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Bird photography sounds peaceful. You picture me quietly communing with nature, sipping coffee while majestic creatures flutter by, posing politely like they’re in a Disney movie. That’s a lie. The truth involves hauling lawn chairs, tripods, and a camera bag that weighs more than a third grader across the desert before sunrise—all to sit motionless next to a glorified livestock trough filled with water I wouldn’t let my enemies drink.
This cattle tank, which I have gentrified into a “desert oasis” (by tossing in a stick), is now a fine-dining establishment for birds. The stick is important. I found it on the ground, which makes it natural, and I chose one with bark and lichen because birds don’t like muddy feet—and I like a pretty perch.
Birds don’t just fly in, though. First, they land about twenty-five feet away in what I call the staging area, where they scope things out and decide if it’s safe to drink. Just as I know birds come here for water, they know hawks come here for birds. If it seems risky, they vanish into the brush to post angry tweets about predator privilege.
This time, an American Robin decided to play along. He glided down to the branch, dipped his beak into the water, then raised his head to swallow—because robins, like most birds, can’t gulp. They rely on gravity to get the water down. No swallow muscles. No peristalsis. Just tip and pray.
As he tilted his head back, water spilled from his beak. I fired off a burst of photos. In this frame, he’s in perfect profile, water spilling from his bill, with a few droplets stopped in mid-air and a few reached the surface, sending delicate ripples across the pond.
His reflection was beautiful and haunting, like a bird pondering the mysteries of hydration—or maybe just wondering why some guy shoved a branch in his drinking fountain.
In the desert, water is liquid gold. To birds, cattle tanks are survival. To me, they’re proof that lugging heavy gear into the wilderness to photograph a robin mid-sip is a perfectly reasonable way to spend retirement.
Especially if you're trying to avoid housework.
He lifts his head to the sky—a gravity feed,
’Cause evolution said, “Nah—gulping’s not a need.
maybe I could ever love my country—
big scary — final thoughts ♫ with tom and jo
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The Ironbridge, which crosses the River Severn, was the first cast iron bridge ever built (1779) and the area around it is regarded as the "Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution." Remains of the original Coalbrookdale factory that built the bridge and other important features associated with the start of the industrial revolution can be seen at museums in the UNESCO World-Heritage Ironbridge George area.
– ¿Me puedes decir, por favor, qué camino debería coger?
– Eso depende de donde vayas –respondió el Gato.
– No sé a donde voy –dijo Alicia.
– Entonces cualquier camino es bueno –dijo el Gato.
– Siempre que se llegue a algún sitio –añadió Alicia como explicación.
– Oh, seguro que lo conseguirás –dijo el Gato– si caminas lo suficiente.
'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'So long as I get somewhere' Alice added as an explanation.
'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'
Lewis Carroll
Alicia en el País de las Maravillas / Alice in Wonderland
One of the places for which Turkey is popular for is the city resort of Kusadasi in the Aydin Province, which is located around 56 miles south of Izmir. It is so-called such since from an angle from the sea, the peninsula resembles the head of a bird, thus, “kus” for bird and “ada” for island.
A pair of Common Loons on the calm waters of Lake Ontario as the sun is setting.
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Gatekeeper butterfly visiting a large daisy for some nectar. This was by the new pond at Gloucester Park which was put in by the developers when the built houses over the site of the old boating lake. I have to say they have done a pretty good job of it. There are lots of wild flowers and reeds growing around it and it's a great place to see insects.
In our garden and around the village there are some welcome harbingers of better days to come in Spring including the iris flowers coming up in the garden and our mimosa tree just about to blossom and the many almond trees in and around the village which are beginning to blossom. It made me dig into my archives to find a photo which I took in the garden last May which I zizzed up the colour vibrancy in anticipation of better days to come.
Have a great week ahead!
In the forefront there is a huge mansion which looks more like a white dirt in this huge plateau. This is, I suppose what is big data is meant and the setting is in Guizhou, one of the poorest province in China both in terms of output and natural resources. The government improved the transport network there and designated it the centre of all big data, as the place is largely 3K metre above sea level, and is so cool that it saves a lot of fuel in cooling down the relevant machines. Btw, this is also the birthplace of the boss of Huawei, Ren Zhengfei, even though I'm not sure where his house arrested daughter in Canada was born.
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崔岩光 Cui Yan Guang, one of the best Chinese sopranos ever :
Home, Sweet Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Bfm6QUXzQ&list=PLJI0qb50l7v...
在銀色的月光下 ( In the Sliver Moonbeam )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8n3rMEcZc
Piacer d'amor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWVaNdfXBg4
SOLVEJG'S LIED
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2MPVfGrhJY
Schubert's Ave Maria
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiI9dTnYvAI
漁光曲 ( Ode to the Fishermen's Lighting )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8k_-QMwWUI
Schubert's Wiegenlied
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJGhTpzk_WU&list=PLJI0qb50l7v...
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKjVoRFN_ww&list=PLJI0qb50l7v...
Mozart's Magic Flute
The Temple Island in Henley-On-Thames is a beautiful little spot tucked away amongst the more exalted bustle of the Henley Regatta. I first caught wind of this place a few years ago when I had been a spectator at the Henley Regatta. Although I wanted to take some shots, there were not a lot of cloud cover to make it worth my while.
As a landscape photographer, everyone would nod their heads in unison that whilst sunny weather is preferred, all sun with little clouds does not really make for some compelling viewing especially at dusk.
So I went back thinking I should be here on other day when the clouds would play ball. Thing is you do not need too much of wind either or your reflection would be shot. So in all, there are a lot of factors that need to come together to get a good photograph of a place. There wasn't much of a wind blowing although there were a lot of boats going backwards and forwards which leaves a big wake every now and then. So you have to time the shot in between such instances.
In all, it was a decent evening's work at the temple island. Midsummer is a good time to be here with the sun setting adjacent to this location.
EXIF - f/11.0, ISO100 38mm 99 sec
Magenta Filter (handheld)
combined heat and power station Neudorf-Werndorf, just before demolition in 2017 - all photos unfortunately without tripod
The male Mocking Birds are back and scouting out their territory. Soon they will be taking on all comers.
The Tower Bridge is one of London’s most famous landmarks. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is an iconic symbol of London. This night photograph was taken with the beautiful sculpture, Girl with Dolphin, located near the north end of Tower bridge. There were drifting clouds that evening, which added to the atmospheric feel.
Following on from yesterday's cartoon, this is Kaiser trying to catch a worm. It is only the paws which move, not the body and that is why he ended up with a twig instead of the elusive worm.
Henån is a locality and the seat of Orust Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,816 inhabitants in 2010
Henån is home to approximately 2,000 permanent year-round residents with a significant increase of summer residents who come from the nearby towns and cities to stay in their summer cottages, which frequently are passed down for generations.
Aare Gorge In Switzerland
want to tell you sorry I was busy with Ramadan and work and now I will be a way for 2 months in my trip xo I will come with a lot of pictures for you my friend I will miss you all
Past which blue moon
Will grow in this field
A stalk
And scatter in the wind
The moans of the earth?
Poetry of Mohammad Mokhtari
Translated from Persian
When i was walking in our beautifull holland i saw this buzzard on a branch, he was not afraid at all and i could get really close to it. which gave me this awesome result :D
which is interesting ...
and you often meet interesting people on staircases ...
at first you may only hear them tap dancing ... ;-) ...
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"Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities." D.T. Suzuki
The beautiful Lago di Carezza which is perhaps one of the most beautiful lakes in the world - surely? With it's crystal waters and backdrop it's truly a sight to behold and no wonder so popular.
I persuaded my husband to drive me the hour and a half from our accommodaton at 5am to get this picture. To say he wasn't too excited about this prospect is an understatement! However, it was the only photography time I asked for on our holidays so he relented. We had a good hour or so here without a soul around us. He said he quite happily sat on the bench and drank in the view whilst I messed on with my camera! I'd annoyingly forgotten my filter ring and had to hold my filters in front of the lens so I did only get one or two shots
Just being here was worth it though. My fourth visit but by far the best without the all the people; so tranquil.
About less than an hour's drive east of Phoenix Arizona lies the Superstition Mountains which is the alleged location of the lost Dutchman mine. The story starts with a man named Jacob Waltz who come out these mountains with gold he said he got from a mine he found but died not long afterwards taking the secret of it's location to his grave. One must remember that less than ten miles away the town of Goldfield had an operating goldmine that extracted enough gold to be worth hundreds of millions in todays dollars. So that there was another nearby motherload of gold was nearby was quite believable. Some men over years have come out with some gold claiming they found the lost mine but these turned out not to be true. With gold now worth $1300 an ounce today the allure of lost treasure will still excite people today. The legend of the mine faded from public view until 1931 when the amateur explorer and treasure hunter Adolph Ruth disappeared until months later a skull was found with two bullet holes in it and dental records provided a positive match. You would think someone getting murdered would deter people instead it had the opposite effect with area being flooded with wannabe treasure hunters and less than savory types heavily armed going into the mountains reported. The state designated the area a state park with anyone caught trying prospecting subject to swift arrest. Considering Arizona's penal system known for it's alleged inhumane prison system where many inmates live in unairconditioned cells or tents in the brutal summer heat which is a long discussion in itself is enough to discourage 99% would be treasure hunters.
Another shot from Govetts Leap for sunrise which was only 5 minutes from the hotel. The previous shot was at 120mm so easy to compare the difference of a 10x zoom ;-)
The sun rays came out nicely at f/16.
The trees in left foreground lit up nicely in the early morning sunlight!
Victor and I were hoping for the sky to go crazy with the high level cloud but there must have been too much cloud on the horizon unfortunately. Still a great a sunrise though.
Govetts Leap lookout is right at the carpark so no hiking required.
Why are the Blue Mountains blue? Wikipedia tells us
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountains_(New_South_Wales)
....the tinge is believed to be caused by mie scattering which occurs when incoming ultraviolet radiation is scattered by particles within the atmosphere creating a blue-greyish colour to any distant objects, including mountains and clouds. Volatile terpenoids emitted in large quantities by the abundant eucalyptus trees in the Blue Mountains may cause mie scattering and thus the blue haze for which the mountains were named...
or that we really don't know but the blue can be easily seen at 120mm.
Which is greater? To give to someone dear or in need or to feel so grateful to have received a gift of beauty. The gift needn’t be an object of material value. It may be a deed given from one to another. It could be information or advice. Kindness comes is given and received all the time. A bouquet of Roses or a single Rose doesn’t matter. The gesture given is endearing and the feeling of receiving any such thoughtfulness is a moving experience we feel. When either happens, the giving of ourselves in any way means there’s a warmth that comes over us. Likewise being the recipient of kindness of any kind warms us knowing we are thought of and cared for. Always the same is true. “To Give Or Receive Beauty” and what it does to us is an enriching and rewarding part of the human experience. Thanks for viewing my work.
Yes, Norway again :-)
Which photo to upload among hundreds of new ones is always a hard decision, but it's a good problem to have, and I haven't even had a chance to look at half of them. The light was not ideal here, and I waited a long long time for the sun to peek through the clouds, it didn't happen. The sharp peak is Stetind, "Norway's national mountain", whatever that means.
I had a mixed bag of weather in the past few months, but it was surprisingly good in Norway.
The sedimentary rocks formed in the Upper Cretaceous that occur in the region of Torotoro, Bolivia, belong to the El Molino Formation, which can be divided into three members due to their distinct lithologic characteristics. The lower member consists of carbonate rocks, the intermediate member by siliciclastic and mixed rocks, and the upper, by carbonate rocks. These association of rocks occur as the upper strata of the Torotoro Syncline, a 45 km long and 9.5 km wide feature well preserved in the dynamic of Andean tectonic.
Source: Menegat R; et al