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A pair of blue-winged teals (Spatula discors, Anatidae), the male behind the female, fly over the marsh.
Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area
Leopold Wetland Management District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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Note that I am NOT standing in the middle of a field, but on a road...! And the blur is falling snow.
(A minute later I met a jogger.........)
... and she fought for it every day.
My tribute to Jo Cox
and all the other recent victims of unrestrained violence !
Schwäbisch Hall "Swabian Hall", or Hall for short, is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and capital of the district of Schwäbisch Hall. The city is located in the valley of the Kocher river in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg.
Hall was a Free Imperial City for five centuries until it was annexed by Württemberg in 1802.
"Schwäbisch" refers to the Swabian League (German: Schwäbischer Bund). The origin of the second part of the name, "Hall", is unclear. It might be derived from a West Germanic word family that means "drying something by heating it", possibly referring to the open-pan salt making method used there until the saltworks closed down in 1925.
Torre Rognosa seen from Torre Grossa.
It's the second highest. 52 meters high, year 1200
There's a cell at the top and it's a secular bell. It warned residents of the dangers of attack.
For Week 211 in Poetography... A weekly Inspiration. The word/theme this week is Moon
Texture thanks to Lenabem-Anna J.
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Celebrating golden October among the acers of Westonbirt Arboretum. It's gotta be done on an annual basis :-)
The blue Peacock (pavo cristatus) is a species of bird in the family of Phasianidae (Phasianidae). It belongs to the order of Galliformes and the pheasant and the House chicken is one of the best known representatives of this bird group is.
Due to its striking appearance, especially the males are considered the oldest ornamental birds in the people. In the legends of ancient Greece they were mentioned. As site-loyal birds, the animals originally in India and Sri Lanka are held today around the world as pets.
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I definitely love the aesthetics of the eights interleaved in a race sweepeing so close, darting throuhgh the race course. Let me note that to get these colors I've just increased slightly the dynamic contrast, bleaching the garish green of the grass, which was much more preeminent in the picture than in reality. I worked on the contrast of the water surface, and selectively applied a yellow graduated filter to it, in a moderate percentage (like 30%) and exluding the white buoy on the right, which is essential to balance the composition. Worked with LR5, Viveza and Color Effex Pro.
Me encanta la estética de los ochos entrelazados en una regata remando tan juntos, lanzados a través del campo de regatas. Para conseguir los colores de la escena incrementé ligeramente el contraste dinámico y desturé el verde del prado, que destacaba en la foto mucho más que en la realidad. Trabajé sobre el contraste de la superficie del agua, y apliqué selectivamente un graduado amarillo (como en un 30%) excluyendo la boya blanca, que es clave para el equilibrio de la composición. Trabajada con LR5, Viveza y Color Effex Pro.
Blustery weather over the late summer 'Machair' at the Luskentyre estuary on the west coast of Harris in the Western Isles of Scotland. The dune grass was still rich with wild flowers even this late in August.
Je n'en ai jamais vu autant en une quinzaine de jours ... ( I have never seen so many rainbows in a short time, a fortnight !)
"Cercle d'Or", sud de l'Islande
A voir en grand, better in large, click L.
Where there are fishing nets and boats, there seems to be birds. This is such a common sight in Cochin and the surrounding area.
I first saw Cochin when it was a port of call of the Star Clipper lines. You have seen the water flowers of the backwaters. They also fill some of the harbor of this area too. Imagine slowing coming into port on a huge clipper ship with mammoth sails flying and seeing this fishing paradise.
If that wasn't enough to take your breath away, there are graceful Chinese fishing nets adorning the coast as well. Cochin is a memorable city.
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The Album Leaf: Between Waves ( I like the video ;-)
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Here is the classic vertical version of the so-called Second Wave in the Vermilon Cliffs / Northern Arizona. I can not decide which version looks better.
Hier die klassische vertikale Version der sogenannten Second Wave in den Vermilon Cliffs/Nordarizona. Ich kann mich nicht entscheiden, welche mir eher zusagt.
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Alors que la nuit tombe, une nouvelle fleur verra le jour au retour du soleil. // While the night falls, a new flower will be born on the return to the sun
Here's another composition from my last visit to Joshua Tree. A shot of the Ancient Juniper taken facing north with the glow from the city of Twenty Palms. I have decided to embrace the glow instead of complain about it. :)
I have started saturating my photos a little bit more than usual after I made a few test prints on an Epson 9900 using a custom RGB profile. Those photos I selected to print, seems to be a little weak in color based on the sRGB colorspace which has a much smaller color gamut then the AdobeRGB1998 colorspace which is available on most cameras and I was using for my photos. But, if I then convert to the AdobeRGB1998 colorspace from sRGB I reduce the amount of colors that get clipped down during conversion. My wish on the next "first star" will be to have the profile supported by the web changed to AdobeRGB1998, It would make for a brighter more colorful internet.
I would like to take a moment to explain my reduced activity here on Flickr. I work in a prepress/advertising environment which gets crazy busy during the Christmas season, I have been working 12 hr shifts and haven't been able to spend as much time Flickering as I usually do. I will be heading out to shoot saturday night but I have vowed to spend all day Sunday catching up!! Please be patient with my busy schedule. Man am I looking forward to the new year when things usually slow down a little. :)
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Processing: Photoshop Lightroom cc
Press L to see it on black (light & colors are better)
Toutes vos critiques, commentaires et fav sont les bienvenus !
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[80] CO J15
Zentrale des Bundesnachrichtedienstes | BND
Archtitekten: Kleihues + Kleihues (Hauptgebäude),
Henn Architekten (Nordbebauung),
Lehmann Architekten (Südbebauung), 2006
I managed to get to Mote Park lake just in time to catch a few minutes of this early winter sunset - my first of this season. It was a very cold afternoon and the lake was frozen over as can be seen looking at the foreground.
City Skyline ~ Magnificent Mile ~ Chicago, Illinois
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 110, f/11.0, 18mm, 1/125s
I've driven through this junction hundreds of times and often wondered what this shot would look like. When I saw snow on the ground I knew that would give extra contrast so I parked up and went up onto a foot bridge to tkae the shot. I could not get a full sequence of the traffic lights in one exposure so this is 4 shots stacked in photoshop.
... for the weekend - TGIF!
European Robin / Rotkehlchen (Erithacus rubecula)
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
It is a former estate garden featuring annuals, roses and wildflowers and an extensive rockery. It is located on Wilket Creek, one of the tributaries of the Don River West Branch. The estate's title was once held by Alexander Milne, a Scottish weaver who settled here after the War of 1812 and left in 1832. The land and the woolen/saw mills was obtained by Rupert E. Edwards in 1944 and created his country home. Edwards home was left in neglect and was purchased by the Municipality of Metro Toronto in 1955 and became Edwards Gardens in 1956.