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Jardí Botànic, Barcelona, España.
El Jardí Botànic de Barcelona es un Jardín botánico de 14 hectáreas de extensión. Dentro del Jardín se encuentra el Instituto Botánico de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), un centro mixto perteneciente al CSIC y el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona.
Se inauguró el 18 de abril de 1999, en el solar de un antiguo vertedero de escombros en el Parque de Montjuic. El proyecto fue obra del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona. Es miembro de la Asociación Ibero-Macaronésica de Jardines Botánicos, y del BGCI, presentando trabajos para la Agenda Internacional para la Conservación en los Jardines Botánicos.
El código de identificación internacional del "Jardí Botànic de Barcelona" como miembro del "Botanic Gardens Conservation Internacional" (BGCI), así como las siglas de su herbario es BC.
Las colecciones están enfocadas en plantas de las regiones mediterráneas de todo el mundo, esta es una vegetación vinculada al clima mediterráneo que se caracteriza por un largo verano seco, de inviernos suaves y lluvias en la primavera y el otoño. Este clima sólo se encuentra sobre un 5% de la superficie de la tierra pero en 5 regiones del mundo en las cuales las plantas tuvieron una evolución adaptativa específica que con todo da paisajes bastante similares, por lo que las plantas se distribuyen agrupadas, según las cinco regiones mediterráneas del mundo.
Las sendas nos permiten acceder de zona en zona, comenzando por las Islas Canarias situadas a la entrada y subir al Mediterráneo occidental reconocible por el instituto botánico, que sobresale.
Del hemisferio Norte, la zona con una mayor representación es la Cuenca Mediterránea, siguiendo el camino de visita se accede hasta las costas de California de clima mediterráneo.
Después se encuentran las zonas mediterráneas del hemisferio Sur donde se visita la región mediterránea de Chile, el sur de África, y las dos regiones mediterráneas del sur de Australia (SE y S).
The Jardí Botànic de Barcelona is a 14-hectare botanical garden. Inside the Garden is the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), a joint center belonging to the CSIC and Barcelona City Council.
It was inaugurated on April 18, 1999, on the site of an old rubble dump in Montjuic Park. The project was the work of the Barcelona City Council. He is a member of the Ibero-Macaronesian Association of Botanical Gardens, and of the BGCI, presenting papers for the International Agenda for Conservation in Botanical Gardens.
The international identification code of the "Jardí Botànic de Barcelona" as a member of the "Botanic Gardens Conservation International" (BGCI), as well as the initials of its herbarium is BC.
The collections are focused on plants from Mediterranean regions around the world, this is a vegetation linked to the Mediterranean climate that is characterized by a long dry summer, mild winters and rains in spring and autumn. This climate is only found on 5% of the earth's surface, but in 5 regions of the world in which the plants had a specific adaptive evolution that nevertheless gives quite similar landscapes, for which reason the plants are distributed grouped, according to the five Mediterranean regions of the world.
The paths allow us to access from zone to zone, starting with the Canary Islands located at the entrance and going up to the western Mediterranean recognizable by the botanical institute, which stands out.
From the Northern Hemisphere, the area with the greatest representation is the Mediterranean Basin. Following the visit path leads to the coast of California with a Mediterranean climate.
Then there are the Mediterranean areas of the Southern Hemisphere where you visit the Mediterranean region of Chile, southern Africa, and the two Mediterranean regions of southern Australia (SE and S).
In psychiatry, the term means a specific and unique mental condition of a patient, often accompanied by neologisms. In psychoanalysis and behaviorism, it is used for the personal way a given individual reacts, perceives and experiences a common situation: a certain dish made of meat may cause nostalgic memories in one person and disgust in another.
Watching the day dissolve into the horizon at Key Biscayne. There’s a specific kind of peace found in that thin line between the burning sky and the cool water.
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the family portrait and family album quietly assume a significant place as a witness to our eyes :-)
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The Environment Matters! Resist the Despicable Ignorant Orange Cockroach and his Cabinet of Stooges and Buffoons!!
saguaro cacti, saguaro national park, tucson, arizona
The trail to this specific look off is called Gibraltar Rock Loop.
Gibraltar Rock Loop is located along the incredible Musquodoboit Trailway, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
The artwork is painted on a brick wall and depicts a clown touching his own nose. The mural is characterized by vibrant use of color, particularly blue and orange, and detailed shadow effects. Street art like this is a common phenomenon in the streets of Amsterdam. This specific location is popular among art lovers. Mural, NDSM, site, Macaverso, painted, brick, wall, blue, orange, nose, touching, mural, vibrant, use of color, blue, orange, detailed, shadow effects, street art, common, phenomenon, Amsterdam, streets, specific, location, art lovers.
Het kunstwerk is geschilderd op een bakstenen muur en toont een clown die zijn eigen neus aanraakt.
De mural kenmerkt zich door een levendig kleurgebruik, met name blauw en oranje, en gedetailleerde schaduweffecten.
Streetart zoals deze is een veelvoorkomend verschijnsel in de Amsterdamse straten. Deze specifieke locatie is populair voor kunstliefhebbers.
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I had heard of flannel flowers (Genus Actinotus) but seeing this flower for the first time through my macro lens still took my breath away. Most flannel flowers are endemic to Australia. While not considered threatened, they are not often seen unless specific conditions are met such as fire and smoke, followed by rainfall. This flower was among the first plants to grow after a recent bushfire.\https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6208
I had a specific hope from this sunrise shoot of the Buttercross in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, and that was to capture the sun rising at the end of the street on the left (Wrawby Street). But unfortunately there was an annoying slither of cloud on the horizon and by the time it cleared, the sun had moved too far to the right. Maybe I’ll be luckier another time.
Shot as a 5 shot panorama (each bracketed) with my Tilt Shift, and stitched in Lightroom. The highlights on the front of the building are due to spotlights above the upper windows.
The Buttercross, historically was the Brigg Town Hall, but is now used as a tourist information centre and as an events venue.
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Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and landscape elements wrapped in fabric, including the Wrapped Reichstag, The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Running Fence in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
On October 6th, 2020, BC will light up green. World Cerebral Palsy Day is a global movement of people with cerebral palsy and their families, and the organisations that support them, in more than 60 countries.
The Canada Place Sails of Light are illuminated each evening from dusk to dawn, with seasonal vibrant colours.
Canada Place at the Port of Vancouver is pleased to offer local charities and non-profit groups the opportunity to build awareness for their cause or organization by illuminating the Sails of Light in colours themed to the specific cause*.
Mad honey, also known as grayanotoxin honey, is a rare and unique honey variety produced by bees that collect nectar from specific rhododendrons and azalea flowers in the Himalayas of Nepal above 8000 ft. These flowers contain grayanotoxins, natural toxins that give honey its psychoactive properties and potential health benefits.
This Yellow-headed Blackbird fledgling just recently left the her nest.
She is waiting for one of her parents to return with food. When any Yellow-headed black bird parent with food flew near this little one she would open her mouth and scream. This went on until her own parents returned with bugs and worms to feed her.
Typically these birds eave the nest very early, between 9-12 days after hatching, but before they can fly.
Parents find their fledglings through a combination of vocalizations and visual cues. Fledglings, once they leave the nest, will beg loudly for food with distinctive calls, and the parents recognize these calls.
Additionally, the fledglings often perch on marshy vegetation and can be seen by the parents as they approach the nest area.
Over time, the parents learn to recognize the specific begging calls and visual cues of their own fledglings, making it easier to locate them.
This photo was taken in Alberta, Canada
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Oudemansiella mucida, the Porcelain Fungus, is specific to beech wood. It appears in autumn on dead trunks and on fallen branches, and occasionally it also grows on dead branches high up in living trees. Common and widespread in Britain and Ireland, Oudemansiella mucida occurs throughout northern Europe, but in southern Europe where Beech is not found the Porcelain Fungus is also absent.
Provided that the skin is thoroughly washed (or peeled from the caps) to remove the mucus, these mushrooms are edible, although their slimy covering is probably enough to put most people off. Only larger caps are worth collecting, because the flesh is thin and insubstantial.
Trying the combination of Fujifilm digital medium format sensor with full frame lens, by instance Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM.
That specific lens is the reason why I still keep my Canon DSLR system. Sold many L lenses to be more light but that one I just can't get rid of it, it's an addiction ;-)
After getting shut out at Glacier Point for a number of years, I was finally rewarded with some great light on my last visit. I started shooting as soon as the first bit of color stole across the sky and eventually the entire Western end of the valley was lit up. The irony here was that I was hoping there would be few to no clouds on this particular trip as I was there to shoot the Milky Way, along with quite a few other photographers. As I set up my tripod, I overheard a park ranger giving a lecture behind me on where the Milky Way WOULD be if you could, in fact, see it. I was starting to feel pretty depressed at this point as I had made multiple trips to Glacier point without much to show for it. Two summers ago I was smoked out by a huge fire, last year too many clouds for the Milky Way, and multiple trips in between with no sunset or sunrise. As I stared sulkingly off into the horizon, I noticed a faint bit of color in the clouds. Within just a few minutes the entire sky had lit up and the poor ranger was left with only a handful of people as the crowd moved en masse to the railing and began shooting like mad.
The Milky Way was a no show that night, but at least I walked away with my first decent sunset at Glaicer Point in four years. I'll be headed back to try the Milky Way at least one more time this year, so fingers crossed!
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The moon at the ‘blue hour’, on the evening of 24 December 1971, in a snow-covered landscape in Mouthe, the coldest village in France.
Analogue photograph on Kodachrome, digitised in 2022.
Camera used: Minolta Hi-Matic 7S with Rokkor PF 45 mm, f/1.8 lens
This photograph is a reproduction of the original slide; it has not undergone any digital manipulation or specific processing.
THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH “BLUE MOON”
A group of school friends and I had gone to Mouthe, the coldest village in France, to spend a few days of the Christmas holidays. At the time, I was 17 years old.
On the evening of 24 December, we set off for a walk along the snow-covered paths… just before nightfall, the moon was already beginning to light up the landscape. I was struck by this extraordinary blue light – ‘enchanting’ and almost supernatural. I took out my camera and tried to take a photo, not knowing what the result would be. As the light was very dim, the exposure time was long (I seem to recall it was about 3 seconds), so it was important not to move the camera during those few seconds. …
In 2022, I rediscovered this slide and it felt like a real ‘discovery’ to me!
In fact, as I must have moved the camera slightly whilst taking the photo, this created a blur that naturally and unintentionally transformed the photograph into an ‘Impressionist’ watercolour.
Looking at this photograph, one can sense the moon’s ‘magnetic’ energy with its ‘enigmatic’ atmosphere!
1904 Milnes-Daimler Double Decker Omnibus
- the oldest motorised bus in the world
- specially designed for public transport in London
- 6785cc straight-4 SV engine
- power 45 bhp / 1.100 rpm
- top speed 35 km/h / 12 mph
- 30 seats
Unfortunately, I will have less time to spend on FLICKR in the coming period due to my study 'Drone Pilot Advanced EASA Specific-Category STS-01/PDRA-S01' 🚁
I keep trying to post 2 automotives a day on my stream and not in groups except by request
You don't have to travel millions of miles into space to witness the surface of Mars. All you need to do is take a trip to White Pocket in Northern Arizona and you will be transported to another planet.
I captured this on the only afternoon I visited this location. There is so much to capture here, you will get overwhelmed, so staying focused on specific compositions is critical.
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Following comments by Daniel Myers and James Burns and a specific question by Sccart, I managed to find on the Ephrata website an explanation of these strange buildings : they form a stage, build in 1970, and facing an amphitheater (that I had not photographed and then forgotten about, that was some 3 year ago...). It was first used for outdoor drama, and now for special programs.
That said, they are thin, but of normal height.
The specific origin of the Generals of the Ulla cannot be assured with certainty, but, due to the common characteristics of these masquerades, it is necessary to look for it in the different armed confrontations that occurred in the region throughout the 19th century: first the fight against the French invasion and, later, the revolution of 1846, which ended with the battle of Cacheiras, with the troops of each of the sides crossing the spaces in which this carnival is kept alive today. The different Carlist wars that took place in Spain during the nineteenth century would undoubtedly help create a collective astonishment that led to their ridicule.
Lebanon, Ohio
This image is part of a project to photograph the Historical Markers in Lebanon, OH. Check out the album for the series.
The downtown commercial district of Lebanon is on the National Register of Historic Sites as are a of couple specific buildings. There are about 30 sites with markers out front placed by the Rotary Club. My goal of the project is to include one image of each marked site in the album. It could be a full image or some detail. I'm also trying (to the best of my ability) to make a good, interesting photograph and not just a snap shot or just "documentation" of each site. That is one reason it is taking me so long. It has taken me much longer than planned to finish the project.
Lebanon Commercial District National Register of Historic Places Ref# 84000429. Link to application catalog.archives.gov/id/71986380
Taken at the beginning of golden hour.
Historical Marker:
"The city building is Colonial Revival in style and was modeled after the chapel at Dennison University. It was dedicated in May of 1934. Two years earlier, the Opera House, built here 1878, burned down on Christmas morning. this is also where the county's first courthouse was constructed in 1805."
Inside the Brooklyn Museum. This area had been a cafeteria or canteen for a very long time and recently it was cleared out of all of that, but there are tables and chairs near the windows. Yesterday, as I sat there waiting for someone coming down on the elevator, I looked up and realized this was a very specific designed space and no one was in it. So snap and I got my photo.
A Kookaburra's cooling posture, often seen on hot, sunny days in Australia, involves specific, visible behaviors designed to release body heat, as they do not sweat.
Key elements of this posture include:
Spreading Wings: The bird holds its wings slightly away from its body, allowing air to circulate under the feathers to release trapped heat.
Open Beak (Gular Fluttering): Kookaburras open their beaks and may pant, using a technique called "gular fluttering" to dissipate heat through their throat.
Fluffed Feathers: They may raise or fluff their feathers to further release trapped heat.
Perching Low/Grounding: While normally high-perched predators, they may sit lower or on the ground in the shade to stay cool.
This behavior is a common response to extreme heat, allowing the bird to "sit and wait" for the temperature to drop /
Lorsqu'il fait tres chaud en Australie, les Martin-chasseurs Geants ont des techniques specifiques pour se rafraichir :
- ils tiennent leurs ailes legerement ecartees du corps pour permettre a l'air de circuler sous leurs plumes afin de laisser partir la chaleur accumulee.
- Ils entrouvrent leur bec et halètent (mouvement de gorge qui porterait le nom de "papillonnement gulaire") afin d'expulser l'air chaud.
- Ils ebouriffent parfois leurs plumes pour en faire sortir la chaleur.
- Alors qu'ils ont l'habitude, comme tous predateurs, de se percher assez haut dans les arbres, il leur arrive de choisir des branches plus basses ou meme le sol a l'ombre, afin d'attendre que la temperature baisse.
C'est grace a cela que j'ai pu photographier Ernie en train de se rafraichir sur une branche relativement basse :)
Macro Mondays: Berries
Are grapes berries? Berries are small, juicy fruits with seeds inside: grapes are a specific type of berry grown in clusters on vines.
In UK winters, snow buntings appear as sparrow-sized birds with a buffy and streaky plumage, contrasting with their summer black-and-white appearance. They have a sandy or buff wash on their heads and backs, with rusty-brown streaks on the crown, ear coverts, and breast sides. However, when they fly, they show bold white patches on their wings and dark wingtips, making them look black and white again
The common name of this species of fungus that typically appears as a round piece of black coal-lik ball attached to a dying or dead tree trunks and branches is King Alfred’s cakes. This name originates from legend that King Alfred (who ruled in 9th century) was mistaken for a soldier by a peasant woman in the house were he was seeking a refuge after the battle. She asked him to look after cakes baking on the fire but he fell asleep…, well, another name for these fungi are coal fungi. Whether this story is true or not difficult to say because it was first told 100 years after the King lived, but the name sticks to the fungus forever.
The scientific name of this common and widespread saprotrophic fungus is Daldinia concentrica. The genus Daldinia is named in honour of Agostino Daldini, a Swiss clergyman and botanist. The specific epithet ‘concentrica’ is self-explanatory if you look at the image above showing concentric rings of the fungal body. This is where black spores are matured and then driven up to the surface and expelled outside through tiny openings. The concentric rings are thought to reflect seasonal growth like tree rings - so it is likely to be about 12 years old. Majority of trees were planted here in 2000. This fungus, when dry, can be used as tinder to light fires, hence another name the tinder bracket.
This specimen was neatly sliced in half by a chainsaw I think when this ash tree trunk was fell down and cleared of branches; a cut through the branch seen on the left. Massive clearance is taken place in this Community Woodland as part of removal ash trees infected with dieback fungus, as well as general maintenance. Primrose Hill Community woodland. Bath, BANES, England, UK
After Kolmanskop, we finally drove to one of my favorite places in Namibia: Sossusvlei. In fact, we didn't book our flights and car until we had a reservation for a specific campsite there. You may be wondering what the reason for this was, and the explanation is quite simple: there are two park gates, an outer and an inner one, with the first one opening at sunrise and the second one an hour before. Therefore, you have to stay in one of the few accommodations between these two gates to be able to shoot the sunrise. And since there is basically only the NWR Sesriem Campsite and the luxurious Sossus Dune Lodge, which costs 10 times as much as the campsite, we really wanted to book the campsite (there also seems to be another campsite called Sesriem Oshana Camp right next to the Sesriem Campsite, but we couldn't find a website to book it). Luckily it all worked out and by the time we arrived at the campsite we were pretty tired from the 6 hour drive from Lüderitz, set up our rooftop tent, cooked some dinner and went to bed early to be ready for the sunrise tomorrow, especially as we had read that there is usually a long queue at the inner gate before the park opens and so we wanted to be there early.
The next morning we didn't know exactly what to expect as we hadn't entered the park yet, but we knew we had to pay an entrance fee. Luckily they just opened the gate and let the line of cars pass, and you pay when you get back, otherwise you wouldn't make it to one of THE highlights in Namibia for sunrise: Deadvlei. As it was pitch dark when we drove through the gate and we had never driven this road before, we didn't drive too fast, especially as wild animals can cross the road at any time, which you simply can't see with the car headlights. After half an hour of driving, the morning light started to illuminate the huge dunes to the left and right of the road, which was so surreal. When we finally arrived at the parking lot right before the section where you can continue through deep sand, we opened the door and one of the shuttle drivers shouted: “Come on, come on, let’s go guys, let’s go for sunrise! We are already late!” Although I really wanted to try driving through sand myself, we both thought that these people are more experienced and we wanted to play it safe and not miss sunrise. During the shuttle ride, our driver pulled up next to a car that had gotten stuck in a section of deeper sand (they pick people up and pull the cars back out on the way back to the parking lot), which was funny because we met these two couples at the car rental company and heard their macho men bragging about their driving skills. Well, at this point we were glad we switched straight to the shuttle as this was definitely the faster option since these locals are driving like crazy over the extremely bumpy and sandy sections.
At the Deadvlei parking lot, we had to hike for another 15 minutes before we reached the dried-up river pan with all the dead tree skeletons. I'm sure you've seen countless pictures of it, but this place is simply a photographer's dream. However, I didn't take my favorite pictures from this trip until the next morning, which I'll share in later posts. After spending the morning there, we took the shuttle back to our car, drove to Dune 45 (the number represents the actual kilometers from the gate to the dune), had a snack and hiked up the ridge to take in the breathtaking views. Since we still had some time until sunset, we looked for possible compositions and didn't have to drive far to find a few. Most were located between Dune 37 and 45, and since we were so impressed by the sheer size of these piles of sand, we chose this amazing dune with the tree at its bottom as our first composition. And as the sun got low, the color of the sand turned from a dull midday brown to a bright orange with hard, contrasting shadows on the left side of its crest, resulting in a really nice, colourful minimalist image. I hope you like it!
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Lake Yamdrok (羊卓雍錯湖), Tibet, China
Lake Yamdrok is about 170 km (110 mi) southwest of Lhasa. The surface elevation is 4,441 m (14,570 ft)
Lake Yamdrok is considered a sacred lake and is said to be able to help Tibetans find the reincarnated soul of the Dalai Lama. After a Dalai Lama passes away, the senior monks are responsible to find the boy in whom the reincarnated soul of the Dalai Lama has gone to abide. They come to Lake Yamdrok to chant and pray, and throw hada (a piece of silk used as a blessing object) and other holy articles into the lake to get the reflection of the specific location of the Dalai Lama's soul.
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Turkey
The Panorpa aspoeki group (or species group) is predominately found in Turkey. While identification keys for the group are lacking, researchers rely on detailed morpholoigal analysis of the male genital structures and specific features like the caudal recess on the subgenital plate, to differentiate species.
Which means we will never know. !!!!!!
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Given the refined woodworking, the geometric language of forms (the sharp triangle combined with the sleek circle) this is a specific example of applied art, a historic piece of furniture with intarsia (inlay work).
Gezien de verfijnde houtbewerking, de geometrische vormentaal (de scherpe driehoek gecombineerd met de strakke cirkel) is dit een specifiek voorbeeld van toegepaste kunst, een historisch meubel met itarsia (inlegwerk) .
Angesichts der feinen Holzverarbeitung und der geometrischen Formensprache (das scharfe Dreieck kombiniert mit dem klaren Kreis) ist dies ein spezielles Beispiel angewandter Kunst, ein historisches Möbelstück mit Intarsienarbeit.
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This is a tiny butterfly, quite common in our area in its specific flight times. It is very striking close up, but easy to overlook from a distance.
The Tailed-blue also has a small proboscis, which means it has to work with open-petalled wildflowers. This is turn gives a photographer a range of options. I wanted to get the butterfly in profile, while having one blue wing in focus as well. Lots of attempts, a couple of successes. The biggest challenge is that the small size of the butterfly enables it to get into low and dense foliage, to find protected flowers and secure itself against predation. There isn’t a lot of space down there.
The caterpillar of this butterfly secretes a sugary substance that makes ants very happy, and they in turn protect the caterpillar from predators until it creates its cocoon.
Though it should have obvious tails (hence the name) this male may have lost them in a skirmish with a bird or other predator. The field marks include the orange spots on its hind wings.
Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District 2016 Nature Photo Contest: Second Place Specific Nature
2017 Lima News Photo Contest, 1st Place Still Life, Best of Show
From the Lima News:
LIMA — The Lima News 21st annual Amateur Photo Competition winners are announced.
“It’s hard to believe it’s been 21 years, and photos just keep getting better,” said Craig J. Orosz, photo editor for The Lima News. “We were down 53 entries this year, but we had some fantastic photographs. Staff members from the Toledo Blade judged this year and were amazed by the outstanding images. The Blade staff did a lot of bantering back and forth, and after all of that, the best of the best emerged.”
Dave Zapotosky, chief photographer for The Blade, wrote: “(Best of Show) is a quiet image, one that makes you feel like you are walking a trail through large oak trees in autumn. The quality of light on the edges of the leaves, and the vibrant colors in the frame are visually arresting. The image is sharp as a tack, and the composition is in the rule of thirds, which most professional photographers recognize as the best compositional element in a picture. Great shot amateur photographer! Keep up the good work!”
Every photo entered in the contest will be on display at ArtSpace/Lima and, later, St. Rita’s Medical Center.
Soon after arriving in the Nicola Valley, the weather began to change. This altered the look of the sky, making it appear more dramatic over the land below. The slivers of light that made it through the clouds, brightly lit one specific section of hillside, leaving the rest in shadow.
Once again the Valley delivered some interesting opportunities to capture. And this time, it included a cloud with a mushroom stem to compliment the layers above. My timing was fortunate, but it was the light and the clouds that were the main actors of this show.
Explore #448
Beautiful world
Temperature just around zero degrees Celcius.
Hair ice (also known as ice wool or frost beard) is a type of ice that forms on dead wood and takes the shape of fine, silky hair. It is somewhat uncommon, and has been reported mostly at latitudes between 45 and 55°N in broadleaf forests. The meteorologist and discoverer of continental drift, Alfred Wegener, described hair ice on wet dead wood in 1918, assuming some specific fungi as the catalyst, a theory mostly confirmed by Gerhart Wagner and Christian Mätzler in 2005. In 2015, the fungus Exidiopsis effusa was identified as key to the formation of hair ice.
Formation
Hair ice forms on moist, rotting wood from broadleaf trees when temperatures are slightly under 0 °C (32 °F) and the air is humid. Each of the smooth, silky hairs has a diameter of about 0.02 mm and a length of up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in). The hairs are brittle, but take the shape of curls and waves. They can maintain their shape for hours and sometimes days. This long lifetime indicates that something is preventing the small ice crystals from recrystallizing into larger ones, since recrystallization normally occurs very quickly at temperatures near 0 °C.
The hairs appear to root at the mouth of wood rays (never on the bark), and their thickness is similar to the diameter of the wood ray channels. A piece of wood that produces hair ice once may continue to produce it over several years.
In 2015, German and Swiss scientists identified the fungus Exidiopsis effusa as key to the formation of hair ice. The fungus was found on every hair ice sample examined by the researchers, and disabling the fungus with fungicide or hot water prevented hair ice formation.[1] The fungus shapes the ice into fine hairs through an uncertain mechanism and likely stabilizes it by providing a recrystallization inhibitor similar to antifreeze proteins.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
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Cheveux de glace
Les cheveux de glace, ou chevelure de glace, sont le phénomène d'apparition de glace sous forme de filaments très fins, par temps de gel, à partir de morceaux de bois mort ou d'autre végétaux. Le phénomène est comparable mais distinct des pipkrakes, issues du sol et plus grossières. Les cheveux de glace sont différents du givre par leur apparence comme par leur formation.
Formation
La formation des cheveux de glace se produit dans des conditions météorologiques particulières : par gel modéré et lorsque le sol, très humide, n'est pas encore gelé. Le phénomène est rare et s'observe plutôt dans les sites ombragés et tôt le matin.
Les cheveux de glace apparaissent sur des végétaux particuliers, comme le bois mort de hêtre ou de chêne. Leur observation donne à penser que l'eau contenue dans le bois est expulsée à travers les pores du bois par son expansion à l'approche du point de congélation, et gèle sous forme de fils très fin au contact de l'air. Le mécanisme pourrait néanmoins être plus complexe et être lié à la présence de champignons sur ces bois en décomposition; en 2015, le champignon Exidiopsis effusa (en) a été identifié comme essentiel à ce mécanisme. La poussée de ces fils de glace peut avoir une force suffisante pour repousser l'écorce d'un bois mort. La formation est très fragile, elle se détruit au toucher ou au souffle et disparait naturellement par fonte ou sublimation si elle est exposée au soleil.
Historique
En 1918 Alfred Wegener évoque que le mycélium sur le bois en décomposition contribue au phénomène. En 2014, Christian Mäztler, physicien de l’université de Berne associé à Diana Hofmann, chimiste et Gisela Preuss, biologiste ont élucidé le mystère de leur formation.
Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheveux_de_glace
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Haareis, manchmal auch Eiswolle genannt, besteht aus feinen Eisnadeln, die sich bei geeigneten Bedingungen auf morschem und feuchtem Totholz bilden können. Anders als Hydrometeore (zum Beispiel Raureifkristalle) entsteht Haareis aus dem im Holz enthaltenen Wasser, nicht aus Luftfeuchtigkeit.
Ähnlich aussehende und häufig nicht genau unterschiedene Phänomene sind Bandeis (engl. ice ribbons, ice flowers) an Pflanzenstängeln und Kammeis (engl. needle ice) am Boden, die beide jedoch anders gebildet werden.
Entstehung
Wissenschaftlich ist die Entstehung des nur selten zu beobachtenden Haareises noch wenig erforscht. 1918 beschrieb der Meteorologe Alfred Wegener Haareis auf nassem Totholz. Er vermutete einen „schimmelartigen Pilz“ als Auslöser, was jedoch von anderen Wissenschaftlern angezweifelt wurde, die rein physikalische Prozesse wie bei der Entstehung von Kammeis als Ursache annahmen.
Eine biophysikalische Studie von Gerhart Wagner und Christian Mätzler bestätigte 2008 Wegeners Vermutung weitgehend. Demnach wird Haareis durch das Myzel winteraktiver Pilze (u. a. Schlauch- und Ständerpilze) ausgelöst, deren aerober Stoffwechsel (Dissimilation) Gase produziert, die das im Holz vorhandene leicht unterkühlte Wasser an die Oberfläche verdrängen. Dort gefriert es und wird durch nachdrängende, beim Austritt aus dem Holz ebenfalls gefrierende Flüssigkeit weitergeschoben. Dies geschieht ausschließlich bei Temperaturen knapp unter dem Gefrierpunkt, wenn das Wasser im Holz noch nicht gefroren ist, es an der geringfügig kälteren Umgebungsluft jedoch gefriert. Eine Randbedingung für die Haareisbildung ist außerdem hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit: Wenn die Luft nicht mit Wasserdampf gesättigt ist, sublimieren die feinen Eiskristalle kurz nach ihrer Bildung an der Holzoberfläche, so dass keine langen Haareiskristalle entstehen können. Eine Reproduktion von Haareis ist in Versuchen solange möglich, wie das Pilzmyzel im Holzkörper nicht abgetötet wird.
Quelle: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haareis
My attempt at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "Hand tools".
The manufacturer of this specific tool (Wera) was not responsible for the invention of the principle behind it (I think it might have been patented first by Megapro?) but this screw driver is probably my favorite and most used hand tool! It doesn’t use it’s own specific bits but standard interchangeable bits (used on drills etc.), has an extendable front part and a compartment inside the handle, that clicks open and features space for different bits. It really is an incredibly well thought out flexible system and feels like a pretty high quality tool at the same time!
Shot with a Rodenstock "Apo Sironar digital 45 mm F 4.5" (large format) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
A nature wall decoration with a group of older Porcelain fungus.
Happy Wall Wednesday ;-))
"Oudemansiella mucida, commonly known as porcelain fungus, is a basidiomycete fungus of the Physalacriaceae family and native to Europe.
O. mucida is a white, slimy wood-rot fungus and is strongly tied to rotting beech, where it grows in clusters. It is in season late summer to late autumn, and tiny fungi can then sometimes be seen parachuting from high branches, when they are dislodged by the wind on breezy days.
Porcelain fungus has also been referred to as Beech Tuft, Poached Egg fungus or simply Porcelain Mushroom. Strongly tied to beech and being a delicate, white and slimy mushroom, it reminisce porcelain or egg white; hence its English common names.
In 1794 Heinrich Adolf Schrader described the fungus and gave it the scientific name Agaricus mucidus. Its present accepted name dates from 1909, when Austrian mycologist ´Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel transferred it to the genus Oudemansiella. The genus Oudemansiella was established in 1881 by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini and named in honour of the Dutch mycologist Cornelius Anton Jan Abraham Oudemans (1825–1906). The specific epithet mucida refers to the layer of transparent mucus that covers the caps of porcelain fungi. Synonyms of Oudemansiella mucida include Agaricus mucidus, Collybia mucida, Armillaria mucida and Mucidula mucida.
Caps are 2–8 cm across, strongly convex at first, but mildly flattening over time. They are pale greyish when young, becoming whiter and covered with a semi-translucent and slimy membrane, often with an ochraceous flush at the centre. The surface layer resemble spore-bearing tissue with erect club-shaped cells, but are lacking functional basidia (i.e. cap cuticle is hymeniform).
The slender stems are 30–100 mm tall and 3–10 mm wide, white striate above a substantial membranous ring and slightly scaly and greyish below.
Flesh is thin and white and the lamellae are adnate, broad and very distant.
Cystidia are thin-walled cylindric or utriform. Spore print is white, they are smooth and subglobose in shape and very thickwalled at 13–18×12–15 µm.
When porcelain mushrooms grows from the underside of the tree, the stems will curl in a way so the caps are all held horizontally, with the gills facing down.
Oudemansiella mucida are seldom confused with other fungi.
Porcelain fungus is native to Europe, and specific to beech wood, where it appears in autumn on dead tree like trunks and fallen branches, occasionally on dead branches high up in living trees. It is saprobic or weakly parasitic to living beech trees. While it has a strong tie to beech, it has been found growing on oak on rare occasions.
Oudemansiella mucida occurs throughout northern and central Europe, where Beech is found and in its habitat this fungus is a common species. When O. mucida is found on a beech tree, it usually outcompetes other fungi locally by means of a powerful anti-fungal agent called strobilurin.
Porcelain fungus is generally not considered toxic. Some sources claims that it is mildly toxic though, while others considers it edible after washing (to remove the mucus). Still others, describes porcelain fungus as a good culinary mushroom even and provides specific recipes for preparing it.
It has been discovered, that O. mucida releases a powerful fungicide that deters or even annihilates competitors. Known as strobilurins, these kinds of anti-fungal agents, have found use in the agricultural business as they protect crops from attacks by powdery mildews and other microfungi. Although subsequently improved upon by industrial chemists, the first strobilurin fungicides were isolated from wood-rotting mushroom fungi such as Oudemansiella mucida and, in particular Strobilurus tenacellus; another white-spored, wood-rotting fungus." - WiKi
"De porseleinzwam (Oudemansiella mucida, synoniem: Collybia mucida) is een witte tot ivoorkleurige plaatjeszwam waarvan de hoed bedekt is met een slijmlaag.
De 3-10 cm brede hoed is in de jeugd bolvormig, later convex. De witte lamellen zijn dik en staan uiteen. De witte of lichtgrijze steel is slank met bovenaan een ring die aan de bovenkant geribbeld is. Ook het vlees is wit en heeft geur noch smaak. De sporen zijn wit.
Meestal wordt de porseleinzwam aangetroffen van augustus tot november op takken en stammen van beuken, minder vaak op eiken. In Nederland is het een algemeen voorkomende soort.
De hoeden zijn eetbaar, maar niet erg smakelijk. Uit de porseleinzwam wordt het middel tegen schimmels oudemansine A gehaald. Deze stof kan bij huidziektes ingezet worden." - WiKi
By running this image through Photomatix and Lightroom in a specific way, I was able to enhance the sunlight through the mist without creating excessive amounts of noise. At the same time, the light and colours through the leaves on the trees was perked up, giving these parts of the image a really attractive finish too. I tried to end up with a look of "believable realism" to the final image, despite what was, for me, quite a lot of tinkering.
Surprise sunset
On this past April trip to Utah, we had a few specific goals in mind. Getting out to this overlook was one of them. To do so, we had to rent a jeep. The last mile of the road to this point requires a high clearance 4WD vehicle. We had the Jeep for a few days and intended to capture this spot at sunrise. We made a very wise decision and decided to drive out for a scouting trip, more to see what the road had to offer in terms of obstacles than photo comps. I'm really glad we did. Not only did we discover that driving out there in the dark for sunrise might get very sketchy, but we ended up with a beautiful sky and light for sunset. In fact, the next few days offered little to no chance of clouds for sunrise or sunset. It was incredibly windy which made shooting and moving down through the rocks a bit challenging. However, in the end, it all worked out really nicely and we were able to check this spot off of the list with smiles on our faces.
Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 24-120mm F4 lens at 24mm, ISO 64, 1/20 second, F11, 5 image focus stack. April 22 2026
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The ghostly webs covering specific trees in Orwell Country Park alerted me to the presence of these Small Ermine Moth caterpillars!
The webs hide hundreds and sometimes tens of thousands of caterpillars of the Small Ermine moths. In the UK there are eight species of Small Ermine Moths, but only the Orchard Ermine (Yponomeuta padella), Spindle Ermine (Y. cagnagella) and Bird-cherry Ermine (Y. evonymella) tend to produce such extensive webbing, the former mainly on blackthorn and hawthorn, the others on spindle and bird-cherry respectively.
The Bird-cherry Ermine tends to have a more northern distribution compared to the other two and occasionally whole trees can be covered by their webs, the leaves stripped bare giving the tree an eerie appearance. Sometimes these webs are so extensive that they can cover nearby objects such as benches, bicycles and gravestones.
My LR catalog has over 100,000 digital images spanning 26 yrs. At times I play with the search, finding images from camera or lenses at specific focal lens, speeds, focal or ISO. More often than not I’m surprised with forgotten images. Here is one of those finds while searching on two lens, a sigma 16-300 rf mount and a xf70-300mm. The image was taken with the latter on a XH1 at 300mm and 1/80th sec, I loved that combo, capturing some of my favourite images.
While I was preparing my travel through Singapore, I found a few similar shots about the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. I didn't want to miss this specific location. Just the night before I met 'Quek', which became my best local friend. he showed me where I had to go. Thanks Quek.
I have made a lot of friends over flickr, but this is for one specific friend.
I only met him [not actually met though] about 3 months ago, but he’s been here for me this whole time since then. for everything.
so Zach, I just want to thank you for everything, for helping me and all of that. I know you must think Im such a depressing person because I’m falling apart most of the time. But thank you so much for being a friend, I really appreciate it.
I have been organizing photos on the Google Drive for months now. I had some albums before, but took it to the next level last September when I started sorting everything into more specific albums, based on lens used or flower type, for example. It is a very slow process as some of the older images of flowers I took go back to 2003. However, it is totally paying off as it is much easier now to find pictures I am thinking of. Moreover, I unearthed some gems I did not even remember I had like this orchid image. It was taken at the Orchid Showcase organized by the San Diego Orchid Society. It was truly a feast for the eyes. However, it was held in the windowless hall and the lighting was atrocious, hence the ISO of 3200. I took lots of pictures, but most of them were just for memory and not to be shared as the noise level in the pictures was high. However, looking now at this image I feel that in this particular case the high ISO caused noise has actually been a plus and resulted in an image that looks like a vintage illustration, botanical print or a postcard.
NikonD5100
Nikkor 55-200mm
ƒ/5.6
1/100
200mm
ISO3200