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Loon family...Day 2 Part 2 !! It's very hard to get close, they have a 20 foot radius you cross that boundary line (comfort zone) and they yodel "back off"!! I didn't need Google to tell me that I had plenty of time to study their language, although, never outstaying my welcome. It's an insult to have anyone think I'd keep the little one as I'm not a diver or live in the water. My firm motto in life (always has been) is if you love something set it free, if it comes back, it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was. I love this little one dearly, even though he was only with me for 24 hours. He is the one lifting his head up slightly as I peeped...his sibling is swimming next to dad.
The morning of reuniting Yogi with his family butterflies consumed my stomach as I had a lot of pressure to get this right. Yogi's life depended on it. When I arrived at the dock a lovely old couple greeted me and the sweetest faced lady who reminded me of my dad's mother was standing with her walker. She immediately asked me what on earth was wrong as I was crying from the overwhelming task ahead. She hugged me and said, "sweet angel, bless your heart for doing this, takes a special soul." Was as if God placed her there just for me as reinforcement. After their well wishes I then headed out in search of Yogi's parents praying the whole way I'd find them in a good spot.... It was crucial!! There they were...I paddled up as close as I could to the sibling chick. Kissed Yogi goodbye, scooped up my little bundle of fluff and placed him on my paddle, extended him as close as I dared and, Plop, dropped him into the water next to his sibling and...hurrah, he floated! I spun around to head out of dodge and the mother loon rushed over and scooped Yogi up onto her back. Success! Glancing back I was relieved to see the reunited loon family all swimming away. That night the haunting call of the loons had a special meaning for me and I smiled contentedly as I watched the loons floating in the moon splashed waves. I go to visit them every day, morning and night. So far so good, my heart does a happy dance every time I see him, on the third night the proud male paraded his family right by my kayak to show off their kids...the male's idea...after I saw the female giving him shit. It was priceless!...Every day is a blessing!
Dedicated to Elizabeth ....the sweet lady on the dock and Yogi, my miracle baby :)
Happy Canada Day!
After striking out so many times when attempting to shoot the nightly M704 on the Hudson Line, I was finally able to catch it on this cool October's night. CSXT484 leads a roughly 11000ft train northbound through Peekskill.
Woody has finally decided to use his new cooling mat. Just had to stuff it into a cardboard box first....
Not everyone in life is successful. Some try harder than others and success seems to find those with a combination of luck and determination. And sometimes not even those people will make it.
Defeat is not a shameful conclusion.
Because to be defeated means that you actually tried.
Those who don't try can't expect success.
Or happiness.
I had the opportunity to travel back down to Glacier National Park in Montana this week end. The weather was great, lots of sunshine and very warm.
This shot was taken on the trail to Iceberg Lake. The hillside was an abundance of color which made for a great afternoon shoot. I found that the flowers seem to be out a little earlier than last year which worked out great.
I would like to invite my Flickr friends to look at my New website and give me feedback. I have still to add other subject matter to it, but I hope you like it. www.outherephotography.com
If anyone can tell me how to link my site on flickr I would appreciate it very much. I have tried on several occasions with no success.
I had lost a camera lens, sometime in the last 3 days and i have been out in all the places and across all the muddy fields that i know i have crossed. This morning i found it sat in mud. Hopefully its none the worst for spending all that time out in the elements.
Another shot from my Aviation Photographic Workshop Day back in May , this time in the hangar again and with the Lysander . The smaller plane in the background is a Percival Provost .
Designed as an Army Co-operation aircraft the Lysander would serve in France and Belgium during the early months of the Second World War. After suffering heavy losses during the Battle of France the type was phased out of front line service. Thanks to its short take-off and landing performance the Westland Lysander would serve with the Special Operations Executive and is best remembered in this role.
The Air Ministry were looking to replace the aircraft used for co-operation and liaison, so in 1934 issued specification A.39/34. This required an aircraft which had short take-off and landing requirements and could be used for a variety of roles including reconnaissance and bombing.
Westland submitted their design during June 1935 and a contract for two prototypes, designated P.8 by Westland, was awarded with the prototype undergoing taxying trials on the 10th June 1936 before its maiden flight on the 15th June 1936. This was followed by an appearance, before the month was out, at the Society of British Aerospace Companies Display at Hatfield. The new aircraft was then sent to Martlesham Heath and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, which was based there, for handling evaluation on the 24th July 1936. The second Lysander prototype made its maiden flight on the 11th December 1936, two months after one hundred and forty four production aircraft had been ordered, and like the first this was sent to the A&AEE at Martlesham Heath. During 1938 the second prototype was to undergo tropical trials and was dispatched to No. 5 Squadron.
It was to be No. 16 Squadron, RAF Old Sarum, who were the first to take delivery of the new aircraft, having their Hawker Audux replaced during June 1938. The Lysander Mk I, which was powered by the 890-hp Bristol Mercury XII engine, had a top speed of 219 mph, range of 600 miles with a service ceiling of 26,000 ft. Armament was four 0.303-in machine-guns and 500lb bombs. When war broke out in September 1939 a total of seven Westland Lysander squadrons were in service and that month also saw the introduction of the Lysander Mk II. With the entry into service of the Mk II a number of the Mk Is were sent overseas as the home-based squadrons started to receive the upgraded aircraft which had a top speed of 230 mph thanks to its new 905-hp Bristol Perseus XII engines, although the range, service ceiling and bomb load was the same as the Mk I. Whilst armament was either three or four 0.303-in machine-guns.
During October 1939 four Lysander squadrons were sent to France but as the 'Phoney War' ended and the German attack began one of the squadrons was dispatched to Belgium, however between the 10th and 23rd May 1940 eleven were lost both in the air and on the ground. Although there was limited success for the type including a No. 2 Squadron Lysander scoring victories over both a Henschel Hs 126 and Junkers Ju 87 on the 22nd May 1940. With the Allied forces retreating to Dunkirk, France the Lysander was sent back to the United Kingdom but made a few sorties to drop supplies, however on one such mission only two aircraft out of a total of sixteen Lysanders and Hawker Hectors sent returned and in the eight months from the outbreak of war until May 1940 one hundred and eighteen of the type were lost along with one hundred and twenty crew members. These heavy losses showed that without air superiority the type of operations that the Lysander was designed for could not be carried out. As a result other aircraft started to replace the type.
It looked like the Lysander would suffer the fate of numerous other aircraft and fade out of service in the target tug or air sea rescue role despite the introduction during August 1940 of the Mk III. Powered by either the 870-hp Bristol Mercury XX or XXX engine this would be the slowest Lysander variant with a top speed of 212 mph. It had a range of 600 miles, service ceiling of 21,500 ft and armament of four 0.303-in machine-guns and 500lb bombs. However the Lysander found a new lease of life performing special duties. It was on the 17th August 1940 that a Lysander took off on a sortie to insert an agent into occupied Europe, in this case Belgium, for the first time by the Royal Air Force. The operation ended in tragedy as both the pilot, Flying Officer John Coghlan, and Belgian agent Henri Leenaerts were killed. Despite this setback it would play a vital role with the Special Operations Executive performing clandestine operations in occupied Europe, including inserting and picking up agents behind enemy lines, undertaking its first agent pick up for SOE on the 6th September 1941.
To serve in its new role with the Special Operations Executive the aircraft would undergo a number of modifications including being painted black, as it would now be operating at night, a ladder fixed to the rear cockpit for quicker loading and unloading of passengers, an external fuel tank and rear armament removed. Later on the colours of the Lysander changed to a green and grey camouflage on the top of the aircraft whilst the bottom remained black. Lysanders operating with SOE were designated Mk III (SD) or Mk IIIA (SD).
Mainly used in the reconnaissance role overseas the Lysander also found itself used in the ground-attack role by No. 28 Squadron whilst they were based in Burma, but in March 1942 they were moved back to India and before the year was out were replaced by the Hawker Hurricane as the squadron became a fighter one. The types last action in front line service was in Burma with No. 20 Squadron in late 1943.
The Fleet Air Arm would also use the Lysander, albeit in small numbers, receiving their first of 67 from the Royal Air Force, a Mk IIIA, on the 26th December 1940. In total four Fleet Air Arm squadrons would operate either the Mk III or Mk III TT. During 1944 a number of these had been given back to the RAF.
One of the most unusual Lysanders was the P.12 Wendover which had a Frazer-Nash rear turret installed and a twin tailed tandem wing which was to be used in the event of invasion of the UK, however this never went past the prototype stage.
In total 1,652 aircraft were produced and as well as the Royal Air Force, where it remained in service until 1946, a number of other countries including Canada, France and Portugal used the aircraft.
Success! LOL!
It took many shots to get these but I was satisfied with end result.
I also like the wild flowers in the shots. They are very photogenic! But I can't ID them in any of the sites I use. The park even has a list of the flowers growing in this restoration area, except this one!!!! LOL!
Nice in Large view!
Afellow Flickr friend ID'd these flowers for my. They are Ohio Spiderwort! Thank you Nancy Clark!!!
Champaign, Illinois, 1987
this was on Green Street, before the apartment buildings had sprawled all the way up from Campustown to the Illinois Central tracks
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“Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar - Requires sorest need.”
Emily Dickinson
Textures thanks to JoesSistah for SGR19 and Kim Klassen for sweettreat :)
Explored July 31st :)
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Success' (W/No.1167 built in 1909) and behind it, Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank 'Good Luck' (W/No.498 built in 1898) at Haunchwood colliery in the mid-1960s.
Both locos had been transferred there from Griff Colliery at Nuneaton but were not popular. 'Success' saw a very limited amount of use. They spent a long period dumped in the open until both were scrapped in June 1966 by John Cashmore Ltd of Great Bridge.
Thanks to Gordon Edgar for the information.
From a slide purchased recently.
Osprey flies with its prize over the 'Deep Hole' at Lower Myakka Lake, Myakka State Park, Florida (5 March, 2020) Almost got some eyeshine in the fish, which may be a white crappie.
Jacob Ferdinand Voet (Antwerp, 1639 - Paris, 1689) - portrait of Cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi (around 1675) - oil on canvas 72 x 56 cm - Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
A mezza figura, in leggero scorcio, il personaggio ritratto indossa il cappello cardinalizio e la mantellina (mozzetta) chiusa da una fila di piccoli bottoni, dalla quale spunta il colletto bianco. Come spesso nei ritratti di Voet, la figura si staglia su un fondo scuro uniforme e la testa è messa in risalto da un alone chiaro a lato del viso. Rapida e istintiva, la tecnica pittorica a pennellate larghe sulla mantella diventa finita e curata nella resa del volto, caratterizzato da un naso importante. I baffetti, la barba e i capelli sono resi con una materia morbida e sfumata, stesa a tocchi fini.L’attenzione al colore, più che ai volumi e al disegno, e l’intonazione realistica, denunciano la provenienza fiamminga di Jacob Ferdinand Voet, che ebbe in Italia grande fama e successo. Egli lavorò per l’aristocrazia romana e lombarda, eseguendo innumerevoli ritratti, tra cui sono particolarmente famose le serie delle “belle”: dame in abiti dalle ampie scollature, spumeggianti di merletti, secondo la moda francese che andava diffondendosi e che proprio papa Innocenzo XI, già cardinale Benedetto Odescalchi, qui ritratto, osteggiò con grande severità. Il suo pontificato fu infatti all'insegna dell’austerità, tanto che impose molte limitazioni agli spettacoli teatrali e alle manifestazioni popolari. Lo stesso Voet, nel 1678, si ritrovò bandito da Roma a causa dei suoi ritratti femminili, considerati scandalosi.
Half-length, in a slight foreshortening, the portrayed character wears the cardinal's hat and the cape (mozzetta) closed by a row of small buttons, from which the white collar emerges. As often in Voet's portraits, the figure stands out against a uniform dark background and his head is highlighted by a light halo on the side of the face. Quick and instinctive, the painting technique with large brushstrokes on the cape becomes refined and accurate in the rendering of the face, characterized by an important nose. The mustache, beard and hair are rendered with a soft and nuanced material, applied with fine touches.The attention to color, rather than to volumes and design, and the realistic intonation, denounce the Flemish origin of Jacob Ferdinand Voet, which had great fame and success in Italy. He worked for the Roman and Lombard aristocracy, making countless portraits, among which the series of the "beautiful" are particularly famous: ladies in dresses with wide necklines, sparkling with lace, according to the French fashion that was spreading and that Pope Innocent XI , former cardinal Benedetto Odescalchi, portrayed here, opposed with great severity. His pontificate was in fact characterized by austerity, so much so that it imposed many limitations on theatrical performances and popular events. Voet himself, in 1678, found himself banished from Rome because of his female portraits, considered scandalous.
Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca - Venice, November 15, 1701 - Venice, May 8, 1785) - Charlatan (second half of the 18th century) - oil on canvas 63 x 51 cm - Museum of the Venetian Eighteenth Century Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Pietro nasce a Venezia il 15 novembre del 1701. Dopo un’esperienza nella bottega di Antonio Balestra, è a Bologna, dove conosce l’opera di Giuseppe Maria Crespi che diverrà, in particolare per quel che riguarda la pittura di genere, fondamentale per gli sviluppi successivi della sua carriera.
Fino al 1734 si dedica a una produzione di carattere “storico” ma dalla fine degli anni Trenta decide di cambiare rotta, indirizzandosi in modo pressoché esclusivo a quella pittura di costume che lo renderà celebre non solo entro i confini della Serenissima. Sono scene di piccolo formato dedicate dapprima, sull’esempio crespiano, alla descrizione analitica e puntuale della vita dei contadini e dei ceti poveri veneziani, poi, dagli anni Quaranta, alla vita dei veneziani, fuori e dentro i palazzi. Il successo è straordinario, come dimostrano i nomi altisonanti dei suoi aristocratici committenti: dai Sagredo ai Mocenigo, dai Grimani ai Querini ai Pisani e molti altri; in pratica, il gotha delle famiglie di antica nobiltà, non escludendo peraltro alcuni “nuovi nobili” – ma soprattutto nuovi ricchi.
Born in Venice on November 15, 1701. After an experience in the workshop of Antonio Balestra, is in Bologna, where he knew the work of Giuseppe Maria Crespi that will become, in particular as regards the genre painting, fundamental for the subsequent developments of his career.
Until 1734 he devoted himself to a production of "historical" character, but from the end of the thirties he decided to change course, addressing himself almost exclusively to the painting of costumes that will make him famous not only within the borders of the Serenissima. They are scenes of small format dedicated at first, on the example of crespiano, the analytical description and accurate life of the peasants and the poor Venetians, then, since the forties, the life of Venetians, outside and inside the palaces. The success is extraordinary, as evidenced by the high-sounding names of his aristocratic clients: from Sagredo to Mocenigo, from Grimani to Querini to Pisani and many others; in practice, the elite of the families of ancient nobility, not excluding some "new nobles" - but especially new rich.
Today we ran around Prospect Park without stopping for the first time. We’d set a goal of being able to do that by June and now we’ve done it. Hot damn!
Raiding the weapon depot paid off...Zack and Severus found some sniper rifles that will be perfect for taking down Dr. Smith.
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Bald Eagle, Terrenceville, Newfoundland
A Bald Eagle soaring along the cliffs of Newfoundland after a successful morning catch.
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…using the han bouwmeester photography blind.
It was the third attempt to get a sight of an animal while hiding under the camouflage blind. The two attempts before (I’ve been sitting under it for approx. one hour each time) ended up without a single shot. But this time it worked. I decided to use one of these blinds for the sake of not scaring the animals away while trying to sneak up to them in order get a good photo. I want them to come up to me, without noticing me.
Ironically, I scared away the roe deer on this picture. Why? Because I was facing in a different direction with my camera and tripod, when I realized that the roe deer came out of the forest BEHIND me. So I had to turn around 180° with my tripod under this “throw over” blind, and all that without getting tangled up. Of course they noticed me when I lifted my tripod etc around me BUT they were still uncertain about what I was. While getting into position to take some photos, one roe deer had already escaped into the forest. Luckly this particular animal still stood there watching me. I was so excited to get a nice picture of a roe deer after such a long time, that my hand caused a lot of camera shake… After I took a few shots, the roe deer escaped into the forest and the magic was over. Hopefully I do not have to move that much under the blind next time, so I might be blessed with being able to watch and photograph completely relaxed animals.
Shot with the Nikon d5300 + Sigma 150-600 c mounted on a Neewer gimbal head + sirui n-3004x, while sitting on a small pillow placed in the grass to get a low point of view (all that under the blind).