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One of those rides where you get into the little car and then are lifted and dropped and swung around really fast, after which I get off and feel sick for the rest of the night .....
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Sunset on the Lancaster Canal near Garstang, Lancashire. This barge was called "Predator", hence the title! The owner had obviously cut quite a lot of firewood to keep his wood burner going, looking at the amount of saw dust on the towpath!
The colours in the sky were magical!
On a sunlit patch of grass, an osprey stands over its prize a freshly caught fish, half‑consumed and glistening with the raw truth of survival. The bird’s talons anchor the meal like landing gear on a runway, its hooked beak tearing through flesh with surgical precision. The yellow eye burns with focus, the kind of intensity that belongs to apex hunters and fighter pilots alike.
This isn’t brutality; it’s mastery. Every motion is deliberate, efficient, and earned. The osprey’s feathers shimmer with the contrast of light and shadow, a natural camouflage that hides nothing of its intent. The scene captures the moment between hunger and satisfaction the wild’s version of victory.
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Barred owls are large and impressive predators with nearly a 4 foot wingspan, so they're hard to miss when they are in the area.
This is the same Black Bear featured yesterday, known as Georgina, in full predator mode. She has caught a female Pink Salmon, but has her eye on a second salmon, glimpsed in the pool at the lower right (we're looking at the top of its head). She had wounded and disabled this fish when she saw a splash and chased down the one now in her jaws. A moment later she finished off the first salmon. A great feast on days when the salmon are running.
Not all days are like this. Water temperature is one of the keys - if the water is too warm, the fish stay offshore and wait. Meanwhile the bears gather on shore and wait. The photographers wait, too. It's a waiting game.
On this day, a fine, misty rain was sprinkling down, the temperature was cool for late August, conditions were right and the salmon were trying to sneak past half a dozen bears to reach their spawning pools upstream. Some made it and some didn't.
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Since I've been photographing wildlife, I've found that there seems to be such serenity in the way these creatures move, and hold a pose. I have to remind myself that they aren't posing for my benefit! The stealth they show during those deceptively serene moments is intended to numb their prey to their very presence, so they can kill it! Such peaceful predators they are.
This Great Egret was the epitome of grace while in hunting mode. I can't resist capturing shots of them, even when I know that sometimes they will "blow out" in the bright, Florida sun. The best time to shoot these birds is on overcast days, but I take whatever opportunity I have. Half the fun of it is just watching them move or not move. This one was at Reed Canal Park in South Daytona.
During this week that I spent at home in quarantine, I made many observations and began to envy the birds! Now they are the owners on the streets!
За эту неделю, что я провела дома в карантине, я сделала много наблюдений и стала завидовать птицам! Теперь они хозяева на улицах города!
Серия фото, сделанных в период карантина COVID-19
A series of photos taken during the quarantine period COVID-19
One more from the LED hula hoop shoot, and may I say again... a lot of fun was had.
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This old boy was looking as if I was its prey and he wanted to climb the food chain. While walking the fence line for brakes after finishing for the day. This hawk was intent on keeping his spot to the point where I was within 15 feet before he vacated.
An old photo with a bit of an edit and a bigger crop. The Heron did eat it after a bit of a struggle. I have seen them eat bigger and then go straight back to fishing.
Dice Snakes on the northern shore of Lake Balaton / Hungary near Keszthely.
The dice snake (Natrix tessellata) is a European nonvenomous snake belonging to the family Colubridae, subfamily Natricinae.
Würfelnattern am Nordufer des Balaton / Plattensee (Libás Strand = Gänse Strand).
_ Die Würfelnatter (Natrix tessellata) ist eine ungiftige, für den Menschen harmlose eurasische Schlange aus der Familie der Europäischen Wassernattern (Natrix). In Mitteleuropa ist die wärmeliebende Art extrem selten. Sie wurde zum „Reptil des Jahres 2009“ gekürt. Am Nordufer des ungarischen Plattensee kommt sie jedoch häufig vor. (wikipedia)
két kocka kígyók északi Balaton-part Keszthely (Libás strandot).
A kockás sikló (Natrix tessellata) egy eurázsiai kígyófaj, mely közeli rokonával, a vízisiklóval ellentétben valóban vízhez kötött életet él, és tápláléka nagy részét is innen szerzi.
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Holidays in Hungary, image #188 of 581
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SONY NEX-7 & SEL 18-200
200mm _ f/9 _ 1/320s _ ISO200
11.05.2015 10:47
This is an immature cooper's hawk perched and looking for its next victim at the Gilbert, AZ Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch.