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As the new year starts its pace we have some hopes, dreams and wishes. It's always a new beginning. Human's wish of happiness lives forever.
Here's the photo of the first minutes of the new day. One of the best days of recent summer that we spent on the shores of Baikal lake in Siberia.
I wish you all the best in 2022, good trips, beautiful photos and peace inside.
Thank you for all the comments and faves, my friends.
World Wildlife Day / Tag des Artenschutzes yesterday on 03.03.2019, here a belated portrait of the endangered
European wildcat / Europäische Wildkatze (Felis silvestris silvestris)
Wildlife enclosure / Wildfreigehege Wildenburg, Kempfeld, Hunsrück
She was found with a broken jaw and is now living in the wildlife enclosure Wildfreigehege Wildenburg, Kempfeld, Hunsrück, as she isn't able to catch her food in the wild anymore.
As I began to photograph this shell, the tide began to cover it. I love how the water formed around it's shape.
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As a photographer you see so much beauty before you, and when you take a picture and review it, the beauty just shines even more. The detail, the color, the eyes and look at that smile, well, you get it, right!
As the sun sets in Chumphon a fisherman gets ready for the night shift of catching the next lot of fish
This is an image from the only day during our two-weeks-roundtrip around Iceland which I did not enjoy. We wanted to visit Aldeyjarfoss, a waterfall which is very tough to access in winter and early Spring but offers the most astounding setting within columnar basalt rock. The only day we had for doing so promptly brought weather misery. We got there only half way with our campervan, had to park kilometres away from the place, rescued four very silly young girls who I guess had recently made their driving license and had tried to access the waterfall with their 4x4 ending in terrible failure and them being stuck in an ice hole. After all that excertion we went on our hike to get to the waterfall, got lost in bad weather, poor visibility and snow that reached up to our waste soimetimes. In the end we only got short glimpses of the river and its strange volcanic rocklands but never reached the waterfall and were rather happy just to having made it back to our van :) And so it goes ... :p
As Briton and I were going from one place to another, we spotted this beauty way up in a big tree. Briton swings around and I got out and shot it. Best kind of Drive by shooting I like to hear about. Cooper's Hawk Plymouth Meeting Pa.
Commonly known as moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of orchids in the family orchid. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end. Orchids in this genus are native to India, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia with the majority in Indonesia and the Philippines. A few to many, small to large, long-lasting, flat, often fragrant flowers are arranged on erect to hanging racemes or panicles. The sepals and petals are free from and spread widely apart from each other. The lateral sepals are usually larger than the dorsal sepal and the petals much wider than the sepals. The labellum is joined stiffly to the column and has three lobes. The side lobes are erect and more or less parallel to each other and the middle lobe sometimes has a pair of appendages or antennae. 39837
Kalamaki, as Kalkan was known in ancient history is thought to have been founded between 150-200 years ago by traders from the Greek Island of Meis, which lies 2 miles off shore from the town of Kas, which is 18 miles from Kalkan.
The success of those early traders encouraged others of both Greek and Turkish origin to settle. Evidence of this can be seen in the similarity in architecture in Meis and Kalkan. Settlement was further stimulated by Kalkan's harbour which was the only safe, hospitable harbour between Fethiye and Kas.
Kalkan Mosque
Kalkan's Mosque, originally a Greek orthodox church is one of Kalkan's earliest buildings and the architecture is very reminiscent of churches that can be seen in the Greek Mediterranean today.
Kalkan people were largely involved in trade. Various produce, including charcoal, silk, cotton, Olive oil, timber, grapes and sesame were brought by camel from the plains of Patara and mountains to be loaded onto ships where goods were taken to other parts of the Ottoman empire such as Egypt, Syria, Cyprus, Rhodes and Lebanon.
The 20th century saw Kalkan prosper with this trade, and history records that in the early 1900's there was a customs House, 17 restaurants, a goldsmith and several tailors at this time.
The 1920's saw the start of changes, with the founding of the Turkish Republic, and population exchange of Greeks and Turks. Greeks who were living in Turkey moved to Greece and Australia, and Turks who were living in Greece moved to Turkey.
In the 1960's a coastal road was completed between Kalkan and the larger towns of Antalya to the East and Fethiye to the West. This new mobility and the opportunities for local people to develop businesses further afield meant that at that time many people left Kalkan.
Commonly known as the carnation or clove pink, it is a species of Dianthus. It is probably native to the Mediterranean region but its exact range is unknown due to extensive cultivation for the last 2,000 years. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 80 cm tall. The leaves are glaucous greyish green to blue-green, slender, up to 15 cm long. The flowers are produced singly or up to five together in a cyme; they are around 3–5 cm diameter, and sweetly scented; the original natural flower color is bright pinkish-purple, but cultivars of other colors, including red, white, yellow and green, have been developed. The fragrant, hermaphrodite flowers have a radial symmetry. The four to six surrounding the calyx, egg-shaped, sting-pointed scales leaves are only ¼ as long as the calyx tube. Carnations require well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil, and full sun.They are used for medical purposes, such as for upset stomach and fever. Their fragrance was historically used for vinegar, beer, wine , sauces and salads. 25699
As we had milder temperatures today for a change, Cleo dared to go outside for a while. Most of the time she relaxed on the bench on the porch next to Strange Bird. Strange Bird watched me mowing the lawn while Cleo did her best to ignore Strange Bird.
As our ship headed northeast from South Georgia, we were treated to one of our last sightings of icebergs and remnants from the world's once largest iceberg, A23a.
on our first evening at Windermere, I stood on our balcony and took this photograph. Another visit to the Lake District with my sister, just under ten years ago now. Time goes so fast !
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When printing was as much an art form as a technology.
Or, the day the people at the Print Shop at History San José set me and my camera loose in their type storage cabinets.
Having had some experience with off-set printing in the past, it was interesting to see how they used to do it.
Autumn, also known as Fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March (Southern Hemisphere). Autumn is the season when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools considerably. Day length decreases and night length increases as the season progresses until the Winter Solstice in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere). One of its main features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed.
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This was used as artwork for a digital single release by musician Joe Hodgson who is launching his latest work and website this summer. All creative and arts folk are having to navigate difficult times this year!
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Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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As the second longest river in the UK, the Thames has historically been the major line of communication, transportation, and nourishment for not only London, but seven different counties in England. As a great provider for the English people, it's no surprise that the water source has the nickname ''Old Father Thames.
Everything may change in this demoralized world except
the heart, human love, and our striving to know the devine.
Marc Chagall
Try as it might, the sun had a real effort on its hands attempting to show itself through the fluffy clouds. I just luv these type of skies, as they create such depth.
A play around with the settings, gave me the time I needed to get some foreground water movement. The small lighthouse at Roker"s curved pier is backlit by the sunrise colours.
Amazed I managed to get anything as every time I set up, down came the rain.
Our granddaughter's reflection as she runs through a puddle of water on another fine sunny, blue-sky day on Bluebird Estates.
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My favorite phrase in one of The Cure’s songs (Let’s Go To Bed) often comes to mind when I look at my flawless sweeties. Cats are indeed purrfection.
might as well snap a photo. Had to take off my gloves and capture the scene I was seeing while I was down. Always thinking "photos" LOL
I was asked by someone yesterday if I really had gone bike riding, so I just thought I'd show you a picture my daughter took of me after one of my falls along the trail through the marshmallow field. I'm not sure how many marshmallows I crushed here but I also took out a small tree.
a pic of my daughter April in first comment box below