Hydrangea blossom in winter with blurred background

Handle with care. Taken in butterfly park bannergheta. No PP, no crop

Delicate Arch, the iconic formation of Arches National Park in Utah.

Natural Born Hikers

This is my favorite Arch. Period!

After spending all of today attending a very helpful seminar with portrait photographer Peter Coulson, this is my first attempt at lighting a subject.

June 10 2013 update: "Delicate" alright! Since I took this shot, the flowers have started to go brown and curly, and the buds are dropping off! Help! Any orchid experts out there?

New release

Cute and flirty with a little naughty, the Delicate mini dress features lacy heather textures with pearl detailing and a flirty dark toned skirt. Matching Stilettos are cute with lace and bow details

Dress and heels include models for

Slink Physique and Hourglass

Maitreya

Belleza Venus, Freya and Isis

Available in 8 colors

L$250 each set

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Highlight of our Southwest geology tour, the sunset at Delicate Arch is worth the wait.

The fact that you will be joined by a crowd turns the arch into a kind of natural shrine. A truly centering and uplifting experience.

Taken by rotating my tripod 90 degrees to the left of the previous shot in my photostream - Delicate Arch is a circus at sunset. Which is perhaps a little surprising given the rather strenous climb in the afternoon sun to reach the plateau on which it is located. Most people were well behaved, but there must be serious accidents here on a regular basis since just to the right of this shot is a 20 metre vertical drop onto rock. Not a survivable fall, yet people with tripods were hopping around like Mountain Goats after a course in self-confidence.

Arches National Park, Utah

Often called Blue-Eyed Grass, these tiny flowers are actually a member of the iris family.

Back into the photography fray today after a much too long hiatus (October !!). A day of shooting at the Rawlings Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, and an evening of shooting in Hampden for the Christmas lights. What a great day. :)

Wishing you all wonderful holidays, and a fabulous 2013!

Branches.

Picture taken with Sony ILCE 6000 and macro lens 30 mm f/3.5 in the middle of nowhere ;)

The Delicate Arch appeared all of a sudden at the end of a strenuous trail from the parking lot, at Arches National Park, in Utah. This arch is hidden from view, and the only way to get up-close to it is to hike about a mile and a half, under the harsh sun and a steady incline. No wonder this is one of the most photographed arches in the world. People seemed to flock around the base of the arch, taking pictures.

I had to wait till sunset, to be able to photograph the arch without any people around it :)

Arches NP

Found whilst out walking, don't know who it belonged to! About 2cm in length.

Macro Mondays - Feather HMM

Delicate arch is warmly lit within Arches national park against the Milky Way and sets of stars.

سبحان الله مبدع السماوات والأرض

Delicatezza

"it's not that we're scared,

it's just that it's delicate." - Damien Rice.

Psych exam today.

Now I have the rest of the day off and I'm watching Gilmore Girls.

Good times.

Mountain flowers after rain

This is a flower on my little prunus shrub. I don't know the variety as it was in the garden before I came here. It has hardly grown in the years I've been here and I keep expecting it to have died but each spring it produces these delicate pale pink blossoms.

Just cropped this a little and converted from raw

Arches N.P., Utah

жизнь в её неутомимом круговороте

Сад Снежной Королевы

Виктория Дорошенко

Тишина и покой. Бесконечность…

Слепит снег и искрится хрусталь :

В лёд закована намертво вечность,

Никого никому здесь не жаль…

Скользкий шаг в этом мире безмолвном ,

Песня воющей вьюги вдали –

В сказке зимней всё замерло, словно,

Нет живого на крае земли.

И тому удивительней – розы!

Пробираясь сквозь корочку льда,

Как ожившие девичьи грёзы,

Будто им не страшны холода…

Аромат перёплелся с морозом,

Лепестки незаметно дрожат.

Пудрой снежной слегка припорошен,

Ну откуда здесь розовый сад?

Тянут веточки к солнцу и свету -

Колдовской, не иначе, привет -

Зимней дЕвице хочется лета

И цветов ароматных букет.

Ну и что, что она – Королева

Бело-синего царствия льда,

А в душе где-то спрятана Ева,

И тоска по любви иногда…

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@ Arches National Park

In a by-gone era, a great war took place where giant robots fought for control of the future's past. Here, legs and waist of a giant robot stand frozen in time.These are but a few remnants from the war. Through-out the park, many of these relic's may be seen if you possess the imagination!

Delicada

In my garden March Christchurch New Zealand

Highlight of our Southwest geology tour, the sunset at Delicate Arch is worth the wait.

The fact that you will be joined by a crowd turns the arch into a kind of natural shrine. A truly centering and uplifting experience.

Modelo: Karen Padalecki

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These lovely little lantern-like blooms are of a tree call Arbutus and I shot these at Longwood Gardens.

Trying something totally different - not sure if it works.

But anyway, have a happy week ahead!

Seen at Arches National Park in Utah.