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Olmstead Point, Yosemite
Not exactly Ansel Adam's Jeffery Pine on Sentinel Dome but; its probably as close as I'll ever come.
And into the middle of the rainbow he goes, tucking the wings in a little more tighter. I have one more frame of him going super-sonic. lol
Canon 1Dx - 600mm IS II + 1.4x
1/3200s @ F/6.3 - ISO 800
Hand Held
Thanks for looking, and all the comments and favoring.
Mike
DAY 5
Spectra
peeled spectra image
forgot about these
from the stoop of our first home
our first home as a family
waiting on a stray cat
and the stray cat arriving
Early this spring I planted a few packs of wildflower mixes in some pots on our backdoor stoop. Some of those seeds actually sprouted, and before we knew it, there were a variety of flowers growing just outside our kitchen window!
No idea what any of them are, because I tossed the seed packs once they were emptied. The flowers are like miniature versions of Popy, Black Eyed Susans and Gaillardia, as in very mini! The stalks are short and super thin but somehow manage to support those little blooms.
No idea what they are, but they definitely brighten things up. Fingers crossed they're perennial and will make it back next year!
Thunderbolt - Prairie Falcon stooping on some California Ground Squirrels. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all my friends & followers. Thank you for all the support for my work!
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Species: Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + RF 100-500mm IS
Settings: 1/3200s, ISO: 800, f/7.1 @500mm, Handheld, Electronic Shutter
For those who have never been to Sanibel Island, the man in the upper right corner is giving us a good example of the gesture coined the "Sanibel stoop" because it is so prevalent on these beaches. Sanibel Island is listed as #1 on "top ten" lists of beaches for finding shells in the United States.
Another shot from last night at Wyke Down, this one stopped in mid flight, hung for the briefest of time then went on it's way, what a great night, I ended up taking just shy of 500 shots yesterday, it will take a month of Sundays to sort out
Gum over cyanotype. A nice dense cyanotype layer with one coat of (edit) burnt umber gum bichromate. FA hot press paper. Another one that's been stewing in a drawer since January.
I may not have wrote all the words I wanted to, the other day
Thousands more could have filled the page
I may never be able to express how I truly feel
Sitting on your stoop, waiting for you
A record short and a total first for me this male sparrowhawk stooped like a peregrine I actually thought it was one until I looked at cam am still gobsmacked .Don't know the outcome of the stoop as it disappeared behind woods !!
St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe, Kent.
During level flight, with motion generated by wing-beats alone, they can reach speeds between 40-60 mph. This is one of the fastest known speeds for level flight with only a few species of duck, wader and pigeon known to reach similar speeds in comparable flight.
Birds of prey often use a controlled dive known as a stoop whilst hunting. This hunting technique is amongst the most spectacular of wildlife behaviour across the animal kingdom.
The actual speed that a peregrine reaches in a stoop will be effected by the wind speed and duration of the dive, which will vary in every situation. Because of these variables there is not a confirmed top speed however it is thought that it is possible for a peregrine in ideal conditions to reach speeds of up to 200 mph which is phenomenal.
Read more at ww2.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guid...