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I was originally enrolled into the GETTY IMAGES collection as a contributor on April 9th 2012, and when links with FLICKR were terminated in March 2014, I was retained and fortunate enough to be signed up via a second contract, both of which have proved to be successful with sales of my photographs all over the world now handled exclusively by them.
On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the existing 'Moment portal', and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being officially rolled out in December. ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015 and has smoothed out the upload process considerably.
These days I take a far more leisurely approach to my photographic exploits, and having moved from professional Nikon equipment to consumer bodies and lenses, I travel light less constraints and more emphasis on the pure capture of the beauty that I see, more akin to my original persuits and goals some five decades previously when starting out. I would like to say a huge and heartfelt 'THANK YOU' to GETTY IMAGES, and the 22.893+ Million visitors to my FLICKR site.
***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on March 7th 2018
CREATIVE RF gty.im/925773952 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**
This photograph became my 3,019th frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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**** This frame was chosen on August 7th 2018 to appear on FLICKR EXPLORE (Highest Ranking: #80. This is my 103rd photograph to be selected, which for me is both amazing and exciting, as I never view my images as worthy compared to some of the awesome photography out there. EXPLORE is Flickr's way of showcasing the most interesting photos within a given point in time -- usually over a 24 hour period.
Flickr receives about 6,000 uploads every minute -- That's about 8.6 million photos a day! From this huge group of images, the Flickr Interestingness algorithm chooses only 500 images to showcase for each 24-hour period. That's only one image in every 17,000!..... so I am really thrilled to have a frame picked and most grateful to every one of the 17.950 Million people who have visited, favourite and commented on this and all of my other photographs here on my FLICKR site. *****
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty seven metres at 10:29am on Wednesday February 28th 2018 off Woolwich Road and Treetops Close in the grounds of Abbey Wood open space in Bexleyheath, Kent, England.
'The beast from the East', a Siberian cold front and weather phenomenon, has swept across the United Kingdom duringh the past few days, and last night was Kent's turn to brace herself for the deluge of snow.
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Nikon D7200 10mm 1/40s f/11.0 iso100 Exposure Compensation +1.3EV RAW (14 bit Lossless compressed) Image size 6000 x 4000). Colour space RGB. Handheld. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Auto Active D-lighting. Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control on.
Nikkor AF-S DX 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED DX. Phot-R ultra slim 77mm UV filter. Nikon EN-EL battery. Hoodman H-EYEN22S soft rubber eyecup. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 32GB Class 10 SDHC. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 29m 9.90s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 14.60s
ALTITUDE: 57.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 69.10MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 38.40MB
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Nikon D7200 Firmware versions A 1.10 C 2.015 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
The watering hole at the famous Treetops Hotel in Kenya's Aberdares National Park. It was here that a young woman named Elizabeth was staying in 1952 when she found out that her father had died, and she had become a queen.
There are antelope of some sort drinking from the watering hole.
Mount Kenya, its peak unusually clear of afternoon clouds, is lit by sun from the western sky. It is at a distance of 51 km or 32 miles. At 5,199 metres above sea level, Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa.
There are antelope of some sort drinking from the watering hole.
Mount Kenya, its peak unusually clear of afternoon clouds, is lit by sun from the western sky. It is at a distance of 51 km or 32 miles. At 5,199 metres above sea level, Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa.
Isa Genzkenâs Two Orchids at the southeast entrance to Central Park where the flowers rise to 28 and 34 feet. According to the Parks Department they are leaving today but the Public Arts Fund has them standing until August 26th.
The Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is a small neotropical songbird common in North American forests. It has olive-green upper parts, white underparts, and a distinctive red iris in adults. Found in deciduous woodlands, it forages for insects and berries among treetops.
Known for its persistent, melodic "here-I-am, where-are-you" song, it sings tirelessly. Nesting in cup-shaped structures, these migratory birds winter in South America, returning to breed in summer.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Roseate Spoonbill ~ out on a limb
In the Wild ~ Florida Wetlands U.S.A.
Northern Florida ~ St. Augustine, Florida
(one more photo 'from this location' in the comments)
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The Roseate Spoonbill is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family. This species feeds in shallow fresh or coastal waters by swinging its bill from side to side as it steadily walks through the water, often in groups. The spoon-shaped bill allows it to sift easily through mud. It feeds on crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, newts and very small fish ignored by larger waders. The Roseate Spoonbill nests in shrubs or trees, often mangroves, laying 2 to 5 eggs, which are whitish with brown markings. Immature birds have white, feathered heads, and the pink of the plumage is paler. They are extremely agile high in the treetops. (They are often confused with the flamingo.)
American Kestrel AMKE (Falco sparverius)
Female
Pendray Farm
Saanich Peninsula
British Columbia
DSCN0950
this individual had just finished consuming passerine prey item
Maybe it just got tired of floating around all night and decided to rest for a while? ;)
And here's an old song: "Ask Me (For The Moon)"
for all you romantic folks out there:
Calgary, AB
Very happy to see White-winged Crossbills any time as it's been a few years now since we had a local irruption. Was a cold morning and I was shooting almost vertically at this male in the top of a spruce...made for a tired shoulder and numb fingers, but you gotta do what you gotta do! :)
The treetop walk through the karri forests of South West Australia... About 50M above ground it gives you an entirely different perspective with what a forest canopy is all about !!! The suspended walk way does sway a bit and is limited to a few persons each span but it's well worth it !!!
A Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) grabs a high perch on a sunny Spring day at MaGee Marsh Wildlife Area, near Oak Harbor, Ohio.
The Xstratus Treetop Walkway was opened in 2008 and is made from over 400 tonnes of weathered steel. It circles at 59 feet above the ground and is 656 feet long.
The lift wasn't working the day of our visit and the climb to the top for someone as unfit as me wasn't a great idea. I'm also not good with heights and was careful not to look down. It was certainly an experience but I don't think I'd do it again!
Sunset ~ Four Ibis ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
(five more photos of this night in the comments)
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White_Ibis/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
"Treetop Flyer" - Stephen Stills www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfkR0U2VnSs&feature=related