Little red maple leaf on this drizzly day.

Happy Raindrops! Record amount of rain in a few days!

Etta

Daily Dog Challenge: Prominent ... that would be Etta's tongue

For "Looking Close... on Friday" - Autumn Flora.

Kahn at Cataract Creek.

His medication seems to have worked but it makes him thirsty!

CREDITS

It's raining at Brighton! Julia was hoping for a little fun in the sun but when she arrived, it started pouring down rain.

Olympus digital camera

This Eastern Bluebird was a portrait of perfection in the early morning sunlight, with not a feather out of place. But just a few hours later, his appearance became disheveled during a drenching afternoon rain. It's a good thing he's wash and wear - he'll be back to his handsome self in no time.

Water droplets on a banana leaf.

I didn't manage to catch any falling droplets from the icicles in my previous photo (at least not with any degree of sharpness, since I didn't have my faster 50mm lens on), so here is one from last winter. I doubt we are going to have any more snow or ice this season, so there go my chances of trying this again!

... this is a different crop (a square crop that I love these days) and re-edit of a photo I'd posted last year....

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Detail from an exhibition piece.

Danish Architecture Center (DAC) Slide, Copenhagen, Denmark.

I liked the drips made as I watered my window box tulips yesterday. It seemed as if each one contained its own little garden. The image is flipped vertically.

...and when I was done shooting -there was a lot of splashes too...

One more day to go before I'm disconnected. Yay! Then the side effects kick in. Boo!

You got that special sauce to spur my curiosity

Etta found some water

Had Rain last-night,but they say we will have some Sun later in the week.

Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula) Larvae Trails "decorate" the bark of Scribbly Gums without hurting them.

♡Love these trees♡

An American Flamingo looks up to scan its surrounding between feedings on Honeymoon Island.

View on Black | Full Stream on Black

Another from the archives of 2009...

Meh.... it's colorful and fun.....

drip collector

After a night of heavy rain you can see how nature stores water. The thick raindrops can be seen on the plant. the plant is from the genus Spurge (Euphorbia) it is incomparably diverse with a number of over 2000 species worldwide.Tropfensammler

Nach einer Nacht mit viel Regen kann man sehen wie in der Natur Wasser gespeichert wird. Die diken Regentropfen sind auf der Pflanze zu sehen. bei der Pflanze handelt es sich um die Gattung Wolfsmilch (Euphorbia) sie ist mit einer Zahl von weltweit über 2000 Arten unvergleichlich vielfältig.

I went to nearby Hakone Gardens, a Japanese garden in Saratoga, California. I took two shots of this Japanese fountain with an LED light from two different directions, then blended them.

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo separately from two RAW exposures, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

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I'd forgotten how green everything is in spring, this a top down shot of lilies after a spring shower...

Sam Ka Tsuen, Hong Kong, 2018

Gum Leaf

I went to nearby Hakone Gardens, a Japanese garden in Saratoga, California. I took two shots of this Japanese fountain with an LED light from two different directions, then blended them together.

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo separately from two RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.

-- ƒ/2.8, 100 mm, 1/400, 1/640 sec, ISO 1600, Sony A6000, Rodenstock 100mm f/2.8, HDR, 2 RAW exposures, _DSC8933_4_hdr2bal1pho1n.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

Etta's been in the waterhole :)

Daily Dog Challenge: Fibonacci

I hadn't heard of this before but it's quite fascinating. I think, if I understand correctly, that this approximates the Fibonacci spiral. Hope so :I