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These pine cones had fallen together on ground . They were connected together on a limb..Maybe blown off in the wind or maybe a squirrel cut them down who knows
LOL....some bondo and lots of rust that is! I spotted this old beauty by the side of the road coming back from a great adventure. It is for sale if anyone is interested, haha! I am usually not so lucky finding old cars like this, but it wasn't too hard to find right by the side of the road! Hope everyone is having a great week!
20" x 20" (10" x 10" blocks) paper and mixed media quilt, based on the four patch quilt block. Not yet quilted.
(I'm not upset, I've just been a bit sick for a few days, which explains the moodiness.)
I watched "Ratatouille" last night, and it left me with a question about trust between any two people in a community. There's always a risk of betrayal - you don't know you might be betrayed, and you don't even know that sometime you might have to betray someone.
What is the reasonable amount of trust you have in others? Does it hinder the development of a relationship? Isn't it awkward when you talk to someone, thinking that you don't trust her/him that much?
Two species of fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The yellowish lights are synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus). The long, meandering green streaks are blue ghost fireflies (Phausis reticulata). These don't blink, but instead leave their lights on for up to a minute as they fly above the forest floor. Now, I know what you're thinking: Why are they called blue ghosts if they're green? I can say that they did look bluish-white to my eyes as they flew around; the camera, however, sees them as, well... lime lights. I assumed at first that it was like photographing auroras - perhaps the camera sensor can pick up color wavelengths to which our eyes are less sensitive. But after doing some reading, it's a bit more nuanced than that. It's due to the "Purkinje effect." As part of our eyes' adaptation to seeing in dim light, they shift their luminance sensitivity toward the blue end of the spectrum. Anything around those wavelengths is more visible, whereas colors toward the red end become dim or black. The camera doesn't have this night vision color shift, so it records all the wavelengths with the same sensitivity. Apparently if I had caught a blue ghost in my hand, and held it close to my eyes, the brightness would have overwhelmed my night vision and I, too, would have seen the light as yellow-green.
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Taurito, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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Another five photos from my last drive, on 28 April. Harsh light and windy.
On 28 April 2023, I had to go for a day’s drive because everyone had to remove their vehicle out of the parking lot (again!) for the day. We were told to remove by 8:30 am, ready for the guys coming at 9:00 am. Well, the guys who used blowers to remove all the dust and loose gravel, etc. started working at 7:00 am. The painters arrived at 8:30 am, just as I was ready to leave home. The lot was cleaned and the yellow lines between cars were repainted. The whole day was spent driving the roads SW of Calgary, all of them familiar, but a couple only driven a few times.
I very recently decided to buy a new camera, the Canon SX70 HS. I found it concerning that I had been using my Canon SX60 since May 2017 - at least, the earliest photo I can find on my Flickr page was taken on 6 May 2017. The camera has been used a lot! I was very undecided about the Canon SX70, as my daughter has had this camera for quite a long time and finds that the photos tend to be rather blurry. For many months, I have read up about the Canon SX70 and never felt completely happy with everything I read. I have researched other similar cameras and there really isn't anything much out there. I already have the Nikon P900 (totally lousy/useless/ viewfinder) and the Panasonic FZ1000 (far less zoom). Both these cameras are heavy and I need a much lighter camera, especially now because of my damaged right shoulder, which makes holding and using a camera both painful and awkward. Things I read these days seem to say that phone cameras are kind of replacing point-and-shoot cameras and companies are producing very few point-and-shoot models. No telling how long it could be before they stop making them altogether. So, I wanted to be prepared for if/when my faithful and much used Canon SX60 eventually dies.
So, I took both cameras with me, though I did take more shots with the SX60. I can't say that the photos from either camera came out as sharp as I would have liked - very bright out, and windy. Now I have to compare the quality of the images. I found the SX70 a nice, light camera to use, I must say. I had changed a few of the most important (to me) settings, but I’m sure there are others that need checking and tweaking. Some of my Bluebird photos came out better with the SX70. I saw my first Wilson's Snipe of the season and the SX70 did well, as did the SX60, though the colour is very different between the two cameras. I need to compare a lot of images in the next while. The five photos posted this evening have all been edited.
Grey Lake
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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These children had fun playing with their toy canoe.
Taken just off Kitava Island, where crystal blue waters wash the white sandy beaches.
May the image of these children remind us all that the world we are creating is also for the younger generation.
May they continue to enjoy each day.
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Back in the day, I exclusively used 6L6's in the output stage of my amplifiers. Although the 6L6 was interchangeable with the 5881, there was just something magical about the 6L6, whether imaginary or not, they just seemed warmer and smoother to my ear.
A song for your enjoyment...It Takes Two
I hope you like this photo and I hope you all have a super day!
Hugs,
Kim