What great colors you have Janis! Gorgeous! Awesome! WOW! Pardon my ignorance, are those the edible Ollas? They look like a type of houseplant sold here sometimes, which I can't think of the name of. Will go see if I have any color handy, but methinks pale in comparison. That neon pink is wonderful!
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Liveliness in photography takes all kinds of different forms. The translation of colour with a digital camera always blows me away. It made it easier to go from b&w film to digital years ago.
When I tell you what the leaves are you will think, "of course I knew that". They're Canna leaves lit at the end of the day.
What great colors you have Janis! Gorgeous! Awesome! WOW! Pardon my ignorance, are those the edible Ollas? They look like a type of houseplant sold here sometimes, which I can't think of the name of. Will go see if I have any color handy, but methinks pale in comparison. That neon pink is wonderful!
Liveliness in photography takes all kinds of different forms. The translation of colour with a digital camera always blows me away. It made it easier to go from b&w film to digital years ago.
When I tell you what the leaves are you will think, "of course I knew that". They're Canna leaves lit at the end of the day.
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple, last week at 29.6N.
Cypress Trees are going rust here now.
otc suggested we post pics of our places, so here is mine... never had anyone break in through the roof.
I will ask around and find out what this building was, maybe phone switching or somesuch?
This is an adult White-crowned Sparrow, of the nominate leucophrys subspecies, which is the type found in the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. Note pinkish bill and black in lores (between eye and bill). Some subspecies are orange-billed, some gray lored, some are migratory and some are not.
The immature White-crowned Sparrow have brown and buff crown stripes until next spring.
Hope all are doing well! Play it safe!
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Now that is a bunker! Playing it safe, are you ; ).
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple, last week at 29.6N.
Cypress Trees are going rust here now.
otc suggested we post pics of our places, so here is mine... never had anyone break in through the roof.
I will ask around and find out what this building was, maybe phone switching or somesuch?
This is an adult White-crowned Sparrow, of the nominate leucophrys subspecies, which is the type found in the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. Note pinkish bill and black in lores (between eye and bill). Some subspecies are orange-billed, some gray lored, some are migratory and some are not.
The immature White-crowned Sparrow have brown and buff crown stripes until next spring.
@dystopian
It makes my place look like a shack.
Nice shots. I really love the orange tones in the Bigtooth Maple leaves.
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple, last week at 29.6N.
Cypress Trees are going rust here now.
otc suggested we post pics of our places, so here is mine... never had anyone break in through the roof.
I will ask around and find out what this building was, maybe phone switching or somesuch?
This is an adult White-crowned Sparrow, of the nominate leucophrys subspecies, which is the type found in the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. Note pinkish bill and black in lores (between eye and bill). Some subspecies are orange-billed, some gray lored, some are migratory and some are not.
The immature White-crowned Sparrow have brown and buff crown stripes until next spring.
Hope all are doing well! Play it safe!
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
well, for obvious reasons, i haven't gotten out much to take pictures this year. my camera is sitting forlorn and feeling abandoned in its closet, its batteries slowly draining out.
well, for obvious reasons, i haven't gotten out much to take pictures this year. my camera is sitting forlorn and feeling abandoned in its closet, its batteries slowly draining out.
@janis b
sits in same manner in my closet. I wanted to get it out and take photos of the birds who live with us on our patio and I think I am pretty ready to do so. Just that the little I got to know about taking photos is all gone and has to be relearned. But I can't wait posting the photos of our birds here. I could imagine Dystopian might like them.
May be I can make a video of their 'talk'. Lately we had serious family in-fighting among some of them. Would be fun to ask Dystopian if he can recognize the birds by their 'talk'.
Have a very good one in these awful times, janis. It's such a joy to read and watch this Friday evening series. BTW the colors of our leaves are so strong, you can't get your eyes off them. We have beautiful deep red japanese maples in the front yard and at the side of our patio.
make me want to dedicate next Friday's Photography to getting the cameras out of the closet ; ).
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sits in same manner in my closet. I wanted to get it out and take photos of the birds who live with us on our patio and I think I am pretty ready to do so. Just that the little I got to know about taking photos is all gone and has to be relearned. But I can't wait posting the photos of our birds here. I could imagine Dystopian might like them.
May be I can make a video of their 'talk'. Lately we had serious family in-fighting among some of them. Would be fun to ask Dystopian if he can recognize the birds by their 'talk'.
Have a very good one in these awful times, janis. It's such a joy to read and watch this Friday evening series. BTW the colors of our leaves are so strong, you can't get your eyes off them. We have beautiful deep red japanese maples in the front yard and at the side of our patio.
@Socialprogressive
great photos SP! Awesome bird shots! I love that Wood Duck. Every one is a winner though! Outstanding work man!
I really love that shot, Janis. It jumps right off the page at you.
Some shots of a few of the local residents at nearby Santee Lakes.
Male Wood Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Mr and Mrs Wood Duck
Snowy Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Green Heron
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
@Socialprogressive
Google "Andean Duck". There are always several to a bunch of pairs and ducklings at Laguna LLaviucu, a wetlands recovery project of an old abandoned brewery along a stream from the high Cajas Mountains, that is administered by Parque Nacional Cajas. There are also Andean Teal, Andean gulls, and the Gray Breasted Mountain Toucan (somewhat hard to find) there often. I've seen the gulls higher, ~12,000', along the road up into the park and then down to the coast and Guayaquil.
I really love that shot, Janis. It jumps right off the page at you.
Some shots of a few of the local residents at nearby Santee Lakes.
Male Wood Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Mr and Mrs Wood Duck
Snowy Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Green Heron
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@Socialprogressive
birds. DH and I love birds and have the mini library of bird books from the US and now France, Europe and GB. Many birds here can be pan EurAsian, so it is a whole new world for us.
We have seen some very similar birds if not exactly the same as we saw in the Pacific NW: English Sparrows, Crows, MagPies, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Belted Kingfisher, Common Swifts, White Egrets, Night Herons, Common Snipe, Coots (although different), Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Golden Eagles, Pheasants, Osprey, Blackbird (really a Black Robin - all behaviors, body size and shape the same, sings more and during the day in Spring. The birdsong at the end of the Beatle's Blackbird is the real deal).
We miss terribly Humming Birds, which are strictly a North and South American bird group; Juncos, Quail (California), Black Headed Grosbeaks, Swainson's Thrush, Varied Thrush.
We do have multiple versions of five, of Chickadees (Mésanges), Green Woodpecker (gorgeous)flies like a Flicker - flap, flap, gliiiide, Herons, Egrets, Eurasian Orioles,
Our latitude is the same as Astoria, Oregon, Mt. St. Helens and that creates weather much the same with continental variables thrown in, making it more complex, with the Atlantic and Mediterranean on either side.
We feel that if say six couples of Annas were brought here, they would thrive. All the conditions and bugs are right. The Europeans rarely distinguish Natives (how far back do you want to go?) from locals. If they are here, they are here.
Now some birds which are exotic to us but found throughout GB and Europe are: Cuckoos, Huppoe, Nightengale, and many small but incredibly colored birds. The Owls here are noisy and many. We still have some sounding at night, but expect that to change when the next blast of cold, rainy weather arrives.
We have to have at least two books: French with Latin names to British common names and Latin. Otherwise we can't pin down what they are. It makes life interesting.
Thanks again for the wonderful bird photos.
I really love that shot, Janis. It jumps right off the page at you.
Some shots of a few of the local residents at nearby Santee Lakes.
Male Wood Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Mr and Mrs Wood Duck
Snowy Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Green Heron
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I only have time for a drive by tonight. These three photos were taken from the patio of the Madre Tierra Eco Spa and Resort, Vilcabamaba, Ecuador. in Feb 2020. The three were spaced over 20-30 minutes as we sat on the patio eating dinner. I'm not sure I've seen the sky put on such a nice display. The mountain is called The Sleeping Inca by locals. You'll see him. I may have posted these here before but I'm not sure. Later.
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"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..."
I only have time for a drive by tonight. These three photos were taken from the patio of the Madre Tierra Eco Spa and Resort, Vilcabamaba, Ecuador. in Feb 2020. The three were spaced over 20-30 minutes as we sat on the patio eating dinner. I'm not sure I've seen the sky put on such a nice display. The mountain is called The Sleeping Inca by locals. You'll see him. I may have posted these here before but I'm not sure. Later.
The color brought to you is Red Square.
I was there just about the time there was big controversy over where to put Stalin's body.
Cheers, fellow photographers!
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of colour and geometric composition. Thank you OtC.
The color brought to you is Red Square.
I was there just about the time there was big controversy over where to put Stalin's body.
Cheers, fellow photographers!
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beautiful Janis!
What great colors you have Janis! Gorgeous! Awesome! WOW! Pardon my ignorance, are those the edible Ollas? They look like a type of houseplant sold here sometimes, which I can't think of the name of. Will go see if I have any color handy, but methinks pale in comparison. That neon pink is wonderful!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hi dystopian, happy to see you!
Liveliness in photography takes all kinds of different forms. The translation of colour with a digital camera always blows me away. It made it easier to go from b&w film to digital years ago.
When I tell you what the leaves are you will think, "of course I knew that". They're Canna leaves lit at the end of the day.
ps
My Ollas are these ...
Sorry,
not exactly these, but ones made just like them. This is a photo from google images.
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple
Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple, last week at 29.6N.
Cypress Trees are going rust here now.
otc suggested we post pics of our places, so here is mine... never had anyone break in through the roof.
I will ask around and find out what this building was, maybe phone switching or somesuch?
This is an adult White-crowned Sparrow, of the nominate leucophrys subspecies, which is the type found in the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada. Note pinkish bill and black in lores (between eye and bill). Some subspecies are orange-billed, some gray lored, some are migratory and some are not.
The immature White-crowned Sparrow have brown and buff crown stripes until next spring.
Hope all are doing well! Play it safe!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Swamp Cypress are amazing creatures
Now that is a bunker! Playing it safe, are you ; ).
Nice crib you got there, dystopian
It makes my place look like a shack.
Nice shots. I really love the orange tones in the Bigtooth Maple leaves.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
awesome shot, janis!
i'm a sucker for intense colors and, well, there you go.
have a great weekend!
Thanks joe, nice to see you after ages
I was just thinking today that I missed your colourful photos of flowers and their companions.
I hope you and your family are all doing well.
heh...
well, for obvious reasons, i haven't gotten out much to take pictures this year. my camera is sitting forlorn and feeling abandoned in its closet, its batteries slowly draining out.
this doggoned pandemic can't end too soon.
Forlorn and abandoned, drained in the closet.
How sad, I'm sorry for you both.
To better days!
indeed, georgious photos all around, my camera
sits in same manner in my closet. I wanted to get it out and take photos of the birds who live with us on our patio and I think I am pretty ready to do so. Just that the little I got to know about taking photos is all gone and has to be relearned. But I can't wait posting the photos of our birds here. I could imagine Dystopian might like them.
May be I can make a video of their 'talk'. Lately we had serious family in-fighting among some of them. Would be fun to ask Dystopian if he can recognize the birds by their 'talk'.
Have a very good one in these awful times, janis. It's such a joy to read and watch this Friday evening series. BTW the colors of our leaves are so strong, you can't get your eyes off them. We have beautiful deep red japanese maples in the front yard and at the side of our patio.
Hi mimi, you and joe
make me want to dedicate next Friday's Photography to getting the cameras out of the closet ; ).
Thanks for Friday Photos tonight, Janis.
I really love that shot, Janis. It jumps right off the page at you.
Some shots of a few of the local residents at nearby Santee Lakes.
Male Wood Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Mr and Mrs Wood Duck
Snowy Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Green Heron
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi Social
The Green Heron is absolutely beautiful in its subtle colours and patterns of its wings. Thank you for making it visible to us.
Thank you, Janis.
The best part about Friday photos is getting to see what everyone else here is seeing.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Totally agree Social
great pics SP!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thank you, dystopian.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Awesome duck photos.
"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..."
SP a long overdue thank you for your gorgeous photos of
We have seen some very similar birds if not exactly the same as we saw in the Pacific NW: English Sparrows, Crows, MagPies, Starlings, Barn Swallows, Belted Kingfisher, Common Swifts, White Egrets, Night Herons, Common Snipe, Coots (although different), Goshawk, Northern Harrier, Golden Eagles, Pheasants, Osprey, Blackbird (really a Black Robin - all behaviors, body size and shape the same, sings more and during the day in Spring. The birdsong at the end of the Beatle's Blackbird is the real deal).
We miss terribly Humming Birds, which are strictly a North and South American bird group; Juncos, Quail (California), Black Headed Grosbeaks, Swainson's Thrush, Varied Thrush.
We do have multiple versions of five, of Chickadees (Mésanges), Green Woodpecker (gorgeous)flies like a Flicker - flap, flap, gliiiide, Herons, Egrets, Eurasian Orioles,
Our latitude is the same as Astoria, Oregon, Mt. St. Helens and that creates weather much the same with continental variables thrown in, making it more complex, with the Atlantic and Mediterranean on either side.
We feel that if say six couples of Annas were brought here, they would thrive. All the conditions and bugs are right. The Europeans rarely distinguish Natives (how far back do you want to go?) from locals. If they are here, they are here.
Now some birds which are exotic to us but found throughout GB and Europe are: Cuckoos, Huppoe, Nightengale, and many small but incredibly colored birds. The Owls here are noisy and many. We still have some sounding at night, but expect that to change when the next blast of cold, rainy weather arrives.
We have to have at least two books: French with Latin names to British common names and Latin. Otherwise we can't pin down what they are. It makes life interesting.
Thanks again for the wonderful bird photos.
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.
Consider helping by donating using the button in the upper left hand corner. Thank you.
Thanks for hosting Janis
Mostly white at the moment, so here's a little colour from months ago.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Evening Bollox
Mostly white, that means snow and frost?
Keep warm in the available light. Say hi to Fred from me.
Yep, snow and ice.... lovely
Fred is his normal Freddy self:
That's quite the plant at the beginning of the post.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Gorgeous photo janis
I only have time for a drive by tonight. These three photos were taken from the patio of the Madre Tierra Eco Spa and Resort, Vilcabamaba, Ecuador. in Feb 2020. The three were spaced over 20-30 minutes as we sat on the patio eating dinner. I'm not sure I've seen the sky put on such a nice display. The mountain is called The Sleeping Inca by locals. You'll see him. I may have posted these here before but I'm not sure. Later.
"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now..."
Lucky you two
Another - The Sleeping Giant (Kauai) ...
attribution: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/31/hawaii-3-free-and-totally-awesome...
The color brought to you is
The color brought to you is Red Square.
I was there just about the time there was big controversy over where to put Stalin's body.
Cheers, fellow photographers!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
What a perfect photo
of colour and geometric composition. Thank you OtC.