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Abandoned home in Moniteau County, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Canon EOS R5 camera with a Canon RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens at ƒ/4.0 with a 339-second exposure at ISO 50. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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A pair of uncommon Wood Ducks settling into their new home for the season on Hubbard Pond. Being shy is the normal behavior for this striking duck species. Seeing them in the open (like this) requires a great degree of luck.
JJ Audubon comments:
www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/summer-or-wood-duck
Anyway, as mentioned in an earlier posting, Hubbard Pond and its surroundings are under consideration as the site for a heavy industrial type facility by the Regents of the University of Michigan. If the project goes forward, another piece of the critical natural habitat necessary to sustain these and other vulnerable creatures will be lost forever.
UPDATE: In a 12 March 2016 letter, the President of the University of Michigan indicates the proposed heavy industrial project for this site has been "paused". Plus, all applications for various construction permits are suspended and no construction contracts have been awarded.
While this turn of events appears positive, all it takes is will and a whim to re-activate the project. Until the final determination is STOP, the possibility of this easily preventable man-made disaster remains. Again, Mother Nature needs your voice. Now is the time to stand-up and sound-off !
To learn more, see:
glacierhighlands.org/wp/?p=335
UPDATE: 18 March 2016 - UM President apologizes...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/03/u-m_presid...
How you can help...
www.change.org/p/boycott-university-of-michigan-s-bus-yar...
Stay thirsty, my friend...
Nach 2 Wochen Weihnachtsurlaub bin ich wieder daheim angekommen .. 😎👍
After 2 weeks of Christmas vacation I returned home.. 😎👍
(with BING KI😎👍)
A place where all the houses are small.
If I never got to design my own home I always wanted a pretty little house. Just one for two would do. With a view.
I decided it should never be down low, where it might flood or where the sun might never warm it. It would be best if it was up high.
We all live in houses so different, as individual as we are. Some are warm, some cold. Some big, some small. Some immaculate, others full of shit. Some happy, some sad homes.
Such variety, the spice of life.
Whatever ours is, we are lucky to have it. Some have none.
I heard a happy little tune that randomly came up on a playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjnDpcgJXvA But when I investigated the song I heard, I found it was a theme tune to a film about two people who despite the attraction between them had to live a minimum of five feet apart, so it's called "Five feet apart". Unless they threw caution to the wind. As far as I can establish it has nothing to do with one being a Brexiteer and the other a Remainer. Whatever, I'm not sure if the movie has a happy ending.
My name is Homer Simpson.....My name is Homer Simpson.....My name is Homer Simpson. Will the real Homer Simpson please register to vote! The Obama administration has repeatedly said that Americans are too stupid to understand issues. They liken us to Homer Simpson (I'm honored). However, I do understand the issues and won't be bought off by a doughnut. I'm registered to vote and the liberals are O-U-T!
I'm Homer Simpson and I approved this message!
I hope everyone makes it home safely during these weird times.
For the New Elementary "Switch My Lantern Up" contest, using the lantern piece as a door knocker.
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An abandoned planation home in Bostwick, Georgia. A preserved slave shack is right down the road.
Many people marvel at the beauty of such homes. Little thought is given to the suffering of those who constructed and maintained these lavish estates.
Here is link to a preserved home similarly styled - www.flickr.com/photos/73215818@N00/2924812727/
Additional note 12/17/11
In 1903, W.E.B Dubois had this to say regarding Georgia plantations of 1860: "A hundred and fifty barons commanded the labor of nearly 6 thousand Negroes... Parks and groves were laid out, rich with flower and vine, and in the midst stood the low wide-halled 'big house,' with its porch and columns and great fireplaces.
And yet with all this the was something sordid, something forced, - a certain feverish unrest and recklessness; for was not all this show and tinsel built upon a groan? "This was a little Hell", said a ragged, brown, and grave-faced man to me... "I've seen n_____s drop dead in the furrow, but they were kicked aside, and the plough never stopped. Down in the guard-house, there's where the blood ran."
With such foundations a kingdom must in time sway and fall...' ".
One of my Flickr friends just suggested we make this COVID-19 crisis a bit more manageable by challenging all of us to make some uplifting, but not over the top photos of life during this virus. We can challenge ourselves to find the beauty of images from things at home. Since there is enough suffering out there, let's not do photos of sickness or hoarding or death (we all know this is real too, but need to pay attention to mental health too). OK, the challenge is on. We look forward to seeing how you make the shift to creating new photos at home. I'm suggesting we limit photos to one a day, so find your best. Thanks. And stay well and stay safe everyone.
#AdamsPhotoChallenge
It's home, but it wouldn't be home without a few of my favorite designers.
Onsu
Little Branch
Skye
I thought I would just use my D70 as if it were my Nikon F. All the automatic presets and menus on these digital cameras run against my obtuseness. I was happy with the ease of using it like this and did some outside night shots of mundane scenes not worthy of posting but were perfect as far as the exposures. So I fully plan on using this in manual mode most of the time. It's so much easier, instinctive and fun than automatic everything.
White balance was set at +3. This was taken at f/1.8 and handheld at 1/25 second with ISO of 200. I denoised this and made some color balancing adjustments to match the real colors in our home.
Nikon D70 with AF-S Nikkor 24mm f/1.8
This was my entry for our Wakering Photography Group October’s 10” X 8” printed challenge, the theme being “Home Sweet Home".
My Sister Jan was kind enough to treat me to a day out in London for my birthday, it certainly was a packed day.
On a boat trip along the Regents Canal from Little Venice to Camden Market I spotted this humble abode, it stood in stark contrast to the dwelling behind the railings for sure