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This little dog looked so cute driving his BMW M3 convertible down the street. He was playing his radio so loudly I could hear the song on his radio: Eagle's song "Take It Easy." You know that line "Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy." I think it's fair to say we shouldn't let the sound of other people's wheels drive us crazy either.
I am posting a black swallowtail next to a Spicebush Swallowtail so the observer can see the differences. The dorsal views are in the comment section. Notice the Black has seven orange spots on the inner ring of orange spots. It is also possible to see the eye spot with pupil.
Here is a link which describes key differences between the black butterflies of North Carolina: www.flickr.com/photos/drphotomoto/4200650680/
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"Sometimes you just get lucky":
I’ve mentioned before how the light was relatively poor while I was photographing the Baha’i House of Worship in Wilmette. There was no sunrise and I missed the five seconds of great light by being on the wrong side of the building. Despite these setbacks, I came away with a few great images, predominately because the temple is simply stunning. I was taking a few photographs from whatever vantage points weren’t blocked off by a winter’s worth of deep freeze, trying for something specific. Sometimes when you’re trying really hard to do one thing (get a shot of the white stone temple silhouetted against a pitch black sky) you luck out and get something that is quite the opposite, but better than you could have hoped for. A low cloud ceiling, sodium vapor lights, tungsten white-balance, and a rather nasty bit of lens flare coming off the ridiculous front element of the 14mm all intersected to create some very beautiful colors and shapes in the sky behind the temple. This would be an all-time favorite of mine were the foreground to be more interesting. Perhaps I should drop it to black with a little photoshop magic …. :)
In your hands there's a photograph. You look up, she begins to laugh. So cold as she walks away and you know that it's time to pay.
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I listen to "A Floating Life" from time to time 'cause it reminds me not to get too obsessed with the materialistic life. This was shot just after this one in Kristiansand some 30 minutes before sunrise :))
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Hirosaki Japan in winter. One from the vaults and remastered.
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Estava vindo de Saquarema e voltando para a minha casa, quando essa cena bucólica me capturou... o sol estava se pondo e os pescadores aproveitando a última luz do dia.
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Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
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Still in the week of the Earth, Wind & Fire assignment and still shots from my early morning trip on Saturday.
This shot was not really blue nor was it really orange/yellow/red, so I wanted to play around on the white balance a little. I ended up on this greenish look :))
In the sky you'll see a trail. Thor, the great Thunder God, ride the sky at this hour to chase those deadly Jötnar away! This is the trail he leaves behind!
Thor is the protector of all good Vikings. Just to bad that those f**** neo nazis are using the old Norse mythology in there campaign! They are giving the old Norse mythology a bad name in Norway :(
Trond thinks that Thor is looking for his dinner candles :))
I'm still hoping that Thor one day will stop his chariot drawn by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr and share a meal with me at the camp fire.
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Was trying to get a refraction shot on the weekend on the roses and irises in our garden without much success i might add, but inbetween trying that I got this shot which I quite like for its semi abstract feel
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This little duckling didn't want to hang around to have it's picture taken!! I still got a nice shot though as it fled back to it's family! :-)
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10 / 6 / 2003 .....10 / 6 / 2009.....dedicata alla Dott.ssa Maria Teresa N .
Ho cercato ed aspettato un po di tempo per fare due scatti da dedicare a questa Grande donna . secondo scatto , " Tracce di vita " scattata sulla spiaggia di Rimini !!!
.....Perché non esistono scorciatoie a nulla: non certo alla salute, non alla felicità o alla saggezza. Niente di tutto questo può essere istantaneo. Ognuno deve cercare a modo suo, ognuno deve fare il proprio cammino, perché uno stesso posto può significare cose diverse a seconda di chi lo visita.
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Venerdì 12, sabato 13 e domenica 14 giugno 2009, si tiene a Rimini la seconda edizione di “Mare di Libri”, il Festival riservato alla letteratura per adolescenti.
Mare di Libri è un festival dedicato al divertimento culturale, un luogo di appuntamento per tutti i ragazzi che amano i libri e la lettura, che così hanno la possibilità di incontrare altri coetanei che condividono le loro passioni. Il festival è anche un’occasione di riflessione per tutti coloro che si interessano dell’adolescenza e della letteratura per ragazzi.
Rimini 30 . 5 . 2009
On our visit to Central park last week we went to the Zoo for the first time, and caught this sealion cruising around. I think he must be shy as his eyes were closed in every shot I got of him :)
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The ladies usually meet him during casual walks in parks… soft talk, vulnerable look and sweet blueberry eyes…
Once the first contact is established, he begins to tell his sad and sour tale…
He start by telling them that even though he looks like a lime-frog, ‘deep inside’ he’s a real prince, stranded from his true destiny by deceitful and unfortunately events in his life.
He also tells them he has a beautiful Kingdom in a far, far away land awaiting for his glorious return along with his new Queen, the women of his dreams and the one that with a kiss, has ended all his suffering and saved him from his cruel lime-frog destiny...
So far… 435 romantic women have believed in him.
However, more victims are still being accounted for…
So if you see this frog around… don't believe his apparently sweet blueberry eyes and whatever happens, don't fall for his 'kissing scam!'
...because most of the times in our lives a man is just a man, a frog is just a frog, a lime is just a lime and above all... a lime-frog is just a lime-frog.
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Explore # 405, 25. Mai 2009
Feld-Sandlaufkäfer (Cicindela campestris) gesehen in den Weinbergen
Green tiger beetle seen in the vineyards
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Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica.
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The above photo is the vegetable field I've seen many times when I go to work out of Bangkok. There was a man working in the field while I took this shot. The place is in Pathum Thani near Bangkok.:)
แปลงผักข้างทางด่วนสายแจ้งวัฒนะ-บางไทร เข้าใจว่าเป็นเขตจังหวัดปทุมธานี
Exposure: 1/180 sec, Aperture: f/11, Focal Length:20 mm, ISO: 100
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My Japanese Maple again ... well, this is right after rain
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Okay so this is my first shot processed with Lightroom. I messed up things there pretty good... i mean bad.. haha! =D
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The spectacular Quiraing on the Isle of Skye gives us a classic hill-walk. This circuit heads out above the escarpment and returns along its base. A beautiful hill-walk of 4 hours at the Trotternish. After a hour of climbing the path leads to the edge of the cliffs above the Quiraing. These two climbers head off left and climb steeply up the grassy hillside. The slope briefly relents by a grass-grown drystone dyke. This soon leads to the edge of the cliffs above the Quiraing, with spectacular views looking down. The outlook across the sea and Staffin Bay to the Torridon mountains is equally magnificent. Please have a look at the map. Despite the rain we continued walking.
Two climbers heading for the cliffs above the Quiraing located at the Trotternish on the Isle of Skye - Scotland.
Een berg wandeling van zo'n 4 uur leidt ons het eerste uur langs de spectaculaire Quiraing. Prachtig uitzicht over het Trotternish gebergte van het eiland Skye. Een schitterende bergwandeling maar helaas begon het voor ons al gauw te regenen. Het levert wel prachtige beelden op maar moeilijk om mijn lens droog te houden. Het pad leidt ons samen met deze twee klimmers tot de rand van de klip boven de Quiraing met een spectaculaire uitzicht over de Staffin Bay en de Torridon bergen. Ondanks de regen zijn we gewoon door gelopen. Zie hier de route.
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"I could stay there for a lifetime"
Better days with brighter sunshines are coming. Everyone's "Woohoo !" !
- This title also tries to make a comparison between the ephemeral poppies, and our human condition, which is ephemeral as well, but in another way(s)... -
This afternoon, i came back home earlier than usual. After two fruitless hours in front off my tv, i decided to look out the window.
The weather was cloudy and we almost couldn't see the sun. I had to wait before going outside with my camera.
And there was not much to do inside. Actually i didn't really check out what i could do because i wanted to breathe some refreshing and sunny air, and maybe to take some pictures as well...
But i hoped this was not going to last long.
Twenty minutes later, without asking myself more questions, i opened the door and jumped outside.
Sometimes you easily become aware of things, habits you'd always like to live with... Your will can change everything without a lot of efforts.
I decided to ride my bike if ever the clouds would have liked to wring themselves.
Though despite that i put rain clothes into my bag, nothing happened.
In fact, i couldn't know that the bad weather that persisted this entire week was going to change into a beautiful and sunny afternoon allowing me to find my smile back.
At that moment of the day, when the sun suddenly appeared from behind the clouds now disapearing, i found a wheat field full of poppies. The first one this year !
I couldn't even dream of it !
The horizon was immense, i couldn't see anything but wheat, and wheat, and poppies... And the sun was wonderfully reflecting on the wheat dancing with the wind... The sun was not so hot on my skin, and sometimes the wind was a little cold. But it was an intense feeling, only the fact of being here, lost in the immensity.
I could stay there for a lifeftime.
I only stayed two hours, or more. I don't know. In fact i don't even remember.
I was feeling alive for the very first time this year :D
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My first attempt at HDR imaging, handheld shot of boats on the Carenage, in St. George's, Grenada. I'm loving this already...
I love how the other ones are (or seem to be) watching him!
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A Scoglitti, per la festa di S.Giuseppe, la gente prepara immense tavole imbandite ("le tavolate di S.Giuseppe) e le donne fanno "il pane di S.Giuseppe", a forma di mano, di bastone, di palma, ecc.
Le case vengono aperte al pubblico, che ammira le tavole ricche di cibi di ogni tipo..e il pane di S.Giuseppe viene offerto a tutti i visitatori.
La mattina della festa il cibo viene benedetto dal parroco del paese, e un uomo e una donna, vestiti da Maria e S.Giuseppe, girano per la case, bussano alle porte ('a tuppuliata) e alla terza "tuppuliata" viene loro aperta la porta.
Si siedono alle tavole e viene loro offerta pasta e legumi, e il pane.
Il cibo eccedente viene poi regalato ai poveri, o venduto all'asta, i cui proventi vanno poi alla chiesa principale del paese.
Il significato della festa si perde nella notte dei tempi, ma in genere gli studiosi di tradizioni popolari spiegano che l'offerta di cibo ai santi, e ai poveri, rappresenta l'offerta di cibo (simbolo di vita e di calore familiare) ai propri cari che non ci sono più.
Le donne con cui ho avuto modo di parlare in quei giorni, mi raccontavano inoltre che le tavole fino a pochi anni fa erano molto più povere, e che i cibi offerti erano cibi semplici, pasta e legumi, ortaggi, pane.
Mentre oggi il desiderio di mostrare a tutta la città la tavola più bella, ha trasformato questa consuetudine in una sorta di "gara" alla tavola più ricca. Dolci tipici e pesce, anche pregiato, hanno cominciato a prendere il posto dei cibi offerti in passato.
Sulle tavole però sono rimasti fino ad oggi alcuni cibi presenti da sempre, in particolare agrumi e carciofi, cibi aspri e amari, simbolo delle asprezze e amarezze della vita.
Spring grows in all shapes and colours.
A small pink tree blossom from my quick outing this afternoon.
It's always great to see the Spring season in full action like it's been in the last week, and these blossoms are the type of little things I like to capture during the Bloom & Bug months.
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I certainly hope everyone's Tuesday was excellent and that we're all off to a perfect week ahead with a wonderful Wednesday.. ( Almost middle week already?...)
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Eilean Donan, Scottish Gaelic for Island of Donan, is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. It is connected to the mainland by a footbridge and lies about half a mile from the village of Dornie. Eilean Donan is named after St Donan, a Celtic saint martyred in the Dark Ages. The original castle was built in 1220 for Alexander II as a defence against the Vikings. This century it has become one of Scotland most photographed castles thanks to its picturesque setting on an islet in Loch Duich by the main road to the Isle of Skye. In 1984 it featured in the movie Highlander with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery.
We just got back from our holiday from Scotland. Despite the rain, rain and rain we had a great holiday. We visit the two cities Edinburgh, Glasgow and went hiking in the Highlands of Scotland on the beautiful isle of Skye. We all go soaking wet everyday but our fireplace at our cottage and Scottish Whiskey kept me warm. Many new photos but have to finish my photo book too ;-) Above photo taken on our way the Isle of Skye. The famous Eilean Donan castle captured just before the start of heavy rain fall.
Eilean Donan Castle is een van oorsprong dertiende eeuws kasteel, gelegen vlakbij Dornie, op een eiland in Loch Duich in de Schotse regio Highland. Aan het begin van de achttiende eeuw werd het kasteel opgeblazen. Aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw werd Eilean Donan Castle uitgebreid gerestaureerd en opengesteld voor publiek. Waarschijnlijk werd pas in de vroege dertiende eeuw een kasteel gebouwd op het eiland, ter verdediging tegen de Vikingen. Vanaf het midden van de dertiende eeuw vormden de westelijke hooglanden tezamen met de westelijke eilanden min of meer een eigen koninkrijk onder de Lords of the Isles. Deze eeuw is het één van Schotland meest gefotografeerde kasteel te danken naar zijn schilderachtige setting op een eilandje in het meer van Duich langs de weg naar het Eiland Skye. In 1984 kwam het in de film de Highlander met Christopher Lambert en Sean Connery voor.
La vera storia di come i papaveri rossi furono assassinati!!!!!
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#128/365 Post Process Fridays episode #15. This wonderful shot was taken by Ang, who was there to capture the return home of Mary Kim's husband who was on on deployment. I know it's been about a month, but welcome home Steve! Semper Fi! TGIF! HPPF! OPP! YEAH! YOU! KNOW! ME!
Laos is the most laid back country I have been to. You cannot take it at your pace. You have to go with the flow - meander around the town on foot, take a boat down the Mekong, get up early in the morning to watch the monks receive alms. This is as close to the romantic Indochina you can get.
The Mekong is born 4000km from the sea, on the Tibetan plateau. More of the river courses through Laos than any other SE Asian country - the entire country parallels its course. It runs through most of the major cities and is a key source of livelihood (direct or indirect) for the country.
Luang Prabang, Laos
2009