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An early season storm meets the light of a new day just after sunrise along the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in central eastern California. The rain shadow effect of this incredible escarpment hugs the ridge line, but some rain manages to reach out into the valley. That rain falls into the fresh daylight, refracting into a partial rainbow right over the Alabama Hills. The granite wall of the Sierra Nevada rises some 10,000 feet here above the valley floor, reaching high into the stormy clouds.

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.

These are tiny Kermit Green Button Pom Flowers from a very special bouquet given to me by dear friends at the loss of my brother.

My brother, got me my first job. I was going to be starting my freshman year at UC Davis as a computer engineering major and he knew a supervisor at the company, Radio Shack. He persuaded his friend to hire me in the quality control department. This is something my husband and I still laugh about because of my incessant need and love for details.

Later, after I had switched colleges to the Santa Cruz Bay area, my brother found me another job. He hired me to work at the Video store he was managing. It was great working with him, and I appreciated his confidence in me. Unfortunately, it was a short stint there due to two incidents. I grew up pretty sheltered and when some ladies came in looking for Chippendale videos, I took them over to the Disney section and showed them those rascally chipmunks. They laughed and thought I was joking. I was not.

The other incident that sealed my fate and convinced me that it was a wise move getting out of computer engineering was the morning after I had worked the closing shift. My brother arrived at the store to find a completely crashed computer system. It cost him hours and hours of work re-entering data and I’m sure there was also some embarrassment with the owner of the store since it was his sister who was responsible. He never yelled at me or fired me.

Through those college years his home was always open to me and I will never forget his generosity. He had a smile that could light up any room and it will be greatly missed.

This was Esthwaite Water, on a warm September evening. I managed to capture the mists that had begun to roll in over the surface of the water. There were groups of bats skimming over the surface of the water feeding on unsuspecting insects.

 

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Managed to entice this pecker in front of the camera, lets hope he can get used to the camera.

Managed a little Street Photography recently.

Managed to grab a quick shot before if flitted off. never seem to stay still long. This little fella is exploring some mossy branches . Lovely little birds can be quite confiding so when one strikes A pose for the camera I grab it !!

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We have had days and days of rain which pretty much ruined all the daylilies. This one managed to hang in there! You know what follows lots of rain? Lots of mosquitoes! Guess who's allergic to them.

 

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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 grab a few shots of the Southern Lights from Pyramid Rock on Phillip Island.

It wasn't a massive show but still beautiful and spectacular and made all the better by the setting moon across the water.

On my way back from a meeting at Castleford today just called in at the local pond. I thought it was way too windy for macro photography but I was passing and the kit was in the car. Found one solitary bee in the grass and used my camera bag for shade and a wind shield. Managed this 34 image handheld stack.

  

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Another shot of the river that runs through Pucks Glen. I'd love to know how that log ended up in the moddle of that waterfall!

A day on Holy Island (Lindisfarne), the weather had been quite dull and flat this morning, not really much to shoot and the sunrise had also been a flat non-affair.

 

The good (or bad - depending on which way you want to look at it) thing about this part of the world is that the weather can really change dramatically within minutes from blue skies to raging torrents of rain, walking around the island you could tell something was brewing as the sky darkened and the wind started getting up, from a high point on the Island you could actually see where the storm was coming in from and the direction it was going with the rain hitting the land under the dark clouds.

 

Finding a nice quiet part of the island was the next plan, to try and catch it as it passed and I chose this deserted spot looking back over towards the mainland, took a few shots then had to leg it towards the nearest building to take shelter before it hit the island, still managed to get a bit wet but nothing major and I'd like to think it was worth it. You can see the rain hitting the land if you view it larger.

 

I didn't escape the rain for long though as the exact same thing happened the day after, one minute calm and blue skies then complete mayhem, but this time I was sat on the front of a boat out in the Farne Islands with no cover on it, got an absolute drowning!

 

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I've seen small groups of stone stacks in Pucks Glen before, but on this day there was a whole crop of them.

 

Highest position: 375 on Friday, August 20, 2021

My first visit to my local site near the River Tavy for Marbled Whites was unsuccessful but did manage this shot of a male Beautiful Demoiselle.

I managed to create an image of Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) between clouds on the morning of July 11, 2020. The photo was made of 8 fifteen second exposures taken with a Canon 80D and a Canon 200 mm f/2.8L II lens. (ISO 400, f/4.5)

Really pleased I managed to capture this early morning shot of the squirrel. I placed the sunflower seed head 2 metres from my window and poked the camera lens through the curtains and waited for him to turn up, which he did just as the sun was coming up. 👍

Managed to get Petrov up into the forest for a test flight with new firmware, just as the Sun was about to disappear below the ridgeline.

 

Day 16 of Pentax Forum's Daily in August 2017 Challenge.

Managed to see a pair of Grey (English) Partridges this morning. Getting rather short supply now & on the endangered list now. I have been looking hard & was beginning to think I might not see them this year

Managed to get a brief glimpse of this lovely cuckoo probably about a week or two before it migrated

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.

I managed to catch this jet stream as it passed the sculpture of The Ship at Half Moon Bay, Heysham. It has the effect of passing through the cavity in the sculptured mans body.

 

This sculpture is by Anna Gillespie to celebrate the maritime heritage of the Morecambe Bay area.

After the storms a couple of months ago this is one of the many large branches and trees left floating in the loch.

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*

I decided to get down and dirty at the railway tracks and while playing with depth of field, managed to squeeze this photo result (Contortionists have nothing against me). Photo taken with a very dreamy Nikkor 55mm f1.2 at 1.2 :) Tricky manual lens, however I really cherish it a lot, since it offers a very unique dreamy look wide open, that comes in very handy when seeking out for something other than ultra sharp uniformity, in this case embracing the sunset reflection on the apple...

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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.

Finally managed to acquire some more Sii data and decided to process a bit differently. Lots of new challenges. Apparently at -20C the optics are pinched especially in one of the ACL200's: the stars became triangular, never had this problem with this scope before, but never used it in such extreme cold, luckily still able to fix in processing. Also, halfway through the first session one of the telescopes suddenly slipped out of focus, perhaps also related to the cold. And finally, yet again, despite a new rigid design to hold the Nikon 70-200 lens in place it drifted a bit off course. At this point I am wondering if it's something internal in the lens that shifts a tiny amount as the angle changes. It seems to happen about half hour before I reach the meridian and about 15 minutes of frames are lost, then it's solid again. Very odd. But decided not to lose sleep over it ;)

 

"The Flaming Star Nebula and the Tadpole Nebula offer a unique glimpse into the processes of star formation and the dynamics of interstellar matter.

 

Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405)

 

General Overview The Flaming Star Nebula, also known as IC 405, is an emission/reflection nebula located in the constellation Auriga. It is about 1,500 light years away from Earth. This nebula is illuminated by the bright star AE Aurigae, which is a runaway star, believed to have been ejected from the Trapezium Cluster in the Orion Nebula after a close encounter with other stars.

 

Key Features

 

Star AE Aurigae: Central to the nebula’s visibility, AE Aurigae is a massive, young, and hot O-type star whose high-energy light excites the surrounding gas, causing it to glow with a characteristic blue hue in photographs.

Emission and Reflection Regions: The Flaming Star Nebula exhibits both emission and reflection characteristics. The red areas signify emission from hydrogen gas excited by the star's ultraviolet radiation, while the blue regions show light from AE Aurigae reflected off dust particles.

Molecular Clouds: Surrounding the nebula are dense molecular clouds, rich in material that may eventually form new stars, indicating ongoing stellar formation activity.

 

Tadpole Nebula (IC 410)

 

General Overview The Tadpole Nebula, known as IC 410, is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light years away in the constellation Auriga. It is notably near the Flaming Star Nebula but is distinguished by its larger and more diffuse appearance, as well as its intriguing internal structures shaped like tadpoles.

 

Key Features

 

The Tadpoles: Inside the nebula are two large, elongated structures that resemble tadpoles. These are thought to be formed by the wind from the young massive stars in the region sculpting the denser parts of the surrounding molecular cloud.

Star Cluster NGC 1893: At the heart of IC 410 is the young cluster NGC 1893, which is responsible for ionizing the gas of the nebula. This cluster contains several hot, young stars whose intense radiation shapes and illuminates the nebula.

Emission Characteristics: Like the Flaming Star Nebula, IC 410 primarily emits light due to the excitation of hydrogen gas by the ultraviolet radiation from its young stars.

 

Scientific Significance Both nebulae are subjects of ongoing astrophysical research. They are especially valuable for studying the effects of high-energy stars on their environments, the processes of star formation, and the dynamics within active stellar nurseries. Observations and studies of these nebulae help astronomers understand more about the lifecycle of stars and the evolution of galaxies."

 

Taken with 3 small telescopes simultaneously:

 

Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4 with ASI533MC @ -20C

80xRgb@5m

 

Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4 with ASI533MM @ -20C

34xHa, 36xSii @5m

 

Nikon 70-200mm 200mm f/2.8 with ASI533MM @ -20C

74xOiii @5m

 

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Captured with N.I.N.A. processed with PixInsight, Ps

 

Well, managed to get a small 30 minute break from our little one, so just went to the local and over shot area of the Quays.

 

Although a popular subject with snappers, I just wanted to keep doing something with the camera!

 

Anyways this is a 6 shot multiple exposure HDR

It's my birthday today. The big 40 *gulp*

As it forecast rain today we went to Exmoor for lunch yesterday instead and were delighted to find some completely unexpected snow in the hills. Totally unprepared for such things, but managed to grab a few snaps from the base of Dunkery Beacon, the highest point in Somerset.

 

Although clearly begining to thaw, it was an awesome sight to behold and not one I'm at all used to, what a treat :))

 

Hope you all had a fab Christmas - wishing you a very happy new year :)

Managed to get a snap just afore a couple of tourists got to the seat

Finally managed to get this shot, had been planning it since November.

 

This was shot during the past full moon and had to scout the place the evening before. When I was hiking to the mountaintop I crossed paths with a rattlesnake, thanks to it's advice I took my distance and the shoot went all right.

 

Picture is a stack of 18 shots at 300mm, making it a huge file.

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Después de planear esta toma desde Noviembre, por fin la obtuve.

 

La foto la tomé la última luna llena y tuve que caminar al lugar adecuado desde una tarde anterior para asegurarme de la toma. Mientras subía a la montaña me crucé con una víbora de cascabel, pero gracias a su aviso, me separé y todo salió bien.

 

La imagen está compuesta de 18 fotos a 300mm, haciéndola una imagen bastante grande.

This photo is dedicated to my Mum, who taught me the importance of taking time to appreciate the beauty around me.

 

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Although I could see him hiding behind the clump of Marram grass, the Snow Buntings couldn't.

 

Fortunately for the SBs the male Kestrel didn't manage to grab one - bit unfortunate for my chances of an award winning photo though - but I don't mind :-).

  

having managed to pull myself out of bed with only 3 hours sleep, i drove to buttermere in the lke district uk. its a place i frequent but havent had a walk round it for a few months.sunrise wasnt anything special but there was some interesting driftwood laying around and the low water levels made the usual shot of the lone tree a bit unpleasant on my eye.

 

this old branch on the other hand stuck out like a sore thumb. i really like how its twists and the textures on it really appeal. it made an excellent foreground subject.

Managed to connect with a few Short-eared Owls yesterday... Here are a few images.

I finally managed to release a first version of the article about Noritsu, I've been working on for quite a while now. You can find it here, if you're interested:

 

deltalenses.com/the-makers-noritsu/

 

I hope you enjoy reading about something you've probably never have heard of before, including a couple of unusual lenses, supposedly made by some of the biggest names in the business, but forgotten over time. Of course I appreciate your feedback and suggestions and if you find some errors/have some additional information or know someone who might, I'm really thankful if you reach out to me!

 

Shot with a Rodenstock "Magnagon 75 mm F 3.5" lens on a Canon EOS R5.

Managed to get a shot of this turtle paddling along the coast off Argostoli.

Managed to get out for a couple of hours on Wednesday when a strange yellow thing appeared in the sky!!!!!!!. This GSW was one of two males that took advantage of the fine weather.

On the west side of Loch Eck is a lovely track stretching alongside the loch from Glenbranter to Benmore. If you time it right you can even make this walk even more colourful.

We managed to catch Southern Heritage unit 8099 leaving Princeton, IN headed for the power plant at Mt Carmel. See here on the long trestle approaching Duke Energy's Mt Carmel power plant.

I managed this shot a couple of nights ago whilst on a short trip to Bournemouth. I used my f@4 . 70-200 on the long end, a lens that never fails to deliver.

Photographing piers is a bit of a novelty to me,as we don't have these great structures in Cornwall.

 

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Manage to Capture a few second Posture of The Praying Mantis

I managed to be able to s e l_ l my last 50, and was wondering if you guys would like a re-run. Plus got some new figures in the production line!

finally managed to get up to the needle on quiraing its one steep climb to get here and you feel like you could roll back down at any moment caught with a sun ray in the background back in february

Managing to gaze into the open eyes of a snowy in daylight can be difficult, at best. Their sensitive retinas leave them squinting throughout most of the day… that is when they are not actually sleeping. But in the minutes before sunrise, when its rays lazily find their way above the horizon, the beaches and bays are eerily blue and the golden iris of the snowy glows with pupils as large as saucers. It takes luck! Luck finding a bird in a suitable place, luck having a cloudless sunrise, and luck finding an owl motionless enough to allow for a photograph in such low light. As luck would have it, we were -- quite lucky. It was a brief but memorable moment at twilight dawn, indeed. #SnowyOwls

 

Just managed to get home before the heavens opened up.

Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_Art:

 

The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong, located in Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It is a public museum managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. HKMoA has an art collection of over 17,000 items. Admission is free for permanent exhibitions. Its rival is the non-government-managed Hong Kong Arts Centre. These two museums are considered to be the top two art museums in Hong Kong that dictate the discourse of art in Hong Kong.

 

It has an extended branch, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, at the Hong Kong Park in Central.

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