reflection

Not quite a Constable painting but it was taken in Dedham, where the great master lived and created most of his masterpieces.

American White Pelican

Generally quite dark compared to other orb web spiders and can be found close to water where their webs are spun on fencing, buildings and bridges and rarely on vegetation. Close to a river near me where I live a river flows under a road in a tunnel these Orbweb spiders can be found and seen in their webs close to the lights that help to light up the pathway where they have the best of both worlds, warmth from the lights where I have even seen the adults spiders here in February with snow outside and plus their prey such as moths and flies are attracted to the lights also. Its amazing to see their webs so close together and not eating each other, nature can be truly amazing at times.

First year male Goosander

The smallest of three brothers and the last surviving brother, whilst he is full of battle scars, he has oodles of presence! Early morning is interesting as he and Kasanga have quite the roaring conversation!!

Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent

This is quite a busy intersection. Tsuen Wan Road and Kwai Chung Road run parallel at ground level before they split to different directions. The overpasses on the right belong to three MTR lines: Airport Express, Tsuen Wan Line and Tung Chung Line. In the left background the flyovers to Tsing Kwai Highway. Shot from the footbridge beside the Lai King MTR station.

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Quite a stand out feature in the cactus gardens.

A green-bee eater perched on the electric wire

Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus). Long Tailed Tit showing off - holding on with one foot while busy eating with the other :D

I'm quite chuffed with this one due to creating it half cut. I now have the night off. Happy days.

Shot of the arches from the Town Hall in Manchester tonight overlaid on a headshot I keep for such occasions.

This is number 212 of my 366.

Location:Corfu/Greece. (Only crop/720mm)

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Quite desolate and weather beaten on a Wyoming landscape - this old outbuilding survives.

(They say there are more Pronghorn Antelope in Wyoming than people, also they are the only American Antelope.)

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At the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. This cemetery was in use from around the early 15th century up to the late 19th - then the area was completely full and a new cemetery was needed.

It is estimated that some 100 000 persons have been buried here, and there are around 12 000 tombstones preserved.

We went quite far into the swamps in search of a sunrise shooting location. It was our mistake, along the way we missed a couple of pretty good ones in search of the best one. Therefore, we met the dawn at a rather boring location

I went out pumpkin shopping. There were quite a few to choose from!!

Nonbreeding Northern Mallard pair from 2017.

Quite until mom or dad return with a snack from the swamp!

My first capture of this bird. I quite like the amber eyes against the gray plumage ;D

Hope all is well with everyone!

Found this spiky little beauty in my garden today right during the hour of sunset. I've noticed these caterpillars(Unknown ID) quite a few times now and they seem to be very fond of the flower buds. Spotted two of these guys today and took some snaps and this was one of the decent ones.

Thanks everyone for viewing and your comments are largely appreciated!!

"Now she's lit by the warm orange spreading from the horizon as not-quite-day, becomes not-quite-night"

- David Levithan, Every Day

Beautiful sunset over North Star Lake in the Chippewa National Forest near Marcell, Minnesota.

Photo was taken from my campsite at the North Star Lake National Forest Campground on Minnesota Highway 38, aka the Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway.

This stretch of highway is one of the most scenic in the state. The Highway 38 road bed still retains a fair amount of its original upsy-downsy curvyness. It goes north out of Grand Rapids and runs until it intersects Minnesota Highway 1 in Effie.

Not quite shot into the sun - a little to the left, a gap in the clouds as it was getting low.

Canon EOS 550D EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

ƒ/5.6 250.0 mm 1/500 ISO 100

Quite a famous place in Lisbon near the tram N28 stop. Nearby the descent begins down to the Alfama district.

Standing quite alone, far in the forest, while the wind is shaking down snow from the trees, and leaving the only human tracks behind us, we find our reflections of a richer variety than the life of cities.

- Henry David Thoreau

Photo taken @ Solus

it's always difficult to come up with something different, when you have photographed a bird many times. This pose however fitted the bill perfectly if you'll excuse the pun.

A beach regular and a very welcome one albeit not seen in usual numbers this summer.

Ringed Plover - Charadrius Hiaticula - adult

Ardmucknish Bay - Scotland

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Quite windy and these delicate Garas looked as if they were having a good time swaying and dancing to the rhythm of the wind.

Little Grebe chick Vs. Stickleback.

Victoria Park, Glasgow.

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Yeah, I've been gone on business

I've gotta make some money

I really feel the distance

And I quite miss home

And I miss you telling me

To leave my shoes at the door

'Cause you just swept the floor and the dirt drives you crazy

Yeah, I quite miss home

'Cause it feels like poetry

When the rain falls down on the window

While you're in my arms and we're watching the TV

Yeah, I quite miss home

Yeah, I quite miss home

I smell you cooking from the living room

And then I tell you that I love your food

I know it doesn't come easy

But you know it reminds me where I'm from

The same morning as my previous post which turned out to be quite productive for me - unusually - normally if I get one photo from an outing then I'm happy but several showed themselves to be decent from this morning (by my standards obviously!). This, when the grey blanket that had descended for several minutes was being burned off by the sun.

Barred Owl with blurred texture

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Lily pads seen at Robert H. Long Nature Preserve near Commerce Michigan.

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Two ducks swim away into the mist of Jordan Lake, North Carolina, USA

Nothing quite like a beautiful horse running through a field of green on a splendid spring day.

He seems to just glide or float along when he runs. Just beautiful motion

Gypsy stallion, sire to Silver, the Gypsy colt I've posted pictures of recently.

It's snowing at my house right now. Not sure how long it'll stick but it sure makes things purdy!

I quite liked the silhouettes of the misty trees at the lock.

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Blanket flowers are long lived and vibrant flowers. This year these plants have been exploding with new growth. Once I started looking at the various photographs I've taken during their stages of development, I decided that this little blossom was still quite a baby flower. Perhaps that is why gardening shops are called nurseries.

Quite a hill, a while since I've ridden up it myself.

It is midday now, we are hiking for quite some time. One thing comes to view is that any tree in this environment is lonely. It makes stand in ore and admire persistence and energy to withstand harsh environment. Well done nature.

Quite a few at Grangemouth today but the light was quite poor