot. Well worth a soggy bottom!!😂
'Time spent with a cat is never wasted'
---- Colette
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A kitten seen on a friend's front porch . Have a nice day :-)
I spent my day chasing hummingbirds and cooking tuna fish casserole. What an amazing day indeed! ( ╹◡╹ )
Have an amazing week!
We sat on a roof
Named every star
Shared every bruise and
Showed every scar
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I spent a few mornings here one week back in October when we had the best misty mornings and I had to get out there as much as possible. This morning the mist was very thick across the lake but I liked the way it made the other side of the lake recede.
Spent a morning lying on the ground photographing these guys. Fun times! Taken Grand Mesa, Colorado.
Spent a lovely few days travelling the Great Ocean Road with my grandson.
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I spent a few days last week exploring a beautiful part of the Scottish East coast. Many lovely fishing villages and fantastic shoreline geology to explore.
I awoke early one morning to look at this fascinating harbour breakwater. It felt like I should have been catching zzzzs instead of look at them. The sun eventually rose and lit up one side of the harbour wall whilst also painting the clouds for a few minutes.
This five minute exposure used a Haida 15 stop ND and a Lee 3 stop hard grad for the sky. Very little editing here, just some noise reduction was needed.
I really like how the high breakwater casts a long shadow, with warm tones and cold tones either side.
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I spent the past week in the Muskoka area north of Huntsville Ontario on Clam Lake outside of Kearney. At the cottage we stayed at there were several of these beautiful hummingbirds close by and they loved feeding on these bright red flowers the owners had in their garden. This is a shot of a female which does not have the red markings around the throat and upper chest area.
I spent most of yesterday looking for some autumn color to shoot. Well, that's not quite right. I didn't have to look very far to find something to shoot because right now here in western Newfoundland it looks like we're living on top of a giant pumpkin! Seriously.
What I meant was, I was looking for something different ... or somewhere different ... I hadn't shot before. And, I did manage to do that, but I still couldn't resist going back and shooting some of the old familiar stuff as well ... but, tried to shoot it from a slightly different point of view.
We spent a few days in Jasper National Park to see the Elk rut. We were last there for the rut 4 years ago and saw quite a few more Elk. But I was very happy with what we did see. We only saw 1 other bull in the forest. When we stopped by the roadside, security told us that he had a habit of ramming cars so, when he started walking toward us, we made a hasty retreat.
I read a very interesting article that states during the rut, the bull opens a slit near the eye to reveal a gland which secretes pheromones to attract a mate. I believe this photo shows that eye slit.
www.rmef.org/elk-network/why-do-bull-elk-grow-an-eye-crat...
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Time spent with cats is never wasted.
Sigmund Freud
Il tempo passato con i gatti non è mai sprecato.
Sigmund Freud
Spent a few enjoyable days on the hunt for Toadstools in the woods around Dartmoor, not sure of the names but I think this is a Bonnet
Spent the night by the lake in a lowland, got out an hour before dawn from the tent. The fog is so dense that even the fingers on an outstretched hand are not visible, just gray nothing. Condensate flows down from the tent in a stream, the cold is terrible. I made tea and sat down to wait for dawn, hoping that the sun would disperse the fog. How wrong I was ... The fog was there almost until 11 o'clock in the afternoon.
Nothing special in the photo, just the fog
Spent a couple days this last summer camping on Storm Mountain, Colorado and was able to enjoy this tremendous view. Being on a hillside without trees led to a generally windy time; luckily, however, the wind was at least cooperative on this day!
Spent a lazy day on beach and suddenly BOOM!, Humpback Whales in short distance came on surface, which they then repeated many times. They were BIG, so cool to see them!
Actually, Humpback Whales did bubble net feeding, swallowing large chunks of anchovies.
Spent a very pleasant couple of hours up on the hills today, looking for Dartfords. I think I found three pairs, but they were very mobile, so maybe just four birds.
Staple plain, Quantock Hills.
Spent the last couple of days in Leipzig/Germany. Woke up early on this day....stay healthy/safe and good weekend ahead! Thanks,
Udo
We spent a week in Seebach, in Germany's Black Forest, and the weather was sunny and hot (not too hot), as over much of Europe.
Ideal weather for harvesting hay, and in our case: for walking!
Spent a few mornings trying to get a decent surfing shot with my Q2. Struck it lucky when early one morning they were in close to the harbour. Do love this wee town with it's unique surfer chic.
I spent Saturday out photographing birds with [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickwilhoit] and a visiting birder from South Africa. Aside from the pleasure of finally meeting one of my Flickr friends in person, it was a terrific day and we had a nice set of representative local birds, but one of the more interesting things we saw was this Eastern Towhee being driven off by a Pipevine Swallowtail. I've never seen a butterfly acting territorially before, but he definitely did not want the towhee there... Weldon Spring Conservation Area
I spent yesterday most of the afternoon in the hammock in my garden. We had a lot of sunshine for weeks now, but the real game changer are the rising temperatures we now enjoy since last weekend. Nature is catching up, green explosions everywhere. Later I took a walk along river Werre, this time between Bad Oeynhausen and Löhne. The sunset was breathtaking and relaxing. Löhne, Ostwestfalen, Germany
Spent the day playing with this one, making subtle changes to tone and texture, thought I'd better upload it so I can get something else done :-)
Spent yesterday afternoon on the hunt for Snowy Owls. After a couple hours I was about to call it quits when I happened upon this fine feathered friend sitting up on top of a telelphone pole. She was kind enough to give me a glance while surveying the surrounding area.
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Spent Christmas afternoon out photographing birds. Hope everyone spent the day doing whatever they love best with those who love you best.
I spent a few hours in my hide in the garden early this morning to try and take advantage of the nice light. About 20 to 30 adult and fledgling Starlings descended and began to make short work of the food I had put out for them. The noise they made was unbelievable and one of the fledges even perched on the end of my lens. Even the cat joined me in the hide and went to sleep so at least I knew where he was.
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I had spent a couple of early mornings down on the Tsehum Harbour waterfront, and in the timespan of one day, a pair of crows took exception to me walking the path. I had wondered what had changed, for I knew most crow's broods had fledged or were close to leaving the nest. They were aggressively dive-bombing me along the whole path. No matter the cause, I decided to take advantage of the situation.
It wasn't until I was walking home and enduring their attention once more, that I found out the reason. A dog walker told me that the day previously a man had discovered two fledglings at the base of a nearby pine tree, and he picked them up!! He, like I, was wearing a ball cap... (Northwestern Crow, BC).
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Spent a wonderful day at the Butterfly Pavilion with my good friend Theresa Finley. We had a great time photographing the butterflies and flowers.
I spent some time today witnessing one of the most remarkable waterfowl sights in the whole world. Somewhere between 10,000 - 15,000 tundra swans are staging right here in the Upper Mississippi River before heading east to Chesapeake Bay for the winter. I took video footage on my smartphone to add some sound, which is sensational, but then I wasn't smart enough to get it on Flickr. Sorry.
A week spent in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem always leads to great images a few of which are unexpected. This bull Bison caused a traffic jam (Bison-Jam to those of us who frequent the park). He had a giant ball of Sage wrapped in his horns and basically just stood in the middle of the road obstructing traffic. The I finally go to the front of the line to go around him I leaned out the window and took his picture as I rolled by. His face filled the frame, and if you look closely you'll see my truck in the reflection of his eye.
Spent the entire day waiting for the SE owls to rise up from the grasslands, but when they finally did they were really far away. I only captured one half-decent flight shot against a blah background. The moon, on the other hand was very cooperative, so a little bit of Photoshop magic saved the day.
Spent couple of hours last Sunday at nearby animal shelter with these beautiful sentient beings who'd end up in a slaughterhouse if it wasn't for a young lady and her mother who decided to save the lives instead of have them on their plate.
Spent an hour back at one of my favourite spots -- on Westinghouse Bridge. Was hoping for heavy snow...just got a dusting.
Spent a few early hours trying to get some shots of these guys. But even at relatively high focal lenghts, it was difficult to get close enough. The fact that the location is essentially a large open field (and they see you coming a long way off) doesn't help either :)
But as that usually goes, patience eventually paid off and this one came to pose on a fence post within acceptable distance.