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Happy "Looking close... on Friday!" with "combinations of soft & sharp".
... and thank you so much for your views, faves and comments! :-)
Photographed in my yard, Yakima County, Washington. This bird was around my house most of the day. I saw a Coppers Hawk try to chase it away but it returned. I don't believe it made a kill but I hope it found something to eat. The next photo of the same bird.
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It was a personal highlight of 2025 to finally do Sharp Edge, having read so much about it and watched so many Youtube videos. Thankfully the day I chose was dry and the rock was grippy. People lose their lives here each year, mostly through attempting it in the wrong weather conditions.
This image is also perhaps a strained metaphor for this point in time, with the world balancing on a knife edge etc? :-) Let's hope things get better in 2026.. Happy New Year everybody!
Photo stitched from two camera jpegs.
Sydney from Catrin's apartment in Kirribilli.
Well, actually, from the courtyard, looking at the bridge reflection in her window. I met Catrin the other day when I was searching for harbour views along Upper Pitt Street at Kirribilli. She invited me, quite unexpectedly, to take some photos from her courtyard, and today from her apartment.
Upper Pitt Street, Kirribilli. Sunset in Sydney.
Friday, 19th January, 2024.
And we have discovered a common interest - music!!
I love music, and I have Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTubemusic, Tidal, Apple Music, etc.
Well, guess what? So does she!! Amazingly they have all these music platforms in rural Wales (where Catrin is from). I am astonished.
So, anyway, today, on our trip down to Monterey and Botany Bay, we spent ages listening to the cool music on Spotify via Android Carplay. And, on YouTubemusic, also via Android Carplay, we liked the new DJ mixes of classic 'old school' rock!!
And here is a song that Catrin especially likes: 'Sharp Dressed Man' by the legendary ZZ Top:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wRHBLwpASw
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
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Ultra-realistic cinematic macro shot of a delicate flowering branch covered in perfectly spherical dew droplets, sparkling like crystal jewels in the warm sunrise light. Each droplet acts as a natural lens, refracting golden light and revealing intricate botanical micro-details. Extremely shallow depth of field with creamy luminous bokeh; soft pink pastel floral background fully blurred with dreamy circles of confusion.
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Smooth snow drifts contrast with the sharp barbs on a fence near Bennington, Idaho. We had a couple of inches of new snow over the last few days and a lot of wind blew it into drifts around piles of plowed snow. Late afternoon shadows help define the drift shapes.
Kaktus Towers, Vesterbro, Copenhagen: a residential development designed by architects Bjarke Ingels Group and completed in 2022.
Water level was on the rise at this time but i was not able to wait for high water due to getting back home.
It would have been nice to have had the high water,will return on a planned visit.
Debated between Cooper's hawk and Sharp-shinned hawk. Had settled on Cooper's hawk but was happy to be corrected as it is a lifer for me. It was perched on a branch overlooking a large bird feeder and was not at all bothered by my presence.
Sharp beak, sharp talons, sharp dressed ;-)
Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Morro Bay, CA
That's one of the Morro Bay power plant stacks in the background
My wildlife album: www.flickr.com/photos/gotfish_mb/sets/72157604955724732
Take care when picking brambles, you may come across some sharp thorns! A close up of some nasty thorns seen at the local park.
Tawny Frogmouth ( Podargus strigoides) provided this special display later in the afternoon. Obviously the time to wake up was approaching but, possibly, just a reaction to that human with a lens attached to him: oh, it's you again... so boring.
Saturday Self Challenge: Sharp
52 in 2024 - Dangerous
Today: 62/100
One branch of a succulent, taken as a macro and converted to black and white.
This is four different shots of the same hawk blended into one.
They are just a bit bigger than the bluejays they are hunting so the jays usually can out maneuver them. However this week there is a family of three hawks that come by every morning and it's a bit overwhelming for the jays. They screech like heck when they are on the attack but sitting still they have a soft sweet chirp. Hard to believe the difference.