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Helicopter taking off from Battersea heliport.
In the background is Cremorne Bridge, & Chelsea Harbour.
The two chimneys of Lots road power station fall either side of actor Michael Caine's penthouse apartment.
Pentax K-3 mk lll
HD Pentax-DA f4.5-6.3 55-300mm ED PLM WR RE
“Just start off and then the adventure carries your way. “ Anonymous. The season is fast approaching for the warblers and other neat birds to return. I have been working a lot to save up a few loonies for our next road trips coming up soon and I am excited for our next adventures. Meanwhile, here is another set of images from last spring. It was a treat to watch a pair of Avocets wading about in a field in Saskatchewan. We don’t see these birds in our area. I shall catch up with all of you soon again.
So this is a photo that is more for biological interest than art as you can see that the Puffin's face is covered in ticks. It would have been an easy job to Photoshop them out but I thought they were interesting. This is likely to be the Seabird Tick (Ixodes uriae), Uria being the generic name for Guillemots. This tick mainly feeds on seabirds at high latitudes in both the northern and southern hemispheres. In penguin colonies that are inhabited year-round, the ticks have a three year life cycle, but only feed on the penguins for three or four months, hiding in aggregations under stones for the rest of the year. So it is likely that they will only feed on the Puffins during their short nesting period, and will hide in Puffin burrows for the rest of the year when the Puffins are out at sea. The ticks form aggregations and are attracted to these by pheromones and the ticks' excretory product, which helps explain why this was the only tick-infested Puffin that I saw on the Isle of Lunga.
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Lyrics from the band "Shonen Knife"
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I have been to london one time
I have been to hong kong one time
Everywhere in the world is good
But osaka is the best town
My favorite town osaka
I have been to tokyo one time
I have been to nagoya one time
Everywhere in japan is good
But osaka is the best town
My favorite town osaka
تــمــنــيــــتـــك وقــلــت فـي خــاطــري لــيــتــه تــمــنــانــي ... وانـــا مــا كــل واحـــد شـــافــتـــه عــيـــنـــي تــمــنـيـتـــه
عــلـى كـــيـــفـــك تــذكــــرنـــي عــلــى كــيــفــك تـنــاســانــي ... وانــا طــاريـــك ولا يــوم فــي قــلـــبـــــي تــنــاســيـــتــه
زرعــتـــــك وردة(ن) حـــمــــرا تـــزيــــن كـــل بــســتـــانـــي ... دفـنــت الـقـــلـــب فـــي تـــربــه مــشـــاعـرنـا و خـلـيـتـه
انــا الـــمـجـــنـــي عــلـــيـــه الـي يــقـــدر طــعـنــــة الــجـانــي ... لان جـرحــه يــــذكــرنــي بـــطـاريــــه لا حـــســـيـــتـــه
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Taken in Kiama NSW.
This kestrel was perched on the corner of the gutter around our rental when we arrived. Not particularly interested in me fortunately so I was able to get a few shots in before it flew off.
Native to Australia and New Guinea, one of the smallest falcons. Like kestrels elsewhere it does not rely on speed to catch its prey. Instead, it simply perches in an exposed position, but it also has a distinctive technique of hovering over crops and grasslands.
Wikipedia.
Second day of Upperby based weedkiller operations and I sallied forth to the Millom Marsh area in plenty of time, accompanied by Dave McDigital, to shoot the 3Q99 Upperby - Upperby via Carnforth & Millom.
We arrived at Underhill with several hours to spare as an insurance against early running; we needn't have worried!
In the last hour cloud started building into the hitherto flag-splitting sunshine from the east and with half an hour to spare we bottled it and fled west to Salthouse to give ourselves the best chance, despite the shot not being as good.
Even there, the sun was in and out and I feared the worst. Fortunately as I heard the 69 toot for the crossing back at Underhill the sun moved into the clearest patch for some time and I could relax as it approached in the knowledge that the trip would not be a waste of time and effort.
Puffins on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
despite being heavily cropped I think this works due to the combination of the 45Mp on the R5, the sharpness of the RF L lens and the enlargement AI capabilities of ON1.
Hope everyone has had a great weekend.
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Have you ever thought about living "off the wall"? That's what the two characters of my latest creation did. They probably ended up living like this because of an all-out war that wiped everything out. However they seem quite happy.
This diorama joins my two previous post-apoc works, namely Floating Dystopia and Crazy Bus.
I included some references and easter eggs: the tile with the Blue Cottage as a tribute to set 21338; the Citroën 2CV as an homage to Hayao Miyazaki; the white boat (on the roof!) for my recent 1OK IDEAS Stilt House; many other details that come from my previous works.
Have fun spotting them all!
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Iconic Liverpool's River Mersey Perch Rock Lighthouse at New Brighton on the Wirral during spring storms.
With the primary grade crossings in Titusville now clear of snow and ice, 3568 continues on to work customers on the east side of town.
OCTL 3568 M420
Bonaparte's gull in a scuffle with a Ring-billed Gull over a patch of minnow-filled water (Niagara River).
I've decided to take a year off from photography. I've certainly had a number of setbacks photographically over the last year and also I've lost my motivation to pick up a camera. Maybe a long period without picking up a camera will help me find a new appreciation.
Somewhat ironically the sun was quite nice this evening so I shot this last one as the sun sets over Ilkley Moor. I am still judging competitions and enjoying looking at others images though which is something !