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There are three really nice wildlife refuges near Los Banos in Central California. I took this picture at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge. There is a viewing drive that goes around the refuge. You are not supposed to get out of your car when driving, but you can in the parking areas. The birds will scatter even when you drive by slowly. This white faced ibis was kind enough to pose for me for a few pictures. This was the best of the bunch.
I had fun using two cameras today. I was using the d500 with my 600mm lens all day and didn't have much luck until I got to this wildlife refuge. There weren't many cranes or herons on this trip. So I was pretty glad to see a few of these birds hanging around. I stopped my truck and shot out of the window to get this picture. Even though I was the only one in the refuge, it would be my luck to get my hand slapped for getting out of my truck. Turned out pretty good for a window shot.
I'm amazed I managed to rally in time to get this shot done today before Lost tonight. Let me back up. I went to Urgent Care this morning to get my leg checked out since I still can't walk. Turns out I tore my calf muscle and fascia in my right leg. The good news is that I didn't rupture my achilles tendon, so I won't need surgery. The bad news is that it's going to be 4-6 weeks before I can even think about running, jumping, playing soccer, or anything else that I actually want to do with my leg. But I'm thankful because it could be worse. I have to keep reminding myself of that. Anyway, the doctor gave me a prescription for Percocet to help with the pain. I had some issues with nausea when I took Vicodin a few years back, so he thought Percocet would be a good alternative.
WRONG!
About forty-five minutes after taking it, I hit a brick wall of nausea and was completely laid up for the rest of the afternoon, petrified that I was going to throw up. Did I mention that I do NOT throw up? I do everything in my power to avoid it at all costs, no matter what. Even when I know I will feel better afterwards. No thank you. Anyway, today sucked. That's pretty much the point of the story. But I managed to get this shot off for this week's Emulation Challenge in My Face is My Canvas. Can you believe this is our 25th week of emulation challenges??? If you haven't already checked out the group and you have even the slightest interest in face art photography, you owe it to yourself to stop by. And for those of you who haven't played in a while...hey, we miss you! ;)
Ok, time to watch the rest of last week's Lost in preparation for tonight's episode. Michelle and Daynna, prepare for the onslaught of texts and BBMs.
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365 Days (self portraits): Day 343
My Face is My Canvas: Emulation #25
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Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend.
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within.
Smiling faces, Smiling Faces, Sometimes they don't tell the truth.
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof.
The truth is in the eye 'cause the eyes don't lie, amen.
Remember, a smile is just a frown turned upside down my friend.
So, hear me when I'm saying
Ran across an outside gallery in downtown Las Vegas. Large canvas sheets with painitngs and portraits. Some six feet tall and this the size of your palm. Some were quite marvelous like this one. Obvious work and talent to sit out in a lot in the weather but not all art is meant to last forever. HMM
White-faced Darter...Leucorrhinia dubia.
Near Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
Found the Sigma 150-600 much more useful in the boggy habitat than a 100mm macro. (tripod kept sinking though!)
Face of the university library Freiburg (Germany) in the midday sun.
A little colour adjustment was made ... .
Photo location : Fushimi Inari shrine, Kyoto. October 20, 2009.
These faces are KITSUNE (KITSUNE is Fox) EMA tags. And people who come to Fushimi Inari shrine pray to God for something wish with writing on the back side of these tags.
Historically, I’ve always missed the best of the birch tree’s wonderful autumnal display - I’m usually too late but, on this occasion, I got lucky. Now, either the birches were late this year or the oaks were early as both were turning simultaneously. I wasn’t complaining.
This series of (mostly birch study) photos is from Borrowdale in the English Lake District on an overcast day in autumn 2023.
Black-faced Cuckooshrike, Coracina novaehollandiae
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Seems like after nearly a week of rain, only one of the young Cuckoo-shrikes has survivedl
Just as I was turning away, it stood up for a quick wing stretch
the south east face of Mam Tor is an active landslip of unstable shale layers, giving rise to it's alternative name - the Shivering Mountain
When blue skies appear in blue hour, my imagination calls out for black and white and long exposure with negative space.