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A moment of perfect stillness on a frigid morning. A magnificent male Gadwall duck confronts the viewer with a direct, unwavering gaze as it floats on the icy water. A delicate dusting of frost on its head and the thick mist rolling in the background speak to the deep chill in the air. This intimate, eye-level perspective reveals the breathtakingly intricate, lace-like patterns of its feathers, creating a powerful portrait of serene resilience against the cold.
I've got hundreds of these little wheels in my basement. How do i get rid of them?
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One of my favorite places to shop has this GINORMOUS pumpkin on display. I couldn't resist snapping some closeup pics of this beautiful monster...it looks like the surface of Mars!
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Detail of Brunel University lecture theatre building. Designed by architects Sheppard, Robson & Partners and completed in 1966. Grade II listed by Historic England.
Namtso was born in the Paleogene age, as a result of Himalayan tectonic plate movements. The lake lies at an elevation of 4,718 m (15,479 ft), and has a surface area of 1,920 km2 (740 sq mi). This salt lake is the largest lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region (U-Tsang). However, it is not the largest lake on the Tibet Plateau. That title belongs to Lake KokoNor (Qinghai Lake) (more than twice the size of Namtso); which lies more than 1,000 km (620 mi) to the north-east in Amdo.
Namtso has five uninhabited islands of reasonable size, in addition to one or two rocky outcrops. The islands have been used for spiritual retreat by pilgrims who walk over the lake's frozen surface at the end of winter, carrying their food with them. They spend the summer there, unable to return to shore again until the water freezes the following winter. This practice is no longer permitted by Chinese authorities.
The largest of the islands is in the northwest corner of the lake, and is about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) long and 800 m (2,600 ft) wide, rising to just over 100 m (330 ft) in the middle. At its closest point it is about 3.1 km (1.9 mi) from the shore.
Excerpt from www.tourstcatharines.com/tours-wellandave.shtml:
Montebello Park was established in 1887 as a significant open space in the core area. It was designed by internationally renowned landscape architect F.L. Olmsted. The edges of the park are lined by mature deciduous trees which encompass a variety of smaller spaces. The pavilion and bandstand dominate the landscape. The park contains many contrasting elements – passive and active areas, sunny and shady areas, hard surfaces and soft landscaping, formal gardens and informal open space.
We're having a beautiful sunny Sunday evening. Decided to use the pocket camera that's waterproof for a water capture. My very first try on this. 182/365
We tend to take for granted the integrity of the foundation of our everyday lives. But the solid icy surface of modern civilization only runs so deep. Once in a while the cracks appear and make us enormously aware of our own vulnerability. And maybe our shared humanity as well? While there have been many trying events in my life, few have had the kind of global resonance that the current Coronavirus pandemic has. My prayers go out to all those affected personally. For the rest of us, it is an opportunity to reflect on the fragility of life and what we value most deeply.
It seems almost a lifetime now, but just a few short weeks ago I had a couple of days to explore the crazy, frozen environs of Abraham Lake in Alberta Canada. While frozen lakes are not exactly unusual in Canada (home to approx. 60% of the world's lakes, almost 100% of which will be frozen in February), Abraham Lake is quite unique among them, being a glacial runoff lake (fed by the indescribable turquoise runoff of the Canadian Rocky Mountain glaciers), a man-made lake of recent origin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lake), and most importantly, a location that is subject to nearly continuous scouring by intense winds in the winter.
On the relatively mild days I was there, wind speeds ranged from 10-40mph, gusting even higher at times. At one point the wind managed to physically push me about 20 feet down the ice. While I was wearing ice cleats. It literally left deep groves on the ice where my boots were digging in while the wind pushed me. That is an insane level of wind force. The upside is that the wind cleans off much of the snow from the ice surface (nature’s own Zamboni) and lays bare the surprisingly varied beauty of the ice formations underneath.
The ice is of course subjected to major stresses during the winter which result in huge cracks across the surface such as those seen here. However, the ice is also remarkably thick (12-24 inches here, at a guess), and more solid than it often looked. Even more uniquely, the decaying organic material creates methane bubbles that get trapped in the ice during the winter. The layers of methane bubbles combined with the crazy lines of fractured glacial ice create a visual field almost unprecedented in its weirdness, and the incredibly discomfiting effect that has on one's own sense of preservation.
it's also a perfect metaphor for the wild fracturing occurring in the broader world as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
I took many shots on Abraham Lake, but in some situations I found it either impossibly tedious or outright impossible to get the shot I wanted with the DSLR and a tripod (remember, 40mph winds!), and so I resorted to a lot of shots with my iPhone while lying on my belly. This is one of those. Not ideal. But it works.
A quick personal shout-out here to my good friend John Cohn. I placed a "Sam Stone" at the nearby Aurum Lodge, a great little B&B that is the perfect home base for exploring Abraham Lake. John created Sam Stones to honor the memory of his son Sam and I am honored to have a few of these in my possession. If you find this, or any other, SamStone please record your find at www.samstones.org and feel free to re-home it and keep the chain going.
Stay safe and wash your hands my friends!
Moss and grass underwater at Cors y Llyn wetland reserve. March was wet after a dry start to the year.
Outdoors, contre-jour, 7Artisans manual lens at F16 plus 16mm macro extension tube; edited in Fuji's raw converter and refined in Luminar. Electromagnetic forces may hold the rain water molecules together - ideally in the shape of a sphere. In this case, gravity and other forces generate an asymmetric body of water. And though there is no such thing as a skin the water does not run off.
Collembola under a drop of water.
The Collembola's (aka Dicyrtomina minuta forma ornata) feet make use of surface tension that allow it to walk upside down on a drop of water.
14th March 2024. The little pool under Bryer Court used to be home to about a hundred Ghost Carp. Unfortunately, the water is so shallow, and the fish got so big, that their fins and backs were often out of the water and they got sunburn. They had to be moved into the big lake and then they were moved with all the other fish in 2004 when the main lake was ‘refurbished’.
The Bryer ‘pond’ used to be full of bulrushes. Moor hens and their young were able to nest there in complete safety because, although the water is only a few inches deep, the foxes couldn’t get at them – they won’t go into water.
The Bryer Court pond was emptied and resurfaced as part of the major repairs to the surface of Beech Gardens, but has since been restored, albeit with less attractive vegetation.
Since 2019, Bryer Court pond looks more like a municipal swimming pool than a lake because the bottom has become an unnatural shade of blue. This is caused by a vegetable dye which is being put in the water. The purpose is to get rid of ‘blanket weed’ which, if left unattacked, can take over the lake. It works by filtering the sunlight and this prevents the weed from photosynthesising which it needs in order to grow.
Mining series: Garzweiler Lignite Surface Mine, Jüchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (200 x 115 cm - 80 x 45 inch, or 150 x 85 cm - 60 x 34 inch)
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A jumper surfaces and gasps as she comes up in the icy lake water during the Penguin Plunge held at City Beach in Whitefish Montana as part of the City’s annual Winter Carnival. The plunge is held to benefit Special Olympics and is sponsored by Local Law Enforcement agencies and businesses. Over 130 people jumped and raised more than $40,000!
A much anticipated return to Coldwater Cove was overshadowed by dreary conditions the morning we made our stop.
I was working hard to keep my disappointment in check and I decided to switch to B&W for one shot, then continued with the B&W theme later in post, capturing what was for me, the mood of the time.
Virtual Surfaces. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Distorted reflections in the windows of a San Francisco building.
Almost every time I photograph in big city (and sometimes small city…) downtowns I end up getting distracted by the things reflected in the windows of tall buildings, and by how they relate to the forms of these architectural structures.
Buildings of certain styles and vintages have exteriors that are largely glass. While these buildings have physical forms and volumes, what we see of them is more a result of what is around them than of their own shapes. I’m intrigued by how little of what we see when we look at such structures is actually the structures themselves — most of what we see is virtual, imaginary, and transitory. In this photograph, all you see of the buildings actual exterior are a few non-reflective areas between windows — some dark horizontal strips and a few lighter vertical panels. Everything else in the image is either inside the building (a few interior lights seen through the windows) or a distorted reflection of the building’s surroundings.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Antwerp, close to the harbour and the brand new porthouse, they are building many new appartment blocks. This one is recently finished. I love its minimalism and bright aspect.
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We were just saying that we hadn't seen a Magpie Inkcap for a few years when we discovered this one in a wood near Danbury!
The Magpie Inkcap is very distinctive with its magpie-like black and white markings. The long bell-shaped cap is brown-black with a scattering of white veil patches over its surface. These break up, becoming less frequent near the margin. The young gills are white, but quickly blacken as the whole cap deliquesces into an ink of spores.
Magpie inkcaps grow under broad-leafed trees, mostly with beech. They are usually solitary, but may appear in small groups. They are frequent in southern England but rare elswhere.
The rim of a large crater, with some smaller craters within. I originally planned to have this rim be at one end of my base, with the entire base inside the crater. But now I'm thinking of building parts of it outside, e.g. I have a few Windtraps that would make sense to have on the rim, to pick up the maximum amount of wind. Also, I have a force field barrier, that would make more sense to have on the outside than on the inside of the crater...