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TIPS - LOOKING CLOSE.. ON FRIDAY! You know it is not easy taking a photo of your fingers while they are holding your phone camera.
Yet another remnant of my January trip to the southern tip of Texas...
Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (Edinburg, TX)
's-Morgens had ik op de webcam van Amersfoort dit fraaie treintje al zien vertrekken en dankzij een waardevolle tip (dank daarvoor) kreeg ik door, dat deze trein vanuit Zwolle terug over de Veluwelijn weer richting Amersfoort zou rijden.
De 'Zomer op de rails Express' maak(te) een rondje door NL van Amersfoort eerst naar Zwolle, weer terug naar Amersfoort en dan via Amsterdam, Haarlem, Rotterdam naar Eindhoven. Om daarna via Utrecht terug te keren in Amersfoort.
Na jarenlange stilstand is de 1618 weer rijvaardig en kwam opnieuw in dienst bij RXP onder het nr 9904 en behield z'n fraaie Raillogix outfit. Dat juist deze lok nu voorop reed maakte het feestje compleet. Tussen de 9904 en de achterop hangende 9901 zaten de twee bekende party rijtuigen van RXP.
Het is net 10 uur geweest als de fraaie combi net de grens van Harderwijk-Ermelo is gepasseerd, waar de twee gereedstaande fotograven tevreden konden afdrukken. Een achterop komende sprinter dreigde nog even roet in het eten te gooien, maar het ging gelukkig net goed.
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I'm only a week behind...LOL! I actually took these shots for last week's Looking Close on Friday "Tip" theme, but something came up and I wasn't able to post on that day. I was trying for shots that featured leaf tips. I had these two shots as candidates, but hadn't settled on which image I would use. But now, since I'm so far behind, I don't have to decide. 😄 Feel free to let me know which you like best.
The image at left was shot with a Helios 40-2 85mm f1.5 lens; the image at right was shot using a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens.
He runs (owns?) the small Mexican restaurant down the block from me. Too small to put many dining tables out on the street in front of the restaurant. So the main source of income during the Covid-19 pandemic is a takeout window from which they also serve drinks. Tips have always been appreciated. Now more than ever.
Found this male Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) in the garden the other week.
According to "UK Butterflies": "The Orange-tip is a true sign of spring, being one of the first species to emerge that has not overwintered as an adult. The male and female of this species are very different in appearance. The more-conspicuous male has orange tips to the forewings, that give this butterfly its name. These orange tips are absent in the female and the female is often mistaken for one of the other whites, especially the Green-veined White or Small White. This butterfly is found throughout England, Wales and Ireland, but is somewhat-local further north and especially in Scotland. In most regions this butterfly does not form discrete colonies and wanders in every direction as it flies along hedgerows and woodland margins looking for a mate, nectar sources or foodplants. More northerly colonies are more compact and also more restricted in their movements." www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
Another macro taken with entirely the wrong lens.
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Burnt-tip Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) on rough south facing limestone grassland in the "White" Peak District. A diminutive orchid BTOs are rare in Derbyshire and difficult to spot amongst grasses and other wildflowers.
Lots of Orange Tip Butterflies in the garden yesterday on the wildflowers - thanks to #NoMowMay. They really like the Cuckoo Flowers and I noticed a bit of a commotion on this one!
A rare macro venture
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Golden Acre - Breary Marsh
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Lots of Orange Tip butterflies on the wing along the River Orwell and Chantry Cut in Ipswich today! Most were pretty flighty but I managed some shots of this pair who were otherwise occupied!
Orange-tip butterflies (Anthocharis cardamines) are a common sight during spring and can be found in lots of places including meadows, woodland and hedges. Adults lay their eggs on garlic mustard, cuckooflower and hedge mustard plants.
The male orange-tip is unmistakeable. It is a white butterfly with half of its forewing being a bold orange colour, and with light grey wingtips. The female is also white, but has grey-black wingtips, similar to the white butterflies. Both sexes show a mottled, 'mossy grey' pattern on the underside of their hindwings when at rest.
Orange-tips are found across the UK, but are scarcer in the north of Scotland.
Orange-tip caterpillars are cannibalistic, eating their own eggshell when they emerge and moving on to eat other orange-tip eggs nearby. The caterpillars pupate in July and overwinter as a pupa, emerging as butterflies the following spring.
These birds (almost) always seem to look in excellent condition, probably the normal viewing conditions of a bright winters day and a healthy diet of high carotene berries helps.
I have included a shot taken a few years ago in comments below of the wax primary feather tips that give the bird its name.
Taken in Kelling, North Norfolk. Approx. 24m away.
When the sun decided to shine,albeit a short time,it didn't take long for these little beauties to appear. A gorgeous male Orange Tip.
Another capture of male yellow tip. This one shows better the yellow (orange) tips of the wings. Females don't have the yellow color on their wing tips.
More than 50% crop of the original.
The female Orange Tip is more secretive and less conspicuous than the male. She lacks the orange wing tips, which warn of his unpalatability, and is often passed over as a Small or Green-veined White. From above, the female can be distinguished from the other whites by the isolated black spot near the front edge of the forewings and the faint pattern showing through from the underside of the hindwings.