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Male Kingfisher takes off with his catch ...
He has been working hard feeding his brood.
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28-5-2024
Sign-off. Eventually everyone does.
Some people may remember when TV didn't broadcast 24 hours every day. Some people may recall waking up in the early morning hours to something like this.
But that's not what this is about. It's about the contemplation of something greater. An interpretation of something we all are bound to, an inevitability of sorts.
I will leave it at that. I'll let the viewer think about what it may be. Or may not be.
For my video; youtube.com/shorts/yrPPXsMzv2c?si=t_3yPGcm-ovgERpn
Avenida dos Descobrimentos.
Lagos, Lagos (São Sebastião), Faro, Portugal.
On November 21, 2025, Lagos, Portugal hosted the start of the
Baja de Lagos, a national off-road car and bike championship that ran from November 21-23, 2025.
Baja de Lagos 2025
Event Type: A national off-road rally-raid competition.
Location: The event took place throughout the Lagos Municipality, including a prologue in Bensafrim and stages in the Espinhaço de Cão hills. The service park was located near the Lagos Marina, with the start and finish podium ceremonies held on Avenida dos Descobrimentos.
Significance: This race was the final event of the season for the Portuguese national championships, deciding the overall car title for 2025.
Organization: The event was organized by the Algarve Automobile Club (Clube Automóvel do Algarve).
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela)
Del diseñador Martín Azúa, premio "Mejor diseñador 2010", el espacio OFF es una zona para relajarse y descansar, que cuenta con elementos de lectura y audiovisuales relacionados con el edificio del Gaiás.
It was just before Thanksgiving of 2011. Jo and I both worked for local school systems and were looking forward to Thanksgiving break when the phone rang. It was our good friends with a travel proposal…I was an instant yes before they even started to dial!
The weather had been gray for a while and they had decided to take a trip to the Keys to escape. They had rented a place with two bedrooms and out of the kindness of their hearts offered us one for free. Neither Jo or I thought it would be possible to get off work between Thanksgiving and Christmas break but decided to test the waters. We both approaching our bosses with the opportunity at the first chance. To our surprise, they both agreed saying…a free room…you have to go! Less than a week after Thanksgiving we were in the air!
Leaving a cold, gray Indiana and landing in Miami on a warm sunny day hit me like a suffocating man receiving a fresh breath of air…my soul instantly rehydrated in the sunshine and warm ocean breezes.
As we passed from key to key, exploring shops and restaurants along the way, the appreciation of the timely escape grew. Once we arrived at our destination, Marathon Key, it was time to relax and enjoy. Unfortunately for this kid, relaxation is rarely on the menu as my ADHD screams in my ear about how adventure always awaits in new places!
On this day 13 years ago, we decided to explore several of the local keys. The ladies shopped while the men waited. At one particular shop I couldn’t take the relaxing on a bench watching people go by anymore. I grabbed my camera and decided to walk out in an adjacent field to hunt for critters. Once I stepped around the corner of the shops, a canal behind the shops came into view…my heart instantly filled with hope of finding something cool!
I made my way through the tall grasses, weeds and other vegetation of the field, all of which will cut you, in my shorts and flipflops. Now standing on a rock wall looking down into the canal…nothing…nothing but an oddly curved stormwater pipe directly below. I scanned the water below, above and the skyline for any movement, nothing. And then the assumed drain pipe started moving. It was a lone manatee feeding on the wall!
Either it didn’t know that I was there, or it didn’t care but instead of fleeing the area as others had done before, it just gently surfaced and opened its nostrils to take in a breath. The distance from its nose to mine was probably 6-7 feet. My need to capture photographs of God’s creations is only outweighed by my desire to connect with His nature, eye to eye without threat. I took this shot and a few more, then went to my knees to just look into each other’s eyes. It took several more breaths and then submerged, moving on its way down the canal.
It would be very easy to sit here at my computer on this cold November day in Indiana with our first accumulating snow to start later today and wish that I was back in the Keys. But I do not. Instead, I am thinking about the chances of my encounter, the blessing of this encounter with my friend captured here. I am reminded of my favorite saying; one I have shared with thousands of young people:
Don’t cry because it is over. Smile because it happened!
Dr. Seuss
CN 2944 brings up the rear of CN 101 as it switches off the Mac bypass and heads east towards Doncaster junction, where it will turn north to eventually head west.
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This was taken just off Olympic Boulevard in Koreatown.
Los Angeles, California
Nikon P5100
January 17, 2011
"Lift" is in the comments.
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Wonderful opportunity to photograph a Sparrowhawk at Westhay. The bird flew onto the dead twig and sat there for sometime. So I was having to hand hold my camera and big lens whilst waiting for this bird to fly. At the same time, there was a Kingfisher to my right, :-)
So it used to be uncommon to see a new-style VH off its allocated route 328 but nowadays there's very often one on neighbouring route 266, although I believe one's yet to venture out on the 23, 28 or 31.
Tower Transit
Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3
VH38132 - BU16UXW
Route 266 at North Acton Station
Longhorn bulls. These two are actually my neighbors! Lovely beasts. After a long stare-down, I decided to move along. Central Texas.
Off Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii (circa 1972). Nikon FTn with 300-mm, f:4 prime lens. This High-Speed Ektachrome transparency has always kept me coming back to it over the years. I barely remember making the image, but I've always enjoyed the play of light... from the brooding clouds and rain behind the sails to the brightness and color of the surf in the foreground. I don't remember them being called prime lenses back then, and a zoom lens might have cost more than that 1971 VW Super Beetle we used to drive from the city to the North Shore. ($2195 out the door, if I recall.) But yeah... those were the days.
Lift Off- A Draken Mirage F1M formerly of the Spanish Air Force rockets out of Kinston’s regional airport en route to the ranges off the North Carolina coast in support of the 4FW’s F-15E Strike Eagle schoolhouse. Have A Bandit Day.
A Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) was framed at the perfect moment of take off action with splashed out water droplets everywhere. The bright light rendered a charming colour tone on the duck. My persistent long wait was well paid back with the moment that I fortunately managed to capture. Pics was taken from Santragachii wetland, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
This male baya weaver was showing off his nest. It was surprising to see all males building the nest relentlessly and female enjoying the weather :).
It was a treat to find around 15-20 nests with almsot same number of birds near my parents home. I spent lot of time shooting these birds inspite if the fact that it was heavily overcast. Did got some good shots and that made it worthwhile. Will post a few more from that lot in coming days.
CameraCanon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperturef/7.1
Focal Length400 mm
ISO Speed400
Exposure Bias0 EV
Lens EF 100-400L