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The moon kept rising over Sargeant Bay Provincial Park. And as it did so the Beach became a treasure of foreground elements. A log that had washed up long ago retained a branch that was defying the odds and refused to lay done. That would be the element needed to finish the shot.

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The defiance of the shoreline against the eternal pounding of the ocean, early on a warm summer morning. Strange to think that water beats rock, but given time...

The other day I was thinking that I needed some new shots as I was dormant while being sick for a month. So I went trail blazing down a favourite country road. I shot this one and I thought at first when looking on the camera that it was shit. I just viewed it on the computer and sort of like that it was a bit bleached. I gave it a small bit of Lightroom love and here you have it.

Happy Fence Friday

There was some new fencing out this way and think something is going to change. More aggregate or another subdivision.

Shot with LUMIPro

"Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Milarrorchy, Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Day #24 Defiance

In Defiance,

ferociously attacking every crevice,

searching for substance,

gripping the edge of the ridge

withstanding the wind, storms, snow, and heat

thrown against her

a tree stands alone, struggling each and every day to survive

while mankind battles both

inner and external turmoil

our tenuous transient existence forever in peril

Nagasaki, Japan

January 2020

HFF and have a great weekend everyone.

ie: resistance, opposition, non-compliance, disobedience, audacity, contempt, disregard, insolence.

but you can't get the feeling back

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A hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum maybe? ID help always appreciated!) visiting the gorgeous dahlias in the Point Defiance Dahlia Trial Garden in Tacoma, Washington.

Rose Gardens

Point Defiance Park

Tacoma, Washington

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I had a blast shooting photos of this animal - she had such a frisky demeanor and was taunting the other horses in the pasture, running all around and even came over to see what I was doing. She was gentle too, gave my daughter a nudge and allowed her to stroke its nose. I love this shot with its ears back and tail in motion. Looked best in this effect too!

Continuing my never-ending queue of Point Defiance shots! A faded rose from the Point Defiance Rose Garden in Tacoma.

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I don’t normally post photos taken on my camera phone but here’s one.

It’s a solitary tree, almost stripped of its leaves, in front of Powerscourt Waterfall. It was taken earlier today when the waterfall was in full flow after several weeks of rain.

St-Finian's Bay, Ring of Kerry, Ireland

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I seem to have a nearly never-ending archive of beautiful dahlia shots from the Point Defiance Dahlia Trial Garden in Tacoma, Washington.

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." -- Elliott Erwitt

Explored April 17, 2012

Art on the wall

In the face of chilly conditions some colour still remained, defying the onset of winter.

Ullswater, Lake District Cumbria

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Wonderfully contrasting colors on a dahlia at the Point Defiance Dahlia Trial Garden in Tacoma, Washington.

It was a blazing hot, sunny day at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, and a small group of Mule Deer found this small shady spot in the grassland.

Most deer will stop their activity, and stare at a perceived potential danger. (Like the expression: "frozen in the car's headlights..."). After assessing the danger, they will either flee, or return to their activity. This deer did neither.

I was in my stationary car, using it as a blind. All of the other deer returned to grazing, or settled down to a seated position, but this muscular deer maintained a position of seeming defiance. I left the site, and I assume he returned to grazing.

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I saw this old dead tree and it looked to me as though it had fought against the forces of nature until death and in the process, leaving defiantly.

I thought it was somewhat beautiful because it had left its mark as if to say "I was here."

Another of my never-ending backlog of beautiful dahlias from the Point Defiance Dahlia Trial Garden in Tacoma, Washington.