View allAll Photos Tagged Outside
Macro of a bee at Hart Park. This was one of my first shots with my new macro set up. Used a Tamron AF 1.4X Tele-Converter, Canon EF25II extension tube, and Canon EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro.
Follow me on Facebook for chances to win free prints of my work.
www.facebook.com/cruzincaninesphotography
If you enjoy my work please check out my website:
Olympus OM40 Program
Manual mode / ESP metering
Tamron 28-70mm - f/3.5-4.5
Hoya CIR-POL
Fujifilm CA135 - ISO 200
The Snow Bunting is a bird of the high Arctic and snowy winter fields. This little bird was on my list for years and today I was lucky to see and photograph this one. My first photo in 2017.
Happy New Year to All my Flickr friends!
Took this shot while waiting for the bus to Kings Tree.. August 2016, Derwent Valley , Peak District, Derbyshire,.. UK
The Sumatran tiger twins with their father in the Rimba of Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands.
Nonja and Tess are the Sumatran tiger twins who were born on September 1, 2014.
Although adult tigers in nature spend the most time alone, male and female are usually very tolerant of each other. In Burgers' Rimba share male and female peacefully their spacious outside residence.
Please see here more animals from Burgers Zoo.
.
Ahu and moais destroyed.
***
The moai statues and religious beliefs:
As in all of Polynesia, in Easter Island, worshiping ancestors was a big part of the inhabitants’ spiritual lives. The Rapanui believed that important people’s “mana” (spiritual energy) continued existing after their death, and that it had the ability to influence events much after their death, a belief that became tangible in the construction of the moai statues.
This is known as the classic stage, when the Rapa Nui culture reached its maximum splendor raising enormous ceremonial altars or Ahu in which great sculptures where made craved from volcanic rock, which are the most characteristic symbols of Easter Island. The moai period extended between approximately 800 A.D. and 1860, when the conflict between the different bloodlines changed the island’s history.
When a tribe’s leader or one of its important members dies, a sculpture was ordered to be created in the quarry of Rano Raraku, which would later be transported to to the respective village, so that it could project its “mana” or supernatural powers over its descendants. The moai statues were always placed looking towards their village and their descendants, not towards the sea, since their objective was not to protect them from outside threats but to extend over them a protective blanket.
As the Rapanui became skilled in sculpting and transporting the moai statues, these became bigger and more stylized, in contrast with the first which were short and crude; hence, the size and finesse of the sculpture’s details can be used to determine their antiquity. In fact, the biggest moai that were sculpted in this period, are still found in the quarry of Rano Raraku. It’s estimated that the biggest sculptures demanded the work and attention of men between 10-20 years old all year long.
_______________________________________________
It’s believed that between the 15th and 18th centuries, Easter Island suffered an overpopulation crisis that caused shortages and conflicts between the 12 island tribes. The obsession of building bigger and bigger moai statues was one of the main causes of deforestation and food scarcity. These problems led to a fall in the belief of the moai’s power and their construction was not only abandoned, but some were even torn down from their ahus.
_______________________________________________
At this time, the Tangata Manu or Birdman cult starts gaining strength. This cult resulted in what is now known as the Birdman Competition, as a way to determine who would be the Ariki who would rule the tribes for a period of one year. He who collected the first manutara (Easter Island seagull) egg from Motu Nui would have the right to rule. The Birdman Competition was held every year until the arrival of the Catholic missionaries in 1864.
D610
70-200 f2.8
Lee ND 0.9
Lee Soft Grad 0.9
30s - f/16 - ISO200
Ver Fondo Negro | View On Black
© All rights reserved
Para más información sobre cualquier fotografía o para usar alguna imagen no dudes en ponerte en contacto
Sígueme en / Follow me also at: 500px
A Request, Please Click Here And View Large On Black
Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Chouf District of Lebanon. Deep in the Shouf district on top of Mount Barouk, cedars some 350 years old grow in an enclosed grove. These trees, which are in pristine condition, can be easily admired from outside the protective wall.
Although the temperatures are still high outside, the falling of rain & leaves can only mean one thing - FALL is almost here, & I couldn't be happier! Something about the smell of burning leaves, the sound of them crunching under your feet, the taste of pumpkin, & the colors of autumn just makes me fall deeper in love with this season every year.
Vosges
www.facebook.com/philippe.haumesser.9
TOUS DROITS RÉSERVÉS ©Toute photographie de ma galerie ne peut être reproduite, copiée, éditée, publiée, transmise ou téléchargé de quelque façon sans mon autorisation écrite.
ALL RIGHT RESERVED ©
All material in my gallery MAY NOT be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my written permissio
Goldenrod and the end of Summer at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ, USA
DSC_4211 - Processed in CaptureNX 2 2.4.7
Traveling to Lux* South Ari Atoll.
Best place in Maldives! Gorgeous beach and an amazing island!
With seaplane transfer the trip is around 25 mins with this view all around.
Go to Lux* South Ari and enjoy every second!
<Share my photos anywhere you wanted, just link back to my image/page!
Thanks for all visits, comments & Favs!
NO images//awards//graphics please!
© 2016, All Rights Reserved. Do not use without a permission, please.
Contrary to some peoples' perception, I do actually take photographs at different times of the day. Granted I perhaps don't do it as often as I should but time restraints usually tend to play a part in that. This was a must shoot, stop the car moment. This house just looked so inviting in the last of the afternoon sunlight especially with their pretty floral and pumpkin display.
Taken in the Annapolis Valley.
Buy this photo on Getty Images : Getty Images
Fratercula arctica
Submitted: 02/06/2016
Accepted: 09/06/2016
(Explored April 7, 2016)
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ, USA
DSC_31421G11 - Processed in GIMP 2.8.6
Male Lion in northern Botswana. He and his brother had killed a baby elephant recently and now he´s observing what the herd is doing.
All rights reserved.
© Thomas Retterath 2016
Another shot of this slice of paradise. The hike into and out of this place is tough, but well worth the effort.
The Matterhorn (German) or Monte Cervino (Italian), is a mountain on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps.
Taipei is a basin and there are low mountains around it. This is shot from the south during blue hour. I do love this angle since the river curves as residential area along.
這個貓空的攝點好久沒來，前面的樹已經長得太高，快不能拍到完整的景美溪，真是可惜。
PS. 標題出自宋代，李曾伯的「滿江紅·推枕聞雞」。
~ 貓空, 文山區, 台北
Maokong, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 100, F10, 30 sec(3 shots merged), 70 mm
- Canon 5D Mark III with EF 70-200mm f/4 L Lens
- Sunset @ 6.47pm(296º) / Shot @ 7.07pm
- Visibility 40 km @ 5.45pm / Humidity 70% @ 7.00pm
I found these very cute, and very tiny, fungus cups on a rotting piece of wood in my garden. To my eye, they were just like tiny white pinheads; it's only when you magnify them, with my MP-E 65mm lens here, you see the intricate detail, and also the water droplets on them.
I'm wasn't sure what these were, and thought they might be an earlier stage of Merismodes fasciculata, which I uploaded an image of earlier this year: www.flickr.com/photos/pogspix/15553919193. But, Steve Balcombe has suggested Lachnum species, which looks correct (thank you).
Happy to be corrected if not.
There's also a photobomber in the bottom left, some sort of fly larva, I would guess.
I took this image with my MP-E 65mm at about 3x magnification.
It's a pretty good sign that whales are in the area, when you walk outside your door and see boats lining up on the horizon. I am not sure who had the better view, me or the boats? This is a full frame shot from the Pacifica pier of a Humpback Whale lunge feeding,
Pacifica Pier
Pacifica, CA
I took the picture at sunset.
........
Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment and fav my images.
Have a great day everyone!
I haven't posted this before as to be honest I wasn't sure if it was good enough - I do like playing with landscapes and we're blessed round here with plenty of great views.
This was taken just outside Ashcott as you take the road to RSPB Ham Wall and Meare. It was taken a moment after 6am on a trip to try and see roosting chasers and later hobbies - worked out on both counts that day.
Large is best.
After reaching the Paradise Inn in Mount Rainier NP in the afternoon we were disappointed to see that the summit was hidden in the clouds. Luckily the clouds cleared at some point that night and I was able to go out and have the stars and mountain to myself from 1 to 3 AM.
We had lots of snow overnight and the forecast was for a gloomy day. Just what yours truly was wishing for! Took my camera to work, vowed not to spend my lunchbreak at my desk working, but to head out and take a few captures. Hardly anybody outside, since the sky promised the next bout of snowfall.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by & having a look. Have a great weekend.