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Taken from Rushup Edge, this image shows part of the Peak District at the moment when the sun began to burn away the mist and frost that had cloaked the land since early morning.
“Just start off and then the adventure carries your way. “ Anonymous. The season is fast approaching for the warblers and other neat birds to return. I have been working a lot to save up a few loonies for our next road trips coming up soon and I am excited for our next adventures. Meanwhile, here is another set of images from last spring. It was a treat to watch a pair of Avocets wading about in a field in Saskatchewan. We don’t see these birds in our area. I shall catch up with all of you soon again.
With snow gradually vanishing, flowers in Rhododendron trees start blooming atop the Sinthon pass in Kashmir Himalayas, India
Perhaps the building is less important than this tree at Ciudadela Park .....
Playing with photoshop channels + texture by Mat
Early start and a ride down to the other local woods that border the Manchester Ship Canal on one side and industrial units on the other.
Not been here for a while and the intention was to fly the drone.
When I arrived this oil tanker, The Thun London was in view by a place called Mount Manisty which is the slag heap from the original canal cutting. A quick change of plans and this is the resulting shot.
After it had passed I still had enough time to fly the drone and checked the drone assist app. The area is in a Controlled Traffic Region ( CTR, ) and I couldn't remember if you are allowed to fly in a CTR so decided against it and made the mile or so ride home.
As it happens you can fly in a CTR. I also checked this ship and it was outbound for Amsterdam, which then got me checking oil pipelines, which then had me checking the entire European pipelines from Russia and Azerbaijan across Poland, The Czech Republic and Germany into Holland. I also checked the draught of this ship ( 6.5m ) and the depth of the canal at this point is 28 feet. So it's clearance from the bottom of the canal is only about the height of an average bloke. I then discovered the MSC is tidal up to Latchford near Warrington and ships of this size can only use the canal for a few hours either side of high tide.
All of which is fascinating to a pedant like me but probably inherently boring to most. And all of which I'd forgot and had to go trawling the internet to find the info out again before posting.
It's a long day when you take your exercise so early but worth it in the end.
My wife's family lives in Australia in an area where snow never visits. These kind of scenes never grow old for them to see whereas someone who has endured decades of Minnesota winters has to be jump-started to appreciate fleeting beauty during a mild winter thus far. A week of heavy morning fog only adds to a spectacular landscape around this unused barn.
March 03, 2016
Ambiguous:
[am-big-yoo-uh s]
adjective
1. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal:
an ambiguous answer.
2. Linguistics. (of an expression) exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.
3. of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify.
4. lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct
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So, generally I'm not a fan of cropping images to a non-standard sized format. I don't know why, they're digital images and can be any size they want to be since I rarely get them printed out, but still I hesitate and dislike it.
But today's image is one of those that I couldn't resist the crop for. This is how I would have shot it, if I had more than my 40mm with me or the ability to hover. (still working on that)
Since this is how I would have shot it if it were possible, I don't feel terrible about the crop, but still it bugs me. Weird, isn't it?
Anyway, even with the crop I like this shot. Especially knowing it was done very early in the morning without a tripod!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Click "L" for a larger view.
Yesterday was the 10th birthday of the Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre, and one of the features of the day was restarting the Wirraway (made by one dedicated gentleman, from scraps of other Wirraways lying all over the countryside)
Shot for the Crazy Tuesday group - Opposites Attract.
Since fruit was allowed, I went with the tart fruit encased seed that fuels our economy. I give you the simple: coffee bean.
On the right is the actual coffee bean fruit on top of a coffee bush leaf (I have my own coffee plants that I grow and they happen to be currently ripe). Inside that red ripe coffee cherry, are seeds that are to become coffee beans.
The coffee beans first need to be fermented, washed, dried, and eventually roasted.
Two polar ends of a product.
#Crazy Tuesday
#Opposites Attract
@Danube Delta.
Trees crossing from summer to autumn, that moment when colors start to change on some trees faster.
It's the first sign of September, my favorite month.
Se una rana si tuffa in una pentola d'acqua bollente, salta subito fuori perché avverte il pericolo. Ma se si tuffa in una pentola d'acqua tiepida, che viene portata lentamente a ebollizione, non si muove affatto, rimane lì anche se la temperatura continua a salire. E alla fine muore bollita, se qualcuno non la salva. Il nostro sistema nervoso collettivo è come quello della rana: serve una scossa improvvisa perché ci rendiamo conto del pericolo. Se invece ci sembra graduale, anche se arriva velocemente, restiamo seduti senza reagire.
Al Gore, La Scelta, 2009
Thailandia, spiaggia di Chaweng, Koh Samui. Una rana si adagia su una foglia esposta al sole equatoriale.
Buona giornata :)
#shake #mossa #scossa #rana #foglia #leaf #jump #salto #thailand #thai #chaweng #frog #thai