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Conowingo Dam Harford County, Maryland.
Successfully used in combat in the Battle of France, accounting for about a third of the AdLA victories.
Typically French, the throttles had to be modified to operate in the opposite direction to aircraft for the US and UK.....
Just up the shoreline from the Least Terns, this is a Forster's I think. On this May Gray day, the lone fisherman nailed one. I was a little slow finding the water exit (behind it), but I'm still pretty happy with the 2x on my little 300. It's actually lighter than my big 200-600 zoom by a few ounces, my new walkabout lens.
... is measured by how good it feels to be home.
It's good to be home.
Tri-X and Olympus Stylus Zoom 140.
Processed and printed by Blue Moon Camera, home scan of print.
Little burrowing owl got one of those juicy figeater beetles. Plucked it right outa the air. They're so good at this.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Kenya
East Africa
I haven't been out photographing for a long time. Here is another one from the archives.
The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), also known as the Somali giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe native to Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya.
The reticulated giraffe is among the most well-known of the nine giraffe subspecies. Together with the Rothschild giraffe, it is by far the giraffe most commonly seen in zoos.
The extraordinary height of the Reticulated Giraffe allows them to browse on branches of trees that other hoofed animals cannot reach. This has helped make the Reticulated Giraffe one of the most successful animals of the African savannah.
The Reticulated Giraffe feeds mainly on Acacia and Combretum trees, however, it will eat as many as 100 different plants depending on which are available at the time.
The Reticulated Giraffe gets a large amount of water from the dew on the leaves and from the water in the leaves. When it encounters a watering hole, it will drink up to 12 gallons at one time. – Wikipedia
I saw this Tricolored Heron fly in so I waited for him to approach a bit closer which he did. I was pretty much in the mud at the edge of the water and got a bit dirty. He proceeded a few times to run across the water flapping his wings, I think to drum up activity from the water. He was very successful.
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The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) is an example of a piscivore. This large bird hunts for its prey in both freshwater and saltwater. It waits patiently, standing on one leg in the shallow water, waiting for a fish to come into range. When it does, the Grey Heron quickly strikes, stabbing the fish with its strong, pointy beak!
These powerful beaks also come in handy when other animals are near; Grey Herons will eat small birds, amphibians, and small mammals that live near water. Scientists think Grey Herons are most successful at hunting at night, using moonlight to help them find food.
Grey Herons are unmistakeable: tall, with long legs, a long beak and grey, black and white feathering. They can stand with their neck stretched out, looking for food, or hunched down with their neck bent over their chest.
This beautiful Grey Heron was captured during a photography safari on an early morning game drive at the Hyena Dam in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.
Orange Beach AL
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Walking along the beach looking for something interesting to shoot. I thought this string of fishing polls along strung along the beach was appealing. I like the way the image faded out into the fog. I made a slight adjustment to increase the contrast of the subjects in the foreground. If you look closely you can faintly see some shore birds hovering around, waiting for a successful catch.
A bird, I believe it's a loon, surfaces with a small fish. It's not a great photo because of the distance and the water moisture above the lake surface. Oh, and there's only two other birds nearby and of course one of them would have their head in the way. But I decided to post it because it'll probably be a long time before I capture something like that again. (Southern Oregon Cascades Trip DSC_7473.jpg)
Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto, has been ordered to step down from his post within 14 days by an Ontario judge who ruled that Ford has violated the 'conflict of interest' act.
This is a first (I believe) for a Toronto mayor, and no one is quite sure what will happen next. Will a 'stay' of the judgement be passed giving Ford and Toronto more time? Will Ford be successful in his appeal?? If not, will there be a by election, and will Ford be allowed to run again (he has many supporters, and has vowed to fight tooth and nail to remain at his post).
While I don't really follow Toronto politics, this is sure to be a hot topic in the news this week.
The Montreal Canadiens joined the NHL in 1917 and were founded in 1909. The Canadiens are the oldest hockey team in the NHL, one of the oldest continuously existing sports franchises in the world, and also one of the most successful in all of sports.
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Musiara, a well known Cheetah in the Mara is seen with her young cubs at sunset. The cubs were ever active whilst she was ever attentive on the lookout for any danger nearby.
Photographed in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
I've always thought of successful landscape photography as the intersection of chance and preparedness. You can prepare as much as you like, but you can't control the conditions on a given day.
This was the last morning of our Alberta trip. My friends and I got up kinda late and didn't really want to venture too far for a day where we'd be later traveling to our respective homes. And to add to that, the weather forecasts didn't look great either. We assumed we'd be looking for intimate scenes in the ice, if that. As expected, the morning was completely overcast - we couldn't even see some of the mountains. We walked out along the lake and spread out looking for interesting ice. The lake wasn't as clear as I'd have liked, and it began to snow very lightly. Gradually, we all seemed to come to the conclusion that this morning was going to be a miss. Chance did not appear to be on hour side.
After packing up, the three of us started to gradually make our way back to the car, but extra slowly; as if still holding hope for a miracle. Out of nowhere, the cloud began to break around only part of this mountain - slightly showing its ridges through the falling snow and cloud. Immediately, compositions started jumping out of everywhere. The three of us scattered like frightened cats. I started frantically searching for cracks or other features in the ice before the snow covered it up! I managed to find this crack just as the ridges of the mountain became very prominent, and in the end I felt that the bit of snow that had already accumulated actually added to the scene. Before long, the crack wasn't really visible any more, but thankfully I managed to get this shot before the scene fell apart.
Anyway, it just goes to show you that sometimes taking your sweet time giving up on a scene can pay off!
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My first successful shot of a bug in the wild (never mind the poor little jumping spider I trapped under a glass :)) He was so focused on the bounty of the sunflower he paid no mind to me. The breeze was bouncing the bloom around and I'm still a total rookie when it comes to metering but not too bad.
There are some things that always get my attention even during my more successful days. One is the Snowy Egret. Then there are certain cactus blossoms. And then I'll stop for any opportunity to photograph butterflies, as frustrating as that can be.
One day at the Garden, I saw this Gulf Fritillary. More inportant, I saw him (yes, it's a him) with wings folded, and it has the most interesting colors and patterns on the ventral side. I must have covered a mile around the garden trying to get one good shot. Well, not once did I get the other side, but I was willing to settle for this perfect dorsal image.
The difference in the sides finally got me to look up why the ventral can sometimes be the most intricate in patterns, yet almost always the less colorful side. Lesson for today: The ventral side (underside, seen when wings are closed together) is often used for camouflage and predator avoidance, whereas the dorsal side (top side, seen when wings are open) is used for sexual signaling. This guy was indeed signalling. Too bad I had to shoot from some distance (15 feet) between two cactus leaves.
The Gulf fritillary or passion butterfly (Dione vanillae) is a bright orange butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae. That subfamily was formerly set apart as a separate family, the Heliconiidae. The Heliconiinae are "longwing butterflies", which have long, narrow wings compared to other butterflies.
Gulf fritillaries are found primarily in the southern parts of the contiguous United States, from Florida to Texas and California.
After a successful mission on Kaller the high command granted Arion the rank of bounty hunter. They immediately assigned him to a job for the empire. he was assigned to steal a generator for some new weapon the imperials were making. This generator was on the planet of Mygeeto where the remnants of the rebels had also fled to Mygeeto as well. This made Arions job easier because the entire security of this facility was focused on the minor skirmishes that were taking place only a short distance away. This allowed Arion to slip in unnoticed and steal one of the generators.
A combined IAIS SIPE/CRPE rolls through Colona, Illinois during the last moments of sunshine with an NS SD80MAC on the point.
Having successfully negotiated the long westbound descent of Tehachapi pass, and with open country ahead, BNSF Dash 9 No. 5390 and its train start to pick up speed pass Ilmon. 03 March 2023.
More photos from my recent trip to Southern California will be added to my website as I process them, see: cogloadjunctionphotography.weebly.com/california-february...
This successful cheetah mother, Neema, (Acinonyx jubatus) has successfully raised three of her original litter of four cubs.
Having three young cubs to feed she has to hunt daily as the cubs are yet to begin hunting and still very young, 18 months, to be left on their own.
This is one of her cubs, following Mamma who was on the prowl and was captured during a photography safari on a late evening game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Lake State Rwy. is crossing the Saginaw River in Bay City, Michigan with the PM heritage up front with this installment of watch out for drone killing bald eagles while flying above this spot - August 23, 2025.
The serval (Leptailurus serval) is a wild cat native to Africa.
The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat that stands 54-62 cm (21-24 in) at the shoulder and weighs 9-18 kg (20-40 lb). It is characterised by a small head, large ears, a golden-yellow to buff coat spotted and striped with black, and a short, black-tipped tail. The serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size.
The serval is a solitary carnivore and active both by day and at night. It preys on rodents, particularly vlei rats, small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles, using its sense of hearing to locate prey. It leaps over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) above the ground to land on the prey on its forefeet, and finally kills it with a bite on the neck or the head. Both sexes establish highly overlapping home ranges of 10 to 32 km2 (4 to 12 sq mi), and mark them with feces and saliva.
Having hidden her three very cute kittens, Mamma Serval went hunting and within 30 minutes she managed to catch a vlei rat which it quickly took back to it's very eager and hungry kittens. Captured during a photography safari on a late evening game drive in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.