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Photo of the day: December 2013

Red-tailed Hawk:

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Last one...for now.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Another Christmas shot that didn't quite work. Ideally I wanted to get closer, but this was the closest my lens would allow.
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Not a perfect remedy but if you take your lens off. Flip it round and hold it very close to your camera body (essentially trying to put it on the wrong way round) you will find it will become an extreme macro lens with your hand moving the lens adjusting the focus.

Maybe that's too close but a fun thing to try! Just make sure you don't get either the front/back element or sensor dirty!

On set yesterday:


Great location yesterday but I should hope so too for the price! by acearchie, on Flickr
 
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Melizard said:
These flowers were growing at a large WWII battle site in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. It is amazing how peaceful the area is today.
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Here in UK we wear red poppies (made out of paper) to remember those in fell in war. Poppies were one of the few flowers that would grow in the ravaged landscapes of Northern France. John McCrae, a Canadian, was serving in World War I, and wrote a poem, In Flanders Field, to mark the death of a friend. The Americans were the first, in 1918, to wear poppies to remember the war dead. I’ve always considered the wearing of poppies to be a purely British tradition... but I was wrong...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
 
Doylem said:
Here in UK we wear red poppies (made out of paper) to remember those in fell in war. Poppies were one of the few flowers that would grow in the ravaged landscapes of Northern France. John McCrae, a Canadian, was serving in World War I, and wrote a poem, In Flanders Field, to mark the death of a friend. The Americans were the first, in 1918, to wear poppies to remember the war dead. I’ve always considered the wearing of poppies to be a purely British tradition... but I was wrong...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
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We wear poppies in Canada as well. In general, the battles in the war of the Pacific are largely unknown in Canada since it was primarily fought between the Japanese and the Americans. I went to Guadalcanal for work, and learned about this site where a bunch of US armoured vehicles are abandoned (more photos to come). It wasn't on a map or anything, so it was tricky to find. Once there I learned that over 3,000 Japanese had died and were buried at this location. A local man showed me some of their bones and I was absolutely shocked. I still don't know how to react to it. It's hard to imagine what it must have been like.
 
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