Squinting at the Sun. Old photos of people squinting at the sun.
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If you look deep within, you will find a brilliant light. To many, far too many, squint and turn away from the shine. Let your eyes adjust, and bathe in the radiance.
Street Scene ~ Chinatown Neighborhood ~ Chicago, Illinois
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 400, f/5.6, 105mm, 1/160s
Eastern Screech Owl having to squint her eyes as she enjoys a sunny but quite windy day. I am so happy to see her again.
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A male Great Horned Owl squints out toward the trail below and the humanoid figures admiring him. His puffed up feathers indicate the cold temperature, though I'd bet he's fairly comfortable. This male and his mate nested in a nearby tree for 3-4 years prior to this breeding season, but this and last season they failed to produce any young. Last year the hen (yes, that's what a female owl is called) abandoned the nest in late march, while this year she was off even earlier, or possibly she never laid any eggs.
♫ And we stare at the sun, but we never see anything there. Just a glare has become all that we'll ever see there. ♫
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A couple different thoughts come to mind while looking at this shot. All of them provoked by the eye squint. Is he squinting to lower the amount of light his eye lets in, so he can see further into a dark space? Or is it a safety habit in case something were to jump out? Or could it be a squint of intense precision to not break away the bark from his highly engineered food source? Hmmmmm?
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Columbia Maryland
While photographing animals, I always try to capture the moment where they are looking deep into my eyes to try and ascertain my intent.
Am I friend or foe, when every action and reaction of mine must be calculated to a tee, unless I am just looking for photos of my desired subject’s backside, fleeing my company. For years I have analyzed my actions vs their reactions in the wild. Getting it wrong hundreds of times has provided me volumes of wisdom, filed snugly under the heading of what not to do. Some of my excitement reactions are easy to contain such as not smiling. Having been blessed with a smile that when expressing the highest levels of happiness, shows no teeth is certainly a good thing. In their world, showing teeth is a sure ticket to disappointment and frustration.
It took me a long time…years… to control my eyes, to try not to react to the encounter with any excitement at all, to go deeply into a calm mindset as if seeing an old friend for the first time in years. When considering most everything out there has better eyesight than humans, especially this human! They are looking at fluctuations in my pupils and gauging the millimeters that I open my eyes in excitement, or squint in fear. In many cases, their analysis of any encounter with a human can mean life or death. I am also blessed with internet research that can educate me their mannerisms, actions like a snort, a change in stance, a head shake or vibrating as in the reptile community. Just like in marriage, I need to know when I’m out of line!
It is those moments of soul searching, of communicating intent that I cherish. Getting the shot is like S&H Green Stamps (Really old man reference that may need to be googled by most) is just a nice little extra!
This shot of a Red fox, one of two, was captured along the Teller highway in Alaska north of Nome on 19 August, 2025.
you always hear them before you see them, a distant cacophony of honks and squawks, then you rush outside and squint your eyes and search the sky for them. Their flyway from the Reifel Bird Refuge to the fields where they graze goes right over our neighbourhood. And sometimes they fly at night.
Its a wondrous sight and knowing that they flew from the northern reaches of Siberia adds to the magic, amazing birds.
Here we see Dill, eye barely open, her head on pale Nutmeg, and tuxedo Nigel, backed up in view on the right- Cat Pile!!
Happy Caturday - "Something in the Eyes"
first shot only grabbed his front half, but it was pretty sharp, sadly this is the best I can offer. I guess I can hope to see him again someday under better circumstances, hope he wasn't just passing through...
There is a lot to dislike for many people during Minnesota winters. As you get older and more vulnerable, walking on snowy and icy parking lots can quickly become a life-changing event.
But there are some positive aspects as well as illustrated by the surreal foggy landscape interrupted by two dots of eagles high on a tree squinting for unfortunate prey scurrying across the snow below.
A svelte young Chinese lady strolls leisurely under a dazzling Beijing sun in July of 2019. Her blonde hair and madonna-esque styling present her own unique fashion statement. Last July was a time when one of your greatest concerns was squinting to view the tiny screen on your phone on a long summer afternoon.
So, yesterday I photographed a tiny moth on my windowsill while testing a new lens. An Entomologist and photography friend of mine, Gil Wizen, commented on the photo, saying with a smile that he didn't see a moth, he saw a jumping spider. Squint just a bit and you'll see what he meant -- these moths (and many others) seem to mimic jumping spiders with their wing patterns, possibly to discourage other spiders from getting too close. (Jumping spiders are not social -- they will definitely eat each other, and other spiders.) Gil has written about these moths before and knows much more about them than I do, but I realized I also had a photo of the spider they may be mimicking, a common species in my yard. (Probable IDs: Moth is Petrophila jaliscalis, spider is a female Habronattus pyrrithrix.)
I found it amusing how this nice butterfly seemed to be staring at me ... I just had to "portray" it
I have wanted to get this location for such a long time after seeing images from the likes of Trevor Cotton and Spencer Brown and an opportunity arose over the weekend that I couldn't turn down, high tide at sunset!!
I arrived on location only to struggle finding the entry point for the forshore this gem sits on, 10 minutes later and some local hash heads gave the game away, after being told it was a 5 - 10 minute walk by the above mention weed smokers I arrive 32 minutes later......with the sun setting behind a bank of cloud.......gutted, so what was a promising bit of light and I end up on a recce!
I still really struggle with LE's at this time of day due to the ever changing light! Give me a grey day and I'm good, but sunrise or sunset and I start to have issues!
Anyway, after a fair bit of time sat at the PC, this is the end result from that recce and to be fair, Im fairly pleased with it! I would love feedback from the people that know this location as I feel there are issues with my editing!
360 Seconds of LE goodness here!
“When you are describing A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things With a sort of mental squint” (Lewis Carroll)
One of the original buildings at the Britannia Shipyard.... peering back at me.
(Not to be a pane, but if you're board and batten around ideas, this looks a little knottier if you hit "L" to view Large....)
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