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I was lucky enough to see one of the Black Swallowtail cats changing out of his 3rd instar outfit into his 4th instar. As is typical of caterpillars, once the skin was fully shed, he/she turned around and ate it. It is believed that they do this so as not to leave an easy sign for predators. Ingenious.
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You can find other my photos in Explore:
* Butterflies,
* Buon Natale / Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad / Joyeux Noël / Frohe Weihnachten,
* sunrise
#33/112-Money
One of the silver dollars Mom "cherry picked" from Sierra Country Store's till during the 1950's.
Shooting flowers in 60mph winds presents a few challenges..... And some interesting shapes :)
*EXPLORE* is a bit like buses. You wait ages for a new one to come along, then you get 10 at the same time !
explore for 10/18...scary :-)
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Blue Star - IMO 9579327
Bulk Carrier
Flag: Liberia
Built: 2011
Length: 180 m
Beam: 30 m
Gross tonnage: 23204
DWT: 37947 t
At the Tate & Lyle Thames Refinery, Silvertown.
22.12.24.
Thank you and Merry Christmas to everybody for the views and faves :)
Spinning often turbulent flows of water create these perfectly round holes with the force of small rocks to carve them out. I've seen them in many places along the North Umpqua. I've gotta remember where I saw this one - I think I see a gold nugget!! :-) :-)
Explore # 316 February 23, 2012
Love Quote of the Day
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Regards,
Sunny
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Explored 10/10/13 #260 The wheat waiting for the harvest, not long now says the breeze as it whispers past its ears.
Wonderful place to shoot. Only about a mile off of the main drag. Uphill to the middle, both directions. After I took this shot, we headed back uphill and were hit by a snow squall. Unusual day to say the least. Bottom center, opposite bank, is a boat tied up with four people fishing...just to give you a idea of the scale of this place. Explore No. 205, April 7, 2014.
One of my photographic goals has been to take pictures of individual snowflakes. This has been a particularly difficult goal to achieve due to a number of reasons. First, the temperature and weather conditions need to be JUST right to create visible snowflakes, worthy of photographing (this is not often). Second, it doesn't snow every day (even if it has snowed often). And third, most of the times it has snowed, it was during a time that I could not get out with my camera. Either it was night time, during school hours, when I had an appointment, or when I was sick (and I was sick for six weeks straight this year, so this was often). I figured I would just have to wait until next year to get the shots I so desired. But winter wasn't done with us yet, even if it was the first day of spring! (After all, I was born in a blizzard at the end of March!) A friend of mine out in West Jersey posted a picture on Facebook of an individual snowflake which got me ALL EXCITED!!! I saw her picture during the school day and could not WAIT to get home to my camera and these snowflakes that seemed to be so well-formed! I just had to hope the temperature and conditions were the same by me, after school. I finally got home, and was THRILLED to see they were! My sister and I had a great time looking at and photographing these snowflakes! I'm sure we looked ridiculous sitting in the snow on our front lawn with blankets and towels. I was using a macro lens. The lens has a VERY narrow depth of field. So, if the flakes weren't completely flat and parallel with my lens, only part of the flake would be in focus. This was frustrating. And despite using a macro lens, it was still very difficult to get the flakes in focus. These that I am posting were the best of the crop. More pictures to come! I'll post a few each day. I'm not thrilled with the red background, but maybe someday I can figure out how to change the color in Lightroom.
Explorer #338
Dedicated to my friend Sandra D. who wrote such a great and kind testimonial to me. Thanks Sandra !
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This is a portion of a jigsaw puzzle titled "Ocean Life" by Tim Jeffs. An octopus tentacle forms a golden ratio.
“O silêncio não é a simples ausência de ruídos ou
a interrupção da comunicação com o mundo exterior,
mas o processo de atingir um estado de tranqüilidade.
A solitude silenciosa faz nascer o verdadeiro discurso.
Não falo de isolamento físico; solitude aqui significa
está sozinho com o Só, experimentando o Outro
transcendente e crescendo na percepção da própria
identidade como alguém amado”.
Brennan Manning
Acredito que todos nós precisamos, de vez em quando, nos recolher para nos reencontrar. Bom reencontro a todos!
Explore-#348
Contest:
3rd place in Unforgettable Flowers-Single Flower Contest
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