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spiky the clematis in flower. happy easter!
meteorological spring begins 1st march ends 31st may
astonomical spring begins 20th march ends 21st june
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/seasons/...
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
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Closeup view of some dried leaves which were placed on a led panel. This image consists of a handheld stack of about 20 images blended in photoshop to increase the depth of field.
We were so fortunate to get close-up shots of this female cheetah. We spotted her with a kill early one morning, but quite far across the Auob riverbed in the Kgalagadi. We left here alone and came back in the late afternoon and again spotted her - half asleep at exactly the same spot. We decided to drive around a bit looking for something else - against our better judgement. Having found nothing else, we returned to her again. She had moved all the way across the riverbed to where we had been waiting for her all along. We have probably missed out on scenic shots of her walking right across the riverbed. We got a few shots of her just before she crossed the road and disappeared over the dunes.
Pied crows look a bit similar to Eurasian magpies, considered the most (!) intelligent birds on the planet. Pied crows are very intelligent too. Here is an interesting story published at blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatbirdblog/2013/05/06/crows-as-p... :
“I live in a country where these amazing birds are indigenous. We found Mort as a 3-week-old baby who we presume had fallen out of his nest. We couldn’t find a nest in any of the large trees nearby, so we took him home. We discussed outside aviaries for when he was older, and by the time we had decided on where to put it, Mort had taken to roosting on the top of our bedroom door at night …. and the rest is history.
He doesn’t have an aviary, has free range of the house and garden, and despite how scary that sounds, it actually works. We have a very large house and garden. When we go to bed at night, we find bundles of sticks, stones, etc that he is squirreled away. I think he sort of sees our bed as his nest, as he will patrol up and down it, and not even let my kids on it sometimes. I spent a lot of time with him when he was still a baby, keeping him in my shirt and taking and singing to him, so he has imprinted on me completely.
What is interesting is how the wild pieds interact with him, we have thousands flying around here. Mort will parade around on the verandah, cawing and immediately there will be a few wild pieds who are interested. They come and sit in the big trees in front of Mort or right onto the roof and look at him and Mort clacks his beak at them. He then starts to show off, and actually brings some of his toys outside and nonchalantly plays with them. The wild crows come closer and closer, until our dogs come out and they move off.
He is, without doubt, the most intelligent animal I have ever seen. Surprisingly, he is great friends with our cats and they often all hang out together.”
some images for close up workshop at my photo Club.
Think try this again at home with bigger glasses etc and background
lens c.1982 manual Micro Nikkor 105 mm f/4 AIs
Du lebst in möglichen Perspektiven, Closeups, immer bist du zu nah, so nah, dass die Sonne dir die Flügel versengt, in der Linse gebündelt zu einer Stichflamme. Kamerafahrten von einem zum nächsten Punkt, als hättest du unendlich viele Versuche, bis endlich Alles perfekt ist, wie im Inneren einer Blume, die niemals verblüht.
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All of my friends know that I love to travel. But while I love seeing new places and countries, I don't feel the same way about flying....or rather the act of flying. And the smaller the plane, the more I tend to get that sinking feeling. My friend Bruce has been a bit of an aviation buff for many years. He can easily tell you the names and paths of just about every type of plane landing at the airport. So when a mutual acquaintance of ours made a suggestion to take a short flight around the island (for his pilot's license requirements), he was ready to jump at the chance. I will admit that I was lukewarm to the idea but their enthusiasm was infectious.
Maybe it was time to try something new. So, even with the initial misgivings, I decided to jump in. The first flight got cancelled due to the weather but the second one looked good. So on May 5 2018 (Cinco de Mayo), I decided to bite the bullet and packed up my camera to take in a side of Barbados not seen by many. I've been on a plane to and from Barbados before, but never circling the island at around 2,000 ft. And what an experience it was.
One of the things that I discovered about flying in a small plane is that while you're in the air at 2,000 feet, a simple kit lens can still get you some great detail shots. My telephoto lens was in my camera bag which was stowed away in the baggage compartment (under the plane). So that was out of the question. I was going to shoot wide mostly anyway, but it was nice to know that the 55mm setting was enough to get this close.
More to come....hope you're excited to see this series.
To all of you, hope you enjoyed the weekend and have an awesome week ahead, wherever you are!
Read more about that afternoon in my blog post here:
Facing Fears: A Cinco De Mayo Adventure
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