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small elephant calf climbing the steep bank of the river in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa in 2019.
Several elephant herds came to drink at the river in a rocky area.
We had a great time observing their interaction especially as there were calfs of different ages.
African Bush Elephant, also called African Savanna Elephant
loxodonta africana
Afrikaanse olifant
Eléphant d'Afrique
Afrikanischer Elefant
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** I'm not intimidating, you're intimidated.
There's a difference. I'm not mean, nor aggressive,
I Am honest and assertive and that makes you
uncomfortable. And It's not ME that makes you
uncomfortable, My PRESENCE challenges your comfort.
I will not be less for you to feel better about yourself.**
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Herring Gull at Girvan Harbour, yesterday.
I had the feeling that she expected to be fed...And she was being shadowed by her yearling , so must still be feeding the youngster. After a few minutes of strutting around, yapping, she eventually let out the iconic gull “rammy”. I was sorry I didn’t have any dead fish on me. 😄
Girvan Harbour
SW Scotland
“Shout,
Shout,
Let it all out;
These are the things I can do without,
Come on!
I’m talking to you,
Come on.’
“Shout” - Tears For Fears, 1985
(WiFi has been mostly off for the past four/five days. Two very assertive phone calls, yesterday, seem to have helped, a little. Trying to catch up with all of your wonderful photos...)
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This little fellow visits us twice a day to remind us to put out some bird seed. He'll strut around and yell at you until his food is brought out!
The elements of a design can make a photograph bearable and inoffensive, but they will not make a photograph compelling. We are compelled by photographs which, within the limits of an objectively appropriate form, manage to offer us something that touches on authentic concerns - our happiness or unhappiness, our fidelities, our modern war with perplexity. The balance between design and content must be there because design by itself is not interesting and pure content is merely assertive :-)
John Rosenthal
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rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Harris Brown-ALL rights reserved. This image may not be used for ANY purpose without written permission.
Tyler State Park, Newtown PA. USA.
A large, assertive flycatcher with rich reddish-brown accents and a lemon-yellow belly, the Great Crested Flycatcher is a common bird of Eastern woodlands. Its habit of hunting high in the canopy means it’s not particularly conspicuous—until you learn its very distinctive call, an emphatic rising whistle. These flycatchers swoop after flying insects and may crash into foliage in pursuit of leaf-crawling prey. They are the only Eastern flycatchers that nest in cavities, and this means they sometimes make use of nest boxes.
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Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f5.6 E PF lens and fill flash.
1/250 F8 ISO 500
The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10
Walking along this trail I heard a familiar call. Persistent and assertive after a few calls to it, this Indigo Bunting (m) popped out to check me out.
Canatara Park, Sarnia, ON
Red-wing blackbirds are quite assertive in defending their territory. This one is watching out for other birds seeking prime nesting spots.
This little guy had one leg but made up for it by being the most assertive chickadee in the flock I was hand feeding.
This is such a nurturing and caring mum that she spends hours just sitting on this branch watching as her three owlets learn about the big world around them. She still hunts for them but they are becoming more assertive about taking food out of her beak. In about a month more, they will fly out on their own.
Dominant male Sika Deer will tolerate subordinates on their territory. Here the dominant greyer stag uses his voice in an assertive manner when confronting the somewhat smaller chestnut stag.
Thank you all for your kind responses.
Two blended shots of a juvenile Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike come to cadge food from a compliant human. This is one of two chicks, each with very different personalities. They both come looking for food, but this is the more assertive of the two. It has learned that I will throw food onto the roof for it, as I do for its parents. Last week it waited on the roof for the food, this week it hovers above the roof and dives to pick up the food. This is their natural behaviour and it's wonderful to see this little bird grow and learn so fast.
An Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) was strutting his stuff on the garden fence while I was taking a few photos, when a Kookaburra appeared. Suddenly the Magpie was off balance and the Kookaburra was in no mood for some social chit chat. It was by sheer chance that the Kookaburra got into my photo at all. Clearly the Kookaburra asserting dominance over the Magpie, a bird about the same size as a Kookaburra, a very confident and assertive bird in the avian world. Go to the next photo to see what happened next...
Magpies are intelligent and playful birds, check out this link and others by The Magpie Whisperer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=vErVV9cOmws
Another surprise moment that I was able to react to, after half-heartedly tracking this Woodpecker through the woods while looking for something else. I watched and heard it a few metres off the trail, but I was really trying to track a couple of Kinglets.
As I stopped to try to locate them, the Woodpecker began drilling up the trunk and then out on the limb he is on here. I let go of my attachment to the elusive Kinglets and watched this bird hammering the branch and peeling away dead bark. He was at about shoulder height for me. I backed up as it came toward me along the branch, and then it suddenly seemed to change plans: it scanned nearby options, oblivious to or unconcerned by me, and then flew off across the trail.
I liked this image because it conveys some of the amped up intensity of this species, compared to the less substantial Downy. The resident Woodpecker species all seem to hit that breeding behaviour switch at the same time, and they are more visible and more assertive/aggressive. And it was nice to have it in the sun and somewhat still for a couple of seconds.
A relatively small, dark, compact, crested wading bird, the Green Heron is a common species of wetland thickets throughout much of North America. Although shy and retiring, it is a familiar sight to those spending time out of doors. Careful observers can see it stalking slowly through the water, perched quietly atop a branch, or as a dark form flying with slow wingbeats through the gathering dusk. Its flight call, an assertive skeow, is a sound typifying temperate and tropical wetlands of the Americas. Some of this bird's behaviors are especially well appreciated; flying away from human disturbance, for example, it often produces a scolding squawk and a stream of white defecation, giving it such vernacular monikers as "fly-up-the-creek," "shite-polk," and "chalk-line."
Green herons are one of the few birds that have been recorded using bait to lure fish to sites. They have been seen placing bread crusts, insects or feathers on the water surface and waiting quietly nearby for prey to approach the bait.
I found this one in my backyard on my dock!
Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida.
For Record Store Day, I went to a few different stores and Bric a Brac in Chicago was again having a few local bands play. Spread Joy is a little bit indie punk with a fun energy on album and a more assertive edgy quality live. It's kind of crazy to think about how all across the world, there are so many bands playing all the time! So, in case you want to listen to a local Chicago band, here you are!
Also, I love bands like The Cure and Blur but I also think we need to invest in the bands that are harder to find. This one is worth it!
spreadjoy.bandcamp.com/album/spread-joy
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This Rocky Mountain Elk cow was photographed during the last stop on our third excursion of 2022, Grand Teton National Park.
Though it would be at the very early stage of calving season, her behavior led us to believe she may have had a calf lying low in the sagebrush nearby. She marched quite assertively toward our car and turned sideways as if to block any further approach. When I started slowly backing away, she kept moving toward us for a moment, like she wanted to be sure we were leaving.
Cow elk are much more aggressive towards people during calving season. We were chased by one in the same park a few years ago when we encountered her coming around a blind curve in a trail we were hiking. Apparently, they aren't the least bit intimidated by a two-ton SUV either.
All the other elk we encountered in the park were way more skittish and always moved away from our car if we stopped even for a few seconds.
A side note: We wanted to stay longer to see if we could spot the calf, but we respected her wishes that we be gone. So we only stopped long enough to fire off a few shots before leaving.
A female Red-winged blackbird perches among the colorful spring-green leaves. Definitely less colorful and less assertive than the males, but I have really been taken by this lovely birds this year. The brown and buff patterns of their feathers is very attractive in its own right.
As I continue down my road of discovery within the realms of photography, I have found my propensity for finding fault in every detail becoming more assertive. Perhaps it’s the old adage “You’re your own worst critic” or perhaps, more fittingly, it’s that I am looking at a scene more critically. Composition, such an easy concept! Well, it is when you first hear about it, then you delve deeper. This is a rabbit hole even Alice would tire of I feel. And yet, we steadfastly march onward! Finding ourselves correcting, and even dissecting every scene. A slow bubbling madness within all photographers, reflecting in our works before inevitably looking back at the journey we have taken to get there. Do you feel fulfilled, or is it the madness that keeps us coming back… Looking to conquer the feeling you could do better…next time.
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Focal: 16mm
Fujinon 16-55mm
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My first ever screen name was Candacia Varriale, I recently remade this character in a mesh version and have done absolutely nothing with her, but I do have very fond memories of "being her" for my first few years in this virtual world.
Back then I would role play, something I never had a tremendous amount of time to do but thoroughly enjoyed. Today I hate it, it just eats up so much time and I can't get into it like I could back then. Plus, I can't type a lot when I'm online without drawing a crowd so it's a big no no for me. But back then, it was fun, fun with an *.
Why do I say that? Because almost nobody at all liked me. I played my own game, I didn't go by the rules of a sim. I treated each sim like it was another city in an infinite amount of opportunities to go write my own story, and people hated how assertive I was. I only got to play once in a blue moon, so I wasn't going to waste my time drinking fake whiskey at a bar complaining, I was going to get straight to the point and come do what I set out to do that day/night.
Candy as she was called since Candacia is a mouthful would "hunt the hunter". Second life is popular with a certain type of people, a lot of us have kidnap fantasies, rape fantasies, torture fantasies, not a lot of us really want to experience those things, so our poor avatars take the bullet for us. Candy liked to catch these predators in the act and make them pay for their crimes, turn the tables on them. Payback for her, and my, own traumatic childhood. Since half of the SL population plays the game with their joystick in their other hand you can imagine how popular this made me. No one wants to see a gun in their face while they're beating off. I was called every dirty name that exists, and that was ok with me because occasionally I also found the "cream of the crop" in role players, men and women who loved the idea of what I was doing and wanted to be a part of it.
I miss those days sometimes, I'd never have time for it anymore, I'd certainly never get the privacy required, but I do sometimes wish I could go back and run it all over again one more time.
A relatively small, dark, compact, crested wading bird, the Green Heron is a common species of wetland thickets throughout much of North America. Although shy and retiring, it is a familiar sight to those spending time out of doors. Careful observers can see it stalking slowly through the water, perched quietly atop a branch, or as a dark form flying with slow wingbeats through the gathering dusk. Its flight call, an assertive skeow, is a sound typifying temperate and tropical wetlands of the Americas. Some of this bird's behaviors are especially well appreciated; flying away from human disturbance, for example, it often produces a scolding squawk and a stream of white defecation, giving it such vernacular monikers as "fly-up-the-creek," "shite-polk," and "chalk-line."
Although Green Herons generally nest solitarily, they sometimes nest socially in loose colonies. They feed day or night, standing patiently in shallow water waiting for fish, slowly stalking them through the shallows or diving on them from above. They are among the few tool-using birds, fabricating various baits that entice fish to where they can grab them.
I found this one feeding on an "Armored Catfish" in Osceola County, Florida.
Avec ses Rock Strangers colorés, Arne Quinze a conçu d’étranges objets qui surgissent où on s’y attend le moins. Par ses sculptures, Quinze critique l’uniformisation urbanistique croissante. Mais ses Rock Strangers ajoutent à leur environnement neutre et gris une note assertive et colorée.
With his colorful Rock Strangers, Arne Quinze has crafted strange objects that pop up where you least expect them. Through his sculptures, Quinze criticizes the increasing urban standardization. But its Rock Strangers add to their neutral and gray environment an assertive and colorful note.
Cascade Mountains – Jackson County – Oregon- USA
“The “blue jay” of dry lowlands along the Pacific seaboard, the California Scrub-Jay combines deep azure blue, clean white underparts, and soft gray-brown. It looks very similar to the Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (they were considered the same species until 2016), but is brighter and more contrasting, with a bold blue breast band. The rounded, crestless head immediately sets it apart from Steller’s Jays. These birds are a fixture of dry shrublands, oak woodlands, and backyards from Washington state south to Baja California….. Look for California Scrub-Jays in open habitats, oak woodlands, and chaparral along the West Coast, as well as in backyards, pastures, and orchards. Typically, though not always, in lower and drier habitats than Steller’s Jay….. Assertive, vocal, and inquisitive. You’ll often notice scrub-jays silhouetted high in trees, on wires, or on posts where they act as lookouts. In flight seems underpowered and slow, with bouts of fluttering alternating with glides.”
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Emigrant Lake – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
“The “blue jay” of dry lowlands along the Pacific seaboard, the California Scrub-Jay combines deep azure blue, clean white underparts, and soft gray-brown. It looks very similar to the Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (they were considered the same species until 2016), but is brighter and more contrasting, with a bold blue breast band. The rounded, crestless head immediately sets it apart from Steller’s Jays. These birds are a fixture of dry shrublands, oak woodlands, and backyards from Washington state south to Baja California….. Look for California Scrub-Jays in open habitats, oak woodlands, and chaparral along the West Coast, as well as in backyards, pastures, and orchards. Typically, though not always, in lower and drier habitats than Steller’s Jay….. Assertive, vocal, and inquisitive. You’ll often notice scrub-jays silhouetted high in trees, on wires, or on posts where they act as lookouts. In flight seems underpowered and slow, with bouts of fluttering alternating with glides.”
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
She asked me
Can you please make me a yellow flower
And so I did
This is for you
This color is associated with the solar plexus chakra
So breathe it all in
Let the color heal your chakra
This chakra is primarily associated with self-esteem, confidence and willpower, it is where our sense of self originates.
Have you ever wondered why you fancy special colors over other colors? Well maybe it is because you need that particular color to stimulate a special chakra.
Super fascinating, isn't it :D
A balanced solar plexus chakra allows you to have control over your thoughts and emotional responses, set healthy boundaries, and be at peace with yourself. Its physical association is with digestive function.
If you have a balanced solar plexus chakra you will be assertive without being aggressive. It allows you to know yourself, judging yourself and others fairly but not critically.
So if you feel you need a little boost why not print this little flower and carry it with you and breathe in the color.
A special hug to you today from Dr. Eva
It is Saturday you know
Avec ses Rock Strangers colorés, Arne Quinze a conçu d’étranges objets qui surgissent où on s’y attend le moins. Par ses sculptures, Quinze critique l’uniformisation urbanistique croissante. Mais ses Rock Strangers ajoutent à leur environnement neutre et gris une note assertive et colorée.
With his colorful Rock Strangers, Arne Quinze has crafted strange objects that pop up where you least expect them. Through his sculptures, Quinze criticizes the increasing urban standardization. But its Rock Strangers add to their neutral and gray environment an assertive and colorful note.
Europe, Belgium, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Oostende, Boulevard, Zeeheldenplein, Beaufort04, Rock Strangers (Arne Quinze) (uncut)
Beaufort04: Rock strangers: "Arne Quinze developed a cluster of sculptures under the name ‘Rock Strangers’ for the town of Ostend: Strange and large objects that pop up at places where you would least expect to find them. They have a striking effect on the urban and architectural context of their surroundings. With his sculptures, Quinze is criticizing the increasing trend to uniformity in the townscape. His Rock Strangers, however, contribute an assertive, colourful note to the grey, neutral environment."
More about the artist is here: Arne Quinze biography. And another sculpture of him is here.
A track from some real rock strangers - The Antwerp 'De Strangers' is here: Den Dopper. They specialized in making sometimes xenophobic parodies of pop hits. In a way they're the Belgian Weird Al Yankovic -(you might remember his 'Eat it' and 'Smells like Nirvana' ).
This is number 15 of the Belgian Coast album.
*Working Towards a Better World
We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need the engineers to create the networks, we need every human being to be aware of how precious water is and save it. Everybody has to be involved in a very firm and assertive way. - Isabel Allende
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The Great Kiskadee inhabits a broad range across Central and South America, stretching from southern Texas to northern Argentina. As an opportunistic feeder, it thrives on a diverse diet that includes insects, small vertebrates, fruit, seeds, and even fish—an adaptability that sets it apart among flycatchers. Its bold, assertive nature is mirrored in its striking plumage. Renowned for its loud and distinctive "kis-ka-dee" call, from which it takes its name.
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Emigrant Lake – Jackson County – Oregon- USA
“The “blue jay” of dry lowlands along the Pacific seaboard, the California Scrub-Jay combines deep azure blue, clean white underparts, and soft gray-brown. It looks very similar to the Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (they were considered the same species until 2016), but is brighter and more contrasting, with a bold blue breast band. The rounded, crestless head immediately sets it apart from Steller’s Jays. These birds are a fixture of dry shrublands, oak woodlands, and backyards from Washington state south to Baja California….. Look for California Scrub-Jays in open habitats, oak woodlands, and chaparral along the West Coast, as well as in backyards, pastures, and orchards. Typically, though not always, in lower and drier habitats than Steller’s Jay….. Assertive, vocal, and inquisitive. You’ll often notice scrub-jays silhouetted high in trees, on wires, or on posts where they act as lookouts. In flight seems underpowered and slow, with bouts of fluttering alternating with glides.”
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
This little guy just showed up to yell at us for another summer. This is a shot from last year because he hasn't stayed still long enough for me to get him yet!
'Saudade': www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFuRb7Fr5bQ
A great song, 'Saudade'... What does the word mean in English? - he asked.
I said: So hard to choose the right word... The exact meaning would be lost in translation! You have to be portuguese to understand it... Isn't that so, Saudade?
Saudade looked at me accomplicely, shook her tail assertively and began to lick my hand.
The 'meaning': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudade
Second Life - Virtual Africa
Emerald sky / water setting.
Pose used: 'IdothinklamKOOL' by FRIGG RAGU
Submitted to: www.flickr.com/groups/poses_for_prose_and_poetry/discuss/...
An assertive little bird, the Tufted Titmouse lines its nest with animal fur. It's been known to pluck the fur from family pets, and even pull out a few hairs from the pet owners!
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What does red say about your personality?
Having a personality color red means you're a determined person who takes action and are not afraid of taking risks. You're a go-getter. People who like red color are assertive, vigorous, prone to impulsive actions, and have variable moods. You radiate such energy, making it exciting to be with you.
Largest of the hummingbird species that nest in the United States, the Blue-throated Mountain-gem is an assertive presence at feeders and flower patches. Males have a brilliant sapphire-colored gorget that glitters in good light; both sexes have double white stripes on the face and gray underparts. This Mexican species barely reaches the U.S. in southeastern Arizona and southwestern Texas, where it visits streamside flowerbanks and gardens.
After the flowers literally hung from the ceiling yesterday, today we look down again, at our feet.
And what do we discover there in the grass? The beautiful, delicate sky blue of the forget-me-nots.
Such a small and delicate flower with such radiance is really impressive. And these little flowers are assertive too. Every year more and more of them appear in my garden. And in places where I would never have expected it.
And so I wish you all, in this Monday flower greeting, assertiveness and an awareness of the gentleness, beauty but also the strength that lies within you all.
Nach dem die Blüten gestern sprichwörtlich von der Decke hingen, schauen wir heute mal wieder nach unten, zu unseren Füßen.
Und was entdecken wir dort im Grass ? Das wunderschöne zarte himmelblau der Vergißmeinnicht.
Eine so kleine und zarte Blume mit einer solchen Strahlkraft ist schon echt beeindruckend. Und durchsetzungsstark sind diese kleinen Blümchen auch noch. Von Jahr zu Jahr tauchen mehr von Ihnen in meinem Garten auf. Und das an Stellen, wo ich nie damit gerechnet hätte.
Und so wünsche ich Euch allen, in diesem montäglichen Blumengruß Durchsetzungsfähigkeit und ein Bewusstsein für die Sanftheit, Schönheit aber auch die Kraft, die in Euch allen steckt.
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“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.”
― Bruce Lee