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Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus)
New Jersey 2015
I posted another image from this outing a while back but thought I might be able to improve this one with a little different processing. I always find these low light images difficult to adjust!
I've had this crappy hotel room in front of my computer desk for nearly a week now, and it's been difficult to move around it. I just took it off. I would have liked to keep it there a little longer, but the camera kind of died just before I was going to shoot the last scene... :-( So I'm going to either have to build this again at a later time or move the scene somewhere else and shoot it when the camera works again. The good news is that the missing scene was for the episode after the next two, and I have everything ready for the next two episodes.
In the past I would do one episode per week, but I think that now I'll just do one or two per month. That way I won't have to stress too much about putting the episodes together. They are going to be long and heavy, though, so maybe it's best to give you all a decent breathing break after each episode. ;-) And tomorrow is the day when The Life and Tales of Elliot Crane finally continues, with a truly memorable wedding!
Please note that I mark all the episodes with even a bit of risqué material as restricted, and you won't see them unless you're signed in or if you just want to see kittens. ;-)
It's difficult for a photo to demonstrate the scale of the steep slopes lining the upper end of Carlin Gill (and most other Howgill valleys), but those trees beside Carlingill Beck are indeed tree-sized – they're not huge, but they're not bushes!
I suppose they have a sheltered, well-water location, with thin glacial soil improved by nutrients washed downhill.
Maybe statistics express it better. The very flat slope to the left of the trees ascends ~125 m from the Beck to the ridgetop, maintaining a 1-in-1.76 incline for a horizontal distance of 220 m. No wonder the sheep walk single-file on narrow terraces.
Even then, the end of the flat section isn't the top, which is beyond a further, teasingly convex slope.
The furthest ridge on the left descends rightwards from Knowles (461 m) towards Back Balk. The nearer ridge is simply on the side of Carlin Gill, between the tributary gulleys of Small Gill and Heskaw Gill. The right bank is the sparser-vegetated Screes of Black Force.
The hill in the background is Greyrigg Pike, 4 km away.
Difficult the get this frame right due to the light was coming in almost at 12 o’clock, I had to shoot 2 frames, since I noticed flare on the first frame.
Camera: Nikon F4
Lens: Micro Nikkor 55mm f2.8
Film: Ilford HP5
Negative scan, D-76 1:1, 10min
Jumping Spiders are difficult for me to ignore. Here is a relatively large specimen collected a few days ago on the Beltsville Ag Center BARC West 200 acre proposed MAGLEV site. This mini-aliens will remain active until a hard freeze does them in. Photo by Elizabeth Panner, new in the lab and working on her photo chops. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~
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We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World:
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Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
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Basic USGSBIML set up:
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USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
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Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
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Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
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It is difficult to take the flower picture even in open shade, because it overexposed easily. Have a great day!
Difficult for me to get a decent in-flight shot but this turned out quite well considering it was so high in the sky.
Not difficult to see why this warbler might have been earlier classified with the waterthrushes. Port Huron SGA.
128/365
It was so hard to hold this postion without sliding back. It doesn't look like it but this slab of cement is on a very steep angle :P
The location that i am at is really close to my house and is the remains of a building that burnt down a very long time ago. I always feel somewhat awkward photographing there because there are houses at the top of the hill overlooking the location.
Several Thoughts as Haiku Notes :
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The Yin and the Yang
the forces of creation
beginning the end
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The way of the Tao
as above also below
everything is one
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The Yin and the Yang
they're not really opposites
complementary
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When you have questions
look and listen for the signs
synchronicity
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A Yin/Yang Perception of Opposites
Tao Te Ching -:- Verse 2
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When people see things as beautiful,
ugliness is created.
When people see things as good,
evil is created.
Being and non-being produce each other.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low oppose each other.
Fore and aft follow each other.
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In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang (also, yin-yang or yin yang) describes how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many tangible dualities (such as light and dark, fire and water, and male and female) are thought of as physical manifestations of the duality of yin and yang. This duality lies at the origins of many branches of classical Chinese science and philosophy, as well as being a primary guideline of traditional Chinese medicine, and a central principle of different forms of Chinese martial arts and exercise, such as baguazhang, taijiquan (t'ai chi), and qigong (Chi Kung), as well as in the pages of the I Ching written in 1,000 BC and before.
Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a little bit in each.
In Daoist metaphysics, distinctions between good and bad, along with other dichotomous moral judgments, are perceptual, not real; so, the duality of yin and yang is an indivisible whole. In the ethics of Confucianism on the other hand, most notably in the philosophy of Dong Zhongshu (c. 2nd century BC), a moral dimension is attached to the idea of yin and yang.
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By measuring starlight - specifically, the color and brightness - astronomers have determined that our Milky Way has about 100 billion stars in its system. Using the Milky Way as a model, astronomers have multiplied the number of stars in a typical galaxy (100 billion) by the number of galaxies in the known universe (2 trillion). The result is an absolutely astounding number of approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our known universe. Given that the earth’s star (the sun) has eight planets revolving around it, one of which has humans on it. Is it reasonable to believe that human beings here on the planet earth are the only beings in existence?
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Yin --- Yang
0 --- 1
- ... +
abdomen --- back
absorbing --- penetrating
acidity --- alkalinity
affective --- cognitive
afternoon --- morning
autumn --- spring
back --- front
backward --- forward
belly --- head
below --- above
black --- white
bottom --- top
broken --- solid
calm --- chaos
center --- extreme
centripetal force --- centrifugal force
chills --- fever
cinnabar --- lead
circle --- square
circular --- straight
clockwise --- counter-clockwise
cold --- hot
contracting --- expanding
copper--- tin
dark --- light
death --- life
diffuse --- focused
down --- up
earth --- sky
eight --- nine
emotional --- logical
empty --- full
end of motion --- beginning of motion
even --- odd
fat --- muscle
female --- male
feminine --- masculine
flexible --- firm
fluid --- static
follower --- leader
forgiveness --- anger
freezing water --- boiling water
fruits --- cereals
girl --- boy
heart --- mind
heaven --- earth
ice --- fire
introvert --- extrovert
intuitive --- logical
involuntary --- voluntary
inward --- outward
left --- right
light --- shadow
low --- high
me --- I
minus --- plus
momentum ---position
moon --- sun
mother --- father
night --- day
non-action --- action
north --- south
northwest --- southeast
off --- on
open --- close
orange --- azure
passion --- reason
passive --- active
pink --- blue
potassium --- sodium
process --- structure
pull --- push
quiescence --- activity
quiet --- loud
receiving --- giving
receptive --- creative
relaxed --- tense
right brain --- left brain
salt --- pepper
sensitivity --- firmness
short --- tall
sister --- brother
six --- seven
slow --- fast
small --- large
softness --- hardness
spiritual --- physical
static --- energetic
stillness --- motion
subconscious --- conscious
subjective --- objective
submissive --- dominant
sugar --- salt
sunset --- sunrise
sweet --- sour
taking --- giving
tiger --- dragon
tranquil --- active
vagina --- penis
valley --- mountain
venus --- jupiter
water --- fire
wave --- particle
weak --- strong
west --- east
wet --- dry
winter --- summer
wisdom --- intelligence
woman --- man
xue-blood --- qi-energy
yielding --- aggressive
zero --- one
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A Cybernetic Thought
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The creation of negative entropy through
complimentary forces of energy.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/we-are-dead-stars-the-a...
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Difficult to separate from Eurasian Treecreeper: note slightly longer bill, shorter hind claw, browner flanks, and even steps on the wingbar. In the field best separated by voice, a penetrating "tut." Where it overlaps in range with Eurasian Treecreeper tends to be found in more deciduous woodlands at lower altitudes and in farmlands and parks.
Goritsa, Bulgaria. May 2016.
Difficult to classify, the Silver Chute Spider seems to be an arachnid contorted into the guise of an canine. With an exceptional sense of smell (Second only to the Energy Hounds), they can find suitable prey regardless of how it hides. Once located, they will ambush the target by jabbing them with their hollow proboscis, injecting a nasty anesthetic venom which renders the victim helpless as the spider begins to feed while the prey is still alive.
January, 1978 was a difficult winter for all the Midwestern roads. Tremendous amounts of snow snarled Chicago and brought rail traffic to a standstill. All carriers were short of power. The Milwaukee Road borrowed several GP35's from the B&O and they made many trips to St. Paul. On January 21, 1978 B&O 3540 leads two other GP35's on what I think was Number 212 getting ready to depart where Oakland tower used to stand. Even more unusual for the time MILW GP30 1006 joined another GP30 and GP35 1506 as hump power.
The finale of ‘Bae-cember’, and as the sunsets on what’s been a challenging, often difficult 2024, I’d like to say ‘Thanks For The Memories’, for your ongoing support over the past 12 months, and the love so many of you have shared, and continue to share… Whilst 2024 has been a time of personal reflection, changes in direction, sometimes stepping back and consideration of the moment, if nothing else, its demonstrated as to just who has been the pillars of strength, unbeknown to some of them in all honestly.
Wishing each and everyone one of you, a fun-filled 2025, filled with peace and harmony, may it bring you joy out of your endeavours, and lets all just be kind to each other! Not going to ‘name names’ (1. there’s just WAY too many, 2. (more importantly) YOU know just WHO you are anyway!)…
At just 33.8yrs old, VH-NJM as JTE7442 to the Gold Coast (OOL/YBCG) getting airborne 34R Sydney Airport (SYD/YSSY) on a rather gloomy New Years Eve… Go the ever mighty ‘QuadraPuff’
It was quite difficult to get this one as security were all over the place giving me evils but managed to in the end.
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After a difficult but successful searching of Pumas in sectors close to the Torres del Paine National Park in the Chilean Patagonia, and fighting against a strong wind and low temperatures with the pioneer in tracking of pumas in Patagonia, biologist and wild photographer, Rodrigo Moraga, we achieved the great reward of finding this mother with her four cubs of no more than three months and feeding on a guanaco recently hunted by her. Finding a family feeding and playing together, forced us to spend long hours contemplating at a discreet and silent distance their games and activities, which invited us to remember when we were cubs too, with those same antics, bothering our mother, and she, with that patience that all mothers have, looked at us with love and patience. A very exciting moments of those that photography will help me to remember forever, and also that helped me to think in moments of my childhood.
Extract from a role-play scene from 2021 (we RP in chat using mIRC)
Another day, or night, there in the ARES facilities, it was difficult to know when it was really day or night, there were few times that you had the opportunity to see the exterior, the surface of Mars. However, to not lose track of time, the rooms offered a permanent video 'window' to an unreal image of a futuristic utopian world, perhaps just an RPG environment and sometimes real videos of the arid surface of Mars.
The door beeps warned of a new visit but this time it was someone different, a security agent (similar to the total recall androids i.pinimg.com/originals/59/fa/a4/59faa47ac78a8887179de2501... ) which made her, dressed only in a gown with transparencies and a thong, cover herself up a bit, and then, realising that he was not coming alone, behind him and standing about 30cm taller, was XI1569 with his arms crossed.
Viktoria: can I help you? *she said looking at the security agent
*The security agent with a neutral and robotic voice 'speaks' very slowly, especially when he gets to the numerical parts and acronyms, to be well understood: Apartment 0157, are you Agent Viktoria with SIU KX1044?
*XI1569 looks at him with a certain boredom and circumstance, arms folded behind the agent.
Viktoria: that is correct, I confirm my identity
Agent: Thank you, permission is requested for the visit of the P.R.C.T. with SIU XI1569 *answers with the same neutral voice with which he spoke before
Viktoria: I give consent, thank you for your service *response with the same tone
Agent: have a good night *says before turning and walking down the hall
XI1569: don't fuck with me... *whispers when he already moved a couple of meters away, entering the apartment and about to push her on his way in
*Viktoria can't help but shake her head at the situation, although without actually laughing
XI1569: this was my fucking day off ... *he says walking around the room annoyed, turning around to look at her * I asked for a pass to come here and this is what they gave me
*Viktoria walks silently approaching him, staying a short distance away.
* XI1569 looks at her approaching, relaxing her gesture a little while maintaining his haughty look
Viktoria: I guess it's the base protocols... *frowns* if I'd known, I would have gone to pick you up or meet you somewhere to save this *smiles now getting closer to him as she runs a hand across his chest
XI1569: would you have come to pick me up? ..dressed like that? *looks at her up and down
Viktoria: I guess now you won't know... *whispers with a playful look
* XI1569 looks at her with a half smile, but doesn't say anything, he raises her hands to her hips and holds her there firmly without looking away from her eyes
Viktoria: All good with… *she says as she gets a little closer to him*… what did you have to do? * stares into his eyes, licking her lips after speaking
* XI1569 carefully observes her gestures, tilting her face a little
XI1569: it's my day off... right now I don't care if that's good or bad honestly... what have you done in this while? ... * he says looking towards her bed and checking if she has been 'entertained' in that time.
Viktoria: I made myself comfortable, had a drink, reviewed work reports, checked emails... *she sighs when she says this, although she watches him looking at the bed and raises an eyebrow curiously * I haven't slept….
XI1569: you haven't slept ... * he says, smiling a little to himself * you should have lied down for a while to bear what's coming tonight... although I think we're close to daylight...
* XI1569 moves away from her a little walking towards the weapon gun that she gave him and that she still has on her table, there, he loads it and checks its working system
Viktoria: I usually don't sleep much anyway... *she watches him walk away, looking away for a moment while he's distracted by the gun and frowning for a moment as if in doubt, then looking back at him* Controller Ferrer has summoned me to speak with him tomorrow... Well today *she says from the place where she is, now watching him with the gun
XI1569: and? ... *he says while checking the ammunition and pointing towards one of the walls
Viktoria: Don't give it any importance... it's your day off * she says with an affirmation gesture * it was just information... * she comments as she sits on the bed, crossing her legs while she watches him * I look forward you to trying it…
XI1569: and ... why don't you try it... * turns to look at her in a somewhat shady way... while he fits the ammunition that was spinning out of the weapon earlier
Viktoria: Oh…I tried it before I gave it to you. I wanted to make sure that everything was working properly... I wouldn't give you something that besides being obsolete doesn't work correctly, but I'm curious to know your opinion *she remains with her gaze fixed on him, following his movements as he speaks
XI1569: have you tried it? Are you sure?...*smiles a little more, approaching her slowly as if he were stalking her with that kind of shadow in his eyes, grabbing her tightly by the base of her jaw and part of her neck and then leaning over and biting her on the lips while his pulsations, so different from human ones, skyrocket, tensing up just before ending that kiss, dragging their fangs across her now injured lips before pulling away with the taste of blood in his mouth*…show me how you try it...*whispers in front of her with the height difference somewhat greater since she is now on her knees on the bed, bringing the barrel of the weapon closer to her lips to caress them, while he half-opens his own, still stained with her blood, looking at her attentively with the accelerated pulse while pressing the barrel a little more on her lips but gently, without accelerating anything...as if waiting to see if she understands what he wants to see...
Why must love be difficult in today's day and age? Why must it stand up to social standards instead of a relationship between a man and woman? When truth is lost it is hard to find. If you stop loving one then why stay with them? If you like someone then why not try and ask them out? Life is hard enough without making love be hard as well. Love is beautiful if transpired in the correct form.
Not quite a jungle like those of far-off climes - see for example
www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/3738689569/in/photolis... - but a very similar atmosphere! And certainly more mosquitoes in the Diemer Vijfhoek! Biting me right through my batik shirt!
Anyway, I went out today to The Pentagon (=Vijfhoek), not the one we know and fear, but the nature reserve to the east of Amsterdam on the IJmeer side of the Diemerzeedijk.
That island is manmade (1970) from the dredge turned up from the building of what is now the NUON Power Station, which kind of looms over the dike. It's a wonderfully wild reserve of about 200 acres, much of it swamp. But there are paths and with a bit of care you can make your own way into the Green. But beware: it's not difficult to get lost as I did when I came to a Creek I couldn't cross (and no waterproof plastic for my camera etc. so i couldn't swim over) and had to retrace my muddy, brambly steps.
As I took a breather, this Repetitive Hoverfly delighted me; I think Epistrophe grossulariae.
Difficult conditions for shooting Aurora last night, very bright Waxing Gibbous Moon, heavy mist near the ground and lots of moisture on the lens... and the odd Badger out to spook me in the fog...
getting the colour in, the real one is a bit more subtle but this is good for the screen :) the buddleia's going to be the difficult bit, not being a floral painter an' all ...
difficult to imagine this scene in Sydney
Sunset at rouse hill
Had to wait till the cows came home
Shot with Canon 600d and 55-250MM lens
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Difficult to judge where the livery ends and the graffiti begins on this former NMBS/SNCB locomotive.
So, after following the instructions to the letter. I was still finding it difficult to get the results I was after. F5.6 for macro is, in my opinion; not deep enough. So I started over again and switched the F-stop up to F16. This seems to have made a great difference in my opinion. It is quite a laborious job. Not least the stacking. That part was relatively easy. But crunching all those RAW files into Helicon Focus; 100 shots from the D850, it took my computer about 10 minutes to really come up with the DNG. This has been an interesting exercise. I'm pleased with the results. Looking at the Gerbera though, it is a little past its best. Oh well!
locatiion : Kyoto Hosen-in temple , Bankan-en Garden
( meaning difficult to leave,and also known as 'picture frame garden)
京都大原 宝泉院 額縁庭園’盤桓園’( 立ち去り難いという意）
Hosen - in Temple is located next to of the Shorin - in Temple, where the priest Honen Sho-nin had the famous religeous debate with Kenshin, chief magistrate of Ohara Temple. The library, rebuilt in 1502, is famous for its "chitenjo" (bloody ceiling) in the passageway, taken from Fushimi Castle. The famous garden contains a pine tree, more than 700 years old, in the shape of Mt. Oumifuji.
This beautiful framed garden invites the visitor into a world of comfort. Also, be sure to enjoy some powdered green tea while listening to the sound of the Suikinkutsu (Japanese water hollow harp garden feature). - Kyoto Prefecture
Canon EOS M5 / EF-M22mm f/2 STM
ƒ/11.0 22.0 mm 1/30sec ISO100
manual exposure /focus /IS off
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EVENING RUN, it was a beautiful Summer's evening, the light just came on, still warming up. Love mixed light!
What a difficult choice, I can explain the reasons for each one...
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A difficult to find Sykes's Lark near Velavadar National Park in Gujarat, India. This rare bird is the same colour as its habitat and blends in so well. Usually seen when it flies. Sykes's Lark is mainly restricted to central India, although stray records have been found elsewhere on the sub-continent.
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I spent shot after shot trying to capture this butterfly, it just would not stop moving! The shot was taken at Butterfly World in Moncton NB.....I had a great time!!
4 August 2020 – The number of infections and hospitalizations continue to rise. Steven Van Gucht, one of Belgium’s lead virologists said that we all need to persist in upholding the measures designed to curb the spread of the virus. He added that we have several difficult months ahead of us. Meanwhile, a lot of people have corona fatigue and find it more and more difficult to adhere to the measures to combat the corona virus. However, it is not all gloom and doom. For those interested in strong, healthy muscles but worried about the aerosols in the gym, the city of Ghent opened a Calisthenics Park at the Blaarmeersen. Never mind the punishing diets, the gym dates and the doctors’ warnings, the quest to live a healthier, more active lifestyle has come to this in Ghent: playgrounds for adults. I took a sneak peek the day before yesterday but decided that too many people were socially distancing in the same place, and therefore not at all. To be honest any excuse would have done to stick to my much more relaxing corona walks…:-) - Blaarmeersen, Ghent, Belgium.
Sometimes you just gotta take the pose they give you. And with her, it is kind of difficult to miss that enormous booty.
Female Red Wasp (Polistes carolina)
American Waterwillow (Justicia Americana)
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