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Hope I have ID right or else David won't be happy!! Lol!
Always feel so privileged when a skittish (in my experience at least) insect happily stays on you!
Cabilla Woods - Cornwall
Believe this is one of six cygnets which are almost fully grown now. Having seen several others it seemed they have finally flown the nest!
Hats off to the Ontario Government for allowing these! Some municipalities here in the Province of Ontario actually banned the use of clotheslines by instituting by-laws. The former City of Kanata was one such municipality that would not allow them.
Even if you don't agree with the Liberal Government, you have to agree that this was a good move!
Here is the News Release that was released today April 18th.
ONTARIANS GET TO AIR THEIR LAUNDRY
McGuinty Government Lifts Ban On Outdoor Clotheslines
NEWS
This summer, Ontarians will have the choice to dry their laundry on an outdoor clothesline.
Premier Dalton McGuinty said the province is putting an end to some restrictions that prevent people from using outdoor clotheslines. This includes agreements between home builders and buyers in some towns and cities in Ontario.
Using outdoor clotheslines instead of electric dryers can:
Save consumers $30 per year when they reduce their dryer use by 25 per cent.
Cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Reduce demand on the power grid — home dryers use about 900 kilowatt hours of electricity per year.
QUOTES
"There's a whole generation of kids growing up today who think a clothesline is a wrestling move. We want parents to have the choice to use the wind and the sun to dry their clothes for free," said Premier McGuinty.
"We want every Ontario family to have the tools they need to save energy and save money. Just using a clothesline instead of a dryer can make a significant difference to your pocketbook, reduce demand on the electricity grid, and help keep our air clean," said Energy Minister Gerry Phillips.
QUICK FACTS
Florida, Utah and Hawaii have laws in place that ensure people can use clotheslines. Similar legislation is being considered in Vermont.
Electric clothes dryers use about six per cent of electricity in the home — as much as a refrigerator running 24-7.
Over the course of a year, five clothes dryers could result in roughly the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as an average-size car.
Camera: Minolta X-700. Film: Kodacolor 100.
A low-stakes, all-ages soccer match at Dahl Park in Seattle, WA.
Roosevelt Island, New York City, USA, 2024.
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Enjoy!
Callimico goeldii (a species of primates from the family of marmosets). Photo from Zoo in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Male Southern Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna Cyanea).
The more time I've spent photographing these intriguing creatures this summer the more my affection has grown for them and vice versa it seems. This inquisitive fellah landed on my leg twice and then decided to land in my lens hood, literally in my lens hood! Sadly no pictures I'm afraid as his visits were far too brief but it did make me smile nonetheless.
I've got a quite a few more 'head on' shots of these guys in flight but I thought I'd show a different side to them today with a couple more images of them in flight also included below.
Thanks in advance for any comments or favourites you may wish to make & I hope you're not too bored of dragonflies!
Handheld macro, manual focus.
This is from a farm near Dawson Creek, British Columbia on a day when all of the horses were near the outside fence. The foals were quite shy and sticking close to the mares but I waited long enough for a couple of the foals to be separated from the others. The darker colt was a bit bolder and it almost seemed that he was being protective of his young filly friend.
This photo is dedicated to my friend Jenny, who most of you probably know because she is a fabulous photographer and one of the best flickr members. Nobody takes better horse photos and her grizzly shots are also world class. Well, when I think of Jenny, I think grizzlies and horses, in that order but come to think of it, her landscapes and hummingbirds are pretty darn good too!
So, this one is for you Jenny.... and if anyone needs to be steered to her fabulous photostream to see her horses, bears and more, find her here:
www.flickr.com/photos/bereal4ever
(by the way, hand held shutter speed 1/80, zoomed to the equivalent of 225 mm, not bad for a shaky old guy)
© 2024 photos4dreams - all rights reserved - if you want to see more of this exhibition plz have a look at my professional photostream: flic.kr/s/aHBqjByex1
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 and Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the second of three trips back to the festivities seen here at MP 76.4 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal Railroad operated Cape Mainline just after passing under US Route 6 only a bit over two miles from their destination at Hyannis yard.
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024
i could do a whole series of photos of just this one squirrel. he was not afraid of me at all and didnt mind being a foot from me
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A very friendly Green Clean burning California machine smokes it way through Bixler, CA. The crew was very aware that their power was smoking through radio chatter. They rushed their way to Richmond, CA.
I found this little guy in some shrubs near a colony of monk parakeets. This species turns up every fall. This one is an immature male, not quite the deep red a mature male will be. Seemed happy to pose for a face shot.
Male Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
In St James' Park, London. Was about to switch to a telephoto when it came over to say hello so no need.
Friendly Beaches on Tasmania's east coast.
Fortunately the beaches are a part of the stellar Freycinet National Park. Courland Bay on the other side of distant Butlers Point is locked up by rich knobs that get well sh!tty when you walk on THEIR sand (which is a legal right for all Tasmanians). knobs.
Fujifilm X100s, Fujinon 32mm f.2.8, 1/950th sec at f/11, ISO200