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A reddish egret finishes its aerial dance with a graceful landing.
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Taken at the Flower Dome - Garden by the Bay, Singapore.
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from my annual Christmas Eve Light Tour....Lawton, OK
.......Find the Cat in the window light.......
joyous noise let us rejoice
in one wonderful harmonious voice
join together the great choir in Heaven
smile and love as they sing unleavened
a sigh, a tear, a grin let us win!
not tomorrow or yesterday but today
let us say
stand tall and if you fall
know that God has us all
His choirs are all on key
as they sing to you and me
love is all around
love is the great abound
fill your cup to the top
and know that you will never flop
you will always win
get up if you must and do it all again
sing and know that you were made for delight
your home is in heaven
wow wow wow wow
stay in the now.
peace to all
May you have the gladness of Christmas
which is hope.
The spirit of Christmas
which is peace.
The heart of Christmas
which is love.
Best wishes to all for a joyous holiday season.
Doc and Jeanne
Happy Yule, Joyous Jól... However you call it...
Thank you all for being a part of this amazing day and for creating this beautiful chapter in Rungardvik's history. We made new memories today that will stay with us through the ages. Moments like these define us. HUGS and SKOL! ️️️️
Special Thanks to Lyna Corvinus of Rakshasa //R3D and Anna Tison of ANTAYA 💞💞💞
Special Thanks to Kimmy of Kimmys Arts & Crafts 🌺🌺🌺
Special Thanks to Virginia Stella of Officina dei Sogni 💞💞
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Special Thanks to Elina Maddison 💞💞💞
Special Thanks to Talya, Heidr, Abby, Odania, Anne, Ilsa, Sigrid, Musa, Angelina, Saffie, Mata, Alfina, Nicte, Jezz, Sara 💞💞💞
Special Thanks to Skald Ael 💞💞💞
It would be easy to get stuck on this first morning adventure in Sweden. To get stuck on the first day in fact. Our sunrise shoot at Havstensklippan was only the start of the first of several very productive days in Scandinavia, firstly here along the west coast of Sweden, then later in the mountains of Norway. Usually I’ll only have one story to tell from a single outing, but there was so much happening in just a couple of hours up here that morning that it’s impossible to keep a lid on the smorgasbord of weather that was boiling over the sides of the pot.
What was immediately clear was that this well chosen location had a lot of possibilities. Below us lay salty Havstensfjorden, spreading across the landscape in a north-south direction, chock full of forested islands, and beyond this, the Uddevalla Bridge, which perhaps had been the main draw in coming here for sunrise. At our feet was an expanse of textured rock, dotted with tufts of orange grass and small drifts of colourful heather. Then there was that distinctive group of pines on the right hand side. Surely I had to find a way of including them? Any views to the west and the open sea were blockaded by the thickly forested slope we’d stomped through to get here. Still, and unusually for me, this was a sunrise shoot. We could worry about west facing views this evening. Meanwhile, in the half light I began to try and make a decision as to where I’d plant the tripod before waiting for things to get started.
This was the second composition I found on the lofty platform of rock where from where we watched the soft orange band of light on the eastern horizon gradually bloom and burst in spectacular fashion across the landscape. The first had also included the group of tall and wispy pines, but it also featured a lot of dead space on the left hand side. It was only as I stood there drinking my coffee, contemplating lofty thoughts and wondering what had captured Steve’s attention over there on the other side of the pines that I noticed the far more generous clump of purple heather lurking in a small hollow to my right. I’d just clamber down and size it up and, oh yes that looks a lot better. I don’t really know why, but I hadn’t even been expecting heather. A month earlier it had taken centre stage at home for a while, and perhaps I thought I was done with it. But no, here was a brief reprise on a Swedish rock. All I needed was for the sun to rise high enough to light the pines and the heather, and then we’d be in business. With that in mind, I returned to the sunrise itself, which was drawing ever closer. I’d come back to this one a bit later. Meanwhile, things were kicking off in style, starting with the sun coming up behind the southern strut of the handsome Uddevalla Bridge.
Forty-five fun filled minutes and sixty frantically taken shots later I was standing in this spot again. The pines were positively glowing, a gently diffused morning sun reaching through the showers to pick out the trunks and breathe life into them. By now Steve had joined me, keen to see what had drawn my attention before I raced over to gatecrash his rainbow party just after sunrise. But while the trees were quite beautifully illuminated in the pale wash of sunshine, the heather lay stubbornly in the shadows. It seemed quite clear that the sun wasn’t going to rise high enough to spread its magic here for quite some time either. So I accepted the compromise and took the shots anyway. Besides which, another heavy squall was charging up the fjord towards us, and while the first one had scudded by harmlessly to the east, this one clearly had other intentions. We zipped up our coats, popped the shower caps on the cameras, and braced ourselves for impact.
A lot of images were taken in this crazy couple of hours when the late summer sun rose through the rain and filled the landscape with a filmy haze of greens, yellows and purples. With so much going on it was hard to stay focussed on any one scene for long, and we chased around the headland in pursuit of the bouncing light, reacting to rainbows and rainclouds, with brief pauses for the odd shot that had been spotted before sunrise, such as this one. Joyous carnage indeed. I might have struggled with the very early start, but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. What a fantastic introduction to a country I’d never visited until now. With its first blows, Sweden had delivered a knockout punch. The morning madness at Havstensklippan was going to be a tough act to follow.
Amazing colors from the tulips at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens in bright springtime sunshine.
Jenny Pansing photos
small: The Joyous Gown
Hud allows you to change PBR, transparency and shine settings
Legacy, Perky, Bombshell, LaraX, PetiteX, Reborn and Waifu
:: DS :: Flynn Glasses
15 colours you pick from via the hud , choices of size, metals , glass tint and transparency also adjustable via the hud
Deep Static mainstore
[GA.EG] Inaya 3.0 #HDGenX Bento Head
RAMSEI - Darky's Bouquet
textures and effects by Remember Remember
See more in my Texture set here
See more in My Dahlia set
starburst colors dance
above stems tinted emerald
a joyous dahlia
Thor and his beautiful goats, Tanngrisnir (teeth bearer) and Tanngnjóstr (teeth grinder), are charging forward towards our new year.
Ironically... I am a Capricorn :)
Are you with me?
Joyous Light...
...infinite Light
expo "RéTROsPectiVe "first year Flickr""
www.flickr.com/photos/jeans_man59/galleries/7215764984191...
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The second that I turned my engine off at my favorite pull-out at Cherry Creek State Park, this white-tail deer fawn took off running in a joyous tribute to Colorado mornings. A couple of laps around the meadow and it greeted Mom and they walked calmly into the woods.
Hope everyone had a joyous and peaceful Holiday Season, Happy New Year and all the best for 2024!
I've been remodeling our bathroom with Marybeth while she's home on her school's winter break so little time for Flickr lately. We finished tiling the floor and I constructed a new vanity with repurposed oak fence railings that I planed/finished to make presentable but still retain all their rustic charm and a spalted maple top. The finish just came in the mail so that's the next step along with tiling the walls.
This week's Macro Mondays theme of "New" seemed a natural for my Christmas present that my family helped make possible. My D850 had a good 5 year run but I do like the added features of the Z8; pictures to follow in the days, weeks and years ahead! The size of this macro is about 0.75 inches.
Shot wit: VOIGTLANDER, 125mm f/2.5 SL, MACRO APO-LANTHAR and Nikon 27.5mm extension tube, shot @ f/4.0, 15 Layer Focus Stack Rendered w/Helicon Focus, (B,R4,S2).
Another photo from my Hitchin visit. I haven't visited the swans there for a long time and catching up with them again felt like coming home.
This image is straight out of the camera.
Much, much better large please xx
In the Paris parade, not all participants were Chinese...here we have a South American, from Bolivia, twirling with joy!
52 Still Lifes Week/Semana 51 Christmas/Navidad
Merry and joyous Christmas to all my Flickr friends! "May your heart be light" ~
Only one more week to go in our 52 Still Lifes Project :(
Unfortunately I have missed many weeks throughout the year but life beckons! It has been an especially busy year for me, not much time for photography, although I am always thinking about the prompt for that week! I have been amazed and so inspired by the creative ideas and talent of the members of this group. Thank you Nathalie and Ana and all! Wishing you a wonderful holiday!
Lamentablemente me he perdido muchas semanas, ¡pero la vida llama! Ha sido un año especialmente ocupado para mí, no hay mucho tiempo para la fotografía, ¡aunque siempre estoy pensando en obtener esa gran oportunidad! Me he sentido asombrado e inspirado durante todo el año por las ideas creativas y el talento de los miembros de este grupo. ¡Gracias Nathalie y Ana y todo! ¡Te deseo unas maravillosas vacaciones!