dcstep Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Adding to pelican theme:</p> <p><strong>American White Pelican Flies In</strong><br> <strong> </strong></p> <p><a title="Pelican Flies In" href=" data-flickr-embed="true"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/733/21740463968_53a89204eb_c.jpg" alt="Pelican Flies In" width="800" height="534" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gup Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Edwin, I'm all itchy. Must check the dog.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickDB Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Thanks Laura, with that photo I was lucky to have been in the right place at the right time - the barque Europa, built in 1909, was just off Cuverville Is. when I was there; a B&W version could easily be from a turn of the century expedition.<br> One of Hurley's photographer friends was the amazing Australian explorer Hubert Wilkins. They met through their interest in photography and adventure. Together in 1917 they documented in photographs the horrors of WW1 in France - they wandered the battlefield and by all accounts it is quite incredible that they both survived. I recommend you add "The Last Explorer" by Simon Nasht to your reading list - there is a chapter entitled "The Mad Photographers" detailing their adventures together.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Edwin, your post is just a response to an earlier post and not counted towards an official image entry, and it is not really a nature image either. So please feel free to post your actual entry for this week, but that one must be a nature image.</p> <p>Come to thing of it, if you know how big a white pelican's bill is, that must be a huge deer tick that spans the thickness of the bill. Hopefully it won't pass any Lyme disease to the pelican. :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Gup, I had to resist the urge to dust myself with flea and tick powder.</p> <p>Ordinarily, I'd be the first to blame the dogs for bringing in the parasites but they haven't been out for their daily romp; I'm the only one who's been in the weeds.</p> Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Thanks for the clarification, Shun.</p> <p>That would be an enormous tick, you're right. At least they'd be easier to spot if they were that large.</p> <p>Here's a shot of the interior of a shell.</p> <div></div> Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>I've been trying to get the perfect fall sumac for years and years, and the following is far from it, but I keep chasing them and the wind keeps whipping up when I do. One of these days I'll hit it right, but then again perhaps I can't die until I do, so...next year.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Nick, I like th silhouette quite a lot. I would lean toward female great blue heron due to the presence of a small crest and possibly carrying nest building material toward an elevated nest. Reagrdless, tho', nice shot.</p> Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Colin, great capture of a difficult subject - mating dragonflies in flight. Can't say how many shots on film I wasted trying unsuccessfully to get something similar.</p> Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin Barkdoll Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Laura, lovely Mycena. I would have relegated that to the LBM category; nice to know its name!</p> <p>What are its dimensions?</p> Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Weishaupt Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Edwin,<br> Thanks. It it distinctive because of the maroon tints, but mainly because the stem stains skin a dark blood red color, hence the name. They are frequently seen in clusters and grow on wood. Size, small. That one was between 1/4 - 1/2 inch, or about 1cm. Many tropical members of the genus are biolumenescent. I only have a working familiarity with a few around here. BTW, the screen capture is really funny.</p> <p>Randy,<br> What you have there looks more like crab apple. The fruit on choke cherry have shorter stems and grow more like a pendant cluster, similar to grapes, just not as tight. Do a quick google search on both and look at images to see the difference.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthea50 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>I saw this little guy perched on a Cosmos petal and grabbed some shots before he scuttled away.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_cooprider1 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>David Stephens... Love that shimmering appearance of the feathers.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_p Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Thanks Laura for the nice story about Frank Hurley. He was a great and devoted artist.<br /> This sunset shot was taken from Algonquin Peak in the Adirondacks under the wind gusting over 30 kts.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_p Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Oops, here's the shot.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsone Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Happy Birthday Frank Hurley. The Shackelton story and the surviving photos have amazed and inspired me for years. I have a somewhat small version of the book and images, but they still convey awe.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcstep Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p>Thanks Randy.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadley Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 <p><img src="/photo/17877116" alt="" />Here is sumac I took this morning in parc St.Catherine in quebec. The early morning back lighting allowed me to get this shot.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 <p>Another book recommendation on the Antarctica theme: <em>The Worst Journey in the World</em> by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Apsley Cherry-Garrard—the youngest member of Scott’s team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter Journey—draws on his firsthand experiences as well as the diaries of his compatriots to create a stirring and detailed account of Scott’s legendary expedition. During a later expedition, Cherry-Garrard, among others, discovered the remains of Scott's team. (cribbed from Amazon blurb)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cegeiss Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 <p>Great images again this week. I spent the last few days in the White Mountains. No epic battle for survival here. Just glorious sunrises and fall colors. Nick I really love your sandhill crane.</p><div></div> Christoph Geiss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgorga Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 <p>Lots of nice photos this week. I especially enjoyed Douglas' birds and Edwin's shell.</p> <p>As for the Shackleton, et al. story, I remember reading about it as a lad many years ago. However, I had not heard about Hurley's story or photographs until today. I guess that now I need to track down a book or two!</p> <p>Here is my, admittedly late, contribution:</p> <p><img src="http://gorga.org/blog/wp-content/gallery/13-oct-2015_3_1/dsc1410.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="600" /><br> Wetland in Autumn #3 (Bradford, NH)</p> <p>Foliage season is well underway here in New England. I made this photograph in the middle of last week on a back road in an off-the-beaten-path corner of NH. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Keefer Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 <p>Golden hour in the woods.<br> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18111279-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="453" /></p> Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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