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| camera | Canon EOS 400 Digital |
| exposure mode | shutter priority |
| shutterspeed | 1/600s |
| aperture | f/13.0 |
| sensitivity | ISO800 |
| focal length | 116.0mm |
| resolution | 3888x2592 pixels |
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Decisions
A wednesday picture. One looking forwards and the other backwards. It was a great weekend or is it going to be a great weekend. Or in vulture language - which direction holds more bodies? Update as result of Martin's comment: Although I didn't have Janus in mind with decision taking - this mythological god had very much this function of considering the past and 'starting' the future. Janus was usually depicted on coins and statues with two faces looking in opposite directions. Janus was frequently used to symbolise change and transitions such as the progression of past to future, of one condition to another, of one vision to another, the growing up of young people, and of one universe to another. He was also known as the figure representing time because he could see into the past with one face and into the future with the other. Hence, Janus was worshipped at the beginnings of the harvest and planting times, as well as marriages, births and other beginnings. He was representative of the middle ground between barbarity and civilisation, rural country and urban cities, and youth and adulthood. Wednesday is named after the Saxon mythological god Woden and the french version Mercredi (Wednesday) is named after the Roman mythological god Mercurius.
comments (23)
I'll take next weekend as last weekend wasn't great. Good capture, Louis.
Louis: Selah ( סלה ) to that. Thanks for commenting Mary.
I never thought of Janus as the god of Wednesday, but it makes perfect sense!
Louis: I also never coined him into this posting, but your comment made sense. I have added a little info in my comment box as a result. Thanks for the thought provoking comment Martin.
Aasgieren, this is a wednesday picture indeed, I think the right one will be the lucky one, his direction is towards the next week....great capture, zijn deze vogels echt in het wild bij jullie?? dan zijn jullie wel geluks-vogels...
Louis: Echt in de wild en dat kan niet anders - dat is in Afrika
Fantastic shot Louis. Great looking birds.
Louis: Thank you Aussie
Your comment is very witty! First I thought what a nice couple , zo eendrachtig bij elkaar,(Martin's allusion to the god Janus is goed,too, my next New Year-postcard?), but then I was conscious that they are "aasgieren", and I wouldn't like to meet them! Your last words are: "more bodies"!Uhhh! The nature is cruel!
Louis: Ja, aasgieren niet de liefste beestjes
Great capture Louis. Very enigmatic!
Louis: Thanks for the comment Richard
interesting. I like it.
Louis: Thank you Gishan
Very interesting information here Louis and so well depicted in your photo... the future & the past.Brilliantly captured.. you must have had this in mind and waited patitently for the right pose.
Louis: Thank Gale. You think that is what happened
good composition
Louis: Thank you Chantal
Too philosphical by half, Louis.
It is nothing more than the birds being perched permanently in the lowest rung of Maslov's Needs Hierarchy. The young chap looking your way is wondering if there will be enough pickings for 2 large vultures on Louis's puny body, The one looking the other way is checking to see if Louis' reamins are going to be split two ways or if there are others also sizing up the opportunity. So glad they went hungry that day, Louis.
Louis: Thank you dear ray, you are too kind. In my youth I have been a rugby prop forward and it is now a number of decades later. Would make a good meal for these chaps - no puny body. But I am happy to have escaped that day
Great one Louis, you got them in a good pose. I did not realise how big vultures are until getting close to one
Louis: Thanks Michelle. Different types are different sizes, but these are big indeed.
Wow these are two serious looking vultures Louis. Great info
Louis: Thanks Tracy, don't they look like the guys that helped Bagheera?
excellent excellent shot...like the way the two are looking away from each other...
Louis: Thanks PhotoSam, they did strike a good pose.
Mid week musings, Louis? Great shot, taken in the wild I assume. I was photographing vultures myself on Sunday - sadly in captivity, but pretty reasonable conditions nevertheless. (:o)
Louis: Thanks Rosalyn. These are as wild as they can get. You know I have read an authoritive article that indicated the birds like these and the raptors experience very little stress in captivity. Not like the parrots that we prefer to keep and sometimes stress themselves into losing their feathers. Notwithstanding, I prefer them in the wild.
not sure about the Louis, but your shot of the vultures is superb
Louis: Joker
They are thinking ... When does he fall so as we can eat him !!! hihihi ... Very clever those birds ... They have a frightening eye and posture I find ...
Louis: If you think these are frightening eyes, wait until you look into the eyes of a wild lion. Frightening.
Thanks for the comment Ann
These guys have attitude, nice capture !
Louis: They are a pair of beauties, thank you ric.
I think we must look both ways--to the past for direction in our future. And to the future for embracing our pasts.
You have to love, Ray. When we become too philosophical or melancholy, he can bring us right back to reality in a matter of a couple of words. Nicely done. Where this in a natural setting verses some kind of confinement?
Louis: Thanks Kathryn. History is a passtime for me. I have once read that 'history is the shadow of things to come' and the more history I discover, the more I believe it.
These vultures were sitting up in a tree in the open bush while some lions were gnawing away at a buffalo they caught the previous night. And don't worry, lions that have fed are lazy Ray's name fit him.
A threatening vision and of bad omens, Louis. Interesting pic!
Louis: Don't worry Josè_Angel. They only eat dead bodies. You are still very much alive.
Impressive creatures well captured...
Putting all mythology aside my mind can't help but thinking about Buzzie, Ziggy, Dizzy and Flaps... (let's see if you know what I mean...)
Louis: That's too easy - they are the vultures from Jungle Book. Why would be easy - every time I take picture like this of vultures, I think of those 4.
ISO 800 - well...my camera doesn't take pics like this with ISO 800. But soon...My D300 is not that far away
Louis: Thanks Aksel - are you planning to rob a bank? I am battling with thoughts of buying, so if there is money over after the robbery ...
Another quality bird pic!
Louis: Thank you Nigel
Wonderful shot and interresting text too with the update ! A likey for me !!
Louis: Thanks Zebigleb - the vultures are honoured.
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