The elderly, the old, the seniors, by whatever name we refer to them, respect lies in the class they belong to. Such is the beauty of this so called society that we belong to, the sad truth, the salutation of peace, the Salam, would not even be bestowed upon them because they are poor. The times we live in, how we have become tangled in this gruesome web.

With arms reversed, a member of the Canadian military stands beside a wreath laid by one of today's twi silver cross mothers in Hamilton.

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Four metres, at 14:03pm on Monday 9th January 2023, off the Mall and Horse Guards Road within the grounds of St James's Park in Central London, one of the Royal parks of London situated in South West London.

Here we see an adult Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) from Eurasia, and sadly currently classified as vulnerable. This goose is an example of hybrid specification, being the result of ancient interbreeding between the Brant goose and the white cheeked goose, some 3.5 million years ago.

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Pancake has respect for these. This pretty tractor was seen sunning itself enroute to/from Florida. Possibly just "away from".

„I respect all German people. You are so good.“

Es ist Karfreitag und ich mache einen Spaziergang zum Flüchtlingsheim. Die Sonne wärmt mein Gesicht und kühler Wind sorgt für Entspannung. Auf dem großen Platz am Rande der Stadt sind schon Marktgebäude aufgebaut, die wohl in den nächsten Tag öffnen werden, um den Karlsruher Menschen Vergnügen zu bereiten.

Nach einem leichten Intermezzo mit den Securities des Flüchtlingsheimes treffe ich dort den 23-jährigen Alban aus Vushtrria, Kosovo. Er hat ein verschmitztes Gesicht, kleine Augen und trägt Hausschuhe, denn er ist auf dem Weg zum Mittagessen in der Kantine des Heimes.

Auf dem Weg zur Kantine erzählt er mir, dass er den Kosovo liebe, es aber dort keine Zukunft für ihn gebe, denn er habe keine Arbeit gefunden. Sein Vater ist dort Leiter einer Elektrizitäts-Firma, doch für den jungen Sohn gab es keine Stelle. Die Flucht mit dem Bus hat Alban mit 1000 € bezahlen müssen.

Ich stelle mich in der Schlange vor der Essensausgabe an und Alban fragt mich, ob ich auch etwas essen möchte. Ich lehne dankend ab. Zwar knurrt mein Magen ein bisschen, doch dies ist die Essensausausgabe für Flüchtlinge und ich bin nicht gekommen, um mich hier bedienen zu lassen. Wir setzen uns an einen der freien Tische - immer wieder winken mir Menschen, die gegenüber oder nebenan sitzen „Fotograf! Aaah!”

Alban führt mich zum Zimmer, das er mit 7 anderen Flüchtlingen aus dem Kosovo teilt. Die vollgekritzelten Wände geben dem Zimmer einen geschichtlichen Kontext, denn daran haben sich Flüchtlinge seit Jahren verewigt. Ich bekomme einen Stuhl angeboten während weitere Flüchtlinge ins Zimmer kommen und mich per Handschlag begrüßen.

Seine Mitbewohner scheinen Alban aufgrund meiner Anwesenheit zu bewundern, da ich immer wieder Fotos von ihm mache. Der junge Kosovare erzählt mir, dass er in Berlin eine verheiratete Schwester hat, beide Brüder und die Eltern jedoch noch in der Heimat leben.

„I respect all German people. You are so good.“

Für Alben ist das Leben in Deutschland ein Traum. Sein ganzes Gesicht erstrahlt, wenn er davon spricht, wie wohl er sich hier fühlt. Er weiß aber auch, dass sein Verbleib unwahrscheinlich ist. Doch auch die kurze Zeit in Deutschland lohnt sich. Eines Tages möchte er studieren.

Inmitten unseres Gespräches wünschen mir die Kosovaren ein gutes Fest. Überrascht frage ich nach, welcher Religion sie sich zugehörig fühlen. Sie sind Muslime. Flüchtlinge, die mit dem Christentum nichts anfangen können wünschen mir zu Ostern ein gutes Fest. Ist das nicht wunderbar?

Während meinem Besuch fühle ich eine innere Freude. Dieser junge Mann hat es mir innerhalb von Minuten angetan. Unter anderen Umständen wären wir sicher enge Freunde geworden. Doch nun ist es Zeit, mich zu verabschieden. Erneut schüttele ich seine Hand, schaue ihm tief in die Augen und verabschiede mich. Wie schwer mir dies heute doch fällt.

Alban, sei herzlich willkommen in Deutschland. Deine Offenheit und Freundschaft haben mich heute sehr berührt. Danke, dass es Dich gibt. Friede mit Dir.

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Respected family-owned coach operator Truemans of Ash Vale entered administration on April 24th 2020 after 67 years of trading in the Surrey/Hants border towns of Bagshot, then Deepcut, followed by Fleet and, since 2004, Ash Vale. Upon closure, the fleet consisted of 7 Irizars, 7 Neoplans and a solitary Ford Tourneo.

It took until the beginning of August 2020 for all coaches to move on to pastures new, albeit some in dealers yards awaiting resale.

I managed to grab some shots in the period covering the staggered departure of the coaches.

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty five metres at 07:04am on Wednesday 19th August 2020, of a Large red slug (Arion rufus) off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.

Also known as the Red slug, Chocolate arion and European red slug, these are land slugs or roundback slugs in the family Arionidae. The opening on the right side is a pneumostome or respiratory pore whih feeds air to the lung. They have a striped foot fringe and pale sole, and can reach 150mm fully extended.

Also known as the Red slug, Chocolate arion and European red slug, these are land slugs or roundback slugs in the family Arionidae. They are widespread across Western Europe, with a variant species found in Northern Britain and Scandinavia. They have a compact bell shape and stretch out in motion to a length of up to 180mm. They were first noted in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus and areclassed as Mollusca, gastropoda class and subclass Heterobranchia.

Their life cycle is typically just one year and they are hermaphrodites. The opening on the right side is a pneumostome or respiratory pore which feeds air to the lung. They have a striped foot fringe and pale sole, and can reach 150mm fully extended. They have 27,000 teeth!

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Kingfisher

Martín pescador

Arroyo La Gitana

Córdoba. Spain

15 December 2019

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The story behind this series of pictures is something unique I lived yesterday. It was sunday and I prepared my rucksack and made my plans to spend many hours at the stream, planting lots of oak seeds and take photos. But the day went in another direction, so I spent some time at work, later cleaning up, cooking, taking care of my grandmother... I took launch tooo late and I was tired so went to cancel my plans to go to the stream, but something called me to go even though I was going to have very short time of sunlight. Couldn´t imagine something MAGICAL was waiting for me: the kingfishers appeared briefly giving me no chance to catch them. One appeared and gave me the chance of two shots. I wasn´t prepared to see it right in front of me. Then it went away. It was when sun was gone and light started to really fade away when a Magic blue angel came again to perch on the same tree branches over the water of the stream. Flew few times from one branch to another very slowly, like a hummingbird. It was so quiet that I was able to take my shutter speed as low as 1/20s to reduce noise. My Quiet Continuos 3fps was switched then to reduce noise. I tried many shooting modes, speeds, etc, with the fear it could notice me and go away... BUT IT WAS THERE... EVERYTHING POINTED IT WAS GOING TO STAY THERE TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT. WOW! I understood soon it was going to be one of the most magical moments of my life. And it was so. I didn´t know what to do but didn´t want to disturb it anyway, so decided to stay there as much as possible. It was completely dark when I saw its blue back reflect from my phone light checking that it wasn´t disturbed by me to say goodbye. GOODNIGHT KING. THANKS!.

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Respected family-owned coach operator Truemans of Ash Vale entered administration on April 24th 2020 after 67 years of trading in the Surrey/Hants border towns of Bagshot, then Deepcut, followed by Fleet and, since 2004, Ash Vale. Upon closure, the fleet consisted of 7 Irizars, 7 Neoplans and a solitary Ford Tourneo.

Almost a month later, on May 21st 2020, all 7 Irizar coaches left Ash Vale for the final time to begin a new life with Turners Coachways of Bristol.

Coaches seen departing the depot on that day were:

J13TRU Irizar i4 C57D new 2015;

J14TRU Irizar i4 C57D new 2015;

J16TRU Irizar i4 C57D new 2015;

J17TRU Irizar i6 C53FT new 2015;

J20TRU Irizar i6 C53FT new 2013 as YN13BWU;

J600TRU Irizar i6 C53FT new 2013;

J700TRU Irizar i6 C53FT new 2013.

Fort Richardson National Cemetery

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Photograph taken at an altitude of One hundred and fourteen metres at 11:31am on Thursday 8th November 2018, off Biskupstungnabraut 35 and Haukadalsvegur F333 at Gesir, a geothermal location where a geyser erupts every eight to ten minutes. The location is in an area formerly known as Hverasandar at the northern edge of the southern lowlands in Haukadalur, Iceland.

The geothermal field has a surface area of around 3 km² and the former spouting Geyser here, named Hvitamelur is dry. To the south are two small spouting Geysers known as Marteinslaug and Gufubadshver, and the current oldest spouting Geyser Northernmost is Geysir itself.

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Nikon D850 Focal length 44mm. Hand held with Nikkor VR vibration reduction enabled on Normal setting. Shutter speed 1/20s Aperture f/10.0 iso64 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L 8256 x 5504 FX). Colour space. Adobe RGB. AF-C focus 51 point with 3-D tracking. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto 0 white balance (8030K). Nikon Distortion control on. Vignette control Normal.

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At one time this was a beautiful parkspace, with a pond at the foot of the statue now long-since drained and overgrown. I would like to see it get a little love, as it remains a beautiful space.

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Respected bat tribe "Blista" on Legends of Chima.

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Two metres at 11.19am on Monday 29th May 2014 off 2903 Ocean Boulevard, Victoria, on the Esquimalt Lagoon Migratory Bird Sanctuary, on the Juan De Fuca Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The Lagoon is one of seven Migratory Bird Sanctuaries in British Columbia, and an important stopover for birds journeying between North and South America. Visitors include geese and Swans, Bald Eagles and Great Blue Herons, plus many other species of birds.

The Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) is a wading bird in the Heron family Ardeidae and found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Galapagos Islands. One of the largest of Herons, it has a head to tail length of 01-137 centimetres (36-54 inches) and a wingspan of 187-201 centimetres (66-79 inches). They are found where my family live, and naturally very wary of mankind, flying off as soon as you are within fifty to one hundred yards of them.

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#9. Thoughtful

My small way of paying respect to the people who have given their lives to protect what they love.

Inspired by a friend's poem, 'Rest In Peace?' by Ben Reiss...

Requiescat in pace they say,

Requiescat in pace.

Easy to say when it’s in bed that you lay

and you’ve actually got skin on your face.

If you’re slumped by a gun

(Which is broken and stuck)

And glowing all white in the sun,

Then it’s hard to see much peace in the muck,

When it’s your skull that leers at the Hun.

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Parc Güell, Antoni Gaudí.

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These birds live by the thousands and thousands on the side of the cliff. It is there they court and have their nests and lay their eggs. the babies when they hatch have very little space in which to move. Almost none so there is usually only one chick. The parents guard and protect them until they are ready to fledge. I have so much respect for these birds because living on the edge of a cliff can be brutal.

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One of my favourite shots from today, when I was taking photos at the Race for Life event in town. I have so much respect for all those who either cycled, jogged or walked the route. (I am going to be sorting out photos for Ray until very late this evening!) These two little girls looked so cute as they turned the last corner coming up to the finish line. Well done to everyone who biked/ran/walked the course today.

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a lil' respect for one another, goes a long way.

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I've come to this; my life is nowhere near perfect, and neither am I.

But why? Why can't I have a perfect life? I deserve a perfect life... don't I? I mean, I've tried my best my whole life, really I have. I don't complain that much, and I definately respect all people. I know I've done some wrong things like, hold grudges against people who made my life complicated, lose my innocence, say words that are hurtful, and maybe I've told a few lies here and there. But I'm not a bad person, I swear.

So tell me; why me?

Earlier today, after I got home from school, I walked to my bathroom and sat in my sink and cried. I just sat there for a half hour looking at myself. I went into a trance, and all I did was think. I had flashbacks, and after those flashbacks I saw my future. But it wasn't my future, it was possibilities of my future. Like I said, I don't have a perfect life. So here were my options: I could start vomiting after every meal; maybe I could barf up my problems and they'd all go away, & maybe I could feel relieved. But then I thought. If I were to do that, my life would change too much. I wouldn't have the energy to do track anymore, and my body would eventually shut down. So, I thought of another possiblity; I could start hurting myself. Then, I would be sent into an institution and that would take my non perfect life away from me; I'd be secluded from life. But, then I thought. I don't want that-- insanity could take over. So, I thought about another possibility; I could hide everything. My life would be a lie, and everything would be okay, right? Well, I thought about it. It wouldn't be okay. Lies lead to the truth, and truth leads to a new change-- a change that no one wants. Then, there was one more possibility; I could just do it-- end my life.

I had a dream the other night that I was killed. And I woke up and I was feeling on top of the world. Weird right? But in my dream, death was better than life. The journey up to heaven was a mind blowing experience. But then I thought. If I were to end my life, everyone I love would be sad and be left with all my problems; they don't need that. Also, I'm only sixteen. I've barely started my life, and who knows, it could get better? If I were to end my life now, I'd miss out on too much-- learning to drive, finding a true love, summer camp outs with my best friends, sex--- and I'm sure I don't want to miss any of those.

So I thought and decided that none of those would solve my problems-- none of them.

While I was looking at myself, I figured that none of those possibilities would make my life perfect. They'd all make my life less perfect. And I noticed that all those possibilities were all so negative. Could I really not think of one positive path to follow?

Most people tend to take the negative paths.

Why?

They're easier.

But still, I thought about them. And even knowing that they were all wrong, I was so close to just puking my brains out into the toilet that was two feet away from me.

But I didn't. Instead, I rubbed my eyes, washed my face, and walked out the bathroom door.

That's when I starting understanding.

My life isn't suppose to be perfect. My life is a test.

What's that test?

God wants to see how we live. And what I mean is, will we or won't we make the right decisions?

I'm at the point in my life where it all is based on right or wrong decisions, and my god, it is hard. I have a 50/50 chance in making the right decision and everytime it's heart stopping. How will I know if it's the right or wrong decision? I won't. I won't know until later on in life. And everytime, I wish God was right there beside me to tell me what to do. But that won't happen. God wants me to make that decision on my own; it's my life anyways.

So here I am, wondering what to do. What will be the right decision, what will be the wrong decision? I'm not sure. I just have to make that decision based on my feelings I guess, or based on what I really think is the right thing to do.

So here I go, to live my life. I only have one life and one life is pretty damn short. So, this is what I've come up with so far: don't start hurting your body; you could die. Don't start vomiting or starving yourself; you could die. Don't live a lie; your life will get worse. Don't end it now; life isn't suppose to be great, & anyways, God will end it one day--- the right day, and then you'll finally be able to go through that perfect experience. And plus, all of those decisions lead to insanity, and I don't want that.

But still, I'm on the edge of my seat. I'm still thinking about those decisions. And I'm still thinking about what to do.

Somedays, "Fuck my life", is constantly running through my mind and all I can do is cry until my eyes are blood shot. But somedays, that changes. We've all had those on and off days, so you know what I'm talking about. But then there is this one day in your life where you know, for a fact, that everything changes and it will not get better; atleast that's what you think. Well, that's where I am.

I guess I'll go day by day and see what happens. My life is not perfect and never will be, but it doesn't hurt to try.

But still, everyday, I ask myself and God, "Why?"

And then I ask, "God, will you help me today?"

Will he?

That will be the question I ask myself everyday until I know the right decision was made.

And after all this asking God to help me, I blame it on him. He created me. He knew my life way before I was ever living. He knew this all would happen to me. So why the fuck didn't he change it?

He didn't change it because there were many pathways, and I chose to go down a certain one. So I guess I made my messed up life by chosing the wrong decision.

Not him.

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Photograph taken of a Pink Moon (April Full Moon) at an altitude of Fifty four metres on Monday 26th April 2021 at 20:08pm on a calm, cool and beautiful Springtime evening in off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.

A Supermoon (Perigee) occurs when the Moon is at it's closest distance to Earth, some 356,500km compared to it's furthest distance away (Micro moon or Apogee) at 406,700kms.

The moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It's surface gravity is 0.1654g, around one sixth of Earths, and it's average orbital distance from us is around 384,402km (238,856 miles), or 1.28 light-seconds. The moon influences our tides and stops us in our tracks on a clear night. She is beautiful for sure.

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Nikon D850 Focal length 600mm Shutter speed: 1/125s (Electronic front-curtain) Aperture f/11.0 iso64 Exposure compensation: -5.0EV Image area FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L (8256 x 5504). NEF RAW L (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX). Focus mode AF-C focus. AF-C Priority Selection: Release. Nikon Back button focusing enabled. AF-S Priority selection: Focus. 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points.AF-Area mode single point. Exposure mode: Manual mode. Metering Mode: Spot metering. White balance on: Auto1. Colour space: RGB. Active D-lighting: Normal. Vignette control: Normal. Nikon Distortion control: Enabled. Picture control: Auto (Sharpening A +1/Clarity A+1)

Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto MT057C3-G Carbon fibre geared tripod. Neewer Gimbal tripod head with Arca Swiss quick release plate.055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960.Two Nikon EN-EL15a batteries (Priority to battery in Battery grip). Black Rapid sport quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag.

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LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.30s

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Here we are under the Rainbow Bridge, no question of going further and encroach on the sacred land of the Navajo. Not by superstition, but out of respect!

Remembrance Day Service

Waverley Park

Thunder Bay, Ontario

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When my wife I and were swimming with the turtles, I told her to respect their space. Never to chase them or try to touch them. Instead, swim along side of them and let them learn to trust you... and when that happens. they'll swim to you.

A community tribute of respect and remembrance. Federation Square Melbourne.

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Zero metres, at 19:00pm on Saturday 20th September 2019 around sunset off the 17a West Saanich Road, from the shoreline of Patricia Bay near beautiful Sidney by the sea on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Patricia Bay is a body of salt water that extends East from the Saanich Inlet and forms part of the North Saanich shoreline in British Columbia. The bay was named after Princess Patricia of Connaught, daughter of the Duke of Connaught who was Governor General in 1912. The aeroplane is coming in to land at Victoria International Airport (YYJ).

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Nikon D850 Focal length: 70mm Shutter speed: 1/125s Aperture: f/16.0 iso250 RAW (14 bit uncompressed) Image size L (8256 x 5504 FX) Focus mode: AF-C AF-Area mode: 3D- tracking Exposure mode: Aperture priority exposure Nikon Back button focusing enabled Metering mode: Matrix metering ISO Sensitivity: Auto White balance: Natural light auto 0, 0 Colour space: Adobe RGB Nikon Auto Distortion control: On (Normal) Picture control: Auto High ISO NR: On (Normal)Vignette control: Normal Active D-lighting: Auto.

Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR. Lee SW150 MKII filter holder. Lee SW150 77mm screw in adapter ring. Lee 0.9 (3 stops) Reverse Neutral density graduatedglass filter. Lee SW150 Filters field pouch. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.Mcoplus professional MB-D850 multi function battery grip 6960. Matin quick release neckstrap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS module. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup.Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod 3 Sections (Payload: 5.6kgs). Manfrotto 327RC2 Light Duty Grip Ball Magnesium Tripod Head (Payload: 5.5kgs). Manfrotto quick release plate 200PL-14. Jessops Tripod bag.Nikon MC-DC2 remote shutter release cable.

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LATITUDE: N 48d 39m 46.26s

LONGITUDE: W 123d 27m 5.24s

ALTITUDE: 0.0m

RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 92.1MB

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HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX-1 64bit (Version 1.3.1 11/07/2019). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit (Version 1.4.7 15/03/2018). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 1.3.2 15/03/2018). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.