View allAll Photos Tagged Z8

2023 Photo 212/153 Tooth Barkington the cairn terrier, aka The Tooth, has found a wonderful place to nap that's just the right size: Mama's laundry basket atop a fresh bed of clean clothes. Well, they were clean! ©2023 John M. Hudson

 

#naughty_bits #little_nurse_dog #little_monster #rat_patrol #canicula_invictus #mighty_bitey #the_bad_dog_in_a_good_dog’s_body #obnoxiousteenager #bigbadtooth #littlebigtooth #MrT #T_Wrecks #TERRIERANYSAURUS_WRECKS #thetooththewholetoothandnothingbutthetooth #toothbarkington #tinyjawsofdeath #happylittlemonsters #cairnterrieristshaveweaponsofmastication #pterrieranadon #terrieranysaurusrex #velocirapterrier #pawsofdestruction #razortoothterrier

 

With no larger bull in sight (or sniffing range) to challenge him, this bull walks the dry Amboseli Lake bed in search of a female with which to mate. He lifts his sensitive trunk as an olfactory "periscope," sniffing for a female in estrous. If he is successful in mating on this particular day, it will be nearly two years before the calf he sires is born. Elephants have the longest gestational period of any mammal: 18 to 22 months. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

Hippopotamus near the southwestern shore of Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Great Rift Valley. ©2025 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

A Black Skimmer does a run through the most shallow waters.

Nikon Z8 - Nikkor Z 70-180 mm f/2.8

Iso 400 - 1/250 - f/2.8

__________________________________________________

« Ce qui m’attire ce sont les visages, les gestes, les mouvements du corps qui renvoient à un état d’âme, qui racontent une histoire. »

After receiving some expert advice I toned down the colour temperature a bit in this image - the camera is set to a fixed 5000k for simplicity, but that means far too much orange in this case. It was a bit difficult to judge because there was so much cloud.

  

Nikon 58/1.4G

Biddende torenvalk

  

24A_2439vbn+

RKO_5610. Sitting on my deck these grebes came by and started their courtship dance. How lucky can you be!

 

More of my work and activities can be seen on:

linktr.ee/robertkok

 

www.instagram.com/robertkok_photography/

 

robertkokphotography.com

 

Please do not use my photos on websites, blogs or in any other media without my explicit permission.

 

Thanks a lot for your visit, fave and comments. Its truly appreciated!

In full bloom at Beaver Damn Farm Sunflower snear Buchanan, Va. ©2023 | John M, Hudson

Nikon 58/1.4G

The James River at Deep Bottom Landing in Henrico COunty, Va., just before dawn. ©2023 | John M. Hudson

L'imago du Souci est un papillon de taille moyenne, dont l'envergure varie de 42 à 54 mm. Le dessus des ailes a un fond jaune orangé avec une tache discoïdale noire à l'aile antérieure, une tache discoïdale orangée à l'aile postérieure, et une épaisse bordure noire aux quatre ailes. Chez la femelle, cette bordure contient des taches jaunes. Le dessous des ailes est jaune avec des taches discoïdales et quelques taches postdiscales sombres. Le Souci a un vol rapide et se posent toujours ailes fermées.

Quand il est posé ailes repliées, le Souci est également difficile à distinguer du Fluoré (Colias alfacariensis) ou du Soufré (Colias hyale).

Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souci_(papillon)

 

Von März 2000 bis Juli 2003 wurden 5703 Exemplare in Handarbeit produziert (555 auf dem Z8 basierende Fahrzeuge verkaufte der Automobilhersteller Alpina).

 

From March 2000 to July 2003, 5703 copies were hand-produced (555 vehicles based on the Z8 were sold by the car manufacturer Alpina).

Nikon 14-24/2.8G

A spring-like Friday afternoon in midwinter on the lawn -- the central grounds -- at the University of Virginia. Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda anchors the north end of the lawn. Cabell Hall (background) anchors the south. c.2024 | John M. Hudson

A great blue heron flies upstream to find better fishing grounds during the annual shad run. At this time every year, shad swim up the Roanoke River from Smith Mountain Lake to spawn -- and the area's great blue herons go nuts. As long as there are no anglers or kayakers or inner-tubers stirring up the water and creating a commotions, herons by the dozens come to the river at Roanoke County's Explore Park to feast on shad. ©2023 John M. Hudson

Tooth Barkington the cairn terrier, aka The Tooth, in portrait mode. ©2023 John M. Hudson

 

#little_monster #rat_patrol #canicula_invictus #mighty_bitey #the_bad_dog_in_a_good_dog’s_body #obnoxiousteenager #bigbadtooth #littlebigtooth #MrT #T_Wrecks #TERRIERANYSAURUS_WRECKS #thetooththewholetoothandnothingbutthetooth #toothbarkington #tinyjawsofdeath #happylittlemonsters #cairnterrieristshaveweaponsofmastication #pterrieranadon #terrieranysaurusrex #velocirapterrier #pawsofdestruction #razortoothterrier

Photo taken at the Lingenfelter Cars and Coffee.

Z8

Z 24-120mm f/4

  

Last week I was in San Diego to help train some of the folks at Best Buy. One of the more extensive retail training programs I have ever seen, Best Buy takes key people out of their store for a week... flies them to someplace like San Diego. There they spend time with professional photographers and manufacturer's reps learning the gear and techniques needed to talk with you.

 

One of the stops was "Action".

Das Design mit breiter BMW-Niere und seitlichen Lufteinlässen, das sich an dem von 1956 bis 1959 produzierten Roadster BMW 507 orientierte, entwarf Henrik Fisker.

 

Henrik Fisker designed the design with a wide BMW kidney grille and side air intakes, which was based on the BMW 507 roadster produced between 1956 and 1959.

A bunch of us went up to the National Park Service's Blue Ridge Parkway to get photos of the full -- or nearly full -- moon rising and instead got a pretty active sky full of storms. Here not only is there lightning, but in the center the full moon is struggling to be seen through the clouds. Pine Tree Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bedford County, Va., looking southeast toward Bedford and Lynchburg. ©2023 John M. Hudson

A moody late afternoon sky over the Great Valley of Virginia, as seen from the Iron Mine overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Botetourt County, Va. ©2023 | John M. Hudson

My wife loves to collect fridge magnets and this is just some of her collection. They of course cover the many places here in Australia and overseas we have visited on our annual holidays over many years that have meant so much to us since we were married. Those of you who know me will understand by the delight I take photographing our time away and uploading it to flickr. And we all love our holidays, don't we?

 

The years we missed through sickness serve to underline the importance and joy we get on our holidays and indeed the times we spent with our daughter before she grew up and became independent.

 

We would normally have made reservations by now but a string of medical issues and you could say developing fears about what seemed to be unfolding in our world had me holding back.

 

Sadly, owing to geopolitical and economic circumstances about which you will all have read and feared and predictions of a rout on the Australian Stock Exchange tomorrow, there is significant risk to our retirement savings and indeed the superannuation and investments of most people in Australia and also around the world. The risk of a global recession has been increased to 60+%, probably worse than when COVID rolled out. So sadly, out of an abundance of caution, our plans for holidays and some new magnets this year have been cancelled at least for now. In the meantime, we will just roll with the punches like everyone else. What can I say? Comments disabled I hope. Best wishes everyone, the ride ahead may be rough and dirty.

This time every year, shad swim up the Roanoke River from Smith Mountain Lake to spawn -- and the area's great blue herons go nuts. As long as there are no anglers or kayakers or inner-tubers stirring up the water and creating a commotions, herons by the dozens come to the river at Roanoke County's Explore Park to feast on shad. On this particular rainy morning, I was the only human in sight at 8:30 a.m., and I counted 24 herons. I'm sure there were many others up and down the river. ©2023 John M. Hudson

Virginia whitetail deer follow the Blue Ridge Parkway toward Peaks of Otter Lodge on Sunday evening. ©2023 | John M. Hudson

1 3 4 5 6 7 ••• 79 80