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July 31, 2017
This queen of the milkweed looks like she is in the process of laying eggs. We'll see what we get!
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
7DWF - Macro
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2017
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Shot with a Canon 7D.
No use without permission.
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October - Autumn - Transience - Metamorphosis - Circle of life
Oktober - Herbst - Vergänglichkeit - Metamorphose - Kreislauf des Lebens
Circle of life
for new life
Tu mia luna tu sei qui con me,
Mio sole tu sei qui con me,
Con me, con me, con me
love
for new love
Herbst
Zeit, auf Wiedersehen zu sagen
Orte, die ich nie
mit dir gesehen und besucht habe
Jetzt, ja, werde ich dort leben
...
mit dir werde ich abreisen
auf Schiffen über Meere
ich weiß
nein, nein, ich existiere nicht mehr
Es ist Zeit, auf Wiedersehen zu sagen
Wenn du weit weg bist,
träume ich zum Horizont
und die Worte fehlen
...
und ich weiß
dass du mit mir bist, mit mir
du, mein Mond, du bist hier mit mir
meine Sonne, du bist hier mit mir,
mit mir, mit mir, mit mir.
Photo composite created just for fun!
The photo CircleOfLife (Explored 8-4-25, #27) I added to the group Super~Six ☆ Stage #3 ☆ Gold was chosen as its group cover photo for the week of 8-22-25!
HE>i
NOTW
August 24, 2019
A tiny monarch egg develops amidst the fuzzy folds of a milkweed seed pod. Monarch caterpillars feed almost exclusively on milkweed. When the larvae hatch, they will munch away on the milkweed leaves continuously until they are either eaten themselves, or are developed enough to start their metamorphosis into a Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
(a "Macro Mondays" submission, theme "Goes Together Like..."
... like Monarch on Milkweed. )
HMM!
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2019
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
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Different stages of New England Daisies, from buds to new blooms with yellow centers, then darker centers, and finally, to drying up blooms, past their prime, And the bee on the left is working to pollinate a whole new batch, One photo a day. (267/366) -- September 23, 2020
July 16, 2019
A long-legged fly discovered and devoured this Monarch Butterfly egg. He was very excited to have found it, and took several breaks from munching on it to dance circles around the egg. I watched him for a while, and no other insects came to see what he was up to. He had it all to himself. Later, when I went back out, it was gone.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2019
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
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Explore 05.03.2016 HP #12
Awe, I am in awe of this woman. She is my partner, my best friend, the other half of our team, and mother to our two daughters. I stand in her shadow, and never more so than on the 25th of February when our second daughter was born.
I don't normally take photos of people but Zavinta wanted some images from the labour room so I couldn't say no to her :-) However I feel this is an image worth sharing, a nine month journey encapsulated in one second. At times it was a difficult journey, there were scares along the way but my girl got there in the end. And she did it all with just the help of our wonderful midwife Helen and a huge effort on her own behalf.
The emotion of it all, it is hard to find words to sum it all up. There is so much emotion in this image and trust me there was quite alot behind the camera too.
Thank you my love for our beautiful daughter, I will always be in awe of you, and welcome to our world baby Erin Ceplinskaite Maguire, you are loved.
Finally thank you all for your favs and especially your great comments, you are all very, very kind.
September 16, 2018
10 days after they all went into their chrysalises, our monarchs have begun to show signs of emergence.
metamorphosis
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2018
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
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Mom and chick – looking for Dad to come back with more fish.
More info: edrosack.com/2024/04/12/winter-park-ospreys-april-8-2024/
It was a foggy morning just before sun rise and there was one very high schrill scream of Panic. A large dark mass moved closer through the fog and then the blurry image left the ground. I got this just before he was gone again. This was the best of 6 shots. the others were not even worth keeping.
SUNSET - Autumn Hues 2023 - 11/23/23
Key West Harbor - Key West, Florida U.S.A.
The Florida Keys - moody harbor cloudscape
Thanksgiving Day 2023 - Thursday - 240mm
*[left-click for a closer-look - clear dramatic ending]
*[intense color - from Mallory Square - three colors!]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
"Margaritaville" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XtBiWgXLE
"It's Five-Oclock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU
RIP Jimmy Buffett - Passed 9/1/23
My 2023 Key West Slideshow: flic.kr/s/aHBqjB7w4M
I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
--Alfred, Lord Tennyson
...excerpt from In Memoriam A.H.H. (originally entitled The Way of the Soul)
3 exposure HDR ...worked on this all day...tone mapped, filtered and textured, crashed Photoshop too --hah!
Thank you to ghostbones and JoesSistah for textures used...
I wandered across this lovely tree while testing out my recently acquired Tamron Af 17-35 2.8/4 Di Ld--and learning how to shoot with a wide-angle lens on full frame while simultaneously trying to hone my HDR skills, among other things...
Many thanks for your kind comments, invites and faves!!! :)
From grasses to trees, this photograph depicts the growth of grasses through trees. The trees at the top of the frame are actually reflections in water.
Location: Lake Bailey, Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas. April, 2008.
Photo # DSC2_101abw.
(c) Kelly Shipp Photography
The Monolith Plateau ( 1924-1925 ) by Gustav Vigeland, in the Vigeland sculpture Park which is part of Frogner Park in Oslo.
The 80 acre Vigeland Sculpture park was designed by sculptor Gustav Vigeland,and contains 212 bronze,granite and wrought iron sculptures..It is the world's largest sculpture park with the weirdest statues.
The most popular attraction is the 18 metres ( 46 ft ) high Monolith,which is made up of 121 big human figures embracing each other and rising towards the Sky to connect with the Spiritual world.Big Human Bodies,curvy and mascular,displaying the relationship between men,women,adults and children,and all carved from one single granite block.
The Monolith represents the circle of life and the man’s longing and yearning for the spiritual and divine.Vigeland’s intention was to show all the blind alleys and difficult roads human beings have to go through in their lives.
Why Is Everybody Naked ?
As many artists believe, "Nakedness" is not an unashamed sensuality,it is a direct and reverent response to the supreme expression of nature.
♥ Many thanks for all your visits,comments & your pink ☆s ♥
★ click on the photo to enlarge and enjoy all the beautiful details ★
Poor thing tipped over and was left to die by his fellow sheep. The ravens go straight for the eyes and the poor thing quite probably lived for days...
The idiocy of sheep never ceases to amaze me. Sometimes sheep tip over, and when they do that they can't get up by themselves.
I just can not understand how in the world, this dull-witted species hasn't figured out how to help a sheep in need.
I just can't...
Shot on iphone 8 plus via Camera+ 2 app, also edited in Camera+ 2
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Backyard drama when a Coopers Hawk caught one of my Northern Cardinals late this afternoon. As much as I hate to see one of my songbirds being caught like this, these beautiful hawks also have to eat.
Not as clear as I'd like since these were taken through double paned windows and I was on my knees just barely peeking out the bottom of the window not to spook him.
August 6, 2019
We have been getting lots of Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus), their eggs and the even the baby caterpillars on our milkweed this year. Unfortunately, there is intense predation in our patch. The little caterpillars don't stand a chance. When I find them, I bring them in and let them graze on fresh picked milkweed leaves each day. They are very happy in their bubble world. When they're full, they crawl up to the top of the jar and make their cocoon.
We have released 2 healthy butterflies so far this year. There are 2 more chrysalises and 3 more full-grown caterpillars (including this one) in our tank right now.
(A "Crazy Tuesday" submission, theme: "Yellow Colour / Color amarillo")
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2019
All Rights Reserved
...always learning - critiques welcome.
Tools: Canon 7D & iPhone 6s.
No use without permission.
Please email for usage info.
The cats have been very interested in this American robin's nest outside the window. Evidently the eggs hatched and the resulting noise attracted attention from the neighborhood crows. RIP robins.
There is also a house finch's next above the front door. I've taken to using the garage to get the paper and the mail to minimize its disturbance. The location is not conducive to a crow incursion, fingers crossed.
In the falling rain, predator and prey face the inevitable. The wildebeest, eyes wide and weary, seems to know the end has come. Beside it, the hyena — bloodied and relentless — embodies survival’s cruel necessity. This is nature’s rawest truth: life and death, entwined in the eternal circle of the wild.
Monarch caterpillar killed by something...I believe a stink bug nymph but not sure. We have started a very small pollinator plot, and it has been fun to see the creatures that appear. There are two other monarch caterpillars on a nearby milkweed plant, hope that they will be ok. Removed this from the area. Very saddened to find this today.
A raw moment on the savannah — a hyena, blood-stained from the hunt, stands over a fallen wildebeest. Life and death, predator and prey, the eternal cycle of survival plays out in the tall grass. Nature’s harshest moments are also its truest, a reminder that the wild is both unforgiving and essential.
Peachland, BC
WARNING! Some of these images are a little graphic, but it is the circle of life.
There was a lot of bird ruckus going on in the neighbourhood. When I looked outside, I saw 8 Black-billed Magpies and 4 Steller's Jay's on the neighbours roof and power lines. At first, I figured it was a turf war over nesting sites, because it's an annual issue with these two species, but then I noticed that they kept looking down at the ground. So, I grabbed my camera and went to investigate. As you can see, this guy/gal was the cause of all the commotion. It took a while before he/she could start eating because he/she kept getting bombarded by the magpies and jays. At one point a flock of crows flew over as well.
In one of the photos, you will notice objects that look like beans. After doing some research on the internal organs of birds, I believe that they are "primary oocytes", which are the eggs in a female birds ovary. If I am wrong on this, please correct me. I could not find any other organ in a birds anatomy to explain otherwise. Apparently, birds can produce 500 to several thousand oocytes.
At first I was thinking it's a Cooper's Hawk, but now I'm convinced it's a Sharp-shinned Hawk. I always have troubles telling the difference between the two species. I know the tail feathers are the best for IDing them, but I still get perplexed. Please let me know if I am wrong on this ID.
"Due to the shrike's small size in proportion to the size of its prey, it must rely on specialized adaptations to facilitate its hunting. ... Larger prey are subjected to impaling, in which they are pushed down into a sharp projection, such as a thorn or barbed wire."
More pictures from the 365 Day project
118.Tag/Day
We all live to die!
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I make this week a music special! I crown every day my favourite song!
MUSIC WEEK:
Today with "Elton John -Circle of Life"
At the end of my Music Week I crown Elton Johns song!
I think you know it from the lion king ;)
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I think there isn´t much do say about it! It´s great!
Look at the whole songtext
or watch the great video.....Youtube.com...here!
It´s the special version with videos of the lion king :P
The Lion King was one of my favourite movies in my childhood!
I love Simba,Nala,Rafiki,Timon and Pumbaa =)
Hakuna Matata ;)
One of the fun Jumbotron moments at Milwaukee Brewer games is when parents are encouraged to lift up their infant child to the music from "The Lion King."
"Nants ingonyama bagithi baba!"
American Family Field
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Peachland, BC
WARNING! Some of these images are a little graphic, but it is the circle of life.
There was a lot of bird ruckus going on in the neighbourhood. When I looked outside, I saw 8 Black-billed Magpies and 4 Steller's Jay's on the neighbours roof and power lines. At first, I figured it was a turf war over nesting sites, because it's an annual issue with these two species, but then I noticed that they kept looking down at the ground. So, I grabbed my camera and went to investigate. As you can see, this guy/gal was the cause of all the commotion. It took a while before he/she could start eating because he/she kept getting bombarded by the magpies and jays. At one point a flock of crows flew over as well.
In one of the photos, you will notice objects that look like beans. After doing some research on the internal organs of birds, I believe that they are "primary oocytes", which are the eggs in a female birds ovary. If I am wrong on this, please correct me. I could not find any other organ in a birds anatomy to explain otherwise. Apparently, birds can produce 500 to several thousand oocytes.
At first I was thinking it's a Cooper's Hawk, but now I'm convinced it's a Sharp-shinned Hawk. I always have troubles telling the difference between the two species. I know the tail feathers are the best for IDing them, but I still get perplexed. Please let me know if I am wrong on this ID.
I have changed the ID to Cooper's Hawk, which was my original thought. Thank you Bridget Spencer www.flickr.com/photos/130576357@N07/ for the help on the ID