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LBD and sheer thights. I don't need anything else to be the happiest girl in the world. I love how they fit and look.
those NUTS give me headache :) they are delicious but it's a bit pain to collect them... OK that is fun also but leaves leaves leaves ... a bunch of leaves and fight with wind :)
Those shots were taken on lake Kariba in Zimbabwe. All around the lake we can find those dead trees, which are completely hollow and mineralised. We traveled around the lake for 10 days with a houseboat. That day was one of those cloudy days. The clouds were unified and the sun could barely get through. The water was very calm and reflected the sky. In the afternoon, I saw at a far distance a herd of elephants, at least 50. They were coming from the bush and headed to the water. I asked the guide to take the small boat and navigate towards them. He even didn’t notice the herd at that moment. We immediately jumped into the boat and went straight to the herd. It took around 20 minutes till we arrived close. During that trip, I took several shots. It was a wonderful moment looking at the herd, bathing and spraying water all over them. The calfs played around, the mothers took care of them, and the patriarch had a look on us. Sometimes we could get closer, other moments we had to go a little further. After their bath, they took the time to rub their skin with red sand. Suddenly, they disappeared into the thick dry bush again. The patriarch never left his sight on us. What a moment, so intense, and so happy to see this. The whole ritual took an hour and half. We headed back to the houseboat. On the way, we encountered 30 hippos getting out the water, taking some heat and having a nap. Again it was a very enjoyable moment, unforgettable. Back at the houseboat, I had a look to the pictures taken. I immediately noticed those 2. We just see a perfect reflection between the sky and the water. On all other pictures we see calm waves on it. This is the reason why I selected those 2; no waves, the reflection divided by a piece of land, mineralised trees, and of course the silhouette. All together creating a minimalistic and nearly abstract view of Africa. The shots were not modified in photoshop, just a little contrast, a little vibrance and shifting the white-balance.
For those of you tired of the snow and cold of winter, it was nearly 100 degrees F when I took this along Hwy 150 in Upper Ojai, California, USA.
Just something to warm you up a bit.
Those otters were having a meal when a little coyote came around! It was an amazing thing to witness!
Those of you that have followed me for a while know I used to teach a photography class to Middle Schoolers during their minimester (4 days of different than the normal routine classes between semesters). I was asked to bring it back this year, even tho I'm retired, and of course I said yes.
Lochinvar is the home on campus for the Head of School
the sun came out shortly after we started shooting this afternoon - HWW!
Those who love snorkeling and diving, visiting Tinabo island will be the great experience to do those activities. No wonder that this island is becoming one of the paradises for diving enthusiasts
Taken @Taka Bonerate, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
For those who have been paying attention, the GOP panel for both the Senate and House of Representatives drafting the newest abomination of Trumpcare didn't include any women. And so, when you have defunding of Planned Parenthood and clauses about how it an employer doesn't really feel like paying for birth control...well, are we really surprised? Rape and C-section should also not be pre-existing conditions when erectile dysfunction is not.
Some other things that have happened that are really horrific-in Texas, it's legal now for Dr.s to not tell pregnant women when they are going to give birth to a baby with a disability even when it is severe. It's also illegal for anyone to drive a woman to an abortion clinic. The woman also must have a funeral service for the fetus.
In Arkansas and Oklahoma, their state legislature are trying to get bills passed referring to a woman's body as a "host" and that even in the case of a rape, a male must give consent for abortion.
In North Carolina, they just recently ruled that if a woman has given consent for intercourse she cannot withdraw it even when a man become violent during the act. Therefore, if a man appears to be harmless and then starts to literally attack her and she tries to stop him and the act, it will never be considered a rape.
If these things don't alarm you, you either don't care about the rights of women or well, that's about all I've got. I'm personally against abortion but for the right of a woman to choose. These people are so extreme that they want to prohibit it in any circumstance. If a woman is raped, she should absolutely have the right to terminate the pregnancy. If a woman will die or the baby will die or suffer immeasurably, she should also have that option! These are not extreme liberal statements. This is about human rights for women. If a woman is being attacked and says no, it's rape. If a woman has been raped or abused, it should not be a pre-existing condition that would deny her healthcare.
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“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
James Matthew Barrie
I wish all of you a Happy Friday and plenty of sunshine!
What is it about an old airplane that makes old pilots nostalgic about the old days of flying; the open cockpit, leather helmet, silk scarf, a wooden propeller, and the smell of mother earth as the open-air rushed by you in it's slipstream?
In those days the usual means of navigation was using a road map, and your map was usually a highway map that showed you where you wanted to go. In the old days of flying many small towns across the United States had the name of their city written on buildings top's to help guide pilots safely across the skies. Yes, airplanes may not have been as reliable in those days, perhaps more engine failures, no radio communication equipment, but there's nothing like the sound of that deep throaty roar of a radial engine in front of you. Those were the days when every flight, was an adventure in itself.
U.S. Army PT-17 Bi-wing aircraft.
For those using the Gregorian Calendar, it's Leap Day!
February 29, a Friday Leap Day. Special in many ways. The Leap Year calendar repeats itself every 400 years. There are only 14 Leap Fridays in that 400 year period.
I'm leaping on Leap Day.
Note the remote shutter trigger in my right hand. Easier to catch my leap. =)
For those of you that do not know the idiosyncrasies of the Osprey I offer this explanation:
Unlike an Eagle swooping down in a horizontal sweep of the water nabbing its prey on the surface, the Osprey dives vertically into the water feet first as a platform diver would do hands first. They spy their prey from high above and begin their stealthy dive ending completely submerged in the water with fish in talons. Very often they struggle to get out of the water with a 5lbs + Salmon/fish in their talons.
Been MIA for awhile with life and will be catch-up with ya'll soon.
You all know the drill...."make it a great day as it is a choice ya know"
Those who find beauty in a landscape do so because it touches a place of beauty already within themselves.
- Courtney Milne
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● Non-HDR-processed / Non-GND/ND-filtered
● Black Card Technique 黑卡作品
Just kidding ;) But the comic look somehow reminded me of Donald Duck... *ggg* As always, please view the original size for a better experience.
Here's an older photo from nearly the same position... www.flickr.com/photos/dcdead/1228590387/
20,000 views might not be a lot for most of you, but for me it's surprising and I'm grateful. Last Friday night I noticed there were about 19,900 something views on my photostream. So I kept a close watch early Saturday morning because I wanted to get a picture of it. Not bad for a guy who doesn't really know what the settings on the camera are for. Not bad for a guy who always has to hand the camera to his wife before her takes a shot. She makes all the adjustments, so she should get as much credit for all these views. So I want to say "Thank You!" to all my flickrs friends. You are the ones who have kept me on flcikr. You see when I first started out, I could post a photo and it wouldn't get a comment or even a view for weeks. Now, things are very much different. I can count on you all to let me know what you think, so I can improve. It's not really about the views, it's about improving. I love photography and I want to get better at it! It's the art of capturing the moment, so you can remember it and share it with those who weren't there to see it. And it's neat when friends appreciate what you have captured.
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John Clare
Mary Bateman
I wake, and fall asleep again,
The same delights in visions rise;
There's nothing can appear more plain
And those rose cheeks and those bright eyes.
I wake again, and all alone
Sits Darkness on his ebon throne.
For those who read the actual descriptions, today was not a very good day. I planned on going to see Bald Eagles in far southwestern Will County this morning. Everything was great until I hit about Interstate 55 and Kingery Highway (Route 83). The weather turned quickly from flurries to a full on heavy snow. Instead of going home I decided to stop at preserve along the way but after I went down the hill in I realized the slope and road there was deteriorating fast. I got up the hill and went to a 2nd spot I frequent only to find the gate closed but I did see a couple double parked vehicles with long lenses barely peeking out of the driver's side window. I drove on to Joliet where the roads were actually pretty decent and decided to head to my eagle destination. After a quick bathroom stop I checked the forest website because I had never known a gate to be closed after 8:30am. It said the location would be closed indefinitely. I reached out to someone I know who asked me not to repeat what I would be told as to the reason and I'm keeping my word. Well, people ruin everything. In their quest to see something or get "the shot" someone always has to ruin things. There's a small element of photographers and/or self-proclaimed birders that ruin things for others. They don't care. Well, the snow turned to freezing rain and I was already pissed off after that phone call so I figured eating would be my best medicine. I did get in some street photography afterwards so things would not be a total waste. But it was not the same. It was a bit of heartache. I am sure the preserve folks will create more restrictions that impact people who are responsible and have nothing to do with the reason why more and more things are either taken away or made harder.
Those of you who follow my work know I have a thing for shooting freight under wire. The week before last I got a tip that CSXT Middleboro based daytime local B727 would be making a relatively uncommon move that was long on my wish list to shoot. B727 runs five days per week between Middleboro and Attleboro on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal maintained and dispatched Middleboro Subdivision serving customers and interchanging with the MC along the way.
On Thursdays they normally sneak out on to Amtrak's NEC main at BORO interlockong for a two and half mile shove west down Track 4 to East Junction to work a couple customers on that historic bit of trackage that I've written about in this caption: flic.kr/p/2jck93J
But there is one other customer in the area that every once in a while gets a switch. And on this day after shoving out they reversed direction and ran east a mile to a short twisting lead splitting off just short of Holden interlocking. This lead reaches down into the building of Polyfiber Inc. a subsidiary of Holland Manufacturing makers of industrial packaging, specialty coated and laminated products, water activated tapes and other products.
B726 ran the mile west with three cars trailing three GP40-2s and just short of Holden they stopped and made two trips down and back on the lead to pull one empty and spot one load before shoving back east through Attleboro station toward East Junction. They are seen here shoving all the way into the building with three geeps to spot up a lone covered hopper at the far south end.
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Thursday January 14, 2021
Those of you who regularely follow my photostream know Cleo and the never ending story of her weight problems. New year, new diet. Cleo doesn't look pleased. Obviously the term "good resolutions" doesn't exist in a cat's vocabulary.
+ 1 more capture in the first comment
Yesterday afternoon, 22 March 2015, I went on a very enjoyable two and a half hour walk at Carburn Park, with birding friends. The weather was good and the company was perfect.
These magnificent Bald Eagles are usually seen in the trees on the far side of the Bow River or flying overhead, so my photos tend to be very distant. I was just pressing the shutter when this adult unexpectedly took flight. I love seeing them when their legs are extended like this, so, even though this is a very grainy image, I thought I'd still post it.
Until maybe 10 or so years ago, when I bought my very first digital camera and eventually got into "birding", I had no idea that we have Bald Eagles in Calgary - lots of people are still very surprised when they learn this. How lucky we are!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/id
I'll add the list of sightings we had, put together by the leaders of the group:
1. Canada Goose-60
2. American Wigeon-1 m.
3. Mallard-55
4. Bufflehead-60
5. Common Goldeneye-60
6. Common Merganser-7
7. Bald Eagle-2
8. Ring-bill Gull-30
9. Calfornia Gull-30
10.Herring Gull-1
11. Rock Pigeon-3
12. Great Horned Owl-2
13. Downy Woodpecker-8
14. Hairy Woodpecker-1
15. Northern Flicker-5
16. Black-billed Magpie-14
17. American Crow-2
18. Common Raven-8
19. Black-capped Chickadee-5
20. Red-breasted Nuthatch-1
21. White-breasted Nuthatch-1
22. American Robin -4
23. House Finch-3
24. House Sparrow-10+
25. Great Blue Heron-flew over, and noticed by Shirley, even though it was little more than a large speck in the sky
After the walk, four of us went for coffee at Tim Hortons - always as enjoyable as the walk itself, if not more so : )
I removed those two from Agfa Karat and Kodak Retina folding mini cameras dating from early fifties in hope tha they may be of that "kleinbuilt" optical design which evolved into Ultrons and Planars of those days.
Those two seems identical on the first look. Back and front assemblies are even interchangeable. I may switch them with no issues whatsoever.
So I expected identical results. And they are not. Retina Xenon has more just a hint sharper and less rounded balls of confusion in the right upper corner. I compared them later with Retina Xenon 50mm f1.9 (short MFD) and this one gives image identical to Karat Xenon. Pretty well rounded balls.
Unfortunately I am not able to open front group on any of those lenses and check (and clean them).