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Soon the only color will come from the evergreens, but for now many of our deciduous trees are still providing a beautiful display of rust, yellow, orange, and gold.
” Somebody said you got a new friend
Does she love you better than I can?
There's a big black sky over my town
I know where you're at, I bet she's around
Yeah, I know it's stupid
But I just gotta see it for myself
I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh oh oh
And I'm right over here, why can't you see me, oh oh oh
And I'm giving it my all, I'm not the guy you're taking home, ooh
I keep dancing on my own
I just wanna dance all night
And I'm all messed up, I'm so out of line, yeah
Stilettos and broken bottles
I'm spinning around in circles
And I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, oh
And I'm right over here, why can't you see me, oh
And I'm giving it my all, but I'm not the guy you're taking home, ooh
I keep dancing on my own... "
- Calum Scott -
Switzerland, May 2021
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
You find a selection of my 80 BEST PHOTOS (mostly not yet on Flickr) here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/western-green-lizard-lacerta-bi... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
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 😊
This species provides an example of sex role reversal with the females being more brightly coloured than the males. Females will also choose a male and then defend him against other females and when the chicks have arrived, the female scarpers and the male raises them on his own.
Thank you for taking a look at my images
My Brilliant Image
by Hafiz
One day
the sun admitted,
“I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The infinite Incandescence
That had cast my brilliant image!”
“I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The Astonishing Light
Of your own Being!”
This morning we turned the clocks back to normal - Central European Winter Time (UTC+1). Bastian does not care - he is on his own time...
Bastian (mixed breed), 24.10.2020.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.
All photos used are my own.
All rights reserved. This photo is not authorized for use on your blogs, pin boards, websites or use in any other way. You may NOT download this image without written permission from lemon~art.
"FLORAL". Para alegrar tu Invierno.
THANK YOU ALL MY KIND FLICKR FRIENDS. YOUR COMMENTS AND INVITATIONS ARE VERY MOTIVATING AND APPRECIATED.
GRACIAS A TODOS MIS AMABLES AMIGOS DE FLICKR. SUS COMENTARIOS, INVITACIONES Y FAVORITOS, SON MUY MOTIVANTES Y APRECIADOS.
Images and textures of my own.
Querétaro - México.
© All rights reserved.
I used my own # 10 Sunny Evening Watercolour Texture here.
You can find it here: www.deviantart.com/creationsbyirene
The Monarch butterflies have returned to my garden, collecting nectar from the Asclepias and Milkweed, soon I hope to see tiny eggs laid on the underside of the Milkweed leaves :)
My own texture
As always many THANKS to all who choose to award/comment/invite.
PLEASE! Do not fav without a comment/award.
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A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.
~ Daisaku Ikeda
Texture My Own
Birds Skeletalmess www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/3259043544/
Swan FritsM www.flickr.com/photos/fvdmeer/sets/72157609925646389/
Shot near Central Park.These are the actual colors on the structure.I just enhanced them a little.I don't exactly know which street I took this shot,but between 59th and 79th streets there are many old mansions that once were owned by some of NYC elite from the 19th century.Some of them have been converted into embassies and museums.Most of the museums are strewn along 5th Avenue between 82nd and 104th streets in what is known as Museum Mile.
Leica M10 / Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar ZM 4/85 mm
Today I bottled my own handmade compound gin after 4 weeks of maturation and it's very good.
Tirana. Jodie Set
Set compatible with Legacy (original/perky/petite), Kupra (original/kups), Ebody (Reborn), Maitreya (Lara/petite).
The set includes: top with sleeves, skirt, panties and piercing.
Maddox Poses
Love FATPACK MADDOX POSES (Static poses)
all info in the blog
I Just Need Some Time,
I'm Tryna Think Straight..
I Just Need A Moment In My Own Space..
Ask Me How I'm Doin',
I'll say "Okay", Yeah.
But Ain't That What We All Say..?
Sometimes I Think Back To The Old Days..
In The Pointless Conversations,
With The Old Me..
Yeah, Back When My Momma Used To,
Hold Me..
I Wish Somebody Woulda Told Me..
If You Want Love,
You Gon' Have To Go Through The Pain..
If You Want Love,
You Gon' Have To Learn How To Change..
If You Want Trust,
You Gon' Have To Give Some Away..
If You Want Love,
If You Want Love...
Texture: my own
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Biarritz lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. Unlike any other part of France. The region has its own language, cultural landscape, architecture, and culinary traditions. The land here is breathtakingly distinctive— with the turquoise blue waters, wild coastline, and rugged foothills of the Pyrenees
"""In the early 1500s, the first Jack-in-the-Box was made by a German clockmaker known as Claus. Claus built a wooden box, with metal edges and a handle that would pop out a cartoon devil or “Jack” after cranking the handle.
It was built as a gift for a local prince's fifth birthday. After seeing this toy, other nobles requested their own "Devils-in-a-box" for their children.
In the early 18th century, improved toy mechanisms made the Jack-in-the-Box more widely available for all children and not just royalty.
The Jack-in-the-Box has been used for centuries by cartoonists as a way to describe and poke fun at politicians.
The name Jack in the Box has also been used as the name of a fast food company, who began using the toy and the phrase as their mascot in the early 1950s."""
Info - WiKi
This is a paper folded version. I used 30x60cm duo colored Kraft paper (gold /red).
Final size: a little box 5x5x5cm, when the box is closed. When Jack pops out the height is 10cm ;-))
Model: origami Jack in the Box
Design Max Hulme
Diagrams: in the BOS Magazine #203 or here
My own background plus png guy with red umbrella, fx'd to the max.
For:
Time Portals And Fantasy Challenge - July / August 2022
www.flickr.com/groups/challenges_community_group/discuss/...
I want to have another beautiful summer day
For see the green of nature
I want to live a hot summer night
For see the moon being born from a passion
I wish I could rule the time
Candy sky and summer
I wish I could rule the Earth
to make a big heart of her
Yes, it's love and compassion
Not war and loneliness
Yes, it's love and compassion
The world and all it's beauty
The wind blows, the storm comes
That will wash me from all evil
With the clouds you can not see
The blue sky that's above us
And the lights that will come to light us
I want to have another beautiful summer day
For see the green of nature
I want to live a hot summer night
For see the moon being born from a passion
(my own translation from Bruno Mad - Dia de Verão/Summer day)
*a coo-production and lessons between great friends:
- pose made by Sandi Benelli <333
- dog trainer & PS brush teacher - shakespeare (skinny) :)))) Maxie Daviau gave me a first lesson... <333
- i had sooo much fun... feel blessed for have so great friends!! and this is my first official exercise with PS brushes: www.brusheezy.com/
Visit this location at Crystal Garden Estates in Second Life
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ғᴀsʜɪᴏɴɴᴀᴛɪᴄ | ʙʀᴏᴏᴋs ғᴀᴛᴘᴀᴄᴋ ᴀʟʟ - ɢɪᴀɴɴɪ/ᴊᴀᴋᴇ/ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ
ɪɴᴅᴜʟɢᴇ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴏᴛɪᴠᴇ | 2021 ᴄ.ɴɪɴᴇ ᴛᴀɴɢᴇʀɪɴᴇ
Lel EVO X - Avalon
AnneLand - Carly Skin
BOM
7 Velour Tones
Shape and Brows Shape included
NeckBlend Included
Browless Option
Realistic Ears
Kaya Shape included
In the Mainstore ♥
The referendum result was a shock to us all. I truly believe it is not the way forward and I worry for our country, our future and our children. We are now on our own, where do we go from here?
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HAIR.➥Doux || Valeria Hairstyle at Level
GLASSES.➥Moncada Paris || Nicky Minaj V2 Eyewear
OUTFIT.➥Little Fox || Tessa Ribbed Dress at Kustom9 (Jun. '22) then Mainstore
BAG.➥Movement || Folded Wallet
POSE.➥Lyrium || Bea Breathing / Static Stand Set at Mainstore
Own rose image processed with Smart Photo Editor
Third place winner (tied) in EXPLORE WORTHY, Mini Challenge 24 - Love & Romance (2021 Art)
~~~ Thank you all for viewing, kind comments, favs and awards - much appreciated! ~~~
Spider by: [NoRush] Black Widow on Face @ InWorld/MP
Outfit by: sass [neve] set 1 [Energy Weekend 11/20] @ InWorld
Pose by: PosEd Lost In My Own Mind @ InWorld
Drink by: [Cinnamon Cocaine] Hot Coca Pack @ TLC
Dog by: [Rezz Room] Shih Tzu Adult ~Animesh @ Equal10
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