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Sometimes use a fisdheye lens can help to achieve some stunning results from a lot of "canonical" shots.

When I bought my Sigma 15mm f/2.8 FE, I was planning something totally different, something I haven't still realized, but one day I will.

Anyway, since that day I never left my small toy at home, and when I see some peculiar features in a panorama or in a landscape that can "do the job", I don't hesitate to take some shots with it.

Then, here's another "fisheyed" image, a view of the Grand Canyon, close to Mather Point, with a voluntarily exagerated earth curvature, to emphatize more the greatness of the place I was watching before me.

Evertything thanks to my little friend... Do you think it makes its job?

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One of my flickr contacts Damian_Ward, a very talanted landscape photographer, having a show during the weekend at his home. So UK folks and non, if you happen to be in the area take the chance, don't hesitate and go visit Damians works, I would do if I could.

More info: www.flickr.com/photos/damianward/26908365923/in/contacts/

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Pentax K-5

SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 (all shots with this lens till 95% with aperture at 2.0)

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Capreolus capreolus

L'insouciance de la jeunesse. Bien que m'ayant repéré, ce faon n'a pas hésité à traverser le pré en venant vers moi. Peut-être voulait-il m'impressionner 😊

The carelessness of youth. Although having spotted me, this fawn did not hesitate to cross the meadow coming towards me. Maybe he wanted to impress me 😊

Un grand merci à toutes et tous pour vos visites, favoris et commentaires.

Thank you so much for viewing, faving, commenting my images

I hesitated to post this poor picture, but it is Life Bird #255, so...

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocarys) is not a lark, and it is not a bunting. It is a sparrow, and for some reason, it is Colorado's State Bird. This is the first one I have seen in six trips to the Denver area. I asked a park ranger why this small, uncommon bird would be a state bird. Her explanation was that it is fairly common in the eastern agricultural areas of the state, where most of the state legislators were from when the lark bunting was chosen.

This bird was only seen for the few seconds needed to take this picture in the grasslands of Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. And then, it flew off not to be seen again.

before crossing the river in the Masai Mara during the Great Migration

From the archives.

Many thanks for your views, favorites and supportive comments.

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My photos may not be used on websites, blogs or in any other media without my written and explicit permission.

While trying to photograph a yellow throat near Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, this little guy stopped by for

s snack. It was foraging in four-foot high plants on the edge of marsh grass on the bay. The bird stayed long enough to allow a front shot too shown in comment 1 below to aid identification.

Photographing warblers is fairly new to us so identification is basically done by web picture analysis, therefore, suspect. If you have comment on the identification of this bird please do not hesitate.

🎧 tune

Love and hate

How much more are we supposed to tolerate?

Can't you see there's more to me than my mistakes

Sometimes I get this feeling - makes me hesitate

Taken at Dyrhólaey

During my last visit to northern Iraq in 2012, I discovered this lake and beautiful nature when I was exploring the region, so I did not hesitate to capture this scene!!

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This song has been "burning" inside me since its release in 2010. Just a few years earlier I experienced three intense and lasting losses in my real life that have left immutable marks on my soul. I've tried several times to express this in SL photography but can never seem to capture the emotion anywhere as deeply as Stone Sour does with their song. Please take a moment to watch this video (again) and remember that some losses help to direct us but they don't have to define us.

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You were my fire, so I burned, 'til there was nothing left of me

I, I touched your face, I held you close, 'til I could barely breathe

Why give me hope, then give me up, just to be the death of me

Save the rest of me

'Cause I see you, but I can't feel you anymore, so go away

I need you, but I can't need you anymore, you hesitate

♫ ♪ Click here ► to play ♪ ♫

A grove of Aspen trees I captured roadside in Banff National Park in Canada over the summer. An artistic change in the foliage to dress things up. I hesitated on making the move but trying something new can be liberating.

~Angel eyes why do you gaze

Eveytime I loose my way

You, find me here

Find me here, find me here

3an Takloonha >.<

I hesitated quite a while whether I should post this one:

I have almost exactly the same shot from exactly 3 years and 2 days ago.

You find it here in my stream:

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It has been explored at that time and got quite many favorites, but I was never really, really happy, as the quality (details and noise) is some of the worst in my whole stream. So if you compare them at full resolution, you should notice that I have meanwhile impoved both skills and equipment - well, let's say skills, I don't think that I can really blame the equipment I used then ;-)

Switzerland, May 2021

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You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)

ABOUT THE PHOTO:

So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.

I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.

But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.

It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.

I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.

Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).

Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.

No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.

Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).

But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.

And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.

Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.

Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.

As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊

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Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game

On this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame

Turning and returning to some secret place inside

Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say

Take my breath away

Take my breath away

Watching, I keep waiting, still anticipating love

Never hesitating to become the fated ones

Turning and returning to some secret place to hide

Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say

My love, take my breath away

Through the hourglass, I saw you

In time, you slipped away

When the mirror crashed, I called you

And turned to hear you say

If only for today, I am unafraid

Take my breath away

Take my breath away

Watching every motion in this foolish lover's game

Haunted by the notion somewhere there's a love in flames

Turning and returning to some secret place inside

Watching in slow motion as you turn my way and say

Take my breath away

My love, take my breath away

My love, take my breath away

My love, take my breath away

And a cycling trail

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Hello my amazing Flickr friends !

Today is a green day at Color my World Daily and this is also my official folding laundry, running day ! You may also add swimming in to this equation since it is warm enough today! So lets celebrate this awesome new day with a green picture.

This one is from my archives but it was taken only few weeks ago. This picture is another take on my « make a wish » series :-). So don’t hesitate and make as many wishes as you like !! We have plenty of dandelions to blow !! I hope you like it.

Mucho, mucho amor for you all !! Have a beautiful day and see you later…I’m already running !!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !!

Please visit my new website and do not hesitate to visit the Boutique. It's a good way to offer some beautiful photography to your family or your friends. :)

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"Will we find it here?

Keep on guessing, but it's never clear

Keep on running 'til we disappear

Am I crazy?

It's right in front of me

Forgetting everything that I believe

Every minute that I want to be

So far (So far) from here (From here)

The more I want to know, the more I hesitate

'Cause when your eyes are closed, I'm dreaming wide awake

So what are we waiting for?

About to lose control, about to feel the heat

Don't have to take it slow now that we're in so deep

So what are we waiting for?"

Surely this was the wrong place. I checked one more time. Numero 7, Rue Joseph Vernet..."

Blue doorway - Avignon, France

Link to my website - But Is It Art?

Mimicry: Common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) posing as a bee | 05-2021 | Ticino | Switzerland

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My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI

ABOUT THE PHOTO:

When I started out on this photographic journey of mine, I was usually already more than happy if I managed to capture the subjects I desired - in most cases lizards, snakes and insects - at all, and if I even ended up with a photo where the animal was in focus, I was over the moon.

The creatures I wanted to get on camera - particularly the western green lizards (Lacerta bilineata) - tended to be so nervous, shy and hard to even get near, that asking for more than a sharp picture seemed out of the question.

Over the years, this has changed; as I learned to approach the fauna in and around my garden without scaring it away, I was no longer content with "just" getting it on camera: I wanted to portray these fascinating creatures in a way that revealed something about their nature.

What I mean by that is that I now try to make photos where the viewer discovers something about the animals that is only possible through photography, something we otherwise wouldn't be able to perceive, because we either don't get close enough to the creature or it happens too quick for us to notice - or the animal is simply too small to reveal its "character" to us.

An important aspect of that is that the viewer is able to form a connection with the subjects in my photos, and in most cases the key to achieving that is getting a shot where the animal directly looks at you. Because that is the experience of nature photography that I love so much: just as I observe these beautiful creatures and am fascinatd by them, they in turn are observing me with a keen eye and seem to be wondering about my nature and my intentions.

This engagement between the photographer and the living being on the other end of the lense is thrilling, and it made me realize particularly when I started to dabble in macro photography that all creatures - even the tiniest ones from flies to spiders to ants - have a personality I wasn't aware of before.

Once I was able to see their eyes and the way they looked at me as I was looking at them, I started to perceive them as characters with a "soul" (for lack of a better word); an "inner life" that we humans are often unwilling to see in the creatures we are all too ready to ignore, or worse: step on and exterminate without giving so much as a second thought.

So my ultimate goal is to not just show you a well-composed photography of an animal in perfect focus (although that too would be desirable 😊): I want the personality of the subject in the photo to shine through; I want my protagonist to reveal its character to you.

I don't know if I succeeded at this with the photo at hand, but I was really happy to get the moment where this beautiful common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) had turned its head at an angle of 90%. The tiny fella was cleaning its head from some pollen, but while doing that it made sure it always had me in its sight. The movement of the turning head was so quick that only one shot - this one - ended up being sharp enough to be usable.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photo. As always, many greetings from Switzerland and have a lovely weekend everyone - and don't hesitate to let me know what you think. 😊

Hello my amazing Flickr friends !

Today is a red day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Macro Mondays is star.

Whenever you see a shooting star, sailing on the sky, dont hesitate ! Make a wish very quickly !! Of course, if you can catch the star it is even better: you will have endless wishes for as long as you keep your shooting star safe… Those shooting stars are very, very rare and fast so you will be extremely lucky if you catch one… But wouldn’t that be awesome to have your own shooting star ? Keep your eyes on the sky my friends !

FYI : my star is about 1,5cm wide.

While you think about the possibility of owning your own star, I have to grab a coffee just before my video meeting !! See you soon my friends !

Mucho, mucho amor for you all !!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!!

Pour changer de la traditionnelle photo du Martin pêcheur scotché sur son perchoir , le voici au moment de l'impact avec la branche , autant dire que la rafale proposée sur nos boîtiers modernes est la bienvenue et d'un grand secours , n'hésitez pas à donner votre avis pour les adeptes de cette technique , je suis preneur d'astuces pour améliorer mes futures images dans ce domaine . prochaine étape , le surprendre quand il sort de l'eau avec son poisson .

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To change the traditional photo of Martin fisherman taped on his perch, here it is at the moment of impact with the branch, as well as the burst proposed on our modern housings is welcome and a great help, do not hesitate to give your opinion for the followers of this technique, I am interested in tips to improve my future images in this area. next step, surprise him when he comes out of the water with his fish .

walking along the beach and witness before my eyes this wonderful sunset ... without a camera on it, only with my xiaomi redmi note 9, do not hesitate to point and the result was this wonderful autumn picture with a little color retouch to give it more life

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UN ESCALIER POUR OUTRE-TERRE

“L’imagination nous conduit souvent dans des mondes qui n’ont jamais existé,

mais sans elle, nous n’irions nulle part .”

― Carl Sagan

Le visiteur hésita …

Un silence glacial balayait l’austère étendue d’un lac gelé.

Qui s’étendait devant lui, au-dessus de l’Escalier.

Ce passage obligé menait du monde réel à Outre-Terre,

Un univers de mondes imaginaires d’hier et de demain.

L’Escalier lui-même défiait la raison

Et la motivation de ceux qui s’aventuraient

Au-delà de cette muraille improbable.

Le Visiteur jeta un dernier regard à l’Escalier,

Comme s’il était impatient de s’affranchir de sa vie de tous les jours.

Puis poursuivit son chemin vers Outre-Terre,

Terre de tous les mystères, de toutes les épopées fantastiques, de ces futurs qui nous font, parfois, regretter le présent.

Le voyage dont il serait le héros ne faisait que commencer.

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Nous connaissons les frontières du monde réel.

Du moins, nous le croyons.

Mais, ici, au royaume de l’imaginaire,

Ces frontières sont…inimaginables.

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Patrice photographiste, Chroniques du Monde de Poësia

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A STAIRWAY TO OUTLAND

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”

― Carl Sagan

The visitor hesitated ...

An icy silence swept over the austere expanse of a frozen lake

That stretched out in front of him, above the Stairway.

This obligatory passage led from the real world to The Outland,

A universe of imaginary worlds of yesterday and tomorrow.

The Stairway itself defied reason

And the motivation of those who ventured

Beyond this improbable wall.

The Visitor took one last look at the Stairway,

As if he was eager to break free from his day-to-day life.

Then continued on his way to the Outland

Land of all the mysteries, of all the fantastic epics, of these futures which sometimes make us regret the present.

The journey of which he would be the hero had only just begun.

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We know the boundaries of the real world.

At least we believe so.

But, here, in the realm of the imaginary,

These boundaries are… unimaginable.

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Patrice photographist, Chronicles of the Lands of Poësia

Taken in Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka

It was a hard climb but I am glad I made it to the top of this sacred mountain in Sri Lanka.

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It glow by a reflection of its buddy the sun

while the sun makes us run

the moon makes us dance and want romance

so don't hesitate before it's too late

make that date with the love of your life

before it's too late

before it's too late

Beyond the glass

A leaf falls

On a web

Hesitates

And then is gone.

1 of 6 photos for the

Monthly Photography Assignment Group - October

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All photos and textures used are my own.

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Pose Set 278 by SAPA

One Like You

Right on time as I was thinking I’m nowhere

I caught your vibe and you were takin’ me somewhere

And I can’t wait

Don’t hesitate

Hey, I can’t hide it my face says what’s inside

And you take me every time

Just when I think the feeling’s gone

I can’t let go, I still belong

To a love that changes everything

You make me feel you make think

To love love someone like you

To love

Music Mood

♫ LP | One Like You ♫

The Oriole sings in the greening grove

As if he were half-way waiting,

The rosebuds peep from their hoods of green,

Timid, and hesitating.......

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===ove and hate

How much more are we supposed to tolerate

Can't you see there's more to me than my mistakes

Sometimes I get this feeling makes me hesitate

I believe

She won't take me somewhere I'm not supposed to be

You can't steal the things that god has given me

No more pain and no more shame and misery

You can't take me down

You can't break me down

You can't take me down

You can't break me down

You can't take me down

You can't break me down

I can see a place of trouble

And I'm on the verge

For the love of everybody

I did something wrong

Now I feel some days of trouble (I would stay way)

In the hospital (I would stay way)

For the love of everybody (I would stay way)

But behind a wall (I would stay way)====

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Western Green Lizard (Lacerta Bilineata) | Adult Male | 05-2021 | Ticino | Switzerland

More TICINO/TESSIN Wildlife Photos (all taken in my garden in Monteggio/Ti, Switzerland): it.lacerta-bilineata.com/ramarro-occidentale-lacerta-bili... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)

My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI

ABOUT THE PHOTO:

The original title for this photo was 'The Dark Knight". In case you wonder why I chose that title, I assure you it has nothing to do with the lizard in the photo possibly having an alter ego who secretly fights crime and supervillains in the reptilian underworld (although I wouldn't rule that out completely: the reptilian underworld is full of surprises, even if our tiny village is a far cry from Gotham City 😜). No, as you might have guessed, the title refers to the rather particular colors of the individual in the photo.

The dark, shiny scale pattern of this adult male is very unusual, and I've personally never seen anything quite like it during my many years of herping in the Ticino. I photographed the fella at the end of last May, which is in the midst of mating season for the species and a period when adult males in our region generally are of a striking emerald green with a turquoise head and look nothing like the one in this photo.

And let me tell you: this fella knew he was something special, and he REALLY didn't want to be photographed (which could of course just have been him trying to protect his secret "super-lizard" identity, but the reptile community so far remains mum on that matter). What I can say for sure though is that this was by far the shiest, most prudent adult male western green lizard I've ever come across.

During my nearly three week stay at my vacation home in the Ticino last year I only ever caught glimpses of him, usually from afar, and he always saw me first. The fly honeysuckle shrub across the street from my garden is where he spent most of his time, and from the pergola in my garden I had a good view of that shrub. So whenever I detected movement between the leaves I would grab my camera, leave my garden through the back and - applying the "sneaky stealth approach" I've perfected over the years and am very proud of - try to get a photo of whatever caused those fly honeysuckle leaves to move.

As I already told you (namely here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... ), I initially had a very hard time last year to get my green reptilian friends to pose for me, but I eventually did succeed. This guy though had me nearly lose my mind. My pergola is approximately seven meters away from the fly honeysuckle shrub in question, and although that was too much of a distance for a usable photo, many times I was able to see very clear glimpses of the fella through the lense of my camera when I used the full range of the zoom.

And the really funny thing was: he always looked directly at me. Even though I was miles away (well, from a lizard's perspective) and completely harmless to him from that distance, he never let me out of his sight. I often used the zoom of the camera to check for lizard activity from afar, and none of the other individuals ever showed this behavior. As long as I stayed in the garden, they completely ignored my presence.

But this guy clearly had my number; he seemed to actually recognize me and know that I was the irritating human who kept showing up next tho the honeysuckle bush. The reason I'm convinced he was able to distinguish between me and other persons was that there would be other people in the garden next to mine who were sometimes even closer to the shrub than I was, but his eyes always remained fixated only on me. And by the time I got to the lizard residence, he would inevitably be gone.

Which, of course, made me want to photograph him even more. The elusive lizard man became a bit of an obsession of mine (well, actually more than just a bit to be perfectly honest 😉 ); in my mind I started referring to him as "the phantom", because he kept evading my camera. The most maddening thing was that I saw him nearly every day - but he stubbornly and consistently refused to have his picture taken.

It was sheer luck and literally on the last day of my vacation that I spontaneously approached the shrub without even trying to sneak up and more in the hope of finding some interesting insects, that I caught the object of my desire completely by surprise. He seemed so shocked at my sudden appearance that he remained absolutely still (my guess is that he hoped I hadn't seen him), and so I was finally able to capture this secretive and mysterious (super?) lizard and put my obsession to rest. 😊

So I hope you enjoy this (hard earned!) photo; as always: many greetings from Switzerland and have a lovely weekend everyone - and don't hesitate to let me know what you think!

Esta imagen es la última que capturé, de una pequeña serie desde el "Puente de San Telmo", en ese atardecer...Ya comenzaba la hora azul cuando el solitario piraguista, en el centro de la imagen, apareció por debajo de mi posición...No dudé en volver a hacer click !

English

This image is the last one I captured, of a small series made from the "Puente de San Telmo", at that sunset... The blue hour was already beginning when this lonely canoeist, in the center of the image, appeared below my position ...I did not hesitate to click again.

Recomiendo hacer doble click para ver en grande.

I recommend see in large clicking double on the image.

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"...Look around.

How many lies did you get used to during the day?

How many corpses were washed ashore?

How many mouths are silently guilty?

Look around.

Girls who are afraid to laugh.

Boys who hesitate to cry..."

🎧Κοίτα γύρω

Pose by me

♫ Wish You Were Here ♫

This is a capture I did for the Holst & Holst Gallery this month. I'm super honored they allowed me the opportunity.

A little story behind this pic.

I had never met Madison (Maddy) before we did this, although I've been a big fan of her work for so long. I'd asked a couple of mutual friends what she was like and both of them just raved at how nice she was. Well they were't lying. lol We talked that first night for over an hour and I'm just tickled to call her a friend now. If you get a chance to collab with this gorgeous lady don't hesitate. She's amazing. So a big thank you goes out to Madison Degado for posing with me.♥

This capture was taken at Luane's World - Le Monde Perdu - Summer 2022

Sending out a big thank you to Luane Meo for providing us with some of the most gorgeous locations in SL to take our pics. I don't know Luane personally but anyone who would open up a place they work so hard for, and pay for is very special.♥

Domicile, Duhamel, Québec, Canada

Merci énormément pour vos commentaires, ils sont toujours très appréciés.

Signe que le printemps est vraiment arrivé, les renards roux sont beaucoup plus actif, et même beaucoup plus tôt en début et fin de journée. Ils aiment bien se balader sur le lac encore tout blanc de neige au début u mois d'avril. Plutôt inusité, j'ai constaté qu'ils, car il y en a 3 qui viennent me rendre visite, aiment bien les graines de tournesols qui sont tombés au sol et n'hésitent pas à creuser pour les trouver.

Celui-ci que je soupçonne d'être un mâle se tenait à bonne distance par cette fin de journée très enneigée.

Residence, Duhamel, Quebec, Canada

Thank you very much for your comments, they are always very much appreciated.

A sign that spring has really arrived, red foxes are much more active during the days light, much earlier at the end of the day. They like to walk on the lake ice still white with snow at the beginning of April. Rather unusual, I noticed that they, because there are 3 of them who come to visit me, like sunflower seeds that have fallen to the ground and do not hesitate to dig to find them.

This one, which I suspect to be a male, stood at a safe distance on this very snowy early evening.

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Sleeping in the mountains in Ibitirama

It is the point chosen by the majority to spend the night before going up to Pico da Bandeira on the Espírito Santo side. It is well structured, has sinks and benches, male and female toilets, a clean and organized area for the tents, wooden tables and benches spread out for visitors. It has no electric light. A good point of support for resting before the climb, for sure, but if it gets too cold during the night, don't hesitate to follow the advice of the locals: go inside the toilets, you'll certainly be more sheltered and protected from the cold. Also beware of the raccoons that frequent the place looking for food.

PS 1 Don't forget to pack food well to avoid unpleasant surprises.

PS 2 The fogs come very fast. We didn't have sunset that day. On the one hand, it was good, as we did the reconnaissance trails without sun.

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In this photo, my friend Anke looks like Motoko Kusanagi.

Beside cross-processing, the contrast in the reflection was slightly enhanced.

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Early morning in the river...

Texture by Lenabem-Anna, Thanks:))

I have hesitated many a time about putting on this shot ..and yet....it still has the capacity to put me in the woods and let it wrap around me a feeling of peacefulness. These leaves are even not at their best - maybe it's that particular green ?

Good or bad it is time to just upload it..

Crazy Tuesday: "Line/Title of a Song"

"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz

It cannot wait, I'm yours..............

Thanks for your visit. Happy Crazy Tuesday, friends!

A light was requested for these islands by Sir John Clayton in the late 17th century and by Captain J Blackett in 1755. Unfortunately both were rejected as the Elder Brethren of Trinity House were unable to obtain the consent of the affected parties to pay a toll for the maintenance of the light. However, in 1826 it was found essential to construct a lighthouse in the Farne Group on the Longstone Rock.

The lighthouse—designed and built by Joseph Nelson—is a red and white circular tower built of rough stone with iron railings around the lantern gallery. The light originally came from the Argand lamps with 12 burners, parabolic reflectors 21 inches in diameter and nine inches deep and a catadioptric optical apparatus.

The island was a bleak situation to endure and the isolation must have been terrible, often storms were so bad as to drive the family into the upper rooms of the tower to seek refuge, the waves being so enormous that they covered the living quarters.

Longstone Lighthouse is most famous as the scene of the Forfarshire wreck and the exploits of Grace Darling, a daughter of the keeper in charge. In September 1838 the steamer Forfarshire, bound from Hull to Dundee, went aground on Hawkers Rocks, about a mile from the Lighthouse, when 43 people were drowned; the stern portion of the vessel being split off and carried away in the storm. The forepart, to which clung the survivors, remained fast on the rocks. At daybreak William Darling, the keeper, and the fishermen ashore saw the wreck, but the waves were beating against the rocks so much that the fishermen thought it impossible to attempt a rescue and even Darling hesitated. He was finally persuaded to make the attempt by his daughter, with her as the second hand in the small lighthouse boat. On reaching the wreck after a terrific struggle they brought back four men and one woman in their frail open boat and later a further four survivors; all 9 had to be accommodated and fed at the lighthouse for two days until the storm abated and they could be taken to the mainland. This gallant action made Grace Darling and her father famous.

What do think this is? Have a guess ;-))

And I'm looking for a title too, so if you have a suggestion, don't hesitate!

Happy Tuesday ;-))

Update on Wednesday: It is a macro of origami foil paper with has the textures that looks like peacock feathers.

I also got some very beautiful titles:

- Toscaans heuvellandschap in het laatste licht, gezien door de ogen van een nachtvlinder. / Tuscan hilly landscape in the last light, seen through the eyes of a moth

- Gold dust

- Mesmerized

- a jewel from Tiffany

- Fan Club Night &Day

Amsterdam - Havenstraat

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If you wanted to fly to space

You know that i would never hesitate wherever you go

Take me with you

If you wanted to leave dry land

With nothing but the clothes

on our backs

Wherever you go

Just take me with you

Wherever you go

That's where i wanna be

I'm always at home

When you're next to me. .

Over under and back again

You know i'd follow you

til the end

Wherever you go

Take me with you

If you decided to set sail

You know id always be

on your tail

Wherever you go

Take me with you

Wherever you go

That's where i wanna be

I'm always at home

When you're next to me. .

wooo ooooh oooh

wooo ooooh oooh

Wherever you go

That's where I wanna be

Your heart is my home

You're all that i need

Where you go

That's where i wanna be

I'm always at home

When you're next to me.

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ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved

Do not use without permission.

At the Kanda shinto shrine - Kanda-myōjin (神田明神). This shrine dates its roots back to 730 AD, but it has relocated a couple of times and ended up here in 1603, moved to this place by the shogun (to make place for the expanding Edo castle, though officially to guard against misfortune because of an unhappy kami). Before this, in 1309, the warrior and rebel Taira no Masakado was enshrined in the Kanda shrine as a kami. The other two deities enshrined here are Onamuchi-no-mikoto (Daikoku-sama) and Sukunahikona-no-mokoto (Ebisu-sama). The shrine was added to the Tokyo ten shrines (東京十社 - Tokyo Jissha) during the Meiji era, but the emperor hesitated to do so since Masakado had led a rebellion against the central government in Kyoto in his day. This was resolved with the kami being removed from the shrine. However he proved to be so popular that he was reinstated after the second world war.

The shrine itself, as it stands today, was built in 1934 in the Gongen style after the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 - but using concrete instead of traditional wood, which meant that it actually survived the fire bombings of the Second World War (when not much else in this area did). The shrine was very important for the warriors, and today its proximity to Akihabara has given it a bit of a special niche, selling talismans and blessings for electronic equipment (and all the usual talismans too, for good health, good luck, luck in business, etc).

The little man hesitates...

♬ ▶♬

Skippy was inspired to create his universe with the help of Bad Unicorn's very cool "Redrum Backdrop", which is available at the Salem Event.

Keep shining, my friends.

This photo was taken 2 months ago, because the whole image looks a bit messy, so I was hesitate to post as I not quite sure how the respond would be~~~

Anyway, since I got a pro account, so I think just post as many photo as possible, otherwise, it is such a waste to have the pro account~~ hahaha...

Hope you guys enjoy your weekend so far~~~ :-)