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The squirrels are overtaking the owl box now that colder weather has set in. The other day we seen five come out of that box now that has to be tight inside.
Lost between two confinements, an unmasked parenthesis.
I like streetportraits and here this guy has a real presence in space-time....
Here, unlike most photos, I attempt a colour treatment. I have several of them in process. I sometimes hesitate between colour and monochrome. I have the impression of approaching a tipping point...
(if someone has the word in English to express this kind of point of view : plongée. I'm taking it !)
More water than normal - and this was before Christoph arrived. Guess it might be worth another visit tomorrow - with an umbrella unless the rain stops!
nb if this looks a little familiar, I posted a very similar shot in Dec 2018 not long after we moved to Alnwick flic.kr/p/PLFkBK
Later note in response to a couple of comments- no humans were harmed in the taking of this shot! In fact I only had to walk about 2-3 yards from the car!
I found this lone Common Loon hanging around in a local pond for few weeks. I was lucky to have some taking off shots before it left the area. This shot was taken after sunset. The light was dim. In order to freeze the action, I had to use quite high shutter speed. Meanwhile, I need to use the ISO within an acceptable range to keep the noise low. The image turned out to be okay considering the ISO is around 4000. I don't normally use that high ISO for my photos, but I like that the water was calm and colorful after sunset. And it's not common to see the Common Loon taking off against the golden color backdrop.
Summer 2022. Local pond in Edmonton.
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Sometimes it is worth persisting. In Hyde Park yesterday, struggling to find much of interest on an overcast day. The park mostly empty, and the rain began to fall. I was sheltering under a tree, thinking about giving up for the day, when these four identical women wandered in frame. I am not sure they liked my attentions to be honest, but into each life some rain must fall
Another shot from my walk on Wednesday down the Afon Mellte in the Brecon Beacons. I've called this Taking chances a track by Sharon van Etten, as I slipped over shortly after this and nearly ended up in the river while clutching the tripod and camera in my hand. It's all part of the fun, but some of these rocks are so slippy! This shot is for Adriana Aprati who dedicated a beautiful waterfall shot to me yesterday.
A yellow-billed egret (ardea intermedia) just about to take flight. Photographed in Khao Lak, Phang Nga, Thailand.
A photo from this summer to mix things up a bit. This little Rufous Hummingbird taking a rest on this metal fence. They were so much fun to photograph. Taken in my friend's yard in Turner Valley, Alberta.
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Just south of Bellevue, Iowa, the Mississippi River is above the ties for almost a mile along CP's Marquette Subdivision. The business train is northbound toward La Crosse and is giving the executives on the rear quite a view of what Mother Nature can do in the Midwest.
A few of many thousand Mallards take flight from the freshly harvested corn field in which they were feeding in.
A compilation of shots of a red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) taking flight in the last sunlight of the day.
I will also be taking flight from Flickr for a few days while away from internet coverage, but will try to catch up when I return.
Spending lots of time with the hummers in my yard as I recover from surgery, They have gotten used to me now and don't seem to mind the camera.
Red Deer Stag - Cervus Elaphus
Scottish Highlands - Scotland
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This duck was crazy while bathing. Darting back and forth, shaking and dipping into the water. Took quite a few shots to get one I liked, but this is it.
Taking a little spring break from my city shots to post everything blooming right now...I just couldn't resist!! :))
Pulled in at Kneeton near East Bridgford on the way home from a visit to the coast. I liked this shot of the sheep and lambs and this is cropped to about a quarter I reckon.
Its sharp enough I suppose but I dislike the oof area's..
This is the lens I was referring to that I just don't like that much but it doesn't do such a bad job but..... you know I just am not that pleased with its performance.
This was shot at 132.00mm f/6.3 @1/200 and iso 100
Those lambs are irresistible but I didn't upload because imho something is lacking.. and if you are thinking of saying mint sauce, don't even think about it lol...
It took the damselfly about 5 minutes to shed its skin and emerge into its final form. The stubby wings take another 10 mins or so to inflate and the damselfly will rest for a few more minutes before taking its first feeble flight. At this stage, it is very vulnerable to birds and was hiding deep in the foliage. Over the next few days it will develop its colours. Having spent a year or two underwater growing from a deposited egg, it will only live a few weeks as an adult. hopefully surviving long enough to breed. The empty skin shell is called an exuvium. Hundreds of exuvia were visible in the reed beds.