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ダンディズムな羽です、完璧にカッコイイ。
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There's peacocks down the road at the winery. I was never able to catch them this year for a photo but my husband found feathers on the side of the road for me.
My first attempt at photo-stacking, 7 shots taken randomnly at different focus points , Raw images processed in Lightroom, jpgs exported and combined in Photoshop. Any advice offered to improve on this will be appreciated.
I have since acquired a Velbon super mag slider rail so the next time I'll move the camera instead of adjusting the lens but I still see a weak link in the processing of the images from L/R to PS. None of the articles I've seen go into much detail perhaps because they assume that everybody knows the intricasies of PS.
Sabellidae, or feather duster worms, are a family of marine polychaete tube worms characterized by protruding feathery branchiae. Sabellids build tubes out of a tough, parchment-like exudate, strengthened with sand and bits of shell. Unlike the other sabellids, the genus Glomerula secretes a tube of calcium carbonate instead. Sabellidae can be found in subtidal habitats around the world. Their oldest fossils are known from the Early Jurassic. Feather-duster worms have a crown of feeding appendages or radioles in two fan-shaped clusters projecting from their tubes when under water. Each radiole has paired side branches making a two-edged comb for filter feeding. Most species have a narrow collar below the head. The body segments are smooth and lack parapodia. The usually eight thoracic segments bear capillaries dorsally and hooked chaetae (bristles) ventrally. The abdominal segments are similar, but with the position of the capillaries and chaetae reversed. The posterior few abdominal segments may form a spoon-shaped hollow on the ventral side. Size varies between tiny and over 10 cm (2.5 in) long. Some small species can bend over and extend their tentacles to the sea floor to collect detritus. (Wikipedia) Mabini, South Luzon, Philippines.
Something a little unusual., a feather in calm water made for a nice photo opportunity., but it became an irresistible photo opportunity when our special guest star Damselfly dropped in and decided to go surfing on it!
The little guy actually turned out to be pretty good on his improvised surf board., that was until another Damsel came along and knocked him off!
Smile on Saturday: FEATHERS
Diese Feder brachte mir mein Sohn aus dem Urlaub mit. Was ich bis jetzt nicht wusste, es ist eine Zauberfeder !! 😜
My son brought me this feather from his holiday. What I didn't know until now, it is a magic feather !! 😜
My favourite Albatross feather, I found it on my beach. It's beautiful, it makes me happy and it didn't cost a thing.
Posted for Sliders Sunday
The sun is out today -YAY!
Off to celebrate my Dad's 84th Birthday, so sorry to post and
it sends my eyes a bit fuzzy too, but after taking this at various apertures I got fascinated by the tiny details of the feather touching the glass...so I kept it fuzzy :)
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I lost count of how many times I chased this feather as it took off in the breeze. Gave me some exercise and tickled me. HMM!
Macro Mondays: Orange and Blue
Goose feather adrift at locla pond. You know I Luv me some pond floaters.
(Always hand held. I did to a tiny edit. I remove 3 very ugly pieces of slim. Hope you can't see it. Not good at that stuff)
Happy Throw back Thursday.
This feather was stuck on a branch - I took a close up and inverted the image (something along those lines - still figuring out what I can do in photoshop - should really read the manual but it's more fun this way...)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo's down feather left on yellow Grevillea flowers
Both Australian native
Very large as a down feather, so I think this is a cockatoo's feather.
*this is not macro
Growing up in Stratford Ontario, the annual high school football match-up between the 2 schools in town was known as the Red Feather football game (for reasons I never quite knew). In honour of that on this Superbowl Sunday, I've posted this image taken this past week of this red feathered Cardinal.
Best of luck to Chiefs and 49's today and looking forward to an entertaining game!!
I kind of liked the wispiness of this snowy egret's feathers. They go with the feathery foliage behind the bird
Smile on Saturday - Feathers
A late entry as my grandson came to play...we had great fun.
I found this feather on the beach during our trip to Anglesey at the beginning of last year. Our last trip before Covid and the lockdowns hit. The egg shells from pigeons nesting in our garden are falling apart now so not sure I'll manage another shot with them.
Have a wonderful weekend
My feathers in a birds nest. I found all the feathers and the nest too. This week’s submission for Smile on Saturday! Thank you for your visit, faves and comments 🙏. Second from the left is the feather of a Golden Eagle. The brown one which is pretty wide is from a Hawk. Three large striped feathers are off a Wild Turkey. Blue feathers in front I found attached in a small cluster. Not sure if from baby Blue Jay?
As I walked around the park I saw a number of Mallard ducks resting on the grass.
I found this information about this process:
Moulting is a process of shedding and regrowing feathers. Adult birds are shedding their worn out feathers from this year's breeding season and growing new, strong, warm feathers to see them through the winter. This year's young are losing their first feathers and moulting into their adult coats.
Feathers wear out during a bird's busy year. Flying, rubbing against neighbouring feathers or trees, general weakening due to exposure to sun, along with parasites, such as feather lice, all cause damage to feathers.
A comparison of feather wear shows that pigmented (dark) feathers wear more slowly than white ones.
Feathers grow from follicles in the skin (like hair) and the growth of a new feather from the bottom of the follicle pushes the old one out. The process is a gradual one and occurs in sequence across an area of skin to ensure that there are no ‘bald’ patches.
This means that a full moult may be spread out over a considerable time period, which is fine if there is a plentiful food supply, and if the bird is not a migrant.
Most birds will moult completely during a year, sometimes split into two or three moult periods, usually before and after breeding.
Moulting is a drain on a bird’s resources. It takes energy to grow new feathers, there may be heat loss when feathers are shed, affecting insulation, and when flight feathers are lost, more energy may be needed for flight.
Unlike most other birds, ducks, geese and swans lose all their flight feathers at once, rendering them flightless for a period.
In ducks, to provide some protection for the brightly-coloured males, the moult starts with their bright body feathers. These are replaced by dowdy brown ones, making them look much like females.
This eclipse plumage is why in mid- to late summer, it seems that all the drakes have gone. Once the flight feathers have regrown, the birds moult again, and by October the full colours have been regained and the various species of ducks are easily recognisable.
Female ducks lose their flight feathers later, after the young become independent.
This is the time of year when they moult.
(source: RSPB website)
I like to capture birds in different poses other than just perched on a branch. I was watching this dove through my lens for a long time and all at once it stretched a wing and one side of its body. The different types of feathers came into view. Even the downy under feathers.
feather display
a morning stretch for a mourning dove
exposing the details
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer