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Continuing with the theme of the photogenic Tufted Titmouse, here it is coming in for a soft landing. It is so quick that I see I'm going to have to up my SS a bit more if I want to completely stop action.
We continue to pray for those who are in Florida as this very dangerous storm moves across the state. My SL wife, Suzzie and one of our dear friends, MIssy, live along the east coast of Florida and are still in the path of this storm!
The Minster was undergoing significant works during our visit. Thankfully, this side entrance which protrudes out from the main building was not only pristine but also strongly lit. Very thoughtful of them.
On February 5, 2021we had another soft snowfall that came down as a beautiful, white, fluffy snow. Since I had my Canon at home I felt fortunate to be able to photograph nature at its finest, up close and personal in the woods and hillside behind my home. Photo Images credited to Vickie L Klinkhammer of Vickielynne Photography and Designs (VLP&Designs). Images may appear on wearableart and home essentials at www.vlpdesigns.com
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Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations
project.
This work is based upon my previous Flickr work:
Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Og Mandino
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
Continuing this short series (of birds I hope to see soon) with a male Yellow Warbler from two years ago. The vast majority of my photo ops with warblers are brief, but this little beauty gave me an extended session as it hunted for ants among the leafing-out caragana. The light was perfect. I was on foot, wandering about, saying "ssst-ssst" and "wsht-wsht", the common language of little birds everywhere.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Continuing on that fair winter day along the "Joint Line", a D&RGW southbound coal passes the Air Force Academy lead by an SD45 and three SD40T-2, 5325-5357-5352-5391) @1350.
A lot of fun to watch the sky explode in color and to move around there in the field of leaves to capture that sunlight and color from the sky to the leaves. Fall splendor here in Maryland.
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Continuing the journey of exploring experimental digital art effects..!!!
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(created in photoshop and finished in D.D.G. from an original photo of our local Mitchell River )
Let's continue our "journey through time."
We are still on the Dramont Peninsula on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France.
And finally, we turn our gaze toward the sea. Here, next to the typical red cliffs of the Esterel Mountains, whose foothills plunge into the Mediterranean here, we see a small rocky island with a striking tower.
This is the Île d'Or, which is privately owned and therefore unfortunately not open to visitors.
But even from the shore, it makes a great photo opportunity, especially at sunset.
Setzen wir unsere "Zeitreise" nun fort.
Wie befinden uns noch immer auf der Halbinsel Dramont an der Cote d'Azur im Süden Frankreichs.
Und endlich richten wir unseren Blick auch einmal in Richtung Meer. Hier sehen wir neben den typischen roten Felsen vom Esterel Gebirge, dessen Ausläufer hier ins Mittelmeer eintauchen, eine kleine Felseninsel mit einem markanten Turm.
Dies ist die Île d'Or, welche sich in Privatbesitz befindet und somit leider nicht besichtigt werden kann.
Doch auch vom Ufer aus macht sie als Fotomotiv eine Gute figur. Vor allem bei Sonnenuntergang.
If it weren't for 12-spotted's! Gee, there just aren't any odes flying. It's hot & dry right now - but too late to save most summer dragons and too hot for Fall species to come out of the shade. This guy is actually by himself ... leaves one of our sticks to chase an occasional whitetail or green darner. A stunning Comet darner flew by the other day - haven't seen him since. And we've seen the first Shadow darner but he wouldn't perch.
Sorry it's been so hectic here - I was at a derm. surgeon yesterday having a skin cancer removed - they told us to plan on being there a good 4 (!) hours. Fortunately it didn't take that long - thanks once again for several good friends that prayed & sent me notes - so appreciated.
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Artist ElleStreetArt's mural continues along this semi-circular wall. In total she painted 2,900 square feet. That's big and beautiful. At Hudson Yards
Tip of the Usk reservoir.
Yes indeed just after the shutter click those clouds opened up good and proper, and continued to do so for almost the whole way back home - a very wet 10k on foot. Yes - yes I know Mr Magoo drives a car in the cartoons but I’m not a cartoon and haven’t driven for 30 years, and how the heck does he find his car is what I want to know??? Some sort of metal detector might do it I suppose but a lot can go wrong with that scenario, and how does he know it is his car and not one belonging to some axe wielding whacko whose cheese has slid totally off his cracker? Mind you, I might not be a cartoon but life can be cartoon like at times…..my wife and I were dining out once when some outraged stranger accused me of trying to steal his pudding, kid you not, I accidentally put my hand in his pudding, right in there, up to the wrist almost and somehow I am stealing it - seriously!?! It wasn’t my fault, I had no idea it was there, it shouldn’t have been where it was it really shouldn’t, but stealing it - honestly, can you imagine?? Ooh ooh look, that gooey thing all covered in custard looks delicious, I think I’ll just grab me a handful and hope he doesn’t notice!! An accident and accused of thievery. What could I do - I lamely held up my white stick and pointed at it with a custard covered finger. The cheek of the fellow - I should have sued him for burns!So there you have it, there’s a reason why I don’t drive and have to get wet - and if I want a pudding I’ll buy my own……..
…..probably.
Continuing my series, Maxwell is a small town in Story County, Iowa with around 860 people. Businesses include a small grocery store, a gas station, a bank, medical clinic and funeral home. However, what I find fascinating is the Historical Society’s museum. There are two large century-old buildings plus a machine shed with farm implements. I only show one building in this photo, but the combined museum collection holds over 13,00 items from the 1800’s to date. I find that quite amazing for a small town.
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About the series: Life in a small Midwestern town often means a slower pace of life, close-knit communities, and a strong connection to the land and agriculture. Residents typically have a strong sense of pride in their hometown and a friendly, neighborly attitude. Small towns usually have limited employment and entertainment options, but the tradeoff is typically a lower cost of living and a quieter, more peaceful environment. Presented in black and white at night, I hope to capture the essence of a few small Iowa towns in this series. Series Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBWTai
Market Street is an important thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It begins at The Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building at the northeastern edge of the city and runs southwest through downtown, passing the Civic Center and the Castro District, to the intersection with Corbett Avenue in the Twin Peaks neighborhood. Beyond this point, the roadway continues as Portola Drive into the southwestern quadrant of San Francisco. Portola Drive extends south to the intersection of St. Francis Boulevard and Sloat Boulevard, where it continues as Junipero Serra Boulevard.
Market Street is the boundary of two street grids. Streets on its southeast side are parallel or perpendicular to Market Street, while those on the northwest are nine degrees off from the cardinal directions.
Market Street is a major transit artery for the city of San Francisco, and has carried in turn horse-drawn streetcars, cable cars, electric streetcars, electric trolleybuses, and diesel buses. Today Muni's buses, trolleybuses, and heritage streetcars (on the F Market line) share the street, while below the street the two-level Market Street Subway carries Muni Metro and BART. While cable cars no longer operate on Market Street, the surviving cable car lines terminate to the side of the street at its intersections with California Street and Powell Street.
Construction
Market Street cuts across the city for three miles (5 km) from the waterfront to the hills of Twin Peaks. It was laid out originally by Jasper O'Farrell, a 26-year old trained civil engineer who emigrated to Yerba Buena, as the town was then known. The town was renamed San Francisco in 1847 after it was captured by Americans during the Mexican-American War. O'Farrell first repaired the original layout of the settlement around Portsmouth Square and then established Market Street as the widest street in town, 120 feet between property lines. (Van Ness now beats it with 125 feet.) It was described at the time as an arrow aimed straight at "Los Pechos de la Chola" (the Breasts of the Maiden), now called Twin Peaks. Writing in Forgotten Pioneers.
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Album Μάνα γή μάνα Καραγκούνα Mother Earth Mother Karagkouna
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Συλλογή φωτογραφιών από μιά προσπάθεια αναπαράστασης των παραδοσιακών μεθόδων θερισμού και αλωνίσματος στον Θεσσαλικό κάμπο υπό τον γενικό τίτλο "Μάνα γή μάνα Καραγκούνα"
It's a collection of photos frrom an representation attempt of traditional harvesting and threshing methods in the Thessalic plain under the title "Mother Earth Mother Karagkouna"
i continue to dream
... and I ask you: do
you understand my dreams?
sometimes you say you do,
and sometimes you say you don't.
either way it doesn't matter.
i continue to dream.
_langston hughes
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no big glittery icons or invitations , please !
said she. Then she continued, with another two companions, searching for grubs on a group of old casuarina trees. This is how my visit started. After such a long absence I was overwhelmed by what I could watch and photograph. I captured 21 different species (saw and heard many more), amongst them several lovely families with chicks, cygnets and ducklings. Some birds were still building nests, some were patiently incubating.
What a show!
I did not mind this sensory overload at all.
(Zanda funerea)
Continuing in my C-O-L-D series...
Deep reds and pinks in the sunset sky were reflecting onto the cracking ice of the Sheboygan Harbor.
Sometimes it's easy to miss beauty all around us, and I almost missed this colored ice since I was so focused on photographing the geese and ducks.
Suddenly it caught my eye and it took my breath away.
Things changed fast though, and within three minutes this same ice was grey and drab, the sun having set and its colors faded.
Enjoy nature's art with me, cold as it may be :)
Continuing on with the water/lake theme.....found along the shore's the Lake Palestine in Texas.
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The continuing story of the wasp nest in my fence. All three of them are touching antennae and communicating: "Hey let's get that guy with the camera - he's getting a little too close." They didn't attack and I still maintained my delicate relationship with the colony. I knew if I took enough shots I'd get something cool like this trio.
They remind me of a tri-blade propeller on an airplane.
Yellow Jacket - Vespula pensylvanica
My Backyard Fence
Lafayette, Colorado
As a kid, I was fascinated by movies such as The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973/4) and the brilliant special effects work of Ray Harryhausen. I looked up at the sky and remembered this scene.
After being shut out the night before by a stubborn storm that refused to break up over Jasper National Park, we had our fingers crossed as we headed back to Maligne Lake the following morning. We all seemed pretty happy with our blue hour shots, but as sunrise approached, it really began to look like we might not see the sun at all that day. I think we had all resigned ourselves to the fact that we were looking at another completely gray day when I glanced up an noticed the faintest wisp of pink on one of the clouds. Sure enough, the sun broke through just enough to throw some fleeting color across the the clouds that were continuing to roll in from the West. I think Tom and I are the ones in our group who really have a problem standing still during moments like this. Both of us went off in all directions at once, and both of us had two camera bodies for just such an occasion. Leaving my D800 on the tripod, I took off running with my D750 and cranked up the ISO a bit while I looked for other comps in addition to what I was getting down at the lakeside.
As I was racing back to my spot in front of the boat house, this puddle caught my eye and I spent the next few minutes trying to shoot if from several different angles with the 14-24. There have been times where I have doubted my run and gun approach, but I usually reserve it for situations where I feel like I've got a decent shot on the tripod before setting of to see what I might be missing maybe just a few steps away. If I had stayed camped out where I was I would have missed this particular shot along with quite a few others. We ALL gave in to temptation two nights before when we had a perfectly good view of the late afternoon sun up at the Opabin Prospect, but curiosity got the better of us and we full out RAN back up the trail to get more shots of the larches behind us. So I think there is something to be said for making sure you KEEP MOVING once you believe you have a decent shot...especially when you might only have another few minutes of good light.
This being said, it helps to be able to TRUST the guys who you are shooting next to. Maybe leaving the camera on the tripod while you run like a maniac in all directions should be reserved for those times when you actually know the people around you...or you might not have a camera when you get back. :)
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Continuing my ICM (camera movement) experiments. It's not yet perfect and my arm is about to fall off, due to the added weight of the setup for this. I still think it's worth it to further explore this.
HSS!
Shot with a Schneider Kreuznach "Xenon 35 mm F2" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
"Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life."
- A. A. Gil
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Continuing the theme of abstract. Long vacated office building behind St Stephens Street in Norwich.
Continuing the Australian Christmas theme, all eyes are on the Christmas Kangaroo, except for the Python who can sleep through anything.
For the Nacho Cordova tribute on iPhoneogenic and Life in Lofi
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Photoforge 2
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As my spring break comes to an end, the people of Metro Community should be proud of my progress. I worked on quite a few dioramas, including renovating KDON Radio and Law. Here Whitney becomes acquainted with her very own office space as Don's legal assistant.
This little one continues to establish herself as a formidable friend or foe of Elizabeth's. ;)
Have a great week, everyone!
Continuing with my winter theme of posting dragonflies & bugs I've rarely if ever posted ...
A White Peacock at the wonderful Corkscrew Swamp (you could encounter bears & panthers on the boardwalk) near Naples, Florida ... just before Christmas in 2009. I've never heard of a Peacock stray making it up here but a few do wander from their very southern range.
Continuing with the series within a series on public art in Singapore, these reflective balls were between the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Singapore River.
After visiting the Škocjan Caves we continued our walking along the Big Collapse Doline and visited smaller caves. It was very interesting too. On the photo you can see the trail on the rock :)
Škocjan Caves is a cave system located in Slovenia. It's an underground phenomenon in the Karst region and Slovenia. The explored length of the caves is 6,200 meters. The caves have formed in a 300-meter-thick layer of Cretaceous and Paleocene limestone. Along with the underground stream of the Reka River, it forms one of the longest karst underground wetlands in Europe. The protected area of 413 ha conserves an exceptional limestone cave system which comprises one of the world's largest known underground river canyons. Škocjan Caves was included on UNESCO’s list of natural and cultural World Heritage Sites in 1986. The trail for visitors is about 3 km long. The route inside the cave runs along the narrow walkway, which is situated on a vertical rock and ends with a bridge suspended at a height of about 50 m above the river. After leaving the caves, you can also visit nearby viewpoints on the sinkholes, walk along the Big Collapse Doline (Velika dolina), which is one of the largest collapse dolines in Slovenia and the Reka River valley, as well as smaller caves located nearby.
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Po wyjściu z Jaskiń Szkocjańskich kontynuowaliśmy nasz spacer szlakiem wzdłuż Wielkiego Zapadliska, odwiedzając po drodze mniejsze jaskinie. Też było tam pięknie. Na fotce widać ścieżkę biegnącą po skale :)
Jaskinie Szkocjańskie – zespół jaskiń krasowych w Słowenii. Sumaryczna długość jaskiń wynosi ok. 6,2 km. Jaskinie charakteryzują się dużą wysokością komór i korytarzy oraz płynącą przez nie podziemną rzeką o nazwie Reka, która wyżłobiła w skałach największy w Europie podziemny kanion. Jaskinie Szkocjańskie znajdują się pod ochroną jako park krajobrazowy oraz obszar ochrony biosfery. Zostały częściowo udostępnione do zwiedzania i stanowią jedną z najciekawszych atrakcji turystycznych Słowenii. W roku 1986 Jaskinie Szkocjańskie zostały wpisane na listę światowego dziedzictwa kulturalnego i przyrodniczego UNESCO. Szlak dla zwiedzających ma długość ok. 3 km. Trasa wewnątrz jaskini biegnie wąskim chodnikiem poprowadzonym na pionowej skale i kończy się przejściem przez most zawieszony na wysokości ok. 50m nad rzeką. Po wyjściu z jaskiń można jeszcze odwiedzić pobliskie punkty widokowe na zapadliska krasowe, przejść wzdłuż Wielkiego Zapadliska (Velika dolina), które jest jednym z największych zapadlisk w Słowenii i dolinę rzeki Reka oraz znajdujące się obok mniejsze jaskinie.