October 2025

[Fons Baerken]

Mixed lights.

  Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl

Great silhouettes

[Fons Baerken]

a little light - Z30 & DX 12-28 PZ

Nice Daniel!

[Fons Baerken]

The wasp attacked the ant several times, trying to bite. Today with the D200

Thats close, Arturo!

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Bolnuevo beach. D750, nikon AF 85MM

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Thats close, Arturo!

Hi Fons, I've been seeing somewhat aggressive wasps lately. The photo is from my garden, with a Russian aluminum lens, the Jupiter 11.

[Erik Lund]

October 1

looking at the sky

D850,  afs105mm f/1.4

Nice effect, up side down 

[Fons Baerken]

Nice effect, up side down 

No upside down Erik, just as is!

[Fons Baerken]

Hi Fons, I've been seeing somewhat aggressive wasps lately. The photo is from my garden, with a Russian aluminum lens, the Jupiter 11.

Yes large oriental wasps have entered our airspace

[KarlMera]

Out of line

[Jürgen Pfeiffer]

The first animals are looking for a place to hibernate...

[Frank Fremerey]

walk in the forest at sunset (original JPEG = 32MB)

[Frank Fremerey]

Structures used for controlling the log driving. Called variously log piers, boom piers, stone cribs, and probably more designations. Norwegian name is 'lensekar'. They measure around 15 by 15m and enclose many tons of rocks.

This river, the largest in the country, was extensively used for timber rafting and log driving until the late '70s. At the peak periods one could literally walk across the river. However the danger of being crushed by logs was significant and the drivers ('river pigs') had an elevated mortality rate.

Here is a closer look at these structures.

very educational. Do they not drive logs anymore?

[Birna Rørslett]

No. Rail and truck shipments have replaced the old-fashioned, and dangerous, log driving all over the Nordic region. However, the controlling and sorting facilites on the river and adjacent lakes are kept as a historical memorial.

One could say the "new" system is non-sustainable compared to the old. But that applies to most components of our society these days.

[golunvolo]

Thank you Fons!

  We are back at school full throttle. She did gymnastics before dancing so I cannot take credit for what she does here 

   Z9, 70-200 2.8 fl

[Luc]

Nose to nose. Both trains at a speed of about 50 km/h.

Ricoh GRIII

GRIII_R0002275 by Luc de Schepper, on Flickr