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"Macro Mondays" this week's theme "Summer Olympic Sports" HMM
Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.
The shuttlecock cone is formed from 16 or so overlapping feathers, usually goose or duck, embedded into a rounded cork base. The cork is covered with thin leather. To ensure that shuttlecock rotate consistently, only feathers from the birds' left wings are used. Feather shuttles may come off the strings at speeds in excess of 320 km/h (200 mph).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttlecock
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The only editing I did was sharpening,cropping and a little color boost.Love the Nikon D2H and the Nikon 70-300mm vr.The orange color you see was a car.
Feeding birds are forever retreating suddenly to their hideyholes when spooked on our patio. But there is no need to call in Scotland Yard's Flying Squad... A tiny telltale feather clinging to the leaf of our Clematis montana has given away one of their haunts ... :-))
Finer threads - Santiago skin
Finer threads - Body skin
Sintiklia - Storm Hair
LANEVO - SCOPEDOG GOGGLE
Hotdog - Feathered coat
Badwolf - Ragnarok rings
NIKOTIN - Cigarette bento
Leven Ink Tattoo - Cysinia Tattoo
TMD
A windy day on the lake… birds had to fight against the cyclone, there were ripples and small waves on the water… but this feather stayed stable and on her own - have a great Sunday ahead….
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I do not believe that any peacock envies another peacock his tail, because every peacock is persuaded that his own tail is the finest in the world. The consequence of this is that peacocks are peaceable birds.
John Ruskin
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For smile on Saturday - feathers
My friend Tom and I were sitting in this rowboat watching a colony of egrets go about their business of building nests and sitting on eggs, when we notice this very active bird flying around with a feather stuck to its toe. He would go pick up a stick and deliver it to his mate and then repeat this with the feather fluttering behind. Because they all looked alike from our vantage point, this one we could keep track of. Here it has dropped off the stick and was heading back for another.
stick carrier
dropping one off
getting another
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Art - Dry brush and layers from photo image
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Mute Swan [Cygnus olor]
Cold, blustery and very windy day...lots of swans in the harbour doing just this!
They weren’t actually asleep - their legs and feet were still paddling. Every now and then one would stick his head up, have a look around and then snuggle back down.
Maidens Harbour
SW Scotland
Glass eyes and porcelain skin
Look to her and think of sin
Her touch is like a hazy dream
Her mind is in a world unseen...
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A black feather with white dots, on a black background.
This is about 4 cm.
Happy Macro Monday.
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Great Horned Owl Owlet all puffed up and giving me the eye. This is one of three and was doing it's best to stay near mom who was close by.
Early morning dew drops on a Collared Dove feather, magnifying those intricate details quite nicely too!
My favorite time for photography is the “Bird Mating and Dating” season. Feathers make a change in color/ texture and we are treated to fascinating fashion statement on the “Rookery Red Carpet”.
I took my new camera to the Saint Augustine Alligator Farm in hopes of finding activities in the natural rookery. No active nests, but a few birds were feeling “the call of nature” as they prepared for that perfect partner. Mating is the name of the game and dating will provoke many dancing displays. Great white egret males are the leader as they usually come first to the mating tree. Before he has chosen his mate for the season, he constructs the nest. He also spends time grooming long wispy plumes and perfecting a dance to attract the perfect female. Egrets are monogamous each nesting season.