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Well, it's a bit small to see in the photo but the Little Blue Heron was successful in its attempt to catch a fish in the shallow water of the pond.
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Nikon D7500, Tamron 100-400mm
f/6.3, 400mm
1/2000, ISO 320
Hand held through open car window.
Jefferson is shown here after having successfully undergone microtia repair surgery. He is a brave kid, and I am very hopeful that with his new ear he will not be stigmatized by the other children.
The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward on Jan, 29 as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK conducted a full-scale separation test of the forward skirt extension for the Ares I-X flight test at its facility in Promontory, Utah.
The Ares I-X test launch is scheduled to lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during 2009. The rocket will climb about 25 miles in altitude during a two-minute powered flight. The launch will culminate with a test of the separation of the first stage from the rocket and deployment of the accompanying parachute system that will return the first stage to Earth for data and hardware recovery.
The test simulated the separation event that will take place following the first stage flight of Ares I-X. During the Ares I-X flight, the booster will separate at the frustum, a cone-shaped piece that attaches the first stage to the larger diameter upper stage.
Image credit: ATK/NASA
Read entire feature:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests...
p.s. You can see all of the Ares photos in the Ares Group in Flickr at: www.flickr.com/groups/ares/ We'd love to have you as a member!
A Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) shows off its successful Dog Salmon catch as a gull screams probably in excitement at the prospect of getting scraps. This bear was plying Pack Creek on Admiralty Island in Alaska on the Inside Passage.
Not a successful aurora hunt, but there was at least a hint of colour to the south. After watching in amazement today some night time video from North America showing wonderful green aurora on a livestream webcam in Duluth on Lake Superior, I was hopeful the good conditions would continue into our southern hemisphere night, but it was not to be while I was out there. Still, it was a good chance to get out with the new 16mm lens and see how it performed. On the R10 body used here, it is about a 25mm equivalent. Quite happy with it for such a cheap lightweight lens. Keen to try it now on the full frame RP body.
The foreground trees were totally dark in most of my attempts, but this one caught a car driving behind me and lighting up the trees with its headlights and I thought it added a little more interest.
Taken on the southern rim of the Blue Lake in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
The Coal Tits must have done well so far - suddenly they have taken over one of my feeders! Taken in Hampshire.
We were happy to see many Starlings on the telephone wires in Woodbridge Reserve. Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold, this bird is actually fairly wary and can be difficult to approach, as it was with this bird, hard to find and hard to photograph.
As well as being very successful car makers, Singer made a number of commercial vehicles. This 1931 Singer Van, JU 827, was found in a barn in very poor condition. It was restored by staff at Coventry Transport Museum where it is now on display.
First successful attempt of catching milkiway using crop sensor and kit lens. Been trying for it since 2017 and never thought I would catch milki on my camera just sitting on my roof.
Undoubtedly air pollution and light pollution have been reduced by a tremendous level because of the pandemic. Will keep trying for better milkiway photographs in the upcoming days!
600sec in total (20 shots of 30seconds exposure each)
18mm
F/3.5
ISO200
Color correction in Lightroom
Stacked by Sequator.
Device: Canon EOS 700D and 18-135mm.
This was my first successful dance costume that I made for a showcase in 2006.
It was a daunting project for a costuming virgin... It took almost all of my spare time over a month to finish this and another dress for Rumba dance. It was endless cutting, sewing, pressing, ripping-apart, resewing, repressing... especially for the miles and miles of circular ruffles. I still couldn't believe that I had the perserverence to pull through this complicated and boring construction process...
But the end result paid it all off, it was a hit. It gets a lot of ohs and wows every time it makes an appearance. I would probably simplify some of the designs and choose better fabrics now that I have more experience, but this is nontheless a memorable piece.
The actionshots were courtesy of Shawn Pei and John Kotler.
The pair of Powerful Owls that I posted recently are successfully rearing two young, which is very heartening to see considering their vulnerable status.
Thanks to birding legend, Alan Morris for guiding us to these.
After successfully extracting the uncoscious pilot from the strange exosuit, he's been transported back to Starbase and into a life support pod for further examination.
The seed part of this buld was obviously the new classic space print that comes with the brown spaceman... thats no baby monitor I say.
Experimenting with slow shutter speeds here. I'm not sure it's entirely successful but I think it looks interesting enough to share
After fire, or logging, paper birch is an early pioneer species. For some reason, when loggers came through here recently, they left a few trees here and there. No matter, in 10 years, this hill will sport paper birch and big-tooth aspen replacements. I will return.
It always makes my day to see a beautiful majestic Red Kite flying overhead...so great to have a good news story these days. Thankfully for all the dreadful raptor persecution in this country these days there are also so many successful efforts to reintroduce and sustain our magnificent birds of prey.
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╰•★ Ɩơƈąɬıơŋ: Yosemite Valley and High Sierra
╰•★ ɖɛʂƈཞı℘ɬıơŋ: Another successful Trails 'n Tails event! Thanks to everyone who joined the 6pm trek at Yosemite. It was amazing meet you all and I hope to see you again next month <3
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Join us on the first Saturday of every month - that means today!!! (at 10 AM SLT and 6 PM SLT) as we hike and explore different Nature Collective member locations with our dogs and other 4-legged friends. Come enjoy the beautiful scenery, energizing fresh air and great conversation during this casual event.
If you would like an update of the location for today, join out inworld group or discord, or IM me inworld (Kup Marques) and I will be happy to assist.
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Not usually very successful at getting these little Honeyeaters.
Brown-headed Honeyeaters
Melithreptus brevirostris
Another successful expedition to Cornwall with my personal guide! Massive thanks to Max for showing me places I'd never have found by myself.
Forgive me if I don't credit who found which insect in every case! However I will say that this is one of Max's finds, and a species I'd previously looked for but never actually found. The slightly plumper and more colourful female is on the left.
The thrift clearwing is categorised as Nationally Scarce B.
glacier bay NP and preserve, AK usa
too early in the season ? or the day ? fog too thick ?
the expected NP ranger never made it to the ship to give a running commentary or to guide the captain to a glacier ...
and eureka ! with no local expertise - a glacier !
arriving from kobe japan, via yokohama, hakodate, kushiro, kodiak AK & ketchikan AK
destination vancouver british columbia canada
After successfully capturing a fish, nicely tucked away under the tail feathers, this mature bald eagle flies by on its way to a branch for a feast. In the animal kingdom the eagle eye is among the strongest, able to spot a rabbit at just over 3 km. It looks like the eagle is blinking in this photo.
Taken 13 November 2016 at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
Time for a little brag. I was awarded a Fellowship at the Societies Convention in London yesterday for this panel. Fellowship of Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers.
Waldringfield in Suffolk UK. After a successful mornings shooting on the foreshore i was on my way back to the carpark and did the classic look back to check if i was missing a comp and BOOM! this little beauty presented itself. This is my kind of comp as it has the perfect collection of elements. foreground, middle ground and background with a literal visual path through the whole image. The image did take a few hours in PS to remove all the leaf clutter and twig distraction all down the path and area to the bottom right but without doing so the image looked messy and too busy on the eye to work.
Long tailed or crab eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis) are found in southeast Asia. Photographed here on Pangkor Laut Island, Malaysia.
Probably the most successful primate species in Southeast Asia, the Long-tailed Macaque is to be found in a wide range of habitats including primary and secondary forest, mangroves, plantations and the outskirts of towns and villages. Its success is largely due to a varied diet of fruits, leaves, small mammals and birds, shellfish and crabs, as well as human leftovers.
Ref: ecologyasia.com
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After struggling up the Acton grade, CN L53331-28 passes through Guelph where Metrolinx is currently rebuilding the second track. 2296, 8864, 5775 lead this 123 car train.
You can see the way the flake has broken off on this piece in a kind of cone shape, following the shock wave applied to the rock.
That's a hard hammer in John's hand. Those are generally pebbles. Soft hammers are made of bone.
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
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This mature bald eagle has just successfully grabbed a fish out of the Susquehanna river (note the tail fins rising behind the body) with its right claw and will be on its way to a private lunch. It was not challenged for the fish like some eagles were. I love the column of water behind it still rising where the eagle had snatched the fish from the water.
Taken 13 November 2016 at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
After trying to stay warm in my waders since about 3am, I figured that the high barometer had taken it's toll on any activity that may have taken place. The golden sun broke the horizon under bluebird sky's and dead calm breeze and it was time to hang it up this frosty morning. As I slowly waded away from the spillway toward the shoreline, I thought that one more try in the faster current couldn't hurt anything, so I took the biggest bluegill from my bait bucket (about 10" in length)and rigged it up. With a short lob cast, the bluegill hit the water and took off for open water like a shot. It didn't get but a few feet when the water boiled with a violent eruption as this beast turned that big Bluegill into breakfast. With my knees knocking and heart pounding at the sight of what just took place and what was about to happen, I took up the line slack and put the medium heavy St. Croix rod to the test. The big toothy critter felt the sting of the hook and took to the air like a Barracuda. After a battle of wits for about twenty minutes with the big Muskellunge, she gave in and a successful hand landing took place. The brute topped the scale at nearly 38 pounds and 52" in length. I did keep the Muskie, maybe out of pure excitement and the vision of fish fry's for the next several months. She was the last big Muskie that I removed from a body of water. That final day of October 1997 is burned so deep into my mind that when the leaves start to fall and the north winds begin to howl, I head for the waters to find the king of freshwater fish and partake in it's mystique.
Lac LaBelle
Oconomowoc, WI.
October 31, 1997
This little beaut is a female European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) on lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina).
It's a species found in large parts of Europe and has actually migrated (with human help) to North America and can be found in large parts of that continent as well.
It might be my favourite bug of all to shoot and I have to date posted between 50 and 60 shots of them on Flickr so I created an album with those here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/albums/72157667862870066