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Taman Esplanade in Kuantan. After crop.
Paved walkway ("Benteng" the Malays and Kuantan folks call them) along the Kuantan River is about a kilometer long, stretching from the Shahbandar Jetty.
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I have raccoons living under my deck! This one came out, walked around & gave a big stretch before hiding under again! They must think they're paying the taxes, lol, definately won't be their permanent residence!
Southern Snow ~ Beauty of Snow
Snowy Egret juvenile ~ In The Wild
St. Augustine, FL U.S.A. ~ 7/5/20
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*[she woke-up...took a quick-glance at me...and
then started stretching! LOL - Thanks for looking]
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) well stretched while descending a tree.
Wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) dobrze rozciągnieta w trakcie schodzenia z drzewa.
Beginning in the early 1990s, sandhill cranes began stopping at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge on their way to and from their wintering grounds in Georgia and Florida. Today, as many as 12,000 spend the entire winter there.
“Sandhill cranes use the Tennessee River as a travel corridor,” says Kirk Miles, Region 3 wildlife manager with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. “We average, at least for the last five years, about 15,000 sandhill cranes using the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. However, more and more, the birds are using other fields along the Tennessee River as well.”
Greater sandhill cranes are the largest sub-species of crane, and average six to seven pounds and close to five feet tall with a wingspan stretching more than six feet wide. Their feathers are varying shades of gray, and the forehead and crown are covered with red skin. Adults have a white cheek patch.
Sandhill cranes mate for life — which can be two decades or more — and remain with their mates year-round. Cranes nest on the ground and often have two eggs, which the pair tends together.
Particularly during spring mating season, but also throughout the year, sandhill cranes will “dance,” which can include bowing, jumping, running, wing flapping and even throwing sticks and grass into the air.
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Gather ye nuts while ye may...even when hanging by your hind legs!
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
9 November 2023.
...with apologies to poet Robert Herrick.
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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.
Spring vista of elegant trumpeter swan activity on Fish Lake/Cedar Creek Natural History Area.. central Minnesota.
Stretching is critical to many with injuries, and to athletes who want to avoid injuries. This is a small part of a flexible exercise band being stretched against the blue of another band. HMM!
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.
Category: Panoramic Shot
IG: victorlimaphoto
Story:
Captured in the heart of the Jalapão region, this panoramic nightscape reveals the raw beauty of Brazil’s Cerrado under a pristine Bortle 1 sky. Dominating the scene is the luminous arch of the Milky Way, stretching from one horizon to the other, its core glowing with interstellar dust, emission nebulae, and countless stars. The reddish tones near the galactic center are enhanced by the use of a modified sensor, revealing prominent H-alpha regions like the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae.
To the right, a striking column of Zodiacal Light rises—sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust—perfectly aligned with the ecliptic. Subtle green and red hues of airglow add a surreal touch to the lower sky, interacting with the warm tones of the dunes and the reflecting waters of the meandering stream. Buriti palms and native vegetation complete the composition, grounding this celestial spectacle in the unique landscape of the Brazilian savanna.
This image is not a blend but a multi-frame panorama, precisely captured to preserve the spatial relationships of both the terrestrial and astronomical elements. A technical and artistic tribute to one of the darkest skies in South America.
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25/06/2025 19:46h
Canon 6D Ha Mod / Sigma Art 20mm f/1.4
18x 13sec / f:1.8 / ISO 5000