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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Kop van Zuid, Trompetjes (cut from all sides)
Testing out the macro capabilities of the Sigma 150 with the lens wide open for the first time. The subject: our 'little trumpets' - or 'saxophones'? ;-)
This is number 1246 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
The soundtrack: Compared to what - Eddie Haris & Less McCann.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this,
and this gives life to thee.
Yosemite, considered by many the best National Park in the United States.
This 14-image composite captures the High Sierra, including Half Dome, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall from the vista at Glacier Point.
I don't know that I would characterize it as best, though it is magnificent and beyond compare (as are most of the parks). It is amazing how accessible, and how diverse this park is. The High Sierra is stunning and splendid in its grandeur.
If you visit California and stay only on the coasts in one of the big cities (San Diego, LA, or San Francisco), you are missing the best part of California. Come, explore the eastern interior of the state, and catch a glimpse of heaven.
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Compare this with image in the first comment that was taken an hour and a half earlier.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
Sherlock Holmes author, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1896
“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.”
John F. Kennedy
«Quand les esprits sont bas, quand le jour semble sombre, quand le travail devient monotone, quand l'espoir ne vaut guère la peine, il suffit de monter à vélo et de faire un tour sur la route, sans penser à autre chose qu'à la promenade que vous faites. "
Auteur de Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1896
«Rien n'est comparable au simple plaisir d'une balade à vélo.»
John F. Kennedy
Montréal, Qc
HFF
Compared to the previous photo this is lower down the valley and spring is more advanced. The weather was also warmer with some light sun.
At this point the track is part of the Bewerley Industrial Heritage Circular Trail. The trail explores nearly a thousand years of lead mining history while also offering splendid views of the beautiful Nidderdale area.
This track also leads to what was Ivin Waite Farm which is now described as a fully-modernised farmhouse with panoramic views over Nidderdale, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
On the horizon, over the end of the stone wall is Blazefield. Blazefield is situated nearby to a lime kiln, and close to Hollin Hill Wood
Compare with the low tide image of the same view in the first comment box.
Deep Cove, or 'The Cove' as it is referred to by residents, faces due east and is located at the foot of Mount Seymour. Popular amongst outdoor enthusiasts, this area is close to forests, mountains, skiing, parks and the water. Approximately 5 minute drive to the charming Village of Deep Cove where you will find boutique shopping, dining, Deep Cove Little Theatre and musical performances. Rent kayaks, canoes or paddle boards at the park/beach, or hike one of the many trails close by. Deep Cove is approximately 15-20 minutes drive to Downtown Vancouver, and approximately 15 minutes drive to West Vancouver. Transit nearby.
Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately nine miles long and with a maximum depth of slightly more than 200 feet. Many regard Ullswater as the most beautiful of the English lakes: it has been compared to Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. It is a typical Lake District narrow "ribbon lake" formed after the last ice age when a glacier scooped out the valley floor. When the glacier retreated, the deepened section filled with meltwater which became a lake.
Sometimes it just sticks its tongue out at you.
One from the Archives
Spotted this little visitor on my deck one afternoon in April, 2018. Looks as though he wasn’t pleased with having a camera pointed in his face ;-)
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Allen’s Hummingbird:
In early spring, a narrow strip of scrub and chaparral along the Pacific Coast starts buzzing with the sights and sounds of the coppery and green Allen's Hummingbird.
Males flash their brilliant reddish orange throat and put on an elaborate show for the females, swinging in pendulous arcs before climbing high into the sky and diving back down with a sharp squeal made by their tails.
These early migrants mostly spend the winter in Mexico, but some stay in southern California year-round.
Allen's Hummingbirds breed in a narrow strip of habitat along coastal Oregon and California.
Male and female Allen's Hummingbirds use different habitats during the breeding season. The male sets up a territory overseeing open areas of coastal scrub or chaparral, where he perches conspicuously on exposed branches. The female visits these areas, but after mating she heads into thickets or forests to build a nest and raise the young.
The Allen's Hummingbird is a remarkably early migrant compared with most North American birds. Northbound birds may depart their wintering grounds as early as December, arriving on their breeding grounds as early as January when winter rains produce an abundance of flowers.
Like other birds, Allen's Hummingbirds use their feet to help control their body temperature. When it's cold outside they tuck their feet up against their bellies while flying, but when temperatures soar, they let their feet dangle to cool down.
The oldest recorded Allen's Hummingbird was at least 5 years old when she was captured and re-released in California during banding operations in 2009. She was banded in the same state in 2004.
(Nikon D500, 300/2.8, 1/1000 @ f/3.5, ISO 400, edited to taste)
Found this Big Boy resting in the shade of an Umbrella Thorn Acacia tree in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
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The African Lion:
In the past lions roamed throughout all of Africa and parts of Asia and Europe. However, this mighty species is now found only in fragments of sub-Saharan Africa, along with a critically endangered subpopulation in West Africa.
The largest lion populations can be found in Tanzania. Since lions are extremely adaptable big cats, they can survive in a wide variety of habitats, including dry forests, thick bush, floodplains, and semi-arid desert areas. However, they typically prefer open savannas where it is easier to stalk their prey.
Compared to other big cat species, lions are the most sociable. They live in groups called prides, which can consist of anywhere from two to 30 members, including three or four males, a dozen or more females, and their offspring.
Lionesses remain with the same pride for their entire lives. Male lions, on the other hand, leave after maturing to compete for control of another pride. Leading males defend their territory by marking it with urine and roaring to scare off intruders. A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
Within their pride, female lions act as the primary hunters and work in teams to prey on zebras, wildebeests, antelope, and other large herbivores. Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day, so most of their hunting is done at night or early in the morning. This is because their eyes easily adapt to the dark, and it is easier to sneak up on prey at night.
Along with hunting for the pride, female lions are responsible for raising their offspring. They typically give birth to a litter every two years, which consists of one to four cubs.
It is estimated that between 23,000 to 39,000 lions remain in the wild. However, other data from recent years suggests that that number may be closer to 20,000, as three-quarters of their population is in decline. Although lions are not currently endangered, population numbers will continue to decrease without proper conservation efforts.
(Nikon, 100-400/5.6 @ 260 mm, 1/1250 @ f/8.0, ISO 1100, processed to taste)
"The Grévy's Zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest and most threatened of the three species of Zebra, the other two being the plains Zebra and the mountain Zebra...Named after Jules Grévy, the Grévy's zebra is found in Kenya and Ethiopia...Compared with other Zebras, it is tall, has large ears, and its stripes are narrower..."
"The Grévy's Zebra lives in semi-arid grasslands where it feeds on grasses, legumes, and browse; it can survive up to five days without water...It differs from the other zebra species in that it does not live in harems and has few long-lasting social bonds... Male territoriality and mother–foal relationships form the basis of the social system of the Grévy's Zebra...This Zebra is considered to be endangered...Its population has declined from 15,000 to 3,000 since the 1970s. However, as of 2008, the population is stable..."
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The modern history of the library can be traced back to 1802, the time of the restoration of the Benedictine order. The first records referring to the library date back more than a thousand years, so except for a few interruptions, it is the oldest and most valuable art collection in the country. The library now consists of approximately 400,000 volumes compared to the original 70-80 codices. In terms of topics, the collection includes every conceivable scientific discipline. The language is more often Latin, but the books were also written in Hungarian, French and German. After the restoration of the Benedictine order, the library also made great strides, it began to prosper, and the collection reached its great size through purchases, collections and legacies. The Abbey, its library and its spiritual value was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
Taken Steppe Plains, Toledo Province, Talavera de la Reina, Spain.
Rare eagle breeding only in Spain and Portugal, with some immatures dispersing into North Africa. Very similar to the closely-related Imperial Eagle, but is darker overall and adults have a distinctive white leading wing edge on the shoulders which can been seen from below when flying. Juveniles are rufous and largely unstreaked on the upperwings, underwings, and the breast compared to the heavily streaked Imperial Eagles. Mostly found in remote forested landscapes, especially those with a high density of rabbits. (reference from e.bird )
Typically restricted to rocky shores, black guillemots utilize the cliffs, crevices and boulders for their nests, hunting the inshore waters for benthic prey. Compared to other auks they forage fairly close to the colony, in the breeding season mostly in inshore waters more than 50m in depth, farther afield in the winter months.
They dive for food from the surface, swimming underwater. They mainly eat fish and crustaceans, also some mollusks, insects and plant material.
…… compared to our local Shrewsbury town which now is on virtual lockdown having just one footbridge open into town (if you dare!) and Ironbridge expecting to reach 7 meters and likely to breach flood defences! Commiserations to EVERYONE wherever you are that is affected by weather related issues. Alan:-(…..
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©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……
For 121 Pictures in 2021 #121 "Touchdown", this is a black necked stilt landing in about 3 inches of water. They tend to take a bit of a bounce when landing (to bleed off airspeed), and you can see the splash of the initial impact just behind him. Here, his feet have not yet hit the bottom, as you can see by comparing to the bottom bird. Taken in the Leonnabelle Turbull Birding Center in Port Aransas, Texas. This is located in a large marsh adjacent to Corpus Christi Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway with an exit at Aransas Pass into the Gulf of Mexico.
comparing mobile phone auto night shot (6 sec. long expos. ) and Dslr manual (4 sec. L. expos. ),(both hand held no tripod) problem with DSLR, things look much brighter on its compact screen till you enlarge ( deceiving)
strangely wiith the phone camera, a speed boat passed while taking the shot but still captured no movement ,
both no edit
Compare with;
darkened: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51894457252
lightened: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51895418561
This is a single frame taken at maximum fire. This lasted essentially for only 2 minutes.
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Nothing ever quite compares
To how you make me feel alive
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3 bull elephants at a waterhole in the Tembe Elephant Park in KZN near the southern Mozambique boarder with South Africa. Well known for their large tusks. Great simply ''being there''.
Très souvent comparée à Venise, Comacchio est le centre historique le plus original et le plus fascinant du parc du Delta du Pô. Héritage de l'ancienne Spina, Comacchio, aux origines très lointaines, est une ville lagunaire fascinante
They're huge compared to other Hoverflies, Volucella zonaria, belying their Latin name: Small Flyer. About 2.5 cm and marked much like a Wasp or a Hornet, they have little need to be afraid of big lumbering people, and they'll allow you to come quite close and even alight on your hand if you're quiet enough. Volucella has a commensal relationship with wasps. They've adopted the latters' colors, and in return their larvae live on the floor of a wasp nest and feed off droppings and dead wasps thus keeping the place properly clean.
Here Wasps' Help is foraging on Small Cut-off, to translate a bit literally. Succisella is a diminutive of Succisa (a Scabious Flower). The 'Cut-off' refers to the Latin derivation. Folk tales have it that Scabious is a good herb against all kinds of ill and bad fortune. Indeed, a bane to the Devil, who sought to kill off this plant of goodness by biting away ('cutting off') its roots. Of course, that Evil was unsuccessful so we can enjoy a little picture like this one posted.
Backyard blooms in May...Camas backlit by the setting sun.
Common Camas (Camassia quamash), is native to western North America in British Columbia, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The deep blue-violet flowers form along a 24-48 inch flower stalk and are native to the Pacific Northwest, often found in meadows within the Garry oak ecosystem.
It is exceptionally beautiful and a highly sought-after bulb in the ornamental flower industry... it has been propagated and sold to flower enthusiasts around the world.
The camas roots are edible sweet bulbs and considered to be an invaluable native food source for the traditional cultures of the Pacific Northwest. Its taste is often compared to a baked pear, fig, or sweet potato, and was also used to sweeten other foods.
The Camas flower serves double duty...not only exceptionally beautiful but also an exotic food.
Photography: Nikon Z50, Nikkor 200-500, @f5.6, 500mm.
Pieces of the Sóljeimajökull (Sólheima Glacier) have broken off and are floating down the Jökulsá á Söljeimasandi. I replaced this pic with a jpeg file. The original file was a tiff. After comparing the two side by side the color is deeper in the jpeg. I use both types of files. The original tiff lost some data in the upload such as camera type and settings.
#Iceland #Sólhelmajökull #glacier
Manitoba Canada. 6/5/2017.
This is probably my favorite Connecticut warbler image from that trip, albeit it is a somewhat distant shot. I have others that are more detailed/closer, but to me this captures the essence of the species. To me this image depicts a retiring, difficult to see species, in deciduous habitat of poplar/aspens, it's colors somewhat muted compared to the brighter Mourning Warbler, singing away. Such habitat is alternative habitat to what most of us are more familiar with, which is the spruce bog habitat. The other 6 birds of this species that we managed to find were all in spruce bog areas. The advantage in finding this bird was we were able to walk towards it's song, without a bog obstructing our advance. At one point the bird landed mere feet from us, far too close for us to manage an image. What a thrill it was to observe this reclusive species so very close. I was able to observe it's walking behavior along a branch, and it's body quivering as it sang, both rather unique characteristics of this species.
OK you wouldn't get me fighting Conor McGregor but even his fights look tame compared with the life and death struggles of wildlife
They're no rules and anything goes
Even for the seemingly innocent looking Dunlin
If you compare the title and the photo, you might think that Mr. Kaiser is completely crazy now.
After all, it's just an old tree stump that the years have already hollowed out (with the active support of wind, weather, mushrooms and other tiny forest creatures, because time alone can do almost nothing) and which is now filled with autumn leaves and over them a young fern leans over the edge. So much for the observable facts.
But what makes this scene a magical sight is once again the warm light of the evening sun that shines over to us from the edge of the forest. Not only does it change the entire atmosphere here but it also brings in the ferns and moss. which envelops our miniature volcano to glow.
Without this light, it would actually just be a tree stump filled with beech leaves that I might have walked past carelessly (but only maybe).
But when I stood in front of this scene, I immediately had the image of a volcano crater covered in jungle in my mind.
And now I'm kneeling here in the forest, as if in front of an altar, admiring the almost endless beauty of nature.
Wenn Ihr Titel und Foto miteinander vergleicht, dann denkt Ihr möglicherweise, dass der Kaiser jetzt völlig durchgeknallt ist.
Schließlich ist das ja nur alter Baumstumpf, den die Jahre bereits ausgehölt haben (mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung von Wind, Wetter, Pilzen und anderen Kleinstlebewesen des Waldes, denn die Zeit alleine kann so gut wie garnix) und der nun mit Herbstlaub gefüllt ist und über dessen Rand sich ein junger Farn neigt. So viel zu den beobachtbaren Fakten.
Doch was diese Szene zu einem magischen Anblick macht ist einmal mehr das warme Licht Abendsonne, die vom Waldrand zu uns herüber scheint. Sie verändert nicht nur die gesamte Atmospäre hier sondern bringt auch noch den Farn und das Moos. welches unseren Miniaturvulkan umhüllt zum Leuchten.
Ohne dieses Licht wäre das wohl tatsächlich nur ein mit Buchenlaub gefüller Baumstupf an dem ich eventuell achtlos vorüber gelaufen wäre (aber nur eventuell).
Doch so hatte ich sofort das Bild eines vom Jungle bedeckten Vulkankraters vor Augen, als ich vor dieser Szene stand.
Und nun knie ich hier im Wald, wie vor einem Altar und bewundere die schier unendliche Schönheit der Natur.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
5 years ago yesterday, 213 starts south at Winding Hill Road with a leased FEC/RA SD70M-2 leading the way. Definitely was different seeing these back home compared to down south... 6/29/18
The generic name, Sciurus, is derived from two Greek words, skia 'shadow' and oura 'tail'. This name alludes to the squirrel sitting in the shadow of its tail. The specific epithet, carolinensis, refers to the Carolinas, where the species was first recorded and where the animal is still extremely common. In the United Kingdom and Canada, it is simply referred to as the "grey squirrel". In the US, "eastern" is used to differentiate the species from the western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus).
The eastern gray squirrel has predominantly gray fur, but it can have a brownish color. It has a usual white underside as compared to the typical brownish-orange underside of the fox squirrel. It has a large bushy tail. Particularly in urban situations where the risk of predation is reduced, both white – and black-colored individuals are quite often found. The melanistic form, which is almost entirely black, is predominant in certain populations and in certain geographic areas, such as in large parts of southeastern Canada. Melanistic squirrels appear to exhibit a higher cold tolerance than the common gray morph; when exposed to −10 °C, black squirrels showed an 18% reduction in heat loss, a 20% reduction in basal metabolic rate, and an 11% increase to non-shivering thermogenesis capacity when compared to the common gray morph. The black coloration is caused by an incomplete dominant mutation of MC1R, where E+/E+ is a wild type squirrel, E+/EB is brown-black, and EB/EB is black.
The head and body length is from 23 to 30 cm (9.1 to 11.8 in), the tail from 19 to 25 cm (7.5 to 9.8 in), and the adult weight varies between 400 and 600 g (14 and 21 oz). They do not display sexual dimorphism, meaning there is no gender difference in size or coloration.
The tracks of an eastern gray squirrel are difficult to distinguish from the related fox squirrel and Abert's squirrel, though the latter's range is almost entirely different from the gray's. Like all squirrels, the eastern gray shows four toes on the front feet and five on the hind feet. The hind foot-pad is often not visible in the track. When bounding or moving at speed, the front foot tracks will be behind the hind foot tracks. The bounding stride can be two to three feet long.
This is a remake of this nearly six-year-old photo by Tom Westbury: www.flickr.com/photos/drbnwy/32999224292/
As you can see the location has changed little since 2017. The addition of solar panels to the building and the presence of the electric car are interesting markers of the slow move toward "greener" technology, I think.
Although I used my camera's 7x6 setting to replicate the format of Tom's Mamiya the composition is significantly different. Apparently my Fuji's 50mm lens is not as wide as Tom's 65mm lens (I'm quite sure I stood as far back from the building as possible at the location). And Tom's camera seems to have been positioned slightly lower than mine - I assume because Tom's Mamiya has a top-mounted viewfinder and mine does not.
This is the first time I've done this experiment of "copying" another photo. I thought it was an interesting exercise, and although I've not precisely matched the tones of Tom's Portra film in post-processing I've gone some way toward it (the wet road in my version didn't help).
I have several other shots from this area, some of which I have processed in a similar style and will share over the coming days.
Much respect to Tom and his original image, which I love. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?