Western Crowned Pigeon

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A Western (or Common or Blue) Crowned Pigeon feeding its chick in the pouring rain in the aviary in Hong Kong Park. This shot was taken many years ago in pre-digital days with a Canon EOS3 and Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 IS L lens with negative film stock. The streaks are rain!

Darth Vader mushroom

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The extremely rare Darth Vader mask mushroom of Le Gupole. Following on from yesterday’s shot, here’s the same mushroom – quite a small one, ~1 1/2 inches across – taken from a different angle.

Canon G3X ISO500 1/80 at f/8

After the blossoms

phlomis head

A detailed close-up of a phlomis head once all the intense yellow blossom has blown away.

Canon EOS-100D with Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro lens ISO1600 1/160 at f/8