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Looks remarkably like Sorbus aucuparia. If it is then it must've been an introduction (S. aucuparia is eurasian in distribution).I was hunting a few Kingfishers. On my list and I don't have a good shot of those very skittish birds yet. I was close. I had to settle for this.
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I can count up to 20, but I would have to take off my shoes. Nobody wants that.Vote #5 for pic #2!
(I think I counted that correctly... Guys are usually safe in counting up to the number 21 before they run out of digits.....![]()
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#2 for me as well.I took the original photograph at Conimicut Point Park in Warwick, RI. It was a hurried shot. I thought the bird would look better against the water, so I created the second version. I am not a bird photographer by any stretch of imagination. Does the modified background work better for the bird (I think it's a seagull)? The main purpose of the experiment was to explore editing the image background.
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Sir Henry,
That’s a fine photo. Well done.
Please allow me to put my ignorance on full display here. How did you get the black background? Was it a camera technique, or done in post processing? Thanks in advance for sharing your expertise.
So it’s a function of a long lens, and shadows on the gully behind the tree. I don’t know much about using long lenses, as I don’t have one, so I’ve learned something today. Thanks.Hi Dale, glad you enjoyed it. There was no jiggery-pokery involved, bar a little bit of generative remove to get rid of a stray branch tip on the left hand side (where the green "sausage" is). There was no set-up involved. I was giving daughter's dog a bit of a run round our vineyard, and saw that the late afternoon sun was picking out the tagasaste flowers. The black background is just the shadowed side of a gully behind the tree, and of course, because I had the long lens on in hope of seeing a bird, it made any background detail disappear.
Two fat (native) pigeons discussing recipes for their next TV series...
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Kererū - New Zealand pigeon - Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae.
This pair have been with us for a few years, and their favourite evening spot is eating the young foliage on an old almond tree on our clifftop. In summer, when the wild plums in our valley are covered in fruit, they will gorge themselves almost to the point of being unable to fly.
I took a quick look at the seed pods and I thought "pea" (or legume or bean). A search for Chamaecytisus proliferus confirmed that.Blossom season in NZ, but here's a flower you may not have seen before...
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Tagasaste/tree lucerne - Chamaecytisus proliferus var palmensis
It's a smallish tree, introduced to NZ over 100 years ago, and usually planted in drought prone areas to provide fodder for stock. It's a legume (see the pea pods up top?), so fixes nitrogen and can be used as a nurse crop for larger trees. It flowers early, and is loved by bees and birds.