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Hope is eternal, that is what makes life worth living. Sometimes we want to give up, but never give up as one door closes another door opens. Believe. I wish that I could make a difference for the Syrian and other world refugees, even so, I will not give up hope for them.
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I must say, I was shocked when I saw how nighttime changes an owl's face. While they become fearsome predators at night, they also become much more adorable to us humans, who have evolved to perceive large eyes as captivating and innocent.
In an effort to find area barred owls, I set out to a local park before sunrise and came upon this Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) in the dark. This darkness was so inky and thick, in fact, that I could not see if he was in his hole or not, so trained my tripoded camera on the hole, manually focused, and finally saw him in the preview window! Shocked for sure by those massive pupils staring down at me, a frog (which he swallowed greedily prior to this photo and while I watched) in his talons!
Interestingly, owl eyeballs are not balls at all, but so well evolved for night vision that they have elongated into eye cones. For this reason, they cannot move their eyes in their sockets, and have evolved wildly-flexible necks. With their highly acute retinas replete with rods (the light and movement sensing eye bits), there wasn't much room for cones, and so most owls see limited or no color!
You could probably get three different portrait shaped photos out of this one but I still think it is kind of neat to get all three of them on one tree.
Seen at Khoo Kongsi Temple, Penang, Malaysia!
Dear friends, I could get in touch with my Singaporean friend to ask her to help to translate, Now I received her reply and for this who liked to know the meaning of this sign I pasted and copied her original translation. :
"The right two panel is the name of the god, is layman addressing the God in the respected salutation. In Chinese people pray to many different gods. These two panel top horizontal word I think is referring to the origin of the god, meaning where it come from, mainly from places in china, but I am not too sure is this the name of the place in China. 3rd from the right “ silent”, 4th the last at left “Avoidance”, when god arrive, layman have to hide away, similar to emperor arrive, people must go hide themselves.“
Thank you very much for your help, Bee Aye!
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I could really brighten everything up a little sitting here at my computer but that really would not remain true to how this is. Constant wind and a powerful raging tide and an atmosphere of light that I have always wanted to capture against the red and white pillar of the warning light....I did remove the sea spray spots though!...Portland Bill, England.
If only she could speak............if ONLY she might tell us her Story.....
The pride, the warmth, the happiness,.......the joys, the laughter,.......all the memories she shared.............
IF only she could tell her story.............
I would love to hear her tale.................................
Give you one thing in Life...
I would give you the Ability to see yourself through my eyes....
Only then will you realize......
After a visit to the rookery in St. Augustine, the place is full of Cattle Egrets now. During the breeding season they become so beautiful with their bright colors. For me, it's difficult to get them in flight because they don't fly in a straight line, I think they do that on purpose !
This beautifully coloured Butterfly
Could possibly attract your Eye
It landed safely on this Flower
And lost nothing of its Power
This might be slightly psychedelic
Its Take Off looks a bit angelic
You know this Butterfly so well
It is a colourful Tortoiseshell
(Caren)
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Tortoiseshell butterfly on a buddleia, tweaked saturation, brightness and contrast to the max and uploaded for
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There's no need to argue anymore
I gave all I could, but it left me so sore
And the thing that makes me mad
Is the one thing that I had
I knew, I knew
I'd lose you
You'll always be special to me
Special to me, to me
And I remember all the things we once shared
Watching T.V. movies on the living room armchair
But they say it will work out fine
Was it all a waste of time
'Cause I knew, I knew
I'd lose you
You'll always be special to me
Special to me, to me
If a Nightshade could poison you, would it?
Yes, it Woody Nightshade would!
Of course you wouldn't eat these frosty, purply flowers, pretty as they are...but you might be tempted by its juicy, scarlet berries. Don't be! They are poisonous to children and unpleasant for adults too.
RKO_2703. I could not resist to share another photo of this little gem! Hope you like it!
Amazing how little they are, how brilliant (iridescent) colors they can have, how fast they move around and how they manage to hover in front of flowers when absorbing the nectar!
"Never look down on others while in a high position!"
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Pharaoh stops and stares to see if his childish antics still get my attention and admiration. It does. How could it not? His showing off running kicking up dirt then abruptly stopping to stare at me is our game. He smiles ever so slightly then runs off again taking coy peaks at me. Smart and strong of spirit he has over come some emotional and physical pain of a previous adoption gone wrong. Back in the herd of his gypsy family and loving mom he is his happy and content.
I wish I could take credit for this set up but it was Skyline:) who had the idea and purchased the cute shopping trolley! I was looking for a shot to make me smile as it’s such a grey day, again, here today and came across this which brings back good memories of summer and the fun we had getting the squirrels to interact with the trolley. Hope it makes you smile too 😀
If I could go, go into my heart
And search for all the places I left the spark
To find a way, way back to the olden days
Before it started falling apart
I might find it waiting in the corner
Somewhere in the dark
picture taken at Neverending - Winterwonderland. The last visit...
Another re-visit file ....this great stone bridge is just up the road from where i work ...also a popular spot for hooligans !! ...LOL...to launch themselves into the pool below
RLART
I could not have made it this far had there not been angels along the way. Della Reese
Delloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. She began her long career as a singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You Know?".
I could not pass-up photographing the Milky Way Galactic Core at Joshua Tree N.P. The sun set early and the galactic center was visible by 7:30 p.m. in October. I was able to take several images before being spooked by curious coyotes. Here, I took two pano shots and used a flash light set at a low level to illuminate the foreground. There was a fair amount of light pollution in the background and two Orionid meteors made appearances during the exposures. Used Lightroom and Photoshop to merge and develop the images. Hope you enjoy!
The fall leaves colors are very good this year. Busy after back from Rocky Mountains trip, no time to see the beautiful leaves at Quebec… Dig out the last year Quebec trip, found one panorama reflections, could not remember the exact location, just remembered passing through a bridge, the little houses were in the middle of the colorful forest, reflected on the still lake, like fairy tale world... There was a bottle on the lake, I did not remove it this time, just want to remind: protecting our environment is everyone’s responsibilities! 😊
Canon EOS R5, EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
ISO100, f/11, 50mm, 1/25s
A jungle myna on a clean perch. She stayed there for quite long, almost providing us a studio photo session.
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"...I kept on believing what I wanted to believe
The unspoken promises that you could never keep
But it's a sin, oh, it's a sin to tell yourself a lie
I never lost you, I never lost you
I never lost you, you were never mine..."
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// Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:38:53 AM EST
If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstores sell
When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take
Sometimes watching birds could be so funny...
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………We could always try the dogs home & see if they will have us!………An ‘also-ran’ for ’Smile on Saturday’ with the theme of ‘Backside’. The astute will recognise the Pink Floyd Album cover ‘Animals’ & know Battersea is home to an iconic power station famed also for its Dog & Cat home since the year 1860. Happy Friday everyone, Alan:-)
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Sometimes the "would have beens" and the "could have beens" can take over my life!
It is hard to be a dreamer and a realist at the same time!! :-)
(Maybe thats the curse of being a photographer)
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I could not resist posting another image of the Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) because of the different canvas I was able to capture the bird flying along the beach.
* These Beech trees looked rather splendid last week in Duncombe Park . While the colours in England do not compare with the amazing Autumn display in New England they are still a lovely sight
Duncombe Park is on the edge of the town of Helmsley in North Yorkshire
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