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At last the clouds and rain of the last few days cleared and I was able to take a shot of the Moon. This was taken at 5.30pm just before it got dark. It's a waxing, gibbous Moon 83% illuminated, 4 days away from being full.
Highest position in Explore: 219 on Thursday, January 28, 2010
Divided reverse. No correspondence.
Anti-Aircraft position manned by Saxon Hussars from one of the three Saxon Hussar regiments (possibly the 18th):
Kgl. Sächs. 1. Husaren-Regt. ,,König Albert'' Nr.18
Kgl. Sächs. 2. Husaren-Regt. Nr.19
Kgl. Sächs. 3. Husaren-Regt. Nr.20
The Battle of Halen on 12th of August 1914 sounded the death nell for the cavalry in modern warfare. After the advent of trench warfare, cavalry formations were relieved of their horses and the men relegated to an infantry role.
Amtrak 42/NS 04T with P42DC 96 leading passes under the signal bridge in Lilly, PA. These signals have their days numbered as PTC work continues just a few miles down the line.
Position: This photo was taken in the port of Marseille from a big distance. The seagull is a cutout from the overall photo.
Checkered White (Pontia protodice) overpositing position, 4-6-2020, The Landing's Sparrow Field, Savannah, Ga.
Covering the nose with a paw
She was in the chair, asleep at the important mission of guarding me as I napped. My nap was so deep that I thought it was Sunday!!
MADE POSITION #162 IN EXPLORE 7TH FEBRUARY 2011
Right .... where do I start .... this picture was not taken by myself, it was taken by my little brother Rhodri. For christmas just gone, me and my parents clubbed in to get him a Nikon D40, I gave him my old, but mint kit lens a few filters, bag and other accessories to get him going. I've been badgering him to create a flickr account but he doesn't think his pictures are good enough .... well f&%k me pink .... I think this is OUTSTANDING ... I absolutely love it ! I would hang this on my wall ! So anyhow, I've posted it here to serve as some encourgement for him to join flickr so that he can see the positive comments he'll get. In fairness to him, he's jumped in the deep end, this was shot in manual using spot metering, he selected an appropriate aperture of f/11 and the shutter speed is bang on, the only thing "bruf" is that you didn't need ISO 400 you could have dropped it to base ISO, but still WAW I LOVE IT, love the contrast, the ariel perspetive, the exposure, the dark and the light ... it is great, strong lead in lines, it's got it all ! AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. I wish you'd have used that CPL I sent with you though .... It was edited my Rhodz in LR3, he sent me the file and I opened with CS4 corrected for barrel distortion and posted.
This was taken sometime in the last week during his skiing holiday on the France / Switzerland Border with his D40 and 18-55mm VR kit lens ! Nice shot Rhodz, now do yourself a favour, if you can knock images like this out in manual mode using a spot meter in just over month you need to get on here ... join.
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Highest Explore Position #123 ~ On August 19th 2008.
Baby European Polecat - British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England - Sunday August 17th 2008.
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European Polecat ~ Mustela putorius ~ A member of the weasel family (Mustelids), polecats were once widespread and common throughout mainland Britain. Relentless persecution by gamekeepers up until the late 1930's resulted in extermination everywhere except for a small population in north Wales. They have since recovered and are now found throughout rural Wales, the Border counties and are spreading across the Midlands, South and into the South-East.
They are solitary in nature and active throughout the year. They favoured habitat is woodland, riverbank and surrounding farmland. They will hunt by night or by day for small rodents, birds and insects using a keen sense of smell to locate their prey.
They emit a pungent musky odour, particularly when threatened. The polecat is the ancestor of the domestic ferret and can interbreed with them.
Origin ~ Native of the United Kingdom.
Size ~ Male length: 55 cm plus 20 cm tail. Female length: 50 cm plus 16 cm tail - about the same size as a ferret.
Description ~ Sexes alike. Fur long, almost black with purple sheen showing buff undercoat. White markings on face and ears.
Habitat ~ Favours lowland country below 500m in woodland, marsh, riverbanks, farmland and farm buildings.
Young ~ One litter of 3 -7 young born May or June after 40 days gestation. Fully grown in 3 months.
Diet ~ Frogs, water voles, trout, eels, rabbits, snakes and ground nesting birds.
Population Pre-breeding season estimated to be 63,000 and increasing.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, is a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, weasels and minks. Polecats are dark brown with a lighter bandit-like mask across the face, pale yellow underbody fur, a long tail and short legs. They are somewhat larger than weasels, weighing between 0.7 kg for females to 1.7 kg for males, but smaller than otters.
Range, habitat and ecology ~ Polecats are found throughout Europe. They are mainly nocturnal and are found in woodlands, farmlands and wetlands. They often make dens in stream banks or under tree roots. Almost entirely carnivorous, they feed largely on small mammals such as voles and rats and, seasonally, on frogs and toads. Small birds and insects are a much smaller component of their diet. They require a home range of about a square kilometer. The pattern of polecat predation on frogs was found to be sex selective and predation by polecats is found to influence sex ratio, male abundance and sexual conflict in a frog mating system, restricting the opportunity for multiple mating.
Reproduction ~ Though polecats are chiefly polygynous, females can show polyandry and the sexual conflict aspect of the mating system can change with environmental conditions. Sexual conflict may result in sexually antagonistic co-evolution, in which one sex evolves a "manipulative" character which is countered by a "resistance" trait in the other sex.
Hybridisation ~ Polecats (mainly dark phenotype) are able to hybridise with the rare European mink and have fertile hybrids. In some parts of England the abandoning of domestic ferrets has led to ferret-polecat hybrids living in the wild. Often hybrids have a less distinct facial mask, light throat patches and lighter fur especially on the undersides. However there are some hybrids that are almost indistinguishable from pure polecats.
The native polecat has made a recovery across much of central and southern England thanks in part to reintroduction programmes. Recent DNA studies have shown that the pure native polecats have become firmly reestablished and are not becoming greatly hybridised. It has been suggested that the hybrid animals containing domesticated ferret genes are less well adapted to life in the wild than native polecats as the hybrids tend to be distributed near or beyond the main polecat range.
Other species ~ Other species of polecat include the Steppe Polecat (M. eversmanni) and the European Mink (M. lutreola). Most zoologists believe that the domestic ferret (M. putorius furo) is descended from the European Polecat, or possibly from a hybrid of the European and steppe varieties. The Zorilla, also called the striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus), lives in subsaharan Africa.
Thursday 10th May 2018, saw the first day of operation of Route X99, which is a special shuttle service to transport the arriving cruise passengers at Hawes Pier, South Queensferry to Edinburgh City Centre.
Service X99 or being called CruiseLink is scheduled to operate on 26 days between the 10th May and 7th September. There are also timetables A - I with different start and finish times depending on the ships docking times.
Lothian MA468 arriving and reversing into position at Hawes pier, South Queensferry. 10th May 2018.
The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
— Piet Mondrian
I shot this image on my walk down from the mountain I had climbed in the dark and in a whiteout fog without coffee whilst shooting in the vinales valley. The perfection of the light was breathtaking.
I believe that light is the jewel of the photograph and approach light as if it is a solid object. That is to say that the subject is interrupting the light. Pretty light makes even the plainest, simplest thing beautiful.
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MADE POSITION #278 IN EXPLORE 20TH OCTOBER 2011
Something I've wanted to do for a while, hasn't really worked .. but thought I might as well post it. They were taken last month with my D300S and Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 ED IF. All obviously taken of the same bird in 8fps quick sucession !
Taken behind my house on the common behind the coniferous forestry, Brynamman, Carmarthenshire.
Class 20 pairing of 20205 and 20007 whistle past Whitlingham Junction on Monday 29th December 2025. The ROMIC owned locomotives lead the first section of UK Railtours 'The Dead Simple Positioning Move' along the Wherry Lines between Great Yarmouth and Norwich. As the name suggests, this one-way charter to Peterborough, via Norwich, Harwich and London, is in preparation for Uk Railtours charter the next day. This will work between Peterborough and the Bluebell Railway named 'A Simply Awkward Week Adventure', to celebrate the time of year between Christmas and New Year where nobody knows what day it is!
The only position I could get this shot from was shooting into a late afternoon sun. The two baby Barn Swallows were noisily demanding food. I was lucky enough to pre-focus on the near bird and captured the food exchange, which took a fraction of a second.
Perfect, perfect
You're too good to be true ...
But I get tired of runnin'
Fuck it, now I'm runnin' with you, with you
Explored! Highest Position: #33
This is my 50th photograph to make Explore! Thanks so much everyone! : )
Hello everyone!
This is officially my 100th photograph posted on Flickr and my first post of 2009.
What better city to take you to than to my favourite city in all of Europe, the Venice of the North, Bruges. I thought long and hard about it over the last few months and after flipping between Amsterdam and Bruges I've come to the final decision that this is it, my #1. I love it, It's such a magical city and I'm beyond thankful that I had the opportunity to not only visit once, but twice.
I have hundreds upon hundreds of photographs of this place and here's the first of many I'm sure. The reason I posted this photo is because it's one of our favourite spots throughout the entire city. That's the amazing Belfry of Bruges on the right. On this visit I woke up twice very early in the morning to walk around and watch the sunlight and the city come alive. It was moments I'll remember forever.
Thanks to all my friends for all your support with my previous 99 photographs!
I appreciate the view and comments/critiques and faves are always welcome.
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Highest Position - Explore #298 | Sept. 04, 2008 Thank you all so very much! :^)
Fishing stage at Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia
At least I think it's a fishing stage? Maybe somebody lives here? :-)
I mentioned driving to the south shore of NS to try to get a decent shot of this place when I posted the Lunenburg photo. This shot was the first time I visited and the tide was all the way out so it doesn't really convey the way this building just seems to float out in the middle of the bay. I think it's a really neat hidden gem of an area that even quite a few Nova Scotians haven't been to. I only found out about this place this year myself and I have lived here my whole life!
I took this shot in early June when the days are long and the skies are great! The sun was just starting to set off to the right and the evening sun really lit up the shack and the seaweed. I have been back a couple times to try and get a higher tide but the sky and light have never been as good. I will keep going back though because I love this spot.
For all you locals Blue Rocks is between Mahone Bay & Lunenburg. Take the lighthouse route and keep you eyes out for the tiny sign:-)
I will place it on the map as well.
Take care & thank you for all your comments & faves in the past.
I really do appreciate it.
All the best...
Dave
EXPLORED!!! Highest position: 51 on Sunday, January 3, 2010
This is, of course, my last upload for this year.
Time to draw some conclusions...
I'm gonna be pretty wordy here, I really want to share with you my impressions of the moment; my 'occasional' followers can skip this section and go to my usual shooting details and description!
First of all, 2009 has been, without a doubt, the explosion of my SERIOUS love for visual arts.
I realized I need a stronger knowledge about art and photography. I'm trying to read as much as I can, to broaden my culture. I made a commitment to stop caring that much about gear and spending useless time on photographic forums, serious books provide far more valuable informations.
I'm also trying to learn more and more from the Masters, having increased their 'number', too.
I'm a lot more into subtleties than before, I spend much more time thinking the shot than actually wonder around shooting.
As for my personal life, 2009 made me really stronger. I fully recovered from an important love story which ended.
This recovery made me realize how much strong I am and how much I can give to other people.
Then I fell in love again, and when I look back it's easy to see that those moments of deep pain are now so distant and far, and things are going much better than before.
Those deep changes in life are useful: they let you realize your point of view can dramatically change, much faster than you can imagine.
Now, some 2010 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS!!! (random order)
1) More stability with work. I want to get a full time occupation and sign an official contract;
2) No laziness: I have to keep up the good work with my body I started last May - June;
3a) No intellectual laziness: Stop wasting time on the Internet (Flickr is NOT wasting time; useless forums, facebook etc.. are);
3b) No intellectual laziness: Read more (Novels, Art books, essays, etc);
4) Attend more art exhibitions;
5) Buy a full-frame camera (is it a resolution?!?);
6) Travel a lot;
Last but not least:
I really want to thank you, my dear Flickr friends. When I write this I really mean it; without you I wouldn't be here;
your constant feedback, comments, faves, notes, helped me immensely.
Many of your artworks truly inspired me, made me struggle to get better and better and open my eyes in many directions.
THANK YOU!!!!
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Una piccola eccezione per la fine del 2009... la descrizione in italiano!!!
Mi scuso con tutti i miei contatti e con i visitatori occasionali per le mancate traduzioni passate;
come ho scritto anche nel profilo la traduzione completa diventerebbe impegnativa;
Questo è il mio ultimo upload per il 2009, ed a corredo voglio inserire alcune riflessioni.
Il 2009 è stato certamente l'anno che ha segnato l'inizio del mio interesse dilagante per le arti visive.
Mi sono reso conto di quanto debba approfondire la mia conoscenza relativa sia alla storia dell'arte in generale che, più nello specifico, alla fotografia.
Mi sto applicando per leggere moltissimo, cercando di evitare di sprecare tempo girovagando in Internet senza una meta.
Cerco di trarre ispirazione dai Maestri, che, con il passare del tempo, stanno aumentando decisamente in numero!
Passando ad aspetti più personali, il 2009 mi ha reso senza dubbio più forte; mi sono completamente ripreso dalla fine di una storia molto importante, e ciò mi ha fatto intendere quanto forte sia davvero e quanto abbia da dare agli altri.
Ora, quando guardo indietro, è facile rendermi conto di come quei momenti di sofferenza siano lontani e quanto adesso le cose funzionino meglio di prima.
Certi cambiamenti radicali nella vita sono senza dubbio utili: permettono infatti di renderti conto di come il tuo punto di vista, i tuoi riferimenti possano mutare in un battito di ciglia.
Ed ora, qualche buon proposito per il 2010!!! (Ordine casuale)
1) Più stabilità lavorativa. Voglio un impiego a tempo pieno;
2) No alla pigrizia: Voglio continuare l'ottimo lavoro con il mio fisico iniziato prima dell'estate;
3a) No alla pigrizia intellettuale: Non sprecare tempo su Internet;
3b) No alla pigrizia intellettuale: Leggere di più;
4) Visitare più mostre;
5) Acquistare una full-frame;
6) Viaggiare molto.
Ultimo, ma non meno impoartante:
Voglio ringrazionare di cuore tutti voi, miei amici di Flickr. Senza di voi non sarei qui; i vostri commenti, le critiche, le preferite, mi hanno aiutato moltissimo.
I vostri lavori mi hanno ispirato, fornendomi motivazione per migliorarmi e mi hanno aperto gli occhi in molto nuove direzioni: GRAZIE!!!
Details
- CANON 400d, EF-S 10-22 @ 10mm, f/10, 1/50s, ISO 100.
- Tripod
The shot
Shot not far from where I live.
The Processing
Photoshop:
- Created 5 Overlay layers to adjust light
- Multiplied the sky and added a gradient mask
- Added a Level layer to improve contrast
- Created a Color-Balance adjustment layer to warm things up
- Improved microcontrast with Unsharp Mask
- Resized
- Sharpened (SS + More Accurate, rocks only)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
It is time to wish you, your families and your loved ones the best 2010 you could ever imagine.
Luca
La basilique Saint-Procope occupe une position éminente de la colline qui domine toute la ville de Třebíč. C'était à l'origine (XIIIe siècle) une église monastique et une partie d'un monastère bénédictin (fondé en 1101). Mêlant des éléments romans et du début du gothique, elle est aujourd'hui reliée au château construit sur le site du monastère après sa destruction au XVIe siècle.
C'est une église à trois nefs et triple chœur, dotée d'un presbytère allongé, d'un porche de plan carré ouvert au nord et de deux tours à l'ouest. Une crypte aux voûtes à nervures brisées se trouve sous l'extrémité orientale et sous le presbytère. La basilique est construite en granit et en grès, l'extérieur en blocs de granit de face carrée. La façade ouest, de style baroque, comporte des éléments gothicisants et des enduits en plâtre. Les murs internes sont aujourd'hui dépouillés, mais des traces de leur revêtement d'origine ont été découvertes dans le chœur. La nef présente des voûtes baroques d'inspiration gothique, avec des registres sculptés.
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The basilica is the only Christian site among Trebic's world heritage entries. The church on the hill was built between 1230 and 1260 as abbey church for the Benedictine convent which had resided there since around 1100. Since the early 16th century the church has been dedicated to St Prokop. After the secularization the convent buildings became a palace.
The church was planned and erected on the brink of change from romanesque to gothic style. The facades of the sides and choir show romanesque features with elaborate stonemason works. Don't miss the beautiful rose window in the wall of the choir.
The plastered western facade and the spires tell of a refurbishment in the baroque era. In the 19th century the church underwent a thorough renovation and "re-medievalization" which has left by far more traces than your tour guide will tell you.
www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Vysoc...
What do a canyon called massacre, a graffiti tunnel, and I, all have in common? Madleigh Twisted!!
This shoot was amazing. Not only did I get to work with beautiful and extremely talented Madleigh Twisted of IFL Models fame, but I had the opportunity to work with the creative minds behind two incredible guys who started came to the middle of nowhere, California didn't find the scene they were looking for so they created one.
IFL is Inner Family Legacy, a multi function model agency, clothing line and Hip Hop group from the mean streets of Hemet. They have incredible models, sic clothes and beats that do not quit with the rhyme style to match. And as if that wasn't enough they are some of the nicest, down to earth, hardworking, driven and talented group of people I have had the pleasure to work with.
This is just the beginning, I am going to start posting the photographs I did with Madleigh, then some of the clothing and fashion. I hope you enjoy this set as much as I enjoyed shooting it.
Madleigh Twisted can be found at : www.facebook.com/madleightwisted and www.modelmayhem.com/1862433
Information on IFL Models, clothing and hip hop can be discovered at : www.facebook.com/iflmodels; www.facebook.com/innerfamilylegacy; and
Highest Explore Position #114 ~ On December 20th 2008.
Millennium Bridge / St Pauls Cathederal, London, England - Tuesday December 16th 2008.
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This photography Milarkie isn't without it's dangerous...I nearly got run over taking this shot...lol...:O)))
The woman in the hat thought it was funny though, as you can see...lol..:O)))
Anyhoo...that's me finished with work now for the rest of the year...so I now have two weeks to go out into the big wide world, camera in hand...so beware people of the Universe, my next picture could involve you....well, tiss a small world after all...so you never know...:O)))
I hope you are all having an awesome Friday and you also have a stress free last weekend Christmas shopping..:O))
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The London Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City. It is located between Southwark Bridge (downstream) and Blackfriars Bridge (upstream). With construction beginning in 1998, it is owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.
Londoners nicknamed the bridge the Wobbly Bridge after crowds of pedestrians felt an unexpected swaying motion on the first two days after the bridge opened. The bridge was closed and modified, and further modifications eliminated the "wobble" entirely.
The southern end of the bridge is near Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery and Tate Modern, the north end next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral. The bridge alignment is such that a clear view of St Paul's south facade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports, thus providing a scenic view of the cathedral.
The nearest London Underground station is Blackfriars.
Design ~ The design of the bridge was the subject of a competition organised in 1996 by Southwark council. The winning entry was an innovative "blade of light" effort from Arup, Foster and Partners and Sir Anthony Caro. Due to height restrictions, and to improve the view, the bridge's suspension design had the supporting cables below the deck level, giving a very shallow profile. The bridge has two river piers and is made of three main sections of 81 metres (266 ft), 144 metres (472 ft) and 108 metres (354 ft) (North to South) with a total structure length of 325 metres (1,066 ft); the aluminium deck is 4 metres (13 ft) wide. The eight suspension cables are tensioned to pull with a force of 2,000 tons against the piers set into each bank — enough to support a working load of 5,000 people on the bridge at one time.
Construction ~ The bridge from St Paul's CathedralConstruction began in late 1998 with the main works beginning on 28 April 1999 by Monberg Thorsen and Sir Robert McAlpine.[1] The bridge was completed at a cost of £18.2m (£2.2m over budget) and opened on 10 June 2000 (2 months late). Unexpected lateral vibration (resonant structural response) caused the bridge to be closed on 12 June for modifications.
Attempts were made to limit the number of people crossing the bridge: this led to long queues, but dampened neither public enthusiasm for what was something of a white-knuckle ride, nor the vibrations themselves. The closure of the bridge only three days after opening attracted public criticism, as another high-profile British millennium project suffered an embarrassing setback, akin to how many saw the Millennium Dome.
Further modifications to the bridge successfully eliminated the "wobble," which has not recurred since the bridge reopened in February 2002.
The bridge was temporarily closed on 18 January 2007, during the Kyrill storm due to strong winds and a risk of pedestrians being blown off the bridge.
Resonance ~ The bridge from St Paul's after opening: long queues formed as attempts were made to limit vibrationsThe bridge's movements were caused by a 'positive feedback' phenomenon, known as Synchronous Lateral Excitation. The natural sway motion of people walking caused small sideways oscillations in the bridge, which in turn caused people on the bridge to sway in step, increasing the amplitude of the bridge oscillations and continually reinforcing the effect.
The bridge opened on an exceptionally fine day, and it was included on the route of a major charity walk. On the day of opening the bridge was crossed by 90,000 people, with up to 2,000 on the bridge at any one time.
Resonant vibrational modes due to vertical loads (such as trains, traffic, pedestrians) and wind loads are well understood in bridge design. In the case of the Millennium Bridge, because the lateral motion caused the pedestrians loading the bridge to directly participate with the bridge, the vibrational modes had not been anticipated by the designers (Arup).
As the shadows encroach on the right-of-way, westbound Amtrak train #43 passes under the PRR position-light signals at MP 318.4 on the Pittsburgh Line. The view is from the overpass at Georges Station Road. This would be the last train I would photograph under this signal bridge, as it was removed three weeks later as part of Norfolk Southern's implementation of PTC on the Pittsburgh Line.
Highest Explore Position #302 ~ On August 11th 2008.
Asian short clawed Otter - Wingham Wildlife Park, Kent, England - Sunday August 10th 2008 - This image is straight out of the camera...:O))
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Well, I have the day off work today so I'm uploading early, as I won't be back until later tonight...so forgive me if I don't visit your wonderful streams until tomorrow..:O))
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday...I might be at the Zoo whilst you are all hard at work..lol..:O)))
Asian small-clawed otters are the smallest otters in the world. They are predominantly a dark brown with a lighter patch on their throat. They have relatively short hair with their longest hairs at less than an inch in length. The feet of Asian small-clawed otter are very narrow and are only webbed to the last joint and not all the way to the end of the toe. They have very short, blunt claws. The fact that their paws are only partially webbed gives them an excellent sense of touch and coordination. They catch their prey in their paws instead of with their mouth (unlike other otters.)
Asian small-clawed otters live on crabs, mollusks, fish, and small aquatic mammals.
They live in freshwater wetlands and mangrove swamps. They are on land more than any other otter. Asian small-clawed otters are found Southern India, Southern China, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Asian small-clawed otters are one of the few social otters. Breeding pairs will stay together for life and both participate in the raising of their young. Young otters will often stay with their parents after adulthood and live together in a small social group of anywhere from 4 to 12 animals. Within these groups, Asian small-clawed otters can be found playing games such as tug-of-war or just sunning themselves. The female Asian small-clawed otter is dominant over the male and the male will hunt for the female and her pups as they develop.
Young Asian small-clawed otters are born small and helpless. They don’t open their eyes until they are 40 days old. They start to swim at 63 days and eat solid food at 80 days.
Asian small-clawed otters have an excellent sense of vision, both under water and above.
Grey Squirrel ~ Greenwich Park ~ London ~ England ~ Sunday February 5th 2012.
Highest Explore Position #388 ~ On March 1st 2012.
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Purchase some of my images here ~ www.saatchionline.com/art/view/artist/24360/art/1259239 ~ Should you so desire...go on, make me rich..lol...Oh...and if you see any of the images in my stream that you would like and are not there, then let me know and I'll add them to the site for you..:))
You can also buy my WWT cards here (The Otter and the Sunset images) or in the shop at the Wetland Centre in Barnes ~ London ~ www.wwt.org.uk/shop/catalogue.asp?Page=1&CatID=182
Yup today is my Birthday...God I'm OLD!!!..lol...:))
Hope everybody has a great day..:)
A very recognizable symbol of the Pennsylvania Railroad remains in service today in a location far away from a PRR served location. Union Switch & Signal was able to sell a couple of the H-2 pot signals to the Chicago & Illinois Midland for use with crossing warning indicators. This one is at Shops in Springfield, IL at the North Grand Ave crossing. Another one I recall was in Pekin, IL. ETTS may come one day when North Grand becomes a bridge over the NS and I&M diamond.
The pot is displaying the stop indication. Clear is displayed once the crossing warning devices have been activated. This signal does not appear to convey authority across the interlocking.
11-30-2024
This is a series of shots I got yesterday of a Verdin building its nest. They are unusual because they build a nest with a roof! They make a hole in the bottom side and enter from that position. That keeps predators out and also cold and rain. The first shot is of the Verdin looking for nest-building material. The second shot is the Verdin with a big puff of feathers it found. The third shot is the Verdin getting ready to put the "bedding down" inside the nest through the lower entrance. The fourth shot is the Verdin adjusting the down in the nest.
Explore 208 : Highest position 443
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Went for a 'sunrise' walk in Mispeldonk with my buddy < ~~ IVO ~~ >.
The continuous snowfall left us nothing to do but shelter in a horse shack.
This shot was straight forward looking out the horse shack while the snow was 'falling' horizontally ;-)
The shot
6 second single shot in RAW/ISO100 at f/7,1 using the Sigma 10-20mm lens on a tripod.
Music
You must see this band live to enjoy there music to the fullest, here a live version of halo :
PORCUPINE TREE (Live/HQ) - Halo
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Highest Explore Position #373 ~ On Saturday May 30th 2009.
Atlantic Puffin - Farne Islands, Northumberland, England - Tuesday May 27th 2009.
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Well, a bonus image tonight as I have thousands of photo's from my 5 days away...and could end up still posting them come Christmas..lol
Especially as I could get a few hundred more images if I find somewhere to go over the weekend during my trip back home to Colchester..:)
Sooooo...I hope your all having a wonderful evening / night wherever you may be..:)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a seabird species in the auk family. It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. Also known as the Common Puffin, it is the only puffin species which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The curious appearance of the bird, with its colourful huge bill and its striking piebald plumage, has given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the ocean" and "sea parrot".
Description ~ The Atlantic Puffin is 28–34 cm (11-13.5 in) in length, with a 50–60 cm (20-24 in) wingspan. The male is generally slightly larger than the female, but they are coloured alike. This bird is mainly black above and white below, with gray to white cheeks and red-orange legs. The bill is large and triangular, and during the breeding season is bright orange with a patch of blue bordered by yellow at the rear. The characteristic bright orange bill plates grow before the breeding season and are shed after breeding. The bills are used in courtship rituals, such as the pair tapping their bills together. During flight, it appears to have grey round underwings and a white body; it has a direct flight low over the water. The related Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) from the North Pacific looks very similar but has slightly different head ornaments.
The Atlantic Puffin is typically silent at sea, except for soft purring sounds it sometimes makes in flight. At the breeding colonies the birds make a deep growl
Distribution and ecology ~ This species breeds on the coasts of northern Europe, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and eastern North America, from well within the Arctic Circle to northern France and Maine. The winter months are spent at sea far from land - in Europe as far south as the Mediterranean, and in North America to North Carolina.
About 95% of the Atlantic puffins in North America breed around Newfoundland's coastlines. The largest puffin colony in the western Atlantic (estimated at more than 260,000 pairs) can be found at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, south of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Predators of the Atlantic Puffin include the Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), the Great Skua (Stercorarius skua), and similar-sized species, which can catch a puffin in flight, or pick off one separated from the colony. Smaller gull species like the Herring Gull (L. argentatus) which are hardly able to bring down a healthy adult puffin, take eggs or recently hatched chicks, and will also steal fish.
Diet ~ Feeding areas are often located 100 km (60 mi) offshore from the nest or more, though when provisioning young the birds venture out only half that distance. Atlantic Puffins can dive for distances of up to 70 m (200 ft) and are propelled by their powerful wings, which are adapted for swimming. They use their webbed feet as a rudder while submerged. Puffins collect several small fish, such as herring, sprats, zooplankton, fish (shellfish), sand eels, when hunting. They use their tongues to hold the fish against spines in their palate, leaving their beaks free to open and catch more fish. A popular, but untrue, story claims that puffins neatly line up the fish in their bills with the heads facing alternate ways. Additional components of their diet are crustaceans and mollusks. A puffin can sometimes have a dozen or more fish in its beak at once.
Reproduction ~ Atlantic Puffins are colonial nesters, using burrows on grassy cliffs. They can face competition from other burrow nesting animals such as Rabbits, Manx Shearwaters and occasionally Razorbills. They will also nest amongst rocks and scree. Male puffins perform most of the work of clearing out the nest area, which is sometimes lined with grass, feathers or seaweed. The only time spent on land is to nest. Mates are found prior to arriving at the colonies, and mating takes place at sea.
The Atlantic Puffin is sexually mature at the age of 4–5 years. The species is monogamous and has biparental care. A single-egg clutch is produced each year, and incubation responsibilities are shared between both parents. Total incubation time is around 39–45 days, and the chick takes about 49 days to fledge. At fledging, the chick leaves the burrow alone, and flies/swims out to sea, usually during the evening. Contrary to popular belief, young puffins are not abandoned by their parents (although this does occur in some other seabirds, such as shearwaters). Synchronous laying of eggs is found in Atlantic Puffins in adjacent burrows.
The 'Centre Point Lights' positioned in Trafalar Square outside the National Gallery. Taken from the top of the Centre Point building and used in this spectacular London light show while it gets re-developed.
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Objective: fit the mini dolls under the windscreen so they can see over the windowsill, while still keeping cockpit details visible through the window...
Solution: Angle the cockpits raising the front, and lowering the back.
Result: A+ pass. Time to move on.. I spent way to much time on this little detail...