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Arachtober 17th
I used my husband's I phone to snap this spider quickly...not being savvy in that department, it seems I somehow also applied a filter. Hopefully, the details are clear enough still.
Thought to have been introduced into Australia from Europe and only occurring in the south-eastern part of the country.
The slater-eating spider gets its name from its preference for woodlice or slaters (Isopoda), which it grasps with its specially elongated chelicerae and fangs.
Female 15 mm
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Slate-colored juncos usually arrive in small flocks. I see them scratching around on the ground for seeds dropped from the feeders. This little junco, however, found its own source of seeds and seemed to have no problem balancing on the weed and eating at the same time.
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Slater's Bridge which crosses the River Brathay in 3 spans supported by a large mid-stream boulder and stone causeways
Untamed Birds of Colombia Expedition
Slate-crowned Antpitta (Grallaricula nana)
The lush mossy vegetation of tropical montane forests make for great set ups for bird photography - the thick vegetation covers rocks, fallen logs and branches and the rich yet dark and atmospheric backgrounds generate the mood of these photos, making them feel full of secretive life.
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Naun Amable Silva
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV - Canon 600mm
Caldas, Colombia - March 2020
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight heads west through Slater, Wyoming, on the afternoon of May 30, 1998. This route is the former Colorado and Southern between Cheyenne and Wendover, and powering the train are a former Burlington Northern C30-7 and SD40-2 duo.
Compressors and workshop of an old slate quarry which opened its door at the end of 19th century and closed in 1995. Mine started open-pit and in 1918 went underground. The 170 meter deep quarry produced more than a million slates a year. The slate from this mine were dark gray, homogeneous and from extremely good quality. It was mainly used to make rooftiles. Belgium.
Slate and steel steps outside the welsh national assembly building in Cardiff. Installed the trial version of CS4 and this one has been through a couple of experiments with blend modes but nothing major, oh and a bit of blurry stuff.
Five turritella seashells on a piece of natural slate. The largest shell is 5 cm long, the shortest (foreground) is just under 2 cm.
A 27 frame focus stack, lit by natural window light. Processed in Helicon Focus, converted to mono in Silver Efex Pro. Sharpening and clarity in Lightroom.
HMM!
One of those images you take because it just called out to you for no apparent reason. Perhaps the textures or maybe the patterns - whatever I know I'm going to be slated for taking it!
I loved this slate fence which is used by a farmer at the North end of the Nant Ffrancon Valley , here in Snowdonia
Looking up towards the Australia gallery level at old Dinorwic slate quarry,this rusty water tank was the source of the water supply to the big sheds where they cut the slates at Australia leve gallery,i remember my dad telling me when he worked at Dinorwic slate quarry as a fitter,he had to go with his hammer and tap the tank and pipes to release the water,photo taken by the lone tree with the Nikon coolpix P1100 camera.
I spotted a local painting of this stunning location and decided to try and find it. A couple of pints in a few local pubs put me on the right track. Slater's Bridge which crosses the River Brathay is a 17th-century, slate-built, former Packhorse Bridge. Hoping for an early morning return here soon. So Jacko, any remarks about falling in and you will not see this place, I'll take Raymondo instead ???
Sixty years ago, on January 15 1965, the last steam train operated within the vast Penrhyn slate quarries in North Wales. That last train was operated by Avonside loco "Ogwen" - and the driver wrote his name and the date inside the cab to mark this end of an era.
Since then, "Ogwen" has been to the USA and returned, has been restored back to steam and now lives at Apedale - but the inscription in the cab remains!
To mark this anniversary, the Apedale light railway operated their two ex-Penrhyn locos - "Ogwen" and "Stanhope" with a selction of suitable slate wagons.
One of 4 shots I took in the same brief session which I was happy with. An empty beach in overcast conditions, in fact just starting to rain as seen on the rock here. I like the lighting to be like that for these little details, it really brings out the colour. This was at a really awkward angle and height, which I could only just reach on tip toes using the 80mm hasselblad/ zeiss lens on Hartblei tilt adapter. A fussy combo which can cause a light patch in the centre of the frame at the wrong angle to the light. Lots of live view and adjusting gets everything sharp at f/11.0 though, and it is extremely sharp.
One of the earliest materials next to stone was the use of slate slabs as effective field partitioning by farmers in the Ffestiniog area
Showing the long straight from Bala, Holy War is seen with its short empty slate train with Bala Lake behind
Active and attractive warbler of highlands and foothills. Sexes look alike: head and upperparts slaty gray with blacker face and small rusty cap. Belly is red in Mexico, orange-red in northern Central America, and yellow from Costa Rica to South America. White-tipped tail is usually fanned and flapped side-to-side. Favors evergreen and pine-oak forest and edge, and cloud forest in the Andes. Usually in pairs, foraging mainly at low to middle levels, at times even on the ground. Frequently joins mixed-species feeding flocks.
Mindo, Ecuador
Came across a few of these flitty little characters while walking the forest trails in Ecuador, but this was the only one that sat relatively still - he seemed to be momentarily entranced by the clicking of my camera shutter & I managed to reel off a few shots before the tiny fella went on his way :).
Roof of graduated Lakeland slate – St George's Parish Church, Jesmond, Newcastle.
Texture from Lenabem Anna