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Excerpt from the plaque:
At RBG Centre's Hierarchy of Nature installation, explore the link between athletes and nature. Athletes seek bronze, silver, and gold; our horticulturists pursue excellence through integrity, strength, and creativity. Both find inspiration in nature's resilience and adaptability, striving to achieve new heights.
The dominance hierarchy is constantly changing. These are the same two Plains Bison males featured in the current series, engaged in a little testing. The bull on the right was the aggressor; he was slightly taller and heavier, and tried to use this to advantage. The slightly smaller bull on the left seemed happy to engage in a little friendly head shoving. It seemed to be more like playing than fighting, but of course the underlying intent was serious: establishing dominance.
The REALLY serious challenges will happen between mid-July and mid-August, when the annual rut unfolds. This happens in a remote, inaccessible area, and whereas I would love the photo ops, it's probably best that tourists are nowhere near, because it can get dangerous. I've seen serious injuries in the aftermath, including a bull bison that had been badly gored. A sad outcome for him, as he died a few days later. But a protein extravaganza for the local coyotes, magpies, ravens, and other scavengers.
Tomorrow: the prairie wildlife series continues with some different species...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
The term corporate hierarchy refers to the arrangement of individuals within a corporation according to power, status and job function.
It was a surprise to see this group of Mergansers hanging out under this bridge. Like in their own world.
Do you know the hierarchy?
SNAFU--situation normal, all fouled up;
FUMTU--fouled up more than usual;
TARFU--things are really fouled up;
FUBAR--fouled up beyond all repair
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This drone shot of the Big Tree in a Mojave Desert playa shows the very tips of the branches, where water begins to flow into larger and larger channels in self-similar fractal patterns. The light-colored tips are very shallow, almost level with the surface, yet very distinct. The biggest channels downstream can be 1-2 feet deep.
This "Big Tree" is 1.5 miles long and forms a striking example of geological art. Its beauty is enhanced by white salts that have percolated up from below, giving it a flocked appearance.
The fact that the shallow channels follow the edges of the salt boundary seems to suggest a connection. Does the percolation lower the elevation of the surface slightly enough to get water flowing? Does the flow only begin underwater when the lake fills up? Does receding water "pull" water into the edges by capillary action? Suggest a hypothesis.
I am excited and humbled to tell you that my photo "Sac" has won the "highly commended" prize in the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition. If anyone will be in London from December 9-13, my image will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries. Someone take a picture for me, I can't make it!
Thats my cat Nyah, she is missing a paw, as you can see she is standing on three legs hehe :)
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I just love the way these clever birds congregate on the telegraph wires here every evening to watch the sunset as Im positive thats what they are doing.
Listening to their chattering is amazing as Im certain they have a language all of their own. I know they are perfect mimics and Ive heard them make tractor and car sounds. Ive even heard one make cat meeaowing sounds and one used to come to my bird table and make a noise like a squeaky gate hinge. Im told that they can also imitate the calls of birds of prey and they say they do this to warn the others of an impending attack!
Maybe they hear these noises soon after being hatched in the nest and it stays with them. They are one of my favourite birds and they are related to the Indian Hill Myna that can imitate voices and talk superbly!
I think there is a hierarchy amongst them as it appears like that in their positioning on the wires. Us Flickr members are in the cheap seats on the lower wire!!! Now there is a surprise!!!
One of the greatest spectacles is when they put on a display before roosting for the night. Ive never seen it but I would love to.
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It's taking Cider a bit to adjust to his new brother, Charlie, who arrived on Friday. Cider has been tolerant, but is not showing to much brotherly love at this point. He is, however, making it perfectly clear where Charlie is in the pecking order.
This weevil is a Mullerian mimic of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga spp.). Mullerian mimicry differs from Batesian mimicry (deception of would-be predators through the adoption of similar colouration, morphology or scent of a model species) in that the mimicry results in a propagation of both species' unpalatability. In this case, both the flesh fly, and the fly weevil mimic are agile, and fast. The more 'apparent' flesh flies there are out there, the faster such a 'message' is disseminated amongst predator populations.
Animals show preferences for certain food types. This can be based on potential risk (ie. more dangerous prey which risks damaging the predator are only pursued when predator is facing starvation). Or else the amount of energy required to expend to catch prey (ie. sharks preferentially eating seals, for higher energy content, but will also eat other food types). All that is needed for the evolution of a trait is the improvement of 'fitness'. Simplistically, if looking like a fly decreases the weevil's position in the hierarchy of prey preference, then more weevils with the trait survive-->greater fitness-->evolution of trait.
Thanks to Henry Hespenheide for the ID.
Photo from Mache-Chindul reserve, Ecuador.
The dome, entirely covered with mosaic showing the
Angelic Hierarchies, Scenes from Genesis, Scenes from the life of Joseph the Patriarch,
Scenes from the life of Christ, Scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist, and the Last Judgement
La cúpula, enteramente recubierta de mosaicos que muestran la
Jerarquías angélicas, Escenas del Génesis, Escenas de la vida de José el Patriarca,
Escenas de la vida de Cristo, Escenas de la vida de San Juan Bautista y el Juicio Final
The oldest religious site in all of Florence
Its origins are unknown although it is believed that it was built over the ruins of a Roman temple dedicated to Mars dating back to the 4th-5th century A.D. It was first described in 897 as a minor basilica. In 1128, it was consacrated as the Baptistery of Florence and as such is the oldest religious monument in Florence. Up until the end of the 19th century, all catholics in Florence were baptized within its doors. Today, young children can still be baptized here on the first Sunday of the month, but as they only have space and time for 4, you have to make the request with ample time.
The Baptistery, dedicated to Florence's patron saint, has an octagonal plan and an octagonal lantern with a cupola. Outside it is clad in geometrically patterned colored marble, white Carrara marble and green Prato marble that is typical of Florentine Romanesque architecture.
El lugar religioso más antiguo de toda Florencia
Se desconoce su origen aunque se cree que fue construida sobre las ruinas de un templo romano dedicado a Marte que data del siglo IV-V d.C. Fue descrita por primera vez en el año 897 como una basílica menor. En 1128, fue consagrado como el baptisterio de Florencia y, como tal, es el monumento religioso más antiguo de Florencia. Hasta finales del siglo XIX, todos los católicos de Florencia eran bautizados dentro de sus puertas. Hoy en día, los niños pequeños todavía pueden ser bautizados aquí el primer domingo de mes, pero como solo tienen espacio y tiempo para 4, hay que hacer la solicitud con tiempo suficiente.
El baptisterio, dedicado al santo patrón de Florencia, tiene planta octogonal y linterna octogonal con cúpula. El exterior está revestido de mármol de colores con dibujos geométricos, mármol blanco de Carrara y mármol verde de Prato, típico de la arquitectura románica florentina.
The Baptistery of San Giovanni is one of the oldest astronomical places in the city of Florence.
Already around the 1000 was placed a marble inlay at the north door which is one of the oldest astronomical Florentine documents.
This is a gnomon which demonstrates the interest for the apparent motion of the sun: through a hole in the dome, solar radiation affecting the signs of the zodiac engraved on marble, thus allowing it to control the path of the sun during the year.
Author of the work may have been the leader and medieval astrologer Strozzo Strozzi. During the thirteenth century, following a remake of the floor, the marble was moved in the eastern part of the Baptistery, so today is no longer possible to assess its accuracy.
"any system of persons or things ranked one above another".
Marina Bay is a place for people from all walks of life to explore, exchange and entertain.
The unique Supergrove trees seems to be bridging the gap between skyscrapers and the natural surroundings. On the top this hierarchy is the Marina bay sands, renowned as one of the most expensive buildings in the world.
The photo is dark and not too good, but I love the action. Sibling rivalry is serious business in the fox world and is very important in establishing hierarchy. These two male kits were going at it for a long time and it was amazing to witness, they rarely if ever injure each other. Now I know why the dance is called the "Fox Trot" and foxes do it best!!
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I guess the guy on top must be the alpha male of the flock of Scaly-breasted Munia regularly seen near the Meadowbrook Section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum !
Red Fox kits are always fighting. Although these fights are rarely serious they are important in establishing hierarchy. Both of these fox kits, became badly infected with mange. I was able to medicate and cure them both, and they went on to become beautiful healthy adult male foxes.
With four dog foxes and two vixens attending for chicken every night, the hierarchy is broadly understood - but not absolutely fixed. On the left of the photo is Scally, easily identifiable with his tattered right ear and normally understood to be the alpha. However, Patch, on the right, is now a year old, well grown, solid verging on stout and beginning to feel his power as an adult. A face-off in this case resulted in wrestling: the forelegs braced against each other both support them as they push each other for mastery and keep their jaws at a reasonably safe distance, though they gape in threat. Foxes wrestling in this way can stay erect for some time, until one gives up and sags away to turn and run. So far, that is Patch, but I wonder if Scally can see the writing on the wall...
When many shark species such as these Galapagos Sharks (Carcharhinus galapagensis) school up, the most dominant animals are up at the top of the school. Here, the large dominant female swims way above the rest of her school.
These sharks congregate off the north shore of Oahu every winter to mate.
Oahu, Hawaii
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There is no hierarchy to this series. The order has more to do with when I see something that makes me think of a certain photographer, and getting a picture that might serve as an homage to their work (as opposed to an insult). Thus, the fifth entry in the series is dedicated to my favourite photographer, Fred Herzog (1930-2019).
Fred Herzog must be counted among the great street photographers and pioneers in colour photography as art. You can see his work here: www.equinoxgallery.com/our-artists/fred-herzog/ and here: pier24.org/artist/fred-herzog/
For decades Fred Herzog walked around Vancouver in his spare time and documented what he saw. Although he was active in the local art community, his work only became widely known when he was in his seventies. He was not photographing to become famous; he was pursuing a hobby and a passion. I think many of us can relate.
The saturated Kodachrome colours in Fred Herzog’s images are certainly part of the reason I love his work, but it is his eye for framing a scene that consistently impresses and simultaneously inspires and intimidates me. He worked quickly and trusted his eye and his instincts. He incorporated colour so beautifully and the lines in his work are so precise that the images look like the framing was laboured over and locked off on a tripod.
Perhaps one can read too much into photographs, but I also gravitate to Herzog’s work because there is a feeling of love for his subject matter, rather than distance or disdain. There is a sense of affection for the people and the things he photographed. Even scenes of what might be called urban decay are framed so we see beauty in the dilapidation. He captured scenes of a city that people were living their lives in. I’ll stop before I start to sound like a curator.
Ted Forbes mentioned Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell as possible inspirations for Herzog and that sounds plausible to me. Ted Forbes was a curator so probably knows what he is talking about.
Here are some thoughts from Fred Herzog himself:
“I enjoy doing it. I took pictures whether I thought I could sell them or not. The pictures were my hobby. I had a job…”
“I’m an eclectic photographer. And that has to do with the breadth of my being, my interests, my intellect, my friends, the things I find worthwhile in life.”
“What you bring to the picture is everything you are, everything you have learned, everything you have intellectualized. You have to have ideas of what the world is like, and looks like, and should be like. That all has to be brought to that picture. So I have the authority of having [premeditated] these things for years, not just at this moment, but what I am I am seeing here today and photographing, that has all my experience and learning in it.”
“This is the wonderful thing about photography, every person is his own style. There is no such thing as style. You don’t acquire style by going to night school. You don’t acquire style by reading a book that’s published by one of the film manufacturers and it’s called ‘all the cheap tricks in one volume’. That’s not how you acquire style. Style is you.”
“Photography does not work well with new things. It works well with used things, it works well with slightly messy things, it works well with original things.”
“I found photography, and then perhaps photography found me, but that came in the last ten years, you know. Until I was seventy-five I was unknown. It’s only now that, all of a sudden, my stuff is the right stuff.”
All quotes are from the Fred Herzog episode of the documentary series Snapshot. You can find it on YouTube.
It has taken me until entry number five to get around to Fred Herzog because I admire his photographs so much, and I find it intimidating to even try to pay homage to him. I ended up going back into my archives and finding an image taken in 2017 while walking in East Vancouver. It is certainly not in Fred Herzog’s league, but it shows a scene that I think may have caught his eye in a place where he might have wandered during his decades of documenting Vancouver. I posted another image of this building at that time (also an homage as its title indicates): www.flickr.com/photos/james_d_images/24498698867/in/photo... I got an email some time later from someone who saw that post and was a fan of Fred Herzog. They told me they had lived in that building and that it had since been torn down. That makes these pictures more appropriate tributes because Fred Herzog recorded so much that is now gone.
I highly recommend the book ‘Fred Herzog: Modern Color.’
If you are in or around Vancouver, there is a ticketed exhibit of Fred Herzog’s Chinatown photographs at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre until December 31, 2025.
As always, thanks for reading these ramblings. Happy photographing, friends. May you always be filled with inspiration.