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Ink drawing on Fabriano Rosapina 285gsm. / Original size 28×28cm.
A lazy moment in the life of a polar bear at at the Oregon Zoo. I am going to Churchill next year to see these beautiful animals out on the tundra. There has been a 13% decrease in the Polar bears in that area due to global warming. There is only a short time during the year for viewing these bears, as once the ice solidifies, they migrate in search of food. During the several month hibernation, they have had no food. They replenish their bodies off of seals and other sea going mammals. The polar bears are considered the most dangerous of all bears. While viewing them in their natural habitat, you never leave the gigantic dune buggies. For several days and nights, you sleep, eat and view the wildlife from the dune buggies and from the viewing decks. The bears are considered to be too dangerous to allow people to step down on the tundra (other than the scientists).
canon 450d sigma 12-24mm at 24mm ISO 200 f7.1 1/15 s handheld
This painting was done from a photo I took in Bladen when we were in the U.K as it is where Churchill is buried and near Blenheim where he was born.
Another Aurora. This one captured in Churchill, Manitoba Canada. I was there to photgraph Polar Bears. When an Aurora was spotted we were taken out on the tundra to view it. We were allowed out of the bus for only a few minutes due to fear of polar bears and bitter cold. I had time to grab a couple of shots. Not the best quality, but will give some idea of the beauty of the Northern Lights.
Mother of 2 healthy polar bear cubs, takes a few minutes out to enjoy the sun. / Churchill, Canada 100% of all proceeds from sales of my artwork will be sent to Polar Bears International. Support of this organization is critical to the well being of Polar Bears in the wild. More information to follow.
I took this photo in Paso Robles, California at the Justin Winery. Churchill is a basset hound who doubles as the winery greeter…definitely a people dog. (I adore dogs and cats…would adopt every one in the shelters if humanly possible.) Thanks for stopping by for a visit! FEATURED in California Sound with sincere thanks to the hosts! FEATURED in phoDOGraphy ~ thank you to all the hosts!!~
Taken at Churchill National Park in Lysterfield, Victoria. I wanted to try something a bit more ‘out there’ with this shot, I wasn’t content with an ordinary sunset shot, as attractive as it was. Let me know what you think of it, because I’m not quite sure what to think! I like it but I’m not sure if its just ‘too much’. Shot with a Nikon D200, 28-70mm lens at 48mm, F/16, 100 ISO, polarizer. 9 shot HDR, tone mapped twice, once for the foreground and once for the sky. Merged/mapped in Photomatix and assembled in Photoshop. BEST VIEWED LARGER The story: Lawrence Norton and I decided to go and explore some fire access trails at Churchill NP which is only about 5 mins from my house. During the nightmare bushfire season this year not even this little park was safe. So with his trusty old FJ40 Landcruiser we managed to get to the top of the hill beneath these massive electrical towers, where we caught an awesome sunset. Because the fires had only just been extinguished in that area barely a few days earlier, police and the CFA were still on the lookout for suspicious behavior, and a police helicopter spotted us and was circling above us at one stage looking at what we were doing. The chopper eventually flew away but then about half an hour later we realised exactly why it was so curious as to what we were up to; a fire had broken out in the valley barely 200 meters from where we were shooting. Fire trucks were driving right past us and by that stage it was getting dark so they didn’t spot us. It was an interesting evening!
A Lego recreation of Yousuf Karsh’s 1941 portrait of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” / Winston Churchill If you haven’t guessed – that statue is the silhouette of Winston Churchill looking upon Parliament from a small park adjacent. The sound of Churchill’s voice will echo in iconography of Great Britain for a long time. Although well before my time, it’s one of the first things I think of from London, its fierce survival in war time.
Race Info / Track: Churchill Downs / Date: May 7, 2009 / Race: 5 – Maiden for Maidens, FIllies Two Years Old / Length: 4 1/2 furlongs on the dirt Horse Info / #2 Wild Forest Cat / Florida Bred Grey Filly 2 years old / By D’wildcat, out of Bon Caro by Bon Point / Owned by Lewis G. Lakin and Diane and Roger Stanton / Trained by Steven M. Asmussen / Jockey: Brian J. Hernandez / Results: finished 1st Camera: Canon Rebel XT w/ Canon 75-300mm lens / as is, from the camera, just cropped in photoshop Weather: Very cloudy… track was a mess until Race 6 when it was upgraded to “good.” Panning shot of the winner of Race 5. Loved how I caught the jockey biting his lip. For anyone who knows me, you know I do that while riding, too. Bad habits die hard. Once I managed to bite down over a jump on my old pony in a riding lesson and I nearly bit through my tongue! I am passionate about all horses, but have always had a dream to own and train my own racehorses someday. It probably won’t happen until I retire, if it does happen, but that’s the fun thing about dreams… you can have them even if they aren’t likely to happen. Although, I have been trying to get a plan together for getting friends together after college graduation to go in and buy a share of a racehorse with my boyfriend and I… so maybe it’ll happen sooner than I think :0) Thanks for your views and comments friends! My first attempt at horse racing photography. Enjoy! ♥ Louisville, Kentucky
Can’t seem to find my program from this raceday. I’ll dig it out at some point and update this with info about the horse & jockey. Canon Rebel XT w/ Canon 75-300mm lens Churchill Downs Louisville, KY
Featuring Sir Winston Churchill :) /
Twist to an urban classic
A statue called “Married Love” in Kansas City, Mo, honoring Lady and Sir Winston Churchill.
After an Australian bushfire, there is an eerie silence. There is no birdsong. There are no cicadas. Native animals have deserted the area. You cannot even hear the racing, scorching northerly breeze – because there are no leaves to rustle in the heat. Every single sound that we associate with our bushland has disappeared. Gone. Vanished. There is nothing. You can hear the rasp of your own breathing as you walk through the tracts of land that have been claimed by voracious flames. This was taken just after a bushfire raced through Churchill National Park here in Melbourne on 30 January this year. I photographed the actual fire from a ridge and could scarcely believe how it claimed an entire valley in about nine minutes. Later, after the roads were re-opened to the public, I shot this as the sun began to sink past the blackened gums and eucalypts. It was Nature’s promise of another day. Less than two kilometres away from where I took this shot, the Rowville CFA (Country Fire Authority) crew was busy fighting a fire that had only just started. They had it under control in minutes. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my work in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F8, 1/180 sec, ISO 200, focal length 125mm. 107-4761
Narrow Gauge Engine “Winston Churchill” / on the Romney, Hythe & Dymnchurch Railway in Kent. Camera: Nikon F601 – 35-70mm lens. / Digital remastered Negative. / Agfa 200asa film.
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Sunset over the crops in Churchill near the Cotswold
Who’s the daddy?
I’m fascinated by this tree which grows in Lafayette, Louisiana. I think it must have fallen after a storm and then started growing again because the base of its trunk is very misshappen and convoluted as though it had been twisted and torn at one time. I stumbled across this quotation by Winston Churchill and immediately thought about this lone live oak. I think the words of the statesman and this stately old tree go well together. It’s encouragement for those who consider themselves loners because, as Churchill pointed out, solitary trees, having overcome the adversities of loneliness, grow stronger as a result.
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