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Managed to get nice and close with the 2x on! Slightly cropped to straighten the image. Abberton reservoir.
We had a walk in an oak wood today as the autumn colours from them are stunning at the moment. Unfortunately I couldn't walk for any length of time as my gammy leg was causing me so much gyp. I did though manage to capture a few shots including this of a wonderful oak in full colour.
I managed to visit Kangaroo Island during my trip to Adelaide for the opening of the ANZANG exhibition at the SA Museum which includes my "Stormlight & Stardust" image. This is from a bay on the island being belted by storms over the Southern Ocean. Next stop from the edge here is Antarctica! It's been a long while since I've been able to shoot any seascapes, a conscious effort to expand the portfolio in other areas.
Canon 1DsMkIII, 16-35mm 2.8L, GND filter, single exposure.
Finally Managed to upload this pic!!
It is always the most fun to take pictures with You... Thank you my Friend for being You ..... Love you!!
This part of the Pucks Glen path takes the walker towards a rocky outcrop that contains what looks like a face ... can you see it?.
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More scenes from the walk can be seen here:.
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Cette végétation contre un mur semblait tenter très fort ce jeune cygne et en tendant fortement son cou il est parvenu à en manger sous l'oeil intéressé de son frère.
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This vegetation against a wall seemed to envy this young swan and by stretching his neck he managed to eat under the interested eye of his brother.
We both managed to get out together today, first time in 2 weeks that Daniel has left the house, which was great, really good to see it lifted his spirits. Hopefully do it more often. We met with a friend and had a coffee at Hardwick park and fed the birds, then went to Fishburn airfield and sat outside plane watching. Had a mini-shoot while we were there. Have a wonderful evening all. ❤️
Finally after 3 years I managed to make a vacation and back to Italy. I'm at my parent place where my photographic journey began. Back then I made pictures on zinnias through a kit lens now on same subject but through a helios 44 and the difference is there. No time for trips (helping my parents with their move in autumn to Sweden) so I managed to make a lot of zinnia/flower captures.... (I'll post those when back in Sweden). Here temperatures are at average 30/35C except for the nights quite hot for the period.
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Pentax K-5
Helios 44-2 58mm F/2
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Managed to get this shot of the iconic gate when there was almost no one around. It pays to get up early!!!
I somehow managed to frequently pass close to this spot for maybe 20+ years before realising there was a good photograph to be had. Strangely enough, exactly the same thing happened with another image I posted on Flickr just this morning. I guess, sometimes one doesn't need to search far afield - just stop close by and look carefully!
This is a shot of the south end of Loch Eck taken from a hilltop overlooking Stratheck. From this viewpoint I can see 2 forest tracks that I regularly walk/cycle and also one of my favourite roads to drive :)
I managed to capture the entire courting and mating even in 115 frames. The cooing, preening, and kissing was pure bliss to see.
Have a lovely weekend!
Hello my amazing Flickr friends !
Today is an orange day at Color my world Daily and the theme at Crazy Tuesday is wet. Which is just awesome since Mr. Teddy Bear is with us to celebrate Happy Teddy Bear Tuesdays, and he just got caught in a rain. Luckily for him, he had his umbrella with him. The clouds just seemed to follow him everywhere but he manage to keep himself dry. But as you can see, the beautiful apple he bought for Princess is all wet. It is a well known fact, that wet apples taste the best… especially if they were under a summer rain… Which will not happen to me very soon, living in Montreal all I can have right now it is an apple covered in snow… and if it is still on a tree it will probably be all rotten by now.
In Mr. Teddy Bear world summer is endless so we don’t have to worry about rotten apples …
See you later ! Mucho, mucho amor for you all !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!!
Guillemot /Murre - Uria aalge
The common murre or common guillemot (Uria aalge) is a large auk. It is also known as the thin-billed murre in North America. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in low-Arctic and boreal waters in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. It spends most of its time at sea, only coming to land to breed on rocky cliff shores or islands.
Common murres have fast direct flight but are not very agile. They are more manoeuvrable underwater, typically diving to depths of 30–60 m (98–197 ft). Depths of up to 180 m (590 ft) have been recorded.
Common murres breed in colonies at high densities. Nesting pairs may be in bodily contact with their neighbours. They make no nest; their single egg is incubated on a bare rock ledge on a cliff face. Eggs hatch after ~30 days incubation. The chick is born downy and can regulate its body temperature after 10 days. Some 20 days after hatching the chick leaves its nesting ledge and heads for the sea, unable to fly, but gliding for some distance with fluttering wings, accompanied by its male parent. Chicks are capable of diving as soon as they hit the water. The female stays at the nest site for some 14 days after the chick has left.
Both male and female common murres moult after breeding and become flightless for 1–2 months. In southern populations they occasionally return to the nest site throughout the winter. Northern populations spend the winter farther from their colonies.
Some individuals in the North Atlantic, known as "bridled guillemots", have a white ring around the eye extending back as a white line. This is not a distinct subspecies, but a polymorphism that becomes more common the farther north the birds breed.
The common murre nests in densely packed colonies (known as "loomeries"), with up to twenty pairs occupying one square metre at peak season.[citation needed] Common murres do not make nests and lay their eggs on bare rock ledges, under rocks, or the ground. They first breed at four to nine years old, but most individuals recruit into the breeding population at ages six or seven, although birds may disperse (permanently depart their natal colony) if space is limited. Annual survival probability for birds aged 6–15 is 0.895, and average lifespan is about 20 years. Breeding success increases with age up to age 9-10 to 0.7 fledglings per pair, then declines in the oldest age birds, perhaps indicating reproductive senesence.
High densities mean that birds are close contact with neighbouring breeders. Common murres perform appeasement displays more often at high densities and more often than razorbills.
Allopreening is common both between mates and between neighbours. Allopreening helps to reduce parasites, and it may also have important social functions. Frequency of allopreening a neighbour correlates well with current breeding success.
Allopreening may function as a stress-reducer; ledges with low levels of allopreening show increased levels of fighting and reduced breeding success.
Alloparenting behaviour is frequently observed. Non-breeding and failed breeders show great interest in other chicks, and will attempt to brood or feed them. This activity is more common as the chicks get older and begin to explore their ledge. There has also been a record of a pair managing to raise two chicks. Adults that have lost chicks or eggs will sometimes bring fish to the nest site and try to feed their imaginary chick.
At time of extreme food stress, the social activity of the breeding ledge can break down.
On the Isle of May colony in 2007, food availability was low. Adults spent more of their time-budget foraging for their chicks and had to leave them unattended at times. Unattended chicks were attacked by breeding neighbour which often led to their deaths. Non-breeding and failed breeders continued to show alloparental care.
In areas such as Newfoundland, the birds, along with the related thick-billed murre, are referred to as 'turrs' or 'tuirs', and are consumed. The meat is dark and quite oily, due to the birds' diet of fish. Eggs have also been harvested.
Eggers from San Francisco took almost half a million eggs a year from the Farallon Islands in the mid-19th century to feed the growing city.
Population:
UK breeding:
950,000 pairs
Managed to stop the car without the hawk immediately flying away - - a rare occurrence. Sun was pretty bright so a lot more dark shadows than you would like but otherwise a clear shot even after some cropping - - I'm glad my lens is finally sharp again after another round of micro-adjustments.
Red Tailed Hawk ((I believe)) - Minesing Swamp - Ontario
Managed a quick shot of the male Chaffinch that's been visiting our garden over the last couple of days. It only stays at the far back of the garden though. It’s perched on the shallow water trough. Taken through the window.
Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.
Managed to get another one of those colds. So not much time to take pictures right now. But I'm heading down to the south coast at the weekend, so hopefully I will be able to get some different shots.
As promised i spent as much time as i could to get this one done *giggle* If i manage to get the third Picture out till Sunday i might end up with two extra, maybe even three and that's all creepy Halloween stuff i have anyways. so i will try it~
Soooo for this picture i tried to capture the theme of the coming and going of nature a little and with the things i have and i hope you like it~ It's a bit more on the Arty side this time around so enjoy it~ See you all in comments! oh and i will do comments either late tonight or tomorrow since today is Iz's day off and these days are very important to me~ *nodnods*
*Gives everyone a Cupcake with rose shaped icing and hops off to play games*
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*The Rib Cage with flowers and the fitting Bunny Dolls are from Cureless. I Love their Stuff, i like the Macabre, Surreal and beauty in the ugliness and none Combines it Like Her. She still got so many sets i really want, but did not have the luck to get on MP yet. but if i do, i will surely feature them~
* The Skeleton arms and legs are from Ghoul. I got them not to long ago and wanted to pick up the Black ones too when i get the chance but ended up using the ones i have here again. They are amazing and so well done.
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I managed to get myself out the door and around the corner in time to catch this amazing light show in the sky. Pretty lovely indeed. Happy Friday everyone!
This is two photos stitched.
After a bit of a scramble down the side of Busby Glen to the White Cart river, I got this shot of the Busby viaduct at nightfall
Managing a nest is challenging and the parents are regularly making flights to catch more insects and food. Here one of them fed some food to its chicks in the nest and is back another round. They are such efficient creatures that it appears that they don't take any rest at all. I still don't know if there are any differentiating marks that can help in identifying each swift uniquely.
The shot was incredibly challenging though due to the birds highly unpredictable flight pattern. I finally managed to get a decent shot. I shot this while it flew out of its nest under the bridge.
Thanks for all your views and feedback.
I had to make this shot quickly because I was illegally parked in front of the Falls! So I quickly ran to the railing where some nice Indian couple asked me to take their picture ☺️. I think they were newlyweds.
I managed to take a few pictures with my Canon! But ran back to my car to grab my Nikon to take a couple more pictures! Meanwhile, Justin is sitting in the car waiting for me this whole time! Friday was a snow day because of the shitty snowstorm we had!
Total letdown! Anyway, it was fun taking the pictures!
The first buildings of the former Grabowsee pulmonary sanatorium - located near Oranienburg, north of Berlin - were constructed in 1896 on the initiative of the German Red Cross on a 34-hectare wooded site by Lake Grabowsee. During World War II, the Wehrmacht took over the site; subsequently, from 1945 to 1991, it served as a Red Army military hospital. Today, the complex, comprising 30 buildings (about half of which are listed as historical monuments), is managed by Bernhard Hanke on behalf of the association Kids Globe e.V.
Die ersten Gebäude der ehemaligen Lungenheilstätte Grabowsee bei Oranienburg nördlich von Berlin entstanden 1896 auf Initiative des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes auf einem 34 ha großen Waldgelände am Grabowsee. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg zog die Wehrmacht ein, danach wurde von 1945-1991 daraus ein Lazarett der Roten Armee. Heute wird das Areal mit 30 Gebäuden (davon die etwa die Hälfte denkmalgeschützt) von Bernhard Hanke für den Verein Kids Globe e.V. verwaltet.
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Finally managed to get out and about and take a few photos to start this 100x project. My son liked this iPhone processed shot better than all the others and yes, for those of you who put up with my 100x last year, it's those bridges again!
Managed to stop a take a patch of daisies that has started to cover the bank of the roadside on the way to my dads a couple of weeks back.
Finally managed to catch one. Could have been a little sharper I suppose. Well, there is always next time!
After 5 years of trying, I finally managed to capture an image of a Common Snipe in full wingspread. These cryptic birds can often be tricky to spot amongst the tall grasses in Hong Kong’s wetlands and riverine environments — and flush easily, too — meaning this shot had frustrated me until recently.
Species: Common Snipe / Gallinago gallinago / 扇尾沙錐
NOTE: Aside from the Common Snipe, Hong Kong is home to 2 other species of Snipe that are usually found here in winter, including the Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura) and Swinhoe’s Snipe (Gallinago megala). As the Common Snipe is most locally abundant, and because the three species are “not safely separable in the field (*),” I’ve gone ahead and assumed that this bird is a Common Snipe. If anyone has any additional feedback, feel free to let me know.
(* The Birds of Hong Kong and South China, by Viney, Phillipps and Lam, 8th Edition, 2005)
Thank you for your interest, views, faves, comments and awards ! This image was captured in Hong Kong 香港. (Better viewed on a larger screen.)
© This Image is under full copyright Rick C. Graham. © All rights reserved Rick C. Graham. © This image is subject to international copyright laws and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transferred or manipulated without the express written permission of Rick C. Graham.
Wingardium Leviosa. It was the first spell she learned and, as it turns out, is one of her best spells. At first she could barely lift anything, or everything would backfire. Now? Now she could pull a person up by their clothing or move an object from across the room. Still, this didn’t mean she didn’t have to practice.
“Wingardium Leviosa,” she said quietly to herself and smiled as her books and papers lifted up around her.
The Goritsky Monastery of Dormition (Russian: Успенский Горицкий монастырь) was a Russian Orthodox monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia.
It was supposedly established in the early 14th century during the reign of Ivan I of Moscow (Ivan Kalita). In 1382 Tokhtamysh Khan destroyed the town and the monastery with it. According to the legend, Grand Princess Eudoxia of Moscow arrived as a pilgrim the day before the attack and managed to escape the Horde on a raft, covered by fog of the Pleshcheyevo lake. In gratitude for the miraculous salvation, she rebuilt the monastery and established a tradition of Easter rides on rafts across the lake.
All the monastery's manuscripts were destroyed by a fire on June 12, 1722, which is why little is known about its history.
No original architecture was preserved. The oldest parts of the preserved ensemble date to the 17-18th centuries.
The monastery was closed in 1788. In 1919 the Pereslavl-Zalessky Historical Museum was established within its territory.
Managed a quick trip to the beach in order to see if California is OPEN yet. Most coastal access remains closed, with all parking areas blocked.
But I found this Guy racing around a rest stop, and managed to get a shot before he raced off.
For a generation of viewers, the familiar “beep, beep” of Warner Brothers’ cartoon Roadrunner was the background sound of Saturday mornings.
(Although commonly quoted as "meep meep", Warner Brothers, the current owner of all trademarks relating to the duo, lists "beep, beep" as the Road Runner's sound, along with "meep, meep." )
Despite the cartoon character’s perennial victories over Wile E. Coyote, real-life coyotes present a real danger to Roadrunners; Coyotes can reach a top speed of 43 miles an hour—more than twice as fast as roadrunners.
Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage that blends well with dusty shrubs. As they run, they hold their lean frames nearly parallel to the ground and rudder with their long tails.
Roadrunners have evolved a range of adaptations to deal with the extremes of desert living. Like seabirds, they secrete a solution of highly concentrated salt through a gland just in front of each eye, which uses less water than excreting it via their kidneys and urinary tract. Moisture-rich prey including mammals and reptiles supply them otherwise-scarce water in their diet. Both chicks and adults flutter the un-feathered area beneath the chin (gular fluttering) to dissipate heat.
Roadrunners eat poisonous prey, including venomous lizards and scorpions, with no ill effect, although they’re careful to swallow horned lizards head-first with the horns pointed away from vital organs. Roadrunners can also kill and eat rattlesnakes, often in tandem with another roadrunner: as one distracts the snake by jumping and flapping, the other sneaks up and pins its head, then bashes the snake against a rock. If it’s is too long to swallow all at once, a roadrunner will walk around with a length of snake still protruding from its bill, swallowing it a little at a time as the snake digests.
Based on banding records, the oldest roadrunner was at least 7 years old.
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
(600 mm, 1/2000 @ f/9.0, ISO 1000)
Been very much on and off with my photography these days - and not from choice I might add! However, when I have managed to be active I've really enjoyed myself.
These white daisy chrysanths are from a bunch I treated myself to and I thought I'd set up a still life using one of my craft-paper backgrounds and some antique wedding lace . The very small cut glass vase is one I'd picked up from a charity shop.
The original pic was overall pale blue/turquoise , which I liked but decided in the end to post this post-processd image , which reduced the colour to almost nothing.
Managed an early dart off nights ( first job and knock for years, remember those? ) to meet up with some local togs for another well organised K&F Concept workshop/bit of a jolly. They are always good fun with various pieces of K&F Concept gear available to try out. I’ve got my eye on the natural night filter which really is top notch.
Conditions were fairly cloudy with the odd gap in the cloud as it began to get light and we made our way out to the S.S Denham, roughly a mile off the coast of New Brighton/Wallasey beach.
The S.S Denham is only visible at very low tides and is an interesting subject to shoot. We got lucky with the gaps in the cloud and were treated to a brief but intense sunrise looking back towards New Brighton, The Mersey and the giraffes of the Seftongetti.
As the sun got higher we moved around to the bow to capture some minimal images.
Managed a trip to the Yorkshire Dales for these Turtle Doves before I disappear for a few days. They kept there distance, so unfortunately they are large crops.
Many thanks as always for your comments and faves.
This is the one and only church that sill stands right in the middle of this ghost town. Didn't get to go inside, but I managed to stick my lens through an opening just enough to get an interior shot... want to see it sometime? :-)
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Managed to take a few snaps in the early morning when this little guy wasn't all that active yet and stayed still long enough for me to frame it up nicely.
On this trek I managed to break both my 14-24mm and my D700 camera so that I was stuck with only using f2.8. However I thought I would use this shallow depth-of-field to my advantage for this shot :)
The Misadventures of Pippa & Debbie ♥
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The Palm View Motel pool looked wonderfully peaceful.
Guests were quietly sunbathing, someone was reading a newspaper, and an inflatable pink flamingo drifted lazily across the sparkling blue water.
Everything was perfectly calm...
...until Pippa arrived.
She had been at the motel pool for exactly eleven minutes.
The manager already knew her name.
"PIPPA!"
Pippa stood on the diving board staring across the pool.
"My handbag!"
Debbie was laughing so hard she could barely hold onto the edge.
"I told you not to put everything on the flamingo!"
"It looked stable."
"It's inflatable."
"So are tyres."
"Cars manage perfectly well."
Debbie stopped laughing for a moment.
"I don't even know how to answer that."
Pippa pointed dramatically towards the flamingo.
"My shoes are on there!"
"And your handbag."
"And my towel."
"And your sunglasses."
Pippa looked at Debbie.
"How do you know everything that's on there?"
"I watched you load it."
"You could have stopped me."
"I tried."
"No..."
"You said..."
"This should be interesting."
Debbie started laughing again.
A little boy appeared carrying a pool net.
"I'll get it!"
Pippa pointed at him.
"Thank you!"
"Finally, someone responsible."
The motel manager folded his arms.
"Lady..."
"That boy is eight."
"He has a net."
The boy reached towards the flamingo.
The flamingo drifted farther away.
"Other side!" shouted Pippa.
The boy ran around the pool.
"Left!"
He changed direction.
"No..."
"My left!"
Debbie covered her face.
"Pippa..."
"Stop directing him like an airport."
The elderly man lowered his newspaper.
"Twenty cents says the handbag goes in."
The motel manager looked at him.
"Thirty says she does."
Pippa turned around.
"I can hear you!"
Suddenly the boy caught the flamingo with the net.
"I GOT IT!"
Pippa clapped her hands.
"YES!"
The flamingo tipped sideways.
Her handbag slowly slid towards the water.
Pippa gasped.
Debbie stopped laughing.
Everyone watched.
The handbag reached the edge...
...and stopped.
There was complete silence.
Pippa smiled triumphantly.
"See?"
"Everything is under control."
A shoe quietly slipped off the flamingo and splashed into the pool.
Debbie exploded with laughter.
"MY SHOE!"
Pippa launched herself from the diving board.
The motel manager threw his arms into the air.
"NO HORSEPLAY!"
"I WAS RESCUING PROPERTY!"
The manager pointed furiously at the sign.
"You've broken three pool rules!"
"I've only been here eleven minutes!"
"Exactly!"
Debbie swam over, still smiling.
"Pippa."
"What?"
"You know you're already wearing sunglasses?"
Pippa touched her face.
She was.
She slowly looked back towards the flamingo.
"Then..."
"...whose sunglasses are those?"
Debbie looked towards the elderly man.
The elderly man looked towards the flamingo.
"My wife's."
There was a long silence.
Pippa quietly handed him the wet shoe.
"Would she like this instead?"
And that was how Pippa and Debbie were politely asked to leave the Palm View Motel pool...
Pippa carrying one wet shoe.
Debbie still laughing.
And the inflatable flamingo...
...receiving the only invitation to return.
Made with Mine & ℬαвуđσℓℓ Sℓoηȼ ღ (Debbie's) Second Life avatars, AI and edited in Photoshop.
|| After seeing their flat for the first time in Little Lamplight, Aurora and Zaira encountered a pixie infestation! That proved a little troublesome to fix and pushed back their moving. Then a flood happened where they were delayed even more. The day is finally here! They're moving boxes, and the summer heat is taking it's toll. ||
I managed to get amongst the wild flowers/beautiful weeds in a part of the garden yesterday and took some photos. They're mainly these yellow dandelion-like flowers collectively known as "false dandelions" and they have names such as Catsear, Meadow Hawkweed and Bristly Hawkbit. I think these particular ones are Catsear. There are so many of them and they give a beautiful display.
I managed to take a walk today, a day a bit 'more "warm" than the previous ones.
I did not have the "official" camera with me because I wanted to be free of weight and photographic obligations.
I wanted to enjoy the walk and I found myself, instead, taking a lot of photos of the fascinating river and the path in winter clothes.
This small nikon compact, now dated, is able to capture the "mood" of the environment, probably better than the other, has no claims in detail, all that immortal is what I needed today- the essence of the river in winter, in its apparent calm, in the dull colors, in the bony trees and in the total absence of living beings of all kinds....
Fabrizio De André - Le acciughe fanno il pallone (Live)
The chosen music has nothing to do with the photo, but is a tribute to De André in the twenty years since his death and a tribute to my father on his birthday ....
Thanks for your recent visits, favorites, comments and invitations, everything is very much appreciated, as always....
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