Random Photos

[DennisN]

A western jackdaw with an open mouth, shot today:
(that beak looks pretty sharp )

 

[Tom.G]

Well! It certainly looks like you caught a prime incarnation.

 

[morrobay]

Well! It certainly looks like you caught a prime incarnation.

Same Thai girl: Neng, 39

 

[morrobay]

And another one : Kul , 41.Black on Black

 

[TonyStewart]

I had a visitor one day in my $50 poly solarium over patio awning during the winter. It is sealed from snow and rain but there is a small exit for my dog which this Blue Jay discovered (near Toronto like the baseball team). It took about 10 minutes for him to find the exit. It wasn't interested in the multi-grain bread pc on the table that I tossed in nor the cast-iron rusty cat.
Canon EOS REBEL T2i f/5.6

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

As I was leaving small supermarket, a Russian lady with a parrot.

 

[DennisN]

I had a visitor one day in my $50 poly solarium over patio awning during the winter. It is sealed from snow and rain but there is a small exit for my dog which this Blue Jay discovered

What a beautiful bird! Lovely "pastel" light blue color!

 

[DennisN]

As I was leaving small supermarket, a Russian lady with a parrot.

A gorgeous bird! They are such cool animals!

 

[DennisN]

Red leaves with a rainbow lens flare...
I haven't seen this effect with any of my other lenses.

(Lens: Yashica Auto Yashikor 35mm f/2.8)

 

[phinds]

A very happy foot bridge

 

[BillTre]

Hydro-Dynamics in Action:

 

[DennisN]

Hydro-Dynamics in Action:

A stunningly cool capture!

 

[pinball1970]

A stunningly cool capture!

It looks like CGI it's so perfect!

 

[pinball1970]

Red leaves with a rainbow lens flare...
I haven't seen this effect with any of my other lenses.

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(Lens: Yashica Auto Yashikor 35mm f/2.8)

Beautiful, the rainbow frames it. Lovely image.

 

[pinball1970]

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When I retire I would like one these guys. Read up on them first.

 

[pinball1970]

By the way, I just checked the fieldfare page on Swedish Wikipedia and saw these two nice photos:

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Turdus pilaris in snow, Väsby, by EstrellaSuecia

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Turdus pilaris in Stockholm, Sweden in 2015 by Frankie Fouganthin

I think they are gorgeous birds.

They are gorgeous. The plumage is quite Thrush like but I am not an expert.
You have anything nice @Astranut ?

 

[DennisN]

When I retire I would like one these guys. Read up on them first.

I've thought about that too. Or some other bird.
But in my case I have feeling it won't be good to combine them with cats, and I'll probably have cats all my life, since I enjoy them very much.

Parrots, as far as I understand, bond strongly with their owner and consider them a mate. Which means they can get jealous.

By the way, I've discovered that cats can get jealous too.
Sometimes when one of my female cats is lying on my chest, the other female cat tries to get in between the other cat and my head. Competition for attention.

 

[jtbell]

Sign of the South:

 

[gmax137]

I haven't seen any peanut farms here in Nevada, will have to look into that. I do love boiled peanuts!

 

[DennisN]

Flag time... I was down at a marina on a windy day and happened to shoot some flags.
Do you know them?

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Germany.

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Netherlands.

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Denmark.

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Sweden.

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Norway.

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EU (European Union).

 

[Ibix]

I got $(5+i)/6$. I carelessly said France instead of the Netherlands, but since I'm only out by 90° I claim $i$ points for that.

 

[pinball1970]

Flag time... I was down at a marina on a windy day and happened to shoot some flags.
Do you know them?

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Germany.

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That is Navy not black?

 

[pinball1970]

I totally messed that up but that stripe is not black in the German flag.

 

[DennisN]

I totally messed that up but that stripe is not black in the German flag.

I didn't pay attention to the actual color when I was there.
Maybe it looks dark blue on that photo due to partial transparency of the flag (i.e. the light from the blue background sky comes partly through, just a guess), and/or I did something weird when I edited in Photoshop .

Here's another photo with four of the flags from another angle:

It looks at least to me like the flags are partially transparent.

 

[DennisN]

Summer is here, so here are some plants:

Yellow roses:

Flowering bush (Spirea):

Yellow flowers on a tree:
(Google picture search says the species is golden chain (Laburnum anagyroides))

(Lens used (all three photos): Yashinon-DS 50mm f/1.9)

 

[morrobay]

 

[nsaspook]

18 years old ...

 

[DennisN]

A lovely redstart singing a tune in the afternoon:

 

[Rive]

When you make a bunch of photos of a noisy hole on a tree, some of them are bound to be lucky, right?

This harmless looking plant has quite an epic name: might be translated as 'scythe-bane', I think...

After rain

I did not dare to bring any decent gear to that hike, and I was sooo right