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The Flatiron Building at the south corner of Madison Square, where Broadway intersects 5th Avenue, is one of the best known skyscrapers of New York City and certainly belongs to the list of most photographed buildings in the world. Completed in 1902 it was designated a New York City landmark in 1966. Today, it is an office building, but there are plans to turn it into a luxury hotel.
In this scene I like the arrangement of the taxicabs, giving depth to the image. The dark-blue of the sky (thanks to Photoshop!) is intended to provide an agreeable contrast to the yellow of the cabs.
Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park. The National Park includes the outer archipelago of the easternmost coastal municipalities. The hundred islands and islets of the park are scattered onto a large open sea area, which is 60 km wide, and far from the mainland or the inhabited islands. Gulf of Finland National Park is included in the network of the most important protected areas in the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area. On the Russian side of the border, Gulf of Finland National Park is being planned, which will add to this complex.
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One of the first pictures that got me into 'serious' landscape photography. Before this shot I was just playing about with camera's really. But this one, even over a decade past - I still love it. The light, the subject and the memory makes it for me.
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Another trip into space, this time to Orion that, at present, rises above the horizon late in the evening and is visible higher up in the sky from midnight onwards. The Horsehead Nebula is an iconic dark nebula in the Orion constellation. Along with the nearby Flame Nebula (to the left in the image) they are part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. Compared to some nebulae, this one is very easy to find - it is located near the most eastern star in Orion's Belt, Alnitak and is 1500 light years from Earth.
My first attempt at this target
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William Optics Flat 6AIII
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64 x 180s lights at -10C and gain 100
40 darks, flats and dark flats
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
Scientific Name: Aquila audax
The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia's largest bird of prey. It was once considered to be a menace by farmers, who were convinced that eagles swooped down and carried lambs off in their talons. As a result, thousands of eagles were shot and poisoned. It is now known that Wedge-tailed Eagles mostly take rabbits, and seldom eat lambs - usually the carcases of dead lambs rather than live ones. Nevertheless, in some parts of Australia, these majestic raptors are still shot and poisoned, despite being a legally protected species.
Description: The Wedge-tailed Eagle has long wings (wingspan 2.3 m), a characteristic long, wedge-shaped tail, and legs that are feathered all the way to the base of the toes. The bill is pale pink to cream, the eye brown to dark brown, and the feet off-white. Young Wedge-tailed Eagles are mid brown in colour with reddish-brown heads and wings. They become progressively blacker for at least the first ten years of their lives; adults are mostly dark blackish-brown. The only difference in plumage between the sexes is that a female adult is generally slightly paler than her mate. Females (4.2 kg - 5.3 kg) are also larger and heavier than males (3.2 kg up to 4.0 kg). Wedge-tailed Eagles are Australia's largest raptors (birds of prey).
Similar Species: Australia's second largest eagle (and second-largest raptor or bird of prey), the White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster, has shorter, more rounded wings and no feathers on its lower legs. The White-bellied Sea Eagle is 75 cm - 85 cm long and has a wingspan of 1.8 m - 2.2 m.
Distribution: The Wedge-tailed Eagle is found throughout mainland Australia, Tasmania and southern New Guinea.
Habitat: The Wedge-tailed Eagle is found from sea level to alpine regions in the mountains, but prefers wooded and forested land and open country, generally avoiding rainforest and coastal heaths. Eagles can be seen perched on trees or poles or soaring overhead to altitudes of up to 2000 m. Wedge-tailed Eagles build their nest in a prominent location with a good view of the surrounding countryside. It may be built in either a live or dead tree, but usually the tallest one in the territory. In some parts of Australia, where tall trees are absent, small trees, shrubs, cliff faces or even the ground may be used. The density of active nests depends on the abundance of prey and other resources. In most years, nests are usually 2.5 km - 4 km apart. If conditions are particularly good, the distances apart may be less than 1 km because the birds require smaller areas to find sufficient food.
Feeding: Wedge-tailed Eagles eat both live prey and carrion. Their diet reflects the available prey, but the most important live items are rabbits and hares. Rabbits usually comprise about 30-70% of the diet, but may comprise up to 92%. The introduction of the calicivirus has resulted in the decline of rabbits in many parts of Australia. It is not yet known how this will affect the Wedge-tailed Eagle. Other food items include lizards, birds (weighing over 100 g) and mammals (usually weighing over 500 g). Wedge-tailed Eagles will kill lambs, but these make up only a small percentage of their total prey. Carrion is a major food source; roadkill and other carcasses are readily eaten. Many of the reports of predation on lambs result from birds scavenging already dead animals. Up to 20 birds may attend a carcass, although only two or three feed at any one time. Wedge-tailed Eagles may hunt singly, in pairs or in larger groups. Working together, a group of eagles can attack and kill animals as large as adult kangaroos. This explains the scientific name of the Wedge-tailed Eagle which means 'bold eagle'. Under ideal conditions, an eagle can lift about 50% of its body weight. Often, eagles may cache food items on a branch near the nest area.
Breeding: Wedge-tailed Eagles are monogamous and apparently mate for life. If one bird of a pair is killed, the survivor will find a new mate. Established breeding pairs are territorial and live in the one area throughout the year, defending around their nest sites from other Wedge-tailed Eagles. (They are also known on occasion to attack intruding model airplanes, hang gliders, gliders, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.) Surrounding the territories are large home ranges in which the birds hunt for food but do not defend. There is usually overlap between the home ranges of two or more breeding pairs and of non-breeding birds. The nest is a large structure of dead sticks, usually reused for years, often reaching considerable size. Nests 1.8 m across, 3 m deep and weighing about 400 kg are known. Nests have a shallow cup on the top, lined with fresh twigs and leaves. Sticks are added by a bird while it stands in the nest. If these sticks are dropped outside the nest, no effort is made to retrieve them. Piles of dropped sticks 1.8 m high have been recorded under the nest trees. The timing of breeding may vary from location to location and from year to year according to the local availability of food. Both parents share in the duties of nest building, incubation and feeding of the young. A clutch consists of white eggs measuring 73 mm x 59 mm with varying amounts of reddish brown spots and blotches. These are laid at intervals of two to four days. Incubation starts with the laying of the first egg. Because of the intervals between laying, the eggs do not hatch simultaneously. The first chick hatches larger than the second, which in turn is larger than the third. Survival rates of the chicks vary considerably depending on local conditions, including prey abundance and the amount of disturbance. A breeding pair usually rears only one young per clutch, although in a good year, two chicks may fledge in some nests. Because of the differences in size, the oldest and largest chick has the best chance of surviving. If food is scarce, it will kill and eat its smaller nest mates. Chicks hatch covered with a white down. For the first five weeks or so, the adults must deliver food to their mouths. After this time they are able to recognise bits of food on the floor of the nest and can feed themselves. The young acquire their first feathers during the second week after hatching. If threatened by predators, the chicks lie flat in the nest, but will defend themselves if required. The adults, in contrast, make little defence of the young. The juveniles remain with the adults for about 11 weeks after leaving the nest. Young and non-breeding birds disperse, moving to wherever conditions are suitable. Juveniles are known to have moved over 850 km in a seven to eight month period.
(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/wedge-tailed-eagle)
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Whites, reds, golds, yellows and greens on the salt flats near Whitehorse in southern Yukon. This is a low lying area of mud flat/salt flat not far from the Takhini river. I wasn’t sure what the red plant growing from the mud was while I was there, but on my return home, I did some research and discovered that it is called Boreal Saltwort (Salicornia borealis), and that it is considered critically imperilled in Canada. This makes me think that hiking around the Takhini Salt Flats should only be done with great care so as to avoid disturbing these amazing plants. All of that said, perhaps it is the erosion caused by animal and human activity in the area that keeps the grasses from overrunning the Saltwort altogether. Who knows? It would be nice to see some work done on this, and signs posted accordingly.
Photo taken with the Canon EOS R and RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L. Image processed from raw in Adobe Lightroom. The image was straightened slightly and cropped in just a little from the left. Otherwise, it has not been modified except for basic adjustments to exposure, colour, and light to make it as natural as possible. Like a couple of my other images from the day's outing, this would have been a wonderful photo to process as a focus stack, but in the end, it is a single exposure shot at f/8 to maximize depth of field without inducing diffraction.
f/4 probably doesn't suit this one too much, in hindsight. I wanted to make sure the background wasn't too distracting, but in the end there's not a whole lot in focus. However, in a scene like this one I believe colour really plays the major role in making or breaking the photo and this one works pretty well in my opinion
This sculpture by Judy Millar is called Call Me Snake.
The sculpture is made of five intersecting flat planes of wood on a steel frame. The panels are clad in printed photographs of brushstrokes created by Millar and magnified by ten. It is Millar's first public artwork and will be on the city centre site for two years.
Chic and understated, the Florance Flats bring quiet elegance to any look with their soft fabric finish and delicate knotted ribbon detail. Designed for comfort without compromising style.
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This is why they consider the Netherlands as flat. You can see the church tower from miles ahead / Het vlakke Nederland. Blik op Reeuwijk vanaf Tempel.
Tagiades gana, commonly known as the Immaculate/Large/Suffused Snow Flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Taken at Kadavoor, Kerala, India
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Sunrise over Narrabeen pool, on the northern beaches of Sydney, Australia.
Nikon D810 & Nikkor 16-35mm, Breakthrough 6 stop filter. PP in PS CC using Nik Software and luminosity masks.