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I finally managed to sneak down the Kukui Trail and found some nice clouds here at Waimea Canyon. Then the sun broke through clouds and cast some cool and interesting light over the landscape. After reviewing this photo, I wished I had taken out the 70-200 to pick the landscape apart piece by piece, but alas, Live and learn. :)
Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my photos and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great day :)
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I managed to get to Mote Park lake just in time to catch a few minutes of this early winter sunset - my first of this season. It was a very cold afternoon and the lake was frozen over as can be seen looking at the foreground.
Managed to get nice and close with the 2x on! Slightly cropped to straighten the image. Abberton reservoir.
(Somateria spectabilis) My main target species of bird was the King Eider. I managed to get a great view of this stunning bird (and its mate) off the end of the pier next to where the ship was docked in Longyearbyen.
Managed to get this magpie that came to take advantage of a free feed !!
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Regards Clive
Tessin
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
Whole PHOTO SERIES about my garden on my blog: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/post/western-green-lizard-lacer...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
AUDIO (if you want to hear the sounds of my garden in the early morning): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfoCTqdAVCE
ABOUT THIS PHOTO:
Partly out of fear to bore the Flickr community with too many lizard photos, I thought it would make for a nice change - yet in keeping with the main theme of my gallery - to give interested nature and reptile fans the opportunity to get a sense of the lacerta bilineata habitat where I photographed all the animals on this page.
So this is the second of a (as yet planned) series of pictures (if people like them there will be more) that will show you where all the reptile "action" took place: my garden in the beautiful community of Monteggio in the Malcantone region of the Ticino, Switzerland.
The pictures were taken over a period of over a decade, so there were obviously some changes in the garden during that time, but If you focus on the palm tree - which has grown considerably over the years but is visible in all the photos I plan to upload - you get a sense of the geography of the place.
In summer, which is when this photo was taken, the micro-climate in this particular area of the Ticino can be almost tropical in the sense that it's hot and very humid with frequent thunderstorms and heavy rain, and I often refer to my garden (half-)jokingly as my "little Swiss rainforest". I guess you can see how animals - particularly lacerta bilineata and other lizards - would feel at home in this "tropical paradise" of mine :-)
Apparently - as I learned in the comments here on Flickr - the occurrence of this particular lizard species is a very good indicator that an ecosystem is intact, and my family and I always took great care not to interfere too much in our garden and let nature roam as free as possible.
In return, over the years we were rewarded for this "calculated inaction" with a wide variety of species of plants, insects, lizards and snakes visiting - or by now residing permanently in - our little nature refuge, some of which I managed to capture on camera.
As mentioned before, if people like these photos or are interested in other flora and fauna from my private jungle, I'll upload one every once in a while between lizards, so let me know in the comments if you're interested in seeing more of these or if I should stick to just reptiles ;-)
As always, thank you so much for your interest and feedback, stay safe - and have a great week everyone!
Lacerta
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!!
On how I managed to diffuse a potentially explosive situation.
I was sat on a bench approximately 50 metres across from this family and noticed their reflections in the puddle. I took about five or six shots and noticed with each one the boy with his hands in his pockets became more and more agitated.
He eventually marched over to me and demanded to know why I was taking photographs of his family.
I smiled politely and assured him I wasn't taking photographs of his family, I was taking photographs of the puddle.
He thought for a moment, I could see he was in a mucking fuddle, then he said, Oh, that's alright then and calmly walked away.
As did I before the penny dropped!
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. ❤️
After a meal and a drink in the excellent Whistlefield Inn I am often inspired to take a shot or 2 on the way home if the night is nice .... this was taken on one of those nights :)
As there were no cars forthcoming the lights you can see are from my own car when I had to drive away from my brand new camera and leave it untended until I could find a place wide enough to perform a u-turn on the narrow country road!
Managed to get this shot of the iconic gate when there was almost no one around. It pays to get up early!!!
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
“You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that.” ― J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter Theme Song
Credits:
Head: LeL EvoX
Body: Maitreya Lara
Hairs: DOUX
Ears: L'Etre - Ringed mesh ears
Top: Hotdog
Skirt: ISON
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BG: The Dungeon
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.
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!
Managed to capture a male Black Redstart today - my previous upload was the female of the species.
Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.
I was cutting wild branches when I noticed the shy neighbor cat watching me. I even managed to arouse his curiosity and let it chase a thin branch, which I moved. But as a first it posed for the camera.
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.
Managed to get back to the poppy field the weekend and it was full of photographers this time!
Had a touch of lens envy ;-)
Haven't managed to get out with my camera for a couple of months for various reasons, this morning I went out with the intention of using my newly acquired Olympus OM2n film camera but I took the wrong tripod mount with me, so ended up using the EM10 instead.
Here we have another bird that has been eluding me for a while folks, but managed a few of this guy.
Early shoot today and will catch up later.
Thank you for stopping by everyone, and have a great day.
"...Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Although the road is never ending take a step and keep walking, do not look fearfully into the distance... On this path let the heart be your guide for the body is hesitant and full of fear.
..."
Quote by Rumi
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Stob Dearg or Buachaille Etive Mòr captured from near the A82 in Glencoe, Scotland. Unable to manage uneven ground this was the best viewpoint I could reach of this iconic and mesmerisingly beautiful Scottish mountains and one of it's many moods. Enjoy full screen by pressing 'L'.
Blue tit on a rose bush.
After a week of dull, grey days, the sun came out, this morning!
I managed to grab a wee half hour in the garden; lots to do, today. I filled the seed and nut feeders and the wee birdies descended. Lots of them use this this rose bush as a scoping/landing/eating site.
Lovely to see the sunshine in the garden,
In my garden,
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
“Drinking in the morning sun
Blinking in the morning sun…
…What made me behave that way?
Using words I never say
I can only think it must be love
Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day.”
🎼. “One Day Like This” - Elbow
(cropped)
In Explore #19, 15 October, 2021
I managed to get up a local Ben on Boxing Day. Fortunately just after sunrise there was a break in the clouds. The sidelight was beautiful as the next snow storm was coming in. I finally got a shot of Lochan Balloch I was pleased with.
I just managed to squeezed both of them in at prime focus on my C11 telescope. However, I found wrestling with trying to remove the light pollution gradients quite a challenge on this occasion.
Canon EOS 6D @ ISO 6400.
150x15 sec unguided subs with calibration frames added.
Celestron C11 at f10.
Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount.
Imaged from suburbia.
Processed in APP and finished off in LR.
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
I have managed to inform myself a little about this small hotel ... abandoned. At first it was a nightclub that closed - I do not know the cause - and then it was converted into a small home for the elderly, there was a fire in a kitchen and fortunately the people who were inside were evicted without suffering physical damage.some years have passed, the place is abandoned, although guarded ...
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 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!
What a difference a day makes! After the cold sunrise the day before we had a pretty miserable start to Sunday but it did clear up momentarily in the afternoon. Managed to get this shot as the sun finally broke through.
Jasper rarely stays put when I want to photograph him. Usually he sees the camera pointed in his direction and turns his back or pretends to see something to chase and runs off.
Today he didn't seem to mind and I managed to get a few shots.
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)
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.
Graham managed to go out yesterday, without any mishaps and came home with an Easter present for me and some chocolate for us both.
What a Hero.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :)
Welcome me back! Storm Eowyn managed to take out our Wi-Fi router last Saturday and it has taken until this morning, when the new router arrived, to get connected again. It is quite frightening that we are so dependent on such technology. So in the interim I have been getting on with the filing as both my husband and I are also recovering from the usual winter virus. He's having a bit of a boomerang return so was off to the doctor yesterday (he has chronic lung disease so is vulnerable)
07-July-2022, h06.38PM, towards Koper town (that's under the rain).
This is the only (scarcely) significant precipitation (5-15mm or l/m2) of this summer (from 1 June), so far, has been short but managed to change the air for (...) 3 days, then hot and muggy returned for most of July.