Thin Blue Line
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A striking black-and-white bird with very long, thin red legs. Black-necked Stilts have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos.
Black-necked Stilts inhabit shallow wetlands from the western United States to Central America and parts of South America. In the United States, Black-necked Stilts are commonly found in salt ponds, flooded lowlands, or shallow lagoons.
Black-necked Stilts wade in shallow waters to capture their meals of aquatic invertebrates and fish. They often consume such fare as crayfish, brine flies, brine shrimp, beetles, water boatmen, and tadpoles. They peck, snatch, and plunge their heads into the water in pursuit of their food, and will herd fish into shallow waters to trap them there.
(Nikon, 500 mm, 1/1000 @ f/8.0, ISO 640)
It has always been my wish to photograph the secretive Sora head-on showing its laterally compressed body, which allows it to slip and weave easily through dense vegetation. However, seeing the Sora in the open is notoriously difficult.
I was justifiably excited when I spotted this Sora walking cautiously along the path. And when it turned and looked straight into the lens for a brief instant, the angle, light and position were just right, as seen in this picture. Luck!
I am glad that I was ready and took advantage of that opportunity.
Nikon D500 w/ 500mmf4G, Right angle viewfinder.
(Taken on: July,2019, St. Albert, Edmonton, Canada, Alberta)
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The thin clear line on the horizon made for a wonderful little spell of colourful sunset scenes as the sun briefly slid below the cloud.
Taken at the Brighton jetty in Adelaide, South Australia.
Happy Nice Wonderful Cloud Tuesday!
A Fox River Valley Railroad freight crosses the long bridge over thin ice atop Little Lake Butte des Morts at Menasha, Wisconsin, on a cold November 18, 1989. All three of FRVR’s EMD GP30s—Nos. 814, 815 and 820—along with GP35 No. 831, obviously all former Chicago & North Western locomotives, power the northbound train. Unfortunately, unless you want to walk or cycle across this bridge, this part of the C&NW line to Green Bay is abandoned onto the bridge and north, now called the “Friendship Trail.”
A Great Blue Heron, blending ungainliness and grace, breaks the ice on touchdown and at once imagines flight. We, wingless, wouldn’t conceive of this solution.
On the road in Maine ... just a quick stop into Flickr here before we head off for another adventure in Maine ... and then Canada.
Capture of the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse in the late evening with thin fog under the stars as they started to come out.
Pardosa is a large genus of wolf spiders, with more than 500 described species that are found in all regions of the world.
This ever so thin delightful biscuit is a Stroopwafels...chocolate waffle filled caramel, cinnamon and bourbon vanilla. A delightful biscuit with tea or coffee, large enough to sit atop any cup and let the steam warm it for a tantalizing bite.
A thin line of salt along the shores nicely divides the view.
GPS is not the exact spot of the photo.
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Tread lightly.
Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone. I'm not a fan of tourist hotspots, but I would definitely hit this place.
Terrific Thursday to you my friend.
Lately I've been preoccupied with life issues which have pulled me away from my creative side. Always amazes me just how quickly and fully reality rushes in to fill the vacuum left when creative pursuits are sidelined. It sometimes requires a very determined pushback to regain the balance of power. Tilting the playing field of my life away from the creative aspect to me is akin to sliding onto the thin ice part of the proverbial pond. Photography for me is not just a hobby but part of a lifestyle. It's one that sees me out exploring my world and separating myself, however briefly, from both convention and conventional thought. It's how I make sense of everything else. It's a very delicate balance. For now I'm just trying to avoid plunging into the black water that lies just below that veneer of ice.
I photographed this last Thursday at Hooper Pond in Warren County, Iowa. After several days of temperatures in the negative range, this large pond is likely to be completely frozen now.
Developed with Darktable 3.6.0.
The mist rises at dawn in the valley below Saint Michel L'Observatoire. Sometimes the mist is thin (see - flic.kr/p/2nnj5wp), but here the mist, highlighted by the rising sun, has completely covered Saint Maime, Dauphin, and the Roche Amère.