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Greater Yellowlegs
I captured this frame with wide open aperture - creating a soft bokeh that helps to eliminate the background by totally blurring it.
500mm f4G +1.4X @ f5.6
(Taken on Sept., Interpretive Trail, Big Lake, Sturgeon County, Edmonton, Canada))
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A Great Egret looks downstream as it rests on a branch near sundown on a recent evening at McHenry Dam State Park, Illinois.
Happy Wing Wednesday
A Tri-colored Heron recoils after a missed opportunity for a quick meal.
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Saturday, several of us are gathered at Commonwealth Lake (at safe distancing), waiting for the osprey. Finally, one showed up, and did take the strike position a few times, but never took a dive.
Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus)
Images today are from a visit to Truganina Park on this day in 2019.
As I wandered along the southern bank of Laverton I met Flickr mate and fellow birder Rodger www.flickr.com/photos/62434662@N05 with a couple of other birders who were on a Birdlife walk in the area. They told me they had heard a Fieldwren further along. Sure enough as walked I heard the call and was happy to see it pop up unto this branch and stay long enough for a couple of shots.
Get the Hell off my lawn.
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My special Chisholm Creek Park food channel edition comes to an abrupt end when the great egret fails to come up with a fish....
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Coyote Creek Lagoon
I watched this Snowy Egret make a dozen successful strikes. Each produced a tiny fish, no more than 2-3 inches in length. Lots of nibbles, never a full meal!
🎵🎵 Vogue ( Madonna ) 🎵🎵
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Hustle Set by .:.: TRIVIUM :.:.
The Iconic Slippers by COPCO By Sibilla
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'Acus' Earrings & Septum by RichB.
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Marbel Statue Pose & Backdrop by Valedana
I moved overseas a couple of times with work - sometimes you strike lucky, and sometimes you strike very lucky.
We managed to bag the rental of this just-refurbished 100 year old apartment in the Champel district of Geneva which came with original parquet floors, French-style doors, and what I seem to remember as a 12 foot curtain drop. The lift too was in the old open French style. We were lucky because plenty of Swiss were hankering after it, but the owner clearly decided the company I worked for had deeper pockets and would be a better credit risk.
This was taken in 2005 - not too long before we would up sticks again and move to the US Deep South. So out went the smart suits and ties, and in came the short sleeves and khaki slacks - much more my style.
Inevitably you adapt your lifestyle to a new environment and I did miss a lot of things about Switzerland, yet oddly the most enduring one was my daily commute on the number 3 trolley bus.
All credit to Mrs H for dressing the room.
Sorry, no trains in this one.
Taken with a borrowed Canon EOS 350D
8th May 2005
I'd not been to see my local Little Owls for a few weeks. It was great to see the juvenile owls looking all grown up today.
Mule Deer. Teach them young to pose for the camera.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
Das Wetter im Juli prägen oft Gewitter der kleineren aber auch der größeren Art. Am ersten Augusttag 2017 kündigte sich in der Hofer Gegend ein kräftiges Gewitter an. Vom Wartturm im Osten Hofs konnte ich die Blitze beobachten wie sie über Hof niedergingen. Auf dem Volksfest dürfte der Regenschauer und das Gewitter für eine kurze Pause in den Fahrgeschäften geführt haben. Ich selbst verzog mich kurze Zeit später in mein Auto, da das Gewitter direkt über mir weiterzog.
Lightning Strike
The weather in July is often marked by heavy and small thunderstorms. On the first day of August 2017 a strong storm was forcasted over the Hof region. The Wartturm in the east of Hof was a good viewpoint to watch the lightning strikes. At the local festival the storm caused probably a short interruption. Shortly after I took this picture I buckled into my car - the thunderstorm was directly above me.