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touristes perdues by Jack_from_Paris

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Paris - 2023

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Shooting in the rain by Anne Elliott

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With the IPERNITY website shutting down at the end of January 2017, people are looking at alternative websites for posting their images. A lot of Flickr people moved over to ipernity, especially since May 2013, many of them leaving Flickr completely. I have exactly the same photostream on ipernity as on Flickr (i.e. 12,659 photos) and I do like the ipernity layout and use. Basically, I only use it as another place to store my photos and descriptions, as I just don't have time to comment, etc. Of course, I have my photos backed up on external hard drives, so it is really all the descriptions that I want to back up at yet another place. Far, far too time-consuming to post more than a handful of my photos elsewhere, and I have to admit I am getting REALLY fed up of having to spend so much precious time. Quite a few people are suggesting the 23hq website, so I thought I would take a look at it this afternoon. Just in case anyone from ipernity (or Flickr) is wondering what 23hq layout looks like, I'm adding a link to my newly created photostream there - only 50-60 photos (so far?). Sorry, but of all the websites I have checked out over the last few years, I still reckon Flickr is the best - despite the fact that there have been two sudden major loss of views in Stats (for me, at least, plus some others) since May 2016, which I don't understand. Too obvious to be a coincidence, and I'm not impressed!

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Our temperature this morning, 6 December 2016, is -20C (windchill -33C!!!!!). I had thought about going on a walk with friends, as I missed the walk last week, but the forecast was for mainly cloud, so I decided not to go. Of course, the sun is shining nicely, sigh, Just as well I didn't go, with a windchill of -33C.

No matter how many times I see one of these owls and no matter how many hundreds/thousands of photos I've taken of them, each owl is as exciting as the very first. This owl was seen on 30 May 2016, SW of the city. I'm not getting the time to get out looking for owls, so no Snowy Owls, Short-eared Owls or Great Grays for quite a while now, so I thought I would at least post a photo of one today.

On this particular day, I decided that for once, I would go out in an evening to look for one of these magnificent birds of prey. Unfortunately, heavy black clouds were already starting to build, with patches of blue sky still showing. Once I hit the main highway, the rain started and continued till I got back home. I was determined to go and check out the various places where I had seen these owls just a few years ago. The two separate owls I found were not far from previous sightings - one along the main road and the other was flying over a distant field. Both were focused on hunting. The first owl flew from post to post, searching for prey. Not a place I particularly wanted to stop, as a number of cars did drive by - had my blinkers turned on. Almost the whole time, I was sitting in my car, with rain pouring in through the open passenger window - but, hey, it's for an OWL! I did get out for maybe three or so minutes, as I know from too much experience that many shots taken from inside my car don't come out. Must have looked rather silly, standing in the rain, to people going by, lol.

Feeling so happy, I decided to drive again along a different area, just to check one last time before going home. That's when I noticed a large bird way off in the distance, flying over a field. I was amazed when it eventually flew to a tree within camera reach and then even more surprised when it flew to a fairly close fence post, which is when I took this shot. Fully zoomed, Focal Length (35mm format) - 1200 mm. The owls looked rather wet and a little wind-blown in most of my photos, but, needless to say, I went home feeling thrilled to bits. I don't remember ever seeing an owl shake the rain off its feathers just like a dog shakes off water, but that is what this one did.

"Although the Great Gray Owl is the tallest American owl with the largest wingspan, it is just a ball of feathers. It preys on small mammals and has relatively small feet. Both the Great Horned and Snowy owls weigh half again as much, and have larger feet and talons. The oldest recorded Great Gray Owl was at least 18 years, 9 months old and lived in Alberta." From AllABoutBirds.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Gray_Owl/lifehistory

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grey_Owl

Spring in the garden by Magda Banach

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JP's at Duxford by Radleigh Bushell

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Rock Pool Reflections by Rich Greene

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The website for Malibu Creek State Park describes the park like this in its opening paragraph:

Considered the recreational crown jewel of the Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu Creek State Park has over 8,000 acres of rolling tallgrass plains, oak savannahs and dramatic peaks. It's no wonder many call it "The Yosemite of Southern California".

The park was owned by 20th Century Fox from 1946-1974, and portions of classic movies like Planet of the Apes, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, M*A*S*H, and have been filmed in and around here.

Rock Pool is now a place where kids hang out on summer weekends and jump off the cliffs into the water -- even though it's specifically prohibited on signs. This lone tree got some nice afternoon light on it and its reflection was framed nicely by these two rocks in the foreground.

Alone by Catherine Reznitchenko

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The Glorious Mockingbird by Douglas Orr

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Front Porch of Bent Creek Lodge, Asheville, NC by Don Iannone, Ph.D., D.Div.

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Vidareidi Church by Graeme Kelly

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I couldn’t resist this shot of the church at Vidareidi, in the Faroe’s Northern Isles. Again I’ve turned to my Big Stopper filter, to make use of the cloud formation over one of the large sea cliffs. Instead of making this a true mono image, I’ve chosen to leave a small remnant of colour in the image, which seemed fitting when the church appeared so modern when viewed against its primordial surroundings.

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Iris by Magda Banach

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On a sunny spring morning pair of large adult Common Ostriches hunt for breakfast. Territorial males fight for a harem of two to seven females. by Viv.....

Yogi Laser by Jenny

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The common ostrich (Struthio camelus) or simply ostrich, is a species of large flightless bird native to certain large areas of Africa. It is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus Struthio in the ratite order of birds. The other is the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes), which was recognized as a distinct species by BirdLife International in 2014 having been previously considered a very distinctive subspecies of ostrich. The common ostrich belongs to the order Struthioniformes. Struthioniformes previously contained all the ratites, such as the kiwis, emus, rheas, and cassowaries. However, recent genetic analysis has found that the group is not monophyletic, as it is paraphyletic with respect to the tinamous, so the ostriches are now classified as the only members of the order. Phylogenetic studies have shown that it is the sister group to all other members of Palaeognathae and thus the flighted tinamous are the sister group to the extinct moa. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs, and can run for a long time at a speed of 55 km/h (34 mph) with short bursts up to about 70 km/h (43 mph), the fastest land speed of any bird. The common ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest eggs of any living bird (the extinct elephant birds of Madagascar and the giant moa of New Zealand laid larger eggs). The common ostrich's diet consists mainly of plant matter, though it also eats invertebrates and small reptiles. It lives in nomadic groups of 5 to 50 birds. When threatened, the ostrich will either hide itself by lying flat against the ground, or run away. If cornered, it can attack with a kick of its powerful legs. Mating patterns differ by geographical region, but territorial males fight for a harem of two to seven females. The common ostrich is farmed around the world, particularly for its feathers, which are decorative and are also used as feather dusters. Its skin is used for leather products and its meat is marketed commercially, with its leanness a common marketing point. R_21455

3 USA- 088a by Mark sh

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Sailing home at sunset by Bram van Broekhoven

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CHK_3500-16x9 by Chris_Ke

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9H-MIP Hi Fly Malta Airbus A380-841 by Sriram Hariharan

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On the public display during Farnborough International Airshow 2018.

An uninvited guest in my garden by Magda Banach

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Dunstanburgh by Graeme Kelly

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What a sorry dejected thing I was. Wandering around the Northumbrian coast, traipsing between Bamburgh, Holy Island and Embelton Bay, muttering to myself “why am I here?” or “what a waste of time this is!” It wasn’t until the morning on the third day of the trip that I had a two minute window of light and colour in which I quickly rattled off a few exposures of Dunstanburgh Castle, including this shot.

That two minute window got me thinking of how I gauge the success of a trip-was it all worth it? This image took 3 days, half a tank of fuel and two nights sleeping in a freezing van with condensation dripping from the roof. I don’t make anything from photography, in fact it’s probably one of my biggest outgoings when you think that it was the main reason for my trips to Iceland and the Faroes. This all sounds like a bit of a whinge, but the fact was that during those two minutes when that small patch of sky lit up and reflected on those wet stones, I had a big smile on my face and wasn’t muttering “why am I here?”

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Gerbera by Magda Banach

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