La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

Stilpnia vitriolina (Scrub Tanager / Tangara Rastrojera)

The Scrub Tanager is a common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes. Due to its preference for scrub and bushy areas, it is most easily found in dry intermontane ‘rainshadow’ valleys but is expanding into more humid areas in the wake of human disturbance.

The Scrub Tanager is identified by its silvery greenish plumage, rust-colored cap and black mask. In further contrast to this typically gregarious genus, the Scrub Tanager most often is encountered as solitary pairs.

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SI TE GUSTA MARCA CON FAVORITO

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Muchas gracias por vuestra visita y favoritos. Saludos cordiales.

Thank you very much for your visit and faves . Best regards.

Macro Mondays - Tape

Happy Macro Monday everyone.

Dolly was a bit miffed she'd put on a few pounds over Christmas. And that tape measure she'd got out of the Christmas cracker, was proof she wasn't going to fit into her Summer dresses.

PS ... for us mere mortals, the tape measure is tiny and totally useless for us.

Not far from Rovinj is the island of Sveti Andrija, which is not only worth a visit for its enchanting landscape and beautiful beaches. Sveti Andrija is the largest island in the Rovinj archipelago and was settled a long time ago by the Benedictines. A Benedictine monastery was founded here around the 6th century and was inhabited for a long time. After they left Sveti Andrija again in the 13th century, Franciscans settled in around the 15th century. They took over the building complex, expanded it and expanded it.

Unweit von Rovinj entfernt liegt die Insel Sveti Andrija, die nicht nur wegen der bezaubernden Landschaft und der schönen Strände einen Besuch wert ist. Sveti Andrija ist die größte Insel des Archipels von Rovinj und wurde schon vor langer Zeit besiedelt, nämlich von den Benediktinern. Etwa im 6. Jahrhundert wurde hier ein Benediktinerkloster gegründet und lange Zeit bewohnt. Nachdem diese Sveti Andrija aber im 13. Jahrhundert wieder verlassen hatten, siedelten sich etwa im 15. Jahrhundert Franziskaner an. Diese übernahmen den Gebäudekomplex, bauten ihn aus und erweiterten ihn.

I am slowly expanding and making changes to the magical part of Morning Glow. Come see for yourself :)

Dream

'Expanding' is a macro photograph of a Chrysanthemum.

Time expands, then contracts, and in tune with the stirrings of the heart.

Quote from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.

Entered in the Mystic Challenge Group Contest Mystery Clocks

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All photos used are my own.

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This expanded view was taken during a testsession with my new Sigma ultra wide angle lense. On the edeges I loose a little bit of sharpness but all in all I am quite happy.

I was litteraly eaten alive by mosquitos so I hope you like this picture :)

Jardín Botánico. / Botanical Garden. Madrid

Headley Lane runs from the village of Bramham to Headley Hall, West Yorkshire

Headley Hall is adjacent to the site of Bramham Moor Aerodrome (later RAF Tadcaster) and was operational 1916 - 1920. There is still an old hangar on the site. Initially, it was a Royal Flying Corps site

Expanded details can be read on

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55 E Main St # 1, Avon, NY 14414, United States

Avon Inn is an historic inn located in Avon, USA, in Livingston County, New York. The main block was built in the 1840s as a residence in the Greek Revival style. The five bay structure features a two-story portico supported by massive Ionic columns.

In 1882, the building was expanded and remodeled for use as a sanitarium. It was expanded and remodeled in 1912, when it was converted for use as an inn and banquet hall. At this time a notable Colonial Revival style dining room was adde

"The finest things in life are life's Illusions."

- Honoré de Balzac

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Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell

As Every Fairytale Comes Real

He took my hand

I felt my heart expand

The silver sand

Like Mercury beneath our feet

A promised land

Awaits us now and

Shines like Moonlight on the sea

And guarantees the golden band

Beneath the ocean deep

Dreams like beacons meet

And songs that only Mermaids know

Sea shanties draw us further out and so

The shore become a distant blur

And as the clear horizon beckons

So I concur

- AP

Madwish moved to new location! T A X I !

♡ S p o n s o r s ♡

↪ Bamboo

↪ Versuta

♡♡ C r e d i t s ♡♡

▹ Madwish - Nose blush (group gift) @Madwish Mainstore

▸ Madwish - Bambi Eyebrows @Madwish Marketplace

▹ Madwish - Lovely Cheeks ( round blush ) @Madwish Marketplace

▸ Bamboo - Annie top @Level Event

▹ Versuta - ai pose ( 8 )

▸ Glam Affair - Martina skin ( Baige)

▹ Hive - Cold brew

▸ Ladybird - Beatrice

▹ Rouly - Kim Track Pants

▸ Doux - Amaya hairstyle

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↪ Madwish Mainstore!

Posted expressly for the "Smile on Saturday!" theme of 8/6/2022: BRIGHT ON BLACK.

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Appearings appear

Developing aspect

Normal processes

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Exciting to see that the pair of mandarin ducks whose nest I spotted two weeks ago now have three delightful ducklings.

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The space inside

the human body

In cubistic style

by Antony Gormley

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Treasure Hunt #73 ~ Wires

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I just like this old barn. The more beat up and rustic it gets the more of it's character I enjoy.

It has not escaped my attention that half of this year’s pictures have been buildings . I guess admitting I have a problem is the first step.

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121 Pictures of 2021

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Not having been in a shop, to buy anything for a very long time, I was commenting how I missed having fresh flowers in the house. Today my lovely husband came home with a pretty bouquet of flowers for me.

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A marmite shot. This started out as an Allium seedhead which I was going to title 'the circle of life' until I started to twirl it in photoshop but left it like this instead

Fascinating concertina extension service cables for one side of a moveable pair of buildings (on tracks) that services airplane wings. The top one for compressed air is broken, while the bottom one for electricity is intact.

Such a dark dismal day that I had a little fiddle with a small candle holder that I never use and gave it a twirl in Photoshop .

On this day last year I was in Bath (in comments) meeting our friends Jan and Alan from Hampshire for lunch - a double birthday celebration - we haven't seen them since because of Covid 😕)

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The Flickr Lounge ~ Fruit

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A life bird at the time, whether you call it a Nutmeg Mannikin, a Scaly-Breasted Munia, or a Lonchura punctulate. Whatever it is, they're an introduced species and their range is expanding, there was one here in Yolo County last year.

Pasadena, Ca. November 2019.

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Walked passed the railway station this afternoon and looks like nobody is travelling, anywhere!!

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Short on time and inspiration today so the single daffodil on the windowsill it is.

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Today, with the festivity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Christmas ends for another year. We were looking forward to it, of course.

This Christmas, I admit that it has been the worst of all my life, to forget. Various reasons for disagreements and family dislikes, apart from the sad pandemic situation in which we live, have not favored the fact that they have been endearing, beautiful and magical Holidays.

We miss our childhood, when we enjoyed family gatherings, visits from friends, grandparents, cousins, uncles... This year, everything has completely broken down.

We live in a cold, distant society that does not help us to be better souls, better people, more humane and generous.

In this photo you can see the movements along the M-40 ring highway at the height of Hortaleza, with a lot of movement during the afternoon, caused by the end of the Festivities and the returns to the usual homes.

Starting tomorrow, a cold wave is approaching that may leave snow in the capital for three days, we will see what the situation remains.

I take this opportunity to wish you all a good Wednesday, Three Kings Day here, and much health, happiness, love and hope.

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Final de las Fiestas de Navidad, Madrid, España

Hoy, con la festividad de la Epifanía del Señor, finalizan las Navidades un año más. Nosotros lo estábamos deseando, desde luego.

Estas Navidades, yo reconozco que han sido las peores de toda mi vida, para olvidar. Diversos motivos de desencuentros y disgustos familiares, aparte de la triste situación pandémica en la que vivimos, no han favorecido que hayan sido unas Fiestas entrañables, bonitas y mágicas.

Echamos de menos nuestra niñez, cuando disfrutábamos con las reuniones familiares, con las visitas de amigos, los abuelos, los primos, los tíos... Este año, todo aquello se ha descompuesto del todo.

Vivimos en una sociedad fría, distante, que no nos ayuda a ser mejores almas, mejores personas, más humanos y generosos.

En esta foto puedes ver los desplazamientos a lo largo de la autopista de circunvalación M-40 a la altura de Hortaleza, con mucho movimiento durante la tarde, propiciado por el final de las Fiestas y los regresos a los domicilios habituales.

A partir de mañana se acerca una ola de frío que podrá dejar durante tres días nieve en la capital, veremos a ver en qué queda la situación.

Aprovecho para desearos a todos un buen Miércoles, Día de los Reyes Magos aquí, y mucha salud, felicidad, amor y esperanza.

Mejor visualizar en grande.

6513 Morning Glory Circle - Built around 1900, it was originally a post office and general store. The Fore family purchased the building in 1941 to expand their honey business. A popular landmark on Hwy 341.

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I am incredibly excited to invite you to my upcoming exhibition, "Escape the Flat," running this July and August at the Longstaff Memorial Gallery.

💡 The Concept: What if the image refused to remain flat?

This exhibition combines photography with three-dimensional elements. Frames open into physical space, images unfold beyond their edges, and familiar photographs transform into objects that occupy the gallery rather than simply hanging on its walls.

The works explore fragmentation, confinement, memory, and the desire to break free from imposed limits. Some images fracture into floating pieces, others extend beyond their frames, while portals, shadows, and sculptural elements blur the distinction between photograph, object, and environment.

Rather than presenting photography as a finished, static image, Escape the Flat invites viewers to experience it as something that can expand, transform, and escape its own dimensions.

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Location: The Longstaff Memorial Gallery

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Treasure Hunt #34 ~ Hexagonal

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I felt it apt in the light of severe flooding across S. Wales to come up with this kind of shot. It's water droplets placed on an old DVD and spherised in Photoshop .

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55688932

Crossing over to the Old Town ... what a wonderful city Edinburgh is and a most worthy capital of Scotland, it is!

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This photograph taken inside the Wisconsin Central’s diesel shop at North Fond du Lac shows two recent arrivals getting a mechanical check-over before being added to their then rapidly expanding fleet of SD45s.

The WC had already purchased 21 of these big EMDs from the Santa Fe in 1993, but due to increasing traffic levels they found it necessary to add more power in late 1994 into early 1995.

The ATSF 5327 would become the WC 6599 and the ATSF 5400 the WC 6629. – The additional road units that came to the WC from the ATSF this time around included 33 SD45s, 6 F45s and the one FP45. - September 6th, 1994 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©

Some mono images using Norwich Cathedral and varying lighting conditions.

Red Deer - Cervus elaphus

Double click image....

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.

The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.

The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.

In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.

Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.

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Lemon and Passion Fruit Cake.

We have to eat this quickly as it's full of fresh cream...oh dear!

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"In the seed of the darkness

a six-winged dragon sobs...."*

- From the poem Estrangement by the Macedonian author Bogomi Gjuzel

Created for Artistic Manipulation Group's Mixmaster Challenge #13 - current, presiding Chef: Beth Rosengard.

This collaboration with Beth was done differently than the ones previous. Instead of going back and forth until we arrived at a single final image, Beth provided the initial starter and then we both expanded on it separately. We are posting at the same time without knowing what each has done with it.

Viewing Large for this is suggested.

HERE is Beth's version for anyone interested.

The light reflecting from condensation on the door caught my attention :-)) I obviously have a bokeh obsession, can this be cured ???

Canon FD 35mm f2