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I realize its been hard finding a place to get a haircut during this pandemic, but this old shack takes it to new heights. It's sorely in need of a good trim.
This is one of the best nature reclamation processes I've ever seen. :-)
Half Moon Bay CA
This was undoubtedly the highlight of my 2019 Michigan trip. This was a lifer for me and my number one warbler goal for this year. What made it more special was it was a female and I got to share my find with a client. The story behind the find was remarkable as well. It certainly was an answer to prayer and also the fruit of persistence in the field.
THE STORY:
The weather was cold and rainy and the conditions had been challenging. Driving slowly along the soggy and somewhat challenging dirt roads with windows down I thought I heard a M0urning Warbler sing. We stopped and listened but he never sang again but we enjoyed a Nashvi11e Warbler before resuming our warbler quest. Soon we encountered a downed tree and had to turn around. We went down a different dirt road and soon again encountered a downed tree. We had no choice but to backtrack completely. As we drove slowly along I heard again what I thought was a M0urning Warbler. We stopped and realized it was the exact same place as before. Again he never sang again. Then I saw a bird foraging low and bins raised I was amazed to see a female Lawrence's Warbler. If not for the two downed trees and the phantom M0urning Warbler we never would have found this bird. May she nest successfully and raise a male Lawrence's and may he return nearby in 2020 to breed!
I just realized I haven't posted a sunset lately...there are several I love from this night, so I hope you like this one...Happy weekend! Aug 3 on Explore @ 148, up to 125
I realize this photo is a little bit messy, but I found it was rewarding for me to dig in for all these little details. I couldn't seem to find a stance for this one that didn't involve my knees being poked by sharp rocks. My tripod bag got me through it. Best viewed large.
Nikon D7500.
drl LeBaroDea
I realize that this is not a great picture, but I am posting it because I find it interesting. In the original it actually looks like the sun is pouring into the room and over the desks. In B & W I find it just looks a little more spooky!
Have a nice evening =)
I have decided to upload smaller size versions of my photos because I have become aware that some people think it's ok to steal our photos.
Tom and I realized, albeit reluctantly, that Saturday evening was going to be a lost cause up at Crater Lake as the clouds continued to roll in. We made the painful decision to bail on Crater Lake and to head South in an attempt to get a sunset on Siskiyou Lake by 5 PM. We drove straight down and arrived in time, but the clouds had moved in faster than we had anticipated and the sunset was a bust. Feeling somewhat dejected, we continued our drive South to a Travel Lodge in Redding and called it a night.
We were both up by 3:45 AM on Sunday morning and looked outside to find that it was already pouring. Our thought at this point was to head East in an attempt to drive out from under the clouds and grab a sunrise. We headed first to Lassen National Park where it was already beginning to snow, but we realized that we were out of luck with the sunrise as well.
Tom's suggestion was that we just head North up highway 89 to Burney Falls. I had never heard of these falls before, but Tom said Teddy Roosevelt had proclaimed them to be the 8th wonder of the world. We both rolled our eyes as we got out of the car about an hour later. We were in the middle of nowhere, and didn't seem to be near any sizable mountains, so how impressive could these falls be?
But as we neared the gorge, we could hear the roar of these falls growing stronger. It was still pouring down at this point and Tom and I seemed to be the only lunatics shooting this early on a very rainy Sunday morning. As we approached the first overlook, we both just stopped in our tracks. And then we both shot non-stop for the next 90 minutes. The leaves surrounding the falls were still changing and the challenge at this point was to frame these falls in a compelling way as they were HUGE. Not quite Niagra, but still far more impressive than what either one of us was expecting.
If you happen to be driving out on highway 89 (not sure WHO is out driving on highway 89 as it was pretty empty for miles while we were driving) you might consider stopping by McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park. The falls are literally in the middle of nowhere and you'll have to keep an eye out for the sign, but well worth a stop. Especially on a very rainy Sunday morning in November.
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It is a bit hard to realize that there would be a place in Hawaii where you would need your warm jacket. Yet you will find that place at the summit of Haleakala mountain (which is an inactive volcano). A 22 mile long twisted road (really sharp curves!) is your way from 1000 ft to 10000 ft elevation. Many people were biking up there, though the scale of the challenge is easily understandable (9K ft of elevation in just 22 miles). Fortunately there is plenty of parking up there, at least after sunrise. The summit of the mountain is usually covered with clouds making the whole scene unearthly and magical. I was there on a day with low clouds, well as low as they can be considered when they are at 10.000 ft, so getting clear shots of the surroundings was hard.
I realize that the previous photo I added to my stream didn’t really show Riley very well, and found this one today of her watching a westbound Union Pacific coal train climbing toward Big 10 Curve out of Rocky, Colorado, on July 22, 2006. It was a hot afternoon, but she was a little trooper…
A small (15-17 cms) blue colored bird that stands out in its environment and easy to spot. The birds are found in semi / evergreen forests and wooded areas and within them often sighted flying near streams catching the flies in the area. The blue is amazing and in the male is quite deep rich and wonderful. Its habitat is usually green or brown and this is so easy to spot, but very difficult to get close as it is a very shy bird.
The bird is a resident of the Indian subcontinent and found much of the country. The male in this picture sports this rich blue plumage while the female is pale blue in color and lacks the black nape on the head. We sighted a couple of them in our recent trip and almost all the photographers were trying to get a shot. The bird was smaller than many of the leaves in that forest, so it was tough to get a shot. I didn't realize I got some good shots till I saw them in the computer!
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” ~Mitch Albom
Happy Mother's Day to those of you celebrating. I do realize that today may be a painful day to some who may not have had a good relationship with their own mother or have lost their mothers or who are childless and sad or for a myriad of other reasons. I wish you all a day of love and peace.
PS - the light was so good today I didn't want to use my flash, maybe I'll try another day... :)
First off this was a great joke and let's not confuse it to mean anything else other than a staged joke that was pretty epic. Try to imagine being a reporter for a newspaper and finding all these guys in your parking lot first thing in the morning. Now I realize some of these might be well before the times of some viewers but I'm sure a little searching the net will help with the rest of the story. Daima and I found it hilarious and we'd like to thank our fellow prankster roleplayers at maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lightning/61/164/23 and a special thank you to P. Allen for making sure it didn't get out of hand.
I still remember this photographic moment. Wandering through my flower garden on a warm day, I noticed movement in some dried fronds of sword ferns. Then I was filled with happiness when I realized I was seeing baby spiders scurrying around. Eventually I discovered that these were Araneus (European garden spider or crowned orb weaver). I'm just pleased that I had this close encounter.
Baby crowned orb weaver spiders travel in the most interesting way. Do check out this link for more information...
owlcation.com/stem/Araneus-Diadematus-The-One-Year-Life-C...
Took this one with my buddy William McIntosh at Zion National Park. We scrambled up to William's sacred spot and eagerly awaited the sunset. Things were looking good but in the last 20 mins the clouds shifted to the east and started to light up the sky in the wrong direction. I quickly bailed from my over the valley composition and started shooting anything I could find facing the direction of the colorful clouds. You should have seen us, Bill and I sat there chanting, willing and hoping that the clouds would shift but mother nature was not hearing us.. :) So, not being my ideal shot for the evenings sunset, I think it still turned out to be a decent photo. I'm glad that we were alone in this spot or someone might have thought we were nuts or at least Bill was nuts out on the ledge literally a 5x5ft area with at least a 30ft drop in any direction, not even enough room for two tripods. Maybe they would be right? LOL. :)
I know my Flickr Friends are probably getting tired of my daily posts, I realize that's a lot of posting, but I have over 200 photos from 13 trips taken this year alone. And I need to get this stuff up here. I thank those of you that continue to encourage and support my photography even at this rate of posts. Maybe I should start a project like David Kingham. A photo a day for 365 days, When I saw him undertake his project I thought it was crazy to post everyday. Now I know why he's posting so many. :)
Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great Wednesday ahead everybody!! :)
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This is a Hibiscus bud, a Malaysian national flower.
Nikon F=70-210mm 1:4 Series-E
Setubal, Portugal 🇵🇹
October 2022
As I sit here, grappling with my thoughts, I realize that expressing my feelings has always been an uphill battle. Emotions, like a tempest within, swirl and churn, but I find myself lost in a sea of words that never quite escape my lips. It's not that I don't want to share; rather, it's a fear of vulnerability that holds me back. I've always feared judgment and rejection, so I keep my emotions guarded, tucked away in the recesses of my heart.
What I can give is my heart made of string.
"Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use." - Charles M. Schulz
Model: Julia McIvor
I didn't realize Ophelia had followed me into my room until I went to put something in the closet... NYC
Was dressing for a Halloween event and realized I really had a look, good or bad is relative, anyway, Kept adding things till I was pleased. Thought it was a good look for a picture. Hopefully the actual Halloween outfit goes as well. There's this great sim for pics like this... Nightbrook Hollow.
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Worn:
Dress: Luas - Sena Dress
Boots: Blueberry - Can't Relate boots and stockings
Hair: Doux - Nashaly
Skull: Pagan - Skull Flower
Skin: Deetalez - Monica - Valley Velour tone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcEjZQQNjo
Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight
Woo-hoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo-hoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eyes
She held me spellbound in the night
Dancing shadows and firelight
Crazy laughter in another room
And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon
Woo-hoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo-hoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eyes
Well, I know you want a lover
Let me tell you, brother
She's been sleepin' in the Devil's bed
And there's some rumors going 'round
Someone's underground
She can rock you in the nighttime 'til your skin turns red
..... realized that I dreamed all the way.
Home and safe, I could safely go back to sleep.
So it can go, when you watch movies about Indiana Jones and Crocodile Dundee same evening!
This is the eighth and last picture in the serie "San Monique".
First picture:
www.flickr.com/photos/gustaf-af-ansgarso/29103581878/in/d...
Moment at home, Lionheart Zira.
Closest landmark:
I just realized that I haven't kept a promise I made a few weeks ago.
And I had promised you the picture of a beautiful historic building that everyone in the city of Lübeck knows, the salt storage. Well, here it is.
It consists of a series of storage buildings built between 1579 (far left) and 1745 (far right). You can see the different architectural styles of the individual parts very well.
Despite the name, not only salt was stored here, but also cloth, grain and wood.
But it all started with salt. This was mainly needed to preserve fish caught in Norway (we're still talking about the 16th century). Pretty impressive.
Soeben habe ich realisiert, dass ich ein Versprechen noch nicht eingelöst habe, was ich vor einigen Wochen gegeben habe.
Und zwar hatte ich Euch noch das Bild eines wunderschönes historischen Gebäudes versprochen, was in Lübeck jeder kennt, den Salzspeicher. Nun, hier ist er.
Er besteht aus einer Reihe von Lagergebäuden, die in der Zeit von 1579 (ganz links) bis 1745 (ganz rechts) erbaut wurden. Man kann sehr gut die unterschiedlichen Baustile der einzelnen Teile erkennen.
Trotz des Namens wurde hier nicht nur Salz gelagert, sondern auch Tuch, Korn oder Holz.
Mit Salz jedoch fing alles an. Dieses wurde hauptsächlich zu konservieren von Fisch benötigt, der in Norwegen gefangen wurde (wir reden immer noch vom 16. Jahrundert). Schon ganz schön beeindruckend.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
I realize I put fake Wendy's with a fake In & Out backdrop but oh well 😂
Genus Baby Face head
Maitreya Lara body
7 Deadly s[K]ins Milagros skin in “Apricot”
Gloom Sailor Collection eyes in “Gray”
MICHAN Paige lashes
[MJN] Autumn Vibes eyeshadow
[::JesyDream::] Louisa blush
VELOUR Elizabeth lipstick
[MJN] Cute Nose
Finer Threads Sel freckles
KUNI Tone hair
Gaia Taylah crop top
ROULY Drive Crazy shorts
pr!tty Foods Pin Collection (on shorts)
BLAXIUM Lulu nails
Marsh Baby Girl tattoo
REIGN Arianna Gingham sneakers
Junk Food Gingy’s Fast Food Tray v2
Haller. I'm back at u with a grungey post feat. two gorgina brands *ehem* BTTB *ehem* FAKEICON. Luv me pls.
Hope y'all enjoy the look and the petals smacking me in da face.
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About the location:
Last night I was lazing around the house, not really motivated to do anything. At around 2:00am I realized that sunrise was only a couple of hours away so I checked the Yahoo weather map conveniently located in the titlebar in Flickr, and it was showing a thin cloud layer to the west moving around 5 mph in my direction. This location is only 35 minutes from my house so I decided that I would stay up through the night and get a super early start. I always face a difficult choice on my way up into the mountains. If I head west on Hwy 138 then I have only this view without any backup locations, but if I head east I have several other options but no view that includes the city, so I have to feel pretty confident about the cloud coverage to head west but I could feel the light coming on this morning. This is a view over Lone Pine Canyon road, the city in the distance, because of the angle looks like one but is actually 3 cities, San Bernardino, Redlands and Beaumont blending together and leading up to Mount San Jacinto in the background.
About the shot:
This was shot using a technique in which you trick the camera into thinking something it's not seeing. I first set the camera to spot metering and metered the sky. Then it set the camera to underexpose by 2 stops switch to manual focus and refocus on the city lights, then I light painted the foreground with a couple of lights at a WB of 5000k.
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Mikey: Don’t you realize? The next time you see the sky, it’ll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it’ll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the best of stuff for us. But right now, they got to do what’s right for them because it’s their time. Their time! Up there! Down here, it’s our time. It’s our time down here. That’s all over the second we ride up “Troy’s bucket.”
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2020 Elysion Halloween - Goonies Never Say Die Landing Point
“Yesterday, Day of Recollection, realized again above all my need for profound and total humility—especially in relation to any work I may do for peace. Humility is more important than zeal. Descent into nothingness and dependence on God. Otherwise I am just fighting the world with its own weapons, and there the world is unbeatable. Indeed, it does not even have to fight back: I will exhaust my self and that will be the end of my stupid efforts. To seek strength in God, especially in the Passion of Christ.”
“On the night watch, hurrying by, I pushed open the door of the novice’s scriptorium and flashed the light over all the empty desks. It was as if the empty room were wholly full of their hearts and their love, as if their goodness had made the place wholly good and rich with love. The loveliness of humanity, which God has taken to Himself in love, and the wonder of each individual person among them. This is of final and eternal significance. To have been appointed by God to be their Father, to have received them from God as my children, to have loved them and been loved by them with such simplicity and sincerity, without nonsense or flattery or sentimentality: this is completely wonderful and is a revelation...”
- Thomas Merton, The Intimate Merton (December 11,1961)
jasmine top PSEUDO
jen leather skirt ROWNE
sock boots SEUL
bubble puffer coat SABOTAGE
plated wave earrings FASHIONISM
circles choker CHAIN
queen crown MINIMAL
hair UNORTHODOX
enise applier - alura bento head FIORE
lip (tinted) MAI BILAVIO
From far back in the archives-taken over 9 years ago.
I had permission from a friend to go to the back of his pasture to photograph this old car that had been left there years before. He didn't think the cows would mind and I was not concerned either. I've never been a farmer but my work involved close contact with livestock. What neither of us considered was that many of the cows had small calves and the presence of a stranger did make them nervous. I got a couple of shots before I realized I should go. It was a long, slow walk with the herd close behind and quite a relief to get to the other side of the fence.
Realized almost too late that there was an active isolated cell to the south of me. By the time I got my gear set-up it quickly died on me. But not without getting one decent snap before it did :-
lyrics from the song: "do you realize" by the flaming lips...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXWt2ESxVY
do you realize
that you have the most beautiful face?
do you realize
we're floating in space?
do you realize
that happiness makes you cry?
“Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.”
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai.
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[ContraptioN] SP1NDL Prosthetic arm *AETHB*
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::GB:: koshikimono (Belleza) (D) Kokuyou
[CX] Kage Geta M ( Sk3leto Special )
[Katz] Thermal Katana
[CHI] - Cyber Jingasa
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Just realized that this photo is exactly one year old to the day :-). I haven't planted any fresh bluebells on my balcony yet this year. However, I have overwintered last year's plants and think that the relatively mild winter did not freeze the plants, so they will recover in the next few days. Our winters are getting warmer and shorter, and some plant life is adapting.
Treasure, by Aldous Harding
I didn't realize it when I bought it, but Chico's new toy is sort of color coordinated with his favorite chair.
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Upon realizing none of the Class 1s were providing anything more than 1 train in the area, it was obvious that this was the move. Thankfully, there was a red leader on point this day, instead of the yellow 60Ms that have been ruling this train for a while now.
However, with the addition of two GP59s (and constant rumors of repainting the 60Ms), red leaders just may become the norm again in the near future.
Realizing that neutralizing a beast of that size will take more than his trusty hand cannon, Armorsmith pulls a concussive grenade from his bandolier and tries to time his throw with the Wyvern's advance.
Early in 1914, moreover, we realized that it would be impossible to free the Saint Anna from the ice; at best, we would drift until the autumn of 1915, more than three years after we had departed Alexandrovsk.* If we stayed on board, starvation would become a real threat by January 1915, if not sooner. In the darkness of the long polar night, a struggle against hunger carries no hope of salvation. During this season, hunting is out of the question, as all animals are in hibernation. The only certainty for those trapped in its realm is that "white death" lies in wait for them.
excerpt from In the Land of White Death by John Krakauer