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Two buddhist tibetan monks, in their red habits, are enjoying the sunset on the Royal Palace terrace of Leh, in Ladakh, India. The mountain range on the far side is the Himalaya.

Riviera del Sol, Spain

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Outside of Oberhaid, a small town north of Bamberg. It's a small lake (or large pond) in the Hassberge mountains, a nice spot for a Sunday walk. [P1060803_lr_2000]

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Myiopsitta monachus, Parrocchetto monaco, Roma

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A minimalistic study. I saw the monk in Galle, Sri Lanka.

Monk Coniston jetty overlooking Coniston Water. Lake District.

50 sec exposure.

C/G ratio 5.47

2nd Place , Beautiful Capture of Week 37 , Jul 2019

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Macro

On Black Album Flickr DNA

Went back to visit this lady, trying to get a flight shot. Settle for a nice setting and perch.

Monmouth, NJ.

Jinshan Temple, 62 Jinshan Rd., Zhenjiang

Archive photo taken in 2011

Young monks of 'Bokar Ngedon Chokhor Ling Monastery' enjoying their recess before the afternoon prayer. This monastery is situated at Mirik, West Bengal, India.

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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Caturrita

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

Psittacidae (Família)

Psittaciformes (Ordem)

FREE BIRDS

Pantanal

Barão de Melgaço

Mato Grosso, Brasil

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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Boring sky replaced in Photoshop .

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Spain; Murcia, San Pedro 25/1/23.

Importation into Spain from South America has been banned since 2005. That said, importation continued, peaking at 18,980–21,455 birds in 2015. No wonder then that the species has been self-sustaining for many years now.

Ref. 'The Legal International Wildlife Trade Favours Invasive Species Establishment: The Monk and Ring-Necked Parakeets in Spain'.

Lucrecia Souviron-Priego, Antonio Román Muñoz, Jesús Olivero, J. Mario Vargas, John E. Fa.

Nyaung Shwe - Myanmar

And abandoned house across the road

Bangkok - Thailand

Nong-Khaï (Thailand) - If the young monk hadn't sensed my presence and given me a big smile, I wouldn't have taken the picture. I found the combination of blue and orange interesting. Problem the three young novices had their backs to me. I never photograph people from behind. However, I looked into my sights, half-heartedly, just out of curiosity.

The young monk on the right then turned around and thinking I was photographing him, he gave me a big smile. Did he have the third eye? I could not let pass such a radiant face. I triggered.

Les trois jeunes moines

Nong-Khaï (Thaïlande) - Si le jeune moine n’avait pas senti ma présence et ne m’avait gratifié d’un large sourire, je n’aurais pas pris la photo. Je trouvais intéressante l’association du bleu et de l’orange. Problème les trois jeunes novices me tournaient le dos. Je ne photographie jamais les gens de dos. J’ai cependant porté l’oeil à mon viseur, sans conviction, juste par curiosité.

Le moinillon de droite c’est alors retourné et pensant que je le photographiais, il m’a fait un grand sourire. Avait-il le troisième oeil ? Une ne pouvais laisser passer un tel visage radieux. J’ai déclenché.

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Mönchssittich - Myiopsitta monachus - Perruche veuve

A nice surprice to see them nesting in the middle of Madrid .

Watching the monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery creating a sand mandala at Unity Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. It is amazing to watch monks work on a sand mandala over a period of days. Their concentration and the creation of this sacred masterpiece is a prayer.

Morro Jable, Fuerteventura

Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) ~ Polk County, Florida

A monk parakeet hard at work building a nest. Amazing to watch them move these awkward twigs and branches!

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One from earlier this year which I didn't get round to processing at the time. A misty morning at Monk Coniston Jetty January 2018 taken just as the sun was starting to burn off the mist.

24th December 1990

47187 heads west from Warrington nearing Monks Sidings box