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I have had so few opportunities to photograph a Nuthatch this Winter, so I was pleased to get a shot of this beauty today in our local wood!
I just can’t get enough of the sunsets from the tip of Point Pelee National Park. Every season provides new photographic opportunities of the setting sun over Lake Erie. On this late winter visit to Canada’s most southern national park, the west winds had pushed the ice from the lake onto the shore, creating many wonderful shapes.
Windows of Opportunity is a macro photograph of a Ficus leaf. This version blended the black and white version with the original, which was photographed on a light box.. A filter was added at 15 percent opacity to warm the leaf up a little bit. I will be off for two weeks starting tomorrow! Have a creative fortnight!
I was so bummed. The long weekend was here and I was finally on my way back to Forster after having not been back for a few months.
I had been running through all the possible aerial opportunities that Forster would give me until I saw the forecast was calling for 25km/h+ winds and scattered showers.
In a bid to avoid the wind Dad and I jumped in the car and headed out to Edinborough falls – a giant 200m free falling waterfall an hour inland from the coast and safe from the wind.
A few hours later and we were back in town and to my surprise, the wind wasn’t too strong so with one battery left I headed off to the beach to see what I could find. Forster is known as the Dolphin capital but little did I expect to spend the next 30min chasing a giant pod of them through the break wall. Great fun.
If opportunity doesn't knock, get a door. - Milton Berle
Photo taken at Naturally Naughty Studios.
This is inside my husband Masonic Lodge. We took our Mexican friend there in September for a visit as he is also a Mason. I love Mid Century Mod and the light was so nice!
HCS 😊😊😍
Art Week Gallery Group
~~~Reflections~~~
Can you imagine my luck, a man in a bright yellow shirt cleaning a boat with his reflection in the water and on the boat, now that was an opportunity I could not miss!
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Had the opportunity to revisit and reprocess an older image.....
This Spotted Pardalote was seen a while ago during a visit to the Hunter Wetlands Centre, Shortland, NSW; Australia.
It was quite active within this paperbark tree seeking out grubs and nesting material.
Hope you like this re-work.
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Wishing you a fantastic day and week ahead!
One more autumn photo from one of the parks in the city of Łódź in Poland. I do miss that kind of Autumn on the west coast of Australia and cannot wait for another opportunity to experience this beautiful season in the northern hemisphere again.
More about this photo on my Blog and Facebook page.
Towards the sun but conveniently (with a few side steps from me) positioned between two conifers this Kestrel presented something of an unusual opportunity
Not classic photography
But different photography
And I'm always interested in something different!
According to Wikipedia, Lago di Como is the third largest lake in Italy.
With a size of 146km² in the shape of an inverted Y, it has around its two arms and full extension 32 small towns, extremely charming with its mansions of spectacular architecture, beautiful churches, relaxing parks full of flowers.
A place that deserves alone at least a month to be fully explored, not a couple of days.
Because of that the photos that I will present are of the cities in the greater part of the Y, but almost all taken from the boat. I only had the opportunity to be in Como, Bellagio, and Tremezzo with its magnificent Villa Carlota.
I can not tell which photos belong to which commune given the impossibility of taking notes on the boat. These are the first, others will come more specifically from the places where I stopped.
Here the famous Villa del Balbianello in the comune of Lenno.
It's so famous and was used as scenery in some movies, like "Casino Royale" ;)
This Barn Owl was perched on the post behind the tree making it difficult to get a good angle for a shot, when a brief gust of wind moved the branches allowing me to capture this photo, hence the title.
Sullivan Creek is the largest tributary of Cedar Creek, itself one of the larger feeders of the Little North Santiam River. As the creek drops to it's confluence with Cedar Creek, it cascades down this series of pretty and rather impressive falls. Some published accounts suggest the falls are between 40 and 60 feet tall, however on our most recent survey we measured the falls to stand 162 feet tall. This is likely not an accurate measurement of the entire falls either, as there are at least two more tiers just upstream which are not visible from the road, and this may bring the total height of the falls to over 200 feet.
Though the entire falls are not visible from below, absolutely zero effort is needed to enjoy this waterfall. The stream crashes down the final steps of the series of cascades into a pool immediately adjacent to the road, which offers a nice opportunity for wading and cooling off in the summer.
The sparrowhawk is surely one of the UK's most striking raptors.
Unfortunately this male's own strike was far from successful and his chosen prey had long since fled when I took this shot.
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter Nisus)
Adel Dam Nature Reserve
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On August 15, I had the opportunity to go out with Peter Stahl in his boat to look for the waterfowl that stay far out from the shore.
We found a flock of about 10 Surf Scoters. The lone male is in the center of my photo. I am guessing that we came across a family group. They breed in a few isolated areas in Alberta.
The juveniles and females look similar. I don't have the field experience to distinguish juveniles from adult females.
This was my only decent shot taken from a rocking boat.
Isle lake. Parkland County, Alberta.
When I was sent to Battle Creek to work nights for a couple days a few years ago when they were cutting over CP Baron, I wanted to visit the small farm town of Bellevue about 10 miles east of the yard. The perfect opportunity presented itself in the form of a pair of barns on A451. After snaking my way through the god-awful twisting roads in that area, it wasn't long before the pair came out of the dark and passed the classic mill in the heart of town that seems to be the victim of an eccentric painter.
Social distancing gives us time to cook and bake with our families.
Our new circumstances present an excellent opportunity to invite our family members into the kitchen to experiment together with new recipes and embrace the simple joy of making the own food. So, we will get through this together, even when we are socially distant.
This big guy became the "featured subject of the week" while we were in the Tetons.
Surrounded by us photogs.........he bedded down hoping we'd lose interest and just leave ..... All he wanted to do was spend time with his lady........
You really have to get off of the main roads and hike a bit to encounter such magnificent wildlife. 'Tis a shame so many miss out on this type of opportunity as the moose seem comfortable in allowing humans to get within a close, yet respectable distance.
Thanks for taking a look.
Have a great Thursday.
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When opportunity knocks on your door, always be willing to take a chance, because you never know how perfect something could turn out to be.
Found at Twilight Doors at Beats
I thought I saw a person working on a farm in the footpath, but in fact it was someone waiting a photo opportunity.😆
農作業中の人がいる、と思ってシャッターを切ったのですが、その人は写真撮影中の人でした😆
This Goosander is wintering on my local canal and is providing some lovely photo opportunities.
Taken a couple of days ago in Devon.
Masai Mara National Park
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!
The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae). The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (331 to 551 lb) for the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 401 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species.
A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The species is an apex and keystone predator, although they scavenge when opportunities occur.
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight.
In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and the Americas from the Yukon to Peru but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India.
It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern. - Source Wikipedia
The Iowa Northern's Jordan works north on the Oelwein Sub towards Oelwein. Past Fairbank the trains haven't been over the line since the last wind storm. The drifts however were pretty minor for the middle of February. Snow melts and light snow storms haven't produced much for drifts this winter yet. This is only the 2nd time out for the Jordan this winter. Glad the IANR got this Jordan 3 years ago and put some TLC into it, gives some close to home chasing opportunities for me.
"If we aren’t able to look beyond our current situations, we will miss incredible opportunities. Dreams can certainly become realities. There are possibilities everywhere. You just need to find them and believe in them.
You fall, you rise, you make mistakes, you live, you learn. You’re human, not perfect. You’ve been hurt, but you’re alive. Think of what a precious privilege it is to breathe, to think, to enjoy life, and to chase the things that you love the most.
Sometimes there will be sadness in your journey, but you must look at all of the beautiful blessings that surround you every day. Continue putting one foot in front of the other even when we hurt, for we will never know what is waiting just around the bend.
Life is a blessing. You are a gift. Have a grateful heart for all you have accomplished. It takes insane courage to move beyond anything that is holding you back. Have faith and believe in yourself, it will change EVERYTHING".-- Chara Davis
An opportunity that was on for some time but 43043 and 43081 were held on the approach to Water Orton and 37059 and 37069 ran a little early so in the end, in reality, it didn't although this is what it could have looked like. The HST's were making that ominous journey to Long Marston from Neville Hill running as 5Z62 while the EE's were on a Derby R.T.C. circular running as 5Z17.