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Date: November 16, 2021
Location: Meadowbrook Park - Ellicott City, Maryland (Howard County)
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We went here for the Spoonbills and didn't expected that the pond had a nice population of Avocets with small juveniles. Ironically the sunlight, of which I can't get enough usually, caused a lot of vibration in the air. Laying on my belly, most of the photo's wouldn't reach the sharpness I hoped for.
This Avocet came up until a couple of meters from the bank.
This one landed just over the hill -- made a strange popping sound and I didn't hear the shutter fire.
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Last month's super moon meant the tide was exceptionally high and was closing this road for a while.
124/124 pictures in 2024
Following the derailment of 6C00 - GBRf’s 1715 Clitheroe – Carlisle Yard cement train - in Carlisle on 19 October 2022, recovery of the final three wagons began at Petteril Bridge Junction on 12 November.
This is a close look at the lower section of Ainscough’s Terex TC2 800-1 800 te crane, the base of the rear mast and lattice boom, the counterweights and superstructure. There’s a good view of the cable drum and complex pulley system as well as the lifting beam and its suspended load, the recovered 102te glw JPA cement tank No. VTG 12455.
It's not very often I like seeing a close up photo of myself, but I was quite happy with my daytime make up here, I always wear Estee Lauder foundation, but I used Revlon photo ready pressed powder to set it for a change and I was quite impressed with the coverage and how natural it looked.
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) - Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands (a.k.a. Viera Wetlands), Melbourne, Florida
It's amazing how many of these guys you see when you're lookin' for Least Bitterns, 'cause it's relatively easy to spot these Goliaths when your lookin' for Lilliputians.
But even so, it's pretty amazing how many birders walk right by these guys w/o seeing them. And when they see me lookin' right at one, and eventually figure out exactly where/what I'm lookin' at, they sometimes tell me it's a first for them as they check it off on their life list. Though if they've been at it for any length of time, I figure they've likely seen a Bittern before, but just didn't realize it was there when they saw it.
This particular guy was in deep cover and by the time I was close enough to shoot w/o any major obstructions I was too close to keep the whole bird in the frame with my 300 mm lens. So I took a bunch of head shots and then decided to go for a 6 capture composite which allowed me to create this 4586 x 5733 pixel image. Good thing these guys tend to hold still when they know you're lookin' at them.
Minolta XM , Voigtlander Macro Apo-Lanthar 125mm F2,5 SL, Ektar 100, Rollei Colorchem C-41, 38 °C, hand processing
This is very often what I see through my lens. No, I am not getting in Ouzo's face. He's getting in MINE :)
Often I have to push him away or send him back, so I can focus on his face, he's getting so close, I really need a macro.
This time the Helios came to my rescue.
No Crop - obviously :)
Not sure how much closer than the previos photo, but the dunes are starting to look more interesting. As mentioned, my goal was not the dunes themselves, but the abandoned talc operation on the far side. I posted a Flickr note.
Ibex Dunes
Death Valley National Park
Sometimes I have the feeling that zooming into analogue photos to the very edge of definition leads to an abstract, almost surrrealistic mood. I could not resist on posting this.
With a cloud bank close to the horizon, and with the sun starting to set, it was always going to be a close call as to whether or not 'Galatea' (running as 'Alberta') would be in sunshine by the time she reached me with 'The Pendle Dalesman' of 12 February 2020.
Here's the answer!
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