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Because once isn't enough. Yesterday I discovered the Shaggy Scalycap over that way ➡️. Today I went back for another look. No party tricks, 50mm at f/16, natural light, 10x8 crop.
Gravel Hill Wood, Langdon Hills, Essex, England
This is one of my favorites of the set. This side view of Delicate Arch looks back across Arches National Park and shows all the rows and rows of sandstone bluffs and hills that make up the park.
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Praktica BCA
Pentacon Prakticar MC 50mm f/1.8
Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400, expired, 05/2012, shot at 200
Unicolor
Pakon F135
Thursday, 21 May 2020: our temperature at noon is 5C (windchill -1C). Sunrise is at 5:37 am, and sunset is at 9:29 pm. Heavy rain continues, which adds to the melting snow coming down from the mountains, resulting in a risk of local flooding.
Yet again, it is such a wet, miserable day here today, 21 May. We are in for another rainy day tomorrow, so I'm not sure when I will be getting out anywhere, though I actually did get out briefly yesterday morning - to the car dealership! My 15-day wait for a car repair appointment ended, thank goodness, but they were unable to find anything wrong. One of the staff told me that she had just changed the power-start button in the same vehicle model as mine, for another customer. That was what I had wondered about, too. So, they are ordering in the right part for me and then will need to have my car in overnight. Luckily, it is still under warranty. Sooner or later, though, I will be seeing birds and other welcome things again, something that has happened on just a few scattered drives during the last two and a half months.
On the way home, I called in at Pies + Cafe to pick up several meat pies, quiche, chili, and fresh fruit salad. This little cafe uses fresh ingredients and is a favourite of mine. It is so important to support local small businesses, as they are all struggling at this difficult time.
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I am adding the description that I added under a previously-posted photo taken on the same outing, to remind myself of where I went and what I saw.
"It was the annual May Species Count on 28 and 29 May 2016. My group's Saturday Count was down in Fish Creek Provincial Park, at Votier's Flats and Shaw's Meadow.
On the Sunday, our usual small group (six of us in two cars) covered an area SW of the city - which happens to be one of my favourite and most visited areas. We had a great day, stopping at a few wetlands and calling in at Barb Castell's acreage where she usually has amazing birds to show us. Several special species were missing, but we were delighted to watch a teeny Ruby-throated Hummingbird. We were also happy to see seven Rose-breasted Grosbeaks during the day, and a male American Kestrel that caught a frog for supper! No owls to be found anywhere, but I did go back the following evening and saw two separate Great Gray Owls in our Count area. I went back again the next day and found the first owl again. This time, it wasn't pouring with rain, but I was looking into the sun (so a lot of blown-out feathers) and it was very windy. The owl photo I've posted this morning was one of the first half dozen photos taken, before the owl flew a few fence posts away. It was nice to see the owl hunting, catch a small rodent and then fly to a fence post - wish the lighting had been so much better.
Before early 2016, the most 'recent' Great Grays that I had seen and photographed was one that was a rare visitor to the city - found in Fish Creek Park for a while and my last photos of it were taken on 18 February 2014. There was also a Great Gray at Griffith Woods, Calgary, and some of my photos were taken on 10 February 2014. Saw another owl on our May Species Count SW of the city on 25 May 2014. Many of my 'best' sightings and photos of Great Grays were taken NW of Calgary, the last dates being 28 March 2013 and 5 May 2013. So, after 25 May 2014 .... nothing until early 2016, and then the owl in this photo on 1 June 2016."
"Although the Great Gray Owl is the tallest American owl with the largest wingspan, it is just a ball of feathers. It preys on small mammals and has relatively small feet. Both the Great Horned and Snowy owls weigh half again as much, and have larger feet and talons. The oldest recorded Great Gray Owl was at least 18 years, 9 months old and lived in Alberta." From AllABoutBirds.
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This almost didn't make the flickr page since most of my family members think it's so flat and not so interesting. I guess I'm still the head of the family and it's me who makes the decision. I need to go. My wife is around. ;-)
I will be releasing tomorrow the full shot of this truck.