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Good morning everyone and Happy Dragonfly Thursday. Featured today is a series on newly emerged Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina), usually the last of the three Pennant species found here locally to emerge each Spring.
As for these photos, they're a combination of both gender, with the above being a male, and all were taken at "tick city" at the reclaimed strip mine. And both gender when newly emerged look essentially the same. As with newly emerged Calico Pennants, the best way to distinguish between the two is by the length of the cerci at the end of the abdomen, which are longer on males, plus the last few segments tend to be narrower on males also.
Of the three species of local Pennant dragonflies the Halloween is the largest at approximately 1.5 inches in length (3.8 cm) versus both the Calico and Banded Pennants which range between 1.1 - 1.3 inches (2.5 - 3 cm).
As always, don't forget to click on "view previous comments" if you don't see the additional pics in the comment section. Even better, scroll through them by clicking on the arrow thingy to the right of the above pic. And if you want to view any picture in the comment section large all you have to do is click on it where you'll also find the full text describing this species of dragonfly.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you're having a truly nice week.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm
Forgive me for continuing this uploading of old stuff! Truth is, usually when I come home from a shoot, actually two or three days later, I go over the pictures and see a few pictures I like but only choose one to upload. This makes sure that I don't bore my viewers to death by uploading many similiar pictures at once, but on the other hand, I have a H U G E back-catalog of decent pictures that haven't seen the day of light, and probably never would... if I didn't upload old stuff now and a then. There's that, and then there's all the attention my aurora pictures get! You can debate whether that kind of attention is well earned or not, but hey, every visitor my aurora pictures bring in, sometimes goes to check out my other stuff as well.
Zeiss F-Distagon 16/2.8 Fisheye @2.8, ISO 3200 - no distortion correction :)
This was taken after the little chicks had left the nest and were seeking refuge in the fire flag. went to check on them yesterday but did not see any chicks although the mother was flying into one of the nearby bushes with fun. I have a feeling that only one has survived. It certainly is not easy for these little guys to make it.
I have two left in the series to post and then I will not be posting again until around the middle of July.
Wishing everyone a wonderful and blessed summer and many thanks for your continued support.
Best
judylynn
Continuing to fill in photos from last spring (before I head back next week!) here's another shot from this fabulous morning southbound chase, one of the tops of the trip for sure. Canadian National train U713 has a trainload of pellets fresh from the Minntac taconite plant headed south to Proctor Yard. The sizzling train is has the same tunnel motor trio from the prior day hustling along with with fan favorite rebuilt SD40-3 BLE 909 (originally built as an SD45T-2 in Feb. 1973 as SSW 9277) leading the way. They are seen here approaching the Swan Lake Road crossing at MP 32.4 on modern day CN's North Division Missabe Sub mainline.
This is an area that needs no introduction to even the most casual fan as the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is in a word legendary. I won't bore you with pages of history as I couldn't do the road or region justice anyway. It simply needs to be experienced for oneself. But I will direct you to two resources. Absolutely check out the fabulous historical information here: www.missabe.com/
And for a fabulously well written overview of modern CN operations find yourself a copy of the April 2023 edition of Railfan and Railroad right now! shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/rfr-202304
Alborn, Minnesota
Tuesday May 9, 2023
Continue to last series of "Night & Light Series 20 -dynamic & blur view at the street", which aim to capture the respective atmosphere & beauty of dynamic light at night .
Featuring the beautiful Savannah Daras Photography
I wanted to take the opportunity to give back and show my appreciation to you all. Thank you for your continued support! There are several things I want to give you guys and we'll start with a FREE action!
I used it on this image and you can go download it at this link - ge.tt/1rgva9U1
If you don't know how to load an action in Photoshop this video can help you - www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcoXJa6ExiU
And to manipulate and see the individual steps in the action, once you've played it in photoshop you can use the history function to go back to before the image was flattened and adjust the layers to suit your image to your liking.
I hope you enjoy it and I would love to see examples of your pictures using it!
Have a wonderful day!
November the 20th and the In Search of Fall Colors finds the Mighty Red Oak in full glory in the Woods of Virginia.
Remembering Elliott Park
The Solider and the Oak
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Yesterday’s figures continue to provide hope that the corona emergency is easing while the epidemic continues to demand a high toll: 230 corona-related deaths were recorded and 211 patients were hospitalised, bringing the total number of people that are treated in hospital to 4,527. Meanwhile, the corona death toll in Belgium keeps attracting attention of the international press. Whilst the European press acknowledges that our figure is an overestimate and that it’s nearly as we are being too honest some US press is less diplomatic when talking about the mortality rate in Belgium: “Champion of Coronavirus” and “Belgian Corona Riddle” … Our virologists are urging caution when comparing figures and stress that we are the only country to include deaths in care homes. I think we all should realize that the corona crisis is not a race and that we'd be better off concentrating on finding the best way to count deaths instead of pointing fingers. In the midst of all of this, I continue with my daily corona walk documenting Ghent as it unrolls before my eyes… - Brugse Poort, Ghent, Belgium
Continuing our look at Dwarf military units*, the Dwarven Bombard Squadron is a sight to behold. Powerful Dwarves, trudging along with cannons strapped to their backs. No wagons, no wheels needed.
The cannon units for other races are limited to somewhat level terrain for both travel and staging. Not so with the Dwarves. Your fortified city can suddenly find itself bombarded from surrounding mountain peaks.
With the added stealth and quickness of the Bombard troops, early warnings are almost eliminated and sieges can be set up and initiated with lightning rapidity.
👾 Happy 🏰 Heroclix 🏯 Friday! 🐉
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
* See the Dwarven Pikeman in BP 2020 Day 241:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/49925424032/
** See the Dwarven Miner in BP 2020 Day 248:
Paint me a window, soft and defined.
And flood yellow light.
Through the open blinds.
It's somewhere, hidden from view.
A portrait, an epitaph...
I'm supposed to talk to you.
Thank you for all for the continued support. I truly appreciate your comments and feedback. You make it enjoyable to share my adventures in film.
This was my first time cross-processing Velvia in medium format. I dig! Came out trippy.
Pentax 67, Velvia 100F
Another perfect night to watch the fireworks over the Ottawa River. Saturday night was Portugal's show and it was a beautiful display of color and sparkles. This is the view from behind the Supreme Court. I am glad I don't have to decide who is the winner.
New Blog Post - To Be Continued...
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Camo / Foxcity / PKC / Izzie's / Imitation
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Continuing work on series “Darkness/Light”. #DarknessLightSeries
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Continuing the theme of outdoor lunch stops - this was where we had our butties today! Under the shadow of Gorple Rocks, overlooking Upper Gorple Reservoir (controlled by Yorkshire Water)
Gorple Reservoir, Widdop Valley, West Yorkshire, UK
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...had a late birthday dinner with my sister and her family last week...
Trying to make my birthday stretch as far as it will go!
CPKC 241 continues its charge northward on the Detroit Lakes Subdivision, originally the Soo Line's Winnipeg mainline, toward Thief River Falls and later Noyes at the international border seen here south of Winger in Polk County. Winger has a gravel road underpass at this location, which I had intended to include in the scene. However, the timing was tight, so I opted for this framing with the various prairie grasses and snow. Next time.
Continue attracting spring... :-)
Another view of that misty morning of May in our Don Valley.
*Part of my series Toronto's Tales of Dales.
" ... a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered" ― Nicholas Sparks
and until daylight approaches, the ghosts and the unexplainable continues...then, who knows what will happen in November?
Continuing Creative Cold Colorful Cocktail Concoctions: IMRANtini Masked Blond Bandit 3D - IMRAN™
Continuing the series.... I don’t cook. Never have. Never will. But I can experiment. Continuing satisfying my need for virgin frozen drinks, here’s yet another one in 3D. Mango, a little orange, dash of pineapple, and lemon juice with red grape juice. See earlier one at www.facebook.com/134701029880230/posts/3491943427489290/ ! Non-alcoholic Cheers!
© 2020 IMRAN™
#frozendrinks #experiment #NoBooze #creativity #foodie #3D #IMRANtini
赤レンガ倉庫へ向かう途中に出会った新港橋梁。廃線になって暫く経っているが橋の上だけ当時の線路が残されている。橋を渡りきれば線路は無くなっているはずなのにずっと続いている感覚に陥ってしまう。その時頭に浮かんだフレーズは「せーんろは続くーよー、どーこまーでーもー♪」
CANON EOS 7D + EF-S10-22mm F3.5-4.5 USM
#cooljapan #yokohama #手持ちブラケット #ゴリゴリ #hdrjapan
Me voy de vacaciones. Nos vemos a la vuelta!
I'm going on holidays. See you soon!!
Textura: www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/ Thanks
Continuing the northbound chase here was the tenth spot I photographed this Mass Bay special.
Granite State Scenic Railway SW1000 105 leads the Mass Bay RRE rare mileage special along the little used middle portion of the line at about MP 11.4 on the old Boston and Maine Pemigewasset Valley Branch.
To read the full story of this day and some history of the line and details about the equipment check out the caption with the earlier photo at Plymouth station.
Thornton, New Hampshire
Saturday May 18, 2024
Continuing with some light painting exploits, combining some flash at the end on my subjects to make for hopefully and interesting portrait shot.
Pixelstick was used for the light painting and SB900 on 1/4 power was used to illuminate my son.
Please check out my other images and feel free to comment, many thanks