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Out today shooting for this month’s theme “sharp and spiky” with my local photography club, this image was created during that photo walk. It will probably not make the final selection, but as today’s image of the day, it captures the idea well — highlighting the sharp forms, textures, and character of barbed wire in a simple close-up study.
All I need now at this stage of my project is sharp vision indeed! And a lot concentration...
But I keep on sharing my thoughts through images on flickr, to release the tension of work...
on explore, 4 march 2009, #58 (best position)
This is less elaborated version of an expression which combines the sharpness and the sense of sight.
The other one - next to this image is in Polish and might be difficult to translate.
The texture of broken glass is by Nesster
A strip from a box of klingfilm.
114 pictures in 2014 #102 sharp or prickly
Flickr lounge weekly theme Alphabet STU
7/100x the 2014 edition, with my macro lens and bokeh.
Sharpes of Nottingham: (YJ16 EMX) a Van Hool EX16H, painted in silver, black and blue fleet livery and captured here parked up at Donington Park whilst attending the 2017 Showbus event there.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 17th September 2017.
Ref No: DSC_20270/PJ.
Last day if the GBBC, I went for a walk Monday morning at Creekside Nature Trail (Menno Haven) in Chambersburg, PA. This Sharp-shinned Hawk was sitting along the trail directly in front of me, can't believe I didn't scare him. I continued to move slowly towards him to get good pics. I think I got at least 20 feet away. - Franklin County - 17 FEB 20
The sun shine in winter is sharp like a pin made by ice.
But I could felt littile bit warm air under cold sky today.
One no windy day.
Under Tokyo Express way, along Sumida river, Tokyo, Japan.
The whole doctrine is admirably summed up in the journal of one of our great modern Cistercians, Dom Symphorien . . . He writes “Where God is leading us is not to sanctity as it is too commonly understood, that is to say, the embellishment of ourselves: but to annihilation and destruction of ourselves. But, if we are to attain this end, God will have to do everything: select our crosses, place them on our shoulders, pick us up after our falls, strip us, nail us, make us die on the cross: the hand of the Lord alone can do all this!”
-Thomas Merton, Exile Ends in Glory,
I seem to remember that I was looking towards the sun when I took this photo, plus it was heavily overcast. I wanted to show the beautiful pattern of this Grouse's feathers, so I had to brighten the photo a lot, which unfortunately resulted in being able to see the poor quality even more : ) There were two Grouse standing on this fence in one of the farmyards that we called in at.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-tailed_Grouse/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp-tailed_grouse
The LAST Nanton Count was originally supposed to have taken place on 28 December 2013, but the weather forecast warned of a Flash Freeze, and so it was postponed till 5 January 2014. The weather was bright and sunny for us that day. However, photos taken on that day did not show how brutally cold it was! On the hour-long drive south of Calgary, we hit -34C (-29.2F)!!!!! It did eventually warm up a few degrees and thankfully, there was no or very little wind, which makes all the difference. The only walking we had to do was when we called in at various farms and homesteads. One backroad in particular had too much snow on it, so we had to leave that one out. Also, there was just too much snow in many of the farmyards, so we weren't able to check out all the trees and bushes as thoroughly as we would like to have done. I absolutely love the scenery on this Count, so I was able to get a few shots to show some typical snowy landscapes.
THIS year's Nanton Count was so different, with snow seen only in places, making the roads so much easier to drive, and temperatures that were much milder. As usual, I didn't get many birds photos, but I was happy to get a few shots of Sharp-tailed Grouse.
After the Count, we returned to the meeting place at the home of Leah and Bill, where they had prepared a delicious supper that they so generously provide each year for us (as well as a breakfast snack). You couldn't wish for a nicer, more welcoming family (includes their son, Mike, who puts in a lot of effort organizing this annual Count each year, as well as taking part in the Count itself).
I'm posting Andrew Hart's E-bird Summary of our small (just four of us in one car) group's day (leader Tony Timmons). Won't be of interest to most of you, but it helps me remember what we see from year to year!
Andrew Hart
BirdLog Checklist Summary for: Dec 14, 2014
Number of Checklists: 7
Number of Species: 14
Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Williams Coulee
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 8:20 AM
(2): CA-AB-Cayley - 50.3485x-114.0250 - Dec 21, 2014, 8:57 AM
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 8:55 AM
(3): Nanton general area
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 9:45 AM
(4): CA-AB-Nanton - 50.3330x-113.8737 - Dec 21, 2014, 11:18 AM
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 11:18 AM
(5): Nanton general area
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 11:52 AM
(6): Williams Coulee
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 2:20 PM
(7): Nanton general area
Date: Dec 21, 2014, 2:30 PM
36 Sharp-tailed Grouse -- (2),(3)
6 Golden Eagle -- (1),(3),(5),(6)
3 Rough-legged Hawk -- (2),(3),(6)
102 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) -- (3),(4)
1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (1)
1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) -- (4)
1 Merlin -- (4)
1 Prairie Falcon -- (1)
27 Black-billed Magpie -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(7)
42 Common Raven -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(7)
11 Black-capped Chickadee -- (3),(4)
4 European Starling -- (4)
21 Common Redpoll -- (4)
38 House Sparrow -- (2),(4),(7)
Andrew Hart"
I will also add leader Tony Timmons' account - simpler to read : ) A few of the numbers are slightly different in each summary, though I'm not quite sure why. We were so lucky to see so many Golden Eagles this Count.
"Nanton Count-Area D
Species 14
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Golden Eagle 5
Merlin 1
Sharp-tailed Grouse 46
Rock Pigeon 106
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Northern Shrike 1
Black-billed Magpie 36
Common Raven 44
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Common Redpoll 21
European Starling 4
House Sparrow 38
Prairie Falcon 1 Seen in Williams Coulee, included in Area B
Tony Timmons"
This pair of Sharpes coaches have been in Northern France this week and are seen at Parc Bagatelle on 27th June. 2018. Volvo B12B Van Hool Alizee T9 YIB 827 was new to Maynes of Buckie as MM05 GSM whilst Van Hool Altano TDX21 3 TYX came from Luxury Transport, Hayes, in 2017 where it was registered YH63 CXZ.
Coronado Beach shortly after sunset... taken near the Hotel Del.
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What a treat this morning. Had a Sharp-Shinned Hawk land on the bird house 15 ft from the kitchen window.
Kinda funky rendering of a sample shot using my Panasonic GF1 body with Tokina 70-210mm f4-5.6 legacy lens attached. Not too bad for an old lens and hand-focused with old eyes!
A Sharp-shinned Hawk that was circling high over Santiago Park, in northeast Santa Ana (Orange County), CA. 3 December, 2016. Appears to show the proportionately shorter tail (vs. Cooper's), with the sharply squared off tail tip. The head size and projection beyond the plane of the wings appears relatively small, this being accentuated in Sharp-shins by the wings, which when soaring are often held just slightly forward from the body (in the above photo this appears fairly subtle, but can be more pronounced in this species). Cooper's, when soaring, always seem to hold their wings straight out--perpendicular to the body--which helps to accentuate the head projection beyond the plane of the wings. Lastly, although this bird was getting fairly distant, it does not appear to show a prominent white terminal band on the tail, which is normally easy to see on a Cooper's Hawk.
Today was an absolutely perfect day to be out on the Chesapeake Bay! We left the marina a bit after nine and returned at 3:30! We ventured farther afield than we have before going south and across the bay to the Choptank River and then up the Tred Avon River (which flows into the Choptank) to Oxford, Maryland . A great exercise in planning the route and waypoints. It's amazing to be out on such a huge expanse of water and be almost alone!
There were lots of working boats near Tangier Island running trotlines for blue crabs.
www.bluecrab.info/crabbing/trotline.html
I had not yet seen this lighthouse and was glad to have the chance. The bay was incredibly calm as you can see in this shot. We could not get too close as it's in just a foot or so of water now!
What a wonderful way to spend the day!!
From Wikipedia:
The Sharps Island Light is the third lighthouse to stand nearly 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest from the southern end of Tilghman Island in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.[2] The structure is best known today for evoking the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a condition caused by an ice floe in 1977.
The first lighthouse was built on Sharps Island in 1838, but due to the island's erosion it was moved in 1848. This was replaced with a screwpile lighthouse in 1866 near the original location of the first structure.[3][4]
The second lighthouse lasted until 1881 when it was forced off its foundations by an ice floe. It floated nearly five miles down the Chesapeake—with its keepers still inside—until it ran aground, allowing the men to escape unharmed.[5]
The current light, a sparkplug lighthouse, was constructed in 1882 with a concrete caisson foundation and a 35-foot (11 m) cast iron tower. The fourth-order Fresnel lens was replaced with a 9.8-inch (250 mm) lens in 1977; the focal plane is 54 feet (16 m) above sea level. The tower includes an integral dwelling and was manned until 1938 when the United States Coast Guard automated the light.[3] Leaning by about 15° since it was ice-damaged in 1977, the structure is picturesque, but in poor condition.
The Sharps Island Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (reference # 82002821) on July 22, 1982.[1] It is one of the many historic features along Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.
It is also on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.[6]
As of 2006, the lighthouse was a candidate for sale under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.[6][7] It was deactivated in January 2010.[8]
Probably the most unexpected bird of my trip to the northeastern corner of BC! We were driving on a barely driveable dirt road near Fort St. John when this female Sharp-tailed Grouse crossed the road in front of us with her chicks! A lifer, and a very unexpected one!
Sharpes of Nottingham: (HBZ 651; ex P813 GBA) a Van Hool Alizee bodied Volvo B10M, painted in silver and blue livery and captured here entering the Imperial War Museum's Duxford Airfield site whilst attending the 2010 Showbus event there.
Noticeable on the nearside is the mid arrangement for the wheel chair lift with the access door situated just above and in front of the rear axle, for use as an Accessible vehicle.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 26th September 2010.
Ref No. 0022722/CL.
A butterfly at Chicago Botanic Gardens. The attenae extended away from the butterfly's head at such an angle that they actually left the focal plane!
English and Foreign Locomotives built by Sharp Stewart, 1859 to 1894
Illustrations by John Swain for "The Engineer" February 01, 1895
The Sony ILCE7R A7r rocks! New Sony A7R Test Photos (with Sony HVL-F60M External Flash) of Tall, Thin, Fit Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Long legs and then some! Shot with the Carl Zeiss Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA Lens finished in Lightroom 5.3 ! Was using the B W 49mm Kaesemann Circular Polarizer MRC Filter on partly cloudy day with some intermittent sun, but mostly cloudy. Check out the low glare off the rocks and water and dramatic, polarizwer-enhanced sky! Super sharp images and crystal-clear pictures!
Was testing the Sony HVL-F60M External Flash on the Sony A7r. You can see it going off in some of the photos (check the exif if in doubt)--worked great, but it overheated a bit sooner than my Nikon flash on the D800E. But it's all good!
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Beautiful swimsuit bikini model goddess on a beautiful December Malibu afternoon! Shot it yesterday. :) Love, love, love the new Sony A7 R!
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Modeling the black & gold "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
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I came across 4 sharp tailed grouse today. Unfortunately I had too much lens on (not a problem I'm used to), and could not back up and keep the birds in view.
They survive the extreme cold, by borrowing into the snow at cold temps. A few days ago, I saw one with just its head out of the snow, as I approached to investigate, the snow exploded into flying grouse.
You can also see the feathers on the feet to keep them warm even when they are about in the cold.