actually a full colour image... very grimmy...

Actually a small swamp behind it.

The lake is actually behind the trees 😄

I actually like the previous photo of salt crystals better than this one but it seems like plenty of people chose to do salt for the MM challenge so I decided to go with these dashi granules instead. Area shown is about 33mm wide.

Happy Macro Monday!

Actually taken by my glamorous assistant: David Fryer-Winder, on my instruction with focus/framing. Take a look at his stream if you get chance:)

Taken climbing on a haystack on a friends farm.

Actually two arctic birds, if you look closely - the Arctic Tern perched at the end of the boat turned out to be incredibly aggressive when I strayed too close to its nest!

People are not actually allowed to get into Laguna Cejar's waters.

Instead, tour agency took us to the adjacent Laguna Piedra, where we could brave the high altitude cold and get into the lukewarm water. We found a current of warm water (heated by the thermal springs), it was actually not uncomfortable.

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These ponds have a very high salt content, about 33%, far above what we find in the sea, so when entering the water in the water you do not have to make the minimum effort to float. It's the same thing that happens in the Dead Sea, the giant saltwater lake in the Middle East.

You can enter this pond even if you can not swim, as soon as your body is in the water, you will already be floating. In ponds like this you should not dive headfirst. It is also good to avoid wetting the face, especially the eyes and mouth, due to excess salt that can be harmful.

The water in the pond is cold and hot, and this causes some people to give up bathing in it. We go in and we can ensure that after a few seconds in the water you get used to it and the temperature difference is no longer a nuisance.

The bath is refreshing, especially if you are doing a very hot afternoon like the one on the day of our tour. And the float makes the bath more fun and also relaxing, as we do not have to make any effort to stay in the water.

they got a lot of them!

Actually they were white.

Taken near Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

Not the best shot, but posted in the public interest.

Many an experienced bird bander worth their salt will no doubt have a replete collection of whoppers concerning his or her near misses in the handling of the the fairly uncommon "Horned Variant" of American Goldfinches.

The same caution should be applied as one would employ, say...removing a slippery catfish from off the hook...watch out for those sharp little barbs! These little 'tusks' will likewise deliver a nasty sting much the same way as the spurs on a rooster or the aforementioned catfish.

American Goldfinch "Horned Variant"

Actually Im not sure when Im not in the mood for stripes? They are my very favoritist and a staple of my own actual wardrobe :P

Actually, that red building has six rather unattractive gables, but I think the colors, shapes, and textures work nicely with that icon of Manhattan architecture, the Flatiron Building.

The Flatiron Building, located at the crossroads of Broadway and Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street, is considered, at 285 feet tall, to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built. Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City. My how things change.

We spoke to a ranger about this hike--from the Dempster Highway to Grizzly Lake, over Glissade Pass to Divide Lake, on to Talus Lake, and then back--before we started. He described the route over Glissade Pass, explaining, "You'll look down and say, 'that can't be possible,' but you just keep going." And that's exactly what we did say, and do, glissading down snowfields and scree. On the way back up the pass, by this point good and tired, we found ourselves sinking deep into the snow and scree, and experiencing the demoralization of actually sliding backwards after great effort. Since this photo is six years old, I won't try to build the suspense; after a lot of effort, we made it back to the tent:) Mrs. Orca making the arduous way from Divide to Grizzly lake over Glissade Pass, Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.

Actually, I think she may be moonlighting at the cake shop. Maybe she's just trying to pick up some tips from the experts. :)

For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, Stack.

Actually, this is not quite true. Truth is not my strong side, but it has to be said that I make sure that I have enough. But, when it comes to others, I don't give a shit about anything. What have others ever done for me? Yes, they empty the bins. But apart from that, what have the others ever done for me? OK, they stack the shelves in the shops for me and deliver my mail, but apart from bins, shelves and mail, what have the others ever done for me? What, policing the neighbourhood, children's education and medical support? I'll give you that. But apart from bins, shops, post, police, school and hospital, what have the others ever done for me? And so on, and so on.

Fuji X-Pro3.

Actually... I think he's still there

This is actually the first time I directly upload from the Instagram account to Flickr. The Instagram account www.instagram.com/petterphoto/ is cell phone photography only, however (as you know) a picture should never be judged by the camera. I should note that there is no Photoshop trick in this image, it is the way it happened in the hour of long shadows.

I actually lucked into an NS heritage unit operating on track of which it represents. Here the 8099 leads a loaded coal train toward East St Louis on the former Southern Ry western extension. The coal is taking a convoluted route west from a mine near Princeton, Indiana to East St Louis where it went north and east to Bellevue, Ohio where it was sent south and east to the tidewater port at Lambert's Point, Virginia.

Actually I don't think this is a wetland or a swamp. It's just a few old boggy areas right off a hiking/biking trail called Lost Valley here in St. Charles County. I just love the obvious old age of the trees in this area. & although the water has this algae, or whatever it is atop it, the water is actually clear, which just adds to the beauty of this awesome place. Not to mention how much I love a late winter landscape & these skies.

Actually, I now believe this may be a Yellow Warbler. Due to two great Flikrites I actually did some looking in my bird book and came up with my best guess. I do at least know that it is not a Goldfinch. Cute though.

This was actually my first morning in Alberta during my winter trip this past January. Joined by a couple friends, we headed out to this spot in complete darkness, other than our headlamps (which annoyingly really only illuminated my breath in the cold winter air). After a quick snowshoe and a really slow (and frustrating) post-holing process we arrived at this incredible location, where we waited. And waited. And waited.

Eventually, the sun rose behind a thick bank of clouds, illuminating the landscape. Unfortunately for us, we could barely even see castle mountain, and it seemed that we’d get no great light. Eventually the tummy growls were loud enough to motivate us to head back to the car.

Within 60 seconds of starting our walk back, I noticed the colour temperature changing on the snow to become warmer. I stopped in my tracks and looked at Castle Mountain - the clouds had broken, and warm light was just starting to make it through to the landscape.

Andrew - “Oh man. Look behind you.”

Scott - “Oh no. Should we go for it?”

Eric - “I’M GOIN’ FOR IT!!!”

Everyone - *runs*

Once again, a scramble to set up and get shooting. The light lasted less than 5 minutes before going back to a completely overcast mess. Thankfully, for that 5 minute period we were all right where we needed to be. Sometimes it pays to hike slowly!

Actually, these are proprietary drywall anchors I didn't use to secure the large hook they came with. Unlike a typical anchor using a separate screw, this anchor combines all the elements into one easy-to-use piece. The problem with this design, as well as similar screw-in anchors which use a separate screw, is that it doesn't hold well, limiting the hook's capacity to a mediocre 20 lbs. (9.07kg).

Just trying to do something new...and of course the photo in the iphone its not

by the iphone camera..its just an old HDR photo taken with canon 30d.

Actually, there were several rocks which had been spray painted by city power crews. Sorted through them to find the one I liked the most, because that's the sort of idiotic stuff you do for Iron Photographer. Right?

Actually it was a lady brave soul as it was hammering down with rain.

I actually took this (and a few other ornaments) to the beach but it was so overcast that I decided not to take photos. So they got a trip out, and a walk along the beach.

When I got back to town it was nicer, so I went to a park and had a little photo shoot there instead :-)

So I looked through my photostream today and saw how many beach related photos I've got. And at least a quarter of the 'non-beach related' ones actually were taken on the way too, from, or next to, a beach!

All these lovely little purple shells were found and carefully collected by me at Himatangi beach, NZ.

Another couple of shots of these purple shells

www.flickr.com/photos/27775566@N06/40487336261/

www.flickr.com/photos/27775566@N06/43969242424/

>More of my beach finds on flickr :-D

Actually it's the roof of the Stade de France, flipped by 180 degrees

Actually taken in 2013 in Yorkshire somewhere. Can't remember where exactly. I'm sure someone will know ;-)

La Coruña

Inspired by Girl with a pearl earring from Johannes Vermeer.

a Dutch painter in the seventeenth century.

Photoshop editing from an "Image Creator" picture.

Actually a completely new shot this time! I have a couple from late afternoon from very near this spot but this one is from sunrise the next morning... :-)

B l a c k M a g i c

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Actually it’s 5:15 pm here and my time clocks out of commission. I’m talking a break this Sunday 🙏☮️🌷♥️🌺

actually, it's lauren's grape. rich, like wine.

but this one is dedicated to catherine's papa.

playing with the new polaroid. this is the Polaroid I-1 with an old polaroid close up lens puttied on.

experimentation.

I like the really black purply poppies. they are darker than they look here.

actually Hans is not missing as the author's name of the photo is Hans = Yannis!

- Gretel par les Frères Grimm

En fait, Hans ne manque pas car le nom de l'auteur de la photo est Hans = Yannis!

So technically, this shot was taken last year...actually last week, but of all the shots I've taken lately, this one seems to capture my hope for a bright future as we begin a new year. Last Monday, Eric Gail and I took off at dark thirty as I had seen a skyfire forecast the night before that showed a 70 percent chance of a sunrise in Santa Monica and Malibu. I had been scouting that area for quite some time as I had seen some sunrise shots from El Matador Beach and, out of curiosity, began to dig around to see what other beaches faced either South or Southeast in that area. A few shots of the Malibu Pier showed up on Google, and I filed that info away, waiting for an opportunity to get a sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. After driving for well over an hour, our hopes began to sink as we weren't really seeing much cloud cover over us. But as we pulled into Malibu, we could just begin to make out a few wispy clouds overhead. As it grew brighter, we knew we were in for an incredible morning of shooting.

When I first began shooting landscapes several years ago, it never occurred to me to shoot a sunrise over the Pacific. Our coastline faces WEST so the California Coast would only be suitable for sunsets, right?

This may seem like common sense to most of you, but it never occurred to me that several sections of the California Coastline actually face South or even East, and in the Winter months, the sun literally rises over portions of the Pacific Ocean. Some of these locations are more obvious than others, and Malibu Pier is one such location as the pier is not sticking out toward the Southeast rather than the West. It was only after I spotted it on the map that I went to google to see what this pier would look like with a Winter sun behind it, and I was encouraged by the results.

So it was with this in mind that I encouraged poor Eric to get up at 4 AM for our long drive out to Malibu on Boxing Day. We both came away with several compositions, but this one was one of my favorites. Happy New Year, everyone!

(N.B. Special thanks to a local photographer named David for his hot tip of another amazing sunrise location. I hope to get some shots up of that location soon!)

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... actually, I have no idea.

Actually, these are fragments of the two red-brick churches, covered with hoarfrost. A glacial haven of the frozen sublime.

P.S. It might make a great scenery for a new HP movie.

Actually, it was some sort of scarf exhibition in St David's Cathedral, the purpose of which completely passed me by, but the effect in the cathedral was beautiful.

actually i have two pictures for the color brown :)

378/365 aDaD "a duck a day" day328 37daysleft

(only 37 days left-- i can do this :)

One of the best things about landscape photography actually is the people. Road tripping with friends and loved ones, keeping insane schedules to get where we want to be for sunrise, sunset, aurora and starry night shoots, and talking with other interesting people we encounter for a few minutes while we all share the beauties of nature. But its also kind of amazing when you find yourself seemingly all alone in a place of uncommon beauty, as I did for a little while after sunset one evening on this beautiful black sand along the North Atlantic, under that looming mass of mountainous perfection known as Vestrahorn.

There were other people somewhere around, of course. I expect its impossible to be truly alone at Vestrahorn when fortune brings mild weather to the area during the late winter aurora season. There weren't many people there this evening though, and from where I walked into the night along this remarkable beach--imaging the panoply of stars and aurora that might soon be revealed--I couldn't see another soul in any direction for a short while.

This momentary solitude so sought at times in outings to these beautiful places in nature is a very different thing from our world's current experience necessitating distance from others, and while I have often reveled in moments of solitude, right now I miss the general closeness of people more than anything.

Thanks for viewing.

Joey actually spends most of his time indoors rather than outside the house.

I used to put a bell on him all the time years ago as he would frequently jump into our neighbor's yard and he would sometimes wander in the dirty culverts in the neighborhood.

Although he doesn't mind wearing a bell, I think he values his privacy away from both Sunny and Cherie. The bell alerts his presence to both cats and Cherie likes to follow Joey around the house.

Unlike 6 years ago, Joey no longer ventures outside our compound and doesn't even bother to sneak into our neighbor's yard. He'd spend about 10-15 minutes outside and makes his way back indoors.

In retrospect, I wish I had trained him to be an indoor cat rather than let he do what he pleased. All the troubles that led him to the vet's for treatment were in fact, caused by his outdoor escapades.

Since last year I've disallowed him from jumping down to the roof below my bedroom, for fear of his inability to jump back up the window.

Joey had been diagnosed with arthritis last year, further compounding his chronic kidney disease condition.

Sometimes I wonder if Joey misses his late companions, Adam and Tommy. He does get along well with Cherie the tortie, but is very wary of the physically bigger Sunny.

Joey turned 14 years old sometime in October 2024 and I adopted him exactly fourteen years ago on January 29th, 2011.

Actually I expected fog but these beautiful clouds were perfectly lit before the actual sunrise!

Eigentlich rechnete ich mit Nebel, aber diese schöne Wolken wurden vor dem effektiven Sonnenaufgang perfekt beleuchtet!

actually 2nd variation of ja lain from a trip to an alaskan rain forrest

the MUSIC: Ja Lain De Ni Maaye

music added because it has the words "ja lain" in the title! lol

actually it feels like it is almost the same size as the castle itself.

Actually we didn't even leave the driveway. I would never drive with my windows open while a dog was in the car. I have seen too many dogs who have jumped out and gotten hurt.

We have company and I just didn't have time to figure out a photo or take Minty someplace. So we used an old idea from Della and Tug's albums.

actually it's a lumen print of a goatsbeard seed head

We actually just wanted to watch a movie and order something to eat, but then someone started taking off their pants... maybe it was me... but it's just more comfortable without pants :P and beside how i can resist my pretty cute Latisha♥

At first you can see in my face a new Blush made by Moon Dust and it is so so so cute♥ Come and grab it here at the Kawaii Project my loves ♥

♥Moon Dust - Hearty Blush [Lel Evox]

... comes in so many different versions!

.. and take also a look in their Moon Dust-Mainstore and check out the Marketplace for so many more amazing tattoos♥

next one is this damn hot eyeshadow made by TEAR and i am so in love with that. Come and try it here in their TEAR-Mainstore and take a look also TEAR-Marketplace cuties♥

♥[TEAR] Heart Break Eyeshadow - BoM EvoX

Last one for today is this smoking hot pose made by Fuddle. This and many more poses for hot evenings you can find here at the Fuddle Mainstore or check out the Marketplace ♥

♥Fuddle - "Slippery" Poseballs

... i remember that purple is your fav color :P ♥♥♥

Head:

lel EvoX AVALON 3.1

[Heaux] Tulip - Browless - Blush *VE

identity faces - scars 9 //light// left

DOUX - Morning

Body

[BODY] Legacy (f)(1.6)

Picasso Babe Skin for Legacy (MODELESQUE/BLUSH) S

*KUNDALA* Abdominal Muscles BOM A19 (Legacy)

[theSkinnery] BodyScars Addon 7 light 50%

Decor:

FOXCITY. Photo Booth - After Dark (Dark EEP) (Rez)

dust bunny . bunny bell . wrapped tacos

dust bunny . chubbees plushie . pink . decor

dust bunny . meowshroom plush . pink . decor

dust bunny . unicorn donuts

dust bunny . bunny bell . bunwrap

dust bunny . makeup cart . black

dust bunny . love tarts

dust bunny . maple market bouquet . decor

dust bunny . blossom cake . gift

Actually, I wanted to photograph on this icy cold winter morning only the small church in a winter mood with wise trees. Only when I climbed higher with the drone I noticed this great landscape scenario which opened up behind it. There are weather and winter moods that show up only a few times a year, so I was so happy to be at this time in this place...

Actually yes a professional camera… I’m in love 😍

What a thrill to actually view the rapids that I have read about in so many gold rush books. The rapids are a little more gentle these days due to widening and dredging - but are still very dangerous to those who are inexperienced, just as so many miners were back in the late 1800's.

**During the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, thousands of prospectors navigated their homemade boats and rafts 1300 kilometers' (800 miles) from Bennett Lake to Dawson City. Five Finger Rapid was a major obstacle along the route and more than a few stampeders ended up in the water after choosing the wrong channel. The Five Finger Rapids is mentioned in Jack London's novel; The Call of the Wild. It's a good read for young and old alike.