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I managed to travel around the South of Tehran by taking Metro but unfortunately during Friday and holidays, the city seems to be like a ghost town. Traffic is like non-existence. And shops are mostly closed.
Luckily I found this beautiful wall mural at Saadi Road, a walking distance to Tehran Bazar.
Location : Saadi Road - Tehran, Iran
Managed to get a photo of the new pilot boat "Pacific Guardian." The 19.9 meter (65 ft) craft was built in Campbell River. Designed by Camarc in Scotland, the vessel has a refined double chine hull and a resiliently mounted wheelhouse to optimise noise and vibration for crew comfort. A pair of 1,000 hp diesels ensures a speed of 25 to 28 knots.
Finally managed to get into this part of the red zone to get a few shots of the Catholic cathedral. This damage was done mainly in the 6.3 quake on Feb 22nd... more damage has apparently occured in the latest 6.3 as well but this was shot a few days before that happened.
The two front towers have collapsed and gone and that front wall on the left is held up by a bit of kiwi inginuity - shipping containers and hay bales.
To the right of the shot out of frame there is a carpark full of blocks and stone from the collapsed cathedral each layed out seperately and numbered - there being saved to possibly rebuild in the exact way once the quakes finally stop.... if they ever do... (they are doing the same to the Anglican cathedral in Christchurch's Center
The latest Quake has damaged it a lot more and it might now be never rebuilt, on this ground anyway....
Just as an interesting fact. The still standing tower at the back had a statue of the virgin mary facing inwards in the front window, during the feb 22nd quake the statue turned an exact 180degrees to face outwards - looking through the window - without falling over or being damaged.
The road im standing on - Barbadoes St - has been identified as having a Fault Line directly underneath - previously unknown. There are now 3 Major active faults under Christchurch.....
This is a 3 exposure handheld hdr processed in photomatix
Cheers for looking, ive got a few more of this from different angles ill post up
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I managed to get out and about for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon during the frequent snow storms we where having. I have been meaning to visit this location alongside the A1 road for a while as it looked very favourable for a sunset location.
This was one of only a few shots I managed before the snow closed in again.
This image is a combination of two exposures, one exposed for the foreground and one exposed for the sky. The two images where combined manually in Photoshop Elements 9 using layers and masks before boosting contrast slightly then resizing and a slight sharpening.
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I didn't see as much today at the swamp, but I managed to find another new species. Either a Pacific Forktail male found in northern California and Oregon only, or a Green-eyed Forktail found at the swamp, take your pick. Very difficult to tell the difference since the male of the former and the immature of the latter are darn near identical.
There were hundreds of people at the swamp and reserve today, along with hundreds of dogs and perhaps a hundred children under the age of 6. Imagine if the weather had been good and not overcast. Both from a nature and people standpoint, this was not the norm.
Anyway, Ischnura cervula, the Pacific forktail, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Central America and western North America. This one was probably four or five days old. This may be a very interesting time for me and the dragons and damsels since, in previous years, I didn't get started until most were adults, and some already on their last ... wings.
Tomorrow, I may post the Pied-billed grebe with a crawdad going down the hatch or a Great Blue Heron. Or maybe, it's time to bring out wildflowers that I've finally identified.
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
Managed to get another shot of this feathered bullet. Unfortunately I somehow had my camera set on jpeg.
Managed to sneak my way under the tree he was in (it's about 60' tall and he was about 40' up) and get off some shots of the Cooper's Hawk. Really hard to get a clean shot with very little light to work with due to the overcast skies and so many tree branches in the way - this is the best view I could get.
Managed to get out for a shortish walk this morning. Started off in great light, which then got worse and worse. But at least I got out!
An Oak-leaved Hydrangea in a public flowerbed near home.
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Hidden away in a copse of trees near the Bernice farm house on the western shore of Loch Eck is this old graveyard containing 2 gravestones.
Highest position: 434 on Sunday, September 6, 2020
A very cloudy dull day until 4pm. Took our visitors a ride out pm & managed to find a couple of Stone Curlews for them to see. Not being birders only bird friendly (they feed lots in their Shropshire garden) they did not know about them so a new experience. They are well camouflaged against the stony dry soil & took us some time to pick them out.
Managed to capture this seal as he was jumping out of his pool for his fish...Taken at skegness natureland and seal sanctuary..
This is my whisky-fueled, wee hours test shot using my home-made version of a Gary Fong flash diffuser. The real thing costs £50-£60 ... my version costs 60p :D
The first month of 2025 has been an essay in how cold we can get! Although we are on the same latitude as Moscow, we do have the warming influence of an ocean around Scotland's shores. So we probably shouldn't complain, but of course we do 😊
-16c was the lowest we managed - and snow a foot deep. So we were quite home-centred, and shooting, even in the garden, was quite an adventure. After keeping ourselves warm, we spent a lot of time trying to ensure our garden birds survived too. Icy weather for a few days is not too bad - but when it extends to 2 or 3 weeks, they were suffering. Both water and food froze solid so quickly!
So there are a lot of white images in the monthly collage! I used one snow bokeh image as the background for the collage. Happily the group challenges gave me inspiration for indoor and tabletop still life shots, as we felt the memories of 'lockdown' returning 😊
February is beginning with the same sub-zero world, though much of the snow has gone. But we are looking forward to a very early and very warm Spring! Well - we can dream!
As ever - many thanks to everyone who has visited my photostream and for the comments and faves.
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Es el reflejo de la adaptación del hombre al medio que le rodea y en el que habita. Las casas estan hechas con barro, normalmente con adobe, que es un ladrillo grueso de barro con mezcla de paja y grijo menudillo secado al sol, utilizado como material único.
Las paredes exteriores se revocaban con un paño y se les añadía paja trillada para que diera un aspecto liso.Todas tenían planta rectangular, las fachadas son lisas con ventanas, puertas y el portón con salida al corral o al portal. En el corral suele haber huertos donde cultivaban las verduras y hortalizas que utilizaban para su propio consumo, un gallinero, conejeras, un horno, cobertizos…
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It is the reflection of human adaptation to the environment around him and in which he lives. The houses are made of mud, usually with adobe, a thick brick of clay and straw mixture fetlock Grijo sun drying, used as a single material.
The exterior walls are daubed with a cloth and threshed straw were added to him a liso.Todas they look rectangular, are smooth facades with windows, doors and the gate to the corral or exit portal. In orchards where poultry have cultivated the vegetables they used for their own consumption, a chicken coop, rabbit hutches, an oven, usually sheds ...
I managed one cool photo. but the experience of the moment was truly more spectacular than any photo I could've taken today, just wow. the way the skies just darkened into night , the most amazing eerie feeling I can't quite put into words, just wow.
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.
I managed to snatch a quick thirty minutes in Highgate Wood on the way to work the other day. Still a lot of green foliage, but this little spot seems to be ahead of the game.
I managed to get a reasonable photo of one of these guys. They have a habit of being almost constantly on the move and don't settle for long so you don't get much chance to focus. This one is on a nettle leaf just resting, its not the food plant. Lady's Smock is the main food-plant.
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The resident Lakenheath buzzard that usually sits near the main entrance, it usually flies off but actually managed to get a shot through the trees.
Managed to get a very special package together just in time, Hopefully it will arrive for my Friend's Birthday.. Susie Stopped me from Shipping it before I put the Card in!
Good job Susie Sass!
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Almost managed to walk straight past this on my way back to the car. It was only because a family walking the other way stopped to look at it that I looked left and noticed it. So glad I parked where I did, had I parked where I normally do I wouldn't have had this chance encounter at all. Shame there's not a Stag standing in the light, but you can't have everything!
Remnants of a fence on the edge of the chalk cliffs at Saltdean in Sussex, parts of which have evidently already been taken by rock falls. Shot from behind the newer fence that replaced it.
Managed to capture this European Goldfinch foraging on the seeds of Greater Knapweed with blowing seads last evening when all light was gone.
D300 600VR, only sliced of some of the right to get a 4:3 instead of 3:2
i managed to get 3 photos of christine in the last light of day on friday. we had so much fun even tho it's getting cold out there! i can't wait to do some more editing but today i will be at roslindale open studios all day showing my work. i love it when days are full of creativity. :)
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Managed to get out for a couple of hours today, and boy was it a little different to what it has been. Lovely clouds in the sky and no sun blazing down.
Anyway visited Wheal Coates, a fantastic spot and excellent for walking and of course photography. So i done a bit of both.
This must be one of the most photographed engine house ever, it is always busy here in the day time.
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Last year when I was kayaking on Loch Long I came across an old pier and a derelict building at the top of some worn concrete steps. It turned out I has come across the remains of an old World War 2 building used to winch anti-submarine nets across the loch. I often wondered if there was a way to get to it across land, and a couple of weekends ago I managed to find an old trail leading to it.
Managed to find the nest site of a pair of Dartford warblers kept our distance as Mum & Dad kept a steady flow of food coming
Managed a few shots from the car in Burnham Overy Staithe this morning.
Herring Gull striding towards a car that just arrived with a breakfast
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Elements (圓方) is a large shopping mall located on 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is developed and managed by MTR Corporation through its subsidiary Premier Management Service.
Elements is located directly above the Kowloon MTR station and near the International Commerce Centre, residential complex Union Square and the Western Harbour Crossing.
The mall is divided into five zones based on the concept of the five elements of Nature, namely Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. Each zone is designed with a distinctive interior architectural theme that responds to the element, public art such as large scale sculptures are also employed to enhance the respective theme. The Fire Zone is symbolised by the sculpture "White Heat".
The Elements has a total of 123 shops as of 2008, along with an ice rink and the 1600-seat Premiere Cinema (formerly The Grand Cinema), currently the largest cinema complex in Hong Kong.
The mall has ten washrooms, outside which there is a lobby with sitting area and magazine rack. Management said these are conceived for men "to wait for their girlfriends outside the washroom", providing "a decent and comfortable place for them to wait".
Male washrooms are stocked with colognes, aftershaves and electronic shavers while the female washrooms have perfumes and make-up. Staff are on hand to ensure that all these personal items are kept hygienic.
The shopping mall has a great emphasis on fashion and wardrobe with (as of 2008) 58 shops in that category out of a total of 123 shops in the mall.
Stray, Manila, Philippines.
Tip of the ear is not clipped meaning it has not yet been picked up for neutering and inoculations which volunteers manage specifically in this area of the city.
I managed to get a quick shot before it disappeared in some brush.
High shutter speed wasn't intended; I have a bad habit of accidentally hitting the control when grabbing my camera, and I didn't notice until it was too late.
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Nikon D7500, 100-400 mm, f/4.5-6.3
f/6.3, 360 mm
1/8000, ISO 3200
I managed to grab a quick image of the crescent moon and the planet Venus before the clouds rolled in last night. Hope you like it!
Tech Specs: Canon 6D, Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM lens, ISO 3200, 1.3 seconds, f/5.6, 135mm, tripod mounted. Image Date: March 27, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA.
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Taken over a year ago this photo feels like a lifetime ago; before Lockdowns and pandemics, before Brexit and talks of food shortages. Still ... it evokes nice memories of a warm afternoon sitting on a rock in Glen Massan, alternating between daydreaming and trying to work out the best angle for this shot.
here's another shot of that wonderful and ultrafast Golden Plover we managed to watch during a walk in Iceland. Again we can appreciate the perfect camouflage offered by his spotted plumage.
Not exactly sure about species here, but at least we can tell it is a female of some sort of leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.).
Megachilid bees are always cool, but as a photographer I like this shot primarily for how I managed to nail the focus on the face of the bee while it was still flying before landing on this woolly burdock (Actium tomentosum) in Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park.
Managed to snap this one on a trip to Tal-y-bont earlier this week, very lucky to witness a beautiful sunset and be on the beach with my camera. Also lucky to have the guy fishing in the sea at the right of the frame to give a sense of scale.
managed to outwit this little guy. I spent a good half an hour stalking and chasing through the bush. Eventually it sat still in the open for just long enough so I could rattle off a few frames. It doesn't look to impressed though.
I managed to latch on to a loaded pellet train this morning and catch him in a few spots. The middle shot is here at Burnett, with the tunnel motor leading a GE and another EMD. It was a cool morning and just enough humidity to let the pellets give off a little steam.