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Managed to get out this morning and pay the beach a visit - this time it was Newcastle Beach, NSW; Australia.
Here I've used the rusty posts that surround what's known locally as The Canoe (or World) Pool a children's saltwater pool that is located beside the Newcastle Ocean Baths.
The sun was pretty high in the sky so it was necessary for me to use my Lee Big Stopper and Lee .9 Hard Grad filters to create this long exposure image.
Thanks again for any comments, views or favorites - hope you liked it!
Hope too that you have a wonderful week!!!
Another one of those beautiful, calm days on Loch Eck, with a lovely sky reflected in it at the end of the day.
Explore position: 252 on Sunday, February 20, 2022
Managed to shoot a few lovely shots of one of these speedsters swooping low over the field picking of midget flies. This is a 50% crop.
Having posted yesterday saying I hadn't managed a shoot this weekend, some interesting cloud and a hint of colour drew me down to Findhorn Bay for last night's sunset. It wasn't a fireball of reds and oranges but a beautiful palette of pinks and mauves, and with the added bonus of a light haar forming made it well worth my while.
I managed to get out to the Pond [Lake] last week. It was a very dull day, but made a welcome change to the rain and high winds we've been getting lately.
There were plenty of ducks, gulls and geese around plus a pair of swans and this pair of white doves.
I've never seen any white doves over there before, so this was a nice surprise and they stayed put for me too.
When I got back home I decided to look doves up on line as I know nothing about them. Most results seemed a bit disparaging about them and called them pigeons. Well, I suppose they are of the pigeon family but to me they are so much more distinctive.
Anyway - I know pigeons can be seen as a nuisance, but I read somewhere that people's perception of them changes for the better when they find out how useful and stoic homing pigeons were during the war and they were even awarded medals - so there!
Shell and Autumn loved the new canopy bed.
"I think we could sit here and talk ALL night, don't you, Autumn?" Shell asked.
"I think so, too, Shell! The canopy is so magical! I love lace! And the coverlet- oh! It's so dainty!"
"What's this I hear about talking all night, you two?!" I laughed because little bears are always talking. "I think talking through naptime will be enough today!"
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday!
Earlier in the year, I bought a bunch of "stuff" at the auction we frequent. There were pieces of a little canopy bed, made by The House of Miniatures that I thought was worth a try putting back together. Let me just say that miniatures in ANY sense of the word are difficult and fiddly things! But I learned a lot and managed it! Ken was terrified to see me drilling with the tiniest bit he had!
The original tiny mattress and canopy were an old and dirty fabric. I happened to have one little bit of a vintage fabric that I thought was perfect for the mattress cover, and managed to make a pillow with the remainder. The tiny coverlet here is a dainty vintage lady's handkerchief, and the canopy is a vintage doily.
(I am averaging 1 post for an hour. Ugh. AT&T sucks)
Somehow I managed to get between the male and female coyotes in the cold weather. -2 degress, no wind and sunny. She went back into the woods and I hung out for about 15 minutes. I could see both the male and female pacing on either side of me just inside the tree line. Finally the female decided to catch up to the male and I got my photo op.
managed to catch up with 2 Wood Sandpiper's in poor grey misty conditions this morning. Should have waited untill afternoon when the sun came out. Passage migrants who stop off to feed after their long flight. Usually get a few every year but not that common
Just managed to catch this very pale imm bird as it flew through A small clearing in the trees directly overhead so A snatch shot !!
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Thanks to everyone that takes the time and makes the effort to comment and fave my pics its very much appreciated
Regards Clive
Managed to get out once while in Newcastle over Christmas (annoying 2 beautiful sunrises which I missed due to Christmas Day and a flight to Southampton!) and headed to my favourite local spot, St Mary's Lighthouse. For once got the tide height and sunrise pretty bang on for a nice level of water over the causeway.
St Mary's Lighthouse, Whitley Bay
Nikon D750 / Nikon 16-35 @ 20mm / f/8 5s / LEEfilters 0.6nd Hard Grad
Managed to make it down to the lower lighthouse at Eastbourne last Thursday. What was a risky walk over the slippery rocks and staying away from the base of the cliffs, just in case of rock fall. I had the pleasure of seeing an incredible sunset. As the sun dipped under the low clouds, it managed to put some colour on the sky before dropping below the horizon. Times like these I'm very glad and grateful that I live close to the coast.
Managed to sort of save this one after ruining the whole roll by not loading the tank correctly !!!! Won't be making that mistake again.
Plectorhyncha lanceolata, in my garden. I just managed to catch this unusual pose when it was in the middle of a lot vegetation and about to collect some wool fleece I leave out for nest building.
The striped honeyeater was first described by English ornithologist and bird artist, John Gould, in A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands, published in 1838. It is a member of the family Meliphagidae, the honeyeaters, and the sole member of the monotypic genus Plectorhyncha. Wikipedia
This week I managed to photograph both Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler at close quarters. This one is a Chiffchaff and I'll post the similar Willow Warbler later. Most years the Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) is the first spring migrant that I see and this year was no exception as I saw a couple of singing birds on 28 February. This coincided with some unusually warm, fine weather. Chiffchaffs do overwinter in Britain but they tend to occur at lower altitudes, so living in the Pennines I rarely see them in winter, and assume that singing birds in my area are genuine migrants. The early migrants like Chiffchaff mainly winter around the Mediterranean, so do not have as far to travel as sub-Saharan migrants. They can also make use of good migrating weather systems in Europe whereas the weather in sub-Saharan Africa has little relevance to the weather in Europe.
Chiffchaffs are very closely related to Willow Warblers and it was Gilbert White (author of the Natural History of Selborne) who first realised they were separate species by listening to their distinctive songs. He also separated Wood Warbler at the same time. This was in 1768 in correspondence with Thomas Pennant, twenty one years before he published the Natural History of Selborne. It isn't just the song that distinguishes them, Chiffchaffs are duller than Willow Warblers, with shorter wings and distinctive dark legs, all visible here. They also have a more ptominent white crescent below the eye and have a habit of down-pumping their tails. Willow Warblers are similar, except Willow Warbler is a little brighter with longer wings, and paler legs. That eye crescent is less obvious, and they don't habitually pump their tail. But if spring the song is the best way to distinguish them. Here is Chiffchaff song on Xeno Canto: www.xeno-canto.org/466006 (By Andrew Harrop at Rutland Water). For comparison here's a Willow Warbler www.xeno-canto.org/621080
The scientific name Phylloscopus means leaf-gleaner from its habit of searching leaves for insects. Collybita means money-counter which refers to the song; chiff-chaff, chiff-chaff, chiff-chiff-chiff-chaff. This really does sound like someone counting coins from a table top. And for me that coin-counting repetitive song will always herald the arrival of spring.
Ville de LaSalle, Montréal
J'ai décidé d'afficher quelques-unes des autres photos que j'ai réussies à faire de cette rareté. J'ai volontairement omis d'offrir la possibilité d'émettre des commentaires sur ces photos en mémoire de cet oiseau qui m'a donné une merveilleuse opportunité.
City of LaSalle, Montreal
I decided to post some of the other photos I managed to take of this rarity. I have intentionally omitted the possibility of commenting on these photos in memory of this bird that gave me a wonderful opportunity.
I managed to see three different species of owl on my bike ride this morning, but Short-eared was not one of them. I took this one from the car on Mull in the morning sunshine. You can see that the pupil in the shade is dilated compared to the eye in the sun. You can also see the short ear tufts that give rise to its name, though of course these are just feather tufts. The real ears are located asymmetrically either side of the facial disc. According to the BTO there were only 620 breeding pairs in Britain (2007-2011), though the breeding population varies massively in synch with the Field Vole cycle.
I managed to capture a few shots of this beautiful Blue Headed Tree Agama. Size: Length - ±15 inches. Its head, particularly in males, is large and triangular. The head and body are distinctly separate. The ear openings are larger than the eyes, and the tympanums (eardrums) are visible.
He then quickly climbing a few meters up in a tree, where he sat bobbing his blue head at me!
Hope you will enjoy this photo.
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Managed to find my special Mimosa tree yesterday, but sadly it had a good prune at the end of last year and all the lovely low branches have gone. So used a bit of zoom instead.
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I managed to get a few keepers from yesterday mornings sunrise visit and shoot at South Bar Beach, NSW; Australia.
The rocks here again have been revealed following recent rough seas - they create a nice foreground lead - hope you agree!!
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Thanks for any comments, views or favorites - always appreciated!!
Have another awesome day!!!
I managed three visits to the Mjällådalen nature reserve during our July trip to my mother-in-law in Härnösand, Sweden.
As on the previous two, my son joined me and proved an invaluable photography assistant and beetle herder.
My favourite find on this visit - and possibly of the entire trip - was this red morph of the green-socks peacock beetle (Elaphrus riparius). That's right, this is the very same species as this one: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53022438739/in/album-721...
This is the smallest peacock beetle in Sweden at 5-7 mm (.24") and quite variable in colour although this hue has to be considered quite extreme.
As before, Daniel turned out to be invaluable and we came up with a process where he put his hands down on the sand with his thumbs ands index fingers formed a diamond shape around the beetle so it couldn't run away and I then stuck the camera down close over it and took a shot whenever it took a little break in running around like it was on crack.
IN CHARACTER:
The books and assignments keep piling up in Otter's OWLs year, he is only just managing to keep up.
Managed to get a couple of pics today. Jazss and Seb if you guys have time I neeeeeed new pics. I've been offline so long I've forgotten how to take photos. I'll pay you!
*throws lindens around with wild abandon*
We managed to get to the point in Point Pelee NP twice late morning, This was an easy shot as the bird was low and very vocal.
There was a large mixed flock that were high in the trees and quick moving. One serious group of birders were complaining that this was their last day and it was the best of their two-week trip.
I may post a few less than ideal images
Managed to put the birds aside for a day to look for Autumn colors. We did some searching in Western Iowa and found this beautiful spot. What a wonderful time of the year.
We managed to get down to Yosemite for a beautiful winter day. It snowed the day before and the paths were pretty much frozen everywhere making it a pretty slick experience - quite literally.
Looks like this hit explore on 12/31. Thanks to everyone for the faves and comments.
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Bumped into a bunch of shooters having a photowalk at the East Coast Park last week during a test shoot. It was a shutterfest (for me, at least); here's one MILF I managed to shoot.
*MILF - Moms I Love to Focus (my lens on)
Another photo that I liked a lot. I watched this Carolina Wren perched for quite awhile before deciding to take some clicks. The way the light was hitting it was surreal. Thankfully, I managed to get off 3 clicks before it flew off. This was my first click.
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Walter C Snyder
Never managed to get so close before but this little lady was stood on the bank of Smithy Pool at Dunham Massey and stayed for quite a while. There was also another female, somewhat smaller, on the Island Pool. It's good to see these rare visitors to the park.
We had a wonderful week away in Yorkshire didnt use the camera much but did manage a few shots if you haven,t been i would recommend it stunning landscapes around every corner
Managed to capture this lovely little creature on Saturday morning at Reddish Vale Country Park..
Erithacus Rubecula
The UK's favourite bird - with its bright red breast it is familiar throughout the year and especially at Christmas!
Males and females look identical, and young birds have no red breast and are spotted with golden brown.
Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they are aggressively territorial and are quick to drive away intruders. They will sing at night next to street lights.
Managed to get a brief glimpse of this lovely cuckoo probably about a week or two before it migrated