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I had just setup to take photos of this Wapiti Pack wolf when I took this frame. It and a grizzly bear were actively feeding on a carcass that was 125 yards off of the road. I was the first person to see the animals and stop. The initial reaction of the wolf was to move towards cover and check me out.
As people took notice of the big lens, they began to stop in droves. Eventually some less than aware person slammed a trunk lid that sounded like a gunshot, and the animals were startled. That was when we realized that there were 3 wolves, 3 coyotes, and the bear all at the carcass. The other animals were out of view behind a rise, but spooked at the loud sound. The bear and this wolf immediately returned to the carcass, and remained for quite a while. The coyotes eventually returned too, trying to get the larger animals off of the carcass so as to feed.
Near Canyon Junction, Yellowstone National Park.
The cat ain't gonna move. At Alice's Restaurant (no, not that one) along Highway 35 (Skyline Drive) in Sky Londa, California. Great place to stop for lunch, but very crowded on weekends. I recommend trying it during the week.
Soundscape // Paysage sonore: THE DURUTTI COLUMN ("Hotel Of The Lake"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyEKvXR-ZJA&t=6s
"Neum est la seule station balnéaire de Bosnie-Herzégovine. Et pour cause: c'est le seul accès à la mer du pays, une enclave maritime étrange en Croatie. Du coup, les promoteurs immobiliers se sont fait plaisir, puisqu'on trouve ici la plus forte concentration d'hôtels de toute la Bosnie-Herzégovine. Plus de 20.000 lits dans des immeubles sans charme, les uns sur les autres, coincés entre des collines abruptes et cinq petites plages de galets, de rochers, de remblais et de ponton en béton." (Le "Petit Fûté")
Watching the sunset from our front porch
Visit this location at Home of Kaden & Twist Thomas-Firebeard in Second Life
Twenty years after his beloved wife died, he'd just sit in the window most of the day, and watch for his cows to come in. One rainy day, the Bank came, and took away his cows. Now he too has gone.
Scanning from a matted photo makes bad quality.
The actual photo is very clear. They seem to like bread.
Caspar David Friedrich (1774 - 1840)
Der Mönch am Meer | Monk by the Sea (1808-1810)
Alte Nationalgalerie - Berlin
With Monk by the Sea (1808-1810) and The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809-1810) by Caspar David Friedrich, the Nationalgalerie in Berlin is the custodian of perhaps the most famous pair of paintings from the period of German Romanticism. Since Heinrich von Kleist’s first essay, the paintings have inspired many different interpretations, and to this day are one of the central attractions on the Museumsinsel.
Technical aspects and the condition of the paintings
Caspar David Friedrich uses a very fine, primed canvas for both paintings with several layers of ground. The paint was applied in one to two very thin layers. Because of this, the paintings were immediately exceptionally prone to damage, affecting the paintwork as well as mechanical damage and the results of ageing. The condition of the paintings had already deteriorated considerably by 1900. From 1906, they were subjected to intensive restoration work of varying quality. The loss of the original substance of the paintings was considerable. Large, discoloured patches of retouching, overpainting and extremely discoloured layers of varnish detracted from the appearance of the paintings as well as further damage caused by transport and lining.
Conservation and restoration project
In 2013 it finally became possible to realise our long-term goal of restoring and conserving both works through the generous support of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung. The paintings underwent comprehensive analyses and examinations. The technical research on Caspar David Friedrich’s painting techniques in particular delivered fascinating and important information on the materials he used and how they have changed, providing a basis for rethinking the colour compositions. The signatures on both works also led to new and astonishing findings. A detailed conservation and restoration plan was devised from the findings of these analyses. The objectives of these measures were to secure what remains of the original substance, to make the closest possible estimation of the paintings’ original state and to subsequently reconstruct the legibility of the artworks. Upon the completion of this work in January 2016, the restored works were put on display along with the technical and conservational findings as part of the exhibition The Monk Has Returned (22.1. – 24.07.2016) in the Caspar David Friedrich Hall of the Alte Nationalgalerie. In January 2017, a catalogue was published with the same title.
Source: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/alte-nationalgaler...
And you thought you life was dull. Try sitting around on your front porch watching the drops fall off the awning.
I have seen the sunrise at the beach for the first time ! It was beautiful and I felt like a small teddy bear in a big world. I hope we go back soon, but my mum says she has something called "coronavirus", which is something bad that lots of people can catch, but not bears, and that she has to rest for a few days. We have spent a lot of time in bed and I have discovered that snuggling with your mum and a cat is quite cozy, as long as the cat is asleep. My mum says not to worry, she feels better already and we will go back to the beach soon.
I actually didn't get this for Christmas. A good friend got it for me for my birthday, but do to being backordered, I just recently got it. I took a quick shot to share with other photographers. Taken with one of those screw on macro lens from ebay. Hope everyone had a good Christmas....back to work!