Friday Night Photos Dreaming Edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 5:00pm

Happy Friday everyone. As always, post any photos you like.

I spent a little time yesterday playing around on the deep dream generator website.

The site has filters you can apply to your photos or you can load your own images to use as a filter.
Depending on the filter and the photo it's used on the results can range from underwhelming to spectacular.

Base photo. Fine art shop Chinatown San Francisco

Filter photo. Orchid show display San Diego

Deep dream final result

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 7:46pm

Nice work Social

I like the final image most of all. I'd prefer to be in that shop rather than the original.

A couple images from a week and a half ago ...

Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:01pm

For you

@janis b

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:07pm

GREAT pic SD!

@snoopydawg great pic SD! Luv yer fuzzy. Wonderful.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:24pm

Thank you snoopy

@snoopydawg @snoopydawg

There's something so beautiful and tactile about them, even in a photo. Your photo is wonderful.

I just read that the bark has salicin, a natural pain reliever which one easily make ...
https://practicalselfreliance.com/willow-bark/

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:34pm

Thanks

@dystopian

It’s been fun watching them bloom out this year. A family planted it recently for a loved one and they also feed the birds next to the stream.

@janis b

There’s a bench next to the tree and I sit and watch the bees play on the buds. It’s a weeping tree and it seems to have bloomed early this year. The bees coat their stomach with the pollen and become more yellow as they fly off.

I always thought they grew on vines not trees cuz I’ve only seen them in flower arrangements. Live and learn.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:45pm

I have such a strong memory

@snoopydawg

of them in the NE landscapes I lived in. They also make such beautiful cut arrangements, all by themselves

From wiki ...

Europe[edit]
The flowering shoots of pussy willow are used both in Europe and America for spring religious decoration on Palm Sunday, as a replacement for palm branches, which do not grow that far north.[3]

Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox; Ruthenian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Bavarian, and Austrian

Roman Catholics; Finnish and Baltic Lutherans and Orthodox; and various other Eastern European peoples carry pussy willows on Palm Sunday instead of palm branches. This custom has continued to this day among Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Ruthenian Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Kashubian Catholic and Polish Catholic émigrés to North America. Sometimes, on Palm Sunday they will bless both palms and pussy willows in church. The branches will often be preserved throughout the year in the family's icon corner.[4]

Pussy willow also plays a prominent role in Polish Dyngus Day (Easter Monday) observances, continued also among Polish-Americans,[5] especially in the Buffalo, New York, area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_willow

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:40pm

Hi, Snoopy.

@snoopydawg
Beautiful shot.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:27pm

Thanks Snoops. Wild looking.

@snoopydawg

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:08pm

great pics Janis!

@janis b Hi Janis, GREAT pics! All dark and mysterious... very nice.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:25pm

Thanks dystopian

@dystopian

I hope you are well and as content as possible in life.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 12:27am

A question for you dystopian

@dystopian

Do you know any birds in America that are able to fly through very dense forest with great speed and agility?

Submitted by ovals49 on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 5:43am

Here in the north east us we have Cooper’s Hawks

@janis b
The Cooper’s Hawk

Cooper’s hawks are agile forest hawks. They feed mostly on smaller birds. The long curved tail helps them maneuver through forests while hunting. The curved tail is a good way to tell a Cooper’s hawk from a sharp-shinned hawk.

They prey mostly on smaller birds but may also eat small reptiles and small mammals. Because of the short wings and long tail, Cooper’s hawks are very maneuverable. As with most raptors, Cooper’s hawks exhibit reverse sexual dimorphism… the females are larger than the males.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 10:15pm

Hi ovals and el

@ovals49

I wish I could find a video or take one, of the endemic Tui in flight. I have never seen a flyer as fast and as able to navigate with such precision such densely covered forest (bush).

Submitted by dystopian on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 9:20am

figures they'd be fast...

@janis b In general most landbirds that are forest dwellers fly in the 20-40 mph range, some faster but probably mostly trying to evade an accipiter. Some might hit 50 mph. I think it is generally considered about 14mph, the slowest a bird can maintain flight without wind assistance providing lift. With wind, many (particularly hawks and relatives) can hover in place without flapping. They need about 15 mph of it.

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Submitted by janis b on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 11:46pm

That's interesting dystopian

@dystopian

Hawks can hover and then descend at 120mph, plus.

Generally there's not a hawk in the vicinity when I observe the Tuis zooming by. I figure they're just in a hurry to get home or chasing another bird from it's territory.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:11pm

The sharpshin hawk that Ovals mentioned also can do that.

@janis b

I'm pretty sure that most chickadees and hummingbirds also have that talent depending upon what range of speeds you have in mind.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by dystopian on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 9:21am

sorry to be slow on this...

@janis b @janis b Hi Janis, sorry to be slow getting back to you... O49 and EL answered well though. Accipiters are the group of fast flying hawks that use cover to launch a surprise attack. The Cooper's Hawk O49 mentioned is one, there are representitives all over the world of these short winged long tailed hawks. In general if you want to fly fast, you do that in the open skies, like Falcons or Swifts (both capable of 100-200 mph range). Speed does not mix well with obstacles.

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Submitted by janis b on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 11:51pm

"Speed does not mix well with obstacles."

@dystopian

Thanks for the information and your funny interpretations.

The Kahu is the bird of prey I see here.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:35pm

Thank you, Janis.

@janis b
Nice shots.
I too like the mash up shot of the art shop more than the original.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:21pm

Thanks Janis. Your usual great play on (& with)

@janis b

light and shadow?dark.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 11:19pm

It seems like

@enhydra lutris

I am often in a place that juggles the balance of light and dark, as I'm sure most of us are.

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:06pm

hi pixelators

Hi all, Hey SP! Neat stuff SP. Man those Chinese know how to do art. And isn't an orchid show in a class by itself?

Be well all!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:47pm

Thank you, dystopian

@dystopian
The orchid display was from the San Diego Orchid Society' spring show last weekend.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:25pm

Thanks SP

Quite the shop.

Here's the local nature centre from a year ago.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 8:59pm

Evening, BR

@Bollox Ref
What a beautiful looking day that was. Nice shot.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 9:23am

Looks my kind of spot

@Bollox Ref Great pic BR! Looks like a nice piece of habitat! Bet it has good birds! Butterflies and dragonflies too. Very nice, thanks!

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Submitted by The Liberal Moonbat on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 11:21pm

What Dreams May Come

tir-na-nog-land-of-the-ever-young-tighe-odonoghueross.jpg

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 12:22am

Wonderful selection Moonbat

@The Liberal Moonbat

My favourites are the first and last one. The first, because it is thoroughly engaging in wonder and aesthetically pleasing. The last, because of essentially the same reasons, even though in style and media they are so different.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 9:12am

Cool stuff, Moonbat

@The Liberal Moonbat
Being a cat person, I really like the giant cat walking through city traffic.

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Submitted by TheOtherMaven on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 11:16am

3rd one is the famous "wraparound" cover to the

@The Liberal Moonbat

Ballantine paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings. (Left to right: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.)

The artist hadn't read the book(s), but nevertheless managed to capture some of the essence of what it was about.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:17pm

Great Pics!

@The Liberal Moonbat
Somewhere I have a sardonic variant of the last one -
It was shot out in the Mojave, vaguely near California City- with nothing all around as far as the eye can see and smack dab in the center is a dumpster piled high to overflowing with assorted refuse.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 10:17pm

If not too much trouble

@enhydra lutris

I'd like to see that!

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 10:33am

I'd like to find it again, I took it ages ago, probably on film

@janis b

but I'll keep an eye out for it.

be well and have a good one.

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Submitted by dystopian on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 9:26am

thanks EL!

@enhydra lutris I was going to guess somewhere along the shores of the rising Salton Sea. I have seen things just like that out there...

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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
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Submitted by orlbucfan on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 6:43pm

@The Liberal Moonbat You an ex-acid freak?

@The Liberal Moonbat You an ex-acid freak? Love the images. Super trippy.

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Submitted by The Liberal Moonbat on Tue, 03/29/2022 - 1:29am

Christ, no

@orlbucfan I honestly don't like drugs.

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Submitted by eyo on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 8:41am

Four minute crane fly hatch in dirt patch

Saw something wriggling in the dirt when I was down there sweeping up catkins and oak pollen, so ran and grabbed camera and magnifier. Science! lol Oak tree catkin debris always makes a Tobacco Road earworm fall out my lint trap, the one with Eric Burden usually. "gonna build me a new road". Right on. Anyway, even plain brown dirt produces life. Short and sweet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly

"exiting pupa" ...

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Make dirt, not war.

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 9:21am

Good morning, eyo.

@eyo
Nice catch of the hatch in the dirt patch. Okay, that's enough rhyming for one morning.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:20pm

Cool. Science indeed. Thanks

@eyo

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 10:25pm

Hi eyo

@eyo

The exiting pupa are a treat. How neat that you observed it. Those kind of moments are so special. Thank you for photographing it for others to enjoy vicariously.

'Make dirt, not war' is as touching as the original expression.

Submitted by dystopian on Sun, 03/27/2022 - 9:28am

Outstanding eyo!

@eyo GREAT series eyo! Wonderful! Very cool. Thanks!

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 3:18pm

Thanks social, great pics (and music).

Thanks for the link to that site too, perhaps I'll get time to go play with it.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by orlbucfan on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 6:35pm

My little posse of 5 orchids including one

rescued from an Arena garbage can are blooming and/or getting set to do so. I usually kill any plant I try and raise so I'm like THRILLED!! You all checked out the Oscars? Will Smith made a jackass out of himself. PO'ed me off cos it took away from Questlove's win for Best Documentary for The Summer of Soul. Anywho, always look for this posting every week.
Rec'd!!

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