Flatpack boat over 4500 years old



In a separate building of the Grand Egyptian Museum is Khufu's boat. It was discovered, ready to be assembled, in 1,224 pieces, as recently...
 

Camel



OM-1 Mark 1, 12-100 Pro @100mm f/4 @f/4 1/8000th ISO 400 (again, I should have checked as this should have been on ISO 200).

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A bigger splash

With apologies to David Hockney; not a Californian swimming pool but the lake at Wollaton Park:







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Common Buzzard....



A bit of a long shot, but detail comes out quite well...
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The Hatshepsut Mortuary temple

Hatshepsut was an interesting character, who ruled Ancient Egypt between 1473 and 1458 BCE. This was rare QUEEN, who ruled as Pharaoh. An oddity was that...
 

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3,000 year old colour

Not the oldest temple of ancient Egypt by any means, but it's still over 3,000 years old - the temple of Medinet Habu, Luxor, built by Ramesses III, 20th...
 

Other birds by the river

A final set of birds from my walk

Some councils around Perth set up nesting poles for Osprey. There was one here with a pair of Osprey and...
 

Ducks, rails and pardalote

Some more birds from the river walk

A Buff-banded rail. It had two chicks. The foreground foliage ruined the photo with the chicks and...
 

Egret coming in for a landing

While waiting for my osprey friend this morning I caught a nice sequence of an egret coming for a landing.

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A few small backyard birds

I opened the door but didn't go outside and they didn't fly away.

Female Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)



White-throated...
 

Light snow turning to rain

The weather forecast for this afternoon stated that we would have light snow turning to rain later. They failed miserably with the definition of light...
 

River Rubble...



Abstract-ish?
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Osprey taking off

A couple of years ago I posted some pics of an osprey 'couple.' We're back in the same area this year and Nick and Nora are still on that nest. Pics...
 

A pyramids view



This is a vertical orientation pano compiled from ten donor images.

OM-1 Mark 1, 12-100 Pro @44mm f/5 ISO 400 (overlooked -...

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