Part of my Anna and Allen Hummingbird focus. Made this from a missed-shot that caught only the top half of this Anna at the bottom of my frame. A little crop turned it into an inspirational portrait. Lol. Well, sort of.... ;-)

Childhood memories for many who were born and raised in the Philippines.

A male House Finch perched and facing west at sunset.

My pet dog from the past 11.5 years still enjoyed posing in front of my camera for her occasional portrait.

3 of 4 images I was able to snap from a distance of a young Cooper's Hawk two weeks after it left the nest.

Anna's Hummingbird (female) in a moment of brief respite.

A backlit shot of a Great-tailed Grackle transformed into a silhouette with added coloring.

A telephoto close up of a song sparrow with backlighting from the sun.

If I wasn't looking up a couple of stories high while walking the streets in Malate, Manila, I never would have seen this feline following my movements.

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A nuclear power plant imaged on Tri-X film in the 1980s along a highway in Florida, USA.

This little guy found an interest in hovering nearby me just long enough for me to get a chance to capture it the air.

A Filipino man in Davao City massages his goatee while waiting for customers at his sidewalk business.

Male Anna's Hummingbird with feet extended for a landing onto the perch of a hummingbird feeder.

A pied-billed grebe paddles across a lake leaving ripples that merge with other ripples generated by a breeze. The sky-blue and land-brown colors reflect, merge and combined within the merging ripples. Much inner meaning can be reflected in our minds when witnessing nature in motion.

Taking up the anchor, the last step taken to deploy the water craft. The Philippines.

If it weren't for it's odd sounding coo-coo sound call, I would have not known it was nearby. Once it spotted me, it left its lookout perch atop a small tree.

Interesting facts about Road Runners:

1. Many kinds of birds exhibit obvious contrasting physical characteristics between the sexes besides the sexual organs themselves, a phenomenon known as sexual dimorphism. The greater roadrunner is not such a bird: Males and females look extremely similar.

2. Road Runners can run 42km/h or 26mph.

3. They eat insects, spiders and centipedes, rodents, small mammals, and reptiles, including rattle snakes.

4. They live about 7-8 years in the wild. 5. Although not the preferred prey of coyotes, coyotes do eat Road Runners if they can catch one. ;-)

Natal Plum flower in Monochrome

Here is another sky image to add to your collection for sky replacement. It was taken with my Galaxy S10+ and denoised with Topaz Denoise and dehazed in Lightroom.

Foraging for crustaceans along the shorelines of San Diego, California, USA

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Close up image of several lychee fruits

Whether you sit on the Left or the RIght, choose leaders who will sit beside their fellow leaders who have opposing views, and who will try to bring the two sides back together as one.

Anna's Hummingbird spotted a rival to his territory and begins his upward pursuit of the invader.

I edited this image in homage to this one male California Quail that would take off whenever I got it close to my camera's 'sweet spot' for imaging birds.

Cebu, Visayas, The Philippines. This young child was following me around a neighborhood in Cebu while taking street shots. The original image was a half-body shot of him on the sidewalk next to me.

Anna's Humminbird captured in flight as it chases off competition around its territory.

Calamansi has a unique and intense flavor all its own. When cut, a calamansi may look like an orange, but tastes much tangier like a lemon or lime. They are tropical and aromatic. This fruit can be used just like you would lemon or lime. Cebu, Visayas, The Philippines

A lucky capture of a femle Anna's Hummingbird with wings in the forward position.

About a week and a half old and born a day apart.

During the fall migration and winter, chickadees often flock together in flocks of 8–10 birds. Each of the birds in a flock has a rank; while highly ranked birds will remain on the flock's territory for breeding, lower-ranked birds must find new breeding territory.

Tropical Village Landscape taken on the island of Bohol, Visayas Region, The Philippines.

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A Cosmic Journey to the Infinite Imaginary Center.

Anna's Hummingbird takes a very short rest at the end of a Magnolia tree leaf where it can watch for territorial intrusions.

Sometimes I think some of the hummingbirds I'm imaging are hybrid crosses of Allen and Anna Hummingbirds

Dieng Plateau is a marshy plateau that forms the floor of a caldera complex on the Dieng Volcanic Complex near Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia Referred to as "Dieng" by Indonesians, it sits at 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level, far from major population centres. The name "Dieng" comes from Di Hyang which means "Abode of the Gods".

The Plateau is the location of eight small Hindu temples from the Kalingga Kingdom.:79,90 It is unclear when they were built, estimated to range from mid 7th century to end of 8th century AD; they are the oldest known standing stone structures in Java.] They are originally thought to have numbered 400 but only eight remain. The temples are now believed to have been named after the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.

Michell claims Dieng's misty location almost 2,093 m above sea level, its poisonous effusions and sulphur-coloured lakes make it a particularly auspicious place for religious tribute. The temples are small shrines built as monuments to the god-ancestors and dedicated to Shiva. The Hindu shrines are miniature cosmic mountains based on plans in Indian religious texts, although Schoppert suggest the design motifs have little connection to India.

"Tjandi Ardjoeno on the Dijeng Plateau" photo by Isidore van Kinsbergen

In 2011, in a review published by Romain,the temple is now believed to be related to Dravida and Pallava style temples of South India. The theory that poisonous effusions make it auspicious is now disputed as volcanic activity in this area from 7th to 9th century is yet to established, and records suggest the temple was abandoned after volcanic eruptions became common in central Java.

from: wikipedia.

A young pine cone with sidelight from a risen sun on a cool, cloudy, October morning in San Diego, California.

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Two different symmetrical halves of a twirl art creation with blend-if slider adjustments.

Street scene in Davao City, Mindanao, The Philippines

A pair of rock roses that were growing by the side of a busy road. A cool photo for a theme of 2.

I think this might be a young male Anna's Hummingbird with the first of his red throat and head feathers coming out.

Even with plenty of food available for all, Anna's Hummingbirds are very territorial. Inbetween sips of nectar, Anna has to look around for potential challenges to her perch (like the one caught in this frame of another hummingbird passing close to her.

My attempt at salvaging a backlit image of a crow in a pine tree shot from a good distance.

First wildflower blooms in early February in Southern California. I selected and darkened the background to draw the eye to pattern of this amazing wildflower.

Commonly known as bank catclaw, prostrate acacia, or desert carpet, it is a shrub introduced to Southern California from SW Australia. It is considered an invasive species in parts of California.

Colorful abstract layers of swirling, curving patterns.

A Filipino fisherman from Pagudpud, Ilocos region, The Philippines, navitating a small boat and net line around a school of fish 150 meters off the coast of their village.

Seeing fellow humanbeings cast to the streets, homeless, suffering from multiple illnesses puts one's life into a whole new perspective.

The first of a cluster of white, beautifully scented white flowers from an ornamental plant in landscaping. Pitosporum tobira is also known as Australian laurel, Japanese pittosporum, mock orange, and Japanese cheesewood.

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Spotted Towhee foraging under hedges for insects and seeds. Sometimes he is called San Diego Towhee and for a while even Spurred Towhee. He certainly is spotted sharply black and white with rich mahogany red sides and flanks - and such a wonderful red eye. With it all, he is a shy, brush-dwelling bird along the Arroyo. He becomes more conspicuous when he begins giving his spring trill in early February from the top of a low tree, but he drops back into the thicket as soon as he is disturbed.