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A discussion with a friend about my 365.
Him: "What happened this summer?"
Me: "What do you mean?"
Him: "Well it was happy cheerful C-Wex and the all of a sudden emo C-Wex"
Me laughing:"yeah"
I didn't realize how happy I was and how this translated into my pictures and life, hopefully more happy pictures will be on the way.
i made a set of these tags for a swap i'm in. i tweaked it to add some holiday bling. (i know, it's techinally not a card!).
i used hero arts cl170 and the silver blings are from another hero arts set that i can't find the number to!! i also used stickles in the whisps (i don't know what they are called!) and the star.
Raining for some time when departing Glacier Bay, around sunset the clouds finally parted enough to allow for a majestic show.
Fresh cut hay rests in a field overlooking the ocean. The sun sets causing a beautiful orange sky. Wisps of grass blow in the wind in the foreground.
I have taken the liberty of naming this adorable little yearling sow "Whisp" for her diminutive size, also she doesn't know it yet, but she's about to be spending the rest of her afternoon at the top of the oak due to the arrival of Bazooka Joe and his date....
The black stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) in these pictures were associating with pied stilt (Himantopus himantopus) on the Ashley River Estuary. These are young birds that have only just assumed their adult plumage, a few whisps of juvenile mottled white are observable around the rump.
One of the rarest wading birds in the world with less than 50 birds remaining. Endemic to New Zealand.These immature birds (they will lose the white plumage as they mature) are tagged and were probably raised in the Department of Conservation kaki sanctuary at Twizel before being released into the wild.
Kakī have completely black plumage and long red legs. Young kakī have black and white plumage until 18 months old, when they become all black.
Once common throughout New Zealand, kakī are now restricted to the braided rivers and wetlands of the Mackenzie Basin, South Canterbury. At the time of European settlement, kakī were found in many of New Zealand’s rivers and wetlands. There was plenty of habitat and the risk of predation was low. As European settlement intensified, New Zealand’s environment began to change. Settlers introduced foreign plants and animals, drained wetlands for development, and channelised rivers. With the spread of new predators and extensive modification of their habitat, by 1981 kakī numbers declined to a low of just 23 birds.
Kakī are critically endangered.
They are found in braided riverbeds, side streams, swamps and tarns and sometimes on lake margins and irrigated paddocks if there is good feed available. Most riverbed birds migrate to the coast in winter, but kakī usually continue to feed on the parts of river and delta which do not freeze over.
Kakī first breed when aged two or three years, and are known to mate for life. If they cannot find a kakī mate, they may sometimes breed with the pied stilt, a close relative.
Each pair of kakī defends a territory, and nest alone, on stable banks near the water in braided riverbeds, side streams and swamps. They rely on camouflage to protect their eggs and chicks, and actively defend their nests.
Incubation is shared equally by the parents and takes 25 days. Within hours, newly hatched chicks can hunt for food and swim if necessary.
Kakī are opportunistic feeders, mostly taking aquatic insects, molluscs and small fish.
They can wade out into deeper, slower moving water than most riverbed birds, reaching reach down to catch insects, such as mayfly and caddisfly larvae, on the river bottom. Sometimes they dart at insects and small fish in shallow rapids or muddy areas. Unlike pied stilts and other waders, they can also feed by using a scything motion with their bill.
Caspar is a Fairyland Minifee Mio. He is on a female M-Line body, which has been modified to be male.
Face up by me.
Body blushing, nail painting, and tattoos by me.
Wg by me.
Photographing smoke art is one of the most rewarding aspects of home photography. We've all seen the wispy strands that float and glide through the air, but it's not until these trails are frozen in time do we see the true beauty and elegance of their construction.
In many images it's possible to see a subject within the smoke.
The advantage of smoke art photography is that - compared to water droplets - the patterns take longer to form so it's easier to judge when to take the shot. It's when the scene is viewed on the screen that the true diversity and uniqueness of the patterns is realised.
This was processed in Photoshop to highlight the patterns that exist within the formations.
The smoke was created by burning an incense stick against a black background. The light was a flashgun behind and below at an angle of 45° upwards with black card between the flash unit and the subject so that the light hit the smoke, but not the camera lens. The result was processed in Photoshop.
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This is the last set of smoke art to be produced using this method. With so many uploads, it's difficult to create original ideas. So now I will be concentrating on a different and more creative method which I plan to have ready within a few months.
Watch this space.
I saw Cesar Millan last night at a local theater. He put on a Wonderful, Hillarious show with Junior at his side.
It's cold outside and there are whisps of snow falling. I'm warm inside but tied to a desk and 3 monitors for the next 6 hours.
I'd always wanted to try a shot with long exposures and the sea. This was one of my favourites. I wish I could have gotten a better angle but it was difficult given that I was faced with the freezing cold sea and didn't particularly want to get swept away. I was only 3 weeks engaged so it was not worth risking my life!
Taken at Christmas last year when I was up in Thurso.