I'm usually good at

Dealing with things

But all my old tricks that I'm used to ain't working the same

So right now I'll try anything

Sometimes I feel stronger than I am

Sometimes I can handle my own

Sometimes my day goes just like I planned

Sometimes I pick myself up and I shake the dust off

But tonight I don't feel like I can

That's why I am sitting here

Sipping on something that's stronger than I am

If my dad was here with me

He'd give me advice

Say, "Even the worst things get better with time"

But that clock on the wall hasn't moved, since you told me, "Goodbye"

So I'll let this whiskey kiss me goodnight

The cat usually sits at this end of my desk, but now Yashka likes to put his head in this place. So the cat moved to the other side of the desk and settled on the bag with the camera.

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Usually when I play with the Tamron, I'd take about 300 shots in a very short time. About 299 of them are failures, while that one out of the 300 turns out perfect.

Usually the male Cardinal in bright red plumage gets all the attention, but this lady Cardinal preening on a rock at Ritter Springs was a beauty who caught our attention.

Don't I usually take detailed naturalistic photos but sometimes it happened to me and I had a lot of difficulty !!

The gesture of this small insect is perhaps the most important for the whole ecosystem and must be safeguarded. We are not masters of the world but we are passing through and we must live respecting everything around us.

The photo is not as detailed as the ones I see. I used a Nikon 18-105 (I think we needed a Macro lens) and it did an acceptable job for me, a bit of color and contrast (if I remember correctly) in cameraraw and nothing more.

I'm usually pretty on it with these things up, but as soon as I started the walk-in from Barber Booth at 16:30, I realised I'd completely messed up my timings 😆 Sunset was due at 17:49, and my intended destination was Swine's Back on Kinder. Hmmmm, yes. Anyway, I had my headtorch so decided I'd use it as practice to see how quickly I could cover the 2.5 miles get up there. Channelling my inner whippet I somehow arrived just before the sun dropped beneath this huge bank of cloud and lit up the landscape.

I'd walked under Swine's Back many a time, but never over the top so had no idea what to expect, and hadn't had much luck finding images looking towards Mount Famine and South Head from there. Turns out it's alright (IMHO)!

Usually I'd be almost sitting aboard a plane to Norway.

Also, usually, I'd be worrying if any family catastrophes would happen at home while I'm away (with both of my parents living at a nursing home this isn't too far fetched).

So, this year I'm able to drive to the hospital tomorrow to be talked through the op my mum will have at the end of next week. Not less to worry about but at least I'm nearer.

I usually see the migrating pied-billed grebes hugging the far side of Island Pond where they are too small to photograph. Happily one day when I walked up to the pond this one was much closer to me so I could got a good photo op.

Usually a drink will do the trick

Take the edge off quick, sitting in the dark

With a shared cigarette

Seeing eye-to-eye, and heart-to-heart

But maybe I’m just getting old

Used to work but now it don’t

A long gone drive

You know the kind where you take a turn and you don’t know why

But it clears your mind, a surefire cure

I need something stronger

That’ll last a little longer

Ƭυηє!

Usually found in lakes and dams this small flock came to the beach probably due to those places being too full after heavy rains. These birds are waders and need shallow water to feed.

Usually, when you're thinking about cropping a photo a little to improve the composition, you follow your intuition.

But I'm sure - we all perceive the picture in the paper differently.

Undoubtedly, each of us sees the world differently.

It's difficult to see the world through someone else's eyes. But sometimes you want to understand how your viewer sees your picture, and who he is?

Reading from left to right

or read from right to left -

we automatically see the composition in the opposite development.

And often with different meaning interpretations !

And this is just such a case.

we all have a great creative weekend

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Mongolian gobi.

filmed on 135 Fujicolor S400 film

the lab NORITSU KOKI scan

Leo Enjoying Life he is 16 years old now and likes his naps usually in a sunbeam found in North Carolina.

I am usually posting colorful photos, but this scene surprised me with its perfectly graphical elements that stand out much better without any color distractions... taking into account that there were not so many colors anyway. :-) So let it be one of my rare black and white postings...

This is a very characteristic scene of a birch tree forest that you would often see in Latvia and other Baltic countries, in Scandinavia, and probably in few other European countries, too. It might be found even in many of our painters' works. But for me it always associates with some of the most dear childhood impressions and memories in Latvia... maybe simple, yet beautiful scenery.

Photographing landscapes usually is following the same procedure for me. First I try to make a composition of the entire scene. When I have succeeded ore completely failed with that (this is happening more often than You may think) I'm changing to my telephoto lens and look out for interresting details around. This time it was this single birch tree clamping to the rocks, what was drawing my attention.

Das Fotografieren von Landschaften läuft bei mir in der Regel immer ähnlich ab. Zuerst versuche ich mich an einer Gesamtkomposition. Wenn mir das gelingt, oder auch wenn mir das völlig mißlingt (kommt häufiger vor als du vielleicht denkst) wechsel ich zum Teleobjectiv und suche nach interessanten Details in der Umgebung. Dieses mal war es die einzelne Birke, die sich an die Felsen klammert, die es mir angetan hatte.

Usually hard to see, this wee bird was happy to sing for the camera at the same spot for two days. His favourite perch is a few metres from a track used by hillwalkers. This was at the end of the breeding season so we were very lucky to get such an opportunity.

I was surprised to see this common starling at Lake Meyer Park today. I can usually count the number of times I see a starling in the park on one hand during any given year. Although many people consider the common/European starling a nuisance, and I guess they can be in certain settings, I think they are a beautiful bird. This colorful starling is close to being in full breeding plumage already.

Usually I am able to be positive (or at least to appear as if) but I find it really difficult right now.

Not just because of Covid19 but also regarding other things.

But I really, really hope that maybe in 2023 I'll be able to travel again to Iceland or Norway.

"It's a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world.

So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the unknown with smiles on our faces, even if we're faking them.

And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it's joy we're looking for, we can take joy in the act of creation.

So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy." (Neil Gaiman)

Vaska usually spends all summer and autumn out of doors, only spending nights at home. And in the winter, in rainy weather, he sleeps all days - or plays with his toy mouse in my chair.

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Usually still or jumping, I 'm not used to see them swimming.

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Usually good advice!

Photographs that are slick, smooth, and perfect seem less honest to me :-)

John Loengard

HFF! Character Matters!

narcissus, ladew gardens, jarrettsvile, maryland

I usually don't take photos while driving but I didn't have time to stop. Not a great photo especially with bugs and dust on my window. Beautiful clouds above the corn fields.

* Usually when I post shot of Bempton cliffs it is to show close up of seabirds. This time I thought I would show the immense sheer cliffs not the easiest place to call home . If you zoom in you can see the birds in their vertical home . This was taken on my Iphone as I had a 500mm lens on my camera

I will post a inhabitant of seabird city next time

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Spoonbills are a genus, Platalea, of large, long-legged wading birds. The spoonbills have a global distribution, being found on every continent except Antarctica. The genus name Platalea derives from Latin and means broad, referring to the distinctive shape of the bill. Six species are recognised, which although usually placed in a single genus have sometimes been split into three genera. All spoonbills have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side. The moment any small aquatic creature touches the inside of the bill—an insect, crustacean, or tiny fish—it is snapped shut. Spoonbills generally prefer fresh water to salt but are found in both environments. They need to feed many hours each day. The spoonbills are most distinct from the ibises in the shape of their bill, which is long and flat and wider at the end. The nostrils are located near the base of the bill so that the bird can breathe while the bill is submerged in water. The eyes are positioned to provide spoonbills with binocular vision, although when foraging tactile senses are important too. Like the ibises the spoonbills have bare patches of skin around the bills and eyes. The six species of spoonbill are distributed over much of the world.

Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. Ibises usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long down curved bill and black legs. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Due to its increasing presence in the urban environment and its habit of rummaging in garbage, the species has acquired a variety of colloquial names such as tip turkey; and bin chicken, and in recent years has become an icon of popular culture, being regarded with passion, wit, and, in equal measure, affection and disgust. 48963

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Kittiwake usually incubate two eggs with both parents brooding and feeding the young. When they have finished breeding they disperse far out to sea where they feed entirely on fish and other marine invertebrates unlike other gulls which also feed on shore.

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The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo.

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Usually there is a house somewhere around a barn but it must have been destroyed as no house was to be seen near this abandoned barn. Must have been a pretty nice place from the looks of the remaining part of the barn, makes one wonder what went wrong

Here in the UK today, Sunday 22 March, it's Mothering Sunday; the strangest one ever for all mothers in the country. We all usually all go out for lunch - today my children & grandchildren left my presents outside my front door and we spoke to one another through the (closed) window; the practise of social distancing.

This artwork is from some of the flowers I received.

Ah well - I've plenty of chocolates to keep me going!

I don’t usually photograph birds and even less inclined to share the images when I do. Something is always out of focus (eyes are in focus but not the beak, beak is in focus but not the rest of the bird 😂). This image of a rainbow lorikeet gorging on the fruit of an umbrella tree is one of a handful of times a short dof kinda worked in my favour. Image was taken in Torquay, Hervey Bay when I used to call that place home.

Usually not the most elegant of flyers but for all the world this one looks like it's floating on air!

Usually photography during the heat of a Texas summer afternoon are not going to be terribly good. However, when I saw this Spoonbill near shore feeding I thought I would give it a shot anyway. As the sun was directly behind me, the bird lit up perfectly and brought out its rosy pink colors wonderfully.

Usually a difficult one but its lost the tip of one wing though it could still fly just fine!

Warm-colored thrush, with bright reddish-brown tones above, buffy breast, and white belly. Spots are indistinct and washed out, concentrating on upper breast. Beautiful song is cascading spiral of flute-like notes. Found in a variety of wooded habitats, often favoring wetter areas. Winters in South and Central America; very rare in the U.S. after October, unlike Hermit Thrush. (eBird)

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The trail was cool and dim, and the Veery thought he was alone, but we were there and got the photo to prove it. Another of the elusive thrushes caught on camera. I love their call and have missed seeing or hearing over the past couple of years. It seems that they have moved from the trail near me to this one which is usually so mosquite-infested that I avoid it.

Pine Grove, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.

Eurasian blue tits, usually resident and non-migratory birds, are widespread and a common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe and the western Palearctic in deciduous or mixed woodlands with a high proportion of oak. They usually nest in tree holes, although they easily adapt to nest boxes where necessary. Their main rival for nests and in the search for food is the larger and more common great tit.

The Eurasian blue tit prefers insects and spiders for its diet. Outside the breeding season, they also eat seeds and other vegetable-based foods. The birds are famed for their skill, as they can cling to the outermost branches and hang upside down when looking for food.

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Usually a path where many people like to do a Sunday afternoon walk, but that morning I was almost alone there.

These clubtails always face the woods, usually hanging on leaves with their rusty clubs toward you so it's tougher to get lateral views showing more of those pretty eyes, and really tough to get a portrait. This is the only year we've had an "outbreak" of these exciting clubtails and it may never happen again. They've been flying for 6 weeks so it's gotta end soon. Their eyes can be blue or green or both (blue at the top, greener below) as in this shot.

>> male Russet-tipped clubtail, along Little River in N. Georgia, 5 days ago

See next shot for full dorsal view of this fellow.

usually it is 2-4-Tuesday but today it is 3

have a lovely day ok ☺

Here in north Georgia we usually get quite a few southbound migrating Hooded Warblers throughout the season. In fall migration it is often somewhat territorial and may stay in an area for days before moving on again. Both sexes act that way and will often respond to its chink call. Yes you can often tell a fall male Hooded from a spring one. The beak wil be more black in Spring and in the fall it is lighter.

I usually stop shooting a sunrise when the sun makes it's appearance. Not this time.

Arkansas River in western Arkansas.

David Gilmour - The Blue

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Usually you can hear geese in the distance , however on this occasion these Canada geese came up behind me chattering quietly. I turned around quickly and managed to get a couple of shots , but as I was using my wide angle lens the geese were ' thrown ' further away than they actually were. As a sunset cloudscape image I quite liked their silhouettes as an added interest.

Usually I like deciduous woodland better than coniferous one. But sometimes, as in this picture also the coniferous woodland has its atmosphere, even when it was planted for forestry. Especially nowadays - in the time between winter and spring - the green, mossy ground adds to this special ambience as well.

A daylight hunting male at this time of year usually means he is hunting for two while the female is sat on eggs

I usually don't like it when the environment is too busy, but this is my first Green Heron for years...

Je n'aime habituellement pas des photos trop chargées, mais c'est le premier héron vert que je photographie depuis des années...

BPASF, Quebec, Canada

Jumping Spider

This wee one was sitting on a branch of the Jade Plant. A different one to those I usually see. His white 'cap' is something I have never seen.

He usually comes everyday to the feeder in my garden, sometimes with his partner.

The western scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica), is a species of scrub jay native to western North America. It ranges from southern Washington to central Texas and central Mexico. It comprises three distinct subspecies groups, all of which may be separate species. They are California scrub jay (coastal), Woodhouse's scrub jay (interior US and northern Mexico), and Sumichrast's scrub jay (interior southern Mexico). The western scrub jay was once lumped with the island scrub jay and the Florida scrub jay; the taxon was then called, simply, the scrub jay. The western scrub jay is nonmigratory and can be found in urban areas, where it can become tame and will come to bird feeders. While many refer to scrub jays as "blue jays", the blue jay is a different species of bird entirely. In recent years, the California scrub jay has expanded its range north into the Puget Sound region of Washington.

Los Angeles. California.

Usually there's at least one of the swans snapping and squabbling. Taken at Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth near Cardiff

Have a lovely weekend everyone

Usually Hawfinches come to my garden as a whole family clan - they eat sunflower seeds from feeders or shadberries. But one hawfinch- juvenil became addicted to unripe cherries - he was biting through soft cherry pits and took out nuts. The little hawfinch was almost not afraid of me when I was drinking coffee next to him and he was also having breakfast.

A common reed warbler found pretty close to water's edge - usually among the reeds and hence the name. They are usually found within 1-10 feet of the water foraging in the bushes for insects and spider. The call is quite clamorous and hence the name - the call is also quite unique and easy to identify.

The presence of this is generally seen as a good sign since other birds would generally be found around such water bodies. If the water is too polluted or has too much human, or feral dog related activity, then we don't usually see these birds. These days they are quite active as the bushes have grown a lot thanks to the rains over the last 3 months. The calls are everywhere and in this winter, they are accompanied by several other birds like the Blyth's Reed Warbler and Booted Warbler.

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