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SN/NC: Rudbeckia hirta, Asteraceae Family
This flower commonly called black-eyed Susan, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China. It has now been found in all 10 Canadian Provinces and all 48 states in the contiguous United States. Rudbeckia hirta is the state flower of Maryland. The specific epithet "hirta" is Latin for “hairy”, and refers to the trichomes occurring on leaves and stems. Other common names for this plant include: brown-eyed Susan, brown betty, gloriosa daisy, golden Jerusalem, English bull's eye, poor-land daisy, yellow daisy, and yellow ox-eye daisy.
Deze bloem, gewoonlijk Black-eyed Susan genoemd, is een Noord-Amerikaanse bloeiende plant in de familie Asteraceae, inheems in Oost- en Midden-Noord-Amerika en genaturaliseerd in het westelijke deel van het continent en in China. Het is nu gevonden in alle 10 Canadese provincies en alle 48 staten in de aangrenzende Verenigde Staten. Rudbeckia hirta is de staatsbloem van Maryland. Het specifieke epitheton "hirta" is Latijn voor "harig" en verwijst naar de trichomen die op bladeren en stengels voorkomen.
Esta flor comumente chamada de Margarida amarela, é uma planta norte-americana da família Asteraceae, nativa da América do Norte Oriental e Central e naturalizada na parte ocidental do continente, bem como na China. Já foi encontrado em todas as 10 províncias canadenses e todos os 48 estados nos Estados Unidos contíguos. Rudbeckia hirta é a flor do estado de Maryland. O epíteto específico "hirta" é latim para "peludo", e refere-se aos tricomas que ocorrem em folhas e caules.
Esta flor comúnmente llamada Margarida amarilla, es una planta con flores de América del Norte en la familia Asteraceae, nativa del este y centro de América del Norte y naturalizada en la parte occidental del continente, así como en China. Ahora se ha encontrado en las 10 provincias canadienses y en los 48 estados de los Estados Unidos contiguos. Rudbeckia hirta es la flor del estado de Maryland. El epíteto específico "hirta" en latín significa "peludo" y se refiere a los tricomas que se encuentran en las hojas y los tallos.
Questo fiore comunemente chiamato Susan dagli occhi neri, è una pianta da fiore nordamericana della famiglia delle Asteraceae, originaria del Nord America orientale e centrale e naturalizzata nella parte occidentale del continente oltre che in Cina. Ora è stato trovato in tutte le 10 province canadesi e in tutti i 48 stati degli Stati Uniti contigui. Rudbeckia hirta è il fiore di stato del Maryland. L'epiteto specifico "hirta" è latino per "peloso", e si riferisce ai tricomi presenti su foglie e steli.
Cette fleur communément appelée Susan aux yeux noirs, est une plante à fleurs nord-américaine de la famille des Astéracées, originaire de l'est et du centre de l'Amérique du Nord et naturalisée dans la partie occidentale du continent ainsi qu'en Chine. Il a maintenant été trouvé dans les 10 provinces canadiennes et dans les 48 États des États-Unis contigus. Rudbeckia hirta est la fleur d'état du Maryland. L'épithète spécifique "hirta" est le latin pour "poilu", et fait référence aux trichomes présents sur les feuilles et les tiges.
Diese Blume, die gemeinhin als Schwarzäugige Susanne bezeichnet wird, ist eine nordamerikanische Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Korbblütler, die im östlichen und mittleren Nordamerika beheimatet und im westlichen Teil des Kontinents sowie in China eingebürgert ist. Es wurde jetzt in allen 10 kanadischen Provinzen und allen 48 Bundesstaaten der angrenzenden Vereinigten Staaten gefunden. Rudbeckia hirta ist die Staatsblume von Maryland. Der spezifische Beiname „hirta“ ist lateinisch für „haarig“ und bezieht sich auf die Trichome, die auf Blättern und Stängeln vorkommen.
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一般に黒い瞳のスーザンと呼ばれるこの花は、キク科の北米の顕花植物であり、北アメリカ東部と中央部に自生し、大陸の西部と中国で帰化しています。 現在、カナダの10州すべてと、米国本土の48州すべてで発見されています。 Rudbeckia hirtaは、メリーランド州の花です。 特定の形容詞「hirta」はラテン語で「毛深い」を意味し、葉や茎に発生する毛状突起を指します。
هذه الزهرة المعروفة باسم سوزان ذات العيون السوداء ، هي نبات مزهر في أمريكا الشمالية في عائلة Asteraceae ، موطنها شرق ووسط أمريكا الشمالية ومتجنس في الجزء الغربي من القارة وكذلك في الصين. تم العثور عليها الآن في جميع المقاطعات الكندية العشر وجميع الولايات الـ 48 في الولايات المتحدة المتجاورة. Rudbeckia hirta هي زهرة ولاية ماريلاند. الصفة المحددة "hirta" هي الكلمة اللاتينية لكلمة "hairy" ، وتشير إلى trichomes التي تحدث على الأوراق والسيقان.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanderling
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrðling, "sand-ploughman".[2] The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alba is Latin for "white".[3]
It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
It is somewhat unlike other sandpipers in appearance, which has led to the suggestion that it should be placed into a monotypic genus Crocethia. A more recent review (Thomas et al., 2004) indicates, however, that the sanderling is a fairly typical "stint" or small sandpiper and should be separated from the large knots with its closest relatives in a distinct genus.
This bird is similar in size to a dunlin, but stouter, with a thick bill. It shows a strong white wingbar in flight, and runs along the sandy beaches it prefers with a characteristic "bicycling" action of its legs, stopping frequently to pick small food items. It eats small crabs and other small invertebrates. In spring, birds migrating north from South America consume large numbers of horseshoe crab eggs in the Delaware Bay area.
In spring, the birds arrive on the High Arctic breeding grounds (see map), where they lay 3–4 eggs in a ground scrape. On the nesting grounds, these birds mainly eat insects and some plant material.
The sanderling is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Description
The sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g (1.4–3.5 oz). The winter bird is very pale, almost white apart from a dark shoulder patch. This is the source of the specific name, alba, which is the Latin for "white". Later in the summer, the face and throat become brick-red. The juvenile bird is spangled black and white, and shows much more contrast than the adult.
Standard Measurements[4][5]
length180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in)
weight60 g (2.1 oz)
wingspan430 mm (17 in)
wing114.5–121.6 mm (4.51–4.79 in)
tail47.3–53 mm (1.86–2.09 in)
culmen22.5–26.6 mm (0.89–1.05 in)
tarsus23.5–25.8 mm (0.93–1.02 in)
If its size is misjudged, a sanderling in breeding plumage can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a sanderling in winter plumage can be mistaken for a dunlin or red knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe. Its behavior is also distinctive.
Distribution, habitat and migration
The sanderling breeds in the High Arctic areas of North America, Europe and Asia. In North America, it breeds in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Greenland (and to a lesser extent Alaska). In Eurasia, it breeds in Spitsbergen and areas of northern Russia from the Taymyr Peninsula to the New Siberian Islands. In the northern winter, it has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution across the world's marine coasts. It is a complete migrant, travelling between 3,000 to 10,000 km (1,900 to 6,200 mi) from its breeding grounds to its wintering sites. Birds that travel further also arrive later and leave sooner. Most adults leave the breeding grounds in July and early August, whereas juvenile birds leave in late August and early September. The northward migration begins in March at the southern end of their winter distribution.[6]
The breeding habitat of the sanderling is coastal tundra north of 5 °C (41 °F) July isotherm. The species typically chooses nesting sites on dry stony areas near wet areas, from 60 m (200 ft) above sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft). During the winter and its migration, it is most commonly found on coastal sandy beaches, but also occurs on tidal sand flats, mud flats and the shores of lakes and rivers. More infrequently, it may occur on rocky shores.[6]
Subspecies
The sanderling consists of two subspecies:
C. a. alba, (Pallas, 1764), breeds on Ellesmere Island, north & east Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and the Taymyr Peninsula
C. a. rubida, (Gmelin, 1789), breeds in northeast Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada
Behaviour
Feeding behaviour
Sanderlings feed on invertebrate prey buried in the sand in the upper intertidal zone. In North America, this diet largely consists of the isopods Excirolana linguifrons, Excirolana kincaidii, and the mole crab, Emerita analoga. When the tide is out, these crustaceans live in burrows some way beneath the surface. When the tide comes in, they move into the upper layers of sand and feed on the plankton and detritus that washes over them with each wave. They then burrow rapidly down again as the water retreats. They leave no marks on the surface, so the sanderlings hunt for them by plunging their beaks into the sand at random, consuming whatever they find. Their bills can penetrate only 2 or 3 cm (0.79 or 1.18 in) and as the water swirls around and retreats, the sand is softer; this makes it easier for the birds' beaks to penetrate further. In the spring, when much breeding activity is taking place in the benthic community, there may be as many as 4000 invertebrates per square metre, but their average size is smaller than later in the year. The birds appear to rush madly around at the edge of the surf, but in reality they are maximising their chances of catching as many prey animals as possible when they are at their most vulnerable near the surface.[7]
Breeding behaviour
At breeding time sanderlings are territorial, with the male aggressively defending its territory. They may either form monogamous pairs or polyandrous (one female and two male) pairings.
A young couple on the street of Hanoi. It's weekend and this specific street is open only for pedestrians. This city is the best destination in Vietnam for wanderers like me.
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Gears I use:
[I put them all here to increase my search visibility - sorry for long post]
Camera 1: Sony a9
Camera 2: Sony A7III
Actioncam: Gopro Hero 8 Black
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Lens: Wide angle Sony 24mm f1.4 G-Master
Lens: Walk around Sony FE 35mm f1.8
Lens: Long tele Sony 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 G-Master
Lens: Versatile - portrait Sony FE 55mm f1.8 Zeiss
Lens: Wide angle zoom Sony 16-35mm GM
Lens: Ultra wide angle MF zoomLaowa 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 C-Dreamer FE
Lens: Macro - portrait - product Sony FE 90mm G macro OSS
Lens: Do-it-all Sigma 24-70mm DG DN Art
Lens: Dreamy bokeh Samyang 85mm F1.4 AF E-mount
This Space Police cruiser is piloted by veteran police officer Exal F. and the rookie (also art uni graduate) "Billie". Officer Exal knows this specific area of the galaxy like his own backyard, thus he's taken the role of navigator in the race. On the other hand, Billie doesn't really have any strong points, especially in driving, that's where the good old riot shield comes in handy. This specific riot shield has survived 14 high speed pursuits, all of which ended with the cruiser behind it completely destroyed. They still think it brings good luck ....
If GARC had a specific month, would probably have to wait until next year and then I would miss the deadline again. Anyway, this one was fun to build on some less busy days at work. I was inspired by some Gumball 3000 cars, and those Italian police Lamborghinis. Thanks for watching!
Once again, while rummaging through some old file folders looking for a specific image, I came across a digitally-dusty file from a group of images taken back in 2011 during a walk-about in Toronto’s Kensington Market area. At the time I was taken by this composition of a pair of mannequins on a balcony at 14 Kensington Avenue, a vintage clothing store. A check on Google Maps showed it has survived to the present as such. In considering how to process it, I was distracted by protruding sky at the top of the frame so keeping the sooc format was out. I finally settled on a pano-format crop to keep the attention on the red-blue contrasting colours and the horizontal lines. Once again, it is worth looking over overlooked files. - JW
Date Taken: 2011-03-06
Date PP: 2023-05-30
(c) Copyright 2023 JW Vraets
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D5000 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lense set to 55mm, ISO400, Auto WB, Matrix metering, Aperture Priority Mode, f/8.0, 1/800 sec with an EV-0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon JPEG source file: set final image size to be 9000px wide, crop the image to a 2:1 format, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, slightly increase Contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, increase Vibrance a little, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Colour Balance tool to remove a slight residual green colour cast, save, scale image to 8000 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 4000 px wide for posting online.
I had a couple of requests to show as much of my Littlefee bedroom as I could...in one photo. The side walls are really just scrapbook paper, so they are only about 12" high, can't get too far away without seeing the top of the "wall".:) Please ask if you have questions about specific items.:)
I don't have a specific style, my style is beauty, my style is elegance, my style is "to marry" styles and make ONE. For these villas I wanted a modern, elegant decor with touches that would remind you in which country you were but still made you feel "at home".
Casa da música from architect Rem Koolhaas. Porto - Portugal
Olympus XA2 + Kodak Ektachrome Extra 100 (Expired)
Nothing special about this image. It is one of hundreds, even thousands, of images I never posted... hundreds of butterflies, hundreds of Lantana...
But, it caught my eye and made me happy, so I posted it.
I like the way the butterfly is holding on the the edges of the specific bloom it wants and is about to plunge its proboscis into it.
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.
Provided that the skin is thoroughly washed to remove the mucus (or peeled from the caps), 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.
Becoming Marni is a site-specific installation conceived as the concluding act of the whole Marni Prisma program. It consists of one hundred wooden sculptures created by Brazilian self-taught artist Véio, distributed around the cloister and inside the rooms of the Abbey, drawing an ideal landscape of organic forms. The sculptures are installed in different groups, indoors and outdoors, their presence marked by a tactile path, the color of Venice’s water, drawn on the floor: an irregular surface with translucent spots, creating continuity between the outside and the inside. A small cabinet in the cloister housed Véio’s workshop, enabling him to create artworks on site. Furthermore, as the San Gregorio Abbey is usually closed to the public, this exhibition presented an opportunity to enjoy a unique space.
Consuelo and Carolina Castiglioni discovered Véio at a collective exhibition in Paris. Through Galeria Estação, which exclusively represents him, they entered in contact with him and Carolina tracked him down to Nossa Senhora da Gloria, the small village in the north East of Brazil where he lives and works. Here Véio creates his enigmatic sculptures by giving new life to pieces of wood, clogs and branches he finds along the river. He immediately identifies a being in each piece – an animal, a resting human, a fantastic bird. By a process of artistic transformation – clipping, shaving, adding a final layer of color – he makes the same beings visible to the public, removing them from the raw material and thereby restoring to the wood a meaning that exceeds pure physicality.
This is the complete album of the photos of my visit. --- --- --- www.flickr.com/photos/136891509@N07/albums/72157661202999340
One of the things that continue to amaze me in the mosaic called: 'Jerusalem' is the huge variance in the things that take place at different neighborhoods, at the same time:
It was an evening at the Jewish feast of SUCKOT. In most of the town the streets were silent and empty, people closed themselves at their homes. But if you dived into the specific streets of Me'ah-She'arim, the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood, you found yourself in lanes that were so crowded with celebrating people, that it was hard to walk in them; needless to say, that vehicles were, practically, blocked. And in the 'beth midrash'-es (Jewish study halls located in synagogues) the men (and only the men :-() were celebrating very energetically: by singing and dancing in a great enthusiasm and joy.
>> i always work with some specific song/music that inspires me & i find a connection between them...for this >> ♪♫♪ & ♪♫♪
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Another pose from the latest, "You got me there", can be found at
The sexy dress: .Shi Toga dress
Crow by alaskastock @ deviantart (alaskastock.deviantart.com/gallery/31769215#/d5bk9sd)
Photo/pose by me ______(can be found at studioneiro)
Lions do not mate at a specific time of year and the females are polyestrous. Like those of other cats, the male lion's penis has spines that point backward. During withdrawal of the penis, the spines rake the walls of the female's vagina, which may cause ovulation. A lioness may mate with more than one male when she is in heat. They normally mate after every 15-20 minutes for 2-3 days whilst on their honeymoon. The average gestation period is around 110 days; the female gives birth to a litter of between one and four cubs in a secluded den, which may be a thicket, a reed-bed, a cave, or some other sheltered area, usually away from the pride.
King Loki of the Kilo Saba Pride is seen busy in procreation during a Photography Safari on a late evening game drive just as the sun was setting in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Marine reserves constitute a specific measure that contributes to achieving a sustained exploitation of resources of fishing interest, establishing specific protection measures in delimited areas of traditional fishing grounds.
The effect of a marine reserve is manifested by a significant recovery of the fishing grounds in which it is inserted due to the dispersion of the species whose reproduction has been protected in it.
The seabed of the Isla Hormigas Cabo de Palos Marine Reserve is in incredible health, in this area artisanal fishing coexists with the recreational activity of recreational diving, both are compatible and the result is that divers can enjoy the best diving in the Mediterranean and one of the best in the world and fishermen benefit from a very abundant fishing ground.
There are 12 Marine Reserves in Spain and there should be more. In this photo we can see two of the most characteristic specimens of the area, the Goldblotch grouper and the Dusky grouper.
Photo taken in the Marine Reserve of Cabo de Palos (Murcia-Spain).
Copyright @2023 José Salmerón. All rights reserved.
Las reservas marinas constituyen una medida específica que contribuye a lograr una explotación sostenida de los recursos de interés pesquero, estableciendo medidas de protección específicas en áreas delimitadas de los caladeros tradicionales.
El efecto de una reserva marina se manifiesta por una recuperación significativa de los caladeros en los que está inserta por efecto de la dispersión de las especies cuya reproducción se ha protegido en la misma.
Los fondos de la Reserva Marina de Isla Hormigas Cabo de Palos, goza de una salud increíble, en esta área conviven la pesca artesanal con la actividad lúdica del buceo recreativo, ambas son compatibles y el resultado es que los buceadores podemos disfrutar del mejor buceo del Mediterráneo y uno de los mejores del mundo y los pescadores se benefician de un caladero muy abundante.
En España hay 12 Reservas Marinas y debería haber más.
En esta foto podemos ver dos de los ejemplares mas caracteristicos de la zona el Goldblotch grouper y el Dusky grouper.
Foto tomada en la Reserva Marina de Cabo de Palos (Murcia-España).
Copyright @2023 José Salmerón. Todos los derechos reservados.
I usually do not do reviews on specific products on Flickr. But a few people have asked me about my new heated glove liners. My winter photography was always limited because my fingers got so painfully cold if I tried to use my camera. I do not exaggerate when I say “ painfully”. These glove liners from Ororo.Canada have been so great in the 5 times I have gone out this month. One day was minus 24 when we did a morning hike.
The top picture shows the glove liners with the light to show that it is heating; the three bars indicate how much battery power I have and there is an easy on and off button that I press with my gloves on. The batteries are rechargeable and they fit in a pocket at my wrist where I plug them into a cord built into the glove pocket. I use a wool mitt over my liners to keep the warmth in. The heat radiates into my palm and around the edges of my fingers. I take the wool mitt off easily to use my camera with just the liners. I can shoot for about 10 minutes and then my fingers may start to feel cool. I will then tuck them into the mitts for just a few minutes and instantly they are warm again. No pain from the cold at all. I will look into a thin outer shell mitt instead of my wool mitts simply because I get down in the snow a lot. A shell would keep the liners drier.
The batteries seem to have a good life span in the cold and they recharge quickly. I hope this gives you something to think about. There may be other companies that have heated glove liners. Feel free to share any info in the comments for others to be informed.
Piotrkowska Street (pronounced: [pjɔtrˈkɔfska]; Polish: ulica Piotrkowska), also popularly known as Pietryna, is the main artery of Łódź, Poland, and one of the longest commercial thoroughfares in Europe, with a length of around 4.2 km. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the city. It runs longitudinally in the straight line between the Liberty Square (Plac Wolności) and the Independence Square (Plac Niepodległości).
From the very beginning this street was the central axis, around which the city grew bigger, and its development spontaneously gave the present shape to its centre. At first the city was mainly the highway, but later it changed into the city's showcase, the leisure and shopping centre, where the life of growing industrial agglomeration could be observed. The street deteriorated remarkably after World War II. Only after 1990 was it revitalized step by step and changed into a kind of pedestrian precinct. It has a function similar to a market square of old towns in other cities.
Nowadays the buildings, town-planning, institutions, restaurants, clubs and pubs situated next to this street, create its specific atmosphere, which is said to have a "cult" character reaching even outside of Łódź.[1]
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Rockwood Conservation Area has a rich and unique geological aspect. A few specific features that are a part of the environment at the Rockwood conservation area include glacier bluffs, potholes, caves and some of the oldest dated trees in Ontario.
The cave system includes a series of 12 caves, which is one of the most extensive networks in Ontario. Within the caves is a prominent feature called flowstone, which over many years is created by flowing water that deposits a type of calcium carbonate called calcite.
Another feature at Rockwood are the potholes. Within the conservation area, there is over 200 potholes that all vary in measurements. These potholes are also known as giant's kettles, which are large cavities that have been drilled by flowing water carrying stones and gravel.
As well, glacial bluffs are seen at Rockwood. These have been formed over thousands of years after the earth’s most recent ice age ended. They can be relatively small and get as large as 30 meters deep and 200 meters wide.
Specific "riparian" crown form in Quercus robur. On the edge of the hogh steep left bank of the Volga river in Togliatti
Featured on Flickr Explore #29 on 2025-01-24.
Most lionesses reproduce by the time they are four years of age. Lions do not mate at a specific time of year and the females are polyestrous.
Usually, the mother does not integrate herself and her cubs back into the pride until the cubs are six to eight weeks old. Sometimes this introduction to pride life occurs earlier, particularly if other lionesses have given birth at about the same time. When first introduced to the rest of the pride, lion cubs lack confidence when confronted with adults other than their mother. They soon begin to immerse themselves in the pride life, however, playing among themselves or attempting to initiate play with the adults.
The Queen of Rekero was resting in the grass nearby as her three very cute cubs were busy playing with each other. Photographed on a late evening game drive in the Rekero area of Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
....of Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower Penninsula. We made an early start and arrived well before eight but there were still people and horses on the beach before us. What a glorious place and a beautiful morning - even if we did have to carry our completely exhausted puppy all the way back up the hill!
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I had a specific photo in mind a year ago, but getting there committed me to drive around a bit, mostly on dirt roads. Along the way I kept seeing good photos, so I'd stop and take one or two shots every few minutes with my Nikon 1. The entire set's quite good; some days I get lucky.
Here's my favorite. This old house is one of my regular photo subjects. I'm pretty sure it was still occupied when I moved to Mulliken--at least its yard was still being maintained--but it's long been abandoned. I've many photos that document its decay. It's a sad story, but an interesting set of photographs.
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The planned photo? It was a play on words. I'd tried before to capture a set of gates that opened to what had once been a meadow on Gates Road. The gates were (are) easily visible from the road, but not really in a good location for photography.
I thought I'd try again last December 27. I managed a photo, and shared it that day. Today I'd probably call it the weakest photo of the outing.
Nonetheless: Gates on Gates. Got it.
So it goes.
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This photograph is an outtake from my 2024 photo-a-day project, 366 in 2024.
Number of project photos taken: 39
Title of folder: Roxand Dirt Roads
Other photos taken on 12/27/2024: We went out to dinner at the Log Jam in Grand Ledge, where my iPhone captured three photos of the Christmas tree beside our table and two of my supper, a Reuben sandwich.
I set out this afternoon with the rather specific intention of making a self-portrait photograph in a very precise composition with a particular shade of red light. I had thought about it for a while; it was intended to have symbolic resonance, etc. And the image I had imagined looked compelling...
But then reality set in. I had a hard time getting the focus right (since I couldn't see the viewfinder), and the problem seemed to be exacerbated because I was shooting in red light; not only did the red wash throw off contrast settings, it also seemed to throw off the macro autofocus. (I have no idea why red light seemed to complicate the focusing. Any insights from the flickersphere?)
So -- after a "failed" set of self-portraits (which I'll optimistically chalk up to "a learning experience"), I decided to turn the camera back on my glasses to capture a different take on the red light (and a distanced self-portrait).
dis-CONNECT - exhibition, piece by the artist Vhils, created by chiselling onto the door itself. The exhibition (sadly now finished) was based in a Victorian townhouse with site specific work from ten international artists created in lockdown.
n my last post I mentioned all the sand/dust that comes off of specific river valleys in Kluane National Park. That, of course, means the sand has to get deposited somewhere (other than my camera bag, preferably). When it’s not getting into everything I own, it tends to accumulate in spots where the wind is forced to drop it, like in this scene. This spot right next to the road was somewhat sheltered from wind, allowing the flying sand to fall to the earth and create ever-changing patterns. I tried to shoot this from outside my car, and that was a bad idea. In the end, it was only shootable from inside a closed-window vehicle. And while I had wanted to focus stack, the scene changes incredibly fast as more sand gets deposited and the sand ridges move. In the end, I was able to capture a couple abstracts of the sand which I liked. Kind of reminded me of an ever-changing fingerprint! Enjoy!
...of the saddest death in Star Wars.
This is my first model in a LONG time that was actually built irl before it was realized digitally. I had enough spare parts at uni to make one half of the helmet. Because of this, I can actually comment on the real-world buildability, which is to say that it is actually a fairly stable and heafty beast. I tried my best to match the stud/smooth mixture of the official SW helmet sets with the smooth areas pulling focus to specific aspects of the design (the visor and the breathing tube things).
The instructions are available here on rebrickable. The red marking is a custom sticker that I will post eventually when I figure out how. I actually came up with a very nice SNOT solution but it only looked good from the front and so had to be scrapped.
Creekside along the Rock Wall Trail in Kootenay National Park, summer 2023.
Nikon FE
Fuji Superia 400
Nikkor 28mm f2.8 w/ND filter
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
“A bird almost universally considered “cute” thanks to its oversized round head, tiny body, and curiosity about everything, including humans…. Chickadees may be found in any habitat that has trees or woody shrubs, from forests and woodlots to residential neighborhoods and parks, and sometimes weedy fields and cattail marshes. They frequently nest in birch or alder trees…. Chickadees are active, acrobatic, curious, social birds that live in flocks, often associating with woodpeckers, nuthatches, warblers, vireos, and other small woodland species. They feed on insects and seeds, but seldom perch within several feet of one another while taking food or eating. Flocks have many calls with specific meanings, and they may contain some of the characteristics of human language….. Most birds that associate with chickadee flocks respond to chickadee alarm calls, even when their own species doesn’t have a similar alarm call.”
Status : Least concern
Source : Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Brown Acres – Jackson County – Oregon - USA
Sunny landscape & coastal scenery from Snæfellsjökull National Park in the Western Region of Iceland.
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The Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry (Norwegian: Olsen Nauen Klokkestøperi) is a Norwegian bell foundry located in the municipality of Tønsberg. The foundry was established in 1844 by Ole Olsen, and it is headed today by the sixth generation of the Olsen Nauen family. The company is based at the Nauen farm in Sem and is Norway's only bell foundry.
The Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry produces glockenspiels, church bells, ship's bells, farm bells, and other products from bell metal, which is a specific alloy of copper and tin. The company has supplied bells to most Norwegian churches. Part of its production is exported, some to mission churches and also to other clients. Examples of carillons cast by Olsen Nauen include the ones in Oslo City Hall, Oslo Cathedral, Sem Town Hall in Tønsberg, and Trinity Church in Arendal. The company has also produced a 52-bell travelling carillon, which is the world's largest.
The Nauen farm also has a small museum with a display of old and new bells.
Lovely sillouette of many mountains specific the Balsam Cordillera and several other volcanoes specially the Quetzaltepeque or San Salvador Volcano.
Una bonita cadena de montañas con destaque para la Cordillera del Bálsamo, en primera plana. También aparece la silueta de algunos otros volcanes especialmente el de San Salvador.
Uma silhueta bonita das muitas montanhas deste pequeno e rico país de El Salvador. A maior se chama Cordilheira do Bálsamo e atrás está o Vulcão de San Salvador.
So here is my new look at the Great Nebula in Orion, this time made with narrowband filters and mapped color. Because the nebula is so bright a good image is possible with only seconds of integration - even in my bright skies here in Phoenix. But because it is so bright, it is also an opportunity to study the detailed structures of the nebula by making very long integrations. So this image was created from nearly 30 hours of integration time over several nights. That cluster of bright, young stars in the blue (oxygen emission) part of the nebula is the Trapezium cluster, the center of a stellar nursery where new stars are being born. These stars are lighting up the entire nebula which is roughly 25 light years in diameter - in angle, about the size of two Moons in Earth’s sky.
I feel so lucky that an infinitesimally small fraction of the photons created in this nebula travelled for such a long time (1500 years) through space and found their way into my tiny 6 inch telescope and onto my camera’s sensor. They subsequently produced an electronic signal that was recorded on a bit of silicon and finally rendered into an image viewable by our eyes and brains by even more silicon based devices. This all seems like a miracle to me.
And when we look at the image overall we see colors representing the different kinds of atoms in this amazing structure. These colors are not the colors we would see with our eyes if we were in a spaceship close enough to see colors with our unaided eyes. This image was made by assigning red, green, and blue colors to monochrome images made through filters that admit only a very specific color. Those filters are designed to pass photons coming from the atoms of sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen. In the image here, yellow is a mixture of hydrogen and sulfur, red is mostly sulfur, and blue and shades of blue is oxygen. The molecular clouds and dust in the sky background are mostly a reddish brown.
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Chassisnumber: 1100B*311918*
There are many cars loved for one reason or another. Some recall specific aspects of our history. Few, like the Fiat 1100, tell so many stories of Italy, from the late 30s to the late 60s. The 1100 was born from an offshoot of the Fiat 508C, the Nuova Balilla 1100 and was nicknamed "musone" due to the imposing grille. The Fiat 508 C was first introduced in 1937, powered by a 1,089cc 4-cylinder engine, instead of the previous 1-liter Balilla. Power increased by a third, to 32 hp at 4,000 rpm. At the time, its comfort, handling and performance were prodigious, making it "the only car for the people that was also the car for a driver". Unusual for a low-priced car of the time was the independent front suspension. In 1939 the car underwent a makeover of the nose and became the Fiat 1100, sometimes known “retrospectively” as the 1100 A to distinguish it from the following models. The car had received a taller and more defined grille, which earned it the popular nickname of 1100 "musone": with horizontal chrome bars, the top three extending backwards on window-shaped openings on each side of the engine hood, redesigned. There were six body types available, all derived from the previous model: sedan, convertible sedan, convertible, sports sedan, long wheelbase and taxi. No significant changes were made to the mechanics of the car. After World War II, in 1948, the 1100 received some mechanical and interior updates and was renamed 1100 B. The revised 1100 B engine produced 35 hp at 4,400 rpm, thanks to larger intake and exhaust manifolds and to a larger carburetor. Inside, a new steering wheel and new instrumentation. The 1100 B was available as a sedan, long wheelbase and taxi. A total of 25,000 units were built between 1948 and 1949. The 1100 B only lasted a year, until 1949, when the car was reintroduced with a new trunk and a new name, 1100 E.
23 and 24 April 1950: at the Mille Miglia, no less than 204 of the registered starters were production cars. In that year, history meets legend: after thirteen hours of driving that led him to victory, with about seven minutes ahead of the crew that followed, Count Giannino Marzotto got out of his car wearing a double-breasted suit and a tie matching the color of his car, a Ferrari 195 S Berlinetta Touring in an unusual pastel blue livery. But other stories alternate that year during the race; one is the one that brings, with race number 114, the Fiat 1100 B with chassis no. 311918 to cover the 1500 km route without fail, with the crew Paolo Rossi - Alessandro Rossi, to rank 125th overall and 35th in the Turismo 1100 category, maintaining a respectable average speed of 86.24 kph on the course. The car has therefore obtained the certification of the 1000 Miglia Register and the proof of the time is evidenced by numerous photos that portray it both in Brescia and in the passage through Florence. The car also raced the Volante d’Argento, in September of the same year, ranking an honorable 3rd position in class. The car then seems to have had a quieter life in later years, mostly in Italy. The car was restored in its wonderful ash blue and wears the same livery with which it raced in 1950, with the same race numbers, the insignia of the “Squadra Garisenda” team, the third central headlight.
We're at the end of 2024 and the final roll for this year's entry into the Frugal Film Project. So having to do a bit of Christmas Shopping and needing a specific store I took myself to a favourite historic city, that of Galt, Ontario. While most people know it today as Cambridge, Ontario it is one of three (four) colonial settlements and my personal favourite for the amount of historic buildings and architecture left to explore.
Canon EOS 3000 - Canon Lens EF 28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6 II - Arista EDU.Ultra 200 @ ASA-200
Adox XT-3 (1+1) 9:00 @ 20C
Scanner: Epson V700 + Silverfast 9 SE
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
Anniversary Cake for a computer tech and his wife ... they were very specific with what they wanted ... hope they like it! :)
A group of us visited three specific sites in Pickens County, in the upstate of South Carolina over the weekend of March 19-20, 2021. Lots of wildflowers in full bloom. These are just a sampling of what we saw.
For the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog.
Site-specific installation called "Glowing Core" by German artist Rebecca Horn (b.1944).
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Horn
The name of the building is Llotja de Palma, a historic building with Gothic design, built between 1426 and 1448. The building was originally the headquarters of the School of Merchants.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the most populated municipality and historic core city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Kansas–Missouri state line and has a population of 2,392,035. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after.
Sitting on Missouri's western boundary with Kansas, with Downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the city encompasses about 319.03 square miles (826.3 km2), making it the 23rd largest city by total area in the United States. It serves as one of the two county seats of Jackson County, along with the major suburb of Independence. Other major suburbs include the Missouri cities of Blue Springs and Lee's Summit and the Kansas cities of Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, and Kansas City, Kansas.
The city is composed of several neighborhoods, including the River Market District in the north, the 18th and Vine District in the east, and the Country Club Plaza in the south. Celebrated cultural traditions include Kansas City jazz, theater, which was the center of the Vaudevillian Orpheum circuit in the 1920s, the Chiefs and Royals sports franchises, and famous cuisine based on Kansas City-style barbecue, Kansas City strip steak, and craft breweries.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauffman_Center_for_the_Performing_...
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, at 16th and Broadway, near the Power & Light District, the T-Mobile Center and the Crossroads Arts District. Its construction was a major part of the ongoing redevelopment of downtown Kansas City.
The Center was created as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Unlike some other major civic construction projects, no taxpayer funds went into its construction. The City of Kansas City contributed to and operates a parking garage adjacent to the Kauffman Center.
It is the performance home to the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Ballet which in the past performed at the Lyric Theatre, eight blocks north of the center. The Kauffman Center houses two unique performance venues: Muriel Kauffman Theatre and Helzberg Hall.
According to its website, the Kauffman Center's mission is "to enrich the lives of communities throughout the region, country and world by offering extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences". Not only do notable performances take place almost weekly, but the Center is a place where the KC community comes together and celebrates the city's rich arts culture. The Kauffman Center seeks to fulfill this mission by offering a wide selection of performances, and also by offering specific programs to connect with the youth in the Kansas City area.
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Do you ever get a special feeling when looking at a specific LEGO brick? Does the shape of it remind you of creations you spent hours creating? Does a certain minifigure give you waves of nostalgia as you hold it, bringing back the memories of the stories you created and told with it?
As I was holding the classic, unassuming, grey slope brick computer I could remember dozens of amazing spaceships, secret bases, and laboratories that were all controlled by this one brick. It might not look special, but for me, and I'm sure for thousands of other LEGO fans old and young, this brick is something truly remarkable.
I wanted to capture that feeling and turn this little brick into something as big and special as the place it holds in the hearts of thousands of LEGO fans.
This "brick-built brick" is at a 10:1 scale of the original iconic piece. Set on a bookshelf or desk, it makes a statement any collector or LEGO enthusiast would be happy with. It doesn't end there, though. Building on the power of imagination and inspired by the many possibilities this brick holds, it's not just a display piece, but hides a science fiction play set within.
The back of the brick swings open, revealing everything going on inside. Do the outside buttons control what the robots inside are doing? Do they control the computer outside? Is it a secret base designed to look like a giant computer? The possibilities are endless as two robots attend various computers within, along with a powerful looking tube core in the middle of the room. The top can also lift off to give a better view and access to the scene within.
There is one more hidden surprise. Turn the build back around and watch as the front panel of the brick swings open, revealing the design of another iconic space-themed LEGO piece - one of the classic 1x2 tile computer controls. A familiar image to many, and a piece that can be found inside the build as well.
A rough prototype using available bricks was built with physical bricks, and the heft and presence of the piece was found to be extremely satisfying. With that proof of concept in hand, the design was refined, improved, and expanded into the wondrous final product you see presented here.
With great appeal to anyone who grew up with LEGO sets that used this piece, new fans of sci-fi and computers, or those who just want to play with a secret control center inside a giant LEGO brick, this set showcases the imagination and iconic imagery of LEGO in a new way, sure to be appreciated by many of all ages.
Shot for the 52 Weeks for Dogs Project: This week we had another specific challenge - ACTION PART...meaning a part of the dog in action but without cropping to create that part.
Looking through some of the amazing shots in the group from this challenge I wanted to really focus tightly on a part for Autumn and decided to try her mouth with the tennis ball being the attention grabber. As an aside, indoors she is a real ball dog playing alone, either batting it around or throwing it down the stairs and chasing on her own. Outside the ball is interesting so long as someone else wants it back so it was working well here as I had to get it back countless times as I miss timed the shots (even with burst mode) more often than not :) Glad I did not have to develop all of the misses!! LOL
May 15, 2009 Explore #160 thanks to all of you wonderful people! Your support and friendship is so much appreciated!