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Some locations that we all photograph somehow leave a lasting memory and this is one such place.😉
Hoof, Horace and I made our way up to this lofty point, we were that high, we could almost touch the stars. As always we like to arrive in good time, suss up the location and take it all in.✨💫⭐️
As this is such a quiet spot, it has quite a spiritual feel about it, so much so Horace said he had a confession to make.🐷😱
Horace told Hoof and I that he had been frequenting the home of a very beautiful Wessex Saddleback called Pinky. We should point out that Horace met Pinky at a barn dance a couple of years back, it was well before he met the gorgeous Gloucester Old spot, Petula Trotterby-Smith, who we covered in the reportage “To The Rescue”🏡🐽❣️🐖
For those of you who like a romantic story, our Horace has been taking it very cautiously with Petula and is in fact being the perfect gentleman. A couple of evenings ago I asked Horace “have you been Skyping Petula” yes he said how do you know Bri, I responded “you are wearing your Hugo Boss aftershave for the discerning gentleman”.💕
Horace continued with his confession, and went on to say that during one of his overnight stays at Pinky’s house, he asked her if it was alright to go out on the beer with a couple of his mates, he kissed her goodbye and uttered those famous words “I’ll only have a couple of pints love”. 😘🐽🍺🍺
Horace went on to tell Hoof and I that he got absolutely loaded, in fact he was so drunk he could not lie on the floor without holding on.🙈🐷😜
Horace knew he was in for a massive telling off when he got back to Pinky’s house. Horace had an idea, he thought that if he took off all his clothes at the bottom of the stairs, then climb the stairs on his hands and knees with nothing on, so that when he arrived in the bedroom, Pinky would be so shocked that she would forget to tell him off, well it was worth a try.🏡👹
So Horace took off all his clothes, went up the stairs, and when he got to the top of the stairs, he was still on the bus.
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Have a lovely weekend🍺🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷🐎🐷💃😎😂😂😂
going through the archives again, not having much time to shoot nowadays. rediscovered this sot of an orchid plant i got last christmas. the flowers have since withered, and i am glad i was able to capture it in its splendor.
enjoy the rest of the week!
As autumn is my absolute favorite season of the year. This scene was shot out at Colorado during the change of the aspen trees. I decided for a very narrow wide crop to give the perspective I wanted for the viewer.
Spreading wide, painted green
Between the branches, beauty seen
Deep inside the wild hole
Waits the ever lasting soul
Of sweet nature, that i see
In the branches of the tree
That in the hole now is seen
Tempting me, so wild and green
Wow. A sticker lasting this long in the city of Las Vegas, let alone right on Las Vegas Blvd is ALMOST UNHEARD OF! No...it IS unheard of. This kind of thing is a miracle!!! I stuck this up on 11-23-06 and as of 12-29-08 it is still up! No defacing, no covering and no cleanup crew!!!! Double wow!
Tuscany
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The daylight might not be lasting so long as it did….And there might be a chill in the air that was not around so long ago……and no, you are not mistakenly in thinking that the leaves on the trees are no longer the vibrant green that they were, and are falling thick and fast, creating a golden carpet in the forest today, and giving us a fantastic photo opportunity for an autumn photo, if you are up for it …But you have to remember that due to the poor I light I need you all to be perfectly still to keep you all looking sharp, and don’t forget to spread out a bit, so that we get as much of the golden look behind you……Can you do that for me do you think.….Of course you can….Click….Well done Shelties
The massive cathedral was built between 1525-1577 in a late Gothic style, outdated elsewhere in Europe. The previous cathedral of Segovia had stood adjacent to the Alcazar, and had been used by the royal armies in defending the latter against siege. The rebellious Comuneros were intent on taking the Cathedral to protect its holy relics, and to use its position against the walls of the Alcazar in order to defeat its defenders. In a famous exchange, prominent city officials urged the comuneros to halt their attacks on the church, saying they should consider the injustice of razing so sumptuous a temple while making war against those who, serving their king, defended his Alcazar. But their plea fell on deaf ears, and the comuneros replied: la Iglesia era de la Ciudad (the Church belonged to the City). After a bitter siege lasting months, the cathedral lay in ruins.
My florist provides me with some beautiful blooms to fill my house with. Much was my delight to discover these white and mauve chrysanthemums in his shop. The humidity that we are currently experiencing this summer won't make these blooms droop, as they are very hardy and long lasting.
Chrysanthemums, what I still call "mums", are also known as "chrysanths" by my mother and many other people. They are flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia and the center of diversity is in China. Countless horticultural varieties and cultivars exist.
A round trip lasting a total of 44 hours to photograph these northern birds. I've been dreaming of photographing these birds for fifteen years. Goal achieved. :-)
We observed and photographed an incredible number of these beauties.
Un énorme merci à Raymond Ladurantaye pour un voyage dans le nord du Québec magnifique. Il nous a permis d'observer et de photographier une telle quantité d'oiseaux que je n'aurais jamais cru possible, même en rêve. Je trouve cette photo-ci vraiment typique du comportement de ces oiseaux.
Jamesie, Quebec, Canada
Kowloon, Hong Kong
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My memories of this great vintage neon sign only go back to the 70's, but it's a lot older and keeps on burning bright. Occasionally, a letter will go out for some time, but they fix it and the rather intense orange-red neon tubes continue to display a little evidence of a time when neon ruled the sign world in an area now bent on changing the landscape and look of things.
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Commonly known as moth orchids, is a genus of about seventy species of orchids in the family orchid. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, coarse roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers arranged in a flowering stem that often branches near the end. Orchids in this genus are native to India, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia with the majority in Indonesia and the Philippines. A few to many, small to large, long-lasting, flat, often fragrant flowers are arranged on erect to hanging racemes or panicles. The sepals and petals are free from and spread widely apart from each other. The lateral sepals are usually larger than the dorsal sepal and the petals much wider than the sepals. The labellum is joined stiffly to the column and has three lobes. The side lobes are erect and more or less parallel to each other and the middle lobe sometimes has a pair of appendages or antennae. R_7109
In honor of my brother-in-law, Allan Smith...actor and member of the San Francisco Mime Troup..passed away in 1985. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIR1RuRjPUk
A rose is an argument.It proclaims the triump of beauty over brutality, of gentleness over violence, of the ephermal over the lasting, and the universal over the particular 🌹 -Alain Meilland
Every so many years the lupines will bloom simultaneously into a carpet of purple. As for any wildflowers, timing is essential with peak blooms typically lasting only about a week. Leading up to the blooms I made it a point to scout out the conditions to determine when the lupines would peak.
Then it came down to a waiting game hoping for a day with clouds. With the volatile spring this year getting clouds was not much of an issue but getting the right cloud setup for sunrise/sunset light was far more challenging. Knowing the peak bloom is short, I grabbed my first light opportunity to get out here. I was pleasantly surprised to get a pretty good light show as the sky had a decent burn with textured clouds. However, it was the lupines that really shined. At peak freshness, the lupine appeared juicy and each flower stalk was tall and full of petals. I was quite relieved in getting these conditions as spring weather usually brings bluebird skies or overcast conditions, but I managed to get a solid light show right when I needed it.
Dundee's eyes matching the last colors of a beautiful autumn. He's about to experience his first snow soon :-)
Switzerland in November 2021
My wife had some old chrysanthemums in a vase that were ready to be discarded. Every time I walked by them I felt I needed to get my camera out and photograph them. Finally when I did my wife wanted to know why I wanted to take pictures of old flowers. I explained that I could see beauty in their decay.
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Wither
Taken @ Nagar, Hunza, Pakistan
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Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
Will you love me tomorrow?
Is this a lasting treasure?
Or just a moment's pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Tonight with words unspoken
And you say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?
I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Listening to...Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King
Wasn't around much this weekendl and now it's Monday.......Pout Pout !! I tried to play comment catch up as best I could.....if I missed one of you could you please slap me around and bit and let me know................bahahahaha
Muahs !!
The cold spell lasting till last weekend produced some wonderful photographic opportunities. The entire forest was covered in ice and snow, with the slowly setting sun shining nicely from the back.
This picture was taken in a small forest near Lägerdorf, north of Hamburg, Germany.
Taken on a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Rear Wide Camera) with the ExpertRaw app and edited in Lightroom.
Another old shot released from the archives of Private shots on flickr . For some reason I have found nearly 500 photos sitting hidden away .
This one was taken at Old Warden Airfield on a display day and on this day P3717 was fresh out of restoration days and the pilot after displaying with a couple of other Hurricanes had the sky to himself and did he give the Hawker Hurricane a right work out !!
For more information checkout the shot of SWOP the Hurricane to read a fuller story of this iconic aircraft .
After having spent the last couple of years going to photo workshops with Spitfires and then actually taking a flight in a Spitfire , I think a promotion of the Hawker Hurricane is in order .
During the Battle of Britain, both the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane played crucial roles in defending Britain against the German Luftwaffe. These iconic fighter planes were at the forefront of the aerial combat during that pivotal period.
Supermarine Spitfire:
The Spitfire was a single-seat fighter plane that had recently entered service just before World War II began.
It was fast, sleek, and highly agile.
Although outnumbered by the Hurricane, the Spitfire’s performance was remarkable.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight still operates Spitfires today .
Hawker Hurricane:
The Hurricane was another single-seat fighter aircraft.
It was often overlooked in popular retellings of the battle, but its impact was immense.
Most of the RAF squadrons flying over London during the Battle of Britain were equipped with Hurricanes.
The Hurricane helped turn the tide of the war and left a lasting legacy in aviation and other aspects of modern life .
In summary, both the Spitfire and the Hurricane fought valiantly to defend Britain’s skies during the Battle of Britain, contributing significantly to the eventual victory .
"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment" -- Claude Monet
I wasn't wild about the compositions I could come up with. Travelling with a group of other people (non-photographers) I didn't have the luxury of taking much time to shoot nor even choosing any sort of ideal shooting location. I would much rather have found a field with a barn or windmill or anything of interest in it.
While I don't like the composition here, I just love the colors in the sky. It was really amazing. This is the same morning as the foggy shots...just after the fog burned off. So I processed this to weaken the details while keeping the colors in an attempt to make it look a bit like an Impressionistic painting.
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Tech Details:
Nikon D7000
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 @ 17mm
Exposure: 105.1 sec, f/16
ISO: 100
B+W ND110
Hitech 1.2 ND se grad
Capture One 6 (raw conversion)
CS3 Ext & Silver Efex Pro2
Macro Mondays theme :#Smell
Perfume is the art that makes memory speak.
~ Francis Kurkdjian ~
Perfumes can create lasting memories that transports us to a place and time. And this is partly why perfumes are such a successful business. If the fragrance of a perfume is the reason why we buy it, another important aspect of the product is its bottle. And it may very well be a deciding factor while ordering online. 😉
The miniature perfume bottle featured in my picture measures 1 ½” at its base.
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I like fishing...
Remember No -kill ..The pike is a native Scottish species ,You can fish for them in many waters ,some grow to 15 kg..Most people would catch them and release them with no harm ,A minority of Eastern country people have decided to eat them all and kill them all.I am Ragging.....Don't kill my pike ..