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I was up early yesterday to pull weeds in my flower bed before it got too hot. Being that I'm seldom up at the crack of dawn, not to mention a procrastinator, I first decided to go over & see what the hayfield looked like at sunrise. The sky was not interesting, so I took some shots of the fence post with some hay bales in the bg instead. While I was there, I noticed a couple different shots that I might have to hop the fence for in the near future (at the risk of being caught trespassing)...
Before & after post processing. This 100+ year-old dairy farm barn and concrete silo (Keetch Family) is in the middle of a small town (St. Charles) in SE Idaho that has grown around it over the decades. Although there is very little overall light pollution in this rural area, there is quite a bit of local light pollution from several surrounding home yard lights, making the barn over lit with a mixture of sodium-vapor (yellow-orange) and mercury-vapor (green) light colors. Here are the corrective steps I took:
• Darken & desaturate the barn/silo via yellow channel
• Increased sky contrast (which reveals the
latent colors in the sky)
• Enhanced the Andromeda Galaxy*
• Reduce barn & silo keystone distortion
*The barn is facing the NE sky, so the core of the Milky Way is behind me.
06.04.09 Monday
It’s official! From all the behavioural signs the ospreys on the nest can be no other than our own No-ring and Mrs. And, as you can see from the grid, it is the earliest they have ever arrived. Good weather and tail winds probably helped them on their way. Without satellite tracking there is no way of knowing where they spent their winter. Gambia, Senegal or Mauritania are the most likely countries – anywhere where they can find a tree of their own and a place to fish. One thing is almost certain - they do not meet up in the tropics. They enjoy a singles winter-sun holiday for 7 months of the year and the delights of domesticity for the other 5.
2001 M April 15th
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2002 M April 3rd
" F April 18th
2003 M April 7th
" F April17th
2004 M April10th
" F April 14th
2005 M April 7th
" F April 4th
2006 M April 4th
" F April 3rd
2007 M April 17th
" F April 18th
2008 M April 10th
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Today, for instance, Mrs. has been nestling down creating a small cup in the middle of the larger nest structure and they have been mating regularly. When not otherwise occupied No-ring has been sitting in full telescope view on a tree just below the nest to keep out of the (very chilly) southerly wind. He has also been trying out other favourite posts, for fishing on the Lake.
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An old post office, long closed, sits among horse farms in a tranquil setting in Clarke County, Virginia.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 19mm PC-E F4 perspective correction lens, ISO 400, F11, 1/400th second shutter speed. Oben tripod with Benro 3-way geared head.
"Automne. Le post scriptum du soleil ." ( P Veron )
Au dessus du Mont Saxonnex, Haute Savoie, France .
A voir sur fond noir, cliquer L .
Stille (Bilder-)Post (Anfangs- und Endbild)
Das Projekt des V-Clubs basiert darauf, dass eine Person ein Foto an eine andere Person sendet, die ein ähnliches Foto an den nächsten Teilnehmer sendet und so weiter, bis die Fotonachricht den letzten Teilnehmer erreicht, der sein Foto wieder an den ersten sendet.
Die komplette Stille Post besteht aus 8 Fotos.
Die ganze Folge (1-8) gibt es zeitnah zu sehen.
Front of former post office/gas station & grocery store. Town was awarded their post office in 1900 and was closed sometime in the 1960s.
Night, near full moon that was just coming up, 20 second exposure, handheld light producing device set to blue & white. Front of the building partially lit by a passing truck.
Click on the image, because it's best BIG on BLACK!!!
These posts probably date back to when settlers ran sheep and cattle here at Lake Wallagoot. In more recent years the land has been handed over to Bournda National Park. This area is on the edge of the lake and probably only under water after heavy rain.
Everyday
the Lamp Post
who sees more than I can see,
whispers words of wisdom
to me, and only me.
I lean my head against its pole,
Embrace it with a loving hold,
And while its mysteries unfold
I listen.
An old post worn down by the weather in an area that was once a pastoral station by eons earlier was a thriving lush forest.
This eastern meadowlark was seen perched on a fence post in western Saint Lucie County near Fort Pierce, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!