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Really difficult to capture these tiny flowers clearly and sharply. I took many photos to get one that was satisfactory.
Very difficult to focus on both of them,
I like the movement of the wing on the Hummingbird Moth,
the female Monarch is on the backdrop with couple bees,
Have a great weekend!
Zwischen der Bordsteinkante und dem Gehweg wachsen kleine Plflanzen, trotz der wideren Umstände, die ihr Leben mit sich bringt. Sie trotzen Gift, sie überleben es überfahren und umgetreten zu werden und richten sich immer wieder auf, egal was das Leben ihnen bringt... weil es schöne Momente gibt... :)
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a very difficult composition to make cause I had the idea in my mind but I didn't know how to make it. I just played during hours with photoshop before finding a solution. It really looks like the idea I had of but I'm not entirely satisfied.
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In November 2019 we went to Hong Kong. Protests against curbing freedom were going on for a few months, and happened mainly on weekends. My niece from Switzerland, a Chinese friend, and I took a bus that was scheduled to go through the protest area in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday. The bus stopped a few blocks before the area, and the bus driver asked everybody to disembark - end of service due to protests. We walked two blocks towards the protest area. We only saw police in riot gear, no protesters. Over 100 of them, maybe 200. At one point the police blocked off the streets, so we could not proceed further. I took this shot from a higher vantage point, pointing out the militarization of the police. Nowadays Hong Kong is controlled by China, freedom is gone, and there is a big tension between the well off older generation leaning towards China, and younger generation that has an economic hardship due to the high cost of living and difficult employment situation in Hong Kong.
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I have always found Little Stints a difficult species to photograph but this year I have managed to capture them on two occasions. I find them difficult because they are tiny (less than half the weight of Dunlin) and are usually too far away for my photographic equipment. But this juvenile fed right in front of the hide at Kilnsea wetlands near Spurn offering great photo-opportunities. I liked this image because its fine bill is actually open, like a pair of tweezers, whereas all of my other photographs show the bill closed. They are also not a common bird in Britain with typically only about 770 records annually. The majority of these are juveniles on autumn passage, stopping off between their tundra breeding grounds and their African wintering grounds.
I have always thought that the "Little" part of Little Stint seemed superfluous as there isn't a Big Stint to distinguish it from. But there used to be, as "Stint" was a once commonly used name for Dunlin, particularly down the east coast of Britain. In fact the name Stint was used in print about 100 years earlier than Dunlin (1452 v 1530). Thomas Bewick was the first person to use the name "Little Stint" in 1797 to distinguish it from "Stint" (ie Dunlin). The name was adopted by subsequent authors but the name Stint was already largely superceded by Dunlin by the time of Bewick.
There are four species of Stint in the world but two (Red-necked and Long-toed) are incredibly rare in Britain, and Temminck's is a former breeding bird that is now only seen on passage and is much rarer than Little Stint. There are usually about 800 Little Stints recorded annually in Britain but only about 100 Temminck's. The three North American "peeps"; Western, Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers are stints in all but name. Similarly the rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a stint if you ignore its bizarre shaped bill: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/14668414026/in/photolist
This tiny bird calls boldly but we found it difficult to find and difficult to photograph. "The scientific name of the Pacific-slope Flycatcher, difficilis, is appropriate. It means "difficult," and this species is extremely difficult to distinguish from the similar Cordilleran Flycatcher." allaboutboids
The most difficult part of this build was to take a good photo of it as it didn't fit into my light box. I think it turned out alright. Let me know what you think. Cheers
Difficult as the sun was almost in the lens, but is this a new breed of sheep I've discovered? A short walk in the warmer sunshine just past Upper Maudlin Farm in Steyning Bowl on the South Downs.
Difficult to id from the underside of this fleeting visitor to our window, but, from the detail visible through its wings, I believe it has to be a Jersey Tiger moth.
Difficult wildflower # 2 (and one more to come) - may as well post them all today and then move on to something else!
This is a more subtle paintbrush than the brilliant reds, pinks, and yellows I've photographed for years in the mountains. I hiked the prairie here in Saskatchewan for years before even noticing it. And I've only found occasional plants, never dense colonies taking over a hillside. Add to this its generally ragged appearance and the fact that it often grows amid dense clusters of prairie grasses, sage, and other flowers, and simply does not look good when the sun is blasting down and casting harsh shadows, and you see the challenge!
Fortunately, I found this sample on a rainy day, with soft light. I tried close ups, but they didn't really work. Finally I backed off, framed it as part of a plant community, and came away with a shot I feel is acceptable.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Today is September 25, 2009.
I know what you're thinking. That is not the face of happy. Alright, I admit it. Guelph is a mess, and I and everyone else who lives downtown has had it. This is Norfolk Street, which is pretty much the major artery leading into downtown, and which has been torn to the ground for months. Now I seldom drive anywhere, so today is like every other day, and I'm trying to get to the Stone Store for some organic sugar, but even walking is difficult. At least there are bags of sand to sit on while you wait for the parade of graders to pass by.
It has become a bit of a joke now between a friend and I when we are walking downtown. "Kabul is looking MUCH better today". Or, "Why did we move to Beirut again? Gawd, what were we THINKing?" We are very, very funny.
But we don't live there. It's some construction, it's inconvenient, but it is Guelph, Ontario. Canada. This is where we live. And it's difficult to pick up my organic groceries, but this is probably the worst thing that will happen to me today, or to anyone in Guelph today.
Happiness is living in paradise. Canada, not Kandahar. And knowing when it's time to just relax and get a grip.
Polydamas Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus polydamas). Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida.
It's extremely difficult to photograph the swallowtails, because they never stop fluttering their wings and seldom stay for more than a couple of seconds on any given flower.
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After around 50 m the trip ended this time. The icy plateau changed into a steep ice gradient and I was on the one hand alone and on the other hand not right prepared to explore this cave further. I was afraid of getting trapped down in the cave because it was almost impossible to move up on this surface without ropes and spurs. However... I will return ;-)!
Canon PowerShot G3
Aufnahmedatum/-zeit: 20.05.2007 16:11
Aufnahmemodus: Manuell
Tv (Verschlusszeit): 1/50
Av (Blendenzahl): 2.2
Messungsmodus: Mehrfeld
Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO): 100
Objektiv: 7.2 - 28.8mm
Brennweite: 7.2mm
I think that Woodcock is among the most difficult of British birds to photograph (well). I have been a keen birder since childhood, yet this was the first time I have managed to watch and photograph a Woodcock doing things. It was creeping about in the undergrowth and probing its long bill into the soft earth to find worms, which incidentally it can detect by smell. Woodcocks don't just randomly probe in the hope of connecting with a worm. This one usually kept itself obscured by vegetation but occasionally I got a brief, clear view. Unfortunately it kept its bill low behind this mossy log using its unusually high-set eyes to monitor what was going on around. I did take a number of photographs as I think this was a once in a lifetime opportunity so I may upload a couple more in due course.
Turns out horses are insanely difficult to photograph at close range. Thought they would just stand still and pose for me like people. That was not the case; they dodged and darted about and I thought this guy was going to knock the camera right out of my hands. I came back with many blurred and poorly composed photos, but managed to get a couple sharp ones.
The subgenus Micrandena are known as the mini-mining bees – obviously because they are smaller than the rest of the Andrena genus.
This one on top of a pink great masterwort (Astrantia major) is a female of either shiny-margined mini-mining bee (Andrena semilaevis) or impunctate mini-mining bee (Andrena subopaca).
Discerning between these small guys is difficult from just a shot like this, but I narrowed it down to two species based on distribution.
Looks are deceiving. This scene looks like a lovely misty morning however it was taken the morning after a prescribed burn in a state park. The smoke was so thick I was taking photos through the windshield because it was extremely difficult to breath the open air. That being said the inconvenience of poor air quality for a day or two is outweighed by the importance of removing invasive and non-native plants that can strangle an ecosystem by fire.
Difficult to take as the train is very fast and by the time one focuses one of the many bridge girders usually gets in the way.
Difficult to capture in this season so beautiful scene, need a lot of luck!
I stood on the peak of a person to enjoy a wonderful night here really special!
Very difficult to photograph this fixture as apparently, someone decided to turn on the light switch... illuminating all of 3 bulbs in a fixture consisting of 20-30 bulbs? Why even bother? Or maybe, just maybe, someone could replace ALL of the bulbs... and dust the fixture??? What a novel concept.
However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
Per quanto difficile possa sembrare la vita, c’è sempre qualcosa che puoi fare e avere successo.
(Stephen Hawking)
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If you were to ask me what the most difficult image of a bird has been, hands down, it would be the Marsh Wren, a songbird and passerine. The songbird designation is certainly true. They have the most melodious song (singular). As for "passerine," that's where the trouble lies! That bird can't or won't sit still. Worse than tits and chickadees, the male will come to the top of a reed, sing once, and drop to the bottom. The photo you see here too over two concentrated hours to get. Yes, it was worth it, and I had a couple of hours to waste, but man! It isn't easy to hold a 24 ounce camera up to yer eye, drop it to see where the birdie went, raise it, take a couple of shots (photographic), look at the LCD, and repeat! Well, this was the best I could do, and I'm now satisfied. Meaning, I won't go back to Coyote Hills specifically for the Marsh Wren.
By the way, the Marsh Wren is only in this part of California during breeding, but Breeding is about 25% of the range throughout all of North America. There's no excuse for you in Edmunton, Vancouver, South Dakota, and certainly not Mexico City (residents) to not go out and try and find one.
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Glass is one of the most difficult substances to photograph; my challenge is to use the reflections in a positive manner so that they add to the image.
I love the 'magic' and sparkle that Christmas brings to a home in the darkest period of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, some glass, lights or candles and there it is...twinkle twinkle...
I always greatly enjoy the refractions too. CHIAROSCURO
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I can't believe I'm finally uploading my 365th photo!!! I'M FREE!
I'm proud to say I didn't miss a single day - even when I was literally so sick that I could barely get up and walk.
I don't think I will ever do a 365 days project again. I take it way too seriously and it pretty much took over my life. There were days when I would pace around and dig my brain for ideas. I'd get so frustrated with myself when I couldn't think of anything to do. And I burned myself out :-P
Lately, it's been difficult for me to pick up the camera and take photos - I've been feeling really uninspired :-( So I really need a new project to get things going again - just not one that requires my daily commitment. One project I really want to do but don't have the guts to is "100 strangers".
So, anyway, here is my final photo. Sorry it isn't much. But I was totally out of ideas :-(
And finally, thank you SO MUCH, everyone on Flickr, for the encouraging words you've been leaving behind on my stream. I honestly would not have been able to complete this project without you. I can't tell you how much your feedback means to me. Oh, and I'm sorry if I wasn't able to drop by your streams as often as I would like, but the circumstances make it impossible. But again..a great, big THANK YOU to everyone!!! :-)
Clearly, I have forgotten the name of the fish. Given its black stripes on a white body, I thought best to call it the "zebra fish. My apologies to the marine world upfront.
Clearly shooting pictures of fishes in an aquarium is a tough ask. Firstly, you have to deal with a very thick layer of glass which in most cases is quite dirty owing to people's palm imprints. Second, fishes rarely stay in one place long enough to get a clean shot. Third, their direction of movement is quite unpredictable as they rarely seem to move in a straight line making it that much for difficult to preempt where they might be the next moment. Fourth, given so many moving objects at the same time, it is quite a challenge to focus on any one and the auto focus (you can safely give up on the manual focus mode) keeps hunting for focal points making it a cat and mouse game!
After a few attempts, I managed to get a clean shot.
Left: original (Rodez)
Right : reproduction in situe
Between the final neolithic and the chalcolithic
5 300 – 4 200 ypb.
Mounhes-Prohencoux
This is San Lazzaro degli Armeni, an island close to the shore of Lido in Venice.
It's another shot that was difficult to capture due to the fact that it's an 11 shot stitch. It was early morning with the sun rising fast behind me. Lengthy long exposures (if that makes senses) were out of the question due to the quick changing light, so I really had to think on my feet.
In all honesty I don't know which filter I ended up using to capture this, but given the time of day looking at the EXIF it was probably my 3 stop, as each of the 11 shots are only 20 seconds each at f/8.
Just have to say that this is the first image that I've produced with a relatively new addition to my kit... a 90mm TS. If anyone is considering buying this lens, the images it produces are staggering... it's by far the best lens I have... I just wish it came out of the bag more.
A night in old Cairo.
Difficult handheld night shot at ISO 3200. Tried 2 processing approaches: DxO Labs Pro 9.0 does a more subtle and realistic job but can't handle deep shadow noise, even emphasises it. My usual Topaz combination (here) fares a bit better there, but overall colour and detail may be found excessive by some :)
Difficult to make the image look like what the eye sees in a clear night... Just one picture edited with DxO, no compositing. Still a bit too colorful for a "realistic" rendering, but I like it that way.
Internet access is very subadequate here, will have a lot to catch up when I come back from holidays.
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