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I usually try to make space for the subject, especially above it in situations like this, but decided to make a different composition and I turned out interesting.
if there wouldn't have been bokeh balls there to kinda make it a bit interesting i'm pretty sure this shot would have turned out not as great.
Sony A7R III
Sony GM 85mm f/1.4 @ f/1.4
A different view than my usual Gem Valley shot. Deep snow forced me to change routes today
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"Beaufort (/ˈbjuːfərt/ BEW-fert, a different pronunciation from that used by the city with the same name in North Carolina) is a city in and the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. The city's population was 12,361 in the 2010 census. It is a primary city within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Beaufort is located on Port Royal Island, in the heart of the Sea Islands and South Carolina Lowcountry. The city is renowned for its scenic location and for maintaining a historic character by preservation of its antebellum architecture. The prominent role of Beaufort and the surrounding Sea Islands during the Reconstruction era after the U.S. Civil War is memorialized by the Reconstruction Era National Monument, established in 2017. The city is also known for its military establishments, being located in close proximity to Parris Island and a U.S. naval hospital, in addition to being home of the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.
The city has been featured in the New York Times, and named "Best Small Southern Town" by Southern Living, a "Top 25 Small City Arts Destination" by American Style, and a "Top 50 Adventure Town" by National Geographic Adventure." - info from Wikipedia.
The fall of 2022 I did my 3rd major cycling tour. I began my adventure in Montreal, Canada and finished in Savannah, GA. This tour took me through the oldest parts of Quebec and the 13 original US states. During this adventure I cycled 7,126 km over the course of 2.5 months and took more than 68,000 photos. As with my previous tours, a major focus was to photograph historic architecture.
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martine presents Madeleine inspired by the movie 007 specter, this pretty satin dress is suitable for different mesh corp with its diamond brooch, it will crack all secret agents, Martine also wears earrings, a bracelet and a bag from the same collection
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It's so much fun trying on my boots. Same outfit purchase in Arizona but with different boots. The brown boots were bought out west while the boots on the left are my 7 inch locking ankle boots
This morning I checked out the Osprey nest at the Page Road entrance to Matsqui Trail Park. From the ground nothing to report, one Osprey in and another bringing breakfast. A little later I decided to go over to Sumas Mountain and see if I could look down into the nest.
Its disgusting what a mess the idiots that have bush parties make.
As close as I could get I saw one of the Osprey arrive for nest duty and the other leave. It was just too far away for me to see if there was eggs or little ospreys in the nest before Mom lay down.
The rose was hand forged by my old boyfriend, Mike Mize. We argued and he could not sleep with the full moon blazing in the great picture window. He said he went down to his forge and worked on this piece for me. A love letter was with it, like a mad woman I threw it away. Blah blah blah. It started with “My love for you will last as long as this rose.” He was killed in a car accident April 9, 2000. Drunk Driving landed him in a creek at about 3-4 AM. So tragic, he left a son in high school and a wife!! A Wife!!! He told me he was divorced but I found out that the papers were not filed. I was so angry over that I kept it to myself, she had breast cancer and passed away unnecessarily. She waited too long to get it checked and it was just awful. She started out with an alternative medicine quack and not a doctor. It still bothers me that people don’t understand that they have a responsibility to be here for their children at whatever cost. Her cancer was the kind that is genetic and she could have lived a full life with surgery and reconstruction. He didn’t have to go to a bar across a mountain and get stinking drunk. He was five miles from his family farm. The tow truck driver said that the cab of his truck smelled of whiskey so strong that if you lit a match it would catch fire. So unnecessary and irresponsible. I’m by no means a saint, I know that life happens and it’s hard, full of unpleasantries, and you can’t always get want you want. To quote Mick Jagger. Thank you for your time reading this poorly written note. Thank you for your visit, fave and comments. I’m very grateful for each one. 🙏☮️
Aptly Named
A little something different for a Monochrome Monday post since I do love signs and this one is perfectly named.
SALT....It's what pays the bills and is the only reason the Watkins Glen branch survives. The 15 miles of the old Pennsylvania Railroad Elmira Branch exists solely to serve Cargill Salt in downtown Watkins Glen and this facility, US Salt, two miles north of town along the west shore of Seneca Lake.
After following them up from Watkins I waited here at least 90 min in the rain for this shot. After some 80 min of standing there slowly getting soaked someone from the plant finally said I was trespassing, after a half dozen had just driven by and waved! I explained what I was doing and that I'd been standing there in the rain like a moron over an hour and politely asked if I could just get the one photo for my effort. I promised to leave immediately after the train passed (which was the truth since I couldn't wait to get out of there!) so he somewhat confusingly acquiesced and went on his way!
From the company's web site: "
ABOUT
Located on the shore of Seneca Lake in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes region, US Salt has been in operation since 1893.
The refinery sits atop a rich underground supply of salt. Water needed for the plant’s operations comes from Seneca Lake, a 40-mile long body of fresh water.
Salt was first discovered in Watkins Glen in 1882. During that year the Watkins Oil Well Company was organized to drill for petroleum, gas, salt and other minerals. The company drilled a well on the hillside west of Watkins Glen, on the site of a spring which the Indians knew had medicinal properties. In September 1882 the Watkins Oil Well Company reported that, at 1,513 feet below the surface, it had reached a sufficient flow of brine to make salt.
By 1890, the first brine-producing well was put into service. Impurities in the brine made it difficult to dry the salt. The first real producer of salt in Schuyler County, N.Y., was the Glen Salt Company. It drilled wells on property at Watkins Glen, now owned by US Salt.
The Glen Salt Company drilled its first well in 1893, struck salt at 1,841 feet, and stopped drilling at 1,902 feet without reaching the bottom of the salt bed. In 1894 a second well was dug without hitting the bottom of the salt bed. By 1896 a third well was dug that stopped at 1,927 feet, still in solid salt."
To see a more conventional view of the train here in full living color check out this shot: flic.kr/p/2mHNm8b
Watkins Glen, New York
Saturday October 30, 2021
The female watched me intently and waited without moving. For some reason, Male didn't come out of his nest much and didn't show himself. I didn't get a chance to take different photos of what I believe are a young Caucasian Squirrel couple. Their ears are like radar. I had to move very slowly on the monopot. I can't say that they like the shutter sound very much. They suddenly dive into their nests and come back out of their nests very slowly in a controlled manner. Today, I spent about 4 hours patiently sitting in the olive groves from time to time.
Patience was the first thing I learned in nature photography. Good luck if there is a reward after long hours. It is possible to say that today was a lucky day for me.
Climate change affects nature differently in every corner of the world. The last four weeks have been extremely windy in the North Aegean region and the last few days have been rainy. Like most red squirrel populations, spotting a Caucasian Squirrel is definitely becoming a rare sight. Extreme heat has not started in the region yet and I see them less than last year. I know that Caucasian Squirrels spend the hottest hours of the day in their nests built in centuries-old olive trees.
Today, the weather in Turkey's North Aegean Region was cloudless and 30 degrees Celsius. The century-old olive tree hollow of Mr. and Mrs. Caucasian Squirrel couple Near the olive tree, about 3 meters away, they were aware of my presence even though I was wearing camouflage.
I hope you'll enjoy the my Caucasian Squirrel series as much as I enjoyed taking them.
The Caucasian squirrel lives in the hollows of centuries-old olive trees. The number of Caucasian squirrels in the North Aegean region is decreasing every year, noticeably.
Like most red squirrels, spotting a Caucasian Squirrel is definitely becoming a rare sight. Climate change affects nature differently in every corner of the world.
The Caucasian squirrel - Sciurus anomalus ; The Caucasian squirrel or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.
The species is usually said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae,and named Sciurus anomalus. However, some authors argue that this work was actually published in 1788, and that the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785.
Description -
Caucasian squirrels are small tree squirrels, with a total length of 32 to 36 cm (13 to 14 in), including the 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) tail, and weighing 250 to 410 g (8.8 to 14.5 oz). The color of the upper body fur ranges from greyish brown to pale grey, depending on the subspecies, while that of the underparts is rusty brown to yellowish, and that of the tail, yellow brown to deep red. The claws are relatively short, compared with those of other tree squirrels, and females have either eight or ten teats.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich described the Caucasian squirrel in 1885 as "Its color is grayish-brown above, and yellowish-brown below".
Physical Description -
Caucasian squirrels have a dental formula of incisors 1/1, canines 0/0, premolars 1/1, and molars 3/3, totaling 20. They have four fingered fore feet and five fingered hind feet. Sex differences in body length or mass are not evident.
Distribution and habitat -
Caucasian squirrels are native to south-western Asia, where they are found from Turkey, and the islands of Gökçeada and Lesbos in the west, Iran in the southeast, and as far as Israel and Jordan in the south.It is one of only two species of the genus Sciurus to be found on Mediterranean islands,and, although Eurasian red squirrels have been recently introduced to some areas, is the only species of Sciurus native to the wider region.
The species mainly lives in forested areas dominated by oak, pine, and pistachio, up to altitudes of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Biology and behavior -
The squirrels are diurnal, and solitary, although temporary groups may forage where food is plentiful. Their diet includes nuts, seeds, tree shoots, and buds,with the seeds of oak and pine being particularly favored. Like many other squirrels, they cache their food within tree cavities or loose soil, with some larders containing up to 6 kg (13 lb) of seeds. They live in trees, where they make their dens, but frequently forage on the ground, and are considered less arboreal than Eurasian red squirrels. They commonly nest in tree hollows lined with moss and leaves, and located 5 to 14 m (16 to 46 ft) above the ground, but nests are also sometimes found under rocks or tree roots. Their alarm call is high-pitched, and said to resemble the call of the European green woodpecker, and they mark their territories with urine and dung.
Breeding occurs throughout the year, but is more common in spring or autumn. Litters range from two to seven, with three or four being typical, and the young are fully mature by five or six months of age.
Conservation -
A survey in 2008 found that the species remained abundant within Turkey, however declines are noted in population within the Levant region. The guides for a survey in 1993 in Israel stated that they considered the species to be nearly extinct within the area studied. Whilst the Caucasian squirrel is threatened by poaching and deforestation, the declines recorded are not sufficient to qualify them as anything other than "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] Hunting of the species is banned by the Central Hunting Commission, and the Caucasian squirrel is protected by the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats Directive.
This information is sourced from "Wikipedia".
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It is the first time I went to this park after snow is melted here in Montreal. What a surprise! I still have the feeling after the end of the winter that I moved to a different city! :-) Different and super ultra cool city!
When the Alaska Railroad purchased two SD70MACs from the KCS I was curious as to what number series they would be in. Well the wait is over as they are 4130 as seen here and the other is 4129. This view shows the slightly lighter yellow and what appears to me to be a slightly different font. Nonetheless the railroad will put these units to good use. I believe this was the first revenue run in the new skin.
BUT WE DO TEND TO SEE THINGS SO DIFFERENTLY WHETHER THRU OUR EYES, OR THE LENSE OF THE CAMERA DON'T WE.
DO WE SEE THEM AS WE WANT, OR AS THEY REALLY ARE?
I TEND TO ALWAYS BE A BIT OUT OF FOCUS MOST OF THE TIME,
OR MAYBE, I AM JUST A DREAMER, WHO LOVES TO SEE THINGS IN A ROSY AND BEAUTIFUL WAY
THRU ROSE COLORED GLASSES, I HAVE BEEN TOLD,
WHAT EVER, I LIKE THE WAY I SEE THE WORLD, IT PLEASES ME MOST OF THE TIME,
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I TAKE OFF THE GLASSES, AND STOP THE MERRY GO ROUND, AND LOOK AT THE REAL WORLD, AND STRAIGHTEN MYSELF UP, AND DUST MYSELF OFF, AND DEAL WITH THE WORLD ABOUT ME,
THEN THE ROSE COLORED GLASSES BACK COME BACK ON AGAIN, AND ALL IS BEAUTIFUL WITH MY WORLD ONCE MORE.
HOW DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR WORLD,
ARE YOU A DREAMER LIKE I AM, MOST CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC PEOPLE ARE......
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It was a Friday lunchtime in The Priory. On this occasion we had a different table to our usual one in the corner as Carolynn and my son Richard came with me. This gave a slightly different angle through the window. The shop opposite the pub at 122 Micklegate is "Hyggeshack Home", which offers Scandinavian inspired home wares like lamps and soft furnishings.