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20160701-08
red currant [ribes rubrum]
"If we're always guided by other people's thoughts, what's the point in having our own?" - Oscar Wilde
Thanks for looking... :)
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Pentax K200D, 28mm, f/2.8, 1/350s, ISO 100
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Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7
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Thank you for your visit, most appreciated
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Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7
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Thank you for your visit, most appreciated
Another guest in my garden :)))
Thank you for visits, comments and favs!
Ein anderer Besucher in meinem Garten :)))
Vielen Dank für Eure Besuche, Kommentare und Sternchen!
Golden Dung Fly | Scathophaga stercoraria | Scathophagidae
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2019.
Samsung NX1 & Kiron 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2020.
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Pentax K-5
Pentacon 50mm f1,8 auto multi coating
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Thank you for your visit, most appreciated!
(Deeply cropped image using a truly great lens)
Gotta say, I’m not sure ‘Bella’ is the most apt name for that one!
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Pentax K-5
Pentacon 50mm f1,8 auto multi coating
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Thank you for your visit, most appreciated!
in the garden and very invasive... but they do make the prettiest tiny flowers... so I leave them and then I'll weed wack them down!!
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Pentax K-5
Helios 44-2 58mm F/2
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Frosty morning and blindingly bright on this new little rhododendron plant.
Thanks for looking.
Larger size: www.flickr.com/photos/jan-timmons/50867321146/sizes/k/
Venus is in the lower left and Mars/Jupiter are in the upper right of the photo at a 45 degree angle.
... created using Jupiter-9, vintage lens made in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
The bell was found long time ago while hunting for a lost treasure.
Thanks for watching... HMM :)
You are taking one courageous step after another down the healing road. While these are healthy steps, it’s intensely challenging to face the unknown and experiences so terrorizing that your mind wisely blocked them out for the sake of your survival. This is too much to handle alone and it’s important to remember that God’s presence surrounds you in each moment and you have the gift of your small though incredibly mighty group of supporters. Things are unclear, difficult, scary, require a tremendous amount of perseverance, and when you reflect on the past the healing process is evident, encouraging and certainly worth the effort it requires.
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Recently I was struggling a lot with my own intense mental health struggles in addition to the stress and fear of my husband’s health struggles and recent hospitalization. Somehow I found the strength to spend some time outside capturing the beauty I saw in the fog and frost that was visible through the windows that morning—it seemed to tell an important, uplifting story that helped me continue pressing on.
On my way to a shooting location after a couple of days of heavy rain, I spotted this cow by in the river. It was difficult to focus with all the branches, very lucky to have got this shot with its tongue sticking out.
Nikon F=70-210mm 1:4 Series-E
*Unedited image.
Central Alentejo, Portugal
January 2023
I got up early and embarked on an early morning stalk, I mean, walk around the narrow alleys of Amsterdam.
This little kitty hangs in the sun-room amongst my plants...
and thought how perfect for
Happy Caturday!!
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, my friends...
Peace and joy to you and your family this holiday season, if you celebrate.
A friend gave us a bright red poinsettia plant. I had fun with varying apertures, window light plus an off-camera light, and shallow depth of field. Thanks for looking!
Overlooking the hills from Redondo town, just outside the castle wall surrounded by agricultural land mostly vineyards and olive trees. Redondo is well known for its wine in the 90s but lost the competitiveness, there are plans to revive to recapture their market share at the moment. Also well known for the street floral show which is held biannually, the best in the country, 2023 will the first since the pandemic.
Nikon F=70-210mm 1:4 Series-E
Redondo, Alentejo, Portugal
November 2022
in my garden...
I was given a small piece of this plant almost 30 years ago.... it has spread all over and it's indestructible.... I love the added color it brings to the garden...
This is another shot of the two liverworts, but in a slightly different composition. Unfortunately I cannot stop down my Cyclop since it has no aperture and hence the liverwort on the left isn't sharp. Anyhow, but I hope you like it!
Due to the weather I got my location much later. By then it was windy and full of noises from the kids coming out to play. So, this robin stopped here only for a brief moment for a couple of shots. It was all in a hurry. At the lens closest range, perhaps a bit too close. No time for adjustment, image is straight from the camera, unedited.
Brighton 🇬🇧
17th February 2021
Since lockdown, the animals behaviour have changed especially the squirrels in my local area. The seagulls and pigeons have encroached their territory. The squirrels are now scared, not so easy to photograph them anymore.
This female squirrel is pregnant. She came down from the tree a few times to get the groundnuts from me but she would not come close. When she got the nut she will climb up a tree keeping her distant until she finishes the nut before coming down again.
Although it is noted that animals can be seen more easily these days as compared to before lockdown. The sudden change of the way of life has certainly affected not only humans but of animals too.
Has there been less food for the squirrels ? Most probably it has as the seagulls have move inland to find food because the tourist trade has ceased and not much food for the seagulls at the seafront. Same goes for the pigeons.
So, it is not that a place had became quiet and other animals appear. They are actually forced to look for a greener pasture. Just an observation in my normal location shoot of squirrels.
Brighton 🇬🇧
26th March 2021