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As I tested slower shutter speeds to see the rain’s effect, an immature White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) landed and took off from the Joe Pye (Eutrochium purpureum) blooms.
I like to shoot action photos at 1/2000, at least, for clarity, and deal with ISO later if I can. This frame followed the one in the first comment by less than a second, I think.
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I think so. This is a member of a free-ranging herd of several hundred Bison on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake that share grazing there with mule deer, pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep. Twelve American bison were introduced on the island in the late 19th century, when the species was nearly extinct. They flourished in the near ideal habitat of dry grass prairie, devoid of apex predators (excepting man) and were maintained and hunted by private ranchers. In 1981 the State of Utah completed purchase of the island to create a state park. It is one of the few publicly managed herds of American bison, and one of the largest.
think of a place I would go
I'm daydreaming
where the sycamore grow
I'm daydreaming
and oh if you knew what it meant to me
where the air was so clear
oh if you knew what it meant to me
anywhere but here
oh now look to the east
great mountains remember me
oh I wound around you for miles
I sat down right there and stretched my bones
and oh if you knew what it meant to me
oh if you knew what it meant to me
oh if you knew what it meant to me
you would see, too.
I don't think I'm ever going to better the conditions I had the first time I went up to shoot the Boxing Gloves on Kinder Northern Edges. This time it rained for 6 of the 9 miles I was out 😁 The walk wasn't without drama. I narrowly escaped being attacked by an owl when ambling along, minding my owl business on the footpath back to the car. Only some vigourous flapping of my arms persuaded it to change course 😂
P.s. some clown knocked the OIS off on my lens. Please excuse the slight lack of sharpness!
Northern Red-shafted Flicker. View Large On Black According to the Audubon guide, "flickers are the only woodpeckers that frequently feed on the ground", probing with their beak, also sometimes catching insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds and nuts, their primary food is insects. Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet. They have a behavior called anting, during which they use the acid from the ants to assist in preening, as it is useful in keeping them free of parasites. IMG_1588
A Burlington Northern intermodal departs westbound after a quick crew change in Livingston, Montana, "Gateway to Yellowstone National Park". • 5.24.1986
Wufeng Lin family is the rich in central Taiwan, to participate in politics and education, the house is very artistic value. Lin family mansion here is one of many species, Called the Yi Pu. A plurality of annular shape metallic device, Very rare, it is clear that after the design, expensive custom iron gate.
霧峰林家是台灣中部的富豪，參與政治和教育，宅第非常具有藝術價值。 這是眾多林家宅邸之一，稱為 頤圃。多個環形裝置，非常罕見，很明顯的是經過設計，價格昂貴的訂製鐵門。
Inspired by Celine Dion - Think Twice
I think the square crop works well with the geometry here. I also have a wide version uploaded. Not sure which one I like better. This one highlights the details the Z lens is capable of picking up. Nikon Z5; Z24-120. Katsuura, Fukuoka.
I think most people see sailboats and think of a relaxing endeavour, soaking up the sunshine as the soft winds blow, the vessels like immense swans gliding along the water blissfully.
Perhaps that’s actually the case for most folks out on their boats, however, my experience with sailing was quite different. I was only ever on a sailboat a handful of times but each of those were with Barnacle Bill. Bill (his real name) was my father and he bought a sailboat shortly after I was married so sailing wasn’t something with which I grew up. That meant I hadn’t been properly trained to be a sailor and neither had Norm.
Our first time out Dad issued the rules and we were more than willing to learn and abide. Yet as the outing progressed Bill’s barking grew more and more intense.
“Don’t sit there!”
“Grab that line!”
(What line? What do you want me to do with it?)
And so it went.
There seemed to be a very real possibility that we were going to be keelhauled or, at the very least, made to walk the plank. If you ever saw the ‘Friends’ episode where Rachel was trying to teach Joey how to sail you’ll have a clear idea of what I’m trying to describe.
I do know that his high anxiety was his concern for everyone’s safety and thus was quite forgivable but truth be told ever since those experiences I have been quite content to simply get the occasional photograph of a sailboat. :-)
Definition Of A Sailboat: A hole in the water into which you pour money.
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I think this Red-necked Grebe chick is all pooped out as it's laying down on mom (dad?) but still has its eyes open. Poor tyke ;)
Taken 21 June 2021 Anchorage, Alaska
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
A previously unpublished archive shot from December 2017. Enjoy!
“Think you’re in control until you’re not
And you’re so in love until you forgot,
Find a place where we can be alone
…a place where we can be ourselves…”
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Dust & Sparkles,
Dea
I think it must be Aikos hair that was stuck on this little ice heads face - giving us a smile
Saying Brrrr, it's cold outside, the wind is arctic and very cold
But it's Monday and who can't smile when we have new pages to make in our life book, new experiences, new people to meet, new food to taste
And not to mention another week has gone and I'm closing in to someone coming home, for every Monday that goes
I just love Mondays
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You are stronger than you think.
Rule #1 of cub club: climb higher than your sibling. And if you are picking a person to go take pictures with in bear country, make sure you can outrun them. LOL
I saw something on Facebook last night that lingers on my mind today. It was about a rodeo couple I photographed many times over the years. I always admired their marriage because they seemed so happy together and the camera never lies. I didn't really 'know' them except though the lens and few chats over pictures. He was a true cowboy to the core and she was pretty talented horse woman with a rope and a winning smile. It was so evident how much they loved their many grandkids. Their ending was a sad one. She courageously battled an illness and passed at 64 in June. He died last week at 74 of a broken heart from missing the love of his life too much. How lucky were they to find a love like that. Most people don't find that their whole lives.
Anyway, I'm off to the rodeo. Happy Saturday everyone!
Flickr is displaying a deficiency of Burlington Northern Cascade Green today. This needs to change. A former Colorado & Southern SD40-2 leads a merchandise train, hard charging eastward out of Bozeman, Montana on May 25, 1986. Of interest is an abandoned Milwaukee Road branch line, who's bridges crossed the former Northern Pacific and I-90 to reach Bozeman. Both are missing today. Chances are the entrained B30-7AB and GP9 are also gone from this world.
I think if I want to post fall colors like last year's then I will have to post shots from last year. This comes from a very productive trip to Little River Falls with my buds Tony and Wes.
“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.”
― J.M. Barrie, The Little Minister
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The Closest Thing To Crazy by Katie Melua
There you are; so distantly; hidden behind the blossom where lovers meet;
standing so pensively on castle stones trodden smooth
by the endless march of time and soldier's feet.
There you dream so deeply; scented flowers wafting by, in clouds of white,
falling gently to the ground, like angel feathers float down from the skies at night.
I look to you in vain hope you will see how much your story means to me,
but we are parted by nine hundred years and a thousand deep seated memories;
through layered time and misty veils of weathered treasures,
I seek the truth of all that went before and ancient pleasures.
My romantic heart has travelled through the morning haze,
to find you here and follow quietly the direction of your silent gaze.
I wonder if you will ever look my way or brighten up my darkest day.
I trace your steps across the lawn and make my way; to await the dawn.
I'm surer than I've ever been that lost in time; a change of scene,
our love that once traversed the universe was never just a dream.
In my pocket I carry with me the musty yellowed remnants of what you wrote;
imprinted on my mind and soaked by tears I shed and filled with hope.
Is it possible to transcend the sands of time and love at last will find a home
within a heart where sorrow lived so long that love was left no room …
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I think he or she wanted to say something...lol !
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Taken when we went on our bikes at the start of last month. This is partway up the north side of the Bwlch (the gap). The road goes up out stage left of the photo , but one can then see it carving its way across before doubling back up to again exit stage left .
We had such a wonderful time this day, as you can see the weather was good and the scenery up the top of the valleys is stunning in my opinion.
It’s meant to be dry today, but with the temperatures not getting above 5 degrees and the wind coming straight from the North Pole I don’t think that I’ll be outside on my bike at least!
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