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For my sister who is labor as I type this,
Love you!!
See you soon!
Photo is from 2 hours ago near Gila Bend what a show it was.
- In the heart of historic Old Québec Upper Town. Old Quebec neighborhood was named " World Heritage Site " by UNESCO. City of Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
- En plein coeur du quartier historique du Vieux Québec, Haute-Ville. Ce quartier a été nommé « joyau du patrimoine mondial » par l'UNESCO. Ville de Québec, Québec.
- En el corazón del casco antiguo de Quebec, Ciudad Alta. Esta área fue nombrada " Patrimonio de la Humanidad " por la UNESCO. Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
this picture was taken from my office 5 min ago ( as i am writing this description :P)
i hope your stoppage at my pic was worthwhile. thank you for being with me. thanks a lot.
Old faithful, how I'm missing getting down there.
Just in case you had forgotten what she looked like :)
The song says it all
My sweet Samson passed one year ago this afternoon. I miss this big slobbering, drooling hunk of love so so much. He was a teeny tiny lap dog caught in a big 140lb body. My heart is forever yours.
An icm.
Or maybe it was unintentional.....an un-icm, can't remember.
Regardless, wishing you some moonglow, have a nice weekend.
Bivacco Molino all'Uja di Mondrone, October 1993 (esteemed).
Early morning, after a long nite of falling snow.
My beautiful and oldest Tibetan Mastiff, Doris is almost 14. A few days ago she was treated for fluid on her lungs. Unfortunately time is not on our side and we don't know how long we will have with her. We are on borrowed time with this grand old lady.
I don't think, after losing Dodger last year that anything prepares you for losing a much loved family member.
I took this shot a couple of years ago in Oregon. It was just off the beach and was very windy, as you can see from the tree. What really touched me was the three people on the right...the way they were hanging onto each other. To me it signified a very close bond.
#sliderssunday
Spot the two birds :)
For a change, this is a new (outside!) photo, taken just a few days ago at the wonderful Britzer Garten, one of Berlin's biggest and most beautiful public parks (please check my album for more "Britz bliss", if you like).
For better dynamic range, I've used exposure bracketing (three images), pre-processed the images in DXO PhotoLab (sharpness and DeepPrime denoising only), from which I directly went into HDR Efex Pro to combine the images. I'm trying to get away from the annual Adobe subscription, and combining images from an exposure bracketing series in HDR Efex instead of Lightroom is one step into that direction. Unfortunately, whenever I think I can finally leave Adobe behind for good they come up with improvements such as the new "supersize" function (now also available in LR), a ton of new presets for LR, and other interesting stuff (and I'm still used to the LR/PS workflow, and the layers in PS). Well, maybe I'll be ready next year ;)
Extra sliding was done in Color Efex, where I added some "Brilliance and Warmth" and a tiny bit of "Contrast Color Range".
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and have a nice week ahead!
I remember taking a bunch of cool cloud photos a few years ago along I-10 in Louisiana. This is one of those.
5 years ago I failed to get a full sun shot at a spot I wanted badly, and when the weather cooperated when I returned this year, other factors arose. With big fires near Edson to the east, smoke took place of the clouds and created their own unique mood, but just not quite the mood I was hoping for. With the sun falling fast and the shadows growing fast, Q117 drifts over the causeway with a long train of containers.
Five years ago, this tiny furry creature arrive to our place, and made it brighter.
We called her Momo, after the character from the Michael Ende's book. Immediately, she made a special bond with our younger kid. And she has grown-up, and we are all happy.
"It starts in the morning
When you're lying next to me
I'm rolling, I'm rolling
I'm rolling so quickly
Now I'm not a doctor
And I'm not a lawyer
I get a prescription and set it on fire
Blow me a kiss
I'll be happy for the rest of my life
And I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy..."
Travis: youtu.be/-YV7thZFA_4
Entered in TMI's July contest: "Looking Down".
Shot from the air on a trip from L.A. to Seattle a number of years ago.
Een jaar geleden lag er ijs op de Slikken van Flakkee.
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La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
♂️ Piranga flava, now Piranga lutea
(Tooth-billed Tanager / Cardenal Montañero)
Hepatic Tanager is the most widely distributed Piranga tanager, ranging from the southwest United States south to northern Argentina. Its English name is based on the liver-red color of the adult male from the northern part of the species' range; however, its scientific name, flava, meaning "yellow," derives from the original description, which is based on a female from Paraguay. These names reflect both a characteristic of the genus Piranga, marked sexual dichromatism, and the broad range of coloration, habitat, and behavior encompassed within the Hepatic Tanager as currently recognized.
Even though the Hepatic Tanager is currently considered one species, much evidence, including a recent study of molecular genetics, indicates that up to 3 species could be recognized, corresponding to the 3 groups of subspecies combined long ago. These groups and their respective species names are the Hepatic Tanager (P. hepatica) of montane pine-oak forests from the southwestern United States to Nicaragua, the Tooth-billed Tanager (P. lutea) of forest edges in foothills and mountains from Costa Rica to northern and western South America, and the Red Tanager (P. flava) of open woodlands of eastern and southeastern South America.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
It is almost five years I've been to this place. It is in the middle of lost forest, only very few have seen it. There is actually nothing that special, onle the most fresh greenery, light breeze bringing the live, and atmosphere of serenity. The path waves through in nice curves, almost like in viewsite garden. Deep winter moarning was replaced by beautiful bird singing, celebrating the late spring. Five years ago nad this year again.
Now Hotel Jefferson Springfield, MO.
he "Now Hotel Jefferson" in Springfield, MO, is not a hotel in the traditional sense. It is an apartment building that was formerly the Jefferson Hotel. The building is located at 307 S. Jefferson and was built over 100 years ago, according to an Airbnb listing. The building is now a serviced apartment building, offering rooms and suites with amenities like a kitchen, living room, and WiFi, says Airbnb.
I literally took this picture ages ago when Blueberry released this outfit, but I never got the actual post out - I figured it was better now than never! I'm glad I took my time to blog that, the final version of this picture turned out waaaaaay better compared to what I had done to it the first time around <3
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Two years ago I was in Mexico, and there I visited the Huesteca Potosina, a sort of tropical area in Mexico, and in this area there were a lot of waterfalls.
I earlier posted several shots of the Tamul waterfall (fi www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/53437404898/in/datepo...), but these are the Micos waterfalls.
This is only the smallest part of the falls, the larger ones were more upstream but I prefer this shot, that is more scenic.
This night photograph was taken over two weeks ago during my recent visit to Shanghai.
The photograph was taken from Waibaidu Bridge, on the West of Huangpu River, looking towards the landmarks in Shanghai Pudong. It was a breezy evening, with blurred reflections of the landmark structures, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Tower and Shanghai People's Heroes Monument (in red).
The Baltic Sea and those vacation photos are now finally over;). Long live the Baltic Sea lol. I now finally have time again for other photo projects. Sure, as if I were not already long ago back in Berlin on the road again. 〷(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°҂)
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1500 years ago, everybody "knew" that the earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody "knew" that the earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you "knew" that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll "know" tomorrow.
Two evenings ago I was getting ready to run out for the moonrise, when I remembered... I don't have a tripod! I broke a leg on my 12-year old tripod recently, trying to leverage myself out of deep snow; a new one has shipped but it hasn't arrived yet.
I could boost the ISO and apply noise reduction - and live with the loss in quality. Or... I could get out the trusty old beanbag! I opted for the latter, laying it flat on the roof of the rolling red Toyota blind - engine off - and for this shoot I also resurrected the 200-500mm lens. It may not be quite as sharp as my 500 prime, but I love the versatility of that zoom range, and really the optics are fine. And the combination was fine, too, as I managed to salvage the evening.
Here the moon has risen above 70 Mile Butte, highest point in Grasslands Park. Those tiny knobby things you may see all along the ridge top are Mule Deer.
Photographed from Butte Road, looking into Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
At my delivery in Chehalis Washington, backed into my dock, then grabbed my camera to take this picture. Only 100 feet from the front of my truck. Tough job, huh?
note: My camera is set to Central time zone, but obviously Washington is Pacific, so two hours different.
Here's a link to the other shots I had to pick from. I liked all of them, but had to make a decision.