For Sale at Amerhidl (Skoura oasis) ! (needs some work)

The oasis of Skoura's claim to fame is its long line of kasbahs along two seasonal rivers. Its appearance may be deceptive to many, being so long, it may recall images of a forest more than a huge oasis. Still it is even larger, most of the oasis runs north from the road.

The most impressive among the many attractive kasbahs is the Amerhidl, dating back to the 17th century. Its design and grand size made it fit to illustrate the back of the Moroccan 50 dirham note.

The best knee socks I own.

Hi guys...

Thank for your kindness over the last few months..

sadly Annie died last night...

she passed away peacfully with us by her side..

She made the brave decision not to try to fight the cancer

were of course heatbroken at her passing but happy that she wont have to suffer anymore...

She was a remarkable lady who took me into her family and treated me as if i were one of her own ...

Annie our beautiful kind hearted Mother, Grandmother and Greatgrandmother..

God bless her and god bless you all for your prayers and kind wishes...

Ive sat here for hours trying to think of words to say,but they just wont come..

Other than my life was better for knowing her and being part of her family

who never cease to amaze me with thier down to earth love,closeness ,honesty

and ability to find laughter even in the worst times..

I was going to say ill miss her but i wont because she will always be in my heart...

my love and thanks to your kind messages and mail...

much much love andrew xo

For May 12th“Me/CFS and Fibromyalgia

International Awareness Day“.

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Für“Smile on Saturday“ am 07.05.2022.

Thema:“ Blue for you“- ME 2022“

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Polaroid SX-70. PX 680 Beta Test Film.

I took this (and Suttree sat) for anniebee and davebias. My sincerest thanks for participating in The Next Movement.

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...and for all lonely people a bit of luck and hope for the coming year.

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If you have enough time then you can look my video here (Part1) and

here (Part2)

My nickname at Youtube is Voligamo.

Sagres, Praia de Tonel, Elmarit 28mm.

Praia do Tonel is popular with surfers as it offers a brisk-westerly wind that often produces large Atlantic breakers. Also nice for sunbathing etc. because of the sheltered spots back towards the cliffs.

Dim the lights

Thanks for all your visits, comments and invites on my previous photos and for all the support and friendship in the past "Flickr year", much appreciated!

Created for Kreative People Treat This 317 ~June 01 - June 07.

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Created in DDG Text 2 Dream as a source for two works.

The prompt is the title.

I used xandra m's orchid photo below as the source.

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Filters: PS Beta 23, Topaz Gigapixel Ai, Topaz Studio.

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Lake Clark National Park

Southeastern Alaska

USA

The bears come down to the shore on the edge of Cook's Inlet to find dead fish washed up on the shore to eat. They are followed around by seagulls trying to snatch bits of fish for their own meal. These are fairly large birds when you compare their size to the big bear in the image.

I've been absent from Flickr for a while now and as you can imagine the reason for this was another trip. This time we went to Norway. From the very south of the country to the Lofoten, wich was the aim of our travel.

I'm starting with a relatively dark image from the highlands south east from Lysefjord. Athmosphere and weather on this picture is kind of charakteristic for the first week, we hardly could get out of the car to take a picture without getting wet. The temperatures ranged from 3 degrees to a maximum of 11. Not a really nice wellcome.

The Kifune-Jinja Shrine 貴船神社 is over 1600 years old and is older than Kyoto itself. It enshrines the god of water and rain, and was visited in the past by Imperial envoys that came to pray for rain. Farmers and sake brewers have traditionally paid homage at this shrine.

Taken at the lantern-lined staircase to The Kifune-Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan

I had been mulling this over for a while now, but today I scored a full weekend pass for SDCC, so I'm gonna need some money to spend there, so after a few years Desert Rose is for sale, my asking price may be a little high, I'm looking to get around $300 for her but I'd be way more flexable with any flickr folks and I'd ship her to you for free, she'll also be up on ebay.

These look ever so steep to me, but I did like the mug at the bottom. I wonder if it's for refreshments before going up, or once down!

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No matter the belief, the ethnicity, the nationality, the sun rises and sets for all good men. Let's do our part, let's continue on the path of good !!!!!

A prosperous New Year for all.

OK, so anyone brave enough to try these gets a medal!!

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The alarm today went off at 5am, over two hours before sunrise. The reason for the early alarm was the drive to Canyonlands National Park and the ensuing walk to Mesa Arch would take nearly an hour and I wanted to be able to plant my tripod before everyone else arrived. Driving out of Moab the streets were void of traffic and after turning onto the road leading to Canyonlands there weren’t any headlights in the rearview mirror or were there taillights visible ahead. I was confident that I had departed at an appropriately early enough time.

After entering the National Park I noticed a few taillights ahead of me in the distance. “OK, I guess there may be a few early risers there,” I thought. How wrong I was, for as I crested the rise in the dark with my headlamp guiding my way along the path to Mesa Arch I could hear many voices coming from ahead. I wasn’t alone and it wasn’t just a couple of early risers either. There were already 15 to 20 tripods with accompanying cameras and photographers set up waiting for sunrise! Fortunately, the location I had scouted out the day prior was still available, so I joined the masses and added my tripod and camera to the mix. Note to self: rethink the starting time for my next visit!

The beauty of the sunrise here is something one truly needs to witness in person. As the sun broke the horizon the first sunburst occurred, but the best was yet to come. Initially there is the lack of reflected light on the underside of Mesa Arch. But as the sun continued to rise and began to cross the underside of the arch a 2nd sunburst occurred while the reflected light illuminated the underbelly of the arch turning the sandstone a glowing red. While some photographers had already started packing up, the patience of ‘waiting for the light’ was rewarded with this image.

Highlighted by the rising sun is the Washer Woman (derived from its resemblance of a tall and slender woman reaching her hands into a tub) and to its right is the taller Monster Tower. Washer Woman and Monster Tower are each over 600 feet tall. Behind the Washer Woman is the Sandcastle.

This is the second image I’ve posted from that wonderful morning, but this one was taken moments earlier than the previous one. The sunburst is larger in this image as the sun has yet to rise high enough to be partially hidden by the arch.

From the earlier image, Kathleen had commented . . . “I can see an Indian lying in repose, hand in his lap and his legs crossed........lying in the opening, do you see him?” Yes, I could! Can you?

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Little villages in Norway are often facing the problem that more and more young people want to move to bigger cities.

That endangers the long term existence of the villages which is why a lot of them come up with creative ideas to make the life there more appealing for younger people.

One of the many efforts is this super cool football pitch on a tiny island, next to a village of ~500 inhabitants...

thank god for plumbers

31st July 2014 © Lise Utne

Shot created for Saturday Self Challenge 08/01/2022 ----

Macro capture of a Shiny Object .

A quick caveat - while the Spitfire gets all the glory , we must not forget the under rated Hawker Hurricane which was so successful during the Battle of Britain !!

So to start with a random shot of the sky before it went all to cloud and then to the pop up oven top kitchen studio with a new keyring I have been given ( could have done for "new " last week , so glad I saved it ) . The keyring was bought from the RAF Hendon Museum online store and it is of a Spitfire . The capture of the little Spitfire was done with the Sigma 105 , and for a size comparison see the first comment box -knowing how the 105 makes avery short DOF when up close , Ihad to stop down a fair old way to keep the aeroplane in a sharp view .

I took 8 or 9 shots paying special attention to angles to create a realistic air to air style of capture. Next I put them though the cut out studio in Serif CraftArist - good job I had a selection as the cut out could not define the outline of the aircraft very well in most of them and kept taking chunks out of the plane - sorted with this one and put the two shots together for the flight of the silver spitfire . this now captures the the feeling of being up there and the sky is the limit and you are free as a bird - the pilots of the day often say " You do not get into a Spitfire , you just strap it on !! "

And the Silver Spitfire in 2019 is a story on it's own , please check out the story in the link ---------------

www.forces.net/news/british-pilots-become-first-fly-resto...

And in this vein of up there in the skies with the Merlin singing it's song , this tune should should be heard on the airwaves !!

youtu.be/CqnU_sJ8V-E

A coalition of two brothers has a far better chance of survival out in the wild than a solitary male.

Cheetahs being the smallest and weakest of the African big cats, their biggest enemies are Lions, Leopards and Hyena's.

These two Brothers are seen prowling the savannah plains late in the evening, when it is cooler, looking for a meal.

The two Sopa cheetah brothers were captured during a photography safari on a late evening game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

The cataclysmic 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines was the second largest volcanic eruption of the twentieth century, and by far the largest eruption to affect a densely populated area. It occurred on June 15, 1991. I was part of the evacuation and relief effort. It was the last action of any significance I would perform in the US Navy.

The eruption produced high-speed avalanches of hot ash and gas, giant mudflows, and a cloud of volcanic ash hundreds of miles across that ushered in climate change across the globe. The resulting damage to US assets in the Philippines was pivotal in the decision to close the massive strategic US military bases there. Many US servicemen lost friends and family in the ordeal never to be heard from again. The impacts of the eruption continue to this day.

Thanks to Texture Time for the texture.....

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Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel et Kate Bush

in this proud land we grew up strong

we were wanted all along

I was taught to fight, taught to win

I never thought I could fail

no fight left or so it seems

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face, I've changed my name

but no one wants you when you lose

don't give up

'cos you have friends

don't give up

you're not beaten yet

don't give up

I know you can make it good

though I saw it all around

never thought I could be affected

thought that we'd be the last to go

it is so strange the way things turn

drove the night toward my home

the place that I was born, on the lakeside

as daylight broke, I saw the earth

the trees had burned down to the ground

don't give up

you still have us

don't give up

we don't need much of anything

don't give up

'cause somewhere there's a place

where we belong

rest your head

you worry too much

it's going to be alright

when times get rough

you can fall back on us

don't give up

please don't give up

'got to walk out of here

I can't take anymore

going to stand on that bridge

keep my eyes down below

whatever may come

and whatever may go

that river's flowing

that river's flowing

moved on to another town

tried hard to settle down

for every job, so many men

so many men no-one needs

don't give up

'cause you have friends

don't give up

you're not the only one

don't give up

no reason to be ashamed

don't give up

you still have us

don't give up now

we're proud of who you are

don't give up

you know it's never been easy

don't give up

'cause I believe there's the a place

there's a place where we belong

This was taken from my holiday in France last month, No words can describe how sad the news is from last night.

This needs to end!

This was from Ile De Re, France.

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For the Macro Mondays Theme: "Plugs and Jacks"

How to make an attractive photo of something as unattractive as a plug or jack? This week I lacked a bit of creativity and inspiration. For my part therefore nothing special; just an ordinary plug...

Thank you very much for your time, faves and comments, it's much appreciated.

HMM

Her eyes say it all. They promise everything. And you know....deep down inside.....that you're not prepared for everything she has in mind.....

(Thanks Huey Lewis for the Lyrical Loan)

Like some three-fingered alien claw, this tree looks more like a giant picking up a boulder for ammunition in a pitched forest battle.

I wouldn't want to the the recipient of that caber toss.

So far, I'm finding the forests of Nova Scotia to be truly enchanting during the summer season.

I can't wait to revisit during the autumn when hopefully that canopy will be glowing gold.

The vlog for this adventure should be out in a few weeks. Till then, enjoy this hand held shot with the 14mm.

Thanks for reading

Gavin

For Christmas I got an adult coloring book and a set of colored pencils; this is my first effort, and I'm pleased with the result.

Sun tried - for the briefest of moments, to break through

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Created for Rubys Treasure Challenge 67

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I've used this spiral staircase before, but decided that a closer photo of it was in order.

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Für ein Foto sind wir mit unserer neuen mobilen Zweitwohnung im Hamburger Hafen gewesen ;-)

For a photo we went to the port of Hamburg with our new mobile second home ;-)

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The Jishu Shrine inside the iconic Kiyomizu-dera is dedicated to the Japanese equivalent of Cupid. The shrine is popular with young ladies looking for love, and with newlyweds hoping to guarantee a long and happy marriage.

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), officially Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺), is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage site. The temple was founded in 778, and its present buildings were constructed in 1633. There is not a single nail used in the entire structure. It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water, or pure water. [Source: Wikipedia]

Built for round one of the RogueOlympics. The first category was “Above the Clouds”. After some deliberation, I decided on building a fantasy airship for a couple goblins. I ended up using 96 parts total.

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At the moment now when Nanometer Technology is popular, as long as it is related to Nanometer, whether it is clothing, food, housing, or travel, it will all be crowned with Nanometer because they didn't know much about Nanometer. The nanometer is just a name of the unit. It is derived from the International System of Units, referred to as “SI”, adopted by the 11th International Federation of Weights and Measures in 1960. There are many words on the top of Nanometer, such as "nanotechnology", "nano-computer", "nano-surgery", "nano-biology", "nano-fossil", "nano-plankton" and so on. The code name of Nanometer is "nm". How small is it? It is small enough to be observed using an electron microscope. 1 nm is equal to 1 millionth of a millimeter, and the technology in the field of environmental protection is moving towards nano-gram. This is a welcome phenomenon for us humans and photography.

Photography is actually one of the old predecessors who use Nanometer as a unit. The completion of a photo must be a result of drawing a picture with the light of the meter. The photographer who is a photographer knows more about the light. It is indeed necessary to have a lot of benefits for photography. (Will be continued)

for Macro Mondays

HMM !

Kaithleen's for Cosmopolitan, Yokai for Lost & Found, !Oleander, pixicat and Kirin

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In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers

is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely

as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.

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Coots are small water birds that are members of the Rallidae (rail) family. They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin for "coot". Coots have predominantly black plumage, and—unlike many rails—they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water. They are close relatives of the moorhen.

-Wikipedia

We went for dinner at Santana Row, an upscale shopping/restaurant area in San Jose, California. The main road is closed for traffic, and converted into outdoor dining, which gives a European touch. The trees are decorate, giving a nice background for a fast lens.

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

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Happy Christmas :)

After all you’ve survived—and continue to experience as a result—it’s amazing that you’re still here, fighting for life even though it feels impossible.

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