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About Graham

I take photos when I'm out and about, recording life on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The Numbers Game #56

A praying mantis drinks from a puddle of water
A Praying Mantis takes a drink of water.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 177. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A pair of Rosy-faced Love Birds perch on a windsock in Hawaii
A pair of Rosy-faced Lovebirds check the wind.
Pu'uanahulu Baptist Church seen against a backdrop of a blooming jacaranda tree
A Jacaranda blooms behind Pu’uanahulu Baptist Church.
A variety of hazards at Hapuna Golf Course.
A common waxbill feeds its young
A Common Waxbill feeds its young.
A young Saffron Finch calls for food from its parent in Hawaii
A Saffron Finch with a more demanding youngster.
A day lily grows in the roots of a banyan tree in Hawaii
A Day Lily grows in a Banyan tree.

What happened here?

A Humpback Whale hits the water off Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge theme is ‘White.’ See more responses here.

I’m going with this big splash of whitewater. But how did it get there? The splash was the finale of the sequence in the slideshow below.

  • A Humpback Whale breaches off Hawaii
  • A Humpback Whale breaches off Hawaii
  • A Humpback Whale breaches off Hawaii
  • A Humpback Whale breaches off Hawaii
  • A Humpback Whale breaches off Hawaii

Seeing this Humpback Whale in the air was a lovely follow up to the magical encounter, a couple of weeks ago, with a Humpback Whale in the water (here).

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Geometric, for the curve of the jump and the shapes formed by it. See more responses here.