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Situated 1,500ft above sea level, Lake Mathews is significant to Southern California because it is the terminus of the 242-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River and a distribution center. Owned by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, it is completely fenced off to the public ever since the dam was constructed in 1939. The Lake Mathews Nature Reserve was established 1982 to protect habitat next to the reservoir for the bald eagle and 65 other plant and animal species.
Situated 1,500ft above sea level, Lake Mathews is significant to Southern California because it is the terminus of the 242-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River and a distribution center. Owned by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, it is completely fenced off to the public ever since the dam was constructed in 1939. The Lake Mathews Nature Reserve was established 1982 to protect habitat next to the reservoir for the bald eagle and 65 other plant and animal species.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis).
Adult with ducklings.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
June 26, 2021. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D7500. AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR.
(300mm) f/7.1 @ 1/1000 sec. ISO 560.
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) male.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
19 May 2018. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f6.3 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 800.
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca).
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
24 November 2017. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f8 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 640.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of water to almost every process on Earth, from the life processes of the lowest bacteria to the shaping of continents. Water is the most familiar of all chemical compounds known to humans. It is essential to all living things, plant and animal. We drink it, we wash with it, we play in it and we cook in it. In fact, we ourselves are more than half water.
Worldwide, just under 900 million people lack reliable access to safe water that is free from disease and industrial waste. And forty percent do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities. The result is one of the world's greatest public health crisis: 4,500 children die every day from waterborne diseases, more than from HIV-AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
Water issues affect us all, from the women who spend hours daily fetching water to political battles over international rivers to melting icepack and rising sea levels.
Xeriscaping refers to a method of landscape design that minimizes water use. A robust economy depends on water. So does a thriving ecosystem.
Year 2011, designated as the International Year of Forests (UN), we'll stick to the motives and learn to save Ourselves.
Happy New Year Dearest friends from across the Globe, Lets' work together for a Greener Tomorrow
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) male.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
19 May 2018. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f6.3 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 800.
Situated 1,500ft above sea level, Lake Mathews is significant to Southern California because it is the terminus of the 242-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River and a distribution center. Owned by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, it is completely fenced off to the public ever since the dam was constructed in 1939. The Lake Mathews Nature Reserve was established 1982 to protect habitat next to the reservoir for the bald eagle and 65 other plant and animal species.
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret or (now not in use) Great White Heron,[1] and called kōtuku in New Zealand, is a large egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe and Asia it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed ubquitously across the sun belt states in the Unites States. It is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron in Florida, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias). Note however that the name Great White Heron has occasionally been used to refer to the Great Egret.
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Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) male.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
19 May 2018. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/6.3 @ 1/4000 sec. ISO 800.
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) male.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
19 May 2018. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f6.3 @ 1/1600 sec. ISO 800.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
0600 - Poured rain the past few days yet the sprinkler systems are watering the grass in full force. The robins like it.
At least they're not shooting the sprinklers across the roadways into oncoming traffic today.
Third world problems.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
© PKG Photography
Hari Singh with the help of British had ascended the throne of Kashmir in 1925 and was the reigning monarch at the conclusion of British rule in the subcontinent in 1947. One of the conditions of the partition of India imposed by Britain was that the rulers of princely states would have the right to opt for either Pakistan or India or remain independent. In 1947, Kashmir's population was 77% Muslim and it shared a boundary with both Dominion of Pakistan and Union of India. On the eve of India's partition, thousands of Muslims were murdered in the city of Jammu and its adjoining areas which provoked the sentiments of Pakistani Muslims as they felt the insecurity of Muslims in the Independent state of Kashmir which was ruled by a Non-Muslim ruler. On 20 October 1947, tribesmen backed by Pakistan invaded Kashmir.
The Maharaja who was having a Peace treaty with both india and pakistan initially fought back but appealed for assistance to the Governor-General Louis Mountbatten, who agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India.On October 25, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and it was accepted on 27 October 1947 by the Governor General of India.Once the Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir) was signed, Indian soldiers entered Kashmir with orders to evict the raiders, but they were not able to expel everyone from the state by the time the harsh winter started. India took the matter to the United Nations. The UN resolution asked both India and Pakistan to vacate the areas they have occupied and hold a referendum under UN observation. The holding of this plebiscite, which India initially supported, was dismissed by India because the 1952 elected Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir voted in favour of confirming the Kashmir region's accession to India. Another reason for the abandonment of the referendum is because demographic changes, after 1947, have been effected in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as generations of Pakistani individuals non-native to the region have been allowed to take residence in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Furthermore, in Indian-administered Kashmir, the demographics of the Kashmir Valley have also been altered after separatist militants coerced 1/4 million Kashmiri Hindus to leave the region. Moreover, Pakistan failed to withdraw its troops from the Kashmir region as was required under the same U.N. resolution of August 13, 1948 which discussed the plebiscite.
Diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan soured for many other reasons, and eventually resulted in three further wars in Kashmir the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Kargil War in 1999. India has control of 60% of the area of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh); Pakistan controls 30% of the region (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir). China has since occupied 10% (Aksai Chin) of the state in 1962.
The eastern region of the erstwhile princely state of Kashmir has also been beset with a boundary dispute. In the late 19th- and early 20th centuries, although some boundary agreements were signed between Great Britain, Tibet, Afghanistan and Russia over the northern borders of Kashmir, China never accepted these agreements, and the official Chinese position did not change with the communist revolution in 1949. By the mid-1950s the Chinese army had entered the northeast portion of Ladakh.
By 1956–57 they had completed a military road through the Aksai Chin area to provide better communication between Xinjiang and western Tibet. India's belated discovery of this road led to border clashes between the two countries that culminated in the Sino-Indian war of October 1962 which India lost. China has occupied Aksai Chin since 1962 and, in addition, an adjoining region, the Trans-Karakoram Tract was ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963.
For intermittent periods between 1957, when the state approved its own Constitution, to the death of Sheikh Abdullah in 1982, the state had alternating spells of stability and discontent. In the late 1980s however, simmering discontent over the high-handed policies of the Union Government and allegations of the rigging of the 1987 assembly elections triggered a violent uprising which was backed by Pakistan.
Since then, the region has seen a prolonged, bloody conflict between militants and the Indian Army, both of whom have been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including abductions, massacres, rape and looting.The army has officially denied these allegations. However, militancy in the state has been on the decline since 1996,also again in 2004 with the peace process with India and Pakistan. Furthermore the situation has become increasingly peaceful in recent years.
© PKG Photography
Hari Singh with the help of British had ascended the throne of Kashmir in 1925 and was the reigning monarch at the conclusion of British rule in the subcontinent in 1947. One of the conditions of the partition of India imposed by Britain was that the rulers of princely states would have the right to opt for either Pakistan or India or remain independent. In 1947, Kashmir's population was 77% Muslim and it shared a boundary with both Dominion of Pakistan and Union of India. On the eve of India's partition, thousands of Muslims were murdered in the city of Jammu and its adjoining areas which provoked the sentiments of Pakistani Muslims as they felt the insecurity of Muslims in the Independent state of Kashmir which was ruled by a Non-Muslim ruler. On 20 October 1947, tribesmen backed by Pakistan invaded Kashmir.
The Maharaja who was having a Peace treaty with both india and pakistan initially fought back but appealed for assistance to the Governor-General Louis Mountbatten, who agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India.On October 25, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and it was accepted on 27 October 1947 by the Governor General of India.Once the Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir) was signed, Indian soldiers entered Kashmir with orders to evict the raiders, but they were not able to expel everyone from the state by the time the harsh winter started. India took the matter to the United Nations. The UN resolution asked both India and Pakistan to vacate the areas they have occupied and hold a referendum under UN observation. The holding of this plebiscite, which India initially supported, was dismissed by India because the 1952 elected Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir voted in favour of confirming the Kashmir region's accession to India. Another reason for the abandonment of the referendum is because demographic changes, after 1947, have been effected in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as generations of Pakistani individuals non-native to the region have been allowed to take residence in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Furthermore, in Indian-administered Kashmir, the demographics of the Kashmir Valley have also been altered after separatist militants coerced 1/4 million Kashmiri Hindus to leave the region. Moreover, Pakistan failed to withdraw its troops from the Kashmir region as was required under the same U.N. resolution of August 13, 1948 which discussed the plebiscite.
Diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan soured for many other reasons, and eventually resulted in three further wars in Kashmir the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Kargil War in 1999. India has control of 60% of the area of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh); Pakistan controls 30% of the region (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir). China has since occupied 10% (Aksai Chin) of the state in 1962.
The eastern region of the erstwhile princely state of Kashmir has also been beset with a boundary dispute. In the late 19th- and early 20th centuries, although some boundary agreements were signed between Great Britain, Tibet, Afghanistan and Russia over the northern borders of Kashmir, China never accepted these agreements, and the official Chinese position did not change with the communist revolution in 1949. By the mid-1950s the Chinese army had entered the northeast portion of Ladakh.
By 1956–57 they had completed a military road through the Aksai Chin area to provide better communication between Xinjiang and western Tibet. India's belated discovery of this road led to border clashes between the two countries that culminated in the Sino-Indian war of October 1962 which India lost. China has occupied Aksai Chin since 1962 and, in addition, an adjoining region, the Trans-Karakoram Tract was ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963.
For intermittent periods between 1957, when the state approved its own Constitution, to the death of Sheikh Abdullah in 1982, the state had alternating spells of stability and discontent. In the late 1980s however, simmering discontent over the high-handed policies of the Union Government and allegations of the rigging of the 1987 assembly elections triggered a violent uprising which was backed by Pakistan.
Since then, the region has seen a prolonged, bloody conflict between militants and the Indian Army, both of whom have been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including abductions, massacres, rape and looting.The army has officially denied these allegations. However, militancy in the state has been on the decline since 1996,also again in 2004 with the peace process with India and Pakistan. Furthermore the situation has become increasingly peaceful in recent years.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus).
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
7 October 2017. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4e ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f8 @ 1/1600 sec. ISO 800.
Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton).
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
19 May 2018. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f6.3 @ 1/1600 sec. ISO 800.
© PKG Photography
Hari Singh with the help of British had ascended the throne of Kashmir in 1925 and was the reigning monarch at the conclusion of British rule in the subcontinent in 1947. One of the conditions of the partition of India imposed by Britain was that the rulers of princely states would have the right to opt for either Pakistan or India or remain independent. In 1947, Kashmir's population was 77% Muslim and it shared a boundary with both Dominion of Pakistan and Union of India. On the eve of India's partition, thousands of Muslims were murdered in the city of Jammu and its adjoining areas which provoked the sentiments of Pakistani Muslims as they felt the insecurity of Muslims in the Independent state of Kashmir which was ruled by a Non-Muslim ruler. On 20 October 1947, tribesmen backed by Pakistan invaded Kashmir.
The Maharaja who was having a Peace treaty with both india and pakistan initially fought back but appealed for assistance to the Governor-General Louis Mountbatten, who agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India.On October 25, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and it was accepted on 27 October 1947 by the Governor General of India.Once the Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir) was signed, Indian soldiers entered Kashmir with orders to evict the raiders, but they were not able to expel everyone from the state by the time the harsh winter started. India took the matter to the United Nations. The UN resolution asked both India and Pakistan to vacate the areas they have occupied and hold a referendum under UN observation. The holding of this plebiscite, which India initially supported, was dismissed by India because the 1952 elected Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir voted in favour of confirming the Kashmir region's accession to India. Another reason for the abandonment of the referendum is because demographic changes, after 1947, have been effected in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as generations of Pakistani individuals non-native to the region have been allowed to take residence in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Furthermore, in Indian-administered Kashmir, the demographics of the Kashmir Valley have also been altered after separatist militants coerced 1/4 million Kashmiri Hindus to leave the region. Moreover, Pakistan failed to withdraw its troops from the Kashmir region as was required under the same U.N. resolution of August 13, 1948 which discussed the plebiscite.
Diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan soured for many other reasons, and eventually resulted in three further wars in Kashmir the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Kargil War in 1999. India has control of 60% of the area of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh); Pakistan controls 30% of the region (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir). China has since occupied 10% (Aksai Chin) of the state in 1962.
The eastern region of the erstwhile princely state of Kashmir has also been beset with a boundary dispute. In the late 19th- and early 20th centuries, although some boundary agreements were signed between Great Britain, Tibet, Afghanistan and Russia over the northern borders of Kashmir, China never accepted these agreements, and the official Chinese position did not change with the communist revolution in 1949. By the mid-1950s the Chinese army had entered the northeast portion of Ladakh.
By 1956–57 they had completed a military road through the Aksai Chin area to provide better communication between Xinjiang and western Tibet. India's belated discovery of this road led to border clashes between the two countries that culminated in the Sino-Indian war of October 1962 which India lost. China has occupied Aksai Chin since 1962 and, in addition, an adjoining region, the Trans-Karakoram Tract was ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963.
For intermittent periods between 1957, when the state approved its own Constitution, to the death of Sheikh Abdullah in 1982, the state had alternating spells of stability and discontent. In the late 1980s however, simmering discontent over the high-handed policies of the Union Government and allegations of the rigging of the 1987 assembly elections triggered a violent uprising which was backed by Pakistan.
Since then, the region has seen a prolonged, bloody conflict between militants and the Indian Army, both of whom have been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including abductions, massacres, rape and looting.The army has officially denied these allegations. However, militancy in the state has been on the decline since 1996,also again in 2004 with the peace process with India and Pakistan. Furthermore the situation has become increasingly peaceful in recent years.
Crop residue consisting of stover from the previous year's maize crop helps conserve soil and water in this no-till farming system.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica).
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
June 26, 2021. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D7500. AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR.
(300mm) f/5.6 @ 1/640 sec. ISO 180.
± | june 08 world ocean day
Chance to highlight some wonderful work that a dear friend - Tierney Thys - has been doing with sun fish over at Sea Studios in Pacific Grove, California.
Often it is the little choices we make on a daily basis that can make the biggest impact, so by tweaking the small stuff, we can help make a difference to the big stuff!
No hacking up dolphins movie from me this year, just a gentle nudge, and some raising awareness to hopefully inspire a wee bit of change in all of us.
And if all this is a little serious, there is also a funky little site that has a bunch of apps for creative ways to explore and promote and teach and learn about the oceans.
Happy World Ocean Day! :o)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca).
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
2 December 2017. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f8 @ 1/5000 sec. ISO 640.
© PKG Photography
Hari Singh with the help of British had ascended the throne of Kashmir in 1925 and was the reigning monarch at the conclusion of British rule in the subcontinent in 1947. One of the conditions of the partition of India imposed by Britain was that the rulers of princely states would have the right to opt for either Pakistan or India or remain independent. In 1947, Kashmir's population was 77% Muslim and it shared a boundary with both Dominion of Pakistan and Union of India. On the eve of India's partition, thousands of Muslims were murdered in the city of Jammu and its adjoining areas which provoked the sentiments of Pakistani Muslims as they felt the insecurity of Muslims in the Independent state of Kashmir which was ruled by a Non-Muslim ruler. On 20 October 1947, tribesmen backed by Pakistan invaded Kashmir.
The Maharaja who was having a Peace treaty with both india and pakistan initially fought back but appealed for assistance to the Governor-General Louis Mountbatten, who agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India.On October 25, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947 and it was accepted on 27 October 1947 by the Governor General of India.Once the Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir) was signed, Indian soldiers entered Kashmir with orders to evict the raiders, but they were not able to expel everyone from the state by the time the harsh winter started. India took the matter to the United Nations. The UN resolution asked both India and Pakistan to vacate the areas they have occupied and hold a referendum under UN observation. The holding of this plebiscite, which India initially supported, was dismissed by India because the 1952 elected Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir voted in favour of confirming the Kashmir region's accession to India. Another reason for the abandonment of the referendum is because demographic changes, after 1947, have been effected in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as generations of Pakistani individuals non-native to the region have been allowed to take residence in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Furthermore, in Indian-administered Kashmir, the demographics of the Kashmir Valley have also been altered after separatist militants coerced 1/4 million Kashmiri Hindus to leave the region. Moreover, Pakistan failed to withdraw its troops from the Kashmir region as was required under the same U.N. resolution of August 13, 1948 which discussed the plebiscite.
Diplomatic relations between India and Pakistan soured for many other reasons, and eventually resulted in three further wars in Kashmir the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Kargil War in 1999. India has control of 60% of the area of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh); Pakistan controls 30% of the region (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir). China has since occupied 10% (Aksai Chin) of the state in 1962.
The eastern region of the erstwhile princely state of Kashmir has also been beset with a boundary dispute. In the late 19th- and early 20th centuries, although some boundary agreements were signed between Great Britain, Tibet, Afghanistan and Russia over the northern borders of Kashmir, China never accepted these agreements, and the official Chinese position did not change with the communist revolution in 1949. By the mid-1950s the Chinese army had entered the northeast portion of Ladakh.
By 1956–57 they had completed a military road through the Aksai Chin area to provide better communication between Xinjiang and western Tibet. India's belated discovery of this road led to border clashes between the two countries that culminated in the Sino-Indian war of October 1962 which India lost. China has occupied Aksai Chin since 1962 and, in addition, an adjoining region, the Trans-Karakoram Tract was ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963.
For intermittent periods between 1957, when the state approved its own Constitution, to the death of Sheikh Abdullah in 1982, the state had alternating spells of stability and discontent. In the late 1980s however, simmering discontent over the high-handed policies of the Union Government and allegations of the rigging of the 1987 assembly elections triggered a violent uprising which was backed by Pakistan.
Since then, the region has seen a prolonged, bloody conflict between militants and the Indian Army, both of whom have been accused of widespread human rights abuses, including abductions, massacres, rape and looting.The army has officially denied these allegations. However, militancy in the state has been on the decline since 1996,also again in 2004 with the peace process with India and Pakistan. Furthermore the situation has become increasingly peaceful in recent years.
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Here is another sunrise shot from last month at Mono Lake. It was a very quiet morning and I had the entire South Tufa site all to myself. It was very cold, about 28° F, and the water was perfectly still like glass. Luckily there were just enough high thin clouds to make the sunrise pretty impressive.
The Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve was one of the 70 California State Parks that were to be closed due to budget difficulties. However, I was pleased to find out that the park was recently removed from the closure list. Local outreach and some new parking fees convinced the governor to keep the park open. Water levels continue to slowly rise in the lake as new conservation efforts agreed to in 1994 take effect. The target water level is 8 feet higher than what is shown in the photo. Within a few years most of these particular tufa will once again be under water. Interesting to note is that once the new water level goals are achieved, the lake will still be 25 feet below its historical norms.
Canon 7D
EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm
4.0sec @f11, ISO 100
Lee 0.6 & 0.9 Soft GND Filter
Lens distortion correction in CS4
Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis).
*** Name change from the split of Cattle Egret into three species worldwide. July 2024.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
June 26, 2021. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D7500. AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6E ED VR.
(300mm) f/8 @ 1/1250 sec. ISO 900.
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) male.
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center.
19 May 2018. Seagoville, Texas. Kaufman County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f6.3 @ 1/2500 sec. ISO 800.
Learning photography and being on 'Flickr' started as just a creative hobby to express and share the beauty I saw around me everyday. But, unexpected and wonderful things began to happen. This is my first photograph to be featured in a professional publication. I am truly grateful for the opportunity. Thank you to everyone for your support and comments this past year! I was very inspired. What a blessing!
City of Santa Monica, California "Seascape" Newsletter
Jan/Feb 2015 "Seascape" Online Newsletter (Page 1) - Above
Jan/Feb 2015 "Seascape" Print Newsletter (Page 4)