Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out
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Wonder if the geese see what we see in the water?
Whoops, the other pond colour pics from this evening have been pushed back to the previous page.... they are heart singers......
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And just for something different..... winter is deep rich ranunculaceae
thanks to the people I share my office with : )
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Jos,
You work? I could swear you just ran about taking photos for us. :)
Wonderful empty pond pics, added goose is goodYou need a webcam on that branch I recon Chris.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
You work? I could swear you just ran about taking photos for us. :)
I thought that was her job. :)
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Ha! Jos and Sofie (and Mr Leggs!)
O how I wish this was work : )
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Postcards from elsewhere.
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Jos,
Wooo go Jac! Visiting Papa I can tell.
Palm in the path is good Nora!
I think we may be scarred for life looking at the inverse world. -
Yup, Jackson you'll have an abundance of watery photo-tunities there : )
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Duck wearing a watery peacock tail
Last light
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ChrisW, in reply to
You need a webcam on that branch I recon Chris.
That’s an idea. Way back when, on one of the first postings of birds on this willow log I remember describing the bird goings on there as an ongoing soap opera. Another sequence now as evidence –
A white-faced heron in hunched mode, not especially attractive in itself but caught my eye because it was doing a reasonable job of mimicking the very last walnut leaf on the branch above (even if it wasn't stretching out horizontally).
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Then it perked up – something downstream caught its eye?
And quickly turned around – this really is the same bird a few seconds later, with strikingly different stance and see the apparent change in plumage (known as nuptial plumage for some reason …).
Mate arrives, here caught just at the last phase of folding its wings, legs bent helping to absorb the landing impact – and the first bird though stationary has matching stance.
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Continuing match
of synchronised movements
till the new arrival turns to present a mirror match
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But prefers to turn back towards its mate – not for grooming but just caught part way through the turn (these photos all 4-8sec apart)
to resume matching stances
matching stances.
‘Pair-bond’ as a term doesn’t seem to do it justice!
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Love the Riverside Chronicles.
Here's Museum in a Pond
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Jos,
Japanese bamboo marble planet
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Japanese bamboo marble planet
Jos, that’s lovely…. or marbellous ; )
What would these look like marbled?
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Gidday Nora, Jos – lovely work. It’s been a quiet day on Capture.
Late afternoon on this quiet day –
‘Auntie’ nosed the line as she crossed,She looked back to confirm ‘Halfring’ and Fullering’ were close behind her, and the line too -
Yes, they’d left the field in tatters.
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This one almost works upside down – Auntie might have been surprised to hear the thundering hooves behind her?
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Jos,
After a fast play
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Statue reflecting on itself – and three of me.
The Stumble Inn. In Sanlitun's The Village.
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Nice reflecting ducks ChrisW….. the quick marble has turned into a reflection of sorts too Jos….. like the statue reflecting itself Chris Waugh… either it’s new or someone spends a lot of time polishing it?
A few minutes outside AK art gallery on a grey day
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A single flower on a nude magnolia tree in Albert Park
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Wellesley Street
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
either it’s new or someone spends a lot of time polishing it?
New-ish. I try to avoid that part of town, but my wife is in a hospital just down the road from there, so I’m seeing that statue every day for the time being. It’s been there a couple of months at least, though, as I saw it when I last had to go to the NZ embassy, which is also close by.
ETA: but given where it is, I'm sure somebody spends a lot of time polishing it regardless of how new it is.
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
my wife is in a hospital just down the road from there, so I’m seeing that statue every day for the time being
Hope your wife is OK Chris : )
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