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The exotic garden at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild east of Nice, France, is brimming with plants of the arid zone.
Claire is modeling a gown from the Exotic Beauty barbie 2002. It's part of the Style Set Collection.
Wiggins tries to decide if he really likes passion fruit. He enjoys playing in the plant and has made a little nest there.
With so many island cultures Indonesia does't lack for exotic colour .
IndOz Festival
KGS . Brisbane
Making quite a colourful and vibrant combination of motive power, CF4412 "Black Caviar" CF4411 "Revenue", PHC001 "Carrot" and PHC002 "Spud" stroll through Point Clare on the Short North with SRS' 4190 Sandgate service bound for Port Botany. The two CF;s were being transferred back to Sydney having spent the previous week working on 4190/1491 whilst the PHCs were in at UGL being serviced.
san francisco coastal rainbow
ocean beach
this was the crazy morning shooting out with wayne and hanson... it was unforgettable!
it may not look it but it was constantly drizzling here. i think i was too absorbed with
the moment though to really care.=)
Botanical Illustrations have always fascinated me--such attention to details! Finally, I have attempted a botanical illustration; something I have always wanted to try! I have a lot to learn about scientific art drawings!
The name Van Houtte fascinated me, as it is similar to mine! I read that he hired the best lithographers of the era to create color illustrations of the flowers in his gardens. He published a book from 1845 - 1883, as listed in my middle picture.
Ferrari display!
The 250 GTO, Enzo, and F40 were all owned by the same person.
Should have the rest of these pictures up within the coming days from this event.
Took this photo in my friend's garden during the innings break on the day of the India-Pakistan match. I just Love the way there's this subtle bokeh pattern formed around the edges of the leaves.
Comments/Critics welcome and someone please enlighten me with the name of this plant.
Nikon 50mm/1.8D amazes me with every new shot I take.
What would you rather prefer - shooting local where you have all the details and you can previsualize or travel to exotic locations where you go and take the customary shots ? How many of us have the opportunity to travel to these locations often enough to know the weather, best time of the day to shoot some of these sought-after locations in the world ? I am sure not all of us are that lucky, but there is so much beauty in our known backyards and if we observe and know the optimal conditions to shoot, not many people would even recognize that place they pass by without even thinking about it.
I took this photo in one of the popular trails for runners in Naperville - Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve. I had envisioned this shot for a while everytime I run on this trail using the nice boardwalk to catch a beautiful sky. But, if you see on a clear day there are too much distractions looking east and north too. You can probably see some electrical poles and cables on the right side here too as I left that intentionally. I knew if I can get the early morning fog which would obscure the distractions in the back and that happens so often in late August / September plus with the sun's southward motion means the leading lines of the boardwalk can point to the rising sun. I do not have sun in this shot (I will post later) but I liked how quickly the clouds moved in from the south-west and filled the upper frame still leaving the morning glow. I did not have to create any Orton effect, it was so natural.
In terms of processing, one RAW file with curves adjustment, midtone clarity, color dodging and vignetting. By the way I really love Tony Kuyper's V4 panel and its an awesome tool for any landscape photographer.
I stumbled accross this rather unusual plant / flower. It must look awesome when all those tiny flower buds are blooming all at once!
Please let me know if anyone can help ID this, I haven't been able to do so myself...
Update / 2013
I have finally identified this plant... This is a Scilla Peruviana!
I just got this lady today. I was seduced by her beautiful sea-green gown & elegant poise.....
According to the legend on the box she is supposed to be Brazilian.
Corner Piece Puzzles
cardboard
1,000 pieces, new and complete
73 x 48 cm
2022 piece count: 142,280
puzzle: 194
Royal Mail workers have been on strike today; the first of 19 proposed strikes in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. So with no bills to open, no parcels to unwrap, we cracked on with this collage puzzle of foreign postage stamps, our last jigsaw before we leave for a fortnight's holiday in Kefalonia.
This is one of a pair of puzzles purchased earlier this year and saved until now. Corner Piece puzzles have a tight fit and bright, clear images, and these collage-type ones are relaxing to assemble when something undemanding is required.
need assistance in identifying this unusual tree that grows to approximately 20 meters tall and produces large round pods that become large white flowers that hang by long stems or stalks.
Now on you tube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1zmqHgvstM
This is a very exotic View large on black and a small tribe living in the Weyto Valley Desert living in a very harsh physical enviroment. The Arbore women generally wear a large black cloth to cover their heads. They perform many ritual-like dances while singing. They believe that dancing and singing with eliminate negative energies and give positive energy that will bring good-luck. The Arbore measure their wealth by the number of cattle they own..
On her head she wears a calabash, maybe it's she imitates the parents, maybe for the heat..
The calabash or bottle gourd (not to be confused with the calabaza) is a vine grown for its fruit, which can either be harvested young and used as a vegetable or harvested mature, dried, and used as a bottle, utensil, or pipe. For this reason, one of the calabash subspecies is known as the bottle gourd. The fresh fruit has a light green smooth skin and a white flesh. However the rounder varieties are called Calabash gourds whereas the longer and slimmer kinds are usually well known as bottle gourds.
The calabash was one of the first cultivated plants in the world, grown not for food but as a container.[1] It was named for the calabash tree (Crescentia cujete).
Arbore tribe, Weyto valley desert,Ethiopia, 2010
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