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I am obsessed with these green California hills. The sunset wasn't spectacular last night but there was that one brief moment when the light was sensational.
East Lothian is one of my favourite destinations. I really enjoy being next to the sea and in the open space feeling the breeze and the salty air.
I haven’t been to Port Seton in very long time so I set out as the conditions looked favourable. Upon arrival though there was no colour to be seen and the tide was far too low for the shot I had in mind. I met another photographer as he was packing to leave but for some reason I decided to stick around. I am setting my camera up and I realise that my memory card has enough space for 12 more shots (but didn’t need even that). Just before sunset and through a crack on the clouds some beautiful golden light appeared. This shot is 87” out of probably 5’. Quickly as it appeared it was over. It was a very peaceful evening and not even the multiple road works on the way back managed to ruin it 😂.
Title is a word play from the poem of Jonathan Campbell “Darkness”.
As per usually I had a tune in mind when shooting. This time it was Moondust by Madis
Technical info:
Nikon D810
Nikkor 16-35 @ 16 mm
F16
87s
ISO 64
Lee GND-S 1.2
Lee Little Stopper
Thank you for looking
Rivière du Gouffre, Baie-St-Paul (Charlevoix)
Ice is melting slowly but surely.
Budding will start and will grow quickly!
The summer season is not as so long than in other countries but the vitality of growing makes a difference and permit to join the great producers countries.
Le printemps est tardif cette année.
Mais l'effet combiné du vent et du soleil fait son oeuvre.
La glace fond lentement mais sûrement.
Le bougeonnement est débuté sans que cela ne paraisse trop dans bien des régions du Québec.
La saison estivale est plus courte que dans d'autres pays mais la vitalité de la croissance est si rapide qu'elle permet de figurer parmi les grands producteurs mondiaux en agriculture.
... but she liked me!
Don't know what flowers they are, but they looked lovely.
Anyone know what they are ... ?
Thank you to Helen Orozco for the ID.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.
Male Impala (Aepyceros melampus) cautiously takes a drink from the Chobe River at sunset. He's thirsty, but there are Crocodiles in the water - so he's alert.
Flowers of the Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana), also known as Bradford Pear, a popular cultivar. Widely planted in North America as an ornamental starting in the 1960s, its invasive qualities have been noted in recent years.
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A beautiful bird of the forests, this is quite a loud bird that is easily heard and maybe seen, but very hard to photograph since they hide in the canopy. The bird is endemic to South and Central India and always found on the slopes of forest hills. It does fly up and down the slopes in search of food though. It is a photographers favorite and a very hard one to get as such - especially in our region.
These are social birds always seen in flocks - usually of 4-6 or more. They keep flying from tree to tree in search of insects on the tree trunks. The birds were out in the open on the edge of a forest and flying from tree to tree. There was a tree stump that the birds stopped briefly and then took off - managed a few flight shots much to my delight!
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Escapism it certainly can be. But that is not all. It does not necessarily mean to look the other way. Celebrating beauty and life, and the preservation of both, can also be an act of resistance, of not giving in to the rationality of industrialised death. Not shouting "hurrah", but taking care of life can be an expression of one's alternative approach. Beauty can be subversive, just like the dream of paradise can. Just think when you make your camera see beauty. Leica M Mono, Leitz Elmar 4/135 at F 5.6.
I love this photo of Snugs, particularly her stance and glance. It is hard to explain, but I feel I caught an aspect/spirit/poise of Snugs that I recognise as her and love.
Happy Caturday and belated International Cat Day 💕
A white Christmas would be wonderful, of course. But we've only had one (across the board) six times in the last 120 years. So there's no point in getting upset about it.
If there's no snow, then at least some sunshine would be nice. Unfortunately, it's been gray and foggy for days (at least here where I am). So, sunshine is probably out of the question.
Luckily, there's still the sunshine in my heart, which I hope to tap into with this photo and activate when needed.
Happiness, and the feeling of happiness, isn't dependent on chance or external circumstances. It's a conscious decision that strongly depends on how I evaluate a situation, where I direct my attention, and, of course, on my general outlook on life.
With that in mind, on this penultimate Monday flower greeting of the year, I wish you a large dose of sunshine in your heart and thus a sunny and joyful week.
And this is regardless of the weather.
Eine weiße Weihnacht wäre natürlich richtig toll. Doch hatten wir diese (flächendeckend) gerade einmal 6 Mal in den letzten 120 Jahren. Es lohnt sich also nicht, sich darüber zu ärgern.
Wenn schon kein Schnee da ist, dann wäre doch wenigstens Sonnenschein schön. Leider sieht es (zumindest hier bei mir) seit Tagen grau und neblig aus. Das mit der Sonne wird dann wohl auch eher schwierig.
Zum Glück gibt es noch die Sonne im Herzen, die ich mit diesem Foto ansprechen und bei Bedarf aktivieren möchte.
Glück und auch das Glücksgefühl ist nicht von Zufällen und Rahmenbedingungen abhängig. Es ist eine bewusste Entscheidung die stark davon abhängt, wie ich eine Situation bewerte, wo ich meine Aufmerksamkeit hin lenke und natürlich wie meine generelle Einstellung zum Leben aussieht.
In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Euch am vorletzten montäglichen Blumengruß das Jahres eine große Portion Sonne im Herzen und damit eine sonnige und fröhliche Woche.
Und dies unabhängig von meteorologischen Rahmenbedingungen.
Today there is no story from my overflowing imagination but one that really happened last night.
I have long admired the pictures of my fellow photographers from the region when they capture the sunset at the Hoernel pond near the town Gohrisch. I've never managed to visit this place myself (but I've had it on my list for a long time).
Yesterday evening it was finally supposed to happen. On the way there I was already thinking about how I could get a nice reflection of the evening sky in the small pond.
Now to reality. I'm standing here right next to the pond and there should actually be water to my left. But this was not the case. All that's left of the pond is a small swamp, from which countless mosquitoes immediately pounced on me. From the moment I approached the spot until I was at least 500 meters away from it again. At times there was a real cloud of mosquitoes hovering over me. Incomprehensible.
While constantly defending my blood reserves, I spontaneously thought of an alternative composition that did without water surfaces and reflections. But it didn't become more than this one picture.
In the end, I still think the result turned out quite well.
Oh well, for everyone from outside. In the background on the right you can see mt. Lilienstein and the Königstein Fortress, almost hidden by the glow of the evening sun.
Heute gibt es keine Geschichte aus meiner übersprühenden Fantasie sondern eine, die sich wirklich zugetragen hat, und zwar gestern Abend.
Schon lange bewundere ich die Bilder meiner Mit-Fotografen aus der Region, wenn sie den Sonnenuntergang am Hörnelteich bei Gohrisch festhalten. Ich selber habe es bisher noch nie geschafft diesen Ort zu besuchen (hatte ihn aber schon lange auf meiner Liste).
Gestern abend sollte es endlich soweit sein. Ich hab mir schon auf der Fahrt dort hin überlegt, wie ich eine schöne Spiegelung des Abendhimmels in dem kleinen Teich erreichen kann.
Nun zur Realität. Ich stehe hier direkt neben dem Teich und links von mir sollte jetzt eigentlich Wasser sein. Dies war jedoch nicht der Fall. Von dem Teich ist nur noch ein kleiner Sumpf übrig geblieben, aus dem sich unverzüglich unzählige Mücken auf mich gestürzt haben. Und zwar von dem Moment an, als ich mich der Stelle genähert habe bis ich wieder mindestens 500 Meter davon entfernt war. Über mir hat zeitweise ein richtige Mückenwolke geschwebt. Unfassbar.
Unter ständiger Verteidigung meiner Blutreserven habe ich mir spontan noch eine alternative Komposition überlegt, die auf Wasserflächen und Spiegelungen verzichten musste. Mehr als dieses eine Bild ist es aber dann nicht geworden.
Schlußendlich finde ich das Ergebnis trotzdem ganz gut gelungen.
Achso, für alle von außerhalb. Rechts im Hintergrund seht Ihr den Lilienstein und fast verdeckt vom Glühen der Abendsonne die Festung Königstein.
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Serendipity: An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.
I was photographing this window, when a couple walked into the room. He was considerate and stopped before entering my field of view. I deferred to them, and fiddled with my camera, then looked up and couldn't resist catching this sweet moment.
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These look like some kind of moon buggies from a sci-fi movie, but at least one of them is a coffee shop. I'm not sure what the other two were as they weren't open. I certainly thought they were interesting when I saw them in roker. I thought of the Police song Walking on the Moon straight away. There's some interesting stuff in the world that you just come along on by accident.
but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking :-)
Brooks Atkinson
HMM! Stop Kidnapping My Neighbors! Resist the Despicable Authoritarian Orange Cockroach and his Cabinet of Stooges and Buffoons!
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Never mind that the video is black and white, the audio is silent, and the screen flickers like a bad horror movie. Rules say "bolts or other items without the matching socket will be removed"—but what about perfectly fitting connections that refuse to work?
This SCART-to-RCA adapter is a shining example of deception—it plugs in smoothly, yet the signals inside are having an existential crisis. The video signal screams in RGB, but the TV only understands composite, leaving us with a washed-out mess. The audio sits quietly, confused and alone, wondering why it wasn’t invited to the party.
But hey, it fits, so it stays! Even if it means your movie looks like a ghost story filmed in 1925.
I was amazed when I saw the big feet of the bittern. Overall I didn't know this bird was so big, he's about 75cm/30inch tall!
It was the most beautiful summer morning on the lake. Couldn't believe he let me this close from my kayak.
I want to wish all Americans a Happy Thanksgiving and what better way to do it than with a bald eagle who just finished eating a big fish. My American friends have shown me the most kindness on this Flickr journey, and they say us Canadians are nice, but I think we have nothing on them. Appreciate you! ❤️
"An eagle's vision sees beyond the ordinary"
Pic by Tonic
Wake up in a new day but it don't feel that new
Same faces around me with the same point of view
Everything is perfect, everything's ok
Just swallow the lies and let your emotions fade
But my heart won't be quiet, I feel a change
No more black and white
This life's too colorful, beautiful
Don't know what lies ahead but
I'm ready now, it's time (gotta go, gotta get out of this town)
And leave my fear behind (nothing left for me here can't stick around)
My dreams are loud and my heart's wide awake
And all I know is I'm not meant to be silent
Wake up to a new voice telling me where to go
It sounds like I got no choice but to keep on this road
Got my own opinion, my own words to say
Got my own visions, so I know I can't stay
There's no looking back now, I feel a change
I'm letting go it's time yeah (gotta go, gotta get out of this town)
And leave my fear behind me (nothing left for me here can't stick around)
I'm ready now it's time yeah (gotta go, gotta get of this town)
And leave my fear behind me (nothing left for me here can't stick around)
My dreams are loud and my heart's wide awake
And all I know is I'm not meant to be silent
Football, it's an extraordinarily male thing... although my Dad never took me to a football match or even an empty football stadium EVER. And still he hasn't. I never "got" football, but my brothers did. Incessantly did my brothers and my (male) friends go on and on and on about football..... but it is a never ending subject for so many. And here another indoctrination begins......
Sarah and I are very sorry to let you know that Chip has passed today, he did not suffer at all.
We told him to head towards the rainbow bridge but Chip being Chip was last seen headed for the beach instead.
We are both heartbroken and his loss will follow us always, however we have tried to give the little fella the best life we possibly could, he has been loved as much as any dog has ever been loved.
Lovely and sunny, but the wind is freezing cold, even going out into the garden isn't that much fun. So I had a look inside instead.
While I was filling my mug with water for a cup of tea I noticed that the dog food tin that had been soaking had bubbles on the top. Don't know why as although I'd put some washing up liquid in it last night it's not normally still bubbly in the morning.
I turned on the strip light and took some photos and this was the one I liked best.
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I wasn't expecting snow when I woke up but was pleasantly surprised. With everything covered in a small layer of snow but with bleak overcast clouds, I decided to go to waterfall glen to see how it looked.
The snow was falling off the branches every seconds and quickly melting off the foreground rocks so I tried to move quickly. As I look outside now, it doesn't even look like it snowed at all.
Waterfall Glen, DuPage County.