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The cottonwood fluff is really something this year. People hate on cottonwood trees these days but honestly I'd rather spend an hour with a cottonwood tree than with most people. Btw, the din of landscaping is the culprit here. I never cease to be amazed at how loud the American suburbs are. They remind me of Athens at rush hour--- just constant noise.. for what it’s worth, Cottonwood Fluff would be my drag name if I had one.
Silver Efex Pro: Wet Rocks, yellow filter.
Every fall season the angled sunlight makes this foliage glow.
Floyd Bennett Airfield, Brooklyn, USA.
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Clark's Nutcracker taken in the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia, Canada
This Pigeon looked quite beautiful, sitting with its feathers puffed up, on a large, metal garbage container. Noticed it when I went with a friend to Bow Lake, Banff National Park, on 29 August 2013.
"A baby pigeon is called a 'squab' or a 'squeaker'. The female is a 'hen' and the male is a 'cock'. A group of pigeons are called a 'kit' or a 'flock'."
It's Good Friday today, the beginning of the Easter weekend. Beautiful, sunny weather would have been nice, especially for working people who get the day off. Instead, it's gloomy and unpleasant, looking like it's going to either rain or snow. Just checked the forecast and it's 1°C (windchill -2°C) this morning, supposedly getting up to 4°C this afternoon, with an 80% chance of rain and snow. Happy Easter weekend to everyone who celebrates! Later: sure enough it snowed all day today.
—Fooled! for the fluff was nothing but a sheath,
with tiny, perfect flowers underneath.
—Robyn Sarah
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The word fluff comes from a combination of flue and puff. Like a puff of smoke coming out of a chimney flue.
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This angelic and fluffy looking creature is my neighbours cat Willow who comes regularly to sit and wait for Bobcat to come out to play............. She is made of tougher stuff than Bob who doesn't like to go out if it means wet paws :D
The Fluff Ball got introduced to several new people and my sisters small dog yesterday.....They all got on purrrrfect!
The common eland is the slowest antelope, with a peak speed of 40 kph that tires them quickly. However, they can maintain a 22 kph trot indefinitely. Elands are capable of jumping up to 2.5 m from a standing start when startled. The common eland's life expectancy is generally between 15 and 20 years. Eland herds are accompanied by a loud clicking sound that has been subject to considerable speculation. It is believed that the weight of the animal causes the two halves of its hooves to splay apart, and the clicking is the result of the hoof snapping together when the animal raises its leg. The sound carries some distance from a herd and may be a form of communication.
This is my third type of caterpillar this summer. I've made good use of my macro lens in the Ohio woods.
What does she know with that look? Cats are just fascinating to watch and even more challenging to photograph with a macro lens!
Exposure: f5.6 @ 240 seconds
Location: Black Point
Date: December 2, 2006
Temperature: hovering in the mid 20's - low 30's
Night Shoot Duration: A hair under 5 hours (8:20pm - 1:15am)
Notes: Nikon F100, Sigma 15mm f2.8 on Fuji 160C
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We ventured out this evening to Black Point in Narragansett RI. The group this time out was threshold, Skazama, Rizzolo, Rltm401 and Adrian. We returned to the place that was so beautiful over the summer to see it's beauty in the cold of the coming winter season. I want to get back here in the dead of winter, ice!
The Nikon F100 had to be happy to be back since the last visit here resulted in some damage. Always learn from your mistakes, that's the only way to be sure of yourself.
Most of these shots were taken at f5.6 for 480 seconds on Fuji 160C. My typical two minute exposures at this aperture was thrown into a little mathematic rethinking at minus two days until the full moon.
This was the first time that my MB-15 battery was exhausted, I suppose 5 hours is what it'll give me on a coolish night. Luckily I had my backup AA tray with me.
You can see a group pool here of all our shots on Flickr from the night or a slick slideshow here. It may take a week or so for all the shots to be posted.
Fluff is a humble pattern, content to stay in the background and help other, more flashy patterns look good. I think it is very useful to draw around and behind thin curving lines, such as Quib (as shown) or Mak-Rah-Me or Mooka. (I used it behind Mooka in this tile: www.flickr.com/photos/101210107@N03/11834566833/ ). When done, it somewhat resembles Stiritup or Amaze but it is easier to draw IMO and because it grows one small section at a time it is easy to control. It also creates a nice edge.
I called it "Fluff" not just because it Looks fluffy but it is also like "fluff" in journalism - a light, easy filler. I normally try to find names for my patterns that aren't too evocative of what they they look like but I couldn't resist this little word play!
This pattern is so simple, I also think there is a good chance it's already out there somewhere - so if I have come too close to someone else's idea, let me know.