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The preliminary result of District Council election shows that the pro-democracy camp has got overwhelming victory and has taken over 90% of seats so far.
However the District Council is not an authority that has legal power in deciding the election system. The five demands asked by the protesters are not answered yet by the Hong Kong government.
It is very lickely the protests will not be ending soon and this will be a difficult game to play.
Fuji X-T1
Fuji XF 35mm F2
This was always going to be a difficult one to photograph 'New Kid on the block' 66792! Notwithstanding being in Lockdown and the fact that a 4-22 pm pass time meant failing light, I made my way to Metheringham Station and fully 'exercising' strict social distancing with my friend who I had given the 'heads up' earlier gave it my best shot within the limitations of lens and camera! We were perhaps fortunate that it ran almost 10 minutes early. GBRf 66792 on one of its first revenue earning trains, the 6E88 Middleton Towers - Goole Glassworks sand train powers through Metheringham Station as 'Dusk' arrives 6th November 2020.
Difficult to photograph, they can't fly yet but they can see very well. They go behind the leaf when I come close with the camera, I go to the other side they turn the other way again.
I took this this evening so the light wasn't great, and it was really difficult to find a balance between the ISO, shutter speed and depth of field. I'd like to have had a wee bit more of this wee guy in focus. Next time I take a shot like this I will use a wider aperture and a tripod if I can.
I've been hoping to find one of these green forester moths (Adscita statices) for quite some time and then I find one (a female) in Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park and she was most accomodating. Staying on her thistle and trying out multiple poses.
I am however not that pleased with the end results. The gorgeous metallic colours coupled with the dark head and underside made it difficult to light properly. Maybe the next one?
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51425542387/in/datetaken/
This was a rather difficult location to access, the halfway point between Bloemfontein and Bethlehem at the top of the climb to Kilmarnock. It's 150kms from Bloem and the first really serious climb for eastbound trains.
The Red Devil no 3450 leading 25NC no 3410. Interesting to compare them, the modified class 26 was originally class 25NC no 3450. The raised running board, extended smoke box and deflectors makes the 26 appear larger.
14 June 1999, Free State, South Africa
It is very difficult to get both the moon and a little bird in focus! As you can see, I chose the bird.
Poor Flynn has had another difficult week - a vet visit on Tues, then he was poorly on Thurs & ended up back at the vets! We're still battling GI issues - Flynn has good days but on bad days, his symptoms are, if anything, worse than 2 months ago :( He's had more bloods taken & a more detailed analysis done on them. Some minor stuff showed up but thankfully a check for Addison's disease was negative. Good our vets are actively considering if anything else could be causing, or worsening symptoms. Hopefully though, once we can clear the giardia, Flynn will be back to normal!
I am now tentatively hopeful we've found a way to help Flynn's arthritis. He's unable to take NSAIDs at the moment, but there's a new-ish medication called Librela, which seems safe & can be fantastic at stopping joint pain. Flynn had his 1st dose on Tues. It takes a while to properly work but he's looked less stiff & sore over the past 2-3 days. Unfortunately, Librela has to be administered via injection each month & Flynn is scared by vet visits & highly touch sensitive, which is why we'd held off trying it before. However, if this proves suitable for him... then we'll try to find a way to make giving it to Flynnie as positive as possible!
I have been thinking how brilliant Flynn's been over these past couple of months. He's always struggled with coping with any stress &/or physical discomfort - particularly abdominal pain (I guess due to the chronic kidney pain he suffered as a youngster). In past years, even a really mild upset stomach has been enough to make Flynn become extremely fearful, defensive & hard to handle safely. However, during this recent illness & despite also having the stress of coping with his "big brother" Barney passing away, Flynn's been super sweet, affectionate with me & exceptionally trusting & cooperative about all the extra poking & prodding & handling he's had to have. So proud of this little guy & how far he's come behaviour-wise!
It's difficult to be certain, but I believe this small member of the so-called "tyrant flycatchers" is the Acadian Flycatcher. Based on location - during spring migration - size, coloration and the two-toned bill. It did not call out while I was photographing and watching so it's just a best guess. There are several species of similar size, shape and general appearance. This one was seen at the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in Port Aransas, Texas.
Very, very difficult... Henri´s street photography is awesome and very strong, and definitely his style is very dificult to catch. You need to be a superb photographer and to stay in the precise moment... I always lose the scene or shot in a too slow speed. The hardest style for the time being, at least for me.
Sorry for the delay posting, but I tried a lot of places and subjects in order to get a good photo. This is the result. I hope you enjoy it.
The mountainous areas embracing the Himalayan, Karakorum and Hindukush Ranges are rich in fauna and flora, as compared to other parts of the country. These areas provide an excellent habitat for wildlife in the form of alpine grazing lands, sub-alpine scrub and temperate forests. These habitats support a variety of wild animals. The areas are difficult for human beings to access, hence, most wildlife is present in reasonable numbers though some are endangered for other reasons. Some of the main wildlife species are the snow leopard, the black and the brown bears, otter, wolf, lynx, Himalayan ibex, markhor, bharal, Marco Polo's sheep, shapu/Urial, musk deer, marmots, tragopan and monal pheasants. The snow partridge and snowcock reside at higher elevations. The Rhesus monkey, common langur, red fox, black bear, common leopard, a variety of cats, musk deer (over a limited area), goral, several species of flying squirrels, chakor, partridge and pheasants (koklass, kaleej and cheer) live in the lower elevations. Amongst these the snow leopard, musk deer, Marco Polo's sheep, and the brown bear are endangered. The Tibetan wild ass and the blue sheep populations have been reduced drastically. The cheer pheasant is reported to be extinct from within Pakistan's boundaries, and is included in the IUCN Red Data Book. The western horned tragopan was reported to have disappeared from within Pakistani territory, but has now been relocated to Indus Kohistan, although its numbers are low.
The main threats to the population of wild animals in the northern mountainous regions include, the competition with domestic livestock for existing natural forage, increasing human interference in the form of cultivation, the construction of roads, and hunting.
The Himalayan foothills and the Potohar region, including the Salt Range and Kala Chitta Range, are covered with scrub forests, which have been reduced to scanty growth in most places. Medium-sized animals like the Punjab urial, barking deer, goral, chinkara, partridges (grey and black), seesee and chakor are supported in these habitats. A variety of songbird fauna also occurs in these areas.
Vast Indus flood plains have been cleared of natural vegetation to grow crops. Very little wildlife habitat has been left untouched. Only animals like the jackal, mongoose, jungle cat, civet cat, scaly anteater, desert cat and the wild hare occur in these areas. Hog deer is found in riverine tracts. The crop residues and wild growth support reasonable populations of black and grey partridges.
Little vegetative cover, severity of climatic conditions and the great thrust of grazing animals on the deserts have left wild animals in a precarious position. Parts of Thall and Cholistan are now being irrigated, with the situation almost identical to that of the flood plains. Chinkara is the only animal, which can still be found in average numbers in Cholistan, but rarely in Thall. The blackbuck, once plentiful in Cholistan has now been eliminated. However, efforts are being made to reintroduce them back into the country. A small number of blue bulls are found along the Pak-Indian border, and some parts of Cholistan. Grey partridge, species of sand grouse and the Indian courser are the main birds of the area. Peafowl occur in some areas in Cholistan.
The Thar Desert supports a fair population of the Chinkara gazelle. Peacocks are only found in the wild, mainly because of the protection they enjoy in Hindu communities. The wild ass migrates from the Indian part of the Rann of Kutch to the Pakistani part in search of food.
The Houbara bustard is a regular winter visitor to the desert. Visiting diplomats have hunted and reduced their numbers. The great Indian bustard is sporadically sighted. The imperial sandgrouse is another migrant visiting these areas. Grey partridges are frequently sighted. The python is also threatened with extinction.
The Sulaiman and Kirthar Ranges present habitats manifesting unique characteristics. The former supports the straight-horned markhor, chinkara and urial, whereas Sindh ibex, urial, chinkara and common leopard occupy the latter. The straight-horned markhor, which is almost extinct from within settled boundaries of Pakistan, occurs in somewhat fair numbers in the Tribal Areas. The chakor, seesee and grey partridge are birds commonly found in the tracts.
The reed beds and tamarisk bushes along the rivers support hog deer and black partridge populations. However, due to occasional heavy floods their numbers have also been reduced. The Indus dolphin, fishing cat, and smooth otter are found in the Indus River waters below the Chashma Barrage. The gavial has become extinct in Pakistan. The crocodile is found in small numbers in lower Sindh. Wild boar numbers have increased because of the immunity they enjoy in a Muslim society that forbids its consumption by humans.
The animals found in the south-western mountains of Balochistan are: Sindh ibex, Chiltan markhor, straight horned markhor, wild sheep, leopard, marbled pole cat, Blandford's fox, chinkara, goitered gazelle and the marsh crocodile. The cheetah, is believed to be extinct and the Makran (baluchistan) bear critically endangered. The Houbara bustard (migratory), sandgrouse, black and grey partridges, and the chakor and see see partridges are also found here.
Irrigated forest plantations have emerged as the prevailing land use practice for the last 100 years. These ideally provide excellent habitat for chinkara, hog deer and blue bull. Forest management does not cater to the needs of these wild animals. This, coupled with the poor implementation of laws has resulted in the extinction of species in the irrigated plantations. Due to habitat disturbances, the ungulates have failed to establish themselves, whereas the partridges have flourished well.
The striped hyena and the wolf are widely distributed in the sparsely populated parts of the country. However, information about them is scanty. Information about carnivores in general is difficult to obtain because of their nocturnal mode of life and high mobility. The black bear and brown bear populations are also not understood completely.
Birds of prey like the peregrine, cherrug or saker falcons, tawny eagle, imperial and greater spotted eagles, osprey, shikra, and the black-winged kite occur throughout Pakistan but their population statuses are unknown.
Pakistan's coastline of 1,050 km consists of a variety of habitat types, supporting a wide range of animals, of which over 1000 are fish species. Pakistan's marine flora and fauna have not been studied properly. Hence, detailed information on these species is deficient. Along the shores, there are four species of marine turtles: the ridley, green, leather back and hawksbill turtle, which are of high economic importance. Due to loss of habitat and human disturbances, their population is also decreasing.
About eight species of freshwater turtles are found in Pakistan. Sand lizards, monitors, geckos, agamas, diamond snakes, sand snakes, vipers, cobras, kraits and the famous Indian python constitute the other reptilian fauna.
Large water bodies in the country support a variety of waterfowl both resident and migratory. The extent of wetlands is constantly being changed. On one hand, swamps and marshes are being drained to reclaim land, whereas on the other hand, new dams (large water bodies) have been created for irrigation purposes. Canal irrigation through seepage has also contributed towards increasing the land area under water in the form of water logging. Such areas support a great number of waterfowl by providing them with an excellent habitat. The wetlands are one of the most important wintering areas and "green routes" of Asia. The important waterfowl in Pakistan are the ducks (mallard, pintail, shoveler, pochard, gargeny, ruddy shellduck, teals, tufted and gadwall), geese (grey lag, bar-headed), coots, flamingoes, pelicans, spoon bills, storks, ibises, plovers, curlews, sand pipers, snipes, and herons. The marbled teal and white-headed duck have decreased in number and now visit the wetlands infrequently. Among the waterfowl are (resident) gallinules, moorhens and rails, gulls, terns, water cock, grebes, cormorants, egrets, bitterns, and jakanas. The spot-billed lesser whistling teal and the cotton teal are resident ducks. A rich wader fauna visits the coastline during the winter.
Efforts have been made to document the status of wildlife and in some cases, the correct status is known, whereas most of the information about their populations is sketchy. With the strengthening of wildlife organisations in the country more reliable information can be obtained.
Nappies on a line in an informal settlement.
Aquatint 20cm x 20cm.
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Eeny meeny mine moe. A wild flanged (dominant) male Bornean orangutan trying to choose a banana from a large pile, Tanjung Puting NP, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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This was a difficult neg, but had plenty of room for manipulation and interpretation.
'Electric' candles with 'angel-hair', I love the mystery created, the light-play.
Well, I hope you like it too, have a wonderful day and thanx for viewing and commenting, always appreciated, Magda.
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Resonating came to mind as I saw this in bloom Yesterday, even though it is closed now the aroma is intoxicating,
never seen any other flower do that, most of us don't know that because its difficult to bend over:-)
Have a super weekend my everyone!
Sabine's Gulls are quite a difficult gull to see. They breed in the high arctic but migrate south after breeding to spend the winter at sea off the continental shelves in the southern hemisphere. In the Atlantic they mainly winter off southern Africa and South America. They are only occasionally seen from land, usually when storms have blown them inshore. They are rarely seen in Britain in spring, but about a hundred are recorded annually in autumn, usually August to November. I photographed this juvenile yesterday, which has spent a few days in the Mersey Estuary near Hale lighthouse. The trees in the background are not something usually seen in Sabine's Gull photographs.
The three triangle pattern on its wings is highly distinctive. They also have a forked tail visible here which is accentuated by the juvenile black tail band. It is currently placed in a genus (Xema) all by itself. But rather unexpectedly molecular data suggests its closest relative is the Ivory Gull, which also breeds in the high Arctic but looks nothing like this. Here's one I took years ago in Svalbard: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/4775193476/in/photolist .
The name commemorates Edward Sabine who discovered the gull in 1818 while trying to discover the North West Passage (a route over the top of Canada that reaches the Pacific). He sent the specimen to his brother Joseph who named it in honour of his brother. You cannot name a species after yourself but naming it after your brother sort of circumvents this rule. Joseph called it Larus sabinii but a year later William Leach (of Leach's Petrel fame) named it Xema sabinii. Xema is just a made up word by a museum taxonomist who was having difficulty finding a name that had not been used before.
So as promise (from October), here he is, the Phantom Virus. Originally started as a contest entry into J\'s Customs Scooby Doo contest, but took too long to make. Head is my first every proper sculpt using fimo. A really weird and difficult figure to make, due to his non-minifig proportions. Legs are extended with two tiles to give him extra hight. Hes still not tall enough/head oversized.
I don\'t even know....
Well, let me know what you think on my weirdest custom to date. J's Customs , I hope the wait was worth while lol
Himantoglossum adriaticum (Adriatische Riemenzunge) Klosterneuburg, Niederösterreich, Austria. This orchid appeared spontaneously in my garden. They are difficult to capture because they hide away in the tall grass in June.
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I thought M78 was difficult to process, even with over 4h of data. I must have reprocessed this 3 or 4 times, each time over stretching it before I realised I was not going to get what I wanted out of this image.
I think I'm going to have to invested in a ZWO1600MM cooled camera, "Telescope House" I might be over shortly.
I apologues in advance to all Astrophotography in southern England because when I get this camera we won't have another clear night for months.....
Well if I don't get a chance to image before Christmas have a good Christmas one and all.....
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and **New AZ-EQ6 GT**
Canon EOS 500D Astro modified
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Explore UHC Filter
CONDITIONS:-
Chip Temp 15 degC
IMAGING DETAILS:-
IC 410 (Auriga)
ISO1600
Dithering
52subs@300sec (4h 10min)
No Darks
25 Flats
50 Bias
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
Backyard EOS
DSS (Sligh Crop)
PS CS2
The Snowy Plover up close on a Grayland Washington beach yesterday. It's endangered because of its nesting nature, but it is one of the cutet plovers on the planet and difficult to photograph. I was lucky. [sent from my laptop, in my car on Grayland beach]
I think it would be difficult to make a photo of this bridge without making THIS photo. The identity of the Granville Street Bridge is very tied up with the identity of Granville Island. But it is these sorts of scenes that I like to look for when photographing bridges. I am not trying to make simple architectural documents of these structures but rather reflect bits of their identities, or to make statements toward the broader identities of bridges in general. In that sense, this really is a necessary part of the Granville Street Bridge story.
What isn't a necessary part but one that I am interested in nonetheless is the fact that this bridge is the third Granville Street Bridge to exist. Many bridges aren't original. In Portland where I live, several bridges are on their second or third iteration. Unless you live during that transition though it is easy to think that all bridges are one-offs and permanent. This is not so. Another interesting fact was that when this third version of the Granville Street Bridge opened in 1954, the first civilian to drive across it was the same person who was the first to drive across the second version's opening in 1909.
Hasselblad 500C
Kodak TMAX 400
It was a lovely day in Dorset, my dad was teaching me long exposure at this beach. It was quite difficult with all the people swimming but I managed to get the picture in the end.
On December 7th I will be taking part in The World's Big Sleep Out in Edinburgh to do what I can to help the global crisis of homelessness. It is an amazing cause and I would massively appreciate any donations. If anyone is interested, here is the link to my donation page: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/AlexBazar-Rosen
If you would like more about the event or where your money would go, here is the link to the website: www.bigsleepout.com/
One of the more difficult photography books to get through, but I think an important one to have been made. Sometimes art needs to grapple with hard issues. I think Kenna made a respectful and important book here and it's a reminder to us all why what happened in the Holocaust must never happen again. It's also an important record of what took place in its own way to those who would attempt to revise history.
This looks like Neoscrobiger patricius, but has some distinct extra blobs that I haven't seen on any other examples of the species. This one was really fast and looked/behabed exactly like a spider wasp (video to accompany). the bottom unfocussed pic shows the markings.
A highly active little bird, titmice are very difficult for me to capture. They rarely sit still long enough for me to focus, although this one finally paused a few seconds for me...
At certain points in your life difficult decisions have to be made and your choice can alter your route through life.
Sometimes identifying animals is difficult, but sometimes you catch a break and it becomes much easier.
Here is one of many greyish, almost chalky larvae which I found on some flowers at my mother's summer house.
Sounds like a difficult ID, but first we can see notice the distinct head shape with small round eyes on the side which tells us it is a larvae of a sawfly.
Then we consider the host plant which in this case is the yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) and the location (Sweden) which narrows it down to just one species - the loosestrife sawfly (Monostegia abdominalis).
There is actually a very similar species (though not found in Sweden yet) which could have fit the bill, M. nigra - but that one lacks the black spot on the head which this one has.
For the edit if this one, I'm trying out Topaz AI Sharpening after processing it in Photoshop and so far I am very pleased with the results although I wished that Topaz didn't strip the EXIF metadata from the image so I had to restore it in Photoshop afterwards.
A really tough course, very hilly. It was really difficult for me, specially going downhill (my left knee was giving me problems), but I did it. The weather was very nice! It took me 3 hours 22 minutes and 30 plus seconds to cross the finish line. I brought with me a little camera to document some of the scenery.
Participé en una media maratón (21 km) que se hizo en un parque que se llama Quicksilver. El recorrido fue muy duro: muchas colinas, con subidas bravas y bajadas empinadas. Mi rodilla izquierda sufrió mucho en las bajadas, pero lo hice!! El tiempo estuvo espectacular. Me llevó 3 horas 22 minutos y más de 30 seg cruzar la meta. Llevé una cámara chiquita para poder documentar parte del recorrido y el paisaje.
Lying on the border between Utah and Arizona, the valley is well-known for having been used in many films - most famously with John Wayne*. Notice how the clouds are tinged red - that's not a camera fault, it's reflection of the red soil!
This is Navajo Nation country and if you zoom in and look at the far left you can (just!) see a Hogan - one of their homes (where tourists are not to go without an invitation)
** It's possible to tour many parts of the valley in your car or on a tour with a guide or even on horseback. I've done it in an "ordinary" car and although it's rough and sandy in places it's not too difficult.
*MANY films have been made here - too many to mention, so I suggest looking here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_appearances_of_Monument_Val...