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Up the distant river in the cold damp gray of a November dawn
The salmon swim against the strong currents to spawn
To the gravelly river fords in the fields by the town
As yesterday's flood that flowed bank high goes down
They run the gauntlet of poacher's gaff and spear
But their natural desire for their species survival outweighs mortal fear
Weakened from their long journey danger to them lurks near
At the end of their strength sapping swim in the...

Francis Duggan

To say i know a lot on Nature would be to tell a lie
But i will be learning from her until the day i die
And every day about her i learn something new
Her wonders in the many and her secrets are not few
So many endangered species of land and water dwelling life forms in Nature's World today
Due to our environmental practices does seem quite sad to say
Creatures like the siberian tiger and the polar bear face an uncertain fate
To save them from extinction...

Francis Duggan

I've been thinking of the problem of harsh shadows when I'm using off-camera flash. I cannot afford to buy another flash gun at the moment, so I did some experiments in the garage this evening. I set up a white board about 3 feet away from the "bird" on the opposite side to the flash. At first it didn't seem to work. I then realised that with the flash set on zoom, there was very little light spilling out onto the board.
When I set the flash on 28mm, it worked a treat! There were...

Denny Woodthorpe

http://www.vegan.at/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1242766859/2


Who says that animals no feelings have, that wanders immensely


The female has been met seriously injured... by a car

the little man brings her food and looks affectionately...


then he finds them dead and tries to move them


he deplores his loss


sadly he stands beside her and anxiously he says goodbye

Lykos

I've not been able to sit and watch the birds in the garden for a week, as the grandchildren have been over on a visit. We had a great week with them though and I do actually prefer them to starlings!
Now it is all peace and quiet again, I thought I would put the camera out over the weekend and see what other visitors I could get.
Not much really. The usual Goldfinches, a female blackbird and lots of starlings (I'm sure they spoke Russian).
Light was very dull, so I thought...

Denny Woodthorpe