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A slide I was given that required a large amount of restoration, but it's an interesting scene.
The only detail I have was the faded pencil on the slide mount that said February 1987, but where and what the scene is - are the destined for restoration or scrap? - is unknown.
Lago de Atitlán desde Panajachel (Guatemala).
Sigma 10-20mm + Cokin filter : GND8
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A slide I was given which was fairly easy to restore, despite the state of the cardboard mount.
Written in very faded ink I could read the word 'Puerto' which I think is Spanish for seaport, so it doesn't really narrow down where this was or what this interesting scene is. I'd guess the slide was about 20 years old at least.
King Midas was given the magical power of his Golden Touch by the Greek god Dionysus. Midas had helped Dionysus reunite with his foster father when the older satyr had gotten drunk and lost. Out of gratitude for this deed, Dionysus offered to give Midas anything he desired. Midas asked for the power to turn anything he touched to gold.
Although autumn has now well and truly given way to winter here in Melbourne, there is still a great deal of colour around if you remember to take your time, stop and smell the roses, like this dainty little pale pink beauty which I saw on poking its head out from amidst a hedge of bright red berries on a walk in early June.
The day I took this photo was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies: although there was a definite crispness in the air if you were out of the sun.
The catwalk - Hills District, Sydney
Fritz, my magical ginger cat, who sadly checked out of the living world a few years ago now, parading on his favourite 'catwalk' beside our swimming pool at Castle Hill, near Rogan's Hill.
Hills District, north-western Sydney.
A retro cat image, re-worked in Adobe Lightroom and given a new frame.
My Canon EOS 60D with the EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens
Common Name: Hollyhock
Scientific Name: Alcea rosea
A very distinctive plant when it blooms with flowers ranging from 5cm to 12cm depending on care given which also dictates the height which can reach about 2.5m.
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* Given that Spurn Point is relatively close to Hull I guess it's surprising I do not go there often. It is the oddest and wildest part of East Yorkshire with huge skies. However I find it too desolate to really enjoy, though some of my friends who are serious birders love it . This shot was taken on the narrowest parts of the spit. On the left hand side is the North Sea and on the right the waters of the Humber estuary . The little wooden cabin is a shelter in case a high tide cuts you off from the mainland which is not uncommon. You can see the lighthouse which is about four miles further along the spit.
Its a hard place to describe so I will borrow some text from the Yorkshire wildlife trust .
From the Yorkshire wildlife trust website
Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is over 3 miles long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. It forms part of the civil parish of Easington.
Spurn Head covers 280 acres above high water and 450 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and is a designated National Nature Reserve, Heritage Coast and is part of the Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast Special Protection Area.
The peninsula is made up from sand and shingle as well as Boulder Clay eroded from the Holderness coastline washed down the coastline from Flamborough Head. Material is washed down the coast by longshore drift and accumulates to form the long, narrow embankment in the sheltered waters inside the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is maintained by plants, especially Marram grass . Waves carry material along the peninsula to the tip, continually extending it; as this action stretches the peninsula it also narrows it to the extent that the sea can cut across it in severe weather. When the sea cuts across it permanently, everything beyond the breach is swept away, only to eventually reform as a new spit pointing further south. This cycle of destruction and reconstruction occurs approximately every 250 years. The now crumbling defences will not be replaced and the spit will continue to move westwards at a rate of 2 metres per year, keeping pace with the coastal erosion further north.
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I was given strict instructions I was not allowed to stand on the rocks at all to take images. The tide was coming in and huge waves were crashing through the cavern and over the rocks. You wouldn't know it from this long exposure though.
This image was taken from a ledge on the side of the rock-face. The sea spray was so bad that I only got few usable images.
Note to self. When it is that wild and windy, it really isn't worth the effort. Try as I might I could not get the filters clean between images.
I am starting my field survey season and already have way too much work. I will be cutting back posting and commenting to a few times a week to try to manage my time. In the words fellow photographer Leon-"please don't desert me'!
Taken at Dungeness NNR . I think I have a soft spot for these little seashore scavengers . I find them confiding quick and amusing to watch !
The Turnstone was given its name because it turns over stones and other objects looking for food
Breeding in the high Arctic and has a average lifespan of 6 to 7 years.
Their diet is mainly shellfish and crustaceans. They will also eat the eggs of other bird species and dead fish washed up on the shore. Small groups forage for food among seaweed, shells, small stones and other debris along the beach .
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20 second exposure of the sea defences at New Brighton Beach, Merseyside, given the fine art treatment.
Canon 5d3 with Canon EF 24 - 105mm lens at 45mm
F14 ISO 100. Ten stop ND filtee
I was given and Amaryllis three years ago, but the last two years it never bloomed, just leaves...
I spotted bulbs in a box store and had to purchase one... took the old bulb out of the pot, cut it all down and replaced with this... and in a matter of weeks, this new one is ready to pop!
I'm hoping the other bulb will come alive next year.
This work is done for continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations with especially appreciating music during these lockdown times.
Also for Finding the Beauty in the World Today Despite the Hardships Given Us by the Coronavirus.
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
Given today is nearly 30 degrees C at 11am, leading to a very hot 38 degrees, the only way I can get an icy shot is to place my small rose in the freezer with some water. Once taken out it is a race to photograph it as the ice melts!
Something fun to do though. HSoS
Although autumn has now well and truly given way to winter here in Melbourne, there is still a great deal of colour around if you remember to take your time, stop and smell the roses, like this blazing golden yellow and orange beauty which I saw on poking its head out from behind a for sale sign in the front garden of an Art Deco villa on a walk in early June. I fear that the house for sale is likely to be demolished and replaced with more land intense town houses, in which case this rose, which I suspect to be a Royal Circus Rose, will probably be torn out. I sincerely hope not.
Although the day I took this photo was the 2nd day of winter, it was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies: although there was a definite crispness in the air if you were out of the sun.
Circus roses were first bred in 1956 in the United States by Herbert Swim. They were introduced later that year to the American market by Armstrong Nursery. Herbert Swim was a famous rose breeder who bred roses for blooms that would hold up to the hot summer sun. He is credited with raising a number of varieties of roses over his career. The rose "Royal Circus" (also known simply as "Circus") was created by crossing the Floribunda rose "Pinocchio" with the hybrid tea "Fandango" rose. The result is this gorgeous yellow rose that produces vibrant reddish edges.
Dandelion hatred is kind of ironic given the widespread concern about declining pollinators. Dandelion flowers are favorite nectar sources for honeybees, butterflies, and moths. Butterfly and moth caterpillars also eat the leaves. Dandelions are essential for tea, salads, wine, medicine, etc. Give dandelions a second chance and some long-awaited love, even when they're dead. Love these beautiful puffballs! (Click Large and feel the softness!)
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...my tripod is here! I didn't bring mine from Malaysia as our luggage was too heavy when we traveled to UK :)
Thanks to Amazon for their speedy delivery, I received my Giottos tripod today. It is a heavier (2.1 kg) tripod compared to my Manfrotto back home, which I think is better given the weather here in Scotland.
Will try to get some shots with it this weekend... depending on the weather though. Have a great weekend!
Explore front page (#6) on 17-Oct. Thanks!
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day."
- Ranier Maria Rilke
Aha....this tune is so darn lovely
Hope that day is going well
Thank you for your kindness
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This orchid was given to me as a Christmas present in 2020. It was given to me as a 'Blue Orchid'.
I was pleased to see that it was setting new buds Christmas 2021 a year later. I was interested to see what it's natural colour would be as blue orchids have die injected into them.
This little beauty has emerged over the last few days. It is still only 5mm across, so I am looking forward to seeing it in full bloom (along with the other 4 blooms)
Given how introspective the “One Is The Loneliest Number” lyrics are and how generally downbeat the song is, one might suspect that it was inspired by a relationship break up or some other sad situation. In reality, however, Harry Nilsson was compelled to pen "One Is The Loneliest Number" after he made a phone call but got a busy signal. The “beep, beep, beep,” of the engaged telephone line caught his attention and the singer-songwriter incorporated a similar sound into the opening piano chords of his song.
sharpness and detail will go a long way to render it commonplace :-)
George Davison
Truth Matters! Science Matters!
sunrise, atlantic beach, north carolina
This work is done Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations with celebrating life in the creek.
Also for Finding the Beauty in the World Today Despite the Hardships Given Us by the Coronavirus and the Monitor Madness group.
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A magical find given the time of year. I found this gem one day but waited for the next as I wanted the sun to play in the scene. My biggest fear was that a woodland critter would nibble on it during the night but it was intact. I returned 2 days later to take another image and the cap was gone, nowhere to be found.
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……An oldie (again) and given the Sliders Sunday treatment, a popular and quaint unspoilt fishing cove on The Lizard in Cornwall. Have a super week ahead, stay cosy & locked down to stay safe and to keep EVERYONE else safe too! A VERY BIG THANK YOU to ALL the key workers who are carrying on to benefit the rest of us - we applaud you all. Alan;-)👏👏👏👏👏
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The glass is an old collection of my mom's - she was born in 1916 and the set was given to her, so they are old enough...
They are frosted and were used for iced tea and cocktails. Hope mom doesn't mind that I use them for flowers, I thought this white rose looked pretty in her glass.
See you on Saturday, I go back to work part time tomorrow...phew!
This island of volcanic origin was given this name for a reason. The uninhabited island of Suluda is washed by clear waters with a turquoise hue. And snow-white sand on it gives even more resemblance to the Maldives. There are many beautiful bays around the island itself. A long anchorage with access to one of the 3 beaches on the island gives unforgettable impressions and beautiful pictures to remember.
I had a walk up to this old Hawthorn on Bordley Moor....sadly now bereft of any sign of life. It did sport a few leaves a while ago but nothing now, and many of the branches have been smashed by the elements. Sad to see it falling apart as it has given a few togs like me a reason to wander these limestone heights over the years.
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“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been, full of work that has never been done, full of tasks, claims, and demands;
and let us see that we learn to take it without letting fall too much of what it has to bestow upon those who demand of it necessary, serious, and great things.”
Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910
∎ Source: www.goodreads.com
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Given my latest run in with a wave, I took panda down to the beach as my wave spotter. He didn't do a very good job as a large wave came and washed him away.
At least it wasn't me!
I wish peace, love and serenity for all in 2019.
Thank you for every fav, comment and support you have given - and also for the wonderful and inspiring photography that you have so generously shared.
Sara Teddy Bear is part of the Treasured Teddies collection produced in 1991. The complete collection was given to me many years ago. The collection will eventually go to an animal charity. Until I get around to donating them they will come in handy for a photo or two.
(The photo width is 5.715 cm/2.25 inches)
Macro Mondays: Teddy Bear
About a decade ago, I bought a local auction lot that included some HO gauge USA/Canadian rolling stock and locomotives. I intended to sell them on but instead I started to collect them as and when they came up locally. It's still a very small collection.
I have a small number of 'B' units, description here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E2%80%93unit#:~:text=A%20B%20unit....
The only UK example I could think of was the Class 13:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_13
I'm guessing this is a Santa Fe loco, given I saw an identically coloured A-B-B-A loco set on YouTube pulling a long rake of Santa Fe box cars.
During my 2023 African adventure, I was given the rare privilege of observing the Hadzabe—one of the last true hunter-gatherer communities.
The morning started with our guide waxing poetic about their baboon-hunting subsistence. That is, until a young hunter walked right into our civilized circle, ending the discussion with a powerful visual aid: a fresh baboon. Needless to say, the guide was upstaged, and we all watched in stunned silence as the young man dressed his kill. It was a fascinating, visceral experience... and I managed to keep my breakfast down.
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The Hadzabe: Africa's Last True Hunter-Gatherers
The Hadzabe are a small, indigenous ethnic group in Tanzania, primarily centered around the Lake Eyasi basin and the neighboring scrublands of the central Rift Valley, which lies just south of the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Their connection to this land is thousands of years old. They live in small, temporary camps of around 20-30 people. They are truly nomadic, moving every few weeks or months to follow game and seasonal resources.
The Hadzabe rely entirely on the wild for their survival, eating what they can hunt or gather. Baboons are a significant part of the Hadzabe diet and are known to be a challenging quarry due to their intelligence and aggression.
They use traditional, hand-crafted bows and arrows. For larger or tougher game like baboons, their arrows are often tipped with a potent, fast-acting neurotoxin made from the sap of the Adenium coetaneum shrub. This poison ensures a quick, humane kill.
Hunts rely heavily on incredible tracking skills, patience, and stealth. Hunters may wait for hours by waterholes or use strategic methods, sometimes even using decoys or luring the baboons into an ambush.
Because they are one of the last remaining tribes whose entire existence depends on their traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle, they are widely cited as the only tribe permitted to hunt for subsistence in their ancestral lands near the Serengeti ecosystem, which are otherwise heavily protected and restricted for all other activities, including farming or pastoralism. This exemption is crucial to their survival.
(iPhone 13 Pro Max, edited to taste)
I was given a challenge by a fellow flickr friend to get Asha to balance 3 eggs on her head edge to edge. I have to admit defeat could only mange 2 eggs. I couldn't even do them edge to edge as Asha's ears were in the road and they rolled down. I hope 2 will impress anyway... Might just try again but I don't think it is possible.
This is for you John....
Given the right lighting / tones there in the early morning light about 45 minutes before sunrise, and the rocks are a pretty blue.
Explore, Dec 3, 2021
Ibon is the name given in the Aragonese Pyrinees to these kind of small mountain lakes. This Ibon (Lake) of Plan is 2,000 meters high, surrounded by mountains and already frozen early in November.
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Ibon es el nombre que se les da a los lagos de alta montaña en el Pirineo Aragonés. El Ibon de Plan está a una altitud de casi 2.000 metros, y ya congelado a principios de noviembre.
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O my soul, now have I given thee all, and even my last possession, and all my hands have become empty by thee:—that I bade thee sing, behold, that was my last thing to give!
That I bade thee sing,—say now, say: which of us now—oweth thanks?—Better still, however: sing unto me, sing, O my soul! And let me thank thee!
_Thus spake Zarathustra.
درعذاب از یک عطش روحی
گذارم فتاد به ویرانهای تار
و در پی،
فرشتهای شش بال
به چشمم نشست سبک چون خواب
تا باز گشوده شوند به عالم غیب
همچو چشمان عقابی که شود گسیخته ازهم خواب
سپس نشست در گوشم
پر گشت ز دنگ و جرنگ.
در فراز،
آسمانها شنیدم لرزیدند بر خود
همچون زمزمهی بال فرشتگان
جنبش هیولاهای دریا در اعماق
خزش شاخسار تاک در شیارهها
پس نزدیک آمد
و به جستی زبان گنهکارم از نیام بر کشید
-دروغهای بیهودهاش، تهمتهایش-
دستان خونالودش فرو
بین لبهای خاموش و بیروحم
یک زبان مار دو سر دغل
با شمشیرش سینهام درید
به در آورد قلب لرزانم
برگرفت ذغال گداختهای
و نهاد در سینهی گشودهام
بسان جسدی بر خاک افتادم
و آنگاه با من گفت صدای خداوندگار:
«برخیز، ای پیامبر
بگوش و بهوش بر اوامر من
کنون در آب و بر خاک
به پیش
با کلامت بیفروز قلب مردمان»