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A duo of so-called Indian blanket wildflowers (Gaillardia pulchella) in the dunes.
St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA.
3 July 2021.
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▶ "Gaillardia pulchella —aka Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel— is in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to much of the continental United States.
Its ray flower blossoms are about 2.5 inches across, with yellow tips and red bases; the red frequently grades from an orange-red near the yellow tips. There may be up to 100 disk flowers that are brownish-red."
—Wildflowers of the United States
â–¶ "Gaillardia pulchella is a hardy plant, not picky about soil, though sandy and well-drained are best. It has a high drought tolerance and does best with a dry, hot climate in full sun."
—Wikipedia
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👎 Rejection.
An administrator for a Flickr group entitled FLOWERS rejected this image out of hand, stating as requirements: "We are looking for quality, sharp photos OF flowers, not simply photos WITH flowers"). How did this image 'violate' those strictures? Capricious nonsense!
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Die Selliner Seebrücke ist so schon wunderschön. Mit dem passenden Licht wirkt sie wie aus einem Märchen.
Created for Down Under Challenge #573
The original goose image is shown below.
The original sky image, which I posted here a few days ago, actually started out as a drab grey sky scene, and the color came from the Setting Sun preset in Topaz Adjust. I also applied that preset to the geese but backed off on the strength so the whole scene would hopefully appear more realistic.
Also, HSS!
Explore #324 March 7, 2011
I ride past this field everyday when I ride my bike and I have been watching it get more intense in color...... this is the peek I believe!
Standing in the harbour and looking up to the new houses - only a few old houses are there. To live here is very expensive - you have the best view around.
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Vom Hafen aus schaut man auf die neuen Häuser - es sind nur noch wenige alte vorhanden. Hier zu wohnen ist recht kostspielig - man hat den besten Ausblick.
In shade
"Si deve passare un po' di tempo vagando in solitudine fra le ombre per poter apprezzare la bellezza di starsene al sole" ― Shaun Hick. Nuvole oggi....
Foto di archivio. Buona giornata :)
It is always a dream of mine to be able to capture the sun beams and every time i have the opportunity to try it i go for it. Hope I didn`t mess it with post but i added some small contrast and color tweaks. If someone have suggestions please share them.
The arrival of a Western Swamphen, the second pf this species to be seen in Britain this year has resulted in this beautiful; nature reserve being put on the map. The first Western Swamphen was seen at Minsmere in late July and this could be the first wild bird seen in Britain of this species.
Other wildlife included 5 Spoonbills although numbers had peaked to 22, minimum of 10 wader species including Spotted Redshank and Curlew Sandpiper, 5 birds of prey species including Hobby and plenty of Marsh Harrier, Little Egret, a hooting Tawny Owl and at least 10 Bearded Tits.
There were still quite a few Dragonflies out and 3 species of butterflies.
www.visitnorthlincolnshire.com/item/alkborough-flats/
In a superb natural setting, where the rivers Trent and Ouse join to form the Humber, Alkborough Flats is an exciting project, which helps prevent thousands of homes from flooding. The site is perfect for lovers of wildlife. By breaching the river defences new habitats have been created, which are a haven for wading birds and wildfowl, making the site an ideal area for bird watching and leisurely walks. A number of events are held at Alkborough Flats throughout the year, including group walks, bat detecting and photography sessions. Limited accessibility on some footpaths.
On the way in to Västerhaninge (where I live), there is a field on the side of the road. During the summer of 2022, I noticed that along the edge of the field nearest to the road, there was a couple of meters deep with some sort of different crop.
This turned out to be sunflowers which I felt was a bit odd. Since I could see white butterflies fluttering around there I decided to bring my camera and have a look one day.
As I got there I noticed signs which explained it. It turns out that whoever owned that field had planted the sunflowers with the intent that you could pick as many as you wanted and pay by sending money (using your phone) to an organisation working to help Ukraine fight the Russian occupation. A nice little initiative and 100% of the proceeds went there.
I got several nice shots of other bugs, bu the only white butterfly that graced my camera sensor with a picture was this cabbage white (Pieris rapae) which landed fairly high up on one of the large leaves of a sunflower.
Other bugs I found were a four-spot orb-weaver here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52685314425/
and a vagrant darter: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52343369714/
Ancient windmills at the Lasitha plateau, Crete.
There is a whole serie of these mills all in decay.
Years ago there where about 10.000 windmills on the plateau, most of them are in decay, they use electric pumps to pump up the water.
Everyone in Australia now knows what this man is doing. No, he is not mindlessly checking his phone. He is using his QR code app to "check in" before he is allowed to use the services of Flippers. It is surveillance on a scale we have never known before. They can even check his vaccination status while they're at it. This is ostensibly for health reasons, but will it ever go away? I don't think so! My personal phone doesn't do apps. I wonder what George Orwell would say about it all?
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I love mist. Specially this kind of thick mist that surrounds everything, making distant objects disappear. The whole world is veiled in mystery. And the colours disappear as well. Turning into a monochrome world full of grey tones..
I don't like how grainy this photo got in the post processing though. I guess it's because I underexposed it, like I do most of the time (a bad habit!) and then turned up the brightness and exposure levels way up in Camera Raw.
Any suggestions to how I get better exposures in mist?
I think this is marigold (if not, please correct). They were in the plant pot in Chinese Garden. Very rainy day.
In this shot from the foot bridge leading to the Royal Botannical Gardens, train 70 from Windsor, with two Via - CN RS18s-3152 & 3150, is E/B at Bay View Junction.
"It is sad that so many of worth,
Still in the flesh," soughed the yew,
"Misjudge their lot whom kindly earth
Secludes from view.
"They ride their diurnal round
Each day-span's sum of hours
In peerless ease, without jolt or bound
Or ache like ours.
"If the living could but hear
What is heard by my roots as they creep
Round the restful flock, and the things said there,
No one would weep."
"'Now set among the wise,'
They say: 'Enlarged in scope,
That no God trumpet us to rise
We truly hope.'"
I listened to his strange tale
In the mood that stillness brings,
And I grew to accept as the day wore pale
That view of things.
Thomas Hardy
While Drawing In A Church-Yard
I saw in the newspaper that we've only had 3.5 hours of sun so far in November. It feels like it's always raining or is cloudy.
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Saw this Kestrel with my Niece back in July on the Boardwalk that during the Summer is very busy. The bird seemed weakened and the curiosity of people was certainly causing distress. SEPNA (they are a branch of the Police that protects Nature and helps wild animals).was called to pick it up but there was too much people surrounding it and eventually the bird was able to fly away.All I can hope is that all turned out well for this bird Cheers everyone.
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Common Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus)
Peneireiro Vulgar (Falco Tinnunculus)
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(From Wikipedia)
Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the highest at an elevation of 2,900 feet (880 m). During the dry season, the average water depth is 7 feet (2.1 m), with the deepest point being 12 feet (3.7 m), but during the rainy season this can increase by 5 feet (1.5 m).
Most transportation on the lake is traditionally by small boats, or by somewhat larger boats fitted with single cylinder inboard diesel engines. Local fishermen are known for practicing a distinctive rowing style which involves standing at the stern on one leg and wrapping the other leg around the oar. This unique style evolved for the reason that the lake is covered by reeds and floating plants making it difficult to see above them while sitting. Standing provides the rower with a view beyond the reeds. However, the leg rowing style is only practiced by the men. Women row in the customary style, using the oar with their hands, sitting cross legged at the stern.
In June of 1925, a massive section of the shoulder of Sheep Mountain - estimated at 50 million cubic yards of soil, rock, and vegetative debris - suddenly broke loose, slid to the bottom of the mountain and hundreds of yards up the other side of the Gros Ventre River valley. In so doing, the river was dammed, and what is now known as Lower Slide Lake was formed. Just two years later, a portion of the dam broke, causing flooding down stream that killed six people in small town of Kelly, Wyoming.
The scar, where the slide originated, on Sheep Mountain is visible in the distance in this photo.
The flow of the Gros Ventre River has been restored and it forms an important tributary to the Snake River. The dam has also been stabilized and Lower Slide Lake, which is today 5 miles long, provides all sorts of recreational opportunities as well as habitat benefits to the rich wildlife found in the area.
Gros Ventre, French for "big belly", is pronounced, in Wyoming at least, as grow-vont. According to Google, "The Gros Ventre River was named after the Gros Ventre people, a Native American tribe whose name is a French mistranslation of their Plains sign language gesture for "waterfall" or "falling water".
There is an information kiosk maintained by the Bridger-Teton National Forest where visitors can learn about the human and natural history of the slide and surrounding area.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. - Marc Chagall
And for me that color is PINK. :)
Listening to...Everything's not lost - Coldplay
It seems I've lost my love for flickr lately, so today I've PINKAFIED the sky just for fun in hopes of maybe finding some of that love again..
HAPPY FRIDAY FRIENDS
A fishing vessel is caught in the reflection of the setting sun in the awesome yellow, orange and deep red sunset in West Vancouver, BC. The golden orb of the sun was just huge at this moment and the sky was literally blood red! I took about 450 photos of the sunsets because the sky and colours were changing so rapidly!! Lol!! I was very lucky on this single evening to get these amazing shots; have never had this experience before, even when living in the area years ago.
Taken straigth from the camera, no editing other than a slight crop.
She stood, waiting. The morning chill was fresh in her nostrils and the beat of the waterfall was prominent in her ears. She thought back to the early days when she and her husband had lived happily in this little cottage. She thought of the months they had spent building it, the seasons they had spent sowing seed and harvesting the crops. She remembered the cold winters and the hot summers spent with him, they had been times of peace. But that was before the war came.
Her husband had marched of to do his duty for the kingdom, and she hadn't heard from him since. Four years on, the war having now ended, she waited. Everyday she listened intently for the sound of a horse's hooves to drift along the stone path, for the familiar tune her beloved had always whistled. She was hopeful. She was sure that he would have survived the war - how could he not? He was a strong man. At the end of each day when he had not returned, she kept up her faith, hoping that tomorrow would be the day. "He will come", she told herself. "In time, he will come".
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So, long time no build! I actually started this sometime last year, (early last month :P) but only just got around to finishing it. Hope you enjoy!