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A guide stoop on Gibbet Moor, east of Chesterfield. Though Chesterfield is spelt:
CHESTE
RFEILD
ROAD
on the stoop!
The guide stoops were introduced after 1709 to guide travellers on their way between the towns and villages. Many routes in those days crossed bleak, desolate moorland.
The kites at the hill were fantastic today - can't quite believe how brazen they were! At one point I even had to shoot at 100mm on a 300mm lens (this shot was taken at 150mm with a bit of cropping)
Mostly I see buzzards circling up high or waiting for a meal on a lamp post opportunistically . It is a surprise then, when they enter into a fast stoop after spotting something below.
Took a break from the long straight stretch of highway as we were heading east into the sun ... this was the rear-view mirror view that I got out to take. Was planning to clone out the shadow, which I may do later, but for now kept my crouching pose there ;))
The great tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common species throughout Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and east across the Palearctic to the Amur River, south to parts of North Africa where it is generally resident in any sort of woodland; most great tits do not migrate except in extremely harsh winters. Until 2005 this species was lumped with numerous other subspecies. DNA studies have shown these other subspecies to be distinctive from the great tit and these have now been separated as two distinct species, the cinereous tit of southern Asia, and the Japanese tit of East Asia. The great tit remains the most widespread species in the genus Parus.
The great tit is a distinctive bird with a black head and neck, prominent white cheeks, olive upperparts and yellow underparts, with some variation amongst the numerous subspecies. It is predominantly insectivorous in the summer, but will consume a wider range of food items in the winter months, including small hibernating bats.[2] Like all tits it is a cavity nester, usually nesting in a hole in a tree. The female lays around 12 eggs and incubates them alone, although both parents raise the chicks. In most years the pair will raise two broods. The nests may be raided by woodpeckers, squirrels and weasels and infested with fleas, and adults may be hunted by sparrowhawks. The great tit has adapted well to human changes in the environment and is a common and familiar bird in urban parks and gardens. The great tit is also an important study species in ornithology.
Europe, Netherlands, Rotterdam Zuid, Wolpaertsbocht, Poster, Man, Cars
While on my way, I encountered a man on the street and asked myself the 'GW-question' - "How will it look photographed?" More specific: "How will a stooped person on the street look photographed while the cam focuses on a poster (printed with a very coarse raster) some meters before him?"
This is the last pic exploring and showcasing the possibilities of the GX9 and some particular lenses. It's time for some hard boiled archi shots again - next stop: Utrecht Centraal.