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Red Legged Partridge - Alectoris Rufa aka French Partridge
The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family.
It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge.
This partridge breeds naturally in southwestern Europe (France, Iberia and northwest Italy). It has become naturalised in flat areas of England and Wales, where it was introduced as a game species, and has been seen breeding as far north as Cumbria and eastern Yorkshire and the western Isle of Man. It is replaced in southeastern Europe by the very similar rock partridge (Alectoris graeca). It is a non-migratory terrestrial species, which forms flocks outside the breeding season.
This species breeds on dry lowlands, such as farmland and open stony areas, laying its eggs in a ground nest.
The natural range of the red-legged partridge is France, Spain and Portugal. However, it was introduced from France to Great Britain in the 18th century, and has since become an important gamebird there. As it is a mediterranean species, it thrives in hot, dry areas with sandy soil. The ability to breed two clutches simultaneously has led to it being extensively reared in captivity, and released for shooting. The breeding of chukars (Alectoris chukar) and red-legged/chukar hybrids is prohibited, due to its impact on wild populations of red-legs. The red-legged partridge is believed to be in decline across its range.
While out shooting I noticed a crop duster operating in the field next to me but didn't think much about it until the noise grew louder and I turned to see this. Immediately the famous crop duster scene in North By Northwest came to mind. I was tempted to run and make my escape but I'm no Cary Grant so I decided to take the photo instead.
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The Cascade and Coastal Mountains offer unsurpassed natural beauty in the Pacific Northwest especially in the evening hours when the mountains and hills are tucked in for the night with a soft blanket of haze. All that's missing is a lullaby.
The clouds were nice and evenly dispersed, I thought I'd use a longer exposure during late sunset to get some nice movement to go along with the Astoria-Megler bridge connecting Oregon and Washington. It is the westernmost bridge on the Columbia river. its going through a 4 year repainting process at this time, planning to be completed by 2016. i believe its the longest bridge in the northwest, over 4 miles long. Stay cool everyone! It's getting hot here.
Image: single exposure w/ cpol.
A dramatic sunset glows over a coastal landscape, casting vibrant colors across the sky and water.
This image shows a Pacific Northwest sunset over the shoreline flanked by a dense evergreen tree line silhouette.
The low-angled, evening sun illuminates a vivid orange and yellow glow across the horizon, contrasting against the deeply layered altocumulus cloud deck above.
The foreground displays calm, rhythmic water ripples reflecting the purples, pinks, and deep blues of the fading twilight.
In no particular order, I am going to share the incredible cloud/colour/light show that lit up the sky.
From sundown, to the sun falling deep below the horizon - the aftermath became more and more incredibly mesermizing by the minute. The clouds were spectucular as the palette of changing colours, painted the sky and decorated the ocean with reflection, Just when one would of thought it could not possibly become more breathtaking - Mother Nature surprised us !
With camera in hand - this was truly, a case of being in the right place at the right time.
White Rock is a city in the Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered by Semiahmoo Bay to the south and is surrounded on three sides by Surrey,
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Took this back in the winter, on Harvard campus. The Northwest Building is home to biophysics, neuroscience, and genomics, and it's a rather gigantic complex, with a similarly large courtyard. A lovely place to walk around! That day, the city was filled with snow, and the sky was bright yet cloudy, recovering from the day before's snowstorm, so together it made for a rather beautiful sight.
The combo of the Voskhod and ORWO UN54 film is really one of my favorite, and I really love using it in scenes with strong shadows and contrast. The triplet lens combined with the film gives a very Expressionist, Film Noir look to a scene, and I sometimes find myself surprised by how dramatic/cinematic an otherwise ordinary scene feels on film.
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Camera: LOMO Voskhod (1967)
Lens: f2.8/45 T-48 fixed triplet with lanthanum glass. ZhS-17 light yellow filter.
Film: ORWO UN54
Exposure: EI 100 inc filter
Weather: Afternoon, partially cloudy, bright snow.
Taken on: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada (1972)
The original image was shot on Kodachrome II colour slide film (ASA 25), with Nikon F camera, Nikkor 50mm f2.0 lens. The 50-year-old slide had collected a lot of dust and dirt as you can see. The note that I wrote on the slide mount is barely readable: 11.30pm, June 21, 1972. Yes, it was the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
It was during the summer break back in 1972 in my first year of university. I took a train across Canada (Montreal to Vancouver) and travelled north to the Northwest Territories and got a summer labourer job in the capital city.
Yellowknife is situated on the northern shore of the Great Slave Lake, about 400km (250mi) south of the Arctic Circle.
The sunset picture was taken from the shore of Frame Lake, just behind the City's Hockey Arena and Community Hall. Even after the sun had set, the sky never got dark, and the sun would come back up three hours later. On this day, the City was like no other. It was a time to come out to celebrate. You could go shopping all day. Imaging going fishing at midnight and hearing the birds chirp and loons call. The highlight of the day, of course, was the midnight Golf Tournament, which teed off at 11.59pm. Yes, you read it right: 11.59pm.
This image is a 2nd generation copy. I converted the original slide image to digital image using an old 10-megapixel Nikon D200 DSLR and a 55mm f2.8 manual focus Micro-Nikkor lens mounted on a Nikon bellows and a slide holder.
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Airliner cabin door, October 2007 Aviation Warehouse. Never processed well enough to show, until now. One minute, with red/white LED.
A colorful Icterid stepping along the shallows of the Conneaut Marsh in northwest Pennsylvania. Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula).
Fir and cedar trees seem to glow on a foggy morning in the Puget Sound area of western Washington state.
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A stroll behind a waterfall. This is why people love the Pacific Northwest. And I have to say, iPhone has come a long ways. Its long exposures post editing feature is almost, if not as good as dslr.
We didn't see any rattlesnakes on the way to Rattlesnake Ledge but we did see this garter snake on the way back down. This species of garter snake is common throughout the Pacific Northwest of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
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Taken this morning while scouting out waterfalls with my daughter. We came upon this ridge and this was the scene across the way. I liked how you could see the river on each side of the scene....The sun was doing its best to break through the clouds but I was able to get a few shots off before the harsh light took effect
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 40 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Sunset in the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound in northwest Washington state.
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I had the remains of my picnic here. The white doves in the sky kept circling and flashing in the sunlight, it was an amazing place to sit for a few minutes.
Near Bishops Offley Staffordshire UK 7th August 2018
Taken at Longmoor Lake, Northwest Leicestershire.
I have been watching a particular place at this local patch for at least 4 years and I have seen at least one pair every single year.
The light was superb, but it was quite windy
Foot Note
I checked last years best shots to these and they were only 1 day out:-
Last year 22/10/2019 @12:30
This year 21/10/2020 @11:10
creatures of habit!
Pacific Northwest is never short of waterfalls. Winter and spring are the best seasons to witness their furry. By summer she won’t be so overfilled with H2O
Sailing around Dent Island, on the ferry from Hamilton Island to Airlie Beach. In the Whitsundays, part of the Great Barrier Reef, in Queensland, Australia
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