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Being migratory birds in Singapore, Blue-tailed bee-eaters can be found throughout the Northern winter months, but some of them also stay through the Northern summer. They show very similar behavior to the European bee-eaters - catching insects, squeezing them with their bills until the insect gives up, sometimes hammering them against their perch to stun or kill them and finally throwing them into the air to catch before they swallow them.
The weekend before the last I was really mad at myself for being too lazy to get out in the cold in the morning, and by the time I was motivated, I didn’t have much time. Nevertheless, I thought I could take a short walk with my camera at lunchtime, so I was going to drive to a specific place in my hometown from which I knew that it had potential for some nice images. However, there was quite a layer of snow on the road and so I couldn’t drive up the hill, mostly because I had to slow down to get around the only tight turn. I really regret not getting out sooner because then I could have walked up there, but that’s the way it was. So I spent the following week hoping for some snow the next weekend.
Fortunately, it snowed the next Friday and this time I was sure to get out, no matter what the weather conditions are. The next morning, we woke up, put on several layers to protect ourselves from the cold and started our hike up the local mountain. Since not a single person had hiked up there that morning, we had to fight our way through a calf-high layer of snow resulting in a hike that took us more than two hours instead of the 45 minutes it takes us to get up there in summer. Of course we stopped a few time to take some images, but mostly with our smartphones as the snow was beautiful, but I found the scenes were lacking some mist that reduces the chaos and typically drastically simplifies such forest scenery.
Once we reached the top, we were very happy that the hut was open and we could warm up and get something to drink and eat. After a fairly substantial lunch, we decided to start our descent, but before I really wanted to walk up the last few steps to the summit cross, especially since a bit of mist was rolling in. I knew that I had once taken a quite nice image at this spot, but I noticed that my girlfriend wasn’t really in the mood to wait long for me since it was really cold and windy out there. So I hurried up, took out my camera and snapped a few handheld shots, and I was really glad I did when I looked at them on the laptop. Even though it was not exactly what I had imagined, I really like how this image turned out. I hope you like it too!
After a three-and-a-half-hour wait hiding from a constant downpours, a brief window opens.
Two hours were spent at Gordon Ramsay's nearby burger joint (I'm disappointed that the staff didn't swear at me) , then half an hour having a coffee while waiting for sunset, and a further hour hiding under a fancy real estate agency's awning waiting for the sky to darken and the rain to stop.
It eventually eased up, so a quick walk to the bridge was made in light spits. A quick shot had one and a half trains in it as the rain started again. Done. But I hoped the crossing of the white ones might be regular occurrence here as the rain quickly became heavier, so I retrieved a plastic bag for the camera, but the Tube train moved on.
A few seconds later, the matching white one arrived, and a replacement Tube... and then then a fourth snaked in! Luck of the draw, as all this unfolded within a minute. Shutter clicked, the white trains moved off and I was soaked again.
Gordon himself (Edgar, not Ramsay) was in turn 'being Andrew Jeffery', so paying it forward, this is likely to become the most aped shots in the city. It's a beaut with old St Pauls, The Shard, and the rain forming a distinctively 'London' backdrop. Well found, Mr Jeffrey.
31 March 2023, Farringdon, London, UK
but being magnets they didn't keep still for me and jumped into their own positions. These are all magnetic holders for my whiteboard.
For Looking Close... on Friday!
People say that we're searching for the meaning of life.
I don't think that's it at all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFWYT9VGRk
I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.
Aron Ralston
127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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29 Aug 2019, Henschel 101 approaching La Cancha after sunset. Me dangling the camera out over the rapidly flowing water as the wind whips the exhaust along. La Trochita, AR
So many great sunsets night after night. Letting the experience happen and enjoying it like it was your first time is great.
Being Open Minded to believe that it can and does happen time and time again feels wonderful.
What the “Phantom of the Opera” did not realize was, for about an hour in early January, he was being watched by the "Photographer above the Opera”!
Sydney Opera House.
Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Smudge being playful while I am trying to get ready for work.
Thank you for your visit.
Have a great day, whatever day, you are reading this
"Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do." ― Gregory Maguire
Being led to visit a patient by a hospital worker.
Seoul, South Korea
Olympus Trip 35 with Fujicolor 200
July 2008
Brown Thrasher
Tasostoma rufum
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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Being a bit braver this time with the shutter speed, I gone for another pan shot of 43238. Seen passing Cossington working the 1B63 1645 Nottingham - London St Pancras International. My last pic of this powercar before it was withdrawn later that week. 19/4/21.
"Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from." ~ Al Franken
August 10, 2015
"If you are trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be." - Maya Angelou
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It was one of those days; they don't happen too often. One of those days where the stress is minimal and deadlines are not rapidly approaching and yet, the day got away from me.
After work I followed my usual routine of hanging out with the neighbours for a bit and then making dinner and some housework, and when I looked up, it was already past 9:00.
Where did the day go, I wonder?
Oh well.
I was making dinner tonight when I saw this guy land in my garden, well dinner was quickly forgotten as I grabbed my camera and ran out the door in my socks to do my best.
Considering I had one chance at this shot (he took off the second after I snapped this) I'm pretty happy with it. It took some cropping, but in the end I like the negative space in this.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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"Being Alive" from the Sondheim musical "Company"
Someone to hold me too close
Someone to hurt me too deep
Someone to sit in my chair
And ruin my sleep
And make me aware
Of being alive...being alive....
Someone to need me too much
Someone to know me too well
Someone to pull me up short
And put me through hell
And give me support
For being alive…...make me alive…
Make me confused!
Mock me with praise!
Let me be used
Vary my days
But alone...is alone... not alive...
Somebody crowd me with love!
Somebody force me to care!
Somebody make me come through,
I'll always be there -
As frightened as you
To help us survive
Being alive....being alive...
Being alive!
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Being a little Big Headed here
"I love this one"
Artist's Statement:
This painting captures the serene yet striking beauty of Bennachie, a local landmark mountain, set against the stillness of winter. The mountain, although central to the landscape, is depicted distantly, preceded by a row of defoliated trees that form the midground of this composition. These trees, stripped of their leaves, stand in stark contrast to the soft, diffused light that filters through them, creating an interplay of light and shadow on the snow-covered field in the foreground.
The snowy field, brushed in subtle tones of blue, grey, and faint purples, reflects the quiet chill of the season, while the sunlight, streaming from the right side of the painting, bathes the scene in a gentle warmth that hints at the promise of spring. The sky, with its random display of colours and expressive brushwork, dissolves into abstraction, allowing the trees' branches to dissolve into tiny twigs and merge with the ethereal background.
My intention was to create a piece that leans into an abstract or impressionist style, where the focus is less on the precise details of the landscape and more on the emotional and atmospheric essence of the scene. Through this approach, I sought to evoke the feeling of winter’s quiet beauty, while allowing the viewer’s imagination to fill in the gaps where detail fades into abstraction.