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Photo of the day May 2020
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American Robin (probably the male) feeding the brood:
Went out looking for Autumnal colours & fog yesterday morning, but didn't manage anything of worth! The intense colours have all gone & the fog lifted well early. I started off at the Japanese garden here, which is quite small & lacks much by way of the vibrant reds & oranges in the leaf matter there. Damn our hot, dry, Mediterranean climate! Wait, what am I saying? I love our Mediterranean climate! 
Anyway, here's me testing out the handholdability of one part of my new camera kit. Using the Sony a7III with a Sony 16-35mm f/4 for a half second exposure handheld, taken on the out-breath. 16mm, 1/2 second, f/14 at ISO 125.
Oh & the water is that colour! Every Autumn they bomb the water with a strong blue algaecide which makes for interesting images.
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Anyway, here's me testing out the handholdability of one part of my new camera kit. Using the Sony a7III with a Sony 16-35mm f/4 for a half second exposure handheld, taken on the out-breath. 16mm, 1/2 second, f/14 at ISO 125.
Oh & the water is that colour! Every Autumn they bomb the water with a strong blue algaecide which makes for interesting images.
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Their eyes are open already! That was quick! ?American Robin (probably the male) feeding the brood:
Orange Ball Tree - Buddleia Globosa.
These are quite a rare variety of buddleia but there's one growing wild near to where we live, and I took a couple of cuttings from it last year. One of the resultant plant-lings is in flower already and proving to be a bee magnet
Nikon D300S, Sigma 150-600mm
Cheers
Hugh
These are quite a rare variety of buddleia but there's one growing wild near to where we live, and I took a couple of cuttings from it last year. One of the resultant plant-lings is in flower already and proving to be a bee magnet
Nikon D300S, Sigma 150-600mm
Cheers
Hugh
We got about 4” of rain yesterday. That was fun! Then out came the mushrooms:
I'm starting to enjoy taking moon pics - the relatively clear skies are a real novelty! Waxing crescent moon.
Waxing crescent moon May by another scotsman, on Flickr
Waxing crescent moon May by another scotsman, on Flickr
Mother and child.
The water is really green. The blue cast is reflected from the sky.
It's interesting, isn't it, how changeable the color of water can be? I notice that a lot when shooting the lake here -- at times the blue sky will dominate the color, and at other times the lake looks green or even brown..... Occasionally if I time it just right, the water will gleam like gold.
View from my office window. I may be back at work but as you can see, not many people are. I shot this through a window so it's not perfect (none of my photos are!)
Well, just like American Football, they have little in common with their European counterparts.
It is interesting. I prefer the blue over this green (same walk but with no blue-sky reflection):
In our defense, it was European settlers that named the American robin because they saw it shared the same orange breast color as the European robin. In reality, the birds are not closely related. The American robin is apparently in the thrush family, eating from the ground. The Euro-robin feeds from the air.
So all this to say, the poor sap who named the American bird must not have been an expert on birds! It’s also why we have the taxonomical names, as it draws better distinction and uniqueness.
Our robin's are defiantly ground feeders.Thats why they are called the gardeners friend. If you start digging, they appear looking for a nice juicy worm!