The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (vanellus armatus) is a lapwing species that occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern Africa. Diet: small aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, which includes insects, worms, dragonfly nymphs, other insects and their larvae, beetles and ants, molluscs and crustaceans, and occasionally some plant material.

Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.

South Africa, Kruger National Park

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Met this inspiring gentleman at a country fair at Haddon Hall. His work looked fantastic too. You can check out his produce on www.falconforge.co.uk

I met this interesting fellow today giving a demonstration at the local annual horse fair.

Added a slightly sepia-toned texture with thanks to Foxy Squirrel as I didn't care much for it in straight b&w.

I'm interested in knowing if viewers prefer the mono or color processing of these two images (see below) - they are slightly different versions taken a couple of seconds apart.

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(Vanellus armatus) 022A2122 Skukuza area - Kruger NP - South Africa

Taken Zimanga Private Game Reserve, Mkuze, Zululand, South Africa

Set in an idyllic location opposite St. Mary's Church which is renowned for it's Saxon cript attracting thousands of visitors each year. The Blacksmiths Arms dates back to the 17th century retaining many original features including exposed beams and an open fire place creating warm atmosphere to locals and visitors alike

Lastingham is a village which lies in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the southern fringe of the North York Moors, 5 miles north-east of Kirkbymoorside

Selective coloring is a process I have long been fascinated with, but haven't mastered. Every once in a while though, I get one I like.

The blacksmith at Roaring Camp, near Felton, California.

Taken Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria, South Africa

Rotherhithe, London.

This is a reproduction built near the original location of the shop in historic Millbrook, New Jersey.

As travel is not in the cards for some time to come, I am going to mix my photos with new ones and some old from previous trips. This Lapwing was seen in the Okavango Delta, Botswana on our 2015 safari.

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Blacksmiths Shed made of sleepers.

Inside the blacksmith barn in Virginia City Montana. I loved the way the light came in through the windows.

An old blacksmith, hard at work

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With a twist; sprinklers and fire alarm.

Jamestown, California.

Kinangop Plateau, Kenya

(Vanellus armatus) B28I8735 Pafuri - Kruger NP - South Africa

Common bird but so hard to get a good picture : the black and white in the harsh light is a real challenge

Ringwood Manor Park, New Jersey

Coloma, California

Marshallton, PA

Blacksmith

Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa

Photographed at Jaci's lodge, Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.

Selective coloring is a process I have long been fascinated with, but haven't mastered.

Here is the forge in the blacksmith shop at Roaring Camp, Felton California. That guy better be careful leaning over the fire with all that hair.

Blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) ccurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa in association with wetland areas.

Okavanga Delta

Conservation status: Least Concern

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Blacksmith shop. Abbeville, Louisiana, USA

Russell Lee, photographer (1938)

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© Russell Lee, 1938

© Alain Girard, Restored & Colorized, 2022

we did not expect this much sparkles. the lens is fine...

Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus), Paradise Pool, Moremi, Botswana, April 2022.

The vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, tink, tink' alarm call, which suggests a blacksmith's hammer striking an anvil. Blacksmith lapwings expanded their range in the 20th century into areas where dams were built and where intensive farming was practiced. Consequently, they are now numerous and established in the western Cape region of South Africa, where they were absent until the 1930s. In this region they have also entered estuarine mud flats in winter where they aggressively displace other waders. During the breeding season, the species often reacts aggressively to other lapwings or African jacanas that may enter its wetland habitat.

Environment friendly bird!

Demonstrating the blacksmith's art and technology at Roaring Camp in Felton, California.

Blacksmiths Shop building located at the Cochrane Heritage Village part of the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat located in the Town of Cochrane in the District of Cochrane in Northeastern Ontario Canada

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Alton,Ontario

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Jan 2022-Northern Virginia Photographic Society, 1st Place, Digital Color, Theme of "OLD", Intermediate Class

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between Letaba and Olifants camps, Kruger NP, South Africa

"...Mit dem Geiger-Zähler Ornament läßt sich die Kunst dieses Jahrhunderts durchstreifen: Die Ornamentik gab dem Philosophen Georg Lukács Anlaß zu einem Kapitel seiner Ästhetik; sie gab Siegfried Kracauer Anlaß zu einem Essay und dem Titel einer Essay-Sammlung „Das Ornament der Masse“; zu moralischen Verdikten Anlaß gab das Ornament dem Wiener Architekten Adolf Loos. Die Liste läßt sich fortführen mit Henry van de Velde, der von einer „Neuen Ornamentik“ sprach; Kandinsky, der eine Ornamentik am Ende der zu seiner Zeit beginnenden Kunstepoche dämmern sah; Ozenfant, der drei Typen der Kunst unterschied: die ornamentale, die strikt gegenständliche und die gegenständlich-ornamentale Kunst.

Wer zählt die auf, die das Ornament (allein in unserem Jahrhundert) begrüßten, verdammten, gebrauchten, verwarfen?..."

(Zeit Online, 21.11.2012)

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