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November morning at the Moselle near Trier-Ehrang.
Before a weather change, there are often spectacular colors just before sunrise.
Novembermorgen an der Mosel nahe Trier-Ehrang.
Vor einer Wetteränderung gibt es häufig spektakuläre Farben kurz vor Sonnenaufgang.
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Panorama of 7 vertical shots, original size: 14506 x 6859 pixels.
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Faulkland/Somerset, Lavender farm, 29.06.2015, 5:27 am local time.
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The Aloha Spirit, never forgotten by the people who created it. One teaching states :
Aloha is being a part of all, and all being a part of me. When there is pain - it is my pain. When there is joy - it is also mine. I respect all that is as part of the Creator and part of me. I will not willfully harm anyone or anything. When food is needed I will take only my need and explain why it is being taken. The earth, the sky, the sea are mine to care for, to cherish and to protect. This is Hawaiian - this is Aloha !
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 😊
Clematis at end of summer. Classified as a noxious weed in some places after it escaped from cultivated gardens.
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The Barberries in my garden are keeping their color unusually late this year. I love them for their color and bright, red, berries, but respect them for their thorns!
"Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns." ~ Shannon L. Alder
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The probably most photographed stone in the Coyote Buttes South, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.
Der vermutlich meist fotografierte Stein in den Coyote Buttes South, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona.
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Well, you have to walk for miles along the coast of the Dutch Wadden island of Ameland to reach this untouched piece of nature.
It's too far away to find bathers there and you'll feel like you're in a trance when you feel the force of the wind, the drifting sand and the roar of the surf.
On this still young dune top it becomes clear that the wind causes the dune top to grow.
Before your feet it looks like a surf, but consists of sand that forms at the bottom of the beach and blows upwards.
You can sit there for hours and watch and listen to these primal forces.
This spectacle almost forces you to have respect for nature and you will not find this at all on the coast of the mainland........
Near Chalkiopouloi, Inachos, Amfilochia, Aetoloacarnania (Aetolia-Acarnania), Greece.
The ancient Greeks admired and honored Acheloos as a god, for his size, quantity of water and fertilizing power, but at the same time they respected and praised him, because his rapid flow could become destructive, when it was flooding.
Location: The river Prüm in Irrel in the South Eifel near the Luxembourg border and not far from my home.
Looking for new perspectives today I found this place, where you stand in the water. There I hear then only the sound of water, a true meditation.
Ort: Das Flüsschen Prüm bei Irrel in der Südeifel nahe der luxemburgischen Grenze und nicht weit von meiner Heimat.
Auf der Suche nach neuen Perspektiven habe ich heute diese Stelle gefunden, bei der man auch ins Wasser muss. Dort höre ich dann nur das Rauschen des Wassers, eine wahre Meditation.
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One of my all time favorites:
starting very early in darkness from the trailhead along the Left Fork of North Creek (part of Zion NP) with headlights to my destination, the "Subway", i reached after 3 hours this picturesque location.
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An archive image from times when you could still photograph alone and undisturbed for hours in the Lower Antelope Canyon.
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( Dianthus sanguineus ) haute de 10 à 50 cm sur pelouse et prairies sèches
... visité par l'Oedémère noble mâle
-Estimer chaque chose : la respecter;
un trésor grandiose, le protéger
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Today was my lucky dragonfly photographing day. Since now, I have been able only a few times to take photos of flying dragonflies, mostly not too good.
Today somehow it worked! Isn't this elegant hunter a beauty?
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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.
Alex is an actor, singer, composer and photographer, who brings you new tunes wrapped in old time feeling. He sounds like Sinatra; his mannerism is also from the 1950s-60s. I have seen him treating his numerous fans, who range from twentysomething to seventysomething, with kindness and respect. The vocalist was nominated for 2022 Juno Award. (Canadian Grammy). His band the 'Jazz Mavericks' include Jacob Gorzhaltsan-sax, Ewen Farncombe-piano, Daniel Botos-drums and Ben Dwyer on bass. At 'Tapestry' on the day it opened under new ownership.
144. Kensington P1430702; Taken 2022 Oct 01. Upload 2022 Oct 12.
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!
"I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent." Quote - Lin Dan
For the Macro Mondays theme "Perfect Match".
Happy Macro Monday everybody!
Recreación de la habitación donde nació Santa Teresa de Jesús.
Podrás observar una cama con unos pilares de madera, también un baúl muy antiguo que se encuentra sobre un escritorio, así como las típicas velas que tenían en ese entonces y hojas de escritura con su respectiva pluma.
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 .
auch Schornsteinfeger genannt, lat. Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus, im frühen Morgenlicht.
Ringlet at trefoil, in Germany
also "Chimney Sweeper" called, lat. Aphantopus hyperantus Linnaeus, in early morning light.
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...la fleur du magnolia reçoit son nom en 1703 par le Père Charles Plumier, botaniste du roi Louis XIV. Plumier rend hommage à Pierre Magnol, directeur du jardin botanique de Montpelier à la fin du 17 ème siècle . Le magnolia est originaire de l'Extrême orient, l'Asie centrale, d'Amérique centrale et du nord.
Aujourd'hui largement acclimaté en Europe, le genre de magnolia de la famille de magnoliacées compte 125 espèces d'arbres et d'arbustes. Plante apparue vers la fin du crétacé, le magnolia à réussi de survivre jusqu'à aujourd'hui peut être grâce à la texture vernis de ses feuilles qui le protège de la pollution de nos villes .La première fleur apparue sur terre il y a 100 millions d'années. Les moines bouddhistes le plantaient autour de leur Temple en symbole de la pureté. Aujourd'hui , le magnolia représente l'amour de la nature et la gaieté, fleur pour fêter le printemps. Ils portent des fleurs à la signification profonde; blanches, roses ou pourpres, ces fleurs font partie de l'amour, ils symbolisent l'innocence, le respect, la fidélité la force et la dignité; également la beauté et la joie. Le parfum est souvent décrit comme étant frais, légèrement sucré avec des notes de bergamotes de jasmin et de rose.
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Yesterday during an extended photo tour not far from home at temperatures of around 5 ° Celsius and a constant change between fog and sun.
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Good Monday morning everyone, and hope that a great weekend was had by all.
This guy thought he was king of the hill and pranced and danced around for quite a while, so I thought an image was in order out of respect.
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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
Near the location of Kruft in the Eastern Eifel or Pellenz on the edge of fields ready for harvest, peas in the foreground, wheat in the background. The thistle was almost 2 m high.
Bei Kruft in der Osteifel oder Pellenz am Rande von erntereifen Feldern, im Vordergrund Erbsen, im Hintergrund Weizen. Die Distel war fast 2 m hoch.
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The Royal Arrival is stray tomcat which visits the Wild Garden on a daily basis, spending most of his time here. Still he is very cautious not to let come humans too close to him - it is obvious he must have made bad experiences with the human race. But on this day he allowed me to come quite close to him to take this close up portrait. It took years to be allowed so close to him.
He is very welcome here, loved and cared for as much as he accepts being cared for. He loves his indedpendence and wild life which is well respected. Also, he is very talkative – when talking to him he always answers as he loves to have the last word 😄….
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
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What has happened to the art of respect? We are all human beings, made of flesh and blood, no-one is superior to anyone else. It is time to change the political rhetoric which is supposed to guide us. The language used these days is not fit for our children's ears, it needs to be cleaned up so that we can teach our children about love and diversity, not hate and non acceptance! It is President Trumps duty to lead by example, through educated behavior which can also benefit his own son.
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