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From a new series of work I’m exploring while walking at dusk/evening. Shot on the Leica SL with adapted manual lenses.
Passer domesticus
Ave
El gorrión común, también llamado pardal o chilero, es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Passeridae. Está adaptado al hábitat urbano hasta el punto de ser el pájaro más frecuente y conocido en esas áreas, aunque en términos absolutos el pinzón es más abundante. Vive como comensal del ser humano. Wikipedia
Nombre científico: Passer domesticus
Promedio de vida: 3 años (En libertad)
Número de huevos: 4 – 5
Masa Corporal: 24 – 40 g (Adulto)
Estado de conservación: Preocupación menor (Decreciente) Enciclopedia de la vida
Iowa Interstate 719 brings the eastbound Des Moines Switcher past the 1901-built Rock Island Depot in Downtown Des Moines, IA.
The IAIS operates the former Rock Island mainline across Iowa, so it's only fitting they still roll past the old CRIP depot here. While the last train to call on the station was cancelled in 1970, the building itself has been nicely adapted to modern uses. This building now houses offices, and the adjacent freight house across the street now houses the excellent Hessen Haus German restaurant (and the Tipsy Crow Tavern as well).
DMSW 10 (Des Moines Switcher)
IAIS GP38-2 #719
Des Moines, IA
July 10th, 2025
"Vixen at Blue Hour."
The Urban Fox
Wild foxes have learned to adapt to the urban environment in order to survive. By nature, foxes are nocturnal and hunt at night, whereas the urban fox has adapted its behavior to survive and can be seen during daylight hours.
Locally, a fox vixen has located her den in the foundational remains of a razed building complex along the boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. She has six Kits, which can be seen frolicking in the debris and along the dunes during the day. The fox family has become local celebrities and unfortunately people have begun feeding them. Never feed wild animals. Although you may feel as if you’re helping them survive, you are actually harming them. Feeding foxes can alter their natural behavior and they may lose its fear of humans.
“Wildlife that is fed by people become less experienced at forging for their natural food and may become dependent on handouts that are not a part of their natural diets. This is especially true in juvenile animals that have not yet developed their own foraging skills and have little ability to fend for themselves once handouts cease.” ~ Julie King, Senior Wildlife Biologist
Please Do Not Feed the Wildlife!
Red Fox
The Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, is the largest of the true foxes and the most abundant wild member of the Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It is listed as least concern by the IUCN. Its range has increased alongside human expansion, having been introduced to Australia, where it is considered harmful to native mammals and bird populations. Due to its presence in Australia, it is included among the list of the "world's 100 worst invasive species".
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox
Like a tulip rainbow
Tulips (Tulipa) form a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly coloured, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm colours). They often have a different coloured blotch at the base of the tepals (petals and sepals, collectively), internally. Because of a degree of variability within the populations, and a long history of cultivation, classification has been complex and controversial. The tulip is a member of the Liliaceae (lily) family, along with 14 other genera, where it is most closely related to Amana, Erythronium and Gagea in the tribe Lilieae. There are about 75 species, and these are divided among four subgenera. The name "tulip" is thought to be derived from a Persian word for turban, which it may have been thought to resemble. Tulips originally were found in a band stretching from Southern Europe to Central Asia, but since the seventeenth century have become widely naturalised and cultivated (see map). In their natural state they are adapted to steppes and mountainous areas with temperate climates. Flowering in the spring, they become dormant in the summer once the flowers and leaves die back, emerging above ground as a shoot from the underground bulb in early spring. Wikipedia
British Columbia grown
Canada
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the alien army of soldier crabs emerging from the silver swamp
adapted 16mm film Kodak Cine Anastigmat 63mm f2.7
The black rhinoceros, prehensile or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros. The upper lip of the black rhino is adapted for feeding from trees and shrubs.
Black rhinos are not black. The species probably derives its name as a distinction from the white rhino and/or from the dark-colored local soil that covers its skin after wallowing in mud.
They have two horns, and occasionally a third, small posterior horn.
Populations of black rhino declined dramatically in the 20th century at the hands of European hunters and settlers. Between 1960 and 1995, black rhino numbers dropped by a sobering 98%, to less than 2,500. Since then, the species has made a tremendous comeback from the brink of extinction. Thanks to persistent conservation efforts across Africa, black rhino numbers have doubled from their historic low 20 years ago to around 5,600 today. However, the black rhino is still considered critically endangered, and a lot of work remains to bring the numbers up to even a fraction of what it once was - and to ensure that it stays there. Wildlife crime - in this case, poaching and black-market trafficking of rhino horn - continues to plague the species and threaten its recovery.
This magnificent black rhinoceros was grazing peacefully but on hearing our approaching vehicle, picked it's tail and ran off quickly, photographed on an early morning game drive in the wild savannah plains of Africa.
Some experiments with 50+ years old Meyer-Optik's Primotar 3.5/50mm adapted to Sony NEX-3 (shot wide open)
Minolta Autopak 500 Rokkor 38mm f2.8 test
Not recommended to adapt unless you don't mind cutting and sawing out the rear element from the camera. And the sides of the lens is open. I used tape to block light from entering.
The aperture is not easy to keep.
An adapted emergency boat reused ad an house along the Regents Canal, London, September 2016
Original shots taken with an Asus Padphone Mobile with 8 Mp camera, various post processing
Eastern Screech Owl
The Eastern Screech Owl or Eastern screech-owl (Megascops asio) is a small owl that is relatively common in Eastern North America, from Mexico to Canada. This species is native to most wooded environments of its distribution and, more so than any other owl in its range, has adapted well to manmade development, although it frequently avoids detection due to its strictly nocturnal habits.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_screech_owl
The Cornell Lab: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Screech-Owl/id#
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Adapted Lanes: Canon FD 24mm 2.8
Camera Preset: Pro.NEG Hi
Crop, RAW and b/w Work: Apple Photos for Mac
Christmas tree assembly day.
Pattern adapted from here: Crochet Appliques - Christmas Trees
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Pittsburgh has adapted since the collapse of its century-long steel and electronics industries. The region has shifted to high technology, robotics, health care, nuclear engineering, tourism, biomedical technology, finance, education, and services. Annual payroll of the region's technology industries, when taken in aggregate, exceeded $10.8 billion in 2007, and in 2010 there were 1,600 technology companies. A National Bureau of Economic Research 2014 report named Pittsburgh the second-best U.S. city for intergenerational economic mobility or the American Dream. Reflecting the citywide shift from industry to technology, former factories have been renovated as modern office space. Google has research and technology offices in a refurbished 1918–1998 Nabisco factory, a complex known as Bakery Square. Some of the factory's original equipment, such as a large dough mixer, were left standing in homage to the site's industrial roots. Pittsburgh's transition from its industrial heritage has earned it praise as "the poster child for managing industrial transition". Other major cities in the northeast and mid-west have increasingly borrowed from Pittsburgh's model in order to renew their industries and economic base.
Pittsburgh is the poster child for managing industrial transition.
The largest employer in the city is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, with 48,000 employees. All hospitals, outpatient clinics, and doctor's office positions combine for 116,000 jobs, approximately 10% of the jobs in the region. An analyst recently observed of the city's medical sector: "That's both more jobs and a higher share of the region's total employment than the steel industry represented in the 1970s."
A quick run to my parents' place this weekend meant there was an opportunity for a short photo break, and that was exactly what I did, this time with more bokeh added, and with lenses, I haven't used in quite some time, or never before, even.
Taken with Panasonic GX7 digital mirrorless camera and adapted Admiral MC 135mm F2.8 manual telephoto lens on no-name K-m43 adapter. Wide-open aperture, at minimal focusing distance to have as much bokeh as possible. Not bad!