COMEVISIT photos on Flickr

Sea Eagle coming in to land. by Seanies Island

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This was taken at a recent bird show in Ballymote Sligo Ireland, It is a very impressive show and you get to hold the smaller birds. of prey , Kids big and small loved this and it was funny and very enjoyable. I am happy to say that the Sea Eagle has been reintroduced to Ireland over the last 20 years, See one and it is a sight you will not forget. Fish is their preffered food so no harm to any other animal despite what people believe. I love Raptors ie Birds of Prey . I hope to go again but position my self better.

We are still far from over by Clever Poet

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Racing on a faultline

Bracing for a landslide

Concious of every move getting harder

Has the race gone underwater?

I keep stalling out

I just can't keep up

there's alarming doubt

am I good enough

but you keep coming around

to convince me it's still

far from over...

Mute Math

Moving to Ipernity by Wes Bound

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Hi,

I would like to let you know, that due to the censorship debate, which emerged in the aftermath of the introduction of content filters, I will become less active here on flickr and ultimately let my pro account lapse as a statement of protest against these latest measures. To be more accurate, this is rather meant to target Yahoo! than flickr, although the latter haven't exactly earned credits in handling this incident.

Nonetheless, I will keep my account open for the time of the transition and I hope that many of you, whom I have met and begun to value as real friends, will visit me at my new home. But honestly, at this moment much of the initial enthusiasm over meeting people and making friends through photography has suffered substantially... It is not as much due to Yahoo! doing a lame job in responding to local laws or flickr receding to their position of "We aren't allowed to say more", it's also due to a notable general increase in attempts of large corporations and also governments to exert more control over their "netizens"/web users. Google isn't much better than Yahoo! and iPernity will have to prove itsself. I'm trying not to get paranoid, but their are attempts under way in my country to pass a law that will enable authorities to force providers to disclose their users' personal account data on request. What ultimately comes of that can be seen in the Shi Tao case, who is now rotting away for 10 years in a Chinese prison.

Like I said: I'm trying my best not to become paranoid, but it appears as if forces bigger than the communities that formed and form on the web, are in the process of gaining as much data and control as possible. While this doesn't come as a surprise, it feels like "losing innocence" and hence losing a lot of the fun.

OK, I'm done with my little political speech - hope to see you over there and thanks for being friends with me, for your support so far, your encouragement and for - being you...

Werner

Restaurant View by k whitton

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The view from Castaways Bar & Grill - St Lawrence Gap - Barbados

Today is the day. End of the 500 row. I can see the Honey Buckets in a straight shot down the aisle. Here til 5!#PortlandSaturdayMarket #handmadehappiness #todayistheday #noitreallyis #imeanit #comevisit by Martha Hull