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Located only 135 km from Venice, this resort extends along the left bank of Lake Santa Caterina at around 900 metres above sea level.

Surrounded by forests and some of the most beautiful mountain massifs in the Dolomites – it is the only urban centre from which the Tre Cime di Lavaredo are visible.

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Auronzo di Cadore, South Tyrol, Northern Dolomites, Italy

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Под сенью Доломитов

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Этот городок с населением в 3600 жителей на высоте 900 м с юга омывается озером Санта Катерина, а с севера окантован горной грядой Доломиты ди Сесто, самым известным массивом Доломитовых Альп.

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Ауронцо-ди-Кадоре, Южный Тироль, Северные Доломиты, Италия

Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia

Spoonbills are tall white waterbirds with long spatulate black bills and long black legs. In flight they fly with necks and legs extended, in the water they feed with elegant sideward sweeps of their bill. In the breeding season adults show some yellow on their breast and bill tip. The species is of European conservation concern and a very rare breeding bird in the UK. They are listed are listed on Schedule 1 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act. Most birds migrate south in the winter, but numerous individuals remain and winter in Western Europe.

Although they bred in East Anglia during Medieval times, spoonbills had not bred in Britain for over 300 years until 2010, when a small colony was discovered on the north Norfolk coast.

A honey bee making its rounds on a salvia plant. Taken with a 600mm f4 and 1.4 extender.

The Northern Lights, taken in Iceland on 24/11/2017.

Conditions on this evening were, temp -25c, wind 40mph, photo taken on a tripod being held to the ground by myself. kneeling and my partner acting as our windbreak.

30 Second exposure on ISO 800

A quick note to all who wish to photograph the Northern Lights, it is very rare that they can be seen like this with the naked eye.

Exactly 3 years ago today, on an extended photo tour at home, I passed the railway line between Koblenz and Trier, where the sun was just fighting through the fog.

Heute vor genau 3 Jahren, auf einer ausgedehnten Fototour in der Heimat, kam ich an der Bahnlinie zwischen Koblenz und Trier vorbei, wo sich gerade die Sonne durch den Nebel kämpfte.

European Green Woodpecker

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7 Canada Geese chicks enjoying the morning sun on the local path between two ponds. ✔️✔️

La Ceja, Colombia; 2300 meters above sea level.

Cyanocorax yncas galeatus (Inca Jay / Carriquí)

The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is endemic to the Andes of South America.

Their basic diet consists of arthropods, vertebrates, seeds, and fruit.

The range extends southwards in the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Wikipedia

Das Ilsetal liegt am nördlichen Teil des Harzes. Vom Nationalparkort Ilsenburg am Harzfuß bis hinauf ins Quellgebiet der Ilse – nahe dem Gipfel des Brocken (1141,2 m ü. NHN) – erstrecken sich verschiedene Waldgesellschaften des Harzes. Heinrich Heine beschrieb das Ilsetal mit seinem Flüsschen Ilse und dem darüber thronenden Ilsestein im heutigen Nationalpark Harz.

The Ilsetal is located in the northern part of the Harz Mountains. From the national park town of Ilsenburg am Harzfuß up to the headwaters of the Ilse - near the summit of the Brocken (1141.2 m above sea level) - various forest communities of the Harz extend. Heinrich Heine described the Ilse valley with its river Ilse and the Ilsestein enthroned above it in what is now the Harz National Park.

(Quelle : Wikipedia)

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A ring-billed gull looking down for a landing spot

Extending the shutter to smooth out the water and reflection on the beach / ocean interface.

A male to follow on from the female posted previously, this one from my garden

he Southern Alps is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side. The name "Southern Alps" generally refers to the entire range, although separate names are given to many of the smaller ranges that form part of it.

Is there such a thing as being too relaxed? I had to take this blind as I was holding the camera high above her - a couple had missing heads but I managed it in the end

I used the fish-eye mode on my PowerShot for this Tiger Lily in my garden.

For Flickr Friday-mode and Sliders Sunday.

One of the beautiful pieces of art work you’ll find below Grand Central at the new Long Island rail Road extension.

On this pretty evening at Lake Mono, extended the shutter time with the 6 Stop ND to smooth out the reflection with the slight breeze churning at the lake's surface.

This female is laying her eggs in the water.

Extended the shutter with stacked ND filters.

LENT/NIJMEGEN - Between Nijmegen and Lent makes the Waal a sharp turn. The river here on this place is very narrow. At extremely high water the River could hardly drain the riverwater in this bottle neck. Project “Ruimte voor de Waal” has solved this problem. The dyke at Lent was moved 350 meters inland. In the wide flood plain a secondary channel (Nevengeul) helped to drain the river water.

LENT/NIJMEGEN - Tussen Nijmegen en Lent maakt de Waal een scherpe bocht. Het winter bed van de rivier is hier erg smal. Bij extreem hoogwater kon de rivier in deze flessenhals het water nauwelijks nog kwijt. Het project Ruimte voor de Waal heeft dit probleem opgelost. De dijk bij Lent werd 350 meter landinwaarts verplaatst. In de hierdoor verbrede uiterwaarden werd een nevengeul gegraven die heeft geholpen om het rivierwater bij extreme waterstanden af te voeren.

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Taken from about 50 yards from the previous 'Old Northumberland' upload, this is will be the view they see across their back gardens towards the coast at Boulmer (where they look to be getting very wet!).

Beyond the foreground field is the big new Willowburn estate being extended with the Duchess' Secondary school and the Lionheart Industrial Estate visible beyond. The A1 runs between the two around the eastern side of the town.

You have no idea how much planning the synchronized propellers took!

The Great Bastion is a five-storey bastion with a semicircular plan. Its weight extends over the space of the parkland into the moat. A wooden ochodza was built on the side away from the town, on the level of which stone brackets have been preserved. It is connected to the Red Bastion by a castle wall.

Red (Royal) Bastion is a three-storey bastion with a semicircular ground plan decorated with red squaring. It is open on the side away from the town. It strengthened the defence of the Lower Gate. Under the upper cornice, on the outer shell, the remains of the coat of arms of the town and the coat of arms of Hungary are preserved, which were painted in 1597 by the then richtár Leonard Glatz.

Hope you like this one, of a small but amazingly attractive moth, which because of it's brass-like appearance has a metallic sheen. Hence the name: burnished brass moth (diachrysia chrysitis). It extends throughout Europe and across Asia as far as Siberia and Japan.

Thank you for all your comments.

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present. Marianne Williamson

A view taken further back from the falls is sometimes a better option.

A rare lockdown venture out with the camera.

To be honest we were walking the dogs, so how nice was it to stumble upon a flock of some twenty, of these beauties.

Redwing - Turdus Iliacus

Nunroyd Park

As always I extend my sincere appreciation to all those who take the time to stop by and comment on my photos.

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Following yesterday's picture, someone challenged me to do something similar but with the wings coming out of the frame too. Not easy because they are translucent, but it is possible if you have the right sort of picture to start with ie without too busy a backdrop.

Extension rings as nature morte. Setup night in my local photo club.

I apologize for the long absence. Turns out, flickr is inaccessible in China. Who knew?

.....it must be Feathery Friday!

An Australian Wood duck hanging around the caravan park on the Murray River at Mannum.

Black-Headed Gull - Chroicocephalus Ridibundus

Golden Acre Park - Leeds

As always I extend my sincere gratitude to all who are kind enough to comment and fave my photos or even stop by and just have a look. It is very much appreciated.

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Catching some autumnal rays

Lend a poor old woman a wee hand, dearie.

Extended shutter fun there in the river located in Western Maryland.

In the spirit of halloween I enhanced this old photo of twisty knobby branches extending out over the lake.

This is a nicely shaped tree for Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday. This dock extends into a cove which joins the Rappahannock River in the distance. This area is in the Northern Neck of Virginia.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

This object, currently passing nearby Earth, was last seen by the Neanderthals 50,000 years ago. It was discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility. It's orbit extends to the Oort Cloud at the farthest reaches of the Solar System.

A juvenile Mute Swan accelerating during practice runs at the local pond

playing with the livecomp on my pen-f. hoya ndpro100 filter on the oly 12-40. stacked 6 sec exposures for 10 min or so.