Photo Of The Day - January 2022

[perez987]

Nice. I didn't realise the weather affecting the Med (e.g. Greece) had gotten that far West.

But this pic is shot a year ago. This time January has been hot and very dry in Spain.

 

[perez987]

Time stops for no one.

Excellent, I like it ?

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

My son got this for Christmas, and with the miracle of the internet, I was able to teach myself how to solve it in 7 steps. It seems impossible at first, but it can be learned and done quickly after getting the steps down. When I was his age, there was no such help, so I never figured it out. I guess I just checked off a childhood goal I forgot all about!

Also, taken with my new-to-me 60mm macro. A new thing to learn.

 

[Hughmac]

My son got this for Christmas, and with the miracle of the internet, I was able to teach myself how to solve it in 7 steps. It seems impossible at first, but it can be learned and done quickly after getting the steps down. When I was his age, there was no such help, so I never figured it out. I guess I just checked off a childhood goal I forgot all about!

Also, taken with my new-to-me 60mm macro. A new thing to learn.
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I hope you shared the cheat method with your boy

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I hope you shared the cheat method with your boy

Cheers

Hugh

I don’t know how folks figure it out without a guide. I could get maybe a side or two, but then it gets all messed up again trying to do the other sides. Maybe even just knowing that you have to solve it in layers would have been helpful, but the final step seems like something I would have never figured out on my own.

 

[mtbdudex]

2 days ago Thursday.
Snow like mashed potatoes, soft and non sticking, some squirrelly here and there, but I truly suprised lack of other riders there
Literally I was second tracks along portions, as it snowed Monday.
Peaceful, me , deer , rabbits , squirrels , mice .

 

[Internaut]

I don’t know how folks figure it out without a guide. I could get maybe a side or two, but then it gets all messed up again trying to do the other sides. Maybe even just knowing that you have to solve it in layers would have been helpful, but the final step seems like something I would have never figured out on my own.

You're either wired for it or not. I’m not. I know people who solved it very quickly, back in the day, before Internet and YouTube.

 

[mollyc]

my son learned the algorithms when he was probably 9 or 10 and can solve any cube put in front of him.

my brother had a book in the 80s with solutions and he could also solve them way back when.

 

[Hughmac]

I didn't have the confidence even before I didn't have one, so if I ever got a cube...

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I actually never owned one, and I would only get to mess with one at a friend‘s house occasionally. There were too many other things going on to commit much time to the cube. I guess I’m just making up for lost time!

 

[someoldguy]

My son got this for Christmas, and with the miracle of the internet, I was able to teach myself how to solve it in 7 steps. It seems impossible at first, but it can be learned and done quickly after getting the steps down. When I was his age, there was no such help, so I never figured it out. I guess I just checked off a childhood goal I forgot all about!

Also, taken with my new-to-me 60mm macro. A new thing to learn.
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When these things came out , I was teaching in an elementary school . There were kids , 9 or 10 years old, who could solve it in no time . I , however , never could . I was tempted to buy one and dissect it to find how all the internal joinery worked , but never did .

 

[mollyc]

you have to find that place that brings
out the soul in you. the human in you.
the love in you.
//
rm drake

nikon z6ii + vintage fuji | iso 2500 | f/2.2 | 1/60

 

[Clix Pix]

I'm still laughing ...Ok,I had to find out
From Wikipedia
it's a Mandarin duck and beside Berlin zoo/park its origins are in east Asia

Could also be a Wood Duck; they look very similar and are more prevalent in North America and other areas.

 

[Janichsan]

 

[Internaut]

Auckland, 2009, Waitangi Day!

Auckland from my Hotel Room by Jason Hindle, on Flickr

Taken with an E-510 and 14-42 kit lens. From my description at the time: I had to do a whole lot of unpacking to get this single picture of a firework display from my hotel room! Shot using a hardback copy of Terry Pratchett's Nation as a makeshift tripod (unpacking and setting up the Manfroto version wasn't an option).

 

[katbel]

Could also be a Wood Duck; they look very similar and are more prevalent in North America and other areas.

Check it here:

A Picture Gallery of Ducks

Discover different types of ducks with this showcase of duck images from around the world with information and trivia about each species.

www.thespruce.com

They are related though.
Shanson27 photo has been taken in Germany, Berlin

 

[AlaskaMoose]

No, no they live in the wild, in Parks and I'm not willing to pay my money just to visit the zoo ?!

I have seen some photos taken by Peter (link below) of a Mandarin duck that looks similar to the one in this forum:

Photo Gallery: photos © Peter2516

Photo Gallery lists all the photos from our member galleries.

photography-on-the.net

 

[katbel]

I have seen some photos taken by Peter (link below) of a Mandarin duck that looks similar to the one in this forum:

Photo Gallery: photos © Peter2516

Photo Gallery lists all the photos from our member galleries.

photography-on-the.net

Beautiful photos! Who’s Peter?

 

[Apple_Glen_UK]

Heading down in to St. Paul's Underground station yesterday.

 

[squawk7000]

still wishing I was in Gran Canaria

 

[stillcrazyman]

Just under the boardwalk.
Young alligator.

 

[shanson27]

The Eurasian coot

 

[shanson27]

Heading down in to St. Paul's Underground station yesterday.

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Ghost city ?

 

[tizeye]

 

[Steven-iphone]

dp2 Quattro

F/2.8 30.0mm 1/1000s ISO-200