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Peregrine Falcon bringing in the one who tried to take his gull.
We witnessed two Peregrine Falcons fighting over a gull in Lake Superior. It ended when one killed the other, drug him to shore and proceeded to eat him.
This is an image I would have been very happy not to have taken .
I met up with two of my oldest friends in Otley last month . We walked up the Chevin to visit the bench that has been placed to commemorate our good friend Beate who died suddenly in October 2019. Her children Lenya and Nikki placed the bench and planted some trees on the hillside above Otley in her memory . It's a perfect spot it is just above where she used to live and she would regularly go for runs along the Chevin. Her death was completely out of the blue it was particularly awful given that of all my old friends she was the youngest and easily the fittest . She worked as a teacher for deaf children and was an accomplished musician playing in a number of ensembles . The bench has a brief inscription. “ Determine to live life with flair and laughter “ Beate certainly did live up to this motto
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Survival of the fittest.
Peregrine dad brought breakfast to one of his chicks, they did the transfer in the air. As soon as it happened, two more chicks showed up trying to steal it from the one that got it first. (Hard to see but there's a small bird in the middle of them.) In the end, the biggest of them, a female ended up with the prey.
Eminem - Survival (Explicit) A must . . .Tuuunes for the pic ^^
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all
Wasn't ready to be no millionaire, I was ill-prepared
I was prepared to be ill though, the skill was there
From the beginning, it wasn't 'bout the ends
It was 'bout busting raps and standing for something, f*ck an acronym
Cut the f*cking act like you're happy, I'm f*cking back again
With another anthem, why stop when it doesn't have to end?
It ain't over 'til I say it's over – enough when I say enough
Throw me to the wolves and close the gate up
I'm afraid of what'll happen to them wolves
When the thought of being thrown into an alligator pit, I salivate at it
Weight is up, hands up like it's 12 noon, nah, homie
Hold them b*tches straighter up, wave 'em 'til you dislocate a rotator cuff
Came up rough, came to ruffle feathers, nah, egos
I ain't deflate enough, last chance to make this whole stadium erupt
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all . . .
Pic taken at [SLMC] [Task Force: Ghosts] Enemy Spawn SL
Survival of the fittest, baby
Yeah, you thought that life was so damn easy
You try to run before you crawl
Yeah, you're innocent 'til they prove you guilty
Got yourself some bad information
A victim of ill communication
You can run, but you just can't hide
Baby you gotta let it ride
Guilty,
Steal your
Steal your heart
You burn brightly in the darkness, alone
You burn brightly in the dark
Got yourself some bad information
A victim of ill communication
You can run but you just can't hide
Baby you gotta let it ride
Guilty,
Steal your
Steal your heart
You burn brightly in the darkness, alone
You burn brightly in the dark
Run on our own
Run so far, so our hearts stop breaking
Run on our own
On our own
You burn brightly in the darkness, alone
You burn brightly in the dark
Run on our own
Run so far, so our hearts stop breaking
Run on our own
On our own
Taken just next to our Tower block. These cygnets were the first to be hatched on the 'floating wetlands' on the Yarra River.
The mother is still incubating another egg. But it was a tragic ending to the last born.
For some unknown reason, the mother, father and the cygnets left the nest leaving the last egg behind.
Not long after they left, the egg actually hatched but the poor cygnet was too weak to upright itself and was weight down by the shell which is still stuck to its body as it drowns in a small pool next to the nest !
At this stage, there was a big crowd watching from the river bank.
Someone called the people in charged of the " floating wetlands " but they said it would be too late to help by the time they reach the nest.
Maybe the parents knew that the third cygnet will not be able to survive....
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Peaceful Sunday
I've wanted to get a decent shot of this iconic old barn along busy I80 near Princeton,IL. for a long time. Pulling off the busy interstate to get the right angle seems a unsafe,and possibly,illegal way of doing it.So this heavily processed shot will have to do until I figure out how.There are a lot of much better shots of this beauty on various sites,and some even include the great old windmill until it blew down 10 or more years ago. Its continued survival shows the great workmanship in its construction.While a great location for a great view,the amount of wind and weather it has received in its long life would have brought down many a lesser barn by now....
A link to a picture of this beauty in the winter with an accompanying hog or chicken shed(since gone)....
Thanks Dan!
Survival of the fittest plays out in the eagle nest near my home. These egg-eaglet-full size transitions can be amazing to watch. I learned the other day that this is the fastest growing species in the bird world. This is an oldie and remains one of the memorable photos from the ongoing story of the nesting pair.
The phrase, "survival of the fittest", which was coined by Darwin or by the philosopher Herbert Spencer remains kind of controversy,but it sure is widely misunderstood.
Though it conjures up an image of a violent struggle for survival, in reality the word "fittest" seldom means the strongest or the most aggressive. On the contrary, it can mean anything from the best camouflaged, most fecund, cleverest or the most cooperative. Forget Hitler, think Einstein.
Cooperation is an incredibly successful survival strategy. Indeed it has been the basis of all dramatic steps in the history of life.
Bee or ant colonies consist of cooperating individuals and great examples of cooperation.
When cooperation breaks down, the results can be disastrous. When elements in our bodies turn rogue, for instance, the result is cancer.
Back in to the time when it was still vogue to wait and struggle en masse.
Now, we still do, but just in the (un)comfort of our homes
Evidently the Osprey and the Gar went for the same fish at the same time. The Gar was the winner.
Taken at Lake Jesup. I couldn't see this until I got home. I had no idea that the Gar was in the photos. I feel kind of bad because I called the Osprey a loser when he came up out of the water with no fish.
I'm thinking this may be a once in a lifetime shot.
under this apparent order lies an idea of natural survival that includes, however , the usual natural principle that only the strongest and fittest can survive and carry on the species.....
unlike animals, we always hope that this law should not prevail amongst humans !!!!!!! but I am not sure about it.............sadly
Consuming the prize whilst envious eyes look on
Survival of the fittest is how we all got here., and in the long run., it's how it will always be
HAPPY SLIDERS SUNDAY !!
Some kinds of weeds are audacious.
IMO, that makes them great candidates for "post-processing to the max."
This does NOT mean that I think weeds think or that they are consciously intentional.
It's just that "survival of the fittest" has resulted in weed GENES that
program the seeds to be audacious--i.e.
try to grow almost anywhere, grow quickly, produce flowers quickly,
--and thus produce more life-carrying seeds--as quickly as possible.
It's really the genes that are the living organism here.
They are doing the essential thing, following the prime directive that defines life.
It is famously celebrated in song by the Bee Gees:
"Stayin' Alive."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNFzfwLM72c
PS: For my previously-posted example, see
www.flickr.com/photos/dan-on-flickr/52982817734/in/datepo...
Location: The shady, streetside wall of a an old but nicely-kept row house.
Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Weed World
Nadat hij lang genoeg naar de mandarijneend en de kikker had staan kijken besloot de reiger om in te grijpen en zijn honger te stillen. Het recht van de sterkste.
After watching the mandarin duck and the frog long enough, the heron decided to intervene and satisfy its hunger. Survival of the fittest.
Nature at its best. This tree looked like it had been blown over in a storm but had secured it branches lower down the hill and carried on growing. Survival of the fittest.
NB: This pic was taken in Knowle Park, Sevenoaks BUT 6 of the 7 Oak trees that gave Sevenoaks its original name were blown down in the Great Storm of 1987. Sevenoaks became just oneoak!!
Last Sunday 's Survival of the Fittest, Cardiff Bay.
Climb the hay bales, run approximately 6 miles, followed by many obstacles and finally finish with a climb over a high wall.
The elite and club runners had already finished when these entrants began.
The Welsh words on the Millennium Arts Centre are :
CREU GWIR FEL GWYDR O FFWRNAIS AWEN
IN THESE STONES HORIZONS SING
On Black with eminem - Survival
This is survival of the fittest
This is do or die
This is the winner takes it all
So take it all a-all a-all a-all
Pic taken at It all starts with a Smile SL
This tiny plant is making its way in this world from the soil in a small crack in the timber on the wharf. One wonders how large can a tree survive with this as its base
I took a very short walk along the Waterfront Recreational Trail today because the wind was gusty and cold.
I came upon this mini drama, where the swans, ducks and gulls were fighting for scraps of bread that were thrown to them from the observation bridge along the waterfront.
Hungry ducklings tug on a worm before mother Mallard steps in and gobbles it up. Survival of the fittest!
Two Golden Eagles fighting for food in the blue hour
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Like they always say, only the fittest survives! i sure don't feel like one right now but rather like the fallen. So tired i need a good night sleep soon :)) anyway its pretty dramatic to see a big fallen tree on an empty part of the lake... i'm sure it takes a bloody strong wind to uproot this fellow in the first place. wishing myself a good night & many sweet dreams.. catch u all soonish ;)
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Cloudy Sunset at Lake Bonney, South Australia
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW taken handheld
Camera :: Canon Rebel XTi
Lens :: Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'curves' for overall contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) totone down the sand
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows & greens) to enhance the sunset
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'level to enhance the tree silhouette
- Used slight 'unsharp mask' on the background layer
Music
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A shot from the 2nd of this year's 3 Survival of the Fittest Races. I shot all 3 for Men's Health, same as last year, and had a fantastic time. It's a 10K obstacle course through the city centre, and in Nottingham that means lots of mud and water, as they get immersed several times at Holme Pierrepoint - hence the muddy appearance of these folk about 2 miles later.
I try and light as many of the shots as possible, to give them more polish, although it does entail carting quite a lot of gear around the course. I've written a bit about that experience here if you're interested.
It's lit with an SB900 on camera, with a wide angle diffuser on, acting as a master to an SB800 on a nano stand to camera right, triggered via CLS. This is almost the only time I use CLS, as I find I'm close enough to everything for it to work, and it definitely saves time when I've got to get round several locations in a couple of hours. The SB900 is on 1/4 power, and the SB800 nearly 1/2.
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Blog: www.photosmudger.com
The Game of Thrones at the Instruments March round with White Room Couture and InMotion Poses...
Model: Debbie Jasper
Photographer: Scott Nobody
Credit
debbiejasper16.blogspot.sg/2016/03/the-survival-of-fittes...