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curves in nature /// the spirals and blossums of wild hop .
-- my personal Monday --- macro
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Kuven in der Nartur /// die Spiralen und Blüten des wilden Hopfen .
--- mein persönlicher Montag --- Macro
I spotted this little chickadee flitting around in a tree overhead. Eventually, it settled on a branch, and hopped from place to place along the branch, pecking at the wood.
The White-headed wood-hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae.
These birds inhabit from sea level up to 3,200 metres (10,500 ft), mainly in savannas and dry flowland and in montane primary forest, but they are also found in regenerating forests, as well as in deciduous woodlands.
Phoeniculus bollei can reach approximately a body length of 30-35 centimetres (12-14 in). The female is smaller and has a much shorter bill. These birds show a combination of a white head, a slightly curved bright red beak and red legs and feet, quite different from other species of the family. The iridescent plumage is dark blue or violet-blu. The wings have a purple-copper luster.
This beautiful White-headed wood-hoopoe is a lifer and was photographed on an early morning bird walk climbing up the slopes of Mt Kenya, Naro Moru, Kenya.
Here’s a double-image Vertorama of one of the hot-air balloons drifting a few meters above the red dunes of Namibia’s Namib-Naukluft National Park.
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Nikon D300, Sigma 18-200mm at 32mm, aperture of f8, with a 1/1000th second exposure.
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A 78, a few 45s and one of my 1957 Cossor Model 559 record players or "Record Reproducers" as they described it in their literature of the time.
66304 stops for a quick driver change on Platform 3 at Cardiff Central. 6V32 10:22 Tilbury to Trostre.
Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epops
Tijdens de reis hebben we best wel wat van deze mooie vogels gespot. maar enkele keren zat hij dichtbij genoeg voor een foto :-).
Kerkini Northern Greece
April 2025
This purple gallinule was seen hopping from one lily pad to another with a piece of vegetation it gathered for breakfast on a lake in Osceola County near Kenansville, Florida.
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Rowers on the Main river, with the European Central Bank in the background.
Olympus Trip 35 and its D. Zuiko 1:2.8 f=40mm, Agfa APX 100 stand developed in Rodinal 1+75 for 60 min @ 20°C, digitalized using kit zoom with macro rings.
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Challenging image. Very broad dynamic range, bright highly-saturated sunlight. These warblers are seen here so seldom that getting the shot was imperative.
The sound of my youth...these GE B23-7s were once everywhere in New England back in my younger days but now the little Fore River is the last bastion. Sure was nice to hear that old 12 cylinder chugga chugga sound again...
Fore River Transportation 102 (blt. in Jul 1978 as CR 1980) is running back to the yard and shop as a caboose hop with FRVT 01R a former Pennsylvania Railroad N5B caboose built in Jun. 1941. The vintage car is owned by a long time Fore River employee and is fully certified with an FRA waiver for use in revenue freight service on the railroad as seen here.
They have just finished switching out the Twin Rivers Technologies plant that is the railroad's only present customer and also the owner of FRVT that is the operator of the railroad on behalf of owner Massachusetts Water Resources. There is extensive parking lot running and even a couple hundred feet on a public road which definitely qualifies this for the 'Trains Where Trains Shouldn't Be Album.'
To learn more about this cool little railroad and the Fore River Shipyard check out the detailed caption here: flic.kr/p/2juca6A
Quincy, Massachusetts
Thursday January 13, 2022
A pit stop at Scotch Block was in order while taking in the fall colours on a drive through the Niagara Escarpment. A westbound manifest with a pair of SD70M-2's splits the bidirectionals as it descends the grade into Milton.