View allAll Photos Tagged Think
I think I'm right in saying that this is a female Ruddy Darter. If anyone knows otherwise then please let me know. I spotted it sitting on the top of a small tree. It then took off and circled round and landed in the same spot. It did this several times and was still there when I had taken too many photos.
Think So is by The Meditations, and I think the High Brown Fritillary season I almost over. It's been a fairly good year and we've seen them flying throughout the area in decent numbers. There are still a few females egg laying so I may still see one or two on my walks.
I think the heatwaves have compressed and shortened the flight period , I know the feeling.
My next obsession will be looking for Hornet Robberflies , and returning adders.
Think I’ll go for a ride
Take the bike out of the shed
Make a fresh start
Get out of my head
When the head spins
There is no joy
...
(The Ride / Luka Bloom)
Didn't think this was too bad for a shot from my camera phone (pp done with Lr).
Part of me really did wish I'd brought my tripod with me but my Giottos is just too damn heavy and I really don't do enough walking to contemplate investing in a carbon fibre one.
I think it is interesting how power gets put together on a big old railroad. Somehow, a pair of leasor units have been paired together for the Cedar River Local for the past 2 weeks out of Waterloo. It's pretty neat to see a couple of old ex-Soo Line SD60's paired back together again. Here, the girls sit at the roundhouse at Waterloo over the weekend. The Cedar River doesn't work over the weekend much, so the power will sit for a day or so unless needed on M338 for a kicker unit.
These Soo SD60's were in the 1st 21 units order (6000-6020), which were delivered between between August and October 1987. This bunch was returned leased, and some spent time on the INRD. Now, power short CN has them.
Usually I use the 14mm f/1.8 for my night captures, but on this trip with the Milky Way rising so low on the horizon, I started out by using the 16/35 f/2.8 here at the Fisher Towers. This allowed me to get various zoomed compositions and exposures. As this was zoomed in at 20mm for this capture, and the lens could only be opened to f/2.8 ... I increased the ISO to 10,000 and the shutter to 8 seconds to reduce star movement.
I think the results turned out pretty cool and something to consider doing more of when the location arises to use the 16/35 lens.
I think Penelope is glad she got to experience Tennessee fall before heading back to Portugal. She seemed very tickled by all the falling leaves! Plus her coloring is PERFECT for it!
The Challenge Factory - Doll/Toy Category Winner
I was using one of those car windshieled sun blockers to reflect a little more light onto the area of my hummingbird feeder when I caught this photo. The funny thing is that, on the relfector screen is a drawing of a Bald Eagle in almost this exact pose going in for a fish. I guess this little guy is thinking of bigger things.
Taken in New Jersey, USA
© Steve Byland 2008 all rights reserved
Unauthorized use or reproduction for any reason is prohibited
"Wow, what do you think it is? A flying ship - something I could use to get off this sand pile?"
"More likely a dead star plunging to a last resting place in the desert..."
"Yeah, I guess that's what Bara Magna is good for -- a place to die."
— Ackar and Kiina, A Hero Reborn
#returntobaramagna collab
Like Most Men my age, I grew Up in an Era where Comic Books where the daily digest in my town. In those days a graphic novel was a mere 25cents and you could buy 12 books for $3.00 I think thats about the average price of one magazine these days. LOL Anyway.....I Thrived on reading Marvel & DC Comics by the time I was 13 I had well over 2,500 or more. and I kept mine in the protective plastic bags and boxed according to hero or the group that they were in*
I even learned how to draw from reading these things and wanting to emulate what I saw everyday. Boy Stan Lee really had a major Impact on my childhood! Dark Knight/Detective Comics & The X-Men were always my favorite comics. And like most "Wolverine & Batman" were my fav. characters. It wasnt until much, much later on in life that these Superheroes were made into major motion picture Idols.
With the rise of technology and special effects Hollywood has been able to produce what I read for so many years on the silver screen. I think if I had to choose being one of these Superheroes in "real life" it would Most Def. have to be
"THE DARK KNIGHT"..........:))
He's a Millionaire playboy and he gets to drive around in The Batmobile
plus he gets to use all of those fancy gadgets &
The Batcave is just THE KOOLEST Hideout EVER!!!!
An example of the wall art that is appearing all over Croydon. Very nice and it also helps to prevent that awful graffiti which seems to be ubiquitous.
Patrick Baker - Don't Think Twice It's All Right
~ Lelutka EvoX Raven
~ Wings-Es0801 Hair
~ Yummy all jewelry
~ Glam Skin
~ Sorgo Sunglasses
~ DDL Consuelo Bag
~ Brior Bri Diamond Top And Mila Long Denim Skirt
~ Brior Rachel Lether Boots
~ Legacy body
~ :::ChicChica::: Frappuccino
October is breast cancer awareness month ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Breast_Cancer_Awareness_Month
Happy Friday
I can't think of a better place to be right now than up at 12,500' in a remote alpine environment of the beautiful San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado.
It is refreshingly lush everywhere we travel this summer. The weather is a bit tricky this year as the rains are frequent so it is easy to get stuck out there in a lightning storm as I did just before this shot. In a matter of 15 minutes I saw a torrential downpour to a full rainbow that only lasted 20 seconds to dark clouds again.
I just can't get enough of this and find myself thinking about it day and night. Nature is really reaching out to us this summer and I plan on taking full advantage of it!
I posted a few other pictures to my website from our trip,
Thank you for viewing my photos and for sharing yours!
Me: What do you think of the view up here?
Quinne: It's great but can we go?
Me: Why?
Quinne: Because the view isn't going to be so great if I'm in pieces.
Me: Trust me you aren't going anywhere.
Quinne: Ok...I guess I can stay for a few more minutes.
I think I can stop saying "I'm not a morning person" as I seem to be on a bit of an early morning tear as of late. The bonus is that where these falls are just an hour from the time change so the sunrise was late at 8:20 so it wasn't a big stretch to make the sunrise :))
I think it was Napoleon who described the English as a nation of shopkeepers, and when I was a young lad in London, it seemed that every street corner had a small shop. I was actually doing my Economics A level in 1964 when Retail Price Maintenance was abolished. Until that happened, you couldn't sell goods for less than the minimum price set by the manufacturer. We forecast then that it would mean the end of small shops, as supermarkets could undercut them.
There are still a few village shops left, mainly where there is no nearby supermarket. The village shop at Hornby in the north of Lancashire (pictured) is excellent and seems to sell everything. But the local villages near where we live have all lost their village shops. The last budget can only hasten the end of those still remaining.
Art - Texture applied to photo image.
Thanks to everyone that views and comments on my images - very much appreciated.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. On all my images, Use without permission is illegal.
Sony ILCE-7RM5
I think it's a Rock Wren, but I can't be sure. I remember where I took the photo - rock wren territory - in the oak grass at about 700 feet. The reason this has been in storage so long is that as I photographed the tree stump, this little brown bird came in to see what I was up to, and then took off again. Good enough to keep, but not good enough to post. Still, all I am almost positive about is that it's a female, and the trunk is a century old and very dead oak tree.
This was the week before we left for Yellowstone and the Tetons, and I was practicing with my new SX50. It and I performed beautifully in both parks. Instead of a LBB, the first day in Yellowstone, I got six lifers! Too easy, really. Five Mountain Bluebirds in the first hour, and even an Osprey which perched with the sun in MY eyes. And then cross-bills, woodpeckers, grouse... And few people. The park "opened" the day after we left :-)
I think getting one of the small birds in flight, in focus is all in the timing... and just plain luck of shutter control. In other words, it's flippin' hard! This is only the second time I've done it and I tried often in the last several winters.
They who drink beer will think beer.
Washington Irving
32 beers on tap at the Hy-Vee grocery store where we shop.
#2 in the series of confessions. Soon, I might actually confess something no one knows. I'll think about it. haha
"When I first saw you
I knew that I'd never forget
This moment in time
Justa smile and you took away my heart
I never knew that my life would change
I never knew that I'd feel this way
Baby, believed me I'm right
Won't try to fight
This feelings inside I can't hide
I think I love You
This I am sure
Coz I miss you
Each time that you go
The things in my heart
The things that i say
are things that are true all the way
I've fallen for you
I'll never let go
Coz I need you
You're the light in my sorrow
THe things in my heart
The things that i say
are things that are true all the way
I love you
The days passed, I woke up
my heart, shot by an arrow
I go on my way
The sun shining everyday
Like, there's no tomorrow
I promise with you I will stay
If you tell me you'd be with me too
say yah do
we're meant for each other
I always believe that we do
the way my world brightens
whenever you're with me I know..."