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its a razor
macromondays#familiar
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flash from above modified by grid ,magsphere and orange gel
led bounced off cd and once more bounced off plexiglas
There was tiny avalanches rolling down the side of this mountain and the rangers were doing avalanche control that day.... I managed to get some cool shots of that. Straight from the Canon 40D with some sharpness added.
” The mountains are the last place where a man can feel truly wild”
Appreciate you! Stay Wild!
Sometimes you need to take a risk to get the shot you want. This is a viewpoint from the side of the road, but standing in a normal position there's a cable hanging in the view... so lying down on the road was the only option to make this image. Only shortly before the train was at the right spot though, our ears the most concentrated of our senses.
SBB Re 4/4-II, Wassen 25-1-2016
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.
445) Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
Sharp Tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminate, Kedidi Ekor Tajam
This species breeds in the boggy tundra of northeast Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in South East Asia and Australasia. Rarely seen in Peninsular Malaysia, usually stop for a few days to refuel before continuing journey to Down Under. Consider vagrant in Peninsular Malaysia.
Looking toward Nant Peris from Dinorwig Quarry, it is interesting to see the sharp contrast between the beautiful mountains of Eryri and mankind's destructive influence upon Dinorwig Quarry. The sharp slate waste creates an unforgiving environment for nature.
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 55mm f/1.4
I received this lens late yesterday afternoon. It's going to be a keeper. I got a super terrific deal on Ebay for a lens that looks brand new and about 75% less that other sellers top price. A fabulous deal. I was lucky to get it on the auction for about one half of what I was willing to spend.
These two shots I have posted were hand held and still very sharp.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful Fly Day! :)
Looks like it's going to be a great weekend to turn off the
news, and head outside with the camera... :]
HFDF! :)
Sightings of Sharp-tailed Grouse are pretty common in Custer State Park. Good photo ops are less common because they can be a little skittish and spend much of their time in tall, dense prairie grasses.
So, I was happy to find this bird in the open and quite tolerant of my presence.
A carnivorous animal in the same family as weasels, badgers, mink etc. that lives primarily on a diet of fish but also includes frogs, crayfish, crabs and even a few waterfowl.
A coat of long guard hairs over their insulated underfur keeps them warm and dry so they can stay comfortable throughout the North American winters. They are very successful at hunting prey in our rivers, streams and ponds aided by their webbed feet, long muscular tail and sharp claws coupled with the ability to hold their breath for extended periods. As a preventative measure to becoming waterlogged they do spend a lot of time on land and enter the water only to hunt or travel much unlike the sea otters that spend most of their lives in the ocean. An overland sprint of 10 to 18 miles while searching for prey is not uncommon.
River otters seem to have the ability to live alone or in pairs but are quick to socialize in groups when other members are encountered. After mating and going through a gestation period of 80 - 90 days a female will give birth to 1 - 5 pups in a den called a holt or couch which she excavates under tree roots or a cache of rocks. Prior to the birth the female called a bitch or sow will drive the male (dog or boar) away and the pups or cubs will be tended to by the female and older offspring if still around. The pups will begin emerging from the den at about 1 month of age and mom will entice them into the water for their first swim at about 2 months. After the pups are weaned dad may return and help raise the juveniles until probably 1 year of age. Females attain sexual maturity at 2 years of age and males at 3.
River otters range in size from 10 to 33 lbs and 2.5 to 5 ' in length with females being about 1/3 the size of males. When not hunting prey they spend much time playing and frolicking with each other. This individual is one of a trio that has clawed its way onto the ice to enjoy the spoils caught underwater.
I believe that this is the same bird that I photographed Jan.25 and again yesterday (Jan 26) in my front yard, Yakima County, Washington. Not here yesterday was 4 inches of snow that fell last night. From year to year the raptors must tell each other my yard is a good place to find a sparrow for breakfast, lunch, dinner or afternoon snack.
Offensive...? if this offends anyone please let me know....I wasn't sure to share or not....it's nature....trying to stay on the light side...."put your left leg in....put right left leg out"...no????
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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Every year around April, huge flocks of waders head north to Siberia to breed. Among them Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.
A 10,000km or more trip. They stop at several places en route to refuel.
No bad for a bird that weighs in somewhere around 100gm and less than 40gm on its return.
It was fun to see this beautiful visitor at our feeders. It's amazing how quickly the song birds skedaddled before it's arrival. It checked out some trees and shrubs for lunch, unsuccessfully, and headed out again.
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Some days I have to pinch myself as a photographer living in a city like London. It's ever changing skyline is a delight to explore but there are some iconic locations that whenever I see them, and trust me I've looked at this composition of the Millennium Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral literally hundreds of times over the years, that just keep pulling at my eye. I've taken a variation of this shot literally tens of times, probably more, but every day is different. Different skies, different light, different cameras, different lenses, different focal lengths - it's always worth shooting again.
This was taken back in October and I was shooting this old Leica lens on a mirrorless Olympus camera for the first time. It may sound like an expensive setup however it is anything but. The Olympus is a ten year old 16 megapixel camera, not very impressive by today's standards, and the 90mm lens, while it may have Leica written on it is at least 50 years old and can be had on eBay for around a hundred pounds (I paid £85 for my copy). I can't describe the pleasure I get from handling these old manual focus lenses, it's so different than using a modern auto-focus lens. They aren't particularly sharp in comparison but then I ask myself, how sharp does sharp have to be? I know many will disagree but for me this picture is sharp enough and the joy I get from using that old lens far outweighs any disappointment I may have of producing a picture that is not razor sharp. My joy of photography is as much to do with the taking of the pictures, the getting out there and walking with my camera, as it is to do with the pictures I produce, strange as that may sound. Perhaps that's why film photography has become such a staple in my life.
Olympus OMD-EM10 Mkii
Leica Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8
I don't have any family in the area, so decided to go hiking on Thanksgiving Day and was rewarded with a flyover by this impressive bird.
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter stratus) juvenile comes to visit the feeder in the hopes of acquiring a House Sparrow as a meal but failed in its attempt. It then sat near the feeder awaiting the return of the sparrows for about 25 minutes in the suburbs of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
29 October, 2018.
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Bearded Tits (male and female) develop their full plumage to coincide with their pair bonding / display behaviour - which itself coincides with a change to a more reed seed based diet.
This includes a pink chest blush on the male - which isn't so obvious during the rest of the year.
Taken in Norfolk before the rains set in.
Clean shirt, new shoes, And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie, I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man .... ♫ ZZ TOP
This is a slightly younger squash bug than I recently uploaded. Yakima County, Washington. I seem to find them late in the evening when there is poor light for photography. They like to keep moving so getting sharp shots in poor light is a challenge.
Both adults and nymphs damage squash and pumpkin plants by sucking juices out of the leaves. The leaves then lose nutrients and water, become speckled, then yellow, then brown, and finally, the plant totally wilts and dies. The squash bug also injects a toxin that expedites the plant's withering and death. I barely have them under control. Controlling them takes daily examination of the underside of leaves and stems and removal of eggs, nymphs and adults.
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