Photography

I Don’t Have A Clue

May 9, 2015 — 10 Comments

clue

F/4.5, 1/60, ISO 800

Day 129 / 365

I believe Colonel Mustard did it, in a dining room with a gun.

Interesting Fact: In 1944, Anthony E. Pratt, an English musician, applied for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named “Murder!” The game was originally invented as a new game to play in bomb shelters.[citation needed] Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife presented the game to Waddingtons‘ executive, Norman Watson, who immediately purchased the game and provided its trademark name of “Cluedo” (a play on “clue” and “Ludo“; ludo is Latin for I play). Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, when the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was renamed “Clue” along with other minor changes.  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo#History )

World Is At Your Feet!

May 8, 2015 — 5 Comments

world map

F/1.8, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 128 / 365

Travels open your mind, so get out of your comfort zone.

Interesting Fact: The total land area of the earth’s surface is estimated at 148,647,000 sq km. This is about 29.1% of the total surface area of Earth. ( http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-facts-trivia.html )

 

Yummy!!!!

May 7, 2015 — 26 Comments

Greater Yellowlegs

F/6.3, 1/250, ISO 1600.

Greater Yellowlegs

Day 127 / 365

Where do birds meet for coffee ? 
In a nest-cafe !

Interesting Fact: Although the Greater Yellowlegs is common and widespread, its low densities and tendency to breed in inhospitable, mosquito-ridden muskegs make it one of the least-studied shorebirds on the continent. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/252/_/Greater_Yellowlegs.aspx )

What A Parent!

May 6, 2015 — 16 Comments

Brown-headed Cowbird

F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 1600.

Brown-headed Cowbird

Day 126 / 365

That is one bird that doesn’t care about their young ones.

Interesting Fact:  Brown-headed cowbirds are brood parasites. They deposit their eggs in nests belonging to birds of other species. Some of the birds they parasitize remove the eggs from their nests or cover them with new nest material so that they are not incubated. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/107/overview/Brown-headed_Cowbird.aspx )

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

May 5, 2015 — 4 Comments

Cinco de Mayo

F/10.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 125 /365

Shots shots shots shots shots Everybody!!!      🙂

Interesting Fact:  Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is celebrated to honor Mexico’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). Despite having a small band of fighters, the Mexicans were able to defeat the massive French army on May 5, 1862.  People have this misconception that Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day, but the fact remains that Mexicans celebrate their day of independence on September 16. ( http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/12-cinco-de-mayo-facts-you-didnt-know/ss-BBj1D9X#image=2 )

April Showers Bring May Flowers, But In The Month Of May I Bring The Flowers Home…

May 4, 2015 — 7 Comments

peonies

F/1.8, 1/60, ISO 160.

Day 124 / 365

People used to believe that peonies protected them from demons.  And what protects the demons from peonies?     🙂

Interesting Fact: Peonies are available in every color but blue. ( http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/flower-garden-little-known-facts-peonies/ )

Out For A Swim!

May 3, 2015 — 6 Comments

Horned Grebe

F/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 400.

Horned Grebe

Day 123 / 365

Perfect day for a swim and dive, but not for me, the water is still too cold.     🙂

Interesting Fact: The Horned Grebe regularly eats some of its own feathers, enough that its stomach usually contains a matted plug of them. This plug may function as a filter or may hold fish bones in the stomach until they can be digested. The parents even feed feathers to their chicks to get the plug started early.  ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Horned_Grebe/lifehistory )

Fight Night!

May 2, 2015 — Leave a comment

boxing gloves

F/5.0, 1/60, ISO 100.

Day 122 / 365

Big fight tonight Mayweather vs Pacquiao. I wonder who will be the winner?

Interesting Fact: Boxing has been around for centuries; in fact it was one of the sports in the ancient Olympic games of Greece. There is evidence that the sport of boxing was around as early as 688 B.C., although it differed somewhat from the sport we see today. Here are a few interesting facts about boxing and professional boxers that you might not know. ( http://www.thearenamma.com/interesting-facts-boxing/ )

Let it go!

May 1, 2015 — 11 Comments

cartoon

F/5.3, 1/15, ISO 1600.

Day 121 / 365

What if you would be able to play with what you draw…

Interesting Fact: John Barnes Linnett patented the first flip book in 1868 as the kineograph. A flip book is a small book with relatively springy pages, each having one in a series of animation images located near its unbound edge. The user bends all of the pages back, normally with the thumb, then by a gradual motion of the hand allows them to spring free one at a time. As with the phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, the illusion of motion is created by the apparent sudden replacement of each image by the next in the series, but unlike those other inventions no view-interrupting shutter or assembly of mirrors is required and no viewing device other than the user’s hand is absolutely necessary. Early film animators cited flip books as their inspiration more often than the earlier devices, which did not reach as wide an audience. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation )

Upside Down You’re Turning Me!

April 30, 2015 — 20 Comments

Black-and-white Warbler

F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1100.

Black-and-white Warbler

Day 120 / 365

I too used to swinging upside down from the tree when I was young. But I think he has me beat.   🙂

Interesting Fact: Black-and-white Warblers have an extra-long hind claw and heavier legs than other wood-warblers, which help them hold onto and move around on bark. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-and-white_Warbler/lifehistory )