A blazing red hot star flares inside a wooden crate.

This Trumpeter Swan and her mate, found the perfect secluded pond to spend the summer and raise their babies.. The ice was still going off when I snapped this shot - but she was floating serenely in the open water on the opposite shore.

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We have a huge flock of Lapland Longspurs, and another huge flock of Junco's, and they are all feeding together like chickens in a barnyard.

We also have a couple of Spruce Hens, a few Varied Thrush, some Repoles, and numerous black capped and boreal chickadees. A pair of huge Ravens show up a couple of times each day, and they chase off all of the smaller birds, until they get bored and take flight. - and then the little birds return, fluttering to the ground like autumn leaves.

We have gone way over our birdseed budget - but with a couple of feet of snow still on the ground - we feel a need to help our feathered friends, as they make their way to their breeding grounds.

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A miniature copy of “Spinario”, a Greco-Roman Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot, now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.

Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto

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The sad twins,

used: Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

I'm indulging an abstract obsession. Again. :D

The seed image for this was the previous picture in my photostream, "Waterfront Stairway In Winter".

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Very young fisherman,

used Pixabay - Filter Forge - Photoshop

I miss you.

The Dancers

Art Week Gallery

This week 18 Oct.→ 25 Oct. our theme is:

~~~~~ Autumn Vibes ~~~~~

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~ photomanipulated gimp & nightcafe

Another image inspired from recently reading Michael Crichton's book, "Micro".

Constructive critiques welcome.

Thanks

ODC - Dream

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Textures Only ~ Comp #117

Original image with thanks to Falcon1961

texture by Nasos3:

www.flickr.com/photos/nasos3/5092629998/sizes/o/in/pool-8...

few brushes "antique funriture" and more....

white dancer by faestock on deviantART:

faestock.deviantart.com/

bg pic:

www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/3375740593/

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I figured the scariest Halloween image I could come up with was my own physiognomy. Of course, I did have to give myself a bit of a run through Photoshop Elements and load a bunch of layers and stuff on top of it, and at no time did I have any idea what the final product would look like; and the only reason I quit was because I ran out of time, or who knows what this would have ended up looking like? Anyway, it was fun, and that's all I care about.

A variation on a previous image ...

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I guess I didn't take the warning seriously 😁🔥

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A river flow converted to a flame

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Bohemian Waxwing

Anna Bagenholm fell under the ice in Norway for 40 minutes. She was brought back to life. Image Sources: Model from Shutterstock; Fish: max-ducourneau-h_4fe8fmb1E-unsplash; Ice: tom-barrett-dkv2CXSoVfs-unsplash

I found a bunch of starlings today. They seemed to like me.

Day 171

Taken during a Meetup with the Cincinnati Camera & Photography Club held at E-Town Landfill & Recycling's yard in North Bend, Ohio and then manipulated using a little of Podsville's magic. .

When I'm an Astronaut . . .

First I'll get into my spacesuit.

Then I'll bravely wave good-by.

Next I'll climb into my spacecraft

Built to sail right through the sky!

In command inside the capsule,

I will talk to ground control.

When we've checked out

all the systems,

I'll say, "Let the countdown roll!"

And it's 4-3-2-1 - - blast off - -

With a smile upon my face,

I’ll spin loops around the planets

up, up, up in outer space!

(Poem by Bobbi Katz)

WEST USA

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This spacey abstract started out as a snapshot of a sea star in the waterfront sidewalk window of the Seattle Aquarium.

Not my best, but ideal to have a bit of fun in Photoshop.

Just could not resist it.

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Norbert