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Most of the cone flowers here have given way to the summer heat. Petals are dropping, cones are drooping over (sorta how I feel out in the humid hot summers of Arkansas). But found this lone cone in fairly good shape with the help of part day shade.

Nikon Z7 ~ Zeiss Milvus 100M/2

A most humble bow of respect to the painters and woodblock artists who created the "ukiyo-e" celebrating the original "floating world" of the Edo period of Japanese history. (From the series: "The secret life of lily pads")

Comments are always welcome and favs most appreciated.

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When most people think of Iowa, they think of flat land and corn fields but they likely don't know about the Driftless - a small section in northeastern Iowa that all the Pleistocene glaciers forgot to cover and level out. As a result of those lucky misses, our landscape is filled with steep forested hills and sheltered valleys where small clear cold-water streams flow. Beavers have dammed this small stream up into a brook trout paradise.

The most difficult action shot in my series was this oncoming sprint towards me. Not having eye autofocus and a slow fps I knew this shot would require some luck and concentration. The final outcome was 2 acceptable shots in this challenging situation. Click for large view.

The Dyavolski most or Devil's bridge is an arched stone bridge built by the Ottomans at river Arda in the Rhodopes mountain near Ardino, Bulgaria.

Дяволският мост е каменен мост над река Арда в Родопите, близо до Ардино.

Praha, Karluv Most

Most of the stain mills are white, varying slightly the color of the roof, black, gray, etc., that's why Belmonte mills attract so much attention.

These mills are made of ancient stone and a bit neglected, which in part is what gives it that special beauty and differentiates it from the rest of the mills with its light brown color.

Belmonte (Cuenca/ Comunidad autónoma Castilla-La Mancha/ Spain).

Sofia, Bulgaria: Orlov Most Metro Station, Line 3; Opened 2020

Most beautiful village in the Netherlands

In 2020, Winsum was voted the most beautiful village in the Netherlands.

The jury, appointed by the ANWB, is very enthusiastic about Winsum:

'A lively village with the amenities of a small town, lovely streets to wander through, two churches, two mills and that beautiful Winsumerdiep, a blue vein through the buildings. A beautiful village!',

"You can't loose ... you always win some .... in Winsum ! "

Mooiste dorp van Nederland

In 2020 is Winsum verkozen tot allermooiste dorp van Nederland.

De jury, benoemd door de ANWB, is erg enthousiast over Winsum:

‘Een levendig dorp met de voorzieningen van een kleine stad, heerlijke straatjes om doorheen te dwalen, twee kerken, twee molens en dat schitterende Winsumerdiep, een blauwe ader door de bebouwing. Een prachtdorp!’,

All attention focuses on the specific instant, almost too good to be true, which can only vanish in the following one :-)

Willie Ronis

HMM! HPPT! Character Matters!

echinacea, coneflowers, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

Hamningberg is the most northeasternmost village of the Varangerfjord and also the end of the road, which starts at the base of the fjord in Varangerbotn. In former times it was a fishing village, but nowadays Hamningberg has no permanent residents. The village itself is very nice, but the scenic moonscape road to Hamningberg itself is a main attraction in Varanger for many visitors. On a good day in May you can expect to see White-billed Divers, Pomarine Skuas, Long-tailed Skuas, Northern Fulmars and Northern Gannets. During summer, the area holds breeding Red-throated Pipit, Snow Buntings, etc. The overgrown bushes in the abandoned gardens attract breeding Fieldfare and Redwing. Hamningberg can feel like the end of the world, and its position means many disoriented birds can end up here. Hamningberg has a great rarity record list. While driving from Vardø to Hamningberg, you are pass two villages: Persfjord and Sandfjord. (www.varanger.net)

Hamningberg, Norway. May 2019.

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Acacia pycnantha, most commonly known as the golden wattle, is a tree of the family Fabaceae. It grows to a height of 8 metres and has phyllodes instead of true leaves. The profuse fragrant, golden flowers appear in late winter and spring, followed by long seed pods. Wikipedia

The golden wattle is the floral emblem of Australia with its masses of sunshine yellow balls of flowers brightening the bush and gardens in late winter to early spring. It grows from 2 to 10 metres tall and is fast growing, but sadly can be short lived. Adapts to most soils as long as they are free draining, and can take some frost and dry periods. Performs best in temperate climate zones. A useful plant- the flowers are fragrant and can be used for making perfume, the seed is edible and the bark is rich in tannins. Green seed can be cooked like peas. Ripe seed can be baked then ground with a mortar and pestle into a low glycaemic flour.

Note– this plant originates from South Australia, but has become a problem plant in some areas where it is becoming weedy and competing with the natural species. Southern Western Australia is one area where this happening. (Gardening with Angus)

in fact, it’s a very difficult medium to really excel well in because basically, people don’t work hard enough – they’re lazy. Don’t be lazy!

Martin Parr

HPPT! Ukraine Matters!

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WInterlings are the hardest to photograph flowers for me. Reason: they grow only a few cm above the groud, it´s lots of dirt around and where the grow there seems to be NO useful Bokeh. But sometimes, yes sometimes, StadtKind is a lucky guy. Especially when his neighbour let´s him into his garden during sunset...

Ingredients:

Sony ILCE-7M2

Pentacon MC Electric 1.8/50 (not really sharp @1.8 out of centre, but I love this lens)

Manual setup and focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy! All visits, faves and comments are appreciated!

The most aggressive kingfisher in our region and pretty much seen everywhere. Its an opportunistic bird that hunts many things - birds like Indian White-Eye, smaller chicks, Lizards, Skinks, little crabs, frogs and fish too.

The birds have lots of patience and they are often seen perched rather than flying. They find a spot and wait, wait, wait till they find some prey to catch. It could be some frog, insect in the fields, or a fish / tadpole, frog in a pond nearby.

On this day, I found this one waiting on the side of a road next to a small stream that is around 2 feet below the road. It sat there for a long time and dived 2-3 times for a catch and yet when it came back to this perch, there was nothing in its beak. As I changed my angle, I sighted another Kingfisher below and think there maybe a nest. Both the birds were not leaving the area and the birds tend to nest on muddy walls.

Thanks in advance for your views, faves and feedback - much appreciated.

It has a 600 ft. (183 m) wide crater.

Most of the volcano is covered by snow.

After the Arenal, climbing a steep snow (glacial) ridge. Extra 32 minutes for me. It normally takes 40 minutes.

We left from the Hut at 2:00 am.

It is 6:20 am (sunrise time).

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With its elevation of 5,023 metres (16,480 ft), Tungurahua just over tops the snow line (about 4,900 metres (16,100 ft)).

Tungurahua's top is snow-covered and did feature a small summit glacier which melted away after the increase of volcanic activity in 1999.

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The glacier is small and represents only the final 40 minutes of the climb.

Crampons are recommended.

The rest of the climb is scree and demanding, especially if it is muddy.

The wader most likely to be found along Ireland’s rocky shoreline. Mainly a winter visitor from northeast Canada and northern Greenland but good numbers pass through Ireland in spring and autumn en route to/from arctic and subarctic breeding grounds. About the size of a Starling, with a stocky build and short orange legs. In winter, its dark brown upperparts, white underside and black breast crescent make it difficult to see amongst seaweed. Spring birds are brighter and show rich chestnut markings on the wing and back. In flight, Turnstones show a series of black and white stripes, resembling a miniature Oystercatcher. Usually occurs in small flocks, moving with head down, constantly flicking over seaweed fronds, pebbles and beach debris with its short, stubby bill, in search of sand hoppers and other invertebrates.

Known in North America as the 'Ruddy Turnstone', there is also a second species, the 'Black Turnstone', which lives on the Pacific coast of North America.

Most likely melted away by now, here's the Tonti Canyon Icefall in early January. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2

Most of the sunrise shots I took on that particular day were variations on a theme (masts, water reflections, etc) but I did manage to get off a shot or two of something other than sailboat silhouettes ;-)

Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday

TYSM ♥

The most common ornamental pear in North Texas is the Bradford cultivar of the Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana), but other common varieties include the Aristocrat and Autumn Blaze. The different cultivars exhibit different fall colors, but all have the same white blossoms in the spring.

Most of the old warehouses along the River Trent in Newark have either been demolished or, as in this case, been developed into businesses and offices with many becoming desirable riverside apartments.

Comments are always welcome and favs most appreciated.

Comentarios y favs son siempre bienvenidos

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The tiger leafwing, is the most common and well known species of the genus Consul of subfamily Charaxinae in the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It is found all over the Neotropics.

The length of the forewings reaches about 30–40 millimetres (1.2–1.6 in). The uppersides of the wings have a bright orange and black pattern, with two yellow bands across the angular forewings. The hindwings are tailed. This butterfly is part of a mimicry ring, as a matter of fact the cryptic undersides of the wings mimic a dead leaf. The eggs are laid on the leaves of various species of Piperaceae of which the caterpillars feed. The caterpillars are dark green with reddish spots along the back, while the chrysalis are pale green.

This species is present in deciduous forest, rainforest, and cloud forest. It usually prefers the forest canopy, the banks of rivers and the forest edges, at elevations between sea level and about 1200 m.

I am now offline for the next week so will catch up with everyone next week when I am back home. Thanks to all my friends for your lovely comments and encouragement. It has been weird in a different time zone and not in my normal routine here on Flickr but back to normal routines next weekend

well... most of the time :p

I caught this shot in YangShuo of China, I prefer the 1st one cos I sort of liked the leaves and the branches framing them....

I also had the chance to capture them without any branches/leaves but i thought it's a bit plain...

Explored on flickr #54!

Thank you for your visits and comments my friends, I'm feeling better today :)

Most grand old houses in the northeast still have the classic mail slot, they say, though many have been moved up a bit from the very bottom of the door, to accommodate the postmen's backs......I'm trying to decide if the slightly faded part on the bottom of this door could have been where the original slot was, tho the wood doesn't look cut, just faded.....

For most all of the adults I know, but not me. For me, there is no such thing as a summer too long, or a winter too short.

Disclaimer: I do not have to drive to work. For three years in the early1980's, I did have to drive to work. During those years I was not the winter lover I am now.

My new acquaintances have just offered me the most enticing of propositions.

In this case the "most interesting things" were the neighbour's rabbits. Fynn introduced the rabbits to his little brother and Tofu the Dragon immediately fell in love with them. He will probably spend a lot of time at that fence. Happy Fence Friday ! :)

CC Most Versatile - Moody Tones: Monochrome

Happy Mono Monday!

Happy Wing Wednesday!

This field is where I shot a lot of flowers/bokeh last year. This year I was disappointed to find the flowers were mostly hidden with field grasses. The hummingbirds were still coming, though, so I came away with something, lol. : )

644 020 passes Podmelec whilst working Autovlak 854, 1038 Most na Soči - Bohinjska Bistrica, 25 Aug 2019.

I consider street photo one of the most difficult styles of photography as your subject is constantly changing. You are not capturing a bridge or a river or a colorful fall forest. You are capturing moments from the city, an urban scenery, you are capturing expressions of random people while they are not posing for you, people doing their every day thing. So quite often I am trying to focus on something static on the street, something that caught my eye and then wait until the "right people" get into my frame. I think I got lucky on this one, as it felt like these 2 guys were just leaving the area after not finding what they were looking for (404 error, web administrators may get the joke). Picture taken at Little Five points, in Atlanta, GA.

Shurik'n - Samouraï

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMBTDuvl6dQ

Κατα τη γνωμη μου η φωτογραφια δρομου ειναι ισως το πιο δυσκολο ειδος φωτογραφίας καθως το θεμα σου αλλαζει συνεχως. Δεν φωτογραφιζεις μια γεφυρα, ενα ποταμι η ενα πολυχρωμο δασος το φθινοπωρο. Στη φωτογραφια δρομου το θεμα ειναι οι στιγμες σε μια πολη, ενα αστικο σκηνικο, οι εκφρασεις τυχαιων ανθρωπων που ομως δεν ποζαρουν για σενα, τυχαιοι ανθρωποι που κανουν καποιες κινησεις ρουτινας. Ετσι συχνα προσπαθω να εστιασω σε κατι στατικο, σε κατι που τραβηξε την προσοχη μου και επειτα να περιμενω μεχρι οι "σωστοι ανθρωποι" να μπουν στο καδρο μου. Νομιζω σταθηκα αρκετα τυχερος εδω αφου οι 2 αυτοι τυποι εμοιαζαν να απομακρυνονται απο την περιοχη αφου δεν βρηκαν αυτο που εψαχναν (σφαλμα 404, οι web admins μαλλον θα πιασουν το αστειο). Η φωτογραφια τραβηχτηκε στην περιοχη Little Five points στην Atlanta της πολιτειας της Georgia.

The most famous private game reserve of all. Sabi Sands Game Reserve, adjacent to South Africa's flagship Kruger National Park, offers a safari experience found nowhere else in the world. Game viewing possibilities are simply unparalleled, including the much sought after 'Big 5'.

Most of the editing on this one was done using PS filters and brushes, but there is one texture buried in the layers that is from a free set by Flypaper Textures that I tend to use a lot. The free textures are available at PhotoshopRoadmap

You can find tons more textures for purchase at Flypaper Textures

The background of purple roses are from a member of Deviant Art who, sadly, seems to be no longer active on the site, but you can see the original as well as many more stock photos at bryony-stock

Headpiece and collar by Zibska - Sitala, currently available at the new We <3 Role-Play event.

Pose by ROQUAI - Moon 1 available at Pose Lover until June 14th

Soundtrack Future Sounds Of London - My Kingdom

Most of the Fenland lies within a few metres of sea level. As with similar areas in the Netherlands, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh- or salt-water wetlands, which have been artificially drained and continue to be protected from floods by drainage banks and pumps. With the support of this drainage system, the Fenland has become a major arable agricultural region in Britain for grains and vegetables. The Fens are particularly fertile, containing around half of the grade 1 agricultural land in England.