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Taken six years ago. Posting some old stuff until new adventures arise.
This is inside the Basilica di San Pietro, Vatican City. A new pope had to be elected and there was this big show in the morning. I was all the way in the back of the building and I didn't have a seat. It took ages and they were singing and I don't know what was going on. I just walked out the door. I don't have time for this peoples, I'm on holiday. Good day!
On an earlier posting I made the comment that all my previous compact cams managed really close macros better that this Oly.
I've experimented with a variety of closeup lenses and they produced acceptable results but, I wanted an even 'better' solution.
Enter the Raynox M-250 - for all intense and purpose a +8 dioptre lens (3 elements coated) built to higher spec and an ingenious 'universal' mounting solution which means that it can be used on any lens (including the Lensbaby) with 52-67mm filter size regardless of the cam.
However, it is limited to focal lengths higher than 50mm equivalent with longer telephotos giving the highest magnification. The downside is - as illustrated - that the depth of field is ridiculously small a matter of millimetres even at f/20.
Time will tell if it was a practical solutions.
I've complained several times here when posting shots of juvenile raft spiders (Dolomedes fimbriatus) that I never seem to find any adult specimens.
Well, on Midsummer's eve (as in during the day before Midsummer's Day), me and my wife and son had a picnic by lake Långsjön in the Paradiset nature reserve on a very hot day. After eating, my son spotted a, as he put it, "very big boi" down by the waterline.
It turned out to be a male raft spider, not quite fully grown, but still a large spider.
Unfortunately for Mr. Raft here, he had been in some sort of altercation and was getting by on just six legs. He tried running away from us on the water, but there the lack of two legs really hurt him and he was making very poor speed so I put him back on the ground.
My wife snapped a photo of me shooting the spider from the water here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53000746833/ and as you can see, while concentrating to nail focus - I completely forgot not to make a silly face.
A little while after this, another, larger, male raft spider came walking over my wife so I managed to get a couple of shots of that one as well which will follow later on.
This morning, I am posting four photos taken yesterday, 7 June 2017, when I went out for the day with seven friends, to Kananaskis. We drove west of the city into the eastern edge of the mountains, stopping at a few different places, including Elbow Falls and Forgetmenot Pond. The scenic shot is my main image - the remaining three are ones that I want for my albums, but are definitely not good shots. Actually, I was excited to see all three of the subjects photographed, as I so rarely see any of them.
A few minutes ago I found the following 4-minute video taken by Kenneth Lori using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter and taken on 16 June 2016. It travels over the pond and the surrounding river and mountain scenery.
What a great day we had yesterday! It was one beautiful find after another, and I think we all must have arrived back home at the end of the day, feeling happy and content. Dorothy and Stephen, as always, you planned a wonderful day for us and you even managed to arrange with the weatherman for beautiful sunshine and warmth, with an occasional welcome slight breeze. I still can't believe how lucky we were, seeing so many interesting things. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to decide what was the highlight for me yesterday. The Harlequin Duck, the distant Common Nighthawk, the dried-up Morrel mushrooms, the small cluster of beautiful brown jelly cup fungi?? And so on .... Great to spend a day with such a pleasant group of keen, interested people. Thanks so much for such a great day - my favourite kind of day : ) Thank you, also, for the ride and for the donuts you brought along for everyone to enjoy. Nice to end our day with a stop at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek, for a coffee.
A rare visitor in our area on Lake Erie.
We followed up on a rare bird posting and were lucky enough to find the bird within minutes of arriving.
Long distance shots until the bird flew up and went west over Lake Erie.
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Pelican chicks can crawl by 1 to 2 weeks of age. By 3 weeks they can walk with their body off the ground and can swim as soon as they can get to water. Older chicks move up to running, then running with flapping their wings, and by the age of 9 to 10 weeks, they can fly.
source - www.allaboutbirds.org/…/American_White_…/lifehistory
So sorry for posting at the last minute. I don't like doing this as it overloads Sunday making it difficult for everyone to catch and comments. Not the shot I originally had in mind, but it made me smile, I hope it will make you smile too. Have a great week.
On my 200th day after first posting a Flickr foto, I bequeath this Envy Eradication Plan.
How do you handle it when others are “almost always first in” competition with life’s daily races with you. In such a situation, since the jealous person often feels powerless to compete and unable to raise herself up, she tears the other person down.
Envy does not work its evil out in the open. It works behind the scenes under the guise of good. It engages in covert operations. We read in Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”, Book 2, chapter 4, pg. 89 (New York Penguin Books, 2000), “[The] man shows you what you have fallen away from and what you might have been,” says Sydney Carton to himself, as he reflects upon the reason why he so loathes Charles Darnay.
Do you hate the envied person because she makes you feel inferior or guilty or ashamed of yourself? Is not the other person like a mirror in which you see a portrait of what you are not? Do you make people who you envy pay a thousand ways for their giftedness? Do you make them the brunt of jokes and talk behind their backs? Do you give them the silent treatment and “forget” to tell them information that they need to know in order for them to perform their jobs well?” Do you attempt to destroy their good names by sowing seeds of suspicion about them in the minds of your colleagues and friends?
Envy (the Latin invidia, from vedere, to see) has traditionally been associated with the eyes. Envy is the inability to look upon the goods of others with joy. Envy drains one’s life of joy and fills it with fear. St. Thomas defined envy as “sorrow for another’s goods.” But it is a projected sorrow, the sorrow that I do not have what others have. And it is a sorrow that is shot through with fear, the fear that I am less than others.
The envious person is competitive by nature; he is always comparing himself to others, forever looking out of the corner of his eye to see if his neighbor has more, or something bigger or better. The tragedy of the envious person is like that of a child who cannot rejoice in the Christmas present that he is unwrapping because he is spying the gifts that his siblings have received.
If you also have this problem, will you join with me on an elimination plan? Can each of us rid ourselves of envy, by attacking it a little bit at a time? Without always envying others, there is a better ability to find peace and joy in daily life. Guaranteed your inner being will smile more!
EXPLORE # 189 on initial group on February 13, 2008; # 231 & 248 on 02-14-2008.
Posting another invasive lizard. Much smaller than an iguana. This one is about 10 inches long. Found it at a nearby park this morning.
Thanks Bill Wong for posting this video. So sad that they are separated but fun to watch the good times they had.
(Plinthocoelium suaveolens). Brazoria County, Texas.
It seems like I'm always posting something that "I've wanted to see since I was a kid". That's because, presumably like most of my lifelong naturalist friends, I spent much of my childhood pouring through field guides and natural history books, and dreaming of one day finding the beautiful and fascinating organisms contained within. In that respect, my bucket list grew very, very long.
Followers of my Flickr stream also have likely noticed that I love beetles. My passion for these armored insects began in earnest in 7th grade, when my first life sciences teacher, Mrs. Powell tasked us with putting together an insect collection. I already had a strong passion for nature and science thanks to my parents, but Mrs. Powell's assignment opened up the exciting world of insect hunting and collecting to me. I have continued to collect on and off throughout the years, though today I very rarely take specimens, preferring to record encounters with my camera.
After 7th grade, we moved from Chicago to Texas, and I was exposed to a whole new world of entomological wonders. I bought field guides on Texas insects, and immediately started marking the species I wanted to see. With the help of my parents, I targeted some of these. One year my mom took my brother, a friend, and I on a trip toward College Station to find my first Ironclad Beetle, which I did, along with my first Wheel Bug, IO Moth, and a Striped Bark Scorpion.
Over the years my passion for insects waxed and waned, as it competed with other budding interests like birds and plants. Yet I always kept a soft spot for beetles.
One species that I immediately noticed in my Texas Field Guides was the Bumelia Borer, a spectacular long-horned beetle that is, in my opinion, a serious contender for the most beautiful beetle in the country. Though this species would likely be relatively easy to find due to its host specificity and propensity to visit bait traps, I had never made the effort. I had found a few bits of elytra and exoskeleton remains on a few occasions in central Texas, but had yet to see a live individual.
This all changed last weekend, when I visited the Nature Conservancy's Nash Prairie Preserve. Here I found an absolute bounty of pollinators visiting the sea of blooming Rattlesnake Master in this exceptionally high quality coastal prairie remnant. I photographed Trigonopeltastes delta, a beautiful flower scarab, and watched Carolina Mantis nymphs as they sat in ambush on the Rattlesnake Master's flower heads.
Then I saw a massive flying insect, which appeared iridescent bluish black with an orange abdomen, and I initially took to be some manner of spider wasp. When it landed, however, I instantly recognized it as the species I have so long wanted to see.
I followed this spectacular beetle around the prairie for over an hour. It was uninterested in my presence, and allowed for a very close approach as it moved from flower to flower feeding. This species comes in a variety of color morphs, and I was lucky to see one with elements of turquoise and cobalt blue. For me, it's beauty ranks right up there with the spectacular jewel beetles of the genus Chrysina found in West Texas.
Observing this beetle was one of those magical experiences that happened when I least expected it, and it was made all the more special by the incredible setting of the Nash Prairie - a testament to the importance of this place and the conservation work of the Nature Conservancy and other organizations like it.
Sometimes the words don't flow. After posting almost 1,300 blog posts, I sometimes find it hard to come up with something new. So for the first time since I started blogging, I've got nothing to say that would enhance the beauty of this pristine lake along the Icefields Parkway. Don't worry. I am seldom at a loss for words for long.
I'm posting a number of photos here. Some have been published and seen before, others have not. They are for possible contribution to a global photo book project. There will be several new postings a day over the next few days.
I overslept this morning till 12:15 pm and so am posting my photos really late today!
Three days ago, on 16 December 2014, it was the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the town of High River. This town is SE of Calgary, roughly half an hour's drive from the southern edge of Calgary. My small group travelled in two cars, 8 people in total, and we covered the SE quadrant of the Count circle.
I will add the report compiled by our leader, Gus Yaki. As usual, there were several of these sightings that I, myself, did not see. I ended up with poor photos of most of the things that I did see - the day was absolutely beautiful, but the light was even worse than I had realized. If your computer monitor is smaller than mine, my images might look a little better : ) The amazing hoar frost, that covered everything, surprisingly lasted pretty well the whole day - usually, it lasts only a very short time. So, even though the light wasn't good for photos, the hoar frost beauty stayed with us all day long - breathtaking. For our drive down to High River, we had fog which, in patches, was quite thick. Wondered if we would see anything at all when we reached our area, ha. It was cold and damp, as well as foggy. In addition to that, some of the birds, such as the three Snowy Owls (I only saw two of them) were SO far away, there was no chance for photos except just for the record. Only 35 species were seen in the total for the complete Count circle.
Of course, as always happens, I just had to take photos of anything else that caught my eye, including several barns, cloud formations, farm cats, and so on. This beautiful Great Horned Owl was spotted at one of the farms we called in at. It was a fair distance away and very well camouflaged -spotted by someone with very good birding eyes. When I went to look at the owl again, it had moved to a different tree and a second owl flew in to the first tree. They then took off together across the farmyard and disappeared. Some of the birders also saw a juvenile Great Horned Owl in a different tree.
At another stop, we were looking in the bushes/shrubs at the edge of a different farm, where a Northern Saw-whet Owl had been sighted last Christmas Count. No luck with an owl, but one of the birders spotted a male Merlin very high up on a power pole with a "cover", which made it look as if the bird was sitting under a hair dryer at a hair salon, lol. A short while later, it was spotted just down the road, perched on a fence post. Such a beautiful bird - and such lousy light!
We had finished our count by 5:00 pm, by which time it was, of course, completely dark. A few of us stayed for the delicious pot luck supper, mainly provided by the generous birding people down in High River. Lorrie and John gave a slide show of their recent trip to Africa. So many great shots of beautiful bird species that I have never seen. Thanks, Lorrie and John, for spending time going through all your slides at home and choosing a lovely selection for us. Many thanks, too, for driving Shirley and myself all day long!
"HIGH RIVER CBC, SE quadrant, Frank Lk; E of #2, S of #23. 0830-1700, 16Dec2014. Overcast, heavy fog, created great hoarfrost on everything. Winds, variable direction, 10-15kph. -7°C. Ground mostly bare of snow; Little Bow River 95% frozen.
1. Mallard-1 f.
2. Scaup sp.- juv or f, likely Lesser-1
3. Gray Partridge-7
4. Ring-necked Pheasant-2
5. Bald Eagle-3 ( 2 ad/ 1 juv.)
6. Merlin-1 m.
7. Rock Pigeon-8
8. Great Horned Owl- 5 [an additional one seen N of Hwy 23, just W of Frank Lk exit at 16:56 pm.]
9. Snowy Owl-3
10. Downy Woodpecker-2
11. Northern Flicker-2
12. Black-billed Magpie-83
13. Common Raven-15
14. Horned Lark-20
15. Black-capped Chickadee-7
16. Common Redpoll-155
17. House Sparrow-669
18. 17 species of birds
MAMMALS:
Deer Mouse-1, deceased.
White-tailed Jackrabbit-1
Mule Deer-25
White-tailed Deer-44
Total Km by car-111; by foot- 3.
Total hours by car – 6; on foot-2.5
Gus Yaki"
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I now have to work through all the photos I took yesterday on the Christmas Bird Count, get some of them edited and then sent in. Tomorrow, I will be spending the day outside the city with my youngest daughter for our Christmas get-together. She suggested that we spend the day driving some of the backroads : ) She is really, really hoping that we will be able to find a Snowy Owl, as she has never seen one. The weather forecast changed overnight and now mentions a few snow flurries for tomorrow, at least for Calgary. The next day, I go on a Bird Count for the town of Nanton, south of Calgary, and will then have to go through all those photos and edit some to send. Two days later, I have yet another bird count, NE of the city, in the Badlands of Alberta. You would think that by now, after taking part in so many Christmas Bird Counts the last few years, I would have learned how to be organized enough to get all my dozens of overseas Christmas letters and cards finished and mailed before the very first Count. That just never seems to happen, somehow .... sigh.
I had planned to go out and shoot today. On account of some flash floods out here in the Mojave Desert, I'm posting another never-seen photo from the archives.
While it's nice to sit down in an air conditioned restaurant and have beer in a chilled glass, garlic mashed potatoes, and steamed vegetables, sometimes it's also good to see someplace that looks about the same as when John Wesley Powell first saw it. There's a blank spot on the map. What's out there? Range cattle? A territorial Scrub Jay? The wind blowing through your hair? The mystery is solved around the next bend. Imagine hours of crackling rocks under traction tires. The suspension parts groan and the tires claw at loose soil.
Before leaving town, I stopped and spoke with one of the locals, mentioning the name of a point on the map that I wanted to visit. He had been all over the area. "I wouldn't try going out there," he counseled. "That road is very bad." So I picked a less ambitious route. The further I went, the narrower the road got. At one point, the road became a tunnel through Pinion Pines paved with red powder about six- or eight-inches deep. The pines were pruned with the blunt edges of Chevy Suburbans. Three hours after I had started, I reached a high point where the view opened out to a panorama with clear view to the horizon.
When, before a sunset or a mountain — in the beauty of this or that — you pause and say, 'ah': that is participation in divinity.
— Upanishads
Journalism grade image.
Source: 4200x2800 16-bit TIF file.
Please do not copy this image for any purpose.
This woman was sitting at an outdoor table of a small restaurant/coffee-shop on the west side of Columbus Avenue at 73rd Street. It's the first time that I've seen anyone in this particular area (which is near a gym that I usually visit 2-3 times a week) with a laptop, and I was delighted to see that she had a Mac.... and not just any old Mac, but a Mac Powerbook. (But not a MacBook Air :) )
Note: this photo was published in a November 24, 2008 blog posting entitled "Mobile Tech Secrets for Getting Things Done On the Go." It was also published in a Dec 14, 2008 blog entitled "5 Fantastic Blogs To Improve Your Life." It was also published in a Jul 13, 2009 "Pimp Your Mac" blog titled "Pimp my Mail." And it was published in a Jul 24, 2009 blog titled "Step Away From the Computer." For some reason, it was also published as an illustration in an undated (Nov 2009) Mahalo blog titled "Macbook Air Battery" at www-dot-mahalo-dot-com-slash-macbook-air-battery. And it was published in a Nov 20, 2009 blog titled "Breng de klanten service naar de klant." It was also published in a Nov 23, 2009 blog titled "Customer Retention: How to Retain Existing Health Club Clients and Attract New Ones." And it was published in a Dec 4, 2009 blog titled "Every Mum Wrestles With Returning To Work."
More recently, it was published in a Jan 3, 2010 blog titled "Sunday Confessional: I Can't Stop Facebook Stalking My Ex." And it was published in a Jan 22, 2010 blog titled "Best Places with Free Wi-Fi in Metro Detroit." It was also published in a Feb 11, 2010 blog titled "How Healthcare Organizations Can Benefit From Video Campaigns." And it was published in a Feb 14, 2010 blog titled "The Most Useful Bloggers on the Web." It was also published in a Feb 16, 2010 blog titled "Unresolved Obstacles to the Credibility of Online Degrees," as well as a Feb 25, 2010 blog titled Running your "Fitness Business: Online Software vs Desktop Software." It was also published in an undated (Mar 2010) blog titled "8 Ways to Discover New Music." And it was published, sometime in Apr 2010, as an illustration in the "About Me" page of Sarita Li Johnson's blog. It was also published in an Apr 9, 2010 blog titled "Technology Vs. Human Eye: You Decide the Winner." And it was published in an Apr 17, 2010 blog titled "12 Hands-on tips to protect yourself online."
It was also published in an Apr 19, 2010 blog titled EMOBILEにUQ Flat、どれがいい？高速モバイルデータ通信サービスを比較 -- which I've been told means "Ed Yourdon is really an amazing photographer," but I'm not sure I believe it. And it was published in an Apr 22, 2010 blog titled "Gift ideas for working mums," as well as an Apr 22, 2010 blog titled "La intimidad en Internet: el pánico de los padres de la Generación M" (the English-language version of which is Internet privacy: Generation M parents panic." It was also published in an Apr 27, 2010 blog about Facebook's new privacy settings, titled "Facebook, cómo darse de baja," at www-dot-tuexperto-dot-com/2010/04/27/facebook-como-darse-de-baja/ . And on May 12, 2010 it showed up in a Web ad for the movie, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
It was also published in an undated (May 2010) HeartsForU blog , with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Jun 7, 2010 blog titled "5 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Small Business Blog," as well as a Jun 8, 2010 blog titled "Zmiana IP na 10 sposobów." It was also published in a Jun 21, 2010 blog titled Is "Blogging for Your Small Business Dead?" And it was published in a Jul 1, 2010 blog titled "2 Things All Content Creators Can Do." It was also published in a Jul 13, 2010 blog titled "Top 15 Countries Where Most Active Bloggers Are Located." And a cropped, horizontally flipped version of the photo was published in a Jul 27, 2010 blog titled "Welcome to the Gig Economy." It was also published in an Aug 12, 2010 blog titled "Women Spend More Time Online," and it was published in an undated (late August 2010) blog titled "Why you need to write in advance (and I do to!)." It was also published in a Sep 14, 2010 blog titled "Cool Top Blogging Subjects Images." And in one of the more bizarre publication examples I've seen on the Internet, the photo was published in a Sep 30, 2010 blog titled " Gillette Venus Original Razor, 1 Razor 2 Cartridges, 1-count Package Reviews." It was also published in an Oct 10, 2010 blog titled "17 laptop computers-17.3″ 17″ LAPTOP BAG NOTEBOOK CASE COMPUTER CARRYING." And it was published in a Nov 14, 2010 COMPARE LAPTOP PCS TABLETS & SMARTPHONES blog, with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. It was also published in two Nov 18, 2010 blogs, titled 3 Steps To Getting The Ultimate Article Marketing Guide" and "Investing On Internet Marketing Software." And it was published in a Nov 23, 2010 blog titled "The Online Business Opportunity for the New Entrepreneur," as well as a Nov 26, 2010 blog titled "Why Now Is The Right Time To Compare Online Trading." It was also published in a Nov 29, 2010 blog titled "The Truth About What Is Article Marketing." And it was published in a Dec 9, 2010 blog titled "Internet Schools- A Time for Choosing," as well as a Dec 18, 2010 Lifehacker blog titled "Step Away From Your Desk For A More Focused Environment." Also in late Dec 2010, I found that the photo had been published in the "about" page of a site called CafeWorkr.
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 6, 2011 Desktopize blog/, with the same title and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in a Jan 8, 2011 blog titled "How to Build Your Own Profitable Small Internet Business." And it was published in a Jan 17, 2011 blog titled "How can i get my camera to take pictures like this?" It was also published in a Jan 25, 2011 blog titled "JUSTICE DEPT. WANTS PROVIDERS TO RETAIN INTERNET DATA." It was also published in a Jan 28, 2011 blog titled "7 Blogging Tips for Increased Traffic."
The photo was also published in a Feb 1, 2011 blog titled "Traveling With Your Laptop," as well as a Feb 17, 2011 blog titled "How You Can Make Changes To Your Business Website, Your Way." And it was published in a Feb 27, 2011 blog titled "Best Places with Free Wi-Fi in Metro Detroit." It was also published in a Mar 4, 2011 blog titled "Hi… What would be on your personal software wish list?? and what features wld you want in each? :)?" And it was published in a Mar 24, 2011 blog titled "11 Dos and Don’ts for Dating Online." It was also published in a May 13, 2011 blog titled "What Are Your Prospects Looking for Online?" And it was published in a May 24, 2011 blog titled "How To Achieve Success From Stone Cold Steve Austin." It was also published in an undated (late May 2011) Cafeworkr website "about" page titled "Purpose of Cafeworkr." And it was published in a Jun 1, 2011 blog titled "Blogging Tips: Top 6 WordPress Plugins." It was also published in a Jun 21, 2011 blog titled "Consumerization of IT Challenges Device-Centric ITAM." And it was published in an undated (late Jun 2011) blog titled "Internet privacy: Generation M parents panic." It was also published in a Jul 31, 2011 Compare-online blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page, as well as an Aug 3, 2011 bog titled "How To Search For A Repeatable & Scaleable Business Model." And it was published in an Aug 28, 2011 blog titled "Facebook vi rende più disinvolte negli approcci?"
Moving into the fall of 2011, the photo was published in a Sep 8, 2011 blog titled "Entidade da UE descontente com a auto-regulamentação de publicidade comportamental on-line." And it was published in a Sep 14, 2011 blog titled "New Rules for Business in the Social Media Age." It was also published in an Oct 5, 2011 Tolle Crazy Computer blog and a Nov 7, 2011 Active-Internet-dot-de blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written here on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2012, the photo wa published in a Jan 12, 2012 Romanian blog titled "Mămici fără griji la service ." And it was published in a Jan 29, 2012 blog titled "Nice Online Dating Secrets of Success Photos." It was also published in an undated (early Feb 2012) blog titled "WIEDEN + KENNEDY TECH INCUBATOR PICKS ITS STARTUP CLASS OF 2011", as well as a Feb 17, 2012 blog titled "Internett og WiFi i Amsterdam." And it was published in a Mar 7, 2012 blog titled "Somebody's Tracking You," as well as a Mar 3, 2012 blog titled "5 Things You Should Never Share on Social Networking Sites." It was also published in a Mar 15, 2012 blog titled "Elo7 faz parceria com editora Globo e lança portal de conteúdo." And it was published in a Mar 21, 2012 blog titled "Internet to rank as 6th-largest economy by 2016." It was also published in an Apr 19, 2012 blog titled "Facebook for eCommerce: It’s About Customer Retention, Not Acquisition." And it was published in an Apr 30, 2012 blog titled "Ask LH: Do I Really Need To Be That Worried About Security When I’m Using Public Wi-Fi?", as well as a May 1, 2012 blog titled "Be in the Office Without Being in the Office." It was also published in a May 3, 2012 I Music News Radio blog, with the same caption and detailed notes that I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in a May 4, 2012 blog titled "Kaspersky Lab ha elaborado un pasaporte 3.0 para mamás en el que presentan cómo utilizar herramientas de control parental." And it was published in a May 23, 2012 blog titled "Less professor time doesn’t hurt: study." It was also published in a Jun 18, 2012 blog titled "Nikon COOLPIX AW100 16 MP CMOS Waterproof Digital Camera."
Moving into the 2nd half of 2012, the photo was published in a Jul 6, 2012 blog titled "Jobs for Shy People: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," as well as a Jul 7, 2012 blog titled BUILD YOUR BUSINESS WITH QUALITY ARTICLE MARKETING." It was also published in a Jul 31, 2012 blog titled "22 Top Blogging Tools Loved by the Pros." And it was published in an Aug 28, 2012 blog titled El 51% de los argentinos utiliza Internet como su principal fuente de información." It was also published in a Sep 3, 2012 blog titled "Cool Best Ecommerce Websites images." And it was published in a Sep 21, 2012 blog titled "この先、生き残れるノウハウはこれだ," as well as a Sep 22, 2012 blog titled "Top 5 Blogs for Teachers, You Must Need To Know." It was also published in an Oct 1, 2012 blog titled "How to transfer computer files safely," as well as an undated (early Oct 2012) blog titled "11 Dos and Don’ts for Dating Online." And it was published in a Nov 2, 2012 blog titled "El fenómeno de las madres blogger y otras noticias en nuestro Flash Digital de octubre." And it was published in a Nov 9, 2012 blog titled "Sites de rencontres: La bonne rencontre en ligne, possible?" It was also published in a Nov 14, 2012 blog titled "The New Geography of Jobs." And it was published in a Nov 15, 2012 blog titled "MyGift 15 inch Fascinating Peacock Notebook Laptop Sleeve Bag Carrying Case for most of MacBook, Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba," with the same detailed notes and comments I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in a Nov 20, 2012 blog titled "How to write a feature that connects." And it was published in a Dec 3, 2012 blog titled "Do I Really Need to Worry About Security When I’m Using Public Wi-Fi?" It was also published in a Dec 4, 2012 blog titled "Your Employees & Their Online Presence: How Will It Effect Your Brand in 2013?" And it was published in a Dec 14, 2012 blog titled "Nice Do It Yourself Calendar 2013 Photos," along with the same detailed notes I had written on this Flickr page.
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Jan 6, 2013 blog titled "Tips And Strategies On How To Be Successful In Article Promotion." And it was published in a Jan 9, 2013 blog titled "Take This Advice And Succeed With Article Advertising." It was also published in a Jan 15, 2013 blog titled "Capital Ideas Digest: 01.15.13." And it was published in a Jan 23, 2013 blog titled "Amazon Prime Is Worth the Price." It was also published in a Jan 28, 2013 blog titled "Nice Social Media Marketing Tips For Small Business photos," as well as a Feb 3, 2013 blog titled "Nice Online Trading Tips photos" and a Feb 3, 2013 blog titled "The Following Steps Can Help You To Market Any Article." And it was published in a Feb 20, 2013 blog titled "Guest Post via PostJoint: Write Drunk; Edit Sober." It was also published in a Feb 26, 2013 blog titled "퓨처워커에게 사업 멘토링 받는 방법#1." And it was published in a Mar 2, 2013 blog titled "Como manter um namoro online." It was also published in a Mar 6, 2013 blog titled "The Price of Nasty by Erica Brown," as well as a Mar 11, 2013 blog titled "Noise vs. Quiet: Which Is Better for Productivity?" I also found the photo in a Mar 11, 2013 blog titled "4 Steps to your Best Travel Insurance Purchase Every Time.," as well as a Mar 18, 2013 blog titled " Online College: Valuable Tool Or Waste Of Your time?", and a Mar 19, 2013 blog titled "Here’s Why Blogging is Not Your Cup of Tea, Wanna Leave? or Stick to it?" and a Mar 19, 2013 blog titled "Finally, Feds say cops’ access to your e-mail shouldn’t be time-dependent." It was also published in a Mar 23, 2013 blog titled "Dating Advice for PlentyOfFish-dot-com., as well as a Mar 27, 2013 blog titled "Online Dating: Yes or No?" And it was published in a Mar 31, 2013 Mashable blog titled "How Vizify Gives Recruiters Context for Your Digital Identity," as well as an Apr 4, 2013 blog titled "The most likely buyer of Nokia or BlackBerry now in talks to acquire NEC’s handset unit." And it was published in a May 1, 2013 blog titled "RESOURCES TO HELP FIND A TRAVEL COMPANION." It was also published in an undated (late May 2013) blog titled "Come trovare lavoro con i social network: cinque consigli utili per cambiare," as well as a May 21, 2013 blog titled "Consumers Can Now Upload Profile Photos for Unclaimed Place Pages." It was also published in a Jun 6, 2013 blog titled "El Consejo De Ministros Aprueba El Proyecto "Emprende En 3"," as well as an undated (mid-June 2013) blog titled "Sites de rencontres: La bonne rencontre en ligne, possible?" And it was published in a Jun 10, 2013 blog titled "10 Rules to Optimize Online Dating." It was also published in a Jun 19, 2013 blog titled "What Is ReMarketing?", as well as a Jul 1, 2013 blog titled "This is why you’re single. The top 3 reasons why your relationship fails." And it was published in a Jul 25, 2013 blog titled "The dangers of dating," as well as an Aug 1, 2013 blog titled "Higher Ed: 7 Things to Consider as You Prepare for the Year." It was also published in an undated (late Aug 2013) blog titled "Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft."
Moving into 2014, the photo was published in a Jan 13, 2014 blog titled "Be More Productive On Social Media With 10 Easy Tips." It was also published in a Feb 25, 2014 blog titled "Guía para el Periodista Freelance (I): Los primeros pasos legales, con Remo." And it was published in an undated (mid-September 2014) blog titled "12 MUST-HAVE BUSINESS APPS FOR THE MOBILE WORKER."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them. It was also published in a Jun 19, 2013 blog titled What Is Re-Marketing?", as well as a Jun 25, 2013 blog titled "言明してしまうことで自分を規定してしまうこと."
tentatively posting first pic of my not-so-new-anymore boy, Dollzone Snow, who I got back in august and only JUST fund time to make a faceup for him. He got no wig or eyes of his own, so it's very tentative first pic. But he's really so cute. SO CUTE. I love him a lot ;_;
Character wise he's gonna be Pandora Box's drummer. More about that when I'll complete his look x)
I'm posting early (again) today, as I am taking my camera with me when I go for my afternoon volunteer shift. I'm really hoping that the very strong winds will have died down by late afternoon, so that I can go and look for Prairie Crocuses (which I have still not seen yet this year). Would be nice if the grey sky could brighten up, too : )
Took this photo of a water droplet on a petal, back in mid-March. It always amazes me how the drops retain their perfect roundness with nothing to support them from below.
Sorry I haven't been posting or commenting on others peoples photos of late. Several reasons why. One being a small health problem that has now with regular medication been sorted. Time and the weather being other reasons. Just thought I would show you the front cover of a calendar produced by a good friend of mine Michael(Bundy) Roth in Germany. It's a page a week desk top calendar with poetry included. Fifty two of my butterfly images were used to help produce this. All the images were donated free of charge by me as all the proceeds of the sale of the calendar are going to charity. The only drawback is you obviously need to be able to read German for the poetry inside and it's only available in Germany. However saying that, Michael and the people who have put it together have done a brilliant job.
Have a fantastic Christmas and a Great New Year and I will be out with the camera again in the New Year and will catch up with you all then .
This WSOR bridge over the Yahara River is one of the few visible remnants in Madison of the former double-tracked CNW mainline between Chicago and the Twin Cities.
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad
Reedsburg Subdivision
Madison Wisconsin
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Mainly based off the Maschinen Krieger PaK Kröte. Same alternate WW1 universe as a previous post. Next step is sourcing parts in proper colors lol
- April 2024
..as I just took delivery of a pair of skinny, coated jeans for my male side to use. Girl jeans, but intended to spice up my male mode. I'm sure you'll see me wearing them with a cute and sexy top soon here too of course.
This posting for Sliders Sunday includes a very brief questionnaire for EVERYONE; for one and all.
If you are one of my contacts, I think I already know how each of you will answer these very simple questions; but I'm still curious.
Take your time, be honest and think about your answers carefully !
THE QUESTION --> If you drove up to this, what would you do ?
1) Accelerate and hope for a Strike ?
2) Pull over and wait to see what someone else might do ?
3) Make a U-Turn and find a different route ?
4) Wonder why you really needed that last margarita ?
5) Call Emergency Road Service and ask for a Re-Rack of the pins ?
6) Attempt to feed the flamingos ?
7) Pretend you're driving a Gutter Ball to bypass the whole mess ?
If your answer is (7) ? Then... -> Left Gutter ? -> Or Right Gutter ?
And, of course, I won't be the least bit surprised if some of you provide completely different answers not suggested above.
Many thanks for your enthusiastic participation.
Continuing with posting photos from my archives. Not sure when I will get out for a drive, given that our winter weather continues. November 23 2024: lots of snow and it looked like almost 10-12 inches of snow on top of my back fence. Can't complain, though, as mild, fall weather lasted well into November, which was wonderful. So thankful that I managed to get out for groceries a few days ago, so now I can hibernate for a little while.
Yesterday, 28 November 2024, I got up early, thinking of driving south to the Saskatoon Farm. However, change of plans, as our weather yesterday morning was -17°C (feels like -23°C), with freezing fog. More freezing fog today (29 November 2024), too. Another good day to stay home! Next week is forecast to be 'warmer'.
I will be adding the description that I wrote under a different, previously posted image taken on the same day.
"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 at the Zoo. 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 love photographing the Water Lilies. They always seem to glow, as if they had a light inside.
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 is coming to an end 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 two days ago. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for the upcoming 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."
I have just set a target to finish posting my Europe 2020 photos by November 1st. I've been working on this album for three years now, and that's ridiculous, considering the trip only took two weeks. Unposted photos from other trips are adding up, and at the rate I'm going, I'll never get to the end of them until I retire. And let's be realistic; I'm not going to be able to retire.
Having said all that, I do like this photo, and there are quite a few more Europe 2020 pics that I'm looking forward to posting. In this scene, we see what appears to be the Adam Mickiewicz Monument looking at Saint Mary's Basilica.
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PLEASE, no multi invitations in your comments. Thanks. I AM POSTING MANY DO NOT FEEL YOU HAVE TO COMMENT ON ALL - JUST ENJOY.
This visit will take a while and lots of art to show.
It is one of the world's largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage has over 3 million items in its collection. One estimate has it that you would need eleven years to view each exhibit on display for just one minute. The bulk of the Hermitage collection is housed in the Winter Palace, formerly the official residence of the Romanov Tsars, and its several annexes.
Founded by Catherine the Great, who bought up artwork from European aristocrats, embellished by each of her successors, and then massively enriched by Bolshevik confiscations and Red Army seizures in conquered Germany, the Hermitage collection is incredibly varied, ranging from ancient Siberian artifacts to post-impressionist masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso. Equally impressive are the lavishly decorated State Rooms of the Winter Palace, testament to the incredible wealth and extravagant tastes of the Romanov Tsars.
Thanks for stopping by and view this photo. The reason for posting this photo on Flickr is to learn so if you have constructive feedback regarding what I could do better and / or what I should try, drop me a note I would love to hear your input.
View On Black the way it should be seen!
-- Let the sound of the shutter always guide you to new ventures.
© 2016 Winkler
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HI guys!!! I'm posting this early, as I set this piece up for Friday the 13th. ❤
This will be out for the usual amount of time, however, but I know how yall love the spoops days so wanted to get this creepy retexture out early. ♥
Compatible with Maitreya Lara & Petite, Legacy OG & Perky, Kupra OG, Ebody Reborn & Signature Alice.
At the mainstore now ♥
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Many Mwahs ♥
-Toasty
Annnnd after three weeks suspense of not posting, here's a lazy collage of me making faces! #yeet
Well, camp's been done and over and I've been a pro couch potato...or, bed potato. College starts in a mere two weeks and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I feel like I'll still just be homeschooling like always, but noooope. Ah well, I know I can make the best of it if only I trust in God's plan and let Him guide me.
So anyhow, hope you all had a fantastic summer and continue to have an amazing rest of the year.
*Kinda definitely inspired by Taya
Given my strange posting order, you probably get a better sense of how I run around if you view things by date taken.
The Santa Fe Trail grows increasingly arid west of Fort Larned. The surrounding country remains sparsely populated.
Hi I'm really good at consistently posting content on here (No I'm not.) Gimme your favorite dream! RL or actual sleepy dreams!
Character - Me
Foliage - Hayabusa
Music: Porter Robinson — Fullmoon Lullaby (Goodnight Lavender x Nila Cover)
Rochdale Canal, Manchester UK 10 Oct 2017
I need to go out and take more pictures. Posting random stuff from the past in substitution for freshies.
Almost fourteen months after taking and posting this picture I have just sent a message to my fellow photographer who was with me and this Symbolic Venus on our journeys together. “The Queen of the North Isles,” has a subtle smile that is a great feature which delicately and determinedly calls out to each viewer and surely for certain we can imagine her with whatever colour eyes that we should wish? Something about figures with representations of living features brings out a character and even a purpose to us as we engage with them. When they are perceived as elder icons and potential treasures from historic ancestors our minds release great wondrous potential for them to be a certain something and to enliven our imagination opening up more visionary realms and adroitly granting continued access to more mental spaces and further possible places for them to have an influence within.
This small figure has attracted much attention and affection. The 4cm tall sandstone figure was discovered in 2009. The Historic Scotland dig was at the Links of Noltland Westray. Westray is known as, “The Queen O’ The Isles.” Also rendered as, “The Queen of the North Isles.” The figure after conservation and recording has been returned to Westray and is on show at the Westray Heritage Centre a museum, archive and information centre in the island’s main village of Pierowall.
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A Helios 44 2 58mm ƒ/2 lens was used to take this picture, further details below.
The Wallace Cave Rosslyn has been extended, locked and opened over the last several hundred of years. It is close to Prehistoric Carvings and may have been used by seasonal nomadic hunter gatherers all the way through William Wallace and the Wars for Independence all of the way through to modern history lovers and nature observers. The Wallace Cave is opposite to Rosslyn Chapel and Castle near the current Roslin Village. There are other Wallace and the one in Rosslyn Glen is not very large, there are other larger caves locally. The Westray Wife as figure might have been a toy like a doll, a sacred talisman and representation for playing games scratched into the ground, or even a religious figure for worship as a goddess. The resin moulded figure here from the Gift Shop at Westray Heritage Centre is serving a model for photography. In the links there is mention of there now being Four Westray Wives and there are links to The Brodgar Boy a similar prehistoric figure found at The Ness of Brodgar.
© PHH Sykes 2024
phhsykes@gmail.com
Home of the Westray Wife
Westray Wife (also known as the Orkney Venus)
westraypapawestray.co.uk/westray-wifey/
The “Westray Wife” Neolithic carved figurine
westraycommunity.co.uk/history/
Westray Wife
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_Wife
News of the Third Figurine, I believe that there are now Four Figurines from the same archaeological investigation.
Third 5,000-year-old figurine found at Orkney dig
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland...
Meet the “Brodgar Boy”
orcadian.co.uk/meet-the-brodgar-boy/
The ‘Brodgar Boy’ emerges … but what was it?
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/the-brodgar-boy-emerges-but-what-...
Helios-44 is a Soviet copy of the Carl Zeiss Biotar 58mm ƒ/2 lens produced under the Helios lens brand. The lens was made in the Soviet Union and Russia, primarily for the M42 lens mount.
Standard lens for small -format SLR cameras.
High-aperture six-lens anastigmat. Coated optics or multi-layer coating.
It was noted that the lens is distinguished by the precise coincidence of the visual and photographic planes of the image.
Helios-44, ZENIT CAMERA Archives,
Posting these finally. Was there in May and finally having time to post some of the trip. Thanks for the fav's and comments in spite of the fact I wasn't responding back.
Thanks for stopping by and view this photo. The reason for posting this photo on Flickr is to learn so if you have constructive feedback regarding what I could do better and / or what should I try, drop me a note I would love to hear your input.
View on Black the way it should be seen!
-- Let the sound of the shutter always guide you to new ventures.
© 2018 Winkler
Remember to follow me on Twitter @BjarneWinkler and @NewTeamSoftware
IAPP Member: US#12002
or back to posting normally ,for various reasons i haven't been as active as usual through the summer ,hopefully i can get back into the swing of things in the next week or so ,heres a starter from a quick local outing today
Morning Mary is taking a bit of a punt today by posting two images of the same scene from the wonderful Eblana "upsidey downsie" collection. Since they are the same scene yet with great differences of population and activity we felt that together they would provide even more enjoyment?
This one is the GPO in Sackville Street (O'Connell St.) during a very quiet period with just two jarvey cars standing waiting for customers.
Photographers: Unknown
Collection: Eblana Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1870-1890. Though likely mid/late c.1860s (see comments)
NLI Ref: EB_0001
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
I have been posting a few photos recently from our drive down Beaudesert, Rathdowney way in SE Queensland. This farm was across the road from Dingo Head whose dilapidated front gate was shown a fortnight or so ago. Fairly typical of places in the area, it’s more a grazing property I believe than a place with any agriculture. In addition, you can see the usual pile of bits and pieces dumped in the distance, lots of old scrap steel like cars and equipment, cattle and horse yards and some fine logs in the foreground, perhaps they may end up as firewood, it’s cold down thar...or maybe some home made parts for post and rail fences. Who knows.
One thing is for sure, it was a lot tidier than Dingo Head behind me!
I've been terrible posting daily photos. :-( But most days I've taken one.
A few trips have made it harder, but maybe this last one, a fun spring break trip to Joshua Tree National Park will help me catch up.
My cousins were going and so we tagged along. It was a rare camping trip in that I didn't plan anything, and didn't do any research. So I didn't know what to expect.
This photo is deceiving. There are lots of Joshua Trees around. This was the closest one to our campsite.
I left my camera there, about 200m from my campsite, for about 25 minutes, hoping it'd still be there.
Used the free startrails.de software to compile the series of 30 sec images. Used a rubber band and pebble to keep the shutter going.
Painted the tree with my bike light for a few secs, but also had a nearly full moon.