Finally got back to the pond yesterday, and I can officially say that the dragonfly season is over. Hundreds of skipper butterflies, the only wildlife airborne. A few hoverflies on ash covered leaves which I'll post later this week, but it's back to the archives for the time being.

Many species in the genus Enallagma look similar to each other. The northern bluet looks similar to many bluet species.They include the boreal bluet, familiar bluet, Hagen's bluet, marsh bluet, and vernal bluet. It can be distinguished from familiar bluet by the large postocular spots and the shorter cerci. The characteristics shared by northern and boreal bluets are their large eyespots, and a mushroom-shaped black spot on abdominal segment S2. Its best seen dorsally.

Enallagma annexum, the Northern Bluet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. The only fact that I know for certain is that Bluets must be part of the largest family. I was reading about the family yesterday, and the writer got so tired of writing "bluet" that he started with a capital "B" and by the time he (or she) got to the "Marsh Bluet," all capital "Bs" and Latin names had disappeared ;-)

It took until November for our area to burst with the normal colors of October, but here they are at long last.

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We've had a strange winter so far. Warm temperatures, sometimes even above freezing! I'm happy that we're finally getting some snow.

Lens: Minolta MD 85mm f/2

I've been stalking the Marketplace and reselling gacha items in hopes I could score this lovely dress form Pixicat. Finally got it from the gacha this morning. Lovely!

More info on the outfit and gacha here: digitalregeneration.com/pixicats-drag...

Head – Catwa: Lona

Body – Maitreya: Lara

Shape – Regeneration Trisha

Skin – 7 Deadly s{K}ins: Lake in Snow

Hair – TRUTH: Elie in Rainbow

Eye Shadow – Veechi: Victoria Shadow (vivid)

Lipstick – Lumae: Glimmer Lips

Dress – Pixicat: Dragon Dress Seductive nr2 (Epiphany Gacha Rare)

Harnesses – Pixicat: Dragon Harness

Shoes – Pixicat: Dragon Boots

Poses/Setting – Wetcat and Lemon: Backdrop Scene #1

Location - Comhar Photo Studio

Finally ready

Nice to see these around my feeder. This one perched in this spot and watched the other birds feeding, then finally joined the other birds on the ground looking for food.

6H79 enters the hopper house. a mere 163 minutes late.

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Godox TT685 HSS

Finally, a new bridge. The Montana Rockies Daylight cruses under what appears to be an over built replacement compared to the original. Still have a lot to do, including finish the approaches, but it will be open by the fall.

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For quite some time I was searching for an opportunity to photograph the thumb-sized European treefrogs. Over the years I had heard them a lot of times, but never saw, let alone photograph one. So you can imagine how happy I was to find my first treefrog. Photographing is not easy, since they seem tone having the habit to rest in impenetrable blackberry-shrubs. But I succeeded!

Enjoy!

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I finally saw a Ferrari 599 GTO! And what a noise! Makes the old mans F430 sound like a Panda!

hey now,hey now

hey now,hey now

have you ever seen such a beautiful night

i could almost kiss the stars

are shinning so bright

when i see you smiling

i go oh oh oh

i would never want to miss this coz in my heart

i know what this is

thanxx fahoood for the edit..

NBSR 917 leads the south job as they finally arrive at St Stephen, New Brunswick and will begin their work shortly. October 15, 2021.

This one is for many smiles...

You can watch here wonderful stream here: www.flickr.com/photos/41761556@N08/

Nienoordsingel naar Midwolde

Tralala's Diner in the Wastelands.

Finally getting the hang of manual focus in macro with insects. The lens nor camera has IBIS, the macro lens has a breath width of focus so it is truly an accomplishment for me to get this Skipper head on.

Easy family outing to the Spitzingsee.

A tour to Obere Firstalm and then a toboggan slide down.

I've been waiting and waiting for enough good snow to go cross-country skiing and, finally, it's arrived.

14/365

125 in 2025, #49 in your dreams (I've been dreaming of good snow)

52 in 2025 Challenge: #5 winter wonderland

If you want a job doing do it your elf

In den Bergen geht die Sonne später auf, im Winter in so manchen Bergtälern gar nicht. Um 6 Uhr habe ich mit dem Fotografieren begonnen, gut 3 Stunden später um 9.05 Uhr geht die Sonne endlich über'm Stucklistock (3.313 m) auf.

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The sun rises later in the mountains, and in winter, it doesn't rise at all in some mountain valleys. I started taking photos at 6:00 a.m., and a good three hours later, at 9:05 a.m., the sun finally rose over the Stucklistock (3,313 m).

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turn the brightness of your display all the way up,

lay back, press L button and

enjoy this picture in full screen size ;-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . looks muuuch better. PROMISE !

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And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.

Roy Bean

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It's been mostly Dark Sky July along the Central Coast of CA. This morning the sun finally broke through the gray mist. A pod of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) were feeding and I was ready; Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens at 543 mm; 1/3200 sec; f/9; 1600 ISO; Gitzo tripod; Morro Bay National Estuary; CA; USA

Good riddance to the best and worst year of my whole damn life.

Happy new year folks. <3

Finally a little snow to shoot.

Finally caught up to a basket of poinsettias to finish off the holiday colors.

I have a back-log, I need to stop being so lazy. Editing images used to be so much more enjoyable

After weeks - at least in my mind - the sun came back and gave a a great light in the afternoon.

The Toni in the background is a university, the place in the foreground will receive a school house for first to sixth class, so the credit is approved in the voting next weekend.

The other day I noticed movement on the neighbour's driveway and thought bobcat ! But, no..... finally it's a coyote. I've been hoping to see one close enough to get a photo for ages....

We hear them and see them by themselves or in packs of up to 6 on the golf course; just trotting up and down the fence line from time to time.

I know they come out into our cul de sac every so often, but I've never been lucky enough to spot them.

This time I did, and ran for my camera....however, I was obviously too excited to get proper focus even with autofocus !! ...arrghhh..! however, the photos are good enough to document my beautiful coyote and I did get several.....

He/she stopped for this one when I opened the window and gently called to it ... it paused and looked at me for several seconds... then, made a little dive into the snow ... trying to look fierce ... and, perhaps hearing a vole beneath the snow.... but, then... just sauntered off across that yard and on to the next and so on down the block. I lost sight of it about 4 houses down ... and, of course have been wasting a lot of time looking out the windows ever since ..hoping for a second sighting.... so beautiful.

Finally got a nice shot of a Red Kite over the house!

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Finally caught the ice cream truck!

Added to Once A Week for the topic "vocational world".

The man left the Ernst & Young office on a Saturday afternoon.

I've been waiting a long time for a really good opportunity to photograph this bird, a species that lives in my neighborhood but is one of the rarer visitors to the yard. Finally I got my shot when I came home from work today and--seeing a lot of activity--decided to spend some time yardbirding. This sapsucker came down to the fountain about three meters from me and spent several minutes bathing and looking right at me without any apparent concern. Aside from identifying a new species in the yard (I'm talkin to you, pileated woodpecker), nothing could have been better. Red-breasted sapsucker, backyard Olympia.

This F12 belongs to a University of Pittsburgh student and has been around Oakland since the late Fall but I've managed to miss seeing it on a daily basis despite living 5 minutes away from Pitt's campus. Luckily today my friend Jeff spotted it and sent me a text to let me know it was parked in a lot on campus. I grabbed my camera and jumped in the car and headed a few streets over as fast as I could. I'm so happy to have finally seen it, thanks again Jeff!!

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Barred Owl with wild caught rodent. Cold outing today waiting for some owl huntin action. It paid off in the end.

I found this cute vintage egg basket on Etsy a while back, and I've been wanting to use it so bad! This is from a session a couple weeks ago - little Olivia, went from one prop to another - without even opening one eye!

Finally got to use the camera in 2016 ~ Ogwr

Good morning everyone. And as the title indicates, I finally got some pics of a Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis). Been a long time coming since I first spotted one a little over a month ago.

The day this was taken three appeared, but only briefly together. Plus with the colder temps they are now visiting daily. But you need to be there at the right time with camera in-hand when they do. Plus very patient as they are hyper little birds and rarely ever sit still for long.

Just two pics of the same bird on different tree limbs, of which the second one can be found in the comment section and my stream. And while it's difficult to differentiate between gender, I'm pretty sure this is a male.

Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day and weekend.

Lacey

ISO1600, aperture f/5.6, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 450mm

Finally got my internet back on. Back in business!

A just in case shot. Now you know the rest of the story.

Finally got snow in southern Sweden

Finally got caught by an under cover SL cop ... They say I'm facing 5 to 10 ... THEM BASTARDS!!! lol

I have finally been able to try Marina's (Photo Mama) ACR settings....love them to pieces! This one is mellow maitai...

After about an hour or so of photographing this South Carolina gem, the clouds finally parted and the sun shone brightly on the face of Yellow Branch Falls. Before leaving I took multiple portrait exposures in hopes of capturing a nice shot of the falls including the pretty blue sky.

If you follow me on Flickr and do the Facebook thing, then check out my Facebook photography page and give it a "Like".

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I went to a woodmill some two years ago and saw a broken mirror lying discarded on the ground. It was in a musty and damp section at the back of a decaying wooden structure choked with planks and pieces of timber. I asked some of the guys there to hold the mirror up to their faces and I took some portrait photos. I finally returned to the sawmill recently (and gave the guys copies of the photos from two years earlier) and I was intrigued to see that the mirror has risen from the ashes and been promoted to pride of place on the wall.