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Photo Of The Day October 2018
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Despite what Mrs. Inkmich says, I do realize I can't play basketball forever. So, I took the bike that I recently inherited from my father out for a ride for the first time this morning and quickly realized of course that I'm not in 'bike' shape. Nonetheless I definitely enjoyed getting out there and pedaling the ten mile loop around the airport (huffing and puffing all the while). I plan on keeping it up in the future though.
Workout by Lance Randall, on Flickr
Workout by Lance Randall, on Flickr
As the kids say these days, I "heart" Apple...
(Shot with iPhone XS at the Apple store one day last week)
(Shot with iPhone XS at the Apple store one day last week)
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Clearwater Beach, Florida. iPhone 7+
294/365 | The annual apple picking trip
Oyster Point-1-20180303.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
A rare moment. A water cow leaving the river to graze on land.
Port after sunset in one of our coastal cities
Did quite a few bits with this one.
_DSC8551 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
First of all its an HDR shot as the dynamic range between the shadows and the sunlight was massive.
Then I had to straighten the columns in DXO Viewpoint as it was a bit distorted.
Then I used Silver Efex Pro to find a B&W process I liked.
Then I decided the rope that was between the columns bothered me, so that had to go.
Comments always welcome.
_DSC8551 by apple fanboy1, on FlickrFirst of all its an HDR shot as the dynamic range between the shadows and the sunlight was massive.
Then I had to straighten the columns in DXO Viewpoint as it was a bit distorted.
Then I used Silver Efex Pro to find a B&W process I liked.
Then I decided the rope that was between the columns bothered me, so that had to go.
Comments always welcome.
How about a marmot (also called a wood chuck)? Every spring a male marmot takes up residence in a big pile of broken pieces of concrete fence in a field behind our house. It takes him a few weeks to recruit a female (or 2!) to join him, a few weeks after that little marmots like the one in the picture appear on the pile.
Junior here decided to dig under the fence and explore the house being built a couple of lots over from ours. While returning from the mailbox, I spied him dashing across the empty lot toward our house, then saw that he had jumped or fallen into the window well. If you look at the size of his claws, you can see why I was concerned about him tearing up the screen while trying to get out.
I borrowed a 2X12 from the construction site and stuck one end in the well. I checked on him from the basement now and then, and it took him about 20 minutes to figure out how to get out. We enjoy the yearly marmot "show"; it sure beats having a row of 2-story houses behind us.
Probably breaking the rules, but here's the little fellow through the basement window.
Junior here decided to dig under the fence and explore the house being built a couple of lots over from ours. While returning from the mailbox, I spied him dashing across the empty lot toward our house, then saw that he had jumped or fallen into the window well. If you look at the size of his claws, you can see why I was concerned about him tearing up the screen while trying to get out.
I borrowed a 2X12 from the construction site and stuck one end in the well. I checked on him from the basement now and then, and it took him about 20 minutes to figure out how to get out. We enjoy the yearly marmot "show"; it sure beats having a row of 2-story houses behind us.
Probably breaking the rules, but here's the little fellow through the basement window.
At the factory I explored last Friday & will be going back to again this Friday with tripod in hand for some panoramas. I love how Mother Nature has taken back whole areas of concrete here in a short while.
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They are everywhere! As a wee Scottish chef that I knew used to say all the time, "there's no such thing as common-sense."
Thanks @Matz It was rather impressive in there & a little disturbing at the same time. I'll be back very soon for much more.
Hmmm.....we call woodchucks groundhogs out here, and they are mean and a lot bigger than this (I know you said this was a baby). I thought a marmot was something completely different.
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295/365 | Ready for the oven
A groundhog is a marmot. We have yellow-belly marmots, which are a few pounds lighter than groundhogs. Groundhogs tend to be solitary while yellow-bellies can live in big groups, up to about 20 animals. We like watching them in the field, but if they moved onto the property they’d have to go.
Really?? I have never heard the term marmot for these creatures in all of my 44 years. I thought they were completely different animals. I still have a lot to learn!
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Omg.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot