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The waxing crescent Moon two days after New low in a smoky sky setting over the Badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. This was June 30, 2022. Despite the hazy skies, the twilight colours show up well in the sky. The glow of Earthshine shows up slightly on the night side of the Moon.
This is a blend of a single 3.2-second shot with the RF24-105mm lens at f/4 and 105mm for the sky, with a stack of four longer 13-second exposures for the darker ground at the same lens sertings, and with Canon R5 at ISO 200.
I've never taken the portrait of these two rocks before, so something a little dithering from the Elgol shore for me.
“Willy the Well Tank” leads “The King” departing Ramsbottom station on day two of the Small engines weekend at the East Lancashire Railway. 22.02.2026
This photo of two tiny European Skipper butterflies was taken on 23 July 2015, at Darryl Teskey's property. These unusual butterflies have such large eyes : )
"The eyes of Skippers are different from those of other butterflies. They have a space between the cones and rods which allows light from each ommatidium to spill into neighbouring rods, effectively increasing their resolution and sensitivity. As a result Skippers can fly very accurately from one spot to another. This different type of eye structure is one of the reasons why taxonomists place them in a different super-family to all other butterflies - the Hesperioidea."
Source: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Anatomy.htm
On this day, five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and W of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from Calgary). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I was invited to go - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. These Grouse were the rare rufous-morph, and we startled them when we were walking through the forest in their direction. Usually, you don't see Grouse because they are so well-hidden. When you get fairly close (sometimes very close) to them, they suddenly "explode" from the tangle of shrubs and plants of the forest floor, making ones heart beat fast! We were taken by surprise when we came across a nearby statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. A nice idea, I thought.
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, many places treacherous with so many fallen logs which were often barely visible. I have never, ever seen so many tiny Skipper butterflies - there must have been hundreds or even thousands of these bright orange beauties that were flying or perched on flowers of every colour.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we started driving back to Calgary. Quite a lot of black clouds, reminding me of the tornado that passed through Calgary just the day before (22 July 2015).
Our purpose, as always, was to find and list everything that we saw - wildflowers, trees, grasses, birds, insects, fungi, etc.. Our leader then compiles an extensive list of our finds and this is later sent to the landowner, along with any photos that we might take. Always a win/win situation, as the landowner then has a much better idea of just what is on his property, and we have a most enjoyable day.
Original horse design by Navajo artisan, Beverly Blackhorse, on a mug in a catalog.
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I took this as soon as I got back from school - the light was amazing, and it disappears really quickly so I raced out to the field to get some shots... golly it was chilly. Hopefully worth it though...
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Calumet 4x5
Nikon Nikkor-M 300mm ƒ9 @ ƒ29 1/30"
Kodak T-Max 400 expired early 90's
LegacyPro EcoPro 1+1 9 minutes
Nikkor Y52 yellow/orange filter
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I absolutely love how this one came out. I really hope it comes across as a really old photo. There might actually be four good wheels, but we only see two so I said two.
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Explore, October 25, 2007
One of the larger nutria was a two fisted eater. They use their fingers/hands much as we do. It was munching on two plants at the same time. Which may account for its portly size. Still not as large as the two biggest that remained hiding in the rushes.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
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The only idea I had for this weeks Smile on Saturday 10-06-17 'Faceless Portrait' theme was to have someone hold an oval mirror in front of their face while I took their photo, creating a 2nd faceless portrait in the mirror - me hidden behind my camera :-))
I hope you all have lots of smiles this week, and lots of laughs too
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