WORLDWIDE PHOTO WEEK: Part 751 - Around my Neighborhood

another beautiful day around my neighborhood, with a few locals out for a stroll.

joayne you can confirm this

Here is a typical evening Around my Neighborhood

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During these troubled Corona times my neighbourhood consists of birds mostly. More specifically gulls. Been shooting them for months now. Mostly in flight. But not this one. He suddenly landed next to me on the ridge that runs around the building I live in. He was only just outside the MFD of the lens. And he fully saw me, but even as I swung out the window and pointed the lens at him, he stayed right where he was. He just seemed curious...

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Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19201084
He just seemed curious...

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Or looking for a handout.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19201084
During these troubled Corona times my neighbourhood consists of birds mostly. More specifically gulls. Been shooting them for months now. Mostly in flight. But not this one. He suddenly landed next to me on the ridge that runs around the building I live in. He was only just outside the MFD of the lens. And he fully saw me, but even as I swung out the window and pointed the lens at him, he stayed right where he was. He just seemed curious...

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Good one Levina. Sure he was curious. He probably hadn’t seen a R6 before.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19201084
He suddenly landed next to me on the ridge that runs around the building I live in. He was only just outside the MFD of the lens. And he fully saw me, but even as I swung out the window and pointed the lens at him, he stayed right where he was. He just seemed curious...

Of course he's curious! He lives outdoors. He hasn't seen a human being in a year.

Free boxes

Some of you up there have such beautiful neighborhoods. I didn't try for beauty this time. Instead, I took shots illustrating the custom of putting unwanted but usable things out in front of one's home, free for the picking.

I'd like the old box.

OldCrow wrote in post #19201087
Or looking for a handout.

You would think that, wouldn't you, but no, that's not what gulls do. When there is food detected, they come rushing in. But they won't come, anticipating a handout. Gulls don't beg. And without food to attract them, they are pretty cautious with people. In 12 years shooting birds and looking at these gulls, this is the first time I have ever seen one do this. Pigeons do it. Even swans. But not gulls.

KT29 wrote in post #19201160
Good one Levina. Sure he was curious. He probably hadn’t seen a R6 before.

LOL. That is as good an explanation as any, Terry!

OhLook wrote in post #19201238
Of course he's curious! He lives outdoors. He hasn't seen a human being in a year.

Well, you know, he had seen me as I've been shooting him and his kind from my bedroom most every day since I got the R6 in, when was it, September, October? The Coronavirus kept me indoors so with a new camera, what do you do? Shoot whatever flies by...

And that is a really nice custom, OhLook: putting things that are no longer needed, but still good to use, outside like that.

The city put a putting green in a little park near me a few years ago.
It seems to get a lot of use from families. The coffee shop in the red
building keeps putters and balls for folks to use.

John_B wrote in post #19201053
joayne you can confirm this

Here is a typical evening Around my Neighborhood

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I'll confirm that!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19201084
During these troubled Corona times my neighbourhood consists of birds mostly. More specifically gulls. Been shooting them for months now. Mostly in flight. But not this one. He suddenly landed next to me on the ridge that runs around the building I live in. He was only just outside the MFD of the lens. And he fully saw me, but even as I swung out the window and pointed the lens at him, he stayed right where he was. He just seemed curious...

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Looks like you have a new pet!

OhLook wrote in post #19201238
Of course he's curious! He lives outdoors. He hasn't seen a human being in a year.

Free boxes

Some of you up there have such beautiful neighborhoods. I didn't try for beauty this time. Instead, I took shots illustrating the custom of putting unwanted but usable things out in front of one's home, free for the picking.

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This next one has an unusual old box, not typical at all.

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That dog at the left–evidently I pushed the button during a rare, brief interval between barks.

That happens in our neighborhood also. A lot of people have fruit trees and put fruits out in boxes.. also other usable, not needed items.

hawaiiboy wrote in post #19201427
The city put a putting green in a little park near me a few years ago.
It seems to get a lot of use from families. The coffee shop in the red
building keeps putters and balls for folks to use.

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This little scene is in a roundabout just beside the building here.

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Love both of those ideas...

OldCrow wrote in post #19201340
I'd like the old box.

I bet! Those are hard to come by. Some that are still around are prettier, with color prints of fruit/veg paintings.

joayne wrote in post #19201451
That happens in our neighborhood also. A lot of people have fruit trees and put fruits out in boxes.. also other usable, not needed items.

A few here put out fruit, usually lemons, maybe limes. (Less sun and heat at this latitude.) I once snagged a kiwi fruit a few blocks from home.

Yesterday I went for a walk in the NZ bush, which is very thick and, in my area, still dominated by the few survivors of the huge Kauri trees (tallest 51m high, 15m girth) that once proliferated but were harvested en masse for their fantastic wood. Only a few remain in reserve areas and those are being threatened by a disease called Kauri Dieback, a sort of rot that gets into their roots and is easily spread by the feet of animals, obviously including us. There is a reserve nearby that has special shoe cleaning areas to sanitize them so we can still walk the paths to enjoy these wonderful trees.

I took my oldest camera with me ('cos I'm weird like that) just to see if it would still produce some decent photos. This was the venerable Canon PowerShot G1, circa 2000, boasting a massive 3MP! The images I shot are of the bark of the Kauri, showing how the light creates wonderful colourful sculptures from the bark's texture.