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These are some recent night photos I captured in Minneapolis.
For five years I have been making it to the Pacific 5-Star Black-Belt Championships only to come home empty handed. Today it paid off: 2012 Forms and Sparring Champion. - Photo by Jes (my daughter)/Post processing by me.
Uncle Five's mother was a formidable matriarch. She protected her flock with a firm hand and disciplined unapologetically. She was also a diabetic. In her old age, when her body began loosing its strength, she collapsed one day and became paralysed from the neck down. A relative who was not so fond of her, saw the incident as an opportunity and tried to suffocate her in the middle of the night. She didn't succeed. Unche Five was prevented from going into the room where the incident took place for fear that he might turn violent and hurt someone.
At Abbott & East Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. This is the former Strathcona Hotel/Pierre Paris building which is being converted into a condo.
Morning coffee drinker and reader at Starbucks. It seems to me that she is enjoying the moment tremendously - I'm almost sorry that I stopped smoking... ;-)
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Tickell's blue flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical Asia, from the Indian Subcontinent eastwards to Southeast Asia. Its range stretches across all the countries from India to Indonesia. They are blue on the upperparts and the throat and breast are rufous. They are found in dense scrub to forest habitats.
The name commemorates the British ornithologist Samuel Tickell who collected in India and Burma.
Tickell's blue flycatcher is about 11–12 cm long. It sits upright and forages mainly in the overgrowth. The male's upper parts are bright blue, its throat and breast are red, and the rest of the underparts are white. The female is duller blue with a brighter blue brow, shoulder, rump, and tail. It hybridizes with the pale-chinned blue flycatcher (Cyornis poliogenys) in the Eastern Ghats of India and these hybrids have sometimes been called the subspecies vernayi. The juvenile is streaked and has a spotted mantle, scaly brown upperparts, head and breast, with just the wings and tail being blue.
They have sometimes been known to feed even after dusk. Apart from flying insects they have been noted to occasionally glean crawling insects.
The widespread species shows regional variations in plumage and size and several of these populations have been designated with subspecies names. The nominate form is found in India, Nepal and Myanmar. The Sri Lankan population is separated as jerdoni (or nesea/mesaea said to be darker) and the population in Thailand and southern Myanmar is named as indochina. Further south is the form sumatrensis (Sumatra Island, Malaysia) and lamprus on Anamba Island.
In the past this species has been considered as a subspecies of the blue-throated blue flycatcher (Cyornis rubeculoides) which resembles this but has a blue throat.
Tickell's blue flycatcher breeds in dry forest, scrub, bamboo and gardens.
The metallic song of the bird includes a series of clicks followed by five or six notes that end abruptly. The metallic song consists of short clicks followed by five or six notes resembling that of the white-browed fantail-flycatcher. Alarm calls include churr and clicking notes. It is a wary bird and not always easily observed. It is a forest-loving species which is found in thick cover and shade, and particularly haunts the banks of wooded streams.
They feed mainly by capturing insects in flight but their prey include other insects such as termites and earwigs that may be gleaned or picked from the ground. During the breeding season, they may take larger prey including small vertebrates. A bush frog has been reported as prey in Sri Lanka.
The breeding season is April to August (March to June in Sri Lanka). It nests in a hole in a tree or amongst rocks that is lined with fine grass and fibres and lay 3–5 eggs.
A species of feather mite Proterothrix cyornis has been described from a Tickell's blue flycatcher from Vietnam.
The Louvre Museum is the world's most-visited museum, and a historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). At any given point in time, approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are being exhibited over an area of 72,735 square meters (782,910 square feet). Attendance in 2021 was 2.8 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic, up five percent from 2020, but far below pre-COVID attendance. Nonetheless, the Louvre still topped the list of most-visited art museums in the world in 2021.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I converted it into the primary residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. In 1692, the building was occupied by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, which in 1699 held the first of a series of salons. The Académie remained at the Louvre for 100 years. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces.
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum was renamed Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon's abdication, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and bequests since the Third Republic. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
The Musée du Louvre contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art in eight curatorial departments with more than 60,600 square metres (652,000 sq ft) dedicated to the permanent collection. The Louvre exhibits sculptures, objets d'art, paintings, drawings, and archaeological finds.
statue of panchapandavas fixed in front of the sree padmanabaswami temple , trivandrum during the festval
This photo demonstrates high key. I made the image a soft gray with no shadows. I edited the lighting and cropped the image in light room. I also got rid of some of the things that were distracting in the background. The main focus in the image is the dog.
The event for the afternoon of May 25, reflexive fire, presented a chance for the Soldiers to try their shooting skills again. After practicing first with an empty M4 rifle, competitors shot twice at a target from 25, 15, 10 and five feet away, facing left, front and right each time.
Technically called close-combat marksmanship, it’s a technique special forces have practiced for years to effectively react to and engage an enemy – hence the name “reflexive fire,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Wayne LaClair, of Camp Casey, located in Area 1 of South Korea. LaClair served as the observer-controller in charge of range events during the competition.
“It teaches you to instinctively ID your target, aim and shoot in what we call ‘controlled pairs’ [two shots] to down the target,” he explained. “It teaches muscle memory, just like athletes. It also cuts down on civilian casualties because they have to identify the target before raising their weapon.”
It’s an important skill for Soldiers, he added, and as far as the Best Warrior Competition, a difficult event because competitors can lose points for neglecting details like not properly charging their weapon. He encouraged the competitors to build the muscle memory and practice the skill as they develop as Soldiers.
The event for the afternoon of May 25, reflexive fire, presented a chance for the Soldiers to try their shooting skills again. After practicing first with an empty M4 rifle, competitors shot twice at a target from 25, 15, 10 and five feet away, facing left, front and right each time.
Technically called close-combat marksmanship, it’s a technique special forces have practiced for years to effectively react to and engage an enemy – hence the name “reflexive fire,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Wayne LaClair, of Camp Casey, located in Area 1 of South Korea. LaClair served as the observer-controller in charge of range events during the competition.
“It teaches you to instinctively ID your target, aim and shoot in what we call ‘controlled pairs’ [two shots] to down the target,” he explained. “It teaches muscle memory, just like athletes. It also cuts down on civilian casualties because they have to identify the target before raising their weapon.”
It’s an important skill for Soldiers, he added, and as far as the Best Warrior Competition, a difficult event because competitors can lose points for neglecting details like not properly charging their weapon. He encouraged the competitors to build the muscle memory and practice the skill as they develop as Soldiers.
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My friend Rach in HKG sent this bad boy to me for my birthday. Some A3 card and a computer stand made an impromptu photobooth
Week 2 Project 1 ~ This photo was taken by my friend, out and about in new york city, Daryl. I changed the hue/saturation. Then added two photo filter layers. Then added a texture layer from shadowhouse creations. Then added a final adjustment layer of brightness/contrast.