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katbel

katbel

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This little bugger eventually came closer to my camera...almost two months playing the hide and seek as soon as I get the camera out
 
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Apple fanboy

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Clix Pix said:
Uh-oh! Has Alfred shrunk??! Actually, I was shooting Alfred, who was standing in the water, when suddenly a bird came zipping out from under the boardwalk where I was standing. Startled, I reflexively swung the camera towards him to take a look, and did a double-take. Huh?

But....Alfred was over there, to my right, still standing in the lake! I looked just to be sure. Yup! I immediately started shooting this guy as he was flying off and realized that he is significantly smaller than Alfred and although he has similar coloring, there are differences, the primary one being that he doesn't have the long legs and long neck that Alfred has. His beak is also somewhat different as well. He appears to be about the size of a Night Heron. Later at home I pulled out my copy of Birds of Virginia and determined that this new visitor or resident here is, not surprisingly, called a Little Blue Heron.

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Beautiful capture.
 
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katbel

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Clix Pix said:
Uh-oh! Has Alfred shrunk??! Actually, I was shooting Alfred, who was standing in the water, when suddenly a bird came zipping out from under the boardwalk where I was standing. Startled, I reflexively swung the camera towards him to take a look, and did a double-take. Huh?

But....Alfred was over there, to my right, still standing in the lake! I looked just to be sure. Yup! I immediately started shooting this guy as he was flying off and realized that he is significantly smaller than Alfred and although he has similar coloring, there are differences, the primary one being that he doesn't have the long legs and long neck that Alfred has. His beak is also somewhat different as well. He appears to be about the size of a Night Heron. Later at home I pulled out my copy of Birds of Virginia and determined that this new visitor or resident here is, not surprisingly, called a Little Blue Heron.

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Incredible lucky ! And thanks for the birds lesson 🙂
 
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Got a lot of photos from my four-day weekend in Paris, trying to filter them. For example snapped all the famous paintings in Versailles (the various Louis, Napoleon etc.) but the typical tourist vantage below and often with poor lighting etc. are not very good - better to see them online. Or remember the naked eye visual. Anyway one of many shots from the gardens follows with a fountain and the main palace in the background.

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cdcastillo

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The cesspit of civilization
Yesterday I visited a "pozolería", these were the condiments at the table, clockwise from 12:
  • Grounded red pepper (chile de árbol), similar to what pizza places provide in little paper bags
  • Whole cream, acidified
  • Chopped onion
  • Orégano (oregano? Can't remember its name in english)
  • Hot sauce, hand made from "free range" chilis 😂
Not pictured: chopped lettuce, lemons, slices of avocado, sliced radish, corn toast & pork skins.

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