(couldn't resist posting another prairie chicken sparring shot)

This was from the morning gathering at the lek* - these are Lesser Prairie Chickens (they don't have as much brown in them). They share territory in some areas.

*A Lek is a hill/or rise area where birds and animals gather to do their courting and sparking!

directed@ grauland

Run through the Photoshop gallery for a very subtle effect.

Re-edited 2022

La Revolución de Mayo fue una serie de acontecimientos revolucionarios ocurridos en mayo de 1810 en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, capital del Virreinato del Río de la Plata, dependiente del rey de España, y que tuvieron como consecuencia la destitución del virrey Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros y su reemplazo por la Primera Junta de gobierno.

Los eventos de la Revolución de Mayo sucedieron durante el transcurso de la llamada Semana de Mayo, entre el 18 de mayo, fecha de la confirmación oficial de la caída de la Junta Suprema Central, y el 25 de mayo, fecha de asunción de la Primera Junta.

La Revolución de Mayo inició el proceso de surgimiento del Estado Argentino sin proclamación de la independencia formal, ya que la Primera Junta no reconocía la autoridad del Consejo de Regencia de España e Indias, pero aún gobernaba nominalmente en nombre del rey de España Fernando VII, quien había sido depuesto por las Abdicaciones de Bayona y su lugar ocupado por el francés José Bonaparte.

Juráis a Dios nuestro Señor y a estos Santos Evangelios reconocer la Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las provincia del Río de La Plata a nombre del Sr. D. Fernando Séptimo, y para guarda de sus augustos derechos, obedecer sus órdenes y decretos, y no atentar directa ni indirectamente contra su autoridad, propendiendo pública y privadamente a sus seguridad y respeto.

Todos juraron; y todos morirán antes que quebranten la sagrada obligación que se han impuesto. (Gaceta de Buenos Aires (1810-1821), 1910, p. 13)

OLYMPUS EM-1 Mark II

View On Black

I kind of miss my hardcore hdrs. So, I decided to produce this one. Back to my old self where I feel happiness.

See one of the 5 photos used in producing this HDR.

On devine sur la gauche l'Odéon (recouvert d'herbes) et le théâtre antique

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Shaw Harrison Sabre 620 camera with flipped lens

Northern Harrier

The South Downs Way above Steyning in Sussex

potatoes from the forest quarter

Calla Lily's drenching up the sun's rays.

Re-edited 2022

Direct Rail Services (DRS) 66424 'Driver Paul Scrivens' and BR Green 37032 (D6732) lead the 2C11 1119 Holt to Sheringham service out of Weyborune. Taken during the North Norfolk Railway Mixed Traction 2023 event.

Direct Rail Services (DRS) 37069 and BR Large Logo 37424 pass through Ely working the 3S01 0922 Stowmarket D.G.L. to Stowmarket D.G.L. RHTT.

DRS 37401 + 37422 are seen stopped in Carlisle Station for a crew change working 6X12 West Ealing - Tyne S.S. on January 9th, 2023.

2023 postage stamp edition

Sometimes you need to get out of the way.

The weasel was looking directly at me and then proceeded with its own doings, as if i don't exist.

Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area, AB

Abstract eye

Harman Direct Positive Paper and Linhof Color 4x5 and Computar Symmetrigon 150mm f6.3

Trying to get as much as possible from a direct look. No dreamy reds and dark, mysterious sun disks here. Just light, widely seen.

© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved

Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Enjoy!

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From a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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Ézaro - Dumbria - A Coruña - Galicia - Spain

El rio Xallas desemboca directamente en el Océano Atlántico en esta espectacular cascada de 100 m. de altura.

Video "EZARO": youtu.be/Q3WI_4mFyeE

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Blue Jay staring contest

A frosty start to a rare sunny day at the British Wildlife Centre.

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Direct Rail Services venerable duo 37401 & 37422 blast under Old Alder Lane bridge at Winwick with a train of Plasser High Output Ballast Cleaners @ 14.07 this afternoon.

We were resigned to no chance of sun for this but it came out for a mere fifteen seconds and that was enough.

* Pole @ 5m.