Post pictures of anything, with comment...couple words.

[Soandso]

Coin operated radio located for public use out on the sidewalk.

 

[fatoldgit]

Step*** Grandchild number four, several seconds after being born. A still shot from a short video.

Obviously a bit upset at being forced out of the warm and snuggy womb... who wouldn't be... free room and free food.

Now life gets real...and now ya gotta earn ya keep.

Peter

***** technically I have no status..just married to the grand mother but not the father of her two daughters..just the Money Guy for the last 30 years

 

[Norcal]

Great Blue Heron

 

[Soandso]

In the USA when performers played largely for monetary tips the concept was that patrons donated at a container near the stage called "the kitty"; a slang phrase would arise of "feed the kitty." To the left side of this old photo we see a stylized wooden "kitty" cat with it's mouth open leading to a box for securely receiving tips.

 

[Norcal]

Forster’s Tern

 

[Labhound]

Little Egret Jwagwangcheon Stream

 

[Soandso]

Music roll player operated by hand crank with extra rolls set on top.

 

[Norcal]

Some macro fun. I think this is a Striped Saddlebag Dragonfly.

 

[orange_juice]

Two photos of Seattle 1h apart: in the first one, Mt Rainier is visible and the second one it's in the golden hour.

 

[Norcal]

Flame Skimmer Dragonfly laying eggs on the surface of a pond - I think it is cool how her abdomen is just deforming the water’s surface without breaking the surface tension.

 

[Martin]

Bora Bora sunrise canoeist.

Martin

 

[Norcal]

Female Bonaparte's Gull takeoff with obligatory frozen water droplet trails

 

[Norcal]

Snowy Egret

 

[Norcal]

Anna’s Hummingbird

 

[Martin]

Sunset over Motu Tautau.

Martin

 

[Norcal]

Snowy Egret

 

[mhardy6647]

Some macro fun. I think this is a Striped Saddlebag Dragonfly.

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Our son went through a serious dragonfly phase when he was in high school. He was, and still is, an excellent photographer (yeah... I'm biased...), but two of my all time favorite photos of his are of dragonflies, taken in the very large tract of conservation land* behind out old house in Harvard MA

The only copies I have handy (electronically) are low-res, unfortunately.

This Old Camera

A picture a day keeps the demons at bay.

icouldbeahero.blogspot.com

I think one if not both of these might have been taken with screw-on "closeup lens" attachments.

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* essentially a town park without any amenities, except for some trails, set aside for conservation in perpetuity.

 

[mhardy6647]

Music roll player operated by hand crank with extra rolls set on top.

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The one on the left appears to be apprehensive as it contemplates what it's going to be like inside!

 

[Norcal]

Hooded Oriole (male).

 

[MatrixS2000]

Sitting in my backyard patio last week and this wandered into the backyard (sorry for the lousy pic quality):

Then a few days later...