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I was in the forests on an adventure trail and found this chap coiled on this branch......:-) in a zoo of course...
I meant the forests of the Zoooooo ....Heeeee :o) .... see it - LARGE
Single Exposure . No Flash- Single RAW, tuned thru ACR, layering thru duplication and coverting to 2 exposures + blur . worked only on the light. Colors are natural
Location - Taxi to Valium
He worries about the rain, oblivious of the Kamikaze airplane plunging in his direction... what a poetic end...
Recognitions:
This picture was awarded a Honorable mention in the 2019 Vallium Photo Contest.
This Picture was a Cover Photo for - The bold and the Beautiful (now Extraordinary) www.flickr.com/groups/4396354@N25/ Group in January 2019.
This Blue Eared Pheasant looked very regal in its splendid plumage. I thought at first this was a male as typically, male birds tend to be more colorful. However, a companion with the same coloring and grand ear coverts soon appeared, leaving me to wonder which was which.
I shot this through fencing wire using the widest aperture on my lens and surprisingly, it worked quite well.
Taken at Sandy Camp Rd Wetlands Reserve, Lytton, Queensland.
Always enjoy coming across these beautiful birds, lovely colours and great songsters too! Marked sexual dimorphism- the female,often misidentified, is grayish overall with yellow wash below, at least in undertail coverts.
Kennesaw Mountain. 8/9/2017.
Notice the green tinged feather tips on the black crown. This wouldn't be so prominent in a fall adult male. Also in an adult male the black on the throat would reach the bottom of the lower beak, and this bird has some yellow feathering there. A minority of adult females have a rather full hood, and can look similar to males. Notice the beak is more brown in fall birds of this species as opposed to a black bill in spring birds. Many warbler species sport a lighter bill color in the fall.
This young bird is in fresh fall plumage. Adult birds replace all feathers prior to migration, which is a good thing since many are worn from frequent trips thru vegetation to feed young. First fall birds like the one above don't replace wing or tail feathers this first molt, which is not so crucial as the feathers are fairly new anyhow. This partial molt of first fall birds often allows one to see what is called a molt limit. This is perhaps easier to see in birds with wing bars, but the alula, and adjacent primary coverts can give a clue as well. If not sure where the alula and primary coverts are in the image above a quick google search, or a glance at a bird guide should help. You can see how dark the alula and primary coverts are in comparison to the fresh olive plumage directly adjacent and closer to the face.
I wanna be on the front line, knotted up suit ties
Talking like a headstrong mamma
Got a picture in your wallet
Making me a habit, wearing your vintage t-shirt
Tied ribbons on your top hat
Telling me I'm all that, just like the girls from your hometown
The European Kingfisher or Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, is widely distributed in Europe, Africa, and Asia. It is resident except in northern areas where the rivers freeze. It will then move to milder regions. In most of its European range it is the only kingfisher.
The general colour of the upper parts of the adult bird is bright metallic blue, cobalt on the back, and showing greenish reflections on the head and wings. The ear coverts and under parts are warm chestnut, the chin and sides of neck white.
The bill is blackish and reddish orange at the base; the legs are bright red with a dark blue stripe. In the young the bill is black. Length averages 19 cm (7.5 inches) and wings average 7.5 cm (2.95 inches).
The flight of the Kingfisher is rapid, the short rounded wings whirring until they appear a mere blur. It usually flies near the water, but during courtship the male chases the female through and over the trees with loud shrill whistles.
From February onwards the male has a trilling song, a modulated repetition of many whistles. He also signals with a whistle to the female when he is feeding her, this being his share of the nesting duties. This whistle is produced even when his bill is loaded with food, yet is clear and distinct. The female will reply and emerge from the nesting hole, and may fly to meet him, take the fish from him in the air, and return to the nest.
The bird has regular perches or stands from which it fishes. These may be a few inches or many feet above the water. It sits upright, its tail pointed downwards. It drops suddenly with a splash and usually returns at once with a struggling captive.
Large fish are beaten on a bough or rail; small fish and insects are promptly swallowed. A fish is usually lifted and carried by its middle, but its position is changed, sometimes by tossing it into the air, before it is swallowed head downwards.
Yet another processing of this shot:
www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgang-kynast/16739328659/
the original shot stitched together with a mirrored copy :-)
These are the colors of the german Volksbank www.vr.de
Colors and saturation have NOT been enhanced for this!
Achillea Crown & Earring _ AZOURY @ Cosmopolitan
Alliance Mouth accessory _ AZOURY @ Kinky
Certitude Robotic Arm _ AZOURY @ Dubai Event
Almost Alive Robotic Bust _ AZOURY @ Mainstore
taken @ NUMB ( Solveig )
This lizard suns itself everyday on my doorstep. Thus, as I depart SW FL for the cooler Northeast, I can relax in the knowledge that it remains "on guard" to watch over my domain.
On the east coast of Scotland in late summer/autumn I always check Wagtails as some of the nominate continental race, alba, pitch up quite frequently. Despite the pale back, the dark flanks and rump, the moult limit in the tertials and greater coverts and the remains of some juvenile yellowish feathering on the neck indicate this is a British bird of race yarrellii and it is a juvenile. This was taken in mid-September
Le Rougequeue noir (Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis) est une espèce de petits passereaux partiellement migratrice très répandue, de la famille des Muscicapidés. Il est également parfois appelé rossignol des murailles ou queue rousse.
La femelle ♀est plus terne que le mâle, avec un plumage uniforme gris-brun cendré. Seules les plumes sous-caudales de sa queue demeurent d'un roux allant vers le marron clair. Sa poitrine grisâtre est légèrement striée de foncé.
The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis) is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae). Obsolete common names include Tithys redstart, blackstart (not to be confused with the species currently known as blackstart) and black redtail.
The female ♀ is grey (western subspecies) to grey-brown (eastern subspecies) overall except for the orange-red lower rump and tail, greyer than the common redstart; at any age the grey axillaries and underwing coverts are also distinctive (in the Common Redstart these are buff to orange-red)
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A Dartmoor pony sporting the Nike logo ;-)
Taken up on Corndon Tor after having enjoyed a lovely picnic with a view on Mother's Day.
Throwback Clancy, 2yrs 30wks
From a walk last year in a stand of sumac on Dolman Ridge, what used to be an island in the Ottawa River, which has migrated north about 5km from here over the course of about 7500 years.
Dolman Ridge, Mer Bleue, Ottawa, ON
THROWBACK Clancy album: www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72157655594489275
53/365 repost 22.2.2019
Vorsicht, Schleichwerbung! - II
Sparkassenrot HKS-13 ;-)
This red called HKS-13 is reserved by the german bank group "Sparkassen"
The course closed sign is clearly visible here. The lock down restrictions had just come into place in Tasmania, and so this beautiful course lay idle. The old clubhouse (originally dating from the 1920s) sits on the top of a hill. At the rear you get a beautiful view of Bell Bay on the Tamar River.
The course location is limited in size with bushland on the east and water on the west, so the club operates a nine hole course. Go around twice for the regular 18 hole round. But it is a lovely picturesque site.
For this photograph I decided to give it a golden glow. The sky is a sepia tint and the clubhouse and foreground is in subdued colours.
I was busy shooting a Great Egret in beautiful breeding plumage when I had this strange feeling of being watched, and sure enough - some 5 meters away, well hidden behind a reed, this Superb Fairy Wren was keeping a close eye on me.
Eastern Bluebird.
A 7 inch bird with bright blue above and on the wings and tail with a rusty throat and breast having a white belly and undertail coverts. The female is similarly colored but duller.
It inhabits open woodlands and farmlands with scattered trees.
An eastern bird, they range east of the Rockies in southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. They can also be found in the mountains in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. They winter in the southern part of their range.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
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Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans
Description: There are several colour forms of the Crimson Rosella. The form it is named for has mostly crimson (red) plumage and bright blue cheeks. The feathers of the back and wing coverts are black broadly edged with red. The flight feathers of the wings have broad blue edges and the tail is blue above and pale blue below and on the outer feathers. Birds from northern Queensland are generally smaller and darker than southern birds. The 'Yellow Rosella' has the crimson areas replaced with light yellow and the tail more greenish. The 'Adelaide Rosella' is intermediate in colour, ranging from yellow with a reddish wash to dark orange. Otherwise, all the forms are similar in pattern. Young Crimson Rosellas have the characteristic blue cheeks, but the remainder of the body plumage is green-olive to yellowish olive (occasionally red in some areas). The young bird gradually attains the adult plumage over a period of 15 months
Similar species: The adult Crimson Rosella is similar to male Australian King-Parrots, but differs by having blue cheeks, shoulders, and tail, a whitish, rather than red, bill and a dark eye. Immature Crimson Rosellas also differ from female and immature King-Parrots by having blue cheeks, a whitish bill and a more yellow-green rather than dark green colouring.
Distribution: There are several populations of the Crimson Rosella. Red (crimson) birds occur in northern Queensland, in southern Queensland to south-eastern South Australia and on Kangaroo Island. Orange birds are restricted to the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, while yellow ones are found along the Murray, Murrumbidgee and neighbouring rivers (where yellow birds meet red birds they hybridise, producing orange offspring). Red birds have been introduced to Norfolk Island and New Zealand.
Habitat: Throughout its range, the Crimson Rosella is commonly associated with tall eucalypt and wetter forests.
Feeding: Crimson Rosellas are normally encountered in small flocks and are easily attracted to garden seed trays. Once familiar with humans, they will accept hand held food. Natural foods include seeds of eucalypts, grasses and shrubs, as well as insects and some tree blossoms.
Breeding: The Crimson Rosella's nest is a tree hollow, located high in a tree, and lined with wood shavings and dust. The female alone incubates the white eggs, but both sexes care for the young. The chicks remain dependent on their parents for a further 35 days after leaving the nest.
Calls: The Crimson Rosella has a range of calls, the commonest being a two-syllabled "cussik-cussik". It also has a range of harsh screeches and metallic whistles.
Minimum Size: 32cm
Maximum Size: 36cm
Average size: 34cm
Average weight: 129g
Breeding season: September to January
Clutch Size: 4 to 8 (usually 5)
Incubation: 20 days
Nestling Period: 35 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Platycercus-elegans)
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Eastern Bluebird.
A 7 inch bird with bright blue above and on the wings and tail with a rusty throat and breast having a white belly and undertail coverts. The female is similarly colored but duller.
It inhabits open woodlands and farmlands with scattered trees.
An eastern bird, they range east of the Rockies in southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. They can also be found in the mountains in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. They winter in the southern part of their range.
Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne County, Michigan.
Another one from the woods the other week. Its been hard to get anything new recently, I expect that'll only get worse over the next couple of months :(
Once again, people are asking how this effect is achieved.... this is it:
What I did was add a duplicate layer in photoshop, then add a motion blur at 90 degrees. After that, with the eraser tool I removed the blur on the parts I wanted sharp. I used the eraser at 100% on the leaves on the ground, but only about 30% on the leaves at the top, and kept erasing till I got the effect I wanted on those.
Shot using Canon 760D with 50mm F 1.8 lens,
100th/F1.8 ISO 100...
I really wanted to give the illusion that the composited images were inside the cameras, behind the front lens glass...
This is image No 750 on my site, i thought about holding on to it, until it became No 760 ;-)))
"The Red-shouldered Hawk is named for its reddish upper wing coverts, or shoulders. The lineatus in its name means 'striped' in Latin, referring to its black-and-white-banded tail and finely barred reddish breast. This attractive raptor is smaller and slimmer than the more widespread Red-tailed Hawk, almost resembling an accipiter such as the Cooper's Hawk." Source: abcbirds.org "Although the American Crow often mobs the Red-shouldered Hawk, sometimes the relationship is not so one-sided. They may chase each other and try to steal food from each other. They may also both attack a Great Horned Owl and join forces to chase the owl out of the hawk's territory. The Great Horned Owl often takes nestling Red-shouldered Hawks, but the hawk occasionally turns the tables. While a Red-shouldered Hawk was observed chasing a Great Horned Owl, its mate took a young owl out of its nest and ate it. Red-shouldered Hawks return to the same nesting territory year after year. One Red-shouldered Hawk occupied a territory in southern California for 16 consecutive years. Source: allaboutbirds.org
All the while I spent observing and photographing a spider, this character crept closer and closer in a fashion only mantis can do...until finally we were eyeballing each other.
I heard on the radio yesterday that last month was our hottest July across the whole country since records began, we really have had no winter at all. And it's been evident out and about through insect activity.
50 mm in length.
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