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You see! That's what happens when you get bored!
Ashness Bridge Ortoned. The Lake District, England.
Normally, I don't add a touch of filter in post-processing to bird photos. Tried it with this one, as the original wasn't quite as sharp as I would have liked.
"Sunday, June 6th 2021, 12:58 pm - Alberta will be undergoing quite a change in conditions Sunday night, with single-digit overnight lows, high-elevation snow and heavy rain, which will continue into early this week." From the Weather Network.
On 2 June 2021, it reached 33C south of the city and I was so thankful to spend the day driving my car with air-conditioning. Usually, I do this particular drive, a favourite of mine, in July, but I just couldn't wait till then. Most likely I will go again in a few weeks' time. For me, it is a long drive, and the highway parts seem to go on and on forever.
As tends to happen, I set out later than I had planned and, as a result, arrived back home not all that long before it would start getting dark. I headed south of the city and, after just checking to see if the beautiful Merlin I had photographed recently was still around (she wasn't), I began to make my way eastwards. I had wondered if I would see the beautiful Swainson's Hawk, with a snake in its beak, again. Instead, I spotted a very distant Osprey, perched on a fence post the far side of a huge field, and with a fish in its talons.
Most of the roads were ones that I had driven before, but only occasionally. I always find all sorts of things to photograph; everything from birds to old cars and homesteads. This means I always have a great day and arrive home with a smile on my face. Unfortunately, this day was extremely hazy, almost blocking out distant views of the foothills and mountains.
A new find for me was a tiny, country church, that I had seen a photo of online. It showed beautiful stained glass windows in the bell tower, but I discovered that the church could only be seen from the road, unless someone trespassed or got permission. Zooming in, I could see that there was no longer any stained glass in the bell tower. Disappointing, but I was determined to take a handful of distant shots, despite being blurry. A touch of filter added in post-processing meant I could post a photo a couple of days ago, and one this morning, just as a record.
As always, it was great to see a couple of Swainson's Hawks and a Ferruginous Hawk. Nice to come across a Horned Lark on a fence post, too.
It was interesting to see all the wildlife with their mouths/beaks open because of the heat! Even two deer that I briefly stopped to see, walked away so slowly. I suspect that, on a cooler day, they would have run away fast.
With the public release of some of the initial JWST images it is possible to download and process the raw data yourself.
This object is the NGC 1365, the "Great Barred Spiral Galaxy", meaning it has a bar of stars at the centre with spiral arms further out.
Images from four infrared wavelengths from the NIRCAM and MIRI instruments have been combined, the choice of mapping these images into an RGB colour space is left up to the end user.
Raw data credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STSCI processing: Anthony Holloway