Black Tern feeding fledgling.

No added sugar, no salt, no carb, just real food with nothing to hide. And the kid loved it.

The feeding action was captured shortly after the sun was covered by a rolling mass of opacus cloud. It had became quite cloudy and the light was poor. I barely had time to crank up the ISO and adjust the camera settings when the parent dashed in to feed what appeared to be a stickleback to the chick.

Taken on: July 18, Boardwalk, JE Poole Wetland, St. Albert, Alberta.

Nikon D500 w/ 500mm f4G @ f8; 1/3000; -1/3EV; ISO3200. Manual focus. Tripod mounted. Lightroom 6.0

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Barn Swallow feeding fledgling

(Boardwalk, JE Poole Wetland, St. Albert, Alberta)

The parent bird dashed in and out so quickly that it's hard to see how it delivered the food into an open mouth.

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(Nikon 300mm f4PF + 1.4X ISO4000)

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I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.

I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.

I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.

I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts. I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.

We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.

And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.

And they loved each other,

And with me watched the sunsets into night.

And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.

And the winds that blow remind me, Of what has been, and what can never be.

She'd had to leave us, my keeper he prayed for a safe return.

But when the night came, The weather to a raging storm had turned.

He watched her ship fight,

But in vain against the wild and terrible wind. In me so helpless, as dashed against the rock she met her end.

And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.

And the winds that blow remind me, Of what has been, and what can never be.

Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the shore. He kissed her cold face,

That they'd be together soon he'd swore.

I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand.

And then he climbed my tower, and off of the edge of me he ran

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And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.

And the winds that blow remind me, Of what has been, and what can never be.

I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.

And though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way.

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It's been several years since I was able to take advantage of a snow covered city for doing photography. The last few Winters have given us milder temperatures and've been almost completely snowless. This year we've been having a lot so I've made a commitment to get as many Winter shots in as I can as there just aren't that many in my portfolio.

We had a heavy snowfall and when I got up and when I saw that it was still happening, I jumped to it, got dressed quickly and dashed out the door, iPhone at the ready.

It's a wholly different beast shooting with a lot of snow around. The camera reads it as very bright and compensates for the tremendous amount of reflective "bounce" that's saturating the air with light. With muted, cloudy skies this tends to bleach out all the colour from the world and leave only basic earth tones and varying blacks and whites.

So in processing this I decided to keep that almost monochrome feeling but emphasizing how much this red brick house stands out on a muted, grayed-out, snowy day. I eliminated all the other colour except for red and added a hint of "ancient text" texturing for a softer touch.

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I hope everyone's weekend is wonderful and in full on happy mode! It has been stormy in Georgia today. Here in SL, I am off to a bougie soiree, but before heading out, I dashed through the farm's guest cottage kitchen where I stash my peach vodka to grab a few bottles to get me through the night. Introvert/lush/I'd rather stay home coping mechanism.

And the guest kitchen has been newly glamourized with gleaming coppery beauty thanks to gems from my dear friend Bambi's nostalgic kitchen collection! It adds the perfect elegant mixed with rustic touch, and I so love this gleaming copper! Bambi is such a brilliant whirlwind of landscaping, decor and everything in between creativity, and is truly all around wonderful, generous and kind on top of that. Her Melody sims and her Oh Deer shop are must visits in the SL realms! 💖

Sending everyone lots of love! xoxo 💕🍷

On this morning, my hopes were dashed for a wonderous Summer sunrise. Dashed by the dark storm marching over the river to invade the marsh. I found the form and symmetry interesting on this morning along with dappled tones in the water. I chose to preserve the feel of ripples in the water as the breeze moved inward.

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I got lucky with these. I called in on my way to Howden for Crossbills, saw a few Hawfinch, decided to unpack the camera and stayed but got nothing. www.flickr.com/photos/johndickenson/ caught some nice looking shots early on in great light around the same time in a different tree, we stuck around for about 3 hours with no further joy. John left, I was about to go and was packed away, when I saw some guys obviously photographing something in another part of the churchyard.

I went back and there they were. So dashed back, unpacked the gear again and set up, in time to catch about the last 5 minutes of the action. Not great light, but they were close enough for it not to matter too much, though got a good few with motion blur due to compromise between shutter speed and ISO. Dead jammy really!

Never made it to Howden!

Thank you everyone for the faves and comments on this and previous photos - they are appreciated. My apologies if I haven't looked at your pics this last few days, not been well, the M.E. again.

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Yesterday was a cloudy day. It rained a bit. The sky was colorless. Not a great day for taking pictures. I heard something rustling in my apple tree and looked up to see a squirrel trying to pick an apple. The squirrel froze for just a second when he saw me, then dashed away with his apple in his mouth. Amazing to watch them pulling at apples with their hands. I don't know how the squirrels manage not to fall from the tree!

Ceci est une galerie personnelle. Si vous vous reconnaissez sur une photo et que vous ne désirez pas que celle-ci reste publiée, faites le moi savoir et elle sera retirée.

This is a personal gallery. If you recognize yourself in a picture of this gallery and if you don’t want it to be published, let me know and the picture will be removed.

As we drove along the roads adjacent to Iguassu Falls, NP, suddenly, a troop of Capuchin monkeys dashed across the road in front of us. I was able to get a few shots before they all vanished in the dense forest.

or the other title [ O u t O f O f f i c e ]

I got to work Monday morning, dashed around back hoping to find some fog lingering over the lake. Instead, found this...

Hope your weekend kicks off in full colour :)

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Thanks to all who take the time to view, comment on and favor my images. It is very much appreciated.

Stone Harbor, New Jersey, USA

Probably the most common shorebird on the East Coast, they are entertaining to watch and a challenge to photograph. Sanderlings are constantly on the move, retreating from the incoming waves.

Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter.

1/2500 f6.3 ISO 640

I hate double-minded people,

but I love your law.

You are my refuge and my shield;

I have put my hope in your word.

Away from me, you evildoers,

that I may keep the commands of my God!

Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live;

do not let my hopes be dashed.

Psalm 119:113-116

In my previous post I showed the Greater spotted woodpecker seeing off Starlings at breakfast time.

Today it came as I was starting my breakfast and the woodpecker became breakfast for the Sparrowhawk!

Tried hard not to burn my toast under the grill as I dashed upstairs to get the camera and change the lens.

Taken through the patio door.

Morning light, Chugach State Park, Alaska

One of the upsides of visiting Alaska in the winter is that there is no rush to be up early for sunrise. One can enjoy plenty of time for breakfast and a leisurely cup of coffee while waiting for the first light to creep over the mountains. Most of the mornings I was there it was too cloudy to see any color in the sky, but the last day made up for all the other ones!

I was finishing up packing for our departure and as I glanced out the window I saw the aptly named Mount Alpenglow bathed in fiery shades of pink. So I grabbed my camera, threw on my boots and coat and dashed outside. In every direction were mountains aglow with light and color and I hardly knew where to look because I did not want to miss a single moment of it.

In my haste to get outside I had forgotten my gloves, so taking photos in the 10 degrees F/ -12 degrees C temperature resulted in some frozen fingers, but it was well worth the cold. (I also forgot to bring my phone with me with my PeakFinder app, so I am not certain of the names of these specific peaks.)

P.S. Unfortunately I realized once outside that the best and least obstructed view of Mount Alpenglow was actually from my room window. So I did not get any good shots of it. But if you want to see what caught my attention, I have included a photo of the colors through the trees in the first comment below.

.. you're a fox

.. a red fox dashed in front of my car yesterday, too.

.. Sony SLT-A77V - (from the archives).

Thanks for looking in! - Have a great day!

The Milky Way rises over Saddlerock Lake, in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.

I took this shot at Saddlerock Lake just below Bishop Pass in the Eastern Sierras. My hopes had been dashed for grabbing a reflection of the Milky Way on the lake at around sunset when the wind started picking up and continued throughout the evening. Despite the harsh winds I managed to find a spot next to this semi-petrified tree stump that would be relatively unaffected by the wind and still include the lake.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!!

Have a great weekend my friends!! :)

If you have any questions about this photo or about photography in general, I will do my best to help, just post a comment or send me a Flickr mail and I will respond as quickly as possible.

Before the sun made a brief appearance and I dashed back down the other end.

Work commitments have been such that I've not had the time to up load this from yesterday morning. Had dashed out the house, saw this turned on my heels got the camera, 4 quick shots jumped in the car off to work. Finally tonight catching my breath ...

Late afternoon I suddenly realised there was a chance of a sunset so dashed down to the beach. There wasn't much wet sand to play with, and all the clouds were up channel away from the sun. For some reason they were all quite vertical so made these quite beautiful patterns. The sky never seems to disappoint. It had a dreamlike quality, so Martha's Dream by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is perfect.

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Yesterday was my first outing with the camera in 2018, and what a spectacular trip it was....

This is mountain photography at it's finest! I had just about every weather phenomenon thrown at me, from howling winds to whiteout blizzards and glorious sunshine to heavy showers. But that's what mountain photography is all about for me. Braving the elements and hopefully coming back with something special at the end of it, which luckily happened on this outing.

The weather was so changeable that I managed to get a handful of images on the round trip which look like totally different days. After a severe snowstorm where I could hardly see 10 paces in front of me, the visibility improved suddenly and I noticed the late evening winter sun was setting in a gap on the horizon, so I dashed to this viewpoint to capture it over the lake of Wast Water.

So here it is. My first sunset of 2018, and hopefully many more to follow throughout the year......

While driving through the preserve, I spotted these two lizards catching some sun on a tree branch. They stayed still long enough for me to snap a quick photo, but they dashed away before I could get another!

(If anyone can help identify I would greatly appreciate it! I believe the one on the left is a broad-headed skink).

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H-NTWGAL pops out of the tunnel on Main 1 at Westminster. Everyones hopes were dashed for a nice chase down the river when they had to pick up 39 cars in Bluff Yard from the previous days H-NTWGAL.

One of the challenges of photographing a feeding reddish egret is you never know where they are going to dart next. This one quickly flew up and away for a short distance, plopped down and dashed off in seemingly three directions at once. They definitely keep you on your toes!

Thanks to all who spend the time to view, like or comment on my photos! It is much appreciated!

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I dashed off down the coast this morning, driving through freezing fog and a cold grey day. When I arrived at the coast I was greeted by sweeping fog banks pouring over the cliffs. The pictures never do this amazing scene justice, and this is close , but nowhere near as impressive and beautiful as it was to just be there. Lost in this world is a beautiful track by Richmond Fontaine, and is a perfect title, as on my beach stroll, I could hardly see the cliffs.

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I thought of what photo to post to sum up such a strange year, of highs and lows. As waves of virus have washed over us all I thought this photo of a wave building up ready to crash over these wonderful eroded rocks was perfect. There have been times of beauty in between the waves, Draped in sunlight and warmth, only to have plans dashed again. I can't complain, I had a fantastic six weeks in the Italian Alps and Sardinia in summer, then a great two weeks in Wales in November, . It's a. pity our planned trip to the Dolomites had to be cancelled, but I'm sure we'll do something else equally as exciting as soon as France allows me to travel again.

I wish everyone a wonderful New Year, and thanks so much for your support and friendship.

Uplift is by BE and is the sound of a hive of honeybees with a lovely orchestral accompaniment.

Dashed out with nearest camera last night. The rain had paused and sun lighted the trees with remaining deciduous leaves.

Took this shot and the sunlight dimmed. By the time I was indoors, the sunset began again, and my husband ran out to capture that.

As shot from RAW. Mostly. You can see that I do not do landscapes. The shutter speed was too low and still set on spot metering ;-)

But I adore seeing your photos.

As the sun fell on this mid- October day so did the hopes of continuing the season. It is amazing how the small disappointments build the most character.

“Placing my head on my knees, I let the irrational tears fall unrestrained. I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never was - my dashed hopes, my dashed dreams, and my soured expectations.”

― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

I was going to upload some more puffin shots but time has got away with me so no time to edit them. Instead a shot taken last weekend at Bracelet Bay , Mumbles. It is supposed to be summer here but gales and rain for most of the weekend. I dashed out in a brief dry slot to get some rough sea shots.

Spring Fog (Brouillard de Printemps)

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Super Spectrum RYYB Sensor

A new generation of camera sensor RYYB has been dashed out to replace over forty years old traditional RGGB (Red-Green-Green-Blue) sensors. Huawei P30 Pro Smartphone makes a history, it is the first smartphone use RYYB (Red-Yellow-Yellow-Blue) colour scheme for it's camera sensors. It even set a record in camera history.

The question is, RGGB use the base Red Green Blue elements to recover all the original image colour from the sensor, but how can RYYB colour scheme reproduces an image without using green colour element? It is a Super Spectrum RYYB Sensor. Huawei said they use a special algorithm that use subtractive colour mixing calculations to recover all the colours. Actually they just simply invert the Yellow colour to form a green colour.

The advantage of using two Yellow elements is that it increase the total incident light of the sensor by 40%, therefore Huawei smartphone is able to boost it's camera ISO to a record breaking of ISO 409,600. It is a Super ISO phone.

The very first shot I took after we arrived in the Lake District this time. Realising we had got to Windermere just before sunset, we dashed up Orrest Head where there were quite a few sunset worshippers and other togs. The view is of lake Windermere and the western fells again.

Happy Bench Monday!

I was treated to a fantastic light show as the sun set on a stormy evening here. This old chapel was a nice subject to utilise on the vast expanse of nothingness on the Castlemartin firing ranges, just to set against this dramatic sky.

I had been stood on the cliff tops taking some shots of the "Green Bridge of Wales" when the sky started getting really interesting behind me. So as soon as the light went from the sea arch, I dashed back to the car and headed towards this little chapel, which was the only subject of interest in the vicinity that would allow me to get something with this sky as a backdrop. I had passed this spot several times during my trips to the sea cliffs and I thought it might work at sunset and I was lucky to get this dramatic sky during my weeks visit here in Castlemartin.

Sorry I have been so quiet on here over the past few days. Just been busy with taking pics and family life...

I had a wonderful days photography in Northumberland on Friday. Its an area of coastline I've always loved and don't visit enough at just a 1h 45min drive to most locations. I was there for sunrise so up at 4am... but when I got to my first location the Jigsaw Rocks at Low Newton I realised I had an issue! It was a really really high tide and the jigsaw rocks which are best shot as the tide retreats were not going to work as sunrise would be gone by the time the sea revealed them and id have no foreground. So I dashed round the 15 min drive to my next location and as I was driving the light started kicking off. So I got a sunrise location but it was a bit of a compromise as I never had time to get along to the death rocks... Anyway none of this really matters in regard to this shot which was my last of the day at sunset at another set of Jigsaw rocks at Cocklawburn Beach just South of Berwick!

Ive spent the weekend with my family and getting the back garden prepped for the winter... the last grass cut, dig over the grow your own area, empty out the three bird boxes that where occupied this spring, put the garden furniture under the big cover, tidy the shed... And all in 20 deg heat! What is going on... Its nearly October and there are hardly any signs of Autumn at all! Global weather is defo changing... what have we done?!

Got up this morning to a new blanket of snow, HOORAY! Dashed out before it got trampled and yellowed 😂 I managed 2 hours traipsing round the local area before my hands went numb.

Happy Sunday. 😍

Soar high like a bird,

search far beyond the storm clouds

-- your dreams are waiting.

I normally do not shoot the sunset, but during a fun walk along Neptune Park in St. Simons, GA, the last vestige of light like a rainbow revealed itself for a moment after a storm broke up. I couldn't help but to allow myself to drift into the clouds like the seagulls. Not allowing my photo walk to be dashed by the rain. Looking forward to catching up and wishing everyone a wonderful day ahead. Thanks for the favs and kind words. They are much appreciated!

Took this long exposure when shooting the Christmas illuminations in Lisbon this week. Cartier’s shop was magnificently decorated with an illuminated panther on the building’s façade.

The shot was taken from the other side of the avenue, with a tree partially obstructing the view, but with the added bonus of the light streaks left by the passing vehicles, that created curious lines and figures, like the dashed line that meanders in the middle of the image or the ones at the top, made with the passage of a bus.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

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Delicious fog this morning so I bundled up and dashed out quickly in spite of a bad cold and cough I picked up recently. Then back home for hot tea and rest.

A phone call from the wife on her way to Barton Upon Humber, alerted me to the above scene, to which I then dashed out with camera in tow. In this particular shot you can see the bridge road deck, which kept disappearing into the mist. Also visible are some birds just below the tower, flying in front of the mist, which was limited to the river area itself.

"A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves."

Marcel Proust

While staying near Hilo, Hawaii, I dashed outside after a rain shower. I didn't expect to see small flowers with faces. They looked a bit cranky, so my encounter with them was brief.

Hello Everyone!

Mother Nature treated Winnipeg to hoar frost one morning, so out I dashed with my macro lens. I found some milkweed seed pods that were all dressed up in their frosted finery!

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Each year in April a charcoal burner gets invited into my hometown by local authorities. This is keeping in line with a long standing tradition of burning of wood and subsequently making charcoal in a nearby safe part of the forest.

A few years back I went to see the customary procedure in the wee hours of the morning. The charcoal burner has to get up every couple of hours to watch the process of burning. He usually sleeps in a self-built wooden shack close to mother nature´s ground. Unbekownst to me, but guessing, the fiery German Schnaps, he surely liked, made it difficult for him to wake up on time.

The moment I arrived the huge heap of wood was burning at full blast. No charcoal can be made in this manner. Important is an even carbonization at a low temperature, a die away and charring. All fluid and gaseous combustion products need detracting. So I dashed to his shack and immediately woke him up. A minute later I photographed him hastily working, whilst listening to his mumbling.

Please forgive my excitement for having seen this male Comma in the garden today! It was unseasonably warm enough to sit out for a bit today and along came this beauty and stayed while I dashed for the macro lens 😊!!

It isn't the shot I intended for this weeks theme but as it gave a February 'lift' to me, I hope it does you too!!

8:Beating the February blahs

Hag's Head is the name given to the most southerly point of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland, where the cliffs form an unusual rock formation that resembles a woman's head looking out to sea. It provides a vantage point over much of the cliff formation.

A local legend relates how an old hag or sea-witch, Mal of Malbay, fell in love with the Irish hero, Cú Chulainn and chased her would-be suitor across Ireland.[1] Cú Chulainn escaped by hopping across sea stacks as if they were stepping stones. Mal, however, not being so nimble lost her footing and was dashed against the rocks.