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I'm a bird without her wings
I'm a song nobody sings
Yeah, my heart's a fragile thing without you
I'm a winter without spring
I'm a sail without a wind
Yeah, my heart's a fragile thing without you
♫: in my ears..
Running late when I met up with Alex Bell for Sunset at Arcol Lake, think we missed the best of the light, but as always it was great to get out!
So.. I got gifted this gacha seat thing and decided to do a picture in it! :D soooo here ya go! hehe.
Another selfie shot at the Needle's Eye on the Wentworth Estate.
There is some interesting history behind this structure: It was constructed approximately in the mid-late 18th century and believed to have been made in order to win a wager, where the second Marquess of Rockingham claimed he was able to "drive a coach and horses through an eye of a needle". So says Wikipedia
This setting was a bit challenging. I wanted to both have the light inside and the rest of the scene in a good exposure. I decided to make a HDR for this purpose.
I'm happy with the result!
NOTHING TO SAY !!
EVERY THING IS CLEAR ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND !!
EVEN IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT IN A WRONG WAY !
LETTERS I CAN'T SAY ! BUT , I CAN EXPLAIN IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY !! =D
sorry coz i upload moi PICs every 24 hour !!
excuse me it is just " tfree'3 6a8aat " =Pp
She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a lo'esome wee thing,
This dear wee camera o' mine.
The warld's wrack we share o't;
The warstle and the care o't;
Wi' her I'll blythely bear it,
And think my lot divine.
With apologies to Robert Burns. Fuji X-E2.
One good thing - more time to read while I'm isolating!
All the Hereios at “We’re Here!” are Underfoot today.
I forgot to post this to We're Here yesterday!
Nr.2 von 8 fragilen Pflanzen Paaren die nun, so nach und nach erneut das Licht der Welt erblicken.
Eine große innere Genugtuung empfinde ich bei dem Gedanken, in den kommenden Wochen die ersten Prints in Händen zu halten, um unseren Wohnraum damit zu verschönern.
Die eigenen Fotos als Druck in Händen zu halten, das ist das Größte für mich.
I feel a great inner satisfaction at the thought of holding the first prints in my hands in the coming weeks to decorate our living space with them.
Holding my own photos in my hands as prints is the greatest thing for me.
light as a feather
fragile as thin glass
translucent as silk
simply beautiful
a series is created this is No.2
...mostly very fragile plants, blossoms or leaves that I found on our walks and hikes through nature and saved them to take home. Later I brought the plants to life on my light desk. Through the illumination of the very thin surfaces, one can literally look into the soul of the plants.
500cm
fomapan100@64
4-50c+TC2X
Caffenol C-L for 70min@20°C
Maybe this owl does not look amused because it suffers from Irritable Owl Syndrome, ha, ha. So many owl species tend to have an "angry" expression. An up close and personal shot of a little Burrowing Owl, who resides at the Alberta Bird of Prey Centre in Coaldale, southern Alberta, a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures, and Golden Eagles. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, educating the public.
""As a result of its ENDANGERED Species status in 1995, it has the focus of a variety of conservation efforts. Operation Burrowing Owl and other projects involving habitat preservation with landowners have been created. Populations are monitored by Fish and Wildlife departments. They have been reintroduced into the British Columbia interior, where it was extirpated. Outlook would improve if larger areas of habitat were preserved and harmful pesticides were banned in all areas of their range. Numbers could increase if an increased tolerance to burrowing mammals develops (i.e. badgers) – provides homes for the Burrowing Owl. Outlook: perilous." From burrowingowl.com.
burrowingowl.com/visit/index.php
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrowing_Owl
I have only ever once seen a Burrowing Owl - two, possibly three of them - in the wild, and I was so very lucky to get that chance. To say that it was a thrill is an understatement! These endangered owls are tiny and so difficult to see, especially when they are down in the grasses. I may add a previously posted photo of a wild one in a comment box below.
It had been a few years since my last visit to the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre - I had only been maybe three or four times - and I had been longing to go back. Much too far and all new driving territory for me to even think about driving there myself. However, on 9 September 2016, that is exactly what I did. A friend had said she would come along, too, but she emailed me at 1:00 am that morning to say that she assumed our trip had been cancelled, as she hadn't heard back about the time to meet. In fact, I had sent two emails giving the time, so I don't know what happened there. Very unfortunate, as it would have been great to have had company on such a long drive, and I know she would have had fun with her camera.
I knew it would be a long day and further than I would normally drive - and in a brand new car that I had/have yet to learn to drive! It didn't look or feel quite as new after travelling 481 km! Only got lost twice, one minor and the other major. Must have taken a wrong turn somewhere way down south and I ended up in the city of Lethbridge, that I had very carefully planned to avoid. After driving for three and three-quarter hours, I finally arrived at my destination, to my huge relief.
Despite getting there later than I had hoped, I still had more than enough time to wander round the grounds and photograph the various raptors. Some were tethered out in a grassy area and others, including this Burrowing Owl, were in outdoor cages. It looks like this one had an injury to its beak? Wonderful to get such a close look at the various majestic birds.
I took a slightly different way home via #845 (?), making absolutely sure that I didn't accidentally find myself in Lethbridge again and it wasn't too long before I found myself in the area that I had driven weeks ago, when I went SW of Vulcan to look for Common Nighthawks (without any luck).
Just so happy that I finally made myself do this drive. When I Googled the Centre's website, I had discovered that they were closing two days later for the winter. So, it was either a case of going the next day or not at all till next May onward.
The day after this adventure, 10 September 2016, I took my daughter on a long drive in Kananaskis. This was yet another place that I had longed to be able to drive for many years - and finally I did it! I had been lots of times with various friends, but this was the very first time I had ever driven myself. We had planned to do this a few weeks earlier, but then my car had major repairs that needed to be done. Instead, I knew I just couldn't put any more money into my 17-year-old car, and I ended up replacing it. So glad we went on this particular day, as it snowed the following day.
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!
To Bee, or not to Bee, that is the question.
Another belly shot on the yoga mat. Elbow tripod. No coffee this time– a tad windy.
Closer to the original RAW shot with the umbellifer seed head measuring about 1.5 inches/ 3.8 cm. Just muted a bit using curves.
Experimenting. Fun to learn how to adjust hues using curves adjustment layers. I used one of these basic YouTube videos:
youtu.be/Bvyiydd2dMc (PixImperfect)
I don't know how it happened, but this poor sea gull had a lure on his upper beak. He must have thought it was a real fish but was the fisherman there when it happened? I reported it to the Park Rangers but no response.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Thank you so much for stopping by and for the kind comments and favs. They are very much appreciated!
no idea what this is yet, but I tried my hand at a little astrophotography, and one series of frames basically just has this in it. this is cropped out a frame that has stars in it, and this seems about 100 times bigger than a star, thumbnail-wise.
in any case, it's kinda cool looking.
Tartiste Style Here
PS NanTra is having a PHOTO CONTEST.
What IS this Thing? Well, they need you to help them figure that out! There will be 3 prizes in the form of store credit! 1st prize is $1000L credit, 2nd is $500L credit and 3rd is $250 credit!
RULES: 1 photo entry per person. Post photo in the {NanTra} Flickr group (www.flickr.com/groups/2389076@N24/) with THING PHOTO CONTEST in description. Entries will be accepted for duration of the Futurewave event (ends midnight SLT March 1).
This is "Angel Oak", a Southern Live Oak tree on Johns Island, South Carolina near Charleston. Its age has been estimated at 400+ years but some estimates put it much older. It is still very much alive in spite of being damaged by hurricanes. The amazing thing about it is the vast canopy from its many twisting branches. The longest branch is 187ft long and its canopy shades an area of 17,200 square feet. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak.
Pictures cannot do justice to what a magnificent tree this is, and I found it surprisingly difficult to capture. A wide angle will get the full canopy but one loses some of the enormity of the trunk and the delightfully twisted growth. A closer view of the trunk loses the mass of branches and some of the wonderful light mottling from the early morning sun. I opted for an in-between crop to keep the light quality but also to try to convey some of the detail on the trunk. The back side of the tree offers some interesting perspectives as well, with some of the branches acting as interesting leading lines. Unfortunately you are not allowed to setup a tripod within the mulched area around the tree so I wasn't able to get a satisfactory shot from behind. This is my last picture from the series I took on recent trip to Charleston/Johns Island/Seabrook Island/Kiawah Island. So many more things I wanted to capture but couldn't get to.
I've been here before with my point-and-shoot but I wanted to get a good quality picture without any other people in the frame. Unfortunately there are lots of signs that can be seen around the base, I would have preferred a more natural look. The tree is in a fenced and guarded park so I arrived promptly at 9am opening so I could get my photo before other tourists encroached on the photo opp. This is also the best light of the day (as the park closes at 5pm, well before sunset).
EDIT: Taking up Tim's recommendation below, I was able to photoshop the signs out making for a more natural-looking pic. I'm still no photoshop expert and I'm sure a forensic photo analyzer would find sure signs of my tampering, but it's close enough for my satisfaction.