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I'm home for the weekend, but took this New Year day when I stopped by the house to grab a few things. The parking lot is where I stop when I have a trailer and only staying for a few hours. It's only a couple of miles from the house. Kmart was here, but closed a few months ago. Anyway, I was leaving but wanted to get a picture of the mountains and clouds, I noticed a father with his kids playing with a radio controlled car, this being one of the few places nearby with a little dry pavement, and competently empty... well, except for the big semi and trailer.
Dans son écrin naturel d’exception, la Baie de St Brieuc, site préservé, fourmille de surprises.
La cinquième baie du monde pour l’amplitude de ses marées est située sur l’axe de migration Manche-Atlantique. Quelques 50 000 oiseaux font ici une halte migratoire ou y résident en hivernage : oies de Sibérie, locustelle tachetée, puffin des Baléares, alouette des champs, linottes mélodieuses, bernaches cravant… Ces hôtes savent que dans ce paysage de plus de mille hectares, apparemment désertique, une vie animale intense anime les eaux et le sable. Un véritable garde-manger ! Le fond de la baie abrite aussi une géologie remarquable, des dunes, des prés-salés… La réserve naturelle veille sur ce patrimoine naturel remarquable en optimisant la compatibilité entre la conservation du patrimoine, le maintien des activités humaines et l’accueil du public. Suivant les heures, les marées, les saisons, l’estran change… Arrêtez-vous. Contemplez.
Source: Baie de Saint Brieuc Tourisme
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Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
Norfolk
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The brown hare is known for its long, black-tipped ears and fast running - it can reach speeds of 45mph when evading predators. It prefers a mosaic of farmland and woodland habitats and can often be spotted in fields.
Thought to have been introduced into the UK in Roman Times (or even earlier), the brown hare is now considered naturalised. It is most common in grassland habitats and at woodland edges, favouring a mosaic of arable fields, grasses and hedgerows. It grazes on vegetation and the bark of young trees and bushes. Brown hares do not dig burrows, but shelter in 'forms', which are shallow depressions in the ground or grass; when disturbed, they can be seen bounding across the fields, using their powerful hind legs to propel them forwards, often in a zigzag pattern. Brown hares are at their most visible in early spring when the breeding season encourages fighting or 'boxing'. Females can produce three to four litters of two to four young (known as leverets) a year.
Widespread, but absent from northern Scotland and the Scottish islands, except Islay, I'm reliably informed.
Nothing special, except the peace and quiet, the smell of the ocean, the breeze and the sky and the best company...
Nothing special... about the photo. The long exposure isn't really long enough to work well with the waves; just long enough to make them look out of focus, but it's the associations and the memories that make this photo something, for me, worth sharing.
SOOC except for a bit of straightening.
On [October 13, 2022] the Moon was in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. [...]. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon. Moongiant
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Sorry guys. I signed the Official Secrets Act and so I can't tell you anything about this image except it's quite dark and brooding.
An incredibly beautiful woodpecker that is found in the Himalayan forests and maybe a few other pockets in the country. It has a rich yellow and green mixed color which I found to be spectacular. The bird is also quite large compared to many other woodpeckers I have seen. The behaviours are similar to the others, but then these birds do come to the ground. We have sighted them foraging on the lower canopies and sometimes middle canopy unlike a few which are exclusive to the higher canopy.
There is another Lesser Yellownape as well which I was fortunate enough to sight and shoot. Both are amazingly beautiful! The differences are clear, but both share the same color and feather patterns except for a patch of red for the Lesser Yellownape on the crown.
Many thanks in advance for the faves and feedback.
I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.
Maybe January light will consume
My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.
In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.
except sometimes and in my head :-)
Diane Arbus
Character Matters!
southern magnolia, 'Ferruginea', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Newborough Warren near the village of Newborough is a large dune and beach system of 2,269 hectares, approximately half of which is a conifer plantation. The whole area is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and all of the site except the forestry is a national nature
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Sankt Goar (D) 01-07-2018
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Walking down this track in morning fog alongside of the lake one can easily be lost in the moment of stillness and quiet except for the sounds of birds.
Lake Wyaralong district
except if it is on your head and folded down your collar.
The return of the silly series and i must say no money was harmed , wasted or spent in the making of this image . In fact it is a small part of my biannual home printing stash just needing to be cut up into separate notes : )
Nothing special here except the American icon looking regal. What more can I say?
Photographed at Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland, Florida, USA.
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Thanks for visiting and for your faves and comments.
If you'd like to see more of my images, go to www.schockenphotography.com. I have many images of eagles and other raptors as well as owls, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, songbirds and mammals and I have a full section on birds in flight which is my specialty.
Un hôtel d’exception dans une région où il fait bon vivre et venir se relaxer !
@hotelducastellet est situé en plein coeur de la nature sur la commune du #castellet (@lecastellettourisme) dans le #var (@visit_var) en #provence à proximité du circuit Paul Ricard @circuitpaulricard.
Vous pourrez profiter de son Spa (@spaducastellet) de son golf, et déguster les plats du chef triplement étoilé et meilleur ouvrier de France @christophe_bacquie, un pur moment de bonheur où les papilles et les pupilles sont à l’honneur avec une cuisine moderne, inventive et concentrée sur l’essentiel.
Pour résumer y venir c’est vouloir y retourner pour profiter de l’art de vivre à la provençale !
#cotedazur #cotedazurfrance #guidemichelin #mof #chef #grandetabledumonde #gaultetmillau #castellet #paulricard #paulricardcircuit #jmlpyt #photographer #photography #gettyimagescontributor #canonfrance #shootuploadrepeat #placetobe #francemagique #luxurylifestyle #luxuryhotel #gastronomia #gastronomie #gastronomiefrancaise #explorefrance #explore_regionsud #france #francetourisme
Usually I don't like to edit my photos with PS or else except for enhancing contrast on Picassa... This time I had Picassa sharpen the picture. This is the outcome.
Genelde PS vb programlarla fotoğraflarıma müdahale etmeyi sevmem. Bu sefer Picassa'ya resmi keskinleştirttim. Sonuç bu.
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Honopū Valley is located along the northwest shore of Kauai on the Na Pali coast. It is isolated and not easily accessible except by water. Best POV are from the air, as in this shot.
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One of 5 varieties of minivets in the forest we visited and a lifer!. Not the rarest, but definitely quite an uncommon one. It looks similar to the common Scarlet Minivet, but has a rosy frontside due to which it derives that name.
Similar behaviour as that of the other minivets except that it prefers small groups, usually 2 where both the male and female forage together. It is also a high canopy bird and prefers to come out to the open at the top!
ebird doesn't list the forest we visited as a native range of this bird, but since we sighted it during the non-migratory season, assume its resident there. The last trip we even sighted it nesting.
Thanks so much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
Togakushi mountains except for the southern part taken from a roadside near the Torii gate of Okusha. Three photos were merged to get this image.
Togakushi-yama (戸隠山), Kuzuryuu-yama (九頭龍山) and Takatsuma-yama (高妻山) from left to right are seen across the sanctuary forest of Togakushi Okusha.
It is rare to see such a blue sky in this area in winter.
The dragon usually symbolises the river in Japan and other Asian countries that depend on rice cultivation.
Legend has it that Kuzuryuu or Nine-headed Dragon used to be a fierce god but was penanced by a Buddhist/Shintou priest to become a god of fertility and agriculture. The legend implies a process of flood control and irrigation. Nine heads are an analogy of tributaries of a river.
Except for the problem in its foot, the bird seemed to be ok.
I hope the ID is correct.
Photo taken at Bakkatjörn lake, Seltjarnarnes, Reykjavik
The Pearl Crescent is a butterfly of North America. It is found in all parts of the United States except the west coast, and throughout Mexico and parts of southern Canada, in particular Ontario. Its habitat is open areas such as pastures, road edges, vacant lots, fields, open pine woods. Its pattern is quite variable. Males usually have black antenna knobs. Its upperside is orange with black borders; postmedian and submarginal areas are crossed by fine black marks. The underside of the hindwing has a dark marginal patch containing a light-colored crescent.
The wingspan is from 21 to 34 mm. The species has several broods throughout the year, from April–November in the north, and throughout the year in the deep south and Mexico.
Adults find nectar from a great variety of flowers including dogbane, swamp milkweed, shepherd's needle, asters, and winter cress. (Wikipedia)
Greater Napanee, Ontario, Canada. July 2009.
At the Lotus Pond, except for the occasional symphony of frogs croaking, one finds the tranquility to get in touch with ones self and surroundings...Like a beautiful view from a mountain top, one walks away refreshed...
Except this was taken in our sunny south facing garden. We are waiting for a gardener to remove them as they are spreading and our efforts to remove them have failed.
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Apologies for not being around I became ill again and havent been able to do very much at all hope everyone is well and you all have a good weekend xxx
Im so behind will try and catch up over the next few days energy levels are very low so please bare with me x
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Monsanto (P) 18-09-2017
A capela de São Miguel perto do castelo dos Cavaleiros Templários em Monsanto.
De kapel van Sint Michael nabij het kasteel van de Tempeliers te Monsanto.
The chapel of Saint Michael near the castle of the Knights Templar in Monsanto.
Die Kapelle des Heiligen Michael in der Nähe der Burg der Tempelritter bei Monsanto.
La chapelle Saint Michel près du château des Templiers à Monsanto.
La capilla de San Miguel cerca del castillo de los Caballeros Templarios en Monsanto.
La cappella di San Michele vicino al castello dei Cavalieri Templari a Monsanto.
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