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quick one for today to end the month,, plans didnt go ahead so i thought id freshin this spot up.......
The guide stoop at Deadshaw Sick on Big Moor. The top 12" of the post was damaged by gunfire during WW II.
This was a real test, i wanted to keep the outline as much like the on that priz gave me. but put my own funk in it as well.. . these colours were the cans i didnt use on the last piece. so i only had whats on the wall.. I was worried about the colours all day. in the end i think it came together well.. I made it grimey and had to accept what the can gave me.. it was a raw experience...i had fun doing all the detials and getting scared i was gonna fuck them up!..
Low tide and a sheller performing the Sanibel Stoop on Sanibel Island. Low tides and early morning bring out the shellers in droves. Some even go out before day light (as the case here) with a light on their head in order to get the shells. You know what they say - the early bird gets the shell :-).
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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
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
Peregrine Falcons of the Jersey Shore
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". As is typical of bird-eating raptors, Peregrine Falcons are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 200 mph during its characteristic hunting stoop (high speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a Peregrine Falcon is 242 mph.
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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.
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......on the planet in its hunting dive, the "stoop", this PEREGRINE FALCON can soars to a great height, then dives steeply at speeds of over 322 km/h (200mph) hitting one wing of its prey, so as not to harm itself on impact........(Wikipedia)
Interesting Facts ; This Peregrine Falcon was only removed from the U.S. Endangered Species list on August 25, 1999. It's avg life span in the wild is 15.5 years.