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I love cats more than anything – whether they're small and playful like a house cat or majestic and powerful like a tiger. Every cat has its own grace, its own special charisma, and that mysterious blend of elegance and freedom. Whether purring on my lap or roaming wildly through nature – cats fascinate me in every shape and size. To me, they're not just animals, but little miracles full of beauty and soul.
Yesterdays challenge in Our Daily Challenge was coffee or tea and I didn't get a chance to get anything for it, so I used that for todays shot. This is a cup and saucer from an antique childs tea set. I have often wanted to find out more information about it but haven't done so yet so if anyone can tell me anything about it, that would be awesome! It has 6 cups and saucers, a cream and sugar and a very tall teapot. It has an iridescent glaze and gold trim... I believe it says Japan on the bottom but will have to confirm that.
347/365: 2015
Another busy day, I've been trying to finish making my Christmas cards...they should be in the post by now. So, a photo of a work in progress, no time for anything more exciting.
Anything can happen in the next half hour. This juvenile Galah arrived with Dad this afternoon for the first time and was very alert as it surveyed its new world as can be seen by the raised crest.
Young fledged Galahs wear a grey coat over a light covering of their traditional pink feathers and this grey coat thins down as they get older, turning blotchy then to the traditional pink feathers. This one, although on its first visit as far as we know seems to have lost a lot of its grey. They are very cute as they grow and learn about their new world.
The class of '24 really didn't arrive until November. This morning we had a group of six juveniles still very much in grey all together exploring our backyard and a tiny piece of their new world.
The crest denotes a cockatoo as opposed to a parrot.
Dramatic light, flare, colour shifts and funny little glowy balls - the final roll of film I exposed on the day had a bit of everything. But I suppose that's part of the fun of expired film.
I can only think that Kandersteg enjoyed our visit as much as we did, if the heart in the final image is anything to go by. 😉
Either way, we had a very enjoyable day out amongst the mountains and can definitely recommend a day trip to Kandersteg and Oeschinensee.
Committed to expired Kodak Portra 160 using a Mamiya 6 and 50 mm lens. Developed using a C-41 kit from Ars-Imago and digitised with a digital camera. Positive conversion, colours and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust cleaning and final tweaks in Photoshop.
I've not done anything like this before... so... let's see how it goes.
I've used a texture "Scratched sink" provided free by SophieG*, a very talented flickr friend. You really should go and check out her stuff. Well, off you go then! (oh, by all means leave a comment first ;oþ )
Macro Monday: #Plastic
7DWF: Monday, Anything Goes Theme
Size of the frame: 5 x 5,5 cm / 1,9 x 2,16 inches
Here you can see the common soft-spiked plasticactus (Plasticocereus domesticus echinatus mollis). It can be found around the house, a common habitat is the kitchen. On a starry night (and only then) it is visisted by the extremely rare Plastic-winged
red heartling (Lycaena animus rubens) which is feasting on the plasticactus' nutritious dish soap nectar.
Honestly, these "anything goes MM themes" are really nerve-jangling. What should I photograph when in a common household (domus facitatus) plastic is everywhere? I decided to spend the sunny Sunday at the Hanami festival along the TV-Asahi
Kirschblütenallee ("TV-Asahi cherry blossom alley", located on the former border strip between Teltow - then GDR - and Berlin-West), and enjoy the cherry blossom instead. And worry about "Plastic" later. So this is a last minute capture of a plastic kitchen brush, topped with a butterfly made of plastic foil, in front of a small flag of Europe made of plastic fibres. Taken on my balcony in the sunlight.
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Im Bild: der gewöhnliche weichstachelige Plastikaktus (Plasticocereus domesticus echinatus mollis). Häufig anzutreffen in Häusern und Wohnungen, besonders das Küchenklima bekommt der mehrjährigen Pflanze gut. In sternenklaren Nächten (und nur dann) wird der Plastikaktus gerne vom extrem seltenen herzförmigen Rötling besucht, um sich am speziellen Spüli-Nektar des Plasikaktus zu laben.
Im Ernst, diese "Alles-ist-möglich-MM-Themen" rauben mir noch den letzten Nerv. Was an Plastik fotografieren, wenn der halbe Haushalt daraus besteht? Also habe ich am wunderbar sonnigen und warmen Sonntag lieber die Kirschblüte auf der TV-Asahi Kirschblütenallee auf dem ehemaligen Mauerstreifen zwischen Berlin (West / Lichterfelde-Süd) und Teltow (Brandenburg) genossen und mich erst am späten Nachmittag mit "Plastic" befasst: Plastik-Küchenbürste mit Plastikfolien-Schmetterling vor Plastikfaser-Europafahne auf meinem Balkon, bei Sonnenlicht fotografiert.
Ich wünsche Euch eine angenehme, wenn auch nicht mehr so warme und sonnige Woche!
Another night another image... Does anything give as much pleasure as NATURE?
From the series 'Celestial delights'. The story behind this image still makes me smile:
The seaside view from the terrace of the 10th floor penthouse where we used to live.
We’d had a very busy day in the studio and after a quick light meal, just sat there unwinding with a nice glass of cool Chardonnay, enjoying the fresh sea air, the nightlight, the sound of the water, when SUDDENLY, a first distant rumble and a flash of lightning.
We bumped each other as we both rushed inside for camera and tripod.
Set it all up, went back to our chairs and wine, and waited.
I saw it moving across the sea, opened my lens and let the camera record this fabulous lightshow of Nature.
With the cable release in one hand, wine in the other, yep, that’s the life, he?
Mind you, this was a one off, there was no rain and no danger, just this awesome spectacle.
Wonderful, great memories.
Thank you, M, (*_*)
PS:it must have been F11 and open for between 1 to 3 min.
It's done by 'feeling', if you get a lot of flashes in the first few seconds, then, you've got your shot, otherwise, you wait and have sip of wine... This here is NOT an 'exact' science, the success depends entirely on the elements!
This was the best out of three. (*_*)
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Last evening there were 2 adult ospreys at Marina Spit, roosting on masts about 30 yards apart; A third osprey (not sure if it was an adult) flew in, briefly confronted one, but quickly flew off. I waited nearly 2 hours for a fly out, but no luck. Also one of the 2 had a left leg band that had #63 on it. My preliminary search hasn't found anything about #63. With no Audubon records of osprey nests in SLO County, I wonder where these 3 came from. Nontheless, I'm glad to see some back
This actually started off as a blank canvas and a purple texture. I then started playing with texture combinations and settings in PS, and this is where it all ended up. Perhaps I should have just called it Photoshop Fun!
On a walk round Sunderland Point this feline was more interested in relaxing than doing anything else!
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This old recipe book is on display in the kitchen at Charlecote Park, Warwickshire.
HMBT and Thursday Monochrome 😊
This Snowy Egret was showing an interesting behavior. It was tracking a grebe that was actively diving and feeding in the area, waiting to pounce on anything the the grebe stirred up but didn't catch! Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA.
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas and as usual in this period it's time for a Christmas themed creation.
This cozy shelter is the home of Santa Claus, who is preparing his world tour for delivering gifts. It's called Santa's Cottage and you can support it on LEGO IDEAS too.
If you like the bizarre Santa's Cottage please consider to give it a chance of becoming an actual LEGO IDEAS set. You can shortcut straight to LEGO IDEAS platform using this handy link:
Santa's Cottage on LEGO IDEAS!
Santa, who is coming home from a relaxing walk, has also a nice off-road vehicle painted with a color scheme matching with the cottage. You can spot it on the right.Santa's Cottage features a classic Xmas color scheme, an uncommon shape and an unconventional doors/windows style.
The main feature is probably the asymmetrical roof with a very sloping shape to the left. The woodshed is located under the excess roof.
The red/white/black color combo is simple but effective, and the snowy trees in the background match well.
Last but not least the door and windows are round, a shape rarely spotted on a cottage, but quite common in Hobbit houses.
If this house reminds you of anything you are right, it's basically my Blue Cottage set up for the Christmas holidays.
This is probably my last MOC for this year and I wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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I couldn't 'crop' anything off this classic shot from the footbridge at York on June 10th 1967. 'Deltic' no. D9004 "Queen's Own Highlander" heads the up 'Flying Scotsman" through the centre road under that magnificent curved station roof (why do railway mags persists in calling them 'train sheds' - bottom of the garden is the home for my train shed!!)
An image from an album of prints by the Revd David Benson, a curate in Hull when he took most of his photographs. Nearly all from the late 1960s, he not only chased steam (plenty of such photographs from others), but didn't ignore the first generation diesels, of which there are some fantastic images. Also a good number of shots around Hull Docks. Loaded into the Flickr album 'A Curate's Collection' in reverse order, so when I've uploaded them all you can browse the album as it was compiled.
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i was trying to pay homage to the great children's storybooks with this one, is there anything more delightful than sliding into a good book or watching your children do the same?
Wearing Anything Goes by Randall Craig (2009 Convention Collection)
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything: partly due to me needing to get a new computer (RIP old Dell – you served me well); and partly due to work getting in the way of photography [shakes fist at employer]. So now that I’ve get my new PC set up, with the old “photos” hard drive installed, I can go raiding for something to process and upload.
This shot was taken on a windy day in New York over the Christmas period, when I went to stay with my family. The gull, like his brothers and sisters the whole world over, was on the hunt for any food he could steal from the two-legged creatures below. At the last moment, I think he realised that a Nikon is of little nutritional value.
Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 70-300mm @70mm, ISO 100, F32, 1/8 sec
Post-production: Cloned out sensor spots, minor adjustments to levels and contrast, and a healthy saturation boost.