Liverpool Eye june 2018

En la costa del Gozón. El cabo Peñas al fondo.

Seed pods or helicopters from our Japanese Maple.

Taken with an old soft spot filter.

Best viewed large.

I won't have time to reply to everyone faving and commenting on this, since we will be leaving on a 3 week trip next week.

I will try to catch up with all of you once we are back.

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

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macromonday - soap

Gezellig fotodagje met Mirjam

hss !

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Bay of Islands.

The unproductive gardener. That's me, but at least I grew four bean pods and got a cool photo.

"Siempre hay flores para aquellos que desean verlas"

Henri Matisse

Finding some time for photography during my very busy time. I am working very hard during lock-down period. All work is done remotely from home though.

Back again after few days. I took a few days off because sometimes Flickr is overwhelming and takes a lot of time out of my days. I just post no more than two photos a day because that.

I find Maple (Acer) seed pods more beautiful than the flowers it produces in spring. A maple leaf is on the coat of arms of Canada, and is on the Canadian flag. The maple is a common symbol 🍁 of strength and endurance and has been chosen as the national tree of Canada.

Lavender Pods is an arrangement of pods on a light box. the image was inverted and a filter applied.

El aristócrata Tocqueville, al observar la democracia de los Estados Unidos y de su burguesa Francia natal, hace siglo y medio, tuvo la premonición de que la libertad en el mundo moderno se enfrentaría a peligros desconocidos hasta entonces. “No temo que encuentren tiranos entre sus gobernantes”, escribió de las generaciones futuras, “sino más bien guardianes”, Tales “guardianes” privarán a los pueblos de su libertad al satisfacer sus deseos y explotar después la dependencia engendrada por su generosidad. Vaticinó un tipo de despotismo democrático en el que “una multitud de hombres; todos idénticos e iguales” lucharían incesantemente por alcanzar “los mezquinos y despreciables placeres con que atiborran sus vidas”. El gobierno paternalista benevolente (el moderno Estado de bienestar social) se cierne sobre ellos:

Este gobierno trabaja de buena voluntad por su felicidad, pero decide ser el árbitro exclusivo de esas felicidad; les garantiza su seguridad, prevé y compensa sus necesidades, facilita sus placeres, gestiona sus principales preocupaciones, dirige su actividad, regula la dejación de propiedades y subdivide sus herencias: ¿qué queda sino librarlos de todo el trabajo de pensar y de todas las dificultades de la vida?

El “principio de la igualdad ha preparado a los hombres para todas estas cosas “y a menudo para que las consideren como beneficios.

Después de tener a cada miembro en su puño de hierro, y moldearlo a su voluntad, el poder supremo extiende sus brazos sobre toda la comunidad. Cubre la superficie de la sociedad con una red de regulaciones pequeñas y complicadas, diminutas y uniformes, que ni las mentes más originales ni los individuos más enérgicos pueden desentrañar, para alzarse sobre los demás. La voluntad del hombre no se quiebra, sino que se reblandece, se somete y guía; apenas se obliga a los hombres a actuar por su voluntad, pero constantemente se les restringe su actuación: un poder semejante no destruye, sino que impide la existencia; no tiraniza, pero comprime, exaspera, extingue y atonta al pueblo, hasta que cada nación queda reducida a tan sólo un rebaño de tímidos e industriosos animales, cuyo pastor es el gobierno (La democracia en América, Alexis de Tocqueville).

¿Esto es lo que queremos?

(Propiedad y libertad) Richard Pipes

A pod of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) swims in search of salmon or other prey along the west shores of Alaska near Juneau, U.S.A.

The male is easily identified by the tall, straight dorsal fin and this pod was observed during a recreational cruise to Alaska.

8 June, 2010.

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Dedicated to Flickr friend and Composition partner Opus104, please visit examples like this to understand how sometimes a simple line is all that is needed to convey the big picture. Go ahead, pour yourself a coffee and start.

(power to attract)

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Zimminyville was est. July 2017. Curfax & Flo had a vision for the land on earth & moon. Winter, Summer & Fall. Be sure to check out the working Drive In, Balloon Ride, Also take a ride in a space pod to the moon. A very photogenic sim.

found some dried out seed pods in my garden from my canna lillies. They are so beautiful in this state so I popped them on the windowsill in this soft light. HMM y'all!

A cool find in a stand of wild prairie grasses.

Fresh peas

Crazy about the datura plant, so of course the seed pod is a big part of their story,

Castiglione d'Orcia

Moment captured January 27th, 2023 at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. (USA)

Many thanks for stopping by. Have a great new week.

My Nigella flowers are now going over, this is a typical seed pod.

Seed Pods

Rhs Hyde Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK

shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a fujifilm xf35mm f/1.4 lens

I shot this in total darkness without seeing what I was shooting at!

Nigella has intricate beauty long after the flower has gone.

Here is a capture slightly back from the seed pod in the late day light. A crop of this image was posted earlier (shown now in the comments). Also took some really close in macros of the pod, but still need to process them.

Large On Black

Textures: ninianLif, leschick - thank you.

na rozcestí u Březové

8.27.18