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If feeding conditions is good the capacious throat sac is used to engulf whole shoals of fish. This large waterbird is often found swimming in flocks in shallow lowland lakes and river deltas. Native to south-east Europe.
Here's a photo from Sugarloaf. This was some of the best conditions on the East Coast, in a while. Looking forward to 2017!
DELIGHTFUL PLUMP-BODIED WADER, not often seen, and taken in very dark conditions, the best of a bad bunch, but just enjoy catching up with this pair every-year at the sea side defense wall, from Jan to about April. Seen a Hampton near Herne Bay, Kent, U.K.
The Northern Lights, taken in Iceland on 24/11/2017.
Conditions on this evening were, temp -25c, wind 40mph, photo taken on a tripod being held to the ground by myself. kneeling and my partner acting as our windbreak.
30 Second exposure on ISO 800
A quick note to all who wish to photograph the Northern Lights, it is very rare that they can be seen like this with the naked eye.
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This summer there were not too many days like this in Switzerland - beautiful weather and perfect hiking conditions. This time between Frutigen and Adelboden, Bernese Oberland.
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Taken 7 years ago today, blizzard conditions with sub 0 temperatures and blowing snow...another hard North Dakota prairie winter
When conditions are sufficient things manifest. When conditions are no longer sufficient things withdraw. They wait until the moment is right for them to manifest again.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
We've been told it's going to snow this weekend, but this magnolia tree is getting ready for spring with its fuzzy buds.
Nth Stradbroke Island, east coast Australia. The waves were choppy, rough, and fast to break.
After some challenging storm surfing, I came in and took a few shots of the wild ocean surf... you can see a surfer friend (our local woman's champ) at the bottom left catching a wave.... awesome fun, workout and being one-with-nature!
Just returned from a long weekend in the Dolomites. Perfect conditions on 4 wheels and some good light conditions as well early morning. Stay safe and away. Cheers, Udo
It's been a few days of cloudless skies and warm sun, heralding spring, with blackthorn flowering, hawthorn leaves opening, and skylarks singing. I may go looking for adders today, and have a slow walk through the woods. Someone yesterday asked me whist my favourite conditions on the beach were for photography, I said cloud cover with shafts of sunlight. A light above descending is by British Sea Power.
This was the last evening of our short skiing stay in South Tyrol. We had 4 days of glorious sunshine, fantastic snow, ideal conditions for sporty winter activities and relaxation. On the left you can see the Schlern massif, which ends with the Santner Peak, which was first ascended in July 1880 by Johann Santner, a Tyrolean mountaineer. In the valley below is the beautiful village of Seis/Siusi and in the back the mountain range of the Merano and Vinschgau Alps.
A look into history in the Detmold Open Air Museum, Lippe, Germany.
The end of October is a perfect time to visit the Detmold Open Air Museum. The combination of Autumn light and season´s colours in combination with the old buildings create a story book atmosphere I adore. The place is a challenge for photography, mixed light conditions, twilight and shadows make it difficult to select the perfect pov´s and settings. We used Monday for an extended tour and enjoyed every moment.
The LWL-Freilichtmuseum in Detmold is a great place to learn and experience the world of our ancestors. The open-air-museum is covered with buildings, tools, animals and plants of countryside life in Northwest Germany in the last couple of centuries. An endless source of inspiration for HDR photography.
Blustery conditions and not a reflection in sight.
Llyn Cowlyd is the deepest lake in North Wales. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park at the upper end of Cwm Cowlyd on the south-eastern edge of the Carneddau range of mountains, at a height of 1,164 feet (355 m) above sea level.
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The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) in the Central Interior of BC encompasses 80,252 square kilometers of land. The Cariboo and Coastal mountain ranges hug the CRD on its west and east side boundaries. The region straddles Highway 97 from 70 Mile House in the south to 5 km south of Hixon in the north.
District of the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada
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Groynes reduce longshore transport by trapping beach material and causing the beach orientation to change relative to the dominant wave directions. They mainly influence bedload transport and are most effective on shingle or gravel beaches. Sand is carried in temporary suspension during higher energy wave or current conditions and will therefore tend to be carried over or around any cross-shore structures. Groynes can also be used successfully in estuaries to alter nearshore tidal flow patterns.
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Again I hope you are not tiring of the sunset pictures. Sometimes it is fun to watch the stages of a sunset when the conditions are good.
The boat, the crew and I stayed in the bay by Kochi for about 1/2 hour watching this spectacle. The effect of the sun disappearing behind the fishing nets was more than I expected. The crew had positioned their rickety old boat perfectly. Many of the Indian people have an eye for pictures. Perhaps it is due to their love of their Bollywood movies.
Yesterday's foggy conditions threw up some wonderful photo opportunities including this wonderful old tree in a field near some woodland I went for a walk in.
The weather conditions in Churchill were the most extreme conditions I have ever photographed in. On this day it was -2 degrees Fahrenheit which is -18 Celsius. Add to that a wind chill of minus 30. I even got an icicle on my eye lid -haha! I wouldn't have traded this experience though and the amazing sightings we had with this polar bear family :-).
Conditions were perfect: 80% chance of rain and strong winds. What could be better? For shooting osprey, nothing. Rain suit for me and my camera and a surprising a lot of other adventurous souls showed up for the show. The pelicans seemed to being doing better than the osprey, dive after dive while the osprey were out in force looking but not catching much. This one did well however, and one greedy pelican made an attempted steal. The osprey pulled up up an away!
Blustery conditions and not a reflection in sight.
Llyn Cowlyd is the deepest lake in North Wales. It lies in the Snowdonia National Park at the upper end of Cwm Cowlyd on the south-eastern edge of the Carneddau range of mountains, at a height of 1,164 feet (355 m) above sea level.
Auch hier war, trotz Bedingungen der Möglichkeit von Erleuchtung die Suche nach der Blauen Blume vergeblich!
Aber ich fand Produkte menschlicher Erfindungskunst: Blaue Bändel!
Eichendorff:
Ich suche die blaue Blume,
Ich suche und finde sie nie...
Here, too, despite the conditions of the possibility of enlightenment, the search for the blue flower of romanticism was in vain!
Saint Maries River RR is seen crossing the Pedee Creek with 18 loads of lumber enroute to the Union Pacific interchange at Plummer. Perfect weather conditions to shoot a logging RR running on ex Milwaukee Road trackage with ex MILW power.
Weather conditions improved in the late afternoon. This is a northwestward view from a hill that used to be the site for Chichijima's weather station.
The island in the left is Nishijima (西島, western island), while those in the right are Hyoutanjima (瓢箪島 gourd island), Anijima (兄島 older brother island), and Hitomarujima (人丸島).
According the climate data provided by Japan Meteorological Agency, average temperature of the coldest month in Chichijima is 18.5 degree Celsius, which means Chichijima has a tropical climate.
Annual precipitation of Chichijima is 1,296 mm, and the precipitation of the driest month is 51.6 mm, which means Chichijima has the tropical monsoon climate (Am) as compared to the humid subtropical climate (Cfa) in the Izu islands and the main island part of Tokyo.
Chichijima's climate is relatively dry judging from the Japanese standard; annual precipitation of downtown Tokyo is 1,530 mm.
The 2000 foot north east face of Tom na Gruagaich (Beinn Allligin) emerging from the swirling mist. It is a wonderful place at the best of times, but in these conditions it takes on a majestic quality. The mountains in these parts are simply amongst the best in Scotland, and I am privileged to have been able to visit them many times and have seen many of their moods. That moment wehn the mountan starts to emerge from the fog is quite special.
Stunning conditions last week in my local area during a period of very cold winter weather
Bergisches Land, Germany
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"...one of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
I'm wishing I was out 'connecting' with nature but instead I'm connected to a computer and desk. BUT -- good news! It is Friday and I'm looking forward to some outdoor time tomorrow. Rain and 5 degrees in the forecast but those quiet early mornings are worth getting bundled up for!
Happy weekend all!!
This little Douglas Fir tree is about 40-50 years old. It has survived countless weather events by growing on top of a floating log in a lake on Vancouver Island. It is apparently the most photographed tree in Canada. We had not planned on visiting this iconic scene simply because so many people from around the world have tried to photograph it. Conditions have to be just right in order to separate the tree from background clutter and unless you have hip waders, there is no good vantage point to shoot this tree. We had no hip waders and very little time to wait for the right conditions. However, on our quick morning visit to see the tree on our way to our next destination, I was able to frame up this portrait with a long lens just as a bit of light hit the tree and there was a momentary stillness in the light breeze rippling the water. The background is the water with refections. It was magical to see this little survivor. Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday.
The Molalla (mo-LA-la) River is a 51-mile (82 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the northwestern part of Oregon. The Molalla is the largest Willamette tributary unblocked by a dam.
During the early 19th century, the area around the river was populated by the Molala people. During that time, an extensive system of trails along the river allowed trade between the peoples of the Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon. As late as the 1920s, the trails were used by Native Americans from the Warm Springs Indian Reservation to reach huckleberry-picking grounds near Table Rock.
Whitewater enthusiasts sometimes run the upper reaches of the Molalla River as well as the lower. Under certain conditions, the 5.1-mile (8.2 km) stretch from Copper Creek to Table Rock Fork can be navigated by boaters capable of handling technical class III (intermediate) to IV (advanced) water on the International Scale of River Difficulty. Below that comes a stretch, about 5 miles (8 km) long, of class III to III+ water. Hazards on these upper miles may include narrow chutes, sudden drops, and logs in the water. The next 8 miles (13 km), Turner Bridge to Glen Avon Bridge, are rated technical class III to IV with hazards similar to the upper reaches but also including scouting difficulties as well as a dangerous undercut at a rapids called Goldilocks,
Otmoor, Oxfordshire, UK. This is a reprocessed version of a shot taken in strong backlit sun that I uploaded during the summer. I've reprocessed it for a softer high key approach which came from my approach to processing a barn owl photographed under similar conditions (I'll post that in the next few days). I think this is much better than my more high contrast B&W initial attempt - this is almost ethereal and gentle, and something different. Not to everyone's taste of course!
Due to drought conditions, water is not always present at the falls. We were lucky to see a trickle coming over the cliff high above. Still pretty awesome and the area is beautiful. There are signs galore warning of potential landslides and danger, but visitors (such as myself) ventured close anyway.
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Nojoqui Falls Park - Santa Barbara County - California - USA
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Un couple de martins-pêcheurs élève normalement 2 nichées par an, voire 3 ou 4, si les conditions sont favorables ou si une nichée a été détruite.
La première ponte a lieu dès la mi-mars en Europe occidentale, un mois plus tard en Europe orientale. De 4 à 8 œufs sont pondus à un jour d'intervalle, à même le sol de la chambre de ponte. D'un beau blanc brillant et de forme presque sphérique, ils ont un diamètre moyen à peine supérieur à 2 cm et ne pèsent guère plus de 4 grammes.
Le couple se partage, à parts à peu près égales, le temps de couvaison et se relaie par factions de 2 à 5 heures. L'incubation dure trois semaines et ne commence qu'une fois le dernier œuf pondu ; les éclosions ont donc toutes lieu au même moment.
Nus à l'éclosion et incapables de maintenir leur température interne, les petits sont réchauffés par les adultes pendant une semaine, jusqu'à ce qu'ils se couvrent de courtes plumes. Les parents peuvent alors se consacrer tous deux à leur ravitaillement.
Les poissons apportés aux jeunes sont légèrement plus longs que ceux que les adultes capturent pour eux-mêmes : entre 4 et 7 cm, avec un maximum de 10 cm. Pendant la becquée, les petits, disposés en étoile à l'intérieur de la chambre, sont nourris chacun à son tour durant les deux à trois premières semaines. C'est l'époque où le sol du nid se couvre de leurs pelotes de réjection, et où les parents se baignent souvent. Un peu plus tard, les jeunes se tournent tous vers le boyau d'entrée, serrés les uns contre les autres, ou s'avancent dans le couloir à la rencontre des adultes.
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A pair of kingfishers normally rear 2 broods a year, or 3 or 4, if conditions are favorable or if a brood has been destroyed.
The first spawning takes place in mid-March in Western Europe, a month later in Eastern Europe. From 4 to 8 eggs are laid one day apart on the floor of the laying chamber. They are bright white in color and almost spherical in shape. They have an average diameter of just over 2 cm and weigh little more than 4 grams.
The couple share, roughly equally, the brooding time and relays in factions from 2 to 5 hours. The incubation lasts three weeks and begins only once the last egg laid; hatching therefore takes place at the same time.
Naked at hatching and unable to maintain their internal temperature, the young are warmed by adults for a week, until they cover themselves with short feathers. Parents can then devote themselves to their food.
The fish brought to the young are slightly longer than those that the adults catch for themselves: between 4 and 7 cm, with a maximum of 10 cm. During the beak, the little ones, arranged in a star inside the chamber, are each fed during the first two to three weeks. It is the time when the ground of the nest is covered with their balls of rejection, and where the parents bathe often. A little later, the youths all turn to the inlet hose, huddled together, or walk down the hallway to meet the adults.
With calm, clear weather conditions at sunset, it was well worth a second visit to the Starling murmuration at Radipole Lake in the centre of Weymouth. The photo above was taken at 16.50 as the flock circled and circled creating all sorts of ever-changing shapes.
The photo below was taken two minutes later when some birds seemed about to drop into the reedbed but most, if not all, pulled out at the last second. The skies finally became empty of Starlings at exactly 17.00. Last evening they finally dropped in at 17.05.
Winter conditions slowly take hold of the Cariboo Mountains as they remain enshrouded behind a stormy veil over Bowron Lake. In the in 1860’s the first Europeans came to the Cariboo Mountains to find their fortunes, as part of what became known as the first Cariboo Gold Rush. Originally referred to simply as “Bear Lake” it was eventually renamed Bowron Lake after John Bowron, the first Gold Commissioner of the nearby gold mining town Barkerville, who organised numerous exploration parties into the remote mountains to look for gold-bearing ground. British Columbia, Canada
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If conditions are good, as they were this morning, this is one of my favourite spots to take a photograph, Garreg Ddu Dam, Elan valley, Powys, Wales, UK
** One of the places Mary wanted to revisit was the Devils dyke which is just a few miles from Brighton. It was a place she came too when she was a young. It's certainly a beautiful landscape. It is a coincidence that she now spends a lot of time in the East Yorkshire Wolds whose chalk landscape is so similar to the Sussex Downs . After a walk in the Dyke we went to a pub that Mary had been fond of the Shepard and Dog in the village of Fulking. It a pleasing pub in a wonderful landscape the only downside was being charged an obscene amount of money for two pints but thats southern England for you .
Devil's Dyke is a 300 foot deep V-shaped dry valley on the South Downs in Sussex managed by the National Trust it is about a mile in length . The valley is the result of solifluction and river erosion. More than fourteen thousand years ago, the area experienced an intensely cold climate (but not glacial conditions). Snowfields capped the South Downs. Permafrost conditions meant that the chalk was permanently frozen. In summer, the snowfields melted and saturated the top layer of soil, because the water could not permeate the frozen chalk underneath. Waterlogged material situated above the permafrost slid down the gradient, removing material by friction, exposing deeper layers of frozen chalk. When the Ice Age ended, the snowfields covering the South Downs melted, and rivers formed across Sussex. The Devil's Dyke valley was completed by one such river.
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Although we have been absolutely spoilt with abnormally hot weather in Ireland for weeks now, the amazing weather has brought with it clear blue skies. For me one of the most important elements to landscape photography is clouds. Having been keeping an eye on cloud cover for sometime nothing appeared to be changing anytime soon so I took a trip along the beautiful Antrim Coast anyway.
With so much on this stretch of coastline and with very long evenings brings with it so many people, I had stopped at two locations that I hoped to shoot but had to move on due to the crowds. Although not the shot I wanted or the conditions I would of liked its still great to be out on such a beautiful evening.
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Mrs. K was kind enough to capture a shot of me sloshing in the rain across the Alaska Tundra to photograph an Alaska Brown Bear.
It was the thrill of a lifetime and truly a Bucket List Item.
In the Alaska Tundra, conditions are cold. The summer is brief, with temperatures above freezing lasting for only a few weeks at most. However, this "warm" summer coincides with periods of almost 24 hour daylight, so plant growth can be explosive.
A wide variety of plants species can be found on the tundra. What most of them have in common are growth characteristics - they tend to grow low to the ground.
Among the common types of tundra plants are willows, sedges and grasses. Many in dwarf forms compared to their growth forms in warmer climes. Lichens and mosses are also important, particularly in the harshest climates.
The long day length that accompanies the short summer is a boon to plants, which are able to photosynthesize 24 hours a day in some places. This leads to rapid plant growth.
A surprising number of insects are able to endure the harsh winters (many as frost-resistant eggs); these also undergo rapid development in the summer. Many bird species migrate from southern areas to the tundra each year for the reduced competition and plentiful insect harvest; this rich diet enables them to rear their young in an otherwise bleak environment.
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Very shortly after I’d taken the slow shutter-speed shot of the water, this chap ran along the edge of the bathing pool and simply leapt into the churning sea and paddled off in search of his wave. I just managed to crank up my iso enough to catch him and I fired off a couple of shots. It all happened so quickly.
This is a composite of the two images.
Bude bathing pool on Summerleaze beach, after sunset. Winter.