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Ruby-throated Hummingbird grasping a Black and Blue Salvia to steady himself while feeding. Thanks again for visiting.
How does a very small bird like the Yellow Warbler look like a big bird. In this stretch pose, the 4 inch bird looks much larger.
Visited the Naruto Stable to watch sumo wrestlers go about their morning training routine. Wow, such intensity! These guys pushed themselves to their limits. It was incredible to see. Very grateful too at being allowed to photograph them during their training session.
Sumida-ku, Tokyo
January, 2020
Spring vista of elegant trumpeter swan activity on Fish Lake/Cedar Creek Natural History Area.. central Minnesota.
I’d already assumed my trip up to Northumberland yesterday was not going to deliver any different conditions already experienced over the last year and a bit. As I was not going to add anything to my favourite trees I decided to explore the other side to the burn, I was rewarded. This oak for example caught my eye immediately, the only problem being I had to negotiate a very steep bank for access. Nothing gained nothing ventured, a bit of a challenge, something I’ve never shied away from. I edged my way down, each time adjusting my tripod and composing a photo thinking as precarious stance go this must be my limit. Slowly I made it to this place and steadily set up the photo. On examining the frame I noticed some intruding flora in the bottom left, so edging down I reached out and gently pulled the bush to me while stretching up with my other arm to touch the camera’s lcd and activate the shutter, coincidentally mirroring the stance of my subject. Nice to join me, but you want to try holding this position for a few hundred years.
The brown hare is native to Europe and parts of Asia, and feeds mainly on grasses in open country.
They are mainly active at night, which is why this one was stretching his hind legs at the end of day, after lounging around, seemingly unaware I was watching from a close distance.
With such long powerful legs they are able to run at great speed, out of harm's way of predators, which include birds of prey, wild cats and dogs.
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red fox stretching after a tasty meal of vole
(Sun was setting & had to look twice to believe this ISO setting!)
Honeymoon Cove
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
01-22-25
One of two "hidden coves" on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, I've shot from this vantage point in the past, but even using my older 10mm lens, I never got the vista you see here. I haven't "lens corrected" much in Photoshop either. Except for the slight warping of the tree trunk on the right, you might not even think "extreme wide angle" when first seeing this picture. (And I could have nudged the right side a bit with the distort tool to "correct" the warping, but I like this just as it is.
There is one tree on the south side of Honeymoon Cove, and it's a bit dicey getting down in the exposed roots so that one can get a shot like this. One slip, and, well, it's a pretty steep fall to the water. The sunrays shining through the palm fronds are "real" (as real as you've going to see in a 3 exposure HDR image.) I haven't added any "sunray" effects in any of my programs to make it appear brighter or have more individual rays. In fact, the opposite is true. I overlaid a "non HDR" image of the sunrays on top of the HDR image, to get a more natural look.
One of Daisy's favourite poses on a hot day. She goes to sleep, curled up as usual. When she wakes up because she's too hot, she stretches just her left paw in an attempt to get cooler. Obviously it would be more sensible to get off her furry blanket, but she can't be bothered! Happy Caturday.
Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis)
Monte Vista NWR, Monte Vista, CO
ORDER: Gruiformes
FAMILY: Gruidae
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
ORDER: Caprimulgiformes
FAMILY: Trochilidae
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rufous_Hummingbird/overview
Colorado Springs, CO
Allmänner faut stretches over a considerable length, lined by steep rock faces. Impressive view of the geological forces that have shaped Iceland's landscape.
The gorge serves as a visible sign of the continental drift that has moved the American + Eurasian tectonic plates 70 m apart.
The valley floor has sunk 40 m.
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Allmänner schlucht erstreckt sich über beträchtliche Länge, von steilen Felswänden gesäumt. Beeindruckender Blick auf geologische Kräfte, die die Landschaft Islands geformten.
Die Schlucht dient als sichtbares Zeichen für die Kontinentalverschiebung, die die amerikanische + die eurasische tektonische Platte um 70 m auseinandergedriftet hat.
Der Talboden 40 m gesenkt.
My old friend, doing his morning exercises. He has a mate with him now, but she is much too shy to sit out in the light.
Despite the messy backdrop here I quite like the unusual pose of this heron as he has a bit of a wing stretch.
I mean, how could I not?
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'Stretch'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Vericolor III; x-90s; 50iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Washington
March 2024
“Time is elastic. It stretches to accommodate what we need or want to do with it." - Laura Vanderkam