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This mess was created from Laobull's Tree Overlooking the Rolling Countryside; see the first comment. It was modified with some wave, some twirl, and some spherize filtering in Photoshop, and then some saturation and contrast work. It is really best viewed full screen.
Hope you like it, HSS, and Happy Holidays!
Poetry came suddenly
to me, I felt ill-loved by her —because I didn't want her at her whim— He told me: "Lie down and look at the sky." Return to the garden cycle, returns to the mythological sea.
Didn't you love backpacks as a child? Turn your back on the neighboring landfill of data, noise and prose.
Translate—let's see if you can— that grace of the world which is howl and smile.
Get on a boat now with dragon bow.
You were a Viking, yes, although you do not know.
So drink ocean, eat islands and sleep in the forests that I put between your dreams eleven years old.
By Aurora Luke.
Although this is not the most dramatic photo of this series, I was really drawn to the contrast of the dark turbulent water against the white, sun brightened spray behind the lighthouse.
Brilliant beams of light extending from clouds are often seen during the early morning or early evening. Called “crepuscular rays,” these occur during the crepuscular hours — around dusk and dawn.
A cloud between you and the sun can block some of its light, which produces those darker regions of the cloud. Where the light peeks through the object, scattering illuminates its path from the sun to your eyes, which creates beams in the sky. That’s because rays of light can change direction, or scatter, when they encounter small particles suspended in the atmosphere.
These beams appear to converge toward the sun; however, this is an illusion, similar to the impression that the railroad tracks appear to join in the distance. When crepuscular rays spread down to the ground, they are called Jacob’s Ladder, a “ladder to heaven.”
Ruby-throated Hummingbird composite of several
shots of the same bird.
English Gardens, Winnipeg Manitoba.
Lastweekend. Oxford Street Bulimba - 34 C very hot - thank goodness for the deep shade from the old verandahs over the footpath
Cooper's Hawk/Épervier de Cooper
2 jeunes Coopers et un adulte poursuivant et 2 douzaines de corbeaux à travers
Cimetière Mont-Royal.