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Shot in Wilmington, Vermont with the Olympus E-M1 during the annual Blueberry Festival. Antique blue cars were featured.
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
In contrast to my previous image of abstract form,or is it really? What means abstract? Is reality maybe all abstract too? b.mikic
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. [...]. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. [...].www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
We took a trip to Las Gallinas Marsh at the water treatment plant in San Rafael, CA. It was a nice sunny day and because we arrived at the morning golden hour, we were able to get one of the few parking spaces available there. This Common Merganser was on the prowl looking for a bite to eat and maybe a mate. Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill.
A cage is a cage is a cage, no matter how luxurious or relaxed or maybe streamlined it is presenting itself.
Most of those cages, maybe even all of them, were built by it's inmates themselves and were constantly nourished, cherished and if necessary more enhanced. And unexceptional all of them have good and absolutely understandable reasons to do so.
Sometimes for sure it's the wealth what is offered to them here, the supposedly easier life. But for most of them it's simply a matter of security. In that case, the cages don't even have to be golden. You can't get out, but what is frightening You can't get in either, hopefully.
But in the end, there is one thing, what never can exist in a cage, real liberty.
And like Benjamin Franklin used to say: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." It has seldom been as relevant as it is today.
Ein Käfig ist ein Käfig ist ein Käfig, ganz gleich wie luxuriös oder entspannt oder auch stromlinienförmig er sich selbst präsentiert.
Die meisten dieser Käfige, wenn nicht sogar alle, wurden von ihren Insassen selbst erbaut und werden regelmäßig gehegt, gepflegt und wenn es sein muss auch weiter verstärkt. Und ausnahmslos alle haben sie dafür gute und absolut nachvollziehbare Gründe.
Manchmal ist es sicherlich der Wohlstand, der ihnen hier geboten wird, das vermeintlich leichtere Leben. Doch meist geht es einfach nur um Sicherheit. Und da muss der Käfig nicht einmal golden sein. Man kommt nicht heraus, doch das, was Angst macht kommt auch nicht herein, hoffentlich. Doch da ist eine Sache, welche in einem Käfig nie existieren kann, wirkliche Freiheit.
Und wie Benjamin Franklin schon sagte: "Die, welche bereit sind grundlegende Freiheiten aufzugeben, um sich ein wenig vorübergehende Sicherheit zu kaufen, verdienen weder Freiheit noch Sicherheit.". Es war selten so aktuell wie heute.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in South Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarpus forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia. The sarus crane is easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by its overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans, and small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pair bonds and maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship displays that include loud trumpeting, leaps, and dance-like movements. In India, they are considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life and pine the loss of their mates, even to the point of starving to death. The main breeding season is during the rainy season, when the pair builds an enormous nest "island,” a circular platform of reeds and grasses nearly two meters in diameter and high enough to stay above the shallow water surrounding it. Increased agricultural intensity is often thought to have led to declines in sarus crane numbers, but they also benefit from wetland crops and the construction of canals and reservoirs. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and lives in agricultural lands in close proximity to humans. Elsewhere, the species has been extirpated in many parts of its former range. 32614
Streamlined long-winged falcon. Note gray upperparts with plain tail, boldly streaked underparts with rusty leggings and vent. Swift-like; flight more graceful and aerodynamic than Eurasian Kestrel. Compare with larger, stockier, shorter-tailed Peregrine Falcon. Favors open woodland, heathland, and farmland with stands of trees; often hunts over nearby water bodies and marshes. Hunts in the air, catching dragonflies, swallows, and other birds, which it sometimes eats on the wing. (eBird)
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Frequently seen during our birding trip but photographed just once. This was a lucky shot as it streaked overhead.
Explore April 17, 2021 at #450.
Senokos Floodplain, Bulgaria. May 2016.
Neophron Tours.
A streamlined Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) flying past a rather fed up looking angler! Cormorants are experts at fishing and could probably show this human a thing or two!
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Scientific name: Mergus merganser.
The streamlined goosander is a handsome bird and a great fisher - its long, serrated bill helps it to catch and hold its slippery fish prey. It nests in riverbank trees, but can be seen on lakes and reservoirs in winter. Info: The Wildlife Trusts.
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Northern gannets have streamlined bodies adapted for plunge-diving at high speed, including powerful neck muscles, and a spongy bone plate at the base of the bill. The nostrils are inside the bill and can be closed to prevent water entry; the eyes are protected by strong nictitating membranes. There are subcutaneous air sacs in the lower body and along the sides. Other air sacs are located between the sternum and the pectoral muscles and between the ribs and the intercostal muscles. These sacs are connected to the lungs and are filled with air when the bird breathes in. The air can be returned to the lungs by muscle contractions.
Tree Swallows are streamlined small songbirds with long, pointed wings and a short, squared or slightly notched tail. Their bills are very short and flat. Swallows feed on small, aerial insects that they catch in their mouths during acrobatic flight. After breeding, Tree Swallows gather in large flocks to molt and migrate. In the nonbreeding season, they form huge communal roosts.
This beautiful streamlined model was designed as a racing car, but however Alfa Romeo build 188 cars for road use.
One of these cars is sold in 2007 for a price of € 1.656.189,00
The 8 cylinder 2300 CC produces 180 HP and a top speed from 225 KM per hour.
A yardang is a streamlined protuberance carved from bedrock or any consolidated or semiconsolidated material by the dual action of wind abrasion by dust and sand, and deflation which is the removal of loose material by wind turbulence. Yardangs become elongated features typically three or more times longer than wide, and when viewed from above, resemble the hull of a boat. Facing the wind is a steep, blunt face that gradually gets lower and narrower toward the lee end.[2] Yardangs are formed by wind erosion, typically of an originally flat surface formed from areas of harder and softer material. The soft material is eroded and removed by the wind, and the harder material remains. The resulting pattern of yardangs is therefore a combination of the original rock distribution, and the fluid mechanics of the air flow and resulting pattern of erosion.
Sandwich tern.
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The Rio Grande Zephyr, train No. 18, emerges from the confines of the small town of Thistle, Utah the morning of April 29, 1979. The green foothills of Loafer Mountain rise to meet the clear blue sky above Spanish Fork Canyon.
"Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water."
Common Merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
This is a captive bird at Slimbridge WWT
Porteau Cove, BC, Canada
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
South Africa
Cape of Good Hope
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin, is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.
It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its loud, donkey-like bray, although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineate from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures.
When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink.
The African penguin is a pursuit diver and feeds primarily on fish and squid. Once extremely numerous, the African penguin is declining rapidly due to a combination of several threats and is classified as critically endangered. It is a charismatic species and is popular with tourists.
Fewer than 20,000 mature individuals, or about 10,000 breeding pairs, globally. Commercial fishing, oil pollution, oil spills, eaten by fur seals to name a few. – Wikipedia
Nicknamed the Silver Streak, the Pioneer Zephyr was an ultimately failed attempt to save the passenger rail industry as Americans moved to individual motor vehicles. With its streamlined body and Art Deco style, it offered a new level of speed and comfort when it began service in 1934. Using new diesel-electric engine technology, innovative construction to reduce weight, and a lower center of gravity, it was able to complete a speed run from Denver to Chicago in 13 hours; the famous "Dawn-to-Dusk" speed run of May 26, 1934.
This wonderfully restored train is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois where you can go on the cars and see all of the luxury finishes.
13/52: The weekly/monthly challenge - Knobs and handles
This is one of my kitchen drawer handles. Like handles across the globe, it's being wiped within an inch of its life with antibacterial!
I hope you are all holding up okay and keeping safe from this wretched virus.
Last year I flew up to Spokane, Wa. and headed over to Coeur d'Alene with my daughter. When we entered town we came across a car show. It was an interesting scene, everybody that arrived to view the show were crammed into all the stores along the street due to the torrential downpour outside. I was very upset at this because I was hoping to find a car show to shoot with my new camera as I had yet to get the chance up to this point and this quaint little town was the perfect setting. We went into a little burger place that was standing room only and had lunch, I noticed as we where leaving that the rain had stopped, just long enough to grab a few shots from under my umbrella.
As it turned out the water drops on this hood ornament of a 1954 Chevrolet looked quite interesting beaded up and reflecting the trees and sky above. I cropped in tighter to bring out the reflections in the chrome.
Fortunately I had my trusty reflector/umbrella in my camera pack. The title "Like A Streamlined Butterfly" is a line spoken by Robert Duvall in the movie Gone In 60 Seconds. This is a reedit and crop of a prior post. :)
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Common Merganser
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The males are striking with clean white bodies, dark green heads, and a slender, serrated red bill. The elegant, gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest. In summer, look for them leading ducklings from eddy to eddy along streams or standing on a flat rock in the middle of the current. These large ducks’ nest in hollow trees; in winter they form flocks on larger bodies of water.
For more info: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Merganser/overview
B61, C507, 4911, GM22 and 48s34 approach Springwood with 8944 loaded grain train from Nevertire to Port Kembla.
Owing to flooding at Forbes, several trains were divided via the Blue Mountains to access Sydney.
Thursday 18th November 2021
Having swapped over with 3801 at Picton, 4201 and 4916 make the charge north across the Menangle bridge as 6L66 to Sydney Terminal with the Southern Highlander from Moss Vale.
Sunday 18th September 2022
Common Mergansers are streamlined ducks that float gracefully down small rivers or shallow shorelines. The elegant gray-bodied females have rich, cinnamon heads with a short crest.
3801 makes light work of the Southern Highlander, powering through Yanderra as 6S63 to Moss Vale.
Saturday 4th June 2022
Underwater framing of freedivers ascending in their streamlined positions in clear, deep blue water. They are wearing wetsuits, masks and fins, typical gear for depth underwater training.
The first freediver wearing a dark wetsuit and long black fins is positioned prominently in the foreground ascending upwards. Further back and slightly to the left, another person in a dark wetsuit is observing and accompanying the first diver.
The water is illuminated by natural light filtering from above, creating a serene underwater scene. Small, scattered fish can be seen in the background, adding to the aquatic environment. Bubbles are visible around them.
A line or rope extends from the surface towards the deeper diver, commonly used in freediving for depth training and safety where divers follow a weighted line to control their descent and ascent.
Freediving involves descending into the water on a single breath, relying on breath-holding abilities and physical endurance. Freedivers use inward control, discipline, and power to descend and resurface.
After reaching a desired depth or distance, the freediver begins their ascent to the surface. This is the resurfacing phase, where they need to carefully manage their ascent and potentially use specific techniques to assist their return to the surface.
Resurfacing is a crucial part of freediving, as it is the point where the diver transitions back to breathing and their body begins to recover from the breath-hold and pressure changes