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Actually shot a few minutes before this one when the tundra still received light.
5.0s at f/20, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM at 24mm,ISO100 Tripod
Explore Highest position: 436 on Saturday, June 16, 2007
A Different View of the Beautiful Cymbidium Orchid Flower.
Cymbidium plants are sympodial and grow to a height of 60 cm and the racemes as high as 90 cm. The raceme grows from the base of the most recent pseudobulb. Each flower can have a diameter of 5 to 10 cm, according to the species. They bloom during the winter, and each plant can have up to fifteen or more flowers. The fantastic range of colors for this genus include white, green, yellowish-green, cream, yellow, brown, pink, and red [and orange] and black (and there may be markings of other color shades at the same time), but not blue. The flowers last about ten weeks. They have a waxy texture. The rounded sepals and petals have about the same dimensions. They show very diverse color patterns, different for every species.
It is one of the most popular and desirable orchids in the world because of the beautiful flowers. These plants make great houseplants, and are also popular in floral arrangements and corsages. They have been cultivated for thousands of years, especially in China. Cymbidiums became popular in Europe during the Victorian era. One feature that makes the plant so popular is the fact that it can survive during cold temperatures (as low as 7˚ C or 45˚ F) [Actually they will survive at temperatures below 32˚F for short periods and even as low as 28˚F].
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I've uploaded this image early last year.
This is just a reminder for myself. One of my new year resolutions is actually to quit smoking but I'm having difficulties to throw it away.
I know the taste of cigarette, I've tasted it thousand times. Now it's time to break the habit.
Actually, he was not a good a great wizard. He was trying very hard to put a spell on the band. He was even cursing them a bit. Actually, I expected them to become donkeys, but it didn't work out at all. They were a bit irritated, though and didn't play perfectly. Maybe, his wand was too thin.
This is actually the first photo I took of the clock tower, but I liked the one against the sky enough to post that one first.
There were a lot of people out, more than expected for a Wednesday. The Apple store didn't look all that busy, probably the usual curiosity seekers.
As you can see, I got this shot in the late afternoon, so I didn't have to fight the sunlight or harsh shadows. I was even able to see inside the Apple store.
Actually, it's Thryallis, also called Golden Showers (Galphimia Glauca). Photographed at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in early fall.
Developed using Darktable 3.6.0. A light texture was added with Photoshop.
Actually one of the easiest species to photograph. They perch readily and don't seem to mind a lens being pointed at them.
This is one of the pictures of my recent sunset photo that i still have because it was saved in the other hard disk.
...actually Derwentwater with Skiddaw wreathed in cloud. The last of these as the cloud became more uniform.
I don't actually call my truck that, but it turns heads everywhere it goes. If a day goes by and someone doesn't comment on the truck or ask me questions about it, it is an unusual day! Out in the middle of nowhere, though, attention's not really an issue. :^)
One of the funniest interactions was when someone pulled up along side of me at a highway traffic light and waved for me to roll down my window... the two passengers saw the exhaust/intake pipe for the heater on the back of the truck and wanted to know if my ALU-CAB Canopy Camper was a smoker. Before the light turned green, I hurriedly explained that the coaxial pipe was for an adapted sailboat heater used to heat the cabin and tent. I assured them that it was not a smoker!
This photo was taken in the Owyhee Mountains beyond the Succor Creek State Natural Area in Oregon. From that spot nestled up against the base of a cliff, I could see for miles in every direction, with only one other vehicle... just a tiny speck way off in the distance. Earlier that day, the couple had waved hello as they passed by me while I was walking around after driving the truck up a long and steep incline..
If you look closely, you can see some of the truck's dashboard instrumentation. Seeing that reminds me about what someone said. While stopping for gas in a really small town, a local policeman pulled up, rolled down his window, and shouted, "Wow! You've got more electronic gear in there than I have in my squad car! I probably should've taken that as an invitation to chat with him for a minute, but after days out in the wilderness alone, I wasn't feeling in a particularly talkative mood yet.
It has been put through the paces on some demanding terrain... this summer I busted off half of the rear bumper.
That other thing that I notice in this image and many others is something called lens compression. Some of the rock formations look fairly close when reality they are miles away.
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Just a fun feature shot to expose the hard suit's head and functionality main pic oh and those ARE real lights... lifelites
Actually, its one of many, and one which Ruth indulges only rarely (the ciggie dimwit). Otherwise our heroine is the epitome of ladylike behavior (Hah)
I found this picture of Alaska recently. He was our first wolf dog, adopted from the SPCA. He was amazing and loved me. I took 2 years to get over losing him because he was only 5 when he died. We didn't know anything about his background. I can see that he loved me here.
Actually these are white. Manipulated the neutrals and whites in selective coloring (Photoshop) to give them an eerie green glow. I think these grow on Krypton....
Submitted to 7 DOS, Green in Nature, Wild Wednesday.
Actually turned out harder than I anticipated to capture a drop of water. Taken for a new 1 month of photo challenges by creative live.
Hate it. No time for much of anything the past 3 days..
Lots of mistakes so don't look too hard. ( i am in a better mood, therefore liking it a bit more now. ;^))
last one i am doing regarding mental disorders...i am pretty sure anyhow. I am running out of ideas, so any suggestions, LOL...
:)
On another note i am getting hella fed up with facebook. My acct keeps being "unavailable" due to site maintenance, and it is getting old. It is finally working again, after about 8 fucking hours.
Come where its wetter and life is better, under the sea!
This is not taken through class in an aquarium this is actually looking into the sea in Hawaii, the water is so unbelievably clear. I used a polarizing filter to cut out any reflection.
Actually just an admiring bystander...
A Grey Hawk (Buteo plagiatus) scopes out the terrain with its sharp eyes. These hawks occur from South America north to extreme southern Arizona and Texas, in habitats ranging from thorn scrub to tropical forests. Their prey consists primarily of small rodents and reptiles. This obliging bird was part of a raptor demonstration at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.
This was actually quite a tricky photo as the Nylon shades are all SO similar! Ever so slightly over exposed to show the differing colours
Left to right:
Chocolate Pudding, Copper Chocolate, Amaretto, Copper Titian, Ginger Snap
actually, the waves were really flat that day and most of those in the water had to wait patiently for something resembling a wave to roll in. this was one of the better waves seen that day.
better viewed large (no kidding, this time!)
Actually, nothing cooking or being prepared at the moment but I guess something will be happening when my wife returns from her shopping!!
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Actually there were two of them flirting and chasing each other around making getting pictures kinda difficult.
Actually it's just sketch for bigger series.
It's quite interesting location with unique character. This young forest is placed on small hills shaped by glacier. Probably these hills saved this place from deforestation, this kind of terrain is very difficult for agricultural activity, especially in this part of central Poland where everywhere around go on many tens of kilometres big flats of Lodz Plateau.
Actually this is my third office. The second office was in the building in the background (before it moved) and the office window is more or less behind the branch
Actually not as this bike isn't even registered for the road but I'll get there when I can afford it, which ought not to much longer now. Only can I handle the massive power this bike makes, all twenty horsepower of it, or maybe less. Truthfully if I did ride like this I'd maybe wear proper bike boots rather than these, I have several pairs of those.
Actually, a rather gruesome scene. I didn't even notice the spider there when I was shooting the fly, nor the tiny yellow mite on the fly's leg. I did notice the odd angle of the fly's head and the exaggerated distance between abdominal segments, though, and figured out that it was an entomopathogenic fungus victim. It does look a bit like the spider deployed a decoy to make other flies think there's some good reason to stop here...
I figure Arachtober is a good time to post this one!
I believe the fungus is Entomophthora muscae
SERC Bug Blitz
Edgewater, Anne Arundel Co, MD
6 June 2015
(actually, i haven't showered in 3 days...when i get really caught up in work, i get lazy like that...so i decide to take pictures, what else?!)
Actually, her neck has not become elongated by wearing the traditional coils. The coils press down on the collar bone and ribs to create this "look". If the coils were removed you would find that her neck muscles have atrophied. This custom is now disappearing from some of the tribal areas as western influence has arrived.
Actually, spring arrived late to the Midwest this year - so the early spring greenup came in late April.
Charles C. Deam Wilderness, Hoosier National Forest, Indiana.
The above poor-quality image was actually taken in 2004, as I was arriving on an early-morning flight into Heathrow. As we turned onto finals, I was disgusted to see the layer of smog and took this image, looking east over City Airport in the foreground, the Dartford Crossing mid-right and the Thames estuary beyond. It was not a bad day in terms of pollution!
Air pollution in London passed levels in Beijing this week (end of January 2017), with popular wood-burning stoves blamed for exacerbating the problem.
On Monday, 23 January 2017, Mayor Sadiq Khan issued the highest air pollution alert in London for the first time, and said on Tuesday that the capital’s ‘filthy air’ is now a ‘health crisis.’
Readings at 3 p.m. on Monday showed that air at locations in the capital were worse than in notoriously smoggy Beijing, hitting a peak 197 micrograms per cubic metre for particulate matter on the Air Quality Index. Pollution in the Chinese city only reached 190, which is still deemed ‘unhealthy.’
Although nitrogen dioxide levels in London rose higher than China in 2014, it is believed to be the first time particulate readings have exceeded those in the Far East.
Experts at King’s College London said the recent spell of unhealthy pollution was the worst since April 2011 in the capital and was being caused by cold, calm and settled conditions combined with ‘traffic pollution and air pollution from wood burning.’
Temperatures have fallen below zero overnight over the last few days, meaning householders are burning more fuel to keep warm. “This was the largest contribution from wood burning measured during the winter so far,” said a spokesman for King’s College.
Over the past few days, many parts of the capital have recorded double the legal limits of emissions. Some schools banned children from playing outdoors, and Public Health England warned people not to exercise outside.
The Mayor said the situation was becoming so toxic to children that hundreds of schools will now be audited to see whether gates and play areas can be moved away from busy roads.
‘No idling’ zones are likely to be implemented to prevent drivers leaving their engines running while waiting for children on the school run, while the most polluting vehicles may be banned entirely from driving up to entrances.
Schools will also be encouraged to plant hedges and bushes around their sites to provide barriers to block out fumes and children will be encouraged to walk and cycle to cut down on lifts.
A 1990s vintage Sandi doll in a very good condition... Erm... Betty clone? A clone of a clone. Still, she is not a no-name manufacture.
Got this girlie last week. I did not have Barbie-like dolls back then in the 90s, so they are a novelty to me. The dress&necklace are not original.
So this is a first tentative photo to check up the lighting, and as it happens often, it is the one that has the most feeling in it. In all the other ones she looks more or less like THE F*CK I JUST READ =)))
The problem with doing the 52 photos in 2014 project, is opportunity. This week leaving for and getting home from work it's dark. Today it poured rain and was grey and awful.
So a bowl of water with some cooking oil added to it. I placed it on some coloured backgrounds Voilà.
This was actually sitting on a celebrations tin lid.