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Swans are known for their grace and beauty but they do have a dark side - it’s not all tutus and Tchaikovsky. The first thing we saw upon our arrival at the Abbotsbury Swannery was a really vicious fight between two males competing for the attention of a female. A member of staff told us that when the swans go to war they use their wings to try to beat and drown each other.
This photograph was taken when they were congregating for their evening feed. As you might expect, it wasn't long before tempers started to wear thin (EM120764)
White-backed vultures have a high survival rate. Individual adults have the highest survival rate, while 2 year old birds have the lowest survival rate. Across all ages, the survival rate is estimated to be 90.7%. This means that the deaths of adult vultures will lead to rapid population declines. IUCN
Didn't love needs, like the earthly plants need
prepared soils, a particular temperature?
Brauchte die Liebe nicht, wie die irdischen Pflanzen,
vorbereitete Böden, eine besondere Temperatur?
Gustave Flaubert
Tag 315/365
Macro Mondays Theme for Nov. 12.2018: green
#Macro Mondays #green
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Sturnus vulgaris
Ein (kleiner) Teil eines Starenschwarms in der Nähe der dänischen Grenze. Dort ist ein Sammelplatz zum Beginn des Vogelzugs.
A (small) part of a flock of starlings near the danish border. There they are gathering for autumn bird migration.
Makro Monday thema: seeing double / doppelt sehen
Doppelbelichtung eines Farnblattes mit 1x über Kopf gehaltener Kamera
double exposure by holding the camera for the second shot overhead
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Tag 215/366(2016) im Garten
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Maskenzauber in Hamburg
zwischen Colonnaden und Rathausmarkt
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When I run out of energy for human interaction, I go to places like this. To be left alone. I've yet to find someone who knows how to STFU and leave me alone, while still keeping me company. That is an art.
Anyway.. I run out of energy for human interaction, often.
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Exhibition "Critical Mass" by Gormley, Museum Voorlinden
Am Wochenende hatten wir schönste Nachthimmel. Hier war ich in Eutin an der Fissauer Bucht, noch kurz vor Mondaufgang
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The Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile) locally known as the pawi, is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad. It is a large bird, somewhat resembling a turkey in appearance, and research has shown that its nearest living relative is the blue-throated piping guan from South America. It is a mainly arboreal species feeding mostly on fruit, but also on flowers and leaves. At one time abundant, it has declined in numbers and been extirpated from much of its natural range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird as "critically endangered". [ Wikipedia ]
One way to find the CG point ie. Center of Gravity of a vehicle longitudinal axis is to drive it over the edge of a scarp so that the front and rear wheels are in the air while the bottom of the vehicle between the front and rear wheels leans on the ground. If the rear wheels sits on the ground, CG is further to the aft and you may push the vehicle forward. If the vehicle tips over the edge, then CG was closer to the front. Should it so happen, get another vehicle and try again...
"The Golden Knights are made up of several expert teams and skilled professionals who all play a critical role in the US Army’s success. This includes parachute teams, aircraft pilots, and even those behind-the-scenes handling jump logistics. Whether jumping out of planes going 120 miles per hour from 12,500 feet or landing with expert precision, they embrace the thrill of adventure and feel proud while doing it."
I snapped this photo shortly after this freefall parachuting tandem team jumped out directly under the midday sun. With a 1000mm focal length and atmospheric haze, sharpness was not to be, but to my delight, I captured part of the sundog and its rainbow.
Needless to say, their skills were amazing!
May each one of us take inspiration this Memorial Day from the patriotism of the brave soldiers who died for our country!
This is a photograph taken in the Sir Edward Youde walk through aviary in Hong Kong. In the wild the Bali Myna is thought to have a population of just 50 to 100 birds and the majority exist on the Nusa Pendina Islands. Perhaps a thousand others are captive like this one. It is registered as being Critically Endangered and breeding programmes are in place that work towards the gradual reintroduction of the species.
Just using this shot in Venice to practice correcting the perspective in tight architectural images, and I ended up liking the result quite a bit.
To be clear, for fun I added the reflections whilst playing with it, and if I can't have fun, what's the point?
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I was fortunate enough to see several critically endangered black rhinos on my last trip to Kenya.
Such an incredible experience!
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im deutschen Blumennamen
Weihnachtsstern
Tag 350/366
52-Wochen-Foto-Challenge: Woche 44 Stern
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The landscape may not be turning green yet, but there's one sure sign of spring here - a ballast train!
CP 6241 and CP 6306 lead two GREX conveyor train sets south over a classic truss bridge approaching Marquette, IA. This curve across the floodplain of the Yellow River and the Mississippi Backwater slough is below the bluffs Effigy Mounds National Monument, on the ridge in the background. The crew, running under the symbol BAL-05, has been battling a bit of congestion this morning around Harpers Ferry, but is finally getting to run out the last few miles for a crew change ahead at the depot. The former SOO SD60 duo sure brings a nice pop of color to the otherwise dull early April landscape. I’ve always liked this bridge but the ground view has always felt like it could use a slight bit of elevation. I don’t shoot “wide” with the drone as much anymore (I prefer the far-less-distorted 3x tele of the Air3 more often lately) but this scene and height seemed to suit.
A little more of the story for those that care:
The CKPC has started the annual warm-weather blitz of loads out of the pit at Waterloo, WI which supplies rock for many of the former ICE (nee-Milwaukee Road) lines into Iowa. And thankfully for us railfans anyway, these trains seem to be some of the last holdouts for some of the EMD SD products still getting to regularly run the mainline. So on this sunny beautiful Sunday morning, when I heard the CP 6241 get a warrant out of Bluff (La Crescent, MN) for a run down the river, I drove north to meet them.
The BAL-05 had a good run to Harpers Ferry, but then was stalled out by traffic ahead. There were at least 7 trains within about 25 miles of Marquette at one point for a couple hours: 4 trying to go south, two trying to come up from Dubuque and turn the corner towards Mason City, and one poor northbound that got hosed at Harpers Ferry for quite a while.
The CP Marquette Subdivision from Marquette to Bluff is one of the last bits of track that’s still under Track Warrant Control on this now-critical link between Davenport (Nahant) and St. Paul (there are a couple others, but CTC has been installed most of the way now), so the first trick DS was quite busy trying to keep on top of issuing and canceling warrants to keep everybody moving. It sometimes got a little messy (there was a shove move up a different leg of the wye in Marquette required at one point to make a meet work…). But trains eventually got to where they were supposed to be going! And since this BAL-05 was also following a slower train ahead, it allowed me to get 10 separate runbys over the course of the afternoon of this fine duo. A good early spring day even if it was still the "brown season!"
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Why do they makes these emergency buttons so big and colorful? I can't pass this damn thing without very ounce of my being wanting to press it!
"Words from the Metro" submission for The Lesbian Photographers