BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS !
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“As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.”
---- Stephen Graham
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Have a nice day :-)
As you can probably tell I love these birds.
Thank you to all that take the time to comment and/or fav it is much appreciated.
As I stood and watched the mists
slowly rising this morning I
wondered what view was more
beautiful that this.
by Harold "Hal" Glen Borland
I drive by this river each morning. No matter the season, its beauty beckons me to stop and capture that day’s memory. You may recognize this river in one of my other images at a different time of the year.
The beautiful texture I used on this image is by Evelyn Flint entitled “Old Brown Paper”.
Thank you for your visit, all your kind comments, invitations and favorites. This image may not be copied or distributed without my written consent. © All rights reserved.
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SUNRISE SUNSET – ARTBWBTRA Group Challenge (February 2017)
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As you drive through small towns, you might see a neglected, abandoned old home like this one. Maybe you wonder who once lived there and what became of them. How many children played in the yard and did they return to visit “the folks”? Is there a favorite dog buried under the tree? Then you get back on the highway and the old place is forgotten. Again.
I remember deciding to try this on on the spur of the moment one night, as it had hung in my wardrobe for months with the tags still on. I didn't really think much of it at the time...
I had some fun with this one and learned some Photoshop tricks while I was doing it. As soon as I get another boarder staying here I'm going back to the coast. Just seems like there's just a lot of cool adjustments I can do to coastal shots.
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As the light of the setting sun turned the grass around the heathland pool golden, the toads continued to make their amorous calls - which I'm certain would have continued well into the night. Spawning only just under-way, they had much to occupy their time ... ;-)
As the weather turns warmer, the troop decided to do a seafood grill out on the water. Perhaps not surprising, I decided to tease Adi with my freshly caught lobsters. Andie, on the other hand, was well impressed by Pengu's wet slippery thing in his hands.
Pengy decided here to be the chef o'day - watching over the paella on the grill.
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[Erauqs]: Blake Shorts on Pengu
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Yeah, and a Happy Fucking Valentine's Day to you, too.
I want you to hold out the palm of your hand
Why don't we leave it at that?
Found you in the bedroom
Vacant, set in gloom
Jamming all your fingertips into all your wounds
Baby, it's a dog day
Don't you let it rule
Cause I could hold your whole weight
If you asked me to
I am starting to see stars and moons
(It's an awful sham, but I follow suit)
This is how it ends, a courageous boom
(Neighbours wave their hands, as we're passing through)
And it's awful sad that two lovers bloom
(Come and watch them dance, dance into their doom)
I am starting to see stars and moons
Smarter men than I have fallen
For the fraudulence
Braiding all their broken parts into sourness
So how could you believe me
When I say to you
That no one in my hollow heart
Holds a candle to you
Found you in the bedroom
Vacant, set in gloom
Jamming all your fingertips into all your wounds
I could spend my whole life in this valley and still would never capture all the beauty. From Tunnel View as a winter storm releases its grip EL Cap comes into view #seetheworld #getoffthecouch
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La solitude dégage des préjugés du monde.
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La soledad te libera de los prejuicios del mundo.
Cécile Fée (Cécile Brucy, Fr., 1799-1840)
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Photo : Isolée dans la lande, l’église paressiale de As Chas touche par sa sobriété. La Paroisse, qui couvre plusieurs hameaux totalise, selon les statistiques, 12 habitants, six femmes et six hommes.
Foto: Así es Galicia... Aislada en su soledad, la iglesia parroquial de As Chas cubre varias aldeítas que totalizan ...12 habitantes (seis hombres y seis mujeres, según estadísticas oficiales. Posee el encanto de la sobriedad.
As seen on a walk in Perthshire in July 1977 on holiday. The best I could get out of a slide I took all that time ago.
"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream."
- Vincent Van Gogh
Taken @ Lost Lagoon
Taken the same day as my last post. They seemed very happy to greet each other. This went on for a minute or two. The female was already on the rocks with her ducklings when the drake arrived. He greeted the ducklings too, although not as enthusiastically. I suppose it could have been a adult child returning to visit its mother, I've seen juvenile, almost adult males do that. But I'd guess it was her mate. In any case, they definitely shared some affection. I felt double lucky to see it. It's my favorite thing to photograph. I know people who refuse to believe birds feel emotions, even though its plain as day that they do. And I just love to see them show it.
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Texture by Kerstin Frank art
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... or geraniums as many of us call them. This was a hanging basket of mine ... I like the light and shadows in this photo. I'm not sure what the tiny bug is. I'm having a problem with one of my eyes that I had a cataract op on a few years ago, very blurry. I hope the photo is clear enough.
I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Thank you for your visits and comments dear friends:-) xx
Minimalist photography
is a form of photography that is distinguished by extreme, austere simplicity. It emphasizes spareness and focuses solely on the smallest number of objects in the composition process. Minimalist photographers usually focus solely on one particular subject, rather than an abundance of color, patterns and information. ( wikipedia )
I love learning new stuff in photography, and some techniques requires allot of time to learn and understand..... witch I have a hard time to do . This is minimal as can be ( I think)
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"Free As A Bird"
Free as a bird
It's the next best thing to be
Free as a bird
Home, home and dry
Like a homing bird I'll fly
As a bird on wings
Whatever happened to
The life that we once knew?
Can we really live without each other?
Where did we lose the touch
That seemed to mean so much?
It always made me feel so...
Free as a bird
Like the next best thing to be
Free as a bird
Home, home and dry
Like a homing bird I'll fly
As a bird on wings
Whatever happened to
The life that we once knew?
Always made me feel so free
Ah...
Ah...
Ah...
Free as a bird
It's the next best thing to be
Free as a bird
Free as a bird
Free as a bird
Oooooo
Free...
[Turn out nice again, mother.]
As the weather is still wet, dull, grey and dreary still, here is a little sight of summer. There lovely tiny butterflies are quite common up in Scotland if you know where to look - patches of blaeberries
As soon as I raised the camera he fell over side ways and stayed dead for a hour, so lucky to get him in the end, weevils for you!