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Janet was sorting out some flowers to be saved or binned, this one caught my eye, so I placed it on our granite worktop, and only lit from the LED under the wall units lights, I started to waste some time !!!...........
Once the weather becomes warmer, the Western Boxelder bugs leave the warmth of our houses and start exploring the great outdoors. Even though I appreciate knowing who or what is sharing my abode, I do appreciate that they vacate the premises for awhile. ;) There's great information to be found here...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxelder_bug
No wonder orchids have become so popular. Once considered difficult to keep, I now have two that seem to be happy in their current position.
I love the intricate composition and have taken many macro shots of the interior, but as this one was illuminated in the morning sunlight coming through the window, I could see an angel emerging.
2nd image in the series.
Song: Wings of an Angel - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrSbgq7dsX0
Same trees as before just a different perspective stood further down the hill. Still waiting to get the perfect sky, but with this place only being 30 minutes from my doorstep I’ll keep returning and trying.
This shipwreck has become known as the Corpach Wreck, however, her real name is MV Dayspring. Built in 1975, she was an old fishing vessel that was moored at Kinlochleven Pier in 2001. Unfortunately in 2011, a heavy storm caused a chain to fail and she ran aground and has been there ever since.
Loch Linnhe, Fort William.
Hello my dear followers, who have really become cherished friends to me.
I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to you all for your commenting, faving and viewing of my latest offerings.
I will now be getting back to you in my own unique style !! You all know what that's like by now...as I like to take my time over it.
I have wanted to get back to you before...but the past few days have been a bit...whats the word? Crazy? Hellish? Yes, those will do. But never mind, I am back now.
So I will get to you never fear. Or you might fear it with some sort of weird anticipation. Who knows?
All my Best Wishes, as always, and thank you again.
This image was taken in Glynde Church, East Sussex, UK. It looks as though others love it too.
Jan 2017, Bluebell Railway,
Not a bad start to 2017. Q class, no. 30541 on an early morning goods emerges from Ketches Wood and starts to climb Freshfield Bank. Bluebell Railway. 03.01.2017.
An Orange-crowned Warbler catches some rays on a recent day at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.
"Just when you turn around, you can become surprised!"
~ martian cat
memories, memories, memories...
Thanks for stopping by
and God Bless,
hugs, Chris
The forest department had set up small water troughs (20 cms diameter) in the forest for small birds - while they set up large water troughs (15 - 20 feet diameter) on the ground for animals. As summer comes, these become quite busy and are a great place for sightings.
The White Bellied Blue flycatcher is another endemic of the Malabar forest in India and a pretty serious looking detective type of bird that stares suspiciously for a long time. This was a lifer and on the first day, I was amazed by the birds ability to sit and stare for minutes together without moving.
And in the background was a Brown Cheeked Fulvetta - a small super active bird found much of the subcontinent. They are social birds that are seen in flocks and known for their loud calls.
As soon as the Fulvetta came to the water trough - it was like a kid - lets have fun - dived straight into the water and was making merry. The flycatcher though landed on the edge and stared at the photographers like a minute before slowly taking a dip. I used the opportunity to take a long exposure shot 1/10 sec and am quite happy with the outcome!
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
The Upland Sandpiper has become one of my favorite birds - niot easily seen from where I live but a great find in the prairies of North Dakota and Wisconsin.
View at totality of the Solar Eclipse over the Teton Range, Wyoming.
21Aug2017
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Reworking of an old shot from Deadvlei in the Namib Desert in Namibia. A truly amazing place.
"Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, inside the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, a lake or marsh in a valley between the dunes).
The clay pan was formed after rainfall, when the Tsauchab river flooded, creating temporary shallow pools where the abundance of water allowed camel thorn trees to grow. When the climate changed, drought hit the area, and sand dunes encroached on the pan, which blocked the river from the area.
The trees died, as there no longer was enough water to survive. There are some species of plants remaining, such as salsola and clumps of nara, adapted to surviving off the morning mist and very rare rainfall. The remaining skeletons of the trees, which are believed to have died 600–700 years ago (ca. 1340-1430), are now black because the intense sun has scorched them. Though not petrified, the wood does not decompose because it is so dry."
We went to see (photograph) Brúarfoss but the path was quite muddy and it felt like we were walking for ages before getting anything nearer to it and so I decided to stay at this place and I am glad I did.
This American Marten is usually a shy mammal found throughout Canada in coniferous and mixed-wood forests. Those found in Algonquin Provincial Park have become too accustomed to People, Campers and can be found around the Garbage receptacles in the campgrounds. This was one of 3 visiting that food source.
We have the bubbly in our sight! Thank you all SO much for your support for our 365 Days Blythe, starring in my stream, (not the group! haha...I just re-read that...she is only my little star) my baby, La Mer! Honestly, I am so emotional these days, that I am tearing up as I type! One year! But could I have continued without all of your sweet comments and encouragement? I don't think so! So...La Mer and I say a thousand thanks and lots of love to my wonderful flickr friends!!!!
It's a WRAP!
Will you still see LOTS of La Mer in 2009? LOL...she has become my confidante, my best friend...how could you not? We are closer than ever! Instead of being sick of her, I am all the closer to her. I adore her.
La Mer is wearing a tutu by Blythe Chic...you know we love you, Cagla!!!!
The windmills are the quintessential features of Mykonos landscape. There are plenty of them that have become a part and parcel of Mykonos. Visitors to Mykonos can see the windmills irrespective of the locale. From a distance, one can easily figure out the windmills, courtesy of their silhouette. They are primarily concentrated in the neighborhood of Chora and some are also located in and around Alevkantra. These innovative wheels were primarily used for crushing agricultural yields. In all, there were 16 such windmills in operation.
They are conspicuous by their snow-white color, spherical shape with the customary pointed roof made of the finest variety of wood. In the good old days, they were wind operated as Mykonos is renowned for their gusty wind, which continues to blow even today. The Windmills of Chora and the ones at Ano Mera were a great boon to the people of those localities and they were primarily used for grinding the agricultural products that were meant to be transported to places outside Mykonos.
As of now, with the advent of modernity, the windmills are no longer operational. But they continue to be a symbol of Mykonos rich virile past. Being hundreds of years old, most of the windmills have been thoroughly renovated and some have even been converted into museums, the most famous being the Bonis Windmill.
Mykonos windmills are a living testimony of the island's use of innovation when it came to tapping the enormous power of the wind to grind Mykonos agricultural produces.
A crab spider pouncing on an unsuspecting female meadow brown butterfly that was a nectaring on a devilsbit scabious flower in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve.
I took this photo of the Wolf Moon (the first full moon of 2022) on 18th January 2022. It appeared so near and large and I used a similar technique to the one I used with one of my first photographs added to Flickr, with the setting sun, framing the moon with some garden foliage.
Since my first upload of the setting sun in 2015 I have become confident converting a number of my colour photographs to black and white (as is the case with this one). I really enjoy the creativity that I can achieve with tonal values in black and white images.
It was interesting to see that this image was also taken with a trusty compact (three versions later), although I now have a bridge camera and a 4/3 mirrorless camera.
Featured in the Flickr Gallery for 'Recreating your First Flickr Photo' for Flickr's 18th birthday.
just a little fun playing with colour gels, fun shot! test shots, will experiment more :)
thank you all so very much
xo
One Lincolnshire character who has become well-known in the county over the years and has touched the hearts of many is Ropeneck the seal.
Her name was first given to her in November 2000, when she first arrived at Donna Nook National Nature Reserve entangled in discarded netting and was clearly in distress.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust wardens, along with RAF Donna Nook, managed to isolate her so that they were able to cut her free.
Due to the netting cutting a deep wound in Ropeneck's neck, she now has a scar there which is still visible today and allows those at Donna Nook and visitors to be able to spot her when she arrives each year.
Since being cut free in November 2000, Ropeneck has loyally returned to her same spot at Donna Nook except in 2006 when she must have had other plans, to give birth to a pup.
This year, she gave birth to her 22nd pup since coming to Donna Nook in November 2000.
Donna Nook now accounts for 1.5% of the world's grey seal population. The work of the wardens and the wildlife trust, is therefore crucial, for the future of these lovely animals.
Grey Seal - Halichoerus Grypus
Donna Nook Nature Reserve
As always I extend my sincere appreciation to all those who take the time to stop by and comment on my photos.
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It's been a while I havn't posted something here. I have to admit that I becomes more and more difficult to take pictures. Partly because my job takes me more time. But the main reason is probably that as I progressed into photography, I raised my standards to a point that taking a satisfactory picture was a kind of gamble : I realised that when I went out with my camera, there was less and less picture that I found worth posting. Let's be honest : even if it's - I think - good to privilege quality over quantity, it's also quite discouraging to know that you have maybe less than 1/10 chance to get someting good ... So I take less pictures than I used to ... I hope that I'll find new inspiration with spring ...
Of course, I should probably not think in terms of chance, but in terms of work and planification : I know, but, as you know, having good idea is not that easy. That's why I also like the "chance-factor" in photography ...
However, as every year, on a white foggy sunday, I like to go shooting these cascades in Soubey : Spring is always a little bit sooner there. And I like the enchanted forest setting that it creats ... I was particularly happy with the constrast between the light in the background and the shadows on the foreground. I decided to accentuate it in post-processing, to create a more oniric image ...
This has become one of my "go to" spots when I want some some tranquility early in the morning without having to go too far from home.
I hope everyone is doing well!! Life is still getting in the way of my fun at the moment, so I get on here when time allows.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I'll catch up REAL soon!!
🎧 Listen to "Animal I Have Become" by Three Days Grace ♡ ♫
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Sending out gratitude to those who follow my photostream and FAVE my images. Of course, the awards and comments are lovely, too. I'm grateful for ALL of it! Thanks so much! ♡
Amsterdam - Rozengracht
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The days have become short. It's November.
The sun doesn't manage to penetrate the stubborn high fog.
Drizzle is falling and the temperatures are quite cool.
And yet I took a picture.
The Fog – Nebel des Grauens?
Kurz sind die Tage geworden. Es ist ein November.
Die Sonne schafft es nicht durch den hartnäckigen Hochnebel zu dringen.
Nieselregen fällt, die Temperaturen sind recht kühl.
Und trotzdem habe ich ein Bild gemacht.
Another manipulation of the little Etsy Octo, this one perhaps more sinister than the previous 5. Sold.
I used to travel alot. Long international flights could become boring but I liked nothing more than to look out of the window down at the landscape 6 miles below me. I used to pit my geographical knowledge against navigational abilities to see if I could identify towns, cities, rivers, landmarks. It helped pass the time. Once I picked out Monument Valley on the brown Utah landscape. I was able to identify some of the towering features but couldn't get over how an area it had taken most of a day to explore in a car could be the size of a sixpence against the featureless desert around.
The best time was when I had been flying for ages: a few months actually, and I had dozed off, forehead leaning against the cold window. I awoke and through bleary eyes looked down. I didn't instantly recognise it a convolusion of channels leading across the land. Rivers, gorges and canyons. And then I remembered. Mars. I was flying over Mars. And the sunlight glinted off the surface. Water? Water? Every where? Had I just discovered water on Mars?
Unfortunately that's nothing like the truth. I often work my way round to a little cove along from Camusdarrach to find unusual patterns and colours on the beach. Here a little oil seeps into the bog that feeds the burn down onto the beach, the oil catching the light like sun on a river estuary. With dark and light sands, this is my impression of what a Martian river might (have) look like. (this section of sand being about 12 inches across)
This has become a frequent backyard visitor to munch on bark butter.
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Good Stewards of Nature
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The show is over... - An abandoned theater building along the main road between the houses... Now it has become the home of the pigeons. The ground was littered with excrement and you could see carcasses everywhere. Unfortunately, not much is left of what was once the building for a pleasant evening.