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Posting these early today as I want to get prints from some of them.
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posting all my photos really fast now because to I want give myself a reason to photograph more rather than coward away. Currently listening to Rage over a lost penny by Beethoven after a chat with my sociology teacher about this kind of music, I love it!
Going on a photoshoot in 2 days with Ruth again, I feel abit bad because I'm kind of forcing it and so far haven't thought of any concepts, so after watching Brooke Shadens video about models, I feel a little guilty so am gonna start now, OH wait I do have one XD
did a photoshoot saturday night as everyone was out, we had a couple old mattresses outside, which I KNEW I had to use, regardless if they would work, It was pitch black and freezing outside, plus I had to lie on a wet mattress… Then I did another, with an exquisite feast for one! Cant wait to show you!
P.s, can you see the extra hand coming out?
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Original replaced with this version today (removed the annoying hair covering the model's right eye!).
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Hello friends, I had a dream of a pov from my closet of me sleeping and woke up feeling like someone was watching me so if I stop posting for 24 hours I know what happened goodbye maybe
We are at Photo 9 of the sequence of this series of shots of a single bull runner running with two furiously galloping bulls.
There is a reason for posting the photos ad seriatum. If you do feel bored, please yawn and bear with me for now.
Bull Racing is an extreme sport and it is a rare and unique event that happens only in Kerala.
There are races in wet mud in the rice fields of Indonesia and in Karnataka in India but these are with merely a jockey riding a sleigh. You have bull races in Pakistan and Punjab in India which are again with a jockey riding behind the racing bulls.
The great difference lies in that in Kerala, two men race with the bulls and they do a fine job of it splashing and keeping pace with the tonne or more of bovine cargo and hopefully keeping them going in the right direction.
On most occasions, I espied that the bulls would take off and with the slightest variation in the stepping of the bulls, the direction would go haywire. So most races were to be seen with the bull racers trying to take control of the fiercely running pair and often times with only one of the racers trying while the other one by some bovine design would be totally left behind.
This is a sequence of a few shots where there is only one bull racer in the picture. No idea what happened to the 2nd Bull Racer. I guess he was not even ready when the bulls took the matter in their hands err their hooves and started running.
Here there is a broader view of the drama with other bull pairs standing behind plus the onlookers. The exact patch where the bulls are running has lesser water compared to the rest of the runway.
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Sorry, I'm back to Pika posting again. I took quite a few photos of two of these beautiful little Pikas - enough shots to keep me from feeling like going through them all straight away to find a few that were OK to post. So, every now and then, I will dip into the file of photos from that day. When this little animal ran over towards us and froze for a few moments, it gave us a wonderful chance for close images.
On 19 August 2014, I was lucky enough to have the chance to try and photograph a couple of these absolutely adorable little creatures : ) After a while, I was beginning to despair of ever getting any decent shots at all. These tiny Pikas, also known as Rock Rabbits, hardly ever remain still and they are extremely fast! Imagine a mountain hillside covered in sharp, jagged rocks of all sizes and then try to picture how difficult it is to find in the viewfinder the single rock on which one of these Pikas might happen to sit for a second or two, lol! As time passed, I managed to take quite a few photos, though many needed to be deleted. A couple of times, this Pika came bounding over the rocks near to where we were standing and just sat there, long enough to get a few very close shots. They are about 15 to 23 centimetres (5.9 to 9.1 in) in body length, so really are pretty small, especially when off in the distance.
I found this excellent and amusing YouTube video, 3:30 minutes long, It is The American Pika in the BBC's Life of Mammals series.
The weather forecast was not good for that day, but we were so lucky that, apart from a few raindrops, the rain stayed away. The sun actually came out at two locations we stopped at for a short while. Our 18-hour day (from 6;00 a.m. till midnight!) started off with the thrill of seeing these Pikas and ended with a brief sighting of a black Wolf crossing the road ahead of us in the dark. It disappeared into the blackness, but shortly afterwards, we heard three (possibly four) separate Wolves howling way off in the distance. We just stood there, in total awe, listening to this amazing sound. The only wild Wolf I had ever seen before was when I was in Yellowstone National Park two years ago. Friends and I saw two Wolves feeding on a Bison carcass across a huge valley - so they were just distant specks, that became slightly larger specks when my camera was in full zoom.
In between these two highlights, we saw several Deer, a small group of Mountain Sheep on the road, a tiny Chipmunk, a few Cedar Waxwings, Columbian Ground Squirrels, a beautiful Red-tailed Hawk that sat on a branch out in the open for a long time, and two tiny Bats that flew very close over our heads when it was getting dark. We also saw an adult Spruce Grouse with two young ones.
Then, of course, there is the scenery! Blue sky to go with the splendour of the mountains would have been wonderful, but we had been having cold and gloomy weather for a while before this day out. Highway 40 and the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Lakes Trail both run through such spectacular scenery, so it was a real treat for me, especially as I won't drive to those areas myself.
Before I continue posting more photos taken on my last drive, back on 1 February 2024, I am adding a few more images from my archives. If I wrote a description under a previously posted photo taken on the same day, I will add it under this afternoon's posts.
"On 18 July 2016, I had a wonderful day out NE of the city with my daughter. The last time I actually drove eastwards was about six months ago, when I was shooting Short-eared Owls near the end of January. The last time (also the first time) I had ever driven out as far as Drumheller was on 29 September 2014. A few times, I had been fairly close when I went on several botany trips out that way, but when you are carpooling, you can't just go wherever you want. So, my daughter and I had a great time exploring some of the roads between Calgary and Drumheller.
There were a handful of things or places we wanted to check out, but many things were total surprises. We knew we wanted to see fields, yellow fields full of canola as far as the eye could see. No disappointment there as we took in the gorgeous colour and the perhaps not so pleasant smell of this crop. When we were driving through regular, green landscapes, it all seemed so 'ordinary' after being treated to vibrant gold.
As well as canola fields, we also knew of a particular grain elevator and nearby old barn that we were keen to see. There was also an old, two-storey house in a hilly setting that we knew would have to be photographed from a great distance, but we were curious about it. There was also a small wetland that I wanted to drive by, just in case there was something to see. How glad we were that we went, as a magnificent Black-crowned Night-heron was posing nicely on a post, out in the open. This was the first time I had ever seen one close, so it made my day. At least, an adult - in October 2015, I had seen a gorgeous juvenile in Fish Creek Park.
Continuing on our way, we stopped to take a couple of quick shots of an Eastern Kingbird and then my daughter spotted a dark patch just above ground level, hidden in the bushes. It turned out to be an Eastern Kingbird's nest, with what looked like three large babies in it. No idea how she caught sight of this, but it was a treat to see.
Soon after this, we stopped to photograph two beautiful red barns and then stopped again to photograph a Western Kingbird. This is not a bird I normally see, so i was very happy to catch sight of this one.
A short drive further, we spotted a distant shorebird standing on a fence post - and then a second one a few posts away. At first, we thought maybe they were Wilson's Snipe, but then realized that they were something different - two beautiful Upland Sandpipers! I had seen one a number of years ago, but it was too far away for a photo. These are uncommon in Alberta. So, another very lucky find.
"An adult is roughly 30 cm (12 in) long with a 66 cm (26 in) wingspan. The average weight is 170 g (6 oz). This odd bird has a small dove-like head on a long neck. It is heavily marbled black and brown on the back and wings. The neck is streaked with dark brown which continues down to the breast and on to the flanks. The belly and undertail coverts are white. The tail is quite long for a sandpiper. The upland also sports a white eye-ring and long yellow legs..... Upland sandpipers forage in fields, picking up food by sight. They are frequently sighted on fence posts and even telephone poles. When an "uppy" alights, it holds its wings up for a few seconds. They are constantly scanning the horizon for intruders. The upland sandpiper's diet includes grasshoppers, crickets, weevils, beetles, moths, ants, flies, bugs, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, snails and earthworms. It also eats some grains and seeds." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland_sandpiper
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Upland_Sandpiper/id
It was a pretty good day for hawks, too - so much so, that I got a gentle reminder from my daughter that I didn't need to photograph EVERY hawk we saw, lol. We had other places and other things that we wanted to get to.
As well as birds and beautiful scenery, we saw several old barns, including a special small shed/granary. Each year, the farmer allows the graduating class from the local high school to decorate this old building in any way they wish. A fun idea and it certainly adds a splash of colour. I was absolutely fascinated to read a little bit of history from someone who was a contact of mine on Flickr two or three years ago. Her Grandmother was apparently born in this house/shed. It was later converted to a granary and now, of course, has become the canvas for local students.
One of our main goals was to visit the old grain elevator at Sharples. I had wanted to visit there for quite a while and finally, we made it. Unfortunately, the elevator and nearby barn were in shadow, but it was great to see both old structures. We also passed another old elevator when we were driving along the road north of the river, on the way to Drumheller. This, needless to say, meant another stop for photos.
A great day of fun, seeing and photographing such a variety of things. Beautiful weather and, best of all, a day spent with my daughter. Thanks so much, Rachel - glad you felt up to a day out, but sorry you got so many mosquito bites!
Total driving distance, round-trip: approximately 397 km, 247 miles."
Apologies for my absence posting again, life has been a little hectic the last month or two! Slowly getting back to normality though!
I've popped on here and there to have a look at everyone's work and have been getting out shooting at least once a week so have lots to share! : ) I have, however yet to post in a few weeks so it's time to break that! : )
I have been asked to complete one of those photo challenges on FB so with it being 'Mono Monday' thought I'd share one of the shots not yet posted on here.
One from a revisit to the remains of Cane Hill Asylum a year or two ago, the building in the distance is the former water tower : )
Back to posting pictures from my road trip. Olmstead Point is another popular scenic vista along Tioga Pass. It was being worked on when I was there so I had to do some scrambling around to get pictures. From here you can see Half Dome in the distance on it's less viewed side.
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Patches of poppies in a corn field.
Since posting these images I have found out that the roadway through this area was once RAF Metheringham and poppies grow in the fields alongside the old runway which is now a track road .... "Poppies For The Fallen".
During 1942, around 600 acres of farmland and woods were cleared to create a new airfield for 5 Group Bomber Command. It was situated at the junction of the B1192 and the B1189, near the village of Martin. The airfield opened in 1943 and was of a standard layout, having a main runway, aligned almost due North/South, of 2000 yards with two intersecting runways of 1400 yards. Although far from complete, it was soon to become home to 106 Squadron which, despite having only a week to settle in, was operational in time for the opening of the Battle of Berlin. RAF Metheringham went to war in 1943 with the first sortie on 26th November, destination Berlin.
With fog over the landing site causing more casualties than enemy action, the airfield was one of four Lincolnshire airfields fitted with FIDO (Fog Intensive Dispersal Operation) in 1944. This system used petrol burners along the main runway to literally burn off the fog. Although expensive to operate, FIDO saved many aircraft and the lives of their crews
The war in Europe was over just eighteen months later and, having flown over two hundred operations and suffered the loss of fifty nine aircraft, the Squadron then prepared to depart for war in the Far East as part of the ‘Tiger Force’. Within six months of the end of the war with Japan in September 1945, the Squadron disbanded. Of no further use to the RAF, the airfield was closed in the spring of 1946.
At its peak, about 2500 people worked at the site. Living quarters, stores, social and worship areas, administration blocks and a sick bay were located apart from the airfield proper for security reasons and scores of buildings, many of the Nissen Hut style, were erected.
They were built to last ten years and, not surprisingly, very few remain today. Since the area was returned to farming most have been dismantled or collapsed under the rigours of the English weather.
At the present time, all that remains of the main airfield site is one of the shorter runways, which has been reduced in width and incorporated into the public road system and part of the perimeter track. The outline of the other two runways is, however, still visible from the air. A little apart is a communal site which comprised the NAAFI, gymnasium, shops, a squash court and rations stores. This site is used today by the Friends of Metheringham Airfield who have converted one of the stores into a Visitor Centre which houses the 106 Squadron Museum and shop, updated two years ago and now an award-winning attraction. In an adjacent room is the Dutch Crash Site tableau, furnished with Lancaster parts excavated by our many Dutch friends and providing details of the 106 Squadron aircraft which crashed in that country.
The gymnasium (which originally doubled as a C of E Church) is used by the Friends for larger gatherings such as our well attended lectures, Squadron Reunions and other events. An annexe to this building, once the Roman Catholic Church, is now used as a 1940s schoolroom. The building takes a major part in our Open Weekends. We have acquired a quarter scale ex-flying model Lancaster Bomber (possibly the largest in the world at twenty five feet wingspan) which forms the centrepiece of the Gymnasium displays and has been painted with the insignia of two famous 106 aircraft. After being used for agriculture after the war, the Gymnasium was taken over by the Friends in the early 1990s and was restored five years ago.
Taken with my Canon Telephoto Zoom 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM EF Lens and apart from being framed in Photoshop, are SOOC.
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this is a quick edit i did of a photo that i'm putting in my 'rejected' folder yet like enough to post it anyway... it's actually Nanami, but the colors are inverted. i just started looking through this set, so it's possible i'll find a picture worth putting in my 'good enough' folder and posting that later. if not, i at least have figured out exactly what i f'd up when shooting this set and since i often reshoot sets several times, i guess it can go on the list, since i really want to show off Nanami's eyes (which you can't see here) and wig (somewhere closer to it's natural color) since they are both new and look really good on her. also: Nanami's body is something i never get tired of looking at.
alternate version here: i.imgur.com/YdKrsSV.png
the rest of this commentary is my usual personal ranting / moaning about life to get it off my chest, so if you're not into that and i don't blame you if you're not, you should quit reading about here.
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... so anyway the summary of the last 4-5 days is that i got so stressed out from a combo of external circumstances & my own predisposition to high states of anxiety (regardless of whether i am happy, sad, angry, etc - i can be extremely happy and extremely anxious at the same time because i'm just that good at being bad) -- and i basically made myself sick with stress and got some ridiculous fucking fever that kept me in bed for a day or so, and still feeling severely fucked up even after i felt well enough to get out of bed. the last time i left my house was to see my therapist and my doctor.
at this moment i'm going through 3~4ish weeks worth of photos that i haven't edited / post processed at all, some of which are for my classes, although at this point i've had so many weeks of this situation coming and going that i have a feeling i may end up dropping some (all?) of them because i'm just not capable of handing work in on time (finish it? yes. on time? not in my current physical/mental state) - again mostly because of how incredibly stressed out i am right now...
...and this sucks, especially because i've both been actually enjoying and have also actually benefited a lot from pretty much every class in multiple ways, but i feel like a person with a broken leg trying to run a marathon or something. i frequently forget that what is easy for other people and therefore i expect to be easy for myself is in fact not as easy or as within my capability as i'd like to delude (or demand of) myself into thinking it is...which leads to me pushing myself harder and harder until i pretty much break my metaphorical leg all over again and basically: i'm a dumbass who doesn't know my own limits, even if i may have legit reasons in the mix here since as i mentioned there's some personal things almost entirely (well, in the worst and most distressing case, completely & irrevocably) out of my control that have been really causing me to just completely spiral down health- and mind- wise for about a month now.
on a more self centered and selfish motivation, i also want to at least get into a place where i feel well enough to be able to go to AB this Friday. last year i was also pretty damn sick for similar reasons and i went anyway, and then of course i caught something nasty at the con because despite my OCD about not licking the floor of the Hynes or anything like that (cough), my immune system doesn't know anything and so i was in bed for about another 2 weeks afterwards (iirc i had a fever and was in bed sweating and shivering by the time we got home on Sunday afternoon)... and yet it was worth it, somehow, because i really, really like going to AB and it's pretty much one of the few semi-guaranteed highlights of my whole year.
so that's what's going through my mind right now, and i'll probably post a quick iphone pic later as my 365, but i also might post some random image-edit-spam from my actual-real-camera periodically over this evening if my morale and motivation stay high enough to actually continue working on processing and editing stuff. which i don't know if it will but if you did read my entire commentary, the only kind of comments i really want in response to this are probably ones of encouragement rather than any pity/commiseration type comments or whatever. you know. i just need some cheerleaders right now.
Sorry for posting 12 photos this morning. I decided that, as I took so few photos and so many are poor quality because of the smoke from wildfires, I would just post the remaining shots from this trip in one go, to get them out of the way.
I keep falling so far behind with my photostream, adding descriptions, tags, and so on. We are under another heat warning and I feel like I'm living in an oven. The last few days, I have managed to get out for a few hours despite the heat, but the forecast for today is now 36C. The previous record for today's date was 36.1C in 1919, so I wonder if we might just beat the record. On top of the heat, the smoke from wildfires is making the heat even more unbearable, as well as producing poor visibility. Functioning in the heat, without air-conditioning, is not my strong point : )
Later: well, we broke the record! "Calgary is experiencing the hottest temperatures this city has ever seen. At 5 p.m., Environment Canada reported Calgary had reached a temperature of 36.4 C (97.52 F), smashing the old all-time hottest temperature record of 36.1 C, set in July 15, 1919 and then again on July 25, 1933." From the Calgary Herald.
Despite the weather conditions, four of us decided to go up into the mountains two days ago, our destination being the Mount Engadine Lodge. Though I had only ever driven to that area once by myself, I had been several times with friends. I had never experienced the Lodge's Afternoon Tea, and we were keeping our fingers crossed that the place would not be full. As it turned out, we were the first to arrive, choosing a table outside on the deck. The view is so beautiful over the amazing valley - Moose tend to like this meadow, but we were out of luck. Yesterday, I posted a photo of the meat and cheese tray that I chose. What I didn't photograph was the apple pie and the chocolate dessert that I enjoyed afterwards - two small slices, I should add.
www.mountengadine.com/dining-mount-engadine/afternoon-tea
Unfortunately, the smoke haze made the mountains almost disappear. Never pleasant when the smoke irritates ones eyes. I don't know how people living much closer to the various fires manage - the brave firefighters, too! Last summer, 2017, it seemed to last pretty much the whole summer and, added to the endless heat, made it so unpleasant to go anywhere. We noticed a cyclist wearing a mask as he pedalled along the Spray Lakes road - seemed a wise decision, given the awful dust from the gravel road as well as the smoke.
It is not a short drive to get there. After meeting up at one person's summer cabin in the Ghost Reservoir area, we then drove the back way, crossed over Highway 1, and past Barrier Lake. Eventually, we turned north and travelled the Spray Lakes road. After enjoying afternoon tea, we returned to Calgary via Ghost Reservoir and Cochrane. I finally reached home shortly before 9:00 pm, after a great day in great company. Thanks so much, everyone!
Posting four photos taken at the Calgary Zoo on 8 September 2015. I will add the description that I wrote on a previously posted image taken on the same visit.
"This photo was taken on 8 September 2015. In the morning, I joined a group of friends for a three-hour stroll at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 38 bird species were seen, though I didn't manage to see any of the tiny, fast-moving Warblers. It was good to see 28 Wood Ducks, but they were far, far away, in an area that is still closed due to devastating flood damage. The Sanctuary had been closed for about two years for this reason and only very recently re-opened just a part of the area.
The Calgary Zoo is very close to the Sanctuary so, after our morning walk, I decided to call in there. I hadn't been for about a year and I really missed going there. Of course, many of the garden flowers were past their prime, but I did find a few that were fit to photograph.
I knew I wouldn't be able to walk far, having already been walking all morning, but I really wanted to get to the ENMAX Conservatory to see what was going on. I had been longing all summer to see the tropical butterflies and plants. The butterfly season will be coming to an end (or maybe already finished?) for these tropical beauties, but there were still plenty of them to be seen. Also, this month, the parking lot that I use will close for the winter and I don't like the drive back home from the north parking area, using Deerfoot Trail, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter.
There was so much activity going on at the Zoo on this most recent visit. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival. Each animal is an individual lantern and there are so many of them. I noticed that several of the real animals in their enclosures were watching all the unaccustomed activity, which made me smile.
A good day, despite the overcast sky, and plenty of photo opportunities. Recently, I have been finding far fewer things to photograph, with fall on its way, so a day like this was more than welcome."
Posting it here first even though no one will see it. Second fig out after my comeback! Lots of work went into sculpting this one! Probably the last time you see me heavily sculpt such a simple fig but I wanted to try something new so here it is!! Hope ya’ll like it!
Posting my annual trillium photo. Ontario's official flower. I've been told it is illegal to pick one of these flowers. Good to know.
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Still posting some fall pics from last year, until the signs of fall arrive here in the Niagara region & I have fresh fall pics to post.
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Posting this in honor of SUPER 8. Great film.
This was a gift to me from my animation instructor back in 1994 when he was retiring. In fact, the unused film is dated "November 1994." I shot my animation project with this camera. Good times.
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Taken in Douglas, Isle of Man.
Unfortunately the light wasn't perfect, but couldn't resist posting this happy chappy :-)
I\'m not posting this to the usual LEGO groups because this is largely not made of LEGO bricks.
Time for something a bit outside my wheelhouse! This is my heavily modified version of a Toyota AE86 designed by a LEGO knockoff brand called CADA. I bought it because I liked the idea of having another Speed Champions-style car on my shelf that had additional functionality like the LEGO Ford Mustang does. It has functional steering like the Mustang, and it also has suspension on the rear axle. It\'s also fully geared (and has a differential) for motorization. Plus, unlike many (most?) clone brands, this design wasn\'t stolen from LEGO or a MOC. It\'s original to CADA.
To see what it looked like before my modifications, you can check out some great images by František Hajdekr over here. Basically, I think they missed the mark aesthetically in a few ways. They gave it too round of a roof (because they copied the Mustang), an uneven belt line (because they copied the Mustang), and no C pillars or really any form to the bodywork at all by the rear side windows. I also didn\'t like its reliance on stickers for details like door handles and the radiator grill. It had some small mechanical issues too, like steering that would ratcheted because the 40-tooth gear got caught on some internal supports, and some poorly reinforced elements such as the hood hinges and the rearmost suspension linkage.
I fixed all of that and added some personal touches, too: black wheels and a white hood and lights for a more factory aesthetic, a dark red interior with black floors and proper Toyota seats, a largely redesigned engine with spark plug wires, an air filter, a radiator hose, new headers, and a battery; and various other changes and bugfixes including eliminating illegal techniques and filling small gaps.
This thing is now at least 1/3 official LEGO pieces as a result of my meddling. The cost of my tweaks (about $60) was massively more than I paid for the set (under $20) to begin with!
Posting five city birds, all taken on 28 April 2021. I am adding the description that I wrote under a previously posted photo taken on the same walk.
"I desperately needed to get out somewhere for just a short time this afternoon. The workmen did less loud banging on my walls today, but three weeks of this already and many weeks more, is pretty draining. I had a message from a neighbour today telling me to check for water leaking into my place. She was getting leakage from her neighbour and it could have spread along the main support beam. After checking my home, I couldn't see any sign of water or water marks, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Too many things going wrong at the moment!
It was reasonably sunny this afternoon, but it was quite windy. I had to hang on to my hat while trying to take my photos, but it felt so good to actually see some birds! Happy to see Hooded Mergansers, Redheads, Mallards, an American Robin, and of course, a Canada Goose. It was a treat to see a Horned Grebe (more than one), as I rarely see this species. Best of all, it was quiet where I went - just me and an occasional person who walked by. I only stayed for maybe half an hour, but it was a break I needed. Felt good, Wow, it is supposed to get up to 21C tomorrow! The next day's forecast looks good, but then we are supposed to get rain on three of the four following days."
Posting five more photos taken on 29 December 2024, SE of Calgary. Had hoped that I might just be lucky enough to see a Snowy Owl, but no luck this time finding my first Snowy for this winter. Looking back on Flickr, most of my old Snowy Owl images were taken in the month of January.
Seeing the return of snow forecast for the next few days, this day seemed to be a good chance to get out. It did snow the previous night, but not a great amount. The weather was supposed to be good and it turned into a beautiful day. The skies at times were just gorgeous during the five hours that I was out. It made such a welcome change from the overcast, white skies that I had on recent drives.
Birds were scarce. Only one bird of prey was seen, perched on a tall power pole. Before I managed to get a photo of it, from a distance, a pick-up truck came from behind me and off flew the bird. This has happened many times before, on an empty, quiet back road and just when I come across a bird to photograph, along comes the only vehicle, spooking the bird into flight. A lone Ring-necked Pheasant male more than made up for it, though. First caught sight of it way down the road, running through the tall grasses and plants. When it reached a nearby farm, it took off, flying, and disappearing. The only other birds I saw were a couple of Ravens and several Black-billed Magpies.
Old barns and homesteads were enjoyed, as always. Most, if not all, were familiar ones. Not sure when I will get out again, as four of the next five days are supposed to get snow.
Posting some more pics of my custom ME3 minifigs.
These are some multiplayer characters of various races: geth, batarian, human infiltrator, salarian, krogan, asari, quarian, and turian!
Weapons by BrickArms and BrickWarriors.
my posting for this month's 12.12 Project theme, "the seventies" -- i was a teen and young adult in the '80s, but a kid in the '70s -- and i remember, at the time, how ancient the 1940s seemed to me, when my parents had been children. yet this kiddo and her school-assigned journal from a family camping trip don't seem all that far away from me now, even though the distance in time is even greater...
and please click on the Project's FB page to see all the different interpretations by marvelous artists!
I am posting two sets tonight. This one is Butterflies and a Moth. The other set is birds. I have taken a lot of shots of butterflies and birds over the past two days, so I thought I would post a set of each. The Skipper above is my favorite shot for this set, but the biggest thrill was finding a Snowberry Clearwing - aka Hummingbird Moth. I have seen it only once before and that was four years ago. My elation was deflated when I realized that I somehow turned my exposure dial to Manual while trying to get close to it as I banged through the thick weeds. Manual exposure is fine if you program for it, but not so great if you don't.
So the Hummingbird Moth shots in this set are from four years ago taken with my 30D. I didn't post them at that time because I thought they were not good enough. After a bit of processing they look OK to me now though compared to what I got yesterday. I hope you like them and the other species in this set.