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For me, the star of the show this weekend, wasn't an eagle at all. It was his gorgeous buck. One of the cool things about Guntersville State Park is it is covered up with dear that have no real fear of people. This makes from some great photo ops.
Photo by Roger Reetz Lovely Lizards Photography
A visit to Tønsberg Tønne with a great view towards Skagerrak. And with a little bit of patience one can count the sparkles.
You can't believe the paradise it is walking in Grassington. I have tons of photos showing other areas in the UK, but I can hardly stand to leave Grassington. I'm going to switch to another topic for our current photo challenge, but I doubt this is the last you'll see of Grassington!
I am standing on the Oklahoma County Road 199 bridge just east of the huge Linde Gas CO2 plant, as an east bound Santa Fe 7420 and two mates with lots of autoracks pass a local switching the Linde plant on the west side of Woodward, OK on 05-09-1995. Counting the shadows on the ground, the local is working with 14 cars as the freight comes down through the winding hill to begin an uphill climb into Woodward. 1348
This very well could be someone's father, brother, son, friend...
I was out and about yesterday and saw this heartbreaking scene.
Count your blessings.
I wish you all a very Happy Easter tomorrow.
This mother and daughter pair were counting the money they were offered on the street of Lhasa when I took this picture. Poverty does have a child and woman's face. I often hear people say these days that some beggars are turning professional and earn even more than average people do. If so, I am happy for them and wish them the best of luck, for I don't believe anyone was born wishing to be a beggar.
Date / Dec 19, 2014
Artist / How to count one to ten
Place / The Wall
Photo / Jarvis (Mile End Photograpfhy)
A 1993 dennis dart with northern counties Paladin bodywork is seen leaving the Vale travel depot to work local school contracts. This vehicle new to MTL London.
The Florida Scrub Jay is an endangered species. As of the early 1990s, the total population was estimated at about 4,000 pairs, probably a reduction of more than 90% from original numbers. Loss of habitat has been the main problem. Prime Florida oak scrub is maintained by occasional fires, so fire prevention has added to the effect of ongoing development in squeezing out the jay's habitat.
Its name is appropriate, for it lives only in Florida scrub, areas of short scrubby oaks growing on sandy soil. This habitat occurs mostly as isolated pockets, and the jays rarely wander away from their own little patch of scrub, making them extremely sedentary.
This bird is noteworthy on several counts. It lives nowhere in the world except Florida, it has a complicated social system, it has been the subject of very detailed field studies, and it is threatened by loss of habitat. Formerly considered just a race of the scrub-jays found in the west, it is now classified as a full species.
The crows were everywhere and were enjoying the new little pine cones. They didn't mind me being under their trees but they made a cacophony of crows when Benni got close. (That should be spelled cawcawphony.) There are 5 eating and one flying away.
The Counts of Celje were the most influential late medieval noble dynasty on the territory of present-day Slovenia. Risen as vassals of the Habsburg dukes of Styria in the early 14th century, they ruled the County of Cilli as immediate counts (Reichsgrafen) from 1341 and rose to Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1436.
Basie In London
Verve 1956
Despite the title of the album, the LP was recorded live in Gothenburg, Sweden on September 7, 1956.
I have always loved the Verve logo and over the years, the variety of label designs.
Best viewed in LARGE (Contacts only, sorry).
Explore 237 : Highest position 104
This sheep and the previous sheep are both in explore on their respective posting days, can you make this sheep win the race ?-)
About
Reworked version after some very valuable critique and tips from
Josh Sommers, thank you very much Josh !!!
Most important changes :
° Much better edge selection of the sheep, starting by a mask made from one of the colour channels and refining it with an irregular brush and very high zoom levels.
° The front clouds are now completely painted in, loosing the details we had from the photo of far away clouds.
° I highlighted the face of the front sheep a little more to give it more expression.
° More stars.
° A little less saturation in the stars.
Strobist info: Shot on table top in living room, flash at 80mm zoom and -3 power at 2 0'clock. f/20 to get rid of most background. Use my homemade silver screen to bounce off some of the flashlight to the sheep's face.
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Blade runner, after the novel "Do androids dream of electric sheep"
Extract from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy :
"Marvin counted 1600 trillion sheep before falling asleep... one second later..."
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All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.
° My photoshop tutorial on Layers, Masks, Selections & Channels.
taken last year....i was browsing my photos last year when i saw this one...reminds me to be always thankful for what i have..."COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS"...these flashed in my thoughts...even faced with a difficult situation always be reminded that there's always someone else whos having a much harder time than you...like this guy, he's quite old but he still needs to play in the streets of hua quiang bei, SZ....for him just to survive...
One of the dioramas depicting estate activities in the afterlife of Meket-Re, an 11th Dynasty (ca. 21st cent. BCE) high official buried in the cliffs of Deir al-Bahari, Thebes. The arrangement of the figurines is modern, but the maquettes clearly show cattle being driven by servants in front of a kiosk where Meket-Re and his son are seated; scribes are taking a headcount. The woodcarvers have carefully rendered the breed of cattle with long, curiously straight horns and a variety of piebald spotted markings. The cattle are male but quite small relative to the human figures, implying that this may be an annual cull of the young bulls prior to a feast.
Egyptian museum, Cairo
Imagine my delight at spotting an Orange-tip in powered down mode resting on a Dandelion clock. Wow!
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After I took this picture, I gave the man a dollar. He thanked me, put the money in his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. OH WELL
Count Bologna facing his interviewers, Emma, Jimmy and Myrtil. The urchins decided they wanted to hire a grown-up to deal with things they wanted done but couldn't do themselves, because of their child condition.
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"When you're tired ...
And you can't sleep ...
Count your blessings,
instead of sheep ~"
(from White Christmas; sung by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney)
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flickr ADVENT 2014
DAY 25: !!! We made it !!!
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Z is for ZABRINA ... and for getting your Z-Z-Z's ...
before the big Event when Santa arrives on your rooftop!
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ZABRINA ZADORA is a Saffy encore (I did her face and gave her neon hairs) ...
Wearing her pj's from Iva Boyer; Robe by Blythe Fifth Avenue;
Rob & Sioux bow-headband;
American Girl size IKEA bed.
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Dryope sylvan hairstreak (satyrium sylvinus dryope) at Pinnacles National Park photographed during a butterfly count. This species spends the afternoon perched on willows. Pinnacles, which has an amazing number of species of willow, has in several years found more dryope hairstreaks to count than any other butterfly count circle.
I promise this does count as a train photo, and there really is one in here...in fact if you look close you can see the entire train from lead ACS64 to trailing Amfleet.
Amtrak Region train 173 for Washington is crossing the 1394 ft long double track bridge over the Thames River from Groton to New London at about MP 124.3 on the New Haven Line main. The four Parker thru truss approach spans date from the New Haven's 1919 construction of a new bridge across the river. They are cruising right across the middle of the new 105 ft wide vertical lift span built in 2008 to replace the 1919 era Strauss heel-trunnion Warren through-truss bascule draw span.
It's that lift span that has made this interesting image possible. Dominating the foreground with her gilt figurehead twinkling on her prow is the Barque Eagle, the 295 ft. long flagship of the United States Coast Guard which along with the USS Constitution, is one of only two commissioned sailing vessels in the United States military today.
New London is the home of the US Coast Guard Academy and every cadet who attends the Academy as well candidates from the Officer Candidate School will spend a minimum of six weeks on board Eagle whose primary mission is training. Historically she berthed up River directly in front of the Academy but she now ties up here beside Fort Trumbull State Park while in home port. I suppose this is suitable as this 19th century fortification out of sight behind me served in later life as rhe original site of the US Coast Guard Academy from its founding in 1915 until moving to its current campus in 1932.
But, that history is not why she berths here, rather we have Amtrak to thank for that. Though the new lift bridge was specifically designed to clear the Eagle's masts, they came up short and for her to clear seamen have to climb the masts and remove some some components from the top as the young seaman I spoke with explained. For that reason she rarely travels up past the bridges anymore and now calls this dock home, though I understand she will be moving to city pier downtown directly behind the Amtrak station in the coming years.
As for that Eagle on her prow? Well you might not know but that is actually a Nazi eagle and the medallion in her talons now bearing the Coast Guard crest was originally adorned with a swastika! You see the Eagle is actually a spoil of war having been built at at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936 as as the flagship of the Kriegsmarine sail training fleet. Originally named Horst Wessell, Rudolf Hess gave the speech at her launch in the presence of Adolf Hitler! At the end of WWII the US acquired her when the allies were apportioning the war materials of the Reich and sailed her across the Atlantic with her German crew now under US command.
I HIGHLY recommend this fascinating read if you are interested in learning more and some great stories: www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33543706.amp
And the USCG's official site is great especially if you'd like to see her with her three masts at full sail as they publish her schedule here: www.uscga.edu/eagle-schedule/
And above the rail bridge is the massive Goldstar Memorial Bridge carrying 11 lanes of Interstate 95 134 ft over the river on twin 6000 ft spans (blt. 1943 and 1973) that make up the largest bridge in the state.
New London, Connecticut
Friday March 4, 2022
Counting money occupies quite a lot of time in Uzbekistan. 1000 som is the equivalent of about 60 US cents, so currency exchange and simple purchases often took on a life of their own. Soon I realised that the locals were just as bemused, and could often be seen checking out their currency holdings!! Another version of the great money count in the comment box.
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