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I think sometimes it's worth to just look out of the window and go out to location which you know well rather than to check all the apps for weather forecast, tide times, sunset time etc... my recent experience.
This early arriving Hummer is one of several males that are fighting over control of the nectar feeder just below. They now compete with breath-taking high-speed aerial sky dives to impress the feeding females and get their attention (for breeding... although this year's young are already flying). This flight action is both visually and audibly impressive! It's still very early morning, and the sunlight is heavily filtered by the tall forest growth to the east. Although I have the sun at my back, the gorgets will not display full red iridescence until it gets a little brighter.
IMG_8124; Broad-tailed Hummingbird
I LOVE COOKING.
Décidément, ces temps-ci j'ai l'impression de passer la majorité de mon temps en cuisine; quel plaisir !
Aujourd'hui, voici l'entrée de crudités servie aux invités...
Pour les papilles les plus curieuses, s'en est suivie entre autres de viande à la plancha accompagnée de légumes d'ailleurs, pour terminer sur une note Brésilienne avec un "bolo de fuba com côco" aux côtés d'un sorbet exotique.
Metamorphosis .
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Wisma Cosway . Kuala Lumpur .
[Holga 120 FN , modified pinhole with close up 500 mm lens , 3s , Neopan Across 100 . Multiple exposures .]
pic by : M.A.M08
Kinda decided at the last minute to attempt some eclipse shots... We had about 60% coverage here.
Pentax K-3 with Pentax-M 200mm F/4, Kiron MC7 2X tele-converter, and a couple of Firecrest IRND filters (a 1.2 and a 2.7). Also added a Pentax 1.4X HD DA AW tele-converter for two of these shots, and then scaled them down to match the others. I'm impressed that the old Pentax 200mm seems very well-calibrated for infinity. I tried to use my HD DA 55-300mm, but focusing was really difficult... Wound up shooting around F/11, 1/640 and ISO160, as I recall. Sorry: the exposure isn't exactly the same in all four frames...
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(Eclipse2x2Shrp)
Désolé pour ce nom très prétentieux donné à ce délire un peu involontaire mais bon parfois tu pousses les curseurs un peu trop loin ...
It really helps to lay flat (well, more or less) on the ground if you want to take frog pictures from eye to eye. You just have to deal with these grassy things..
Le Racou (à Argelès)
Il y a au Racou (« Recoin » en catalan) une atmosphère toute particulière, l’impression d’être au bout du « petit monde » d’Argelès-sur-Mer, la vie y est plus douce et plus lente, les pieds dans le sable et le regard sur la montagne on prend le temps de vivre.
Les maisonnettes ensablées
On ne peut pas parler du Racou sans évoquer ses petites maisonnettes ensablées, séparées entre-elles par des allées verdoyantes et colorées. Inaccessible aux voitures c’est ici le paradis des enfants qui peuvent se retrouver en bande pour jouer dans les coursives de ce village sablonneux taillé à leur échelle.
Les habitants prennent soin de leurs jardinets dans lesquels on retrouve plantes vertes, lampions scintillants et petit mobilier de bois. Les kayaks, paddle, et autres « jouets » nautiques attendent devant les maisons que leur propriétaire les emmènent caboter de criques en criques.
Une plage entre sable et rochers
Si on ajoute à la présence de ces maisonnettes le fait que c’est en ce point précis du Racou que les Pyrénées se jettent dans la mer Méditerranée, on comprend aisément pourquoi La plage du Racou occupe une place de choix dans les classements des plus belles plages de France.
Entre côte sableuse et côte rocheuse la plage du Racou satisfait toutes les envies, bronzette sur serviette, découverte des criques avec palmes-masque-tuba, chasse sous-marine, balade en Paddle…
Un point de vue unique
Vous ne voulez pas rester inactif sur votre serviette ? Aucun problème, chaussez vos baskets et empruntez le sentier littoral au départ du Racou.
Au sommet de la montée (5 min) de la pointe du Racou vous atteindrez une table d’orientation qui vous donnera un magnifique point de vue sur Argelès-sur-Mer (plage du Racou, port-Argelès, plage centrale et plage Nord).
Source : www.argeles-sur-mer.com/le-blog/tout-ce-qu-il-faut-savoir...
This squirrel was not the least impressed by my presence! It stood up and started to squeak in a way only squirrels can. It always makes me smile.
This was taken on the same day as www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/20073446068/ and www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/20756848044, so you could say it was a rather versatile walk.
From 11 June till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.
And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. From there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).
4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.
I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.
At Wild Horizons Wildlife Sanctuary, a male southern masked weaver (Ploceus velatus) meticulously tends to his intricately woven nest, suspended from a branch like a living ornament. With vibrant yellow plumage and a piercing red eye, he works tirelessly to impress a potential mate—each strand placed with purpose in a delicate display of instinct, precision, and artistry.
Tanja wasn't to impressedwith me pointing the camera at her while she was soaking up the morning sun.