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Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out

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  • Nora Leggs,

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    Wonder if the geese see what we see in the water?

    Whoops, the other pond colour pics from this evening have been pushed back to the previous page.... they are heart singers......

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    And just for something different..... winter is deep rich ranunculaceae

    thanks to the people I share my office with : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    You work? I could swear you just ran about taking photos for us. :)
    Wonderful empty pond pics, added goose is good

    You need a webcam on that branch I recon Chris.

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to Jos,

    You work? I could swear you just ran about taking photos for us. :)

    I thought that was her job. :)

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Ha! Jos and Sofie (and Mr Leggs!)

    O how I wish this was work : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Postcards from elsewhere.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    Wooo go Jac! Visiting Papa I can tell.

    Palm in the path is good Nora!
    I think we may be scarred for life looking at the inverse world.

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

    Yup, Jackson you'll have an abundance of watery photo-tunities there : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Duck wearing a watery peacock tail

    Last light

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW, in reply to Jos,

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    You need a webcam on that branch I recon Chris.

    That’s an idea. Way back when, on one of the first postings of birds on this willow log I remember describing the bird goings on there as an ongoing soap opera. Another sequence now as evidence –

    A white-faced heron in hunched mode, not especially attractive in itself but caught my eye because it was doing a reasonable job of mimicking the very last walnut leaf on the branch above (even if it wasn't stretching out horizontally).

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

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    Then it perked up – something downstream caught its eye?

    And quickly turned around – this really is the same bird a few seconds later, with strikingly different stance and see the apparent change in plumage (known as nuptial plumage for some reason …).

    Mate arrives, here caught just at the last phase of folding its wings, legs bent helping to absorb the landing impact – and the first bird though stationary has matching stance.

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

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    Continuing match

    of synchronised movements

    till the new arrival turns to present a mirror match

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

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    But prefers to turn back towards its mate – not for grooming but just caught part way through the turn (these photos all 4-8sec apart)

    to resume matching stances

    matching stances.
    ‘Pair-bond’ as a term doesn’t seem to do it justice!
    Soap opera not quite right either – more like a pas de deux from a water ballet.

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to ChrisW,

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    Love the Riverside Chronicles.

    Here's Museum in a Pond

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

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    Japanese bamboo marble planet

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Jos,

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    Japanese bamboo marble planet

    Jos, that’s lovely…. or marbellous ; )

    What would these look like marbled?

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

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    Gidday Nora, Jos – lovely work. It’s been a quiet day on Capture.
    Late afternoon on this quiet day –
    ‘Auntie’ nosed the line as she crossed,

    She looked back to confirm ‘Halfring’ and Fullering’ were close behind her, and the line too -

    Yes, they’d left the field in tatters.

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

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    This one almost works upside down – Auntie might have been surprised to hear the thundering hooves behind her?

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

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    After a fast play

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Chris Waugh,

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    Statue reflecting on itself – and three of me.

    The Stumble Inn. In Sanlitun's The Village.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Nice reflecting ducks ChrisW….. the quick marble has turned into a reflection of sorts too Jos….. like the statue reflecting itself Chris Waugh… either it’s new or someone spends a lot of time polishing it?

    A few minutes outside AK art gallery on a grey day

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    A single flower on a nude magnolia tree in Albert Park

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Wellesley Street

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Chris Waugh, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    either it’s new or someone spends a lot of time polishing it?

    New-ish. I try to avoid that part of town, but my wife is in a hospital just down the road from there, so I’m seeing that statue every day for the time being. It’s been there a couple of months at least, though, as I saw it when I last had to go to the NZ embassy, which is also close by.

    ETA: but given where it is, I'm sure somebody spends a lot of time polishing it regardless of how new it is.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Chris Waugh,

    my wife is in a hospital just down the road from there, so I’m seeing that statue every day for the time being

    Hope your wife is OK Chris : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

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