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Ramphocelus flammigerus -female-
(Flame-rumped Tanager / Toche)
This mom is now taking care of its offspring in the nest. For that reason her feathers appear as "messy".
The Flame-rumped Tanager occurs from western Panama south through Colombia to western Ecuador. This is a sociable bird, being typically found in monospecific flocks, which inhabit shrubby semi-open areas.
Source: Neotropical Birds Online; Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species
/overview?p_p...
Taken in La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The Flame-faced Tanager is one of the most spectacular members of the diverse and exceptionally colorful genus Tangara. Living up to its common name, the forehead begins as a deep glimmering red, shading into a brilliant yellow on the nape and sides of the head. This "flame" contrasts sharply with the jet black back. The Flame-faced Tanager is a common member in mixed species foraging flocks in the canopy of humid montane forest from the Andes of extreme southwest Venezuela south to central Peru. It forages exclusively along mossy branches and occasionally peering at the underside in search of arthropods. There are three subspecies of the Flame-faced Tanager, described based mostly on minor differences in plumage. The species is typically found from 1000-2600 m and is most numerous above 1500 m. The IUCN Red list assesses the Flame-faced Tanager as a species of Least Concern; however, the population size is declining due to habitat destruction. Thus, the Flame-faced Tanager should become the focus of future studies.
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Warm candle light, seen through a dark glass bowl, to mark the winter solstice. With some added lens flare.
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Macro Mondays, theme: Flame
Antique devotional brass lamp from India. The backdrop of the image is part of the lamp, and depicts seated Shiva.
Hasselblad/Zeiss Makro-Planar 135mm-f/5.6 manual lens, set to f/5.6.
18-image focus stack with Helicon Focus, using the manual macro rail internal to this vintage lens.
For an image with scale, see here:
www.flickr.com/gp/kuriyan/NhKkFe
Prodibi: kuriyan.prodibi.com/a/vgxvyogv7rj8qj5/i/d120qwwoz81mz26
Cooking this afternoon! Potato and cabbage curry!
For Macro Mondays, Theme - Flames!
The width is almost exactly 3” in the revised image!
Micro (macro) photograph of a burning candle wick. Getting close enough to nearly scorch my lens!
Click on the photo to view it larger to better appreciate the details.
See more here:
www.flickr.com/photos/motorpsiclist/albums/72157709809640...
When I first really noticed dragonflies around 2005, it was because of one large bright red (really orange) one that seemed to rule the swamp. They would fly at great speeds (well, up to 35 mph) patrolling their overlapping territories which covered two-thirds of the lake.
For awhile it seemed I was taking photos of Flame Skimmers to the exclusion of every other species (until competition from Widow Skimmers), but their numbers were only part of the reason. The other was that they perched perfectly on blades of water grasses, at the very end of a branch, or atop my favorite, the Horsetail Grass which has a matching evolutionary period of 330 million years! If that doesn't gain your interest, well, then I'll just count myself lucky enough to discovered them in the first part of the digital age.
Micro (macro) photographs of lit candles, showcasing the amazing art that's produced when a candle's wick burns and the candle's wax melts into incredible shapes.
The heptagon is the seven-sided shape produced, I believe, as an artifact via reflection or captured lens flare from my camera's lens.
It took me awhile to be able to expose properly for both the burning wick and the flame itself, and it's challenging to get a sharp focus as I shoot these handheld.
Click on the photo to view it large and better see the amazing details.
More in my album, "The Art of the Flame:"
www.flickr.com/photos/motorpsiclist/albums/72177720306094528
I hope you enjoy.