And also Happy Fence Friday.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)

The weather since I've been down at the shore has not been great.

It's been overcast and cool every morning.

Hasn't made me want to leap out of bed and go for an early morning walk along the beach.......I feel like I'm in a holding pattern, just waiting for the clouds to lift so I can head out with the camera.

We've been getting these small windows of sunshine, here and there though, most afternoons.

Yesterday the sun came out late day, and I took a drive back out to 2 Mile Landing where I'd seen some interesting possibilities the day before.

The lighting was beautiful when I got there, and I spent a very nice 45 minutes snapping away at several different species of birds poking around out in the marsh.

These pretty barn swallows were busy swooping across the mudflats eating flying insects.

I manage to catch this one as it briefly landed on a nearby fence, before taking off again.

Not 5 minutes after I took this shot I felt a noticeable drop in temperture, and when I turned around toward the ocean, there was a very dark fog rolling towards me. Looked like a scene out of that horror flick, "The Mist".

I quickly got in my car and headed for home.

By the time I got there, the fog was so dense you couldn't see to the end of the street.

The weather can change SO quickly on the coast!

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Skyrim - La Profeta ENB profile by Wanako, free camera, time stop, time and weather control, custom FOV.

Checking out the Colderan Beta from the Andoran project for Skyrim

DAMI FOR K9

LEGACY / MAITREYA ONLY

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A lovely historical wooden building awaits its next owner.

... For The Love of Bread

In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth

When the land was swamp and caves were home

In an age when prize possession was fire

To search for landscapes men would roam...

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Metal artist Ricardo Breceda has amassed over 130 life sized metal sculptures and placed them along several roads in the Anza-Borrego Desert State park…

Special thanks to the plane that produced the jetstream...

When I first looked through my bridge shots from San Francisco I decided that I was going to trash them all. It was pouring rain that night and my camera was so wet I didn't think it was going to work anymore. Even though the conditions weren't perfect it was really a fun memory with friends. Sometimes my daughter wisely reminds me that there are times in life it's not about the perfect shot but "it's for the memory Dad." I will, however, be going back here soon to try to get a perfect shot.

For more info on the instrument: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorbo

ODC-Where I Live Is Known For...

This area of Upstate, NY is known for its beautiful waterfalls and gorges. In fact there's a saying here "ithaca Is Gorges!" It really is!!!

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Lake Clark National Park

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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.

Kuggen (Swedish for 'the (cogwheel) cog') is a building owned by real estate company Chalmersfastigheter for Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction started in October 2010 and was finished in March 2011. The building is located on the Lindholmen campus, where it is connected to the neighboring buildings Jupiter and Science Park by two walkways on the first floor.

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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!

des Gasthauses "Zum Hirschen" in Dogern

Daybreak over the Swansea Valley - my banker shot for my Photo a Day. Caption is the title of a song from the Beatles.

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

For those who appreciate Satie's music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99QJYeqC_E

Simon and Garfunkle "The Sound of silence":

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUy9ePyo6Q

I read music!

A short stop at Prestwick during a traing sortie for the Oil Spill Response Boeing 727-2S2F which is based at Robin Hood airport in Doncaster. Robin Hood airport used to be RAF Finningley whilst in operation in the RAF.

A location I've wanted to visit for some time is 'Sculpture by the Lakes' near Dorchester in Dorset. It's a sculpture park featuring many wonderful works by renowned sculptor Simon Gudgeon. The art is thoughtfully placed in the beautifully landscaped grounds, and it's well worth a visit, both for photographers and art lovers alike.

Eschweiler, Im Korkus, November 2016

Smile on Saturday theme: Blue for you - ME 2023.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to view, comment, and fave my photo. It’s really appreciated. 😊

I displayed miniatures with Licca and took some photos of them for a change... It's so fun! ^_^

Finally I decided the color of the sewing boxes and finished painting them. But the work to sand their surface is still left... that's a little troublesome. sigh~^^;

AB FAV for today…

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2010.

Last night we got a fresh wave of snow, I prefer it to the dark wetness and blackness of the last days, the previous snow not quite melted away, yet looking dirty...

Winter is here to stay for awhile!

I love patterns and minimalism, I have many images taken over the years.

Some are more abstract than others.

Snow and frost is the main theme, they are great at setting off details we otherwise pass without seeing.

May your day be filled with joy and thanx for viewing, Magda (*_*)

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Heaven For Everyone - the genial song performed by Freddie Mercury (Queen) is exactly the perfect title for the region where I live.

Here the road can be seen where I walked some days ago through my beloved Mühlviertel in the Northern part of Upper Austria ...

Don´t forget to listen to the song :-))

His mother said he always does this...he is looking for gators. He was a cutie.

For Algernon

Here are three empty Jelly or Jam jars, except for the one I filled with Jelly Beans.

The jars are strangely crooked, to my eye. When I examined them, after the photoshoot, I discovered that they really ARE crooked... although the Jelly bean jam jar is ok; I just put the lid on crooked!

Anyway, that's J!

Things around here are getting more busy. I haven't taken a K photo yet. We'll see.

A beautiful and cold sunrise near Berchtesgaden.

Thank you for explore

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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Yet an other shot of a Male Mandarin Duck for my dear friend Gwen who is very poorly.

Pinhole camera version .

for John Church :)

Hooray! A new orchid for me! This beauty was sighted growing in tall grass along a weedy section of bush track. I know it is a Sun Orchid of some type (Thelymitra sp.) and my best guess was the Trim Sun Orchid (Thelymitra peniculata) but someone whose knowledge about orchids I trust told me it was not that species. Unfortunately, I was remiss and did not measure the orchid itself, so a definitive I.D. cannot be determined. Regardless, I am happy to have seen it and will try and take all the proper measurements if I am fortunate enough to see it pop up next year. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]

A female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) stands, after a very cold night, in a frozen meadow, waiting for the sun to rise

AAW May 15 - 22: Black and White Shadows

WIT: I was at a restaurant during a rain storm, but the sun shone through the window and curtain for about 5 seconds before disappearing behind the clouds again, so I only had a chance at one shot when I saw the shadows thrown across the floor.

BW conversion was in-camera, and in post just cropped and slightly upped the contrast.

Made Explore.

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.

www.flickr.com/photos/xandram/52932097143/in/dateposted/

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

Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.

For my offering for Super Saturated Sunday today I thought I would take an innocuous, unprepossessing photograph (of which I have a vast collection) and quickly turn it into some lurid faux Modern Art that might vaguely emulate the kind you see for sale in galleries for tens of thousands of pounds.

This is a picture of bubbles in the frozen water in a broken mug in my garden taken at the end of December. (For a more normal version of another image taken at the same time see flic.kr/p/2kpGhPy ).

It was developed and processed in Affinity Photo, but the fancy stuff done using Nik Color Efex. The bulk of the effect was due to solarisation combined with a bi-colour filter to create more of a colour gradient across the image, a technique I have used often for this sort of overcooked colour from nothing approach.

A total stack of eight or nine filters was used (it was playtime after all) with some contribution from things like glows and soft focus, selective contrast and graduated ND filter effects. (If you’d like the preset I made from this do ask :) ).

So that was the first twenty minutes dealt with so what should I do with the rest?

Well, I decided to extend the gallery metaphor and make the work look a bit as if it had been hung on a wall. I combined broad frame with directional drop shadow and embossing and then used the Lighting filter to add three spotlights pointing downward as if had been lit from above. I also used the same filter to add a textured, impasto element to the painting and give it some relief.

So there we are. You know where to send those five-figure cheques, don’t you?

I’ll add a link to the in-camera original so you can see where we came from.

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you are wearing your sunglasses. Happy Sliders Sunday!! :)

I've managed a photo of these stairs before, but found a better angle for them at the beginning of the month.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)

~Explore#

Para você

For my friend and Brother in Law.

Who is being buried today. He loved flowers and always kept a beautiful garden. May he Rest in Peace.

Please forgive me for not responing today I will try and catch up over the weekend.

Amboseli’s sunsets are a primordial mixture of dust and mire, serenity and struggle, consummation and genesis. Its skies are infused with the sanguine luster of lives exchanged. Immensely infrequent are those unaffected by its power and allure. Moral turpitude and greed plague those worthless and debased souls who slaughter for perverse amusement. #Elephants #Amboseli