Rhythms of the World, Priory Park Hitchin

25/7/2010

This hawk would attack me every time I took her picture, (we have been watching them for several years), she brushed my ear once when she came at me from behind, she usually came at me directly , she would get to about two feet from my face, then sharply veer off, as i lowered my camera. I made sure i did not annoy her to much, but it gave her a bit of excercise...They raised three babies in the nest. As a side note, I would see her fly into the oak tree, and as soon as she did, the woodpecker would really start making noise. I found out after about a year, the noise was not a woodpecker, we have relativly few here, it was in fact her.

Look close at her eye....

Sharp Tor

Day 5 - Sharp (and clearly the focus on the picture was not sharp but I only had my phone with me & not my Canon - must learn to carry it at all times!!!)

Illustration Friday

Prompt: 'Sharp'

Inspired by the story of Briar-Rose

Sharp-tailed Grouse -- December 9th, 2005 -- 5 miles SW of Presho

Looking back from halfway up

Sharp Shooter (Game Plan)

Home Collection

2017

Sharp-tailed Grouse taken at Glacial Ridge NWR, Polk County, near Crookston, Mn.

This sharp-tailed snake (Contia tenuis) was found in one of my plots in Mill Hill Regional Park in Langford. One of the rarest snakes in Canada and under threat of extinction due to habitat loss from development, these elusive critters, about the size of a pencil, spend most of their time underground and are almost never seen on the surface. However, this one was casually nestled down in the moss by a rock when I found it. This sighting documents an entirely new location for this species so I was excited to tell my friend Christian, who researches these snakes, about it.

Sharp hat

Minnesota birding trip with Miguel Acosta

Magnificent tor and my favourite on Bonehill Down (don't worry, Honeybag Tor is next, then Bell). Such a great cliff to admire.

sharp love

This is one of the first shots I've scanned where film not only beats digital tonally (as it does 9/10 times) and in terms of actual scanned detail. I told you my D40x makes an amazing meter. ;)

Lee sharp.

April 14, 2007

At Mark and Audrey's Wedding.

I don't care what the DJ said, I'm still sure E was the cutest baby there.

My friend K writes "That photo makes me think of a tiny leader of industry (or mob boss, if you prefer) with his very imposing bodyguard. Evan looks like he's about to make a speech that I'd better listen to :)"