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Just posting this from a few days ago. GP didn't have to "follow the tracks" to get our turkey for Christmas dinner (haha) rather, while I was waiting for my surgery he took a quick run to the grocery store to get our turkey and some other things for us.
I had my cataract operation yesterday and all went well! I still need my glasses for my computer right now and reading but perhaps in time they can go if not no bother to me - I am just amazed that I no longer see nothing but a blur out of my right eye and can actually see the TV with it if I close my "good eye" (the left). The Ophthalmologist told me it should get better every day so fingers crossed. I am not sure about the left eye yet as I have a cataract starting in it so perhaps they will take it out in a few months or leave it for a while. I think it will be weird for me to look through the eyepiece of my camera when I pick it up again through my right eye, since I pretty much could not see out of it I reverted to using my left to photograph.
You all have a super awesome day!
Posting a load of stuff that i have been messing about with recently. Stuff that has only half-satisfied me, but i need to get over and move-on.
You thought Hell was gonna be all Goth and black? YOU WERE SO WRONG! its classical and organised :D
Good morning everyone. As the title indicates, today's posting is the 5th in a series of different grasshoppers photographed by yours truly this past year. Featured is the Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina), which after the Red-legged and Differential Grasshoppers is the most common grasshopper found here locally.
Of all the grasshoppers I encounter the Carolina tends to be the least photogenic. Very drab in coloring, although it can vary quite a bit from the above dull grey (most common color) to a pretty rose color. Although the later is not very common. Plus it tends to be difficult to approach and very flighty. And rarely if ever do I see one other than on a dusty or gravelly road...hence the reason for one of its other common names, the Road Duster.
Kind of a long series so don't forget to click on "view previous comments" if you don't see the additional photos in the comment section. Even better, scroll to them by clicking on the arrow thingy to the right of the above pic. And if you want to any pic in the comment section large all you have to do is click on it where you'll also find the complete narrative describing this species of grasshopper.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great first day of December.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .003 seconds (1/400) focal length 300mm
I am posting these three photos this morning just for the record of yesterday's horribly cold walk in Fish Creek Park. The temperature was only around -15C (windchill was much colder!), but there was a light wind and it was the worst kind of cold.
Our walk started at the Ranch and, after just a short walk west in the hope of finding a Pileated Woodpecker that strangers had told us about, we made our way east to the Bow River. It looked as cold as it felt! Worth it, though, to see this Great Horned Owl at the start of our walk, perched very high up in a Spruce tree. There was a tangle of thin twigs right in front of its face, but the owl lowered its head just once to see us better and I clicked. Focal Length (35mm format) - 1200 mm.
On the way to the river, we noticed, through the lightly-falling snow, several White-tailed Deer in the distance. Though the river was not frozen over, endless small pieces of ice were flowing fast, with a few ducks in the water, too. In the third photo I posted, if you look carefully, you can see two Bald Eagles perched in the trees on the far side of the river.
It was a long walk, two and a half hours, giving me the 10,000 steps for the day - which so very rarely happens these days (the last two years). Because there were so few birds to stop and watch, the walk was almost non-stop walking, which I always find difficult and painful. The only way to fix that was with a stop at Tim Horton's for coffee : ) Always just as enjoyable to sit and chat as it is to be on a walk itself.
Told you we'd be posting more from Stowe! This one looks better the bigger it is, so CLICK HERE
Basically one of the nicest locations we've ever stumbled upon, and the wonderful folks at Junnnktank webzine seemed to agree, so we've got a huge feature over there right now which you can read all about and look at right here.
We're kind of in love with every picture from that shoot, so this is just the beginning.
Tumblr / Makphoto / Stowe / the JUNNNKTANK Interview!
Taken on the Kiev 88+Kodak Portra 400VC
October 9th, 2011
Going through some very very old photos that I never got around to posting! This is from the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Washington State. These two guys were having a wonderful day splashing in the mud, along with their (very patient) mother who actually helped them run through the biggest puddles and then pose for pictures afterward!
Keep posting my pictures from last september London trip.
Another shot from the top of the Tower Bridge to the clouds, looking to the "More London" complex, the tower of london, the Gerkin building complex...and the rest of London
To see the whole tour you can have a look at the map on my facebook page
Day 4, from Tower Bridge
My Social presence:
Nikon D7000 + Sigma Wideangle 8-16mm
HDR from 3 shots, handheld
DxO, Noiseware, Photomatix, Photoshop, Nik Viveza
* May be used as bookmarks, paper hornets, writing down his or her phone number, a healthy snack, or even a place to put your bubble gum!
Posting a few images from a very disappointing day at the Botanic Gardens in Dublin. The weather has caused a lot of plants to bloom late this year. Will have to go back in a few weeks. Should have stayed in the studio but wanted to use my Nikon RC1 lighting system on my Macro 105mm lens. RC1 system consists of three flash guns attached to the end of the lens. Above is the result.
A break in normal postings today for one good reason.
No War! Solidarity with Ukraine.
Солідарність з Україною
My Ranica Pramień 4x5 large format pinhole camera was handmade made in Ukraine. Сапраўдныя пінхол камеры- гэта "Ranica"! Lviv, Ukraine. Yes that really is f/233! I am thinking about the Ranica staff of this wonderful craft workshop.
Did you also know that the photographic software firm Skylum (makers of Luminar) is also based in Kyiv? Yesterday they sent out the following email with a request for help.
skylum.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash...
Also today, spare a thought for the ordinary Russian people. The 6,000 brave Russian anti-war protesters who were arrested in St Petersburg and face 20 years imprisonment. We know Putin has already imprisoned and even had killed a number of opposition leaders in Russia.
In 1989 we all lived in the hope of freedom, peace and democracy. Now this new Russian Tsar, an heir to Stalin, is acting the tyrant. The world must resist so that freedom for Ukraine and the Russian people is possible. Putin must not be allowed to oppress any longer! This illegal war to steal a country must end!
Солідарність з Україною
I know Im posting a lot of Venus images but Im trying to improve my technique.
Previously Ive used the Baader UV filter but here Ive used the Astrodon UVenus filter as it is said to have greater transmission in the UV. I was certainly able to reduce exposure times whilst keeping gain and %histogram the same - that resulted in many more frames per 2 minute video run.
I removed another one of the spacers in my Baader modular VIP Barlow so just x1.5 magnification here taking total magnification to about 6000mm f/30 and an image scale of 0.1 arcsec/pixel - still a bit higher than I would like.
Also getting comfortable using an ADC - usually needs just 0.5 or 1 "stop" for this target at 21 degree elevation.
Seeing was moderate for my site
Astrometry:
Illuminated fraction = 0.294
Diameter = 35.9 arcsec
Light travel time = 3.9 minutes
Elevation = 21 degrees
Elongation from Sun = 40.7 East
FireCapture v2.6 Settings
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
Filter=AstrodonUV
Profile=Venus
Diameter=35.32"
Magnitude=-4.51
FocalLength=5900mm
Resolution=0.10"
Frames captured=6950
File type=SER
ROI=712x714
FPS (avg.)=57
Shutter=16.79ms
Gain=471 (78%)
Gamma=50 (off)
Histogram=83%
Limit=120 Seconds
Just posting a couple more photos of my LMV, without minifigs this time so that some details are easier to see. In this pic I've dropped a Brickarms ammo can into the driver's side door box to show that it fits quite nicely (though it looks a little crooked here). You can also see that I've mounted a dirt bike on the rear lift gate. I've read that the Australian SASR often do that on their existing vehicles, so that the dirt bike can be used by the team for route reconnaissance.
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
All photos © Ian Cox. If you would like to use this image please ask first. Best viewed as a set here
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After posting the female Goosander a couple of days ago, I thought I ought to follow up with a male. This was also taken on the River Severn at Bridgnorth in Shropshire.
I don't know if there is a specific reason, but I've always had more success photographing the females rather than males. They never seem to be much more camera shy to me.
This male had just surfaced from a dive and is giving a quick shake of his head.
After spotting me he was quickly back under and resurfaced several yards further away.
...a must view in the large size.
Good morning. Just a single posting today of another flower I plucked from the Christmas bouguet to photograph separately, being a variegated carnation. And I highly recommend it be veiwed in the large size to appreicate the detail and texture of this beautiful flower.
And see below link for a shot of a Chrysanthemum taken from the same bouquet:
farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2132519473_defacd1205.jpg
Take care...and I hope everyone has a wonderful day. And just think, tomorrow is Friday already :-)
Lacey
ISO100, aperture f/8, expsodure 1 second (1) focal length 70mm
Posting a few extra photos from Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive from yesterday. Still have a bunch of really cool shots to share. There are the ones that didn't quite make the cut as deserving stand alone posts.
Some Young gators in the weeds.
Posting six more old photos that were taken by my father many years ago, all taken before 1944.
I don't have the date that this photo was taken. All I know is that it was taken before 1944.
Tom Carden Bassindale, 1907 - 1976
Vera Kathleen Bassindale (nee Neal), 1914 -1998
They were married on 4th June 1938.
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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Tonight, I am just posting a few odds and ends. Recently, I have been taking so few photos and I have no energy to go through archive folders. What I really need is a good day's drive with lots of photo opportunities : )
As usual, the Calgary Zoo is where I find different or colourful things to see and photograph. This was my last visit before the COVID pandemic started.
I am adding the description from one of my previously posted photos from the same visit.
"I finally got as far as the Calgary Zoo, on 12 September 2019. The last time I was there was on 26 June 2018 and the time before that had been 6 October 2015. I used to go several times a year, but the long gap from 2015 to 2018 was because of major road construction and a bridge replacement right by the Zoo. Anyway, it felt good to be back there almost two months ago.
My visit only covered a small area of the Zoo, as I usually spend a lot of time in the Conservatory, enjoying the plants and tropical butterflies. I did call in to see the Giant Pandas one last time before they leave the Zoo after their five-year visit. (The cubs were due to go back to China this fall, but now will be staying in Calgary till early 2020.) How lucky we have been to have these four amazing animals visit our Zoo. They were in an inside enclosure, full of plants - and Bamboo, of course. The Zoo had another Panda visit way back in 1988, but they only stayed for seven months. The Conservation Status of the Giant Panda is Vulnerable, with fewer than 1,800 giant pandas left in the wild.
A few hours well spent, happily clicking. Hopefully, it won't be so long before my next visit, though the west entrance does close each winter, and the north entrance is out of my driving comfort zone. It felt so good to once again be back in a place full of colour and interest.
It also feels good to have some colourful photos to post this morning, as it is a very overcast day, with a temperature of 1C (windchill -2C). It must have rained last night, then snowed lightly this morning, or vice versa. More snow forecast for tomorrow and the next day. Shortly after this September Zoo visit, we had a major three-day snow storm. I reckoned there must have been about 10 inches of snow on top of my fence and, sure enough, 10.6 inches (27 cm) of snow was recorded. Further south, in Waterton, they received 37.4 inches (95 cm) of the white stuff."
A few more odds and ends from my archives, I am adding the description that I wrote under a different image taken on the same outing. Will be without my car for another several weeks minimum (sigh!), so will be posting images from my archives for quite a while.
"On 26 November 2016, friends and I were so very lucky. On a walk in Fish Creek Park, we found not only an owl, but two owls, and different species - this Great Horned Owl and a teeny, popcan-sized Northern Pygmy-owl. It had been almost two years since I last saw a Northern Pygmy-owl. That one, also, had been seen in Fish Creek Park. On 26 November, it was near the top of a very tall tree, so my photos were fully zoomed and cropped and posted just for the record.
The Great Horned Owl, however, was seen nice and low and out in the open. The bird was large and fairly pale, so we think it was probably a female. After taking a few photos through the trees, we continued our walk and I was able to get a few shots from a different angle, just before she closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Then, the following day, 27 November 2016, I decided I would go back to the park and meet different friends and hope to be able to at least show them where we had seen the Great Horned Owl the previous day. Amazingly, there she was, sitting in exactly the same place, out in the open. We continued our walk, talking about seeing owls, when I suddenly stopped and grinned. I had spotted a second owl (smaller and darker, so a male) so far away in the distance, through a mass of trees. No idea how I saw it, as it was so well camouflaged. After a long look, a couple of my friends still weren't able to find it, it was so well hidden. A fully zoomed and cropped photo (posted yesterday) shows what a beautiful bird he was - lovely colour on his face.
After our walk, some of us called in at Tim Horton's for coffee. I always enjoy this, just as much as the walk itself. Thanks, Janet, Bernie and Stephen for a rewarding afternoon!
We split into two groups, so not everyone saw everything on the list. My group only saw one Northern Pygmy-owl, not two."
Posting a few more images from my archives until I can get out again. I am adding the description that I wrote under a previously posted photo taken on the same outing.
"This particular bird resides at the Alberta Bird of Prey Centre in Coaldale, southern Alberta, a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures,and Golden Eagle. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, educating the public.
I often see Bald Eagles flying wild, both in the city and in the surrounding areas. Usually when I see one, it is flying or perched far away. Too far away to see any detail at all, which is why I love going to this Centre, to see raptors up close.
It had been a few years since my last visit there - I've been maybe three or four times - and I had been longing to go back. Much too far and all new driving territory for me to even think about driving there myself. However, three days ago, on 9 September 2016, that is exactly what I did. A friend had said she would come along, too, but she emailed me at 1:00 am to say that she assumed the trip had been cancelled, as she hadn't heard back about the time to meet. In fact, I had sent two emails giving the time, so I don't know what happened there. Very unfortunate, as it would have been great to have had company on such a long drive.
I knew it would be a long day and further than I would normally drive - and in a brand new car that I have yet to learn to drive! It doesn't look or feel quite as new now, after travelling 481 km! Only got lost twice, one minor and the other major. Must have taken a wrong turn somewhere down south and I ended up in the city of Lethbridge, that I had very carefully planned to avoid. After three and three-quarter hours, I finally arrived, to my huge relief.
Despite getting there later than I had hoped, I still had more than enough time to wander round the grounds and photograph the various raptors. Some were tethered out in a grassy area and others were in large outdoor cages. Wonderful to get such a close look at the various majestic birds.
I took a slightly different way home via #845 (?) making absolutely sure that I didn't accidentally find myself in Lethbridge again and it wasn't too long before I found myself in the area that I had driven a few weeks ago, when I went SW of Vulcan to look for Common NIghthawks (without any luck). Just so happy that I finally made myself do this drive. When I Googled the Centre's website a few days ago, I discovered that they were closing two days later for the winter. So, it was either a case of going the next day or not at all till next May onwards.
The very next day, 10 September 2016, I took my daughter on a long drive in Kananaskis. This was yet another place that I had longed to be able to drive for many years - and finally I did it! I had been lots of times with various friends, but this was the very first time I had ever driven myself."
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Posting one of s set of shots of a bee photographed close to the North Wirral coastal dunes. The rest can be seen at www.inaturalist.org/observations/82057935 together with some ID discussion.
To me it looks the wrong colour for a blue mason bee, but other opinions, particularly Bernhard's, most appreciated.
The Jurassic Coastline in Dorset is one of my favourite places to visit. Even the 4 hour drive from where I live cannot put me off. This area truly is a magical place, that I love to photograph as often as possible.
I shot this image around sunset and manually blended 3 exposures to create the scene as I remember it. I felt very lucky to get such a dramatic sky and lovely subtle tones in the foreground. I will be posting many more images of this iconic scene.
Late posting this week; heavy cold and cough, didn't go out yesterday, must admit I didn't move far from the car for this week's shot either. The first weekend of December, milder than the last few days but not much sun; sometimes it's better to have the cold with some sun. Since we are now in December autumn is over for another year and we are into winter.
Reasonable numbers of walkers on what was a pleasant afternoon for a stroll. Good numbers of black headed gulls on the pond, also mallard, no canada geese though.
Posting this early for Slider Sunday Group.
I've been going back to some pictures in my archives and reprocessing them. This image is from a trip to Rowe Sanctuary, in Gibbon, Nebraska, March 2015, to view the migrating Sandhill Cranes at sunrise. Those things standing in the Platte River are thousands of Sandhill Cranes that congregate at night in shallow water. At sunrise they all start taking off to feed in the corn fields nearby. They only stay in this part of Nebraska for a few short weeks before they head on their way towards the Arctic. It is a magical sight to view them at sunrise and sunset.
I applied some filters and played around with the colors to produce this painterly, impressionistic effect.
I am posting this shot, so, I can explain about our "weather".
After getting record snow fall, we finally got a small reprieve.
The snow stopped and for a few days we had temperatures up into the mid 40's.
Wow! the snow was melting!!
Then yesterday afternoon the winds started blowing.
20-60 mile and hour with gusts up to 80 mph.
That went on all night.
I got up this morning at 5am to blizzard conditions.
It was snowing like you wouldn't believe and it was blowing 20-40 mph.
We got 5 inches of snow in a little over an hour.
The snow has now let up.
But, according to the State Troopers the roads are a disaster.
We canceled Jan's scheduled PT appointment for today.
She has one every Tuesday & Thursday morning to strengthen her legs.
Lots of power outages.
The roads are to quote the State Troopers "a total mess"!!!
PS - A statement from the Troopers this morning:
Anchorage Police Department
Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 7AM:
The roads are gross.
All those nice dry main roads we had yesterday are gone. After a night of almost no sleep due to howling winds that made all of us think our houses were going to be ripped off their foundations and whisked away to the land of Oz, someone turned on the snow faucet at around 4AM. Several inches of heavy wet white cement showed up in about two hours. It’s the kind of mess that yanks your tires all over the roadway and forces you into other lanes without your permission. Even in all-wheel drive.
You are going nowhere quickly this morning. Be extra careful. It’s one of those days where you know you’re sitting in the driver’s seat of your car, but it feels like someone else is steering. Someone who is in no condition to drive.
Fake spring is gone.
Our side of town got 5 inches of the heavy wet snow!
So, I've not been posting since early August because I am currently living in the Amazon basin of northeastern Peru, where I'm serving as the Director of Conservation and Research at Santa Cruz Forest Reserve for Project Amazonas. I have very limited and sporadic internet service and not much time on my hands to process, let alone post, photos. However, I just dumped my second batch of 64 GB worth of photos, so one day I will have lots to post here on Flickr.
In the meantime, here's a shot of an adult male Langsdorff's Coral Snake from the village of Mazan, Peru. This species, like most coral snakes, is probably not as rare as we think it is, just secretive. However, very few people in the vicinity of Mazan have seen this species and even then, it was only "one other specimen". This male was found by a friend of mine next to his house. He was so excited, he brought it all the way out to the research station the next morning. About a week later, my oldest and youngest daughters stepped over a second specimen on a trail that got away before I could get to it. Two weeks later, my middle daughter saw one crawling into a brush pile at dusk right in the field station clearing. I was unable to secure that animal too. However, these two specimens are only the fourth and fifth confirmed sightings of the species at Santa Cruz Forest Reserve, so we were definitely happy to record them.
Posting a series of shots after talking to some of the guys as they landed on the beach, knowing I had been shooting. I'm hoping they'll find these. Merci for a very entertaining and exhilarating couple of hours!
La Plage du Ponteil - Antibes, France
This is an image I debated posting. A flock of Canada geese landed in the field across the road, and spent the afternoon working down the field. I took a few wide shots of the over 300 geese, then debated how to proceed when they took off as the afternoon waned. I decided to try to capture the chaos of the geese taking off with the mountain and farm in the background, rather than trying to isolate a slice of the erupting flock. I am not sure it was a great choise, as I find the image a bit too chaotic. And it was pretty hard to edit. Anyhow, will do better next time. As an aside, I was doing my normal check for sensor spots, and noticed the bottom quarter of the image was littered with spots. On closer inspection, they aren't sensor spots... Good thing I was not under the cloud of birds.
Posting some photos that I neglected to post from my 2020 trip.
This is from one of the less travelled parts of NZ in the far south east.
Another posting of our Christmas tree, this time taken with some daylight and horizontally. The tree probably symbolizes Christmas the most for me since we used to go to the woods on the outskirts of our small town where I grew up to cut our favourite one down. (Usually it was a blue spruce decorated with blue lights, my Dad's choice).