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It's been in the news: "This is the first big partial eclipse to happen in the UK since 1999, and the next one isn't until August 2026, so this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity." - So all gear set up and waiting - hoping for a glimpse of that "once-in-a-generation" event...
BUT the weather didn't play by the rules where I live: Muddy skiess all morning... No sun to be seen, let alone the moon trying to cover it up...
Still, with all the gear in place, when the clouds went I decided to do a shot of the sun (background image - HDR'ed) and "post-processed" my moon in with Photoshop afterwards.
Ha: If you cannot rely on UK clear skies, create your own eclipse! ;-)
Made for mental sanity & Sliders Sunday: HSS!
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. ~ William Arthur Ward
Sorry to bother you once again with this most-photographed scene on my stream. But once in a while I need to go to this beautiful place to shoot. This time it was really challenging because of many many mosquitos around. So probably this will be the one and only image of that pond this year :-)
Happy Sunday, dear friends!
LUCKY OPPORTUNITY to photograph one of these Slim and Savage predators, active by day and night, it relentlessly tracks down its prey by scent. It often kills prey more than twice its size, biting deeply into the neck.
Captured at Elmley Nature Reserve in Kent.
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Window of Opportunity - It's truly amazing how fast these hummingbird chicks develop. During a break from work today, I took 15 minutes to try to capture an image during some beautiful overcast early evening light. I was amazed to see feathers coming in nicely on the the 2 chicks and their beaks thinning and growing already.
During a slow time for photography, I realize I am truly blessed to have this opportunity in the yard. Hummingbird nests may be common, but a front seat to a clear nest such as this is not. Nature as always is unpredictable, but it has been touching to see the level of effort this mother has put into feeding and defending her young - and I am hopeful she will see them through the remaining 2 weeks until fledging.
Species: Anna's Hummingbird (Calytpe anna)
Location: Santa Clara County, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II + 1.4x III Extender
Settings: 1/400s, ISO: 1000, f/8 @896mm (APS-C Mode)
In Parkes, NSW, for the David Malin Awards, I was told the normal floodlighting on The Dish radio telescope would be turned off to allow a timelapse to be made for the CSIRO. I hadn't planned to shoot The Dish as many others already have, but without the excess lighting, and given I didn't find a better site I thought I should try. Sigma lens, processed in Lightroom.
“If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know YOU, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but YOU for your happiness…you will realize that a little loneliness goes a LONG way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful YOU.”
― Mandy Hale
What once was the projectionist's booth in the old Wilson Theater.
From Cinema Treasures:
Opened in 1925, the architect was H. Rafael Lake. It was equipped with a Wurlitzer, 3 Manual/11 Rank theatre organ that was shipped from the Wurlitzer factory on 11th April 1925. This organ was taken out the Wilson Theatre and installed in the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Cremorne, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia in 1987 (/theaters/848/).
From the early-1940’s it was known as the Fox Wilson Theatre, operated by Fox West Coast Theatres. The Fox Wilson Theatre closed as a movie theatre in August 1971.
By 1986 and for several years though to at least 1996 it had become a rock concert venue. It is now home to the Cornerstone Church who purchased the building in 1997 and the building has been well maintained, retaining all architectural features.
Cancellations due to COVID19 allowed the opportunity to reserve and stay on short notice at lodges within several National Parks. These lodges (i.e., including Yosemite and Crater Lake) are generally impossible to reserve otherwise. The parks were fairly empty. My wife were walking back with dinner to our room when I noticed this magnificent sight. The falls were the first sight as we walked in and out of our room. The view was always impressive. However, the diminishing light minutes before sunset added a touch of mystery to this natural wonder.
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The fountain square in Nice is one of the favorite places for tourists and local inhabitants especially in the summer, when everyone is tired of the hot weather. For the children it is a kind of amusement park and opportunity to get fun in the cool splashes of water.
This is my take on this year's Uncommon Common art installation in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. It was designed and erected by Nicole Evans and Patrick Farrell.
Explored on September 22nd, 2015. Highest position #148.
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I love this angle looking northeast toward downtown St. Paul. This photo took a long wait, as the glaciers probably moved faster than did this manifest trying to make a start down the Mankato Subdivision. This train left Hoffman Yard and slowly worked its way to under the Wabasha Street Bridge then stopped for 10 minutes. The train then moved the distance of two city blocks near Ontario Street then stopped. I figured there had to be opposing traffic or something causing them to be so hesitant. Sure enough, a long manifest was ending its journey on the Mankato Subdivision and coming into St. Paul. Another 30 minutes went by, perhaps to give traffic downtown a break - the first manifest occupied Chestnut Street for 15 minutes. Finally, this westbound finally moved onto the Mankato Subdivision and completed a glorious scene here viewed from the High Bridge. I estimate it took 1 hour and 30 minutes for this to get here from Hoffman Yard - a distance of only three miles away.
A Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) perched on a spruce tree in an evergreen forest near Montana City, Montana. U.S.A.
This image provides an opportunity to compare the feature differences with the Black-capped Chickadee in the former posting.
8 September, 2017.
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Feeding Osprey at Honeymoon Island State Park, Dunedin, Florida, USA.
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A great opportunity to shoot moon when its full and traveling between the overcast. A bit difficult to set the exposure as the light changes every other second. Too much and you will loose details and too little then you won't get the clouds. Also since the moon is constantly on the move, you cannot do bracketing and later merge as you will get a slight motion and won't get a perfect merge. And I hate photoshopping anything that ain't there on the photograph. So the best option is to take multiple shots and hope one does come out with all details you would want in the shot!
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I saw this VERY leaf hanging from its rustic lichen covered fence a few weeks ago, but passed it by without taking a pic. Another opportunity missed...or so I thought. I had completely forgotten about it. Until yesterday, that is. As luck would have it, there it was, this Giant Maple Leaf, its stem lodged in the fence, still hanging SO perfectly, and just BEGGING me not to pass it by again without snapping a pic.
Thankful for a second chance to photograph this beauty! 😊
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Highest position: 327 on Saturday, December 3, 2016
Opportunity knocks. I wish I had a buck for every time I heard someone say: “You ought to start your own restaurant.”
On my way to the city centre I noticed that the gate to the back yard of a shop was open with fairy lights sparkling, so I took the opportunity to quickly take a photo of the scene.
I can't resist fairy lights when I have mounted a vintage (or fast) lens onto one of my cameras ; ))
[ manual Ricoh XR Rikenon 50mm f1.4 on a Pentax K-70, stopped down a bit ]
There was no queue for this shot but normally there would be. I think 2021 will live long in the memory for the year that tourism basically stopped
These ducks are at the Reifel bird sanctuary near Vancouver, B.C. They sense someone nearby might have snacks and they aren't about to be last in line!
I have been considering going to Whidbey Island in Washington State to check out the American White Pelicans. There are many of them there right now but when a single one turned up at Iona in Richmond I headed there instead.
They were both about the same distance away from home. Washington State has many wonderful birding opportunities at some point in time I will take more advantage of it.
When opportunity knocks, you have to make sure that you have everything just the way it needs to be, nothing left to chance. So when a SD40-2W and BC Rail Dash-9 in red, white, and blue show up, you do everything in your power to make it perfect. With fine tuning done on all of my lights, the execution was all that had to happen. The results are good, and there was a lot less stress wondering if everything was going to be right.
RKO_6412. “Shall I…”
While trying to get some shots of the European Kestrel I came across this interesting situation. Obviously the Common Buzzard just killed -and was feasting on- a bird while this crow (?) was nearby waiting for the left overs. You can almost read the common buzzards thoughts......
I couldn't resist to upload this image as it was so interesting to watch.
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I thought this Laughing Gull picked a pretty beautiful place for a nest. Last month I had an opportunity to visit Rockport Beach Park where there was an impressive breeding colony of Laughing Gulls and other birds, it was quite a treat!
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Leucophaeus atricilla
Liverpool's iconic Liver Building shrouded in sea fog wich gave brief moments where the two towers became visible for an image to be taken. The Image was taken from Seacombe on the other side of the River Mersey on the Wirral.
When this opportunity presented itself, it had me thinking I was deep in the jungle. From the cascading waterfalls, to the flood of fast moving water below, the many surrounding roots and ferns appeared to belong to the jungle floor. A rock seemed perfectly placed, creating additional interest, partially blocking the highway of water.
This is from a rather secluded section of Cliff Gilker Park. An area that does not command much attention. It is a less disturbed path however, the protruding roots, and rocky covered walls, deceive one into thinking this is the bottom.
Having recently gone for a drive to find a photo opportunity, I posted a picture of ice along the shoreline of a local lake but this is the big picture - encompassing more of the lake itself.
Phill was dishing up dinner and Fifi thought there could be a good opportunity for her, if she remained patient
I was at Brooks Falls for photos of the bears feasting on salmon. However, this Common Merganser mom swam by with her brood, and I've never seen common merganser chicks, so I took some shots! It's interesting to me to see the different patterns that chicks have between species!
Taken 26 July at Brooks Falls, Alaska.