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Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
I admired the exterior of this house upon which the owner shook her head and invited me inside, so that I could see for myself the extent of dereliction she had to deal with. I met her mother and her daughter who worked in the health department. They lack the money needed to repair their home.
Sadly, a very common story.
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La Défense est un quartier d'affaires situé dans la métropole du Grand Paris en Île-de-France, le premier en Europe par l'étendue de son parc de bureaux, aussi le premier en Europe pour le volume d’activités financières, et le troisième quartier d’affaires le plus attractif du monde, avant Londres selon les données de l’agence financière Bloomberg en 2022. Le quartier abrite notamment les sièges de nombreuses entreprises françaises et étrangères ainsi que l’autorité bancaire européenne. Il est situé en banlieue nord-ouest de Paris, dans le département des Hauts-de-Seine, sur les territoires des communes de Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre et La Garenne-Colombes, à l'extrémité occidentale de l'axe historique qui commence au palais du Louvre et se poursuit par l'avenue des Champs-Élysées, l'Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile et au-delà jusqu'au pont de Neuilly et l'Arche de la Défense.
La Défense is a business district located in the metropolis of Greater Paris in Île-de-France, the first in Europe by the extent of its office park, also the first in Europe for the volume of financial activities, and the third most attractive business district in the world, ahead of London according to data from the financial agency Bloomberg in 2022. The district is notably home to the headquarters of many French and foreign companies as well as the European banking authority. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, on the territories of the communes of Puteaux, Courbevoie, Nanterre and La Garenne-Colombes, at the western end of the historic axis which begins at the Louvre Palace and continues along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile and beyond to the Pont de Neuilly and the Arche de la Défense.
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This Joshua Tree was photographed approximately 6 months before a raging California wild fire engulfed many of its neighboring Joshua Trees, to the South. I cannot bring myself to return to the Mojave National Preserve to see the extent of the fire’s destruction in 2020. I know I will be saddened by the loss of one of the world’s largest stands of Joshua Trees. . #ThroughHerLens
This is the toy that my grandmother showed me how to make.
I remember the old days and made a boat with small bamboo leaf that is just 2 inches. The size of the finished boat is 1 inch .
I used to play this small boat floating on the water..
Pyjamazweefvlieg of ook wel snorzweefvlieg genoemd, Episyrphus balteatus.
Iedereen bedankt voor de reactie en de favorieten/vind ik leuk!!!
Één enkele foto, geen stack.
Marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus.
Thanks everyone for the response and favorites/Likes!!!
One single shot, no stack.
Sparrowhawk - Accipiter Nisus
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Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
You can see the saw teeth on the bill that help this mainly piscivorous species catch its food. They have started to lose their fear of man after being relentlessly persecuted for their decimation of fishing stocks, even to the extent of joining all the mallards, swans and gulls to feed on thrown out bread, which isn't really good for them. But this habit brings them close in and they make great subjects for photography
My original plan was for a big setup today. kenko extention tubes + 2x extender + canon 100mm macro + reversed 50mm1.4 pointed at a pepper corn to get an uber close up.
Failed miserably, but as I was dismantling my setup (still with canon 100m and extention tubes on) caught my girlfriends needle and thread on the side of the sofa.
I think it goes without saying this is pretty small :P
My focus was a little off, but I was hand held.
La lumière a d'abord fonctionné avec une lampe à huile de colza
The light ran on a canola oil lamp at first.
Colza oil is extensively used as a lubricant for machinery. It was widely used in European domestic lighting before the advent of coal (city) gas or kerosene. It was the preferred oil for train pot lamps, and was used for lighting railway coaches in the United Kingdom before gas lighting, and later electric lighting, were adopted. Burned in a Carcel lamp, it was part of the definition of the French standard measure for illumination, the carcel, for most of the nineteenth century. In lighthouses, for example in early Canada, colza oil was used before the introduction of mineral oil. The colza oil was used with the Argand burner because it was cheaper than whale oil.[4] Colza was burned to a limited extent in the Confederacy during the American Civil War.[5] Source Wikipedia
Before knowing the weather condition of the Himalayan region we should understand its geography. The Himalayan region covers an area of 2,250 km with an average width of 200 km.
The forest belt of the Himalayan region consists of Oak, Rhododendron, Birch, Pine, Deodar, and Fir. And the monsoon season in this region lasts for mid June till the end of September. The Himalayas influences the meteorological conditions in the Indian subcontinent to the south and in the Central Asian highlands to the north to a great extent. It acts a climatic divider circulating the air and water system to a great extent. Because of its altitude and location it blocks the passage of the cold winds coming from the north to the Indian sub continent thereby making India's climate much more moderate. It also influences the rainfall pattern in India. The combined effect of rainfall, latitude and altitude largely influences the forests belts in the Himalayan region. The rainfall is mostly recorded during the monsoon time of June to September but it decreases as you travel from east to west. The snow-capped ranges of the Himalayas stretch 2, 250 km from the Namcha Barwa to Nanga Parbat on the Indus. The range extends from east to west up to central-Nepal and then takes a southeast to northwest direction.
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Rather unremarkable and typical-looking small black-and-white woodpecker. Extent of “freckling” on the breast varies; Andaman birds are the most heavily marked, and Indonesian birds the palest. Crown is rose-red in males and black in females. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker is quite similar, but larger, with a brighter red vent and a more tan-colored breast. Stripe-breasted Woodpecker is also quite similar, but even more brightly-colored below and even larger than Fulvous-beasted. Freckle-breasted inhabits open forest and edge up from lowlands up into foothills and lower montane areas. Gives short, sharp notes and trills. (eBird)
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The one and only sighting of this southeast Asian woodpecker. He was high in the tree and worked hard at keeping branches between him and us. He was remarkably successful in this endeavour. Still, I managed to get a shot of this lifer.
Here's a link to our Thailand bird trip list: ebird.org/tripreport/328567
Nakhon Ratchasima Animal Nutrition Research & Development Center, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. February 2025.
Rockjumper Birding Tours.
White-winged Scoter is a sea duck yet it breeds in the interior of northwestern North America. The northern extent of their nesting distribution is hinted at by the ice in this image, taken from the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Males, as in this photo, have a small white oval mark at the eye. The white wing patch visible in this image (which it is not always) stands out prominently in flight.
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Newcastle Central station on a sunny 24 May 2022.
The arched over-all roof of the station was designed by John Dobson with the help of Robert Stephenson and was the first of its kind in the world. The rest of the buildings are by Dobson aided to an extent by Thomas Prosser.
"I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas."
-- James Earl Jones (American actor who has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile actors" for his performances on stage and screen, and "one of the greatest actors in American history")
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Combining three of my obsessions - morning light, water and glass. I'm having fun with water and expect it to continue to some extent for the next while. I can't wait to get my other camera back for higher ISO capacity though. Hope you don't get too bored. Unfortunately still not feeling up to par so I took the morning off from exercise however, I still got up with the sun. I guess I am pretty fixated on my 366 project and photography in general.
There are days when I wonder if all of this is just a waste of time but then I listen to something that reminds me that this is all a growth process. I took on this project to practice, to hold my camera, to think about light, to think about composition, to CHALLENGE myself EVERY DAY. Every day, every moment that I think about or work on photography with focused intention I will improve, it may be in small increments but that is ok. I don't want to stay in the same place, I'm hoping to continue to evolve my work. I want to make compelling images that move the viewer in some way.
I am so grateful for the talented photographers who have so generously shared their knowledge with me. Many of my favorite Flickr members I consider mentors and friends. This is a wonderful, supportive community and I am so happy to be part of it.
Happy Friday! For those in the states, 3 day weekend, woohoo!
Sardegna
La Sardegna ha una superficie complessiva di 24.100 km² ed è per estensione la seconda isola del Mediterraneo (poco dopo la Sicilia, 25.800 km²) e la terza regione italiana, sempre dopo la Sicilia e il Piemonte. it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardegna
Sardigna
Sa forma de s'ìsula est sa de una catzola, de unos 260 km in diretzione NS e unos 120 in sa EO. S' ispuntone a N est sa bidda de Lungone (Lungoni in cadduresu), sa de S su Cabu Teulada. Sos mares chi l'inghìriant sunt su Mare Tirrenu a E e su Mare de Sardigna a O. S'àrea est de ca. 24.000 km², s'oru de mare de unos 2400 km. sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardigna
Sardaigne
La Sardaigne a une superficie totale de 24.100 km² et est pour son étendue la deuxième île de la Méditerranée après la Sicile. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardaigne
Sardinia
Sardinia has a total area of 24.100 km² and is for its extent the second island of the Mediterranean after Sicily. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia
After the non extent summer we have had which ended with the most devastating cyclone ever to hit the Hawke's Bay, where I live. It's a joy and a pleasure to get such a beautiful sunset. I really enjoyed some time out just waiting in the peace and quiet to see what mother nature was going to produce. Sunset at Ahuriri estuary, Napier, Hawke's Bay.
Alnmouth is a coastal village in Northumberland, England, situated 4 miles (6 km) east-south-east of Alnwick.
Located at the mouth of the River Aln, the village had a port supporting a small fishing industry and engaging in national and international trade. It was for a time a leading north-east centre for the export of grain and other foodstuffs, especially to London; and specialised in the import of timber and slate. These activities to some extent shaped the village, as granaries were constructed to store grain, and sawmills and a boatyard established to process wood and build ships.
This guy showed up in our field behind the house. He was feasting on a dead lamb. We don't know where the lamb came from. This is the first time we have seen him around here and he was just incredible.
From Wikipedia:
The crested caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the Mexican eagle, is a bird of prey (raptor) in the falcon family, Falconidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus before being given in its own genus, Caracara. It is native to and found in the southern and southeastern United States, Mexico (where it is present in every state) and the majority of mainland Latin America, as well as some Caribbean islands. The crested caracara is quite adaptable and hardy, for a species found predominantly in the neotropics; it can be found in a range of environments and ecosystems, including semi-arid and desert climates, maritime or coastal areas, subtropical and tropical forests, temperate regions, plains, swamps, and even in urban areas. Documented, albeit rare, sightings have occurred as far north as Minnesota and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Prince Edward Island. The southern extent of the crested caracara's distribution can reach as far as Tierra del Fuego and Magallanes Region, Chile.
The plateau of central Tasmania is dominated by the great extent of dolerite lava flows that have then been exposed, and sculpted by glacial ice sheet that moved south to north leaving erratics and moraine on the north coast and in Bass Strait. The cliffs and summit of Mt Pelion West reveal the dolerite, which on the summit is a field of large irregular boulders which makes a traverse very difficult. The geology of Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of dolerite, a mafic subvolcanic rock similar to basalt .
Dolerite:
A major intrusion of dolerite occurred in the Jurassic. This was a widespread phenomena extending over one third of Tasmania, and possibly more in the past. This intrusion also affected Antarctica, Argentina and South Africa at c180 million years ago. Three to five million cubic kilometers of magma were intruded overall, being the planet's fourth largest known magma intrusion.
Tasmania has the largest exposure of dolerite in the world of 30000 km2 and a volume of 15000 km3. In Tasmania the rock is characteristic of many mountains with its columnar joining appearing in cliffed escarpments. The composition is 40% plagioclase, 20% clinopyroxene, 20% quartz, 5% ilmenite and small percentages of potassium feldspar and amphibole.
Most of the intrusions were in the form of sills up to 500 m thick. But there are also stepped sills, inclined sheets, cones and some dykes. On the Central Plateau mesa and peaks appear as remnants in places, and in other places the dolerite remains, extensively.
Glaciation:
While there has been glaciation of Tasmania for eons (having been connected to Antarctica), in the Permian for example, the present landscape displays aretes, cirques, extensive glaciated surfaces, glacial valleys, moraines and a diversity of lakes attributed to glacial sculpting. Late Pleistocene glaciation occurred in the Snowy Mountains as well as in the Tasmanian highlands. Glaciers were extensive in Tasmania where ice caps formed on the Central Plateau and West Coast Ranges, and systems of valley and cirque glaciers formed on surrounding mountains.
South Africa
Cape Of Good Hope
i didn't get a chance to photograph the moth.
Eutricha capensis, the Cape lappet moth, is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae primarily found in South Africa. There is little agreement regarding the extent of the Cape lappet moth's range in southern Africa.
During the larval stage, cape lappets feed on a wide variety of African plants. The caterpillars are brightly coloured and conspicuously hairy, while the bulky adult moths are mostly brown and much less striking in appearance.
The adults are large and stocky, with an average wingspan of about 70 mm (2.8 in). Both hind wings and fore wings are reddish brown. The fore wings are flecked with yellow and bear three wavy white stripes. Females are typically paler in colour and larger than males. Adult moths lack developed mouthparts and therefore do not feed.
The larvae are distinctly hairy with rows of orange tufts of long hair along the sides of the body. Arranged at the head are 3 large coppery tufts and 2 smaller purple tufts. Along the dorsal side of the caterpillars is a row of black triangles flanked either side by white.
Gregarious as larvae, the caterpillars clump together in numbers. For E. capensis at least, aggregating behavior appears to be of no benefit to the caterpillars in terms of either water or energy conservation. The emergence of the adults occurs in early summer. When disturbed, adults are non-aggressive. Wikipedia
Uppsala is the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö.
Located 71 km (44 mi) north of the capital Stockholm it is also the seat of Uppsala Municipality. Since 1164, Uppsala has been the ecclesiastical centre of Sweden, being the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden. Uppsala is home to Scandinavia's largest cathedral – Uppsala Cathedral, which was the frequent site of the coronation of the Swedish monarch until the late 19th century.
Uppsala Castle, built by King Gustav Vasa, served as one of the royal residences of the Swedish monarchs, and was expanded several times over its history, making Uppsala the secondary capital of Sweden during its greatest extent. Today it serves as the residence of the Governor of Uppsala County.
Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest centre of higher education in Scandinavia. Among the many scholars associated with the city are Anders Celsius, inventor of the centigrade temperature scale that now bears his name, and Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy.
Sydney's Olympic (Accor) Stadium at sunset.
The AC DC 'Power Up' Concert.
November, 2025. Sydney.
Here's AC DC with 'Highway To Hell':
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So I attended the AC DC 'Power Up' concert at the Sydney (Accor) Olympic Stadium, at Homebush in western Sydney, last Friday 21st November, 2025, and then again on Monday, 25th November, 2025.
It was VERY loud but amazingly energetic. My two daughters were NOT at all impressed, arguing that Taylor Swift is far better and more popular. "Well," I argued back, "let's see who has sold more tickets, and which tickets sold the fastest?" So we looked at the Ticketek website and guess what? AC DC destroyed Taylor Swift for sales!!! "OMG," declared Miss 18, "there must be SO many old people in Sydney." See what I live with.
A mobile phone photograph of dubious quality, lol.
Processed, to some extent, in Adobe Lightroom.
Grass Point is at the end of Fluted Cape which shields Adventure Bay from the full extent of the open seas. The south Tasman Sea is often very rough because of the Roaring Forties which scream around the globe. If you enlarge this photo you can see the difference between the waters of the bay and those beyond Penguin Island.
Every “fact” has to be shaped into language and communicated (with paintings or films representing peripheral language phenomena). But to the extent that a “fact” becomes language it has already entered into a very particular horizon of understanding, into the broad field of preunderstanding. Interpretation has already begun one stage earlier. It starts with the reception of external sense impressions in our brain. Already, to a scarcely imaginable degree, there has been a process of selection, division, sorting, organizing, cataloging—and all this with the aid of models of experience that our brain has been constantly accumulating since we were embryos.
-Jesus of Nazareth Gerhard Lohfink Jesus of Nazareth What He Wanted, Who He Was Translated by Linda M. Maloney
Red-veined Darter
Frühe Heidelibelle
[Sympetrum fonscolombii]
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Vineyards above lake Geneva/Leman/Genfersee east of Lausanne, Switzerland. Does anyone know the name of this tree? It's everywhere in urban France, and to a much lesser extent Spain, the branches are cut down every winter, they grow tall thin branches with fat leaves in summer.
What matters is not the extent of the acquired knowledge, but that one recognizes values: the truth, the good, the beautiful. Learning must be directed to this goal. Learning should be an act that is valuable in and of itself. It should be an interaction with the object, interested in experiencing its form, its content, and its meaning. In the face of the assertion: “Knowledge is power,” Judaism must proclaim, “Knowledge is love.”
--In This Hour Heschel’s Writings in Nazi Germany and London Exile, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Foreword by Susannah Heschel
The size and extent of a persons own library says a lot about them. My bookshelves are full with extra books being added only occasionally, and when I weaken, from book sale trolleys in my libraries.
Some of what my personal library says about me is that I'm from New Zealand as these items show.
Using my lensbaby. HSosS. A great theme.
Last one honest , i just couldnt resist just one more from the epic aurora the other night. This one is taken from below the house on the nearby rocks, from this POV you can easily see the extent of the colours in the sky, and if you look in the 2.30 position to the right of the cottage , you can just see the andromeda galaxy, the milky way is also visable overhead, just a shame the prominent gas cloud was not there . I illuminated the foreground rocks on this shot with a flashgun, this is a single image , straight from lightroom, no blending in photoshop etc, thanks for taking the time to look, fave , and comment, and to all my flickr friends , have a great christmas!
One of my first proper attempts at doing stacked macro photography. 30 images in total, shot with a macro rail, Tamron 90mm macro lens, 68mm of extention tubes and a Raynox 250. Focus stacked in Photoshop and edited in Lightroom. Thanks for looking
Eglwys a ailadeiladwyd, i raddau healeth, yn 1878, gan George Morgan, i W. R. H. Powell
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Un iliz a voe adsavet e 1878, evit un tamm mat anezhi, gant George Morgan, evit W. R. H. Powell.
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Eaglais a chaidh hath-thogail gu ìre mhòr ann an 1878, le Seòras Morgan, airson W. R. H. Powell.
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Eaglais a atógadh, a bheag nó a mhór, i 1878, le George Morgan, do W. R. H. Powell.
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A church which was rebuilt, to a large extent, in 1878, by George Morgan, for W. R. H. Powell.