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Macro Mondays theme Slices
DIY homemade dried lemon and lime slices. Image measures 6cm in width. After deliberating all morning as to which photo to post, I finally settled on these cirtus slices I had spent most of Saturday dehydrating in the oven. I hope it was worth it 😊 HMM
A January ritual for me to dry fruit slices for this and that.
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#85/121 Shades of Orange: 121 Pictures in 2021
The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage, is a bird of prey.
The acid concentration of the bearded vulture stomach has been estimated to be of pH about 1 and large bones will be digested in about 24 hours, aided by slow mixing/churning of the stomach content. The high fat content of bone marrow makes the net energy value of bone almost as good as that of muscle, even if bone is less completely digested. A skeleton left on a mountain will dehydrate and become protected from bacterial degradation and the bearded vulture can return to consume the remainder of a carcass even months after the soft parts have been consumed by other animals, larvae and bacteria.
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly on the remains of dead animals. It usually disdains the actual meat, however, and lives on a diet that is typically 85–90% bone marrow. This is the only living bird species that specializes in feeding on marrow. The bearded vulture can swallow whole or bite through brittle bones up to the size of a lamb's femur and its powerful digestive system quickly dissolves even large pieces. The bearded vulture has learned to crack bones too large to be swallowed by carrying them in flight to a height of 50–150 m (160–490 ft) above the ground and then dropping them onto rocks below, which smashes them into smaller pieces and exposes the nutritious marrow. They can fly with bones up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter and weighing over 4 kg (8.8 lb), or nearly equal to their own weight. After dropping the large bones, the bearded vulture spirals or glides down to inspect them and may repeat the act if the bone is not sufficiently cracked. This learned skill requires extensive practice by immature birds and takes up to seven years to master. Its old name of ossifrage ("bone breaker") relates to this habit. More seldom, these birds have been observed to try to break bones (usually of a medium size) by hammering them with their bill directly into rocks while perched. During the breeding season they feed mainly on carrion. They prefer limbs of sheep and other small mammals and they carry the food to the nest unlike other vultures which feed their young by regurgitation.
Live prey is sometimes attacked by the bearded vulture, with perhaps greater regularity than any other vulture. Among these, tortoises seem to be especially favored depending on their local abundance. Tortoises preyed on may be nearly as heavy as the preying vulture. When killing tortoise, bearded vultures also fly to some height and drop them to crack open the bulky reptiles' hard shells. Golden eagles have been observed to kill tortoises in the same way. Other live animals, up to nearly their own size, have been observed to be predaciously seized and dropped in flight. Among these are rock hyraxes, hares, marmots and, in one case, a 62 cm (24 in) long monitor lizard. Larger animals have been known to be attacked by bearded vultures, including ibex, Capra goats, Chamois and Steenbok. These animals have been killed by being surprised by the large birds and battered with wings until they fall off precipitous rocky edges to their deaths; although in some cases these may be accidental killings when both the vulture and the mammal surprise each other. Many large animals killed by bearded vultures are unsteady young, or have appeared sickly or obviously injured. Humans have been anecdotally reported to have been killed in the same way. However, this is unconfirmed and, if it does happen, most biologists who have studied the birds generally agreed it would be accidental on the part of the vulture. Occasionally smaller ground-dwelling birds, such as partridges and pigeons, have been reported eaten, possibly either as fresh carrion (which is usually ignored by these birds) or killed with beating wings by the vulture. While foraging for bones or live prey while in flight, bearded vultures fly fairly low over the rocky ground, staying around 2 to 4 m (6.6 to 13.1 ft) high. Occasionally, breeding pairs may forage and hunt together. In the Ethiopian Highlands, bearded vultures have adapted to living largely off human refuse.
He - So I am ignored just so that she can have a sip of water.
She - And we both have to be dehydrated because he wants to chat. He doesn't know yet we'll be having babies soon.
I actually don't know which bird is the father but just assumed that the bigger one is the male. Will appreciate being corrected if I am wrong.
A little more flat lay.... Dried my oranges using my Ninja Dehydrator... Great for decorations and photography.
Still not sure if I'm getting the hang of this 'flat lay' but I'm having lots of creative fun trying...
Have a fabulous Thursday...
Debbie ~ KissThePixel 2021
Nikon F5
Nikon ED
AF-S Nikkor 24-85mm f3.5-4.5G
Eastman Hi Contrast 2369
Kodak HC-110
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PS 2022
A two shot collage of our food dehydrator showing the cherries and nectarines part way through the drying process.
High temperatures, dehydrated leaves….a typical Namibian summer.
Uploaded for Textural Tuesday and the Orms Group's theme "Summer".
Have a great day, everyone!
Taken from the main nature trail through the South Texas Botanical Gardens, this is the start of a boardwalk crossing what should be the wetlands on the banks of Oso Creek, which eventually drains into the Laguna Madre in Corpus Christi. It has been so dry here that the creek has mostly dried up at this location. Instead, now we have a small series of isolated (and evaporating) lakes that are failing to provide fresh water to the lagoon.
I placed a pot of purple tulips on the windowsill so they could be in the sun, and forgot that the heat from below would rise and dehydrate them. Sorry, tulips, your life was shortened, but you're still beautiful. -- February 25, 2021
Father and Son, Coconut merchants on Boca Chica beach
selling coconuts
to tourists.
dehydrated and miserable
they will never be tourists
they will never lay back on a chaise lounge
and have a clean beautiful hotel room
they will never fly away
they will never drive home
they will never know whats its like
to have a fistful of money in their pocket
they return to a dark dismal dusty dingy hut.
they will sleep in 90 degree heat
they will sleep on the same filthy mattress with others
they will eat rice and beans and maybe a piece of fish
they will feel and totally understand that they are poor
and that is their lot in life
and nothing they do can change things
NOTHING!
they know they will be there tomorrow
as sure as the sun
creeps up again over the horizon.
they know that unless they walk this beach every day they will suffer from hunger
as the tourists stand around and watch the sun go down,
the father and son walk hurriedly off the beach.
they are glad the sun goes down
it is no longer their beach.
they might also get robbed. these days. in the DR.
its is a hard life filled with struggle and pain and have to's in order to survive.
the sun is their enemy.
this is war
this is life
this is a battle
against the elements
they hate the sun!
and
many Dominicans are afraid of the sea!
Photography’s new conscience
A rapidly dehydrated desert left behind these wonderful patterns of cracked mud.
This image took quite a bit of forethought to put together. It’s a blend of two focus points and three focal lengths with a lot of light contouring, atmospherics enhancement, and needed several things like punching things up with selective color, color dodging, texture increases and decreases, some slight warping for perspective, etc, etc.
If you’re interested in learning how I created this puzzle in the field and then pieced it together in post, you can head to www.ryandyar.com/start-to-finish-3 to see it all on video!
Thank you for checking out this little image of mine. You’re an awesome human.
One teaspoon (5ml) of freeze-dried red onions.
I don't have much to write about the product as I usually do, but I'll note I found it on prominent display at a market and had to try it. After I was done with the shoot and in keeping with Flickr Rule #1, I added the teaspoonful to some marinara sauce that went on pasta for tonight's dinner, with flavorful results.
Just add rain...
Was working at the Maydena Bike Park last weekend. Maydena is up the road from Russell Falls and the Mount Field National Park and I called in on the way past. Was hoping for the shot I missed last time I was here - sort of got the shot but missing the water...
It was a good exercise nonetheless, had the waterfall and her spirits to myself for a while :-)
Nikon Z6, Nikkor Z 17-30/4 S, 1/15th sec at f/16, ISO 100
Breakthrough Photography 6 Stop ND filter.
A very big 'Thank You' to everyone that views, faves and comments on my work! It's really appreciated :-)
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I liked the abstract look of these apple chips underneath another empty tray after I removed them from the dehydrator.