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A butterfly I found resting in long grass at Centenary Riverside Nature Reserve near the centre of Rotherham
I was lucky with the lighting conditions for this shot; the swan was in full sun but the background was in deep shadow. The image was taken yesterday evening in Rotherham. The swan was on the River Don.
This male Kestrel - presumably fledged this summer - was so confiding that I was able to walk up close enough to get a shot with a 105mm macro lens. He was perched on top of a steel casting that forms part of Steel Henge, a structure made from materials found on the site of a former foundry in central Rotherham that was transformed into the Centenary Riverside nature reserve by Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust
And here it is the real autumn palette of early October in the warm light of evening sun over dales and valleys of Toronto.
*Continuing to record the seasonal changes for my series Toronto's Tales of Dales - seasonal impressions of a vast view over Rosedale and Don Valley of Toronto, as seen right from Downtown at North-East direction.
Getting a reasonable close up of this superb dragonfly earlier was an exercise in patience. Every time I got close it either got attacked by a rival male or got blown off its perch by a gust of wind! Taken at Centenary Riverside Nature Reserve, Rotherham.
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The Don Valley Brick Works, also known as Evergreen Brick Works, is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River valley in Toronto, Canada. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known Toronto landmarks, such as Casa Loma, Osgoode Hall, Massey Hall, and the Ontario Legislature. Since the closure of the original factory, the quarry has been converted into a city park which includes a series of naturalized ponds, while the buildings have been restored and opened as an environmentally focused community and cultural centre by Evergreen, a national charity dedicated to restoring nature in urban environments.
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