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Sparrows are difficult for me, so I really don't know the ID of this guy seen at Sepulveda Basin, Van Nuys CA. At least I hope it is a Sparrow !!LOL!! I'll take a guess at a Juvenile House Sparrow !! Thanks for the ID Lou Orr !
Have you heard this Parable?
Shortcuts through rough times may lead to shortcomings later down the road. Let's learn to ask God what we are supposed to learn from a rough situation...instead of asking God to remove that thing entirely.
Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
there will always be sunshine,
after the rain ....
Perhaps you may stumble,
perhaps even fall,
But God's always ready,
To answer your call ...
He knows every heartache,
sees every tear,
A word from His lips,
can calm every fear ...
Your sorrows may linger,
throughout the night,
But suddenly vanish,
in dawn's early light ...
The Savior is waiting,
somewhere above,
To give you His grace,
and send you His love ..
Whatever your cross,
whatever your pain,
"God always sends rainbows ....
after the rain ... "
To get out of difficulty, one must usually go through it!
EXPLORE # 104 on January 28 & 30, 2008; # 139 on 01-29-2008
It was quite a difficult place to get in, unless you plan way ahead of coming and obtain the necessary tickets, otherwise, good luck. Even with ticket, with some specific reserved time, it was confusing where to go and what to do since once you get to the ticket office, you'd need to exchange your online tickets with the real tickets and there were lines of people lining up and which lines are which...(a long walk uphill to the ticket office where you'd get in). If you missed you reserved time, then you'd not be able to see some of the main places inside. All in all, quite a hassle, but I think if you go to Granada, then I believe that you'd want to visit this place.
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From Wikipedia:
The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/; Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء [ʔælħæmˈɾˠɑːʔ], Al-Ḥamrā, lit. "The Red One"),[Note 1][Note 2] the complete Arabic form of which was Qalat Al-Hamra,[Note 3] is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century by the Moorish emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada, who built its current palace and walls. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.[1] After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered to Renaissance tastes. In 1526 Charles I & V commissioned a new Renaissance palace better befitting the Holy Roman Emperor in the revolutionary Mannerist style influenced by Humanist philosophy in direct juxtaposition with the Nasrid Andalusian architecture, but which was ultimately never completed due to Morisco rebellions in Granada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra
Taken with my "cheap" Nikon 24-85mm...
Very difficult to get the exposure right on the White and Black bird on a Sunny day!! #147 - 16.04.18
Social distancing hasn't been that difficult to be honest. We live in a remote place in a sparsely populated area, and we're not really the most sociable pair in the world. Add to that I'm an accountant who does landscape photography to deal with the slings and arrows of an oddly chosen career - I was good at maths at school but lacked the imagination to do anything more interesting or rewarding - and you get the picture. Like many of us, I'm happiest when alone, or in the company of a very small number of carefully chosen companions.
Still, social distancing for the last 8 weeks has meant not going out with the camera, and I resigned myself to that fact happily, in support of those who are doing far more important and often dangerous work to keep the nation operating in some sort of way, and to save lives of course. Finally, we are allowed to head out, with caution of course, but it's in the nature of many of us as photographers to head for places at times when we can spread out and point our cameras at views like this.
It was nice to catch up with Lee, who I've not seen since we headed down to the tip of Cornwall at the beginning of March to scope out Kenidjack Valley. This time last year we were planning an adventure to Iceland with enormous excitement. Now, we're just pleased to be at large on our own stomping grounds. It might be all we get to do this year, with plans for wider adventures on hold, but I won't complain. How could I when I have places like this half an hour's drive from the door?
St Michael's Mount rewarded us for two months of patience, with the setting sun over nearby Penzance lighting the subject beautifully. A chance to revisit old haunts and see them anew.
Keep well everyone - keep safe.
A difficult day today. Very dark light meant a low iso and wide apertures resulting in long exposures.
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A very fine display of native bluebells in early summer. The colour of our native english bluebells can be difficult to get right. They need a little help to record as blue rather than purple...
It was cold outside ( a whopping 53F in FL) so I decided to learn some more with photoshop. I have to give credit to Arunz Creation's YouTube tutorial. I could have used a more in focus picture, but I was just practicing. Not bad for my first go.
Well, in these difficult days I'll photograph any form of wildlife that will sit still for long enough!! I spotted this little fellow in a dark corner of our sitting room. Grabbed the camera which, fortunately, already had the macro lens and flashgun on it and grabbed a few shots. Funny, I always think of Daddy-longlegs as being late-summer / early autumn insects.
It’s difficult to believe that more than half of Lassen Volcanic National Park has burned in the Dixie Fire this horrendous wildfire season. I’m wondering what the park will look like when I’m able to return. I’ve intended to revisit the magical landscape of the painted hills and lava beds on the east side of the park but for now, will revisit some of my images taken in 2019 and hope that the landscape is still as it was.
I had a grand, if difficult time trying to capture some bird shots! We have had our bird feeders going, and recently saw a hummingbird so we got a feeder up for them, too! Now we have seen two! I can usually hear them coming, from the whirr of their wings and the little chee chee chittering sounds they sometimes make! Believe me, I took a LOT of shots, but there were the best of the lot for hummers!
I can't wait to try again!
One of the most difficult things we have to manage as photographers is our own expectations. It's inevitable to have preconceived images of what we would like to capture when planning a shooting session. Occasionally, things do not turn out the way we imaged upon arrival. It's easy to get disappointed or frustrated and write the whole effort off. However, I have found it's much more fruitful to re-adjust my expectations and reframe my goals.
I had planned a few days in Mt. Rainier during peak wildflower season this summer. Unfortunately, it poured for three straight days. Instead of driving home, I decided to shoot some waterfalls until the storm passed. It requires some patience as you need to wait for moments of clearing and the light to hit where you want it Since it was midday, I used a polarizer and 10-stop ND to achieve a 20 sec exposure. Soft filtered light poked through the clouds and illuminated the middle ridge but it wasn't harsh enough light to blow out the waterfall. I used a set of Gobe filters for this shot and I've been impressed with their quality and reasonable price!
It's a difficult job but someone has to do it! Smile. This bull was so busy keeping his huge harem encircled he had actually worked up a sweat. Yet, I'm sure he figures it is GOOD to be the king!
COLORADO
THANKS
For Macro Mondays.
This week's theme: Plastic
This was kind of difficult for me because I don't like plastic. I feel there is way too much plastic being used for things that could be made from something much more environmentally friendly. But I located a plastic fork in a kitchen drawer and put it into service for a Macro Mondays photo.
HMM
Cette difficulté d’être dans l’abondance démontrerait à elle seule, s’il le fallait, que la prétendue « naturalité » du désir de bien-être n’est pas si naturelle que ça –sinon les individus n’auraient pas tant de mal à s’y faire, ils sauteraient à pieds joints dans la profusion. Ceci devrait nous faire pressentir qu’il y a dans la consommation autre chose de tout différent, peut-être même l’inverse –quelque chose à quoi il faut éduquer, dresser et domestiquer les hommes- en fait un nouveau système de contraintes morales et psychologiques qui n’a rien à voir avec le règne de la liberté. Le lexique des néo-philosophes du désir est significatif à cet égard. Il n’est question que d’apprendre aux hommes à être heureux, de leur apprendre à se consacrer au bonheur, d’aménager chez eux les réflexes du bonheur. L’abondance n’est donc pas un paradis, le saut par-delà la morale dans l’immoralité rêvée de la profusion, c’est une nouvelle situation objective régie par une nouvelle morale. Objectivement parlant, ce n’est donc pas un progrès, c’est tout simplement quelque chose d’autre.
Jean Baudrillard
A couple picks there way over the rocky breakwater to the lighthouse at Wisconsin Point on Lake Superior.
A very difficult theme this week, I never tried taking photo's by candlelight only !
This is part of a Christmas bauble with glitter on it.
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Kosñipata Valley, Southeast Peru
Photographing primates in a tropical rainforest environment is notoriously difficult and frustrating due to the nature of the habitat, the amount of vegetation you’re trying to avoid and, of course, the lack of light penetrating the canopy. And that’s assuming that you’ve found some monkeys in the first place that are at a lower level and remaining in the area, rather than just making their way through the tree tops. I was therefore delighted to find that the first lodge we stayed at on this trip had a local group of Tufted Capuchins that could often be seen in a clearing early in the morning and occasionally late afternoon. I had three very memorable encounters with them that allowed me to capture a good variety of images.
Grooming is a serious affair and an important part of any primate's daily routine, and if you can find a pair fully engrossed in the task as these two were, you’ll usually find that they’ll remain quite still, which obviously helps keep the shutter speed and resultant ISO as low as possible.
Tern's turning are difficult to capture. It really is a matter of luck as it happens so quickly. Once they have dived for a fish, they shake the water off. It takes about 3 seconds before the shake.
Notice how his head is turned 180° and his tail is turned 90°.
This shot is special to me because the Tern is faced toward me and the background is vegetation and the beach, not just sky or water. Today was a good day for photographing birds.
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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This was a lot more difficult to manage with the D200 because I'm still a little baffled by the different auto focus modes. The D50 made these easy.
It’s difficult to post “pretty photos” when “Nero” is playing golf and celebrating personal stock market “wins” with his billionaire sycophants while “Rome” and the global economy “burns.” But beauty is still there. It serves as an antidote to discord, and is a reminder of the beauty we should be striving for in our world.
Savona con Meg Dicembre 2016
Nella ex Centrale Elettrica alla foce del Letimbro, ora centro commerciale
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Not so difficult once understood the trick, anyway a result possible only with your support, so THANKS A LOT TO ALL OF YOU!
1. tulipano, 2. Teatro Civico di Tortona, 3. angelo, 4. Teatro civico di Tortona (AL), 5. Racconigi, 6. dolce pasquetta, 7. The Abominable Snowman's daughter!, 8. I wish you a sweet easter,
9. fontana delle tartarughe, 10. Noi e Gorby, 11. scorci romani, 12. stazione centrale, Milano, 13. Stazione Centrale, Milano, 14. lucernai, 15. Milano, 16. Ebe,
17. croco, 18. tramonto a Basaluzzo, 19. la finestra sul cielo, 20. altare della patria, 21. in viaggio, 22. Il Vittoriano, 23. colosseo, 24. a sunny sky on the snow,
25. gruzzolo, 26. che poi.., 27. tris di cioccolati, 28. Teatro Eliseo, 29. maschera, 30. javier marin, 31. luna sul Vaticano, 32. fontana di trevi,
33. rialto, 34. il cielo su Lugano, 35. la fortuna di prendere il bus, 36. Lugano, 37. P, 38. natale a Venezia, 39. Sona (vr), 40. venezia,
41. Alessandria, 42. rialto, 43. lights!, 44. venezia, 45. happy new year!, 46. un nebbioso canaletto, 47. venezia, 48. Piazza Garibaldi vestita a festa,
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89. gialla, 90. luce d'autunno, 91. foliage, 92. scorcio romantico, 93. cicogne, 94. fuochi d'artificio, 95. sauternes, 96. cielo,
97. St Agricole, 98. archi e contrafforti, 99. attraverso una monofora
Mr Merlin, showing again he is such a natural poser. I must admit with everything going on it was difficult to find inspiration for this photoshoot but once everything was set up the dogs made it so much fun.
So difficult to capture in flight.
Male Kingfisher skimming the river (female has orange beak on lower side, like lipstick)
See my birds album
www.flickr.com/photos/whitecontrail/albums/72157720241880539
I really enjoyed this frog pattern, it was effective without many difficult folds. I really liked that the front had enough details to get fingers and that the back was kept simple to give a childlike whimsy to the model. I'm tempted to fold it again and try to add toes to the hind legs. But who knows if that'll actually happen :)
Pattern is: "Frog" from the book "Advanced Origami - An Artist's Guide to Folding Techniques and Paper" by Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander
A walk to the park...
These difficult times of Covid have affected our freedom to mobilize, go out and enjoy the world, but it has also taught us to value the true meaning of love, union and among others to enjoy the simple ... A walk to the park for example ... In this case this photo has a history, I wanted to play a little with shadows and lights; I like them a lot, it's my style, and stealing moments I found a very loving dog, I called him to give me a look and in conclusion he licked the camera ... The lens was bathed but the end was very happy, with the result of the photo and with the love of the dog 😍 🐶.
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Estos tiempos difíciles de Covid nos ha afectado la libertad de movilizarnos, salir y disfrutar del mundo, pero también nos ha enseñado a valorar el significado verdadero del amor, la unión y entre otras a disfrutar de lo simple.... Una caminata al parque por ejemplo... En este caso esta foto tiene historia, yo buscaba jugar un poco con las sombras y las luces; a mi me gustan mucho es mi estilo, y robando instantes encuentro un perro muy amoroso, lo llame para que me diera una mirada y en conclusión se lanzó a lamer la cámara.... La lente quedó bañada pero el final fue muy feliz, con el resultado de la foto y con el amor del perro 😍 🐶.
This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #Breathe
Le thème de ce FlickrFriday est: #Respirer
O tema desta FlickrFriday é: #Respirar
本次 FlickrFriday 主題: #呼吸
FlickrFriday-Thema der Woche: #Atmen
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Lots of lovely bluebells in a secret wood but the strong sunshine made it difficult to get good shots.
Birds in flight are among the most difficult photographic subjects. Many photographers struggle to obtain sharp, well-exposed shots of flying birds in an aesthetically pleasing pose. This shot captured at dusk with its wing spread across against the setting sun's golden yellow light is a photographer's delight.
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Fotografiar limícolas en vuelo es un reto, pero hacerlo además mientras realizan giros y piruetas es casi una cuestión de suerte.
Chorlito gris ( Pluvialis squatarola) girando en vuelo sin perderme de vista
Photographing waders in flight is a challenge, but doing it while doing turns and pirouettes is almost a matter of luck.
Black bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) turning in flight without losing sight of me.