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Here’s a regal young leopard that I photographed recently with BeetleCam in South Luangwa National Park. He completely ignored BeetleCam as it snapped away!
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Yesterday, 24 August 2022, turned out to be an 11-hour day, driving a total of 483 km. Fortunately, it was not an extremely hot day, thanks to the drop in temperature the last day or two, together with some much-needed rain. Luckily, I was not going to go to the mountains, as you could barely see them through the thick haze (smoke?).
My actual destination was the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre, near Lethbridge. I know some people feel that photographing birds that are not out in the wild is cheating. I kind of agree, though I think it's fine as long as someone says where a photo was taken - wild or in captivity. September 2016 was the very first time I was brave enough to do this long drive myself, but I really, really wanted to go. Since then, I have repeated the drive every year except for 2021.
This Centre is a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures, and Golden Eagles. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, including educating the public away from the Centre. Sometimes, a bird is used as a foster parent, too.
Because I knew what a long drive this would be, I drove on highways almost all the time. Just one gravel back road was the exception. As it happened, I almost immediately came across two juvenile Swainson's Hawks perched on adjacent fence posts. They were beautiful birds, showing off the attractive feather patterns on their backs. They just sat there, unconcerned by the presence of my car, and were still there when I left a short while later. You have to love Swainson's juveniles. These were just two of several hawks I saw in the wild this day. Of course, I saw all sorts of birds of prey once I reached the Centre. Always fun to have a young Great Horned Owl or a tiny Burrowing Owl perched on ones arm. I asked if they had a Turkey Vulture and they had two, in one of the small cages/enclosures outdoors. These Vultures are so much smaller than I always think they are.
On the way home, I checked to see if I could see a Common Nighthawk and did eventually spot one, on a pole out in a field. Zoomed in and took a handful of identical photos, and have posted one just for the record.
This was definitely a rewarding - and exhausting - day, full of sightings of all kinds. My favourite kind of day! I actually managed to leave home just after 8:00 am and got back a few minutes before 7:00 pm, earlier than I was expecting.
L'oie de Chine, anciennement dénommée oie de Guinée, est un terme générique utilisé pour désigner l'ensemble des races d'oies domestiques issues de l'oie cygnoïde (Anser cygnoides). Plus spécifiquement, on trouve l'oie domestique des Philippines, l'oie de Wuzhong. Ce sont des volailles d'élevage et des oiseaux d'ornement.
Les oies de Chine ne sont pas les seules oies domestiques, en effet d'autres races issues de l'Oie cendrée existent également. Comme ces deux espèces sont interfécondes, et que les sujets obtenus sont eux-mêmes féconds, des races hybrides ont été développées. Sans étude génétique, il est impossible de savoir en quelle proportion ces lignées relèvent de l'une ou de l'autre espèce.
Cette peinture murale est une véritable célébration de la nature et de la beauté du monde.
Au centre, le portrait lumineux d'une jeune fille avec un regard doux et rêveur nous captive.
Autour d'elle, une explosion de couleurs vives et de fleurs épanouies crée une ambiance joyeuse et apaisante.
Les tournesols et les marguerites semblent danser autour de la fillette, l'enveloppant dans une étreinte chaleureuse.
Cette composition florale vibrante transmet un message d'harmonie et de préservation de l'environnement.
Le texte "Pour un monde plus propre" renforce ce thème écologique, invitant le spectateur à prendre soin de notre planète.
L'artiste Star97 réussit à transmettre ce message de manière poétique et accessible, à travers les yeux d'une enfant.
Leica M4-P
Voigtländer Nokton 35mm f/1.4 VM II MC
Ilford HP5 PLUS EI250
HC-110B 5m24s @20° in ars-imago Lab-Box
Essential Film Holder
DSLR Scan
Negative Lab Pro
Triple impact de foudre sur la vallée de la Garonne à hauteur de Ondes (31) photographié depuis Castelnau d'Estretefonds (31).
Détail:
Une petite cellule orageuse s'était formée ce soir là au Nord de l' agglomération Toulousaine et progressait vers Montauban. L'impact le plus lointain frappe un platane dans une rue pavillonnaire de Ondes. Le second plus à droite frappe un bosquet d'arbres mais le point d'impact ne pu être retrouvé. Le troisième coup de foudre qui semble le plus puissant frappe un champs tout près de la ligne électrique( à environ 1200m de l'objectif), ce qui montre que la foudre peut ignorer l'effet de capture. Un doute demeure sur le contact possible entre les traceurs situés à gauche du coup de foudre de droite et un câble de la ligne.
Luci d'Artista a Torino. Dal 1997, Torino ospita le luminarie realizzate da artisti moderni, che arrichiscono le serate pre-natalizie della città piemontese.
Artist Lights. Since 1997, Turin hosts the Christmas lights realized by several artists that enrich the evenings of the month of December of the Piedmont capital.
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Paid 10 pounds for this dress at the market!
The tights are from Walmart.
The shoes are from payless.
I love all the cute graphics on the dress :D
Also seen in Reading was Courtney Buses RX06 WRU, Espresso, on service 189.
This is an hourly service from Reading to Wokingham, competing with First's 190 (now 90), although only hourly (vs First's every 15 minutes) and not at school times.
Originally, it ran from Wokingham to Jennett's Park on the outskirts of Bracknell, but changes from 2nd February 2015 see it now run a loop of a residential area of Wokingham instead. The afternoon service was withdrawn from the same date.
RX06 WRU was previously used on The Heights contract at Brooklands, but has now been demoted and spends its time on schools and the 189. It's painted in "coffee and cream" livery to match the coffee-based theme of Courtney's other Wokingham routes.
UPDATE: From the 13th July 2015, the competitive daytime service was axed, and the 189 returned to being a school journeys only type service.
St Mary's Butts, Reading, Berkshire.