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A coyote, making its way through the meadow on a bright overcast morning, stopped occasionally to gaze in my direction, perhaps it was not comfortable with what was pointing at it.
I took this shot in early June. It is quite surprising that this individual still had some winter coat around the neck and shoulder. But I think the shedding should be completed pretty soon.
Taken on: Early June 2020, Lois Holes Centennial Provincial Park
Nikon D500 w/ 500mmf4G +1.4X
Effective focal length: 1050mm; cropped image
Lightroom 6.0
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Effectivement, il y aura de grosses précipitations en soirée avec éclairs et tonnerre
Sure, there will be large rainfall in the evening with thunder and lightning
Especially effective You can visit that at this place, the Rhein Falls from Schaffhausen. On average 373 cubic meters of water are falling down the rocks per second. On the maximum in 1965 it were 1250 cubic meters per second. That makes that waterfall to one of the three largest in europe.
Dies kann man besonders eindrucksvoll an diesem Ort miterleben, den Rheinfällen bei Schaffhausen. Im Durchschnit stürzen hier 373 Kubikmeter Wasser den Fels hinunter. Maximal waren es 1965 sogar 1250 Kubikmeter pro Sekunde. Damit ist dieser Wasserfall einer der drei größten in Europa.
effective and universal means of communication of facts and ideas between peoples and nations :-)
Cornell Capa
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rudbeckia, black eyed susan, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
My father had been diagnosed with colon cancer about 13 months ago. He thought that he had a few months to live, but really wanted to take July off from chemotherapy and tried to fit in one too many chemo treatments. I was called by my mom to come home very early on Friday morning. The chemotherapy dropped my dad‘s white blood cell count very low and he had started to become infected with at least one bacterial infection. He was admitted to the ICU and I arrived early afternoon on Friday from Chicago to Rochester, New York. My mom and I spent three days in the ICU reading to him from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as well as playing his favorite songs and holding up old photos and describing them to him.He was not able to respond to us in any way, but every time we started talking to him, tears would roll down his eyes. As the last ditch effort. As the last stitch effort, we tried dialysis to keep him alive long enough for a white blood cell patch that he had used after the chemo treatment to get his white blood cell count up, which can take a while to work. However, this was not effective, and my dad would not have wanted to be put on full life support. My mom and I wrestled with what to do best to support his wishes and in the end, decided that it wasn’t going to be possible to keep him alive and for him to become conscious again or have a good quality of life. He died on Sunday night.
This experience has really made me very angry with our healthcare system. He never should’ve gotten that last chemo treatment, and although the doctor warned against it, the oncologist also did not explain to my dad how the risk of death was quite significant. My dad really really wanted to live even with all of the side effects he was going through. This is him with one of his cats, Frankenstein, a few years ago listening to music (taken by my mother, Valerie) Hopefully, they are now reunited in heaven.
If anybody does want to read the obituary for my dad, it can be found here;
harrisfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/5213/Crispin-Peters...
Ça fait toujours plaisir de se représenter en grand.
La réalité virtuelle est-elle si "virtuelle" que ça ? On peut rêver...
Début d'une série. "La Japonaise"
(Un merci particulier à R. Schreiner chez unsplash.com pour le mur muséal.)
Ever wonder how effective your work would be museum wise ?
First in a series "Japanese Woman"
(Special Thanks to R Schreiner at unsplash.com for the Wall ;.)
Spring green is very much in the picture of this neighborhood in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The middle of May is the best time to take the lovely pastel colors associated with springtime in the Boston metropolitan area.
Teaching at 10 this morning so decided to get up at 6 and if there was no mist I'd take a cycle ride down to Ham Wall - only 3 miles to the first viewing platform from where I live.
Lots on offer highlights of which were 2 cracking male Garganey in front of the Tor View hide, they came and went throughout the morning, booming bitterns and a fly-by bittern which would have been perfect for photographers had we all been facing east rather than west (Thalia and Brian nice to see you both on such a lovely morning).
The time comes when I have to cycle back to get ready for class and just as I start on the main track a Barn Owl floats over the path. I manage to get a couple of distant shots (effective in the setting though) and when it's out of sight I carry on. Decided to stop at the 2nd viewing platform as you never know and a couple of alarm calls gave the bird away heading along the canal towards me. What a delight to see - 9.15am and 20 metres or so away. There are some wildlife moments when I literally can't believe my luck and it's a truly exciting moment - this was one.
Oh and doing some gardening work this afternoon I saw a Holly Blue and an Orange-tip - get in!
Can go Large in Lightbox - anymore than that and it loses quality.
I saw this lone tawny frogmouth juvenile in the same spot beside Currumbin Creek on two afternoons 48 hours apart. It was gone 24 hours later. It's not often you get a second chance with these hard to spot birds. Their camouflage is very effective and close examination of this close-up will reveal the way plumage is coloured and constructed to look like various Australian tree barks. I hope this image is worth the wait.
Long exposure photography can be challenging at times. The lighting, timing and just how long the exposure, can make a huge difference in the outcome.
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The plan was simple: find Chris, sober him up, and get started the mission. But as Lori watched Nia "help" Chris toward the motorcycle, she realized she had made a grave tactical error. Instead of bringing coffee and cold water, Nia had decided that the best way to bond with his specialist was to join him in a celebratory round of "mission-success-before-the-mission-even-started."
Now, as they reached the bike, the "strangely effective" team was looking significantly more "strange" and a lot less "effective."
Thank you Nia and Lori for the great time! You both are amazing!
Photo was taken at Piazza Dell'Artista
The Brown Pelicans were exhibiting for me a new fishing style. They are divers, but this was more of a hip-hop crash and splash technique. They'd take off, fly a few yards, then head in to fill up their bill. Particularly, see how the head is turned at an angle. Took me a few moments to read it - you're actually looking at the top of the bird's head and beak, tilted over to the bird's left. I saw this over and over in my pics from this day. Didn't seem to be terribly effective, but at least a half-dozen of them were doing it in the back bay of this refuge area. Maybe it was about low tide/shallow water.
A close up view of a Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) gives an idea of how effective they are as predators.
Este pequeno caçador exibe a sua habilidade ao manipular a presa com precisão. A pose inclinada e o olhar concentrado da ave refletem a sua natureza determinada e eficaz. Este momento, oferece um vislumbre da vida selvagem em toda a sua brutal beleza, destacando o papel do Picanço-real como um predador implacável no seu habitat.
This little hunter displays his skill by manipulating his prey with precision. The bird's slanted pose and focused gaze reflect its determined and effective nature. This moment offers a glimpse of wildlife in all its brutal beauty, highlighting the King Shrike's role as a relentless predator in its habitat.
Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal
Muito obrigado pelos seus comentários e favoritos.
Many thanks for your coments and favs.
One of my favourite Spitfires to see! This has a 'b' type wing with provision for two cannon and 4 machine guns. The original Spitfire Mk 1 was fitted with 8 machine guns, but these were found to be not very effective against a heavily armoured bomber, so the 'b' wing was introduced and existing 8 gun Spitfire Mk 1's were re-designated as 1a.
The Mk V Spitfire was essentially a Mk 1 with a more powerful engine, although numerous detail changes were made, including to radiators, cockpit canopy and radio equipment. This aircraft is painted in the colours of No 317 (Polish) Squadron with which it served in 1942.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Many words have entered common parlance in 2020. Coronavirus, pandemic, Covid, lockdown and furlough are some examples but perhaps Zoom is the most surprising. Who would have thought that so many people could actually work from home and still be effective at their jobs? Will this change the office forever? Stay safe everyone!
There's nothing special about the angle, or the train, just some winter sunlight and fresh snow on the hills.
CN Q117 hustles through the town of Rosedale, nearing the end of its unopposed run through the Directional Running Zone. Ahead lies slow orders, and a lineup of trains queuing up to meet opposing traffic as they approach metro Vancouver, British Columbia.
The background is dominated by the snow capped peaks of Mount Cheam, a 6,903ft summit in the Cascade Range, and the effective eastern end of the Fraser River Valley. This snow is fresh, and only the second round of snow to touch the higher elevations in the area this winter. As of now, Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have yet to have any snow touch down at ground level. I do enjoy the 'frosted' peaks as background, but am fine without having to commute in the white stuff.
Explore Apr 20, 2020 #362
I love the fragile filaments upholding yellow orange pollen covered stamens. The leaves form a perfect cup for accumulating water drops. And the purple surrounding edges. A simple groundcover that is simply beatutiful.
Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort commonly known as Wandering Jew, though it cannot be said when, where, or by whom it was first called this. But, considering the term's negative connotation, it would be safe to assume the originator's intent was not to highlight the plant's more favorable qualities. Other common names include Purple Heart and Purple Queen.
T. pallida can be primarily described as an evergreen scrambling perennial plant distinguished by elongated, pointed leaves - themselves glaucous green, fringed with red or purple - and bearing small, sterile three-petaled flowers of white, pink or purple.
Widely used as an ornamental plant in gardens and borders as a ground cover, hanging plant, or - particularly in colder climates where it cannot survive the winter season - houseplant, it is propagated easily by cuttings (the stems are visibly segmented and roots will frequently grow from the joints). It is shade-tolerant and can thrive in a wide range of soil conditions where it has not been intentionally cultivated and carefully maintained. In areas throughout the southern United States and Australia, it is considered an invasive weed and has defied many attempts at control or eradication.
As a houseplant, T. pallida is exceptionally effective at improving indoor air quality by filtering out Volatile Organic Compounds, a class of common pollutants and respiratory irritants, via a process known as phytoremediation.
Tradescantia pallida, Wandering Jew, Purple Heart, Purple Queen
Biscayne Park, FL
As the mighty Firth of Forth reaches past Edinburgh and Portobello it widens out hugely, the estuary effectively and inland sea, and it becomes hard to tell where river ends and sea begins. A natural highway, especially in the more historic times when sea travel was the most effective way to get around, centuries of visitors have passed the many islands - or inchs - in the Forth, including this larger one, Inchkeith, which is easily viewable from the beach at Portobello.
It has been defensive spot in many centuries, right up to mid 20th century and the World Wars, as well as being used for other things like quarantine for arriving ships that had disease onboard. The prominent lighthouse you can see was started in 1803, yet another of our coastal legacies from the great "Lighthouse Stevenson" family (yes, the same family as the great Scots writer Robert Louis Stevenson).
Many of their lighthouses are still in operation around our rugged coastline to this day. As an interesting aside, if you visit the National Museum of Scotland in the middle of Edinburgh, there is a large lighthouse lens in the huge atrium - it's the older lens from the lighthouse on Inchkeith, now replaced by more modern optics and automated systems.
The S-92B is an anti-aircraft platform in service with the Zlovenian National Army.
Inspired by conspicuous amounts of vodka and Kop-Tek Industry's attempt at mounting a silly gun on the back of a truck, the engineers at Zlovenia Arms Incorporated decided to do the same thing. The result was a 20mm chain gun mounted on the platform of an S-53 Kuše SAM system. With 2 MANPADs because why the hell not at this point, the reasoning went.
And so, with a health dosage of military-industrial complex and a dash of alcohol, the S-92B somehow went into production as an actual thing.
In service, the S-92B, despite it's interesting origins, has actually proved to be a quite effective, if expensive, point defense system.
For Divide And Conquer VI.
At the end of the nineties, two Unit Cargos to Kijfhoek passed Moordrecht one after the other at the beginning of the evening: from Amsterdam Westhaven and Arnhem Goederen. Both trains were interesting not only because of the ever-changing composition, but also because of the frequent transport of dispatch locomotives. On May 11, 1998, the train from Amsterdam was pulled by NS 1601 'Amsterdam' with the 1638 'Groningen' and 1132 behind it. The 1600s were not yet marred by the ugly air conditioning units on the roof at that time: an open door is just as effective.
A female Rose-breasted Grosbeak balances on a very slim branch following a freak spring snowstorm on the northern prairie. This seed-eater is related to the cardinals, which also includes the buntings and tanagers.
The snow was so bright that it made house windows extra-reflective, and a number of people here reported bird deaths from collisions. The most effective strategy seems to be to place colourful post-it notes at random on any large pane of glass; the birds then recognize it as a solid object and don't try to fly through it. This worked for two of my friends: no more collisions.
Reflected light from the snow was a bonus for this photographer, as it kept the birds' underparts bright. I made this shot in my artist friend Laureen Marchand's backyard, near her feeders, where hundreds of birds gathered in the aftermath of the freak May snowstorm. She is @laureenartist on Instagram.
One more to come from this amazing morning. Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Even though this concrete silo that dwarfs its neighbors doesn't appear to be very welcoming (the dreary day probably contributed to that thought), it still somehow enticed me to leave Washington State Route 20 to explore the town for a few minutes. (Concrete's entire population of 732 could likely easily fit inside, should they weirdly decide to do so.) I found a Main Street of a typical small town in the United States and learned that this structure was painted in the early 1990s for a movie that was filmed here.
Concrete, Washington.
This is my nephew, Ben, clearing the frozen river for skating on New Years Day 2014.
I have posted the photo previously (see Comment section), but I have since removed one other distracting person from the photo and otherwise reprocessed the image a bit, I think it makes it more effective. I like it anyway.
I wish it were a bit tighter on Ben, but I wanted to keep the overhead wooden footbridge in the frame ... and as a frame too, I guess.
Effective Focal Length = 2520mm
600mm + 1.4x + 2.0x + APSc mode. Monopod support.
Sony only detects the first TC with incorrect f-stop recorded.
This was taken on the beach behind Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge, in Martin County, FL. (More on this to come)
"The Anastasia Formation is a geologic formation deposited in Florida during the Late Pleistocene epoch.
The Anastasia Formation was named by E. H. Sellards in 1912.
Coquina obtained from this formation on Anastasia Island was used to construct Castillo de San Marcos during the late 17th century; a local material, it was relatively easy to quarry and proved to be effective for absorbing cannon damage. This formation is an integral part of the surficial aquifersystem.
Formed through multicyclic deposition the formation contains at least two disconformities, and two detectable ages. The formation registers in the late Pleistocene with oldest samples aging at 110,000 YBP based on radiometric dating."
For the sources of this information, and if you want to know more, go to Wikipedia, Anastasia Formation
My first multi-night image, using frames taken in May and July 2021
1 stack of 105 60s images, Canon 800D at ISO 800, Canon 400mm f5.6 lens at f6.3, iOptron Skyguider Pro tracker. 50 darks, 120 biases. Processed in PixInsight as below
* CC defect list + master dark (sigma = 8)
15*(1-(FWHM-FWHMMin)/(FWHMMax-FWHMMin))
+ 15*(1-(Eccentricity-EccentricityMin)/(EccentricityMax-EccentricityMin))
+ 20*(SNRWeight-SNRWeightMin)/(SNRWeightMax-SNRWeightMin)
+ 50
img 4002 ref
* ESD integration, range exclude
* drizzle integration, gaussian kernel
*****Linear processing
*** Initial
* Crop
* DBE tolerance 3, manually placed points outside the dust clouds
*** Color calibration
* PCC using a dust cloud as background, aimed at Triffid, background ref upper limit 0.002
* SNCR 0.8 green
*** Decon
* Using EZDecon, create the following:
* PSF - autogen
* background - autogen, then invert, range selection lower 0.03 smoothness 49, clean with clone stamp, range mask again, invert again - background_range_mask
* star mask: extract luminance, run EZSoftStretch, star mask noise treshhold 0.3 scale 9 smoothness 8 aggregate binarize. Add a couple of ellipses, 2x convolve - decon_star_mask
*** Denoise
Using jonrista.com/the-astrophotographers-guide/pixinsights/eff... as implemented by EZSuite.
* TGV edge protection 3e-5, default MMT
***** Nonlinear processing
*** Initial stretch
* MaskedStretch, default settings
* extract luminance, stretch with shadows 0.05 mids 0.4, apply as mask inverted, stretch mids to 0.3
* ACDNR chrominance only, lightness mask, stdev 4 iterations 6mids 0.2 on lightness mask
***MLT stretch
www.stelleelettroniche.it/en/2014/09/astrophoto/m42-ngc19...
**Initial (fine details)
* created a new multiscale linear transform, kept 6 layers
* diffed from original image to create a "blurred" version of original image
* extracted luminance from original, used as mask on blurred version
* used curves to pump rgb and saturation
* pixelmath sum the 3, rescaled, back to original image
**Second (nebula)
* created a new multiscale linear transform, kept 6 layers, and diff from original
* extract luminance from diff Use as mask on blurred version
* s-shaped luminance curve, gentle, big sat boost
* pixelmath sum the 3, rescaled, back to original image
*** Finishers
* Star reduce with EZscript, 8 layers of morpho
* With the previous star mask on (raw), unsharp mask with default settings)
* Dark structure enhancement
* EZDenoise, default settings TGV, no MMT
* pump up sat in reds and blues
* MMT sharpen, 6 layers biases 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.25 0.12
* downsample 3x
Ravenna, and Emilia-Romagna region (Italy). He is also the patron saint of Aachen, Burtscheld, Remagen, Düsseldorf, Germany. A noted miracle worker, Saint Apollinaris is considered especially effective against gout, epilepsy and diseases of the sexual organs.
These old shells are on display at Tyneham village now owned by the MOD. These shells were developed during WWII to be effective against concrete defensive constructions and invading tanks. The head would squash when it hit the target and release a potential explosive plastic onto the target micro seconds before it exploded causing maximum damage.