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The first Pied Flycatcher of the season was back on his breeding grounds in the Peak District this morning. I find them a little easier to photograph before the leaves have opened as there are less places for them to hide. They are a bird of upland oakwoods in Britain and so are absent as breeders east of a line linking Portland and Flamborough Head. But they breed in Dartmoor and Exmoor, Wales, the Pennines and Lake District, and Scotland. When the Red Data List for Birds was drawn up in the 1990s Pied Flycatcher was green listed, but because of population declines it was elevated to amber in 2009 and then red in 2015. But I was quite surprised to learn how rare the Pied Flycatcher was during the nineteenth century. The Rev F O Morris in a History of British Birds 1850-57 wrote "with us it is very local, and like the majority of ornithologists, I have never seen it alive". It was largely confined to North Wales and the Lake District, with no breeding records at all from the Peak District, where it is now common. It is also a bird that was so rare it is almost devoid of local folk names. Thomas Pennant coined the name Pied Flycatcher in 1778 but prior to that was known by its then German name of Coldfinch.
In springtime males sing and display to attract a female but the females hold out as long as possible for very good reason. This is because females build the nest and incubate the eggs, but while they are preoccupied the male will sometimes go off and find a second or even third mate. But the male does catch insects to help rear the chicks, but if his attentions are divided the success rate is lower. Just say a female can rear three chicks with the exclusive help of a male, but only two chicks if a male divides his labours between two nests. But this would mean a male could rear four chicks from two nests but only three from a single nest. So it is in the male's interest to have a second nest. But it is not in the female's interest to share him as she will rear fewer chicks. This is why the female holds out as long as possible, as the longer she makes him wait, the more likely it is that other females will be paired up, so she will have his sole attention. A true battle of the sexes.
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A macro view of a single key. The frame spans one-inch across.
This is the first of two images in this subject of "keys." Here is the other image.
Strobist/technical info:
The scene is a 13-image focus stack composite. It was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights, placed 50° CL and 40° CR two-feet away from and one-foot above the subject. They were fired in Manual mode @ ¼ +0.7EV power through Neewer 24" x 24" soft boxes.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's.
Lens: Tokina AT - X M100 AF PRO D (AF 100mm f / 2.8 Macro) with 12mm extension tube attached.
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Callistephus is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis.
Its common names include China aster and annual aster.
It is native to China and Korea.
It is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant in cottage gardens and as a cut flower.
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An early afternoon Eastbourne to Ashford service slows for the stop at the remote Winchelsea station. The station, which is around a mile from the town, is served by Southern class 171 diesel units which run between Eastbourne and Ashford.
Back in 1979 the stretch of line between Appledore and Ore was singled, with a passing loop at Rye. At Winchelsea, which has staggered platforms, services now use the former Up platform which just has a tiny shelter on the platform. The main station buildings on the former Down platform are now in private ownership.
This picture was a lot of fun to shoot. I have been wanting to try taking photos underwater for a while. However, I don´t have underwater housing for my camera. And I didn´t want to do it in Photoshop either. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I really wanted to capture the underwater part in camera. So since I have a big fishbowl (the one you might have seen in this picture : www.flickr.com/photos/sparrek/8875837857/ ),I decided to bring that along. I placed my camera in it, put on high rubber boots and stepped into waves. My friend helped me to hold the key in place underwater and I just pushed the fishbowl halfway underwater with one hand and pressed the shutter with the other. It was not very easy for sure, but so interesting and worth the effort.
I have been experimenting with this theme, so more to come...
This single buttonbush bloom was photographed at Grassy Waters Preserve in West Palm Beach, Florida. Prints, and many other products, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com.
Parked up today. YJ03 PFG Daf Wright Commander and 0ptare Excel V936 VUB. Many thanks to the staff at Lodge's for allowing me to visit their facility here at High Easter.
Single stitch on a tissue box cover.
5:1 reproduction ratio plus crop for an approximate 10:1 effective ratio. The stitch is about 2.5mm long.
Flash is 45-degrees toward the subject camera left.
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