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Sometimes an armature nature photographer gets lucky and is able to witness and photograph a predator/ prey conflict. This series shows a Coopers hawk trying to catch a Ringed-neck Duck for dinner. but the duck got tangled in the Lilly pads and the Hawk unable to take flight, so it just held it underwater for maybe 5 to 8 min. long enough that the Hawk almost drowned itself, eventually it let the Duck go and with a great deal of energy was able to fly away; the duck popped up, righted itself, shook it off, then swam away apparently quite all right. I think the pictures tells a compelling story of how raw nature can be!
The final sunset of eastern standard time in spring 2020 found me on this lonely rural road. I wanted to witness this moment in person rather than merely glance out of a window. I love the sense of being overwhelmed by darkness as nightfall descends. Of watching the last colors of sunlight being squeezed out of the horizon. It's a sensory experience as much as a visual one. Walking a mile or so to get here adds tremendously to the experience. Popping in and out of cars mitigates the depth of feeling at a moment like this. Hiking in (and out under the ensuing darkness) adds a sense of investment in the process and heightens the effect of transition. Times like this the 'life experience' component seems to outweigh the photography aspect that brought me here in the first place. The moment is largely symbolic; just the annual clock change into daylight time. Yet it's a definite time marker in a life that has become full of mileposts that rush past in an ever increasing blur. I suppose this is my way of trying to exert control over the process, to slow things down even if just for a moment. And it truly is just a moment. The inevitability of time is inescapable. Seems just a short while since I was in this same spot in the dead of winter, icy winds swirling over a couple feet of snow. Now spring is racing into view. My normal exuberance this time of year seems tempered. It's as if a new set of life rules went into effect on January 1. Over the holidays I read an astrological forecast that called out a moon-Neptune-Saturn alignment that was equated with sickness and disease. Not a week later I read an article about a new virus that had appeared in Wuhan China and was spreading rapidly. Barely two months later and here we are, standing on the brink of what is likely to be a tsunami of ICU patients overrunning the nation's hospitals. Difficult to gauge the impact, but buckle up. It's likely to be a rough ride between now and the next clock change in November.
Often while we were out among the locals, witnessing and building the houses, we came across the children.
Initially shy and keeping their distance, they would become accustomed to us and get closer...often through humor.
I was very fortunate to witness a stunning sunrise on a frosty morning after so many dreich days before and sadly after too. My faithful dog was patient with me as I took these pictures. I’d have been even happier (and no doubt longer) if I’d brought my new camera with me instead, but you can’t have all the luck all of the time and goes to prove the adage that the best camera is the one you have with you at the time.
A performance by Company Chameleon as part of the City Encounter event for Salisbury International Arts Festival.
A new and brave choreography from Company Chameleon, this must-see piece features a rich mix of dance and movement styles performed by Kevin Edward Turner and three dancers. Athletic lifts, dynamic movements and moments of fragility and sensitivity, combine to create a view of mental health, which you simply won’t forget. Touching, sad, funny and absurd, this is relevant and up-to-the-minute dance theatre.
my heart's intention: bear witness to the pain of others without losing myself in the process. i'm working toward equanimity--compassionately being with people while not trying to save, control, or cling. trying to keep my heart open through the sorrows and the joys.
Should children witness childbirth? Good question.
Here's your answer.
Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl , to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby...
Very diligently Kathleen did as she was asked. Heidi pushed And pushed and after a little while, Connor was born.
The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor began to cry.
The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-yr old what she thought about what she had just witnessed..
Kathleen quickly responded, 'He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place ... smack his butt again!'
Evening walk, 17.04.2022.
Fantastic forest nearby - especially in spring there is a feel for forgotten times where ties to nature were closer for the human species.
Probably the brightest meteor ever captured on film! And moreover I witnessed the whole thing in all of its beauty!
With the camera already exposing, I was laying on my back gazing at the clearly visible Milky Way above me. Then, suddenly, from the far right of the sky, a green fire exploded! The meteor crossed the whole sky lighting it up in emerald green until it finally burst in red and orange flames. In that moment I knew, the last path of the meteor crossed the frame of my camera.
Soon after that, clouds quickly invaded the sky forcing me to stop the exposure. The film had been exposed for about two hours but there was no moon to light up the canyon. I was very frustrated about it but still pretty excited that I had the meteor exposed. So I decided to make another exposure just for the canyon. While waiting for the clouds to clear out I shot the frames of my first experimental timelapse - Arda Timelapse.
Exactly as they appeared, suddenly the clouds gave away the celestial kingdom to the bright moon which had already climbed high, perfectly lighting up the canyon. And, of course, I started another exposure this time capturing star trails with the moonlit canyon.
For all of us stargazers, meteor sights are nothing unusual or extraordinary. They can be frequently seen and of course not only during meteor showers. I’ve seen bright meteors before but nothing like this! The mere fact it was exposed so well on 100 ISO film and f/5.6 makes it a very special and unique sight. Check out another meteor exposed on film in my image Alienscape II. And here are about 22 meteors captured with a digital camera ISO 3200 f/2.8. These are stacked exposures covering about 4 hours during the Perseid meteor shower. You can clearly see the difference in the brightness and length having in mind that the lens of my medium format film camera is even wider than the lens of my DSLR.
The image you see here is a combination of the first and the third exposure. Both shot on Provia 100F color reversal film with Mamiya RB67 medium format camera. The star trails exposure was 1.5 hours. Moon was about 70% illuminated.
Location is Arda river in Eastern Rhodope Mountain, Bulgaria. This spot can be reached only when the river level is quite low. Here's another image from the same location - Reflections in Blank & White.
As I walk on along the Arakawa river bank leaving the "New Arakawa Great Bridge" behind, I take a look back. The grass is lit up by the sun behind me. The blue sky is covered in wispy white clouds. The trees, the grass, and me, all are facing a head-on breeze. I see my own shadow on the path I just walked. And instead of trying to avoid it in the frame in a typical landscape capture, I thought it would be nice this time to include it.
What kind of a composition is this? The usual "rules" of composition have all gone out of the window. Yet it somehow works for me. YMMV.
Pentax K-S2, Kalimar 35-70/2.8
6 landscape-oriented images stitched with Microsoft ICE
For the Pentax Forums Single in January Challenge
I didn't/don't like the light pole, but it's there. Next time I take an image of this building, I will try to be more careful with the composition...
Some evenings, daylight seems to surrender gently to the darkness. Visible light simply fades away, minute by minute, until only darkness and shadow remain. Others days it's more of a hostile takeover with daylight fighting its way to the inevitable demise. Last evening fell into the latter category. Scattered low clouds had been racing by throughout the afternoon. The speed seemed absurdly fast at times, like viewing a sky video shot in time lapse. As the sun set, the progression of clouds continued. The backlighting only added to the drama created by the motion. The blue hour emerged, plunging the landscape into pitched shadow, but still allowing fine detail in the form of the tree branches now silhouetted against the sky. A wonderful sense of depth and texture lingered in the passing clouds. Down at the western horizon lay a thin sliver of color, a yellowish orange hue, all that was left of the sun. A grand moment for anyone that cared to witness it. Sometimes I'm disappointed when others don't share my appreciation for such moments. But that never seems to dampen my own.
Justice is blind when there are no witnesses or those not willing to open their eyes. This is my tribute to a recent news event where the grand jury refused to convict a person videotaped performing an indifferent heinous action that lead to the victim's death.
Whilst in the Kruger we were lucky to witness a Wild Dog hunt. A pack of around 20 dogs with the main pack staying on the road and 2 or 3 dogs each side in the bush looking to flush prey.
A more detailed description of the hunt can be found at bobsbutterflies.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/the-wild-dog-hunt....
Its a wonderful thing to see these beauties emerge from their Chrysalis,
Please see in large
have a great weekend my friend!
My lovely Princess probably saw something creepy too.Just stares and stares......!
Continue later....
Have a great weekend guys.Thanks for comments and faves.
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I witnessed a dog walk straight up to this snake & sniff it.
The snake didn't seem to bothered and just slithered off slowly, no aggression what so ever.
I did tell the dog owners to put the dog on a lead & stick to the paths but of course they wouldn't.
Fascinating & nerve-racking to watch the interaction.
Very sad to advise that on April 17, during the ice and wind storm in Ottawa, I was watching the nest and witnessed a chunk of ice knock the mother unconscious which caused her to fall over 10 meters to the ground. She was severely concussed and is being cared for by Safe Wings Ottawa. If she survives and once stabilized, she will be transported to The Owl Foundation In Niagara. The 2 owlets were rescued later in the evening thanks to a lot of effort by caring people who got involved and a tree climber was able to climb during very difficult conditions. The babies would not have survived the night if we had not been able to find a climber at a time when all the arborists in the region were responding to emergencies. They are doing very well and will also be transported to the Owl Foundation where a foster owl will take over the parenting if the mother does not recover and is unable to care for them. Thank you all for your interest and generous comments regarding this beautiful owl. To follow progress, go to The Owl Foundation's Facebook page.
As of April 20, this owl family was transferred to The Owl Foundation where the mother is making some progress but still in very serious condition. The owlets are doing very well, being cared for by the foster GHO, and could be released in August or September. For progress reports, go to the Owl Foundation’s Facebook page.
The owlets were released in the wild in the same region they were born, in late September 2018. The Owl Foundation tried very hard to rehabilitate the mother owl and while she made some progress, the owl continued to suffer from neurological problems as a result of the skull fracture and severe concussion it sustained from the falling chunk of ice from above the nest. There was evidence of chronic pain and her condition would not improve further. The Foundation staff made the humane decision to euthanize the owl some time in December 2018.