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Pine Creek Falls is one of many waterfalls in the Knobs Region of Kentucky, a horseshoe-shaped wall of steep knobs that buffers the undulating grass hills of the Bluegrass Region, famous for its horse farms. Just a few miles away from here in this eastern section of the unique Knobs Region of Kentucky, a mountainous Appalachian Plateau Region emerges with its ancient but vivacious beauty. But that is another story and image for another day.
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One week into this trip, the weather finally gave us a break and honored us with this magnificent sunrise, witnessed from the terrace at the sublime Benesse House on Naoshima Island.
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Hi' I've not been around much this week although I have been trying to keep up with all of your work.
Little Lily is in 'season' so, we can't do walkies at the moment. I'm keeping the dogs busy at home and playing outside in the garden with ball. The last thing I need is a male dog getting wind of Lily who is only 2.8kg, so I'm keeping her safe. Plus, I have been training... I'm back in full training at the gym as I was pre~covid. I would like to enter some things this year, unsure what yet, Covid depending of course, maybe a mud run or running challenge, but either way, after two years of not being at the gym and training at home its lovely to see humans and get inspiration again.
Here is a new Teapot I bought and was practising High Key with my Nikkor f1.2 manual lens.
Have a happy Tuesday.
I took delivery of a new Nikkor Z lens yesterday the 20mm f1.8, I want to do some astrophotography and it had a good 'write up' for that and landscape. Hoping for some low light pollution. I also want to get back out there and do some landscape photography again. It's raining here so I haven't had chance to use it yet.
Debbie ~ KissThePixel 2022
The label clearly stated Vitamin D ?? ... I'm sure I read it correctly ?? ... or is it D for Debbie... either way have a Wonderful Wednesday Evening ~ KissThePixel2019
Image taken with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 Manual Lens on the Nikon DF
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For the Group "Looking Close... on Friday!"
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Theme: Cool and Hot Drinks
Be careful where you walk, for you never know what you might see... Remember your garden toadstools are fairies secret rest places... Magic is all around us... KissThePixel2019
I saw this toadstool/mushroom/fungus in my woodland, I don't much about them to be honest, (obviously I know many are poisonous) I would love to find the classic red one with white spots 🍄 but this one was quite sturdy and perfectly shaped for this fun image and so I took one of my fairies and she sat perfectly in the magical light. Just a bit of creative and imaginative fun, hope you enjoy it, have a great Wednesday. Wishing you lots of magic and inspiration ~ KissThePixel2019
Playing with miniature pegs and very miniature wooden love hearts. I confess, on days out I look for tiny things, such as pegs, dolls house furniture, anything small, that I can use for fun macro photography. I have a vast collection of strange miniature things I have collected, including a bag of these wooden 'love hearts'. I used the string and pegs from the 2020 shoot for 'Smile on Saturday' group, I'd just finished photographing the 2020 theme on Friday afternoon and the sun had just started to set, the red bokeh in the background is actually a red leaved Yucca plant reflecting in the red sunset outside of my garden room window, the green is my garden grass, I focused in tightly and got the most beautiful bokeh from the light of the sunset and all the colours of leaves and grass. Wishing you a wonderful Saturday evening and fabulous Sunday ~ Debbie KissThePixel2020
The light was wonderful, I had just finished creating my other images with the Spring flowers and these colourful pegs. I then decided to stack the pegs in a fun way and hang them on the line, the Sun was just setting through my big old oak trees, no rhyme or reason to this image just simple fun and creativity with amazing light from the Sunset and soft warm bokeh, have a great Monday ~ KissThePixel2019
An Autumnal walk with the pooches, followed by a hot coffee and crunchy leaves... made with love...
Debbie ~ KissThePixel 2021
Picking Gerberas and playing on the swing in the garden, have a wonderful Thursday ~ KissThePixel2019
Sorry I havn't been on Flickr much the past two weeks, I have tried to keep up with your images as and when I get five minutes, it's been a busy few weeks with days out and time with my boys and the next two weeks we have birthdays, anniversaries, a few more days out, making the most of the last few weeks of Summer. Also, we have been harvesting vegetables and preparing the garden for Autumn, plus I have been doing a lot of creative dress making, designing and making my own clothes which is another passion of mine :)))
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An accidental photograph, I was actually photographing some flowers, I put my glasses down to answer the phone without looking where I placed them. When I came back it looked like two eyes behind the lenses, so I set it up a bit more and hopefully made it look like funny comical eyes and this was the final image, hence to say I still have to finish doing some macro flowers :) ~ Debbie KissThePixel2020
Taking advantage of the British Bank Holiday and the magnificent weather, we escaped the capital city to spend the day in Oxford, known worldwide as the home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
I made this image of the punting boats at Magdalen Bridge Boathouse on the River Cherwell, just before they were hired away by the queuing tourist.
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To ride among the Wild Poppies on my bike at Sunset was one of those wondrous moments ~ KissThePixel2019
Image taken with Sigma Art 50mm f1.4 Lens on the Nikon D750
Dating back over three centuries, Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya-style teahouse that was used by successive generations of feudal lords. The origin of the name derives from a line in an old Chinese poem: "When I scoop up the water, I hold the moon in my hands.” This teahouse is the central building of the whole garden, and the view of the South Pond, as seen from the rooms of this teahouse, is a magnificent scene that can be experienced nowhere else…
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Vanillia sponge cake (my own recipe) straight out of the oven ready to be laced with strawberries and whipped double cream, may you have wonderful week ~ KissThePixel2019
Image taken with Nikkor 50mm f1.2 on the NikonDF
Carnations are giving me a second bloom ~ KissThePixel2019
Image taken with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 Manual Lens on the Nikon DF
A little climb up the side of this hill and I thought this might just work for today!!
Stay Safe and Healthy Everyone
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I baked chocolate chip cookies for the humans ....
The two boys in my life asked why Daisy had had freshly baked cheese biscuits and I had not baked chocolate chip cookies for them, so, here they are ready to bake for their return home from work ~ KissThePixel2019
Debbies Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe:
150g salted butter, softened
50g light brown muscovado sugar
50g granulated sugar
2 tsp Pure Vanilla extract
1 large egg
200g plain flour
Milk chocolate chips
Cream butter and sugar together, add flour, egg and vanilla to form a dough, add the chocolate chips into the dough, roll out, use a festive cookie cutter and bake at 160 degrees for 10-12 minutes or depending on your oven.
(tip: before adding chocolate chips or chunks cover them in flour and shake off excess this prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the biscuit, you can do this for cakes too, chocolate chips/chunks bake evenly through cake or cookie if lightly dusted in flour)
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This is a huge flat land to the west of Albuquerque. We see some of the most spectacular cloudscapes here!
Low angle framing of pigeons perched on an electric wire with a beautiful blue sky in background.
A humble yet significant creature embodies a spectrum of powerful symbolic representations in various cultures and contexts.
As a unity symbol, these gentle creatures represent the power of standing together, of finding strength in numbers while maintaining your individuality.
They teach us that true harmony comes from balancing personal peace with the broader community's wellbeing. Embracing the pigeon's message means cultivating an inner calm that withstands external chaos, making us a beacon of peace and harmony in a turbulent world.
The topic for Macro Mondays is Egg. I got this shot by breaking an egg and dropping it into a frying pan, and fortunately got the shot I wanted within half a dozen drops, which, along with some bacon I cooked up before hand, was just the right amount for breakfast. For lighting, I bounced a flash off a nearby white cabinet.
Also, see first comment below.
through the ripples of muddy water, i caught the texture of time — the layered hide of a creature that carries weight like silence. this isn't just a hippo; it’s a living sculpture, all curves and calluses, pressed into the world by gravity and sun. from this close, the skin becomes landscape — cracked earth, braided ridge, spiked tufts like dried brush in wind. i waited for the light to skim its back just right — not to reveal the beast, but to abstract it. this is how patience looks when it floats.
After a week of heavy rains and grey clouds, this entire week was pretty clear and pleasant. The golden light in the evening was adding extra beauty to the Sunset today. This is an indoor shot using the golden light!
F8.0 | 1/60s | ISO 200 | Partial Metering | Tripod | SOOC
This shot is better viewed Large On Black!
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Using an archive photo today as I feel in need of a little sunshine in my day!
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A lovely landscape I captured in Naxos, Greece . I first thought
this was a small toilet block, but not at all. It's a magic door. :)
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I’m going to Blue Dimension
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
I’m going to blue dimension
Thru my own magic door
It’s truly a comprehension
And borderline of life’s seashore
In times on passing by
And giving its heart content
It opens to the blue sky
When feeling are in relent
It shows you the magic hours
And all that you can give
Its grass is of wild and flowers
That you on truly must live
To enjoy the moments they make
In magic that is passing on
When you from its dreams awake
It never is really gone
So open your blue dimension door
To see what is there inside
And what’s in your heart’s lore
In thoughts you did put aside
There are moments of their truth
In everything that we all do
It’s magic of infinity youth
As days come and get on thru
This old building sits on Lochgreen Golf Course ~ it's derelict but quite a feature on the golf course. I caught this shot, yesterday, after walking around to get what I considered the best view and having the trees within the shot worked better for me!
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Or should I say 'Upstairs, Downstairs'
A Gin & Tonic, a hair colour and a hair removal kit, lets hope I get it the right way round...
Just a little fun and naughty humour on what's been a hard day for me and for everyone in the whole wide world, stay safe, stay sane, drink gin, colour your roots and don't rock the 1970s down below...... ;)
KissThePixel2020
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beneath a canopy of leaves, a figure dissolves into light and shadow — face gone, but presence unmistakable. the branches fold inward like a curtain, and what’s left is suggestion: of memory, of escape, of someone slowly becoming part of something older, quieter, and still.
Happy Mothers Day for this Sunday to all the wonderful women in the UK and the rest of the world even though I think its a UK 'Mothers Day' date.
These beautiful 'Candy Shop' Crochet Hooks are a gift from my Son for this Mothers Day.
They were something I've wanted for a while and they arrived today via courier from Texas USA. They are one of the best and most beautiful Crochet Hooks made by Furls FIBREARTS . I'm so excited to use them.
Happy Crocheting or happy crafting...
Have a wonderful weekend and Mothers Day...
Debbie x
The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, the chueybird, colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread North American birds and a popular gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) shot annually in the U.S., both for sport and meat. Its ability to sustain its population under such pressure is due to its prolific breeding; in warm areas, one pair may raise up to six broods of two young each in a single year. The wings make an unusual whistling sound upon take-off and landing, a form of solation. The bird is a strong flier, capable of speeds up to 88 km/h (55 mph).
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Merry Christmas 2015 !!!
…I was trying contrasting values of colors… a lot of fun…
In colorimetry and color theory, lightness, also known as value or tone, is a representation of variation in the perception of a color or color space's brightness. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightness)
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A photo I took in Braives (Belgium) a few days ago at the end of the afternoon.
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I've taken this photo very early in the morning in Fontalirant, near Thenon in France
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10
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I Was Once A Child So Young
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
I was once a child so young
With fantasies in my mind
Like flowers from seeds do sprung
Each memory left behind
Like air that is busting to sky
To float with a cloudy mist
Or a brook in its flowing nearby
That earth has wandered and kissed
I look now and find memories
Of so much that life has given
The inside the heart only sees
And you through times have liven
There is so much far and wide
In songs of my singing that call
With moments for a while to abide
Like leaves in their beautiful of fall
My dreams have been pleasantry thing
With so much a child can do
They infinitely to me now sing
And some of them I interpret to you
A love song to fly in the blue
And wander away in youth’s countryside
To give of a young heart so true
In a merry-go-round childhood’s ride
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A picture I took in Fira (Santorini, Greece), last summer. It is a long exposure shot and I've repainted some parts of it.
Fira is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island, Santorini. It is a traditional settlement.
The view from Fira is magnificent, with a unique panorama showing the 18 km long caldera from southern Cape Akrotiri to northern Cape Ag. Nikolaos, plus the volcanic island Nea Kameni at the center with Thirassia Island in the distant west on blue Aegean water.
Fira is a town of white-washed houses built on the edge of the 400 m high caldera on the western edge of the semi-circular island of Thera. The two main museums of interest are the Santorini Archeological Museum, 30 m east of the cable car entrance, and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera at the southeast corner of the White Orthodox Cathedral (with the Greek name meaning Metamorphosis), built on the site of the Ypapanti Church, destroyed in the 1956 earthquake.
Access to Fira is mainly by roads on its eastern side, climbing from its port via the Z-shaped footpath on foot or on donkeys, or by riding the steep cable car from its lower terminal by the port.
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Candles of The Past
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Candles of the past
In shadows corner cast
Like paintings on a wall
Or tinting blanching fall
Precious moments going
Special people knowing
Of lives so many ways
In vanished yesterdays
Somewhere in my heart
Where memories start
I have again found
Incidents once around
All the music ways
In the magic of the days
Candle lights I’ve crossed
Those now today are lost