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Well chuffed, My image made the front page of The Scots magazine. double spread inside too. April issue..
Golden-fronted woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifrons
Full frame - best enlarged
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Black eyed susans and hydrangea.
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susan, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China. It has now been found in all 10 Canadian Provinces and all 48 of the states in the contiguous United States
I photographed this individual in Honduras. It ranges throughout Central America, Mexico and most of Texas. The southern populations have more red whereas the northern populations have more gold.
The decorative metal security front door at my father's house in Penang.
When she was alive, my grandmother would sit on the left of this and watch the world go by.
When I was a child, the only concrete in the garden were the two rows of blocks you can still see running up to the gate. Grass grew everywhere else including in the gaps between the blocks. When I was 7, I had a skipping rope race with the little girl next door. As I neared the finish line, I tripped and landed on my front tooth, breaking off a large triangular piece that my father found later that evening.
Stats
Built in real LEGO bricks, no stickers.
Pieces: 7441 pieces
Dimensions: 770mm x 280mm x 11mm
Story
Heimdall is a reconnaissance spaceship. Powered by a single yet powerful thermonuclear engine from BST (Benny Space Technologies), coupled with a high-energy particles grabber under the cockpit that helps to replenish fuel supplies on a long missions. To disperse a ridiculous amounts of heat from reactor's core a series of thermo-dump panels are mount beneath the fuselage. Being a reconnaissance ship it is also equipped with a sensors array under the cockpit and some ion cannons at each wing, you known, just in case....
Design and build
It took me more than 5 months to design and build it. A major inspiration comes from amazing artwork by Michal Kus. Especially the color-blocking and indentations at the front of the wings were a place from which I started. Along the way I shifted things my own way to suit ideas that were jumbling inside my head or I just wanted to incorporate, like the thermo-dump panels from Hamilton's series of books. There were many fun challenges along the way not only related to its geometry or color-blocking but also in making sure that this flying mosaic would be rigid. All of this required many rebuilds and tests but I had a blast doing all of this :)
Building instructions
For anyone curious how Heimdall is built or want to look at some building techniques I have created a studio model based on the actual build. It should be more handy than a regular step-by-step instructions. You can download it from here github.com/lechkulina/Heimdall
Full gallery is here www.flickr.com/photos/147862201@N05/albums/72157715784794408
WIP gallery is here www.flickr.com/photos/147862201@N05/albums/72157713634763282
White-fronted Chat
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Another species that is making the most of the lowered water levels. Plenty of insects on the exposed mud flats.
A 2nd trip to Slimbridge in Gloucestershire on the 21st January.
I was in for a shock as ALL but one of the lagoons/ponds were frozen hard and there were very few wild birds to be seen on the fields.
One of the flock of White-fronted Geese flew a bit closer on ts way out to the River Severn estuary to feed on the mud flats.
It was reported to be a Russian White-fronted Goose.
I was sitting on my porch late the other afternoon when I noticed this sweet little American Redstart darting all over one of our apple trees hunting flying insects.
The light was fading fast and I had to bump the ISO so there's some noise, but I don't see them that often in my yard so I had to get a few shots.
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Toyo 45c view camera ,90mm f8 schneider +orange filter , tmax100 in Adox R09 1-50 15 mins. Used the limited front tilt I have on the 90mm lens for this one (hence the vignette , might invest in a recessed lens board but not sure how much more movement it would allow)
Another old shot revisited. Cropped the top as the scene was dark with bright sunlight at the top of the fall
Looking for silver linings to this global pandemic.
I love how much we've connected with our neighbours. We sit on the front porch for morning coffees and evening glasses of wine, and we chit-chat with the dog walkers, the passers-by, and with our friends who live on our street. Instead of rushing around town, we're spending more time at home, enjoying happy conversations in our nearest community. I hope this stays when the restrictions are lifted.
Another great thing has been the time devoted to long forgotten projects. I started this quilt 20 years ago, and it's finally complete! Yay.
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one of the numerous old guns on the
ramparts of Essaouira - Morocco -
défense du front de mer -
un des nombreux vieux canons
sur les remparts d' Essaouira - Maroc
I believe these are Brown-belted Bumblebees, that were doing a number on the flowers in our front yard.
I shot this out of my window while doing 80+ mph along Hwy 44 between Chickasha and Newcastle, Oklahoma back on May 21st.
The day before this kicked my butt in Paul's Valley, and the news of Moore being obliterated dampened my excitement about storm chasing for the time being. I was actually a little shaken up by the recent news.
So, in short, I wasn't searching for a storm to chase on this day... I was actually heading to my favorite BBQ drive-in in Spencer before heading to DFW to catch my flight back home when I saw this black mass to my left.
Funny enough, It was a lovely little chase that saw some great structure and thankfully didn't produce a tornado over the metro areas... but that was yet to come a week later.
Lots of pots and stuff in my mums front yard, oh she does love a bit of clutter, but it's so HOMELY!
Caught this Golden-fronted last weekend at Lake Corpus Christi State Park on a cold, windy, rainy morning. Melanerpes aurifrons