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Hotel Windsor, Spring Street Melbourne. Opened in 1884, the Windsor is notable for being Melbourne's only surviving purpose-built "grand" Victorian era hotel. The original hotel was built by shipping magnate George Nipper and designed by Charles Webb in a broadly Renaissance Revival style.
Statue of Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870) Australian Poet whose work represented "the beginnings of a national school of Australian poetry", The statue by Paul Montford was erected 1931 and part of the City of Melbourne Arts and heritage collection.
This White-Throated Kingfisher looked as though it was contemplating its life. Truth be told, it was eyeing its prey in the small pond below.
Contemplating the Dunes. Death Valley National Park, California. April 2, 2015. © Copyright 2015 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Walkers contemplate evening light on sand dunes
The wind had been strong enough the night before that as I lay in my fairly hardcore mountain tent (fully staked out!) I could hear nearby campers pounding in their stakes, rescuing gear than had gone flying, or giving up and sleeping in their cars. The wind continued on into the morning, and as I drove away to a place that I thought might be more sheltered I passed through big blowing clouds of dust and sand. As I returned in the middle of the afternoon there was still a lot of dust in the air and the wind was still blowing, thought its force was diminishing. I went to my camp for a quick visit and the winds continued to die down. By the point when it was time for me to head out for evening photography things had calmed down considerably and I decided to visit dunes.
The large nearby dune fields were in almost pristine condition on this evening, since the wind had kept a lot of people off the dunes and obliterated many of the tracks that folks had left earlier. I selected a part of the dunes where I saw no other people and headed out. The sand was largely undisturbed and I was able to photograph the patterns created by the wind with few signs of human visits. As I worked I looked off into the distance toward the highest dunes where a few people were not returning and walking toward the highest hills. From my position the foreground was a landscape of layered and angled slopes of sand, and in the distance a few people seemed to pause and enjoy the quiet evening among the dunes.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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.... ( What I'm really doing when gazing on all those distant solar systems peeking through the Aurora's curtains)
All these stars, being within our own little galaxy and thus holding distances generally within a few million light years, don't really encompass spaces akin to eternity, but ... from our little butterfly's temporal perspective, they might as well ...
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Candid iPhone shot. I think what he was contemplating was what kind of specialty coffee to order - this was shot at a Tim Horton's.
Day 7
Shot from a tuk tuk. I was a little shocked to see all the fish just lying out there in the shacks on the street.
14-150mm 4-5.6 II, om-5
She is a little unsure, awesome as they are, that these wings crafted by the amazing Maudib05 are actually capable of flight.
Sometimes the best cure for feeling down in the dumps is getting back to nature.
Top: [Little Kitten]
Skirt: [Little Kitten] *Coming soon*
Boots: MESO
Hair: Beusy
Body: Utilizator Kemono
Head: Utilizator M3
Is he deep in thought or just spying out the neighbourhood?
While Cormorants can't be said to be the most beautiful of birds, they are striking, especially with such gorgeous green eyes and lovely feather details.
Great Horned Owl
Scottsdale, AZ
I often wonder what happens in my yard that is never seen.
My wife spied this visitor yesterday while doing some work in the kitchen. It was well over 100 F at the time and shortly after landing and evaluating the situation, the owl jumped onto a ledge in the pool where the water is only a few inches deep.
It was actually darker than it appears in the photo, but modern cameras do their magic and a little processing helps. I had my 24-70 mm lens on my camera and didn't want to miss the capture opportunity so there was no changing to something longer.
Nikon D850
Nikon 24-70 mm VR f/2.8 at 70 mm
1/20 sec at f/2.8 ISO 3200
8:04 PM
July 15, 2019