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DREAM CATCHER ...
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weather conditions: hot, sticky and humid / conditions of me: hungry, thirsty, sand in sneakers / petrol & travel = $40 experience and view: PRICELESS
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do you feel the breeze? ;-)
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The Young Bird Catcher / A six-year old boy that can catch a bird for his meal.
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20×26 pastel on velet paper. Original unavailable. 50% of sales will be donated to Wolf Hollow Social structure / Wolves function as social predators and hunt in packs organized according to strict, rank-oriented social hierarchies. It was originally believed that this comparatively high level of social organization was related to hunting success, and while this still may be true to a certain extent, emerging theories suggest that the pack has less to do with hunting and more to do with reproductive success. The pack is led by the two individuals that sit atop the social hierarchy: the alpha male and the alpha female. The alpha pair has the greatest amount of social freedom compared to the rest of the pack. Although they are not “leaders” in the human sense of the term, they help to resolve any disputes within the pack, have the greatest amount of control over resources (such as food), and, most importantly, they help keep the pack cohesive and functional. The ranks in a wolf pack are the alpha pair, the beta pair, the delta pair, the elders, the sentinel pair, and the omega pair. Alphas are the most dominant, omegas are the lowest of all, being harassed and shoved to the side. While most alpha pairs are monogamous, there are exceptions. An alpha animal may preferentially mate with a lower-ranking animal, especially if the other alpha is closely related (a brother or sister, for example). The death of one alpha does not affect the status of the other alpha, who will quickly take another mate. Usually, only the alpha pair is able to rear a litter of pups successfully. Other wolves in a pack may breed, but when resources are limited, time, devotion, and preference will be given to the alpha pair’s litter. Therefore, non-alpha parents of other litters within a single pack may lack the means to raise their pups to maturity of their own accord. All wolves in a pack assist in raising wolf pups. Some mature individuals choosing not to disperse may stay in their original packs so as to reinforce it and help rear more pups. The size of the pack may change over time and is controlled by several factors, including habitat, personalities of individual wolves within a pack, and food supply. Packs can contain between 2 and 20 wolves, though 8 is a more typical size. New packs are formed when a wolf leaves its birth pack, finds a mate, and claims a territory. Lone wolves searching for other individuals can travel very long distances seeking out suitable territories. Dispersing individuals must avoid the territories of other wolves because intruders on occupied territories are chased away or killed. It is taboo for one wolf to travel into another wolf’s territory unless invited. Most dogs, except perhaps large, specially bred attack dogs, do not stand much of a chance against a pack of wolves protecting its territory from an intrusion. Wolves acting unusually within the pack, such as epileptic pups or thrashing adults crippled by a trap or a gunshot, are usually killed by other members of their own pack. Hierarchy / The hierarchy, led by the alpha male and female, affects all activity in the pack to some extent. In most larger packs there are two separate hierarchies in addition to an overbearing one: the first consists of the males, led by the alpha male, and the other consists of the females, led by the alpha female. The male and female hierarchies are interdependent and are maintained constantly by aggressive and elaborate displays of dominance and submission. After the alpha pair, there may also, especially in larger packs, be a beta wolf or wolves, a “second-in-command” to the alphas. Betas typically assume a more prominent role in assisting with the upbringing of the alpha pair’s litter, often serving as surrogate mothers or fathers while the alpha pair is away. Beta wolves are the most likely to challenge their superiors for the role of the alpha, though some betas seem content with being second, and will sometimes even let lower ranking wolves leapfrog them for the position of alpha should circumstances necessitate such a happening, such as the death of the alpha. More ambitious beta wolves, however, will only wait so long before contending for alpha position unless they choose to disperse and create their own pack instead. / / Loss of rank can happen gradually or suddenly. An older wolf may simply choose to give way when a motivated challenger presents itself, yielding its position without bloodshed. On the other hand, the challenged individual may choose to fight back with varying degrees of intensity. While the majority of wolf aggression is ritualized and non-injurious, a high-stakes fight can easily result in injury for either or both parties. The loser of such a confrontation is frequently chased away from the pack or, rarely, may be killed as other aggressive wolves contribute to the insurgency. These types of confrontations are more common during the mating season. Though rare, deaths can and will occur, as the average alpha male wolf kills two to four wolves in his lifetime. Rank order within a pack is established and maintained through a series of ritualized fights and posturing best described as “ritual bluffing”. Wolves prefer psychological warfare to physical confrontations, meaning that high-ranking status is based more on personality or attitude than on size or physical strength. Rank, who holds it, and how it is enforced varies widely between packs and between individual animals. In large packs full of easygoing wolves or in a group of juvenile wolves, rank order may shift almost constantly, or even be circular (for instance, animal A dominates animal B, who dominates animal C, who dominates animal A). In a more typical pack, only one wolf will assume the role of the omega: the lowest-ranking member of a pack. Omegas receive the most aggression from the rest of the pack, and may be subjected to different forms of truculence at any time—anything from constant dominance from other pack members to inimical, physical harassment. Although this arrangement may seem objectionable, the nature of pack dynamics demands that one wolf be at the bottom of the ranking order, and submissive individuals are better suited for constant displays of active and passive submission than they are for living alone. Any form of camaraderie is preferable to solitude and, indeed, submissive wolves tend to choose low rank over potential starvation. Despite the aggression to which they are often subjected, omega wolves have also been observed to be among the most playful wolves in the pack, often enticing all of the members in a pack into chasing games and other forms of play. In general, omega wolves exist to help relieve pack tension, be it as punching bags or as pack jesters. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 1999
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Model: Sarah / Makeup artist: Jo Wallis / Kitchen: www.retrorentals.com.au (RIP) Another image from my very first pinup shoots. This (from what I remember) was based on a Gil Elvgren painting.
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Leaf and it’s reflection in the stream makes a nice abstract image straight from nature… Canon 5D, 75-300Z
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I may be mistaken but I believe that all webs, world wide, are basically alike. This shot was taken during thie summer in Cambridgeshire, England. It was a wet summer.
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Nikon D60 very rainy day..
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Looking across the estuarine harbour at Teignmouth in South Devon, three local sand eel fishermen were unpacking their traditional wooden traps filled with sand eels and packing them into boxes, ready to sell as fishing bait for sea anglers. What looked like their first customer of the day had started fishing only a few feet away from where they were unloading the small eels, he obviously wanted to make sure his bait was as fresh as it could be. Nikon D100 / 38mm / F13 for 1/100sec / CP Filter
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Moss with rain droplets. Shot with a macro lens. Canon EFS 60mm f/2.8 / Straight from camera. FEATURED IN ‘AS IS’
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Fractal art. May all of your dreams be pleasant. / © Dave Moilanen
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oil on board. 30×30cm
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Heaven’s batting a thousand. How many can you catch? Originally an entry to Shirt.Woot derby #73: Optimism My first shirt design for shirt.woot.com. Though it obviously couldn’t contend with the likes of hamsters, dinosaurs, or pirates. Still, I think it’s the best of the ones I submitted.
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The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang…
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He just likes pretty things, / he’s really quite friendly, / honest.
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RAIN CATCHER The sound of rain - however soft or hard, windblown or delicately dropping on nearby leaves - transports me to a heavenly place, where my face touches the sky; but my feet are firmly on the ground, where the rain falls down on them. When the rain starts, I am perhaps in my most glorious state. — F.A. Moore Digital artwork, by F.A. Moore, June 27, 2009. Rain Catcher is the second in the “Rain” series. It incorporates the artwork, “Rain – I”, the first in the series. Special thanks to Milly-Stock for the model. FEATURES 2009-06-28 Rain Catcher in Freedom to Shine / Rain Catcher, mounted print ^ RAIN SERIES also includes: / Rain – I / Rainbow Macro
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Dream Catchers are a fascinating tradition of Native Americans. It was intended to protect the sleeping from bad dreams and letting the good ones through. It is believed also in the Native American culture that when the sacred Pathfinder the wolf enters your dream he will lead you to your true destiny. The wolf photos were taken by me at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois and the Dream Catcher hangs in my room and was photographed by me. I thought the four images would look nice together and project a Native American theme. Featured in Live Love Dream 8/4/09. Thank you hosts. / Featured in All Original Fusion 8/11/09. Thank you hosts. / Featured in Wolves in Art 11/9/09. Thank you hosts.
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Top 10 place New Zealand Made, Favorite Animal 29 Oct 2009 Oyster Catcher’s on the seashore ~ Catlins New Zealand!
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Nikon D40 with 18-55mm GII lens / 38mm ~ 1/640’s ~ f / 13 ~ ISO=200 / Hand Held / Auto Focus / RAW / Processed in Nikon Capture NX 2 software / _______ FEATURED / NIKON D40 (X) GROUP / 10/25/2009 / _______ FEATURED / REFLECTIONS in BUILDING WINDOWS GROUP / 10/04/2009 / ________ / ________ / ________
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