While Out and About
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While I was out Sat evening practicing my long exposure photography. I was able to take this shot of two people kayaking as the sun was setting at Lake Crabtree County Park.
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While attending a wedding on California’s central coast, I snuck away for a bit of Pelican watching at Pismo Beach. Watching these unwieldy Birds dive at breakneck speed into the Pacific Ocean (to catch a fish) makes for an interesting morning… but I’m easy to please : )
The Brown Pelican is a comically elegant bird with an oversized bill, sinuous neck, and big, dark body. Squadrons glide above the surf along southern and western coasts, rising and falling in a graceful echo of the waves.
They feed by plunge-diving from high up, using the force of impact to stun small fish before scooping them up. They are fairly common today—an excellent example of a species’ recovery from pesticide pollution that once placed them at the brink of extinction.
While the Brown Pelican is draining the water from its bill after a dive, gulls often try to steal the fish right out of its pouch—sometimes while perching on the pelican's head. Pelicans themselves are not above stealing fish, as they follow fishing boats and hang around piers for handouts.
Pelicans incubate their eggs with the skin of their feet, essentially standing on the eggs to keep them warm. In the mid-twentieth century the pesticide DDT caused pelicans to lay thinner eggs that cracked under the weight of incubating parents. After nearly disappearing from North America in the 1960s and 1970s, Brown Pelicans made a full comeback thanks to pesticide regulations.
During a dive, the Brown Pelican tucks its head and rotates its body to the left. This maneuver is probably to cushion the trachea and esophagus—which are found on the right side of the neck—from the impact.
The oldest Brown Pelican on record was 43 years of age.
(Nikon D500, 80-400/5.6 @ 300 mm, 1/5000 @ f/6.3, ISO 360, edited to taste)
... while we were waiting for the tigress to appear :-))
Indian pond heron / Paddyreiher (Ardeola grayii)
Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
You can see our 'catch of the day' in first comment:
~~ “For a while" is a phrase whose length can't be measured. At least by the person who's waiting.” ~~
Quote ― Haruki Murakami
Let's hope, we don't have to wait too lang, before our lifes are getting back to normal again!
while we are enjoying flowers and trees with blossoms , on the mountain it is still winter. I was up there for an afternoon of snowshoeing on April 5. ** I modified the original photo for Sliders Sunday. ** HSS to all and thanks for your comment.
pendant que nous profitons des fleurs et des arbres avec des fleurs, sur la montagne c'est encore l'hiver. J'étais là-haut pour un après-midi de raquettes le 5 avril. ** J'ai modifié la photo originale pour Sliders Sunday. ** Bon dimanche et merci pour votre commentaire.
while it was still dark we had gone to a simple bird hide to be there before the flocks of Meyer's parrots and African green pigeons arrive at the clay eating site at sunrise.
While we were waiting we heard some noise behind us and after a while we knew these were warthogs ( definitely safer than some other possibilities...)
The family of warthogs came closer and had picked up our scent but they had no clue where we were.
The huge male in this image was walking in front and stopped nearby to look in our direction.
You can clearly see both set of tusks of which the very sharp small ones are used for fighting other warthogs or for defense against predators. The larger ones are used for digging etc.
Kafue National Park, Zambia
phacochoerus africanus
common warthog
knobbelzwijn
phacochère
Warzenschwein
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While folding another of my new pattern of my Block-tessellation serie I used thicker paper and because of that and the density of the pattern this bowl-shape arose ;-)
On the left you see the pattern from the outside and on the right the inside.
Here you can see a different view of my origami tessellation "Bricks".
I found (independently) a variation of the "Wall" of Momotani and I'm probably not the first one, correct me please when I'm wrong.
Folded from 21x21cm greenish Japanese paper, with some golden en silver dots in it.
While hiking in the dense Daintree Rainforest in the rain, I was startled when I came face to face with this huge Green Python snake in a tree.
While driving along Highway 1 near Pescadero, CA, we stopped to stroll along the beach. I spotted these 2 guys fishing and wanted to capture the setting. It was cloudy and windy. (Edited in Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz)
While this is now a private home it must have been the center of village life at one time. Near St.John's, NL, Canada.
While watering my little plant today, I thought it was sick with mold, mildew, or a fungus! But checking online, I was relieved that it's ok. Those white particles are "trichomes".
"Trichomes are small hairs on the leaves of the the air plants which help them absorb water, airborne minerals, and helps them to regulate their temperature. Trichomes are important since air plants do not grow in soil and have traditional root systems. Trichomes can absorb moisture directly from the air, even without the plant having to get damped by rain, mist, or morning dew."
airplantshop.com/blogs/air-plant-care/what-are-trichomes
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While I was on vacation, I was taking some shot around a marina and I heard this great music coming out of the fish restaurant and I thought, the fish would probably taste amazing since it was right across the street from the marina. When I got to the entrance I could see that the place was packed. The tables couldn't be any closer together and I just couldn't go in. I thought this is crazy. I almost got a plate to go but decided against that as well. I'll be so happy when the world gets back to whatever it was before 19.
While it's a fairly long boat ride from central Venice, Murano is well worth the trip. Murano is of course famous for beautiful and fantastic hand-blown glass. The long, central canal seen here is lined with stores selling these beautiful creations mostly by craftsmen in the glass "factories", but also many by artists working in the glass medium. The canal leads to a large lagoon surrounded by glass factories, restaurants and hotels. Murano also has residential neighborhoods populated mostly by people working in Murano.
While visiting D'Urville Monument off of the Bransfield Strait we had a good bay full of Adelie Penguins.
They were plentiful once again - - I simply sat quietly on a rock and some directly approached me due to their curiosity.
Adelie Penguin - 'D'Urville Monument - Antarctic
While I was away I visited the International Crane Foundation (ICF) in Baraboo, WI. This is a Wattled Crane from Africa. There are only around 8,000 in the world and the population is declining. The ICF commits to a future where all crane species are secure - a future where people cooperate to protect and restore wild populations and their ecosystems. The ICF in Baraboo is the only place where you can see the world's 15 crane species in one location on 225 acres of land. For mor information and the ICF and saving the worlds cranes please visit this site: www.savingcranes.org
Best Viewed Large
While visiting San Diego recently, I had an opportunity to stop by one of my favorite locations for views of the San Diego Skyline, Coronado. Had a great meal while waiting for the sun to go down, then set up the camera for a shot of the night sky.
If you get a chance to visit San Diego and Coronado, don’t forget to stop by the Hotel Del Coronado, its an amazing place with gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean. And, Ladies, if you are lucky you can sip an umbrella cocktail and watch those Buff Navy Seals perform "BUDS" training on the beach : )
Coronado is a California resort city on a peninsula in San Diego Bay. It’s known for the grand Victorian Hotel del Coronado, which opened in 1888. Across from the hotel, the wide, flat Coronado Beach draws surfers and sunbathers. The Coronado Ferry Landing has shops, restaurants and a small beach. Nearby, Centennial Park offers San Diego skyline views.
(Nikon Z6, Nikor 14-30 @ 18.5 mm, 15 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 100, edited to taste)
a proud worker, taking a breath before he jumps back to the work of his day, his livelihood.
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While watching the seals porpoise their way to shore, this fur seal stood by keeping a watchful eye.
Fur Seal - Antarctic - D'Urville Monument
While camping, I decided to sit by the lake and take pictures of these guys fishing. As soon as I captured this moment, the fish fell back into the water.
Explore April 22, 2008
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While camping at Durgin Lake in Khovd Western Mongolia we were treated to an impromptu concert by a family of musicians and throat singers right on the shore of the lake - very fun!
In 1908, the Düsseldorf-based Central-trade-ssociation for Rhineland, Westphalia and neighbouring districts praised a competition for a fountain in front of the Düsseldorf Art Palace.
As a "figurative representation of the iron industry and the mining industry," it was to be sent to the 1902 on the site on the banks of the Rhine (then Kaiser Wilhelm Park, now Rheinpark) the industrial and commercial exhibition was held.
Among the 44 designs submitted, the jury, which was prominently occupied by the painter Fritz Roeber, the painter Georg Oeder, the architect Wilhelm Kreis and the Düsseldorf garden director Walter von Engelhardt, was Prize awarded, so also do not recommend a design for execution. It was initially planned to give the authors of the shortlisted drafts the opportunity to revise them in a second stage of competition (a closer competition).
The fountain was built in its original form between 1911 and 1913. While the Düsseldorf architect Gotthold Nestler designed the actual well complex, the sculptor Friedrich Coubillier created the three bronze figures "Schmied Vulkan," "Bergmann" and "Hüttenarbeiter." Miner and cottage worker are depicted in the loincloth. The bronze casting of the figures took place at the Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer.
On the occasion of the opening of the Grand Art Exhibition in 1913, the industrial fountain in front of the former Art Palace was inaugurated. In 1925 the fountain was dismantled there because of the extensive new buildings at the Ehrenhof.
In 1939, the three sculptures were erected in a new facility on Fürstenplatz in Friedrichstadt. In 1942 the figures were to be melted down as metal donations by the German people for armaments and were removed. However, they remained intact, and in 1950 they were restored.
While my computer is out being fixed I have been exploring Colorado. This is from early one morning on Kebler Pass in the San Juan Mountains.
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Wat je al niet tegen komt tijdens het wandelen
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What you don't encounter while walking
Chinese Fringe Flower/Chinese Witch Hazel (Loropetalum chinense rubrum)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2023.
Spotted as I came back from getting the images of the Fly Agaric at Bill's.
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums out there!
A quick post and run as we are going out for a while.
While at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi spotted this exhibit on West Bengal - pictured here a compilation of some of the masks.
While at the nursery on Hwy #5 across the road are some nice vehicles to shoot. I alway like this firetruck. She looks like she saved some lives back in the day.
Happy Truck tHuRsDay
While I was posing for him, I did click on him too hehehe, aint ma fault sweetheart :P
Check his wonderful stream here: www.flickr.com/photos/148181360@N07/
...City
While Rome is the Eternal City one might call Berlin the eternal building site. Or The Unfinished City. Construction cranes are as prominently featured in Berlin's skyline as sights. And it can happen that, if you haven't visited a place in a longer while ("easy" in pandemic times), you'll find old, familiar buildings gone, while new buildings seem to pop up out of nowhere everywhere. I've taken this image last week after a visit to the Futurium (a "House of the Future", opened in 2019 – I'll post images from there soon); in the foreground you can see the river Spree, and the glass building on the left is Berlin's Central Station, the Hauptbahnhof (HBF). Noteworthy: The HBF's upper platforms aren't fully roofed, because the Deutsche Bahn (DB; the German Railway Company) wanted to open the HBF in time for the 2006 World Football Championship by all means, and it would have taken until 2008 to finish the roof. The irony: All the construction parts needed to finish the roof were already manufactured. To this date these parts are stored on the premises of Berlin's East Station. Will the roof ever be finished? Who knows... The construction site you see in front of the HBF has nothing to do with the HBF's roof. It is that of the new S 21 suburban railway line, which is scheduled for completion in 2022. Allegedly...
At first, I wanted to process this as a monochrome, because the scene is rather busy. But I liked all these colours. So I thought "embrace the chaos, embrace the construction site and all those cranes", and do it in colour ;) The final image is an HDR made from three images (in HDR Efex), with further processing / sliding steps in Color Efex.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy, and take care!
Die Unvollendete
Rom ist ja bekanntlich die Ewige Stadt. Und Berlin könnte man getrost als die Ewige Baustelle bezeichnen. Oder auch als Die Unvollendete. Baukräne gehören zur Berliner Skyline wie seine Sehenswürdigkeiten. Gerade in Pandemiezeiten, wenn man manche Orte schon lange nicht mehr besucht hat, kann es dann auch passieren, dass alte, vertraute Gebäude plötzlich verschwunden sind, während allerorten Neues entsteht. Dieses Foto des Hauptbahnhofs mit einem Seitenarm der Spree im Vordergrund habe ich vergangene Woche nach einem Besuch des Futuriums (2019 eröffnet, Fotos von dort zeige ich demnächst) gemacht. Die Baustelle am Europaplatz, die Ihr hier seht, bedeutet allerdings nicht, dass die Deutsche Bahn nun doch das Dach für die oberen Bahnsteige des Hauptbahnhofs verlängern würde. Die dafür nötigen Bauteile, längst fertiggestellt, lagern weiterhin (hoffentlich gut verstaut) am Berliner Ostbahnhof. Diese Baustelle gehört zur neuen S-Bahnlinie S21, für die ein unterirdischer Bahnsteig gebaut wird. Geplante Fertigstellung: 2022. Warten wir's ab.
Ich wollte das Foto erst als SW / getöntes Monochrom bearbeiten, weil hier ja ganz schön viel los ist. SW sah mir aber zu trüb aus, weshalb ich bei Farbe geblieben bin. Das Foto habe ich in HDR Efex aus einer 3er-Belichtungsreihe erstellt und für Sliders Sunday in Color Efex noch den einen oder anderen Filter (ich weiß wirklich nicht mehr, welche Filter genau) angewendet.
Habt einen guten Wochenstart und passt weiterhin gut auf Euch auf!
While You Were Dreaming
Have a great weekend my friends :)
While you were dreaming,
I gazed upon your brow,
Tucked away from cold of night,
You're lay beside me now,
And as we lie and rest our heads,
On pillows of purest white,
The moon smiled through the window,
And softly bathed you in its light.
~AWB '09
While walking across the dam, always look at the edge of the water for the American Mink. They look for anything to eat. Bucks County PA.
While exploring Washington State back roads, I came across this abandoned silver mine known as the Old Ruby (Pyrargyrite) Mine. Along with the mill there are several other buildings on the property, maintenance shop, blacksmith shop and forge, office, bunkhouse and powder magazine. The mill is empty now, and so is the powder magazine.