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I was so pleased to be able to photograph one of these gaudy little guys, during my recent trip to Hungary.
Visually stunning when seen up closely like this, but also incredible to watch on the wing, as they soar back & forth, hawking for insects.
June 2017.
11 años ya de mi primera foto publicada en Flickr... Una historia que empieza sin más expectativa que desarrollar un hobby y compartir mis mejores fotos para compensar la soledad que trae mudarse a vivir a un lugar nuevo donde no conoces a nadie. Un reto también, el de adaptarse a las nuevas tecnologías y a las redes sociales con ya 60 años y pocos conocimientos informáticos.
Y 11 años después, la instantánea es así:
Más de 3600 fotos publicadas, unos 200 premios explores, 12 millones de visitas y unos 5500 seguidores, de los que más de 600 me han hecho el honor de dedicarme sus fotos. ¡Increíble !
Lo que nunca sospeché es todo lo que iba a recibir en aprendizaje técnico y visual, y en afecto de esta gran comunidad de apasionados de la fotografía y de la vida que, más de un día, y sobretodo en estos tiempos de pandemia y confinamientos, me han llenado de su energía, pasión y cariño.
Gracias amigos!!
It’s been 11 years of my first picture published in Flickr.. When it all started, what I had in mind was nothing but develop my hobby and share my best pictures to compensate for the loneliness of moving to a new place where you don't know anybody. It was a big challenge: I was 60, little computer knowledge and had to adapt to new technologies and social network.
And 11 years later, this is the picture:
More than 3600 published pictures, around 200 explores, 12 million visits, and more than 5500 followers, and 600 dedicated photos. Amazing!
I never expected I would learn so much both technically and visually, and that I would receive so much affection from this big community of passionate people, especially during this pandemic time. Thank you my friends for your energy, passion and affection!
...or maybe that should be The month the music died ! This piano was placed in the grounds of an art centre to see how it would change sonically and visually with the seasons between June 2015 and January 2016. The summer was not kind to it!
Thank you for your visit, comment or fave. All are much appreciated. Thank you also to all who invite my photos to their groups.
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Photos and textures used are my own.
Garden Liles 2..
There is something so visually pleasing about a lily, it is the mixture of complimentary colours that draw you in. the contrast of yellow and red. I am sure this is as intoxicating to humans as it is to bees and other pollen gatherers.
I am sure there is a solid science behind the reasoning for the many varied colours of lilies; but suffice to say they make my garden look amazing while they are in bloom and i thank God for eyes to see them with.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
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National Library of Latvia
Riga
"Looking at the building we see an intriguing form. It is visually attractive to us. What is it like? It is expressive. It is a library, a functional symbol. It is a reminder of an outstanding historical event, important for Latvia, the making of its statehood, as well as praise to the rebirth of the state and its renewed collections of cultural treasures.
The linear nature of words fail to describe fully the three dimensional architectural shape. As to the expressivity the form has many meanings.
To perceive its meaning, it we have to return to the feelings and intuition that accompanied the moment of creation." (the architect Gunars Birkerts about the idea of the project)
Garden Lily..
There is something so visually pleasing about a lily, it is the mixture of complimentary colours that draw you in. the contrast of yellow and red. I am sure this is as intoxicating to humans as it is to bees and other pollen gatherers.
I am sure there is a solid science behind the reasoning for the many varied colours of lilies; but suffice to say they make my garden look amazing while they are in bloom and i thank God for eyes to see them with.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
© NICK MUNROE (MUNROE PHOTOGRAPHY)
You can contact me
by email @
karenick23@yahoo.ca
munroephotographic@gmail.com
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Tringa flavipes. All over North and South America, a medium-large shorebird. The sexes are similar both in plumage and in overall size. Compared to the Greater Yellowlegs, the bill is shorter (visually about the same length as the head), slim, straight, and uniformly dark. Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas.
Metal railings that visually create a sense of flow…
Observing the dense railings from the outside seems to be safe and sturdy. Standing in the building, so many iron railings, the vision should be very different. You know…XD
Many buildings in Taiwan,
Must rely on metal railings,
Let the residents feel safe.
金屬的欄桿，在視覺上產生流動感…
從外面觀察密集的欄杆，似乎是安全堅固。站在建築物裡面，這麼多鐵欄杆，視覺應該很不一樣。你知道的…XD
台灣許多建築物，
必須依賴金屬欄杆，
讓住戶得到安全感。
Lophornis chalybeus - Male - at Sítio Espinheiro Negro.
Tiny and visually striking hummingbird. Its mostly dark green upper parts are bisected by a pale rump band. Note the gray belly and rufous tail. Males are dazzling with a ruff of green feathers with pale tips on neck. Females are plainer with a dark face and pale throat. Usually found in humid forest, including second growth. Near threatened species.
A beauty to enlighten the week! Happy Wednesday! HMBT!
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Garden Lilies..
There is something so visually pleasing about a lily, it is the mixture of complimentary colours that draw you in. the contrast of yellow and red. I am sure this is as intoxicating to humans as it is to bees and other pollen gatherers.
I am sure there is a solid science behind the reasoning for the many varied colours of lilies; but suffice to say they make my garden look amazing while they are in bloom and i thank God for eyes to see them with.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
© NICK MUNROE (MUNROE PHOTOGRAPHY)
You can contact me
by email @
karenick23@yahoo.ca
munroephotographic@gmail.com
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camera: home made pinhole
focal length 102mm
pinhole: 0.40mm
f/258
camera body: wooden box
film back: Agfa Ansco B2 Speedex 6x6
film: Ilford 120 XP2 super 400
exposure: 21 seconds
Influenced by the cubist photo "The White Fence" 1916 by Paul Strand I attempted to create a similar rendition of my own.
The challenge was to visually balance the positive and negative spaces and reduce perspective to a flat cubist plane. Each element separate yet also adding equal value to the unity of the scene.
A working Midwest farm which is shut down for the winter months.
This was yet another barn I had seen which looked tempting from the roadside but had been dis-regarded in favor of some other locations.
After our discovery of Hansel and Gretel’s decrepit old house of cake and candy hidden in the woods (see: www.flickr.com/photos/jaydaley/15491111432/) we swung by this barn for a better look and my mind was made up.
That afternoon I returned for some softer light. The location was good and the composition worked but it was difficult to shoot because the road was lower than the foreground. Ready to jump the fence I realized that my solution was simple. Living the North American ideal I was behind the wheel of a Chevy Silverado truck with a large open back. I had a very convenient and elevated tripod platform under my right foot.
This barn was located on a small road called Kings Road, just outside of Petewawa. I parked my truck to the side of the road, set up my tripod and chose a longer focal length than my usual 50mm to bring in the scene and condense the foreground with the background.
The colours in this scene were actually so vibrant that they needed some degree of desaturation to make them visually acceptable and balanced with the foreground and barn.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - Canada is an amazing country! From the Rockies in the west (which I cannot wait to get back to soon) to the lighthouses and coastal scenery to the east, the baron polar regions to the north and everything in between. This is a country of unbelievable variety and one I truly love spending time in.
Having only had a couple of days available to get out with the camera I was fortunate to be in such a densely photogenic location with incredible fall colours available at every turn.
I just wish I had more time.
View large and, as always, thanks for looking!
Talking about the Pentacon 3.5/30 vintage lens. It may be half a century old, but optically it is a true 'generalist'. You can use it for any situation as long as the light is good. I prefer this lens to be wide open, as here. But that is a personal choice.
~With the stems broken, ready to fall to the ground, germinate and start a new life.~
Fascinating is the plant that can visually hook gardeners, not with fancy foliage nor flashy flowers, but rather dried seed pods—those faded leftovers of a glorious growing season. Well, welcome to the strangely fascinating world of lunaria (Lunaria annua) also known as silver dollar plant or money plant because of the round, parchment-like seed casings it produces in late summer that have the shimmer of freshly minted silver coins.
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For some reason I just absolutely love the pictures of my flowerbed this time of year especially after the snow added just a touch of winter to the mix. I don't know if it is the textures or the colors or what, I just really love the way they look together!
Have a great Tuesday everyone!
Please be sure to view large if you have the time because it is truly better in large:
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Explore - March 11, 2008
An ocean swell at high tide crashes over the mussel-covered rocks and into the famed maw of Thor's Well, Cape Perpetua, Oregon.
The Well is an incredible formation, and while standing and waiting for perfect waves, I realized how many elements must align in order to catch this sight at its most visually interesting - i.e., at sunset and at the highest of tides. First, the moon must be close to the earth (perigee) so that the high-tide is at its highest; second, that high-tide has to occur within an hour or two of sunset; and third, there must be clouds on the horizon in order for the sunset to be interesting. Perhaps needless to say, these elements did not all align for our visit. However, as the photo shows, we did get to see water pouring into the famed Well, and the simple fact that we managed to secure a parking spot around high-tide was a minor victory in itself.
The photographer's sleight of hand must be acknowledged here, because the framing cleverly omits the throng of people ringing the well and snapping selfies, and of course, one cannot see or hear the drone that was buzzing overhead. My dislike of drones borders on the irrational - I know they can be used to create beautiful photos from extraordinary perspectives, but somehow when I hear them noisily flitting overhead I immediately wish for them to vanish and leave me in peace. Fortunately for drone enthusiasts, my opinions matter very little!
Traffic on the 401 and a snowstorm.
Some new experiments while boosting contrasts and whites.
Very static and random pieces that look visually appealing.
Happy Slider Sunday
The most visually striking building in the 200 block of E. Front St. is this Victorian Romanesque-style structure designed by Bloomington architect George Miller and completed in 1886. For seventy years the building was the home of the Higgins, Jung and Kleinau Monument Co.
Designed by Bloomington architect George H. Miller in Victorian Romanesque-style, the building was constructed for Civil War veteran Hamer J. Higgins. The name "H. J. Higgins & Co. Marble Works" is clearly visible above the center bay of second-story windows. The building's appearance attests to the stone curlers skill and medium with dealing detailing Bedford Limestone, Indiana Marble, and St. Cloud Granite. Miller orchestrated these materials taking full advantage of the craftsmen's talent.
After monument and headstone production came to an end in 1956, the next long-term tenant was Nybakke Vacuum who had offices in the building from 1960 until 1992. That same year, the building was restored by Mike Temple to include apartments on the second floor. Presently Pars Rug Warehouse occupies on the first floor, with apartments on the upper floors.
The Higgins, Jung and Kleinau Monument Co. Building is contributing architectural property in the Bloomington Central Business District listed in 1985 in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The district includes roughly twelve square blocks of the city and encompasses 140 buildings, 118 of which are contributing buildings to the district's historic character.
Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. It is adjacent to Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago, and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. The estimated population of Bloomington in 2019 was 77,330, with a metro population of 191,067.
Purnululu National Park is a national park in the north east of Western Australia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Bungle Bungle Range, lying fully within the park, has elevations as high as 578 metres (1,896 ft) above sea level. It is famous for the sandstone domes, unusual and visually striking with their striping in alternating orange and grey bands. The banding of the domes is due to differences in clay content and porosity of the sandstone layers: the orange bands consist of oxidised iron compounds in layers that dry out too quickly for cyanobacteria to multiply; the grey bands are composed of cyanobacteria growing on the surface of layers of sandstone where moisture accumulates.
I took this shot (and many others) from a doorless helicopter flying over the ranges. With only a seat belt to keep me from falling to my death, this was in equal measure, an awesome sight and a challenging experience.
visually speaks of the thunders we experience up here in our highlands: a vast inland plateau averaged at 1,200m above sea level. the mountainous relief seen here is what they term a gold slag dump, 'waste piles left over from the smelting and refining process of gold ore' - my friend now living in England, Gregory, says he misses our loud storms here, that he never finds them there.
Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is o'er the mountain waves,
Her home is on the deep.
With thunders from her native oak
She quells the floods below--
As they roar on the shore,
When the stormy winds do blow;
T. Campbell
Garden Lily 2..
There is something so visually pleasing about a lily, it is the mixture of complimentary colours that draw you in. the contrast of yellow and red. I am sure this is as intoxicating to humans as it is to bees and other pollen gatherers.
I am sure there is a solid science behind the reasoning for the many varied colours of lilies; but suffice to say they make my garden look amazing while they are in bloom and i thank God for eyes to see them with.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
© NICK MUNROE (MUNROE PHOTOGRAPHY)
You can contact me
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Visually (in terms of shape, size, and color) one of my favorite vegetables. Those pictured are of the honeynut variety.
Mount Cheam visually dominates much of the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, BC., Canada. It is the highest mountain in the valley and is part of the Cascade Range of mountains. Here, despite its distance from the resort community of Harrison Hotsprings, seen in the foreground, it appears to look down upon the 1600-member community. In reality Cheam is not “looking down “on the community at all, in fact it’s a fair distance away. This distortion between the town and the mountain is due to the affect of foreshortening from the telephoto lens. The telephoto lens with its narrow field of view makes the distance between these two objects appear much closer than they actually are. Compounding the foreshortening distortion is the use of a series of these images blended to create the panorama. It was a clear day with a great view and the haze in the valley added depth and layering.
Warbling Vireos can be distinguished visually from Red-eyed Vireos by the lack of a dark border between the crown and supercilium, which is a prominent mark of the Red-eyed Vireo.
They also lack the dark lores between the eye and the base of the bill. This feature gives their face a pale and washed out look. They are more gray on the cape and wing coverts than the bright olive of the Red-eyed Vireo. Warbling Vireos have a dark iris compared to the red iris of the Red-eyed Vireo. The red iris of the Red-eyed Vireo doesn't always show in a photo though.
A bright Warbling Vireo can look similar to a drab Philadelphia Vireo due to a pale yellow wash along the breast, throat, and flanks. The bill of a Philadelphia Vireo is obviously shorter in comparison. The Philadelphia Vireo has a dark lore area compared to the pale lore of the Warbling Vireo.
The songs of the Vireo species are very distinct, but they are not singing much at this time of year.
St. Albert, Alberta.
Visually she has strong traits of the Italian, her mix of Carniolan would be a darker honey bee. Some of her sisters show the Carniolan traits. She has a different personality, the Italian Queen is graceful and confident. This hybrid queen is a runner, maybe she will be more confident as time goes by. R.O. premium stock bred. This is the time I'm supposed to leave her alone and let her make brood. They must have let her out of her queen cage quickly. With 60% colony loss worldwide this year, this is a God send.
Since it's supposed to be very hot today, I'll at least cool things off visually.
And so I'll take you again to the Erawan Waterfall in Thailand.
A bit of effort is still necessary to get to this wonderfully beautiful place. After all, as you may remember, this is Stage Three.
But after about 30 minutes of sweating we arrived here. In a place that, at least for me, seems truly paradisiacal.
We can sit in the shade of the forest and listen to the sound of the waterfall, accompanied by the songs of many exotic birds, or take off our shoes and wade through the shallow water and let small silver-gray fish care for our feet. But be careful, the rocks are quite slippery in some places. And I don't want anyone to hurt themselves.
Or, if that's not enough to cool you down, just dive into the lagoon right in front of the waterfall. Because here, at almost 2 meters, the water is deep enough to completely submerge.
Yes, that's really bearable, isn't it?
Da es heute sehr heiß werden soll, sorge ich wenigstens optisch für etwas Abkühlung.
Und so nehme ich Euch noch einmal mit zum Erawan Wasserfall nach Thailand.
Ein bisschen Anstrengung ist noch nötig, um bis zu diesem traumhaft schönen Ort zu kommen. Schließlich ist das, vielleicht erinnert Ihr Euch noch, die Stufe Drei.
Doch nach etwa 30 Minuten Schwitzen sind wir dann hier angekommen. An einem, zumindest für mich, wahrlich paradiesisch wirkenden Ort.
Wir können im Schatten des Waldes sitzen und dem Rauschen des Wasserfalls lauschen, welches vom Gesang vieler exotischer Vögel untermalt ist, oder die Schuhe ausziehen und durch das flache Wasser waten und uns von kleinen silbergrauen Fischen die Füße pflegen lassen. Doch vorsicht, die Felsen sind an einigen Stellen ziemlich rutschig. Und ich will ja nicht, dass sich jemand weh tut.
Oder, wenn das als Abkühlung alles noch nicht reicht, dann taucht doch einfach in die Lagune direkt vor dem Wasserfall ein. Denn hier ist mit nahezu 2 Metern das Wasser tief genug um komplett unter zu tauchen.
Ja, so lässt es sich echt aushalten oder ?
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
I was impressed by what I read from an interview with Lewis Baltz in the Smithsonian “Archives of American Art” — Baltz tried to present his images as ‘flat’. Even though there were different elements he wanted the scene visually as a “very shallow space and usually there is a plane that echoes the picture plane.”
Visually it matches with Japanese Beetle, but clicked in Bangalore, India. Indian Beetles look little different. So I am not sure about the exact name.
Minimalist image of a tree and a hedgerow above a snow covered farm field in Shropshire, England. How can an image, distilled down to a few elements, be visually pleasing? I think it’s because the world is so busy we rarely have the opportunity to enjoy the stillness of simplicity.
Guitarist Libor Smoldas, played with pianist and vocalist Jakub Zomer, one of the best known jazz musicians in Prague in a large church (1931) in Smichov. They played for swing dancers. I've seen Libor in Toronto several years ago. Together we figured out, it was 10 years ago. He came then for mini concert tour; two of the 4 venues are no longer available for concerts. I had seen Jakub Zomer first time in Little Glenn Club. The acoustics in the church were pretty good, but the lighting was atrocious, so I only upload one photo, which I had to manipulate to get something visually palatable. I did not find out the name of the sax player, maybe, I still will.
Jakub Zomer- piano, voice
Libor Šmoldas - guitar
x - clarient, saxophone
Martin Kopriva- drums
383. Prague; Taken 2024-Oct 22. P1240016; Upload 2024-Nov 16.
The Sensory Garden in Hartsholme Park, Lincoln was designed with the visually impaired particularly in mind. There are wooden carvings and plants around with interesting leaves, having different textures for feel and smell.
Another scanned picture from our winter in Cumbria many years ago.
Swinside stone circle stands 4km west of the village of Broughton in Furness, Cumbria and is visually perhaps the most impressive of all the stone circles in the region. It is a monument of great beauty in a perfect location, set on the secluded eastern flank of Black Combe, below Swinside Fell.
The circle has an overall diameter of around 27m and consists of 55 stones, of which 32 are standing, some very closely set. The tallest is 2.3m in height and stands almost exactly at the north.
On the day we visited Swinside we walked the one kilometre farm track from the lane in the late afternoon. On reaching the circle, the winter sun was already quite low, casting a spectacular soft light across the ground and the stones.
Perhaps my favorite photo from last Sunday is this image of what appears to be a red shed on wheels in the midst of a sea of white. Both the color of the shed and its scale in contrast to the large snow covered evergreens made this a visually compelling photo for me.
The stone circle at Castlerigg (alternatively Keswick Carles, Carles, Carsles, Castle-rig or Druids' Circle) is situated near Keswick in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
Various archaeologists have commented positively on the beauty and romance of the Castlerigg ring and its natural environment. In his study of the stone circles of Cumbria, archaeologist John Waterhouse commented that the site was "one of the most visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain."
Every year, thousands of tourists travel to the site, making it the most visited stone circle in Cumbria. This plateau forms the raised centre of a natural amphitheatre created by the surrounding fells and from within the circle it is possible to see some of the highest peaks in Cumbria: Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Grasmoor and Blencathra.
When you visually understand that the moon and the sun won't meet today. They just crossed their lights on the Mont Giusalet (3312m) for a short moment.
Col du Mont Cenis (73) - France
Gear: Canon EOS7D / Canon EF-S 60mm F/2,8 Macro
Settings: F/8 - Focal Length: 60mm - ISO100 - 27x1/160s
Original = 6904x4315 px
Stack of 27 different photos
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Armando Nava, the only original member of the psychedelic rock band Los Dug Dugs played Million Tongues Festival at the Empty Bottle on Friday night. I went back and forth on whether to edit out the bright red aspects of another guitarist closer to my lens on the left but decided to leave it in as the bright color and depth it provided spoke to me visually. This is a pretty dark rock club and challenging to take photos and there was also a large stand with Nava's flute blocking quite a bit and providing more of a challenge.
I wasn't that familiar with this band from the 60s and 70s from before the fest but found I rather enjoyed their music. Here's a full album you can hear on Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IckPEWfNDSc
More about the band here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Dug_Dug%27s
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Visually appealing for a photographer, but a regrettable loss of another small crumbling piece of history.
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I could visually see the pinkish nitrogen fringe moving west to east. From Spaceweather.com "Pink is hard to make because it requires particles from the sun to penetrate unusually deep into Earth's atmosphere. Most auroras are green, a color that comes from electrons hitting oxygen atoms 100 km to 300 km above Earth's surface. Pink requires those electrons to burrow even deeper, below 100 km, where they can find molecular nitrogen. N2 produces the pink. This "nitrogen fringe" appears only during strong storms with extra-penetrating particles from space."
Traffic beacon markers leading visually towards the image of a motorcyclist on a hot summer morning with very high air temperature.
Photograph taken in Alcalá street, next to the El Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain.
TRÁFICO VERANIEGO EN MADRID, 2023
Marcadores de baliza de tráfico que conducen visualmente hacia la imagen de un motociclista en una calurosa mañana de verano, con una temperatura del aire muy alta.
Fotografía tomada en la calle Alcalá, junto al Parque del Retiro, Madrid, España
flickr turns 21, and what better way to celebrate than with a 21-day photo challenge? Today’s theme: BOLD!
Photography offers endless ways to interpret boldness—whether it’s through striking colors, dramatic contrasts, or fearless compositions. This shot embodies boldness with its vivid interplay of iridescent bismuth and the deep red-black tones of the glass bowl beneath it. The geometric patterns, reflective surfaces, and intense hues create a visually powerful statement, making this piece stand out with confidence.
Ways to Interpret "Bold" in Photography:
📌 Bold Colors – Vibrant, saturated hues that demand attention
📌 Bold Contrast – Strong light-to-dark transitions for high-impact visuals
📌 Bold Composition – Unconventional angles, leading lines, or dynamic framing
📌 Bold Subject Matter – Unique, daring, or thought-provoking imagery
📌 Bold Textures – Sharp details and intricate patterns that pop
From color explosions to monochrome minimalism, from fearless artistic choices to powerful visual storytelling, boldness is about making a statement.
Let’s push creative boundaries and celebrate 21 years of inspiring photography—one bold image at a time! 🎂🎊📷
#Flickr21 #BoldPhotography #PhotoChallenge #Bismuth #Colors #AbstractArt #MacroMagic
The Large-billed Tern is an unmistakable South American species, and the only member of the genus Phaetusa. The large, heavy bill and striking wing pattern with black primaries, white secondaries, and a gray back, make this bird visually distinctive. During the breeding season, this species can be found along broad, inland rivers and lakes, nesting on the sandy shores in mixed species colonies with Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) and Yellow-billed Terns (Sternula superciliaris). During the nonbreeding season, some of the population congregates on the eastern coast of South America in coastal mangroves, beaches, and estuaries. Young birds are prized pets of Native Americans in certain parts of the Large-billed Tern’s range. Common throughout most of its range, the Large-billed Tern’s main threats are habitat disturbance and egg-collecting.
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Good Stewards of Nature
A total Solar Eclipse is a marvel to see. It is an experience that arguably transcends both spiritual and scientific emotions and logic. Spending a year and a half in planning, along with a two-thousand mile journey to see something that lasted for less than two minutes might sound crazy -- but believe me, it is not. Each photo shown is really seven separate exposure photos combined with Photomatix Pro software. The only difference between the three totality photos was in the camera speed. This allowed me to capture different levels of the corona during the eclipse. Each has its own beauty, but no photo will ever be able to capture the experience of visually witnessing a Solar Eclipse.