365 Project

New Yoga Pose?

June 5, 2015 — 31 Comments

Killdeer

F/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 720.

Killdeer

Day 156 / 365

At first I thought she was doing yoga, and I was going to join in. Then I notice she might have a broken wing, but all of it was just an act. Very convincing broken-wing act, I would give her an Oscar for outstanding performance.

Interesting Fact: Killdeer exhibit a clever “broken wing display” in which they appear to be struggling with a broken wing while leading the predator away from their babies. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/101/overview/Killdeer.aspx )

 

Come Fly With Me, Let’s Fly, Let’s Fly Away

June 4, 2015 — 10 Comments

Great Egret 1

F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1400.

Great Egret

Day 155 / 365

What kind of bird can carry the most weight?
The crane

Interesting Fact: Though it mainly hunts while wading, the Great Egret occasionally swims to capture prey or hovers (somewhat laboriously) over the water and dips for fish. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/lifehistory )

GO! It’s Your Turn!

June 3, 2015 — 10 Comments

monopoly

F/6.3, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 154 / 365

Nobody ever reads the rules for Monopoly except when an argument breaks out.  🙂

Interesting Fact: Charles Darrow was from Philadelphia, and he first developed the Monopoly game in 1933.  The first pieces were made from materials from Darrow’s home.  A piece of oilcloth covered the board, the cards were handwritten, and the houses and hotels were made from wooden scraps.  The shiny pieces were inspired by Darrow’s nieces.  The first Monopoly die-cast tokens were metal charms from the girls’ charm bracelets. ( http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/25-facts-monopoly-80-years/story?id=28405806 )

See The World Through My Eyes

June 2, 2015 — 8 Comments

eye lenses

F/16.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 153 / 365

These are the lenses the doctor prescribed to me.  Now, let me show you the world!   🙂

Interesting Fact: The invention of the camera in the early 19th century has led to a large array of lens designs intended for photography. The problems of photographic lens design, creating a lens for a task that would cover a large flat image plane, were well known even before the invention of photography[1] due to the development of lenses to work with the focal plane of the camera obscura, a device for projecting images used as a novelty and an artist’s drawing aid that had been around for hundreds of years. Since the invention of photography many types of lenses have been tried. The succession of designs was never uniform since an older design that performed a task the photographer needed (such as working better portrait versus landscape, working at the wavelength of light the film collected, etc.) would still be used in unison with newer designs. Even today the job the lens needs to do, the laws of physics, the limits of engineering, as well as the practical considerations of size, weight and cost, means there are many designs available. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photographic_lens_design )

What Do Swallows Swallow?

June 1, 2015 — 16 Comments

Barn Swallow

F/6.3, 1/250, ISO 1600.

Barn Swallow

Day 152 / 365

What bird is helpful at dinner?
A swallow!

Interesting Fact: An unmated male Barn Swallow may kill the nestlings of a nesting pair. His actions often succeed in breaking up the pair and afford him the opportunity to mate with the female. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/lifehistory )

 

Do You Feel The Rain Or Do You Just Get Wet!

May 31, 2015 — 11 Comments

motorcycle in rain

F/6.3, 1/5, ISO 100.

Day 151 / 365

What goes up when the rain comes down?
An Umbrella.

Interesting Fact: Raindrops fall at a speed of 7 to 18 mph. In wind, they might fall much faster. ( http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-rain/ )

Do I Look Like A T-Rex? Grrrrr !!!

May 30, 2015 — 19 Comments

gosling

F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 1600.

Day 150 / 365

What do geese do in a traffic?

They honk!

Interesting Fact: Canadian geese can travel more than 1000 kilometers in a day while migrating. The circumference of the world is 40008 km. This means that they could fly around the world in approximately 40 days! ( http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2009/beckwith_kayl/Interestingfacts.htm )

And The Winner Is…

May 29, 2015 — 6 Comments

RC Cars

F/4.5, 0.4, ISO 100.

Day 149 /365

” I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters “. The Fast and the Furious (2001)      🙂    This movie line just popped into my head.    🙂

Interesting Fact:  The very first record in the history of radio control shows the inventor Nikola Tesla as the first person ever to demonstrate an RC model engine in 1898.  ( http://www.rcmodelswiz.co.uk/blog/7-interesting-facts-about-rc-cars-thatll-make-you-look-smarter/

It’s Cupcake O’clock Somewhere!

May 28, 2015 — 21 Comments

cupcake

F/6.3, 1/60, ISO 200.

Day 148 / 365

Today I bought a cupcake without sprinkles. Diets are hard!     🙂

Interesting Fact: The world record for eating cupcakes in one sitting is 29 cupcakes in 30 seconds. ( http://cucpake.weebly.com/fun-facts.html )

Can You Complete My Puzzle?

May 27, 2015 — 14 Comments

jigsaw puzzle

F/13.0, 1/60, ISO 200.

Day 147 / 365

Life is like a Puzzle, only you have all the missing pieces and only you can put it all together.    🙂

Interesting Fact: The first jigsaw puzzle was created in 1767 when John Spilsbury, an English cartographer, chopped up a wooden map of Britain and challenged the public to reassemble it. He called it a “dissected puzzle.” ( http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/2013/05/14/5-fun-facts-puzzling-over-puzzles/ )