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An "eye to the sky" at an interesting courtyard of an otherwise unobstrusive business building between Potsdamer Platz and Tempodrom. Taken during a photowalk with Flickr friends back in July 2019. Earlier that year, in March, I had already visited this place on another walk with other Flickr friends, where we'd had fun with performing (and capturing) photographers' "neck pain contortion poses" for each other (please see first comment 😉) – which, ironically, resulted in us being expelled from that courtyard, because we were "photographing people". Indeed, we did, but not strangers, only each other. Two girls photographing each other there in fashion model poses with their phones weren't asked to leave. I've already experienced this in a few places that it brings security or other employees into the scene when they see several people with cameras in the same spot. It once even happened at a shopping mall where we had specifically asked the employee at the information desk at the mall's entrance whether it's OK to take photos there, and the answer had been "Yes!" even regarding the – considerate (of course...) – use of tripods. But when we did just that it didn't take long and a security guard showed up and told us that "It's not allowed to take photos!" – when at the same time several people next to us were taking photos with their phones. Contradictions...
Happy Window Wednesday and Happy Hump Day, Everyone!
Ein "Auge zum Himmel" im interessant gestalteten Hinterhof eines ansonsten eher unauffälligen Geschäftshauses zwischen Potsdamer Platz und Tempodrom, aufgenommen bei einem Fotowalk mit Flickr-Freunden im Juli letzten Jahres. Im März 2019 war ich schon einmal mit anderen Flickr-Freunden dort gewesen, wo wir uns den Spaß gemacht hatten, füreinander in "Fotografen-Nackenstarre-Position" dort auf dem Rondell direkt in der Mitte des Innenhofes zu posieren – was prompt zu unserem Rausschmiss führte, weil wir "andere Leute fotografiert" hätten. Hatten wir, aber doch nur uns selbst und niemanden sonst (siehe Foto im ersten Kommentar 😉). Zwei junge Frauen, die dort füreinander Modell standen und sich mit ihren Handys fotografierten, wurden nicht aufgefordert, den Hof zu verlassen. Ich habe das jetzt schon das eine oder andere Mal erlebt, dass mehrere Leute mit Kameras offenbar gerne den Sicherheitsdienst oder andere Mitarbeiter auf den Plan rufen (und es war bei keiner dieser Gelegenheiten so, dass wir uns irgendwie daneben benommen hätten). Einmal sogar in einem großen Einkaufszentrum auch in der Nähe des Potsdamer Platzes, wo wir sogar noch den Mitarbeiter am Infoschalter direkt am Eingang ausdrücklich um Fotografieerlaubnis gebeten und diese auch bekommen hatten, sogar, was die – rücksichtsvolle (was sonst) – Benutzung von Stativen anbelangte. Als wir aber genau das taten, dauerte es nicht lange, bis ein Mitarbeiter der Haussicherheit auftauchte und uns erklärte, dass das Fotografieren nicht erlaubt sei – während neben uns einige Leute munter mit ihren Handys fotografierten. Widersprüche...
I spent a spent a few hours of spring time with these, my favorite local woodys, and was well rewarded. This gentleman is landing here in the second of a flight path series. The final one will show last second landing contortions.
Rowan Tree, The Quiraing, Isle of Skye
I'm sure there are portrait versions of this iconic Rowan tree I can't recall seeing one. When I was there I wanted to try to get this sort of shot incorporating some of the water that was flowing down the gully. I couldn't seem to get the tripod low enough to get it all above the horizon but that may be because I was getting neck/back/knee ache from the contortions plus trying to stop things sliding down said gully. I prefer the landscape composition but was interested in the comparison and think it's worth posting in it's own right. I'd like to have another go at this next visit.
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Before becoming a violinist, Alice attended circus school and was particularly gifted at contortion.
Life demands that we look far ahead and make the right choices, even if they are difficult.
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Seltsame Kreatur. Cygnus Olor Medusae.
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Really fascinating contortions that this mutation of a mute swan does when it eats food. This species is probably only seen on Sundays ;-) – I met this guy in a field near my village having lunch ...
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Wirklich faszinierende Verrenkungen, die diese Mutation eines Höckerschwans bei der Nahrungsaufnahme veranstaltet. Vermutlich wird diese Spezies nur Sonntags gesichtet ;-) – ich traf diesen Gesellen auf einem Feld in der Nähe meines Dorfes beim Mittagessen ...
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Cygnus Olor Medusae / Snake-headed Mute Swan / Schlangenköpfiger Höckerschwan
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#SlidersSunday
Unidentified tree. Opinions welcome. Definitely not a kumquat tree, but possibly an olive tree, certainly contorted into a macro bonsai. Photographed bottom up, a technique just learned from my photographer guide. Found in Spianada Square, Corfu, Greece.
A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) en route to a firing range in southern California during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-23.
I have got to say that shooting photos out of the back of a CH-53 is one of the most difficult things I've ever done with a camera. The exhaust from the three engines creates thick curtains of unrelenting blurriness, with only a few small gaps to shoot through from the ramp. With a heavy crosswind like we were dealing with on this portion of the flight, those gaps in the 'curtains' shifted, requiring constant scanning of the entire scene in the viewfinder to ensure the subject wasn't obscured by exhaust, and some improvised yoga-like contortions to get a non-blurry field of view. The crosswind also created enough extra movement that it required shooting at a high shutter speed, which is why the rotors look nearly frozen here at 1/320.
Macro Mondays - Container
Image measures exactly 3" on the long side
I always struggle with reflections. Shot this with the blinds shut, and lots of contortions, lol!
Happy Macro Monday : )
This is pollinator appreciation week, and in tribute to this critical ecosystem service this post celebrates the evolutionary contortions that result in some bizarre strategies to accomplish pollen dispersal.
Fairy slipper orchids (Calypso bulbosa) are widespread throughout the Northern hemisphere, occurring in cool shaded environments. They produce a single leaf in the fall that overwinters under snow, ready to photosynthesize in the early spring following snowmelt. The flowers emerge early in the summer and last only a few days before wilting. They lure pollinators by producing a scent that mimics neighboring nectar producing flowers, although this species of orchid lacks nectar.
The species is named for Calypso, a Greek nymph who lured Odysseus to her Island so he could be her husband.
The last Northern Harrier shot for a while, I promise. I really like the bird's wing position and the contortion to the body in this image. The Harrier quickly put the brakes on in mid-flight as it evidently spotted something in the field below. View large for best experience.
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Hey folks, sorry if my comments have been a bit thin on the ground, life is very busy since I fully retired last month and I started work on my second book. Here's one I took a few weeks back of Derwent Dam in the Upper Derwent Valley. I was there again yesterday and the Autumn colours of the trees is just wonderful now. I've been a bit arty with this one (like I do!) I just felt like the strangness of the dead tree shape and the rotten timber below just cried out for such treatment.
Have a great week ahead my dear friends - thank you for the joy your amazing pictures bring me and for your continued reciprocal support.
I was watching this Anna's hummingbird fly around the area, then she landed on this branch. Soon, she stretched her neck out, and started to scratch just above her wing. Zoom in to see that little foot reaching way up there! So flexible!
Before becoming a violinist, Alice attended circus school and was particularly gifted at contortion.
Life demands that we look far ahead and make the right choices, even if they are difficult.
Alice's YouTube channel and Instagram
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Honestly? I do a lot of contortions and hanging out of windows in traffic to get some shots, this was one of them. In Grand Forks, ND.
Two years ago in November we had an influx of Pine Grosbeaks, feeding on frozen fruit that was, no doubt, at least mildly fermented. Last year, not one. My National Geographic field guide says this species is "irruptive" in the West, and that appears to be the case. At any rate, a flock of them kept me entertained for more than a week before moving on.
Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
nature awakens, that was so beautiful today!
I've been watching this squirrel building its nest for quite some time. Great to see what contortions it made to bite off branches, sometimes much too large, and bring them into the tree cavity. It was totally stressed out because a pair of Ring-necked Parakeets must have owned the den first.... They tried to chase the squirrel away, but they didn't stand a chance.
Classic case of squatting.
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die Natur erwacht, das war so schön heute!
Ich habe dieses Eichhörnchen eine ganze Zeit lang beim Nestbau beobachtet. Toll zu sehen welche Verrenkungen es machte um Zweige, teilweise viel zu große abzubeissen und in die Baumhöhle zu bringen. Es war total im Stress, weil wohl ein Halsbandsittichpaar die Höhle zuerst besessen hatte.... Die versuchten das Eichhörchen zu verjagen, aber die hatten keine Chance.
Klassischer Fall von Hausbesetzung.
Well, trying to… This Red-tailed Hawk youngster tried clumsily to go after a squirrel, and failed. Its contortions in the branches were fun to watch. At the Loch, Central Park, New York.
The garden offered a huge success yesterday when I found five Monarch caterpillars and one pupa. Curiously the pupa is on a Red hot poker flower spike near the road and there are no milkweeds in the front yard at all. All but one of the caterpillars were about this size, the one other smaller. Fingers crossed for this 'super generation.'
Équilibre pur,
Silence sous le chapiteau,
L'air retient son souffle.
Perfect balance held,
Silence under the big top,
Even air stands still.
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Cirque Imagine Lyon.
Created for TMI's challenge: Those Amazing Animals ... Wild White.
This zebra went through contortions to reach these blades of grass! He had to turn his head completely sideways (hard to tell in the photo) to be able to reach through a wood barrier for one or two bites at the most.
Canon EOS 6D - f/4.5 - 1/200sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- for challenge Flickr group Macro Mondays,
theme Made of Wood
- Small part branch of an Easter branch
In some parts of Europe, the corkscrew hazel is used in Easter celebrations: branches are brought into the house and decorated, much like a Christmas tree! I keep 5 branches already many years and decorate them at Easter with Easter eggs and other Easter symbols (see the pictures in the first comment).
- ONE of the winter highlights in my garden is the gnarled silhouette of the "corkscrew hazel" - Corylus avellana 'Contorta'.
In low sunshine, the pale sky provides the perfect backdrop for its dark and tortuously twisted branches.
On dull, damp days raindrops collect in every nook and cranny - glistening along each stem.
And, as January days lengthen, the plump catkins gently unfurl into long, wavy tassels - just in time to float above the first crocuses, snowdrops and aconites.
This intricate form of our native hazel appeared spontaneously in a Gloucestershire hedgerow in the early 1860s. An eminent Victorian gardener, Canon Ellacombe of Bitton, spotted the tangled stems and propagated the plant to amuse his friend Edward Augustus Bowles.
Bowles loved plant curiosities and aberrations enough to dedicate part of his large garden near Enfield, Middlesex, to his oddities. His original plant - the first contorted hazel in cultivation - still grows in the 'Lunatic Asylum' (as Bowles named it) at Myddelton House today.
Once established in Bowles's garden, other famous gardeners admired its sculptural, bonsai-like charms. In the early years of the 20th century it acquired another name - Harry Lauder's Walking Stick - after the popular Scottish entertainer. Yet this slow-growing bush (which rarely reaches 15ft in height) has a Jekyll and Hyde personality. Though handsome in winter finery, its summer "plumage" is a tangle of green leaves.
Vegetation typical of Central Brazil, called "Cerrado", with twisted trees that grow in an environment subject to fire to which they are very resistant.
"Serra do Cipó" National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
After a long time I found this beautiful mushroom again. The group was hanging from a branch of a fallen tree in the nature reserve. The picture required a few contortions from me and the tripod.
Stack with 24 frames.
The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067 is an emission nebula associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. Technical Info:
53 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
23 x 300 sec. Optolong L-eXtreme filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 6.3 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -20°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-ASTAP via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Pixinsight 1.8.8 and finished in Photoshop CC 2021
Sid Bowfin
I didn´t keep my camera wrong to get this shot, he always made funny contortions. He´s a very jolly fellow! :-)
See here:
Whilst lying on the floor photographing bees and spiders this Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) crawled onto my trousers. It took some contortions before I could get the lens far enough from my knee to allow this shot!
This is a shot that I had to get into some strange contortions to take. I was on the land bridge between Fort Vancouver and the Columbia river, when I saw two kestrels fighting over a landing spot in a tree. I didn't get there in time to get the fight, but I did manage to get this one of the winner, from the bridge looking slightly down into the trees. Focus was hard because of the branches, I had to focus on the branches below its feet and move up to get the bird. Fortunately it stayed in one place long enough . The dark on the left is from a metal post that was in my way. I finally had to squat and aim between branches and lean forward, a very awkward position. The kestrel didn't appreciate the movement and took off.
The Hypostyle Room that supports the Greek Theatre & The Language of Nature in Gaudi's Architecture.
Gaudi's Flamboyant Catalan Modernisme with
Surreal Contortions of Fluidity & Curves with Bright Colours.
The conception of the Park was inspired by the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the designs and all the artistic creations were directly inspired by the natural world.Park Guell,which was designed between 1900 - 1914,is a reflection of the great Gaudi’s vision about architecture.He believed that architecture should give the impression that it is an organic part of nature.His idiosyncratic and distinctive style has fascinated and inspired many architects and designers worldwide.
Park Guell was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.
To Spain - Catalonia - Barcelona
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A wee snap of a small part of the Contorted Hazel in the garden - there are few plus points about winter , but one thing that is good is that the mass of twisty turning branches can be seen . Come summer the leaves all hide the amazing sight of the little branches curling in all directions .
Photos at circus (1/2)
I like to go to circus it's always a lot of fun and people of circus need us, so I encourage everybody to go to circus.
About the photo, I used the Tamron 70-180 F2.8 VXD to test it in a very difficult light environement and I was sooooo happy with it. It is soooo sharp even full open at F2.8 with a 43Mp FF sensor, and AF is sooo fast even in a diffcult light, I didnt miss one shoot.
Let speak about the circus and this artist, the circus is called "le crique Franco Belge" and this artist was doing a performance of contorsionism with the rings. Please zoom in to see more details in the photo.
Photos au cirque (1/2)
J'aime aller au cirque, c'est toujours très amusant et les gens du cirque ont besoin de nous, alors j'encourage tout le monde à aller au cirque.
A propos de la photo, j'ai utilisé le Tamron 70-180 F2.8 VXD pour le tester dans un environnement lumineux très difficile et j'en suis super content. Il est tellement piqué même complètement ouvert à F2.8 avec un capteur FF de 43Mp, et l'AF est tellement rapide même dans une lumière difficile, je n'ai pas manqué une seule prise de vue.
Parlons du cirque et de cet artiste, le cirque s'appelle "le crique Franco Belge" et cet artiste faisait une performance de contorsionisme avec les anneaux. Veuillez zoomer pour voir plus de détails sur la photo.
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Please feel free to twist yourself for the last day of the year! Happy New Year !
Lens: Mitakon 50mm f/0.95
Aperture: 0.95