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For yesterday, the weather forecast predicted sun. Finally!! So, Edgar_Thissen and I went on a blind date to one of Holland's most beautiful zoos; Blijdorp in Rotterdam. How well our little blind date went, since it turned out that we both are equally enthousiastic and obsessed with getting that one shot right.... Must have been a crazy sight; two people, flat on their stomachs in front of the duck pond, oblivious of the rest of the people that had to step more or less over them to pass, shouting at each other "Ooh, look at that one" and "Yeah!, I got 'em!". But we had great fun. Normally, when you are with other people that are not so photo fanatic, you just can't take your time to get a shot right, but this worked out brilliantly. Before we knew it we were thrown out of the zoo because they wanted to close...
So, if you find some similarity between Edgar's and my photos, it figures!
This was one of the last shots of that day. The sun was setting over the duck pond and turned the water into the most amazing colors. We stayed there until it was dark and the colors changed constantly. Used the flash to light up the duckie. While shooting this, we said to each other; 'No one is going to believe that this was the real color of the water". But it was.....
With mild temperatures predicted and minimal wind, I decided to make a quick trip to Lake Monger this morning. There were not a lot of birds but some patience was rewarded with this photo of Pink Eared Ducks perched on a small sand bar a comfortable distance from the edge. Accompanying this pair were another two pairs that were more interested in sleeping than anything else.
The most photographed tree in Wales on Llyn Padam lake just on the outskirts of Llanberis town in Snowdonia which also sits at the foot of tallest mountain in Wales; Snowdon.
The shot was taken at around 3pm on a 24mm tilt shift, sun set was at around 4pm so the intention was to capture some beautiful light before sunset. The result wasn't quite my intention, however you can't predict what the weather will do. Following this the cloud came right in and over and the scene became very flat for the rest of the day.
Despite forecast predicted hazy weather, it remained clear till about 3:40am which gave me a chance to shoot LRGB videos. Seeing okey(ish) but jet stream was around 30m/s.
Getting there with derotating, but gosh it is a long process :)
Moons that I was rather struggling with, not very pleased with them for now but hope I'll get those sorted as well.
Equipment:
Skywatcher 250/1200 Flextube Dobson
Zwo ASI120MM
TeleVue 2.5x powermate
PIPP, Autostakkert 2,Registax and PS fro processing
I drove by these wonderfully stacked bales on a bright, sunshiny day and thought, that despite the clear skies predicted for the next day, they might be nice to photograph just before dawn. So that's where I was the next morning before the sun rose, exploring and photographing. At some point a dog came tearing out of the farmer's house up the road, barking madly at me. He was followed by the famer, tearing out of his driveway in a truck. They both arrived at about the same time, looking very out of sorts. "I'm so sorry," I said, "I'm just photographing them; they're piled up so beautifully." I'm sure he must have thought I was mad, but after he realized I was harmless, he very kindly (and maybe a bit proudly) said, "I'm planning to the finish the rest of them today, if you want to come back," but I was unfortunately heading to Regina to fly home that day.
Near Carlyle, Saskatchewan.
If you'd like, take a look at my other Prairies images. As well, if you're feeling particularly interested, you can read an essay I wrote for Nathan Wirth's Slices of Silence blog on my feelings of connection to the places I shoot, especially the Prairies.
I'm drawn to my barometer every time a fall or winter storm is predicted. Setting the mark and seeing how low the needle falls in a short amount of time.
12 hours forewarning sometimes.
To me, the workings of this helpful item is mysterious.
. . . After predicting a terrible ice storm, I was glad that we only had a little ice this morning! The roads were fairly good, and the only really dangerous spots were the sidewalks. The Redbud tree took on a nice looking white color!
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Struggling for time this week grabbed a quick shot whole waiting for Dominos Pizza!!! Got a feeling the predicted bad weather is gonna stop any photography this weekend.
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Folks say you can predict the harshness of the coming winter by the fuzziness of the woolly worm. This guy doesn't look all that fuzzy, meaning we’re probably going to have a mild winter.
I’m hoping for a cold and snowy winter. The colder and snowier the better! So, I guess I hope the woolly worm is wrong.
As predicted earlier my enforced Flickr layoff is still ongoing.
A move of house and a health matter have taken most of my time. Matters were made worse when on the morning we exchanged contracts for the sale of our long term home we received news that our proposed property purchase was likely to fall through. In this current economic climate we didn't want to loose our sale so ended up moving out and took up a kind offer of short term accommodation from my pal Mark. The house purchase duly fell through and we moved to Scarborough where we have no w-fi and the internet reception is next to no use. Ordinarily we would have visited local coffee shops to take advantage of their wi-fi but my doc is still telling me to keep well clear of any indoor venues.
In the meantime we are using Scarborough as a great base to explore.
This picture was taken on a trip to Whitby. It was 07.00 o'clock in the morning, the town was beautifully quiet with next to no one else on the streets. The 1909 built swing bridge that crosses the River Esk has just opened to allow a couple of small fishing craft out of the inner harbour. The sun would soon make an appearance and the town would slowly come back to life.
I will struggle for online access so please do accept my apologies for my absence and inability to respond to the postings of my valued Flickr contacts. Fingers crossed normality will return once we have moved home.
They predicted showers early today but I went out anyway. The skies were pretty interesting though, and it was raining here when I shot this. I happened to catch a lightning strike in the distance too. I shot this with a 1 second exposure and it was about a minute before sunrise. My feet got soaked cause the tide was coming in and pretty rough.
Weatherman predicted marine fog moving into San Francisco Bay gated by the Golden Gate. That forecast prompted me to cut my sleep, drive 1 hour to arrive at Golden Gate before sunset. The trip was with excitement but I only found myself surrounded in heavy fog and have zero visibility at this epic landmark site. The fog got cleared up after sunrise, and turned me, a night shooter, into a morning one to capture this amazing landscape of the epic Golden Gate Bridge.
Point of Ayr Lighthouse, Talacre
All week the weather forecast had predicted a glorious sun from 6am onwards, then it hinted at clear skies, followed by clouds and then back to clear. We stuck to our game plan and Eddie duly arrived on my doorstep at 3:45am as planned. We quickly swapped cars and headed off... the sat nav pre-programmed the night before (up here for thinking , down there for dancing... you know what I'm like). Not much traffic on the roads at this time of a morning apart from heavy goods keeping the shoppers happy.
We passed over a bridge we didn't know and drove past a ship we couldn't see. Still we were on course and arrived at the beach car park just as the sat nav had predicted - I usually make at least one wrong turn on our travels so this was a first. However, the car park appeared to be locked but it pays to check and on closer inspection they were just badly aligned and leaning so with a bit of heaving and pushing we managed to prize them apart and squeeze the car through. A quick change of shoes for wellies and we were on our way to the beach.
Now those that have visited before will know you have to cross over the dunes before you see the lighthouse and on first sight the vista was not as one would have hoped. Although we were an hour ahead of sunrise, a band of light sat between the horizon and one solid bank of motionless cloud mocking us as it deliberately bisected our intending shots. My first hour of shooting produced nothing worthy of processing and posting. Only with the imminent arrival of the sun from behind the Wirral peninsula did the cloud give in and start to disperse.
What had started as a potentially disappointing trip out was beginning to show signs of hope and excitement. We both quickly moved location, set-up again and clicked away. This is my second frame as the cloud began to break with the rising sun, still not visible on the horizon, under lighting and warming the sky. I began to dream of our changing fortune and hoped...
A little color for a very drab Dog Day Monday. We actually got predicted rain. Unfortunately, it was about 1/100 of an inch.
Echinocactus is a genus of cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. Members of the genus usually have heavy spination and relatively small flowers. The fruits are copiously woolly, and this is one major distinction between Echinocactus and Ferocactus. Propagation is by seed. (I'm the one who named this "The Orange Blossum Special.")
Perhaps the best known species is the golden barrel (Echinocactus grusonii) from Mexico, an easy-to-grow and widely cultivated plant. They are now rare in habitat, but can be purchased from any nursery in the southwest and into northern California.
Humpback whales in Resurrection Bay (Seward, AK) in a grand display of cooperative bubble net feeding. The seagulls helped us predict where the whales would surface.
The predicted storms arrived, and passed. A breath of fresh air before the next set of waves and wind. I will always love fall and winter, fortunately my Fuji gear is always up for the task :-).
Our local weather predictor "Edmontonchuck" was quoted today in response to the CBC cast which can be read below.
"I don't care what those posers said. Edmonton will have six more months of winter. Suck it up! Too bad about Willow. She was a righteous Rodent."
From CBC
"Two of Canada's famed four-legged forecasters have made clashing weather predictions. Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam is calling for an early spring while Ontario's Wiarton Willie expects six more weeks of winter.
According to tradition, if the groundhog doesn't see its shadow when it emerges from its burrow on Groundhog Day, an early spring is in store.
It was two against one on Tuesday, as Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, arguably the best-known weather predicting woodchuck, also predicted an early end to winter.
This year's Groundhog Day festivities have already been marred by the death of Canada's westerly prognosticator, Winnipeg Willow. (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation February 02, 2016)
Groundhog Day celebrations have been cancelled in Manitoba out of respect for Willow, who died last Friday at the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre." (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation February 02, 2016)
Groundhog Day falls on February 2 in the United States, It is a part of popular culture among many Americans and it centers on the idea of the groundhog coming out of its home to “predict” the weather.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." Peter Drucker.
The surroundings of Taipei 101, which was the world's tallest building in the past, are one of the busiest areas of the capital city of Taiwan. I had always wanted to create an image that showed the daily chaotic invasion of the streets by motorcycles, cars and other vehicles at the end of the workday.
Taipei, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is a city in constant transformation. In this area new skyscrapers are being built every day. The walkway from which I took the photographs was going to be demolished soon, a real shame because the view from there is truly impressive.
To obtain this result I mixed a total of 20 photographs taken at the same point: 3 exposures for the city buildings, 1 for the sky and the other 16 for composing traffic trails.
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"La mejor forma de predecir el futuro es creándolo." Peter Drucker.
Los alrededores del Taipei 101, el que fuera edificio más alto del mundo en su momento, son una de las zonas con más tráfico de la capital de Taiwan. Siempre había querido realizar una fotografía que reflejara la caótica invasión diaria de las calles por parte de motos, coches y demás vehículos al acabar la jornada de trabajo.
Taipei, una de las urbes más densamente pobladas del mundo, es una ciudad en continua transformación. En esta zona la construcción de nuevos rascacielos es constante. La propia pasarela desde la que realicé las fotografías iba a ser demolida próximamente, una verdadera pena porque la vista desde allí es verdaderamente impresionante.
Para obtener este resultado he mezclado un total de 20 fotografías tomadas en el mismo punto: 3 exposiciones para los edificios de la ciudad, 1 para el cielo y las otras 16 para componer las luces del tráfico.
As a lot of the UK is either hit with snow or flooding - so far the south west has been relatively unaffected - but today's forecast is for light snow.
Quite where the snow will fall is difficult to predict so we might still miss the disruption it always causes in the UK.
Wellington, Somerset, UK. January 2025.
Funny idea:
"A stone that predicts the weather
Wet - it's raining
Dry - it is not raining
It casts a shadow - the sun is shining
White - it's snowing
Cold - it's cold
You can not see - there is fog
He is not there - there was a tornado."
Walking through the city I saw this stone. A fun idea.
So the rain never hit us today like they predicted for Miami... but boy I don't think I've EVER seen a rainbow like this.... Absolutely breathtaking and massive... and it looks like it is emanating right from one of the many little islands that dot Biscayne Bay.
If you look carefully you can even see pieces of another rainbow to the left and top of this one. That's not an iPhone error, this really is an image of a double-rainbow.
With low elevation snow predicted across Northern California, I made an early morning trip to the lower end of Union Pacific’s Canyon Subdivision. Meteorologists were calling for snow to potentially reach the valley floor as a cold Alaskan storm moved in.
In this shot, snow showers fall the Union Pacific 2596 makes a blue hour appearance at the east end of the James Siding. At under 1,000’ in elevation, it is rare to see any amount of snowfall in these hills.
UP 2596 — Westbound Manifest — James, California
February 24th, 2023
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Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60 X30 softbox camera left. Reflector camera right. Triggered by Cybersync.
This is just east of Walla Walla where Harbert Rd connects with Hwy 12. I was driving from Walla Walla to Waitsburg to join my brother and his family for Christmas. Thank heavens the weather turned out better than predicted!! I guess this would look good in B&W, but since our mountains are called the "Blue Mountains" I like it in color.
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I seem to have this knack, much like the Met Office of predicting the wrong weather!
Just the other day I posted a hopeful spring pic of snowdrops! It had been a glorious day, 10c, sunshine, the smells of the earth warming......
This morning while walking the dogs round the field I was followed by a snow storm (literally!) I just about out walked it, came inside and took a pic from my sons room! Hence the Dragon & the Dinosaur on the window!
It is estimated that cats in the UK catch up 27 million are birds per year.
Offshore pollution is estimated to kill over a million seabirds per year.
London School of Economics predicts there could be up to 106,000 bird deaths a year due to wind turbines. Not quite the bird shredders turbines are sometimes labelled as. Research shows that painting one blade black reduces bird kill by 80%.
According to research, window collisions kill more birds in America than wind turbines.
Well, we got our predicted heavy snowfall this weekend. I spent most of my days inside going over more images to put into photo books. I came across this one from Algonquin Park two years ago that I had not posted yet. It warmed me up just thinking of that morning sunrise at lake of Two Rivers. It made me think of our plans for the next camping trip this summer. I can handle the weather this week, only if we get more sun shine!
Back in February, Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter for the United States. For my part of the world, it felt more like only six days. Unseasonably warm weather began to infiltrate throughout March and continuing on thus far into April. The result has been the early emergence of tree buds that has progressed into full blown leafing. My beloved bare tree limbs have vanished nearly a month ahead of schedule. I count on early to mid spring to wring out the last of the dreary photos before summer foliage fills in, creating a more cheerful look to the landscape. Not going to happen this year. I've nothing against summer. I love the warmth, long sunny days, and all that goes with that such as gardening. I just have difficulty moving from one season to the next. I reveled in the dreariness of winter (once it arrived) even though I hated seeing last summer die. Honestly I know as complaints go, this one sounds petty. I would be apoplectic if winter arrived a month early; now that would be the basis for a solid complaint. So I'll just leave this as more of an observation about uncanny weather.
Along the way I thought there no better way to illustrate the effective use of bare limbs than a photo such as this. Nothing drives home the visual metaphor of abandonment than the neglected landscaping that comes with it. I'm always looking for visual reinforcements such as this to create photos that tell a story. This is the house I've been documenting lately, the local abandonment that is being razed. The is like some off-world Fisher-Price product: "My First Abandonment" due to its accessibility and prominent location. No sneaking around or furtive attempts at hiding your car. Just walk right up and start snapping away, all from the safety of a public sidewalk. For me it was a way to hone my skill at this sort of photography and I came to understand how to capture the essence of old houses. And the close proximity, just like the cemetery, allowed me to jump right over there the moment conducive sky or weather conditions appeared. Unlike a toddler with a toy, I never really outgrew this one. In a way I feel like a mean parent is simply taking it away from me. I suppose some new toy will soon come to replace the old one. Until then I'm waiting it out.
we have sun predicted for a couple of days so I'm racing time and trying to get things done outside. it's beautiful out and the garden thrives.
a time of beauty and, for me, a time of sadness, because so much of my garden reminds me of my dear friend april.
I think her flickr site has been closed down by her husband or I've been blocked. I wish you all could see her wonderful work.
so....good times and sad times.
schubert the standard poodle is our oldest doggy now. he is partly deaf and has cataracts. he follows me loyally when I garden until time for treats and rest, but when I come in and upstairs, he comes with me.
both of us old and slightly decrepit, keeping each other company as we rest together after work.
I will be off flickr again while the sun shines.
and this photo is best viewed large.
May 17, 2015 - Kearney Nebraska US
We were to have storm cells develop on this day, and they were predicted not to be severe. They were not... Though when the perfect opportunity for light & shadow comes into view, I couldn't resist.
I grabbed my gear and set out to capture some of the beautiful landscape/cloudscapes from May 2015. The storm cells were developing through south central Nebraska were weak but highly photogenic.
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Not predicted, i noticed the high waves from the other side of the harbour and nipped across to bag a shot or two. More to come.
Starting from the great outdoor . Scotland has a lot to offer when it comes to scenic and landscape . Throughout the seasons , 3 cold and 1 less cold the landscape , light and colour are forever changing . Loch Etive is one of those places worth heading towards . A short paddle away you will face the grand scenery , the snow top mountains and the abounding wildlife . It might be cold for a few hours but certainly it’s scenic .
The weather forecast can be diabolical . The BBC weather forecast will make you stay at home . Looking at the predicted weather only a day in advance the wind was supposedly meant to blow to 20 to 30 miles per hour . However on the day it was certainly flat calm . Just like fake news it’s certainly disappointing .
Companionship is and always be an important factor in extreme kayaking . Kayak fishing is a safe sport , group kayaking is extremely safe and help is always at hand .
Fishing and catching make us do go back , fresh and scenic , top destination for a great cool adventure . Scotland and loch etive today , somewhere else tomorrow , keeping on paddling .
Much like people, wildlife normally have predictive behavior and once you begin to understand it you are able to anticipate moves they will make.
Most herons in our area are pretty timid and the personal range of area they will not allow you to penetrate is fairly large. They often will leave where they are standing a lot sooner than smaller birds.
Northeast of our town there is a small channel from a fairly large wetland pond that goes through a culvert under the road and out the other side to a nearly mile long swampy area lined on both side by trees. The heron normally perches either in the pond close to the road or on the other side in the swamp.
When he sees us slowly approaching, he always flies up the swamp valley out of sight or lands closer on this branch about 50 or more yards away. Yesterday he chose the branch route and provided a nice contrast to the spring brown in the trees behind him.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
I've been waiting to the bitter end to see how the woolly bears would predict the coming winter. I was elated to see that this tried and true nature forecaster is predicting a nice mild winter! Wonderful! The saying goes, that if a woolly bear has a broad red band the winter will be warm, but if the red band is narrow we're in for a real nasty winter.
Due to rough surf and riptides, we couldn't swim last weekend.
Now they are predicting another hurricane/tropical storm coming for this weekend :-(
My friend Howard made a book! It's the most crushingly cute and wonderful story about a little badger, and it made both of us do a very sad face. I do recommend that, should you have a minute or two to spare, you pay him a little attention and have a look at him here.
You may remember Howard from such murders as this.
[edit] woo! 100 days left!
With the high temps for Christmas day predicted to be in the mid 70s, I'm considering phoning into my doctor to ask for a chill pill, preferably one that will allow me to take a relaxing sunset walk on the beach with my dog while dressed in garb from LL Bean, like they do on TV.
Hope everyone has a spectacular holiday. I'll just be over here sweating in front of my tree, waiting for the AC to kick on. ;-)
Pibb the Sandhill Crane Chick was testing out his wings today, and I predict he will fly in a couple of weeks, and be able to really fly away with Classic and Cherry in about 3 weeks. They will return to the property and their nesting area each evening for some weeks after that, and then, they will go elsewhere, hopefully even the empty lot next to our house to forage, but I will see less of them.
I was photographing the family today, and getting some shots of the parents for a change, when I saw Pibb fluffing his wings out of the corner of my eye. The first shot, I clipped his right wing a little, but I still think it’s pretty darn cute. My favorite is the one I titled, “I Believe I Can Fly!”. It will be a four photo series. I’m posting them one at a time, and once I have done so, I’ll put them at the beginning of my Sandhill Crane set as a slideshow in case you want to see these four shots in order.
I am a Craniac! So this is a special time of year when my photostream gets very Sandhill Crane-ee! I hope my fellow craniacs and flickr friends enjoy them. I definitely can’t help myself. I have been photographing this family for four seasons now. It never gets old, and I am so blessed to watch their lives and be able to share that joy with others. I also hope people will find it educational.
For more information on these and other cranes, go to www.savingcranes.org. Also check out www.operationmigration.org. Many crane species still need our help, and the whooping crane migration project is fascinating and inspiring!
Hugs and thanks for viewing! =o)
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YAWN...good morning, ya'll! I had to 'sleep quick' last night in order to wake up at 1:30 AM to check out the 'Full Cold Moon' total eclipse, the first since 1638 to coincide with the Winter Solstice...heavy clouds had been predicted, but I stepped outside to a perfectly clear sky and a great sky show...I even saw a couple of shooting stars as the moon turned red...a cool way to usher in the first day of winter! Now it's time to get back to earth...and the long work day ahead...YAWN...UGH! LOL
Have a great first day of Winter, everyone!
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