More my type of temperature. Missus was moaning it was too warm here the other day. Was only about 21 degrees. I still had my thermals on and sweater. Needs to be 38 degrees plus before I even take my sweater off.CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:03 am69E6FC12-04C9-4DC8-B607-7660ECEEB1D0.png
Think that’s about 44c in your money
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It is brutal right now BW. Dog won’t go for a walk till midnight because the tarmac scorches his paws, and I’m driving around at 3pm because the ac in the car cools me down more efficiently.
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Don't take dogs out here to be fair if it's over 75 degrees. We have a big garden though to run in. Interesting you find it too hot. I'd be in my element at those temperatures.CharlieinNewMexico wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:19 amIt is brutal right now BW. Dog won’t go for a walk till midnight because the tarmac scorches his paws, and I’m driving around at 3pm because the ac in the car cools me down more efficiently.
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I think it’s because I know it’s just the start of 2 months of this
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You not got A/C in the house? Only ask as I went to Tulsa once and came out of the shower wetter than while I was in it, such was the humidity. Do Agree, when you come out you're hit with a wall of heat if A/C is on. We resorted to fans in house. Cooled it down to about 80 ish so felt not as bad. I get your point. You need respite, some rain and a cool breeze. Still. Wouldn't mind a week and half of 110 degrees, a few days storms for the plants then back again.
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A beautiful sunrise in a beautiful place
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I showed you the sunrise here's the sunset.beautiful.
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My first attempt at growing sunflowers from seeds. Of course I went for the variety named "Claret"
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Claretlad, great photo, horrid subject
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At the start of lockdown, I started a project about the Little Grebe's on the local park pond. It has been a project that has had lots of downs, and not many ups. Grebe's tend to hatch at 21-25 days after the eggs are laid. The Grebe's have had 3 nests. The first nest was destroyed in high winds at day 19, when a large branch from a tree was blown straight through their home. Nest 2 was destroyed on day 18 when high winds blew the nest across the pond, causing it to crash into the wall of the pond and break up, and the eggs fell into the water and were lost. For information, Little Grebe nests are made from pond material, and float in the pond. The eggs are often covered with weeds, and are unique in that they can still incubate despite this.
Around 4 weeks ago, I went to the pond to photograph the ducks at Sunrise, around 5am, and there, bang smack in the middle of the pond, with no cover, was another nest, and shortly after seeing it, I saw the female lay the first egg. The timer was therefore started again, and I've watched them most days since, until last weekend, when the first chick was born. Another followed on Sunday, a third born on Monday, and finally a 4th chick born on Tuesday. When in the nest, the chicks live under the wings of the adults, popping their heads out to get food when one of the adults returns with food. The chicks are around the size of the inside plastic toy egg in a Kinder egg.
From that point on the adults have been working overtime to catch the chick's favourite meal of small sticklebacks and some insect larvae. I recently counted 38 fish caught in one hour by one of the adults. The adults have also been scaring everything off their territory. Any time a duck, or gull strays into their territory, you can see them dive under the water and nip the feet of the intruder until it flies off. It's noticeable that all of the birds now go to the far outer reaches of the pond if they need to swim around the nest, so as not to get a bite.
Finally, on about day 5 the chicks will leave the nest, and go for a swim, and then clamber onto the backs of the parents, who will swim around the pond with their tiny passengers. And this, is the moment, that all the many hours have been invested for. I can tell you the exact time in a morning that the sunlight illuminates the area they are in (it's much later than 5am, which is when I set out some mornings). I can tell you that in the evening there's 12 minutes of light when the sun set's through the trees.
Anyway, it's been fantastic to watch them to this point, and to have met so many people in the park who have taken an interest in them, and the other wildlife that is all around us. There'll be many more photos to follow, but for now, just one. The first time I had seen them leave the nest for a swim, and scramble onto the adult to continue their journey
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Around 4 weeks ago, I went to the pond to photograph the ducks at Sunrise, around 5am, and there, bang smack in the middle of the pond, with no cover, was another nest, and shortly after seeing it, I saw the female lay the first egg. The timer was therefore started again, and I've watched them most days since, until last weekend, when the first chick was born. Another followed on Sunday, a third born on Monday, and finally a 4th chick born on Tuesday. When in the nest, the chicks live under the wings of the adults, popping their heads out to get food when one of the adults returns with food. The chicks are around the size of the inside plastic toy egg in a Kinder egg.
From that point on the adults have been working overtime to catch the chick's favourite meal of small sticklebacks and some insect larvae. I recently counted 38 fish caught in one hour by one of the adults. The adults have also been scaring everything off their territory. Any time a duck, or gull strays into their territory, you can see them dive under the water and nip the feet of the intruder until it flies off. It's noticeable that all of the birds now go to the far outer reaches of the pond if they need to swim around the nest, so as not to get a bite.
Finally, on about day 5 the chicks will leave the nest, and go for a swim, and then clamber onto the backs of the parents, who will swim around the pond with their tiny passengers. And this, is the moment, that all the many hours have been invested for. I can tell you the exact time in a morning that the sunlight illuminates the area they are in (it's much later than 5am, which is when I set out some mornings). I can tell you that in the evening there's 12 minutes of light when the sun set's through the trees.
Anyway, it's been fantastic to watch them to this point, and to have met so many people in the park who have taken an interest in them, and the other wildlife that is all around us. There'll be many more photos to follow, but for now, just one. The first time I had seen them leave the nest for a swim, and scramble onto the adult to continue their journey
Shutter Speed - 1/500
Aperture - f5.6
ISO 800
Focal Length 600mm (with additional crop)
Exposure Comp -2/3 ev
Spot Metering
Camera - Canon 5DSR
120A5057 by Dan Heap, on Flickr
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Such dedication, dan. No wonder you always produce such special photos.
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Superb photo & great story, Dan.
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Thanks Spades - these have been fascinating to watch, and given me a subject to read up on and learn more about. They were the only subject in the original 2km lockdown here in Ireland that I felt could keep me interested, and here we are nearly 5 months on, and they still have me fascinated. I was there from just after 7:30am yesterday until after 2:30pm to watch them and take these photos, and other than the numb feelings from sitting on tarmac for 7 hours, it was a pleasure.
Thanks Buxton as well, it's appreciated.
Thanks Buxton as well, it's appreciated.
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Fantastic Dan
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I purchased a new phone a couple of days ago, Xiaomi note 9 pro, relatively cheap but I've found it has quite a good camera on it. I edited these in Adobe lightroom. Never taken a photo of the night sky before last night. This could get addictive.
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dandeclaret wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 7:09 pmAt the start of lockdown, I started a project about the Little Grebe's on the local park pond.
Superb Dan
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Thanks Tony and Alp.
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Claretlad, what am I looking at? Is it a leaf insect?
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Spades i think its a praying mantis ...took it today in a French back garden.
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Thanks, Claretlad. Now that you've told me I can see clearly that it is a praying mantis. I was looking at it from the wrong angle. I saw all the green so thought it might be a leaf insect.
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Thompsons Park.
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Llanelli Millenium Wetlands Park yesterday
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Hebden Bridge in spring
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View of Pendle Hill from Crown Point. Feb 2020. Ingleborough in the background.
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Sunset late August..Elie Fife.
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First day in the mountains, this year, and my hiking buddy only selects Carrauntuohill the hard way.
O'Sheas Gully
Looking down the gully to the highest lough in Ireland.
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A short drive to Surfside from Houston, rented a house on stilts for a long weekend, lovely day on arrival, next day the Hurricane started rolling in, finally the walkway to the beach was littered with debris on the day we were leaving.
However an enjoyable time doing nothing but eating drinking and sitting outside for most of the time. Fortunately we only got the edge of the Hurricane but the storm surge was definitely washing lot's of things in and the high tide stayed making sure the beach had about 2/3 foot of sand to walk on. Must have seen some 50 Christmas trees in a very short walk on the beach the last day, goodness knows where they had all been, most if not all seemed burnt, so was thinking maybe been somewhere since Jan when there might have been a lot of fires on the beach for New Year.
However an enjoyable time doing nothing but eating drinking and sitting outside for most of the time. Fortunately we only got the edge of the Hurricane but the storm surge was definitely washing lot's of things in and the high tide stayed making sure the beach had about 2/3 foot of sand to walk on. Must have seen some 50 Christmas trees in a very short walk on the beach the last day, goodness knows where they had all been, most if not all seemed burnt, so was thinking maybe been somewhere since Jan when there might have been a lot of fires on the beach for New Year.
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A Heron on a fishing trip,with the imposing Bass Rock in the background
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Where are all the dark satanic mills?
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Anyhow I have yet to go through my card but wanted to share this greylag.
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