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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.
Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Final edit of the RocketLab launch I shot a couple of weeks ago. Safe to say I'm pleased with how it turned out!
Was also nice to see the south celestial pole align with the peak of the rockets arc - totally planned that 😅
This was a stack of approximately 50 shots, and was pretty challenging to manage as the lighting in each shot was changing with the setting sun. 15 second exposures, ISO400 and f4.0.
Managed a shot with both the Muntjac & the Rabbit in. taken through triple glazing @ 7.30am on a dull morning
Managed to get this shot a couple of days before the city went into 'Shelter At Home'.
Stay safe and healthy San Francisco! Stay indoors! Each one of us is responsible for containing the spread and saving lives.
The next day the weather was better and after a good breakfast at the "Hotel Steel" we got to work fresh. We managed to get at least one good picture on the south side of the complex, but it is clear that we wanted more. After a double check by the Ochrona, we positioned ourselves near the oxygen station and waited there in the din of the huge facilities. Two Qarmet locomotives were active at the same time and posed for us: TEM2UM-907 was shunting scrap for the steel converter, while TEM1-1697 was moving into the plant. Under the bridge, i.e. below us, the Ochrona was active and checking the fence. We noticed very clearly that we were not welcome and went in search of another place.
Kasachstan, Казахстан
Oblast Karaganda, Temirtau, Карагандинская область, Темиртау
JSC Qarmet, АО «Кармет»
ТЭМ1-1697
ТЭМ2YM-907
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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Had some sun today, and I was off work, and managed to get a few decent snaps. This is the first. Hope you like it
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
I've long wanted to photograph Pucks Glen in the snow but, whilst the snow here is minimal, at least this wish has been partially granted.
Highest position: 327 on Friday, February 4, 2022
I found this Liophloeus tessulatus weevil on the side of my house and managed a couple of shots of it.
Weevils are often considered a pest in the garden (or commercial agriculture for that matter), but I obviously like them for being cute and interesting subjects.
This one however is sorta kinda beneficial in that they like to eat the plant known as ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
If you have ever had this one in your garden, chances are it's still there as it is incredibly good at resisting eradication and pretty much always seem to come back.
So you see, having these guys around waging war on the bad plant could be a good thing.
After taking a couple of shots of it on the side of my house (as can be seen in Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51580625812/) I moved it to a yellow flower (as seen in Pt. 3) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51885787595/ before actually moving it a second time, this time to this cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) for some punchy colours in the shot!
I am not sure what the white stuff on its elytra is. It could be pollen from a flower it has visited or some type of fungus.)
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.
23rd April 2021 :
Managed to get out for a short walk just before lunchtime today. I didn't go far, but it was good to get out for a bit.
Saw this in the car park and decided on something different for today. You can see the whole thing here :
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This is a shot taken from above the waterfall that I call the Whale's Tail in Puck's Glen. The scene is a wee bit cluttered due to logging and landslide debris and this is the reason why the water over the rocks has been re-directed and no longer takes the shape of a whale's tail.
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 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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I managed to get out today as the sun finally decided to shine.
I decided to do a 'stuck in the mud' exercise where I just stand in one spot for about 10 minutes to take the time to really look at what's there. This ivy winding its way up and around old fencing really caught my eye.
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My first star trail ... very much a test shot to learn some lessons for when I do it for real later in the year. The focus isn't quite right here but I put this down to it being 2am in the morning and the few nips of Laphroaig that I had consumed beforehand :D Also, still very much learning how to use my camera's intervalometer.
...nevertheless humans managed to capture an alien spacecraft!
We did a road trip from California to Utah. We drove along the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada, and stopped at the Little A'Le'Inn, located near the mysterious Area 51. An old truck is parked in front of the restaurant. It was very windy that night, and I had to take several shots until I got one where the flying saucer was not moving too much. The title is a quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson, well a joke by him in an interview.
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Etty Hillesum’s voice is important for us to listen to. She neither requests nor desires what begins to open up from within her. Indeed this rationalist does not know what to make of any of this. Her razor-sharp, analytical mind in fact resists it. Yet somehow she manages to stay out of the way. We who practice with dedication and regularity often fall overboard by trying too hard. Etty teaches contemplatives the importance of staying out of the way. And so we deepen by way of consent, by giving voice to our own small fiat, “let it be done according to thy will” (Lk 1:38).
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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.
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.
I attended the LA&L night photo shoot in Lakeville, NY on April 11, 2025. It was kind of drizzly out and I ended up with a lot of water spots on my lens that caused a lot of flare. I did manage to leave with a few decent pics.
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.
Inverchaolain Church on Loch Striven, taken from my DJI Mini 3 Pro. Not an easy shot to get as the windows for when the rain stopped were pretty infrequent and small. The wind was also very gusty making it difficult to avoid the trees.
This church building was the fourth church built on the site since the reformation, although the site is much older and there were earlier churches on it. The first of these buildings may never have been completed due to a lack of funds. The second church was built in 1745 and had to be rebuilt in 1759. The fate of the church is not clear but it was replaced by a third church in 1812. This church is reported to have been destroyed by fire and was replaced in 1912 by the present day building.
I managed around 85 frames of this pair running across the water. I started shooting after they were up and going. They must have run for 9-10 seconds. Toward the end of the display a rival male tried to horn in on the action. His awkward, flapping scoot across the water was comical after the grace and power of the bonding pair.
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'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
IN CHARACTER:
The books and assignments keep piling up in Otter's OWLs year, he is only just managing to keep up.
I managed to stay at the exclusive Kovalam Guest House perched majestically on the top of a cliff and located at one end of the Kovalam beach. This forms the northern headland for the long stretch of Kovalam beach.
As elsewhere in the world, the beach is always a crowded area. The rock cliff of the property was a wonderful place to spend a lazy evening . It is a beautiful experience,
the crash and the roar of the Arabian Sea as it hammers the rock faces in its ceaseless rhythmic cycle of waves.
It was in school one learnt lessons in geography of how rains were made. This was one rare occasion where I got to see the black clouds gather in minutes and take an ominous shape of a violent storm seething with ominous intent. However, in minutes, the storm vanished.
The sun was out again. A commercial jet wound its way up in the skies.
The waves started thundering again.
Back to normal !!!
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.
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.
I managed to acclimate this Swallowtail Butterfly to me when it was a caterpillar, and it remembered me after its metamorphosis. It's willingness to let me get close, coupled with some cool temperatures, allowed me to take a lot of photos.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Clarity in that order.