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Lasting memories of a wonderful evening at the Callanish Stones / Outer Hebrides yesterday exactly 10 years ago.
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Switzerland, May 2021
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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 😊
Heavy rains in May as it is now can cause what can be seen in the picture.
Starke Regenfälle im Mai wie aktuell können das verursachen, was im Bild zu sehen ist.
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Male orange tip on blossoms of saxifrage in warm sunrise light.
During the shooting, the butterfly rolled the proboscis constantly in and out and moved, which did not make the focussing much easier.
Männlicher Aurorafalter auf Blüten des Wiesen- oder Köllchensteinbrechs im warmen Sonnenaufgangslicht.
Während des fotografierens rollte er den Saugrüssel ständig ein und aus und bewegte sich, was das scharfstellen nicht gerade vereinfachte.
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T-Minus two hours. It's been months since I've been out nightscaping and I'm feeling like Rip VanWinkle, as I am throwing my gear in the car on my way to the Nightscape Photography Conference In Moab Utah.
So proud to announce that I have been invited to speak at the conference.......Wait, wait, hold-up. I'm not sure if I was "invited" It was more like I finagled my way into a spot on the staff, It's really a bizarre story too hard too believe, but to make a long story short, after talking to Royce Bair on the phone I managed to, via Royce's kindness land a spot in a side conference room.
That quickly changed to two presentations and two workshops. I have spent the last two years preparing a line of products that teaches the techniques I use in the field to navigate, plan alignments and predict the weather.
I think I found a niche.
The Smart App bootcamp sold-out in 5 Hrs. Whaaaat!
Wait, it gets better. Well maybe I will save that for my next post.
I should mention that Wayne Pinkston had a hand in my participation there, he has got to be the coolest "Night walker" on the face of the Earth.
Thanks Wayne and Thanks to Royce as well. You guys are two amazing people!!!
Wish me luck my friends!!!
Thanks as always, for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and reading my descriptions.
I am always grateful for your views, comments, faves, and support, they are truly appreciated!! Have a great day my friends!! :)
Always Respect Mother Nature And Your Fellow Man, So:
****TreadLightly>LeaveNoTrace> PackItIn/PackItOut****
...you just want to hold on.
In the morning in the Wittlich valley, as so often a mix of fog, clouds, sun, a single bird, looking after what's there, the smells and voices of the early day...
...möchte man einfach festhalten.
Morgens in der Wittlicher Senke, wie so oft ein Mix aus Nebel, Wolken, Sonne, ein einzelner Vogel, der nachsieht, was es gibt, die Gerüche und Stimmen des frühen Tages...
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A very quick basic photo of the colour orange, for the group: Smile on Saturday 😊 An interesting fact about the colour Orange is there was never a name in English for this colour, it was known as: Red-Yellow! It wasn’t until the introduction into England of the fruit (The Orange) that the the name was adopted for the colour. A busy week so nothing fancy guys. But I did add some tilt to the shot to give it some respect. Shot with my phone ☎️ as I was away from my cameras.
Zwischen Grashalmen leuchtet der Klatschmohn am Morgen im Gegenlicht um die Wette.
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Back to Alpine Texas for another Respect Big Bend (respectbigbend.org/) workshop with our Stakeholder Advisory Group. Flew thru Midland and caught a glimpse of the energy colony that the area between Midland & Odessa has become - amazing to see. In case you are thinking those are houses - no they are oil and gas well pads.
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
- Lao Tzu -
When I took this picture, the owner told me to keep my fingers away from the beak. They have very powerful beaks that can generate a pressure of 500 up to 2,000+ psi (pounds per square inch). Humans, for example, average a bite force of around 150 psi.
This image was captured at Parrot In Paradise, a parrot rescue, rehabilitation, education and adoption center. We were fortunate enough to stay on the property during our travels on the Big Island of Hawaii. . Being invited into the aviaries with these gorgeous birds was exciting. I was new to using a macro lens and found myself moving closer and closer to the birds. Before leaving I offered many of my photographs to the owners and throughout the years, those images have been used on their website. What golden memories!
Bien dissimulés dans nos affûts respectifs avec www.flickr.com/photos/143937078@N03/ , on attend tranquillement l'arrivée des petits passereaux et quelle surprise de voir débarquer ce joli gallinacé sortant de nulle part qui se gave royalement au sol des miettes tombées de la cantine .
Sa contenance est fière, sa démarche grave, son naturel hardi, courageux, son tempérament chaud, vigoureux. Son chant est l'horloge de la campagne, jour et nuit, sa voix tire du bas de la trachée-artère. La poule est sa femelle. Au milieu de son sérail, tantôt en amant doux, complaisant, attentif, il est aux petits soins : avertit les poules du danger, les appelle pour partager avec lui sa bonne fortune, pousse même la galanterie jusqu'à leur abandonner tout entière ; tantôt c'est un souverain jaloux qui ne souffre pas la présence d'un rival. Si l'on contrefait le chant du coq, il est inquiet, en alarmes, rassemble ses poules, veille sur elles avec assiduité. Le coq est un oiseau très lubrique et coche la poule en plein air et jusqu'à cinquante fois dans un jour.
image réalisée en milieu naturel et depuis la tente affût .
One of the Icons of the Southwest at late afternoon with best light conditions...and one of my all time favorites.
The Toadstool Hoodoo is a spectacular mushroom shaped rock standing majestically on a large boulder within Rimrocks, which can be accessed from the unmarked trailhead at US highway 89 between mile marker 19 and 20.
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Respect sees no color, no religion, much less sexual orientation. It is universal and it is up to us to fight for everyone's right. ️🌈
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Design and build the most beautiful bridge in the world, win awards and accolades, even get a statue erected in your honor. And what happens? I tell ya, I don't get no respect.
Joseph Strauss
The Manderscheider castles last night during the late "blue hour". Around the castle ruins, the forest is already very autumnal due to the long drought.
After the rain yesterday (the first in about 6 weeks), there was always some fog coming out of the valley at dusk.
Die Manderscheider Burgen gestern Abend während der späten "blauen Stunde". Rund um die Burgruinen ist der Wald infolge der langen Trockenheit bereits sehr herbstlich.
Nach dem Regen gestern (der erste seit ca. 6 Wochen) stieg in der Abenddämmerung immer wieder etwas Nebel aus dem Tal.
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Variant of the view on the central peaks of the Odle group at the end of the Villnöss Valley / Dolomites just before the sun disappeared behind the mountains.
Explored June 2, 2020, #22
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There was a Paranthropus
Who married an Agapanthus.
But as for evolution,
This was no solution,
And, morally, quite contentious.
Contre-jour, reflector used. You can quote and reproduce my texts and images, but please do also respect my authorship.
Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice :-)
Henry David Thoreau
HSS!! Justice Matters!
camellia, 'Yuletide', our yard, cary, north carolina
Bitte respektiere mein Copyright. Keine Verwendung des Fotos ohne meine ausdrückliche Genehmigung.
Please respect my copyright. No use of the photo without my expressly permission.
Por favor, respete mis derechos de autor. Ningún uso de la foto sin mi permiso explícito.
Palermo, Sicily, 2022
Ceiling of San Cataldo in Palermo. That church is in fact a mix of Arabic and Normannic architecture, build 1154.
Happy Mew Year and many good photo opportunities for us all :-)
This wiry fence is doing its best to keep people from falling off the cliff overlooking a local waterfall. You can just make out the top of the falls in the background. However, the fence itself is not one I would trust to hold me if I lean on it. It is definitely up to people to respect the boundaries and take caution. We love all the snowshoeing we have been doing this month as we continue to get fresh snowfalls everyday. On this day, the snow was so wet, it was a challenge to keep our gear dry. Happy Fence Friday!
A composite of four images and effects. My thanks to Jordan Conner, Denise Jan’s, Harjinder for their dog pics and Dimitar Donovski for his fog pic via Unsplash app. Juxtaposer, LensFX and Snapseed apps made it all possible via aka Tman’s imagination and concept.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A person's a person, no matter how small.
Dr. Seuss
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Albert Einstein
Love without respect is like a house without a foundation.
Anon
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Thomas Aquinas
True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.
Helen Keller
Best friends are the people in your life who make you laugh louder, smile brighter and live better.
Anon
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
Woodrow T. Wilson
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
The direct stare of a SIka stag commands respect. Native to much of East Asia, the Sika Deer is also known as the 'Spotted' or 'Japanese Deer', 'Shika' being Japanese for 'Deer'. The population in Dorset is believed to have swam here from nearby Brownsea Island. The coat of this male is tending towards the dark grey winter coat rather than the chestnut red with whitish spots of summr.
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