You can just see the pilot as he concentrates to bring this Cessna Citation Longitude in to land at Houston’s West Side Airport. This is a business jet produced by Cessna, part of the Cessna Citation family. The Model 700 made its first flight on October 8, 2016.

I spent some time today witnessing one of the most remarkable waterfowl sights in the whole world. Somewhere between 10,000 - 15,000 tundra swans are staging right here in the Upper Mississippi River before heading east to Chesapeake Bay for the winter. I took video footage on my smartphone to add some sound, which is sensational, but then I wasn't smart enough to get it on Flickr. Sorry.

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Seen in the Werribee River Park at Werribee South in March last year.

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

So intent on scanning the water it paid no attention to us as my mate Gil and I walked along the boardwalk.

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

The resident Egret at the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands was so intent on its hunt that it didn't notice me.

I love to watch Terns negotiate their landing spots. They need to find a spot within the other shorebirds on the rocks and it takes full concentration. The background is the water. The shot was taken very early in the morning.

The shot below is a close-up of its head and feet which show its intense focus.

Elegant Tern

Thalasseus elegans

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Concentrate

Absorbed in scanning the grass from it's perch, this Kestrel allowed me a shot or 2.

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

I'm not sure what this one was concentrating on. From 20

The moult will not end

SOOC: I always shoot in raw and upload the images into Lightroom so I hope that is ok. All I have done is export the image as a jpg but without touching any of the editing controls even though my fingers were itching to fiddle with the sliders. So here it is just as I took it, for Smile on Saturday.

I have no idea what flower it is, I was too busy concentrating on taking the image in the pause between gusts of wind to look at the plant properly.

78/100 flowers in 2022

Just concentrating on setting this carby up ready for a test and tune day on the morning of race day.

Feeling the speed and motion.

Taken at Yaletown Vancouver BC. Canada, 2011.

Finding a quiet place to read and concentrate on an email can be difficult in Sydney’s CBD. Here a man finds a sheltered corner which seems to do the trick.

I like the negative space and contrasts in light in this photo.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Candid Street Photography

Sydney CBD

November, 2019

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The 173,000 heliostats of the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility concentrate sunlight onto three towers containing boilers to generate steam for electricity in California near the Nevada border.

She may thought , wasss up!!!..:)))

Sydney street, NSW

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The snowy egret is in a determined mind set as it searches for food early in the morning

Great Egret (Ardea alba) hunting for prey at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Lee County, Florida, USA.

How are you all doing? As some of you are aware, I've been concentrating on my running, with a degree of success, however, that's another story. But actually, because of that, I've Slovenia right now and when I arrived last week I took the car of a mountain pass while it was raining - I managed to get some cool images and this is one of my favourites.. Hope you are well and happy x

White-plumed Honeyeater (Lichenostomus penicillatus)

From the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands on this day last year.

Met this squirrel today. Unfortunately I had only 50.0 mm lens... It was impossible to get closer.

PS. One more photo in the comments!!!

Kingfisher (f.)

Spotted a break in the deluge and thought this owl might be hungry and it was except it was a rather late lunch hence the light and slow exposure.

These are seeds of Cardiospermum halicacabum, in English 'Balloon vine' and in French 'Coeur des Indes'

Street food in Da Lat city, Vietnam

California State University of Los Angeles

Great Horned Owl.

self-portrait

Visit this location at Chalet Bel Homme in Second Life

I saw this tiny ladybird on the daffodil and was concentrating on getting a macro shot.

When I put it on my laptop I was surprised to see an even smaller beetle glistening on the petal to the left.