Ring of Kerry - Ireland
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A bubble landed on the marble bench top, giving a perfect reflection to complete the sphere. Often the best images are not the ones you planned! Another image in comments will give you a better view of how that worked.
The ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is a large, conspicuous kingfisher. The Ringed Kingfisher feeds primarily on fish. But it also takes reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans and insects.
Pantanal, Brazil
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The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate.
... a photo of the brides engagement ring at a recent wedding I photographed. This photo is best viewed large.
Creative: I tried to bring in background elements from the day... the colors, textures and objects. The flower was a part of her floral arrangement, so I pulled things together and created a bit of a backdrop (to on-lookers it looks like I'm making a mess...a mess I clean up I might add), and then place the ring in the shot.
Camera Setup: Photographed with a Canon 30D using a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro sitting on a Manfrotto 3021BPRO tripod w/ 322RC2 ballhead (which isn't that hot for macro work) with the center extension put horizontally so that I could get up and over the ring. Triggered with a Canon remote release cable to reduce camera shake.
Lighting: Two Canon 580EX flashes to the right and left of the camera (like just a few inches away from the lens). One flash difused with a Gary Fong Cloud LightSphere which acts as a massive softbox positioned above a bit. The other flash was on it's side with a STO-FEN OmniBounce and functioned as the key light, to get lower and get light under a bit more. Flashes triggered by a Canon ST-E2 with everything (flashes and camera) set in manual.
NOTE: This photo made it into Flickr's 'Explore" as one of the top five hundred most interesting photos on a particular day, which makes me somewhat sad as the actual resulting photos didn't make it, ha! You can see all of my photo's that have made it into the Flickr Explore pages here.
My first migratory duck shot of the season - always exciting.
The storm water ponds and lakes in parks and neighborhoods here are the first to open up and provide a landing place for the early arriving migrating waterfowl giving them a place to rest and feed before the melt of the natural lakes in this area and farther north.
Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
Lots of afternoon sun on Georgian Bay for this Ring-billed Gull seen just offshore 3rd Beach in Awenda Provincial Park, Ontario.
(Larus delawarensis)
"Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire"
Blondie - Ring Of Fire [Live] (Roadie) (1980)
Credits:
Head: LeL EvoX
Body: e-Body Reborn
Hair: S.E LELUTKA EVOX PEARL HAIRBASE PACK 01
Ears: L'Etre - Ringed mesh ears
Jumpsuit: :Dernier: "Dove" Belted Jumpsuit - Black
Necklace/Earrings: [AlternatiVe] Melanie MegaPack
Make up: Tutti Belli
Made at Sunny's Studio:
BG: FOXCITY. K-Pop Star S3 - The Ring (Red)
And you'll live as you've never lived before...
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Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77umP7IRxD4
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Bento Mesh Head: Catwa Margeaux
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Face/Body Applier: Gwen by Essences
Hair: Mike by Sintiklia
Mask (wearing black; available in 5 colors): BOUDOIR now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera now @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
Ensemble: Meggy (incl, skirt, jacket, corset, & collar in either Blood or Onyx) by LuLu now available @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
Gala Elite Jewelry set (incl. necklace, earrings, & ring) by Zuri
Lush Lipgloss: *League*
Bella Shadows - Festivus Edition: Adored
Giselle Eyes applier: .euphoric
Fluffy Eyebrows: [Buzz]
Opera Hall: MINIMAL now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
Old Victorian Piano (Walnut): [Harshlands] now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
Piano Stool (Walnut): [Harshlands] now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
PHANTOM'S OPERA Lounger (red) w/blanket: OLD TREASURES now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
PHANTOM'S OPERA Lounger (red): OLD TREASURES now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
PHANTOM'S OPERA Pipe Organ: OLD TREASURES now @ The Enchantment - Phantom of the Opera @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/62/119/3118
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*SR* various roses : float petal : red
Book Candleholders: ~ xantes ~
Mesh Roses Bouquet: ~ xantes ~
Table Christine: ~ xantes ~
Ceiling Chandelier: ~ xantes ~
Candelabra: ~ xantes ~
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My thanks to Kynne Llewellyn for the use of her perfectly placed vendor products ♥♥♥
Ring-billed gull Miami.
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
♫ Rolling Stones - "Off the Hook" (Terry)
♫ E.L.O. - Telephone Line (Terry)
The ringed plover is a small, short-legged wading bird. It is brownish grey above and whitish below. It has a orange bill, tipped with black, orange legs and a black-and-white pattern on its head and breast. In flight, it shows a broad, white wing-stripe.
Ringed Plover - Charadrius Hiaticula
The common ringed plover's breeding habitat is open ground on beaches or flats across northern Eurasia and in Arctic northeast Canada. Some birds breed inland, and in western Europe they nest as far south as northern France. They nest on the ground in an open area with little or no plant growth.
If a potential predator approaches the nest, the adult will walk away from the scrape, calling to attract the intruder and feigning a broken wing. Once the intruder is far enough from the nest, the plover flies off.
Common ringed plovers are migratory and winter in coastal areas south to Africa. In Norway, geolocators have revealed that adult breeding birds migrate to West Africa. Many birds in Great Britain and northern France are resident throughout the year.
The ringed plover is a small, dumpy, short-legged wading bird. It is brownish grey above and whitish below. It has a orange bill, tipped with black, orange legs and a black-and-white pattern on its head and breast. In flight, it shows a broad, white wing-stripe.
They breed on beaches around the coast, but they have also now begun breeding inland in sand and gravel pits and former industrial sites. Many UK birds live here all year round, but birds from Europe winter in Britain, and birds from Greenland and Canada pass through on migration.
Population:
UK breeding:
5,400 pairs
UK wintering:
34,000 birds
... of Spanish Bluebells / Spanische Hasenglöckchen (Hyacinthoides hispanica) last spring in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
... for a Peaceful Blue Monday!
A Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) male wanders through and open filed on the prairie landscape at Lake Newell near Brooks, Alberta, Canada.
27 May, 2016.
Slide # GWB_20160527_3646.CR2
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I was stitting on a bench near the edge of the water when this one flew to a boulder close beside me. Here is a close up showing the red eye ring they sport during breeding season.
William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus
Slightly smaller and slimmer than a blackbird - male ring ouzels are particularly distinctive with their black plumage with a pale wing panel and striking white breast band. The ring ouzel is primarily a bird of the uplands, where it breeds mainly in steep sided-valleys, crags and gullies, from near sea level in the far north of Scotland up to 1,200m in the Cairngorms.and also several other locations within the UK.
Breeding begins in mid-April and continues through to mid-July, with two broods common, and nests are located on or close to the ground in vegetation (typically in heather), in a crevice, or rarely in a tree. The young are fed a diet consisting mainly of earthworms and beetles.
It breeds in the higher regions of western and central Europe and also in the Caucasus and in the Scandinavian mountains. Most populations are migratory, wintering in the Mediterranean region. It is declining in parts of its range, particularly in Ireland.
It is territorial and normally seen alone or in pairs, although loose flocks may form on migration. When not breeding, several birds may also be loosely associated in good feeding areas, such as a fruiting tree, often with other thrushes.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,348 pairs