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De vrais gloutons avec un appétit insatiable pour les petits fruits... (Lifer)
Real gluttons with an insatiable appetite for berries ...
Cimetière, Mont-Royal.
I envy because of the heart.
I glutton because of the heart.
I covet because of the heart.
I am prideful because of the heart.
I sloth because of the heart.
I rage because of the heart.
Because of the heart,
I lust for everything about you.
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'Grass is Greener'.
A Northerm Gannet, Morus bassanus carrying natural nesting material back to its nest site...Sadly however, a survey of 7280 Gannet nests on twenty nine colonies by the British Ornithologists Union revealed that 46% of nests contained debris. The vast majority of this debris was threadlike plastic, most likely from fishing activities, with the occasional piece of sheet, foam or hard plastic!
Many thanks for visiting my Flickr pages...Your visits, interest, comments and kindness to 'fave' my photos is very much appreciated, Steve.
Northern Gannet Notes and Information:
A search for ‘Gannet nest’ and ‘Plastic’ on Google Images will reveal many photographs of gannet nests containing plastic. The Northern Gannet Morus bassanus colony on Grassholm, South Wales is particularly infamous for the amount of anthropogenic debris in nests, largely threadlike plastic, such as fishing rope from fishing activities (Votier et al. 2012). Each autumn the RSPB visit Grassholm to cut free alive individuals entangled at the nest, largely involving juveniles which otherwise wouldn’t have fledged BOU notes.
Name: Northern Gannet, Solan, Solan Goose (Sula bassana)
Length: 80 to 110 centimetres.
Weight: 2 to 3.5 kg.Location:
Eastern coast of North America down to Gulf of Mexico. Crosses across the Northern Arctic to the west coast of Europe down to northern coast of Africa.
Conservation status:Least Concern.
Diet: Fish, squid.Appearance: White with brown or black
wingtips. Black patch around blue eyes.
Long blue-grey beaks with slight downward curve at the end.
How do Northern Gannets feed?
Northern Gannets dive at the water like an arrow at tremendous speeds of up to 100 km per hour. Their bodies are built to withstand the impact with an especially strong sternum.They are able to spot prey when they are as high as 45 km above sea level, though 10 to 20 metres is more usual. During the dive they will use their wings as rudders to control their direction, tucking their wings in at the last moment just before they hit the water. Their velocity can carry them 5 metres below the surface of the water. They can additionally swim a further 15 metres to hunt down prey. They will swallow the fish while still underwater instead of surfacing and carrying it away.They are also known to follow fishing vessels like gulls do in order to pick fish out of the nets or pick up any refuse left behind.
Are Northern Gannets social?
Northern Gannets forage together.How fast do Northern Gannets fly?Northern Gannets can reach flying speeds of up to 65 km per hour.Flying northern gannet
What are Northern Gannet birthing rituals like?
Northern Gannet flocks have been known to return to the same breeding sites for hundreds of years. The biggest colonies contain tens of thousands of nests.The oldest birds tend to return to the breeding ground first. The time of year that the breeding season occurs in depends on the location of the grounds. For example the birds that choose Bass Rock as their grounds (a location off the coast of Scotland) breed at the end of January while those in Iceland tend to breed around March or April.
Northern Gannets reach sexual maturity around four years of age. Juvenile birds that join the rest of the flock at the breeding grounds may make a nest of their own at the fringes of the site or take over other nests, but they will give up the nests if an older member of the flock comes to claim it. The nests are generally constructed by the males, made from seaweed and any other materials found floating on the water. The nests are about 50 to 70 centimetres in diameter and will require maintenance throughout the season due to erosion from the wind. Same-sex fights can break out during the season. The male fights can be especially aggressive and can result in broken necks and wings. Females soar over the grounds searching for a suitable mate. Males will display by shaking their heads back and forth. Once mated the birds usually remain monogamous for years, if not the rest of their lives.
One egg is laid, weighing about 100 grams. If the first egg is lost then a second will be laid. The incubation period takes 6 or 7 weeks.Once hatched, the hatchling is fed regurgitated food for the next 3 months. Adult birds that are searching for feed for their young have been known to fly as far as 320 km away from their nesting site.After the 3 or so months the chick is strong enough to glide down to the water from the nest on their own. They are now on their own, permanently separated from their parents. Their fat reserves are enough to keep them alive for the next 2 or 3 weeks while they earn to tend to themselves. Initially brown, the juvenile birds will take three or so years before they have grown in their fully white plumage.
How long do Northern Gannets live?Northern Gannets live about 35 years in the wild.
How many Northern Gannets are there today?
Rough estimates put today’s wild Northern Gannet population at anywhere between 950,000 and 1,200,000 individuals.
Do Northern Gannets have any natural predators?
Adult Northern Gannets are on rare occasions taken by bald eagles, white-tailed eagles, large sharks, and seals. Chicks and eggs are also vulnerable to gulls, ravens, ermines, and red foxes.Nesting northern gannets7
Grand Northern Gannet Facts
1. The Northern Gannet is the largest member of the gannet family.
2. Northern Gannets secrete a water-impermeable oily fluid from subaceous glands. They spread the oil across their feathers with their heads and beaks.
3. Northern Gannets are not particularly good at walking. This means they are better at taking off into flight from the water than from land. They do this by facing into the wind and vigorously flapping their wings to produce the necessary lift. This can cause problems for them on especially wavy days which can see them ending up beached.
4. Northern Gannets have tiny airbags under their skin that they use to help them return to the surface after a dive.
5. Northern Gannet females are much choosier than the males when hunting. They will take longer to choose their foraging area, and will dive deeper and longer on average per dive.
6. Northern Gannet migrations have taken them as far south as Ecuador.
7. The term “gannet” has become synonymous with “glutton” in the U.K. due to the bird’s huge appetite. Oceanwide expeditions notes.
A wolverine running by my shelter in Finland last month.
(Jerv in Norwegian)
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I am simply a glutton for long exposure…
***Canon EOS 7D + Canon EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM ӏ Exposure details: 10 mm at f/16, 13s, ISO 100
OK, this took me the best part of 3 days...but so what M'F'ers, I'm largely happy with the results!!
Painted alongside Creeps and this is just the 1st in a series of these that you'll see from us, hope I get faster, haha!! It started off being a real fun way to paint and cheap (white and red being mulsh) and lots of on the spot imprvised bits, then it just went on tooooo damn long and became a chore. Glutton for punishment tho', I've already spotted a couple of touch ups that need doing and I was intending to work a few more details in there anyway, so there may well be a revised installment, plus you've gottta see detail shots to really appreciate what's going on here. I really dug myself deep in the doghouse over this one, with my good lady...was it worth it?
Life goes on
I took this whilst waiting around for sunrise. Its actually a 60 second exposure it was still dark :)
The ground still frozen cold
From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's Rose might never die
But, as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory.
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies.
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content
And, tender churl, mak'st waste in niggarding.
Pity the world, or else this glutton be:
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.
Love sonnet 1
William Shakespeare
People dine at tables in the "glutton's row" at Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent. Harsh sunlight, deep shadows, and the everyday life of the market.
I swear this hill gets steeper every time I visit it.
Two of my favourite hills in the Peak District. Their distinctive shape comes from them being the remnants of some ancient reef system beneath a tropical sea........a while back ;D
See also the next shot....which shows the view looking back from the other hill.
www.flickr.com/photos/27955898@N07/6851587658/in/photostr...
'The green, green grass of home'. A Northerm Gannet, Morus bassanus flying in at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire. Splaying out its totipalmate feet (Its toes are fully webbed) with a bill crammed with grass and natural nest building materials...Sadly however, a survey of 7280 Gannet nests on twenty nine colonies by the British Ornithologists Union revealed that 46% of nests contained debris. The vast majority of this debris was threadlike plastic, most likely from fishing activities, with the occasional piece of sheet, foam or hard plastic! The birds get tangled in these fishing lines and plastic debris and many Gannets die from injury and starvation, let alone the devastating results of Bird Flue this year.
Many thanks for visiting my Flickr pages...Your visits, interest, comments and kindness to 'fave' my photos is very much appreciated, Steve.
Northern Gannet Notes and Information:
A search for ‘Gannet nest’ and ‘Plastic’ on Google Images will reveal many photographs of gannet nests containing plastic. The Northern Gannet Morus bassanus colony on Grassholm, South Wales is particularly infamous for the amount of anthropogenic debris in nests, largely threadlike plastic, such as fishing rope from fishing activities (Votier et al. 2012). Each autumn the RSPB visit Grassholm to cut free alive individuals entangled at the nest, largely involving juveniles which otherwise wouldn’t have fledged BOU notes.
Name: Northern Gannet, Solan, Solan Goose (Sula bassana)
Length: 80 to 110 centimetres.
Weight: 2 to 3.5 kg.
Location:
Eastern coast of North America down to Gulf of Mexico. Crosses across the Northern Arctic to the west coast of Europe down to northern coast of Africa.
Conservation status:Least Concern.
Diet: Fish, squid.
Appearance: White with brown or black
wingtips. Black patch around blue eyes.
Long blue-grey beaks with slight downward curve at the end.
How do Northern Gannets feed?
Northern Gannets dive at the water like an arrow at tremendous speeds of up to 100 km per hour. Their bodies are built to withstand the impact with an especially strong sternum.They are able to spot prey when they are as high as 45 km above sea level, though 10 to 20 metres is more usual. During the dive they will use their wings as rudders to control their direction, tucking their wings in at the last moment just before they hit the water. Their velocity can carry them 5 metres below the surface of the water. They can additionally swim a further 15 metres to hunt down prey. They will swallow the fish while still underwater instead of surfacing and carrying it away.They are also known to follow fishing vessels like gulls do in order to pick fish out of the nets or pick up any refuse left behind.
Are Northern Gannets social?
Northern Gannets forage together.
How fast do Northern Gannets fly?
Northern Gannets can reach flying speeds of up to 65 km per hour.
What are Northern Gannet birthing rituals like?
Northern Gannet flocks have been known to return to the same breeding sites for hundreds of years. The biggest colonies contain tens of thousands of nests. The oldest birds tend to return to the breeding ground first. The time of year that the breeding season occurs in depends on the location of the grounds. For example the birds that choose Bass Rock as their grounds (a location off the coast of Scotland) breed at the end of January while those in Iceland tend to breed around March or April.
Northern Gannets reach sexual maturity around four years of age. Juvenile birds that join the rest of the flock at the breeding grounds may make a nest of their own at the fringes of the site or take over other nests, but they will give up the nests if an older member of the flock comes to claim it. The nests are generally constructed by the males, made from seaweed and any other materials found floating on the water. The nests are about 50 to 70 centimetres in diameter and will require maintenance throughout the season due to erosion from the wind. Same-sex fights can break out during the season. The male fights can be especially aggressive and can result in broken necks and wings. Females soar over the grounds searching for a suitable mate. Males will display by shaking their heads back and forth. Once mated the birds usually remain monogamous for years, if not the rest of their lives.
One egg is laid, weighing about 100 grams. If the first egg is lost then a second will be laid. The incubation period takes 6 or 7 weeks.Once hatched, the hatchling is fed regurgitated food for the next 3 months. Adult birds that are searching for feed for their young have been known to fly as far as 320 km away from their nesting site.After the 3 or so months the chick is strong enough to glide down to the water from the nest on their own. They are now on their own, permanently separated from their parents. Their fat reserves are enough to keep them alive for the next 2 or 3 weeks while they earn to tend to themselves. Initially brown, the juvenile birds will take three or so years before they have grown in their fully white plumage.
How long do Northern Gannets live?
Northern Gannets live about 35 years in the wild.
How many Northern Gannets are there today?
Rough estimates put today’s wild Northern Gannet population at anywhere between 950,000 and 1,200,000 individuals.
Do Northern Gannets have any natural predators?
Adult Northern Gannets are on rare occasions taken by bald eagles, white-tailed eagles, large sharks, and seals. Chicks and eggs are also vulnerable to gulls, ravens, ermines, and red foxes.Nesting northern gannets7
Grand Northern Gannet Facts
1. The Northern Gannet is the largest member of the gannet family.
2. Northern Gannets secrete a water-impermeable oily fluid from subaceous glands. They spread the oil across their feathers with their heads and beaks.
3. Northern Gannets are not particularly good at walking. This means they are better at taking off into flight from the water than from land. They do this by facing into the wind and vigorously flapping their wings to produce the necessary lift. This can cause problems for them on especially wavy days which can see them ending up beached.
4. Northern Gannets have tiny airbags under their skin that they use to help them return to the surface after a dive.
5. Northern Gannet females are much choosier than the males when hunting. They will take longer to choose their foraging area, and will dive deeper and longer on average per dive.
6. Northern Gannet migrations have taken them as far south as Ecuador.
7. The term “gannet” has become synonymous with “glutton” in the U.K. due to the bird’s huge appetite. Oceanwide expeditions notes.
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
One of those magical rare moments that come along once in a Blue moon. I watched this battle for an hour, before I had to leave. Lucky me, as I was then leaving the hide when they popped up. The end result anybodys guess, did the glutton bird sink, or choke to death. As I departed it was having a bout of tug of war with two of its kind over the spoils of war. Similar rare events captured have been a rabbit chasing, and bowling a Stoat over, three Golden Orioles in one tree here at Lakenheath, and a fight between a Heron, and Stoat, with the mammal hanging off the Harnsers bill, before it was finally stabbed, and carried off. This from the archives, Lackford lakes, Suffolk.
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
"I am not a glutton. I am an explorer of food" ~Erma Bombeck
Many thanks to my brother for being such a good sport!!
Nikon D750 & 24-70mm
A delve into the archives here. A glutton waits for its next meal, a parasite, but a bird to be admired. So too its very busy foster parents for utter devotion to their guest.
Nikon D7100 + Tamron 18-400mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC HLD
@ 400mm
f/8 @ 320 @ iso 2000
(tweaked in Smart Photo Editor)
View Large On Black sickly and sweet, just how i like it. i'm turning ever so feminine lately, i didn't think i'd ever met the colour pink before and now i have pink nails and flowers..
i'm a glutton for punishment. i have roughly three weeks til i finish uni, i have 3 assignments to hand in, an exhibition to plan & also new work to produce for said exhibition, and a new website to re-build.
said that, i work so much bettter under pressure and if i'm weird enough to say it...i quite enjoy it too!
'Love on the rocks'. But not in this case as most Gannets mate for life…here a pair of Northerm Gannets, Morus bassanus are having a tender loving moment on their nest of grass and natural materials...Sadly however, a survey of 7280 Gannet nests on twenty nine colonies by the British Ornithologists Union revealed that 46% of nests contained debris. The vast majority of this debris was threadlike plastic, most likely from fishing activities, with the occasional piece of sheet, foam or hard plastic! The birds get tangled in these fishing lines and plastic debris and many Gannets die from injury and starvation, let alone the devastating results of Bird Flue this year.
Many thanks for visiting my Flickr pages...Your visits, interest, comments and kindness to 'fave' my photos is very much appreciated, Steve.
Northern Gannet Notes and Information:
A search for ‘Gannet nest’ and ‘Plastic’ on Google Images will reveal many photographs of gannet nests containing plastic. The Northern Gannet Morus bassanus colony on Grassholm, South Wales is particularly infamous for the amount of anthropogenic debris in nests, largely threadlike plastic, such as fishing rope from fishing activities (Votier et al. 2012). Each autumn the RSPB visit Grassholm to cut free alive individuals entangled at the nest, largely involving juveniles which otherwise wouldn’t have fledged BOU notes.
Name: Northern Gannet, Solan, Solan Goose (Sula bassana)
Length: 80 to 110 centimetres.
Weight: 2 to 3.5 kg.
Location:
Eastern coast of North America down to Gulf of Mexico. Crosses across the Northern Arctic to the west coast of Europe down to northern coast of Africa.
Conservation status:Least Concern.
Diet: Fish, squid.
Appearance: White with brown or black
wingtips. Black patch around blue eyes.
Long blue-grey beaks with slight downward curve at the end.
How do Northern Gannets feed?
Northern Gannets dive at the water like an arrow at tremendous speeds of up to 100 km per hour. Their bodies are built to withstand the impact with an especially strong sternum.They are able to spot prey when they are as high as 45 km above sea level, though 10 to 20 metres is more usual. During the dive they will use their wings as rudders to control their direction, tucking their wings in at the last moment just before they hit the water. Their velocity can carry them 5 metres below the surface of the water. They can additionally swim a further 15 metres to hunt down prey. They will swallow the fish while still underwater instead of surfacing and carrying it away.They are also known to follow fishing vessels like gulls do in order to pick fish out of the nets or pick up any refuse left behind.
Are Northern Gannets social?
Northern Gannets forage together.
How fast do Northern Gannets fly?
Northern Gannets can reach flying speeds of up to 65 km per hour.
What are Northern Gannet birthing rituals like?
Northern Gannet flocks have been known to return to the same breeding sites for hundreds of years. The biggest colonies contain tens of thousands of nests. The oldest birds tend to return to the breeding ground first. The time of year that the breeding season occurs in depends on the location of the grounds. For example the birds that choose Bass Rock as their grounds (a location off the coast of Scotland) breed at the end of January while those in Iceland tend to breed around March or April.
Northern Gannets reach sexual maturity around four years of age. Juvenile birds that join the rest of the flock at the breeding grounds may make a nest of their own at the fringes of the site or take over other nests, but they will give up the nests if an older member of the flock comes to claim it. The nests are generally constructed by the males, made from seaweed and any other materials found floating on the water. The nests are about 50 to 70 centimetres in diameter and will require maintenance throughout the season due to erosion from the wind. Same-sex fights can break out during the season. The male fights can be especially aggressive and can result in broken necks and wings. Females soar over the grounds searching for a suitable mate. Males will display by shaking their heads back and forth. Once mated the birds usually remain monogamous for years, if not the rest of their lives.
One egg is laid, weighing about 100 grams. If the first egg is lost then a second will be laid. The incubation period takes 6 or 7 weeks.Once hatched, the hatchling is fed regurgitated food for the next 3 months. Adult birds that are searching for feed for their young have been known to fly as far as 320 km away from their nesting site.After the 3 or so months the chick is strong enough to glide down to the water from the nest on their own. They are now on their own, permanently separated from their parents. Their fat reserves are enough to keep them alive for the next 2 or 3 weeks while they earn to tend to themselves. Initially brown, the juvenile birds will take three or so years before they have grown in their fully white plumage.
How long do Northern Gannets live?
Northern Gannets live about 35 years in the wild.
How many Northern Gannets are there today?
Rough estimates put today’s wild Northern Gannet population at anywhere between 950,000 and 1,200,000 individuals.
Do Northern Gannets have any natural predators?
Adult Northern Gannets are on rare occasions taken by bald eagles, white-tailed eagles, large sharks, and seals. Chicks and eggs are also vulnerable to gulls, ravens, ermines, and red foxes.Nesting northern gannets7
Grand Northern Gannet Facts
1. The Northern Gannet is the largest member of the gannet family.
2. Northern Gannets secrete a water-impermeable oily fluid from subaceous glands. They spread the oil across their feathers with their heads and beaks.
3. Northern Gannets are not particularly good at walking. This means they are better at taking off into flight from the water than from land. They do this by facing into the wind and vigorously flapping their wings to produce the necessary lift. This can cause problems for them on especially wavy days which can see them ending up beached.
4. Northern Gannets have tiny airbags under their skin that they use to help them return to the surface after a dive.
5. Northern Gannet females are much choosier than the males when hunting. They will take longer to choose their foraging area, and will dive deeper and longer on average per dive.
6. Northern Gannet migrations have taken them as far south as Ecuador.
7. The term “gannet” has become synonymous with “glutton” in the U.K. due to the bird’s huge appetite. Oceanwide expeditions notes.
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
Pixicat : All Seeing Top/Skirt @ TAG! Gacha
Little Bones : Strange @ C88
Contraption : The Glutton Mouth
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, WITCHES.
I promised to upload a photograph of a Fox Moth to complement my caterpillar, so here it is. This is a male, identifiable by his feathery antennae (female antennae are simple and strand-like) which he uses to detect virgin female Fox Moths. Males usually fly continuously while searching for females so I was quite lucky to find this resting individual. The name Fox Moth was coined from the foxy colouration of male moths, but this male is grey, more like a female in colouration. Apparently males from northern, upland moorlands are darker and greyer than those from the South, which probably explains why I rarely see fox-coloured males. It was the 18th Century artist and naturalist Benjamin Wilkes who first called it the Fox-coloured Moth, but in France and Germany they call it the Bramble Silkmoth (Bombyx de la Ronce and Brombeerspinner) because its caterpillar sometimes feeds on Brambles and because it spins a silken coccoon. In the Netherlands it is known as the Glutton (Veelvraat) because the female has an exceedingly plump abdomen, but ironically the adult moths are unable to feed. The scientific name is Macrothylacia rubi; Macrothylacia means large bag because of the papery cigar-shaped coccoon, and rubi from its Bramble larval foodplant (Rubus). I photographed this male on the Peak District Moors near Holmfirth in late May.
Christmas Eve sunrise on Chrome Hill. I procrastinated (again) on where to go for sunrise, and although there was some mist elsewhere, the developing sky colour had me abandoning the car at Glutton Bridge and heading for my favourite pair of hills (again)
When I was getting Bebe prepped to go for a walk I discovered that her collar did not fit anymore. She has been eating a lot recently because my other dog, Buck, had cancer and often did not finish eating his food. She is such a glutton! Luckily, I found an old collar that fits loosely around her neck.
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird and the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae. It has the same colours as the Australasian gannet and is similar in appearance.
Nesting in colonies as large as 60,000 pairs on both sides of the north Atlantic this bird undertakes seasonal migrations and is a spectacular high-speed diver.
Old names for the northern gannet include solan and solan goose.
They have a maximum lifespan of up to 35 years.
The gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up to 2 metres (6.6 ft). Gannets hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater.
Gannets have a number of adaptations which enable them to do this:
no external nostrils, they are located inside the mouth instead;
air sacs in the face and chest under the skin which act like bubble wrapping, cushioning the impact with the water;
positioning of the eyes far enough forward on the face for binocular vision, allowing them to judge distances accurately.
Gannets can dive from a height of 30 metres (98 ft), achieving speeds of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) as they strike the water, enabling them to catch fish much deeper than most airborne birds.
The gannet's supposed capacity for eating large quantities of fish has led to "gannet" becoming a disapproving description of somebody who eats excessively, similar to "glutton".
This image was taken in the North Atlantic Ocean on the way from Iceland to the Faroe Islands.
A fistful of fear in my hands
A bullet of betrayal in my brain
No progress comes from pleasure
We smile in ignorance and learn in pain
Willful deceit was your plan
Desperately avoid the blame
Who will you answer to now?
Sharpened your shovels just to dig your grave
Stand up 'cause the ground is in your way
I won't give you any peace
Yet still, you talk
Try to fight, but I will watch you fall
Fall
This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you expect?
Sick, sick, sick
I'm sick of being your martyr
Your inflated ego is just dead weight
Bask in all the eyes upon you
Before you know it they'll have turned away
Stand up as the whole world turns away
I won't give you any peace
Yet still, you talk
Try to fight, but I will watch you fall
Fall
This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you expect?
Wait and see, cry yourself a lonesome creek
Your decaying corpse can feed the roots of my towering tree
Just wait and see
You're dead to me
Yet still, you speak
Trying to justify what you're doing to me
I will watch you fall
Fall
This is sweet revenge
And karma's a bitch
You glutton for punishment
What did you, what did you expect?
So it's another late entry from me, but better late than never!
I originally struggled to find inspiration for this weeks theme, having toyed with a few idea's that wasn't up to standard or just didn't work out. So that left my Friday evening to get the shot done, processed and then submitted - I'm a glutton for punishment!!!
It's funny because at the start of this Fifty Two I had said "it's all a bit of fun, I don't plan to take it seriously", but so far I have spent money on every single shot I've done and I'm also too hard on myself. Next week I'm going to be easier on myself and TRY not to spend any money on the shot.
Strobist:
Canon 580ex II directly under glass firing upwards to subject, set to 1/128.
Canon 430ex II with homemade snoot up high (slight camera left) firing down on to the subject, set to 1/16.