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A painting that conveys a not yet told fairy tale story. The story is yours :-)
THIS IS JUST A BETTER PHOTO ON, AN ALREADY PUBLISHED PAINTING !
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OIL ON CANVAS By me. 50X60 Cm
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That you like the colors in this painting make me very happy !
I have never had so much problems with colors before :)
I think it worked out in the end :)
OIL ON CANVAS By me. 50X60 Cm
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For me, most mornings are a struggle. At least once in a while it's worth it to get up before there is any light.
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Eurasian coot or black coot
Blässhuhn
[Fulica atra]
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Jersey tiger
Russischer Bär oder Spanische Flagge
[Euplagia quadripunctaria]
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My first time seeing a Purplish Copper Butterfly (size: 30mm to 38mm), taken in my sedum garden. Many thanks for your visits!
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RKO_3803. How extraordinary is it to watch these beautiful and colorful little birds doing their diving act!
This male Common Kingfisher achieved its goal and had a wonderful, though relatively small, meal!
It was a challenge (and objective) to get some nice shots of the diving Kingfisher and I guess I too achieved my objectives.
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Switzerland, May 2021
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ABOUT THE PHOTO:
So this photo is a bit of a novelty for me - at least here on Flickr, but it's also a journey back in time in a sense. I've always loved b/w and sepia photography; already as a very young teenager I would go out into the woods with an old Pentax Spotmatic (which I had nicked from my father) whenever it was a foggy day to shoot b/w compositions of sunbeams cutting through the ghostlike trees.
I used films with a sensitivity of at least 1600 (for those of you who remember what that means 😉 ), and the resulting photos had an incredibly fine grain which I loved; I blew them up to the size of posters and hung them on the walls of my teenage man-cave next to Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Slash.
But then I abandoned photography altogether for 20 years, and when I finally picked up a camera again, it was one of the digital kind. Now neither film nor grain played any role in my photographic endeavours - let alone b/w compositions: because the reason I fell in love with shooting pictures once more was the rare and incredibly colorful lizard species that had chosen my garden as its habitat.
It's this species - the Lacerta bilineata aka the western green lizard - that my photo website www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ and also my Flickr gallery are dedicated to, but I've since expanded that theme a bit so that it now comprises the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat, which is to say my garden and its immediate surroundings and all the flora and fauna I find in it.
I like that my gallery and the website have this clear theme, because in order to rise to the challenge of portraying all aspects of a very specific little eco system (which also happens to be my home of sorts), it forces me to constantly explore it from fresh angles, and I keep discovering fascinating new motives as my photographic journey continues.
Which brings me to the horse pasture you see in this photo. This playground for happy horsies lies just outside my garden, and it normally only interests me insofar as my green reptile friends claim parts of it as their territory, and I very much prefer it to be horseless (which it thankfully often is).
Not that the horses bother the reptiles - the lizards don't mind them one bit, and I've even seen them jump from the safety of the fly honeysuckle shrub which the pasture borders on right between the deadly looking hooves of the horses to forage for snails, without any sign of fear or even respect.
No, the reason I have a very conflicted relationship with those horses is that they are mighty cute and that there's usually also foals. The sight of those beautiful, happy animals jumping around and frolicking (it's a huge pasture and you can tell the horses really love it) is irresistible: and that inevitably attracts what in the entire universe is known as the most destructive anti-matter and ultimate undoing of any nature photographer: other humans.
Unlike with the horses, the lizards ARE indeed very much bothered by specimens of loud, unpredictable Homo sapiens sapiens - which makes those (and by extension also the horses) the cryptonite of this here reptile photographer. It's not the horses' fault, I know that, but that doesn't change a thing. I'm just telling you how it is (and some of you might have read about the traumatic events I had to endure to get a particular photo - if not, read at your own risk here: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51405389883/in/datepo... - which clearly demonstrated that even when it's entirely horseless, that pasture is still a threat for artistic endeavours).
But back to the photo. So one morning during my vacation back in May I got up quite early. It had rained all night, and now the fog was creeping up from the valley below to our village just as the sky cleared up and the morning sun started to shine through the trees.
And just as I did when I was a teenager I grabbed my camera and ran out to photograph this beautiful mood of ghostlike trees and sunbeams cutting through the mist. There had already been such a day a week earlier (which is when I took this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/191055893@N07/51543603732/in/datepo... ), but this time, the horses were also there.
Because of our slightly strained relationship I only took this one photo of them (I now wish I had taken more: talk about missed opportunities), and otherwise concentrated on the landscape. It was only later when I went through all the photos on my computer that I realized that I actually really liked those horses, even despite the whole composition being such a cliché. And I realized another thing: when I drained the photo of all the color, I liked it even better - because there was almost a bit of grain in it, like in the photos from my youth.
Since then I have experimented quite a bit with b/w and sepia compositions (some of which I will upload here eventually I guess), but this photo here is the first one that helped me rediscover my old passion. I hope you like it even though it builds quite a stark contrast with the rest of my tiny - and very colorful - gallery. But in the spirit of showing you the whole Lacerta bilineata habitat (and also in the spirit of expanding my gallery a bit beyond lizards and insects), I think it's not such a bad fit.
As always, many greetings to all of you, have a wonderful day and don't hesitate to let me know what you think 😊
My first Shooting with a Model. This is a detail photo of the shoes.
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I found this naturally grown bouquet of poppies inconspicuously at the edge of a field. Since it grew in a ditch, it was basically invisible from the path.
Luckily I hiked cross-country around the field to look for just such things.
Unscheinbar am Rande eines Feldes fand ich diese natürlich gewachsenen Mohnblumenstrauß. Da er in einem Graben gewachsen ist, war er vom Weg aus im Grunde nicht zu sehen.
Zum Glück bin ich querfeldein um das Feld herum gewandert, um nach genau solchen Dingen Ausschau zu halten.
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The val d'orcia is a valley near the city of Siena and is basically the most famous part of Tuscany because it is the most beautiful. I can definitely confirm the latter based on my impressions of just a few days.
This photo here was not planned at all. The actual goal was to photograph the landscape that was shown in my picture yesterday, while it is illuminated by the rising sun.
But when I saw to my left the sky turning golden and the sun climbing over the hills, I just had to capture that too.
Das val d'orcia ist ein Tal in der Nähe der Stadt Siena und im Grund der berühmteste, weil schönste Teil der Toskana. Ich kann letzteres nach meinen Eindrücken von nur wenigen Tagen durchaus bestätigen.
Diese Foto hier war überhaupt nicht geplant. Das eigentliche Ziel war, die Landschaft, die auf meinem gestrigen Bild zu sehen war zu fotografieren, während sie von der aufgehenden Sonne beschienen wird.
Doch als ich dann links von mir sah, wie der Himmel sich golden verfärbte und die Sonne über die Hügel geklettert kam, musste ich das einfach auch noch festhalten.
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Last Year I made a photograph of the same scene, now I did it again, to see, if I was able to improve my skills in photography and post processing. I choose a complete different way of processing this time. A much more natural way. Maybe You can tell me, which on of the two You prefer, and why. I would really appreciate that. Thank You.
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Letztes Jahr habe ein Foto von dem gleichen Motiv gemacht. Jetzt habe ich dies wiederholt um zu sehen, ob ich meine Fähigkeiten beim Fotografieren und der Bildbearbeitung weiter entwickeln konnte. Ich ahbe mich dieses mal für eine komplett andere Form der Bearbeitung entschieden (eine natürlichere Form).
Vielleicht habt Ihr die Zeit Euch mir mitzuteilen, welche der beiden Varianten Euch besser gefällt, und warum. Ich wäre Euch dafür sehr dankbar.
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A massive wall of fog is surging against the cliffs of mt. Winterberg in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. In the beginning it is only slipping between the trees but then it's overflowing the entire woodlands. Soon nothing can be seen of the wide green areas in the valley.
The sun that has just risen, is bravely fighting back, trying to push back the masses.. At the moment she has no chance, but the battle is not yet decided.
Eine massive Nebelwand brandet an die Klippen des Winterberges im Elbsandsteingebirge. Erst schiebt sie sich nur zwischen die Bäume dann jedoch überflutet sie den ganzen Wald. Von den weiten grünen Flächen im Tal ist bald nichts mehr zu sehen.
Die Sonne, die gerade aufgegangen ist kämpft tapfer dagegen an und versucht die Massen wieder zurück zu drängen. Im Augenblick hat sie keine Chance doch die Schlacht ist noch nicht entschieden.
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It lies very still in front of me, the Quitzdorf reservoir in Saxony. Wafts of mist rise from the smooth surface and float across the water, lending the scene something magical and fairytale-like.
It will be a while before sunrise. and the people around the lake are still seem to be asleep (I assume at least strongly, based on the time). But nature is already beginning to stir. In addition to the buzzing of the mosquitoes, which keep stubbornly flying at me, I hear the first songbirds behind me and on the other bank the unmistakable calls of the cranes.
And in the middle of the lake a fisherman floats through the fog in a small boat. He was already there when I arrived at the bank and it was still much darker.
So there seems to be others outside of photographers who just can't resist those special moments before sunrise.
Ganz still liegt er vor mir, der Stausee von Quitzdorf in Sachsen. Von der glatten Wasseroberfläche steigen Nebelschwaden empor und treiben über das Wasser und verleihen der Szene etwas magisches und märchenhaftes.
Bis Sonnenaufgang wird es noch eine Weile dauern. und die Menschen rund um den See schlafen noch tief und fest (vermute ich zumindest stark, auf Grund der Uhrzeit). Doch die Natur beginnt sich bereits zu regen. Neben dem Summen der Mücken, die mich immer wieder hartnäckig anfliegen, höre ich die ersten Singvögel hinter mir die ersten Singvögel und am anderen Ufer das unverkennbare Rufen der Kraniche.
Und Mitten auf dem See treibt ein Angler in einem kleinen Boot durch den Nebel. Er war schon dort, als ich am Ufer angekommen bin und es noch deutlich dunkler war.
Es scheint also auch außerhalb der Fotografen noch andere zu geben, die diesen besonderen Momenten vor Tagesanbruch nicht widerstehen können.
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My Monday flower greeting this week comes from my own garden again and not from a distant island.
Here you can see the last daisy I found on my meadow before the snow covered everything (the snow is gone now, but so is the flower).
She looks a bit battered, but holds up bravely.
With this in mind, stand firm and have a wonderful week.
Mein montäglicher Blumengruß kommt diese Woche auch wieder aus dem heimischen Garten und nicht von einer fernen Insel.
Hier seht Ihr das letzte Gänseblümchen was ich auf meiner Wiese gefunden habe, bevor der Schnee dann alles zugedeckt hatte (inzwischen ist der Schnee wieder weg, die Blüte aber auch).
Sie sieht schon etwas mitgenommen aus, doch hält sich wacker aufrecht.
In diesem Sinne, bleibt standhaft und habt eine wunderschöne Woche.
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RKO_9178. Sparrow hawk taking a refreshing bath!
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Today, on this hot day, let's stay in the shade of the trees. The forest is the perfect place to endure such temperatures, because here it is always air-conditioned by nature.
Luckily there are not only lakes, mountains and green meadows in the Allgäu Alps, but also plenty of forest through which you can hike.
This photo here was taken on the way to the viewpoint I showed you yesterday.
Heute, an diesem heißen Tag, bleiben wir mal etwas im Schatten der Bäume. Der Wald ist der perfekte Ort um solche Temperaturen auszuhalten, denn hier ist es von Natur aus immer klimatisiert.
Zum Glück gibt es im Allgäu nicht nur Seen, Berge und grüne Wiesen sondern auch reichlich Wald durch den man wandern kann.
Dieses Foto hier entstand auf dem Weg zu dem Aussichtspunkt, den ich Euch gestern gezeigt habe.
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RKO_9864. Same Little Owl as previous upload but now just resting on top of a pole. Image taken in the wild, in wild Netherlands!
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RKO_1586.
I saw a message yesterday indicating that the beautiful and famous leopard Lorian had passed away. Either killed by lions or another leopard! RIP beautiful Queen!
From the archives!
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ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS BY ME 60X50 Cm
All Paintings is by hand, No Computer or manipulation !!!
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For all the nice Comments, Faves, Awards and Invitations.!!!
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Giving me strength and joy to paint every day !!!
ACRYLIC PAINTING ON CANVAS BY ME. 60X50 Cm
Go to my website, select image, right click. press save image as. and download the image
A Heartfelt Thank you! To you all my Friends!
For all the nice Comments, Faves, Awards and Invitations.!!!
I read all your Comments and all your Mail.
I really Appreciate all the feedback you are giving me,
Giving me strength and joy to paint every day !!!